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DR. GIORGIA BULGARELLI
Visiting La Timone Hospital, France under supervision of Prof. Jean Regis
Dr. Giorgia Bulgarelli is an Attending Surgeon in the Gamma Knife Stereotactic Neurosurgery Unit at the University Verona Hospital in Italy. Since her first years of residency, she has always had a keen interest in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, and in particular, Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Her special interests include lesioning techniques for the treatment of movement disorders, chronic pain and resistant epilepsy disorders. She has attended a number of congresses and meeting dedicated to intracranial SRS and has also presented and won awards at various Italian neurosurgery meetings.
From the Lars Leksell Radiosurgery fellowship, Dr. Bulgarelli intends to improve her knowledge in treatment planning, patient selection as well as to explore new frontiers with Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
DR. SARUNAS TAMASAUSKAS
Visiting Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA under supervision of Dr. Dheerendra Prasad
Dr. Sarunas Tamasauskas is a consultant neurosurgeon at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno Klinikos Neurosurgery department. His current field of interest is neuro-oncology and during his residency, his main research interests were thyroid hormones and their connection with survival and quality of life in brain tumor patients. Dr. Tamasauskas has attended observerships and clinical courses at Tilburg, Marseille and Bristol among others, which piqued his interest in intracranial radiosurgery. He has also contributed to several peer-reviewed journal articles and meeting abstracts.
Dr. Tamasauskas intends to gain more knowledge about patient selection, clinical decision-making and planning strategies during the period of this fellowship. He is also interested in Gamma Knife-based research possibilities.
DR. UJWAL YEOLE
Visiting UPMC Pittsburgh, USA under supervision of Dr. Dade Lunsford
Dr. Ujwal Yeole is an associate consultant neurosurgeon at P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India. He has been interested in intracranial radiosurgery ever since he started working with the Leksell stereotactic frame during his first year of residency. He has attended several workshops and presented papers at neurosurgery congresses and meetings in Asia and has been co-author of published papers on various neurosurgery and radiosurgery topics.
From this fellowship, Dr. Yeole hopes to be able to conduct clinical research on "GKRS for an eloquent cortex lesion in pediatric cases with early, intermediate and delayed neurological outcome and quality of life outcome" as a retrospective study.
DR. HAO LONG
Visited University of Pittsburgh under the supervision of Dr. Dade Lunsford
Dr. Hao Long is a board-certified neurosurgeon and an Assistant Professor in Department of Neurosurgery at Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. He has specialized in stereotactic radiosurgery and functional neurosurgery. His clinical and scientific interests mainly focus on the comprehensive treatment of brain metastases, primary central nervous system lymphoma, glioma, amongst others.
Dr. Long has published research papers and delivered several reports at academic conferences including the 19th International LGKS Meeting in Dubai 2018, Educational Course of International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society in Tianjin in 2018 and most recently, the 6th Meeting of the Asian LGKS in Sendai, Japan in January 2019.
His aim with the Steiner Fellowship is to receive systemic training in all aspects of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery and clinical research methods.
DR. VICTOR GOULENKO
Visited Roswell Park Cancer Institute under the supervision of Dr. Dheerendra Prasad
Dr. Victor Goulenko is a board-certified neurosurgeon at the Paulo Niemeyer State Brain Institute (Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer-IECPN), from where he completed his training as well. He is currently an Attending Surgeon in the functional neurosurgery department.
Dr. Goulenko's primary interests are in the treatment of movement disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, epilepsy and neuro-oncology. He has published several papers, book chapters and participated in various neurosurgery meetings and congresses such as Neurological Disorders Summit and the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN), both of which were held in the U.S. in 2018. In addition, he has visited hospitals such as National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Colorado to improve his skills and knowledge.
His aim with the Steiner Fellowship is to gain in-depth as well as diverse experience working with Gamma Knife surgery for functional disorders and other indications and to get opportunities to conduct multi-center research in this field.
DR. SHWETA KEDIA
Visited Cleveland Clinic under the supervision of Dr. Lilyana Angelov
Dr. Shweta Kedia is an Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India and has been working at its Gamma Knife center since 2014. She recently completed her three-month fellowship under the guidance of Dr. Lilyana Angelov at Cleveland Clinic and got an opportunity to further refine her skills. According to Dr. Angelov, "It was truly a wonderful opportunity to host Dr. Kedia at Cleveland Clinic. Her commitment and passion to learn was exceptional and I think our global Gamma Knife community has been enriched because of this Steiner Fellowship."
Dr. Kedia, whose primary interests are in neuro-oncology and pediatric neurosurgery, has published several papers on these topics. She shared that the time spent at Cleveland Clinic was a great learning experience for her and that this fellowship was a great opportunity to see and expand the application of Gamma Knife at her home center. Her research work includes; Long term outcome of Gamma Knife for acoustic schwannomas and Study on midbrain AVMs and post traumatic hydrocephalus. She is also an associate editor of the book 'Tenets of Craniosynostosis: Surgical Principles and Advanced Multi-disciplinary care' by Thieme publishing group.
DR. NISHANTH SADASHIVA
Dr Nishanth Sadashiva currently holds the post of Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India and is actively involved in the Gamma Knife radiosurgery program there. He completed his Fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer Institute under the guidance of Dr. Dheerendra Prasad and got an opportunity to observe and plan 120 Gamma Knife cases in three months. According to Dr. Prasad, "We welcomed the opportunity to host Dr. Sadashiva and look forward to working with the Society in hosting future applicants. He participated in all the activities of the center and experienced fully the role of Gamma Knife Icon in modern neurosurgery. For me, as a direct student of Ladislau Steiner and colleague to both him and Melita, it was a moment of personal joy and pride to continue his legacy with help from the Society."
Dr. Sadashiva, who is currently working on a paper with the team at Roswell Park spoke about his experience, "Getting trained at such a high-volume center under people who have a record of treating one of the highest number of patients by Gamma Knife was a great experience indeed. At the same time, I got an entirely new perspective of this modality of treatment."
His main interest areas are pediatric neuro-oncology and endoscopic cranial and skull base surgery. His sub-specialist interests include epilepsy surgery and craniofacial surgery. His research interests amongst others, include Exploring genetic variations in different types of meningioma to predict prognosis and recurrence rates and Assessing outcome and prognosis of patients with deep arteriovenous malformations who undergo Gamma Knife treatment. He is part of a few international research projects and has special interest in multi-institutional randomized trials in neurosurgery.
DR. ADESH SHRIVASTAVA
Visited UVA under the supervision of Dr. Jason Sheehan
Dr. Shrivastava has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, India since 2013. He visited University of Virginia (UVA) health System and observed Gamma Knife surgery under the guidance of Dr. Jason Sheehan. During his time there, he was able to attend more than a hundred cases of Gamma Knife radiosurgery and participated in research projects as well. Sharing his experience about hosting and training Dr. Shrivastava, Dr. Sheehan said," The future of Gamma Knife is bright with young neurosurgeons like Dr. Shrivastava. He will be publishing several papers on Gamma Knife radiosurgery as part of his experience."
Dr Shrivastava, who has also been the recipient of Karl Storz Fellowship in Neuroendoscopic surgery, Zeiss Advanced Neurosurgery Fellowship and Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery (Sydney), strongly believes that Gamma Knife is an integral part of the armamentarium of a minimally invasive neurosurgeon. With the Steiner Fellowship experience, he aims not only to add Gamma Knife radiosurgery in his skill set, but also to guide him in establishing a Gamma Knife facility at AIIMS Bhopal.
DR. GEORGIOS ALEXIOU
Visiting Roswell Park Cancer Institute under the supervision of Dr. Dheerendra Prasad
Dr. Alexiou is a Neurosurgeon at the University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece since 2016. He graduated from the same university in 2004. He undertook his neurosurgical training at ''Agia Sofia'' Children's Hospital in Athens and at the University Hospital of Ioannina. After finishing his residency he received the EANS Spine Fellowship award and worked as a Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery in Leeds Teaching Hospital, UK. He then served as a Fellow at the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery in Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School after receiving the AANS International Travelling Fellowship. Dr. Alexiou started his preliminary Gamma Knife training at La Timone in Marseille, France. He has a Master degree in Biotechnology and Public Health. His PhD was on the differential diagnosis of glioma recurrence from radiation necrosis using SPECT and MRI and was funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission. Dr. Alexiou also worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at MD Anderson in Texas, and is currently working on basic research at the Neurosurgical Research Institute in Ioannina, Greece.
His primary research interests are on the role of advanced imaging and radiotherapy techniques to improve the outcomes of glioma patients, on the role of flow cytometry for defining glioma margins and on the discovery and validation of novel chemotherapeutic agents for glioma treatment. With this fellowship Dr. Alexiou hopes to gain an insight into the novel horizons that Leksell Gamma Knife holds in the treatment of brain tumor patients and its emerging indications.
DR. GERBEN R. BORST
Visited UCSF under the supervision of Dr. Michael McDermott
Dr. Gerben R. Borst is a board certificated Radiation Oncologist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI). After obtaining his medical degree in 2003 at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) he finished his residency at the department of radiation oncology at the NKI. During his clinical training he also obtained his PhD in the field of radiation oncology in 2009. During these years he received two fellowships to visit and collaborate with the department of Radiology in Sapporo (Japan) and the Institute of Cancer Research of the Royal Marsden Hospital in London (UK).
In 2012 he worked for 2,5 years at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Canada) as a postdoctoral research fellow, sponsored by the Dutch Cancer Society. Since his return to the NKI he acts as a consultant radiation oncologist in the field of neuro-oncology. Additional to his clinical work, he is a research group leader since 2016. His field of research involves both pre-clinical laboratory based research (improving radiation strategies) and clinically based research.
His aim with the Steiner fellowship is to broaden his knowledge and experience of Gamma-Knife based treatment and to build new relationships in the scope of Gamma Knife based treatment and research.
DR. SERGEJ MARASANOV
Visited Hôpital de la Timone under the supervision of Prof. Jean Regis
Dr. Marasanov is a board certified neurosurgeon practicing at the University Hospital Rebro, Clinical Medical Centre Zagreb. He obtained his MD at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 2004. He completed his neurosurgical training in 2013 at the Department of Neurosurgery of the Clinical Medical Centre Zagreb, one of the UEMS and EANS accredited Centers of Excellence in Neurosurgical Training. He is currently doing his postgraduate PhD study of Biomedicine and Science at the School of Medicine University of Zagreb. During his residency he completed the European Training Courses in Neurosurgery and passed the final written European Examination in Neurosurgery. Soon after board certification his main interest became stereotactic radiosurgery. He started his Gamma Knife training at the Gamma Knife Centre in Zagreb in 2015.
The aim of his application for the Fellowship is to broaden his knowledge and experience in the field of cranial stereotactic radiosurgery. Beside Gamma Knife radiosurgery Dr. Marasanov is very much engaged in the microsurgery program in both adult neurooncology and adult degenerative spine. Dr. Marasanov is also the Secretary of the Croatian Neurosurgical Society.
DR. GREG FELLOWS
Visited UPMC under the supervision of Dr. L. Dade Lunsford
Dr. Greg Fellows is a Consultant Pediatric and Adult Neurosurgeon practicing at The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and Southmead Hospital since 2013, having previously been a Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Dr. Fellows graduated from King's College London in 1999 with Honors in Medicine and a 1st Class, Medical Research Council supported, physiology degree. He undertook his neurosurgical training at King's College Hospital and the Atkinson Morley Hospital in London. As part of his training he was funded by the European Union and was awarded a Research Doctorate (MD) for his research into the molecular biology of brain tumors. His training was completed by a specialist pediatric neurosurgical fellowship at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool.
In addition to the research above Mr Fellows is the principal investigator on the Bristol arm of the Nordic Cerebellar Mutism Study, and co-investigator on the ADAPT study. Mr Fellows has started his preliminary Gamma Knife training in Bristol & has attended an LGK Icon training course in Marseille. In addition to general pediatric neurosurgery he has a sub-specialist interest in neuro-oncology (pediatric & adult), craniofacial surgery, adult degenerative spine, and hydrocephalus.
DR. MADHAVA KANAKAMEDALA
Visited NYU Langone Medical Center under the supervision of Dr. Douglas Kondziolka
Dr. Kanakamedala, is board certified in Radiation Oncology both in India and USA, with an aggregate fifteen years of experience in the field. His was initially trained in Radiation Oncology in India at the MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Center, and later on worked in National Health Service UK for two years. When he first relocated to America, he did a one year long Clinical Research Fellowship in CNS Radiation Oncology at Dana Farber/Brigham Women's Hospital. After completing his Residency in 2014, Dr. Kanakamedala has continued as faculty in the rank of Assistant Professor at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA. Dr. Kanakamedala primarily focuses on Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in addition to treating wide variety of malignancies using external beam radiation.
His primary research interests are hypofractionation (including treatment techniques and prognostic factors influencing outcomes) and the Integration of Immunotherapy (PD-1 Inhibitors) with hypo fractionation.
DR. GABOR NAGY
Visited Mayo Clinic under the supervision of Dr. Bruce Pollock
Dr. Nagy obtained his MD in 2000 at the Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, and completed his PhD studies in 2003 as part of the Neuroscience Graduate Program of the Faculty of Biology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany. His early field of interest during these years was the cellular and molecular electrophysiology of the regulation of neurotransmitter release. In 2004 he returned to Budapest and started to work as a neurosurgical trainee at the National Institute of Neurosurgery (named National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences today) and completed his training in 2011.Since then he has gained experience mainly in neurooncology, pediatric neurosurgery and parts of vascular neurosurgery. He was introduced to Gamma Knife radiosurgery as a trainee at The National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Sheffield, U.K. in 2008. His main field of interest is the multidisciplinary approach of vascular neurosurgery (AVMs and cavernomas) and his current scientific work is based on a still-living collaboration with Sheffield.
The primary aim of his application to the Fellowship is to build new international relationships, both including observing daily clinical routine of multidisciplinary approach integrating modern radiosurgery and participating in scientific discussion. Although his home institute does not currently operate with a Gamma Knife, as a microsurgeon he believes that we cannot talk about modern cranial neurosurgery without the integration of the current knowledge on radiosurgery as part of a multimodality management. Thus, the development of radiosurgery reflects on the development of neurosurgery as a constant dialogue.
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On our last cruise we traveled a very long way and had to be prepared to encounter all types of weather. We traveled from Singapore through Southeast Asia and India and the UAE, through the Suez canal to Rome, then to Scotland and on to Canada. The trip was in March through June. I knew that we would encounter hot steamy and hot and dry weather, then possibly cold and rainy in Scotland and Canada. Although I am well versed in layering my wardrobe, and packing conservatively, this trip was a challenge!
To top it all off, after traveling for months, when we were to fly home our bags could not weigh over 40 pounds each. That severely limited our souvenir purchases, not that we buy many anyway. Our favorite souvenirs to buy are artisan made ceramic plates and local salt. We have a small collection of both from all around the world. This trip precluded buying much of anything, so besides the thousands of photos I took (which I still have to organize), I brought home some watercolor paintings I did while we traveled.
They are nothing spectacular, but framed they are a nice addition to our wall. Every time I look at them, I can remember where we were and why I chose that subject to paint. Each is a little capsule of memory. It was extremely easy to pack the paintings because each is just a sheet of watercolor paper. Framing happens at home.
So now you know about one of my other hobbies, beside sewing and gardening!
This entry was posted in Do It Yourself, Frugal, Hobbies, Tips and Ideas and tagged Cruise, do-it-yourself, Hobby, media, souvenier, Travel, Watercolor.


Understand speeds, hotspots and how it compares.
You can't ever read the fine print too carefully, and that is also the case with Verizon's new unlimited data plan.
The $80 unlimited plan — or, to phrase it more accurately, "unmetered" plan — that Verizon Wireless rolled out Sunday initially featured fewer carve-outs and restrictions than comparable offerings from AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. But by Thursday, its three competitors had all responded to Verizon by loosening many of those limits.
To sum up: Verizon is offering unlimited data, talking and texting for a single line, for $80 a month. That's before taxes and fees, which typically inflate the bil.
Its fine print contains qualifications that deserve a closer look.
That's not a hard cutoff or one you're stuck with for the rest of the month, and user reports of other carriers' "deprioritization" policies suggest the effects aren't that painful.
— Verizon's unlimited plan imposes a secondary limit on tethering, or using the phone as a portable WiFi hotspot to share its connectivity with another device. You get 10 GB a month of LTE tethering — per line, not account.
After that, your tethering drops to 3G speeds, which Verizon corporate-communications director Kelly Crummey said means a minimum of 600 kilobits per second.
Third-party tests suggest the actual speed may be slightly higher: The research firm OpenSignal's new report on U.S. mobile networks found VzW 3G download speeds averaged just 850 kbps, a twentieth of its LTE-download average. In other words, very slow.
Effective Friday, T-Mobile's $70-including-taxes-and-fees unlimited plan—the only one sold to new subscribers—will also include 10 GB of LTE hotspot sharing. Today, it constrains that to 3G speeds, which OpenSignal found averaged 4 Mbps. T-Mobile will also let subscribers opt out of having streaming video limited to "480p" DVD-grade resolution.
AT&T's $100 unlimited plan does not let customers use their phones as a mobile hotspot, but as of Friday it's no longer reserved for subscribers to its DirecTV or U-verse TV services. Sprint, for its part, announced Thursday that it would double the tethering allowance on its unlimited plan to 10 GB and include HD video streaming.
— The pricing of Verizon's new deal can be confusing as well. Verizon usually lists rates exclusive of a $20 line-access charge, but it folds that cost into the advertised price of its unlimited plan: $80 for one device, $140 for two, $162 for three or $180 for four.
The result: Glancing at the numbers on Verizon's site can lead one to think that its "$70" 8 GB plan costs less than the unlimited plan, when in reality that 8GB plan will run you $90.
Conversely, I've seen some readers assume the new unlimited plan really adds up to $100 on one device, more than the current $95 cost of the unlimited plan Verizon stopped selling in 2011.
That $95 cost factors in the cheapest combination of voice minutes and texting available then, plus a $20 price hike imposed on the old unlimited deal last year. Since that option excludes tethering, you should dump it unless you somehow burn through over 22 GB a month on your phone alone.
Verizon's advertised prices for its new plan also assumes you'll set up automatic payments. That's not an unusual request, but Verizon further requires you to make those payments from a checking account or a debit card--meaning you can't put them on a rewards-earning or cash-back credit card.
"The majority of our customers use checks and debit cards to pay for their monthly bills," said Crummey, the Verizon spokeswoman.
The unlimited plan, unlike others, also requires giving up existing employer and educational discounts. But Verizon's 15% military and veterans discount still applies, Crummey said.


More stuff to entertain your brain again. We will keep giving you the good when it comes to funny pics and memes. It's like a factory here and we only make the best galleries for you. So enjoy this nice steamy dump of fresh pics and memes.


Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love the fact that it's celebrated throughout the entire month of December. Most people seem to be in a more festive mood. It's such a joyous time of year. Of course, the reason for the season is the birth of Jesus—it's sad that Christmas has become so commercialized when the real reason is the birth of God's son sent to save us for our sins.
This year for Thanksgiving and Christmas I decided to do a month long celebration of thanks and of Christmas spirit. It got me thinking last night that I should use the themes for my blog for all of 2012. I have guest bloggers and guest authors being interviewed all the time; however, I've never tried to do a year long journey of themed months. I am really excited about this and hope you'll be too.
If you are interest in participating as a guest in any of these themed months, please contact me. I'm starting to fill up the schedule of 2012 with guests for interviews and guest blogs pertaining to each month's theme.


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This release will only work with Mercurial 0.9.3. The code runs a "hg version" command looking for the "0.9.3" string. In future revs we will make this less restrictive, allowing users to continue if the version check fails #103144. If you do not have the supported Mercurial version installed you will see an empty Mercurial menu, we need to get additional platform support to stop this empty menu appearing if the appropriate version of Mercurial is not installed.
If you have installed an earlier version of the plugin please uninstall and restart the IDE before installing Mercurial Plugin Rev 1.0 rc5, upgrades will be supported in future releases.
Rollback will rollback the last repository commit, push or pull. It will update the repository and your working directory. Sometimes some project files in the IDE can be out of sync with what's now in the repository and working dir. To correct this, just open the file in the IDE modify it and resave it. This issue will be addressed in rev 1.1 by ensuring a forced refresh in the IDE happens after a rollback if any files have been modified #103103 #103125.
Note: correct Hg copy propagation does work for rename as this event is caught by the Interceptor.
Hgk is a powerful repository viewer, displaying the changesets of a Mercurial repository in a graphical form. It is part of the base Hg distribution and can be invoked by typing "hg view" in a repository directory.


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Q: Why is Linq/Linqpad not recognising primary key of table after a primary key was added to it? I've got a little script in Linqpad to update some tables in an old DB, some of these tables did not have primary keys set.  After updating those tables and amending a column to be a primary key INT non-nullable field and marking it as the identity column Linqpad is still telling me it can't create/update/delete on that table as it has no primary key.  Is there something else I need to do before Linqpad will acknoweldge these tables now have a primary key?

A: Nevermind, I realised my problem.  In Linqpad I had constructed a connection based on two databases that the script was running in.  I had been refreshing the original database connection for the database I had been updating.  Simply refreshing the created combined connection in Linqpad resolved the issue.

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The 2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid is a new addition to Kia's Niro lineup. Niro already has a regular Hybrid version, but this one increases the capacity of the battery and improves the fuel economy. It allows you to drive 26 miles on electricity only and to switch to the regular hybrid mode after that.
The Niro doesn't have the best fuel economy in the class, but it costs less than most of its rivals. It can go for up to 46 miles on one gallon of fuel. Compared to the Toyota Prius with maximum mpg of 58, it doesn't look that much.
What stands out about the car is its design. It is claimed to be a compact SUV. However, without an All Wheel Drive system and only 1 more inch ( 6.3 inches totally) of ground clearance than Kia Optima sedan, it is more a big four-door hatchback rather than an SUV.
The car is available in three trims. The first one is the LX. It has a pretty basic set of features for this class, such as advanced driver safety aids, touchscreen display etc. The EX version includes more convenience-oriented and safety features. Finally, EX Premium is the "luxury" version with leather upholstery and premium audio.
All of the trims are powered by the same 1.6 liters inline four-cylinder engine and electric motor combining for 139 hp. The engine sends power through the six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission to the front wheels.
The Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid has 2 driving modes. The first one is known as Eco. However, Kia thinks that people who care about the ecology do not need acceleration at all since it is very slow. The other mode is named "Sport". This mode makes you feel more like you are driving a normal car. However, it's less efficient and there is no in-between mode.
This car will be perfect for younger adults, who want to save some money on gasoline and still be able to go outside of the city during the weekends. It is pretty comfortable for that price and does not look awkward. The price for the Premium model is $35,440. You can reduce that price by using the $4,543 federal tax credit, since it is eligible for it. For around $30,000 you will buy a new plug-in hybrid with all the needed safety features and extra space in the trunk.


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San Jose, CA – June 6, 2018 – Casto Travel today announced that Kathy Anderson has been elected to Casto Travel's board of directors. Kathy has had a distinguished career leading technology strategy, development, and delivery in several industries.
Prior to joining the Casto board, Kathy served as the CIO of Charles Schwab Bank. Additionally she also was the Senior Vice President, leading the Core Technology Solutions (CTS) organization. This team was responsible for providing the applications for all core Schwab functions and customer service channels. Kathy also currently serves as the President for the International Women's Forum of Northern California, an organization that advances leadership by connecting accomplished women of significant and diverse achievement, as well as on the IWF Northern California Legacy Foundation Board and the board of GirlVentures, a non-profit inspiring girls to lead through outdoor adventure, inner discovery and collective action.
"Kathy is a dynamo and we are really proud to have her be a part of our board" said Marc Casto, CEO of Casto Travel. "She has an extraordinary history of creating visionary solutions and bottom line results backed by local and global teams. Her experience and wisdom will help Casto continue our growth."
"I was happy to join the board of this forward thinking travel company," said Kathy about the announcement. "I appreciate their approach to technology and their strong commitment to both their clients and their employees. I have tremendous respect for Maryles and Marc and I look forward to working with them."
The Casto corporate board serves two primary purposes: First, to set the direction of the company and ensure that it operate both professionally and in line with is governance requirements; and, second, to provide oversight and direct accountability of the senior management.
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10 million meals delivered by Catholic Charities: Bronx ceremony and food distribution marks milestone
Catholic Charities marked the distribution of 10 million meals during the COVID-19 pandemic with a food distribution and outreach on immigration, housing, and health care at Sacred Heart Church in the Highbridge section of the Bronx July 29. Catholic, civic and business leaders emphasized that while there...
Accustomed To Helping Others, They Now Find Themselves In Need
In pandemic's grip, concerns about food insecurity are compounded for older Americans. Until March, Gabriel and Constancia Merrill had both worked to provide food to seniors, she preparing the meals and he delivering them. But now, the couple has found themselves on the receiving end of food assistance after losing...


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Solo Exhibition | "OFF/GRID" | David Bloch Gallery | Marrakech, Morocco.
Recent works on canvas and wood created in both the US and during studio residency in the Kasbah, Marrakech + on sight installations and mural interventions.
Streaming and free download of a curated 4×4Tracktor soundtrack here.
The title of Augustine Kofie's 2015 exhibition OFF/GRID refers to the tension that animates his work: the juxtaposition, and then synthesis, of opposing forces. This tension operates at a number of levels. In the arena of style, the vintage and the futurist collide. In the arena of formal composition, shapes and lines are built within a strict grid format but then break from this grid, playing off a tilt, shifting off of the established pattern, in an improvisational, freestyle experimentation. In the arena of medium, a collage technique using industrial packaging and office supply materials from the 1950s to the 1980s is filtered—rendered contemporary—through painting. There is the constructivism of the work, which Kofie approaches like a builder—an architect or engineer—a draftsman, not a painter, making preliminary, two-dimensional sketches of a structure, but one which will never be built. This produces a paradoxical sense of time: the structure simultaneously exists in a future that will never take place, while referring back to a past that has been forgotten. OFF/GRID refers to this sci-fi temporality, a push and pull between past and future, a tilt off of the grid of time.
OFF/GRID, which opens at David Bloch Gallery in Marrakech in April 2015, pushes this ongoing exploration further, this time in dialogue with its context. Kofie will be exploring oppositional synthesis by collaborating with craftsmen to produce work that merges established Moroccan artistic traditions with his own brand of American contemporary expression. The title OFF/GRID therefore also refers to the way this body of work is made off the grid of Kofie's usual cultural milieu.


This is so very clever of you to stretch your punches for other uses! I love all the elements of your design, especially the felt flower!
How very creative and the punches make a very pretty border and I always like the lovely texture the corrugated gives.
That's a great tip for using punches. I've got some punches, angels, hearts and tulips that I haven't used in years, I think I should get the dust off them and try your technique!
I love the aged look you've given the punched circle, a really great effect. The whole project looks fabulous finished!
I also wasn't to thank you for all the lovely comments you leave me. I read them all and find your kind words very inspiring, so thank you!
This is so neat how you made this with the punches! I clicked on the link to check out the video - I have not seen anything like this before! I think your tag/calendar is gorgeous and I love the gold with the blue and the corrugated backing! The little flower and hearts are a nice touch! This is really different and fun - love it!
Gorgeous creation, fabulous textures and love how you have used your punches, very clever.


Music Venue Trust has announced plans for Fightback 2017, a major fundraising drive in partnership with Pledge Music.
Fightback will launch a series of MVT merchandise and special items, including artist signature T-shirts, VIP Fightback and aftershow tickets, and the chance to own an exclusive, signed Fender Mustang guitar, to support the campaign to protect grassroots music venues.
The six-week campaign concludes on Tuesday, October 17 - following Venues Day 2017 - with a celebratory gig at Camden Electric Ballroom.
"Fightback 2017 is all about artists and fans, because in the end Grassroots Music Venues are all about artists and fans," said MVT CEO Mark Davyd (pictured). "Fightback 2017 will be working with artists to create something special that fans can own or take part in, with all the proceeds going to support the work of the Emergency Response Team."
The MVT Artists Signature series of T-shirts kicks off with a limited-edition shirt specially designed by Frank Turner. Just 200 shirts are available, featuring a print of handwritten lyrics signed by Turner. More signature shirts will be announced in the coming weeks.
Early Bird Tickets for the Fightback 2017 concert at Camden Electric Ballroom are on sale now, with special VIP and Aftershow tickets also available. And there's a challenge for brands and companies who want to connect with fans, artists and venues in the grassroots sector; Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsorship packages for Fightback 2017.
MVT strategic director Beverley Whitrick said: "Between 2007 and 2015, over a third of the UK's Grassroots Music Venues were forced into closure. We were losing twenty venues a year, every year. Music Venue Trust launched our Emergency Response service in 2016 thanks to generous fundraising and support from artists, fans and brands. We promised that Emergency Response would make a real difference. One year later there are the same number of venues open. This isn't rocket science. We can stop venue closures like The Cellar in Oxford and The Sound Lounge in Tooting, we just need the resources to do it".


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Former Epic Records Executive Joins Apple Music Team
Apple wins 6 Design Patents for Magic Keyboard in China
Samsung Files Patent for 3D Touch Copycat Feature while Apple looks to Challenge the Galaxy Note for Pros
Ever since Apple introduced 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s there's been speculation that Samsung would eventually copy this Apple feature. Apple released their 3D touch on September 9, 2015. A Month later Synaptics announced their new Android solution to match Apple's latest feature was called ClearForce sensing solution. The company states that "ClearForce enables OEMs to differentiate smartphones by providing customers with new dimensions in user interfaces such as speed scrolling, zoom, gaming, and text or photo editing by applying variable force with a finger or stylus." SamMobile posted a report last year titled "Could Samsung bring something like Apple's 3D Touch to its smartphones?" Well, they may do so sometime in the future but they didn't add it to either their latest 2016 Galaxy S7 or Note 7. If the Synaptics solution was that great, Samsung would have introduced it. It was obviously a poor copy of Apple's 3D Touch. This week Patently Apple discovered a new patent application that surfaced at the U.S. Patent Office regarding a 3D-like technology from Samsung that would apply to both touch and Pen applications on a Galaxy Note. So technically it's only a matter of time until Samsung's copy of Apple's 3D Touch technology comes to market.
In Samsung's patent FIG. 4 noted above we're able to see a flowchart of a method of controlling the electronic device (a Galaxy Noted device that uses a pen) whereby the method of controlling the electronic device is based on which pressure condition a pressure state of a touch input satisfies.
In Samsung's summary they note that their invention "provides an electronic device capable of determining whether to display information relating to a touch input or perform a function corresponding to the touch input according to a pressure state corresponding to the touch input when the touch input is applied to a touch screen.
According to an aspect of the inventive concept, there is provided an electronic device operating based on a touch input, the electronic device including a touch screen for receiving the touch input; and a controller for determining a pressure state corresponding to the touch input, when the pressure state satisfies a first pressure condition, controlling the touch screen to display information relating to the touch input, and, when the pressure state satisfies a second pressure condition, performing a function corresponding to the touch input.
According to another aspect of the inventive concept, there is provided a method of controlling an electronic device based on a touch input, the method including determining a pressure state of a touch input; when it is determined that the pressure state satisfies a first pressure condition, displaying information relating to the touch input; and when it is determined that the pressure state satisfies a second pressure condition, performing a function corresponding to the touch input.
Samsung filed their U.S. patent application back in May 2016. Considering that this is a patent application, the timing of such a product to market is unknown at this time.
Patently Mobile also posted a patent report earlier today covering Samsung's work on better waterproofing a future Note smartphone by eliminating one speaker grille on the phone and introducing a new Pen design that doubles as a speaker as shown in part below.
While I'm on the topic of the Galaxy note, I wanted to just look back at our report posted two weeks ago titled "Samsung Dodged a Bullet this week, but for How Long?" for just a moment. I was checking out the iPad Pro yesterday at my local Apple Store and realized that Apple's use of the Pencil was pretty limited to a few apps which wouldn't have been much competition for Samsung if Apple released the iPhone 7 with Apple Pencil. So the delay is better understood.
With the Galaxy Note, you're able to use the pen to mark up an article before sending to a friend or colleague. Apple is about to release this kind of functionality in early 2017 according to a report posted by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg in late August. I read it, but it didn't really sink in till this weekend when talking to the Apple rep about the Pencil limited application on the iPad Pro. I'll wait for that feature before buying one. But it made me think that if Apple's push for wider applications on the iPad Pro is coming to iOS, then it's going to be easier to bring this functionality to a future iPhone model.
Gurman noted that "Upcoming software upgrades for the iPad include wider operating-system support for Apple's stylus accessory, while hardware performance improvements are also in development, according to the people."
More specifically, Gurman further noted that "The planned iPad update will include improvements to the Apple Pencil, a handwriting and drawing stylus aimed at professionals, according to one of the people. Apple has considered allowing users to annotate objects in many applications across the whole operating system, including in Mail, the Safari web browser, and iMessage, similar to what Samsung Electronics Co. offers on its Note smartphones, the person said. Currently, Apple only supports Pencil functionality in specifically developed apps." Bingo.
Apple's iPhone 7 Plus has a larger display and a superior dual lens camera with zoom which is really cool. Apple's third major advantage for their iPhone Plus model next year (hopefully) will be the option of using Apple Pencil (or a different model of Pencil) as we were cheering on for this year based on a statement by Apple's CEO Tim Cook.
But now that it's clear that Apple's engineers are about to bring a serious upgrade to Apple Pencil closer to Samsung's Note, the war drum could be heard in the distance. This year the Note 7 was crushed because of a battery crisis and recall, and 2017 won't be much better if Apple decides to follow through and update their iPhone Plus model to go head-to-head with Samsung's Note 8 with Apple Pencil.
With Samsung aiming to add a 3D touch-like feature to a future smartphone and Apple likely aiming to challenge the Galaxy Note by advancing Apple Pencil, hopefully the two are going to bring some fireworks to the table next year – and I can't wait for it all to begin.
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In early march, members of the SPARC/Interact Club of Mineola and Carle Place High Schools gathered at Mineola High School where they heard personal accounts of a very admirable US Veteran who served in the Marines during the war in Afghanistan. US Marine Corporal John Fretz, currently a social studies teacher at Mineola, recounted his experiences in the military, expressing his grief and gratitude for those whom he had lost during the war. Corporal Fretz shared his experience of witnessing first-hand, the destruction of an IED explosive. His Commanding Officer was terribly wounded in the IED explosion, leaving him incapacitated and unable to care for many of his own medical needs. Corporal Fretz's commander is now relying on the VA Hospital for medical treatment of his ailments. After hearing this moving presentation from Corporal Fretz, the SPARC/Interact Club members worked together to create "comfort kit gift packages" to help ease the discomfort and distress faced by many veterans. These Gift Packs for Veterans included: pens, crossword puzzle books, combs, socks, and personal care items. Also included in each gift pack was a student-created "Thank You for Your Service" Card offering gratitude for the veterans' sacrifice. The gifts were delivered after completion to the Veteran's Administration hospital in Northport, Long Island.


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Q: Chart JS Zoom Plugins not working when chart data label plugins Try to use the Chart Js zoom and ChartDatalabels at same time in angular but return the from index All declarations of 'PluginOptionsByType' must have identical type parameters
I tried bleow attached code
import { AfterViewInit, Component, ElementRef, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {Chart} from 'chart.js';
import ChartDataLabels from 'chartjs-plugin-datalabels';
import zoomPlugin from 'chartjs-plugin-zoom';
Chart.register( ChartDataLabels)
Chart.register(zoomPlugin);
@Component({
  selector: 'app-deleteconfirmdialog',
  templateUrl: './deleteconfirmdialog.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./deleteconfirmdialog.component.scss']
})
export class DeleteconfirmdialogComponent implements AfterViewInit {
  canvas: any;
  ctx: any;
  @ViewChild('chartCanvas') myCanvas!: ElementRef;
  chart:any;
  chartConfig= {
    type: 'line',
    data: {
      labels: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May'],
      datasets: [
        {
          label: 'Data 1',
          data: [65, 59, 80, 81, 56]
        },
        {
          label: 'Data 2',
          data: [28, 48, 40, 19, 86]
        }
      ]
    },
    options: {
      zoom: {
        zoom: {
          wheel: {
            enabled: true,
          },
          pinch: {
            enabled: true
          },
          mode: 'xy',
        }
      },
      plugins: {
        // Enable data labels
        datalabels: {
          color: '#fff',
          font: {
            weight: 'bold'
          }
        }
      }
    }
  };
  ngAfterViewInit(): void {
     this.ctx = this.myCanvas.nativeElement.getContext('2d');
     let myChart = new Chart(this.ctx,{
      type: 'line',
      data: {
        labels: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May'],
        datasets: [
          {
            label: 'Data 1',
            data: [65, 59, 80, 81, 56]
          },
          {
            label: 'Data 2',
            data: [28, 48, 40, 19, 86]
          }
        ]
      },
      options: {

        plugins: {
          // Enable data labels
          datalabels: {
            color: '#fff',
            font: {
              weight: 'bold'
            }
          },
          zoom: {
            // Enable zooming
            enabled: true,
            // Zooming directions. Remove the appropriate direction to disable
            // Eg. 'y' would only allow zooming in the y direction
            mode: 'xy'
          },
        }
      }
     })
  }

  constructor() { }

}

Version:
Angular:15
chartjs:4.1.1
ng2-Chart:4.0.1
zoom-plugin:2.0.0

A: I have a similar issue. I resolved this using a hack. In tsconfig.json add skipLibChek: true.  This is not a permanent solution. This resolved my issue

A: I had this same issue (and was following this question for an answer) but it was resolved in a recent update.
Now there is a new (different) issue with the latest Chart.js (4.2.1), either with the zoom or annotation plugin (I use both).
I think it is simply the case that updates can leave the main package out of step with the plugins, and we simply have to have patience with the developers (or contribute ourselves!). The trick seems to be identifying a working set of packages and taking care with upgrade paths from there, trying them out and reverting if issues exist. Of course, this does make it difficult to get started, if there is no known working combination to start from. Most recently, a working combination has been Chart.js 4.2.0 with chartjs-plugin-zoom 2.0.0 and chartjs-plugin-annotation 2.1.2.


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A 'lost decade' closes as Ireland continues to drink as much today as it did a decade ago
As a new decade dawned in 2010, Ireland's drinking population was working its way through 11 litres of pure alcohol per capita – this corresponds to 46 bottles of Gin or close on 500 pints for everyone in the audience. Back then, as a society, and with an agreed political consensus, we had begun to examine how we could establish meaningful alcohol controls to curb the demand and supply of alcohol and recalibrate our hazardous relationship with alcohol.
Eight years later in October 2018, after much debate we finally enacted the Public Health Alcohol Act, the first measures of which only became law last month (November 2019). This closes what can be best described as a 'lost decade' when over 10,000 lives have been unnecessarily lost to alcohol related illness and incident.
Regrettably, ten years on, we have made no progress in reducing our overall consumption, as we still make our way through 11 litres of pure alcohol per capita; 60,000 children fell victims to the tsunami of alcohol marketing and commenced drinking this year, and all the while, over 200,000 children went to bed every night in homes were alcohol was the persistent source of trauma.
As a new decade is now about to dawn, we can again have a fresh opportunity to renew our efforts to really tackle the appalling impact of alcohol on our society.
Targets established in legislation to reduce our consumption by twenty percent remain plausible but far from been obtained. Low risk guidelines on alcohol consumption demonstrate we must be targeting a forty percent reduction, if we are to manage the significant public health risks arising.
Vital decisions, currently being put off or being stalled by vested interests, will have to made by this government or by a new government that we will likely soon elect. Minimum unit pricing of alcohol products, which offers significant gains for public health, must be implemented; spurious economic rationale cannot be allowed to trump the health of a nation. Content of alcohol advertising; a broadcast watershed and the accurate labelling of all alcohol products must all be commenced with urgency.
A decade has been lost. Many lives unnecessarily ruined. We must grasp the promise of a new decade and make a serious commitment to tackling our problem head on: ensuring that our youth can fulfil all its potential with creativity and enterprise, and that those, stifled by the never-ending parade of drink, can begin to enjoy a society where alcohol is not always present to mask our responsibilities.


There are lots of good reasons to take a group puppy class with your new dog. There are so many reasons, in fact, that I'm actually shocked more people don't do it. (Can you believe fewer than 5% of new puppy owners engage in any training at all?). That's crazy. Why? Well, for one puppy classes are so much fun. Add to that, they're incredibly important.
Puppy classes are "brain changers." Really good puppy classes are specially designed for dogs between 8 and 18 weeks of age, youngsters. At that stage of their development, our puppies' brains are still growing, making connections, and creating receptacles for important brain chemicals. Puppy classes that include interesting and enriching activities like play, exposure to novel sights and sounds, as well as fun interactions with other humans can help our young dogs' brains grow stronger (and measurably bigger, too).
Puppy classes prevent fear and aggression. Young puppies are adventurous sorts, always walking a fine line between bravery and fear. They're figuring out what is safe in the world and what may not be so safe for them. A well-designed and properly supervised puppy class helps our young dogs learn that the world is full of wonder, with other dogs, new people, and new sights, sounds and smells. Better yet, they learn that all those new experiences come with a variety of smiles, praise and treats. Our dogs grow up learning that life is good, and the world is safe for them. They aren't fearful, and they don't grow up to be aggressive dogs.
Good manners start at puppy class. Our young puppies are clean slates. They haven't learned any bad habits yet. Smart puppy classes fill their brains early on with lots of good habits, simple tasks that even very young dogs can learn. It's amazing to see how much and how fast a very young dog can learn. They are ready, and oh so willing.
Puppy classes are good for humans. Humans who engage in early training with their young dogs bond more strongly with their dogs. We learn how to communicate with our dogs at a level other dog owners don't. Plus, we learn skills for training our dogs even more useful and complicated tasks as they mature. So yeah, we learn stuff too.
Don't forget reason number one: Puppy classes are fun! Seriously, they are big fun. The best puppy classes include lots of off-leash play and games for humans and their dogs. It's low stress learning for everyone. And, c'mon, you're in a room with lots of really cute puppies. How could it not be fun.
Now, you have permission to stop reading. Go find a reward-based puppy class in your area (message me for recommendations). Take some cute pictures from your puppy class experience, too. You can email those to me as well and I'll post them on Instagram and my Facebook page.
Michael Baugh teaches dog training in Houston and Katy, TX. He specializes in behavior related to fear and aggression.


Background and Objectives:Anti-tuberculosis drug, rifampin, is toxic for liver. This study was conducted to determine the preventive effects of black cumin (Nigella sativaLinn.) extract against rifampin-induced hepatotoxicity in rats.
Methods: In this experimental study, 40 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 equal groups: 1- control group, 2- toxic drug group, 3- positive control group, and 4- extract treatment group, respectively received normal saline, rifampin (at a dose of 500mg/kg), silymarin(at a sose of 50mg/kg) plus rifampin, and ethanolic extract of black cumin (250mg/kg) plus rifampin, daily through gavage for one month. Finally, serum levels of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin,albumin, and protein, were assessed. Malondialdehyde level and activities of liver superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidise, and glutathione reductase, were measured.Histopathological analysis was performed to evaluate the various degrees of liver injury. The groups were compaired using statistical tests of one-way ANOVA and Tukey, s post-test.
Results:Silymarin and black cumin extract significantly decreased the serum levels of liver function biomarkers, bilirubin, and malondialdehyde and increased the serum levels of albumin and protein and the levels of liver antioxidant enzymes in the rats treated with rifampin (p<0.01). Histopathologically, silymarinand black cumin extract improved the rifampin-induced hepatic injury. Histopathological results were consistent with biochemical findings.
Conclusion:Accordind to the results of this study,black cumin extract with antioxidant properties, protects liver tissue against rifampin-induced oxidative damage.


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Users of Red Hat Software Collections can access the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Program Group in the Red Hat Customer Portal to get developer related information for the development tools available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In addition, users can find developer related papers and videos on topics that are of interest to developers, for example RPM building, threaded programming, performance tuning, debugging, and so on.
To visit the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Program Group, log in to the Red Hat Customer Portal, click Products and Services at the top of the page, choose Services, and then Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Program from the list.
Red Hat Software Collections 2.0 Packaging Guide — The Packaging Guide for Red Hat Software Collections explains the concept of Software Collections, documents the scl utility, and provides a detailed explanation of how to create a custom Software Collection or extend an existing one.
Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.1 Release Notes — The Release Notes for Red Hat Developer Toolset document known problems, possible issues, changes, and other important information about this Software Collection.
Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.1 User Guide — The User Guide for Red Hat Developer Toolset contains more information about installing and using this Software Collection.
Using and Configuring Red Hat Subscription Manager — The Using and Configuring Red Hat Subscription Manager book provides detailed information on how to register Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, manage subscriptions, and view notifications for the registered systems.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Deployment Guide — The Deployment Guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 provides relevant information regarding the deployment, configuration, and administration of this system.
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Brunello Cucinelli's skirt is cut from layers of tulle intricately embroidered in a checked pattern and embellished with scores of sequins that glint as they catch the light. It's fitted with an elasticated waistband and lined to the thigh for coverage. Try styling it with a tucked-in blouse and pristine white sneakers.
Shown here with: Max Mara Shirt, Loewe Shoulder bag, Jil Sander Sneakers, Monica Vinader Earrings.


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Chris Eaton takes up post at the International Centre for Sport Security
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The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the not-for-profit institution that specialises in sport security and integrity, has announced the arrival of Chris Eaton as the organisation's new Director of Sport Integrity.
Eaton joins the ICSS following his role as Head of Security at world football governing body FIFA, where he oversaw the development of an international investigation programme tasked with combating match-fixing and criminal behaviour within football.
In his new position, Eaton will work closely with international sporting bodies, governments, agencies and academic institutions to assist them in the development of cross-sport platforms and solutions to tackle the incursion of criminals into both international sports and gambling.
Eaton explained "I am delighted to be joining the ICSS and look forward to working closely with the team to help combat the scourge of sports-results manipulation and criminal activities in sport.
"The ICSS provides tailored advice in important issues of sport security and integrity and I hope to use the valuable experience and knowledge that I gained at FIFA to help develop an international and multi-sport approach to these critical issues."
Speaking on Chris Eaton's arrival, ICSS President Mohammed Hanzab stated "on behalf of the ICSS, I am delighted that Chris, who has been at the forefront of the fight against international match-fixing and related corruption in football, has decided to join the ICSS.
"Alongside our recent agreement with the University of Paris: Pantheon-Sorbonne to develop research programmes and tackle illegal sporting activity, we hope that Chris's arrival demonstrates our ongoing commitment in addressing important issues in sport integrity."
ICSS has also announced a new agreement to work with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) during the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, taking place from 4th to 20th May in Finland and Sweden.
The agreement sees the IIHF and ICSS collaborate on all aspects of risk Management and crisis communication for the tournament, which features the top 16 ice hockey teams from around the globe.
Central to the project is a joint review of the critical issues from previous IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships and ice hockey events, drawing on the experience of the ICSS team at a number of major sporting events, including previous FIFA World Cups and UEFA European Football Championships.
The ICSS is an international, not-for-profit institution that aims to help event organizers to stage safer major sporting events. The Centre's mission is to enhance security and integrity in the world of sport by proactively addressing real issues and providing best-in-class training, research and tailored advice.
Based in Doha, Qatar, in March ICSS hosted the second International Sport Security Conference.
For more information go to www.theicss.org
16th March 2012 - ICSS AND PANTHEON-SORBONNE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS MATCH-FIXING IN SPORT
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