Let me start by saying, even though I've been in sales leadership for a long time, I am not a fan of over-reporting. Given all of the ways in which we obtain consumer data today, we can be inundated with reports, analytics, metrics, data, data, data, and more data. So, I've long been a believer in the key data points, profit & loss, and keeping it simple and straight forward.
With that said, please don't get me wrong, data and data analysis are extremely important for the sales person / team, and something each and every sales person needs to embrace. And, once a sales person does embrace this level of reporting and information, it will become second nature.
Of course, there are the standard reports that every sales person needs to read and evaluate if not daily at least weekly. Their own customer sales stats and the company P&L broken down by account. Every good sales person wants to, or should, know where they stand year-to-date, and how their accounts (customers/clients) are doing. But, with the vast amount of data available, here are a few other key reports I strongly suggest the 'A' level sales person jump on.
Website Performance – How is your company's website performing? Is the website ranking well? Can your customers and prospects find you easily through Google search? Sales people have insights into their individual customers behavior and the website should be helping them not hindering them.
Inbound Leads – Does your company receive inbound leads through the website, social media, telephone, etc.? How does your territory or market segment stack up against others within the company and against the competition? What is the average turnaround time for responding to these leads?
Competitor Positioning – Are you aware of how your company fairs in the marketplace against the competition in areas of pricing, performance, responsiveness, customer support, etc.?
Your Marketing Team – Are you engaged with your marketing team? Do you know what initiatives they are working on? Do they know what is happening in the area of sales? Have you taken anyone from marketing on a client engagement?
These are not time consuming concepts, rather these are areas of information within your company (and market space) that should give you the insight you need to advance in sales performance whether on a per client basis or overall in your area of responsibility.
A short post this week, but with a heartfelt message, thank you. I would like to take this opportunity, with Thanksgiving a few days away, to thank my colleagues. Being in a leadership position is not always as easy as one might think, especially connected to sales. 2017, for me, will end in a very different place than I had planned.
When this year began I was surrounded by a group of sales professionals that were on a path toward unmatched success. Collectively we had worked tirelessly on business planning, client reviews, contract revamps, etc. The end goal was to make 2017 the most successful we've had as a team. But, even the best laid plans can change, and so goes the course of our sales goals.
Midway through the year several of the key members of the sales team left the organization. The launchpad for this change was based on the sales team leader moving overseas for a new opportunity. Shortly after his announcement and departure, others felt they could not go it alone without his guidance, and thus we took a large step back as an organization.
My colleagues and partners rose to the occasion. Management team members that were not typically involved in sales began to write portions of proposals and go on sales meetings. Referrals were abundant from friends of mine and of the business for new sales people. Ultimately, we hired a new sales team lead and I am thankful for Joe.
As I reflect on this very crazy year, one full of unexpected change, I am thankful for those that were by my side day in and day out. For it is because of these team members that I did not have to "go it alone" and manage the entire change process. Because of them we will hit our slightly revised annual business goals. Because of them we are setting ourselves up for a tremendous 2018. And, because of them, I believe I am a stronger leader today than I was on January 1.
This may sound like a completely crazy idea, one that is sure to irk the HR department, but hire your next sales person before the end of the year. Not only am I suggesting you hire them before the "ball drops", but get them started. I'm sure you're already rolling your eyes and thinking, "what is he talking about". So allow me to explain this specific hiring concept.
First of all, this approach to hiring is specific to sales people only, as I'm not suggesting you do this with an engineer or accountant. You see, sales people are a bit of a different breed, and most sales people, especially 'A' level sales people, immerse themselves into their new environment day one. In fact, the learning begins before they even start their first day, but much of what makes a sales person make it or not in an organization, is how well they adapt to the company culture and can represent the organization in the marketplace. There may be no better opportunity than in November and December to get your new sales person fully immersed.
The end of the year can be a stressful time for many sales organizations and sales people. There's the end of year push to hit sales figures, ship goods, wrap up services, and work with customers/clients for their new year budgets. A new sales person can learn by shadowing the top performers in their day-to-day routines when there tends to be more deadlines looming than at any other time during the business year.
Believing that one may have an understanding about the personality of their new sales organization will come easily, yet somewhat misleading, during a "normal" time of the year when the sales pace is "normal". However, learning culture and personality is heightened when stress sets in, and for many organizations stress sets in with holidays and the end of year push. The hope, of course, is that each person and the collective whole of the sales team all rise to the occasion and put their professional best foot forward. What a truly great learning experience for the new person.
I just referenced the holidays. Between Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, although rather cliché, sales people entertain, entertain, entertain. There is an abundance of customer/client luncheon's, drop-in's to deliver sweets, or holiday parties. For a new sales person, this is the opportunity of the year to immerse themselves into the organization, meet customers/clients, hear stories, and begin to develop their own "ways" to pitch the company. Instead of sending the new sales rep on a sales call here and there, whatever is available during other times of the year, November and December offer an increased likelihood that the new rep will get their fill of greetings & meetings.
Lastly, while this time of year is hectic, there is also a bit of down time that comes with it for the new person. The new sales rep is not going to be out and about in meetings of their own, most likely anyway, and so as they're learning and immersing themselves into the new organization, this time of year allows the new sales rep to engage in abundant sales planning. They can use the downtime coming from the customer/client side of the sales process to ultimately prepare for the start of the new year, and the start of their own aggressive sales push.
Speaking from experience, hiring and starting sales people during the 4th quarter may be the best course of action, especially if you want the 'A' level sales person to have a full, productive year ahead.
The season of Thanksgiving will be soon upon us. Oftentimes in the past I've written about being thankful to those that have made my career successful. I've given personal thanks too, to those close to me for their support, especially my wife and children. However, I haven't put my time into saying "you are welcome".
Sales people, by the nature of the professional, are criticized more than almost any other chosen career. Consumers, clients, customers – whatever you want to call them – are critical of your every step in the sales process. In fact, many are skeptical of your intentions. Sometimes you act too quickly with an email reply. Or, you'll get the "I didn't hear from you immediately, so I thought you gave up".
It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how professional sales people try to act, there is always someone on the other side unhappy with the sales persons performance. Sales, however, is a two-way street. For sales people to be in business they must have consumers, clients or customers. There must be someone to sell to. And so, during this upcoming holiday season, the season of Thanksgiving, as consumers, clients and customers ourselves, let us not forget to say "you're welcome".
As a long-time, career sales person, I can speak with firsthand experience when I say that sales is often a thankless job. In fact, we (the sales people) are the ones always saying thank you, with few gestures of appreciation returned. Think about it for a moment, you are expected to act professional at all times, always showing your appreciation as the sales person, yet with no expectation of kind words being returned. It is your job after all.
So, this year I am vowing to take on the actions so often overlooked, and I am going to show my appreciation to those sales people I encounter daily. From store clerks to the kid at the car wash. I will say "thank you", "you're welcome", and "happy Thanksgiving (fill in the holiday blank)".
A kind gesture can go a long way. I believe in the golden rule to treat others as I want to be treated. As a sales person I know how far words can go and it is my goal to use my words to brighten someone's day.


Grady Roth, a geomatics engineering major, moves virtual objects in a third dimension using the zSpace program, which uses a stylus and special $500 3-D glasses.
Fresno State's geomatics engineering program is moving into the future with a 3-D technology called zSpace.
With zSpace, students use a stylus to manipulate and control three-dimensional images. They have to use specially designed, $500 3-D glasses with five points of reference to help track the image. Onlookers use glasses just like the kind one would get at a traditional 3-D movie.
This new technology came to the university due in large part to Riadh Munjy, doctor of geomatics engineering and program coordinator, and contributions from donors. Engineering East Room 101 was able to update its photogrammetry equipment.
The purpose of the photogrammetry lab is to let geomatics engineering students take measurements based off of 2-D images.
Munjy said there are a variety of potential uses for this type of 3-D technology beyond simple entertainment. He cited three-dimensional surgery as a way that students can acquire experience applicable to their career paths.
In the medical field, for example, the equipment and techniques need to be precise, which the zSpace program tries to replicate to provide the best model possible.
Grady Roth is a senior in the geomatics engineering department. He said there are many ways that different majors can make use of zSpace.
"You'll see that there's a house you can explore, so construction," Roth said. "I just picked up a part of some sort, a mechanical engineering kind of thing designed like that. You can do bridges as well—civil engineering.
Munjy said that he has had students from other disciplines who have taken an interest in using this new technology for their own non-engineering majors.
For students to get access to zSpace they need to enroll in the corresponding upper-division geomatics engineering class. It is not a class you can simply enroll in though. The class relies heavily on linear algebra, so there are a variety of necessary math prerequisites just to get into the class.
A point of pride for Munjy is that the money used to buy the equipment did not have to come from the university.
Munjy said the equipment update was necessary, because the previous hardware was older than most of the students.
"If you had come a year and a half ago, what you would have seen is a room full of equipment from the '40s, '50s and '60s era; maybe one or two machines from the '70s and one from the '80s," he said.
Munjy said that everyone affiliated with the university should be proud to have such a unique and state-of-the-art lab on campus. It is one of the few programs of its kind in the nation.


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Gaby Creates: Fiskars Punches and testament to my addiction!
Today in between doing my niece's make up for her wedding today and getting grand baby dolled up, and getting ready myself, and getting lost while trying to make sure I arrived in time... I was 2 minutes late!! (no damage done!! (The Wedding party was still getting ready), I was able to create this bag! It was on my mind and I just could not let it go!!!
This was created using a lunch paper bag, a door cut using the Christmas cartridge, a piece of acetate cut from a cartridge packaging, a piece of card stock for the roof, some hemp cord and several Fiskars punches!!!
My Joann just started selling these New Fiskars Punches. I got them at 60% off minus my teacher's additional 15% off!!!!!! What a great buy!!!!
This is the beginner or starter set! and the most expensive at $20 regular price.
You choose your punch and insert it in the starter piece. It fits perfectly, there is no room for mistake, it only goes in one way! It has magnets.
Here you can see the silver part inserted in the starter piece (blue), the punch top (blue and orange) and the clear or guide that gets attached by the magnets.
The starter piece with the punch insert are under the paper bag, and the clear piece of the starter kit is on top of the bag or the outside. There are lines or markings on the clear guide that help you line up your project!
You place your punches top part (again, it only goes in one way, no room for mistake and than your press to punch.
Here you can see that I punched two squares to represent the windows. I than attached the piece of acetate inside with double sided tape, added the door, roof, hemp and sentiment and voila!!!
Again, it was a quick I have to do this or I will die!!!! Testament to my addiction!!!!!
I did not have time to post, but here I am, right after the wedding doing it!!! LOL!
For more info or tutorials go to the Fiskars site!!
Again, this was a quick-get-it-out-of-my-system-or-I-will-die project!!!!
But just imagine the possibilities - grass, flowers, beautiful papers, topiary by the door, on and on!
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Greetings coffee lovers! Thank you for your patience as I hacked my way through starting this little business called Borealis Coffee Company. I am not a business expert. Or a web master. Or a blogger, for that matter. Allow me to apologize for the delay of getting this website up and running as I know many of you have been anxiously awaiting this launch. Well good news…it's here!
-You can now order all the great coffee I have available. I've included brief descriptions with each of the offerings to help you choose what is right for you. I tend to roast on the lighter/medium side of things and don't really have any charcoally, oily dark roasts. I intend to have new offerings every few months, so make sure to check back occasionally to see if there's anything new. Following us on Facebook will help keep you up to date on what's happening around the shop.
-We are proud to announce the Borealis Coffee Club. Starting at $20 a month, you get coffee delivered to your door AND free shipping!
One pound for $20, two pounds for $30. Two pound subscribers will receive two pounds once a month.
-I roast on the weekend since I still have to keep my day job. It may take a little adjusting, but I'll do my best to anticipate demands for each of the coffees offered. Even still, if I run out of coffee on Monday and you order something on Tuesday, there's a good chance I won't be able to ship it until the following Monday.
Thank you for your patience as I work through the bugs that are no doubt going to pop up over the next couple months. Please email me from the contact page if you find a glitch or anything amiss with this website. I've done my best to test the site, but there's probably plenty of things that I haven't thought of. I'm very excited about this new business and am happy to have you as one of the first customers!


TORONTO, November 12, 2018 – Phone calls are more effective reminders for patients to book cancer screening appointments than mailed letters but are also more costly, suggests a new study from St. Michael's Hospital.
Dr. Kiran and her team studied the cancer screening rates of 5,270 patients who received either a phone call or a letter reminding them that they were overdue for cancer testing The team aimed to find out which method was more effective, and given the Family Health Team's resources, which would be most efficient. Published today in Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, this work builds on Dr. Kiran's previous research into cancer screening inequalities.
Overall, phone calls proved to be more effective for encouraging cancer screening. Compared to the letter group, women who received a phone call were 25 per cent more likely to receive screening, with 41 per cent of women who were phoned receiving a screening, versus 33 per cent of those who received a letter. Among men, 29 per cent of those who received a phone call received screening, compared to 25 per cent of those who received a letter. The income level in the neighbourhood patients lived in did not change how effective phone calls were relative to letters.
To continue to improve the quality of care provided by the Family Health Team at St. Michael's and maximize resources, Dr. Kiran and her team have decided to apply the results of this study through an equity approach to cancer screening. The team will continue to call people in lower income neighbourhoods in the city, as that's where the greatest need for proactive screening exists. These areas have the lowest cancer screening rates. Other patients will receive letters from the Family Health Team as reminders.
"Based on previous research, we know that large gaps exist in cancer screening rates between poorer immigrants and wealthier long-term residents, so we are going to continue to bridge this gap by providing phone call reminders to neighbourhoods with lower incomes in Toronto," Dr. Kiran said.
St. Michael's Hospital provides compassionate care to all who enter its doors. The hospital also provides outstanding medical education to future health care professionals in more than 29 academic disciplines. Critical care and trauma, heart disease, neurosurgery, diabetes, cancer care, care of the homeless and global health are among the Hospital's recognized areas of expertise. Through the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education Centre, which make up the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, research and education at St. Michael's Hospital are recognized and make an impact around the world. Founded in 1892, the hospital is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.


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Jew of the Week: Gene Colan
The Man Behind Captain Marvel
Gene "the Dean" Colan
Eugene Jules Colan (1926-2011) was born in The Bronx to a Jewish family that had changed their last name from "Cohen". He started drawing when he was just three years old, and spent most of his time afterwards either drawing or reading comics. At 18, he got his first summer job drawing comics. Colan enlisted in the US Army shortly after, and was posted to the Philippines. During his service there, he sent his artwork to the Manila Times, and won an award for it. In 1946, he returned to New York and showed a sample of his work to Timely Comics, later renamed Marvel Comics. Stan Lee hired him on the spot, giving him a job as a "staff penciler" for $60 a week. Colan's first feature cover was an issue of Captain America. Unfortunately, the comics industry went downhill, and Colan was let go. He did freelance work wherever he could, including at DC Comics, but eventually left the industry. He worked a menial job as an educational illustrator, struggled financially, and went through a difficult divorce. Thankfully things turned around a couple of years later when his second wife inspired him to go back into comics. Colan returned to Marvel during its "Silver Age", taking over the story line of Iron Man, and introducing his first superhero, Sub-Mariner. He then took on Captain America, Doctor Strange, and Daredevil. In 1967, he and Stan Lee created a popular new character, Captain Marvel, and two years later, they introduced Falcon, the first African-American comic book hero. That same year, Colan and Arnold Drake co-created Guardians of the Galaxy. Throughout the 70s, Colan worked on perhaps his greatest project, the hugely popular 70-issue The Tomb of Dracula. In this run, he created (together with Marv Wolfman) the vampire-slayer Blade. Blade went on to become the first successful Marvel character adapted to film with 1998's Blade, starring Wesley Snipes. The movie is credited with launching the comic book film craze, leading directly to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, now the highest-grossing film franchise of all time. In 1981, Colan signed with DC and took on Batman, becoming his primary illustrator until 1986, and playing a key role in reviving DC Comics. He also worked on Wonder Woman, and designed her new logo. Colan returned to Marvel once more and worked on Black Panther, then Blade, and Daredevil, among others. By this point he was nearly blind, yet somehow, amazingly, still found ways to continue his artwork. His last comic was Captain America #601 in 2009 – done when he was 83 years old! It earned him a prestigious Eisner Award, the "Oscars of comics". Colan was renowned for his absolutely unique style, once described as "painting with a pencil". Along with many other awards, Colan was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. The latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel, based on the original work of Colan (together with Roy Thomas), opens in theatres this Friday.
14 Facts About the Code of Jewish Law
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
– Ayn Rand
The film that would lead to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Blade, and the latest film in the MCU, Captain Marvel, are based on characters co-created and first visualized by Gene Colan.
Gene Colan's cover art for Captain America #136 (1971) and Daredevil #41 (1968). (Credit: TCJ.com)
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Jew of the Week: Stan Lee
The Genius Behind Marvel Comics
Stan Lee (Credit: Gage Skidmore)
Stanley Martin Lieber (1922-2018) was born in Manhattan to Romanian-Jewish immigrants. He grew up in poverty, working all sorts of odd jobs from a young age, including delivering sandwiches and selling newspaper subscriptions. He dreamed of becoming the next great American novelist, and wrote obituaries in his spare time. Upon graduating from high school at 16, he got a job as an assistant at Timely Comics, a company started by his cousin's husband, Martin Goodman. Lieber spent his time refilling inkwells, erasing pencil marks, and bringing lunches – for $8 a week. Eventually, he got a chance to write something of his own. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (also Jews) had recently come up with a new hit superhero – Captain America – and needed content. They gave the young man a shot, and he wrote his first story under the pseudonym "Stan Lee". He would later explain that he did this because in those days comics were still unpopular and generally regarded as silly, and he was embarrassed to put his real name. His story was a success, turning Lee into a writer. When Kirby and Simon left Timely Comics over a dispute with Goodman, Lee was put as a temporary editor, despite being just 19 years old. As his stories continued to be hugely successful, Lee went from temporary editor to editor-in-chief, holding the position for over 30 years (except for a few years of service in World War II). Timely Comics would be renamed Marvel Comics, and Lee would co-create (mostly with Jack Kirby, who returned to the company) some of the most popular superheros of all time, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Hulk; the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and the Avengers. Lee's heroes and stories were unique in that they did not portray the typical, flawless protagonist. Instead, his characters were more complex, had everyday problems, and were sometimes just outright nerdy. The stories explored deeper, and at times darker, themes. These became wildly popular, opening up the comic book market to a much wider audience. Lee also pioneered a new approach of connecting comics writers with their fans to build a strong comic book community. Unlike others, he would credit writers and illustrators right at the front of the issue, and even name inkers and letterers that were typically omitted from mention. Lee was at the forefront of social change, writing about serious topics that were still taboo (like drug abuse), while introducing the first African superhero in comics in 1966 (Black Panther) and the first African-American superhero in 1969 (Falcon). Lee himself wrote countless stories, edited just about all the others, and also penned a monthly article, "Stan's Soapbox". In 1981, he moved to Los Angeles to take Marvel from print to television. He would serve as a producer on multiple TV and film adaptations of Marvel characters, most famously in the current Marvel Cinematic Universe – now the highest-grossing film franchise of all time. Lee was also a noted philanthropist and has done a great deal of charity work (especially through his Stan Lee Foundation). He was happily married for nearly seven decades. Lee struggled after his wife passed away last year, and a number of people sought to take advantage of him in his old age. Sadly, he passed away yesterday, at 95. Disney CEO Bob Iger called him "a superhero in his own right," and said: "The scale of his imagination was only exceeded by the size of his heart." Click here to see a tribute to Stan Lee, featuring some of his best movie cameos.
9 Ways to Talk Like a Jew
I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: Entertainment is one of the most important things in people's lives. Without it they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you're able to entertain people, you're doing a good thing.
– Stan Lee
Stan Lee's First Comic, 1941
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Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential Oils (Paperback)
By Gabriel Mojay
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The first aromatherapy guide to synthesize Eastern and Western approaches to restoring emotional and mental health.
• Explains the esoteric and energetic healing properties of 40 essential oils to help restore balance to the body and psyche.
• Provides help for a wide range of common emotional and mental complaints.
• Includes full-color illustrations to guide readers through the massage and acupressure sequences.
In this unique synthesis of Eastern and Western healing approaches, Gabriel Mojay combines the practice of aromatherapy with the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine. Mojay explains the esoteric and energetic healing properties of 40 essential oils and shows how they can be used to manipulate qi, the body's vital energy, to stimulate healing from negative emotional and mental states. Some forms of nervous tension, for example, are caused by stagnant qi energy, which can be released with essential oils.
Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit provides help for a wide range of common emotional and mental complaints--including depression, low energy, lack of concentration, poor memory, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Easy-to-reference charts and full-color illustrations teach simple aromatherapeutic massage and acupressure techniques that restore balance to the body and psyche.
Gabriel Mojay is a registered practitioner of aromatherapy, shiatsu, acupuncture, and medical herbalism. He is the principal of the Institute of Traditional Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy and founding chairman of the Register for Qualified Aromatherapists. He lives in England.
"Gabriel Mojay provides a wealth of information in an easy-to-read package."
— Better Homes MindBodySpirit
"Wonderfully comprehensive and clearly presented."
— Kindred Spirit
"An important and timely contribution to the understanding of essential oils."
— Seza Eccles, Aromathereapy Quarterly
"A very useful and practical addition for any aromatherapist's library."
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"A very thorough informational guide to the spiritual and psychological benefits of essential oils. The book is beautifully illustrated and makes a valuable contribution to holistic health and well-being."
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"Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit is an excellent resource for anyone interested in expanding his or her devotional life through the senses."
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"A comprehensive introduction to aromatherapy that also contains a wealth of knowledge for experienced aromatherapy practitioners."
— New Age Retailer, October 2000
"Mojay blends a knowledge of Chinese Medicine with the practice of aromatherapy to treat the body, mind and spirit. Mojay shows how to blend oils, and then suggests various blends for emotional ailments-such as tension, agitation, worry-as well as oils to promote good relationships."
— Bodhi Tree Book Review, Issue Number 24
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
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Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies
Body, Mind & Spirit / Healing


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Enzyme Engineering XXIV
An endoglucanase, GsCelA, from Geobacilus sp. undergoes an intriguing self- truncation process for enhancing activity and thermostability
Tuan-hua David Ho, Academia Sinica/Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, TaiwanFollow
Mei-Huey Wu, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology
Su-May Yu, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
An endoglucanase, GsCelA, was isolated and cloned from a thermophilic Geobacillus sp. 70PC53 grown in a rice straw compost in southern Taiwan. It was observed that highly purified GsCelA was able to self-truncate, removing a segment of 53 amino acid residues from its C-terminus. The purified GsCelA does not possess any protease activity and this self-truncation process is insensitive to standard protease inhibitors except EDTA and EGTA. This unique self-truncation process takes place at a temperature higher than 10C with an optimal pH between 6-7, and can be further enhanced with certain divalent ions such as Ca+2 and Mg+2. Crystal structure of GsCelA has a typical TIM-barrel configuration with 8 alpha-helices and 8 beta-strands, but with the presence of a divalent ion. Mutations of amino acids residues surrounding this metal ion do not affect the self-truncation process, but some of these mutants have enhanced enzymatic activities. Mutation of the cleavage site between K315 and G316 does not affect the self-truncation process. However, a deletion of ten amino acids near the cleavage site, i.e. from amino acid 310 to 320, slows down the truncation process but does not block it, and a truncated form around 315 amino acids in length eventually appears. This intriguing observation indicates that the self-truncation process is not site specific, but capable of measuring 315 amino acids from the N-terminus as the cleavage site. This self-truncation process also occurs in the native host of this enzyme, Geobacillus sp. 70PC53, with almost all secreted form of this enzyme being self-truncated. The 53 amino-acid-long C-terminal segment removed by this self-truncation process has binding affinity toward both crystal and amorphous cellulose as well as the s cell walls, yet its sequence bears no apparent homology to any known carbohydrate binding motifs. Various other mutation analyses and the structure-based recombination process, SCHEMA, have been carried out, and both the activity and thermostabilty of this enzyme are further improved. The truncated and improved GsCelA has almost twice the activity as the un-truncated form, and its thermostability is also further enhanced with T50 reaching 86C and TA50 higher than 100C, making this enzyme extremely useful in industrial processes carried out at high temperatures, such as the pre-treatment of cellulosic animal feeds during the final drying step.
This research was supported by grants from Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology and from Academia Sinica.
Tuan-hua David Ho, Mei-Huey Wu, and Su-May Yu, "An endoglucanase, GsCelA, from Geobacilus sp. undergoes an intriguing self- truncation process for enhancing activity and thermostability" in "Enzyme Engineering XXIV", Pierre Monsan, Toulouse White Biotechnology, France Magali Remaud-Simeon, LISBP-INSA, University of Toulouse, France Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2017). https://dc.engconfintl.org/enzyme_xxiv/97
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One of the earliest examples in England of an administrative record using equal hours occurs on the occasion of Richard II leaving the throne on 30 September 1399 – which was described as being 'at about the ninth stroke of the clock'. May have had a pegboard instead of the instrument's current pegbox. 20th century. In the Seventies, its owner Christopher Becker – then a child – explored the bag, and persuaded his father to take it to the museum of Queensland, who identified it as an astrolabe. As for other musical instruments, in 2008 archaeologists discovered a bone flute in the Hohle Fels cave near Ulm, Germany. Google is late to the game with its Home Hub, but the low price and AI features make it a great choice for controlling your home, showing pictures and even helping run your life. Country of Origin: Isturitz Cave, France. Fueled by the appearance of not only new ways to use drum sets, but This time-telling instrument was one of the first devices capable of dividing a day into 24 equal hours – but for 20 years, it languished in a bag of pipe fittings in Queensland. Bell. Violin. The end of reading glasses? 'Tunable' spectacles that can adjust their strength with the turn of a dial... Young people who vape are 'three times as likely to become daily cigarette smokers in the future'. © 2021 - History of Drums | Privacy Policy | Contact. From the references to Vedic writings, it can date back to around the first millennium B.C. 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Becker kept the device – actually an 'hour horary quadrant' bearing Richard II's personal seal – in until last year, when he came across an article which talked about three 'quadrants' owned by the King. An old style of ... the instrument towards the musician, this allows sliding notes. Meaning of second oldest. Theobald Boehm, the German wind instrument manufacturer, demonstrated a revolutionary new type of flute at the Paris Exhibition of 1847. European armies copied the military uses of drums from their enemies, and introduced drums to general European population after return from wars. On its reverse, the quadrant features a badge depicting a stag lying down wearing a coronet around its throat, which is associated with Richard II. When the Cathedral in Mexico City desired a second large instrument, in 1735, it was a Mexican, José Nassarre, who was hired to build the organ. A tanburis defined as "a long-necked stringed instrument with a small egg- or pear-shaped body, with an arched or round back, usually with a soundboard of wood or hide, and a long, straight neck". The quadrant is believed to have been discovered by an ancestor of the present owner in the mid 1800s in Northern England before its emigration to New Zealand and Australia. Between crusades and the 20th century, drums evolved into hundreds of types and shapes, being used in countless occasions and musical genres. The instrument shows 'equal hours', where the entire period from one midnight to the next is divided into twenty-four equal hours. Stringed instrument, any musical instrument that produces sound by the vibration of stretched strings, which may be made of vegetable fibre, metal, animal gut, silk, or artificial materials such as plastic or nylon. 6" is considered the world's earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune … This remains true even today, although advent of electronic and computer-generated drums has enabled musicians to find new ways of that moment, drums became widespread across Europe, with uses both in folklore music and classical orchestras where drum played central rhythm role. Tomb paintings and stone carvings in Egypt testify to the fact that harps and tanburs (together with flutes and percussion instruments) were being played in ensemble 35… bands to have only one person operating their entire drum section. One of the most remarkable discoveries was the bone flute which is considered the oldest working musical instrument. Written … HowardCarter foundthem when he excavated the tomb, and they are supposed to be the oldestsurviving playable musical instruments in the world. Temple sculptures from the 2nd century B.C. drums never found much success in popular music in Europe between fall of Rome and Renaissance. By Rob Waugh Updated: 08:25 GMT, 3 November 2011. 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The closing evening echoed the main theme the party has been pushing over the course of the week. Biden's character and ability to unify the country make him electable. The headliners Thursday evening were some of those vetted to be Biden's running mate as well as former primary opponents-- Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieig, Beto O'Rourke, Andrew Yang and Bernie Sanders.
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The first annual Cooperative Fair
Having spent quite a bit of time in Priorat, blogging about it, and most importantly, drinking it, last Saturday I was invited to attend the 1st Cooperative Fair at the Castell del Vi museum in Falset and was of course very happy to head down to Priorat for the day. From the moment I arrived at the train station (yes, you can indeed take the train to Priorat from Barcelona), it felt good to be back in this beautiful wine country.
The idea of the fair was to showcase the cooperatives in the Priorat region, of which there are eight in total. For DOQ Priorat there are: Cellers Unió and Vinícola del Priorat. For DO Montsant there are: Celler Cooperatiu de Cornudella, Celler de Capçanes, Celler El Masroig, Cooperativa de Falset-Marçà, and Cooperativa de la Serra d'Almos. Then in the DOP Siurana (all the other cooperatives also produce Siurana oil) there's Agrícola de Cabacés as something of an exception as they "only" produce oil and no wine.
Although I had already visited five of them personally and am familiar with the delicious oil produced by the Cabacés cooperative (there's currently a large jug of it in the pantry), I was curious to taste the wines of the other two. Serra d'Almos was of particular interest as despite having spent quite a bit of time in Priorat, I had never even heard of it. As it turns out, their wines are quite good (at least as good as the other cooperatives), but they're one of the smaller cooperatives in the area and, as I learned over lunch chatting with two of their members sitting next to me, they're a bit weak on promotion and marketing. They admitted they should probably put more effort into it (their labels could use a redesign, for example), but don't really have the capacity to do so as their production and resources are limited.
(photo courtesy of Castell del Vi)
The fair was a success in terms of attendance, as over 600 people came to the castle to taste wines, and in creating an attractive program that included an olive oil masterclass and a blind tasting of 8 wines. But I particularly liked their idea of inviting a few bloggers to create some buzz for the event and cover it (I even got a cool badge), but also to exchange ideas with members of the cooperatives during a communal lunch at Hostal Sport. In spite of producing quality products at affordable prices, one of the challenges of cooperatives such as these is to shake off their reputation for being cheap (as in, bad) and uncool. And while a couple of them have caught onto it by investing in modern websites, sleek label design and social media presence (namely, the Falset-Marçà, Capçanes and El Masroig cooperatives), the others still have a long way to go.
Considering that most of these cooperatives are at least half a century old (the Falset-Marçà one recently celebrated its 100th anniversary), modernizing them is not so easy. In the afternoon there was a debate about the future of cooperatives as a business model and someone pointed out that there are very few women or people under 40 in the board of all these cooperatives. I think it's natural that people working in agriculture are more conservative in regards to change or innovation than people in other fields, as they are subject to the whims of the weather to make a living. But if they want to survive it's clear that they have to invest in new ideas and long-term thinking, even if it might seem unclear how things like Facebook will impact on their sales. Tellingly, they only spent about two minutes in the hour and a half debate talking about enotourism. It's hard to understand why so many wineries, small and big, are still reluctant to promote direct sales through visits as it seems obvious that it's the most profitable way to sell their products and educate the public on their brand.
The big takeaway from this fair and also from our past enotourism experiences, is that more collaboration is needed to attract visitors and thus sales. Collaboration between wineries but also institutions such as Castell del Vi and hospitality businesses like Hostal Sport who hosted the communal lunch. To a large degree they're already doing it, but more would be even better. In any case, kudos to Castell del Vi and the organizers of this fair for having brought together the most traditional of wineries and a group of smartphone–addicted bloggers that would probably die of starvation if having to grow our own vegetables. It was not only a fun event, but also very illuminating.
Marta Domènech of Hostal Sport, Rafel Pino of Celler El Masroig and a professor from the Jaume Ciurana enology school
Categories: Catalan Wines, Events
tags: #tastaelcastelldelvi, agrícola de cabacés, castell del vi, celler cooperatiu del cornudella, celler de capçanes, celler el masroig, cellers unió, cooperativa de falset-marçà, cooperativa de la serra d'almos, hostal sport, montsant, priorat, vinícola del priorat
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Group: "The world of classical music: music in the Middle Ages" On the evening of Monday January 20, melodies of classical music filled the air in Omilos. This time, we traveled back to the Middle Ages where we began our historical flashback from the simple and monophonic Gregorian Chant. We...
Presenting the "Kakalidis method" for poetry and literature analysis on a world stage
Presenting the "Kakalidis method" for poetry and literature analysis on a world stage For the first time, on an international level, we will present the "Kakalidis method" for the analysis of poems and short stories. The presentation will take place at the 7th International Conference on Literature which is organized...
Literature Analysis Group – 16/12/2013
Literature Analysis Group – 16/12/2013 It was on 16th December 2013 that we gathered again for an inspiring session, focusing on the analysis of a short story as given in the book "The Wisdom of the Narrative" by D. Kakalidis. Those attended had the opportunity to get to know the...
Our group on the new theories of physics "Birth and Death of Stars"
Our group on the new theories of physics "Birth and Death of Stars" After wandering in the microcosm of quantum physics we set course for a new journey in the macrocosm of stars. We took a glimpse on how the stars are born out of stardust and gas. We observed...
"When the human spirit carves the buildings…" – Part Β
"When the human spirit carves the buildings…" – Part Β What is the link between an Orthodox Catholic church in Moscow, a mosque in Isfahan and the mausoleum of a Mongolian emperor in Agra, India? Their architectural origins, of course! Representing the architectural creation in western and northern Asia, we...
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Iris's first day at her new pre-school was on Tuesday. She is just going for a few days this summer before and after our vacation, but we are hoping and praying and crossing our fingers that she gets in for fall. Apparently our fate is hanging in the arms of a family who is deciding if they want to send their child to pre-K instead of keep them at this school. If you have a moment, please send some lovely pre-K vibes to this family, allrighty?
So, this school. It just might be about the coolest school ever. It's very small, only a few children there on any given day. On Tuesday there were five children and all of them had younger siblings. Every single parent was carrying their babe in a sling. The father who was working in the classroom that day held their babe (who was five days older than Eloise) in a sling the entire time. The teachers believe in positive discipline and have created an environment that is safe for children to explore all sorts of things that they may not get to at home (like Iris). We were asked to fill out an information form so that they can get to know our family and Iris a little better. There were many questions about the child's birth, what their home life is like, what our hopes and dreams are for our child, things like that. What really struck me was that there was a question asking if our child is still breastfeeding. What makes this question particularly interesting is that this school is only for children aged 3-5. Also, today when we got there, another mama recognized me from an MDC gathering we were at last summer at the zoo. How cool is that?
I often think about homeschooling and if it would be the right choice for us, but honestly, if I can send my children to a school like this, I couldn't imagine a better choice.
I'm almost sad that Iris will have to miss four weeks of school while we go on vacation. This school truly is fantastic.
How wonderful to have found such an amazing school for Iris.
Hope you & Eloise are enjoying your one on one time!
I think I'll be moving to Washington :) That school sounds amazing...I wish we had something like it around here. Hope it all continues to go as great as it sounds!
Sending pre-k vibes so your little darling can stay in her wonderful school!
Wow, I'm impressed. What an amazing school. Although our plan right now is to homeschool, if we had changed our mind that would be the kind of school I would love my daughter to go to.


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What does Touring mean?
Definitions for Touring
Tour·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Touring.
touring(Adjective)
Working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company".
Touring is a specialty card game. Originally patented by the Wallie Dorr Company and produced in 1906, it was picked up by Parker Brothers in 1925. It is widely believed the popular French card game Mille Bornes was derived from Touring. After several revisions, Touring was discontinued shortly after Parker Brothers picked up the American license of Mille Bornes.
Anagrams for Touring »
ring out, routing
Ring out
How to pronounce Touring?
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The numerical value of Touring in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
The numerical value of Touring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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Judge Thomas Ingram:
Queen replaced Freddie Mercury, and your band is touring without you now.
Kenneth Feld:
There's been somewhat of a mood shift among our consumers, a lot of people aren't comfortable with us touring with our elephants.
Elton John:
I've been touring since I was 17 with various bands, i thought the time is right to say thank you to all my fans and say goodbye.
Agriculture Director Philip Nelson:
After touring some of the hardest hit areas in the state this week, it is noticeable that we will see considerably lower crop yields in those areas this year.
Blake Shelton:
There also has to be an element of actually being willing to just give up, pretty much, your career to do it, your touring career, i'm just lazy enough. I may be the only one that was willing to do that.
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A former coup plotter, Antonio Trillanes IV surprised even himself with his victory in 2007. Now comes the hard part.
MANILA, Philippines - He bucked all odds and broke all "How to Win" rules in politics. But to credit the Left—as has become the military's habit—for the victory of Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV is to discredit the mixed bag of people and groups that voted for him.
In fact, goes the joke, Trillanes should avoid throwing a get-together party for all his supporters because they might end up strangling each other. The youngest senator (turning 36 on August 6, 2007) did attract an eclectic lot during the campaign: from the coiffed ladies who lunch at the ritzy Serendra to the unrepentant Marxist that is Dodong Nemenzo to the Lumad community in Mindanao to Friendster addicts who probably don't even remember what Trillanes fought for in 2003, when he led a mutiny.
"Nakakapangilabot," Trillanes said about the 11 million votes that he got that put him on the 11th spot in the 12-person senate race. Indeed he won despite—or maybe because of?—the fact the public knew and saw little of him in the last 4 years that he was jailed.
His campaign's organizational base included the broad anti-Arroyo movement; soldiers, their families, and fellow graduates at the Philippine Military Academy; his high school batchmates at Angelicum in Quezon City; a sprinkling of Filipino-Chinese businessmen; the anti-Joma Sison factions in the Left; layers of young volunteers; and, to a certain extent, the base of Sen Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan, such as the Guardian fraternity, and Sen Panfilo Lacson, who had asked his staff to help Trillanes.
The bulk of the Trillanes votes came from traditionally opposition bailiwicks of Metro Manila and Southern Tagalog. He also fared well in the Zamboanga provinces, where most of the Oakwood mutineers were based. All in all, he did well across the board, across ages. In the local absentee voting composed of cops and soldiers, he ranked no. 12, garnering 17,432 of the 36,361 votes cast.
Only 4 years ago, Trillanes and his Magdalo group got a beating in public opinion polls, getting a negative 9% rating in a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations following their botched coup. The young Turks fumbled in their testimonies before the Senate with their incoherent replies to tough questions on what triggered their mutiny.
At the hearing, Sen Joker Arroyo grilled him about why he broke the chain of command. Trillanes retorted, "Sir, in the same reason, sir, na iyong judgment n'yo, sir, n'ung nag-walk out noon sa impeachment trial, you took it upon yourselves, sir, to break the Rules of Court that time, sir." Arroyo went ballistic.
Before the Feliciano Commission that probed the 2003 mutiny, Trillanes displayed the same intransigence, denying he had met with his mentor Honasan prior to the mutiny—which was a lie, according to intelligence officers.
Then, in 2004, Trillanes and fellow Magdalo leaders like captains Gerardo Gambala and Milo Maestrocampo were bused to a meeting with President Arroyo, where they saluted their commander in chief and pledged allegiance to her government. That eventually led to the release of the many enlisted men who were jailed after the mutiny. Their freedom came at a high price—an ugly split within Magdalo that left Trillanes with the faction that continued to oppose and plot against the President.
It is this stand—unflinching despite all the pressures and enticements—that stuck in the public mind.
In January 2006, Trillanes began using his appearances at a Makati court as a venue for stoking the fire against Ms Arroyo. He would call on his fellow soldiers to decide for change—alluding to frenzied efforts then to oust her. His campaign might have begun there, since the failed February coup last year turned out to be the most popular of all plots—backed by a crosssection of civil society from Left to Right but which flopped nonetheless.
Like most phenomenal runs, no single group or person could grab credit for this come-from-behind victory. Nobody thought he'd win; or maybe just a handful. A few weeks before the elections, Lacson told friends over lunch, "Don't be surprised if Trillanes wins." There was laughter. "Yes, maybe he will beat [Prospero] Pichay," said one of them.
That remark came from Angelito Banayo, veteran political strategist who, incidentally, was the one who nominated Trillanes at the Genuine Opposition's emergency meeting to finalize their slate. Two days before the deadline for filing of candidacies, the opposition had yet to fill up its two slots. Banayo said he was worried that he might spark debate, but still moved to nominate Trillanes and won instant support from a leader of the anti-Arroyo Black and White Movement, former Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman.
Banayo met Trillanes for the first time only 4 months later, in June. "I never knew him personally…I just felt that he fit into the GO with his fighting stand," he told Newsbreak.
That seems to be the story of the Trillanes vote.
People knew only what they wanted to know about the man: that he railed against corruption, tried to topple this government twice, and graciously took the price for it. If the bemoustached Gringo Honasan showed off his parachutes and Uzis in the late 1980s, Sonny Trillanes donned a different image in 2007—clean-cut, handcuffed, persecuted, bored in the courtroom but still looking, and sounding, good.
The 11 million votes that he got represent 26% of the nationwide registered voters. It's slightly more than the percentage that Pulse Asia got on the number of Filipinos who would vote for anyone who favored the impeachment of the President—24%. "That was his base," said Ana Maria Tabunda, executive director of Pulse Asia.
Early on in the campaign, Trillanes continued attacking the government for corruption, something that advisers from the opposition wanted to tone down since, they said, negative campaigning might damage the entire slate, according to a campaign insider. But the candidate himself correctly read into the situation and felt no need to play sweet.
Trillanes defied all the basic rules in campaigning: that one needed millions and machinery to win. He only had the media, and even then only occasionally on the last leg of the campaign—which augured well for one who isn't as articulate as Honasan and for a public that was left hungering for more.
For his campaign, Trillanes tapped the help of those close to home: his fellow Magdalo members in and out of jail, his childhood friends from Angelicum led by lawyer Rolando Averilla, and his family. Soon enough, the Trillanes for Senator Movement was launched at UP, packed with leftist activists and led by Sonny Rivera, an old family friend and former member of the Communist Party of the Philippines until the party's bitter split in the 1990s.
"This one is for the books," said Rivera, also a former Pasig councilor and a longtime buddy of Trillanes's elder brother, Antonio III. He said that all groups that campaigned for Trillanes functioned independently. Trillanes, according to Rivera and Averilla, was on top of everything.
Rivera and Averilla said that they had volunteers in 79 out of the 81 provinces. "Some are even unknown to us," Rivera said. Trillanes himself acknowledged this, citing many surprises in the campaign, when all sorts of help would come. It was, in many ways, "kanya-kanya," a campaign of different strokes by different folks.
The Trillanes camp must have shelled out only P5 to P7 million, the bulk of this comprising printing costs of campaign paraphernalia, according to Rivera. This cost excludes the TV ads contributed by Sen Maria Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal.
Trillanes said he had no "big" campaign donors like the rest of the bets. Most of the campaign funds were collected from volunteers, supporters, and from the two fund-raising dinners that they held. The politically active wealthy women of Makati—Josie Lichauco, Betina Legarda, among others—did their own campaigning as well. Trillanes said he also dug into his personal savings and sold his car.


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Who Is Roger Goodell's Wife? – Nicki Swift
Roger Goodell is the commissioner of the NFL, which is a role that comes with a lot of responsibility and, occasionally, criticism. He's received so much flack that his wife Jane Goodell (formerly Jane Skinner) created a burner account on Twitter to defend him back in 2017, which was exposed by The Wall Street Journal. After the fake account was exposed, Jane released a statement to Sports Illustrated. She admitted, "It was a REALLY silly thing to do and done out of frustration—and love." She explained, "As a former media member, I'm always bothered when the coverage doesn't provide a complete and accurate picture of a story." When it comes down to it, she said, "I'm also a wife and a mom. I have always passionately defended the hard-working guy I love—and I always will. I just may not use Twitter to do so in the future!" Avoiding the social media platform is probably the best call.
However, that doesn't mean she's shied away from being a public figure completely. In 2020, she moderated the Media, Entertainment, and Sports as a Platform panel during the NFL Women's Summit, with a focus on encouraging youth sports, per USA Today. While she wasn't an athlete herself growing up, she did play football with her brothers in their backyard growing up in the Chicago area, which is something they still do every year at Thanksgiving. Aside from her obvious ties to the NFL, Jane's life full of personal and professional achievements.
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Roger Goodell's wife Jane Goodell, née Skinner, was a news anchor on the Fox News show Happening Now for twelve years when she announced her decision to step away from the job in 2010, per HuffPost. Concluding her final day on the show, she told the viewers, "My life in the 12 years I have been here has changed significantly in wonderful ways and they've created a lot of new responsibilities. I added a husband who has in the last couple of years become the NFL commissioner, and has a job even busier than mine. I have twin daughters, so to do justice to this new life I've decided to take a break from the business." She started her Fox News career as a general reporter in 1998. A year prior, she and Roger got married after four years of dating, according to Distractify.
Although Jane gave up her career in front of the camera, she added executive producer to her resumé. In 2019, Jane produced the NFL Films documentary A Lifetime of Sundays, which told the story of four female team owners in the NFL. While many people know Jane for her infamous Twitter snafu, there's much more to her story than that very public slip-up.
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Bravo, Andy: Celebrity Andy Cohen a Champion for Legalizing Surrogacy in New York
In December, 2018, host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Next Live, Andy Cohen revealed he was expecting his first child via surrogate. He told viewers that "family means everything to me and having one of my own is something that I have wanted in my heart for my entire life." On Feb. 4, 2019, he shared the happy news of son Benjamin Allen's arrival. "I'm in love," he wrote on Instagram alongside a blissful shot of the two of them together.
Cohen has been a vocal advocate to help change the laws in New York state to make it legal for paid gestational surrogacy. As a gay man, he was drawn to New York because he could live his life openly. He said it seemed wrong that he had to go out of state when it came time to find a surrogate to have a child. He chose California, where paid surrogacy is legal, and had a son, Benjamin, early in 2019.
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"I worked with an incredible surrogate. She was in California. Surrogacy is illegal in so many states, including New York. I don't understand why. It's a voluntary process, obviously. My surrogate just viewed it as, she was giving me the ultimate gift. She gave me life," he said. "So I'll be forever indebted to her."
"I would like to give a brother or sister to Benjamin, and I would like to do it New York state," said Cohen, who said he has had a great relationship with his surrogate.
Looks like Cohen will have the opportunity he's been waiting for! On February 15th, compensated surrogacy will be legalized in the state of New York. Until now, it has not only been outlawed, it has been a criminal offense. Unfortunately, there are still 3 states in which people can, at a minimum, have surrogacy contracts be declared void and at worst, face charges and jail time for compensated surrogacy. Join us in the Building Your Voice for Social Change Challenge. We're compiling stories of empowerment through surrogacy, that we'll be using to support the fight for legal and fair surrogacy laws across the country.
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"We'll recover—and be better than ever." That's the pretty common response made to the TV camera in the aftermath of disaster. Whether it's a small town or a big city that's been hard hit, the public face nowadays is bravado—big talk. But whether Baltimore's bravado continues depends to a great extent on the outcomes of the trials of the six police officers indicted in the police-custody death of Freddie Gray.
So it felt good to see a recent story in The Baltimore Sun about some action. The story told of volunteers renovating an empty building that would become a joyful place for kids, a refuge from the inner city's dangerous streets. The story said the building being worked on was in Bolton Hill. Bolton Hill? The white enclave adjacent to African-American West Baltimore?
In Baltimore, Bolton Hill is synonymous with professionals who, despite the risks, care enough about the welfare of their city and country that they choose to live close in. To me, that meant some of the hard work in fixing up the recreation center would be done by doctors, lawyers, teachers, and other professionals who live in this lovely community.
Bolton Hill kids would be among those taking advantage of a modern, up-to-date facility. In doing so, they would mingle with African-American kids. Such integration would be a big step forward in slowing down the shooting sprees, which at the worst, so far, led to a weekend in early July when there were at least 20 shootings, 11 of them fatal. White kids and black kids mingling might temper the urge to settle petty grievances with guns.
Upon further investigation, however, I realized that such an integrated youth center existed only in my mind. The references to Bolton Hill in the story were geographical, not sociological. I had been wondering what could be done to stop a young person from growing up ready to put a bullet in the brain of a human being very much like himself. There wouldn't be much of middle-class white values at the new Bolton Hill youth center.
Very disappointing. I had concluded that the only way to end the daily shootings was to expose inner-city children to value systems different from those many have now. Neither firing the police chief nor new police strategies nor new technology would end the shootings. It would take a full generation of exposure to different values.
Every day in the Baltimore area, I see clear progress in ending the racial segregation that still exists here. I see integration of employment in banks, schools, department stores, hospitals, entertainment, the professions, and all levels of government, including the police department. Most whites react favorably to the competence and character they observe in blacks in the workplace. White people are accustomed to working with black people. In the workplace, usually, all employees follow the same rules and expectations of behavior.
"Learning social skills by age 5 is associated with absence of criminal activity later in life."
The 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education had as its purpose ending racial segregation in public schools. But in big cities across the country, by and large, that hasn't happened. While white parents are accustomed to working with black people, many do not want their children going to school with large numbers of black kids. When my own children were in middle school in New Haven, Conn., and large numbers of black kids were bused in from the inner city, the character of the school changed. The inner-city kids brought with them inner-city values, and white parents sought alternatives to city public schools.
Integration has worked, for the most part, in private schools, because private schools have been able to control who attends. Private schools want black kids—but only to an extent. They want to avoid the tipping point at which the dominant values in the school become those of the inner city. Whites, as well as blacks who can afford to, choose to live in suburbs because the schools are better. Classroom decorum and behavior are not the major problems in suburban schools that they are in most inner-city schools. Few shootings occur in suburban neighborhoods.
Baltimore public school officials have put together a 17-page student code of conduct. The topics in the code undoubtedly are there because administrators hope to head off future instances of the kind described. Among the topics are attacks on students and school personnel, and other behavior that could cause death or disfigurement. Significant attention is paid to classroom disruption, defiance of authority, extortion, and robbery.
In suburban Baltimore County public schools, the emphasis is not on warnings and punishments but on character development. The student handbook focuses on ways students can grow and improve themselves. They are expected to have self-control, show good judgment, and have a sense of justice. They are encouraged to show compassion and empathy and behave toward others with kindness.
Most of the violence in the inner city is carried out by what Orlando Patterson, the well-respected African-American sociologist at Harvard University, calls the "inner-city problem minority." The problem minority is made up mostly of alienated, aggressive, gun-toting black males between the ages of 16 and 35. This problem minority has been the main source of the fear many whites—and law-abiding blacks—have of young black men. Most law-abiding people want to keep their negative influence out of their schools and out of their lives generally. One effect this problem minority has is that a large part of the law-abiding African-American community in the metropolitan area feels unwelcome in their own country and city.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans, which has a rate of violent crime similar to Baltimore's, says there is an epidemic of black-on-black violence in inner cities across the country. He pleads for action to be taken to deal with it. But thus far there is no successful solution. Political correctness is so deeply rooted that white people are reluctant to publicly say anything negative about any part of the African-American community.
The kind of action needed is long-term prevention. In a recent study by the Prevention Research Center at Pennsylvania State University, a direct connection was shown between the environments of young children and their behavior 20 years later. The researchers found that learning social skills by age 5 is associated with absence of criminal activity later in life. Attending kindergarten led by teachers concerned with generating a spirit of cooperation and caring seemed crucial for later behavior that was not anti-social.
Education begun at an early age that gives priority to character development is necessary if Orlando Patterson's "problem minority" is to wither away. Suburbanites will need to take chances with their spiritual comfort and find ways of taking down the walls that prevent city children from mingling in school with their own. For the good of the country, local politicians and school administrators must find ways to bring that about without sacrificing the character and quality of their schools. It can be done.
Paul Marx is a professor emeritus of English at the University of New Haven, in Connecticut.
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