A handful of institutes, a majority of them publicly-funded, account for the bulk of research output from medical institutions in India. At the other extreme, nearly 60% of institutes did not have a single publication over a decade. Moreover, states that have the largest number of private medical colleges produce very little of research publication.
This was revealed in a study on the research output of all institutions in India during 2005-14 using Scopus, the largest database of peer-reviewed literature. The evaluation done by Dr Samiran Nundy, gastrointestinal surgeon and dean of Ganga Ram Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, along with two colleagues, looked at 579 institutes recognised by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the National Board of Examinations (NBE), which conducts the largest portfolio of examinations in medicine in India.
According to the study published in 'Current Medicine Research and Practice', only 25 (4.3%) of the institutions produced more than 100 papers a year and these accounted for 40.3% of the country's total research output. Over 57% or 332 of the medical colleges did not have a single publication during this period while over 90% of NBE-affiliated colleges in Karnataka and Kerala had none.
The annual research output of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Mayo Clinic in the US was over 4,600 and 3,700 respectively. Even the most prolific research institution in India, AIIMS, published less than a third of these numbers.
The top 10 medical institutes under MCI were AIIMS, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, Christian Medical College in Vellore, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, King George Medical College in Lucknow, Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore, Institute of Medical Sciences of Banaras Hindu University, and Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi. These accounted for 40.8% of the research output from the 579 medical institutions. The top 25 institutes under NBE, all private, contributed just 5.6% .
Overwhelming clinical burden leaving little time for academic activities is often cited as the reason for this state of affairs. "This is belied by the fact that the most prolific Indian publications come from institutions that also deal with the largest numbers of patients. This is also true of many of the world's great hospitals, which along with providing a high standard of patient care are also leaders in publication," observed the study.
It said lack of guidance and absence of role models among seniors, who themselves have published little, were major factors as was inadequate institutional support in the form of funds and infrastructure. However, the lack of incentives to do research and publish could be an even more important factor, since most faculty promotions in India are usually time-bound, based on seniority and influenced by political and bureaucratic 'contacts', rather than on researching and publishing, the study noted.
The policy of increasing the number of doctors by liberally allowing the creation of new medical institutions, mainly through private funding and enhancing seats has not been an unqualified success with what is generally perceived as a fall in standards of medical education, "which has now become a business venture for many politicians and is accompanied by widespread corruption both in its entry and exit processes", the study said, while calling for an overhaul of the medical education system.


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Of Hatred Spawn released their debut self titled 7 track death metal album last month and you will want to take heed here. Following in the same vein as Morbid Angel, Decapitated, and Cannibal Corpse but with a modern twist this band is here to stay and take the genre to new heights. We're given everything we look for in modern death metal from themes of darkness and futility to an overall demonic atmosphere. Enough talk! TMB may be considered a "review site" but our only goal is to help you discover new music so have a listen to the single 'Severed Limb Convulsion' below and start your Monday off right!
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Most large organizations have some sort of formalized performance management system, and nowadays, more and more are extending those systems to include a more structured approach to talent development. The essence of performance management and talent development is simple: It's all about continuous improvement.
Organizations with these types of formal systems typically start by setting long-term goals and then aligning those goals with each division, department and team. But at the individual level, employees usually spell out annual or quarterly goals for themselves. If they are serious about driving their own development, then they take the process further and create monthly, weekly and even daily goals. Usually, these goals are focused on key performance indicators related to the employee's tasks, projects or responsibilities. Sometimes, these individual initiatives align well with larger corporate goals, but sometimes, they don't. That's why soft skills tend to be overlooked in the context of formal systems. Soft skills behaviors may not be spelled out explicitly or identified as specific goals in a performance management system.
Soft skills behaviors may not be spelled out explicitly or identified as specific goals in a performance management system.
If an employee is failing to meet performance goals, then corrective measures might be spelled out in terms of his or her related sub-optimal soft skills behaviors. Often, however, it's already too late. If you wait until an employee has demonstrated a track record of failure on a key soft skill behavior, the performance management system is probably going to serve simply as a way to document that failure and provide a paper trail to help fire that person.
Soft skills behaviors might be included as part of an individual's personal goals and/or for "professional development." The problem here is that they are often the part of the employee's performance goals that are given the least weight and the least attention. Employees are likely to give these goals weight and attention in direct proportion to how much the organization itself does.
Your employees – and you – can only focus on so many things at once. If high-priority behaviors are truly priorities, then you must make that clear in your performance management and talent development. Whether you have a formalized system or not, remember, whatever you measure, whatever has consequences and whatever is rewarded is what your employees are going to focus on.
If high-priority behaviors are truly priorities, make that clear in your performance management and talent development.
Your employees need to know exactly what is expected and required of them when it comes to high-priority soft skills behaviors – every step of the way. They also need to know that their performance will be measured and that the score will have real consequences for failure and real rewards for success.
Employees need to know exactly what is expected and required of them when it comes to high-priority soft skills behaviors.


The best in town? Or the also-ran?
Businesses start because they're good at something. The best businesses grow and prosper because they become good at everything. Most business people know where their weak spots are. The best business people do something about them.
I'm reflecting on two of the restaurants I visited in Dallas on a recent weekend. One of them is one of the best in our area. There's a reason so many guests in the dining room were pulling out their cell phones and taking pictures of their food. It's not that they're restaurateurs who are stealing ideas. (Yes, I've seen that plenty of times.) It's that the food is so special, they want to remember the experience and share it with their friends. The atmosphere is unparalleled — unique, calming and beautiful. The service is knowledgeable, warm, and patient in explaining a menu that can be complicated and unfamiliar. It is not the best of locations and many neighboring restaurants have failed. Their reservation book is full at the beginning of August, one of the slowest times in Dallas for restaurant traffic. They are doing so many things right that I can only imagine how much more success they would enjoy in a location with actual traffic. If you are guessing which restaurant it is, yes, it's Tei-An.
At another restaurant, we had no trouble getting in. There were plenty of tables at a time when their competitors were on a wait. The atmosphere was the main draw for us. The design is current and the environment is among the best around. The quality of design is something that we typically see in major cities. It just feels good to sit in that restaurant. The service is fine. Their location is good, arguably better than Tei-An's One Arts Plaza. So why could we just walk in and take our pick of so many tables. Because the food is just OK. If it were great – they would be packed, too. They have multiple concepts and the same analysis applies to all their stores. Great atmosphere, good service, food . . . just so-so. The name of that restaurant is . . .
I will leave it to you to guess because I don't like to call out restaurateurs who, no doubt, are working hard. Perhaps they may become my clients one day. You are welcome to comment with a guess, but don't expect me to tell you if you are right!
So which do you want to be: the Tei-An of your segment? Or that other place? Be proud of what you do well, be candid about your weak spots, and get to work on improving.


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If you were to tell someone that the Bafta Film Awards were dominated by a black-and-white silent French film, they'd expect you to be talking about the first Awards ceremony in 1947. But they'd be wrong. The 65th Bafta Film Awards was always going to be The Artist's night and with no fewer than seven awards, it's clear that the bookies were right. Here we have a look at some of the highlights from the ceremony, hosted by the excellent Stephen Fry, which took place last night at The Royal Opera House in London.
Jean Dujardin: 'Err, who?!' I hear you ask. A relatively unknown actor until The Artist hit screens worldwide, Dujardin made an emotional acceptance speech and exclaimed "c'est incroyable" (he's French y'know). Against stiff competition from the likes of Pitt, Oldman, Clooney and Fassbender, Dujardin's award should really go to his expressive eyebrows – the real stars of a silent film.
Meryl Streep: Winning only her second Bafta, Streep brought some slapstick comedy to the proceedings by managing to lose her shoe on the stairs up to the stage and hobbled to the podium before Colin Firth became her Prince Charming and reunited her with her Jimmy Choos. Streep's astounding performance in The Iron Lady secured her the Leading Actress award and will, most probably, win her an Oscar. In perhaps one of the most philosophical speeches of the night, Steep hailed the aspirations of the film and its ambition to "look at the Iron Lady and to locate something real – maybe hidden – but truthful". Very deep.
Michel Hazanavicius: Back to The Artist and a director whose surname sounds more like a Bond villain than a Bafta award-winner. His expert direction and understanding of the power of silent cinema has demonstrated that silent films are far from dull and can be as engrossing as any Michael Bay film...actually, bad example.
Senna: Having been grossly overlooked by the Golden Globes, it was very satisfying to see the documentary about Formula One legend Ayrton Senna receive praise from Bafta. An emotionally-engaging and thoroughly-moving film, Senna is a film that everyone should see even if you've no interest in motor sport (and that's coming from someone who thinks that F1 is a key...).
Martin Scorsese: The highest award given by BAFTA went to the directorial heavyweight that is Martin Scorsese. Scorsese's love of cinema is pretty much unparalleled and his acceptance speech was a clear demonstration of this. As Total Film tweeted last night: "could listen to Scorsese wax lyrical about cinema pretty much indefinitely". With recent hit Hugo under his belt, Scorsese's long and illustrious career has produced some of the best films ever made and a visibly emotional Scorsese thanked BAFTA profusely: "I think just holding this award is an honour, but getting it is just a dream". Well done Marty.


Reading: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. Phonics focus is Comparative endings -er, -est, and dge /j/. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
Math: Order events using real-life scenarios. Compare time. Tell time to the hour, half-hour, and elapsed time using analog and digital clocks. Read a calendar to find dates, learn the days of the week and months of the year.
Science: We will be learning about the weather, seasonal changes, and animal behavior during these changes.
Reading: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. Phonics focus is r-controlled er, ir, ur, and contractions 's, 've, 're. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in the text. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (Yesterday, I walked home. Today, I walk home. Tomorrow I will walk home).
Math: Continuing from last week. Skip count by two's, five's, ten's to 100. Identify 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, and 10 less than a given number. Find a pattern in odd and even numbers. Use patterns to solve problems.
Science: We will be learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar.
Math: Skip count by twos and fives to 100. Identify 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, and 10 less than a given number. Find a pattern in odd and even numbers. Use patterns to solve problems.
Social Studies: Identify and name a variety of jobs workers do in their home, school, and community. Explain reasons why people may have to move.
Math: Regroup objects into tens and ones and write the number. Model, read, and write numbers through 50. Read and write numbers through 99. Identify place value of numbers through 100. Show two-digit numbers in different ways.
Social Studies: Define needs and identify that each individual has basic human needs. Define wants and identify that each individual has different wants. Describe ways people meet their needs and wants. Explain how people can trade to meet those needs and wants.
Reading: We are reading Christmas stories. We will be working on our reading and grammar skills this week.
Math: Count and write tens. Regroup 10 ones as 1 ten and write the number. Read and write numbers through 99. Identify the place value of numbers through 99.
**Update for the Christmas Party. Thursday is our Christmas party. We will play a game to exchange gifts. Please send in a gift, boys buy for a boy and girls buy for a girl. If you would like to send in goodies for our party you may but are not obligated to. I will have some treats for them. Your child may bring a blanket and pajamas for the day. We will change into them after Mass. Thank you. Any questions please let me know.
Homework this week is to spend time together as a family and help prepare for Christmas. Please continue to read with your child.
Boys need to wear black pants and white shirts on Wednesday for the Program. Girls will have a white gown on that Mrs. Trout is providing.
Our Christmas Party is Thursday!
2018-2019 The new year has begun and we are in full swing! We are starting our reading unit with the focus on short a words. We are learning about animals and the rules in our classroom. It is going to be a great year!
Easter is on it's way. We made some really cute chicks in class. We are finishing our Science for the quarter and will be focusing on Social Studies. We are going to be learning money, time, and measurements over the next few weeks. We have 8 more stories we are going to be learning with over the last quarter of the school year.
Hope you all have a wonderful Easter break and rest up for the final stretch of the school year.
Students exploring the public library.
The month of February is almost over and we have accomplished so much in our reading. This is the month to Read. We went to the public library to learn how to find books and some even checked one out. It was a great experience. We have challenged ourselves over the month to each read 25 books. We will find out how many books we read in all over the month of February. In school, we are reading AR books to see how many we can pass and get on the wall to complete our library of book spines. We are doing amazing with that. We are flying through addition and subtraction and will soon be doing measurements and geometry.
Can you believe it, we are half way through the year! It has been a great year in first grade. We have been learning sight words, addition and subtraction, and reading books with lots of excitement. We have learned the long and short vowel sounds and how to decode words to determine which to use. Over the next few weeks we are going to be learning about compound words, plurals, r-controlled phonics, contractions, and comparative endings. We have Catholic School Week coming up with lots of exciting activities to along to celebrate, ending with the Carnival. We are going to be looking at timelines and life cycles this quarter. It is going to be a great third quarter! Enjoy the sun when it is out!
The 2017-2018 School year has begun and we are having a great time. We have begun to read many stories. We are halfway through our first quarter already. In October, we are making apple pies and doing our community service projects. We picked up the football field the day after Night Under the Lights. The First and second graders had fun. They filled many bags with trash. We are going to clean up a park as part of the Work-A-Thon for the whole school project. We are also having a Volunteer Appreciation dinner for all those who take time out of their lives to help us make our school a success. Thanks for all you do! Enjoy the fall colors as the leaves change!
The end of the year has come. We have made great success in the first grade! All have doubled the goal of AR points! Way to Go Kids. You ROCK! Enjoy your summer and I will see everyone next year!
This month we will be measuring different objects to learn how to read inches and centimeters. We will be working at improving our addition and subtraction skills. We will be striving in our reading and writing as the year winds down. We are excited for the last couple of months to really see how much we have learned in First Grade. Have a great month everyone!
This month flew by. We learned to tell time, count money, and we finished the month out with over 130 A.R. points for third quarter! Way to go First Graders! We have a new challenge for reading. If all First Graders earn 10 or more A.R. points, they will get a day in their pajamas, watching a movie while eating popcorn and then go outside for an extra recess with root beer floats to cool them off in the near summer weather.
It has been a great month! We have worked at completing our Reading challenge for I love to Read month. We talked about Groundhog's Day and learned that we have six more weeks of winter. We celebrated Valentine's Day with math activities. The 100th Day of School on February 20 was a blast! We counted up to 100, down from 100 and did several other activities that consisted of 100. We are moving into March with learning about place value, greater than/less than, and figuring out what numbers are even and which are odd.
We have been working hard on our handwriting while making sentences. We are reading a variety of books with different genre's and finding out what the author is telling us. We are able to spell lots of words. We are having a great time and can not wait for spring to come!
We have been busy in First Grade! We are learning the letter y vowel sounds in reading. We are learning Geometry for math. We are working on identifying shapes and what shapes can be put together to make new shapes. We are learning about working in a community in Social Studies. In Science, we are learning about life cycles; how an egg turns into a bird, a seed into a flower. We are working on making decorations for the Carnival this year. We are learning about the Holy Trinity in Religion. It has been busy since we got back from Christmas break. We will continue to work on different activities to build our skills in the areas of reading and math. We play rounds of lightening using math flash cards for addition. We love to play I have…Who has… sight word games. Life is always exciting in First Grade! Enjoy the snow and stay warm!
In reading we are learning about words with short e vowel sound. We are continuing to learning about characters and settings in a story. We are also learning to pick out the main idea of the story this week. We are going to be looking at how stories are structured this week along with different genres. We have started learning the parts of sentences. The naming part includes the noun and the action part includes the verb.
In social studies we are learning about what it means to be a citizen. We will be discussing Fire Prevention and going to visit the fire hall.
In science we are learning about animals wild and tame. What their needs are and where they live. We will be looking at a variety of animals and learning about their habitats.
In math we are learning about subtraction concepts from 8 to 0. Learning how to structure number sentences horizontally and vertically.
We are going to be receiving a fruit or vegetable snack through a grant on Tuesday's through Friday's. There will not be snack on Monday's so if you would like to send a snack from home on this day, I know your child would love to eat it during our morning snack break time!
We only have 58 days of school left. In reading, we are in our fourth unit and we have seventeen spelling words each week. This week's words are T. Rex, found, mouth, once, wild, king, boat, road, snow, row, yellow, loaf, coat, soap, blow, and pillow. We just finished I love to read month, and each child received a free book from the book swap. We placed second in the door decorating contest! Good jobs first graders!In math, we are adding and subtracting with fact families up to the number 12. In science, we are going to start learning about rocks and minerals. In social studies we are learning about community resources, such as museums where you can find dinosaur bones. In religion, we are learning the importance of prayer and really working on our prayers and looking forward to the day we do our first mass in church. Enjoy the wonderful weather God has given us this week!
We just wrapped up 1st quarter today! It's hard to believe that we have been in school for 40 days already. Our Halloween party was a blast. We had lots of activities that we did that day and LOTS of candy was shared. The First Graders are challenging themselves everyday, reading harder books and learning new math concepts. They even challenge me. I am so proud of all of them! They asked me about volcanoes and so we sidetracked for about a half hour this week to learn a little more about them and then we did an experiment so see first hand an "eruption". It was pretty cool!
In math we have been learning adding, subtracting, and graphing data using a bar graph and tally marks. It has been fun having them show me how they would gather data.
In Social Studies, we have been learning about the past, present and future. We have also been learning about citizenship, community and the hero's we have, and what lists can be used for.
Thank you for all the support you have given me thus far. I really appreciate all the work you do with your children at home. It really shows in the classroom.
Good luck to all the hunters this weekend!
This week is Catholic Schools Week. The whole school has been extremely busy getting everything done for this week.
Monday the whole school participated in the game "Minute to Win It," each grade played a different game against each other. The students and staff had a blast in watching and participating in the games! It was so fun seeing all the Superhero costumes on Monday as well, since it was dress as a superhero. There were many different 1st grade Superheroes that day!
Tuesday students and staff wore camouflage for Camouflage Day. Along with Camouflage day we participated in Stop, Drop, and Pray which every student was able to say who or what they would like to pray for. In the afternoon, students got an extra recess followed by hot chocolate.
Wednesday was Pajama Day and No Homework Day! Kickoff to the Dance was also on Wednesday followed by the Community Pajama Dance Wednesday night. Everyone was very excited for the dance!
For Thursday, it will be Sunglass Day along with Classroom Feud. Students and staff will be facing off to play a version of the favorite Family Feud.
What a blast it was to finally see the Christmas Program! The first graders did such a good job being Baby Dolls and Toy Soldiers in the Christmas Program! It's hard to believe all the practicing they did before the program. I am so impressed in how well the all students did!
This week has not been normal by any means. However, between the program practices and everything else we have had a chance to learn. In math, we are learning how to identify ½, 1/3, ¼ parts, along with reviewing shapes and addition problems. We are also working on Xtramath in the classroom which all students seem to be enjoying.
In reading, we have been working on spelling words with vowel sounding y words. First graders have been writing about what they are giving to their families for Christmas. Along with working on being able to write steps in writing. They all wrote about how each would catch a gingerbread which was very entertaining to read.
It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already next week! In first grade we are learning about plane and solid shapes in math. First graders are learning how to identify, describe, and compare the solid and plane shapes. We are also working on identifying the faces on solid shapes.
For reading we are working on Long u and Long e and how the words change when the e is added to the word. Along with adding –ed to words and changing the end sound of the word. Our last few weekly stories have been about animals which all the students having been enjoying to read.
First graders having been learning about the seven continents by making each individual globe plate craft. Turkeys also have been made to show what each student is thankful. Each feather represents one thing students are thankful for!
Quarter 2 has started! All students did great with their habitat projects. It's amazing all the different ways that each habitat was created! Check out the pictures below to see the different habitats the students created. The first graders were also able to show off their habitat projects with the other classes coming in and looking at them. They were all super excited to show them off!
We also have been practicing Veteran Day Poems with the second graders for the Veterans Day Program. The Veteran's Day Program is on the Veteran's Day and all our welcome to come. Students each made their own Heart American Flag and Poppy which all look great! Thank you parents for coming to Conferences! I hope I was able to answer all your concerns or questions, if not as always let me know. Remember all students need snow pants, boots, hats, coats, and gloves/mittens.
We just finish taking the Reading and Math NWEA tests this week. The students all did excellent and parents should be very proud of your child and/or children. Your children are working very hard each day and all seem to be enjoying school. It's hard to believe it's the end of September. Students and teacher are settling into a good routine. We have been reading many stories together, in small groups, with partners, and by ourselves, which is working on our improving our reading skills. In math we have start Unit 2, and I am proud to say that all students did wonderful on their first Unit 1 test. For church and religion, we have been working on kneeling, praying, and the sign of the cross. First Grade is off to a wonderful start!


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The Olympic Flame has completed the penultimate day of its 8,000-mile journey around the UK.
A succession of celebrities carried the Torch past iconic landmarks through London including comedian David Walliams, actresses Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders and entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth.
Thousands of cheering people lined Oxford Street, Regent Street and Trafalgar Square to catch a glimpse of the Olympic flame that has travelled all the way from Olympia in Greece.
Today's route took in Downing Street and Buckingham Palace before finally making its way to Hyde Park where the cauldron was lit in front of thousands of spectators.


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Topaz Capital Group LLC Expands into Lakeland MSA with the purchase of Autumnwood Apartments
June 10, 2021 June 10, 2021 by Jaclyn Alvarado
LAKELAND, FL—New York City-based Topaz Capital Group LLC has acquired 96-unit property, Autumnwood Apartments, in the sought-after market of Lakeland, Florida. The deal was brokered successfully by Senior Director, Zachary Ames, and his team at Franklin Street. The debt was arranged by Managing Director, Josh Messier at LUMENT.
Autumnwood is located at 1776 Harden Blvd Office, Lakeland, FL 33803, 3 miles Southwest of downtown Lakeland. Constructed in 1986, the property consists of 18 single story sun-filled buildings and is situated in the heart of Lakelands' booming economic boom which includes Publix's and Amazon's rapidly expanding cargo and warehouse facilities.
The one-bedroom apartments include in-unit amenities such as stainless-steel appliances, granite countertops, and modern lighting fixtures. Community-wide amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, outdoor dining areas with barbeque pits, and a laundry facility.
"We are excited to expand our footprint into the 1-4 corridor and greater Tampa / Lakeland markets with the acquisition of Topaz Retreat Lakeland. TOPAZ is committed to providing high-quality affordable living throughout Florida with our strategic partners," said Jared Isaac, Senior Associate at Topaz Capital Group LLC.
TOPAZ plans to invest roughly $1 million to upgrade the property and is in the process of rebranding it as Topaz Retreat Apartments Lakeland which will be a sister community to its existing Florida properties. Upgrades will include adding a leasing office, a state-of-the-art fitness facility, and updating all interiors and common areas, including pools and recreational areas. The seller was not disclosed.
About Topaz: TOPAZ Capital Group LLC is a vertically integrated multifamily real estate investment platform serving as the parent company for a group of operating subsidiaries, investment partnerships, funds, and ventures. The TOPAZ platform has a nationwide presence, a reputation for excellence and has become a "best in class" multifamily real estate sponsor, investor, owner, partner, capital provider and developer. TOPAZ is setting the bar with transactional quality, multifamily strategies, investment returns, client services and industry impact focused on the Southeast. Explosive growth and thriving domestic and foreign relationships have provided TOPAZ with the ability to thrive on the leading edge of multifamily real estate investment and impact the multifamily real estate investment space in an exciting way.
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'There's enough rabbis – now God wants some actors': how Menashe put Hasidic New York on screen
A film based on the real life story of its lead, a non-actor from Brooklyn, as he fights to keep his son after his wife's death has connected with festival audiences and critics alike
Menashe Lustig and Yoel Falkowitz in Menashe. Photograph: Photograp/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
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As a tiny film about a hapless Hasidic Jew, starring non-actors speaking almost entirely in Yiddish, hopes for Menashe's reception were modest, to say the least. Yet it has connected with festival audiences and critics: note-perfect and with a huge heart, it's a story about a closed community, but one that ripples with resonance. Whatever our culture, it obliquely suggests, we are fundamentally the same. It's a tonic.
Menashe's director, Joshua Z Weinstein, a practising non-Orthodox Jew, was raised in suburban New Jersey, but on weekends he would visit his grandparents in Brooklyn and Queens. There, he would catch glimpses of Hasids, stoking his curiosity. He's primarily a cinematographer, and extensive work on documentaries has introduced him to myriad cultures, but the one on his doorstep enticed him most. Searching for stories in 2014, Weinstein spent much time in Borough Park, an Orthodox area of Brooklyn, dressed respectfully in a white shirt, black trousers and yarmulke. Eventually, through a film-making friend, he found his man.
Menashe Lustig, 39, works in a grocery store and lives in New York's New Square, an all-Hasidic, practically private village. A liberal Hasid, for the past decade he has made a name for himself with comic skits on YouTube. "I'm drawn to non-traditional beauty, and there's something about Menashe that captivated me right away," says Weinstein, who thought Lustig was hilarious but also saw pain and sadness, and "fell in love with him". Weinstein learned how, in 2008, Lustig's wife died suddenly, and that, because the Torah says that: "It is not good for a man to be alone" – ie without a partner – he had his young child taken away from him to live with a foster family. Single-parenting is not permitted in the community. Lustig has not remarried, seeing his son, who lives a couple of blocks away, when he can.
Weinstein took the bones of this real-life story and wrote a script around Lustig, casting him as its lead. The fundamentals are the same – Lustig plays a recently widowed grocery worker who has, via rabbinical power, lost custody of his son. There is further fictionalised conflict, with the on-screen Menashe fighting to prove that he's a capable single parent, drawing the short straw at every turn. The "emotional truth" is the same, says Weinstein, who capitalises on Lustig's comic talent, resulting in a Chaplin-esque sad clown, a sensitive goof who can't help screwing up.
Lustig was fine playing a version of himself; his concern was how it would be handled by his community, which keeps itself clear of modernity. Appearing in a film is a risk, and Lustig was already a marginalised figure in his neighbourhood. Yet he signed up: he loves to entertain, loves making people feel good. He said to Weinstein: "There's enough rabbis – now God wants to make some actors."
Filming within the Borough Park community was tough: "The community was against us making this film," says Weinstein. Bits of the funding, which was multisourced, fell away due to local pressure. Actors quit. Cast and crew were ejected from locations. To complicate things further, each scene was rehearsed and set up in English, then filmed in Yiddish, often with numerous takes due to the actors' lack of film experience.
It was clear though, says Weinstein, that Lustig was a star – especially considering what the production took out of him. Certain scenes echoing Lustig's harsher realities were "brutal" for him. "He couldn't yell at his [onscreen] son, he couldn't slap him. Because those were real emotions for Menashe, he loves his son so much. To dig dark into those feelings and to think about the cruelties in his life that would make him want to slap his son, those scenes were too much for him."
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It all paid off when the film screened at Sundance in January – the first time Lustig had ever been in a cinema. "People were laughing and crying at Menashe on the screen, and Menashe was in the theatre watching this," says Weinstein. "It was such a cathartic experience for him. No one in his family and his society has ever thought that what he did meant anything. And here was a group of mostly non-Jews in Park City, Utah, not only appreciating the movie but thinking that Menashe was a great artist. I think it was one of the most uplifting experiences of his life. He was crying. It was emotional for all of us."
Back home, there was trouble for Lustig. "Immediately after Sundance there were very negative repercussions for him," says Weinstein, "where we were scared that he'd be thrown out of his community. But then … It is frowned upon to see films, but once some of the community started coming to screenings, there was a quiet buzz around it in this world that, 'Yes, movies are bad, but this one's not so bad, actually.' People realise that even though Menashe is in the secular world making a movie, he's very respectful.
"It's been amazing to watch the Hasidic world interact with the secular world," continues Weinstein, who isn't the only one to have just made a film about such communities. This year also saw the release of a documentary, One of Us, and next summer there's Sebastián Lelio's drama Disobedience, about a north London Orthodox Jewish community – star Rachel McAdams asked Weinstein if she could see Menashe as preparation. "People always want to open a door that hasn't been opened," he says. "And now we're at a unique cross-section where enough people from this community are saying, 'We can be religious and be part of modernity.'"
Most satisfying for Weinstein, though, is that his film is finding such favour. "Our intentions were just to make something that had integrity, but we had no idea that it would also be popular with audiences," he says. "And that has been the true shock for everyone who made this movie. From the outside it's like, you wanna watch actors with big beards talk a language which no one really speaks? It's absurd. But there is this deeper human truth."
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Anschließend wechselte Reekie in die Organisation der Sabres, bei denen er sich Laufe der folgenden vier Spielzeiten allerdings nie endgültig in der National Hockey League (NHL) etablieren konnte. Vorerst wurde er hauptsächlich bei deren Farmteam, den Rochester Americans, in der American Hockey League (AHL) eingesetzt, bevor er große Teile der Saisons 1987/88 und 1988/89 aufgrund einer Knieverletzung verpasste.

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Shooting eye witness on the significance of the Highland Park July Fourth parade
By Ailsa Chang,
Ayen Bior, Patrick Jarenwattananon
Published July 4, 2022 at 7:13 PM EDT
A mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade today has killed at least six people and wounded dozens of others, according to local police. Law enforcement also says the shooter likely fired from a rooftop. He remains at large. The violence happened in Highland Park, Ill. That's a suburb of Chicago. Miles Zaremski was at the parade, and he joins us now. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us.
MILES ZAREMSKI: You're quite welcome.
CHANG: So where exactly were you at the time that this was happening?
ZAREMSKI: I walked to the parade from my home, which is about a 20-minute walk. It was nice weather-wise, and I'd done either walking or taking my bicycle over 30 years 'cause we've been - my family and I, and now my wife and I, have been here since 1976. And I was on Central. Now, Central is the main thoroughfare of the suburb of Highland Park. And I was about a half a block to three-quarters of a city block away from what turned out to be the crime scene, the site of carnage. And I heard a pop and then another pop. And I thought at first it was backfire from one of the vehicles that starts - typically starts the parade, which are Highland Park Police, fire, paramedics, so forth.
And then I heard a pop, and I said, well, jeez, I'm - maybe that's a firecracker that somebody lit off a little early. And then it was multiple pops - pop, pop, pop, pop, pop - in two segments. And again, this took place within seconds. And I said, that's not a firecracker. That sounds like gunfire. And then all of a sudden, the crowd which was closer to the crime scene started running in a stampede fashion, going westbound against me to get away. I had never seen that, obviously.
And then I kind of gingerly went a little bit forward. What's going on? Then all of a sudden, I see blood on the cement, and I see individuals in pools of blood - at least a couple adults. I think they were women. And then other people had blood on their legs 'cause - if they wore shorts or on their arms or whatever else. And I knew there was a mass shooting, obviously.
CHANG: Well, how are you feeling now?
ZAREMSKI: Talking about it, I'm still a little bit emotional about it, but I'm fairly well-composed. I've been, you know, through a lot for my age. And what crossed my mind is a couple of things besides the carnage. No. 1 - it occurred in a very lovely, loving suburb of Chicago, Highland Park. We have an ordinance against certain guns that was challenged, and we won it. So whoever did this wasn't from our community.
CHANG: You have lived in Highland Park, you said, since 1976.
ZAREMSKI: That's correct. Yeah.
CHANG: I mean, I couldn't help but notice that year. It's the year I was born. How much would you say your neighborhood has changed since 1976? Has it always been so peaceful, as you say?
ZAREMSKI: Our neighborhood, our community - I don't think our neighborhood has changed much at all. There's never been a confrontation over violence or certainly the use of firearms.
CHANG: And what usually happens at this Fourth of July parade? I mean, I'm assuming you are a regular attendee.
ZAREMSKI: It's lovely. People take out their lawn chairs. Their blankets line either side of the street. And so there was probably a couple of hundred or more than a couple of hundred individuals just out there having fun, talking. And it's a variety of individuals. I always - I got to tell you, it's, like, surreal. It must have been a science-fiction film I just saw. But unfortunately, it wasn't.
CHANG: Miles Zaremski - he was an eyewitness to the mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill., today. Thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us.
ZAREMSKI: And thank you for having me. I appreciate it.
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Ayen Deng Bior is a producer at NPR's flagship evening news program, All Things Considered. She helps shape the sound of the daily shows by contributing story ideas, writing scripts and cutting tape. Her work at NPR has taken her to Warsaw, Poland, where she heard from refugees displaced by the war in Ukraine. She has spoken to people in Saint-Louis, Senegal, who are grappling with rising seas. Before NPR, Bior wore many hats at the Voice of America's English to Africa service where she worked in radio, television and digital. Bior began her career reporting on the revolution in Sudan, the developing state of affairs in South Sudan and the experiences of women behind the headlines in both countries. In her spare time, Bior loves to kayak, read and bird watch.
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The Crossing Group Acquires Trenchless Crossing Support
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The Crossing Group acquired of Trenchless Crossing Support (TCS), located in Houston, Texas.
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Mr. Nichols was honored for 20 years of dedicated and loyal service to the West Florida Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees this past December. His son, Dr. Terry Nichols, accepted this award in his honor.
County members and all members of the Cooperative. He became a dear friend that we enjoyed while managing West Florida Electric's challenges and accomplishments during his tenure. We thank the Nichols family for sharing him with us," expressed Russell Dunaway, WFEC Executive Vice President & CEO.


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Unilever to separate spreads business to give brands more 'focus'
Unilever is set to create a standalone unit for its spreads business called 'Unilever Baking, Cooking and Spreading' in order to give the brands across its portfolio more focus.
Unilever: set to create a standalone business unit for its spreads brands, which includes Flora
Unilever said it would establish a standalone unit for its North American and European spreads business after being hit by a drop in margarine consumption. It hopes the move will let the business have more 'freedom' to take strategic decisions and 'radical' action where necessary.
CFO Jean-Marc Huet said today in an investors presentation that spinning-off spreads into a separate unit would increase speed of business execution for the brands in the category, which include Flora.
The standalone business will have full responsibility for strategy, planning and performance and will be led by Sean Gogarty, SVP Spreads. The new unit is set to be operational from July 2015.
Shares in the business jumped off the back of the news this morning.
Speculation that the business would sell the spreads business, which accounts for 7% of Unilever's turnover, came as Huet admitted the category had been a "significant drag" on its overall foods business, thanks to periods of low growth and, at times, sales decline.
However, Unilever hit back at the specuation and said it was not planning to sell its spreads business.
A spokeswoman told Marketing that the proposed changes to the business aimed to accelerate the transformation of the category and return it to growth.
"It remains a core part of our business. This proposal is all about reigniting the growth of our Spreads business to drive Unilever's long term success," she said.
"We are confident that this approach will provide the focus and speed needed to improve delivery whilst retaining the benefits of Unilever's scale.
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Oval DIRT Dirt Sprint Car NASCAR CUP: Tony Stewart Broken Leg After Sprint Car Crash
NASCAR CUP: Tony Stewart Broken Leg After Sprint Car Crash
Tony Stewart Broken Leg Following Sprint Car Crash
Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart broken leg after sprint car crash. The NASCAR Sprint Cup driver suffered a broken tibia and fibula in a sprint-car wreck Monday night at Southern Iowa Speedway.
Tony Stewart had surgery to his right leg following the accident, according to a statement from Stewart-Haas Racing.
A replacement driver for this weekend's Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International has not been determined. Stewart is currently 11th in the Cup standings.
According to a report in The Des Moines Register, track officials said Stewart was conscious and talking to responders after being placed on a stretcher following the accident.
Tony Stewart was leading the 30-lap race with five laps remaining when another car spun, collecting Stewart, whose winged sprint car flipped at the half-mile dirt track located in Oskaloosa, Iowa. For Tony Stewart broken leg was the end result.
"It looked like he got into a lapped car," race-winner Brian Brown told the newspaper. "When I got close, he was flipping cage down. I didn't really have time to watch and see what was going on."
NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Kyle Larson also was competing in the race for winged sprint cars with 360-cubic-inch engines when the accident happened.
"I didn't see how it happened, I just saw cars going everywhere," Larson told the newspaper. "I had to duck through the infield and luckily I missed it."
Stewart regularly races the open-wheel cars on short tracks – his Tony Stewart Racing fields a variety of sprint cars – and also had a flip last week that made national news.
"I am as careful as I am when I get in a car on a city street," Stewart said in June about his sprint-car racing following the death of Jason Leffler in a sprint-car race in New Jersey. "There will be more people that die in car crashes today than die in race cars today. It's just part of it and I am one of those that believe when it's your time, it's your time."
Stewart is expected to miss races, ending his Chase chances. He is one point out of 10th and currently is in position for one of the wild-card spots with one victory.
Author: Bob Pockrass (Sporting News)
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