Dystel & Goderich Literary Management: In response to "A Modest Proposal Regarding Submissions"
In response to "A Modest Proposal Regarding Submissions"
In scanning tweets this morning, I came across a link to this, from editor extraordinaire Cheryl Klein at Arthur A. Levine Books. I was curious, when I saw her tweet, what her modest proposal might be. Instead of summarizing her points, I'll ask that you read it, as I don't want to be seen as putting words in her mouth. Finished?
For me, finding the best fit means finding an editor with the energy and enthusiasm to make a book happen. Doing all of the work necessary to make an offer in a short period of time is one (though certainly not the only) measure of that. While I understand that sometimes outside factors (vacations, illnesses, sales conferences and other meetings) may negatively impact an interested editor, it's just an unfortunate reality that we all miss out on things because of timing. In an industry as challenging as ours, a bird in the hand is always worth more than vague interest.
Not that any agent worth their 15% would go around selling books to the highest bidder even when the highest bidder isn't a good match for the project. We carefully select the editors we approach for each project; I know there are times that I agonize over which editor at a house full of amazing talent I'll submit a particular project to. If you're in an auction for one of my books, you are someone I want to buy it. You wouldn't be reading it otherwise.
Now, this isn't to say that I entirely disagree. I know that editors are rightfully frustrated when agents call auctions for projects too early -- before they have the offers to truly justify it. I know that moving quickly can lead to a lemming mentality that then leads to unjustifiably high advances offered in the heat of the moment, and that helps no one. But I don't think putting artificial time lines on projects helps, either. In fact, for most editors, I think that will mean putting something to the bottom of the pile.
In the end, my interests are those of the client, not of the editor, and I don't think timelines benefit authors. So, I'll continue to operate without them.
My two cents: If you're happy with the editor who made the initial offer, and also happy with the offer itself, then by all means accept the pre-empt and go with that editor. But if you're going to go to auction, then give the other editors enough time to gather support as needed (in my mind, this means one to two weeks to not be super rushed), especially if you've picked those other editors so carefully as being a good fit for the manuscript, too.
First, hi! And yes, I agree, but two weeks is more time than an editor is going to let an offer sit (please tell me if I'm wrong). A week is about right.
Very interesting. Reason #142,876 why I'm so thankful you're my agent!
And I swear I'm going to figure out a way to use the words "lemming mentality" today in conversation.
Are your clients generally content to go with that first enthusiastic offer? If so, than it seems reasonable to push things forward.
However, what if the writer wants to see what other offers will be brought to the table, and who else they'll have the chance to work with?
I also don't think it's unreasonable to tell that eager editor to wait a few weeks on the author's behalf. If they truly want the project, they'll definitely stick around, and they won't pull their offer or preempt (that just seems like bad business to me.).
Of course, I've never worked on either side of the agent/editor fence, so this is my truly inexperienced perspective and opinion. It's been really interesting reading both Cheryl's and your perspectives on this!
Ditto to Michael. I'm not in it to insult any editors, whether they jump in first or later. I value those relationships. If an offer comes in, I want to give it the right amount of consideration and give the other editors a chance to get on board. Just not at the expense of that first editor who got it together more quickly (and that just happens to speak volumes).
I've let an offer I've made sit for over two weeks while waiting for other publishers to scramble because of various scheduling conflicts, etc. When I haven't made an offer of a certain preemptive level, I'm perfectly willing to wait (although I don't know if my publisher feels the same way!). If we've made a preemptive offer, then by all means, I won't wait that long! But in all cases, I think a week is reasonable. And second, hi back!
I think there's a happy medium to be found somewhere. The difference between 48 hours and a week may bring something better to the table.
This whole discussion (debate?) was fascinating!
As I teacher, I know in my heart each child requires their own special care and handling.
I would hope that those who handle a writer's "child" feels the same way.
Have you considered that maybe those editors would be able to do a much better job, and pay your clients higher advances, if you granted those extra two/three weeks?
Of course there are people capable of doing their jobs under extreme pressure, but the whole publishing process requires so much patience from all parties involved, why not wait another couple of weeks?
To be clear, I've never asked for an offer in three days. But if an editor makes one, I'm not going to turn it down.
And, no, I don't think granting time means higher advances (not that higher advances are all I'm looking for). I think it means that the editor who offered after three days is going to pull his or her offer -- big offers often come with deadlines.
We agents are expected to move quickly, too, when there's a lot of interest in a project. Those who are THAT interested do move quickly. That's business.
And I think the editors I work with would say that while I'm tough, I'm very fair.
Considering editors- and this particular editor- is perfectly happy to sit on agented submissions for 6 months or more if you don't push her, I really don't think she deserves her very modest proposal.
It's so interesting to get all of this insight into how agents/editors work together!
I hadn't thought about the editors having deadlines for a preemptive offer... that does change the dynamics a bit.
It will be interesting to see if any other agents chime in on this one :).
Wow! So there's a chance they would pull the offer? Within a month or two even? Interesting.
If they were already willing to tie up the amount of the offer in their budget, why pull it? Scheduling?
I'd love it if someone explained the reasoning. This is very informative.
Personally, I try to give heads up when there is interest, a fairly generous timeframe before a closing date, and if a party is serious but they need more time to put it all together, they need only ask.
Still, I can well understand the frustration of agents who are dealing with a bleak landscape of non-responsive editors. Perhaps if these editors made it a bit more of a priority to reply to agents in a timely manner, even if the answer is "no thanks!" or "don't have time for this sorry!", that would help.
I'm not a delicate flower who is hurt by a no, I am just looking for a yes - so if you're a no, then let's get it out of the way quickly and we can all move on.
If agents in general knew that editors'd make it a priority to get back to them in a reasonable amount of time, they might be less compelled to push so far and fast.
This would be a good topic to cover at a writers conference! I just finished my first manuscript and am in the process of working with an editor as part of the revision process. I've tried to pick up as much information as I can find on the business of publishing. Getting a feel for the usual timeline, what to expect from an agent, publishing house editor, copy editor, etc. This is the kind of issue I would never consider. I assumed that an editor would act quickly if they were interested. So if several weeks went by with no interest, I would figure my manuscript was not a good fit (or they didn't care for it, but I'm trying to keep up the optimism here). Knowing the many steps involved before an offer might be made helps with the 'patient factor'. Thanks!
The title of her post made me wonder if she plans to eat submissions.
To Casey: yes, editors do pull offers if you sit on them too long. They realize that the more time passes, the more likely they are to have competition.
To anonymous agent: As editors can attest, I submit to everyone from assistant editors to publishers, depending on who I think will be the most enthusiastic champion for the project. As for unresponsive editors, I find it much less of a problem on the children's side of the business. I'll speak to this in my post today in response to Cheryl's response. So much responding!
To Catherine: I was going to propose to Cheryl that we discuss this at a conference. I think it's a good idea, too.
To anonymous: After I responded yesterday, I worried for a moment that the title of her post meant it was satire and I'd missed the joke. Fortunately, that was not the case.
As I see it, part of the point of a pre-empt is to convincingly show your enthusiasm: $$-wise, speed-wise, and in whatever other wise and masterful ways it can be shown. But I will say that I didn't see Cheryl's post as being only about pre-empts, which are very much their own beast, but moreso the more standard sort of interest/offer/auction situation.
Because when you're not in a situation where's there's a pre-empt (and let's face it, an editor can't pre-empt everything, but that doesn't mean they aren't *really* eager at the thought of working on a project just the same), then I think agents DO serve themselves and their authors best to allow enough time for an editor to take a project through the standard channels her house has in place for getting an offer together. Because (most) editors don't get to work in a vacuum of taste alone, making offers dependent entirely upon their enthusiasm-—if they did, I don't think we'd even need to be having this conversation.
Absolutely, an editor can (and will) drop everything to read, especially when it's a project that she feels has been carefully targeted to her, or when it's from an agent whose taste she regards highly. But it's harder to assure that her colleagues in Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc. will be able/equally motivated to read and respond on extremely short notice, especially depending on whatever is happening at that moment in their piece of the publishing arena--and the responses of all those key colleagues are directly reflected in the offer I get to make to an agent/author. That said, I think some of this comes down to relationships, too—as I feel that ALL of publishing does. It's my hope (and has been my experience in several recent situations, actually) that if I lay out a rational timeline and explanation of what hurdles I need to get through in order to make the offer I'm hoping to make, an agent will recognize the serious intent and choose to work WITH me, not against me, even if they'd have preferred to have sold the book yesterday.
I'm not sure what the answer is, but while I'm glad the conversation has been opened (thanks, Cheryl & Michael!), I do think the whole things unscores something worrying about the current system, which feels a bit unsustainable to me—there more and more agents every day, submitting more and more and more manuscripts to less and less editors (who are also managing more and more projects)—and something is going to break down eventually! As editors, do we dare miss the opportunity to buy a project that an agent went out with 2 or 3 days ago that we'd really love if only we had time to read it and get an offer together? And what if doing so means poorly serving the books-in-progress that we also really loved when we bought them--projects that also now desperately need our attention right now, too? I wonder what Ursula Nordstrom would say to it all?
Thanks for your comments, Molly! Brilliant as usual.
And, yes, I think agents and editors can work together to make sure the time that is necessary is given for an editor to get done what needs to get done.
On your final paragraph, I think that while the current situation in publishing -- with many editors being let go and becoming agents -- will cycle again and balance out. There just isn't enough good material to go around to support too many agents.
I feel I need to clarify something I said. I didn't mean that longer deadlines will guarantee higher advances, but only that they'd grant more time to analyze the projects and make wiser decisions, which is good for the publishing industry as a whole.
However, you obviously know the market better than I (unpublished as I am, for now) and if you say, and the editors agree, that you are fair then I have nothing less to say. This is what I'd expect from an agent (tough but fair). Maybe I was too harsh on my comment, and I apologize if you felt it was somehow unpleasant. It was not my intention.
Finally, I must say the debate is most interesting and valid. Something important to reflect upon. Thanks for sharing your opinion and stimulating this.
No offense taken! I've got a pretty thick skin, anyway. Glad you enjoyed the debate. I'm hoping to bring more to the blog!
Editor wants to have her cake and sit on it for a while too.
For that matter, I would rather feel that my manuscript had been carefully considered and attended to by several editors, and choose the best combination of editor-house from the greatest number of choices, than to have my offer 10 days faster. I'd hope my book would be around for years, and that the relationships would last for years, and that those 10 days would recede into irrelevance.
My hopes are that I will find an agent who loves my characters and wants to put them with the best home. I'm not really bothered about how much money each MS makes. I write because I love it. I go into my own world when I write, nothing else matters.
I've had several personal positive rejections from editors, but by the time they arrive in the mail my heart has moved on to another story.
I've been researching agents and the most important thing I look for on their websites or blogs is that if they are an agent for the writer, not for the book. Michael, it sounds like you do that.
Jany Yolen told me she has been with the same agency her whole career. They represent her no matter what genre she writes. That's what I want, I never know what whether it will be a poetry day, a picture book day, a non-fiction article day, to work on my MG WIP or my YA WIP. She said having an agent means you don't have to spend time trying to find a home for your work, you can concentrate on producing more work.
That is what I want. The freedom to write and not worry about where to send my work.


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Weekly currency roundup – A week of volatility for commodity currencies as Fed confusion sparked uncertainty
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Pound Sterling At the start of the week the Pound weakened against the Euro and US Dollar due to a selloff of the currency and as speculation mounts that the US Federal Reserve will soon announce a slowdown of monetary stimulus. The uncertainty over the Fed's next move regarding its easing policies was the main reason for the volatility seen in the market this week.
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Sterling continued……….The currency strengthened briefly on Tuesday, as according to the Office for National Statistics, unemployment claims in the UK expectedly fell by 5,000 last month. Sterling came close to a three-week high against the single currency thanks to the data.
At the end of the week the Pound was little changed against the US Dollar and is headed for a third weekly gain against the US currency, after an industry report showed that UK house prices rose to a record high in May. The weekly gains are the currency's longest winning streak since September 2012.
The 'Greenback' had a mixed week thanks to speculation mounting over whether the Federal Reserve will choose to slow its monetary stimulus programme as the economy improves. Against the Japanese Yen the US Dollar rallied from a two-month low due to last week's better-than-expected US jobs data.
Tuesday the currency weakened against Sterling as the latest UK data showed continuing signs of improvement for the UK economy.
On Wednesday the big dose of volatility hit the market with the 'Greenback' has weakening against the Japanese Yen, slumping to its lowest level in two months as investors chose the safe haven Yen as the World Bank lowered its global growth forecast. The impact of the Japanese central bank's decision to hold the policy unchanged, rather than adding more stimuli, reverberated through the markets.
Ongoing uncertainty over whether the Federal Reserve will choose to scale back its monetary easing programme also weighed upon the Dollar.
The Euro also had a mixed week due to the increased volatility. On Monday it strengthened against Sterling due to expectations that the Euro-Zone Sentix Investor Confidence data would show signs of an improvement. The Euro managed to make some gains against its peers after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi reaffirmed the bank's commitment to the Euro.
The Euro was also strengthened against a number of its most traded peers as optimism increases that the Eurozone economy is improving. Investor confidence in the region showed signs of improvement and comments made by French President Francois Hollande that the Euro crisis is over helped bolster the single currency.
Midweek, the Euro weakened against the Pound and US Dollar after the latest report on German Consumer confidence came in lower than forecast. It came in at 1.6%, down from the previous month's figure of 1.7%. The weaker-than-expected data caused investor to seek shelter in the safe haven US Dollar as concerns over the Euro crisis resurface.
The 'Aussie' took a battering at the start of the week before recovering by the end. On Monday it fell to a two-and-a-half year low against its US relation due to the release of unexpectedly weak data out of China, Australia's biggest trading partner. The Chinese economy grew at its slowest pace for 13 years in 2012 and so far this year economic data has surprised on the downside which is prompting warnings from some analysts that the country could miss its growth target of 7.5% for this year. The 'Aussie' was also been weighed down by the growing confidence in the US economic recovery which has seen investors ditch the currency in favour of the 'Greenback'.
On Tuesday the Australian currency fell to its lowest-level in almost three-years against the US Dollar after home-loan approvals in Australia advanced at their slowest pace in three months. The data lends support to calls for the Reserve Bank of Australia to make further interest rate cuts.
The Australian economy is showing signs of a slowdown and has not been helped by worse-than-expected data releases from its biggest trading partner, China. Calls from the central bank for the 'Aussie' to weaken further have also weighed on the currency.
The 'Aussie' continued its decline against the US Dollar after a brief rally following the release of a report that showed that Australia's unemployment rate was lower than expected in May. The currency resumed its downward trajectory as the figures failed to alter investor predictions that the Reserve Bank of Australia will make further interest rate cuts in July.
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It also strengthened against the majority of its most traded peers after new-home construction in Canada increased at its fastest pace in more than a year. Midweek the 'Loonie' strengthened to its highest point in three-years against the Australian Dollar as speculation grows that the North American economy will lead the way in global growth.
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Home Sport Football Barcelona distanced from Antoine Griezmann as club president admits to no transfer...
Barcelona distanced from Antoine Griezmann as club president admits to no transfer talks
Barcelona have held no talks with Antoine Griezmann regarding a move to Camp Nou, claims club president Josep Maria Bartomeu, with there "nothing to announce" when it comes to the Atletico Madrid striker.
A switch to Catalunya was expected to be made by the French forward this summer.
He came close to treading that path in 2018, only to take the decision to remain in Madrid after helping France to World Cup glory.
A change of heart has been made since making that call, with Griezmann now eager to take on a new challenge.
Atletico will not block his path and had expected him to link up with the reigning La Liga champions.
No effort has been made, though, by Barca to put a deal in place, with Bartomeu reiterating that there is no substance to the transfer talk at this stage.
He told RAC1: "There's nothing to announce.
"We've always said the same. We haven't spoken to him. There's nothing to it.
"We'll see how the market changes in the next few days and weeks."
Bartomeu has stopped short of ruling out a move to land Griezmann in the immediate future.
Barcelona are, however, prepared to bide their time in the summer market.
They are being linked with a number of players, while high-profile departures are also being mooted.
Time is on their side, though, and Bartomeu will not rush the process.
He is expecting to oversee comings and goings before the next deadline passes, but careful consideration is going to be given to all decisions.
"We have all of June, July and August," added Bartomeu.
"We're talking and planning a strategy, also keeping Barca B in mind, as there are certain players who could be promoted to the first team.
"There will be some new arrivals and some departures."
Nelson Semedo will not be among those heading out of Camp Nou over the coming weeks.
The Portugal international defender has been linked with a move elsewhere, but Bartomeu says Barcelona see the 25-year-old as an important part of their future plans.
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Works by Carmen Calvo
Carmen Calvo is a conceptual artist that has contributed to enrich the art contemporary panorama in Valencia. She studied Publicity at the Arts and Crafts School of Valencia, and later on, she studied Fine Arts. She started to stand out in the artistic panorama during the 70's decade, with clear influence by the Pop Art. Her interest in archaeology and the fact that she worked when younger in a pottery factory are now reflected in her work, which includes pieces of ceramics and clay. The diversity of materials is one of the most personal characteristics of her work, in which surreal elements, the Dada disconnection and the sobriety of Povera Art come together. Carmen Calvo has received a huge recognition, and we must highlight the Fine Arts National Award that she was granted in 2013.
Individual exhibitions
Collective exhibitions
Son Medallones Blancos Negros y Plateados, 2007
El mundo es una cárcel, 2016
Probando, 2014
Exhibitions of Carmen Calvo
Regalo de Navidad 2020


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The 12 Biggest Breakthroughs in Computer Technology introduces 12 of the most influential moments in the development of computer technology. Amazing facts are included, along with information about ...See more
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Investigates 12 great moments in the history of the Internet. Includes amazing facts along with information about key players and innovations. ...See more
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The Prehistoric series is about early humans, the world they lived in, and the lives they led. The five titles span the Paleolithic Era (the Old Stone Age) through the Iron Age; from c 3.3 million ...See more
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2022, February 16: Venus – Mars Conjunction
By Jeffrey L. Hunt on January 9, 2022 • ( 0 )
February 16, 2022: The second Venus – Mars conjunction of a triple conjunction occurs this morning. Mercury is at greatest elongation. The nearly-full moon is in the west-northwest before sunrise.
Chart Caption: 2022, February 16: From north of the solar system, Earth, Venus, and Mars are in a line, a conjunction when observed from Earth.
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Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 6:45 a.m. CST; Sunset, 5:25 p.m. CST. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times for your location.
Morning Sky
Chart Caption – 2022, February 16: In the morning sky, Venus is 6.2° from Mars.
Mars passes brilliant Venus for the second meeting of a triple conjunction. The planets are 6.2° apart, a rather wide conjunction.
The first conjunction occurred July 12, 2021, when Mars was leaving the evening sky before its solar conjunction on October 7. Venus was in its evening appearance.
Mars slowly crawled into the morning sky. It was low in the southeast as the new year began.
Venus began to retrograde – move westward compared to the stars – on December 18. It rapidly left the evening sky and passed its solar conjunction on January 8, racing into the morning sky. The brilliant planet retrograded until January 30.
Meanwhile, Mars marched eastward through Sagittarius, slowly closing in on the Morning Star.
As Venus slowly picks up its eastward speed, compared to the stars, Mars passes this morning in a wide conjunction.
The gap is wide because Venus appears nearly 6° above the ecliptic, while Mars is slightly below the solar system's plane.
As Venus speeds up, it passes Mars for the third conjunction in the series on March 6.
This morning, find brilliant Venus over 15° up in the southeast. Its brilliance rivals airplane lights. Dimmer Mars is 6.2° to the lower right of Venus.
Mercury reaches its greatest elongation from the sun today. The planet is usually a challenge to see. Today it is the farthest from the sun that we see it as it rounds the extent of its orbit and moves toward the far side of the sun.
Even at this greatest elongation, the planet is low in the sky at 45 minutes before sunrise, over 15° to the lower left of Venus and less than 5° above the horizon.
Photo Caption – 2022, February 16: The nearly-full moon is in the west-northwest before sunrise, to the right of Regulus.
At this hour, the moon is nearly 12° up in the west-northwest, 6.4° to the right of Regulus. The moon is Full at 10:56 a.m. CST today.
Evening Sky
Jupiter is reaching the end of its visibility at forty-five minutes after sunset. It is only 3° above the west-southwest horizon.
At this hour, the moon is low in the east-northeastern sky.
A large planet dance shifts to the morning sky.
2022, March 7: Morning Planets, Evening Crescent Moon
2022, March 6: Venus – Mars Conjunction, Evening Crescent
2022, March 5: Jupiter at Conjunction, Morning Planets, Evening Crescent
2022, March 4: Morning Planets, Evening Moon
2022, March 3: Morning Star, Red Planet, Evening Crescent
March 7, 2022: After yesterday's conjunction, Venus continues to close in on Mars. The crescent moon is near the Pleiades star cluster after sundown.
March 6, 2022: The third Venus-Mars conjunction in a triple conjunction series occurs this morning. The crescent moon is in the western evening sky.
March 5, 2022: Jupiter is at its solar conjunction today. Venus and Mars are in the morning sky. The crescent moon graces the evening sky.
‹ 2022, February 15: Mars on Final Approach
2022, February 17: Morning Planets, Moon, Evening Charioteer ›
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This web site is written and edited by Dr. Jeffrey L. Hunt. The photos and diagrams on the site are made by the author unless otherwise credited.
Raw data is from the U.S. Naval Observatory and Starry Night computer program.
Content is derived from multiple astronomical sources, including the U.S. Naval Observatory, NASA, ESA, and various books, including Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets by Jean Meeus. Starry Night and Stellarium computer programs are used as well. Updates and corrections are made as required. Some articles are updated at the time of actual astronomical events with new photographs. The author strives for accurate information.


If you don't know Henry Golding's name, you will very soon. The British–Malaysian actor is set to star as Nick Young in the highly anticipated book-to-movie adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians, and he's sure to make you fall crazy in love in the process. Even though he's taken in real life (the 31-year-old is happily married to TV host Liv Lo), there's no denying that he's easy on the eyes. Just take a look at his swoon-worthy Instagram page! Thankfully, we'll be seeing plenty more of Henry in the coming months! He's also starring in A Simple Favor alongside Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. How did we get so lucky? See some of his sexiest snaps ahead.


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The iPhone 5C solves one of the silliest problems in smartphone design.
You may hate the iPhone 5C case. And that's totally fair. But I love it.
I think it's ingenious from a business standpoint–Apple has found a way to sell us a colorful iPhone and a colorful iPhone case to cover it up. You can't really have the whole iPhone 5C statement without the sum of each part. Apple has just created the suit and tie of the personal electronics world–an expensive base with an inexpensive-yet-overpriced accent piece.
But more important, Apple has solved one of the most perplexing industrial design problems of the smartphone era: How do you keep a product's identity when you cover it with rubber? Because the sad fact of personal electronics is that Apple has to either build an iPhone that's four times thicker, sporting a plastic touch screen bezeled in silly putty (while all of their competitors opt to go svelte and fragile), or it has to acknowledge the fact that its idolatrized hardware really isn't sturdy enough to live on someone's body for two years before breaking.
Not to mention that the public insists on wrapping cases around anything they covet, whether it's sturdy or not. Remember car bras? Cases are a social inevitability when it comes to expensive things. I'm surprised newlyweds don't wrap car bras around their diamond rings lest they be scratched!
So Apple has discovered a seemingly obvious compromise: Just combine the aesthetic of the case with the aesthetic of the original product. Transform the phone and the clunky companion shell into a single entity that's something more quirky, more personalizable, and, of course, more durable for the union.
The iPhone 5C is not Apple's venue for minimalism–that's what the iPhone 5S is for. The 5C is Apple's platform for too much color and overt design. As Jony Ive put it, the iPhone 5C is "beautifully, unapologetically plastic." It's brash. It knows it should think more before making choices. It knows it's cheap.
All of this said, I will concede, if the iPhone is going to adopt a transparent polka dot case, then it needs to rethink the typography showing under it.


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dr. Valentin Decloquement
valentin.decloquement@ugent.be
Onderzoeksgroep(en)
GCLA - Ghent Centre for Late Antiquity
Andere instituten
Research Unit "Savoirs Textes Language" (UMR 8163)
Late Antiquity
Literature from Antiquity
Literature from Late Antiquity
In 2019, Valentin Decloquement obtained his PhD in Greek literature from the University of Lille and Ghent University, with a dissertation on the reception of Homeric poetry in Philostratus' Heroicus. In 2020, he received a thesis award from the French Association of Ancient Languages Professors in Higher Education (Association des Professeurs de Langues Anciennes de l'Enseignement Supérieur).
As a former undergraduate student of the French "Preparatory Classes" ("Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles", equivalent to a Bachelor's degree), he received intense training in Greek and Latin grammar, philology, translation, philosophy and history, along with courses on French, English and German modern literatures. In 2015, he obtained a master in Greek and Latin literature and culture from the University of Lille. Between 2020 and 2022, he was a research and teaching assistant in undergraduate courses in the University of Lille.
During his PhD thesis, he developed an interest in the Second Sophistic and ancient views on the canon of literary models (ancient Homeric criticism most notably), from the beginnings of the Imperial period (1st century AD) to Byzantium (12th century). His research focuses on Greek and Latin imperial literature, Philostratus, history of scholarship, ancient rhetoric, literary periodization. He currently studies the history of the concept of the "Second Sophistic" from its beginning with Philostratus, over Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, up to 19th-century philology.
Projecten als postdoctoraal medewerker
The making of the second sophistic. Literary periodization as an intellectual and cultural construct (2022 - 2025)
Projecten als doctoraatsonderzoeker
Commenting on, criticizing and rewriting Homer in Philostratos' Heroikos (2015 - 2019)
Decloquement, Valentin. "A Rhetorical Trojan War : Philostratus' Heroicus, the Power of Language and the Construction of the Truth." Sophistic Views of the Epic Past from the Classical to the Imperial Age, edited by Paola Bassino and Nicolò Benzi, Bloomsbury Academic, 2021, pp. 187–210.
Decloquement, Valentin. "Fallacious Etymology and Puns : Ptolemy Chennus' Sham Homeric Questions." Ancient and Medieval Greek Etymology : Theory and Practice I, edited by Arnaud Zucker and Claire Le Feuvre, vol. 111, de Gruyter, 2021, pp. 281–304, doi:10.1515/9783110714876-010.
Decloquement, Valentin. "De l'archaïsme à l'innovation Verbale : Retraduire et Réinterpréter La Vie d'Apollonios de Tyane de Philostrate." EISH (TBILISI), vol. 8, 2021, pp. 38–59.
Decloquement, Valentin. "Traduire l'atticisme : Comment Adapter En Français Une Langue Artificielle?" La Traduction Épistémique : Entre Poésie et Prose, edited by Tatiana Milliaressi, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2020, pp. 143–64.
Decloquement, Valentin. "Élien, Commentateur d'Homère : Stratégies Rhétoriques et Exégétiques Dans La Personnalité Des Animaux." PHILOLOGIA ANTIQUA, vol. 13, 2020, pp. 97–109, doi:10.19272/202004601008.


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Bodnarek seeking victory in Cardston-Taber-Warner
Posted on April 15, 2015 by Taber Times
Former Village of Barnwell mayor Del Bodnarek has thrown his hat into the ring for the Cardston-Taber-Warner constituency under the Alberta Party banner.
"I've been a member of the Alberta Party for the past three and half years. After the last election, I was looking for a party that fit my views better," said Bodnarek. "I had joined the Wildrose and left it, because I didn't agree with all of their ideologies. I found this party was a better fit."
A veteran hand at municipal politics, Bodnarek served as mayor of Barnwell for six years, and as a village councillor for more than a decade. Bodnarek is currently a technician at the Pratt and Whitney plant near Lethbridge.
"When the last budget came out, I was actually kind of angry," said Bodnarek. "They put the entire burden on the working class people. I don't feel they've done a good job of balancing our social structure — education, health care, mental health, all of the things that have to do with our strong social system have been neglected. Our infrastructure — hospitals, schools, roads — it's been neglected, all in the name of keeping corporations happy."
There are several key issues Bodnarek highlighted as being of special interest to the riding.
"Specific to the riding, we need to diversify our economy. I see our school class sizes getting bigger. And our senior's care — I see a lot of issues with our senior's care. These are things that need to be addressed immedietly."
Still characterized by many as a "fringe" political movement, Bodnarek sees the Alberta Party as taking the best of both worlds and discarding the negative.
"The Alberta Party is a fairly young party. They're really just trying to get the word out. A lot of people don't even know they exist. The biggest thing is to let them know we're here, and let them know what our platform is. We're not left or right — we consider ourselves a centrist party. If there's a good idea on the left, we can take it. If there's a good idea on the right, we can take it. We are not stuck or stymied by the idea that to be the right party, we have to have right (wing) ideals."
Pillars of the party's approach include a strong emphasis on social issues in the province, according to Bodnarek.
"We advocate for a strong social structure, a strong economy, and transparent government — which has been a real issue, transparency hasn't been there. We need a strong social structure without putting the burden on industry. There has to be a balance. Our platform is to raise our royalty rates, but still be competitive, so we're not above other jurisdictions. Progressive corporate taxes, but stiil at least one per cent below the next highest province, so we're competitive. With personal income taxes — progressive — but below others. With those monies, we'll bring in the funds that will pay for schools, teachers, hospitals, roads."
Diversifying the province's economy might not be as daunting a task as the ruling PCs would have us believe, added Bodnarek.
"Our southern Alberta community has such an enormous ability to diversify our economy. We have sugar, potatoes, all kinds of grains — we could have distilleries, breweries. We have coal just up the road. We have a strong farm community — I think there's lots of opportunity to diversify our economy, and get away from the ups and downs of the oilfield."


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Chironomus antennalis är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Jean-Jacques Kieffer 1917. Chironomus antennalis ingår i släktet Chironomus och familjen fjädermyggor.

Artens utbredningsområde är Paraguay. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Are you looking for something to do with the little ones during the week? Every Wednesday at the West Covina Library there will be held a story time for toddlers! This starts at 11:30AM and runs until 11:50AM as well as 12:15PM to 12:35PM. Give them a chance to experience magical and exciting stories packed with adventures and even some lessons to help them along the way! Let their imagination run wild and give yourself a little down time as well.
Looking to pick up a new hobby? Maybe you're simply looking to get out of the house and be around people that share the same enjoyment for Knitting and Crochet as you. If so, then head down to the West Covina Library on the 7th of August to join others in your community. Take some time out of your day to relax and have a knittastic time! This event will take place at 1PM, so be sure to head on down if you're in the area!
Why should your kids be the ones having all the fun with arts and crafts this year? If you're a creative or artistic person then come express your talents at the West Covina Library on the 14th of August. This adult art activity will take place from 10:30AM until 11:30AM. For more information in regards to this event then please contact the library at: (626)-962-3541. Don't hesitate to head out and get your imagination on!
Are you interested in growing your business or maybe you're looking to start a business. Whether or not you're an owner or just opening up shop this SCORE workshop is the place for you! SCORE is a non-profit association that provides free and confidential business advice to, to help start, grow and maintain a business throughout the city. This event will be held at West Covina City Hall from 9AM until 12PM. Don't hesitate to head down and learn a little something!


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Here's Your First Look at Queen Elizabeth in The Crown Season 3
By Sarah Spellings@sarahjanespellings
Olivia Colman. Photo: Netflix
Netflix's latest promo photo from season three of The Crown is a strong contender for most British-looking photo of the year. And yes, that's including Prince Louis's christening photos.
Claire Foy is stepping down from playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown and a new, quintessential British actress is taking her place as the quintessential British person. Olivia Colman's ascendancy to the the fictional throne was announced last October, but today we got our first glimpse of her as the Queen. Netflix tweeted a picture of Colman, drinking tea in a pink jacket accessorized with both a string of pearls and a brooch. As if that isn't British enough, Colman is gently clenching one fist while she drinks tea with the other. The photo was just captioned "patience."
Whether that's a declaration of the Queen's personality or a directive to The Crown's rabid fandom is unclear. Those who can't get enough of Colman in regal attire can also watch her as Queen Anne in The Favorite, out in November. The airdate for The Crown season three is not yet confirmed, but is speculated to be in 2019.
Thank God for Princess Margaret, The Crown's Horny Royal Party Girl
Your First Look at Queen Elizabeth in The Crown Season 3


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Listed below are answers to commonly asked questions about H2C, airships, hydrogen, and how all this pertains to addressing climate change. If you have a question pertaining to our business that's not already answered below, please reach out to us through the Contact Us button below, and we'll either answer you or direct you to the resources to do so.
What is Clipper airship's propulsion system?
The Clipper airship uses four (4) side-mounted 6-blade variable pitch propeller engines, and a single rear-mounted variable pitch 8-blade propeller engine, providing combined horsepower of 33,200 SHP. All five engines use electric motors that are powered by on-board fuel cells, thereby providing 100% carbon-free flight.
What is the projected useful life of the airship?
With routine maintenance, the Clipper airship should be in service for five (5) decades or more and definitely much longer than conventional aircraft. Nevertheless, our financial projections are based on a useful life of merely thirty (30) years.
What sorts of patent protections has H2C secured to date?
H2C currently has ten (10) issued patents comprising over 250 granted claims, and numerous pending US and international patents. All ten patents are novel and important, with perhaps the most ground-breaking having been the original patent filed in 2008, and issued in 2012, on a system and method for transporting hydrogen from the places where it can be produced most economically to where clean energy is most needed, and based on the recognition that use of an airship will overcome the well-documented problems with transportation of hydrogen using trucks, rail, ship and pipelines
In addition to H2C's currently issued and pending patents, we are routinely applying for additional patents as engineering refinements are continuously developed and the company's disruptive technologies are fully deployed both for long haul transport of hydrogen and freight, as well as 'last mile' distribution of hydrogen.
What are the critical components of the paradigm shift you see for hydrogen, and H2C's role therein?
First and foremost, climate change is pressuring humanity to realize that it is running against time. This pressure will accelerate with each passing year as large-scale fires, floods, hurricanes, and other biosphere-generated crises continue to envelope the globe.
Second, many leading scientists agree that hydrogen is currently the only fuel capable of replacing fossil fuels on a global scale for transportation, electricity generation, steel manufacturing and cement production. Over 30 countries have aggressive hydrogen roadmaps and top analysts, including those at McKinsey & Company, Bloomberg, Roland Berger, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs have identified hydrogen as a key energy transition pillar and investment opportunity. Due to the climate crisis, and the vast quantities of hydrogen that will be required, it is essential that the majority of hydrogen be created from clean, renewable energy sources.
Third, any place that can generate electricity for 3¢ per kilowatt or less can begin immediately to extract hydrogen from water using simple electrolysis techniques and be able to export that energy to customers around the world. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other major fossil fuel producing countries have established their commitment to immediately develop another commodity energy supply for export. The new plant being built at NEOM in Saudi Arabia (the first of ten) will alone produce 650 metric tonnes per day of green hydrogen. But this is a mere drop in the bucket of what is coming, at or below cost parity with fossil-based fuel. Worldwide, there are 30 large scale green hydrogen production facilities currently planned or already under construction.
Fourth, getting massive quantities of hydrogen cost-effectively to global consumer markets will be the key bottleneck that the Clipper airship has been specifically designed to resolve.
Fifth, the cost of delivering cryogenic hydrogen anywhere in the world by the Clipper airship is less expensive than rail, trucks, ships, and even pipelines for distances of approximately 1,000 miles or greater.
Sixth, we anticipate a significant "early mover advantage" among the many green hydrogen production facilities now planned or under construction will go to the producers with the best means to quickly and flexibly deliver the hydrogen they make to global markets.
And finally, seventh, from our perspective, this means that those producers who are at the head of the line for receiving Clipper airships for hydrogen transport will be the "winners" in this multi-trillion-dollar planetary fuel shift.
What navigation and guidance systems does the Clipper airship use?
The Clipper uses traditional, off-the-shelf navigation and guidance technology. Both Garmin and Honeywell make excellent systems that are constantly being improved for the civilian market. The Clipper will acquire and integrate the most-advanced such commercially-available system as part of building the prototype.
Is H2C privately held?
Yes. H2 Clipper, Inc. (H2C) is a closely-held Delaware corporation. The company was formed on June 10, 2011, although its intellectual property dates back to the October 9, 2008 patent filing entitled "System, Method and Apparatus for Widespread Commercialization of Hydrogen as a Carbon-Free Alternative Fuel Source," and subsequent patent applications filed by Rinaldo Brutoco, all of the patents maturing from which are now owned by H2C.
Does the Clipper airship's use of hydrogen create an inordinate safety risk?
No. Although hydrogen is flammable, based on the use of proper safety technology, the hydrogen that provides lift and propulsion for the Clipper airship will not explode even in the most severe of circumstances.
Thousands of hydrogen fuel cell electric automobiles and trucks are currently driving on roads in California, South Korea, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and France without a single safety issue. In the last decade, fuel cell vehicles have been subject to extensive testing to prove this is the case. For example, it is well documented that a rifle fired at a tank filled with gasoline, diesel fuel, or natural gas will cause the tank to explode like a bomb. However, the same rifle shot from short range at a tank filled with hydrogen will cause a hole in the tank from which the hydrogen will be released, but no explosion (see video here).
It is also well documented that if a gasoline leak from a car is ignited, the tank will explode and rapidly consume the entire vehicle. But doing the same thing — igniting a leak — in a hydrogen tank will result in a blue flame escaping the tank until all the hydrogen is exhausted. Unlike the gasoline tank, this does not create an explosion and doesn't even raise the internal temperature of the vehicle by more than a couple of degrees (see video here).
The reason for this is the enormous expansion rate of hydrogen, and the fact that hydrogen is lighter than air and rapidly expands when released. In short, rigorous testing has confirmed that hydrogen is by far the safest fuel known to humans, as has been repeatedly demonstrated whenever a hydrogen accident has occurred, and no explosion followed. Honda, Toyota and Hyundai currently sell hydrogen fuel cell cars in California; and with over 60,000 hydrogen refueling events by ordinary citizens, not a single explosion has ever been reported. That's a record that even battery-powered electric vehicles would envy!
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Home AMAM Bulletin--OBE page 109
increasing, now stands at about 34,500 photographs, 20,000 books, and
over 100,000 slides.
Charles Beebe Martin was born in Egypt of missionary parents in
1857. From his tenth year he lived in Oberlin, graduating from the
College in 1876 and from the Theological Seminary in 1881. Whatever their later specialty a Bachelor of Divinity degree had been almost
standard equipment for the early faculty of Oberlin. Mr. Martin followed that tradition. In 1882 he was appointed Tutor of Greek and
Latin in the Preparatory Department. Ten years later, when he proposed the course in Greek sculpture, he was Professor of Classical Archaeology and Language in the College. The course in Greek sculpture
was not the first offering in the art of Greece. A brief consideration of
this had been included in the third term of Sophomore Greek since
1878, and in 1890, W. G. Frost, Professor of Greek, had offered a course
in Pausanias, An Introduction to the Study of Archaeology and the Fine
Arts. It was characteristic of Mr. Martin that, his proposed course having been approved, he returned for special studv to the University of
Berlin, where he had been a student for two vears in the eighties, attending, among others, the lectures of Mommsen and Furtwaengler. This
time he took the course and seminar of Reinhard Kekule, whose specialty
was Greek sculpture, and in the spring accompanied Doerpfeld on his
annual tour through the Peloponnesus. He made further European
trips in preparation for his course in ancient art. Mr. Martin never
engaged in original scholarship, as did Marquand and Frothingham at
Princeton from the founding of the art department there in 1882, but he
insisted on a first-hand knowledge of everything he taught.
From their inception until 1908, the courses in Greek sculpture and
ancient art, usually given in alternate years, were accompanied by a
second called Explanations of Selected Monuments of Greek (or Ancient) Art consisting of a weekly lecture with the aid of the stereop-
ticon. These lectures, which carried no credit, were open to all but were
required of those who elected either of the other two courses. Gardner's
Handbook of Greek Sculpture was used as a text in the sculpture course
for a year or two; after that, there was a reading list in both courses.
Manv an undergraduate staggered a little when he discovered the un-
mentioned assumption that part of this reading would be done in German
or French. University Prints were purchased by the student when they
became available.
A course with Mr. Martin was always regarded as an experience.
Famous for his biting wit and exacting ways, stories about him snow-
Museum Director/Acting Director Parkhurst, Charles
Contributors Bongiorno, Laurine Mack
Lopez, Jeanne Barwis
Stechow, Wolfgang, 1896-1974
Contents ]an Steen's Merry Company; The Fine Arts in Oberlin, 1836-1918; The E. Lotte Franzos Bequest; Library Report. Announcements; Catalogue of Recent Additions; Calendar; Friends of the Museum
Artists Faistauer, Anton (Austrian, 1887-1930)
Kokoschka, Oskar (Austrian, 1886-1980)
Minne, George (Belgian, 1866-1941)
Steen, Jan (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Vallotton, Félix (Swiss, 1865-1925)
List of Illustrations Jan Steen, Merry Company. Oberlin; Jan Steen, Merry Company (detail) Oberlin; Jan Steen, Banquet of Cleopatra; Jan Steen, Bad Company; Jan Steen, The Young Moses Trampling on the Crown of Pharaoh; Jan Steen, Drwaing Lesson; Jan Steen, Wedding Company; Oskar Kokoschka, Sposalizio ; Felix Vallotton, La Foule; Anton Faistauer, Still Life; George Minne, Youth
Month/Season Spring
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Transcript FINE ARTS increasing, now stands at about 34,500 photographs, 20,000 books, and over 100,000 slides. Charles Beebe Martin was born in Egypt of missionary parents in 1857. From his tenth year he lived in Oberlin, graduating from the College in 1876 and from the Theological Seminary in 1881. Whatever their later specialty a Bachelor of Divinity degree had been almost standard equipment for the early faculty of Oberlin. Mr. Martin followed that tradition. In 1882 he was appointed Tutor of Greek and Latin in the Preparatory Department. Ten years later, when he proposed the course in Greek sculpture, he was Professor of Classical Archaeology and Language in the College. The course in Greek sculpture was not the first offering in the art of Greece. A brief consideration of this had been included in the third term of Sophomore Greek since 1878, and in 1890, W. G. Frost, Professor of Greek, had offered a course in Pausanias, An Introduction to the Study of Archaeology and the Fine Arts. It was characteristic of Mr. Martin that, his proposed course having been approved, he returned for special studv to the University of Berlin, where he had been a student for two vears in the eighties, attending, among others, the lectures of Mommsen and Furtwaengler. This time he took the course and seminar of Reinhard Kekule, whose specialty was Greek sculpture, and in the spring accompanied Doerpfeld on his annual tour through the Peloponnesus. He made further European trips in preparation for his course in ancient art. Mr. Martin never engaged in original scholarship, as did Marquand and Frothingham at Princeton from the founding of the art department there in 1882, but he insisted on a first-hand knowledge of everything he taught. From their inception until 1908, the courses in Greek sculpture and ancient art, usually given in alternate years, were accompanied by a second called Explanations of Selected Monuments of Greek (or Ancient) Art consisting of a weekly lecture with the aid of the stereop- ticon. These lectures, which carried no credit, were open to all but were required of those who elected either of the other two courses. Gardner's Handbook of Greek Sculpture was used as a text in the sculpture course for a year or two; after that, there was a reading list in both courses. Manv an undergraduate staggered a little when he discovered the un- mentioned assumption that part of this reading would be done in German or French. University Prints were purchased by the student when they became available. A course with Mr. Martin was always regarded as an experience. Famous for his biting wit and exacting ways, stories about him snow- 109
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Jan Steens Merry Company
The Fine Arts in Oberlin,...
The E. Lotte Franzos Bequest
Library Report
Catalogue of Recent Additions
Museum Calendar, Spring-Fall, 1958
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The Fine Arts in Oberlin, 1836-1918


The Institution Laptop licence is a single licence code (as per an EDU lab licence) but a school must purchase the number of seats equal to the number of users in the program. Each time a license is applied to a laptop, that laptop is node-locked with one license seat , i.e. the customer will be purchasing 'number of activations' rather than 'number of seats'.


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Myers Lecture Series
Hill Lecture Series
Directions to the College
History: Ohio State Optometry
Ohio State University Applied
Optics, Class of 1916
The College of Optometry had its origins in the work of Professor Charles Sheard. Sheard came to the University in 1907 as an assistant professor in Physics. Interested in optics, Sheard gave a presentation in 1908 to the Ohio State Optical Association and was encouraged and assisted financially by the Association to undertake an educational program in optometry at the University. This program began in 1914 as a two-year course, becoming a four-year degree-granting program, in the Department of Physics in the College of Engineering in 1915. At that time the program was known as Applied Optics, a name that would remain until 1937, when Optometry was used officially. Sheard, himself, left the University in 1919 and ended his award-winning career at the Mayo Clinic. Income from the Sheard Foundation, established by friends and colleagues of Dr. Sheard, has assisted the research activity of the College for many years.
Formal instruction in Applied Optics began at The Ohio State University in 1914. These courses prepared the students to enter the practice of optometry. The words "optometrist" and "optometry" were first used around 1905 by Ohioans engaged in the practice. Before this, they were known as refracting opticians. In 1919 the State of Ohio first regulated the practice of optometry.
The Ohio State University and its history of teaching, research, and community service, have shaped not only the College of Optometry but have helped in shaping the profession itself. Alumni of Applied Optics then, and of Optometry now, continue to serve prominently as practitioners, researchers, and teachers as well as supporters of The Ohio State University and its College of Optometry.
The optometry clinic remained in
Mendenhall Laboratory until 1951
Following Sheard, the program in Applied Optics had three directors until the time of Dr. Glenn Fry. These included Dr. Howard Minchin (1920-27), Dr. Morgan Davies (1927-32), and Dr. Charles Ellis (1932-35).
Between 1932 and 1935, Clarence R. Ellis, who had earned A B.Sc. in Applied Optics from OSU in 1923, served as part-time director while continuing his own private practice. Much of what is the present College of Optometry would be shaped by his successor, Dr. Glenn Fry. Until that point, the program had awarded only forty-eight diplomas since its beginning in 1915. In contrast, The Ohio State University would award more than 2170 degrees in optometry in the next sixty-one years.
During the Depression year of 1935, Dr. Glenn Fry joined the University as Director of the School of Optometry as an assistant professor. Shortly thereafter, Clarence Ellis left for reasons of ill health, and Professor Fry was put in charge of the courses in Applied Optics. At that time, it was part of the Department of Physics, whose chairperson was Professor Alpheus Smith.
In 1951, the new home for optometry at
Ohio State was built.
Two major changes happened early. In 1936 the University called its courses "optometry" rather than applied optics and in 1937 it created the School of Optometry within the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences. An active researcher and educator, Professor Fry established graduate programs in physiological optics, the first to be associated with an optometry program.
Dr. Fry headed the optometry program until 1966, when he was made a Regents Professor. Many of his students and faculty attained positions of leadership at other institutions and in professional organizations. In recognition of Dr. Fry's 44 years with the University, and his contributions to his profession, the University named the Optometry Building in his honor in 1983.
The 1960s was a decade that saw many changes, including many in optometry. In 1964 The Ohio State University approved a six-year program leading to the Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree. This was the first such degree to be given at a public university.
In August of 1966 the School or Optometry had a new chief spokesperson. Dr. Frederick Hebbard, who had been Associate Director since 1962, succeeded Dr. Fry as Director of the School. A year later, in 1967, Dr. Hebbard became the first Dean, when the School of Optometry became the College of Optometry. He designed the doctoral hoods and presided at the first awarding of the O.D. degree. As Dean for more than twenty-years, Dr. Hebbard had many accomplishments, including the writing of a history of the College.
2007 picture of Fry Hall and
E. F. Wildermuth Optometric
Research Clinic
As its founder and first Directors had envisioned, the College of Optometry continued to engage in an active research program that made substantial contributions to the knowledge of the eye and of vision. For example, the College is a pioneer in methods to evaluate the consumption of oxygen by the cornea, and has found new ways to measure the permeability of new contact lens materials.
Dr. Richard Hill, who joined the faculty in 1964 and became Dean in 1988, was one of the well-known contact lens researchers from Ohio State. Dr. Hill was Dean of the College until he announced his retirement in 1995. He expanded the scope of the curriculum to include diagnostic and therapeutic drugs and introduced the "Opt 7" program, combining the doctor of optometry degree with a masters in vision science (OD/MS).
Dr. John P. Schoessler was appointed Acting Dean on July 1, 1995 while a search for a permanent dean was undertaken and was appointed Dean effective September 1, 1996. During his tenure, Dr. Schoessler greatly expanded clinical research funding, initiating the building of the E.F. Wildermuth Optometric Research Clinic, which opened in 2006.
Dr. Melvin D. Shipp served the college as dean from 2004-2014. He commissioned the faculty to revamp the curriculum in order to not only bring it up to date but to establish a framework that would provide ongoing curricular excellence. He oversaw the one million dollar remodeling of the preclinic, comprising 18 exam lanes, a classroom, and two teaching laboratories and the overhaul of the first year classroom.
Dr. Karla Zadnik became the College's fifth—and first female—dean on June 1, 2014.
100+ years and going strong
Learn more about the College of Optometry's rich tradition on our archived Centennial website.


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The authors are very grateful to the Chief Executive (airworthiness), CEMILAC, for his kind permission for publishing this paper.


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Ammar Jali, Pittsburgh Entrepreneur, Explains Your Climb to Success Starts with Your Passion
posted inCEO Leadership, Entrepreneurs	on September 29, 2017 by	Ivan Widjaya
Everyone dreams of something big in his life. If you talk to a child, they often envision themselves with what they would like to be when they grow up. Whether it be a fireman, a doctor, or a policeman, these are all reflections of our earnest endeavors to be part of something greater in life and contribute to everyone's happiness and contentment including our own. Although sometimes, life leads us to a road we do not see ourselves trekking. This is what Ammar Jali's road to success manifest.
photo credit: Plurk
Ammar started his employment as a driver for food chain Domino's Pizza while studying in New York Institute of Technology. He graduated with flying colors as an Electrical Engineer and started working as a Fiber Optics Engineer in one of the big companies in New York. His work there didn't last though because his passion for delivering and drive to succeed would take him to a questionable path which even his parents would find illogical.
Six months after relieving his engineering post, he started working as an Assistant Manager for the very first company he started working for, Domino's Pizza. To think that he has been a successful engineer even working with conglomerates like Disney, this was an absurd proposition. But Ammar knew where his passion lies and started working his way to the top.
Expanding the influence
Now Ammar is expanding his franchise in the state of Pennsylvania and Ohio. His attitude towards looking back to where he started shows that having a passion towards what you think makes you happy proves to be an ingredient of success.
Ammar Jali is also a great motivator and mentor for other entrepreneurs who are starting out who works to make every member of his team make the best of their service. His mantra of treating customer service as an attitude and not just a department makes sense in an industry who aims to please customers to stay ahead.
His dedication towards achieving personal and professional contentment encompasses what others believe as the standard ladder towards success. His fast food chain also contributes to society by becoming involved in different civic organizations and their causes. Ammar's owned Domino's Pizza in Pittsburgh recently partnered with The Darrin Walls Foundation holding a Free Football Camp in The Neighborhood Academy.
The path towards personal and professional success is not just how society dictates. Digging deep into what we feel and where we think we would succeed creates a bigger part of staying motivated to reach the pinnacles of success.
Ammar Jali, Dominos Pizza, Pittsburgh entrepreneur
Ivan Widjaya is the Owner of SMBCEO.com, as well as several other business blogs/online magazines. He is a Web publisher, Web property investor, blogger and Web property builder.
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