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2019 Policy Circle Speakers
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Leadership Summit Speakers & AGENDA
Join us for a day of killer keynotes, presentations and networking with peers and industry leaders who are shaking up the social network game. We've carefully crafted an incredible lineup of presenters who are prepared to divulge their strategies, insights and know-how and celebrate the launch of our social network revolution.
JoAnna Garcia Sohovich
CEO of Chamberlain Group, recipient of the Enterprise CxO of the Year awarded at the Internet of Things Conference 2019
JoAnna Sohovich is a seasoned leader and C-Suite Executive with GM experience across multiple and diverse manufactured-goods and technology businesses spanning industrial, commercial, residential and consumer end users. She excels at driving innovation and growth for large and complex P&Ls, including technology- based transformations. JoAnna presently serves Chamberlain Group (CGI) as Chief Executive Officer, her latest role in a distinguished career that includes prior engagements with Honeywell and Stanley Black & Decker.
With a strong background in technology, JoAnna has developed strategies and has led teams concentrating on residential, commercial and industrial connectivity—an expertise that she has brought to CGI's line of connected solutions. She was recently selected as IoT World's CxO of the Year.
She began her career as an officer in the United States Navy, serving at the U.S. Naval Submarine base in Point Loma, CA and was later deployed to the Persian Gulf.
JoAnna is also an independent director for the Barnes Group, Inc. and is a member of The Committee of 200 (C200), an invitation-only membership organization of the world's most successful women business leaders. She holds a BS in Economics from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
NANCY BRINKER
Founder Of Susan G. Komen Foundation And Former Ambassador To Hungary
Nancy G. Brinker has been called the leader of the global breast cancer movement. In 1982, shortly after her sister's death from breast cancer at the age of 36, Brinker founded Susan G. Komen®, the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cure. Today, the organization has invested nearly $2.9 billion in breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment.
Brinker currently serves on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and is an Executive in Residence at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. In 2015 she was inducted to the National Women's Hall of Fame, Her work also includes advocating for equality in the LGBT community. Brinker currently serves as Global Advisor to HOLOGIC Inc. and is a contributor for Fox News and Newsmax.
In 2018, Brinker spearheaded creation of The Promise Fund, a revolutionary fundraising initiative aimed at connecting cancer care providers with vulnerable populations in South Florida.
Administrator Seema Verma
,Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
As the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Seema Verma oversees a $1 trillion budget, representing 26% of the total federal budget, and administers health coverage programs for more than 130 million Americans. She was nominated by President Trump on November 29, 2016 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 13, 2017.
The Administrator has set a bold agenda to empower patients and transform the healthcare system to deliver better value and results for patients through competition and innovation. Administrator Verma's strong leadership at CMS has led to many major accomplishments.
Administrator Verma is a graduate of the University of Maryland, and holds a Master's degree in Public Health with a concentration in health policy and management from Johns Hopkins University. Her editorial commentaries have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, and Health Affairs, and she also previously served as Vice President of Planning for the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana. Most recently before heading CMS, she was President and CEO of SVC, Inc.
President & CEO of The AIW Group
Karen S. Wells has over 30 years of corporate and entrepreneurial leadership experience. She has held leadership positions as Regional Vice President, VP of US Innovation, VP of US Strategy, VP of Operations, and VP of Nutrition and Menu Development for the McDonald's Corporation's 13,000 US restaurants. Karen has also held key leadership positions at The Drackett Company and M&M Mars. Karen is President & CEO of The AIW Group, a consulting boutique she founded based on her passion for helping teams and individuals reach peak performance and navigate change; coaching women in leadership through personal and professional growth; and facilitating the education and understanding of diversity and inclusion as a business driver. Karen is an accomplished and inspirational speaker, connecting with her audiences by transparently sharing her leadership journey and personal life of hope and resilience. Karen co-owns a leading franchise in early childhood development with her husband.
CYNDI GULA
Founder of Tenable Network Security
Cyndi Gula is a cyber start-up operations expert. She has started and run licensing, human resources, legal, facilities, procurement, accounting, marketing, channel, support and sales operations for both Tenable Network Security, which went public on the NASDAQ in 2018, and Network Security Wizards, where she was President and helped facilitate a successful exit 18 months after being founded. As Managing Partner at Gula Tech Adventures, she is helping cyber portfolio companies scale and make important decisions about their organizational structure, facilities, licensing, customer support, recruiting strategy, culture, cash flow and having the processes in place to succeed and have fun. Cyndi was appointed to the Howard County Economic Development Board in Maryland to help more companies grow and prosper. She has a Bachelor of Science in Glass Engineering from Alfred University. Cyndi is also active in promoting cyber as a team sport to get more people engaged in the mission to keep everyone safe in the digital domain.
ADMIRAL MIKE ROGERS
Former Director of the National Security Agency & Central Security Service Chief
Mike Rogers retired from the U.S. Navy in 2018 after nearly 37 years of naval service rising to the rank of four-star admiral. He culminated his career with a four-year tour as Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency – creating the DoD's newest combatant command and running the U.S. government's largest intelligence organization. He also assisted in the development of national and international policy with respect to cyber, intelligence and technology – including extensive work with corporate leadership in the Finance, IT, Telecommunications and Technology sectors.
Admiral Rogers is currently supporting companies in the private sector, serving as a member of various Boards or acting as a Senior Advisor. He is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor with Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management's Public Private Initiative and a member of the advisory board of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue and NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence. He is also a member of the United States Naval Institute Board of Directors.
Quentella Enty
Director of Strategic Sourcing & Corporate Sustainability at
KFA, Inc
Quentella is an experienced entrepreneurship, procurement, not for profit, sustainability industry resource and leader. Her experienced as a Small Women's Diverse Small Business Owner includes: IT & Healthcare for Global Brand-Marketing, Virtual Business Administration & Customer Service, E-commerce and VOIP Project Management. Her client relationships includes: Fortune 500 Companies, Architects, Engineers Construction, Facility Managers, Government, Veterans, Management, TV Media, Associations, Organizations, Universities, IT and Healthcare Firms. Quentella's Business Development & Management expertise includes: Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Diversity, Business & Pitch Coaching, Instruction, Advisory, Public Speaker & Conference Design Management. With 20 years of combined academic, corporate, government, civic, non-for profit, community service leadership experience, Quentella is a highly-sought after resource in the local, national business and international eco-system. In fact, various business industries, government, not for profit, lenders, Ivy League Executive Business Programs have requested her services and sourcing expertise, when looking for the right Supplier/Partner/Client for their next opportunity.
DENISE MORRISON
Former CEO Of Campbell Soup
Denise M. Morrison is the Founder of Denise Morrison & Associates, LLC., a Consulting Firm. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Campbell Soup Company from 2011-2018. Prior to joining Campbell in 2003, Ms. Morrison held executive management positions at Kraft Foods, Inc. from 2001-2003. She started her career with Procter & Gamble and held various positions with PepsiCo and Nestle before joining Kraft/Nabisco.
Ms. Morrison is currently a Director on the Boards of Visa, Inc., MetLife Inc., and Quest Diagnostics. She served as a Director of Campbell Soup Company from 2010-2018 and a Director of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. from 2005-2010. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Boston College, the Advisory Council for Just Capital and The Business Council.
Ms. Morrison served on President Trump's Manufacturing Jobs Initiative as well as President Obama's Export Council. She has been a leader in the Food Industry accelerating the Purpose of "Real Food that Matters for Life's Moments" with a focus on making Real Food affordable and accessible to all families for better health and wellbeing. She has also been an advocate of Healthy Communities starting with Campbell's headquarter city of Camden, N.J.
She has extensive executive experience, including general management, strategic planning, operations, sales and marketing with large multinational corporations operating in consumer-focused and regulated industries. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Boston College and received an Honorary Doctorate degree from St. Peter's University.
Lem Williams
Principal Partner, CTX Capital Group
Lemuel C. Williams is a seasoned technology and business executive who has extensive experience as a program director, in product management, developing business and managing channels & alliances for national and global organizations. In addition, he is Principal of CTX Capital Group, LLC., through which he leads the technology/cybersecurity practice advising and counsels executives on various threats and opportunities.
Lemuel Williams Jr was recently appointed by Texas Governor Abbott to to the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council which was created to study the laws that govern the privacy and protection of information that is linked to a specific individual, technological device, or household and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the privacy and protection of Texans' information.
In addition to his profession, Lemuel serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Center for Austin's Future; as a Board Member of HopZero, Inc.; as Board Director of Amplify Credit Union; as Past Chair of The Seton Forum; as past Chair of the LBJ Future Forum; and as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Annette Strauss Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.
He has been recognized for his community leadership with several awards, including the Austin Under 40 Award for Technology & Sciences and the Emerging Leader Award from Concordia University of Texas at Austin.
Lemuel Williams is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in Geographic Information Systems, alumni of The Aspen Institute Socrates and Ideas of America and is also a graduate of Leadership Austin's Emerge program.
HILLARY SAWCHUK
Founder, A Drink With
As the founder of the web publication A Drink With (adrinkwith.com) and digital media company ADW Media Group, Hillary Sawchuk sits down with influential industry leaders over a drink. From Richard Branson to Chelsea Handler, Sawchuk has made a career out of getting to know those with inspiring success stories.
Sawchuk manages all creative content, talent bookings, strategic partnerships, distribution, branding, editorial timelines and production budgets. Sawchuk has spearheaded successful high-visibility digital branded content series for brand partners including Fresca, Acura, MillerCoors, Virgin Hotels and CB2 to name a few.
With a passion for improv, entrepreneurship and the startup community, she has been a speaker at General Assembly's "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: How to Get to Where You Want to Go," "How to Get Your Content to Stand Out in the Stream of Sh!T: Presented by Onion Labs + GA" and Create & Cultivate's "Getting Niche: Finding an Untapped Market and Creating a Unique Brand" panel. Sawchuk recently received Oakland University's 2018 Outstanding Young Alumni Award.
TAMARA EDWARDS
Principal, TE&CO
Tamara Edwards is the Principal of TE&Co. and is dedicated to empowering national leaders to tell their stories, sharpen their voices, and earn the trust of their immediate communities.
Prior to TE&Co., Tamara spent 6 years working on a variety of high profile campaigns and arranging Local, State, and National media appearances— with her primary role on the Communications team for a high-profile Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. During her time on Capitol Hill, Edwards was recognized as one of the top ten Schedulers in Congress and was selected as a featured speaker at TEDx Congress.
In 2017, the Chicago native moved back to the Windy City to bring her Beltway acumen to her client base of private clients.
Tamara currently serves as a Board Member of the Illinois State Society Foundation and a Founding Member of the Chicago Young Professionals in support of the Navy SEAL Foundation. She brings her extensive personal and professional network and love for Communications into every project she is part of.
HADIYAH-NICOLE GREEN
Founder, Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, one of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D. in physics, holds the distinction of being only the second African American woman and the fourth African American to receive a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). With more than ten years of interdisciplinary
research experience, Dr. Green specializes in developing targeted cancer therapies using lasers and nanoparticles. Her expertise lies at the intersection of nanotechnology, immunotherapy, and precision medicine. Notably, Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green developed a cancer treatment that uses lasers and nanotechnology to kill cancer in mice in just 15 days after a single 10-minute treatment with no observable side effects.
She founded a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation, to raise the funding for human clinical
trials so this treatment can be made affordable for everyone. Dr. Green has intertwined her life's purpose into the mission of the organization: to change the way cancer is treated and reduce the suffering of cancer patients by providing a treatment that is accessible, affordable, and effective. To learn more and support her efforts, visit OraLee.org and follow her on social media @DrHadiyahGreen.
DEe DEE BASS WILBON
Principal, Bass Public Affairs
Dee Dee Bass Wilbon brings 10 years of experience in corporate America to her role as a principal at Bass Public Affairs and over 15 years as a professional communicator. The accolades and recognition that Dee Dee received is evidence of her success in corporate America. Her outstanding performance earned her the coveted Young Achievers Award at MBNA once the largest issuer of credit cards in the world.
Because of Dee Dee's commitment to corporate responsibility, she received the MBNA Community Service Award for her leadership in developing and executing a company-wide mentoring program. The program allowed MBNA to forge long-term mentor relationships with public schools throughout Delaware.
Dee Dee has worked as a media consultant for community organizations, business leaders, entertainers and elected officials. In this role she has served as spokeswoman and ghostwriter helping to manage both the owned and earned media relations for a diverse set of communities. National and international media outlets have called on her for her acute political insights. Dee Dee is a graduate of Fisk University.
Catherine Burnett
Chief Impact Officer, The Phillips Foundation
Catherine Burnett serves as Chief Impact Officer of Phillips Foundation, a private family foundation and catalytic capital platform based in Greensboro, NC, and Dallas, TX. She is responsible for impact program and strategy development, implementation and evaluation for the Foundation and affiliated family entities.
Burnett speaks nationally on the topics of family philanthropy and impact investing. Prior to joining Phillips Foundation, she served in leadership roles for the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, SC Johnson Company, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, SONY Online Entertainment, and Lewa Wildlife Conversancy in Kenya, East Africa.
Burnett holds a Master of Business Administration with honors from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and a Bachelor of Arts with distinction from Princeton University. She serves on the advisory boards of Cone Health Heart & Vascular Center, Teach for America Piedmont Triad, and Partners Ending Homelessness.
ELLIE WEED
Enterprise Account Executive, LinkedIn
Ellie Weed is an Enterprise Account Executive at LinkedIn on the Marketing Solutions team and leads the travel vertical, growing marketing partnerships between LinkedIn and some of the world's biggest hotels, airlines, and travel disruptors. Ellie has worked in the media & advertising industry for 9+ years. A recent breast cancer survivor, Ellie is active in the cancer support & research communities in Chicago and is an advocate for women's healthcare.
KAY PAGE
Regional/ Local Relations, Comcast
Kaleshia "Kay" Page has an exemplary career that spans both the public and private sectors. Her current role as Government and Regulatory Affairs Manager at Comcast Corporation makes ample use of her talents as she negotiates with over 50 cities and
villages on behalf of the business. Kay leads government and community relations in these communities to create partnerships and collaborations that will serve the company, cities' and villages', civic organizations, and their shared constituents. Prior
to her current role, Kay honed her government relations expertise working in the Illinois Governor's Office, as well as the Senate Office of President Barack Obama. In her capacity as a political operative, she helped manage the campaigns of those running for Illinois State Treasurer, United States Congress, and the US Senate.
In addition to her work at Comcast, Kaleshia continues her commitment to public service as a Trustee in the Village of Woodridge. She also serves on the boards of the Quad County Urban League, the West Suburban Food Pantry and Mutual Ground, a
non-profit organization that acts as a safe haven and advocate for women who suffer from sexual assault and domestic violence.
Kay earned an undergraduate degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tennessee.
LEIGH TEECE
Board, World Mentor
Leigh Teece is an innovator, business woman, educator, mentor and speaker. Leigh is co-founder of Cal Berkeley's SkyDeck, is on SkyDeck's Strategy Council, is a SkyAdvisor and a global SkyDeck speaker. Additionally, Leigh is co-founder of Seoul's HanYang University Global Alliance Council. Leigh is co-founder and owner of Mt Beautiful Winery/Teece Family Farms in New Zealand. See www.mtbeautifulwines.com.
As President of the Teece Family Foundation, Leigh gives funding and fellowships to UPenn, Yale, St Petersburg State University (Goedinghaus Fellowships), Phillips Andover, Eaglebrook Junior Boarding School and Bentley School. Leigh is founder and Chair of World Mentor/Mentored Pathways, which has mentored over 50,000 primarily high schools students online, one-on-one with professionals, for multiple semesters since 1995.
With others from Cal and the Hoover Institute, she is leading the creation of a partnership between top research universities and U.S.congressional leaders for fair use of intellectual property.
Leigh is on the advisory boards of the Kravis Leadership Institute of Claremont McKenna College and of Global Citizen Year. Leigh is creating an advisory board for SkillZilla (Japan); she is mentor creator/manager for BridgeUSA.
Leigh is co-founder of the Global Council on Woman & Power, on the Executive Board of Women Leaders of the World, and a Global Advisor of How Women Lead. Leigh is on the Board of UC Berkeley's Cal Performances; she leads development of its futuristic Performing Arts Center.
Prior to raising four children, Leigh was a research assistant at the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, co-founder and SVP of Technology Interlink, VP of Technology Funding, and VP of Wells Fargo & Co.
Leigh holds an MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, a BA in International Relations for the University of Southern California, and a Certificate in Executive Education from Columbia University School of Business.
DEREK KREIFELS
President, State Financial Officers Foundation
Derek Kreifels is the President of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) and the Smart Women Smart Money (SWSM) conferences. Kreifels is charged with leading the national organization and collaborating with state officials to promote fiscally responsible, free market principles to better impact local, state and federal financial policy.
He oversees the Smart Women Smart Money Conferences that came under the SFOF umbrella in 2018. SWSM has empowered over 37,000 women nationwide to take control of their personal finances. He oversees all aspects of the conference which is free to the public.
Kreifels spent five years as Assistant State Treasurer of Kansas and Chief of Staff of the Treasurer's office. He managed all aspects of the Treasurer's office including policy development, legislative affairs, the agency budget and all personnel. Kreifels continuously sought out ways to increase the use of technology in the office to reduce costs. He directed Emergency Preparedness Operations planning and training for the agency in cooperation with FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security as well as the Kansas Department of Emergency Management.
Derek has spent the last 25 years encouraging, advising and working along-side various federal, state, and local leaders. Before working for the public sector, Kreifels spent several years in banking.
He attended Kansas State University, received his undergraduate degree from Wichita State University, and his masters degree from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. He lends his leadership to several boards and non-profits. He and his wife Melanie recently traveled to a remote part of Ghana, Africa, on a mission trip to build a new school in a remote city near Yeji, Ghana. He and his wife Melanie live in the Kansas City area.
SARAH STEFANIU
Account Manager, Google
Sarah Stefaniu serves as an Account Manager on Google's Government & Advocacy digital advertising team in Washington, DC. She's worked at Google for almost two years, and she previously served on the Amazon & Publishing account teams at the company. Sarah's hometown is Chicago, IL, and she is a Loyola University Chicago alumna. Outside of her role at Google, Sarah sits on the board of a nonprofit called Street Samaritans, serves as a mentor to undergraduate students at Loyola, and is involved in the United Nations Association chapters.
Kristine telford
Senior Director of Public Affairs, Edison Electric Institute
Kristine Esposo Telford serves as senior director of public affairs for The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the association representing all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. In this role, she oversees EEI's public affairs practice and manages issue campaigns on state legislative and policy issues affecting the industry. Previously, she managed public affairs and issue advocacy campaigns for Fortune 500 clients, specializing in third party outreach and mobilization.
Originally from Frederick, Maryland, Kristine graduated from The George Washington University with a B.A. in Political Science and completed graduate coursework in International Commerce and Policy at George Mason University.
kimberly walz
Regional Director of Local Government Relations, Walgreens
Kimberly Walz is Regional Director of Local Government Relations for Walgreens, with more than 18 years of experience at the local, state and national level and a record of achievements in public and budgetary policy. Her expertise in building coalitions of diverse stakeholders has been instrumental in government reform efforts in Chicago, Cook County and the State of Illinois.
Previously, as Vice President of Resolute Consulting, Ms. Walz oversaw multiple client campaigns, offering strategic counsel and managing a project team. Prior to that, she advised, developed and implemented policy, communications, and campaign strategy for political and nonprofit clients, including serving as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Evergreen Health, a new nonprofit co-op health insurance company founded by local doctors to provide a health insurance alternative for Marylanders.
She also worked for 10 years for Congressman Mike Quigley in leadership roles in Cook County and his Congressional office, helping develop a blueprint for reform of county government and services. The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board described Ms. Walz during her tenure with Congressman Quigley as a "whip-smart policy wonk." Ms. Walz earned a Master's degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University. She currently serves on the board of Childserv, Smart Policy Works and is on the leadership advisory board for the Haymarket Center. This year she was one of the co-founders of Illinois Women Vote, a non-partisan organization dedicated to engaging women in the 2020 election.
john pearman
Co-Founder and Principal, Delos Communications
John is a co-founder and principal of Delos Communications, a public affairs firm providing research, strategy and crisis communications. John is a seasoned attorney, lobbyist and skilled researcher and strategist. He was formerly Deputy Chief of Staff for Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan and has managed numerous successful political campaigns on both statewide and local levels. John also served as Chief of Staff at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He has more than 25 years' experience providing legal, public affairs and reputation management advice to leading companies, associations, individuals and political candidates and committees.
lorraine gavican kerr
Managing Director, Investor Education & Content at TD Ameritrade
Lorraine Gavican Kerr is the head of Investor Education and Content at TD Ameritrade. She has worked at TD Ameritrade for over 10 years holding various roles in customer service and risk management. Prior to her role at TD Ameritrade, she worked in real estate development. Lorraine holds a post graduate degree in Education and a post graduate certificate in risk management . Lorraine is responsible for empowering TD Ameritrade clients with the learning resources, education and support that they need to become more informed investors and gain confidence managing their financial health. Lorraine is an advocate for financial literacy and under her leadership TD Ameritrade offers a best in class Education offering that provides personalized education for beginner to advance investors online at www.tdameritrade.com/education and in person at events all over the country
GREG HART
DuPage County Board Member
Greg Hart serves as a County Board Member iDuPage County, Illinois - the second largest county in the state with nearly one million residents. He represents District 3, which includes 160,000 constituents living in 11 different municipalities.
Greg was appointed to the Board in 2017 by Chairman Dan Cronin and was subsequently elected to a full, four-year term in 2018. Even though 2018 was his first run for public office. Greg received more votes than any other member of his political party running for the Board throughout the entire county.
Greg serves as Chairman of the Heroin-Opioid Prevention & Education (HOPE) Taskforce, Chairman of DuPage's Technology Committee, and a voting member on the Transportation, Finance, and Strategic Planning Committees. He also previously served as Chairman of the Health & Human Services Committee.
In addition to public service, Greg works as a management consultant at Point B, Inc. where he advises clients on human capital and workforce transformation issues. Greg graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is attaining his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He lives in Hinsdale, Illinois with his wife Alexandra and his two-year old daughter.
Email: greg@greghart.com
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With the expansive role of technology platforms and increased connectivity, the arenas of discourse and social interaction have become new sites of privacy and security dilemmas.
Is the widespread availability of personal data working in favor of helping protect vital information relevant to our property, personal data, healthcare, and businesses? The 2019 Policy Circle Summit will explore issues of big data and privacy as it relates to how we live in our communities, raise our families, grow our businesses and enterprises, and innovate our ideas —all the while protecting ourselves and staying vigilant over our most vital assets and information like consumer behavior, healthcare and so much more.
Registration & Networking @ Circle Cafe.
Pre-Summit VIP Breakfast for sponsors and speakers.
9:00AM - 12:00pm - Morning program
Opening Video And Welcome Remarks
Emcee, Hillary Sawchuk, Creator of A Drink With Podcast, will be joined on stage by The Policy Circle Co-founder and President, Sylvie Légère in welcoming Summit attendees to the 2019 Policy Circle Leadership Summit.
How Connected Are We?
Hear from Quentella Enty, Director of Strategic Sourcing & Corporate Sustainability at KFA and Lem Williams, Center for Austin's Future on connectivity, digital infrastructure, and data protection in a new frontier for privacy.
What is the role of Government, Business, and Legislators in protecting privacy and connectivity?
With the expansive role of technology platforms and increased connectivity, the arenas of discourse and social interaction have become new sites of privacy and security dilemmas. Is the widespread availability of personal data working in favor of helping protect vital information relevant to our property, personal data, healthcare, and businesses? Hear from Admiral Mike Rogers, Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency as he's interviewed by Cyndi Gula, co-founder of Tenable Network.
Navigating Healthcare in the Future
Angela Braly, co-founder of The Policy Circle, interviews Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services who will bring to life discussions on cyber-security and patient-centered initiatives including digital access to personal health records for consumers, the implications for businesses and individuals, and processes for keeping this data safe.
Transforming an Organizational Culture to Lean into Technology - Lessons for Government
As everything can be delivered to our door, we don't live in one place for our whole life, what will be the future of our neighborhoods? JoAnna Garcia Sohovich, CEO of Chamberlain Group and award CxT 2019 CEO of the Year will dive deeper into how can we actually engage to shape the place we live, work, and forge human connections essential to our lives.
Engaged Communities: Circles Using Resources to Engage Locally
Meet Policy Circle Leaders, members and connectors sharing their stories of local engagement in their communities and their plans for 2020. Smart Women, Smart Money a financial literacy program will be highlighted.
12:00-1:30 pm - lunch, CONVERSATION & awards
Inspiring Lunch - Starting a Movement Begins with a Promise
Former United States Ambassador to Hungary and founder and Chair of the Susan G. Komen Foundation and The Promise Fund, Nancy Brinker, Dr. Hadiya-Nicole Green founder of the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation, and Karen Wells, President & CEO of The AIW Group, will have an honest discussion on how making one promise can drive a huge impact. Ambassador Brinker will share details about her latest venture, The Promise Fund, which provides preventive healthcare navigators to those with limited resources.
Presentation of Awards to Circle Leaders
Kathy Hubbard, co-founder of The Policy Circle recognizes outstanding individuals who have had an impact on The Policy Circle growth and engagement.
1:30-5:00 PM - AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Leadership Roundtables
☑ Strategic Questions Leaders Ask
Interactive session with Circle Leader Catherine Burnett, Executive Director of the Phillips Foundation and Catalyst Investments in Dallas. Catherine will share how Policy Circle discussions prepare women to participate in board meetings and strategic sessions, to ask due diligence and to ask questions on intended impact and process. You will leave with actionable advice.
Featuring: Leigh Teece (World Mentor), Lorraine Gavican-Kerr (TD Ameritrade)
☑ Establishing Yourself as a Civic Leader
How do you design a roadmap to becoming a civic leader? Whether that be running for office, supporting other candidates or becoming involved in a local issue. Lem Williams from the Center for Austin's Future will discuss this civic leader incubator established by the business community where future leaders learn how the city runs and compete to pitch their vision. Deana Bass Williams of Bass Public Affairs will discuss how to build your roadmap and what are the key components.
☑ Facilitating Complex Discussion & Expanding Influence
Sylvie Légère, co-founder of The Policy Circle and Karen Wells a former executive at McDonalds, now leadership coach who values diversity of approaches, share key techniques to facilitate productive conversations on complex issues, such as financials and strategic priorities, and thereby expanding your influence. Share and steal techniques and approaches that work.
☑ Interacting with Your Representatives
We, citizens, professionals, and business owners, wait until an issue comes up to engage with elected officials or government entities. In this workshop we will discuss how to develop constructive relationships with local elected officials, and influencers before an issue arises.
Featuring: John Pearman (Delos Communications), Kay Page, Comcast) and Kristine Telford (Edison Electric Institute)
☑ Building Your Brand and Your Network
Tamara Edwards, alum staff of the U.S. House of Representatives and current Principal of TE&Co., will lead a discussion on tactful tips and effective ways to enhance your profile and make your voices heard within your immediate communities and industries through simple, smart, and effective communications. Ellie Weed from LinkedIn will discuss utilizing LinkedIn to build out your network and Sarah Stefaniu from Google will highlight utilizing You Tube to get your message across.
Finding Clarity in Purpose - Creating Your Life's Strategic Plan
Having a 5 year or 10 year plan can take work. Hilary Sawchuk will host a candid conversation with Denise Morrison, former CEO of Campbell Soup who focused on coaching women in mid-level to senior management positions on executive leadership during her tenure, on setting specific career goals and actualizing your passions to get you to your desired destination.
A Fond Farewell and Cocktail Reception
Hillary Sawchuck is joined onstage by The Policy Circle co-founders Sylvie Légère, Angela Braly and Kathy Hubbard who will share their reflections from the 2019 Summit and plans for 2020. A cocktail reception to follow.
Breakfast and Networking
Keynotes, Demos, and Panels
Alfred William
* Being Connected Globally - Opportunities and Threats
* With AdTech, What is privacy today?
* The Trajectory of Healthcare with Seema Verma
* Living, and Leading in a Smart City examples of Policy Circles in Action
* Transforming A Company Culture to Be Part of E-commerce
Inspiring Lunch
Clio HH Beekman
"Have an Impact: Make a Promise to One Person"
Break for Lunch
You Are Invited To Participate In Two Interactive Roundtable Leadership Sessions On How To Engage Effectively In Your Space:
* The Power of Public Art in a Connected World
* Civic Leader Incubators featuring Austin's Civic Leader Incubator
* Expanding Your Influence
* Building Community Support for an Initiative
* Going against the Current
* Influencing the Media and Policy Makers
Walk The Talk Send-off
Guy Moffitt
"How To Develop A Strategic Plan For Your Life"
Rakia Johnson
* Being Connected Globally - A Point of View from CYBERCOM with Admiral Mike Rogers
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I just had to pass this on, for anyone who has a few minutes to spare, and enjoys genealogy volunteer opportunities and community service!
In the spirit of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, join us January 15-19, 2018 for a week-long citizen archivist challenge.
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DAVISSON BROTHERS BAND
with special guest Grant Paxton Band
$8adv / $10door
The Davisson Brothers Band has a unique style, fusing a blend of country, southern rock, and bluegrass to create a distinctive sound. Their remarkable sound, combined with the band's talent and energy, has gained them an incredibly loyal and rapidly growing fan base. Brothers Donnie and Chris Davisson, cousin Sammy Davisson, and life-long best friend Aaron Regester are continuing musical pursuits started by the Davisson family long ago. In DBB, one can't help but hear the resounding influence of a life raised in music. Their song lyrics and sound tell powerful stories of their family history and lifestyle in West Virginia, and is sure to gain a nationwide following. The band recently worked with acclaimed producer Keith Stegall on their first national single Jesse James.
Grant Paxton Band
The Grant Paxton Band, a Grass Roots Americana band, pump high energy and love for music into every show. The heart of the group started in St. Augustine but their soul comes from Appalachian roots. Kevin Mileski on drums, J Lee Driskell on bass and vocals, Grant Paxton on banjo, guitar, and vocals.


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Das Erzbistum Dakar (lat.: Archidioecesis Dakarensis) ist ein im Senegal gelegenes Metropolitanbistum der römisch-katholischen Kirche mit Sitz in Dakar.

Geschichte
Vorläufer des heutigen Erzbistums Dakar ist das am 6. Februar 1863 von Papst Pius IX. gegründete Apostolische Vikariat Senegambia, ab 27. Januar 1936 unter Papst Pius XI. umbenannt zum Apostolischen Vikariat Dakar. Pius XII. erhob das Vikariat am 14. September 1955 zum Erzbistum Dakar.

Suffraganbistümer sind Kaolack (1965), Kolda (1999), Saint-Louis (1966), Tambacounda (1989), Thiès (1969) und Ziguinchor (1955).

Bischöfe

 Aloyse Kobès CSSp, 1863–1872
 Jean-Claude Duret CSSp, 1873–1875
 François-Marie Duboin CSSp, 1876–1883
 François-Xavier Riehl CSSp, 1883–1886
 Mathurin Picarda CSSp, 1887–1889
 Magloire-Désiré Barthet CSSp, 1889–1898
 Joachim-Pierre Buléon CSSp, 1899–1900
 François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann CSSp, 1901–1908
 Hyacinthe Joseph Jalabert CSSp, 1909–1920
 Louis Le Hunsec CSSp, 1920–1926, dann Superior General der Spiritaner
 Auguste Grimault CSSp, 1927–1946
 Marcel Lefebvre CSSp, 1947–1962, dann Erzbischof von Tulle
 Hyacinthe Thiandoum, 1962–2000
 Théodore-Adrien Kardinal Sarr, 2000–2014
 Benjamin Ndiaye, seit 2014

Siehe auch
 Liste der römisch-katholischen Diözesen
 Römisch-katholische Kirche im Senegal

Weblinks

 Eintrag über das Erzbistum Dakar auf Giga-Catholic (englisch)

Dakar
Organisation (Dakar)
Gegründet 1863

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Katy Perry leads MTV EMAs with seven nominations
Katy Perry has been leading this year's MTV EMA with seven nominations, including best song, best pop, best female best live and best US act.
By: Press Trust of India | Los Angeles | Published: September 16, 2014 6:22:18 pm
Katy Perry, center, with local student and teacher from Lent Elementary School, left to right, Mylea Landeros and Rebecca Rothery, backstage at the Moda Center during her Prismatic World Tour performance on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 in Portland. (Source: AP)
Pop star Katy Perry has been leading this year's MTV EMA with seven nominations, including best song, best pop, best female best live and best US act.
Ariana Grande follows close behind the 29-year-old singer with six nominations, while new 'The Voice' coach Pharrell Williams and Aussie boy band 5 Seconds of Summer have five.
One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Iggy Azalea, Eminem, Sam Smith and rising star Kiesza are nominated in four categories, said the Hollywood Reporter.
Competing against Perry for the top best song ('Dark Horse') prize is Grande ('Problem' featuring Azalea), Eminem ('The Monster' featuring Rihanna), Williams ('Happy') and Smith ('Stay With Me').
American musicians vying for the best US act are Perry, Beyonce, Eminem, Fifth Harmony and Williams.
The 2014 MTV EMAs will take place on November 9 in Glasgow.
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A seven-person external advisory group will play an important role in the College's review of teaching qualifications.
The group includes Ruth Bauman of the Ontario Teachers' Federation; Allan Pearson from the Ontario Association of Deans of Education; Barbara Gough from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities; Paul Anthony of the Ministry of Education; and Geoff Williams of the Council of Ontario Directors of Education, as well as Lise St-Éloi (a supervisory officer), Lou Rocha of the Catholic Principals Council of Ontario and the College's Professional Affairs Co-ordinator, Marg Aubé.
"It is critical that partner groups are engaged right from the beginning," says Deputy Registrar Brian P. McGowan, who is co-ordinating the review and will chair the group. "We want their advice on who to consult and the questions that need to be asked so that we can ensure that this consultation is as effective and wide-ranging as possible."
The group will help shape a two-month province-wide consultation that will begin in February.
With much of the provincial regulation that defines teacher qualifications now 30 years old, the College's review of qualifications will focus on the future. It will consider many questions, including what is required to be certified as a teacher in Ontario, what teacher-education programs should teach and how they should be structured. It will also address issues surrounding Additional Qualifications.
"When we propose changes to the teacher qualification regulation under the Ontario College of Teachers Act," says McGowan, "we want to ensure that a new qualifications structure is based upon the advice of teachers/practitioners, on sound educational research and on contemporary system priorities."
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Home PokerPSPC 2020: Daryl Inglis might need a bigger jar
PSPC 2020: Daryl Inglis might need a bigger jar
August 29, 2019inPoker
After serving 20 years in the Canadian military, including deployments to Bosnia and Afghanistan, 39-year-old Daryl Inglis received a medical discharge in 2015.
He turned to skiing, surfing, kayaking and mountain biking to occupy his time, but now aged 43, he felt something was missing. It turned out that poker, a game he'd been introduced to some nine years ago, was the perfect outlet.
"About 15 years into my military career some friends invited me to play a $20 tournament, and I busted first," Inglis tells PokerStars Blog the morning after winning a Platinum Pass to the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC) 2020 worth €26,466 (we'll get to that in a moment).
"I went back the next week, and busted first again. This happened for about a month, so I told myself I have to get better," he continues. "I set up a PokerStars account, but I've been a losing player online, down about $800 over eight years. But when it came to live poker, I decided to put $40 in a jar and said 'this is only for poker'. I use it to buy-in, and whatever I win goes back in. Six weeks later I had $1,000, so that showed me I was making good decisions."
It's now clear that the best poker decision Inglis has made was when decided to enter the PokerStars Chase Your Dream competition.
Daryl Inglis had a lot of fun when playing
After winning a ticket from an online freeroll and being invited to send in an audition video, Inglis was one of five winners chosen to come to EPT Barcelona as a VIP guest. He then played in the Chase Your Dream invitational, a single-table tournament in which one qualifier would battle against five celebrities and pros over 25 hands. The two best performing qualifiers would then meet in a heads-up final, with the winner banking 10,000.
Those pros included PokerStars Ambassadors Lex Veldhuis, Fatima Moreira de Melo and Chris Moneymaker, as well as legendary high stakes crusher Patrik Antonius, and the voice of the UFC, Bruce Buffer.
However, something different happened during Inglis' heat.
"When I sat down, Bruce Buffer [decided to give up his seat at the table] as Gerard Pique (FC Barcelona and Spanish international superstar) showed up. Now, I don't watch sports and I sure as hell don't watch soccer, but when this soccer guy arrived everyone flooded the stage and started taking photos of him. I turned to the guy beside me and said, who is this guy? They said he played for Spain, but then he dusted off Bruce's stack with five-six offsuit. I've never seen Bruce Buffer so upset in all my life. He comes back, sits at the table, arms crossed, cursing."
Gerard Piqué at Chase Your Dream
As we can gather, playing with a famous sports star like Pique wasn't too exciting for Inglis. But what happened later certainly was.
"When I realised I wasn't going to make it through to play for the €10,000, I was clearly disappointed," he tells us. Inglis had played well in his heat, but ultimately his stack wasn't enough to see him through to the final.
"Then James Hartigan gets on stage and announces that not only are [the two finalists] playing for €10,000, they're also playing for a Platinum Pass. I just hung my head in complete shame.
"I was pissed off at myself, because I thought I might have played differently had I known. But Griffin Benger (Inglis' personal coach and fellow Canadian) was behind me and he told me 'no Daryl, you wouldn't have done anything different.'
"I was happy for Clement (Eloy, the overall Chase Your Dream winner) because he had won it all, but then Hartigan calls us all back on stage. The words he was using — 'we're going to give you a small consolation prize' — I thought he meant an Amazon gift card or something. Then he pulls out the Platinum Pass and honestly, it never even occurred to me that I might be coming back next year and get to play in a high roller event."
Inglis celebrating with his coach Griffin Benger
Yep. In case you're unaware, a Platinum Pass is worth €26,466, and includes entry to the €22,500 PSPC 2020. The inaugural PSPC took place in January 2019, and saw Ramon Colillas turn his free Platinum Pass into $5.2 million.
While one of the biggest poker tournaments in history was taking place over in the Bahamas, Inglis was out on the slopes.
"I couldn't really follow the first PSPC because it ran in January, and in Canada we have winter and I'm a skier," he explains. "So I was skiing a lot, trying to keep in shape, trying to work out the demons. I watched a lot of the footage in preparation for coming here though."
It's a good job he did, because now Inglis will be back in Barcelona this time next year battling many of the same faces he watched in that footage. We wondered how he now plans to prepare over the next 12 months.
"I have friends who are poker fanatics, and they talk about hands a lot. I was a part of that chat group for a while, but I found it a little bit overwhelming as they would go pretty deep into things. I found that what I was doing — grinding small tournaments and playing $1/$2 cash — it was a little too much for me. However, now that I'm coming back for the PSPC 2020, I'll be getting all the help I can from those people."
Next year Inglis has a shot at winning millions. "For everyone who plays poker, a Platinum Pass is a dream come true, and so for me to win one, it's amazing," he tells us.
Now he might need to get himself a bigger jar.
Has the PSPC 2020 announcement inspired you to start playing poker? Click here to open a PokerStars account.
Jack Stanton
Jack Stanton is a freelance writer specialising in poker.
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package org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.project.factory.impl;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.BPMNDefinitionSet;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.definition.BPMNDiagram;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.definition.BPMNDiagramImpl;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.definition.property.diagram.DiagramSet;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.definition.property.diagram.Id;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.definition.property.diagram.Package;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.definition.property.general.Name;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.diagram.Metadata;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.Graph;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.Node;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.content.Bounds;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.content.view.View;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.content.view.ViewImpl;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.project.diagram.ProjectDiagram;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.project.diagram.ProjectMetadata;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
import org.uberfire.backend.vfs.Path;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class BPMNProjectDiagramFactoryTest {

    private static final String NAME = "name1";
    private static final String MODULE = "module";
    private static final String DIAGRAM_NODE_UUID = "dnuuid";
    private static final org.guvnor.common.services.project.model.Package PKG =
            new org.guvnor.common.services.project.model.Package(mock(Path.class),
                                                                 mock(Path.class),
                                                                 mock(Path.class),
                                                                 mock(Path.class),
                                                                 mock(Path.class),
                                                                 "packageName",
                                                                 "packageCaption",
                                                                 "");

    @Mock
    private ProjectMetadata metadata;

    @Mock
    private Graph graph;

    @Mock
    private Node diagramNode;

    @Mock
    private Bounds bounds;

    private BPMNDiagramImpl diagram;

    private final List<Node> graphNodes = new ArrayList<>(1);

    private BPMNProjectDiagramFactoryImpl tested;

    @Mock
    private DiagramSet diagramSet;

    private Id id;

    private Name name;

    private Package packageProperty;

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        diagram = new BPMNDiagramImpl();
        id = new Id();
        name = new Name();
        packageProperty = new Package();
        diagram.setDiagramSet(diagramSet);
        View<BPMNDiagram> diagramNodeContent = new ViewImpl<>(diagram, bounds);
        graphNodes.add(diagramNode);
        when(diagramNode.getUUID()).thenReturn(DIAGRAM_NODE_UUID);
        when(diagramNode.getContent()).thenReturn(diagramNodeContent);
        when(graph.nodes()).thenReturn(graphNodes);
        when(diagramSet.getId()).thenReturn(id);
        when(diagramSet.getPackageProperty()).thenReturn(packageProperty);
        when(diagramSet.getName()).thenReturn(name);
        when(metadata.getModuleName()).thenReturn(MODULE);

        tested = new BPMNProjectDiagramFactoryImpl();
    }

    @Test
    public void testMetadataType() {
        Class<? extends Metadata> type = tested.getMetadataType();
        assertEquals(ProjectMetadata.class,
                     type);
    }

    @Test
    public void testDefinitionSetType() {
        Class<?> type = tested.getDefinitionSetType();
        assertEquals(BPMNDefinitionSet.class,
                     type);
    }

    @Test
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public void testBuildNoPackageSpecified() {
        when(metadata.getProjectPackage()).thenReturn(null);
        ProjectDiagram pdiagram = tested.build(NAME, metadata, graph);

        assertNotNull(pdiagram);
        assertEquals(graph, pdiagram.getGraph());
        assertEquals(MODULE + "." + NAME, id.getValue());
        assertEquals(NAME, name.getValue());
        assertEquals(Package.DEFAULT_PACKAGE, packageProperty.getValue());
        verify(metadata, times(1)).setCanvasRootUUID(eq(DIAGRAM_NODE_UUID));
    }

    @Test
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public void testBuildWithAttributesSet() {
        final String id2 = "id";
        final String name2 = "name2";

        this.id.setValue(id2);
        name.setValue(name2);

        ProjectDiagram pdiagram = tested.build(NAME, metadata, graph);

        assertEquals(id2, this.id.getValue());
        assertEquals(name2, name.getValue());
    }

    @Test
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public void testBuild() {
        final String pName = "p1";
        when(metadata.getProjectPackage()).thenReturn(PKG);
        when(metadata.getModuleName()).thenReturn(pName);
        ProjectDiagram pdiagram = tested.build(NAME, metadata, graph);

        assertNotNull(pdiagram);
        assertEquals(graph, pdiagram.getGraph());
        assertEquals(pName + "." + NAME, id.getValue());
        assertEquals("packageName", packageProperty.getValue());
        verify(metadata, times(1)).setCanvasRootUUID(eq(DIAGRAM_NODE_UUID));
    }
}

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10 Rising Black Models that Will Dominate 2015 Coming to a runway near you
Posted by aliecia brissett, on Thursday, July 9, 2015 Under: #iNEEDTHAT
From various countries in Africa, to south of the globe in Australia, these 10 black female models are changing the industry one fashion week at a time. Following the steps of Naomi Campbell, Beverly Johnson, Beverly Peele, and Tyra Banks, these millennials are soon to be a household name in 2015 in becoming fashion's go-to black female couture trailblazers.With NY Fashion Week well underway, we thought it would be important to highlight these trailblazers in their own right. Get familiar!
Maria Borges
Named Forbes Africa Magazine's top model of 2013, Maria Borges has taken the fashion world by storm since her raise in 2010. The Angolan born model has since graced the runways of Givenchy, Moschino, Victoria Secret and countless others in her five year career. And with agencies such as New York Supreme Management, Women Management Paris and Women Milan, representing her, it's no surprise the 5ft 11in beauty has made the cover of Vogue Portugal, and advertised in H&M and Givenchy campaigns
Represented by: New York Supreme Management, Women Management Paris, Women Milan, Elite Models London and Stockholm
Twitter: @Mariabo01940093
Instagram: @mariaborges28
Grace Mahary
This Winnipeg born beauty was first scouted by her now mother agency, Elmer Olsen Model Management, while with her mother at a shopping mall. It didn't take long for her to enter and win the ELLE Canada Model Search in 2005 that catapulted her career to what it is today. From Eritrean decent, this model first landed her big break in Trey Songz, Invented Sex, music video which caught the eyes of many. Now in almost a decade of her career, Mahary has walked the runways of Victoria Secret, Chanel, Alexander Wang and countless other haute couture designers from Milan to Paris.
Represented by: Elmer Olsen Model Management Canada, IMG Australia, Paris, New York and London
Twitter: @GraceMahary
Instagram: @gracemahary
Senait Gidey
Another Toronto native, Senait Gidey is quickly making a name for herself in the fashion community at the young age of 19. First making her fashion debut at the age of 16 by signing with Elmer Olsen Model Managment in Toronto, Senait has thus far modeled for Balmain, Ralph Lauren, and Burberry, and has been featured in fashion editorials such as Harpers Bazar UK and Vogue Italia. Being the only black model in Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel Fall/Winter 2013 presentation sparks a fire for the bright eyed model as she looks up to fellow East African super models such as Liya Kibede and Iman Abdulmajid as being inspirations for her growing career.
Represented by: Elmer Olsen Model Management Canada, IMG New York, Paris and Milan
Instagram: @senaitgidey
Born in Netherlands of Moroccan and Egyptian decent, Imaan Hammam is a young, fresh faced beauty quickly making a name for herself amongst industry heavy weights. Noted by American Vogues, Anna Wintour, as a face to look out for, Hammam has let her big, curly stresses walk for the likes of Alexander Wang, Hermes, Marc Jacobs, and many others. From her scouting in Amsterdam Central Station, the teenage model made her debut opening for Givenchy, which aided in her career to be one of the faces of the coveted American Vogue September issue.
Represented by: DNA Modes New York, VIVA Model Management Paris, London and Barcelona, Why Not Model Management Milan
Twitter: @ImaanHammam
Instagram: @hammamimaan
Melodie Monrose
Beginning her career at the age of 18 in 2010, Monrose has many credits under her belt with being in the industry for five years. With her first dream of becoming a fashion designer coming to a halt after her discovery, the Martinique native is still very much involved in the fashion world. Having modeled for the likes of Ralph Lauren, Zac Posen, and Jeremey Scott, the 5ft 10in model shows her passion for fashion on the runways. As her career continues to grow, maybe her dream of designing could come into fruition in years to come.
Represented by: NEXT New York, Paris, London, and Milan, Uno Models Barcelona
Twitter: @MelodieMonrose
Instagram: @melodiemonrose
From the fashionable streets of London, Leomie Anderson was scouted at the age of 14 on her way from school. Reluctantly becoming a model in her early years, the stated tomboy made the choice to break into the industry at a young age and hasn't looked back since. Noted for her wide eyes and full lips, Anderson not only enjoys strutting down the runway for notables such as Moshino and Jeremy Scott, and gracing campaigns for Top Shop; she also enjoys running her website, crackedchinacup.com, where she uploads beauty, hair and personal videos.
Represented by: Premier Model Management London
Instagram: @leomieanderson
Website: crackedchinacup.com
Diandra Forrest
Recognizably the face in Kanye West's Power music video and Beyoncé's Pretty Hurts, Diandra Forrest is making the fashion world know the name behind the face. From always being stopped by passerby's in her home town of Bronx, New York, Forrest is familiar with attention. Being teased and being called "Casper" because of her Albinism was hard growing up for the 25 year-old model, but she later channeled her differences by embracing her uniqueness and putting it into print and on screen. Having walked for Jean Paul Gautier and Vivienne Westwood, and gracing an editorial feature in the 2010 May issue of Glamour Magazine, the African American, fair skinned model continues to break down barriers in the fashion world and society.
Represented by: Elite Model Management New York, IZAIO Management Berlin
Twitter: @DiandraForrest
Instagram: @diandraforrest
Closely resembling model icon Alek Wek, Ajak Deng is a model all on her own. The Sudanese born, Melbourne-raised model comes from a past of pain yet triumph. Fleeing from her origin of Sudan during the Sudanese war, and losing her mother to malaria at the age of 12, Deng and her 6 siblings took refuge in Australia where the soon-to-be model developed her craft. Knowing that she should put her 6ft stature to good use, Deng knew that modeling would not only aid in her career, but her family as well. Being noted in walking for Louis Vuitton and Chanel, and gracing campaigns for Top Shop, KENZO, Kate Spade, and Calvin Klein, the well-established model still faces racial issues in the fashion industry that she consistently fights to break.
Represented by: IMG New York, Australia and Paris
Instagram: @ajak_deng
Ashley Turner
This British born model is making her way into the modeling industry one runway at a time. With African American and Portuguese decent contributing to her daring green eyes, Turner is on the fashion radar and walking her way into fashion houses as fashion weeks continue to approach her with innovative collections. Recently walking for Rag and Bone Fall/Winter 2014 and power house Carolina Herrera for their Fall/Winter 2014 show, Turner is turning heads and is a model to look out for in fashion weeks to come.
Represented by: Supreme New York Management, Woman Management Paris, Elite London
Instagram: @officalashleyturner
Binx Walton
With football being her first love at the age of nine, Leona "Binx" Walton later grew to like the idea of modeling and signed with Next Model Management at the age of 17. In her first season Walton walked for Marc Jacobs and from there caught the eyes of many. Just three years shy of her career, the 5ft 10in gazelle has walked for the likes of 3.1 Phillip Lim, Acne, Alexander McQueen and notable others. Also, the performing arts graduate is already the face of Céline and has graced the covers of British Vogue, Dazed and Confused, and The Document.
Represented by: Next Model Management New York, Paris, Milan, London, and Los Angles, AMAX Talent Nashville
Twitter: @WaltonLeona
Instagram: @binxwalton
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Jusepe de Ribera (1591 – 1652) was a painter and printmaker, who along with Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artists of Spanish Baroque painting. Referring to a series of Ribera exhibitions held in the late 20th century, Philippe de Montebello wrote "If Ribera's status as the undisputed protagonist of Neapolitan painting had ever been in doubt, it was not longer. Indeed, to many it seemed that Ribera emerged from these exhibitions as not simply the greatest Neapolitan artist of his age but one of the outstanding European masters of the seventeenth century." Jusepe de Ribera () has also been referred to as José de Ribera, Josep de Ribera, and Lo Spagnoletto ("the Little Spaniard") by his contemporaries, early historians, and biographers.

Ribera created history paintings, including traditional Biblical subjects and episodes from Greek mythology, but he is perhaps best known for his numerous views of martyrdom, which at times are brutal scenes depicting bound saints and satyrs as they are flayed or crucified in agony. Less familiar are his occasional, but accomplished portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. Nearly half of his surviving work consist of half length portraits of workers and beggars, often older individuals in ragged clothes, posing as various philosophers, saints, apostles, and allegorical figures. Ribera's paintings, particularly his early work, are characterized by stark realism using a chiaroscuro or tenebrous style. His later work embraced a greater use of color, softer light, and more complex compositions, although he never entirely abandoned his Caravaggisti leanings.

Very little is known about the first 20 years of his life and there are many gaps concerning his later life and career as well. He was baptized on February 17, 1591 in Játiva, Spain, his father identified as a shoemaker. He is not recorded again until 1611, when records show he was paid for a painting (now lost) for a church in Parma, Italy. Documents show he was a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome by October of 1613 and living in a house in the Via Margutta in 1615–16, at that time known as "the foreigner's quarter", apparently living a bohemian life with his brothers and other artists. Anecdotal accounts written at the time indicate he quickly earned a reputation as an outstanding painter after arriving in Rome and was making great profits, but also noted his laziness and extravagant spending.

He moved to Naples in late 1616, under Spanish rule at that time, and in November married Caterina Azzolino, the daughter of Sicilian painter, Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini. There he remained for the rest of his life, setting up a workshop with many pupils, securing commissions, and establishing an international reputation. In 1626 he received the Cross of the Order of Christ from Pope Urban VIII. His health began to deteriorate in 1643 and his productivity declined from that time on, and by 1649 he was experiencing financial hardships as well. However, when his health permitted, he continued to produce several fine paintings into the last year of his life.

Life

Early biographies
His Italian biographers have many tales to tell of Ribera's stormy, picaresque career, and picture "Lo Spagnoletto's"  life as an endless series of professional intrigues and rivalries, attempted poisonings due to gelosia di mestiere, conspiracies and brawls, triumphs and adversities, dramatic love affairs. Alterations of dark patches and dazzling light, glooms and raptures – just as in his paintings. Perhaps we would do better to keep to the records and established dates of Ribera's life." Jacques Lassaigne (1952)

Biographers of Ribera in the 17th and 18th century, including Bernardo De Dominici, Carlo Celano, and Palomino de Castro y Velasco   produced a substantial amount of information on the artist's life that is now known to be erroneous. Much of this misinformation was pervasive well into the 20th century and is occasionally still repeated today. It was long believed he was born in 1587, De Dominici saying he was from Gallipoli, Apulia while Celano stated he was from Lecce. One said he descended from nobility, and another identified his father as a Spanish army officer. Research and documents emerged in the 20th century have proven these false.	 Other episodes and events in Ribera's life remain unverified. Early accounts (still repeated today) state that Ribera began his art education in Valencia, where he was a pupil of Francisco Ribalta. Although this is entirely plausible, there is no real evidence to confirm it.

De Dominici's biography described Ribera as an egotistical and condescending individual of reprehensible behavior. He was reputed to have been chief of the so-called Cabal of Naples, his abettors being a Greek painter, Belisario Corenzio and the Neapolitan Giambattista Caracciolo, however there are no real documents or records to substantiate (or discredit) this other than these early biographies. De Dominici's biography has been called "barefaced lies" by one modern historian, and "a caricature" by another, although the latter noted a critical examination of it can still provide some insights.

Early life (1591–1616)

Little information is available on Ribera's youth. It was as recent as 1923 that the year of his birth was positively established. He was baptized on February 17, 1591 in Játiva, Spain, about 60 km. (37 mi.) south of Valencia. His parents were identified as Simón and Margarita (née Curo) Ribera, married in 1588, and his father's occupation a shoemaker. Other baptismal records show the couple had two other sons, Jerónimo (b.1588) and Juan (b.1593). A gap of 20 years follows his baptism record, including  information regarding his childhood, education, teachers, and when he left Spain.

Ribera's move to the Italian Peninsula and his training as an artist have been subjects of interest to art historians in recent decades. His 18th century biographer Palomino wrote that he apprenticed with the Spanish painter Francisco Ribalta in Valencia, and this was generally accepted by historians into the mid to late 20th century, although no proof of this connection exists. Recently historians have begin to question this scenario. There is some evidence to suggest Ribera might have been in Italy as early as 1608-1609 (age 17 or 18), or even as early as 1605-1606 (age 14 or 15). Marriage records show that his father, Simón, married a second time in 1597 when Jusepe was six years old, and a third time in 1607 when he was 16, suggesting some disruption and lack of continuity in Ribera youth.  Recent decades have also shed light on Ribera's presumed teacher Francisco Ribalta, whose early works exhibit a mannerist style, and is now known to have only reached his final and mature period, reflecting a realist and Caravaggesque current about 1614, at which point Ribera is already documented working in Italy. Some historians also believe Ribera's drawing technique shows a thoroughly Italian education and influences.

Records show Ribera was in Parma, Italy in June 1611, where he received payment for a painting of Saint Martin Sharing His Cloak with  a Beggar, for the Church of San Prospero. It is notable and some indication of Ribera's reputation that a foreigner, at the age 20, was given a commission for a public altarpiece. Lodovico Carracci wrote in 1618, that Ribera was under the protection of the ducal family (House of Farnese) while in Parma which aroused some resentment from local artist. The painting, now lost, is known from copies and prints and was often praised in the local literature until it was taken by Napoleon's troops.

The artist is next confirmed in Rome in October 1613, where records show he was a member of the Accademia di San Luca. Parish registries (Status animarum) verify he observed Easter in 1615 and 1616 and was living in a house on the Via Margutta, then known as the foreigners quarter, with others including his brothers Jerónimo, and Juan who is also known to have been a painter. At that time Rome was the most important center of painting, "the fountainhead of the Baroque", where artist from throughout Europe gravitated, including painters such as Gerrit van Honthorst from the Netherlands, Simon Vouet from Fracne, Adam Elsheimer from Germany, and many others, all exploring various aspects of chiaroscuro and tenebrism in the wake of Caravaggio. The last records of the artist in Rome are a payment of promised alms to the Accademia de San Luca in May 1616, and a bank transaction in July 1616.

In his Considerazioni sulla pittura (1614–1621) Giulio Mancini wrote a brief account of Ribera's time in Rome.  He stated that Guido Reni was an admirer of Ribera's work and that a painter of Ribera's disposition had not been seen in the city for many years, exceptionally high praise in reference to an art center like Rome. He characterized Ribera as a follower of Caravaggio, but more experimental and bolder. According to Mancini, Ribera began working for daily wages in other artists workshops and in time developed a strong reputation and was making great profits. He wrote that Ribera had some problems with Roman authorities when he neglected his Easter confession one year (likely 1614 or earlier). Mancini stated that Ribera could also be lazy at times, indulged in extravagant spending, and that he left Rome in order to avoid his creditors.

Neapolitan period (1616–1643)

The Kingdom of Naples was part of the Spanish Empire during Ribera's lifetime, and was ruled by a succession of Spanish Viceroys. Ribera moved to Naples permanently in 1616. In 1616, Ribera moved to Naples, in order to avoid his creditors (according to Giulio Mancini, who described him as living beyond his means despite a high income). In November, 1616, Ribera married Caterina Azzolino, the daughter of a Sicilian-born Neapolitan painter, Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, whose connections in the Neapolitan art world helped to establish Ribera early on as a major figure whose presence was to have a lasting impact on the art of the city. His Spanish nationality aligned him with the small Spanish governing class in the city, as well as with important collectors and art dealers from Spanish Flanders. At this point Ribera began to sign his work as "Jusepe de Ribera, español" ("Jusepe de Ribera, Spaniard"). He was able to quickly attract the attention of the Viceroy, Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, another recent arrival, who gave him a number of major commissions, which showed the influence of Guido Reni.

Few paintings survive from 1620 to 1626, but this was the period in which most of his best prints were produced. These were at least partly an attempt to attract attention outside of Ribera's Neapolitan circles. His career picked up in the late 1620s, and he was accepted as the leading painter in Naples thereafter. He received the Order of Christ of Portugal from Pope Urban VIII in 1626.

Although Ribera never returned to Spain, many of his paintings were taken back by returning members of the Spanish governing class, such as the Duke of Osuna, and his etchings were brought to Spain by dealers. His influence can be seen in the works of Velázquez, Murillo, and most other Spanish painters of the period.

He has been characterized as selfishly protecting his prosperity, and is reputed to have been chief of the so-called Cabal of Naples, his abettors being a Greek painter, Belisario Corenzio and the Neapolitan Giambattista Caracciolo.

It is said this group aimed to monopolize Neapolitan art commissions, using intrigue, sabotage of work in progress, and even personal threats of violence to frighten away outside competitors such as Annibale Carracci, the Cavalier d'Arpino, Reni, and Domenichino. All of them were invited to work in Naples, but found the place inhospitable. The cabal disbanded at the time of Domenichino's death in 1641.

Ribera's pupils included Hendrick de Somer, Francesco Fracanzano, Luca Giordano, and Bartolomeo Passante. He was followed by Giuseppe Marullo and influenced the painters Agostino Beltrano, Paolo Domenico Finoglio, Giovanni Ricca, and Pietro Novelli.

Later life (1644–1652)
Around 1644, his daughter married a Spanish nobleman in the administration, who died soon after. From 1644, Ribera's ill health greatly reduced his ability to work, although his workshop continued to produce works under his direction. In 1647–1648, during the Masaniello uprising against Spanish rule, he and his family took refuge in the palace of the Viceroy. In 1651 he sold his home, and was in dire financial straits by the time of his death in September 1652.

Work

His early style was influenced by the study of the Spanish and Venetian masters as well as Caravaggio and Correggio. His subject matter was notoriously gruesome, portraying human cruelty and violence with startling naturalism. In the early 1630s his style shifted from stark tenebrism to a more diffused lighting, as seen in The Clubfoot of 1642.

Some major works include Saint Januarius Emerging from the Furnace in the cathedral of Naples; the Descent from the Cross in the Certosa, Naples; the Adoration of the Shepherds (1650) in the Louvre; the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona; and the Pieta in the sacristy of San Martino, Naples. His mythologic subjects are often as violent as his martyrdoms, the most famous being his renditions of Apollo and Marsyas, now in Brussels and Naples, and his Tityos, now in the Prado. The Prado owns fifty-six paintings and another six attributed to Ribera, alongside  eleven drawings, such as Jacob's Dream (1639); the Louvre contain four of his paintings and seven drawings; the National Gallery, London owns three; and The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando owns a nice ensemble of five paintings including The Assumption of Mary Magdalene from El Escorial, and an early Ecce Homo or The head of St John the Baptist. He executed several fine male portraits and a self-portrait. Saint Jerome Writing in the Prado now has been credited to him by Gianni Papi, a Caravaggio expert. He was an important etcher—indeed, the most significant Spanish printmaker before Goya—producing about forty prints, nearly all in the 1620s. The Martyrdom of Saint Philip (1639; often described as Saint Bartholomew due to overlapping iconography) is in the Prado.

Nearly half of Ribera's entire oeuvre consist of  half-length representations of saints, apostles, philosophers, scientists, and allegorical figures. The models for these paintings were the natives from the streets of Rome and Naples, typically humble people such as fishermen, dockworkers, elderly people, and beggars, often characterized by wrinkled skin and ragged clothes, painted with a raw visual intensity.

Legacy

Salvator Rosa and Luca Giordano were his most distinguished followers, who may have been his pupils; others were also Giovanni Do, the Flemish painter Hendrick de Somer (known in Italy as 'Enrico Fiammingo'), Michelangelo Fracanzani, and Aniello Falcone, who was the first considerable painter of battle-pieces.

Ribera's work remained in fashion after his death, largely through the adoption of his hyper-naturalistic depictions of violence in the paintings of pupils like Luca Giordano. The gradual rehabilitation of his international reputation was aided by exhibitions in Princeton in 1973, of his prints and drawings, and of works in all media in London at the Royal Academy in 1982 and in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1992. Since then his oeuvre has gained more attention from critics and scholars. In 2006, a catalogue raisonné of Ribera's work was published, written by the former director of the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, Nicola Spinosa.

Gallery

Oil paintings
History paintings (oil on canvas unless noted otherwise)

Allegories, philosophers, apostles, and saints

Drawings

Prints: 1616–1630

Notes

References
 Main source: Scholz-Hänsel, Michael. (2000).  Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652. Cologne: Könemann.

Further reading
Brown, Jonathan. (1973). Jusepe de Ribera: prints and drawings; [catalogue of an exhibition] The Art Museum, Princeton University, October–November 1973. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University.  the standard work on his prints and drawings.

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External links

 Scholarly articles in English about Jusepe de Ribera, lo Spagnoletto both in web and PDF @ the Spanish Old Masters Gallery

The bearded woman, Work of the month – Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation
 Curators in Conversation: Ribera. Gabriele Finaldi, Director, National Gallery, London, and Edward Payne, Curator, Spanish Art, Auckland Castle Trust, discuss Ribera.

1591 births
1652 deaths
People from Xàtiva
Artists from the Valencian Community
Spanish Baroque painters
Painters from Naples
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters
Spanish printmakers
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Education is not a panacea - III
There are gated communities all over India where the educated rich live cut off from the rest of the country and cribbing about everything that doesn't resemble Singapore. In Geek Nation, Angela Saini describes one such community in the making, Lavasa - 'a metropolis governed mainly by machines' being built in the middle of the Western Ghats, a region rich in bio-diversity and populated by a few tribal villages. It is a half-billion dollar project that is 'the biggest thing to happen to the Western Ghats since the Cretaceous Period'.
It is a surreal place having an American Diner with staff dancing to Elvis tunes, opulent villas, a state-of-art hospital that looks deserted, delicate fountains, a street that looks as if it was in Italy...It sounds as if the promoter has taken the most picturesque parts of Europe and built a collage in the middle of nowhere.The employees say that it 'will be a city that governs itself' using technology, that it can provide a role model for the rest of India. I got a feeling similar to what Angela Saini had - a 'feeling as if I've arrived in Jurassic Park but the dinosaurs haven't escaped...yet.'
In the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson, the author says that Jobs often disappeared into a 'reality distortion field' which made him view the world in black and white terms with no shades of grey,an ability to convince himself and others about almost anything without any sense of proportion. Similarly many educated people seem to live in a reality distortion field.An article in The New Yorker about the Indian print media gives an idea of why this is so. The desired stereotype is also promoted by television serials. Nehru's comment in The Discovery of India may not have been off the mark: "I have not discovered any special qualities in a literate or slightly educated person which would entitle his opinion to greater respect than that of a sturdy peasant..."
On average, the educated and uneducated don't seem to be very different when it comes to basic human values. Knowing more about protons or perfect markets doesn't seem to help in this regard. The decision to extend voting rights to everybody without putting any restrictions on the basis of educational qualification was perhaps the wisest thing that Nehru did. Most people were opposed to the idea of giving voting rights to large numbers of illiterate people. But Nehru over-ruled all objections and went ahead with his decision. And his instinct has been proved right in election after election over the decades.
As soon as Indira Gandhi held elections after the Emergency, she was promptly booted out. The Congress did well in the more literate states in the South who preferred to ignore the horrors of the Emergency. It was highly educated, successful people who were likely to overlook the excesses of the emergency and say that population needs to be controlled somehow. It is educated, rich people who are likely to say that a spell of military rule will bring much needed discipline. (I have heard this, I am not making this up.) Talk of short-sightedness!
Granted there are problems of inducement and intimidation but unpopular governments have been shown the door at regular intervals. If buying votes was so easy, the ruling dispensation would have been able to hold on to power more easily. I have heard servants say that they will take the money offered by both the main political parties in Tamil Nadu and then vote for whoever they like! As Ramachandra Guha says in India after Gandhi:
...the distance - intellectual or moral - between Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, or between B.R. Ambedkar and Mulayam Singh Yadav, is not necessarily greater than between, say, Abraham Lincoln and George W.Bush. It is in the nature of democracies, perhaps, that while visionaries are sometimes necessary to make them, once made they can be managed by mediocrities. In India, the sapling was planted by the nation's founders, who lived long enough (and worked hard enough) to nurture it to adulthood. Those who came afterwards could disturb and degrade the tree of democracy but, try as they might, could not uproot or destroy it.
I remember seeing a video where it was stated that in the airport, the people in the queue for first class passengers look more agitated and prone to anger than the economy class passengers. I saw this video after my stroke so I couldn't check it for myself but it rings true. In India whichever party comes to power will have the majority of people voting against it. Every winning party claims that it has the mandate of the people which is far from the truth.Nehru at the height of his popularity got only 47% of the votes. So no government can risk moving too far away from the centre much to the chagrin of the better off sections of society, who seem impatient like the first class airline passengers.
Chetan Bhagat has written a book called Making India Awesome which I have not read. For all I know, I may agree with most of its contents. My problem is with the title. In all probability the publisher would have thought (probably correctly) that a title that gives the impression of there being easy, clear-cut solutions to complex problems would result in better sales. It is similar to the BJP's penchant for coming up with MBA style mnemonics like 3 'C's, 4 'D's, ABCD etc.
A more humble title like 'Some Suggestions that May improve India's Prospects' may not sell as well. During sales training in Wipro, an advice was given which I thought was sensible: 'it is better to under promise and over deliver than to over promise and under deliver'. I am probably a misfit in a social ecosystem that encourages simplistic bombast. I heard a great line in a talk by Arun Shourie which illustrates the problem, 'Jo hyper-bole so nihal.' As Nassim Nicholas Taleb says in Fooled by Randomness:
I do not dispute that arguments should be simplified to their maximum potential; but people often confuse complex ideas that cannot be simplified into a media-friendly statement as symptomatic of a confused mind. MBAs learn the concept of clarity and simplicity - the five-minute-manager take on things. The concept may apply to the business plan for a fertilizer plant, but not to highly probabilistic arguments - which is the reason I have anecdotal evidence in my business that MBAs tend to blow up in financial markets, as they are trained to simplify matters a couple of steps beyond their requirement. (I beg the MBA reader not to take offense; I am myself the unhappy holder of the degree.)
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Education is not a panacea - II


Spellcheck editing – a fiend or foe?
As a reader and an author, accurate and detailed proof reading is paramount.
There is little more annoying when reading the work of a debut or new novelist and finding those irritating little mistakes that make me have a mental hiccup; where a misplaced or misspelt word throws out the narrative flow while I have to think what should have been said.
So many novels encase and envelope the reader in a world of fiction, fantasy, erotica even; the beautifully crafted words weave wonderful worlds to immerse in, to flounder, to let the adrenalin flow – and then there's a gross spelling mistake that dumps the reader back in a mundane world of black type on white paper. It's a shame.
•	'My my' – where the author, I think, means 'my' not the mildly surprising double use of the word.
Unfortunately, at times of high literary drama mistakes such as these are a disturbing distraction for the reader.
It is a dichotomy. We need more publishers prepared to invest in authors, but they need to survive in a fiercely competitive climate, so costs must be minimised. What is, I believe, vital is to invest in a professional proof reader, and then also to inveigle critical friends on the clear understanding that their reward will be in heaven.
My debut novel may have unintended grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, but it has been physically proof read. I've done my bit, even though it may not be perfect.
My plea is: Can we dump the computer spellcheck and go back to human eyes.


The 2012 IEEE Conference on Open Systems will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 21st – 24th October 2012. The conference is organized to invite international delegates to enjoy the capital city of Malaysia; the modern and dynamic yet still preserve natural rainforest inside the heart of it.
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