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Tick tock goes the doomsday clock
(CNN) - For months they've been spreading the word, answering the biblical call of Ezekiel 33 to sound the alarm and warn the people.
Their message, which they say the Bible guarantees, is simple: The end of the world is near.
And now, it's suddenly really near - so near that if these folks are right, you should probably pass on buying green bananas.
Perhaps you've already noticed, what with the billboards and signs dotting the landscape, the pamphlets blowing in the wind and the RVs plastered with Judgment Day warnings weaving through cities. Or maybe, as the birds chirped outside and you sipped your morning coffee, a full-page newspaper ad for the upcoming mass destruction caught your eye.
May 21, 2011, according to loyal listeners of Family Radio, a Christian broadcasting network based in Oakland, California, will mark the Day of Rapture and the start of Judgment Day (which, they say, will last five months). Those who are saved will be taken up to heaven, and those who aren't will endure unspeakable suffering. Dead bodies will be strewn about as earthquakes ravage the Earth, they say. And come October 21, they'll tell you, the entire world will be kaput.
It's the kind of belief that riles up churchgoers who insist no one can know when Judgment Day will come, and the sort that many say does a disservice to Christianity. And it's the kind of message that delights the types who are planning tongue-in-cheek End of the World parties and are responding to a Facebook invitation to attend a post-rapture looting. Rapture events, including one at a tiki bar in Fort Lauderdale, are being hosted by American Atheists. News outlets, comedians and even Doonesbury can't seem to resist a good end-of-the-world prophecy.
Billboard battle over Judgment Day
Earlier this year, CNN traveled with a team of believers - all of whom had walked away from friends, families and jobs - as they set out to share this serious message aboard a caravan of Judgment Day RVs. These ambassadors or co-laborers in God's work, as they see themselves, let us into their world. Along the way we met other supporters, as well as a sea of skeptics, many of them drunken pirates gathered for an annual festival in Florida.
Read about that journey and the roots of this doomsday message
With only days to go, we wanted to know how the ambassadors are feeling now. Are they making special plans and saying goodbyes? Have their convictions stayed strong, or have doubts crept in? Are they at peace, excited or maybe afraid?
"We've been a little busy, as you can imagine," said Fred Store, the team leader on our journey.
Reached at a motor home park in Providence, Rhode Island, Store spoke of the surge of support he's seen in recent months – the 60 like-minded people (including someone who works for Homeland Security, he boasted) who joined his small crew on the Mall in Washington, and the hundreds who gathered in Times Square in New York.
But at the same time he said resistance from those who don't believe has grown, too. The more people heard about the May 21 warning, the more they discussed it with their pastors and came prepared to argue.
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And the media, while they've helped spread the message, will be turned away in the coming days. CNN hoped to be with Store and his team on doomsday, but the members said they needed that time to focus on their relationship with God. Perhaps that's just as well, as an official at Family Radio headquarters pointed out: "What makes you think you'll be able to get to them? The roads will be a mess," he said, referring to the expected earthquakes. Plus, Store said, even if we got there, there would be no time to edit and publish, so what's the point?
Store's faith remains unwavering. Come Saturday, he and his team will be in Boston, standing in a spot with heavy foot traffic, passing out their pamphlets – which they call tracts – and doing what they believe God called them to do until the very end.
No longer with the team is Darryl Keitt, who ditched his caravan on May 6. He said his time on the RV was a "gift from God," but he decided he needed to spend the last couple of weeks focusing on his non-believing family and friends in New Jersey. It was a decision he prayed about for several weeks.
His Elizabeth, New Jersey, apartment is pretty sparse, seeing as he gave away most everything before hitting the road.
"I was able to get my old place back," he said. "But we only have four days to go, so I don't need much."
He's reaching out to old friends and hoping his family will come around and believe what he says he knows to be true.
"I have not seen any signs that they are believing the message," he said. "But I can't read anybody's heart; only God can. And I'm still praying for them. All I can do is continue to share my convictions."
Tisan Dawud may not share his older half-brother's beliefs, but he supports the positive nature of what Keitt's doing and is awestruck by his dedication.
"He's trying to spread what he believes is the word of God, and I can't knock him for that," Dawud said Tuesday evening. "I became Muslim when I was very young, and he remained Christian. But I've always had respect for his beliefs, and he always had respect for my beliefs."
And rather than criticize or ridicule his brother, who he said isn't hurting anyone, Dawud wishes people would focus on those who deserve examination and condemnation - those selling drugs, molesting children, raping women or embezzling money, for example.
Keitt spends his days in prayer, reaching out to people on Facebook, listening to Family Radio and walking around his neighborhood in his Judgment Day cap and T-shirt. He ran out of tracts some time ago, and at this point it's too late to order any more, he said. As for where he'll be on Saturday: "It's a good question," and one he's still considering.
He doesn't like goodbyes, he said, and only told two people in his caravan team of 10 that he was leaving. He gave those two men, one of them Store, a quick hug and that was it.
"Preferably we'll meet each other again," Keitt said, "in heaven."
Dennis Morrell was driving through Jacksonville, Florida, pulling his Judgment Day billboard trailer, when we reached him on his cell phone. He wasn't part of the caravan of RVs but was among the Floridians who joined in to help Store's team when they were in the city.
Morell and his wife quit their jobs to focus on warning others, a move that's left their four kids – ages 17 to 24 – thinking "Mom and Dad are crazy," he said.
He still hopes God will "open their spiritual eyes," he said. "But they're at an age where they love their lives. They don't want this world to come to an end."
His faith, though, is as firm as ever, and he wishes others would open their minds and hearts to this possibility.
"Why would you wait to see if this is actually going to happen? You have that option to cry out for mercy," he said. "I don't want to die and go to hell. Do you?"
He plans to spend the last days praying, up until the early hours of Saturday - when he'll both pray and wait for 16 hours.
Why 16 hours? Morrell explained that the massive doomsday earthquake will start at the International Date Line before moving west. New Zealand, he said, will get hit first – at 6 p.m. local time. And then that wave of destruction will roll around the world, wreaking havoc at 6 p.m. in each time zone.
While Morrell expects he'll reserve Saturday for private time, Benjamin Ramrajie of Ocala, Florida, doesn't have any special plans.
We met Ramrajie in Tampa after his 7-year-old daughter issued a doomsday warning about how the sun would "turn red like blood." He stood by and nodded his approval as she spoke about dead bodies and her fears of dying.
"Most of my family doesn't agree 100 percent, and I don't blame them because it is far-fetched," he said. "I strongly believe it's going to happen. But I just figure I'll relax, maybe watch TV. If that's the day we get raptured, great. If not, we'll move on."
Jessica Ravitz - CNN Writer/Producer
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flippin
"If that's the day we get raptured, great. If not, we'll move on."
He says this after he has his 7 yr old child describe such disturbing details of what's to take place, like "Hey, on to the next catrophe that will give my lovely daughter nightmares throughout childhood if this one doesn't work out. No biggy." People are so sick. I feels so srry for kids who have to live this way. Religion does not mean "Scare the he!! out of your kids."
Religion itself no, xtianity, yes. That religion was created as a way to control people through fear and guilt. Same with judaism and islam. Not all religions though.
Christianity was taken over by control freaks who made it threatening. It was not meant to be what it has been.
If it's logic you want then pick up a science book not the book that cries wolf.
WVLady63
Obviously these "Christians" don't read their Bible. Tell them to read Matthew 24:36. Not even the Angels in Heaven know when the Day of Judgment will come. I had a friend who was a member of one of these cults several years ago. She sold her home and everything she owned and quit her job and went to a field and awaited The Good Lord's coming. She lost everything she had because some of these people convinced her that The Lord was coming. If "ignorance is bliss" these people must be really, really happy!
Agreed. Someone says the world is going to end every few years or so.
But WV, you Christians believe daady-god and sonny-god are the one thing. How can it know and not know at the same time?
So if God is returning, but bringing Hell with Him, he can keep his stupid fake butt in Heaven
suzyblu
Ok so what are they going to do when it doesn't happen and they have no job and no home to go too? If they truely believe this is going to happen then please write me a check leaving it all to me dated May 22nd, if they are that strong in their faith they will have to problem doing it and if they don't....well it just shows they really do have doubts!
WOW... I never knew ! Thanks guys......I have just deceided to skip my mortgage payment this month and buy beer instead. How many cases will $ 2250.00 buy anyway ? Your all welcome at my place!
badryvr
We can only pray that all the self-righteous people of the world will be taken by God on Saturday during the rapture leaving a heaven on earth for all us "sinners" 🙂
Stupidity – Thy name is religion
Good, I don't need to pay a mortgage and bills after 05/21/11. Bring it on Christ...
Stupid is as stupid does!!!
I have to watch "GOD ALMIGHTY" just one more time...
Can we wait until next Saturday, I'm busy this weekend.
YEAAAAAHHBUUUDDDDDAYYYY
I love specific dated "predictions" like these because they are so easy to call out. Come Sunday, I guarantee that the same people will say "No, no wait, God is now telling me that the rapture will happen on June 20XX..." and try to move on like nothing happened. Everyone needs to make sure and call them on this crap.
Also, CNN needs to stop posting this garbage and giving these people any face time. It is only worsening the problem.
RonnieColemanBrah
Yo dog, I completely agree yo. We need to holla at these fools.
ZyzzIsAPhaggot
Come at us religious bros!
BrosephBrakiv
Seriously brahs, religious people need to SHUT UP YO! CNN stop posting this crap.
BertStare69
Come Sunday, these fools need to be of the air for being stupid. Darwin be all up in here yo.
YeahBuddayIsTheCoolestPersonOnThisForum
I completely agree with this post. This man is a genius.
GoddommitFronk
Goddom thos relogos nots brah.
TheGreatAntagonist
All religious people are intellectually inferior to the scientific master race.
ArnoldIsAlphaBrohan
Religious people, how do they work?
ClownPosseYo
^^^^^^
Miracles brother. I would be repenting if I was yur.
MyronGaines
Patrick from Minnesota
I'm Catholic and I didn;t even hear about this until 4 city buses drove by us in downtown Minneapolis with that message. It's safe to say I'm a bit skeptical. The big question is what they'll do on May 22nd...
They will be really, really, really, really, really embarassed!
Well dang-it I was going to go to Costco for some TP.
Looks like I can get by on what I have left...
I saw the full page ad in USAToday, where did these people get all the money to advertise, how may hundreds of bill boards, etc. Something is rotten in Denmark
Sadly, a lot of people have blown their life savings to promote this message.
Or the religious nuts will downgrade the prediction and say it's all a "Time of enlightenment" or see one earthquake someplace on earth and use that as some sort of proof...Might as well use a rainstorm as proof.
I got to give the guy some credit. At least he has the guts to actually come up with a date, in the imediate future, and not some date a hundred years out, like a lot of people do, or no date at all like so many others do.
Just more religious nuts, and all the more reason that everybody needs to realize that there is no god.
ralphinator
"Only the fool saith in his heart there is no God" Psalms 14:1
Lol I bet atheists hate that one, and they think believing in no God is somehow a new and intelligent idea.
We go round and round...
"Only the fool saith in his heart there is no God" Psalms 14:1"
You are quoting fiction and believing it's true, what does that make you? Mentally unstable.
R Calling
You keep believing in your imaginary friends, I will keep evolving.
Cure for the common religion
But of course the bible is right because the bible says so right?
JesusShouldBeBrown
Atheists don't hate – we are not like the religious nuts who would bomb an abortion clinic (or twin tower finacial buildings) over our lack of beliefs. It is the "faith" that causes this rational thought neglect. I don't hate relgious people at all I just think they are week minded & egotistical. Imagine that you are so very super duper special that when you talk to yourself (I mean prey) your magical deity will drop everything in the universe to listed to your mumbles. Serously? You must be one special individual to have that sort of effect on the entire universe. Pehaps you have super powers that I just don't have, but I find that very unlikely as all humans are the EXACT same on a cellular level. Explain this then, if reigion was real (or god) why don't all humans prey to the same god. We are all the same. It is things like religion we use to separate ourselves from one another. But to me if it really was the origin of mammals or humans then all mammals (humans) would believe the exact same thing.
scarycat
So, should I donate all money to Church since I will be in heaven after 21st?
jbmar1312
no, send it to me!
givemeabreak
And on sunday they'll all be going to Denny's for some grand slam breakfasts and sulking.
I love how all these "Christians" have the doomsday date. BUT if you have ever read the Bible, it pretty explicitly states that no one will know of the end of times. Man will not know when it will come. That only the father himself will know of the date.
So anyone preaching around that the end of time is coming, and bases it on Christianity are nuttier than those that believe it.
But HAHA, you Christians believe daady-god and sonny-god are the one thing. How can it know and not know at the same time?
SO .. let' sassume we are at May 22nd and the world is still intact. Will that radio station be fair enough to shut down for the obvious lies?
It should, definitely should
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Week two will begin with lectures on building their audience and on professional practice in photography. Students will be taken on a city walk looking at urban landscape by photographer and writer Lewis Bush who will also give a lecture on contemporary documentary photography. Students will be taken to document events in London by documentary photographer Edward Thompson who will help them to research techniques of storytelling and narrative in photography with their either completing a photojournalistic essay or a contemporary photo-series. In week two students will also be given location lighting workshops by fine art and advertising photographer Lottie Davies. There will be technical workshops on digital workflow: editing, sequencing, and post-production techniques within editorial photography.
In week three, with what students have learned from the first two weeks, they will now focus on building their portfolio. Students will have 1 to 1 tutorials helping to galvanize their ideas in how to create a body of work that is at the core of who they are and how they want to work in future. Students will have technical workshops editing their work for print, producing their own zines and making their own website. In this week students will also visit professional photo-labs and photography supply stores where they can also start to construct a physical photography portfolio.
Students will take advantage of the diversity and richness of London's galleries and museums, and engage in discussions about the practice of photography. By the end of the summer school, students will have generated enough photographic material to create a hard copy portfolio, which will be assessed by their tutors, alongside a photographic industry professional. Their portfolio can then be presented to their friends and family, in a mini-exhibition alongside work by students from Contemporary Photography Practice, Graphic Media Design and Filmmaking summer school students.
During the three-week course students will develop enhanced skills in creative camera control; digital workflow; digital retouching skills; shooting in a studio and lighting on location; digital printing skills; an introduction to designing a website; portfolio development; and presentational skills.
Students will learn how to produce their own short film, shot here in London. Students will go from the basics of filmmaking to producing and editing on an intensive, hands-on course. It is suitable for those who want to learn either dramatic or documentary filmmaking.
Students will study in intensive workshops, with their own tutor and they will work in teams to make their films. Students will assume a variety of roles: writer, producer, director, editor and performer In each area they will be supported and taught by experts. This is an intensive course and students will be expected to work with their team in the evenings and at the weekends.
Students will have access to a kit-room stocked with Canon XA10 camcorders, booms and lighting rigs. Once students have finished filming, they can edit their films in our edit suites installed with industry-standard editing software: Avid, Apple Final Cut Pro and Logic, Adobe Creative Cloud Premiere and After Effects.
Most of all the film will be fun. Students will come together with like-minded people, sharing the adventure of filmmaking with all its challenges and thrills and they will leave us with a fully-produced short film.
NOTE: This course carries an additional fee.
An intensive, immersive course that will introduce students to the creative possibilities of game production. Students will be taught by tutors with loads of experience in the theory and practice of games, and they will have the chance to work in our purpose-built games studios. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the rules and logic of games and how these can be developed through programming into engaging games.
During the course, students will work on individual and group projects, take part in discussions and visits a range of exciting digital exhibitions and studios in London. It is a hands-on course that will give students the skills and knowledge they need to begin thinking like a games designer.
On this three-week course, students will explore the relationships between graphic design, communication systems, and media processes through studio-based technical workshops, discussions and other activities.
With an emphasis on visual research and exploration, we will examine the function of typography, layout and basic design principles, letterpress, screen printing, risograph printing, digital filmmaking and the relationship between print and digital media.
There will be the opportunity to visit museums and galleries in London to see the latest design techniques and get some inspiration. Previous students have visited the Imperial War Museum and Carsten Holler: Decision exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre.
A key part of the course will be recording the process of design and students will set-up a blog to record their design journey in words, images, and video.
This course is intended to develop a student's skills as a journalist, providing a rewarding insight into how to apply these core abilities to create accurate and compelling content across media platforms. In lecture and workshop settings, students will study writing in a range of genres including news, features, reviews and comment pieces. Working closely with social media and online blogging tools, students will explore the modern digital landscape, and apply this knowledge and practical skills to a personal, bespoke web project. This course is ideal for students who are thinking about a career in content creation or journalism or are heading for further study in this area.
This summer school is based on classes from BA Journalism programme at London College of Communication. If students need and supporting documentation to convert this into credit for teir home university we can provide that for them.
This summer school introduces students to key concepts for studying media, communications and cultural institutions and practices. Through a series of detailed case studies, the course explores the relationship between technological, social, economic and political factors in the evolution of mediated communication and culture. These developments will be mapped alongside major debates about the social and cultural impact of media and communication technologies, digitization, and new media cultures. The summer school also explores the cultural systems of contemporary 'media-saturated' societies looking closely at social media and personal/cultural identity, cultures of globalization, gender and culture, and cultural value and judgment.
Students will have the opportunity to visit world-class exhibitions, in previous years we have been to Carsten Holler: Decision at the Hayward Gallery and Digital Revolution at the Barbican Gallery. Students will go on a psychogeography walk around Brick Lane and explore the London Gothic culture of Abney Park Cemetery, from the Victorian era through to Amy Winehouse.
At the beginning of the course, students will learn how to create an engaging blog with images and video. Throughout the course, students will add to this and it will form part a larger The London Project which will form part of their assessment. In addition, the blog will be a great way for students to record share their experiences with friends and family.
STAGE 1 – Developing a Research-Based Practice: 'A Frame in the Façade' guides students through a series of intensive one-day workshops, where experimental links will be established between diverse materials and processes.
STAGE 2 – Context: 'Remapping the Fold' challenges students to locate the key ideas, themes and working methodologies that have arisen in their practical explorations during Stage 1, and develop a self-propelled practical and contextual inquiry over the next four days.
STAGE 3 – Consolidation: 'The Space Undone' encourages students to reflect upon their developments in Stage 2, and realize a nuanced body of work that extends the potentialities of their practice, with an emphasis on ideas of 'space' and 'display'.
Students will play an active role in a series of lectures, artist seminar sessions, group critiques, one-to-one tutorials, gallery visits and gallery workshops, as well as collaborating with MA Fine Art and MA Curating and Collection students to curate and install an exhibition of work made during Stage 3 of the programme.Fine Art practice is an extended field of inquiry, and no longer can be considered as demarcated modes of expression. Rather, they are 'zones of contagion', constantly expanding and 'widening their scope'. This open and concept-led programme will encourage students to work with a wide range of mediums and processes to enable them to locate, develop, contextualize and rigorously analyze their developments as a creative practitioner.
Present the final proposal visually and verbally using the methods learnt in stages 1-8.
Students will be guided through each of the stages of a typical BAISD project in a series of group exercises where they will receive support from their peers during group work as well as through an induction to the studio tutorial and review system in which they will receive clear, constructive feedback from their course tutor.
The course will be delivered in a series of enthusing and supportive workshops, lectures, seminars and site visits to locations of interest where students will be positively encouraged to engage in the process and ask questions. The sessions will also provide students with an opportunity to ask a range of questions that they may have pertaining to their future career as an interior and spatial designer, an interior designer or an architect and how to chart unknown territories.
This study abroad course will give students the opportunity to explore the creative possibilities of digital textile design.
Practical studio and workshop sessions will give students the opportunity to explore the creative possibilities of digital design through the use of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator from initial drawing to the translation of their designs. This course will give students a unique insight into contemporary textile design for fashion and interiors.
Students will be taught new drawing approaches and experiment with a variety of techniques. Sessions will be complemented by lectures and external visits to places of interest within London, including museums, galleries, and retailers.
Graphic Design Communication students at Chelsea are stimulated by a passion for generating high-octane ideas and work to develop the digital and technical skills needed to create innovative, directional concepts.
Students will be encouraged to take on this level of design thinking as they study contemporary typographic design, developing a critical and creative approach, through the study of theoretical, practical and contextual concerns.
Students will have the opportunity to explore and examine the demands of typography in its contemporary cultural context, looking at modes of communication and how typography and typographic design is generated, utilized and translated by the user.
Students will be provided with a variety of study methods to enhance their learning, including group lectures, visits to solo projects and self-directed study.
This course is designed to give students an authentic Central Saint Martins Fashion Design experience, using experimental research and design development pathways that are original and innovative. Central Saint Martins Fashion Design philosophy is that individual students' personal concepts provide the focus for their original design development. In this course, students will explore their ideas by gathering inspiration from a variety of sources as the starting point for creative design research. Students will then go on to develop and interpret their research ideas into garment designs, prints, and embroideries. A series of workshops led by industry professionals will cover pattern-making and fashion illustration. Students will explore a range of different techniques to present their ideas to an advanced portfolio standard. The course will be taught through a series of research projects, visits, design and illustration sessions, and individual and group tutorials. Students will be expected to be ambitious and really push their ideas to explore what it possible to achieve through the design process. It will end with a final critique in which students will present their ideas to the group. This course is suitable for students or graduates of Fashion Design at the university level and also for professionals with fashion design experience. This is not a course for beginners. NOTE: This course carries an additional fee.
Through practical workshops, visits, backstage tours, discussion groups, this course offers you the opportunity to engage with Designing for performance through an intensive three-week programme.
You will be based at Wimbledon College of Arts, a specialist art college with Theatre and Film as its key subject areas. Responding to a brief, you will develop a short story and visually communicate this. You will learn about the technical and creative processes involved in Design for Performance including costume, set design and lighting.
A 'hands on' introduction to various creative design processes – such as model making, costume design and 3D making techniques.
An insight into the wide range of cultural and performance offerings London provides.
An opportunity to participate in group discussion and be able to articulate your views on your visits and experiences. You will also offer questions and responses in the discussion of the opinions of other group members.
An opportunity to Design your own scale model of Theatre of Film Production (Scaled model of your Set and / or Costume Designs which will feature in an end of course exhibition.
Have a good understanding of a wide range of performances and the theatrical offerings of London.
Creating Characters and expressing them in many artistic forms.
Have learnt new technical skills, working to scale and experimented with specialist materials.
Completed a mini project which may be suitable for inclusion in your portfolio.
Develop a portfolio of photographic work, gain new skills in digital photography and grow an existing knowledge of the history, theory, and practice of photography.
In week one, students will have three assignments focused on street portraiture, studio portraiture, and the urban landscape. For these assignments, students will be given introductory lectures by photographers who have created work specialized in these areas who have worked in fashion, editorial, advertising and fine-art photography. The assignments will enhance students' creative camera control as well as develop their conceptual awareness. Students can work individually, or with their fellow students, to produce visual responses to the brief, coming together at the end of the week to share their results with their tutor and the rest of the class, receiving feedback on their photographs.
Week two will begin with lectures on building an audience and on professional practice in photography. Students will be taken on a city walk looking at urban landscape by photographer and writer Lewis Bush who will also give a lecture on contemporary documentary photography. Students will be taken to document events in London by documentary photographer Edward Thompson who will help them to research techniques of storytelling and narrative in photography with students either completing a photojournalistic essay or a contemporary photo-series. In week two students will also be given location lighting workshops by fine art and advertising photographer Lottie Davies. There will be technical workshops on digital workflow: editing, sequencing, and post-production techniques within editorial photography.
In week three, with what students have learned from the first two weeks, students will now focus on building a portfolio. Students will have 1 to 1 tutorials helping to galvanize their ideas in how to create a body of work that is at the core of who they are and how they want to work in future. Students will have technical workshops editing their work for print, producing their own zines and making their own website. In this week students will also visit professional photo-labs and photography supply stores where they can also start to construct a physical photography portfolio.
Students will take advantage of the diversity and richness of London's galleries and museums, and engage in discussions about the practice of photography. By the end of the summer school, students will have generated enough photographic material to create a hard copy portfolio, which will be assessed by their tutors, alongside a photographic industry professional. The portfolio can then be presented to the students' friends and family, in a mini-exhibition alongside work by students from Contemporary Photography Practice, Graphic Media Design and Filmmaking summer school students.
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A large crowd convenes at a Maker Faire for the full scale mouse trap.
This maker movement puts power in the hands of the people to fund, design, prototype, produce, manufacture, distribute, market and sell their own goods. This movement impacts global manufacturing as creation shifts geographically to local, philosophically to sustainability and legally to force the adaptation of new IP laws as people move from consuming to creating and sharing.
The following material features links, sources and dates, sorted in logical orders, to help you find key data that you'll need to make informed decisions. Additionally, I'll link to other listings and indexes that will provide further context. One of my goals is to serve as an industry curator to advance our collective knowledge, research, and in addition to own personal understanding. If this is truly a sharing economy, then we must be willing to share what we learn and know with others. If you would like to read an overview that includes three distinct business opportunities for corporations, read the full report on the Collaborative Economy Value Chain. Please leave comments with your input and URL. I'll be happy to add and credit you.
Scope: The practice of individual people or non-traditional groups creating physical goods and products.
Etsy sellers don't identify as hobbyists. 74% consider their Etsy shops as businesses. 91% aspire to grow their sales in the future. Etsy sellers are 88% women, 97% run their businesses from home, and they're geographically dispersed around the US. Income earned on Etsy makes a real difference in people's lives. It is used for household expenses, discretionary spending, savings and investment. Etsy sellers are characteristic of a larger shift to flexible work. 18% sell goods full-time. Only 26% have other full-time traditional jobs. Etsy shops are a new kind of "start-up" that aren't run by stereotypical Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who want to grow as big as possible as quickly as possible. Etsy sellers are independent, self-sufficient and they want to stay that way. Survey of 5,500 Etsy sellers, Etsy, Nov 2010.
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June A. Renner
Town Of Phelps, New York
Clifton Springs, New York
October 24, 2019 - 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Newark , NY 14513
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East Newark, Cemetery
Newark—June A. Renner, 94, died on Sunday (October 20, 2019) at the MM Ewing Continuing Care Center in Canandaigua.
Friends may call from 2 till 6 PM on Thursday (October 24th) at the Paul L. Murphy & Sons Funeral Home, 127 East Miller Street, Newark. A funeral service will be celebrated at 11 AM on Friday (October 25th) at the First United Methodist Church, South Main Street, Newark. Burial will be in the East Newark Cemetery.
Memorials, in her name, may be made to Friends of the Newark Public Library, 121 High Street, Newark, New York 14513.
June was born in the Town of Phelps on March 31, 1925, the daughter of the late Charles and Minnie Zimmerman Brignall. She graduated from Phelps High School in 1941 and from SUNY at Geneseo in 1945. " Miss Brignall" was an elementary teacher in the Pal-Mac school system, teaching fourth and fifth grades. She retired in 1980 after 35 years of teaching. June was invited to join the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a group of outstanding women educators in 1977. She was the President of the Omega Chapter 1992- 1994. She became a member of the Wayne County Retired Teachers and served as parliamentarian for a number of years. A life member of the New York State retired Teachers. She also served on the Robert W. Mac Vittie Society Advisory Council at SUNY Geneseo.
She became a volunteer for the Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1981. She assisted in the office; on the disaster team, was a liaison helping families with communication with the military and was the Chapters historian. June won the Harold Spies Disaster Award in 1999 for her work in disaster relief. She was a member of the Friends of the Newark Public Library, volunteering at the book review luncheons. June was a member of the Red Hat Society and had been a Guide of the Travelers Club.
June is survived by a special niece Karen Brege of Tonawanda and many other nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband of 39 years, Elwood in 2000 and several brothers and sisters.

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Descriptive Epidemiology of Hemophilia and Other Coagulation Disorders in Mansoura, Egypt: Retrospective Analysis.
Youssef Al Tonbary1, Rasha ElAshry1 and Maysaa El Sayed Zaki2.
1Pediatric Medicine, 2Clinical pathology, faculty of medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt.
Correspondence to: Maysaa El Sayed Zaki. E-mail may_s65@hotmail.com
Received: May 19, 2010
Accepted: July 16, 2010
Medit J Hemat Infect Dis 2010, 2(3): e2010025, DOI 10.4084/MJHID.2010.025
This article is available from: http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/5966
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Hemophilia represent the most severe inherited bleeding disorder (INB) , it's thought to affect inviduals from all geographical areas in equal frequency. In Egypt which has a population of approximately (80million) consanguineous marriage are frequent, therefore autosomal recessive coagulation disorders reach a higher prevalence than in many other countries.
The primary aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological situation of hemophilia in Mansoura, Egypt ,as based on retrospective analysis of clinical records Mansoura University Children Hospital between years 2000 and 2008. The second aim was to assess the orthopedic complications and occurrence of hepatitis C in those patients and relate this status to the type of replacement therapy received prior to the study.
The study included 72 children with hematological disorders registered from 2000 to 2008 in MUCH. The hemophilic patient was defined as a person with physician-diagnosed hemophilia A or B and a measured factor VIII or IX activity level of 30% or less. Persons with acquired inhibitors of FVIII or FIX excluded. Severity level was categorized as mild if the factor activity level was 6–30%, moderate if 1–5% and severe if <1% of normal.
The severe presentation represents the majority in 76.7% followed by moderate severity in 17.2%.The commonest IBDs was hemophilia A affecting 44 patients, followed by Hemophilia B affecting 15 patients. The rare types were Factor XI deficiency, Factor V deficiency, Factor VII deficiency and combined FVIII, FIX and FX deficiency. The commonest orthopedic manifestation needing therapy was found among hemophilia A representing 8.3%. Hepatitis C viremia detected by PCR was found in 11.1% of patients. The bleeding complications as hematoma or hemarthrosis were the common complications. Nevertheless, 44.4% of patients had no complications,
From this study we can conclude that the most common IBDs in our locality is hemophilia A followed by hemophilia B. The common presenting symptom was bleeding following male circumcision. Hepatitis C infection and arthropathy represented the main complications. The discovery of IBDs in young age children with proper supportive therapy could prevent arthropathy. Proper screening of blood and blood products reduce the risk of viral hepatitis and HIV acquisition.
Introduction: Inherited bleeding disorders (IBDs) are caused by quantitative and qualitative alterations of either platelets or plasma proteins involved in coagulation and fibrinolysis.
Hemophilias are the most frequent IBD. The congenital bleeding disorders haemophilia A and B are estimated to affect between one in 10 000 and one in 50000 males.[1]
Studies of these diseases revealed that they result in varying degrees of bleeding diathesis. This deserves attention, not only to quantitative abnormalities but also to some IBDs, which reflect the synthesis of dysfunctional coagulation proteins or production of abnormal platelets.[2]
Hemophilias are the most frequent IBDs. However, von Willebrand disease (VWD) and platelet function defects (PFDs) are less common causes of bleeding. Various studies have reported that VWD is the most common congenital bleeding disorder in the population.[1,3,4]
In Egypt which has a population of approximately (80 million) consanguineous marriage are frequent, there fore autosomal recessive coagulation disorders reach a higher prevalence than in many other countries.
According to survey from the world federation of hemophilia (WFN) 80% of persons with hemophilia in the world are receiving minimal or no treatment at all and often do not survive to adulthood, recently mortality among people with hemophilia declined substantially, this decline is owed to increased availability of clotting factors concentrates for the treatment of life threatening bleeding episodes and the improved management provided by specialised hemophilia treatment centers.
The primary aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological situation of hemophilia in Mansoura , Egypt as based on retrospective analysis of clinical records at Mansoura University children hospital between 2000 and 2008. The hospital serve all east Delta region including Demiatta, sharkia, Dakahlia governorates with approximatly 20000 children visit the hospital yearly complaninig of various general diseases. The second aim was to assess the orthopedic complications and occurrence of hepatitis C in those patients and relate this status to the type of replacement therapy received prior to the study.
Patients and Method
Pediatric patients complaining of hemophilia were recruited from hematology unit at Mansoura University children hospital (MUCH) from 2000 to 2008. Hematologists collected demographic characteristics, clinical history, and laboratory and treatment data together with long term complications. MUCH provides medical care to patients with hemophilia according to published guidelines.
The haemophilic patient was defined as a person with physician-diagnosed haemophilia A or B and a measured factor VIII or IX activity level of 30% or less. Persons with acquired inhibitors of FVIII or FIX excluded. Severity level was categorized as mild if the factor activity level was 6–30%, moderate if 1–5% and severe if <1% of normal. Data collected included place of residence, date of registration at hemophilia clinic, age at diagnosis and registration, type and severity of hemophilia and family history. Pedigree data were used to determine the number of affected relatives in the family. The patients were subjected to the following:
1) Thorough information of the history was taken including detailed questionnaire regarding mode of inheritance, the age of the onset of bleeding, duration of bleeding with its frequencies/year and how to stop (spontaneous, local or drug therapy), positive family history of similar bleeding condition, past history of blood transfusion and the nature of bleeding manifestation (bruising, purpura, echymosis, epistaxis, bleeding with dental procedures and bleeding per orifices) and history of drug intake or arthritis to exclude acquired disorders of bleeding. Careful clinical examination (chest, heart, abdomen, skin and musculoskeletal system), considering skin ecchymotic patches or bruising, and purpura.
2) Laboratory investigations and sample collection: laboratory investigations were undertaken in the clinical pathology laboratory of MUCH (Egypt). Venous blood samples from each patient were withdrawn after medical consent and divided into two tubes: first on EDTA for complete blood picture and blood grouping and second on Na citrate (32 g/l trisodium citrate, proportion of nine volumes of blood to one volume of citrate) to perform coagulation studies. Patients and controls samples were subjected to:
Complete blood picture (Cell Dyne 1600 Abbott; Dupont Co., Wilmington, Delaware, USA) and blood grouping with electron microscopic examination.
Coagulation studies that included:
Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) (Behnk electronik coagulator 1. no.1921; Behnk Electronik, Norderstedt, Germany, PBS liquid plastin; Organics, Noisy le Grand, France);
Measurement of levels of factor VIII (FVIII:Ag) and factor IX Ag (F IX:Ag) to detect if it is found but not functioning by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Asserochrome Diagnostics Stago, Gennevilliers, France);
Measurement of VWF Ag (VWF:Ag) level by Rocket immunoelectrophoresis technique (Helena, Beaumont, Texas, USA);
Measurement of factor VIII (FVIII:Ac) and factor IX activity (FIX:Ac) by one-stage assay method (STA-deficient VIII and IX); (iv) ristocetin cofactor (RICOF) as a test forVWF activity (VWF:Ac) using RICOF assay kit (Helena Biosciences, Sunderland, United Kingdom);
Complete virological profiles for each sample to detect hepatitis C specific IgG, Hepatitis B s antigen and anti core IgM and HIV specific immunoglobulin G. Positive cases for HCV IgG were subjected to nested polymerase chain reaction to determine active infection.
The statistical analysis of data done by using excel program and SPSS program (Statistical package of social science) version 10. For qualitative data (frequency & proportion) chi – squire test was used.For quantitative data (mean �SD) t – test was used for comparison of two groups and one way anova was used for comparison of more than 2 groups. N.B P is significant if ≤ 0.05 at confidence interval 95 %
The study included 72 children with hematological disorders registered from 2000 to 2008 in MUCH. The registered number in 2004 was the larger one (24 patients) with rate decline after that, figure 1.
Table 1 summaries the severity of bleeding disorder among patients. The moderate presentation represents the majority in 17.2% followed by sever presentation in 4.7%, table 1.
The commonest IBDs was hemophilia A affecting 44 patients, followed by Hemophilia B affecting 15 patients. The rare types were the defect of Factor XI (hemophilia C), factor V deficiency, factor VII deficiency and combined factor VIII, IX and X deficiency (1 patient for each), table 2.
For age presented at diagnosis, the older age was for VWD with range from 30 months up to 75 months, table 2.
The mean� SD of duration hemophilia A was 2.7� 1.7 and for hemophilia B was 3.1� 1.4.Longer duration was noticed for other IBDs, table 3.
The commonest orthopedic manifestation needing therapy was found among hemophilia A representing 8.3%. In general this complications was uncommon among patients, table 4.
Hepatitis C viremia detected by PCR was found in 11.1% of patients, table 5.
The mean presenting symptoms was bleeding following male circumcision 51.4% followed by post traumatic bleeding in 36.1%. Accidental discovery was found to be common in female, table 6.
The bleeding complications as hematoma or hemarthrosis were the common complications. Nevertheless, 44.4% of patients had no complications, table 7.
Figure 1. Distribution of cases during period from 2000 to 2008
Table 1. Severity of bleeding disorders among patients.
Table 2. Distribution of IBDs among patients.
Table 3. The duration (in months) of IBDS among patients.
Table 4. Orthopedic manifestation among patients.
Table 5. Viral Infections among IBDS.
Table 6. Bleeding symptoms after diagnosis of IBDS.
Table 7. Complications associated with IBDS.
IBDs are caused by quantitative and qualitative alterations of either platelets or plasma proteins involved in coagulation and fibrinolysis. The severity is generally related to the degree of the underlying defect. Rapid and reliable identification of these diseases is important to allow the adoption of appropriate substitutive or supportive therapies. The study was formulated on the observation that in Egypt, genetic diseases do not receive any public health support because they are considered to be rare conditions with low prevalence. Furthermore, actual statistics on the demography of genetic diseases in the Egyptian population are largely unavailable. The purpose of this study was to generate base line epidemiological information on the status of hemophilia in MUCH. In the last 6 years increase in number of detecting of sever hemophilia in infancy indicating increased awareness among practitioners about hemophilia.[5]
The present study reveals that the commonest IBDs was hemophilia A affecting 44 patients, followed by Hemophilia B affecting 15 patients. The rare types were Factor XI , Factor V deficiency, Factor VII deficiency and combined F VIII, FIX and FX deficiency.
This result reflects that hemophilia is the most frequently encountered IBD and points to increased incidence of platelet dysfunction disorders. Few published studies in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt describe the distribution of IBD in the population.[6-8] They obtained the distribution of IBD resembling what has already been established by western countries. They reported that VWD was the second most common cause of IBD with the exception of increased platelet disorders, mostly due to the increased rate of consanguinity in the community.
Also, there is mixing of population present in Mansoura city.
More than seventy five per cent of the hemophilic patients had the severe type of the disease. This is somehow higher than results that obtained by other studies elsewhere.
Although our results may be due to some degree of under diagnosis of the less severe forms of hemophilia, but it may be related to different ethnic and racial groups too.
For age presented at diagnosis, the older age was for VWD disease with age range from 30 months up to 75 months. This could be attributed to milder course of the disorder with later presentation. While for hemophilia the majority were presented before 1 year old. The age at diagnosis was determined from the case papers. The data revealed that 21% (109/510) of severe hemophilia A patients had reported their first symptoms before they were 1 year old.5
The registered number in 2004 was the larger one (24 patients) followed by decline in the rate. So, analysis of number of new patients being registered in the state revealed that, although there was a cumulative increase in the number of registrations, the number of cases being registered annually showed a steady decline, indicating that recruitment
of known hemophiliacs in the community was being achieved. Case referrals were primarily of severe hemophiliacs, indicating under diagnosis of moderate and mild cases.
The problems with management of hemophilia in developing countries and the priorities in establishing hemophilia services have been discussed.[9,10] This study highlights that hemophilia services are needed during their infancy, and identifies some areas of intervention that would improve the treatment available to patients. The major area of intervention is the need to improve the diagnosis of hemophilia, because a large number of patients either lack diagnosis or are diagnosed after considerable delay. The need to extend hemophilia services as well as increase awareness not only among practitioners, but also among family members, becomes obvious. A second area of intervention, which is of minimum importance at the current time, is the need to collect genetic information from families. These data would form the basis for genetic counseling, a feature that currently has very low priority.
Hemophilic arthropathy is found to be uncommon in our patients. This may reflect that this complication is uncommon in young age of children. This may be due to high intensity of replacement therapy seems to account for satisfactory results of orthopedic status of severe hemophilic patients. This may also account for low rate of bleeding complications. however unavailability of lyophilized concentrates which can help in implement a program of prophylaxis in children with severe disease still the cause of increase the incidence of long term complication such as chronic synovitis or intracranial hemorrhage.
Before the introduction of substitution therapy the cause of deaths among hemophiliacs was the almost unevitable bleeding. The low number of deaths due to all types of bleeding, except cerebral hemorrhage, proves the improvement and the effectiveness of the provided care. Nowadays, hemophiliacs are growing older and survive to experience diseases of the elderly like cancer and ischemic heart disease.
However, these have not yet become the commonest causes of death because of the appearance of transfusion transmitted viral diseases which is a major co-morbid condition among patients with hemophilia who received non-virus-inactivated or insufficiently inactivated large-pool clotting factor concentrates or cryoprecipitate.[11,12] No cases were detected having HIV+ test probably due to early exclusive use of domestic products and the overall scarcity of treatment.
In the present study, 11% of patients had hepatitis C and none of them had serological evidence of hepatitis B virus. Viral Hepatitis C infection was found in 11% of patients. Already from 1975, 77% of polytransfused Greek hemophiliacs were infected by the hepatitis B virus[13] and 47% had abnormal liver function tests.[14] In the present study 11% of patients had active viremia, giving cause to the fears expressed in previous studies.[15,16] Additionally, since hemophiliacs infected by HIV, HBV and HCV are not uncommon,[17] more deaths due to combined infections may be expected for the near future. The risk of hepatitis virus infection and for HIV was great if the non-inactivated factor-concentrates are used for patient treatment. In addition blood and blood products transfusion carry the same risk if the donor was in the open window phase i.e. before antibodies appearance. The safety of factor concentrate nowadays are being actively inactivated for hepatitis viruses and for HIV. For blood products it may be safe to encourage blood bank to implant molecular techniques as nuclear amplifications technique for screening of mini pool of blood and blood products for safety of blood transfusion.
None of our patients had evidence of hepatitis B infection. This is may be due to good vaccination program for children for hepatitis B virus adopted by Egyptian national service. A more strict policy for blood product usage, universal HCV screening and HBV vaccination is needed to abolish those disease in patients with hemophilia
Taken together, the epidemiology, frequency and patterns of hepatitis viruses show variations across the SMC depending on several demographic and socioeconomic factors.
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Many allies of the struggle for Aboriginal sovereignty still proudly identify as being Australian. While many understand some of the history of genocide and theft on this continent they fail to understand how their Australian identity perpetuates that genocide and theft. We also need to learn and understand that the notion of being Australian and the country of Australia was not founded on feelings of independence but founded on ideas of white supremacy.


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Businesses offer food, beverages and personal services for patrons in Guam
Jan 3, 2022 | Guam, News
BY MORGAN LEGEL
JACQUELINE PERRY GUZMAN
For the Journal
After a stressful holiday season and end of the year, businesses centered around self-care and relaxation can come in handy, especially when they bring a new face to Guam.
Le Balance Guam, a corrective muscle therapy center, opened in April. This massage technique is used to correct damaged muscles and tissues by eliciting the client's own healing response to restore damaged muscles, body tissues and nerve functions.
Max Koo, owner and founder of Le Balance Guam, decided this was a technique many people on the island needed after moving to Guam from southern California, so he funded the $200,000 bill of opening to bring the unique method to island residents.
"I saw a lack of corrective muscle therapy offices in Guam and many people do not know that their body is in bad shape, so opening this shop was the answer to both," Koo said.
Le Balance offers both "master therapy" and "regular therapy" sessions. Under the master therapy umbrella, a client can choose an hour-long corrective muscle therapy session for $160 or an athletic therapy session for $200. When it comes to regular corrective muscle therapy, prices range from $60 for a half hour session to $160 for two hours.
With eight employees and a prime location in the Guam Business Center in Harmon Loop Road, the 2,400 square-foot center is doing well, Koo said.
"So far customers have been leaving satisfied and wanting to return whenever they have any injuries or body aches," he said.
Koo is also partnering as a co-owner of a new coffee shop, which will be opening in Unit 222 of the Agana Shopping Center.
He and Co-owner John Jung planned the opening of the 1,600 square-foot Signature Coffee location for Jan. 2.
The shop will have a new spin for Guam's coffee market, bringing third-wave coffee, specifically Intelligentsia Coffee imported from South Korea. This type of product partnership will allow the duo to offer "high quality, single origin coffee and black cat espresso, along with organic tea blends," Jung said.
"We will also be pairing these beverages with homemade pastries and cakes," he said, "Food will be coming along in the near future as well."
In other new business news, the Micronesia Mall Food Court is expanding its offerings.
Erik Salvador, operations manager and social media Head at Micronesia Mall told the Journal Chapter One Dumpling House is a Chinese restaurant offering unique food. "Chapter One will offer authentic Chinese dishes specializing in dumplings cooked in a unique blend, which the owners learned from their rich cultures in China," he said. The restaurant owners are Selina Wang and Jeff Zhang.
Le Balance's corrective muscle therapy brings a new type of massage to the island.
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For coffee and tea lovers, early in 2022 the food court will feature Elevenses, which will offer espresso drinks, tea, and a wide variety of other refreshments. The coffee house is owned by Verj and Grace Valencia. "The coffee shop's unique name came from the number eleven which has a significant meaning to the owners. The definition of Elevenses means to take a short break for light refreshments with coffee or tea at eleven o'clock," Salvador said. Mall goers can expect "a cozy coffee shop with a distinctive design and beautiful flower arrangements."
Salvador said the mall is excited to feature the new businesses. "The mall always finds a way to feature a variety of foods and refreshments. With these two, they are unique in their own way by having a twist of their food and drinks out of its usual taste and presentation." The two businesses will join an already full food court, he said. "All our present food court tenants are popular in their own way and have their own set of costumers."
Also, Panda Express has opened at the Guam Navy Exchange food court. Other outlets already open include Okisushi, Popeyes, Dominos and Del Taco (See "Feeding the troops: NEX food court to welcome new vendors," in the June 7 issue of the Journal.)
And alo, USA Medical LLC announced the availability of FDA-approved free COVID-19 test kits (which can also detect new variants like Omicron) for all organizations. Working within CDC Guidelines, USA Medical's goal is to quickly track any virus spread to keep employees and customers safe. The two-minute tests are non-invasive, and results are reported confidentially to companies within 48 hours of receiving samples, according to USA Medical, which provides materials and a trained professional. Call Phil Leddy II at 671-777-0240, or contact by email to [email protected] mbj
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Biografia
Paolo Ugoletti nasce a Brescia il 7 giugno del 1956. Studia composizione dal 1973 presso il Conservatorio di Brescia con Giancarlo Facchinetti e Giovanni Ugolini e poi al Conservatorio "Giuseppe Verdi" di Milano con Giacomo Manzoni. Dal 1977 al 1979 frequenta il corso di composizione di Franco Donatoni all'Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena dove ottiene il diploma di merito.

Dal 1979 la sua musica viene eseguita da solisti quali Georg Mönch, Ciro Scarponi, Antonio Ballista, Sandro Gorli, Giuseppe Garbarino, Claudia Antonelli, Massimiliano Damerini e Piero Bonaguri. Aderisce negli anni ottanta al Neoromanticismo italiano, se pur in modo più sfumato rispetto ai suoi fondatori.

Nel 1980, dopo aver conseguito il diploma in composizione, trascorre un breve periodo a Stoccolma dove conosce i maggiori compositori e musicisti scandinavi. Intraprende la carriera di insegnante di composizione presso i Conservatori di Pesaro, Bologna e Parma. Nel 1987 è "Composer in residence" presso l'Università di Santa Cruz in California.

Nel 1989 diviene titolare della cattedra di composizione al Conservatorio "Luca Marenzio" di Brescia; nel contempo avvia una duratura collaborazione con la "Sagra musicale umbra" che gli commissiona numerose opere, come il Gloria della Missa Solemnis Resurrectionis, eseguita in prima assoluta a Roma in occasione del Giubileo 2000 ed il completamento del Lacrimosa e la composizione dell'Amen del Requiem di Mozart nel 2002.

Nel 1989 firma composizioni cameristiche e solistiche per Radio France e per il "Cabrillo Festival" (California). Nei primi anni novanta (1990-93) si dedica allo studio della musica tradizionale irlandese che, negli anni seguenti, ispira la composizione di numerosi lavori legati al mondo e all'espressività celtica. Dal 2000 compone numerose opere impiegando soli, coro ed orchestra ed inserendo nell'organico strumenti di altri generi musicali: uillean pipe, tin whistle, arpa celtica, basso e chitarra elettrica, tastiere elettroniche, batteria.

Dal 2003 collabora ai progetti del pittore Rinaldo Turati realizzando composizioni quali parti integrate delle installazioni dell'artista. Sue composizioni sono pubblicate dalle Case editrici Ricordi, Suvini Zerboni, Sonzogno, UtOrpheus, Kelidon Edizioni.

Composizioni

Musica vocale
 Scarpette in fuga v. e pf.
 A nascondino v.e pf.
 Three irish songs v. e chit.
 A white rose v. e chit.
 Proverbi da G. Ungaretti v. e chit.
 Mor of Cloine v. e chit.
 Feary song v. e chit.
 Dedicato v.e pf (Suvini Zerboni)
 Tre canzoni d'amore da Jmenez v.e pf. (Suvini Zerboni)
 Visor da A. Strindberg v.e chit.
 To neighborhood of pause 7 poesie di E:Dickinson
 Ariette da D. Abeni v. e pf. (Suvini Zerboni)
 Notturni da Strindberg v. e pf. (Suvini Zerbini)
 Indian Hymn da Lou Harrison v. e violoncello

Musica Corale
 Laudate Dominum per coro misto e piccola orchestra
 Three songs per coro maschile
 Benedica es tu per soprano, coro misto, organo e percussioni
 Rorate coeli per coro misto e orchestra d'archi
 Gloria per tenore, coro e orchestra (Sonzogno)
 Compieta per coro misto
 Tre canzoni per coro misto
 Dum medium silentium per coro maschile
 Laudate Dominum per coro di voci bianche e quartetto d'archi
 Magnificat per coro a 8 voci
 Sine verbis per coro femminile
 Who is God per coro maschile
 Missa Gadelica per coro misto, flauto, organo e orchestra d'archi
 Cantata dei grandi alberi per soprano, quartetto vocale maschile, pianoforte e orchestra d'archi

Musica per orchestra
 Doctor Faustroll soldat du Je per baritone e orchestra (Suvini Zerboni)
 Grand Jeu per orchestra sinfonica
 Poeme feerique per pianoforte e orchestra (Suvini Zerbini)
 Argo o l'isola d'amore festa teatrale per voci coro e orchestra
 Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra d'archi (Suvini Zerbini)
 Serenata per chitarra e orchestra
 Poemetto d'estate per trio d'archi, pianoforte e orchestra d'archi (Suvin Zerbini)
 Italian Gamelan per orch.
 Come Venere sorse dal mare ouverture per orch.
 Partita per saxofono e orch. d'archi
 Fanfara per pianoforte e orchestra di fiati
 Sweet per pianoforte, saxofono, el.bass, batteria e orchestra di fiati

Musica da camera
 Funky duo per clarinetto e pf
 Bianche fontane di luna per 2 fl., 2vlini, clavicembalo
 Serenata per pianoforte e quartetto d'archi (Suvini Zerboni)
 Happy dances per arpa
 Al suo orologio in una notte insonne per arpa (Suvini Zerbini)
 Sulla soglia dell'alveare per pianoforte e quintetto d'archi
 Country Dances per ensemble di percussioni (Suvini Zerboni)
 Ballata per fl,cl, vl,vla, cello, pianoforte e percussioni  (Suvini Zerboni)
 Finale per cl, corno di bassetto e pf
 Scherzo per vl, cello e pf. (Suvini Zerboni)
 Spiritual runes messa per sax soprano e organo
 Dream play per voce, fl, ob, cl, tromba, corno, trio d'archi, pf e percussione
 Set dance per 4 percussionisti a tastiera
 Gli Orti di Epicuro per gruppo di fiati e pianoforte (Suvini Zerboni)
 Affettuosi saluti per fl, ob, fag, trba, trombone, vlno e cbsso (Suvini Zerboni)
 Apparizioni Fuggitive per archi e celesta (Ricordi)
 Con Minime Ali sonatina per violino e pianoforte (Suvini Zerboni)
 Concertino per trio d'archi, fl,, cl, percussioni e pianoforte (Suvini Zerboni)
 In meum cor per voce, violoncello, pianoforte e percussioni
 Blessed changes per 2 fl e cl basso
 Northern lights per fl, cl, chitarra elettrica e pianoforte
 Southern lights per vl , cl e pianoforte (Kelidon edizioni)
 Facing north per vibrafono e marimba
 For hard angels per quartetto di saxofoni
 Partita per 2 tastiere
 Ecstatic couples per 2 pianoforti, 2 tastiere e chitarra elettrica
 Irish pilgrimage per 4 percussionisti
 Meadbh's waves per 10 strumenti: s. sax, el. guitar, quintetto d'archi, pianoforte, el.bass e batteria
 Icebreaker per saxofono e 2 pianoforti
 Invenzioni delle Mura per 2 voci femminili, trio d'archi, sax soprano, pianoforte e batteria
 Due Canzoni taiwanesi per soprano, pianoforte e quartetto d'archi
 Concerto Festivo per bass trombone e orchestra d'archi

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Compositori di musica contemporanea

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Tapingo wins NACAS' Outstanding Business Partner of the Year award
Mobile ordering company awarded by NACAS at annual conference
By: Andrew Hudson
category: Dining, Mobile
The National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) has named mobile ordering and commerce application, Tapingo, as the winner of its Outstanding Business Partner of the Year Award.
Each year, the NACAS Business Partner Advisory Group — comprised of board members, auxiliary representatives and industry leaders — evaluates business partners within the higher education community. The winning partner embodies the ideals of "outstanding customer service, supports the educational process at NACAS institutions, and is the one that contributes most significantly to the success of NACAS through creative and generous means."
"Tapingo has become an important part of the NACAS community," says Kelsey Finn, NACAS Chief Executive Officer. "As we work to enhance our campus programs, Tapingo's app and service give us a powerful tool to engage students. It's been great to see them grow as a company and partner with so many of our colleges and universities. I'm excited to see where they go from here."
"Tapingo's ongoing innovation helps us meet our growing needs as administrators," adds Gheretta Harris, Associate Vice President at Ferris State University and NACAS Board Member. "Their app has allowed us to expand our toolbox of services and working with their staff has been effortless."
Tapingo has partnered with more than 200 higher education institutions to provide a more convenient dining experience for students and staff. Processing nearly one-hundred thousand express pickup and delivery orders a day, Tapingo provides a single app to support the full range of on-campus dining. Working across all food service groups and card systems, the app offers real-time order information, menu management, trend data, and dynamic print throttling for efficient operations.
"When we launch new services, we want to make sure they enhance the student experience while supporting our key strategic initiatives," says Jason Rex Tolliver, Vice Chancellor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "After five years and multiple campus implementations, I've seen how Tapingo gives students a better dining experience and increases the profitability of our business units – it's no wonder they're being recognized as an industry leader."
The Outstanding Business Partner of the Year Award was presented on Sunday, November 5, at The Broadmoor Resort & Spa in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Accepting the award on behalf of Tapingo was Ben Anderson, the company's director of campus engagement.
"We are incredibly honored to receive this award and thankful to all the institutions that have partnered with us along the way," says Ben Anderson, Director of Campus Engagement. "Working with this group of professionals has been a pleasure. We look forward to bringing even more innovation to auxiliary service departments and the campus communities they serve."
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Well here's a story that's more than a decade in the making. Way back in 2003, we first wrote about Antigua filing for sanctions against the US for its ban on online gambling. Antigua argued (with fairly strong support) that this violated a trade agreement between the US and Antigua, by blocking a form of free trade. The case was at the WTO for years, bouncing around. In 2004, the WTO ruled against the US, which the US promptly ignored. In 2005, the WTO again ruled in favor of Antigua on the issue, and the US (stunningly) responded by pretending that it had won, when it most clearly had not. Following that, the US pretended that it could justunilaterally change its free trade agreement to carve out gambling. Not surprisingly, Antigua (and the WTO) found that to be problematic.
It goes without saying that the US is big and powerful and Antigua… is not. So, as it became clear that the US intended to ignore any WTO ruling, people began to wonder if there was any remedy for Antigua over this issue. Normally, the WTO could do something with trade sanctions against the US and in favor of Antigua, but given how much Antigua relies on US trade, that would likely hurt Antigua a lot more than the US. Somewhere in the midst of this — around 2006 — someone somewhere floated the idea that one way that Antigua could be made whole would be to allow it to ignore US copyright laws, allowing it to "sell" copyrighted content on the cheap, without paying any royalties. That idea took on a life of its own and Antigua began pushing the idea itself around 2007. The world community started to side with Antigua over this, recognizing that the US was being completely unfair here… and the US did what the US does, and bought offa bunch of big countries to get them to shut up and stop supporting Antigua.
In late 2007, the WTO finally said that this plan of retaliatory copyright infringement could go forward in Antigua, but limited to just $21 million worth of infringement. Even so, the US immediately warned Antigua not to even think about it, or it would retaliate. There were some negotiations between the two countries that went nowhere and then… a lot of nothing. We've barely touched on the story since 2008 when Antigua once again threatened to (no, really this time!) launch a copyright infringing store with "permission" from the WTO. But, that didn't happen.
So, the short version from the US's point of view is that it's fine to ignore its own trade agreements that wrecked a significant part of Antigua's economy — but as soon as Antigua fights back and wins, it's not allowed to make use of WTO-approved remedies after years and years of the US refusing to fix its abuses. And somehow when it finally (years and years later) moves forward with this other plan… the US argues that it would harm its international obligations? The hubris from the US is (once again) incredible, if not particularly surprising.