WASHINGTON: Americans are fearful about the impact of social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter, with many saying they spread misinformation and divide the country, even though most people still use these networks, a new poll showed on Friday.
The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found 57 per cent of Americans believe social media sites do more to divide the country, and 55 per cent said the networks are more likely to spread "lies and falsehoods" than genuine news and information.
"Social media — and Facebook, in particular — have some serious issues in this poll," said Micah Roberts of the Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies, which conducted the survey with the Democratic firm Hart Research Associates.
"If America was giving social media a Yelp review, a majority would give it zero stars." According to the survey, 61 per cent think social media does more to spread unfair attacks and rumours against public figures and corporations, compared with 32 per cent who say it helps hold those public figures and corporations accountable.
And 82 per cent say social media sites do more to waste people's time, compared with 15 per cent who say time on these networks is well-spent.
Despite the concerns, 69 per cent of those polled said they use social media at least once a day. The poll also found 59 per cent of Americans believe that technology in general has more benefits than drawbacks.
The public appeared split about whether the federal government should break up the largest tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook — 47 per cent agreed and 50 per cent disagreed.
Some 60 per cent of respondents said they don't trust Facebook at all to protect their personal information — a finding following a series of revelations on how Facebook collects and shares personal data. That was a far greater percentage of distrust than for Amazon (28 per cent), Google (37 per cent) and the federal government (35 per cent).
Delete your Facebook profiles. Social media is 99% disinformation and lies.
My modem was out of order for two days and believe me, we enjoyed its absence. So much so, we switch it of sometimes now.
Social media is in essence, fake and dangerous media.
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Will NCIS: Los Angeles be renewed for Season 13?
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Curious World Staff
Will NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 happen on CBS…??
While we haven't had as many episodes as normal of our favorite TV shows, there's no doubt that we're looking at the futures of them. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 will be on your mind. Is it likely to happen?
Right now, CBS hasn't made any decisions about the fates of its shows. The network tends to hold off until between March and May in the majority of cases, so we're not expecting news on NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 just yet. That doesn't stop us looking at the likelihood of a renewal.
This year has been very different when it comes to the timing and number of episodes. That could affect decisions, but CBS may just want to see shows perform well against other networks rather than worrying about big drops in live ratings between seasons.
There are various factors that go into the decision to renew a show. The live TV ratings are just one of those factors, and we're using them for the purpose of this piece.
NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 will likely happen
There is a strong chance that the show will be renewed just looking at the live TV ratings for CBS. The series sits eighth out of 21 TV shows in terms of the demo average. It is seventh when looking at the audience average. That's a strong position to be in.
It's also a good show for a Sunday night, regularly performing among the best even when it doesn't get the football lead-in. That will be something CBS takes into account.
The only thing that would likely hold the show back is if Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J decide to leave. Despite the fresh blood over recent years, the show wouldn't cope without the two male leads.
Another reason would be that the show wants to come to an end. Nobody has shown signs of that happening, but then they didn't with Hawaii Five-0 and we got the shocking news last year that the series would come to an end after 10 seasons.
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PES has returned to deliver another great short. Titled Black Gold, the animation is equal parts magnetic and creepy. Following a golden beauty as she becomes one with nature, we see that decay of one being spark the growth of others. At least, that's what I got from this film. See for yourself, and try to extrapolate your own meaning. Enjoy.


Founded in the early 20s at Fondamenta Navagero by Libero Vitali, the glass factories had a short but intense life, from both a technical and an artistical viewpoint, for the nfluence that its productions would have in the future Murano panorama.
20s the furnace cooperated with the artist Umberto Bellotto, executing the parts in glass of his combinations in iron and glass and these works were exhibited in 1925 ath the II International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Monza. After an initial period where models of vases of a fairly classical style prevailed, I.V.A.M. found its specific place in 1928 with the first examples of modern plastic glassmaking with the cooperation as designers of Giovita Vitali and Flavio Poli.
The latter jooined I.V.A.M. after his first design experiences in the field of ceramics and was immediately noticed for his proposals of revolutionary technical solutions, such as the massello process that would have conditioned a good part of the future production of all Murano glass factories.
This latest technical innovation was almost a shock for the traditional critics but enthusiastic comments soon followed as well.
In 1930 Michele Biancale wrote in the magazine "Dedalo" about I.V.A.M.: "This is the place that proclaims the new world of blown glassware on the very thin edge of the newest art, suddenly abolishing it as a material and consequently renewing its expressive character".
For their creations, Poli and Vitali took their cue from the world of animals but they did not disdain references to current events, proposing "soccer players", "jazz players", "black dancers" and "masks". The work of the actual executor of these figurines was especially praised in the person of the maestro Otello Nason, who for the first time found himself facing technical problems of execution that had never encountered before.
The firm exposed its creations at various exhibitions, including the Monza Triennale in 1930. Unfortunately the consensus of the critic was not matched by corresponding commercial success and as a consequence of the late 20s economic crisis, the I.V.A.M. was put into liquidation for the first time in 1929 and in 1931 it was finally forced to close altogether. The premises in Fondamenta Navagero were taken over by the new firm of Zecchin-Martinuzzi Vetri Artistici e Mosaici.
After serving as Mayor of Murano, Libero Vitali moved to Milan where he died n 1937.


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Линь Саньчжи́ (, 20 ноября 1898 — 6 декабря 1989) — китайский поэт, каллиграф и художник.

Биография
Его предки происходили из области Хэчжоу провинции Аньхой, но сам он родился в крестьянской семье в уезде Цзянпу провинции Цзянсу (сейчас эти места входят в состав района Пукоу города Нанкин). Заниматься каллиграфией и живописью начал с детства, а в 1929 году переехал в Шанхай, где стал учеником известного художника и педагога Хуан Биньхуна. Вскоре из-за отсутствия средств был вынужден вернуться в родные места и устроиться работать школьным учителем.

После создания Китайской Народной Республики некоторое время работал чиновником в Цзянпу, а в 1956 году был назначен заместителем главы уезда. В 1963 году был приглашён на должность преподавателя в Институт традиционной китайской живописи провинции Цзянсу (кит. 江苏省国画院) и переехал в Нанкин. Во время культурной революции подвергался преследованиям, в результате чего в 1966 году покинул Нанкин и в течение нескольких лет жил в различных местах провинциального Китая, преподавая каллиграфию. В 1970 году серьёзно повредил правую руку, что значительно повлияло на манеру его письма.

В 1972 году одно из его произведений было представлено в комиссию по отбору работ современных мастеров каллиграфии для опубликования в специальном выпуске журнала «Народный Китай», приуроченном к восстановлению дипломатических отношений с Японией (где и распространялся указанный журнал). Работа Линь Саньчжи произвела большое впечатление на комиссию (в том числе на её главу — писателя и влиятельного общественного деятеля Го Можо) и была опубликована, после чего Линь Саньчжи обрёл известность в Китае и Японии и смог вернуться в Нанкин. В 1978 году был назначен членом Народного политического консультативного совета Китая.

Умер 6 декабря 1989 года после болезни и согласно собственному желанию был похоронен в Данту, где находится могила поэта Ли Бо.

Литература
 Духовная культура Китая: энциклопедия: в 5 Т. + доп. Том / гл. Ред. М. Л. Титаренко; Ин-т Дальнего Востока РАН. Том 6 (дополнительный): искусство / ред. М. Л. Титаренко и др. М. : Восточная литература, 2010
 Barrass G.S. The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China. L., 2002

Ссылки
 Биография на сайте synologia.ru

Художники Китая
Каллиграфы Китая
Родившиеся в Нанкине

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[S283] James Clein Hays, Funeral Bulletin, February 3, 1998 Julia Langel.
[S856] Clein J. Hays, no. 514-05-4615, Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb.
[S1128] Clein James Hays and Margaret L. Hays Cemetery Marker, Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co, KS.
[S1123] Salina Journal, February 2, 1998, page A7, column 3.
[S1837] George Hyatt Nye, Frank Best and David Fisher Nye, A genealogy of the Nye family, page 3-210.
[S2508] Salina Journal, August 28, 2015.
[S1804] Salina Journal, March 6, 1959, 2.
[S1805] Salina Journal, March 8, 1959, 28.
[S702] The Salina Journal, December 17 or 18, 1987.
[S1079] City of Salina, Gypsum Hill Cemetery Database, online http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/126/168/950/217/…, Clein James Hays.


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The California Preservation Foundation, a statewide historic preservation organization, has been offering a series of lunchtime webinars (well, lunchtime on the West Coast) on a variety of topics that would interest staff and volunteers who work with historic sites, including window restoration, fundraising, architectural styles, historic landscapes, and tax credits.
On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 12 noon Pacific time, I'll be sharing a webinar with Jim Newland of California State Parks on building a stable financial foundation for historic sites by rethinking educational programming, strategic planning, revenue generation, and many other topics. I'll be talking about the challenges facing historic sites across the nation as well as some basic strategies for balancing mission and money, engaging the community, and becoming a learning organization. Joining the conversation will be Dr. Diane Kane, a trustee of the California Preservation Foundation and a longstanding preservationist, teacher, and city planner in southern California.
Webinars are a great way to keep informed on the field in the comfort of your home or office at a greatly reduced cost. The cost of this webinar is $40 per registration for members of CPF; $60 for nonmembers. And here's the real bargain: whether it's one person or 20, the cost is the same as long as you are all watching from the same computer, so invite everyone you know to join you for lunch!
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Q: Are the controls needed to create Team Explorer extensions available via NuGet? As of the VS 2015 SDK, they seem to have switched to NuGet as the source of the SDK reference assemblies, in order to make extension solutions more portable (i.e. developers don't need the whole SDK installed to work on extensions). However, I'm attempting to build a Team Explorer extension, which, according to the only tutorial I could find on the subject, requires objects from the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Controls assembly. Is there some version of this available from NuGet, so I can continue to avoid referencing the Reference Assemblies directly?

A: Yes, there is one. You need to run the command: Install-Package Microsoft.TeamFoundation.ReferenceAssemblies . Check this.
You can also install it via Package Manager, see:

However, as you checked, there is only 12.0 version, no 14.0 version available.

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The gleaming copper glimpsed through the glass of a two-story atrium is the first thing that catches the eye. Located on the Mountain Road in Stowe, this property was once known as The Shed Restaurant, the place where après ski was conceived, and long a favorite of mine for Sunday brunch. One of Vermont's original brewpubs, it was forced to close it's doors in October 2011 when its lease expired. This would be a tough act to follow.


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Hair raising charity stunt to support Urology services
by Kelly Newell | Mar 1, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Pictured (l-r): Alan Simmonds, Ian Pettie (Club President), Norman Lee, Michael Martin, Gordon Catt and Ron Stevens.
Six members of Bognor Golf Club have raised more than £1900 for local hospital services… by growing moustaches.
The golfers ditched their razors to support an appeal launched by hospital staff to improve urology care in West Sussex.
Paul Carter, Consultant Urological Surgeon for Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Chichester Nuffield Hospital, was delighted to receive the unexpected cheque in the post.
He said: "We are absolutely thrilled with this donation from the Bognor Golf Club. We have already raised a significant amount of money for Love Your Hospital, the trust's dedicated charity, and are keen to use these funds raised by the members specifically to improve equipment used in our multi-disciplinary team meetings where we discuss our local cancer patients."
The club members were inspired to grow their facial hair after learning that urology consultants were due to take part in the 100-mile Vélo South bike ride before it was cancelled due to severe weather conditions. The cyclists went on to arrange their own 100-mile cycle challenge and to date have raised over £30,000 of their £80,000 fundraising target.
For more information on how you can donate, please contact Janet Francis info@westsussexurology.co.uk
Nurse decorates house to launch NHS Charity Christmas Appeal
A nurse from Selsey has adorned the outside of her house and front garden in Christmas decorations to mark the launch of a local hospital charity's Christmas gift appeal. Sarah Munday, 42, a dementia nurse…
Local MP's join hospital charity to celebrate the NHS at 70
Love Your Hospital, the dedicated charity of Western Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, gifted every patient at Worthing and St Richard's Hospitals a slice of birthday cake on Thursday 5th July to celebrate the 70th birthday…
Family raises £1,650 for neonatal unit
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If Tuataurs MUST receive a negative balance modification, which is most appropriate?
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Would you enjoy it if we changed the format of the Halloween trick or treat?
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This Halloween you get to search for matching costumes & masks on the mud after which you can go trick or treat the IMMs.
What Halloween costume theme do you like best?
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Which Eragora area has the best writing/storyline?
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Your favorite Immortal to spend New Years Eve with?
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The question is whether or not allowing bots to automatically cast requiem, touch of grace and other spells based on death messages should be legal or not.
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What races, name, or otherwise should be used to name the suites of cards I am trying to create? I already chose Goblins to be one of them.
There is a disturbance in the realm as September fails to become a Lord at sublevel 628.
Lif has remorted into a Tuataur Mage.
Cantus has remorted into a Tuataur Black Circle Initiate.
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The HOGathon has ENDED. HOG is no longer a valid command.


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AES New York 2017's Product Development Track to Feature the Industry's Newest Advancements in Audio Technology and Methods
The 143rd International Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention, at the Jacob Javits Center, NY, October 18 to 21, will be the must-attend meeting place and gear exhibition for audio professionals. The AES New York 2017's Product Development Track will feature the industry's newest advancements in audio technology and methods. The seminar series will address methods of bringing products to market faster, new headphone design techniques, development methods, better audio coding methods, and more.
Renowned Recording Engineer and Producer Leslie Ann Jones to Deliver Heyser Lecture "Paying Attention" at AES New York Convention
The Audio Engineering Society has announced that the award-winning and highly renowned recording engineer and producer Leslie Ann Jones of Skywalker Sound will deliver the Heyser Memorial Lecture at the upcoming AES New York Convention, taking place October 18 to 21 at the Jacob Javits Center.
NAMM Announces Expansion and Enhanced Experiences for NAMM Show 2018
The 2018 NAMM Show, the global crossroads of the music products, pro audio and sound, and event technology industries, will offer exhibitors and attendees the largest expanded campus in the show's history when the doors open January 25-28, 2018 in Anaheim, California. The 2017 edition welcomed 7,000 brands and a record 1,779 exhibiting companies. The opening of the ACC North Hall, promises to make the NAMM Show 2018 even larger, and an enhanced show experience for all.
August 9, 2017 by Audio Engineering_Society
Audio Engineering Society Announces 2017 Election Results and Confirms Nadja Wallaszkovits as AES incoming President-Elect
The Audio Engineering Society has released the list of winning candidates from the balloting in the 2017 AES international elections. The newly elected officers will assume their roles in October, shortly after the end of the 143rd International AES Convention in New York. Entering the office of President-Elect is Nadja Wallaszkovits, who will serve first on the AES Board of Governors and Executive Committee as President-Elect, fully assuming the Presidency in October 2018 for a one-year term.
AES New York Convention 2017 to Feature New Exhibition Floor Expo Events and Expanded Technical Program and Events
The Audio Engineering Society has announced details for the upcoming 143rd International AES Convention, taking place October 18 to 21, 2017, at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. The largest pro audio education and networking AES event of the year will debut new exhibition floor stages and sessions. From project studio production to broadcast audio, live sound, audio for VR, Broadway events and more, the AES NYC Convention offers exclusive learning opportunities for all attendees.
3rd AES International Conference On Sound Reinforcement — Open Air Venues
The 3rd AES International Conference On Sound Reinforcement — Open Air Venues, will take place in Struer, Denmark, from August 30 to September 2. This conference on sound reinforcement is a follow-up to the AES 2015 conference in Montreal and will focus on sound reinforcement in the open air. Live performances will demonstrate the most advanced and up-to-date sound systems operated by renowned sound engineers on an outdoor stage.
Audio Engineering Society Confirms Annual US Convention to Stay in New York and Reinforced Partnership with NAMM
Audio Engineering Society President, Alex Case confirmed in a statement that the association's annual International Convention in the US will stay in New York also in 2018, leveraging the strong synergies with NAB Show New York that will occur for the first time concurrently with the 143rd International AES Convention, October 18 to 21, 2017, at the Jacob Javits Center. For the West Coast, the AES will reinforce its AES@NAMM partnership with the NAMM Show, in Anaheim, CA.
AES Launches Standards Sustainer Program to Expand Industry-Enhancing AES Standards Efforts
The Audio Engineering Society Standards Committee is soliciting industry support through a new program called "AES Standards Sustainers," to better support an expansion of the AES standards operation. The program offers significant marketing and public relations exposure to standards-sustaining manufacturers, organizations and individuals supporting the development of standards that underlie fundamental technology in the audio industry.
Dr. Alex Arteaga to Give Keynote Address at AES 142nd International Convention In Berlin
The AES Berlin Committee has announced that Dr. Alex Arteaga will give the Opening Ceremonies keynote speech, "Auditory Architecture: Environment, Sense, and Aurality," at the 142nd International AES Convention, being held in Berlin, Germany, on May 20 to 23, 2017, at the Maritim Hotel Berlin. The presentation will delve into areas of aesthetics and the perception by the senses as it pertains to audio.
Audio Engineering Society to Join The 2018 NAMM Show in New Format: AES at NAMM
With a vision to continue to strengthen the music and pro audio industries, The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and The Audio Engineering Society (AES) have announced a new collaborative alliance which will integrate pro audio educational training activities related to live sound, performance audio, recording technology and other topics into The 2018 NAMM Show, January 25-28 in Anaheim, California.


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Q:  with network-path reference I just discovered that performing an <esi:include src="url" /> using a network-path reference is not possible; it returns an error in the inclusion.
Is possible to include an absolute URL omitting the protocol/scheme?
I need to include pages via http or https depending on the protocol/scheme of the calling page
(so include http://example.com/included if I'm including in http://example.com/container,
or include https://example.com/included if I'm including in https://example.com/container)

A: I just found that my problem was not with ESI Include.
The inclusion can always be done via https and doesn't need to be adaptable to http or https; obviously it happens on server-side.
My specific problem was instead client-related, cause the resources (CSS, JS) from the included code were getting the scheme/protocol from the <base href> set in the container; so the cause was the latter one (that was always set to http), not because of the ESI include.


Sawada Y, Tong Y, Barangi M, Hata T, Williams MR, Nakatsuji T, Gallo RL. Dilute bleach baths used for treatment of atopic dermatitis are not antimicrobial in vitro. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Jan 21. PMID: 30677478.
Nakatsuji T, Gallo RL. The role of the skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2018 Dec 11. PMID: 30550810.
Nakatsuji T, Chen TH, Butcher AM, Trzoss LL, Nam SJ, Shirakawa KT, Zhou W, Oh J, Otto M, Fenical W, Gallo RL. A commensal strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis protects against skin neoplasia. Sci Adv. 2018 Feb; 4(2):eaao4502. PMID: 29507878.
Williams MR, Nakatsuji T, Gallo RL. Staphylococcus aureus: Master Manipulator of the Skin. Cell Host Microbe. 2017 11 08; 22(5):579-581. PMID: 29120738.
Nakatsuji T, Chen TH, Narala S, Chun KA, Two AM, Yun T, Shafiq F, Kotol PF, Bouslimani A, Melnik AV, Latif H, Kim JN, Lockhart A, Artis K, David G, Taylor P, Streib J, Dorrestein PC, Grier A, Gill SR, Zengler K, Hata TR, Leung DY, Gallo RL. Antimicrobials from human skin commensal bacteria protect against Staphylococcus aureus and are deficient in atopic dermatitis. Sci Transl Med. 2017 02 22; 9(378). PMID: 28228596.
Williams MR, Nakatsuji T, Sanford JA, Vrbanac AF, Gallo RL. Staphylococcus aureus Induces Increased Serine Protease Activity in Keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 02; 137(2):377-384. PMID: 27765722.
Nakatsuji T, Chen TH, Two AM, Chun KA, Narala S, Geha RS, Hata TR, Gallo RL. Staphylococcus aureus Exploits Epidermal Barrier Defects in Atopic Dermatitis to Trigger Cytokine Expression. J Invest Dermatol. 2016 11; 136(11):2192-2200. PMID: 27381887.
Two AM, Nakatsuji T, Kotol PF, Arvanitidou E, Du-Thumm L, Hata TR, Gallo RL. The Cutaneous Microbiome and Aspects of Skin Antimicrobial Defense System Resist Acute Treatment with Topical Skin Cleansers. J Invest Dermatol. 2016 10; 136(10):1950-1954. PMID: 27377698.
Sato E, Muto J, Zhang LJ, Adase CA, Sanford JA, Takahashi T, Nakatsuji T, Usdin TB, Gallo RL. The Parathyroid Hormone Second Receptor PTH2R and its Ligand Tuberoinfundibular Peptide of 39 Residues TIP39 Regulate Intracellular Calcium and Influence Keratinocyte Differentiation. J Invest Dermatol. 2016 07; 136(7):1449-1459. PMID: 27000502.
Bernard Q, Gallo RL, Jaulhac B, Nakatsuji T, Luft B, Yang X, Boulanger N. Ixodes tick saliva suppresses the keratinocyte cytokine response to TLR2/TLR3 ligands during early exposure to Lyme borreliosis. Exp Dermatol. 2016 Jan; 25(1):26-31. PMID: 26307945.
Bouslimani A, Porto C, Rath CM, Wang M, Guo Y, Gonzalez A, Berg-Lyon D, Ackermann G, Moeller Christensen GJ, Nakatsuji T, Zhang L, Borkowski AW, Meehan MJ, Dorrestein K, Gallo RL, Bandeira N, Knight R, Alexandrov T, Dorrestein PC. Molecular cartography of the human skin surface in 3D. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 28; 112(17):E2120-9. PMID: 25825778; PMCID: PMC4418856.
Murakami M, Kaneko T, Nakatsuji T, Kameda K, Okazaki H, Dai X, Hanakawa Y, Tohyama M, Ishida-Yamamoto A, Sayama K. Vesicular LL-37 contributes to inflammation of the lesional skin of palmoplantar pustulosis. PLoS One. 2014; 9(10):e110677. PMID: 25330301; PMCID: PMC4199729.
MacLeod DT, Nakatsuji T, Wang Z, di Nardo A, Gallo RL. Vaccinia virus binds to the scavenger receptor MARCO on the surface of keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Jan; 135(1):142-150. PMID: 25089661; PMCID: PMC4268046.
Nakatsuji T, Gallo RL. Dermatological therapy by topical application of non-pathogenic bacteria. J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Jan; 134(1):11-14. PMID: 24352078.
Two AM, Hata TR, Nakatsuji T, Coda AB, Kotol PF, Wu W, Shafiq F, Huang EY, Gallo RL. Reduction in serine protease activity correlates with improved rosacea severity in a small, randomized pilot study of a topical serine protease inhibitor. J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Apr; 134(4):1143-1145. PMID: 24213369; PMCID: PMC3970953.
Nakatsuji T, Chiang HI, Jiang SB, Nagarajan H, Zengler K, Gallo RL. The microbiome extends to subepidermal compartments of normal skin. Nat Commun. 2013; 4:1431. PMID: 23385576; PMCID: PMC3655727.
MacLeod DT, Nakatsuji T, Yamasaki K, Kobzik L, Gallo RL. HSV-1 exploits the innate immune scavenger receptor MARCO to enhance epithelial adsorption and infection. Nat Commun. 2013; 4:1963. PMID: 23739639; PMCID: PMC3681428.
Bernard JJ, Cowing-Zitron C, Nakatsuji T, Muehleisen B, Muto J, Borkowski AW, Martinez L, Greidinger EL, Yu BD, Gallo RL. Ultraviolet radiation damages self noncoding RNA and is detected by TLR3. Nat Med. 2012 Aug; 18(8):1286-90. PMID: 22772463; PMCID: PMC3812946.
Kanada KN, Nakatsuji T, Gallo RL. Doxycycline indirectly inhibits proteolytic activation of tryptic kallikrein-related peptidases and activation of cathelicidin. J Invest Dermatol. 2012 May; 132(5):1435-42. PMID: 22336948; PMCID: PMC4169281.
Nakatsuji T, Gallo RL. Antimicrobial peptides: old molecules with new ideas. J Invest Dermatol. 2012 Mar; 132(3 Pt 2):887-95. PMID: 22158560; PMCID: PMC3279605.
Gallo RL, Nakatsuji T. Microbial symbiosis with the innate immune defense system of the skin. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Oct; 131(10):1974-80. PMID: 21697881; PMCID: PMC3174284.
Nakatsuji T, Tang DC, Zhang L, Gallo RL, Huang CM. Propionibacterium acnes CAMP factor and host acid sphingomyelinase contribute to bacterial virulence: potential targets for inflammatory acne treatment. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 12; 6(4):e14797. PMID: 21533261; PMCID: PMC3075254.
Chen CH, Wang Y, Nakatsuji T, Liu YT, Zouboulis C, Gallo R, Zhang L, Hsieh MF, Huang CM. An innate bactericidal oleic acid effective against skin infection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a therapy concordant with evolutionary medicine. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2011 Apr; 21(4):391-9. PMID: 21532323.
Liu PF, Nakatsuji T, Zhu W, Gallo RL, Huang CM. Passive immunoprotection targeting a secreted CAMP factor of Propionibacterium acnes as a novel immunotherapeutic for acne vulgaris. Vaccine. 2011 Apr 12; 29(17):3230-8. PMID: 21354482; PMCID: PMC3388602.
Yamasaki K, Kanada K, Macleod DT, Borkowski AW, Morizane S, Nakatsuji T, Cogen AL, Gallo RL. TLR2 expression is increased in rosacea and stimulates enhanced serine protease production by keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Mar; 131(3):688-97. PMID: 21107351; PMCID: PMC3085277.
Nakatsuji T, Kao MC, Zhang L, Zouboulis CC, Gallo RL, Huang CM. Sebum free fatty acids enhance the innate immune defense of human sebocytes by upregulating beta-defensin-2 expression. J Invest Dermatol. 2010 Apr; 130(4):985-94. PMID: 20032992; PMCID: PMC3057125.
Panicker G, Mojib N, Nakatsuji T, Aislabie J, Bej AK. Occurrence and distribution of capB in Antarctic microorganisms and study of its structure and regulation in the Antarctic biodegradative Pseudomonas sp. 30/3. Extremophiles. 2010 Mar; 14(2):171-83. PMID: 20091073.
Lai Y, Di Nardo A, Nakatsuji T, Leichtle A, Yang Y, Cogen AL, Wu ZR, Hooper LV, Schmidt RR, von Aulock S, Radek KA, Huang CM, Ryan AF, Gallo RL. Commensal bacteria regulate Toll-like receptor 3-dependent inflammation after skin injury. Nat Med. 2009 Dec; 15(12):1377-82. PMID: 19966777; PMCID: PMC2880863.
Yang D, Pornpattananangkul D, Nakatsuji T, Chan M, Carson D, Huang CM, Zhang L. The antimicrobial activity of liposomal lauric acids against Propionibacterium acnes. Biomaterials. 2009 Oct; 30(30):6035-40. PMID: 19665786; PMCID: PMC2735618.
Lee DY, Huang CM, Nakatsuji T, Thiboutot D, Kang SA, Monestier M, Gallo RL. Histone H4 is a major component of the antimicrobial action of human sebocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Oct; 129(10):2489-96. PMID: 19536143; PMCID: PMC2765036.
Nakatsuji T, Kao MC, Fang JY, Zouboulis CC, Zhang L, Gallo RL, Huang CM. Antimicrobial property of lauric acid against Propionibacterium acnes: its therapeutic potential for inflammatory acne vulgaris. J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Oct; 129(10):2480-8. PMID: 19387482; PMCID: PMC2772209.
Nakatsuji T, Lee CY, Watson RD. Crustacean molt-inhibiting hormone: structure, function, and cellular mode of action. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 2009 Feb; 152(2):139-48. PMID: 19000932.
Nakatsuji T, Rasochova L, Huang CM. Vaccine therapy for P. acnes-associated diseases. Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2008 Sep; 8(3):160-5. PMID: 18782033.
Nakatsuji T, Shi Y, Zhu W, Huang CP, Chen YR, Lee DY, Smith JW, Zouboulis CC, Gallo RL, Huang CM. Bioengineering a humanized acne microenvironment model: proteomics analysis of host responses to Propionibacterium acnes infection in vivo. Proteomics. 2008 Aug; 8(16):3406-15. PMID: 18651708; PMCID: PMC2699546.
Huang CP, Liu YT, Nakatsuji T, Shi Y, Gallo RR, Lin SB, Huang CM. Proteomics integrated with Escherichia coli vector-based vaccines and antigen microarrays reveals the immunogenicity of a surface sialidase-like protein of Propionibacterium acnes. Proteomics Clin Appl. 2008 Sep; 2(9):1234-45. PMID: 21136919; PMCID: PMC3070417.
Nakatsuji T, Liu YT, Huang CP, Zoubouis CC, Gallo RL, Huang CM. Antibodies elicited by inactivated propionibacterium acnes-based vaccines exert protective immunity and attenuate the IL-8 production in human sebocytes: relevance to therapy for acne vulgaris. J Invest Dermatol. 2008 Oct; 128(10):2451-7. PMID: 18463682; PMCID: PMC3070419.
Nakatsuji T, Liu YT, Huang CP, Zouboulis CC, Gallo RL, Huang CM. Vaccination targeting a surface sialidase of P. acnes: implication for new treatment of acne vulgaris. PLoS One. 2008 Feb 06; 3(2):e1551. PMID: 18253498; PMCID: PMC2212713.
Huang CM, Nakatsuji T, Liu YT, Shi Y. In vivo tumor secretion probing via ultrafiltration and tissue chamber: implication for anti-cancer drugs targeting secretome. Recent Pat Anticancer Drug Discov. 2008 Jan; 3(1):48-54. PMID: 18289123; PMCID: PMC2772193.
Zheng J, Nakatsuji T, Roer RD, Watson RD. Studies of a receptor guanylyl cyclase cloned from Y-organs of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), and its possible functional link to ecdysteroidogenesis. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2008 Feb 01; 155(3):780-8. PMID: 18093588.
Nakatsuji T, Han DW, Jablonsky MJ, Harville SR, Muccio DD, Watson RD. Expression of crustacean (Callinectes sapidus) molt-inhibiting hormone in Escherichia coli: characterization of the recombinant peptide and assessment of its effects on cellular signaling pathways in Y-organs. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2006 Jul 11; 253(1-2):96-104. PMID: 16790313.
Nakatsuji T, Sonobe H, Watson RD. Molt-inhibiting hormone-mediated regulation of ecdysteroid synthesis in Y-organs of the crayfish (Procambarus clarkii): involvement of cyclic GMP and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2006 Jul 11; 253(1-2):76-82. PMID: 16765511.
Ohira T, Katayama H, Tominaga S, Takasuka T, Nakatsuji T, Sonobe H, Aida K, Nagasawa H. Cloning and characterization of a molt-inhibiting hormone-like peptide from the prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus. Peptides. 2005 Feb; 26(2):259-68. PMID: 15629537.
Nakatsuji T, Sonobe H. Regulation of ecdysteroid secretion from the Y-organ by molt-inhibiting hormone in the American crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2004 Feb; 135(3):358-64. PMID: 14723887.
Nakatsuji T, Sonobe H. Measurement of molt-inhibiting hormone titer in hemolymph of the American crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, by time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay. Zoolog Sci. 2003 Aug; 20(8):999-1001. PMID: 12951406.
Sonobe H, Nishimura T, Sonobe M, Nakatsuji T, Yanagihara R, Kawakami T, Aimoto S. The molt-inhibiting hormone in the American crayfish Procambarus clarkii: its chemical synthesis and biological activity. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2001 Feb; 121(2):196-204. PMID: 11178885.
Nakatsuji T, Keino H, Tamura K, Yoshimura S, Kawakami T, Aimoto S, Sonobe H. Changes in the Amounts of the Molt-Inhibiting Hormone in Sinus Glands during the Molt Cycle of the American Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. Zoolog Sci. 2000 Nov 01; 17(8):1129-36. PMID: 18522469.
Kawakami T, Toda C, Akaji K, Nishimura T, Nakatsuji T, Ueno K, Sonobe M, Sonobe H, Aimoto S. Synthesis of a molt-inhibiting hormone of the American crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, and determination of the location of its disulfide linkages. J Biochem. 2000 Sep; 128(3):455-61. PMID: 10965045.


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Even With Cardboard Beds And Recycled Medals, Olympics Take Flak Over The Environment
By Anthony Kuhn
Published July 6, 2021 at 10:42 AM HST
Eugene Hoshiko
Journalists look at cardboard beds for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic at the Village Plaza near Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village Sunday, June 20, in Tokyo.
Updated July 9, 2021 at 12:18 PM ET
SEOUL — The Olympic medals use precious metal extracted from used electronics. Athletes sleep on cardboard beds. The podiums are recycled plastic. Even the Olympic torch has aluminum that was recycled from the temporary housing used after Japan's Fukushima disaster.
While much of the world, especially the Japanese public, worries that the Tokyo Olympics could become a coronavirus superspreader event, the organizers have not only pledged the games will be safe from the pandemic, even barring spectators at venues in the capital and several other cities. They are also eager to promote these Olympics as the most eco-friendly games ever.
Environmental groups applaud some of the efforts taken to lighten the impact such a huge international event has on the planet. But some analysts say the new symbolism of sustainability exaggerates the reality. Others just call it a "greenwash."
"Unfortunately, the data show that sustainability in all dimensions is decreasing over time from 1992 to 2020," concludes Sven Daniel Wolfe, lecturer and researcher at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He co-authored a recent study on Olympic sustainability, as measured by economic efficiency, ecological impact and social justice.
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In this April 1, 2017, file photo, gold tablets of 3 grams (left), which can be recycled from 100 cellphones, are shown as example in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers said the gold, silver and bronze medals would be made of more than 6 million used cellphones and other electronic devises.
Wolfe notes that the decline is happening "in spite of the fact that environmentalism and sustainability is one of the pillars of the Olympic movement." He argues that sustainability increasingly tends to take a back seat to corporate profits and ambitions to put on bigger, more impressive spectacles.
But Wolfe and some environmental groups do give Olympic organizers credit for trying.
Masako Konishi, the climate and energy project leader at World Wildlife Fund Japan who is also a member of the Tokyo Olympics sustainability committee, acknowledges some parts of the games' sustainability plan are better than others.
"I would say the Tokyo Olympics has the best ever Olympic sustainability code for climate change," she argues.
She points out that "the extra electricity that is required for the Tokyo Olympics will be 100% renewable energy. And that could be a very good role model for the other future Olympics."
The games will, or course, still produce harmful gas emissions that cause climate change. Flying in thousands of athletes from around the world itself leaves a hefty carbon footprint.
But Konishi says the organizers have already obtained more than enough carbon credits from companies that are saving energy or storing carbon. She says, "150% of the credits [have] been collected," making it the "first ever carbon-negative Olympics."
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Seiko Hashimoto (left), president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, bows with Stanislav Vecera (R), CEO and president of Procter & Gamble Japan, a Tokyo 2020 partner for the recycled plastic podium project, on June 3 in Tokyo.
Wolfe points out carbon offsetting is criticized by those who argue that "carbon is still being pumped into the atmosphere, and tree-planting somewhere else on the globe isn't necessarily going to eliminate the emissions that were already pumped out."
Konishi isn't as upbeat about sourcing seafood — or, how to serve athletes sushi without overfishing the seas.
She says Japanese suppliers have lobbied Olympic organizers to water down their sourcing standards. As a result, she says, suppliers only need to submit a plan for sustainability, without actually having to achieve it.
"Basically, they are saying that if the standard is too strict, there will be not much Japanese marine products" available for the games, she says as an example.
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A recyclable cardboard bed and mattress for athletes are seen during a media tour at the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Tokyo 2020 Games, constructed in the Harumi waterfront district of Tokyo, Sunday, June 20.
Officials pledged to use sustainable materials — including recyclable cardboard beds — at the Athletes Village. Still, environmentalists have advocated against the use of other materials. Sourcing timber is a particularly thorny problem.
The Rainforest Action Network, or RAN, said it traced tropical plywood from the construction of an Olympic stadium in Tokyo to forests of Indonesia, where deforestation has been a problem.
"We actually found that the majority of the Indonesian plywood that the Olympic organizers sourced was coming from rainforests that are being converted into palm oil plantations," explains RAN campaigner Hana Heineken.
Such conversion destroys some of the oldest forests on Earth, which are home to endangered orangutans.
Heineken says the action network complained to Olympic organizers, who rejected the complaint.
She says she thinks about the stadiums that contain the plywood that will be partly or completely empty of spectators due to the pandemic.
"What was all this for," she asks. "Was it worth it to destroy the rainforests in Indonesia? Our view is: this was a real waste."
Whatever standards the games set for sustainability, researcher Sven Daniel Wolfe adds, they're likely to be overshadowed by the bigger crisis.
"In the final analysis," he says, "I think Tokyo will be remembered more as the pandemic games, rather than any claims to sustainability."
Chie Kobayashi in Tokyo contributed to this report.
Anthony Kuhn
Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he traveled to the region to cover major stories including the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.
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PRODUCER: Their history begins in 1929 when his grandfather decides to bottle and trade under the signature Pierre Amadieu his wine coming from the 7 hectares (17 acres) of vineyard in Gigondas passed on by generation to generation. He is then one of the firsts to print the name of the appellation on his bottles and obtains from 1932 a golden medal in the National Agricultural Concours of Paris. Pierre is presently at the head of the company and in charge of winemaking and maturing. He works with his uncle Claude who runs the vineyard. Together they follow the familial way of thinking by respecting soils and traditions in order to make you share wines faithful to the quality ambition of their grandfather and by adding a note of modernity in order to delight the most demanding and the most curious palates.
WINEMAKING: The wine makings take place in Gigondas and in the cellar of Romane, in the heart of the vineyard. This is a long and traditional fermentation or maceration of whole berries. Wines are then aged carefully in the cellars of Gigondas and La Machotte, with a perfect natural hygrometry. By a long and moderated maturing (between 12 and 24 months), combining barrels and big oak casks, a discreet woodiness which respects and reveals all the expression of their terroirs.
TASTING NOTES: On the nose, black currant and raspberry fragrances together with a hint of violet are very typical of Syrah wines. Delicate, the mouth is silky but powerful showing red fruits notes, tannins are round and soft. The colour is deep and the alcohol content is low moving to truffles and mushroom aromas.


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Cozy Fantastic
Posted on May 14, 2016 by barczablog
I knew how it was going to work. I resisted and was still swept away by the conceptual brilliance of A Little too Cozy, Against the Grain's latest transladaptation. Don't let the word scare you, it merely means something that is both a translation and an adaptation. AtG artistic director Joel Ivany has now completed his trilogy of the Mozart- da Ponte operas, previously giving us Figaro's Wedding (brought to Toronto in 2013 after an earlier workshop process in Banff) and #UncleJohn (2014).
It is the site-specific show to end all site-specific shows.
Ten stories up inside the CBC building, this is the view from my phone (dangled over the railing please note) on the way to see the opera: in a TV studio.
We come to the CBC Building on Front St, with a front door guarded by Glenn Gould's bronze image, ascending to the 10th floor in a studio that we hear is alongside where they do Hockey Night in Canada (one of my favourite CBC shows) and Dragon's Den (absolutely my least favourite).
A Little Too Cozy is many things, but above all it is meta-theatrical, a layered creation that is like an opera within an opera, or perhaps an opera within a reality TV show. By seating us in this iconic place the reality is so perfectly authorized that the opera is almost incidental. It's just about the coolest place I've ever been to see an opera (as an opera fan I'd say Lincoln Center is cooler, but only just barely).
The space dominates the experience. Long after the show is over, you are still walking through this place with photos of stars on the walls, a kind of technological cocoon that protects the perfection of broadcast from the outside world. What a coup for AtG to get their opera produced in such a perfect space…!
We watch this opera, even though we hear singing + a tight ensemble led from the piano by Topher Mokrzewski. The space is far from ideal acoustically, given that TV studios are dry rather than reverberant, and not hospitable to big powerful voices. While Cairan Ryan as Donald L Fonzo, the host of the Cozy show (Don L Fonzo = Don Alfonso from Mozart's opera), was surely the lightest bass voice I've ever heard undertake the role, he was the most successful negotiating the acoustic, every word crystal clear. We observe the performers while seeing them also on monitors, captured by a cameraperson. At one especially powerful moment we watch Clarence Frazer as Elmo (the lover formerly known as "Guglielmo" in the original) freak out on camera as Fernando comes on to his betrothed. It's as disgusting as reality TV or the plot of this opera, but foregrounding the phony performative aspects of romance. Frazer is sometimes funny, sometimes very sympathetic, and does very well in his close-up.
Yes I resisted initially –as I do with anything that's so clever it captures my imagination—but I was won over. I should perhaps add that I am conflicted about this opera, which means I was especially impressed with how well Ivany's concept worked. There we were down the hall from CBC's greatest reality TV achievement –the aforementioned Dragon's Den—watching impressive echoes of the genre. There are those cliché moments when the lovers are shown in flashback on film with soft-rock accompaniment. There is a lot of dialogue (as opposed to recitative). And above all, there's the space, always visually intriguing as we are in a self-referential place. Of the three transladaptations, this one seems least encumbered by the devices of opera, emerging into a new hybrid genre, without any creaky shifts of gears between numbers. We are watching something resembling live television, only rarely slowed for an operatic number.
When seeing something like this I often ask myself who's most likely to enjoy such a thing, between the hardcore opera fans and the neophytes. This occasion seems especially rich in its rewards for first time viewers –and notice I don't say "listeners"—as we're in a very hip modern place. The more conservative opera-goer may resist, as I did, but I think they'd have to admit it's quite a remarkable creation, one that adds extraordinary energy to the original. Instead of the bet between Alfonso and the two young lovers–a creaky plot device of the original that can be so troubling with implications of misogyny and straining our credibility when the same lovers show up in disguise– these problems are avoided.
The reality TV story we watch has them betrothed but never having met (as part of the premise of big money that they would win if they go through with it), eliminating that credibility problem. By framing the story about love and marriage in this exploitive context of modern TV romance we're in an apt discursive place to be questioning relationships throughout. As a result I like A Little Too Cozy more than the original.
Caitlin Wood as Despina does what all Despinas do, namely steal the show throughout, given that she gets much of the best music and funniest lines. Aaron Sheppard as Fernando has many sympathetic moments. Shantelle Przybylo (Felicity, formerly Fiordiligi) and Rihab Chaieb as Dora (or Dorabella) were for me the most authentic part of the reality TV imitation, disturbing and possibly insulting as that might be to those women. OMFG but they are hysterically funny, hypocritical, and at the same time totally vulnerable. From their hair & fashion to their succession of wineglasses, they are genuine, and make you care about the outcome of the story: no matter who marries whom.
I can't recommend this highly enough. See A Little Too Cozy.
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operaramblings says:
>> The more conservative opera-goer may resist…
Interesting. I was there on opening night and the Opera Establishment was out in force. The COC board could probably have held a quorate meeting in the bar before the show. The only vaguely negative comment I heard was that Cozy was so modern and so clever that Mozart's music felt somewhat out of place, perhaps even a little trite. Generally it seems to have been received well across a wide range of audience types though, to be fair, I have no idea whether there were any genuine newbies there. I guess the question that I'm asking now is "How much gas is left in the tank?". Where do AtG go from here and is there more that can be done with the genre?
barczablog says:
It remains to be seen what they'll do next, but on the evidence, they seem far from exhausted. Yes the Da Ponte operas follow a bit of a formula, especially the texts with their frequent use of popular phrases for big laughs, eg reference to "BMO financial" and text like "hottie" or "shit happens". While that tiny tendency might wear thin in time, they have so far only shown us a tiny corner of the repertoire. Their Boheme wasn't at all like their Pelléas, while more serious pieces such as Death & Desire or Messiah are probably my favourites. The presence of the COC is no coincidence given their funding help, their close association with the Banff workshops, and indeed, their use of Joel this season. One could make the case that AtG are a bit like a farm-team of the COC: not as a place to send the youngsters (like a real farm team, as that's what the Ensemble Studio is really like) so much as a new well-spring of talent & ideas. AtG could go a lot further (how about staging Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette with dance for the sequences that are non-verbal? oh wait, Topher hates Berlioz. Otherwise he shows great taste but we don't see eye to eye on that one…. But you get my point, there's lots & lots more they could do.) . This venue will be hard to top, but we shall see. They keep raising the bar every time. I'd like to see evidence that they can't do everything, that they're not superhuman, before i go all agnostic and claim that superman can't actually fly. I believe in faeries, at least this morning i do.
Oh and i would suppose you're fortunate, not to know any really conservative opera goers, as the COC establishment (who invested in the show) surely don't count in this regard.
Don't get me wrong. I'm sure AtG can and perhaps will find many new possible angles if "real work" doesn't get in the way. My "gas in the tank" comment was intended to refer to site specific updatings.


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IFR Asia Australia Debt Capital Markets Roundtable 2020
The first IFR DCM roundtable to be held in Australia provided a timely assessment of the country's monetary and fiscal policy responses and outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a change to the traditional format, the October 20 webcast began with a keynote speech from Dr Christopher Kent, assistant governor (financial markets), Reserve Bank of Australia, entitled: "The stance of monetary policy in a world of numerous tools".
The speech was followed by a comprehensive Q&A and discussion section from a panel of experts covering issues raised by Dr Kent and further, follow-on topics.
These included critiques of the various coronavirus-related initiatives from the government, RBA and regulators, the surge in Commonwealth and state bond supply, the importance of Australia's Triple A ratings as well as the prospects for negative interest rates and sovereign green bonds Down Under.
Sponsored by ANZ, Citigroup and Fitch Ratings, the webcast drew a live audience of 126, a testament to the importance of Dr Kent's comments to Australian financial markets and broad interest in the authorities' generally well received strategies to combat the impact of the coronavirus.
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IFR Asia Australia Debt Capital Markets Roundtable 2020: Roundtable participants
Dr Christopher Kent Reserve Bank of Australia Christopher is Assistant Governor (Financial Markets Division) at the Reserve Bank of Australia where he is responsible for the oversight of the Bank's operations in the domestic and global financial markets, including the management of Australia's foreign reserves. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Dickman Altius Asset Management Chris is senior portfolio manager for Altius Asset Management, with responsibility for macro outlook and interest rate portfolio settings. He was previously head of Australian institutional fixed income and money market sales businesses at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Kennedy SAFA Andrew is the director for treasury services with the South Australian Government Financing Authority. His responsibilities include overseeing SAFA's short and long-term funding and investment activities, liquidity management for the state balance sheet and asset and liability portfolio management. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Robson Yieldbroker Anthony is CEO and managing director of Yieldbroker, an institutional-only electronic fixed income trading platform for over-the-counter interest rate-based securities and derivatives in Australian and New Zealand dollars across primary and secondary markets. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Darren Sloane ANZ Darren is director, debt syndicate at ANZ, covering public sector issuers including governments, semi-governments and other SSA issuers. He has 20 years of experience in Australia and London across DCM and syndicate, fixed income sales and trading. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Walsh Citigroup Andrew is head of G10 rates and short-term interest rate trading for Citi Markets and Securities Services for Australia and New Zealand, responsible for all trading activity, including foreign exchange and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeremy Zook Fitch Ratings Jeremy is a Hong Kong-based lead analyst for Australia, Korea, Laos, New Zealand, Pakistan and Thailand within Fitch's Asia-Pacific sovereigns team. Prior to joining Fitch, he was an economist at the US Department of the Treasury. ------------------------------------------------------------------- John Weavers IFR Asia (Moderator) John is a senior reporter at IFR, covering Australasian bond markets. He previously worked in IFR's London office focusing on EMEA countries and has also written for Informa Global Markets, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Latin American Monitor and Extel newswire. To see the digital version of this roundtable, please click here To purchase printed copies or a PDF of this report, please email gloria.balbastro@refinitiv.com
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Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Dr Christopher Kent opened the IFR Australia DCM Webcast with a keynote speech in which he outlined how an expansion of the traditional monetary policy toolbox has provided additional liquidity and massively boosted the RBA balance sheet. "In a world of unconventional policies, assessing the stance of monetary policy is not as straightforward as it once was," he began. "It used to be that looking at the Board's cash rate target and coming to a view on its likely path…provided a reasonable summary of the stance of monetary policy. If the cash rate target was lowered, the traded cash rate would decline to that lower rate and policy had clearly moved to a more expansionary footing." Kent explained how the monetary transmission mechanism became more complex after March 19, when the Reserve Bank introduced a new package of policy measures, both conventional and unconventional. In addition to cutting the cash rate 50bp to a record low 0.25%, the RBA provided forward guidance indicating that the cash rate would not be increased until the board was confident of meeting its employment and inflation objectives. It also set a target for the three-year Australian Government bond yields of around 0.25%, by purchasing ACGBs in the secondary market, and introduced the Term Funding Facility (TFF) in March to provide A$90bn (US$66bn) of funding to banks for three years at a fixed interest rate of 0.25%. The TFF was expanded in September to about A$200bn and extended until June 30 2021. "It's clear that this package of policy measures represented a significant easing in the stance of monetary policy. The aim has been to lower funding costs across the economy and support the provision of credit, and it has broadly worked as expected," said Kent. Bond purchases and the TFF provided a further, huge liquidity boost to the banking system as well as a massive expansion in the RBA's balance sheet. As a result, the actual cash rate – the rate banks charge to lend out funds to other banks overnight – declined below the cash rate target. It settled at around 0.13%, which was just above the then 0.10% rate that banks receive on surplus Exchange Settlement (ES) balances in their accounts at the Reserve Bank. "The decline in the cash rate to be below the target was a natural consequence of the expansion of the Reserve Bank's balance sheet," said Kent. Balance sheet boost Kent identified three broad options for banks to use money from the TFF; write new loans to households or businesses, purchase securities such as government or corporate bonds, or replace other forms of funding, such as bank bonds. "In each case, the use of TFF funds results in lower interest rates in the economy. And in the case where the TFF is used to buy a bond or make a loan, it also results in new funding finding its way to a borrower or an investor. "That is, there is a quantity effect as well as an interest rate effect, whereby an expansion in the Reserve Bank's balance sheet can lead to additional funding ending up with households, businesses or governments," he said. The new tools caused changes in the size, composition and maturity of the central bank balance sheet, which has expanded massively through short-term liquidity boosts, government bond purchases and TFF funding. "Generally, an increase in balance sheet size under the new policy measures means that the Reserve Bank has acquired an asset from the private sector and in so doing provided some form of monetary stimulus which was also evident during the global financial crisis." The current composition of the balance sheet is very different now compared with the GFC, however, as the TFF plays an increasing role and short-term repos are rolled off. "This change in the composition of the RBA's balance sheet is clearly evident in the large rise in
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Xi Jinping arrives in Riyadh for 'milestone' visit
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President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on a visit Beijing hailed as its biggest diplomatic initiative in the Arab world.
Xi was met on arrival by the governor of Riyadh, the kingdom's foreign minister and the governor of sovereign wealth fund PIF, complete with a 21-gun salute.
President Xi will attend the first China-Arab States Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council summit which will be "an epoch-making milestone in the history of the development of China-Arab relations", foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said.
Beijing hopes it will make a strong statement on strengthening "unity and cooperation", Mao added.
Last month, in a message to the Arab League Summit, Xi had said China is willing to work with Arab countries to enhance mutual support and expand cooperation in a joint effort to build a China-Arab community with a shared future for the new era, so as to create a bright future for China-Arab relations and make contributions to world peace and development.
Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday that Riyadh would remain a "trusted and reliable" energy partner for Beijing and that the two countries would boost cooperation in energy supply chains by establishing a regional centre in the kingdom for Chinese factories.
The Chinese delegation is expected to sign deals worth US$30 billion with Riyadh, Saudi state media had said. (Agencies)


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For sale today is a wonderful print of Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL. This is a large work – the overall frame dimensions are close to 32.75″ wide x 13″ high. Wonderfully framed under glass. Thank you for taking a look. Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1905 and 1908. Unity Temple is considered to be one of Wright's most important structures dating from the first decade of the twentieth century.  Because of its consolidation of aesthetic intent and structure through use of a single material, reinforced concrete, Unity Temple is considered by many architects to be the first modern building in the world. This idea became of central importance to the modern architects who followed Wright, such as Mies Van Der Rohe, and even the post-modernists, such as Frank Gehry. The item "FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT Large Framed Unity Temple Chicago 36 wide x 18 high" is in sale since Saturday, November 11, 2017. This item is in the category "Art\Art Posters". The seller is "atomictimevintage" and is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.
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Up for sale is an all metal replica of Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Unity Temple, in Oak Park, Illinois. This replica dates to the 90s and is made of solid pewter, with a steel gray finish. It's very heavy, weighing 1 lb. It is in excellent condition without any damage. Please message me if you have any questions. The item "Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple, Oak Park Illinois Souvenir Building (pewter)" is in sale since Wednesday, October 31, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Fairs, Parks & Architecture\Buildings". The seller is "dinapoli_b" and is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This item can be shipped to United States.
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TITLE: Frank Lloyd Wright Wasmuth Unity Temple DESCRIPTION: An original lithograph with color of a Frank Lloyd Wright building done for the famous Ernst Wasmuth portfolio. It shows front view of the Unity Temple. It has the embossed Frank Lloyd Wright square stamp at LL. CONDITION: May have some very minor paper toning, but overall is in excellent condition. INSIDE HEIGHT: 22.75 INSIDE WIDTH: 14 OUTSIDE HEIGHT: 31.5 OUTSIDE WIDTH: 22.5 OUTSIDE DEPTH. All sales are final unless there is a fundamental mistake in the description of the item. Please view photos to judge the item for yourself. 30 years experience in the field of Fine Art & Antiques. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Tailor your auctions with Auctiva's. Track Page Views With. Auctiva's FREE Counter. The item "Frank Lloyd Wright Wasmuth Unity Temple" is in sale since Monday, September 3, 2018. This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints". The seller is "eastcoastfinearts" and is located in West Palm Beach, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States.
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Authentic piece of the concrete facade of Frank Lloyd Wright designed Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois. This piece was salvaged by the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation and given to donors of the Unity Temple restoration project. The metal plaque is glued to one side of the 5 inch by 5 inch by 3 inch concrete facade piece. You can see from the pictures that the item is irregular in shape and the concrete aggregate is visible. In Unity Temple, the piece was part of the frame structure that held a glass window. The slot at the top of the item held the window in place. I will be listing more Frank Lloyd Wright related items in the near future. Please check out my listings from time to time. The item "Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple Concrete Facade block (Oak Park, Illinois)" is in sale since Wednesday, August 1, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Cities & Towns". The seller is "shutack" and is located in Wayne, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States.
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT Unity Church Column Poster Appleton Papers Rare 18″ x 36″ Slightly curled as the poster was stored rolled. Frank Lloyd Wright reference page indicates possibly of 51 copies made. This has not been verified. A little edge folds, and a couple small surface rubs. The item "FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT Unity Church Column Poster Appleton Papers Rare 18 x 36″ is in sale since Wednesday, May 23, 2018. This item is in the category "Art\Art Posters". The seller is "vintagephx" and is located in Phoenix, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
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Wonderful vintage Frank Lloyd Wright poster-print depicting the FLW's unity church in Oak Park, IL. Measures: 36 inches high by 18 inches across. Check out my other listings as I'm listing a number of Frank Lloyd Wright posters. From a large collection. Please let me know if you have any questions. I also offer discounts to returning customers, message me if you're returning. The item "Original Frank Lloyd Wright -Oak Park Column Unity Church Poster Print -Mint" is in sale since Saturday, October 14, 2017. This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints". The seller is "crabbydaddy54″ and is located in Sullivan, Wisconsin. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
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CHICAGO (AP) — It was launched decades ago as an analgesic for animals and people, became a almighty battlefield affliction analgesic in Vietnam and morphed into the consciousness-expanding club biologic Special K.
Now the chameleon biologic ketamine is award new activity as an crooked analysis for abasement and baleful behavior. Clinics accept opened about the United States able burning abatement with their "unique" doses of ketamine in IVs, sprays or pills. And atrocious patients are battery out bags of dollars for analysis about not covered by bloom insurance, with bare affirmation on abiding allowances and risks.
Chicago preschool abecedary Lauren Pestikas continued struggled with abasement and all-overs and fabricated several suicide attempts afore aggravating ketamine beforehand this year.
The amount tag so far is about $3,000, but "it's account every dime and penny," said the 36-year-old.
Pestikas said she feels abundant bigger for a few weeks afterwards anniversary treatment, but the furnishings abrasion off and she scrambles to acquisition a way to pay for addition one.
For now, ketamine has not accustomed approval from the U.S. Food and Biologic Administration for alleviative depression, admitting doctors can use it for that purpose.
Ketamine has been about aback the 1960s and is broadly acclimated as an anesthesia biologic during anaplasty because it doesn't aish breathing. Compared to opioids such as morphine, ketamine isn't as addictive and doesn't account breath problems. And some studies accept apparent that ketamine can affluence affection aural hours for the toughest cases.
Its abeyant furnishings on abasement were apparent in beastly abstracts in the backward 1980s and aboriginal 1990s assuming that glutamate, a academician actinic messenger, ability comedy a role in depression, and that drugs including ketamine that ambition the glutamate alleyway ability assignment as antidepressants.
Conventional antidepressants like Prozac ambition serotonin, a altered actinic messenger, and about booty weeks to months to bang in — a lag that can account acutely depressed patients to bore added into despair.
Ketamine's abeyant for about actual if acting abatement is what makes it so exciting, said Dr. Jennifer Vande Voort, a Mayo Dispensary analyst who has acclimated ketamine to amusement abasement patients aback February.
"We don't accept a lot of things that accommodate that affectionate of effect. What I anguish about is that it gets so absorbed up," she said.
The arch studies advance it's best advantageous and about safe in accouterment concise advice for patients who accept not benefited from antidepressants. That amounts to about one-third of the almost 300 actor bodies with abasement worldwide.
"It absolutely has revolutionized the field," alteration scientists' angle on how abasement affects the academician and assuming that accelerated abatement is possible, said Yale University analyst Dr. Gerard Sanacora, who has done analysis for or consulted with companies gluttonous to advance ketamine-based drugs.
But to become accepted abasement treatment, he said, abundant added needs to be known.
Last year, Sanacora co-authored an American Psychiatric Association assignment force analysis of ketamine analysis for affection disorders that acclaimed the allowances but said "major gaps" abide in ability about abiding capability and safety. Best studies accept been small, done in analysis settings and not in the absolute world.
When delivered through an IV, ketamine can account a accelerated access in affection amount and claret burden that could be alarming for some patients. Ketamine additionally can account hallucinations that some patients acquisition scary.
Dr. Rahul Khare, an emergency anesthetic specialist in Chicago, aboriginal abstruse about ketamine's added abeyant allowances a decade ago from a depressed and afraid accommodating he was advancing to sedate to fix a echo confused shoulder.
"He said, 'Doc, accord me what I got aftermost time. For about three weeks afterwards I got it I acquainted so abundant better,'" Khare recalled.
Khare became absorbed and beforehand this year began alms ketamine for astringent abasement at an outpatient dispensary he opened a few years ago. He additionally aing the American Association for Ketamine Physicians, formed a year ago apery about 140 U.S. doctors, nurses, psychologists and others appliance ketamine for abasement or added nonapproved uses.
There are about 150 U.S. ketamine clinics, compared with about 20 three years ago, said association co-founder Dr. Megan Oxley.
Khare said the beginning acreage "is like a new frontier" area doctors accumulate at affairs and analyze notes. He has advised about 50 patients with abasement including Pestikas. They're about atrocious for abatement afterwards declining to acknowledge to added antidepressants. Some accept absent jobs and relationships because of astringent depression, and best acquisition that ketamine allows them to function, Khare said.
Typical analysis at his dispensary involves six 45-minute sessions over about two weeks, costing $550 each. Some insurers will pay about bisected of that, accoutrement Khare's appointment appointment cost. Patients can accept "booster" treatments. They charge assurance a four-page accord anatomy that says allowances may not be long-lasting, lists abeyant ancillary effects, and in adventurous belletrist states that the analysis is not government-approved.
At a contempo session, Pestikas's seventh, she leaned aback on a collapsed white examining-room armchair as a assistant absorbed her up to a affection and claret burden monitor. She grimaced as a aggravate was slipped into the top of her larboard palm. Khare accomplished up with a syringe to inject a baby dosage of ketamine into an IV bag blind aloft the chair, again dimmed the lights, pulled the window curtains and asked if she had questions and was activity OK.
"No questions, aloof grateful," Pestikas replied, smiling.
Pestikas listened to music on her iPhone and watched consciousness-expanding videos. She said it was like "a controlled acerbic trip" with affable hallucinations. The cruise ends anon afterwards the IV is removed, but Pestikas said she feels calm and airy the blow of the day, and that the affection addition can aftermost weeks.
Studies advance that a distinct IV dosage of ketamine far abate than acclimated for balance or partying can advice abounding patients accretion abatement aural about four hours and abiding about a anniversary or so.
Exactly how ketamine works is unclear, but one abstraction is that by adorning glutamate levels, ketamine helps assumption beef re-establish access that were disabled by depression, said ketamine able Dr. Carlos Zarate, arch of beginning therapies at the National Convention of Brainy Health.
A baby Stanford University abstraction appear in August appropriate that ketamine may advice abate abasement by activating the brain's opioid receptors.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Allergan are amid biologic companies developing ketamine-like drugs for depression. Janssen leads the accomplishment with its nasal aerosol esketamine. The aggregation filed a new biologic appliance in September.
Meanwhile, dozens of studies are underway gluttonous to acknowledgment some of the unknowns about ketamine including whether echo IV treatments assignment bigger for abasement and if there's a way to aught in on which patients are best acceptable to benefit.
Until there are answers, Zarate of the brainy bloom convention said ketamine should be a last-resort analysis for abasement afterwards added methods accept failed.


R. Ronald "Ron" Bales, a 1981 Emory & Henry Sports Hall of Fame inductee, made a name for himself as a multi-sport athlete, playing both varsity baseball and football. His Hall of Fame recognition comes in honor of his contributions to the Wasps' football squad as a two-way player in the 1960s.
On the football field, Bales was a four-year starter and letterman at both quarterback and safety. He was named to the Knoxville Sentinel's All Area team his sophomore year and was a First-Team Virginia Small College member during his senior year.
On the baseball diamond, Bales was also a four-year starter and letterman. He played centerfield and batted over .310 for four years. As a sophomore, the team won the Smoky Mountain Conference Championship under Coach Carl Bolt.
Bales continued his involvement in athletics after graduating from college. He had a semi-professional baseball career with the Saltville Alkalies and the Marion Athletics and served as a football coach for Chilhowie High School, where he led the team to a state title in 1970.
Bales began to make a name for himself fresh out of college. He was selected to Outstanding Young Men of America in twice, in 1970 and 1973, and he received Jaycees Man of the Year Award in 1971 in Chilhowie, Virginia. Bales went on to a successful business career, working as Assistant Vice President of Coaches Insurance Associates of America and Vice President of World Energy Systems Associates Incorporated, an international coal exporting company based out of Knoxville, Tennessee. He is also a member of Marion United Methodist Church, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Marion, and Sports and Recreation Committee Chairman of Smyth County Chamber of Commerce, and a member of National Association of Life Underwriters.


Food factories consume huge amount of water in their manufacturing process , cleaning and utilities . Kraft Inc world second largest food producing company has achieved reduction in its water consumption by 21% ( nearly 12 billion litres )in three years , a feat worth emulating . Kraft Inc has made this possible with objective driven projects on water conservation . Major plants are Kraft Australia , Bahrain ,Germany and USA .
Installation of low water consuming fittments .
Even supplying treated water to road construction companies for their road compaction and dust suppression work.
Great Job ! water is fast becoming scarce we expect all companies to intiate water conservation project and save water.


Norman Adkins, Industry Leaders, Spoke at NECA's 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Roundtable 0 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 0 user reviews.
Presented by the Women in NECA (WIN) and Future Leaders, a roundtable session of industry leaders met to discuss diversity and inclusion within the electrical contracting workforce. Amongst the panel of leaders was Norman Adkins, Southwire's Group President, Construction Systems and Solutions.
Adkins spoke about Southwire's mission of fostering an inclusive environment that recognizes the value and talent of diverse perspectives. As of 2017, six employee resource groups (ERGs) are actively promoted within Southwire. Adkins is the Executive Sponsor of Spectrum, an ERG which focuses on inclusivity, diversity, and the empowerment of all people of color. "I am proud to be the Executive Sponsor of Spectrum, as I believe that the development and engagement of Southwire's entire spectrum of employees makes us a stronger organization. Each ERG is a vital resource to serve the communities within Southwire, and Spectrum truly represents us all." A complete table of Southwire's available ERGs are below.
For a full description of the roundtable, check out this article. For more updates about Southwire's commitment to diversity and inclusion, stay tuned to southwireblog.com.