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Businesses Speak Out Against the Court Decision Upholding Travel Ban
Media Release June 26, 2018
Washington, DC — Reacting to today's announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court that it is upholding the Trump Administration's travel and immigration restrictions for countries that have mostly Muslim populations, ASBC released a statement expressing disappointment. ASBC also called on Congress to reverse the ban through legislation. The following may be attributed to CEO Hammad Atassi:
"We are disappointed that the Supreme Court upheld the ban on travel and immigration from predominantly Muslim countries. Religion should not be a factor in determining who receives travel and immigration permission, any more than it should be used to decide who should be hired or promoted. We call on Congress to reverse the ban through legislation.
"When individuals are excluded for arbitrary reasons such as religion or race, we all suffer. Immigrants have proven their worth to our country, our businesses and our economy. It's not just against American values to ban them, it also hurts America's competitiveness and future prosperity."
ASBC's new CEO Hammad Atassi is an example of the value of immigration to the United States. A U.S. citizen born in Syria, he immigrated with his parents and three sisters in the early 1970s. His father, a Cardiologist, believed in the American dream and sought a life of freedom for his family in a country where everyone was equal under the law.
ASBC Board Member and Co-founder/Executive Director of 1worker1vote Michael A. Peck said, "America's founding free enterprise brand eschews government picking winners and losers in the marketplace or at our borders. U.S. national security is best served when America stands as primo entre pares for those seeking and finding freedom and self-fulfillment, the pursuit of happiness and exercising democracy. Racial and religious profiling tax competitive commercial, socioeconomic, geopolitical, cultural and human resources by imposing arbitrary standards that are not market-driven. We risk turning into prisoners of our own making in flagrant repudiation of this country's origin, self-denying freedoms of movement and association with others who are prepared to brave everything to make the journey and connect with us."
Recently, ASBC launched a business sign-on statement opposing the separation of children from their families at the border. It says, in part, "As responsible businesses and investors, we are remiss if we don't stand up for dignity and respect for all people. We cannot allow our government to abuse its role of protecting borders with deliberately harmful and damaging policies like its policy of separating children from families at the border."
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Bob Keener
Deputy Director of Public Relations
Bob is responsible for setting ASBC's press strategy and communications. He directs and implements all press-related activities; oversees development of press materials, op-eds and columns; and conducts training and coordination of media spokespeople. He has been working in issues advocacy for 12 years after a career in the private sector, first
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For several nights every week, instead of returning to her room to complete her assignments or rest, Joceline Yong (Class of 2018) can be found in the Yale-NUS Wellness Centre listening and offering support to her peers as a member of P.S. We Care.
A student-run organisation that provides one-on-one confidential peer counselling for Yale-NUS students, P.S. We Care complements the services offered by the Dean of Students Office Wellness Centre by offering peer counselling beyond office hours. It also provides an alternative source of support for students who may prefer confiding in a peer, rather than a professional psychologist or staff member of the college.
Jolanda Nava (Class of 2017) first suggested the idea of introducing peer counselling to Yale-NUS after having been involved in a similar group in high school to the College's inaugural Dean of Students, Kyle Farley, who strongly supported such an initiative.
She found several other classmates like John Reid (Class of 2017) and Kei Franklin (Class of 2017) who had also been involved in similar programmes from their previous schools, and together they launched P.S. We Care in 2013 soon after matriculation.
This sentiment was echoed by Joceline, who similarly wanted to foster a more supportive college community through the outreach and training programmes that P.S. We Care also offers the larger Yale-NUS community.
"I realised that the more I learnt about being a better listener, the more I became a better friend. I hope that we can train as many people as possible so that we can build a strong and supportive community and culture where people feel that others do care and are able to care for each other," Joceline shared.
Members of the group undergo a series of training workshops before they are qualified to undertake shifts at the Wellness Centre as peer counsellors. Some aspects of the training are facilitated by staff from the Wellness Centre, with whom the peer counsellors work closely with.
"Sometimes when we face a situation that we are unsure about or may need additional support, we turn to the staff from the Wellness Centre for guidance," Jolanda explained the mutually beneficial relationship between their group and the Wellness Centre.
"We also have a close working relationship with the staff so that we can feel comfortable referring cases to them at the appropriate juncture," she added.
The peer counselling service has been well-received by the college community, with plans to gradually expand the service to be available on more days and at more times of the week as the size of the community grows.
Joceline also shared that because there continues to be societal stigma about seeking help, the group will continue to build trust with the community so that people will feel comfortable and safe about reaching out for support.
"There is a misconception that you should only seek help if you have a big problem and we hope to change that mindset," said Joceline.
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President and CEO of Bridgeport Regional Business Council
BRIDGEPORT, October 2016 –
The Bridgeport Regional Business Council (BRBC) Board of Directors today announced the appointment of business executive and healthcare advocate Michael E. 'Mickey' Herbert as President and Chief Executive Officer of the organization. Herbert succeeds Paul Timpanelli, whose retirement as President and CEO is effective October 31.
Herbert most recently led the expansion of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, one of the nation's highest ranked health plans for the past 15 years, into the state of Connecticut.
"Mickey is uniquely qualified to lead the organization during this time of transition. His more than 40 years of experience in business creation, healthcare advocacy, combined with his consistent and enthusiastic participation in the business community on the local, regional and national scale will be of tremendous assistance to the BRBC," said Armando Goncalves, People's United Bank Market President for Southern Connecticut, Westchester and Hudson Valley, N.Y. and Chairman, BRBC Board of Directors. "We all look forward to working with Mickey to continue to strengthen the organization, propel business growth within Bridgeport and the region, and expand our membership."
The relocation of Housatonic Community College, the West End Industrial Park, the downtown sports/entertainment complex, and Steelpointe Harbor, a mixed-use commercial, retail, residential development, anchored by national outdoors retailer Bass Pro Shops - are among the best-known projects that Timpanelli and the BRBC have helped to make possible.
"I am enormously excited at the prospect of promoting the economic wellbeing of the Greater Bridgeport business community. This region has been my home since I came here to start Physicians Health Services (PHS). At the BRBC, I intend to leverage the business and governmental relationships I have fostered, and the experiences I have gained during a professional lifetime to help this region develop to its fullest potential. I believe there are extraordinary economic opportunities on the horizon for our BRBC members and for our region. I will focus my energy to ensure those opportunities are realized," Herbert said.
Herbert's charge as President and CEO of the BRBC will be to continue to strengthen the financial health of the organization; realign the organization's vision to better meet the challenges that businesses are facing, and grow the membership base. The organization currently has about 800 members from solo practitioners and owners of small businesses to companies and corporations throughout the Greater Bridgeport area.
Herbert is considered one of the country's leading experts on health plans and healthcare reform, and is well respected locally, regionally and nationally for his entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen. From 2005 to 2010, Herbert was the President and CEO of ConnectiCare, a $1-billion-dollar health plan in Connecticut and western Massachusetts, and was also the Executive Vice President of ConnectiCare's parent company, EmblemHealth, a $10 billion company in New York City. While he was ConnectiCare's CEO, the company was ranked as the No. 1 for-profit healthcare plan in America.
Prior to joining ConnectiCare in 2005, Herbert was the founder and CEO for 22 years of Physicians Health Services (PHS), a health plan serving Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Under his leadership, PHS had a successful public offering, and operated as a publicly traded health plan until it was sold, when it had 34,000 participating physicians serving 550,000 members.
In addition to his extensive executive experience leading and managing multi-million dollar businesses, Herbert has lengthy experience in economic development activities in the region and the state, most recently as co-chair of Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim's Economic Development Transition Committee. In the past, he was named by the State of Connecticut as Bridgeport's City Champion, responsible for developing an Inner City Business strategy for Bridgeport. While serving on the MetroHartford Alliance board of directors, he was its Economic Development Chairman. He is the founding Executive Director of the Connecticut Health Council, an association of health sector leaders who work together to promote Connecticut as a premier center for the development of businesses, initiatives and technology. Before he joined ConnectiCare, Herbert was founder and served for eight seasons as CEO and majority owner of the independent minor league Bridgeport Bluefish Baseball Club.
Herbert has served on the board of numerous organizations throughout Connecticut, including the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the MetroHartford Alliance, the Greater Hartford Community Foundation, the Barnum Museum and the Barnum Festival. He is a past Chairman of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council and is currently a member of its Executive Committee. For the past eight years he has served as a director of the University of Connecticut Foundation, and is currently on that organization's Executive Committee and serves as its Human Resources Committee chair.
"Mickey Herbert is a very well-liked and well respected member of our business community in the greater Bridgeport region and I am looking forward to working with him again," said Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim. "He is a terrific choice to lead the Bridgeport Regional Business Council. We have a long history of working together to bring minor league baseball to our region in a way that served as an anchor for business development that led to the South Main Street Entertainment and Sports Complex. The entire region continues to benefit from this development 20 years later. I am looking forward to renewing this partnership with Mickey for Bridgeport's future and for the leadership he will bring to the BRBC and the region at a very exciting time for development in this area."
"All of us at the MetroHartford Alliance are delighted that the Bridgeport Regional Business Council has engaged Mickey Herbert to succeed Paul Timpanelli as its Chief Executive Officer. We've had the pleasure of working with Mickey over the past 15 years as an entrepreneur, as an insurance executive, and as a leader committed to improving Connecticut's employment opportunities and the quality of life for all residents. We've also benefitted from Mickey's experience and insights through his chairing our Strategic Partner group and our Connecticut Health Council. We look forward to working with Mickey and the BRBC team on tackling State fiscal issues and other matters that require significant public-private collaboration to reignite the public sector confidence needed to restore a vigorous Connecticut economy," said Oz Griebel, President and CEO of the MetroHartford Alliance.
Herbert holds a bachelor of arts from Swarthmore College, and a master's of business administration from Harvard University. He is a graduate of an HMO Fellowship Training Program at the Wharton School and was a Senior Fellow of the Executive Program in Managed Care at the University of Missouri. He has an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Bridgeport. Herbert lives in Fairfield with his wife, Jackie. They have five adult children and four grandsons.
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Chef Myke "Tatung" Sarthou is one of the most sought-after chefs in the Philippines today – but he doesn't know it. The celebrity chef and cultural heritage advocate refuses to read reviews on his cooking, whether positive or negative. He says he doesn't even read or watch features done on him in print or on TV.
"I don't want anything or anyone to influence what I do. I just want to be honest with what I believe and what I want to do," he says.
Chef Myke "Tatung" Sarthou is one of the most sought-after chefs in the Philippines today – but he doesn't know it. The celebrity chef and cultural heritage advocate refuses to read reviews on his cooking, whether positive or negative. He says he doesn't even read or watch features done on him in print or on TV. "I don't want anything or anyone to influence what I do. I just want to be honest with what I believe and what I want to do," he says.


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The Best Things To See and Do in Kobe That Have Nothing To Do With Beef
Arima Onsen is a relaxing activity in Kobe, Japan | © Puripat Lertpunyaroj / Getty Images
Paul Feinstein
Travel Expert16 April 2020
Though most people think of its namesake beef when it comes to Kobe, Japan, there's a whole lot to love about this city beyond its famous steaks.
Kobe is a Japanese port city known around the world for its succulent kobe steaks. But if you came here just to eat the famous meat, you'd be missing out on a place filled with cultural wonders and a much deeper culinary cornucopia. Kobe has fabulous museums, natural springs, stunning vistas and loads of other local foods to tantalise all of your senses. So, hop into Kobe and see all the great things this city has to offer.
Go sake tasting (for free)
On the eastern side of Kobe in the Nada district, there are dozens of sake breweries that feature free tastings and interactive displays. Check out the HAKUTSURU brewery, which is the biggest sake factory in Japan and offers both pasteurised and unpasteurised tastings for free. Alternatively, visit the Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery Museum, which has been run by the same family for more than 300 years and has a gift shop with incredible sips and sake-flavoured sweet buns that are simply incredible.
The Nada district has dozens of sake breweries that offer free tastings | | © Photononstop / Alamy Stock Photo
Visit an earthquake museum
The city of Kobe has quite a few museums that are worth your time. The first is the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Museum, which walks visitors through the disaster of the 1995 earthquake that levelled Kobe and killed thousands of people. Another fascinating stop is at the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum, which opened in 1984; it takes guests through the fascinating history of carpentry in Japan. Finally, hit up the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art for an unmatched collection of modern Japanese sculpture and prints, along with rotating collections and events throughout the year.
The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum in Kobe opened its doors in 1984 | | © Newscom / Alamy Stock Photo
Eat local food at a farmer's market
There's way more to Kobe than its beef, and an array of local delicacies are available throughout the city. If you're here on a Saturday, make it a point to hit up Eat Local Kobe, a farmer's market with dozens of local vendors selling fresh seafood, produce and other goods.
One of the city's speciality dishes is sobameshi, which is a mix of fried rice and fried noodles; it was first created at the Kobe restaurant Aomori back in 1957. If late-night snacks are more your thing, you can't miss out on the perfect gyoza inside the local favourite, Hyōtan.
Food markets in Kobe sell fresh seafood, produce and other goods | | © christian kober / Alamy Stock Photo
Go bathing in an onsen town
Ask around Kobe for the best natural hot springs, and they'll point to Arima Onsen in the mountains. An approximate 15-minute cable-car ride can bring you to this quaint town that's known for its charming Yumotozaka shopping street and local bathhouses where you can indulge in the timeless bathing rituals at an onsen. There are multiple onsen in the area that welcome guests; for example, there is Tosen Goshobo, which is a 12th-century ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) with soothing stone baths. You can also head to the largest bathhouse, Kin no Yu, with a mix of indoor and outdoor pools filled with healing, mineral water.
Arima Onsen is a famous hot spring town in Kobe | | © amana images inc. / Alamy Stock Photo


Discrimination reversal learning has been used as a measure of species flexibility in dealing with changes in reinforcement contingency. In the simultaneous-discrimination, midsession-reversal task, one stimulus (S1) is correct for the first half of the session, and the other stimulus (S2) is correct for the second half. After training, pigeons show a curious pattern of choices: They begin to respond to S2 well before the reversal point (i.e., they make anticipatory errors), and they continue to respond to S1 well after the reversal (i.e., they make perseverative errors). That is, pigeons appear to be using the passage of time or the number of trials into the session as a cue to reverse, and are less sensitive to the feedback at the point of reversal. To determine whether the nature of the discrimination or a failure of memory for the stimulus chosen on the preceding trial contributed to the pigeons' less-than-optimal performance, we manipulated the nature of the discrimination (spatial or visual) and the duration of the intertrial interval (5.0 or 1.5 s), in order to determine the conditions under which pigeons would show efficient reversal learning. The major finding was that only when the discrimination was spatial and the intertrial interval was short did the pigeons perform optimally.
This research was supported by National Institute of Child Health and Development Grant No. 60996.


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import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import lombok.val;
import org.opensaml.core.xml.XMLObject;
import org.opensaml.core.xml.config.XMLObjectProviderRegistrySupport;
import org.opensaml.saml.saml1.binding.encoding.impl.HTTPSOAP11Encoder;
import org.opensaml.soap.common.SOAPObjectBuilder;
import org.opensaml.soap.soap11.Body;
import org.opensaml.soap.soap11.Envelope;
import org.opensaml.soap.util.SOAPConstants;

/**
 * Override OpenSAML {@link HTTPSOAP11Encoder} such that SOAP-ENV XML namespace prefix is used for SOAP envelope
 * elements. This is needed for backward compatibility with certain CAS clients (e.g. Java CAS client).
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 * @author Marvin S. Addison
 * @since 4.2.0
 */
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@NoArgsConstructor
public class CasHttpSoap11Encoder extends HTTPSOAP11Encoder {
    private static final String OPENSAML_11_SOAP_NS_PREFIX = "SOAP-ENV";

    @Override
    protected void buildAndStoreSOAPMessage(final XMLObject payload) {
        val builderFactory = XMLObjectProviderRegistrySupport.getBuilderFactory();

        val envBuilder =
            (SOAPObjectBuilder<Envelope>) builderFactory.getBuilder(Envelope.DEFAULT_ELEMENT_NAME);
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            SOAPConstants.SOAP11_NS, Envelope.DEFAULT_ELEMENT_LOCAL_NAME, OPENSAML_11_SOAP_NS_PREFIX);

        val bodyBuilder =
            (SOAPObjectBuilder<Body>) builderFactory.getBuilder(Body.DEFAULT_ELEMENT_NAME);
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            SOAPConstants.SOAP11_NS, Body.DEFAULT_ELEMENT_LOCAL_NAME, OPENSAML_11_SOAP_NS_PREFIX);

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            LOGGER.warn("Existing SOAP Envelope Body already contained children");
        }

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        envelope.setBody(body);
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    }

}

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Denial of visa: India raises matter with Chinahttps://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/bamang-tago-indian-badminton-manager-denied-visa-4381481/
Denial of visa: India raises matter with China
China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet and routinely protests visits by Indian leaders, foreign officials as well as the Dalai Lama to the area.
By Express News Service |New Delhi | Updated: November 18, 2016 7:44:37 am
Bamang Tago, Secretary of the Arunachal Pradesh State Badminton Association, was denied a visa by Beijing. (Express File)
India on Thursday said that it has conveyed its displeasure with China on the issue of visa denial to Bamang Tago, a resident of Arunachal Pradesh and manager of the Indian badminton team which is to travel to Fuzhou for a sports event, and hoped that the Chinese side will address it in the spirit of reciprocity and smooth development of bilateral relations.
The Ministry of External Affairs' official spokesperson Vikas Swarup said on Thursday, "This matter has been brought to our notice now. Government's position on differential treatment of Indian passport holders is clear and well known. We have conveyed it to the Chinese side.
"We expect them to address this issue in the spirit of reciprocity and smooth development of bilateral relations," he said, when asked about the complaint of Tago, who was denied visa for the China Super Series Premier Badminton Tournament.
Tago, who is also the Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh Badminton Association, had also approached MEA after he was denied visa by the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi "on ground of Arunachal domiciles", a day after applying for the travel document on November 10. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet and routinely protests visits by Indian leaders, foreign officials as well as the Dalai Lama to the area.
1 India takes up visa denial with China
2 PV Sindhu, Ajay Jayaram reach quarter finals of China Open
3 In China Open defeat, takeaways for Saina Nehwal


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Fred Adler of Southold died Jan. 17 at San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Greenport. He was 97.
Funeral arrangements, incomplete at presstime, are being handled by DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.
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