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Robert J Gatchel
University of Texas at Arlington, United States
× Robert J Gatchel
Robert J Gatchel received his BA in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, in 1969 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1973 from the University of Wisconsin. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). Dr. Gatchel is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Department of Psychology, College of Science, as well as the Nancy P & John G Penson Endowed Professor of Clinical Health Psychology, at The University of Texas at Arlington. In addition, he is the Director of the Center of Excellence for the Study of Health & Chronic Illnesses. Moreover, he is a Clinical Professor at The Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Management, at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Gatchel has been a major advocate for the biopsychosocial approach to chronic pain. This approach is now viewed as the most heuristic model for better understanding the etiology, assessment, treatment and prevention of chronic pain. Dr. Gatchel has conducted extensive evidence-based clinical research in this area, much of it continuously funded for the past 35 years by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Defense (DOD). He was also the recipient of a prestigious Senior Scientist Award from NIH. Dr. Gatchel has received numerous national and international awards associated with his research, most recently, the 2017 American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology. His major areas of clinical and research expertise includes the following: the biopsychosocial approach to the etiology, assessment, treatment and prevention of chronic stress and pain behavior; the comorbidity of physical and mental health disorders; and clinical health psychology. He has published over 433 journal articles, 144 book chapters and has authored or edited 29 books.
Biopsychosocial approach to the etiology, assessment, treatment and prevention of chronic stress and pain behavior; the comorbidity of physical and mental health disorders; and clinical health psychology.
Gerald C Hsu
University of Iowa, United States
× Gerald C Hsu
Gerald C. Hsu received an honorary PhD in mathematics and majored in engineering at MIT. He attended different universities over 17 years and studied seven academic disciplines, including mathematics, computer science, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, bioengineering, ocean engineering, finance & marketing. He taught himself abnormal psychology and behavior science for over eight years and established four psychotherapy centers to take care of hundreds of traumatized children and women during 2002 to 2010. He has worked in various industries, including defense, nuclear power, computer-aided-design, computer hardware engineering, software development, semiconductor design, robotics, etc. He ventured in a very successful start-up and served as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of a public traded company in Silicon Valley during 1994 to 2002, which specialized in artificial intelligence tools for semiconductor chip design. During the period of 1999 through 2002, he was also ranked as the highest paid CEO among 15,000 chief executives in Silicon Valley. During 1991 to 2006, he suffered five cardiac episodes due to severe stress from work and unhealthy lifestyle. By 2010, after taking three kinds of diabetes medications for 20 years, he endured kidney damage, foot ulcer, bladder problems, and other severe diabetes complications. Therefore, he decided to conduct his self-study and research on chronic diseases in order to save his own life. Thus far, he has spent 20,000 hours during past 8 years to research on type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its related complications. For the first four years, during 2010 to 2013, he studied six metabolic diseases and food nutrition science. Then the next four years, during 2014 to 2018, he conducted research and developed five prediction models, including metabolism, weight, fasting plasma glucose, postprandial plasma glucose, hemoglobin A1C. Since he lacked formal training in biology and chemistry, he relied on knowledge and experiences acquired from various schools and industries. He utilized mathematics, physics, computer science, statistics, engineering modeling, signal processing, wave theory, optical physics, big data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to conduct his T2D research. He called this quantitative approach "math-physical medicine" to distinguish from the traditional "biochemical medicine." His main focus is on preventive medicine using prediction tools. He believes that the better the prediction, the more control you have. He does not have a MD degree nor professional medical license to practice medicine. He has not received any financial assistance from any organization and relied solely on his own financial resources, which was earned from the technology sector. He has no connection or alliance with any medical institution or governmental agency except maintaining general communication with several medical doctors within the Stanford University Hospital network. He wishes to express his deep appreciation to his former professors: Professor James Andrews at University of Iowa, who built up his basic engineering foundation, and Professor Norman Jones at MIT, who taught him the right attitude and methodology to solve tough scientific problems.
Naval weapon system; Space shuttle engine design; Nuclear power system design; Earthquake engineering design; Computer software development; Computer graphics OS development
Dimitrios P Nikolelis
× Dimitrios P Nikolelis
Dimitrios P. Nikolelis received his PhD from University of Athens in 1976 and he is a professor of environmental chemistry in Department of Chemistry, University of Athens. Prof. Dimitrios Nikolelis has coordinated 3 European Projects on environmental biosensors (CIPA96-0231, IC15-CT96-0804 and QLK3-2000-01311). He also was twice a NATO Director in the following Advanced Research Workshops: 1. Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, Smolenice, Slovakia,: May 1996 and 2. Portable biosensors for the Rapid Detection of Biochemical Weapons of Terrorism, July 2012. Prof. Dimitrios Nikolelis has over 200 scientific papers in scientific journals and conferences. He is the Editor of 5 books on Biosensors (1. Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, Springer, 1996, 2. Portable Chemical Sensors- Weapons against Bioterrorism, Springer, 2012 and 3. Portable Biosensing of Food Toxicants and Environmental Pollutants, CRC, 2013 3. 4. Biosensors for Security and Bioterrorism Applications, Springer, 2014. 5. Nanotechology and biosensors: recent advances, Elsevier, in press. He is the Editor of many scientific journals. His research is targeted on the fabrication of portable biosensors for in the field uses and he has authored a large number of scientific papers on the detection of environmental pollutants such as hydrazines, dioxins, insecticides, toxins, etc. His current interests also include the construction of novel chemical nanosensors that can be used for the rapid detection of environmental pollutants directly in the gas phase. Prof. D. P. Nikolelis group has recently utilized graphene and ZnO to develop chemical nanosensors based on polymer lipid films for species of clinical or food significance such as urea, uric acid, cholesterol, etc. In progress, there is the evaluation and validation of nanosensors that are based on stabilized polymerized lipid films supported on glass fiber filters using a dry spot test using optical methods of analysis (i.e., fluorescence) to detect environmental pollutants such as insecticides, plant hormones, toxins, hydrazines, etc.
Nanotechology; Biosensors; Biosensors for Security ; Portable Chemical Sensors; Portable Biosensing of Food Toxicants; Environmental Pollutants
Aldo dAlessandro
Masselli-Mascia Hospital, Italy
× Aldo dAlessandro
Aldo d'Alessandro was born in San Severo on 15/09/56. And persuade his Degree in Medicine and Surgery obtained at the Padua State University in 1982. Qualification to perform the medical-surgical profession achieved in the 1st Session of 1983 at the Padua State University. Registered with the Medical Association of the Province of Foggia since 1983. And has Specialization in Medical Angiology at the Catania State University in 1987. And he is an in charge of the Angiology Department of the "T. Masselli-Mascia" Hospital Unit in San Severo (FG). In-house physician at the Department of Vascular Pathology of the University of Paris V° and at the following Hospitals in Paris: Cochin, Péan, Correnton-Celton, Rotschild, Ténon. 1983. In-house medical volunteer at the Cardiology Department of the "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo (FG). 1987. Professor of Surgery at the Vocational Training Course on General Medicine for Medicine and Surgery Graduates instituted with Legislative Decree No. 256 of 08.08.1991. 1997-98. And, Professor at the Department of Vascular Surgery of the Bari State University, Decentralized Unit of Foggia. 1994-95. Professor at the Course for specialization in Angiology at the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases of the Bari State University. 1997-98. And he is a Research Associate in Department of Medical Science, Oral and Biothecnology at "G. d'Annunzio" oh the Chieti-Pescara State University, 2015-2018.
Medical Science; Oral and Biothecnology
Zeliha Selamoglu
Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey
× Zeliha Selamoglu
Zeliha Selamoglu is a Professor in Medical Biology department of Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey. She earned her PhD in Biology from Inonu University, She has published over 100 peerreviewed journal articles with over 950 citations and many technical reports. She is a member of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine: Associate Membership and European association for cancer research. She has served as Editorial Board member for many Journals.
Medical Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Oxidative stress, Antioxidants, Cancer.
× Ian James Martins
Dr. Ian James Martins is an Editor/Reveiwer for Open Acess Journals and various other international journals. Advisory Board Member for Photon Journal. Fellow of International Agency for Standards and Ratings (IASR). Conferred with the RICHARD KUHN RESEARCH AWARD-2015 ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. Chief Editor for International Journal of Diabetes Research (2014-2018), Research and Reviews: Neuroscience (2016-2018) and Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Studies (2017-2018). BIT Member (BIT Congress. Inc) with an H-index of 63, (ResearchGate (26) Scopus ID: 7103152779/Mendeley (21), UWA Research Repository (16). Scientist Science Advisory Board (USA), Academic with Academia.edu. Citations accumulated to >4551. Ian James Martins - Semantic Scholar https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Ian-James-Martins/5258067. Research Gate's RG score > 96% INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS on www.google.com.au Ian James Martins. Certificates from Keynote addresses:Laboratory Medicine 2018 (Berlin), Immunology World 2018 (Amsterdam), Innovate Pharma 2017 (Sydney), Innovate Neurology 2017, World Diabetes and Endocrinology Summit-2017 (Dubai) and Pharmacology and Ethnopharmacology 2016 (Chicago), AGHC2016 (Kaohsiung).
Anti-Aging Genes, Appetite, Environment, Nutrition, Senescence
Brandon Eggleston
National University, California
× Brandon Eggleston
Dr. Brandon Eggleston is a Professor of Public Health and has been researching Complementary & Alternative Medicine since 2006. Most of his studies focus on benefits of yoga and mindfulness programs. He has authored dozens of peer-reviewed publications and presentations on yoga practice. His yoga research has been inclusive of all people from children in Montessori schools to seniors living in assisted living. He currently teaches graduate students in public health and health psychology in Southern California. Attend monthly program director meetings with Dean and Chair.	Conduct Annual and Five-Year Program Reviews. Maintain accreditation with the Council on Public Health Education (CEPH). Schedule, manage, and staff over 100 graduate courses each academic year. Hire, train, and mentor over 40 part-time faculty. Recruitment of prospective students. Advise and mentor over 500 active MPH students.
Yoga, Public health, Health psychology, Psychology, Molecular Genetics, and Behavioral Health Science
Amir R Ali
German University, Egypt
× Amir R Ali
Amir R. Ali is an Assistant Professor in Mechatronics Engineering Department at the German University in Cairo (GUC). Amir is a Visitor Research Scholar in Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas Tech University (TTU). Also, Amir is a Visitor Research Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Southern Methodist University (SMU). Amir is the founder and general director of the ARAtronics Lab (Applied-Science & Robotics Laboratory for Applied-Mechatronics) at the German University in Cairo. He received PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 2015 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, USA and his Master's Degree as well as the German Diploma in Mechatonics Engineering in 2010 from The German University in Cairo (in Egypt) and Erlangen Nuremberg University (in Germany) respectively. His research focus on developing micro-resonator-based opto-mechanical sensors technology uses the whispering gallery mode (WGM) phenomena. His research papers have been accepted and published in peer viewed journals and international conferences. In 2017, Amir appointed as the Editorial Board of American Journal of Optics and Photonics for two more years. Currently, Amir is a reviewer at the Optical Society of America (OSA) and reviewer for the American Institute of Physics (AIP). Amir received the notable alumni award from the Southern Methodist University in 2017. He has been awarded the Deans and the ME Departments award for best presentation at the SMU Research day in 2013. He also won the best presentation award at the Research Improv sponsored by the Lyle School of Engineering for the same year. He is a member of the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Opto-mechanical systems for sensing applications; Opto-mechatronics systems design and analysis; Micro-optical sensors technology; Biomedical Instrumentation and Robotics; Experimental, analytical and computational mechanics; Perturbation Methods and nonlinear dynamics; Linear and nonlinear control of dynamics systems; Biomedical Sensing devices; Locomotion and Vibration Control; Haptic Interfaces; Composite control strategies; Robotics and flexible manipulators; Brain computer interface; Neuroscience and electrophysiology; Lab on a Chip; Industrial Automation
Stephanie Wagner
University of Applied Sciences Fulda, Germany
× Stephanie Wagner
Stephanie Wagner is a nutritionist (B.Sc.) and food scientist (M.Sc.). During and after her studies Stephanie gained deep experience in the food and cosmetics industry especially in setting up trials, leading efficacy and tolerance studies and in selection and application of statistical tests. Dealing with clients and customers substitute this experience. Stephanie accomplished her studies in Germany as well as in the U.S. She also had the opportunity to gain work experience in Australia within the FMCG industry in the field of snack food products. Her Bachelor thesis included legal provisions on foods derived from genetically modified organisms in the European Union. In her Master thesis, in cooperation with a well known cosmetics company, Stephanie investigated influence of water hardness on the use of hair care products. Recently, Stephanie provides scientific evidence in the field of alternative medicine and builds a bridge between alternative medicine like calligraphy therapy and sciences which is strongly needed.
Sensory evaluation, Statistical evaluation, and Research work
Ukwuru Michael Ukwuru
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria
× Ukwuru Michael Ukwuru
Ukwuru Michael Ukwuru completed his PHD from University Mandatory Internet Technology Training. He is member in Nigeria Institute of Science Laboratory Technology, Nigeria Institute of Food Science & Technology, Nigeria Society for Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, International association for Food Protection, Society for Applied Microbiology, Society for Occupational Safety and Environmental Health. He is founding member in Nigeria Applied Microbiologists. He is registered with Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria. He is presently working as chief lecturer. His research projects are Effect of steeping conditions on the malt carbohydrate property quality development of sorghum. Postgraduate Diploma project. Department of Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, Changes in protein and α-amino nitrogen of sorghum grain during malting. MSc dissertation. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, and Isolation, Characterization and Technological Properties of lactic acid bacteria isolated from some fermented foods. Ph.D Research, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria .
Food Microbiology; Science and Technology; Environmental Health ; Veterinary Research
Nizar Abdul Majeedkutty
University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
× Nizar Abdul Majeedkutty
Nizar is an astute physical therapist and sagacious rehab science researcher currently working as Senior Lecturer & Head of Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, at University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. His commitment to teaching excellence has earned him accolades. His research interest spans a variety of topics in obesity, physical activity, sedentary behavior and diabetic peripheral neuropathy. He presented his research findings at international conferences, published articles in prolific journals, and was awarded with scholarships and research grants. A few of his academic articles have been translated to other languages. He serves as associate editor and reviewer for high end academic journals from United States. Nizar served as Head of Department of Physiotherapy at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. He has been invited as keynote speaker at international health care conferences. He writes health care articles for periodicals and national dailies. Nizar earned his Master degree in Physiotherapy from Mahatma Gandhi University, India.
Diabetes; Obesity; Fitness; Yoga ; Physical Therapy; Endocrinology ; Metabolic Disorder; Orthopedic Disorders; Traditional Medicine
Avinash Shankar
Mahatma Gandhi Institute Of Medical Sciences, India
× Avinash Shankar
Dr Avinash Shankar , a medical graduate from India's premier rural health Institute ' Mahatma Gandhi Institute Of Medical Sciences ,Sewagram (Wardha), Postgraduate in internal medicine with super specialization in Endocrinology and Metabolism from AIIMS New Delhi , DM (Critical Medicine ) Working as Chairman , National Institute of Health & Research (Previously RA. Hospital &Research Centre ), an autonomous organisation. He presented more than 200 original scientific papers at various National and International medical conferences in India and abroad published more than 300 original research work in national and International medical journal ,not only this we have redefined the therapy modalities of various non curable disease. Also associated with various Indian and international medical journals as an Editor Or Editorial board member . Also delivered key note address and guest lecture at various international platform. Also acquired qualification in Ayurveda, Acupuncture and studied various therapeutic sciences to provide cure of the disease rather than provide prescription for symptomatic relief .
Endocrinology and Metabolism Critical care Innovation in medical therapeutics Updating and re analysing potent efficacy of ancient mother heritage
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Pingtung University of Science & Technology, Taiwan
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Shenzhen University, China
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica
Akunna Gabriel Godson
Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Nigeria
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Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, India
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Industrial Technology Institute, Sri Lanka
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University of Kentucky, USA
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Gally International Biomedical Research & Consulting LLC, USA
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Department of Urbanisation and Agricultural
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Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
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University of Alabama, UK
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Universities of Bradford, UK
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Circulogene Theranostics, England
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National University of Mexico, USA
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Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA
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Mercer University school of Medicine, USA
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Arrest warrant issued for Bikram Choudhury, the hot-yoga guru accused of sexual harassment
Bikram Choudhury leads a yoga class at the Los Angeles Convention Center in 2003. (Reed Saxon/AP)
By Samantha Schmidt
Samantha Schmidt
Reporter covering gender and family issues
For many of the guru's millions of followers worldwide, Bikram Choudhury's signature "hot yoga," performed in sweltering, sweaty rooms, is a euphoric, spiritual practice that promotes healthy, peaceful living.
But over the course of about two years, the yoga tycoon has faced numerous sexual assault allegations and lawsuits. And now, attorneys say, Choudhury is on the run, dodging court hearings and a legal judgment.
The 73-year-old guru, the founder of Bikram yoga, has yet to pay any of the $6.8 million awarded last year to his former attorney, Minakshi Jafa-Bodden, who alleges she was sexually harassed by Choudhury and fired after investigating claims from a student that he had raped her. Choudhury has repeatedly denied the allegations.
So on Wednesday, a California judge issued an arrest warrant for Choudhury, ordering him to hand over the proceeds from his business to satisfy the judgment. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edward Moreton issued the warrant and set bail at $8 million.
"It's been a long road chasing this guy down," Jafa-Bodden's attorney, Aaron Osten, told The Washington Post. "I don't want to say it's done, but it's awfully close, because he's got nowhere else to go."
Choudhury, who is a three-time national yoga champion in his native India, created his system of yoga in the 1970s, turning it into a global yoga empire. Bikram yoga, which consists of 26 poses done in a 105-degree room for over 90 minutes, attracted celebrity clients such as Raquel Welch and Quincy Jones, the founder bragged.
But for Jafa-Bodden, who worked as head of legal and international affairs at Choudhury's yoga school from 2011 until 2013, there was a grim side to the business. She alleged that Choudhury sexually harassed and inappropriately touched her, tried to get her to stay with him in a hotel suite, and subjected her to obscene comments about women and minority groups. She accused him of pressuring her to cover up his sexual harassment of women.
"She tried to put her foot down and stop this man," Osten said. "He threatened her life. He threatened her family's life, he threatened to have her deported."
And in March 2013, she was suddenly fired from her position. Last year, Jafa-Bodden successfully sued Choudhury, alleging gender discrimination, wrongful termination and sexual harassment during her time working for him. After she won, Jafa-Bodden told reporters, "I feel vindicated, I'm elated," and described Choudhury as "a dangerous, dangerous predator."
One of the jurors hugged her after the verdict, telling her she was a "warrior for women," according to the Los Angeles Times.
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But in the year since, Jafa-Bodden's attorneys said, Choudhury has funneled his assets into sham corporations, even undergoing a "sham divorce" to hide his resources.
Choudhury could not be located for comment and no lawyers appeared for him, according to the Associated Press. Last year, he claimed he was nearly bankrupt.
Speaking to CNN in 2015, Choudhury repeatedly denied sexually assaulting anyone, saying he would never resort to physical aggression to have sex because he has so many offers.
"Women like me. Women love me," he said. "So if I really wanted to involve the women, I don't have to assault the women."
Osten said Choudhury had a fleet of about 44 luxury cars, including Bentleys and Rolls Royces, in a warehouse in California. "It was a pretty extraordinary collection," Osten said.
The attorneys said Choudhury tried to ship the cars and other property overseas, and tracked a number of vehicles in Florida and Nevada. Osten said the legal team now has court orders in those states preventing him from moving property from warehouses.
"He has sufficient funds to satisfy the judgment," Osten said, including a $3 million diamond-encrusted watch he has previously flaunted. "But he'd rather play this game and run fast and loose with this legal system."
Despite the allegations, the yoga master continues to travel and teach classes worldwide, Osten said, including recently in Acapulco, Mexico. The arrest warrant means authorities can flag Choudhury at any airport, and the legal team can work with authorities to arrest the yoga master in Mexico or any country that is a member of The Hague Convention.
Outside of court Wednesday, Jafa-Bodden celebrated the arrest warrant, calling it a win for any woman who has endured sexual harassment.
"To have that bench warrant issued for Bikram. It sends a message to a debtor like Bikram that he will be held accountable and that the wheels of justice, although they don't turn as fast as we would want them to, they do turn," she said.
Six other women have filed sexual assault lawsuits against Choudhury, including five who accuse him of raping them. One of those lawsuits is in the process of being settled while the rest are set for trial later this year, according to the Associated Press.
In interviews with the Los Angeles Times, three of the women who have filed lawsuits say Choudhury nurtured a cultlike devotion among followers that allowed him to take advantage of female students. That devotion — and a fear of being exiled from the yoga community — kept victims and others from speaking up, the women told the Los Angeles Times.
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Q: How to fix Google Apps Script Function Running in random sequence I have a project that will generate a dynamic Listbox from GSheet and it will update the customized form i've created in Google Apps Script.
The code will get the input from the URL when it is loaded and generate 2 ListBox first before getting the input data to pre-fill the form.
So the Sequence should be

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*Generate the Selection for Car Brand

*Generate the Selection for Colour

*Get the customer data to pre-fill the form

But what I'm getting is whenever I refresh the page, the sequence of function loading is random. Sometimes it is working fine, sometimes it is loading 3 > 1 > 2 or 2 > 3 > 1 or any other random sequence.
Please suggest anyway that we can make sure the sequence is running as per design.
Below is the sample code
Code.gs
var SHEET_CAR_URL = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/{sheet1ID}/edit#gid=0';
var SHEET_COLOUR_URL = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/{sheet2ID}/edit#gid=0';
var SHEET_CUSTOMER_URL = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/{sheet2ID}/edit#gid=0';

function doGet(request) {
 return HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('CustomerForm').evaluate().setTitle("Demo Form");
}

function include(filename) {
  return HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile(filename)
      .getContent();
}

function loadCarList(){
  //load Cars GSheet
  var carsspreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(SHEET_CAR_URL).getSheetByName('Cars');
  numItemCars = carsspreadsheet.getLastRow()-1;// get the number of rows in the sheet
  colItemCars = carsspreadsheet.getLastColumn();// get the number of rows in the sheet
  listCarsArray = carsspreadsheet.getRange(2,1,numItemCars,colItemCars).getValues();

  var listCar = "<option value=''></option>";
   for(var i=0; i<numItemCars; i++){
    listCar += "<option value='"+listCarsArray[i][0]+"'>"+listCarsArray[i][0]+"</option>";
  }
  Logger.log(listCar);
  return listCar;
}

function loadColourList(){
  //load Colour GSheet
  var colourspreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(SHEET_COLOUR_URL).getSheetByName('Colour');
  numItemColour = colourspreadsheet.getLastRow()-1;// get the number of rows in the sheet
  colItemColour = colourspreadsheet.getLastColumn();// get the number of rows in the sheet
  listColourArray = colourspreadsheet.getRange(2,1,numItemColour,colItemColour).getValues();

  var listColour = "<option value=''></option>";
   for(var i=0; i<numItemColour; i++){
    listColour += "<option value='"+listColourArray[i][0]+"'>"+listColourArray[i][0]+"</option>";
  }
  Logger.log(listColour);
  return listColour;
}

function loadCustomer(inputID){
  //load Customer GSheet
  var customerspreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(SHEET_CUSTOMER_URL).getSheetByName('Customer');
  numItemCust = customerspreadsheet.getLastRow()-1;// get the number of rows in the sheet
  colItemCustr = customerspreadsheet.getLastColumn();// get the number of rows in the sheet
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Kauai is Hawaii at its most lush. Nicknamed "The Garden Isle," it's where exotic fruits grow wild in verdant valleys against the backdrop of towering, waterfall-covered mountains. It's the kind of place that people envision Hawaii to be before ever stepping foot on the soft sand of the 50th state.
The dormant volcano in the middle of the island, Mount Waialeale, is the rainiest place on earth. The interior of its crater is covered with hundreds of waterfalls. Locals call it The Blue Hole and it features a falls-swept cliff dubbed The Weeping Wall.
All of that rain carves its way to the ocean to create the only navigable rivers in the state. It's absolutely stunning, but it's also a reminder that Kauai is washing away. It's the oldest of Hawaii's main islands, and all that water is carrying its famous red dirt out to sea. One day, in the far off future, Kauai will sink into the Pacific.
But the old age of the island is to your benefit. Time has ground the volcanic rock of the island down to create welcoming white sand beaches all around. In fact, the diminutive island features the most beaches of any island in Hawaii. So, you have a lot of options.
These beaches were chosen with safety in mind. They were chosen because the waters are protected from the notoriously harsh Pacific surf to make for a reliably safe swim despite the fact that you may find more beautiful beaches on The Garden Isle. But, as always, check ocean conditions, consult an on-duty lifeguard and never turn your back to the ocean.
Lydgate Beach Park
Lydgate Beach Park is the safest swim in all of Kauai. Massive rocks were craned into the ocean to make reliably safe swimming "pools." The first one you'll notice is for the kids. Locals call it the "Keiki Pool" because it's extremely shallow which makes Lydgate Beach Park perfect for families with young children.
The larger pool gets about six to eight feet deep up against the far wall. You might notice the surf crashing high on the rocks, but it won't reach over to get you. This pool is a great place to learn how to snorkel and swim if it's your first time. And you'll find plenty of tropical fish in the larger pool without the risk of the Man-o-war.
Poipu Beach
Kauai features four distinct climate zones on the north, east, south and west sides. The south side is reliably hot with clear skies and dry air. The clear air makes the stunning blue water of the south coast's Poipu Beach really pop.
This is a popular beach with tourists as they are drawn to the turtles and seals that sleep out on the sand. Remember that Kauai protects its wildlife fiercely and that turtles are protected by law. The oils in your skin will degrade a turtle's shell, and, if caught, a police officer will cite or even arrest you for disturbing the wildlife. You might even notice a police tape barrier set up around the slumbering seals and turtles. Enjoy the critters from a distance.
There's a shallow sand bar that cuts Poipu Beach into two distinct swimming sections. The eastern side is shallow, but you can still swim into a turtle as they like to munch on the mossy rocks. The surf here is calm and good for children, but you might run into some sharp volcanic rocks on the bottom. It's always good to pack a pair of water shoes to protect your feet.
The western side of the sand bar is much deeper. In fact, it gets to about five feet deep just a few steps into the water. You won't find any volcanic rock over here as the ocean features a soft sandy bottom. When there's no swell, the water here is glass calm and perfect for a vigorous swim. Then, when the sun begins to set, you can look west to see surfer silhouettes against a soft orange and red sky.
The north side of Kauai is wet, humid and tropical. It's also where you'll find Anini Beach Park. There's a long windy road that takes you down to a reliably calm beach as the entire length of Anini is protected from the strong north coast surf by a coral reef.
This is a long beach, and you'll find many families down here seeking out the calm waters. You can keep driving on to find your own little spot. It's the perfect place to snorkel and you don't have to worry too much about the surf.
The shallow waters make Anini perfect for the entire family. You'll also find plenty of trees on the backside of the beach for shade. And it's not hard to find a deep enough lane against the reef for a good swim. But, as always on Kauai, keep an eye out for waves that can get up and over the protective reef.
Ke'e Beach
The end of the Kuhio Highway north is where you'll find Ke'e Beach. It's a bit of a trek. You'll have to descend into the Hanalei Valley, traverse several one-lane bridges and brave the road as it clings to cliffsides, but you'll be rewarded with one of Kauai's most beautiful beaches.
Ke'e is the trailhead for the popular Hanakapei Falls and Kalalau Valley trails, and the beach features a small parking lot. You'll have to get to this beach early in the morning to get a spot, or you could just get lucky. There's an overflow parking lot down the road, but it's made of dirt, washed away and has deep potholes. Do not park on the road between the parking lot and the overflow parking area as you'll certainly get an expensive ticket.
The luscious jungle-like forest of the north shore extends all the way into the water at Ke'e. That means you'll be setting up your blanket under the shade of trees. There are plenty of feral chickens with chicks roaming the beach, and the first cathedral cliff of the Na Pali Coast towers over the south end of the sand. It makes for a dramatic picture at sunset.
You'll find a protective reef about 75 yards out into the water, but it doesn't always protect the beach's swimming pool. You'll have to check the swells and surf before heading out to Ke'e for a swim. There's one lifeguard stand on Ke'e, and you can't miss it. Always ask the lifeguard if the water is safe as the waves have been known to sweep people out to sea over the reef. But, if it's calm, Ke'e features one of the most beautiful swims on the island.
Strap on some goggles and you'll be treated to five-star tropical fish watching out in the deeper water near the reef. After your swim, you can hike the first mile, or so, up the Kalalau Valley Trail to a viewpoint over Ke'e where you can see down the length of the Na Pali Coast. It's unforgettable. The hike is dry and hot, but there's usually a local selling whole green coconuts with ice-cold coconut water inside them out of a truck in the trailhead's parking lot.
You'll be treated to a beautiful view of Hanalei Bay on the Kuhio Highway as you descend a cliffside to Hanalei town. Its a half-moon bay with stunningly blue water crowned by waterfall covered mountains. Once down on the beach, look at the length of the mountains running east to west and you might be able to make out the silhouette of a giant, slumbering dragon. That's Puff the Magic Dragon who lives by the sea.
An iconic pier cuts the beach in half down at Hanalei Bay. On the edges of the bay, you'll see surfers taking advantage of the north shore's waves, but those waves rarely ever make it into the bay to disrupt a swim. If they do, they are usually perfect for a bodysurfing session.
The sandy beach rarely has any debris to worry about, so you don't need any water shoes for a swim at Hanalei Bay. Just make sure to stay in the center of the long beach as the edges can get a bit rough, especially during the winter months.
Parking at this iconic beach can be difficult. There is a rough dirt parking lot near the bathrooms, barbecues and picnic tables. You'll find this area in the middle of a residential area. You're not supposed to park along the residential street, but you also might find it difficult to find space among the local's trucks in the dirt lot.
And many enjoy this beach for its proximity to town. You can enjoy a swim and then stroll into a Hanalei town for a bite to eat, a drink or for a bit of shopping before returning to the soft sand and welcoming waters.
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Radical in the White House
By Stanley Kurtz & Kathryn Jean Lopez
Stanley Kurtz hit an Organizing for America nerve during Barack Obama's campaign for president. Stanley, a Harvard-educated social anthropologist, is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and has written for National Review and National Review Online for over a decade. When he started not only asking questions but digging into Barack Obama's academic and activist past, the campaign tried to shut him down — literally, organizing a phone slamdown on Chicago radio.
Well, this still is America. And so Stanley has done what he is trained to do — research and present evidence to present a complete picture, in this case of the man who is currently president of the United States. The fruit of that project is a gripping, meticulous new book, Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism, which he discusses with me here.
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: What is so bad about being a Radical-in-Chief?
STANLEY KURTZ: There are two key problems. First, Obama's slow-motion socialism undercuts liberty and prosperity on behalf of a highly questionable view of fairness. Second, and at least as disturbing, Obama's practice of disguising his ideological views is bad for democracy, which depends upon informed public choice.
LOPEZ: "Community organizing is a largely socialist profession." How does one back that up? A lot of faith-based types could be described as community organizers, couldn't they? And they're not necessarily socialists. They certainly needn't be.
KURTZ: If you define community organizing very broadly, you could include even conservative groups under its banner. From some perspectives, the Tea Party is a form of community organizing. But the community organizing I discuss in the book is a self-consciously radical tradition that flows from the early achievements of Saul Alinsky, along with the work of Students for a Democratic Society and the National Welfare Rights Organization in the early-to-mid 1960s. The leadership of these groups was largely socialist, and remained so as they moved into community organizing in the 1970s and beyond. More to the point, the community organizers who trained and worked with Obama were largely socialist, although they made a point of not advertising that fact. Even the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, a faith-based group that has done much to support community organizing (including Obama's own early work), is an effectively socialist group, although it doesn't say so directly. My book carefully unpacks a great deal of archival evidence to substantiate these claims.
LOPEZ: You wrote, "When I began my post-campaign research for this book, my inclination was to downplay or dismiss evidence of explicit socialism in Obama's background. I thought the socialism issue was an unprovable and unnecessary distraction from the broader question of Obama's ultra-liberal inclinations. I was wrong. Evidence that suggests Obama is a socialist, I am now convinced, is real, important, and profoundly relevant to the present." Explain.
KURTZ: It takes a whole book to explicate that statement. But to be brief, when I first found programs from the Socialist Scholars Conferences Obama attended in New York in the 1980s, I saw a number of people who were later part of his political circle. I was particularly struck by the name James Cone, who was Jeremiah Wright's theological mentor and the founder of black liberation theology. There were other talks on black liberation theology at those conferences as well. That meant Obama would very likely have known about Wright's theology even before he met Wright, and would have recognized its socialist content. Following this trail, I discovered that many of Obama's organizing mentors and colleagues in Chicago were prominent socialists, with ties to the group that had sponsored those early socialist conferences. The policy preferences, tactics, and strategies of these socialist organizers are recognizable in the administration's conduct today. In fact, the Obama administration continues to coordinate its grassroots support through many of the same socialist organizers he worked with in previous years.
LOPEZ: Why was the 1983 Socialist Scholars Conference "so formative an influence on Obama's political career"?
KURTZ: I argue that it was Obama's attendance at that first Socialist Scholars Conference in 1983 that made him decide to become a community organizer. At that point, I maintain, Obama was already a socialist. But that 1983 conference exposed him for the first time to the socialist world's newfound emphasis on community organizing as part of a long-term political strategy to realign the parties along class lines. The goal was to inch the country toward socialism through multicultural "rainbow" coalitions led by minority politicians on the model of Chicago's Harold Washington, who became Obama's political idol. This gave Obama a solution to his identity crisis and drove him off the path to a career in international relations, which is where he'd been up till then. My argument for all this unfolds a bit like a detective story in the second chapter of the book.
LOPEZ: What actual evidence do you have that Obama attended the annual Socialist Scholars Conferences in New York between 1983 and 1985?
KURTZ: Obama tells us himself in Dreams from My Father that he attended socialist conferences at the Cooper Union. Detailed evidence from socialist archives shows that there was only one socialist conference at the Cooper Union, and that was the Socialist Scholars Conference of 1983. Obama's name also appears on a list of pre-registrants for the 1984 Socialist Scholars Conference. There is less evidence that he attended the Socialist Scholars Conference of 1985, although I think it's likely that he did. Not only did Obama attend the previous two conferences, evidence indicates that in 1985 he was studying the writings of Harry Boyte, an important theorist of community organizing who spoke at the 1985 conference. Boyte, by the way, advised Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. I carefully dissect the evidence for Obama's conference attendance in the book.
LOPEZ: What is socialism? What is socialism to Barack Obama? How has that changed since 1983? How has it stayed the same?
KURTZ: These are the big questions. In the 1980s, the failure of Sixties and Seventies radicalism and the ascent of Ronald Reagan forced America's socialists to take another tack. They de-emphasized strategies of nationalization and focused instead on local organizing as the way to move the country toward socialism. Now, instead of nationalizing a company, the idea was to get community organizers onto boards of directors, or to force banks to run loans through groups like ACORN. This was socialism "from below," and it is the strategy that captivated Obama.
Obama's socialist community-organizing colleagues followed French Marxist theorist André Gorz. Gorz advocated a strategy he called "non-reformist reforms," proposing a series of seemingly minor tweaks to the system that were in fact designed to undermine capitalism and usher in socialism over time. This led Obama's socialist mentors to devise an early version of the "public option," although at the time they applied the idea to the energy sector, not health care. The socialism of Obama's mentors was incremental and intentionally disguised. In the book, I argue that Obama follows many of his socialist mentors' ideas to this day.
LOPEZ: How important is black liberation theology to understanding Barack Obama? And where does Jeremiah Wright fit in here?
KURTZ: The important thing about black liberation theology for Obama at the beginning was that its practitioners had just struck up an alliance with the Democratic Socialists of America. That gave Obama a way of bringing together his leftist political inclinations with his quest for an African-American identity. Obama surely disagreed with Reverend Wright's crazier ideas, like the absurd notion that the AIDS virus is the product of a racist plot against blacks. Obama put up with Wright's extremism because they shared a socialist outlook. Obama very much hoped to use radical preachers like Wright to help build a leftist political movement. In the book, I present a great deal of new evidence on Obama's relationship with Wright, and on Wright's own fascinating political history.
LOPEZ: Was Bill Ayers his mentor or not?
KURTZ: Ayers certainly gave Obama a leg up when he helped elevate Obama to the head of a foundation Ayers created, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. But I'd prefer to call the relationship an extended political partnership. In the book, I show that Obama eventually returned the favor and brought Ayers onto the board of the Woods Fund, which no one has pointed out until now. Obama also helped fund the work of Ayers's wife, former Weather Underground leader Bernardine Dohrn. I've discovered that Obama even had longstanding ties to Bill's brother, John Ayers. But the big picture is that Ayers and Dohrn were just a part of Chicago's larger socialist world. Obama was also deeply immersed in that world, and it just so happens that, in 2008, the infamy of Ayers and Dohrn gave us a tiny peek into Obama's larger radical political environment.
LOPEZ: How important is ACORN to understanding Barack Obama and the Democratic party today? Is ACORN still a factor?
KURTZ: I present a great deal of new documentary evidence detailing Obama's longstanding relationship with ACORN. When you compare all this new material with Obama's statements in 2008, it's obvious that he lied about his relationship with ACORN. That's important because it calls into question Obama's credibility on the matter of his radical beliefs and associations. To this day, Obama and the Democrats blame the financial crisis exclusively on deregulation. The contribution of ACORN and the Democrats to the origins of the subprime-lending crisis is not as widely known as it should be. The book uncovers archival documents that allow us to recover ACORN's extensive role in the origins of the financial crisis. Fascinating documents with ACORN's inside account of its meetings with President Clinton and his officials tell us everything about the financial crisis that Obama and the Democrats don't want us to hear. The mentality that got us into the crisis is still at play, with both Obama and the Democrats. That is the big lesson. But ACORN itself hasn't disappeared. ACORN is a kind of giant organizational shell game, and the recent change of name is just another move in that game.
LOPEZ: Barack Obama wrote in Dreams from My Father: "Political discussions, the kind that at Occidental had once seemed so intense and purposeful, came to take on the flavor of the socialist conferences I sometimes attended at Cooper Union or the African cultural fairs that took place in Harlem and Brooklyn during the summers — a few of the many diversions New York had to offer, like going to a foreign film or ice-skating at Rockefeller Center." You read a lot into "diversions." How? Why? Is he really that smart?
KURTZ: If all we had was Dreams from My Father, we couldn't make much of those conferences. But after a painstaking reconstruction of what actually happened at those socialist conferences, the outlines of Obama's entire political career emerge. It's amazing how careful organizers are about both disguising and, on rare occasions, revealing their socialism. This goes back to Alinsky, but in the book I show socialists explaining to other socialists that the group Obama worked with, the Midwest Academy, was quietly socialist. Midwest Academy organizers made a practice of thinking through every little signal they gave about their socialist views with enormous care. Obama learned his craft from them.
LOPEZ: If Obama is so smart, why are the Democrats going to lose big on Tuesday?
KURTZ: Most people don't realize that community organizers fail a lot more often than they succeed. That's not because they're dumb, but because, fundamentally, they are trying to manipulate people into following the organizer's own political path. It isn't easy to get people to travel down a political path that is not truly their own, but that is what community organizers try to do. Smarts alone can only get you so far along that road. Having said that, I argue in the book that Obama isn't in quite as hopeless a position as he may seem to be right now. Obama has adopted a high-risk strategy. His long-term goal is to polarize the parties along class lines, thereby driving the country substantially to the left. He's taking big chances to get there, but there is a plausible long-term scenario for success. I go into this in some detail in the final chapter.
LOPEZ: So is Saul Alinsky really, truly important to understanding our president?
KURTZ: He is, but in the book I focus on Alinsky's method as adapted and transformed by an extraordinary community-organizer-training institute called the Midwest Academy. Barack and Michelle Obama both had close ties to the Academy, and it is the Midwest Academy's version of organizing — and of socialism — that deeply stamped Obama, I believe. I would call Obama, a "Midwest Academy socialist," and one way to read the book is as a long explanation of exactly what Midwest Academy socialism is.
LOPEZ: What does the Midwest Academy have to do with the milestone health-care legislation the president signed this March?
KURTZ: The Midwest Academy virtually invented the "public option" idea, although in those days they wanted a public energy corporation to "compete" with private oil and gas companies (in the unspoken hope of driving them out of business). I believe that Obama's support for a public option and his willingness to trade it away were both based on the Midwest Academy's strategies of gradualism and "non-reformist reforms." Even without the public option, the health-care bill as written is designed to drive the system toward single-payer over time. The president's way of selling health-care reform, chiefly as a pragmatic fix rather than a matter of principle, also goes back to Alinskyite techniques as filtered through the Midwest Academy.
LOPEZ: You write about a "strategic patience" in Barack Obama's socialism. He doesn't sound patient, though. He sounds shrill and out of patience, especially with his condescending, dismissive Slurpee lines.
KURTZ: I agree that the president is losing a bit of his cool under pressure. More broadly, I think Obama was ready to move more incrementally before the financial crisis gave him a large Democratic majority in Congress. At that point, Obama decided to take advantage of what seemed at the time like a unique opportunity to grasp for a great deal of "change" at once. Even so, from the perspective of many on the left, Obama has gone slowly, say, by giving up the public option. I also think Obama is ready for slow trench warfare with a Republican Congress. To prepare for that, he first needed to get in place programs the Republicans would try to repeal. Out of that polarizing battle, Obama hopes to jump-start a movement of have-nots angry about efforts to peel back their new entitlements. He may fail, but that is his long-term play. And it follows a well-worn community-organizing model, as I show in the book.
LOPEZ: Do you have insights into what exactly Barack Obama makes of the abortion debate and where that fits into a full picture of him? Despite a radicalism there, he's been stealth about it, somewhat consistently, in his national career.
KURTZ: Midwest Academy founder Heather Booth began as a socialist feminist with an intense interest in abortion. Yet she ultimately downplayed that issue in an effort to assemble a populist anti-business coalition that united culturally conservative blue-collar workers with the descendants of the Sixties left. Midwest Academy strategy is to downplay cultural issues and foreign policy in order to avoid dividing a broad-based, economically focused, populist coalition of the Left. I think Obama follows this program. He's a leftist on cultural issues, but he doesn't want to emphasize it any more than he absolutely has to, because that will split his coalition on economic issues, which is what he really cares about.
KURTZ: Do you think there is anything to the Dinesh D'Souza thesis about Obama?
LOPEZ: I've read his Forbes article, not the book, so my reaction has to be provisional. I think D'Souza takes kernels of truth and overloads them with significance. Was Obama attracted to postcolonial theory? Yes, he tells us so himself. Were Obama's socialist inclinations inspired, in part, by his father's socialism? They very likely were. But none of that substitutes for a careful attempt to reconstruct Obama's adult political career. That is what I have tried to do. D'Souza is squeezing all the controversy he can out of the public record. But the heretofore hidden history I recover is ultimately more interesting and important.
LOPEZ: Why is this important now? I know many of the policies are harmful to the country, and I want to see his party's power depleted come January and someone else in the White House after the next presidential election. Why should I care what he wrote in Dreams from My Father and what conferences he attended in the Eighties?
KURTZ: The final chapter of the book shows how deeply Obama's past still influences his present. More broadly, electing and reelecting a president is, in substantial measure, a matter of trust. Obama has misrepresented who he was and is, both during the 2008 election and since. In that sense, he has broken trust with the public. Only if the American people know the truth about their president's political beliefs can they make an informed decision about his reelection. That is how democracy works. The mind of the president means a great deal. The health-care and financial-reform bills are largely unfinished projects. What they will become depends on how the massive regulatory apparatus of each is shaped by the administration. A number of Obama's supporters still believe his claims of post-partisan pragmatism. Showing that this is not the true picture could have a very significant effect on whether the country decides to throw in its lot with Obama or his Republican opponent two years from now.
LOPEZ: Beyond this Tuesday, how can those who want to defeat Obama and his agenda make use of your book?
KURTZ: I do think the book makes Obama's strategic moves more understandable, and therefore easier to counter. But simply exposing the president's lack of frankness about his political past and present could do more than anything to deplete his public appeal. Setting the socialism question aside for a moment, just knowing that Obama's colleagues and mentors made a regular practice of disguising their real political views is going to disturb a lot of voters.
LOPEZ: Why do you think your argument is compelling? Why would you urge those who don't already think Obama is radical to read your book?
KURTZ: The whole socialism argument kicked off by Obama's candidacy and presidency has been off-base. It is grounded in ignorance of what modern American socialism really is. Agree or disagree with my argument about Obama, my book shows what much of contemporary socialism has become. It proves that stealth socialism is a real phenomenon, whether you think Obama embraces that view or not. It gives readers access to an important but almost totally unknown political world. It is a world Obama lived in for years. All that may not resolve our arguments about the president's political views, but it puts the debate itself on an entirely new footing.
LOPEZ: What did you learn that most surprised you during the course of your research?
KURTZ: During campaign 2008, I debated a prominent community organizer and Obama advisor named Harry Boyte. He presented himself during that debate as a slightly left-leaning cousin of communitarian conservatives. When I learned that he was a prominent and powerful socialist, I was shocked. When I discovered that he had been the leader of a socialist faction that believed in using the word "communitarian" to disguise its socialist convictions, I was amazed. When I realized that Boyte had been the leading thinker of the faction of socialist organizers who trained Obama, I was stunned.
LOPEZ: Have you been surprised about various reactions to your book?
KURTZ: People are sometimes taken aback (in a good way) when they interview me and realize that I have a whole new approach to the socialism argument. A number of people who are just now moving through the book are writing to tell me it's gripping in the way a murder mystery is. The book is scholarly, but the process of peeling back Obama's self-presentation and unearthing the hidden story beneath it is exciting.
LOPEZ: If there's one thing you could drive home to Americans about the president, what would it be?
KURTZ: He hasn't been telling us the truth about his political convictions.
LOPEZ: What does it mean for American history that we have a socialist as president right now?
KURTZ: The liberalizing changes of the Sixties have borne fruit in a new generation, yet they have been incomplete. The Democrats have moved left, but resistance to those changes has driven Republicans to the right. The government sector is so large now that the fundamental character of the American system is at stake. We will either move incrementally over the line toward European-style socialism, or pull substantially back. The battle will be fought out over the next two years, with the coming presidential election determining the winner. A Republican victory next week does not decide the question. It only sets up the larger battle Obama has been planning all along. We don't yet know who will win.
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Islamists militants in Libya have probably kidnapped up to 25 soldiers and killed five others in the eastern city of Benghazi, an army commander said yesterday, as the prime minister travelled to the United Arab Emirates to seek support for his embattled government.
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has called for the international community to help fight terrorism in the oil-producing country, which has slid towards anarchy three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Last month, the capital, Tripoli, fell to an armed group, forcing the elected Parliament to relocate to the remote eastern town of Tobruk.
In Benghazi, Islamist fighters have been trying to seize the city's civilian and military airport.
Five soldiers were killed and seven others wounded when Islamist fighters belonging to a group called Majlis al-Shoura attacked an army checkpoint in Benghazi on Tuesday, Fadhil al-Hasi, a special forces commander, told Reuters. Majlis al-Shoura refers to an alliance of Islamist fighters in Benghazi that includes Ansar al-Sharia. Washington says the group was behind the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi two years ago in which the American ambassador was killed.
"Twenty-five soldiers are missing," Hasi said, adding that Islamists had most likely abducted them at checkpoints. To get support for his government, Thinni flew from Tobruk to the UAE, a country that has cracked down on Islamists. Part of the armed group from the western city of Misurata controlling Tripoli is Islamist-leaning.
"We are asking the international community to stand by us in fighting terrorism. This is the support we need," he told reporters in Abu Dhabi.
Nato and Arab countries have been training Libyan soldiers since the toppling of Gaddafi, but regular forces are often no match for armed groups battle-hardened from the 2011 uprising.
Thinni said the UAE was supporting Libya, without elaborating.
US officials have said the UAE and Egypt, which also has cracked down on Islamists, bombed positions held by Misrata fighters days before they seized the capital last month. Thinni denied this.
He said the UAE had arrested seven Libyan nationals, some of whom Libyan media have said had links to the Muslim Brothers.
"We respect the sovereignty of other countries like we respect ours. We don't accept our citizens to interfere in the domestic" affairs of other countries, Thinni said when asked about the arrests.


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This article is about the Peace Bridge between the USA and Canada. For other Peace Bridges, see Peace Bridge (disambiguation).
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The Peace Bridge is an international bridge between Canada and the United States at the east end of Lake Erie at the source of the Niagara River, about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) upriver of Niagara Falls. It connects Buffalo, New York, in the United States to Fort Erie, Ontario, in Canada. It is operated and maintained by the binational Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority.
Peace Bridge from the Canadian side.
42°54′25″N 78°54′20″W / 42.90694°N 78.90556°W / 42.90694; -78.90556Coordinates: 42°54′25″N 78°54′20″W / 42.90694°N 78.90556°W / 42.90694; -78.90556
3 reversible lanes connecting to QEW in Canada and I-190 in the United States.
Niagara River
Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York
Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority (Peace Bridge Authority)
Deck type truss and arch bridge
5,800 feet (1.77 km)
Longest span
June 1, 1927; 94 years ago (1927-06-01)
$4 USD (E-ZPass), $6 USD (cash) $7.25 CAD (cash), westbound only [1]
The Peace Bridge consists of five arched spans over the Niagara River and a Parker deck type truss span over the Black Rock Canal on the American side of the river. The length is 5,800 feet (1.77 km). Material used in the construction included 3,500 feet (1.07 km) of steelwork, 9,000 tons of structural steel and 800 tons of reinforcing steel in the concrete abutments. The Peace Bridge was named to commemorate 100 years of peace between the United States and Canada.[citation needed] It was constructed as a highway bridge to address pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic which could not be accommodated on the International Railway Bridge, built in 1873.[citation needed]
2 Alternatives
3 Customs inspection and toll plazas
3.1 Preclearance
4 Road connections
5 Commemorations
Peace Bridge from Fort Erie, with new lighting retrofit
The building of the Peace Bridge was approved by the International Joint Commission on August 6, 1925. Edward Lupfer served as chief engineer.[2] A major obstacle to building the bridge was the swift river current, which averages 7.5 to 12 miles per hour (12.1 to 19.3 km/h). Construction began in 1925 and was completed in the spring of 1927. On March 13, 1927, Lupfer drove the first car across the bridge. On June 1, 1927, the bridge was opened to the public.
The official opening ceremony was held two months later, on August 7, 1927, with about 100,000 in attendance. The festivities were transmitted to the public via radio in the first international coast-to-coast broadcast.[citation needed] Newspapers at the time estimated that as many as 50 million listeners may have heard the broadcast.[citation needed]
The dignitaries who took part in the dedication ceremonies included The Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII), Prince George, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, U.S. Vice President Charles Dawes, Secretary of State Frank Kellogg, New York Governor Al Smith and Ontario Premier Howard Ferguson.[3]
When the bridge opened, Buffalo and Fort Erie each became the chief port of entry to their respective countries from the other. At the time it was the only vehicular bridge on the Great Lakes from Niagara Falls to New York. The bridge remains one of North America's important commercial ports with four thousand trucks crossing it daily.
After new toll facilities were installed on the Canadian side in 2005, the Peace Bridge became the first E-ZPass facility outside the United States. There are no fees for entering the US.
AlternativesEdit
The Peace Bridge is one of the busiest on the Canada–United States border, with over one million trucks crossing it each year and delays of up to almost four hours.[4] Other nearby bridges between the United States and Canada include the Rainbow Bridge, the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge and the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge. The Queenston-Lewiston Bridge and the Peace Bridge are the only Niagara River crossings that allow heavy trucks.
Customs inspection and toll plazasEdit
There are customs plazas at both ends of the bridge, with the Canadian plaza the newer and larger of the two.
The inbound customs plaza in the United States has seven lanes for trucks and nine for cars. Pedestrians and cyclists are processed to the left of the truck inspection area.[5]
The inbound customs plaza in Canada was designed by NORR Limited Architects and Engineers and completed in 2010.[6] There are 14 booths/lanes for cars and a separate area for trucks (handling five trucks at a time). Pedestrians and cyclists are processed in an area on the right side of the inspection area for cars.[5]
Once vehicles leave the customs plaza in Canada vehicles approach a smaller toll plaza to pay toll for using the Peace Bridge. Payment for tolls are either cash (US or Canadian), EZPass, as well as old Peace Bridge tokens.[7] There are no toll booths on the US side[1] and no tolls for pedestrians or cyclists.[7]
PreclearanceEdit
In October 2012 it was announced by the DHS and Public Safety Canada that a pilot program, years in the works, to preclear all truck traffic from Canada into Buffalo would be commenced. The pilot would start in late December 2012 and run for 18 months, after which the economic benefits would be assessed and its feasibility to make permanent would then be recommended to both U.S Congress and the Parliament of Canada.[8]
Road connectionsEdit
On the New York side, Interstate 190 has a direct northbound off-ramp (exit 9) onto the Peace Bridge. This exit is signed as "Ft Erie Can" on I-190. On the Ontario side, the Queen Elizabeth Way begins after (and ends at) Canadian Customs plaza.
CommemorationsEdit
US Peace Bridge stamp
Buffalo resident Emma M. Herold-Haft composed the Peace Bridge March in honor of the bridge's opening in 1927.
Canada and the United States, on August 4, 1977, brought out a joint issue of postage stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bridge. Unusual for joint issues, the two designs are radically different (the US was all blue and the Canadian was a full colour).
List of crossings of the Niagara River
List of reference routes in New York
Peace Bridge robins
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^ Berketa, Rick. "Bridges Over Niagara Falls:a history & pictorial". Niagara Falls Thunder Alley. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
^ "Peace Bridge Authority". 7 March 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008.
^ "Chapter 4: The Watery Boundary". United Divide: A Linear Portrait of the USA/Canada Border. The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Winter 2015.
^ a b Ripa, Roger. "Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority". www.peacebridge.com.
^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-06-20. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "U.S., Canada forge new inspection agreement".
Peter R. Eisenstadt; Laura-Eve Moss (2005). The Encyclopedia Of New York State. Syracuse University Press. p. 240. ISBN 9780815608080.
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Richard E. Anderson, MD, FACP, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Kerin Torpey Bashaw, Senior Vice President, Department of Patient Safety and Risk Management
Richard Cahill, Vice President, Associate General Counsel
Tammy Clark, Senior Vice President, Regional Operating Officer
David L. Feldman, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Bill Fleming, Chief Operating Officer
Stephen Freedman, Senior Vice President, Regional Operating Officer
Doug McCullough, Assistant Vice President, Claims
David McHale, Chief Legal & Human Resources Officer
Darrell Ranum, JD, CPHRM, Vice President, Department of Patient Safety and Risk Management
Marco Vanderlaan, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
Robert E. White Jr., Senior Vice President, Regional Operating Officer
Daniel Wright, RN, JD, Vice President, Department of Patient Safety and Risk Management
Richard E. Anderson, MD, FACP, is chairman and chief executive officer of The Doctors Company, the nation's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer. He is also a director of The Doctors Company Foundation.
Dr. Anderson was a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and is past chairman of the Department of Medicine at Scripps Memorial Hospital, where he served as senior oncologist for 18 years.
Dr. Anderson is the editor of a book, Medical Malpractice: A Physician's Sourcebook, and the author of a number of peer-reviewed publications on medical malpractice, the Harvard Medical Practice Study, and the impact of defensive medicine.
He has been invited to address numerous medical and legal forums, including the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, the College of American Pathologists, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons®, a number of medical school faculties, and the law schools of Columbia, Stanford, Northwestern, and the University of Richmond.
Industry presentations include the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), the Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS), Crittenden, the American Association of Health Plans, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Dr. Anderson currently serves on the Board of Overseers of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, the Board of Directors of Californians Allied for Patient Protection, and as a faculty member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
Dr. Anderson is the first recipient of the PLUS Foundation's Award for Outstanding Leadership in Healthcare Professional Liability.
After graduating from Stanford Medical School, Dr. Anderson completed his internship and residency at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Hospital, followed by his postdoctoral fellowship in medical oncology at Stanford. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from Yale College.
Kerin Torpey Bashaw, MPH, RN, is Senior Vice President of the Department of Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company, and is responsible for setting strategy in these areas across the nation with a team of just under 50. She has served as Corporate Vice President of Quality, Verity Health System; System Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Officer, Alameda Health System; Director of Clinical Services and Operations, Stanford Cancer Center; Director of Accreditation, Quality, and Safety, Stanford Health Care; and Director of Patient Care Services (intensive care, progressive care, neurosurgery/neuroscience, telemetry, and medical/surgical units), Kaiser Permanente. Ms. Bashaw's extensive background in patient safety, risk management, quality, accreditation, and operations supports the Department of Patient Safety and Risk Management's continued progress towards utilizing data, enhancing quality, delivering service, and demonstrating value to our members and to our company.
Ms. Bashaw earned a bachelor of science (BS) degree in nursing from Georgetown University and a master of public health (MPH) degree from the Yale School of Medicine, where she graduated with distinction.
Richard Cahill is Vice President and Associate General Counsel for The Doctors Company. Mr. Cahill provides legal support to the Claims and Patient Safety Departments. He has specialized in various facets of healthcare litigation for more than 25 years, including the defense of hospital and physician professional liability claims, managed care contract disputes, and related business torts. His principal clients have included Cigna, Kaiser Permanente, and Tenet Health Systems. Mr. Cahill has completed in excess of 175 trials and binding arbitrations during his career, and has been appointed as an arbitrator in more than 350 cases involving healthcare issues.
Mr. Cahill received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from UCLA in 1975 and his juris doctor from Notre Dame Law School in 1978. He lectures frequently around the country on topics related to the healthcare industry. He has an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Tammy Clark is Senior Vice President and Regional Operating Officer for The Doctors Company's Northeast Region. Ms. Clark has served The Doctors Company for the past 17 years, and brings a total of 30 years of professional liability experience to her role. Prior to joining The Doctors Company, Clark was Director of National Accounts for PHICO Insurance Company and managed the creation of programs for large multistate hospital systems and physician groups. As Vice President of Underwriting for The Doctor's Company's Northeast Region, she headed the Underwriting Department and was responsible for managing staff in three offices. In her current position as Regional Operating Officer, Ms. Clark oversees the member-facing operations of the 22-state Northeast Region with a staff of 84 people in Claims, Underwriting, Patient Safety/Risk Management, and Business Development.
Ms. Clark attended Elizabethtown College, and is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) as well as a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU).
David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAPL, FACS, serves as Chief Medical Officer of The Doctors Company Group. In addition, he is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Healthcare Risk Advisors (HRA), a strategic business unit of The Doctors Company Group.
Previously, Dr. Feldman was Vice President for Patient Safety, Vice President of Perioperative Services, and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Under his leadership HRA provides resources and a collaborative environment designed to minimize claims and lower premiums for HRA clients by preventing patient harm, enhancing teamwork and communication, and improving documentation.
Dr. Feldman currently serves on the steering committee of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for retraining and retooling of practicing surgeons.
Dr. Feldman received a bachelor of arts degree and doctor of medicine degree from Duke University, completed training in general surgery at The Roosevelt Hospital (now Mount Sinai West), and plastic surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He earned a master of business administration degree from New York University.
Bill Fleming is the Chief Operating Officer for The Doctors Company. Named COO in January 2017, Fleming is responsible for all claims, underwriting, patient safety and risk management, sales and marketing for the nation's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer. He is responsible for the company's operating subsidiaries, TDC Specialty Underwriters and Medical Advantage Group.
Fleming is a 24-year veteran of The Doctors Company and previously served in a number of leadership capacities, including claims, underwriting, product development, and regional operating officer for the Northeast region. He was also integration leader for AP Capital, Advocate MD, and Intermed, as they joined The Doctors Company via acquisition in 2010 (AP Capital) and 2011 (Advocate, MD, and Intermed).
Fleming began his career with Safeco Insurance in casualty claims and later moved to the professional liability sector. He earned a bachelor's degree in administration, with an emphasis in business law, from California State University, Fresno, and a master of business administration (MBA) from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
He holds leadership positions on boards and committees for numerous insurance and healthcare-related organizations. He is a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) and an Associate in Insurance Services (AIS).
Fleming leverages his deep industry insights and longstanding relationships with the company's stakeholders—members, physicians, agents—to fulfill The Doctors Company mission of advancing, protecting, and rewarding the practice of good medicine.
Stephen Freedman is the Senior Vice President and Regional Operating Officer for The Doctors Company's Southwest Region. He is responsible for the professional liability insurance operations covering four states: California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada. Mr. Freedman joined The Doctors Company in 1987 and has held various positions throughout his tenure. He has extensive insight and in-depth knowledge of the medical professional liability market and possesses significant experience in the underwriting, claims, operations and administration, patient safety/risk management, business development, finance and operational and strategic planning functions.
Mr. Freedman holds a bachelor of science degree in finance and business economics from the University of Southern California. Throughout his career, he has attended numerous executive management educational programs.
Doug McCullough is an Assistant Vice President of Claims for The Doctors Company's Northwest Region. He works in the Austin, Texas, office. A dedicated claims professional since 1986, he started his career handling casualty claims for Allstate Insurance. As an Independent Adjuster, he managed four branch offices, handling the state of Delaware and the Eastern Maryland Shore. He entered the medical malpractice arena in 1991 with the Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange (MIIX). He joined The Doctors Company in 2001. As AVP, Mr. McCullough has provided oversight of medical malpractice cases throughout the East Coast and Midwest. Currently, he supervises all medical malpractice cases for The Doctors Company in Texas and Oklahoma.
Mr. McCullough is a graduate of the University of Dayton and obtained his law degree from the University of Akron, maintaining a license to practice in Ohio.
As a member of the Claims Department, Mr. McCullough supports The Doctors Company's fierce commitment to providing an aggressive defense to each of its insured members.
David McHale is the Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer of The Doctors Company, where he oversees the legal, regulatory compliance, human resources, and government relations activities for the company. Prior to joining The Doctors Company, McHale was a Vice President and Deputy General Counsel with Nationwide Insurance. Prior to joining Nationwide, he served in a variety of positions with Allstate Insurance Company. A frequent presenter before trade associations and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, he has also authored articles on cybersecurity and cyber, legal, and enterprise risk management.
McHale holds an undergraduate degree in government from the University of San Francisco, a law degree from the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois.
Darrell Ranum, JD, CPHRM, is the Vice President of the Department of Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company's Northeast Region.
Mr. Ranum has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare, professional liability, risk management, and patient safety. As Vice President, he supervises healthcare professionals who provide risk consulting services and education to hospitals, physician groups, and other organizations. A frequent speaker and author, Mr. Ranum manages studies of medical malpractice claims to identify, communicate, and help prevent system failures that result in patient harm.
Mr. Ranum has served on a variety of boards, including for the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Ohio Patient Safety Institute, and Ohio University Insurance Institute's Board of Advisors. He is Vice Chair of the Data Sharing Committee of the Physician Insurers Association of America and was a founding board member of an inner-city charity health center. He is licensed to practice law in Ohio. He is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM).
Marco Vanderlaan, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer for The Doctors Company. He also serves as Chief Risk Officer. Prior to joining The Doctors Company in 2001, Mr. Vanderlaan was vice president of finance for Move.com (now Move, Inc.) and a senior manager with Deloitte & Touche (now Deloitte). Mr. Vanderlaan has held a variety of senior leadership positions with The Doctors Company, most recently serving as senior vice president, business assessment. He has also held executive positions in finance, reinsurance, and strategic planning. As CFO, he is focused on enhancing our market leadership, financial success, and risk intelligence while maintaining the conservative business philosophy that empowers our mission to advance, protect, and reward the practice of good medicine.
He holds a bachelor's degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Robert E. White Jr. is Senior Vice President and Regional Operating Officer for The Doctors Company's Southeast Region. Mr. White works in our Jacksonville, Florida, office. Mr. White has 50 years of experience in the insurance industry. Mr. White managed the Claims and Loss Prevention departments of several commercial and doctor-owned insurance companies before coming to The Doctors Company in an administrative capacity 15 years ago. He served as President of the Insurance Operations of FPIC Insurance Group from 2002 to 2011.
He graduated magna cum laude from San Francisco State University. Mr. White is Chairman of the Board of the Florida Justice Reform Institute, a member of the Florida Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, board member of the Florida Insurance Council, and Chair of the Board of Governors of the Florida Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association. Mr. White is also former board member of the Physicians Insurers Association of America, and currently serves on four of their committees.
Daniel Wright, RN, JD, is Vice President of the Department of Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company. Formerly Vice President of Risk Management and Patient Safety for MAGMutual, Mr. Wright began his career as an ER/trauma nurse and an administrative supervisor. Mr. Wright is active in designing and implementing The Doctors Company's proactive risk management services to assist physicians, medical office managers, and staff members.
Mr. Wright earned his nursing degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and his law degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is licensed as an attorney, a registered nurse, and a healthcare risk manager. He is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) and is a member of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management. A frequent speaker, Mr. Wright addresses state and county medical societies, physician groups, hospital medical staff members, and medical management associations across the nation.