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VBI Vaccines Announces FDA Acceptance of Investigational New Drug Application for VBI-1901 to Treat Glioblastoma Multiforme
This vaccine showed very good results in early trials!
VBI-1901 is a novel immunotherapy developed using VBI's eVLP technology
On track to initiate a Phase I/2a clinical study in the second half of 2017
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS--(Marketwired - Aug. 15, 2017) - VBI Vaccines Inc. (NASDAQ:VBIV) (TSX:VBV) (VBI), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation infectious disease and immuno-oncology vaccines, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company's Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for VBI-1901, a novel immunotherapy targeting Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), one of the most common and aggressive malignant primary brain tumors in humans. The IND enables VBI to initiate a multi-center Phase I/2a clinical study evaluating VBI-1901 in patients with recurrent GBM in the second half of this year.
VBI has leveraged its enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) platform and expertise in immunology to develop a broadly active therapeutic vaccine that targets two highly immunogenic CMV antigens, gB and pp65, to direct a potent immune response against CMV infection. Scientific literature suggests CMV infection is prevalent in multiple solid tumors, including GBM. The vaccine candidate is combined with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), an adjuvant that mobilizes dendritic cell function and seeks to enhance productive immunity against tumors.
"A growing body of research has demonstrated that GBM tumors may be susceptible to infection by CMV, with over 90% of GBM tumors expressing CMV antigens," said Jeff Baxter, president and CEO of VBI. "FDA clearance of this IND is a significant milestone for VBI as we expand our eVLP platform into immuno-oncology applications."
GBM Program Background
Glioblastoma is among the most common and aggressive malignant primary brain tumors in humans. In the U.S. alone, 12,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. The current standard of care for treating GBM is surgical resection, followed by radiation and chemotherapy. Even with aggressive treatment, GBM progresses rapidly and is exceptionally lethal, with median patient survival of less than 16 months.
Targeted immunotherapy may provide a promising adjunct or alternative to conventional GBM treatment. Immunotherapy is a fundamentally different way of treating cancer that stimulates the patient's immune system to resume its attack on tumors. While conventional therapies are non-specific and may damage surrounding normal tissues, targeted immunotherapy may offer a highly specific and potentially long-lasting treatment approach that leverages the immune system to protect against cancer.
Developing a broadly applicable GBM immunotherapy requires the identification of antigens that are consistently expressed on GBM tumor cells. Recent research has demonstrated that an anti-CMV dendritic cell vaccination regimen may extend overall survival in patients with GBM. Thus, effective targeting of CMV antigens may represent an attractive strategy for a GBM immunotherapy.
To learn more about VBI's GBM immunotherapy program, visit: http://www.vbivaccines.com/gbm/
About VBI Vaccines Inc.
VBI Vaccines Inc. (VBI) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a next generation of vaccines to address unmet needs in infectious disease and immuno-oncology. VBI's first marketed product is Sci-B-Vac™, a hepatitis B (HBV) vaccine that mimics all three viral surface antigens of the hepatitis B virus; Sci-B-Vac is approved for use in Israel and 14 other countries. VBI's eVLP Platform technology allows for the development of enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) vaccines that closely mimic the target virus to elicit a potent immune response. VBI is advancing a pipeline of eVLP vaccines, with lead programs in cytomegalovirus (CMV) and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). VBI is also advancing its LPV™ Thermostability Platform, a proprietary formulation and process that enables vaccines and biologics to preserve stability, potency and safety. VBI is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., with research operations in Ottawa, Canada and research and manufacturing facilities in Rehovot, Israel.
Website Home: http://www.vbivaccines.com/
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Cautionary Statement on Forward-looking Information
Certain statements in this press release that are forward-looking and not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws (collectively "forward-looking statements"). The company cautions that such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may materially affect the company's results of operations. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including but not limited to the ability to establish that potential products are efficacious or safe in preclinical or clinical trials; the ability to establish or maintain collaborations on the development of therapeutic candidates; the ability to obtain appropriate or necessary governmental approvals to market potential products; the ability to obtain future funding for developmental products and working capital and to obtain such funding on commercially reasonable terms; the company's ability to manufacture product candidates on a commercial scale or in collaborations with third parties; changes in the size and nature of competitors; the ability to retain key executives and scientists; and the ability to secure and enforce legal rights related to the company's products, including patent protection. A discussion of these and other factors, including risks and uncertainties with respect to the company, is set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian securities authorities, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2017, and filed with the Canadian security authorities at sedar.com on March 24, 2017, as may be supplemented or amended by the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The company disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
VBI Contact
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Communications Executive
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New book on the science of selflessness has implications for mentoring
January 13, 2014 /0 Comments/in Content for Researchers & Academics, Mentoring in the News /by Jean Rhodes
The Surprising Science of Selflessness by Elizabeth Svoboda
Review by SID PERKINS
Stories of heroes are all over the news: First responders and even concerned passersby put themselves in harm's way to help others, going against every instinct for self-preservation. What could explain such selfless acts? Even Charles Darwin struggled to understand the evolutionary upside of self-sacrifice.
Svoboda, a science writer, takes an in-depth look at some of the scientists who study altruism and what they are finding. Brain scans (including one of Svoboda) reveal that people who envision themselves giving to charity show neurological responses similar to the effects of taking an addictive drug. It's ironic, Svoboda writes, that acts of selflessness can stem from such self-centered motivations.
Svoboda also chronicles tales of ordinary people who give of themselves regularly. These inspiring case studies show how selfless attitudes can be developed or strengthened.
Not everyone comes through when the opportunity for altruism calls. But research shows that, as in many endeavors, practice increases the likelihood of success. By starting out with small acts of altruism—donating small amounts to charity or mentoring at-risk youth an hour or two each week—people can become more comfortable with the idea of stepping up to a major challenge.
Studies also suggest that by helping other people, altruists not only get pleasure and enhance their mood, but also boost their health and maybe even extend their lives. In that sense, this could be the ultimate self-help book. You've just got to put it down and help someone else first.
Why relationships matter
What it takes: All of us
Book your room for the 2016 National Mentoring Summit!
Pilot program in Baltimore uses mentoring to open up job opportunities
Tags: altruism, Charles Darwin, Elizabeth Svoboda, empathy, selflessness, Sid Perkins, What Makes A Hero?
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Why matching on shared interest matters!
Be aware mentors: Unspoken or otherwise, kids sense their parents' discord
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Want to help more children? Stop being so empathic!
[Webinar] Series Announcment: Living and Learning Empathy in Covid-19
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Q: Problema para modelar una relacion 1-N Mas que una pregunta, surge un debate al momento de modelar la base de datos de un software para gestión de salud ocupacional. La pregunta es la siguiente, tenemos dos entidades, una entidad Persona y la otra llamada EPS y al hacer la relación entre las dos nos surge el debate si el Id de una debería estar en la otra y viceversa. Explico:
Una persona DEBE estar en una sola EPS, no puede estar en varias; una EPS tiene muchas Personas vinculadas. Por concepto de cardinalidad se dice que en una relación de uno a muchos, el muchos debe tener el Id del uno, en otras palabras una Persona debe tener la llave foránea de Id. Pero debatiendo algunos dicen que en la entidad EPS debe tener el Id de la Persona. ¿Cuál sería la manera correcta de modelar este problema?

A: Tomando como ejemplo las siguientes entidades y algunos de sus datos:
Entidad EPS:
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| EPSId | Campo1    | Campo2    | Campo3    |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 1     | C1 - EPS1 | C2 - EPS1 | C3 - EPS1 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2     | C1 - EPS2 | C2 - EPS2 | C3 - EPS2 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 3     | C1 - EPS3 | C2 - EPS3 | C3 - EPS3 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

Entidad Persona:
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+
| PersonaId | Campo1  | Campo2  | Campo3  |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 1         | C1 - P1 | C2 - P1 | C3 - P1 |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2         | C1 - P2 | C2 - P2 | C3 - P2 |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 3         | C1 - P3 | C2 - P3 | C3 - P3 |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 4         | C1 - P4 | C2 - P4 | C3 - P4 |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 5         | C1 - P5 | C2 - P5 | C3 - P5 |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+

Sabiendo que una Persona debe estar relacionado a un solo EPS pero un EPS puede tener más de una Persona, expongo principalmente 3 casos:
Caso 1: La entidad Persona debe tener la llave foránea del EPSId
Finalmente, la tabla Persona solo se tendría que agregar la referencia foránea de la tabla EPS quedando algo así:
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+-------+
| PersonaId | Campo1  | Campo2  | Campo3  | EPSId |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+-------+
| 1         | C1 - P1 | C2 - P1 | C3 - P1 | 1     |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+-------+
| 2         | C1 - P2 | C2 - P2 | C3 - P2 | 1     |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+-------+
| 3         | C1 - P3 | C2 - P3 | C3 - P3 | 2     |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+-------+
| 4         | C1 - P4 | C2 - P4 | C3 - P4 | 3     |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+-------+
| 5         | C1 - P5 | C2 - P5 | C3 - P5 | 3     |
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+-------+

(5 registros en la tabla Persona y 3 registros en la tabla EPS)
Caso 2: La entidad EPS debe tener la llave foránea de PersonaId
Este es un caso más complicado, ya que tendrás información duplicada y se tendría que agregar PersonaId como parte de la llave para que al final se genere una llave compuesta por EPS y PersonaId, quedando algo así:
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| EPSId | Campo1    | Campo2    | Campo3    | PersonaId |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 1     | C1 - EPS1 | C2 - EPS1 | C3 - EPS1 | 1         |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 1     | C1 - EPS1 | C2 - EPS1 | C3 - EPS1 | 2         |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2     | C1 - EPS2 | C2 - EPS2 | C3 - EPS2 | 3         |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 3     | C1 - EPS3 | C2 - EPS3 | C3 - EPS3 | 4         |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 3     | C1 - EPS3 | C2 - EPS3 | C3 - EPS3 | 5         |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

Como podrás ver, los EPSId se repiten, y suponiendo que tienes grandes cantidades de información se pueden complicar las búsquedas.
(5 registros en la tabla Persona y 5 registros en la tabla EPS)
Caso 3: Una tabla intermedia con la referencia de PersonaId y EPSId
Este caso sería funcional en caso de que desees una relación de muchos a muchos, esto evitaría tener información duplicada en una o en otra tabla. No considero que sea una mala práctica ya que finalmente se mantiene normalizada la información, quedando las entidades como las mostraba en un inicio y creando otra tabla quedando algo así:
+-------+-----------+
| EPSId | PersonaId |
+-------+-----------+
| 1     | 1         |
+-------+-----------+
| 1     | 2         |
+-------+-----------+
| 2     | 3         |
+-------+-----------+
| 3     | 4         |
+-------+-----------+
| 3     | 5         |
+-------+-----------+

Que para este ejemplo, sería algo similar al Caso 2.
(5 registros en la tabla Persona, 3 registros en la tabla EPS y 3 registros en la tabla intermedia PersonaEPS)
Como bien lo mencionas en tu pregunta, "Por concepto de cardinalidad se dice que en una relación de uno a muchos, el muchos debe tener el Id del uno, en otras palabras una Persona debe tener la llave foránea de Id", entonces, el caso 1 debería ser el ideal para este escenario.

A: Depende.
Vamos a analizar de primero por qué el enfoque del id de la entidad persona en la entidad EPS es incorrecto. Luego analizaremos las ventajas y desventajas de utilizar el id de EPS en la entidad persona, y el utilizar una tabla intermedia.

Enfoque id de persona en EPS

Supongamos que nuestra entidad EPS es como muestra el diagrama, con llave primaria compuesta por id_eps y id_persona:
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| id_eps   |    nombre          | descripcion   | id_persona |
|----------|--------------------|---------------|------------|
|    1     |  Seguro Bienestar  |   ninguna     |     1      |
|    1     |  Seguro Bienestar  |   ninguna     |     2      |
|    2     |  EPS El Mejor      |   es el mejor |     3      |
|    1     |  Seguro Bienestar  |   ninguna     |     4      |
|    2     |  EPS El Mejor      |   es el mejor |     5      |
|    3     |  Viva la Salud     |   ninguna     |     6      |
--------------------------------------------------------------

La entidad se encuentra en primera forma normal (1FN). Sin embargo, a simple vista podemos observar que algo anda mal: la redundancia de datos, lo que nos lleva a una serie de problemas al tratar de trabajar con ella (anomalías de actualización):

*

*Insert: ¿Qué sucede si queremos agregar un nuevo EPS (que aún no
tiene afiliados)? No podríamos, dado que id_persona sería nulo, y el
campo no puede ser nulo porque es parte de la llave primaria.

*Update: ¿Qué sucede si queremos modificar el nombre del EPS con id_eps
1? Tendríamos que buscar todos los registros correspondientes y
cambiar el nombre, o exponernos a una inconsistencia de datos si
olvidamos incluir uno.

*Delete: Imaginemos que deseamos eliminar al cliente con id_persona
6, y este es el único afiliado que posee el EPS con id_eps 3.
Estaríamos eliminando no solo el cliente, sino también el único
registro que tenemos de ese EPS.

Estos problemas que nos provoca la tabla por estar únicamente en 1FN, se dan cuando intentamos manejar id_persona en ella. Como vemos, no solo es el hecho de estar almacenando información repetida, sino que es imposible trabajar con ella si queremos mantener la base de datos consistente. En este punto, no existe el debate. Simplemente, no es ninguna alternativa.
¿Qué solución le podemos dar? Bueno, seguir normalizando. Separamos los atributos que no son dependientes de la llave primaria en una nueva entidad. Así que nuestra tabla EPS sería la siguiente, con llave primaria id_eps (está tabla se encuentra en 3FN):
|-----------------------------------------------|
| id_eps   |    nombre          | descripcion   |
|----------|--------------------|---------------|
|    1     |  Seguro Bienestar  |   ninguna     |
|    2     |  EPS El Mejor      |   es el mejor |
|    3     |  Viva la Salud     |   ninguna     |
-------------------------------------------------

Ahora si, al debate.

Enfoque id de EPS en persona

Esto significa que nuestra entidad persona es mas o menos así, con llave primaria id_persona y una llave foránea id_eps:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| id_persona   |    nombre          | apellido      | id_ eps    |
|--------------|--------------------|---------------|------------|
|    1         |  Juan Carlos       |   López Deras |     1      |
|    2         |  Silvia Abigail    |   Rodríguez   |     2      |
|    3         |  Pedro José        |   Silva Peréz |     3      |
|    4         |  Karla Alejandra   |   Gomez       |     1      |
|    5         |  Rebeca María      |   Alvarado    |     2      |
|    6         |  Pablo Silvio      |   Ortega      |     2      |
------------------------------------------------------------------

La tabla está en 3FN. Yo diría que existen diversos criterios a analizar, pero me voy a enfocar en tres: rendimiento, veracidad de la información y escalabilidad.
En cuánto al rendimiento, al tener como llave foránea id_eps, permite que las consultas sobre EPS y sus clientes solo manejen un JOIN entre dos tablas.
En cuánto a la veracidad de la información, no es posible ingresar más de una vez un cliente para dos o mas EPS. Cada cliente pertenece a un único EPS, de lo contrario intentaría violar la integridad de la llave primaria.
El problema podría estar en la escalabilidad: ¿Qué sucede si se implementa el modelo, todos felices y contentos, y un día nos solicitan que se maneje información sobre las fechas de vinculación/desvinculación con los EPS? Así mismo, el usuario que realizó el registro y la fecha de la transacción.
Podríanos afrontarlo de la siguiente manera (los campos son continuación de la tabla de persona, pero los separé por cuestiones de formato):
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| id_persona   | fecha vinculación  | fecha desvinculación | usuario    |
|--------------|--------------------|----------------------|------------|
|    1         |  21/02/2014        |   null               |    jlan    |
|    2         |  15/03/2014        |   null               |    neo     |
|    3         |  01/04/2015        |   null               |    admin   |
|    4         |  28/04/2015        |   null               |    ddam    |
|    5         |  31/12/2015        |   null               |     su     |
|    6         |  02/07/2017        |   null               |     sa     |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cumplimos con lo solicitado, pero podemos comenzar a ver que estos datos ya no tienen tanto que ver con la entidad persona como tal. Podemos crear una tabla nueva para esto, con la llave primaria compuesta de id_eps y id_persona , pero podríamos haber visto esto desde el principio con el siguiente enfoque:

Tabla intermedia entre EPS y persona

Aunque la cardinalidad nos invita al enfoque anterior, vimos que si la base de datos escala, podríamos habernos evitado algunos problemas si en lugar de pensar en cardinalidad, hubieramos pensado en la relación que se da entre las tablas.
¿Que hay entre un EPS y una persona que los vincula? Podría ser un contrato con llave primaria compuesta de id_persona y id_eps:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| id_persona   | id_eps  | fecha vinculación   | fecha desvinculación |
|--------------|---------|---------------------|----------------------|
|    1         |    1    |   21/02/2014        |   null               |
|    2         |    1    |   15/03/2014        |   null               |
|    3         |    2    |   01/04/2015        |   null               |
|    4         |    1    |   28/04/2015        |   null               |
|    5         |    2    |   31/12/2015        |   null               |
|    6         |    3    |   02/07/2017        |   null               |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

La tabla está en 3FN, y ahora si tienen más sentido los campos fechas de vinculación y fecha de desvinculación en un contrato que en una persona. Además, podríamos agregar fácilmente campos de motivo de desvinculación, usuario que registra, fecha de registro, etc; sin alterar la información que ya tenemos de nuestros EPS y personas.
Pero no todo es perfecto. En este ejemplo, una consulta que involucre los nombres de los EPS y los nombres de sus clientes equivale a un JOIN entre tres tablas. Para el ejemplo, es sencillo, pero normalmente las bases de datos tienen decenas de tablas y si normalizamos demasiado (pasarnos de la 3FN, por ejemplo), una consulta tan sencilla fácilmente puede involucrar  un JOIN entre cinco, seis o más tablas, haciendo que la información sea costosa de obtener.
"Ha, pero yo creé índices y el query plan me indica que los utiliza, así que no hay problema con múltiples joins". Excelente, pero un índice añade un costo en las operaciones de insert y update. Si el sistema es muy transaccional, esto podría significar una baja en el rendimiento. No digamos si manejamos mas de tres o cuatro indices por tabla, y si al escalar, modificamos las tablas y hay que recalcular todas las estadísticas. A veces se vuelve prohíbitivo. Aquí en SO he visto preguntas sobre consultas que tardan horas en ejecutarse, y aunque muchas de las consultas se realizan mal, en algunas se puede observar un diseño que no estaba pensado para un volumen alto de datos.
Adicional a esto, supongamos que por descuido o error (o intencionalmente) se ingresa un cliente que ya existía, con un nuevo EPS en la tabla contrato:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| id_persona   | id_eps  | fecha vinculación   | fecha desvinculación |
|--------------|---------|---------------------|----------------------|
|    1         |    1    |   21/02/2014        |   null               |
|    1         |    3    |   03/07/2017        |   null               |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

El segundo registro es el problema. La base de datos se mantiene integra y consistente, pero su información ya no es veraz. A diferencia del enfoque anterior, aquí no se rompe la integridad de la llave primaria, por lo que es necesario tomar una medida previa al realizar un insert en esta tabla: una búsqueda previa, por ejemplo, y esto agrega un costo al proceso de crear un nuevo contrato.
En resumen, el saber que enfoque tomar te lo dará (en mi opinión) la experiencia (principalmente la laboral). Si la tarea o ejercicio trata de cardinalidad, toma el primer enfoque, pero en el mundo real el diseño y modelado va mucho más allá de la cardinalidad:
¿La base de datos es relacional?
¿Es un OLTP o un OLAP? Si es un OLTP, ¿que nivel de transaccionalidad tendrá?
¿Qué volumen de datos manejan las tablas?
¿Existen medidas de seguridad previas en el envío de información a la base de datos?
¿Qué tan factible es que pidan modificaciones posteriores?

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Dressing for a winter photo session can be tricky! You want to stay warm, but you want to look good. Really, the key to dressing for a winter photo session is to be flexible. If you happen to be a native to the Pittsburgh area (or to any colder weather area!), you know how unpredictable winter can be. Here in Pittsburgh, it could be 50 degrees one day, and 20 the next – and trust me, when it's below freezing, you do not want to be getting your photo taken with just a shirt and a pair of pants on. You're going to need a bit more to make sure you don't freeze to death!
Below are a few of my top tips for dressing for your winter photo session!
Now is the time to pull out your strongest layering game! Lucky for you, not only will wearing layers in your photos keep you warm, but they look so good and add a lot of visual interest to a photograph! Try layering a collared shirt with a sweater, or a nice sweatshirt with a jacket, or a sweater dress with a blanket scarf. Below are a few of my favorite ways clients have utilized layering for colder season sessions in the past!
A thick sweater with a collared shirt and long boots are sure to keep you warm when you're outside in the cold for an extended period of time!
A blanket scarf and a jacket not only look adorable, but have you ever worn a blanket scarf?! They are SO WARM!
100% yes to Carly's adorable cute jacket! She layered a neutral shirt underneath with a statement necklace, pulling the whole look together seamlessly, and keeping her warm!
I love this upscale winter look! Full disclosure: this was actually an elopement, not an engagement session, but their outfits here provide such a great template for dressing for cold weather! Jason wore a nice jacket over his suit, keeping him extra warm during their six degree elopement, and Brittany wore a cute jacket and patterned scarf with warm leggings, boots, and a puffy skirt!
Another example of a great winter coat!
A more casual coat centric, layered outfit.
A puffer jacket is always a great piece to layer for the cold!
I am obsessed with this green coat!
A suit is a great choice for adding a little extra warmth!
This might be one of my favorite layered looks! Grant wore a nice sweatshirt style shirt underneath his jean jacket, and it kept him (semi) warm and looked great on camera!
Hidden layers can be powerful when it comes to having your photo taken in the winter. The key? Be careful where you put those extra layers. Putting on extra socks? GREAT idea! Layer those babies up, because they won't change your body visually in front of the camera. However, try not to go too bulky. For example, if you are planning on wearing a winter coat with some layers underneath for your session, try to choose a coat that accentuates your waist with a belt or seaming. This will accentuate the smallest part of your waist and give your body shape in front of the camera!
Oh, and shove hotties (hand warmers) wherever the heck they will go! In your shoes, in your pockets - if you're wearing a skirt with leggings underneath, tape them to your legs! This is all about survival, people!
Pull out your winter hats, scarves, boots, mittens, and socks, or use your photo session as the perfect excuse to buy a cute new coat and/or boots! If you're having your photos taken during winter, it's completely appropriate to dress like it's winter! Some of my favorite outfits from winter photo sessions are those that embrace the winter garb and use accessories to their advantage - like the ones below!
All and all, just remember: if you don't feel comfortable in front of the camera, chances are, you will look uncomfortable. And if you're investing in photos… it's worth it to try to stay comfortable, and in the cold, stay warm!
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Racial Profiling and Racial Inequality
Ph. D., Urban Studies, 2004
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Dissertation – "Spatial Profiling: To What Extent Do the Cleveland Police Department's Traffic Ticketing Patterns Target Blacks?"
MA, Sociology, 1998
BA, Sociology, 1996
AA, Liberal Arts, 1994
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio
TEACHING INTERESTS
Racial Inequality
Race and the Criminal Justice System
Police/Community Relations and Police Accountability
Minorities and the Urban Poor
Racial Health Disparities
Urban and Social Policy
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor, Levin-Goodman College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio: Fall 2005 – Present
Courses Taught – UST/PSM 302: Contemporary Urban Issues; PAD 581: Public Safety & Justice Management; UST 251: African American Images in Film.
Adjunct Faculty, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio: Spring 2005.
Course Taught – SOC 3850: Introduction to Criminology.
Adjunct Faculty, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio: 2002.
Courses Taught – UST 1010: Introduction to Urban Studies.
Instructor, Levin-Goodman College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio: 2000 – 2005.
Courses Taught – UST 200: Introduction to Urban Studies; UST/PSM 302: Contemporary Urban Issues.
Summer Program Instructor, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio:
1995 – 1996.
Courses Taught – African/African-American History.
Research Assistant (undergraduate and graduate), Urban Child Research Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 1994 – 2000.
"What is Urban Studies?: Context, Internal Structure, Content" (Bowen, W., Dunn, R. A., & Kasdan, D.). (2010). Journal of Urban Affairs, 32, 2, 199- 227.
"Measuring Racial Disparities in Traffic Ticketing Within Large Urban Jurisdictions," Public Performance & Management Review. (Dunn, R. A.) (2009). Public Performance & Management Review, 32, 4, 537-561.
"Racial Profiling: Driving While Black in Cleveland." In The 21st Century American City: Race, Ethnicity and Multicultural Urban Life. Kellogg, W. (Ed.) (2006). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. (Dunn, R.).
"A Culturally Competent Approach to Cancer News and Education in an Inner City Community: Focus Group Findings." (Marks, J. P., Reed, W., Colby, K., Dunn, R. A., Mosavel, M., & Ibrahim, S. A.) (2004). Journal of Health Communication, 9, 143-157.
Dissertation: "Spatial Profiling: To What Extent Do the Cleveland Police Department's Traffic Ticketing Patterns Target Blacks?"
Manuscripts Accepted for Publication
Dunn, R. A. "Race and the Relevance of Citizen Complainants Against the Police." Forthcoming in, Administrative Theory & Praxis, December, 2010.
Reed, W. L. & Dunn, R. A. "Increasing Cultural Competency Among Public Health Workers," chapter in forthcoming edited book (peer-reviewed) Handbook of African American Health: Social and Behavioral Interventions published by Springer Publishing.
Dunn, R. A. "An Examination of Citizen Complaints Against Police, Their Experience, and the Application of Hirschman's Exit, Voice, & Loyalty." Public Performance & Management Review.
Dunn, R. A., & Reed, W. L. Book proposal: "Racial Profiling: Causes and Consequences," under contract with Kendall-Hunt Publishing.
Selected Paper Presentations
Dunn, R. Keynote address on Racial Profiling at Central State University's (Ohio) Pre-Law Day, September 16, 2010.
Dunn, R. Moderator for conference panel session on Pre-Prison: How Ohio Criminalizes its Youth, at the ACLU of Ohio annual meeting, Columbus, Ohio, June 30-31, 2010.
Dunn, R. Skip Gates, Race, and the Experience of Citizen Complainants Against the Police. Paper presented at the 40th annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 10-13, 2010.
Dunn, R. What is Urban Studies?: Context, Internal Structure, Content. Paper presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Chicago, March 4- 6, 2009.
Reed, W. & Dunn, R. A Proposal for Addressing AIDS Prevention from the Ground Up. Presentation proposing the use of a novel culturally specific, video-based approach to providing AIDS intervention in indigenous Ugandan Communities. Research is based on the model used in the Urban Cancer Project to address cancer prevention and intervention among low income African Americans. Presented at the 6th International Conference on Public Management, Policy, and Development, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa, June 15-22, 2007.
Dunn, R. "Spatial Profiling: To What Extent Do the Cleveland Police Department's Traffic Ticketing Patterns Target Blacks?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, April, 20, 2006.
Dunn, R. A Refined Measurement of Racial Profiling in the State of Ohio. Paper presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Montreal, Quebec, April, 19, 2006.
Reed, W., Colby, K., & Dunn, R. Urban Cancer Project: A Culturally-Specific Solution to Race and Ethnic Cancer Disparities. Presented at the American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA.
Reed, W. & Dunn, R. Urban Cancer Project: The Wisdom Within. Presentation of research on Emmy Award-winning, culturally specific television news-based health program designed to increase cancer screening and prevention behavior among low income African-Americans in Cleveland's public housing estates, at The Association of Black Sociologist 35th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., August 11 – 14, 2005.
Dunn, R. Racial Profiling in the City of Cleveland. Presented a lecture on racial profiling as part of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio's Noon Lecture Series, July 21, 2005.
Dunn, R. Spatial Profiling: To What Extent Do the Cleveland Police Department's Traffic Ticketing Patterns Target Blacks? Presented dissertation research at the 35th Annual Urban Affairs Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April, 13 – 16, 2005.
Dunn, R. Racial Profiling in the City of Cleveland. Presented a lecture on research on racial profiling as part of the Cleveland State University African American Cultural Center'sCurtis Wilson Colloquium Lecture Series, October 25, 2004.
Dunn, R. Spatial Profiling: To What Extent Do the Cleveland Police Department's Traffic Ticketing Patterns Target Blacks? Presented research at the Association of Black Sociologists 34th Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, August, 11 – 14, 2004.
Reed, W. & Dunn, R. Urban Cancer Project: A Solution to a Deadly Problem. Presented research on Emmy Award-winning, culturally specific television news-based health program designed to increase cancer screening and prevention behavior among low income African-Americans in Cleveland's inner city, at The Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists 69th Annual Conference, Cleveland, Ohio March 10 –13, 2004.
Dunn, R. Moderator for conference panel session, Decentralization, Governance and Civil Service at the 4th International Conference on Public Management, Policy and Development, Maputo, Mozambique July 20 – 23, 2003.
Dunn, R. Racial Profiling: What is it? Why is it important? And, is it a problem locally? Presented at Cleveland State University's Office of Minority Affairs Annual Community Forum, April, 2001.
Dunn, R. Measuring the impact of the Million Man March Association Mentoring Program on inner-city, African-American male middle-school students. Presented research paper at the annual STARS Program (Students Achieving in Research and Scholarship) statewide conference held at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, March, 1996.
FUNDED RESEARCH, GRANTS, and AWARDS
Contracted by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office to study use of police discretion in police jurisdictions throughout Cuyahoga County ($78,000).
Research funded by the Cleveland City Council to study the operations of the Cleveland Police Review Board ($20,000).
Travel grant from the Urban Affairs Association to attend and present a paper at the 2010 annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii ($700).
Levin College of Urban Affairs New Faculty Start-Up Award ($15,000).
Media Interviews and News Articles
Social Health Network, Barbershop Live, discussion of Cleveland's, Imperial Avenue Murders, November 13, 2009 (live streamcast internet TV show at [sc_embed_player fileurl="http://www.vesselwork.com/">www.vesselwork.com ).
WCPN (NPR), The Sound of Ideas with Dan Maulthrop, discussion of Imperial Avenue Murders, November 11, 2009.
Village TV, NAACP Talknowlogy with Stanley Miller, discussion of Imperial Avenue Murders, November 11, 2009.
Village TV, NAACP Talknowlogy with Stanley Miller, discussion of race relations nationally and locally, September 9, 2009.
WCPN (NPR), Ideastream: Regional News Stories, Dan Bobkoff, "The Urban Agenda: Where the Candidates Stand on Cities," September, 25, 2008.
WCPN (NPR), Ideastream: Regional News Stories, David Barnett, "The Glenville Riot," July, 23, 2008.
WCPN (NPR),The BBC: World Have Your Say, discussion of Sen. Barack Obama's speech on Race and Race in America, March 19, 2008.
WCPN (NPR), The Sound of Ideas with Regina Brett, discussion of Thug Culture, May 4, 2007.
PAX-TV, "i on Cleveland" interview on Racial Profiling, August 29, 2006.
Duncan, R. WERE Urban Talk Radio, Racial Profiling, February 16, 2006.
Morris, P. Reviving trust will take more than a Taser, The Plain Dealer, p. B-9, Oct. 11, 2005.
Tolliver, S. WERE Talk Radio Show, Racial Profiling, July 23, 2004.
Price, G. Changing the Police Paradigm, The Call & Post, July 22, 2004.
Reed, W. Village TV Public Affairs Show, Racial Profiling, July 13, 2004.
Brett, R. Traffic Tickets for One and All , The Plain Dealer, p. B-1, July 9, 2004.
Prinz, B. WJW Fox TV 8 News Report on Racial Profiling, July 5, 2004.
Brett, R. Tale of Two Roads reveals Racial Divide, The Plain Dealer, p. B-1, June 30, 2004.
Professional Affiliations, Community Service, and Awards
Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Metropolitan Housing Authority Board, and serve on the Public Safety Committee, appointed January 2010
Who's Who in Black Cleveland, 2008, 2009, & 2010
Member, Citizens for a Fair & Safe Cleveland, 2007 – Present
Member, National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, 2007 – Present
American Sociological Association, 2006 – Present
Urban Affairs Association, 2004 – Present
Association of Black Sociologist, 2001 – Present
Member, Cleveland Division of Police Citizen Contact Committee, 2005
Member, ACLU, 2005 – Present
Member, Cleveland Housing Network Board of Trustees, 2003 – 2005
Board member, Union-Miles Community Development Corporation, 2003 – 2005
Public Affairs Specialist, 1983 – 1988


Fenway held a resident appreciation block party with the Fenway CDC.
There was pumpkin painting, pizza, and all sorts of fun activities and food for the residents.
We love seeing our residents and staff getting out into the community, getting to know one another, and enjoying themselves!


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INTERVIEW: John Gotti Jr. sits down with Gangsters Inc.
Posted by Gangsters Inc. on January 9, 2016 at 2:28pm
By David Amoruso
John Gotti Junior's life has been a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows. As son of the most famous mob boss since Al Capone, he followed his father into the Mafia and into prison. It was there, after finding out that his father - who was his cause - was terminally ill, that he decided to break with his old life and quit the mob. Now, after surviving four trials that ended in a mistrial as well as a proceeding where he was charged with parole violations and tax offenses, he is a free man. A changed man.
We at Gangsters Inc. are thankful John Gotti Junior took the time to sit down with us to discuss a variety of topics including his father, time in prison, his view on "the life," what life is like as a regular citizen, the upcoming Hollywood movie Shadow of My Father starring John Travolta as the Teflon Don, and possible future projects which include working on a book called WitSec Mafia and Creating a TV series called "Bloodlines" with a Canadian Production company called Don Carmody Produtions and SONY.
The movie Shadow of My Father is based on the book of the same title, which was released last year. In it, Gotti Jr. – currently 51 years old - looks back on his own life and gives readers insight into what it was like growing up with a father who was involved in organized crime and eventually became boss of the Gambino family, one of New York's five crime families.
For John Gotti Senior being a mobster was everything. "He was poor and lived in environments where the life was looked up to," Gotti Jr. explains. "He loved the camaraderie, the memories, and in a way its similarity to the soldier's life. If my father were born in ancient Roman times, he probably would have been the type of general that led from the front, like Hannibal."
But his love for the life also caused Gotti Senior to make mistakes. "He was too devoted to the [crime] Family and not enough to his family," Junior says. "With some of the individuals he surrounded himself with, he should have used his head instead of his heart, and made better selections."
One such individual is Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, Gotti's underboss, who decided to become a government witness and take the stand against his former boss. Gravano's testimony was damning and paved the way for a guilty verdict in Gotti's 1992 racketeering trial. He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
Six years later, Gotti Junior found himself behind bars as well. He had plead guilty to reduced charges of loansharking, bookmaking, and extortion related to the Scores strip club in Manhattan, and was sentenced to 77 months in prison.
Many tough guys break when their freedom gets taken away from them. And if the small confinement of their cell isn't enough to crack a dent in their armor then sadist inmates and guards will try as well. How does one hold up under such formidable pressure?
"Prison was a fact of life in the life I was born into, and surrounded by," Gotti Jr. explains. "One can choose to remain sane, or give in to the wishes of others, who create an environment that can all too often break a man's spirit."
This is especially true of solitary confinement, known as the hole. "How one reacts in the hole, is largely dependent upon what one brings into the hole with him," Gotti Jr. reflects. "The more inner resources a man has, the less difficult it is to be in solitary, although it is certainly difficult. Many inmates have had mental health problems after being in solitary, however, and I believe certain legislation is being considered to reduce instances of solitary confinement within prison systems. I would do a lot of reading in solitary, and also maintained a rigid physical exercise regimen. My father who did more time in solitary than the vast majority of inmates in modern penal history, used to do a thousand pushups a day, and to keep his mind in shape worked several crossword puzzles daily, and wrote letters. Contrast that with inmates who in solitary eat their own feces, and self-mutilate."
Keeping busy is the best solution. While in prison Gotti Junior worked out, became a certified paralegal, and, he says, "maintained my integrity as I would never give that up."
But being locked up is just one factor of life in prison. Gotti Jr: "After I got out, the issues that I dealt with was to reconnect with friends and family, and adjust to once again being free, and a full time father."
"Obviously when the father figure is not available for long periods of time, it has a definite impact on the children," Gotti Jr. says. "When I returned, it was both necessary and difficult to establish myself as both disciplinarian and loving mentor to my children. However it is a position that I embrace openly as a work in progress with my family. You deal with the issues of what was, what is and what might be by communicating."
Growing up, Gotti Jr. and his siblings had experienced what it was like having a father in prison. Now, his own children were going through the same emotions. It helped to understand what they were going through, he says, "but I often carried the guilt of not being there for them and found myself trying to make up for lost time. In a lot of respects I would 'overfather.'"
While he was locked up he decided to make a change: He quit the mob. "When your blood family is more important than the [crime] Family, it was not difficult to walk away," he says resolutely. "Obviously, there are some things in the life I miss, there were frequent good times with friends, but I am quite happy being out. The FBI acted as if I never left, but they were obviously wrong."
But then there was an incident on November 10, 2013, in which Gotti Jr. was stabbed while trying to break up a fight between two strangers in a CVS parking lot in Long Island. New York tabloids were quick to voice their suspicions and many questioned whether the former mobster had gotten into new trouble.
"First of all they were not strangers," Gotti Jr. emphasizes. "Secondly, I am glad that it worked out the way it did, because the alternatives might have been a lot more serious. One might have wound up dead, the other incarcerated. I feel I saved at least one misguided troubled fella."
With his days in a cell behind him, Gotti Jr. can now look to the future. Already he has received some interesting job offers. "I was offered an enormous amount of money to play a television judge. I was also approached to do a one man stage show. But my projects, the book and the movie were more important, and those other opportunities were passed on. I believed that the other projects were not for me, or my personality."
Filming for Shadow of My Father begins in March, and if need be Gotti Jr. will serve as an on set consultant to director Kevin Connolly, actor John Travolta, and the rest of the cast.
He hopes the movie "will give a better understanding of who my father was, where he came from, what he desired as well as our relationship." Adding, "it would be an opportunity to show the public the accurate portrait of my father, which means by Hollywood standards they get it 70% right."
The Gotti family has done its utmost best to make sure the portrayal is accurate. They've given Connolly and Travolta access to their homes and took them on a tour through the old neighborhood where the Teflon Don's old headquarters used to be.
"John Travolta and I had met, along with others, one night in Los Angeles for dinner," Gotti Jr. reminisces. "When dinner was over, he and I had the opportunity to have a one on one discussion. We had spoken of the loss of his son Jett, and the struggle that he and his wife Kelly had to endure. I had felt his emotion and I had related his pain to the pain of the Gotti's with our loss of my brother Frankie. Later Travolta assured me that he could play this part and do my father proud. And I believed him."
As he is nearing completion of his favorite projects, Gotti Jr. has more time for other causes. Since quitting the mob he has been quite vocal about the realities of a life of crime. Something he reiterates to Gangsters Inc. "Even though today the government assets targeting organized crime are one tenth of what they were in the days of my father, I would tell [youngsters] not to confuse media images with the reality of the life. It leads to jail, an untimely death, forfeiture of property, and other things not to be desired. You run the risk of sacrificing your family for the Family. The camaraderie today is only surface, the money is temporary. In short, don't do it. I have already had some involvement with local family counseling organizations, and would take time to assist any worthy legitimate efforts to keep kids out of trouble."
Another cause he feels very strongly about is one he has not been approached for yet. "There is a growing movement to correct many of the ills of imprisonment in this country which has the highest per capita rate of imprisonment in the world. As an example of an individual involved with this issue, Bernie Kerik a former corrections head, policeman and inmate, now works for prison reform. When a prison system targets an individual, as they did my father in neglecting his medical condition and other intentional improper punishment, this is always wrong. There are some things in the prison system that are properly handled, but it's time for much needed reform."
ROAR OF THE LION
Gotti Senior passed away on June 10, 2002 at age 61. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998. Despite his deteriorating condition, Gotti Senior remained strong. In his book Shadow of My Father, Gotti Jr. recounts the following conversation with his father. "The fucking trifecta. Jaw, throat, and neck cancer. But despite the cut and paste job they've done on my face, I'm still standing. Still standing. Still motherfuckering them every turn. […] Cancer has made my body betray me, but not my mind. Not my heart either. Never happen."
It was part of Gotti Senior's parenting. "He taught me by example to always comport myself with the dignity proper to a man, no matter what the circumstances or consequences," Junior explains.
"I miss his charm, wisdom, his strength, and his wit," Gotti Jr. says. "I miss the roar of that lion."
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Comment by Christopher Kasparoza on January 9, 2016 at 3:18pm
Great story!!
Comment by Angelo Bruno on January 9, 2016 at 3:21pm
Being in Solitary Confinement is a big difference if your there for being a "high profile person" or for punishment. Both Gottis had access to there own TV, food packages, letter writing material and all there personals etc.
Comment by Frankie on January 11, 2016 at 11:51am
John Gotti Sr's commissary was taken away from him by the government so it wasn't so easy for him being in solitary especially with cancer.
Comment by Christopher Kasparoza on January 11, 2016 at 1:03pm
Pretty sure both Sr. and Jr. were put in solitary for punishment, not for being high profile.
Comment by Angelo Bruno on January 13, 2016 at 3:01pm
Punishment for what. A street charge? Your put there for violation of jail rules or if your presence may create a disturbance in the jail. They had all there personals that you can have in population.
Comment by Frankie on January 13, 2016 at 9:14pm
Ok John Gotti Sr was in USP Marion, that's solitary confinement. His commissary was taken away by the Government so he didn't get all the glorious things you mention and if you read John Jr's book you would know he was a model inmate but put in solitary many times for reasons NEVER explained to him.
He always had his personals. If he refused something a CO said etc he might have them taken for 30 days. If he LIVED in Solitary he had his zhit. Don't believe everything in a God damn book. Just wait until the Gotti movie comes out and watch the BS in that.
John Gotti Sr had his commissary taken away by the government because he has a 250,000.00 fine that he refused to pay EXPERT!
Angelo B were you there to receive first hand info? Can you cite your sources, where you get your information from? If not, not sure how you can accuse others of BS.
Comment by Angelo Bruno on January 21, 2016 at 11:26am
Can't mention any names but various inmates and corrections staff. Also knowing the ins and outs of various correctional facilities. Hey, maybe I'm a corrections officer myself. Or, maybe 5 time convicted felon. Just sayen.


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Individual productions had their ups and downs, but the overall Broadway box office held steady last week as three plays opened — "Oh, Hello on Broadway," "Heisenberg" and "The Cherry Orchard" — and this week's opener, "The Front Page," continued its meteoric rise.
"Oh, Hello" ($464,656), which opened Oct. 10, benefited from some high-profile critical raves to rise more than 10% in the week after its bow, while both "Heisenberg" ($297,088) and "Cherry Orchard" ($323,836) dipped somewhat as they accommodated critics performances and opening nights. But among plays, the leader of the pack remains "Front Page" ($1,278,807), which hit its highest tally yet in the run-up to its Oct. 20 opening.
"Front Page" is one of three shows ramping up for an imminent opening, with "Falsettos" ($457,577) playing its first week of eight previews ahead of an Oct. 27 opening and "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" ($644,591), starring Liev Schreiber, also playing eight before an Oct. 30 opening.
Otherwise, the upticks and dips at individual titles weren't terribly remarkable last week, and with the return of Lewis Black's "Black to the Future" ($171,884 for one performance) after a week off, the Broadway cume rang in at $25.4 million for 29 shows, and attendance tallied 243,037 — both negligible downgrades from the previous week's numbers. The week's figures were also about equivalent to those from the same week in 2015, when there were 31 shows playing.
There'll soon be one more show contributing to the Broadway pot, with "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" hoping downtown buzz and the appeal of headliner Josh Groban will add up to robust Broadway box office for the quirky electropop opera. That production starts previews Oct. 18.
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Panama Dona Tere Geisha Natural
by Jason Joffe September 24, 2021
Origin: Panama
Region: Boquete
Sub Region: Alto Quiel
Altitude: 1500 meters above sea level
Farm: Finca Dona Tere
Owner: Ricardo & Teresita Fernandez
Variety: Geisha
Tasting Notes: Sweet, complex and delicate. Notes of orange blossoms, florals, tropical fruits, melon, banana.
In 1991 Ricardo and Teresita Fernandez purchased the farm and named it Finca Dona Tere after Teresita. They grow both Typica and Geisha and the trees are shaded with Cedar and Banana trees. Coffee is hand picked and dried on Patios, and sometimes rotary dryers if the rain sets in.
In 1997 they built Panamas first 'ecological coffee processing mill' and exported their own coffee for the first time in 1998 with the help of their sons, Ricardo, Edgar and Rodolfo.
Though small in coffee production, Panama is a mighty player in coffee quality. In particular, Panama is famous for producing Geisha variety lots that have fetched prices exceeding $800 per pound. Today, its renown as a producer of rare and sought-after varieties positions Panama as a contender for a new kind of 'coffee-tourism' that has the potential to change the way we produce, purchase, consume and talk about specialty coffee on a global scale.
The high value of Geisha has brought out both the best and worst in the industry. For established producers who receive excellent prices for their Geisha and other lots, the high prices they receive have often been reinvested in their communities and in renovating their farms to be as environmentally sustainable as possible. Unfortunately, the lure of Geisha's high value has led some people bypass traditional land purchasing agreements and illegally deforest areas of national parks to get the best location for new (and illicit) Geisha farms.
Even as the number of producers those receiving high prices for their Geisha remains relatively low, the blossoming coffee industry in Panama has demonstrated potential to raise incomes for a wider spectrum of producers and coffee workers.
European immigrants brought coffee to Panama when they settled in the region in the late 19th century. The first area where these early European settlers planted coffee was the province of Chiriqui (valley of the moon in the language of the native peoples that once inhabited this region). The province remains one of main coffee-producing regions in Panama today.
Early plantations were in coastal areas but, due to the low altitude, early farms were plagued with pests and diseases, and cultivation soon moved to higher elevation. Today, the three primary coffee regions are Boquete, Volcán and Renacimiento; all three are within Chiriqui Province.
Panama's three coffee growing regions are situated around the country's three volcanoes: Volcán Baru, El Valle and Le Yeguada. These regions have exceptional microclimates, rich volcanic soils and are cooled by moderate breezes that flow from both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
As the winds coming from the north pass over the mountains, they create a fine mist called bajareque that lowers the temperature around the mountainside coffee farms and slows cherry ripening. When cherry ripens more slowly, it accrues a higher sugar concentration and more of the volatile oils that make coffee so sweet, complex and delicious.
Boquete and Volcán are separated by a volcano called Volcán Baru. Strong transportation and processing infrastructures in both regions, including well-run wet and dry mills, are important factors contributing to the high-quality production emerging from the regions.
Renacimiento is less widely known than Boquete and Volcán, mainly because it is remote and difficult to access. This remoteness also contributes to the reduced infrastructure for processing and transportation. Despite such geographic obstacles, farms in Renacimiento have also produced exceptional lots. Renacimiento has the same ideal conditions as Boquete and Volcán, and, with the right investment, could become their equal in quantity, quality and export volume.
Although it is a relatively small coffee producer, Panama stands out for the exceptional quality of the specialty coffee it produces. The microclimates in the mountainous coffee regions help keep pests and diseases under control and also provide unique environments that have demonstrated an ability to bring out the best in specific Arabica varieties that do not do as well elsewhere.
Among those varieties, Geisha is the most well-known for its role in catapulting Panama to international specialty coffee stardom. The first Geisha variety specimen was collected from wild-growing trees in Ethiopia in the 1930s. In 1953, Geisha was brought to Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE). CATIE distributed Geisha, then called T2722, across Panama in the 1960s. Despite the widespread dissemination of seeds and seedlings by CATIE in the 1960s, most farmers did not plant very many Geisha trees because the variety proved difficult to grow and maintain.
In fact, Geisha's utility was a bit of a paradox. CATIE originally promoted Geisha because it demonstrated a resistance to coffee leaf rust (CLR), but when planted at lower altitudes—the areas most susceptible to CLR—Geisha yielded remarkably poor tasting coffee.
And though Geisha thrived at higher levels—about 1,700 meters above sea level—the variety is difficult and temperamental to grow. Due to thin foliage and shallow root structures, Geisha is extremely inefficient and its yield is half that of Catuaí.
Even if you get past all those issues, Geisha is an even more finnicky when it comes to timing the harvest. According to a fourth-generation Panamanian coffee grower, the window for peak maturity for Geisha cherry appears to be smaller than other varieties, and the cherry does not fare well if it is not processed immediately after being harvested.
In the 1960s, Geisha was not at all an appealing variety to farmers. In addition to producing a small harvest and being difficult to grow, the coffee industry in the 1960s was more price sensitive and more focused on volume and uniformity than today. While many farmers kept a few Geisha trees on their plots, the difficult, low-yielding tree was not often planted en mass.
It took several decades before the exquisite floral and fruit notes of Geisha were fully discovered. The cherry from the Geisha trees that remained on farms were always blended with cherry from many other varieties on producers' farms. Farmers were unaware that Geisha—a variety they knew mainly as fussy and capricious—offered flavors that would later be bid on so ferociously for prices that reached over $800 per pound. It was not until the early 2000s, when the Peterson family, owners of Hacienda La Esmeralda in Boquete, Panama, decided to isolate and process Geisha cherry as a single-variety lot that Panama—and the world—became familiar (and enamored) with the perfumed, floral notes of Geisha.
In 2004, the Peterson family submitted their all-Geisha lot to the Best of Panama auction and received the hitherto unheard-of price of $20.10 per pound. As Geisha remains in high demand today, all-Geisha lots frequently score 90+ points on the SCA scale, and Panama retains its status as a leading producer of single-variety Geisha coffees.
Today, many of the coffee farms in Panama are owned by expatriates or international investors. International owners bring many skills and ideas to their farms. Their extra financial heft can help boost farm infrastructure, inputs and growing practices, especially with an eye towards social responsibility and environmental sustainability. While their impacts are mainly positive, the increase in international investors—as well as the growth of the tourism industry in Panama—has been accompanied by increases in land value that frequently out-price native-born producers and land owners.
Coffee-tourism is a growing industry that is offering better incomes and opportunities to Panamanians. Some people have called Boquete "the Napa Valley of Coffee" after the valley in California that is well known—and popular—for its wine production. Just as it is common for vacationers to spend several days touring California's Napa Valley, stopping at various wineries and vineyards along the way to taste wine and learn about production methods, it could soon be popular for coffee lovers to tour Boquete, visit producers and have tastes of some of the region's finest coffees. The impact of coffee-tourists could spread beyond the producers they visit. Tourists need lodging, meals and transportation and often seek a variety of souvenirs from bags of coffee to locally-made crafts. Increased tourism in Panama's coffee regions could funnel money into the local economy and small and large farms alike.
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Die römisch-katholische Kapelle befindet sich in Wineden, einem Ortsteil von Markt Rettenbach im Landkreis Unterallgäu in Bayern und steht unter Denkmalschutz. Eine Kapelle bestand schon in alter Zeit. Der Neubau von 1794 wurde 1883–1890 umgestaltet. Aus dieser Zeit stammen der Altar, der Kirchturm und der Anbau der Sakristei. Die Kapelle besteht aus einem kleinen Saal zu zwei Fensterachsen mit rundbogigen Fenstern und einem eingezogenen, halbrund geschlossenen Altarraum mit einer Flachdecke über einer Hohlkehle.

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Der neuromanische Altar der Kapelle besteht aus einem marmorierten Holzaufbau. Das Altarbild, ursprünglich den Heiligen Wendelin als Hirten darstellend, wurde 1960 nach einem Brandschaden von Erwin Holzbaur, Mindelheim, neu gemalt. Es zeigt jetzt den Heiligen Wendelin, gekleidet als Mönch mit Hirtenschippe, über einer Ansicht des Dorfes. Flankiert wird der Altar von den gefassten Figuren der Muttergottes und von Josef von Nazaret.

Die linke und die rechte Saalwand tragen je ein Bild aus der Zeit um 1800 mit den Heiligen Franz Xaver und Antonius von Padua. In der Kapelle befinden sich mehrere gefasste Holzfiguren. Von der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts stammt die Figur des Heiligen Sebastian. Die Heilige Katharina und die Heilige Barbara werden der Werkstatt des Jörg Lederer um 1530 zugeschrieben. Die Figur eines Papstes, Heiliger Silvester oder Heiliger Gregor, und ein Kruzifixus stammen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Das Buch in der Hand des Heiligen ist eine Zutat von 2013.

Das Deckenbild im Kapellenraum, die Schutzmantelmadonna in ornamentaler Rahmung, und die Putten-Gloriole um die Geisttaube im Altarraum von J. Baumann (München) sind 1955 signiert und datiert.
Die handwerklich mit Voluten, Blättern und Granatäpfeln geschnitzten Eichenholzwangen des Gestühls aus der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts stammen vermutlich aus dem Vorgängerbau.

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Ananda Developments (ANA) says that its investee company iCAN Israel Cannabis has raised C$4m from a convertible loan note issue at a premium to Ananda's investment. Sativa Investments (SATI) has entered into a research agreement with King's College London on the impact of cannabinoids on inflammation and respiratory diseases. Sativa will supply specific strains of cannabis.
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NWF (NWF) has acquired Cornwall-based fuel distributor Consols Oil, which delivers 25 million litres a year. The previous fuels acquisition has been integrated with the company's depot in Kenilworth. Group trading remains in line with expectations.
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Biopesticide products developer Eden Research (EDEN) reported a 48% increase in 2018 revenues to £2.8m, thanks to doubled product sales and a slight increase in milestone payments. The operating loss was reduced. There was net cash of £2.5m at the end of 2018. Earlier this year, Eden's second product, nematicide formulation Cedroz, has gained EU approval via Malta, although individual state approval is still required and this is being sought by its partner Eastman Chemical. That means that this year there are likely to be limited sales to the greenhouse market, but next year it should be available for the new crop. Eden associate TerpeneTech is expected to start sales of its head lice treatment in the UK later in the year.
Churchill China (CHH) has acquired some of the assets of its rival Dudsons, which has gone into administration, for £2.1m. This includes the Dudson brand and two product ranges (Harvest and Evo). There is also some plant and equipment that will be moved to Churchill's facility.
Lighthouse (LGT) is recommending a 33p a share bid from fully listed Quilter (QLT) and this values the IFA at £46.2m. Shareholders will still get the 0.5p a share final dividend. Quilter owns Intrinsic, which is a network of more than 3,500 advisers and provides advice to more than 200,000 clients.
Shareholders failed to pass resolution four at the Photonstar LED (PSL) general meeting. This would have enabled directors to issue new shares. Previously announced subscriptions were conditional on all the general meeting resolutions being passed, so the future of the shell, which is changing its name to Bould Opportunities, is uncertain.
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Urban Exposure (UEX) arranged £525m of property loans and £371m of asset management agreements in 2018. Management is taking on additional staff and increasing costs because it believes that there are strong growth prospects. That means that the company will continue to lose money in 2019. Even so, this year's dividend of 2.5p a share, which is for part of the year, should be doubled to 5p a share for the first full year as a quoted company.
Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI) has acquired MPB Industries and this has boosted earnings per share by 8% to 3.3p in 2019-20. Kent-based MPB manufactures flowmeters and process control instrumentation and is costing £1.6m. Customers include BAE, Rolls-Royce and BP.
Spectre Holdings is making a mandatory cash offer for Bonmarche (BON) and the loss-making womenswear retailer's directors are considering the bid. Spectre bought BM Holdings' 52.4% stake for 11.445p a share so it has to make the same offer to other shareholders. Spectre believes that it can offer guidance to the boar on how to turnaround the business.
Highway Capital (HWC) has published its annual reports for the year to February 2017 and the year to February 2018. The latest net liabilities are £544,000. The main asset at the end of February 2018 was £282,000 of loans receivable from Mylux and these have subsequently bee received. The shell had failed to announce convertible loan notes that had been issued and other loans in the past couple of years. Peterhouse has been appointed as financial adviser.
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Flavour and fragrance ingredients supplier Treatt (TET) increased its interim revenues by 7%, even though the important citrus price was weak. The order book is strong.
Athelney Trust (ATY) had advised voting against resolutions 10, 11 and 12 at its AGM. The first two of these, the election as directors of S Moore and Dr Pohl, who regained his seat on the board by a narrow margin, were successful, but they failed to remove David Lawman from the board. Mrs H Sachdev was not re-elected to the board.


Orrin Hatch's new bill allegedly designed to make a bipartisan Obamacare "fix" more conservative is loaded with provisions unacceptable to Democrats.
Washington is waiting to see whether Trump will give a green light to the Alexander-Murray legislation that might help stabilize Obamacare markets and give states more flexibility under the existing law. The chairmen of House and Senate committees with partial jurisdiction over health-care policy big-footed their way into the conversation with a competing proposal that sure sounds like what Trump has been promoting. Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch and House Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady paused from their tax-cut labors long to enough to unveil a significantly more conservative "stabilization" proposal than that of their bipartisan Senate colleagues, and almost certainly one that a critical mass of Democrats will reject.
In exchange for a two-year extension of CSR reimbursements to insurers to head off premium spikes and abandonment of insurance exchanges, Hatch and Brady would suspend enforcement of Obamacare's individual and employer mandates even longer, while expanding the GOP's pet health-care panacea of health savings accounts to help people pay out-of-pocket for their own care. It's hard to imagine many Democrats going along with this strategic gutting of Obamacare provisions, since these steps will shrink insurance risk pools and force up premiums as much as or more than Trump's cancellation of CSR payments did.
As Dylan Scott points out, Hatch and Brady could if they wanted to pretty much doom any adoption of the Alexander-Murray bill no matter what Trump or the other big nay-sayer Paul Ryan said. But their own proposal is really problematic, and not just because of its health-care provisions.
Hatch-Brady also picks up the so-called "Hyde language" seeking to prevent the use of federal subsidies — specifically in this case CSR payments — for insurance policies that cover abortions, as they are required to by state law in California, New York, and Oregon. Such provisions are one of the two demands (the other being "defunding" of Planned Parenthood) anti-abortion groups have been making of Republicans all year long as they struggled to repeal Obamacare. With the failure of that effort, these demands are migrating to whatever relevant legislation happens to pop up that the party they largely control, the GOP, is offering. Hatch-Brady is one of those. And it's another reason the proposal is not going to fly as a substitute for the truly bipartisan Alexander-Murray bill.
Perhaps Hatch-Brady is just a bargaining gambit that will lead to a slightly more conservative version of Alexander-Murray. But now that they've caved to the RTLers on their own proposal, it's extremely unlikely they'll be able to un-cave when it comes to anything else. So it's without question a large boulder in the path of Obamacare stabilization, and likely a poison pill designed to kill off the whole bipartisan effort.


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Expert says extending the school day, not year, most common
July 27, 2012 By Matt Kelley
A national education expert, in Iowa Wednesday, told a task force that new research shows more time in the classroom is boosting student achievement in some schools. The Instructional Time Task Force is studying whether Iowa kids should have a longer school day or school year.
Jennifer Davis, with the National Center on Time and Learning, says more classroom hours can improve student performance. She notices most schools that expand instructional hours are lengthening the school day – not the school year – for a variety of reasons.
The primary reason is cost. "And teachers and families find a longer day matches better with their work schedules," Davis said. But, longer days or years may not work in all communities. Mary Hillman, with Perry Public schools, said lengthening the school day in rural areas will result in some very long days for kids riding the bus.
"Riding on the bus for that length of time could be an issue. Hopefully there will be some data on what other districts have done," Hillman said. Davis agreed there are still a lot of unanswered questions when it comes to adding classroom time.
"There is not a lot of research that looks at the difference between expanding the school year versus expanding the school day," Davis said. "If you were to ask the question what's the ideal amount of time kids should be in school, there isn't research to answer those bigger, complicated questions."
A Department of Education official told the task force that expanding the Iowa school year by one day statewide would cost almost $9-million just for salaries and benefits for teachers. The task force is due to deliver recommendations to next year's legislature.
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Q: Pointer ownership with atomic variables Does an atomic variable, 'containing' a pointer, take ownership of the pointer?
Consider the following snippet:
{
    std::atomic<Foo*> bar(new Foo());
}

// `bar' went out of scope, did it delete pointer to instance of Foo?

Of course I could derive and delete it myself, or work around it in another way; but that's not the point.
What is the defined behavior here, if any?

A: No, the only thing std::atomic guarantees is that the object will be free from data races. So you will have free the memory that the pointer points to your self.
If you want a managed dynamic memory container, then either use a unique_ptr or shared_ptr.

A: No. std::atomic<T*> has a trivial destructor that does nothing, so it could not delete anything if it owned it.
std::atomic<int> doesn't "own" the integer, it just stores a value, and similarly std::atomic<int*> just stores a value, with no ownership or freeing implied.


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Top holiday safety tips to reduce the chance you'll experience any misfortune this season.
Keep paths clear: Secure cables and extension cords so they don't end up in the middle of a walkway. This is especially important when you're entertaining, or when the kids need to make a quick exit to see if that was really Santa on the roof!
Keep your tree well-watered: If you've got a live Christmas tree, don't let your lovely "Tannenbaum" become a fire hazard, and water it frequently.
Hang delicate tree ornaments high: Make sure little hands and paws can't reach your most precious and breakable ornaments. Place them strategically out of reach to avoid mishaps.
Use a step ladder (or ladder): Whether you're trying to reach a storage area or to decorate something difficult to reach, use the right tool. A step ladder or ladder will be much safer than chairs or other furniture.
Be merry and bright: Adding holiday lights to your home, inside and out, is a beloved tradition, but don't make the common mistake of overlooking safety precautions. Make sure plugs and sockets are in good working order and don't overload outlets.
Enlist a trustworthy neighbor with your travel dates and share contact information so you can communicate with someone local in the event of an emergency.
Don't make it obvious that no one's home: Consider leaving some lights on, even using a timer. Ask a close relative or friend to stop by now and then to check on things. Make a final round as you leave to be sure all doors and windows are securely locked, and if you decide to hide a key, get creative – don't hide keys under doormats and plant pots or behind pictures in the entryway.
Save the Facebook posts for your return: Don't broadcast on social media that you'll be out of town, much less that the entire family will be gone.
'Tis the season for shopping – and keeping watch.
Avoid last minute shopping, if possible. It just increases the potential for distractions that can put you and your money at risk.
Don't leave your purse or other purchases and belongings unattended – even in a dressing room when you're trying on clothing.
When you're at the register to pay, don't let your credit or debit card out of your sight, and if you see a cashier trying it out on different machines, don't hesitate to intercede.
If you shop online, try to schedule deliveries for days and times when you know someone will be home, and/or request a signature on delivery. Once delivered, don't let boxes stay outside for long.
If you're going to enjoy a favorite holiday cocktail, first make plans for a designated driver, or schedule an Uber ride to get you home safely.
Remember the Golden Rule: Alternate drinking 1 glass of water for every alcoholic drink you consume and you'll stay hydrated, and feel better.
Bundle up: When you're attending more than one event or a party that extends from afternoon to evening, it's easy to forget a coat or jacket. Keep something warm in your trunk, just in case.
Keep an eye out for the safety of your friends and other guests. You might be the reason they make it home safely. Today it's them, tomorrow it could be you.
Regardless of your plans, we hope these top holiday safety tips help you and your loved ones stay safe and have an enjoyable holiday season. From all of us at DiversyFund, we wish you a wonderful holiday season, with prosperity and success in the coming New Year!