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May Review: The Department Of Curiosities by Karen J Carlisle
It's no secret at all that I've been a huge fan of Karen J Carlisle's ineffable knack for storytelling and world building since I fist encountered her Viola Stewart series a few years ago. Her beautifully entertaining paranormal series Aunt Enid has captured my heart too, but I have to confess that I have been missing the mysterious steampunkish world Viola inhabits with its secret societies and artefacts of wonder … so imagine my glee when I was sent an ARC of the first book in her new series The Department Of Curiosities -For The Good Of The Empire, which is set in the same world as the Viola Stewart stories! I couldn't wait to click 'open' and begin reading and I'm happy to say it was all I could have hoped for and more…
Karen J Carlisle is one of those rare gems who's storytelling captivated me from the first page and carried me expertly through a marvellous world of mysterious occurrences, secret societies, wondrous devices and characters I both loved and loved to hate.
Miss Matilda Meriwether is a strong, independent and resourceful character with secrets to protect and unravel and an agenda that is utterly her own. Having said this she is also realistic for the world and time period in which she exists and she wrangles with all the social and emotional baggage that women in the late Victorian era had to contend with. These both combine to make her an utterly believable and lovable character and I found myself feeling her frustrations and quandaries even as I admired her bravado and ingenuity. She is certainly a character I now want to follow through the rest of the series.
As for the plot I don't want to reveal to much because the beauty of this book is in the secrets and surprises… young Matilda is trying to unravel a family secret with the help of a very unexpected and comically petulant and cryptic 'guide,' when she becomes entangled with The Department Of Curiosities. Tillie hopes that working for the department will bring her closer to solving her own mystery but of course life has a lot more in store for her before she gets there… this is a fabulous 'gateway' book for anyone new to Steampunk and for old hands it is an expertly woven tale incorporating everything we love about the genre from mad scientists, secret societies, strong heroines, dastardly villains, marvellous mysteries and incredible devices ; yet another another absolute treat from Karen J Carlisle.
You can pre-order The Department Of Curiosities: For The Good Of The Empire here:
And find out more about the book, characters and world and read more reviews on Karen's website here:
May 20, 2019 | Categories: blog tours, Penny's book reviews, Uncategorized | Tags: book tours, Department Of Curiosities, fiction, Karen J Carlisle, reviews, steampunk | 1 Comment
30 Years Of Steampunk: The Second Decade – Guest Post By Phoebe Darqueling
Steampunk: The Second Decade
Greetings to fans of Steampunk old and new! This is the third installment of a series exploring the history of the Steampunk genre in honor of its "31st birthday" on April 27. As part of the 30th birthday festivities in 2017, I coordinated and contributed to a collaborative Steampunk novel called Army of Brass. You can pre-order now at a mere $.99 as our "gift" on this most hallowed of days and it will be delivered on Friday.
In the first post in this series, I talked about adaptations of Victorian works as examples of Steampunk before the word "Steampunk" came into being. If you want to know more about that momentous occasion and the first ten years of amazing books, check out part 2. Now, we embark on the decade spanning the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s in which Steampunk branched out from literature and found a home in fashion and graphic novels. Plus we see the birth of the first online forums for connecting Steampunk fans.
Steampunk jumped from the pages of books into the realm of wearable art sometime in the mid- to late-1990s. Fashion student and member of the fashionable set, Kit Stolen, is one well-known example. He wore distressed Victorian style clothes paired with his own unique hair creations (called "falls") and caused quite a sensation. Large-scale events wouldn't show up in earnest for a few years yet, but daring creators like Stolen paved the way for the rest of us to enjoy our corsets and top hats later on.
In 1999, writer Alan Moore (The Watchmen) and illustrator Kevin O'Neill paired up to create the first LoEG graphic novels. The story is set in 1898 in the aftermath of the events of Dracula. Mina Harker is recruited by Campion Bond (a predecessor of James Bond) to lead a unique group of "extraordinary" literary figures. She recruits the likes of Allan Quatermain, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, The Invisible Man, and Captain Nemo to join her to fight Fu Manchu in the first collection. Volume II centers on the events of War of the Worlds.
This two-volume collection of comics is brimming with literary characters and settings from the 19th century. And much in the same vein as the first Steampunk books, this series definitely has a dark side. The 2003 film by the same name, however, was pitched as more of a family affair. Sean Connery plays Quatermain and as the one with the star power, he ended up totally usurping Mina as the leader of the group. They also added a big role for Tom Sawyer as a CIA agent. Many fans of comics hated the movie because it shed all of its darkness, and film critics didn't love it either. Still, it's a fun homage to the literature of the steam era.
Wild Wild West Movie (1999)
This is another movie that checks several Steampunk boxes but ran into problems with fans. This reimagining of the 1960s Western-spy crossover as an adventure comedy rubbed many the wrong way. The franchise centers on James West, a sheriff who works for Ulysses S. Grant. At the time, Will Smith, who played West, was one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, and Kevin Kline was on a similar hot streak when he played West's sidekick. It culminates in a mad scientist on a rampage in his giant mechanical spider. I personally loved this movie when I first saw it. Then again, I'd never seen the original so I wasn't suffering from any dashed expectations. The movie is definitely a comedy, so I can see why someone looking for James Bond in the Wild West could be disappointed. (But still, giant mechanical spider = awesome. Am I right?)
Girl Genius (2001-Present)
The husband and wife team of Phil and Kaja Foglio created this series in 2001. It straddles the line between Steampunk and gaslamp fantasy, a term that Kaja Foglio created to describe the series as it straddles the line between sci-fi and fantasy. It's about Agatha Clay, a harried science student in a semi-Victorian setting and carries the tagline "Adventure, Romance, MAD SCIENCE!" It started off as a black and white print book, added color in issue 3, and jumped to the web in 2005. You can read the entire series from the beginning and it is still updated every week.
Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidoqc (2001)
In the original French, this film is called simply Vidoqc because this name is famous in their history. Eugene Francois Vidoqc was a real police investigator in the first half of the 19th century and is largely recognized as the "father of forensic science." His methods were so advanced, in fact, that people thought he dabbled in the occult. This association is the inspiration behind the film, which is both gritty and beautiful. The structure is unusual and non-linear, and among my favorite films of all time.
The Amazing Screw-on Head (2002)
Dark Horse comics later released this dark comedy by Mike Mignola (Hellboy) about a secret agent working in Abraham Lincoln's service in 2002. True to his name, Screw-on Head has a removable head that can be installed in a number of bodies with different capabilities. A few years later, the SyFy channel released the pilot for an animated series. Unfortunately, despite the voice talent of Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce, and Patton Oswalt, it never made it past the first episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbsDvGtTRWU
The Five Fists of Science (2006)
Dark Horse published another Steampunk gem with Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla in the starring roles. This is a tight little book that doesn't waste any words, which means that all of the front-pages are more than just prologue. If you pick this one up (and I recommend you do), make sure you check out the short biographies of the real people involved, as well as the letter shared between Twain and Tesla that inspired this story full of giant robots and Lovecraftian beasties.
Steampunk Hits the Web
In 2006, the first dedicated Steampunk forum was established. Though the creator no longer plays an active role or updates it regularly, you can still visit "Brass Goggles." This was an important step in the evolution of Steampunk as a community rather than a string of independent people. People could swap tips about making props and costumes, recommend books, and plan get-togethers in a streamlined way.
And Then Came the Music
And don't forget, Army of Brass comes out tomorrow! 21 international writers came together to create this tale of giant automatons, fearless airship captains, and deadly conspiracies.
Order your ebook copy of Army of Brass for $.99 and receive it on Friday to celebrate Steampunk's "31st birthday." The blog tour continues until May 13, and so does this special price.
Plus, Join us on Facebook April 28-29 to meet the writers, participate in giveaways, and more!
Not sure if it's for you? Read a review, take a sneak peek at the full Chapter 1 or read another exclusive excerpt. You can also get to know the character Captain Jack Davenport a little bit better with his interview on Blake & Wight. If you want to find out more about collaborative writing, Army of Brass contributors and Collaborative Writing Challenge veterans Crystal MM Burton and Kathrin Hutson shared articles for the tour about the pros, cons, and rewards.
Speaking of giveaways, you can enter to win ebooks from the CWC writers.
and if you want to read the other posts in this series you can find them here:
What's in a Name? Steampunk before "Steampunk" : https://www.steampunkjournal.org/2018/04/24/whats-in-a-name-steampunk-before-steampunk/
Steampunk: The First 10 Years : https://chrispavesic.com/2018/04/25/steampunk-the-first-decade/
Steampunk: The Second Decade : https://blakeandwight.com/2018/04/26/30-years-of-steampunk-the-second-decade-guest-post-by-phoebe-darqueling/
Steampunk: The Last 10 Years : https://rebekahjonesy.blogspot.com/2018/04/phoebe-darqueling-brass-army.html
Note from Penny: Thankyou so much to Phoebe for this awesome guest post which forms part of the Army of Brass blog tour. Regular readers may have noticed the Abney Park album featured on the panel in the music section and recall that this blog is temporarily boycotting Abney Park because of Robert Brown's antiziganistic remarks and behaviour (until such a time as we can speak to him personally and see what he has to say for himself) However we have allowed this one exception so as not to ruin Phoebe's wonderful guest post (Coz we iz nice like that innit?) and not at all used it exploitatively to draw attention to this issue we're passionate about… a-hem… 😉
April 26, 2018 | Categories: Guest Posts, Notes From Penny | Tags: 30 years of steampunk, Army of Brass, book tours, books, collaborative writing challenge, fashion, fiction, films, history, music, octopus, punk, reading, sci fi, steampunk, writing | 5 Comments
VIOLA STEWART: STEAMPUNK BOOK TOUR AND GIVEAWAY!
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen! Thankyou for joining us in the parlour this morning. Our fish-oil lanterns are still burning well, as you can smell…er…see for yourselves and so we laugh in the faces of those who mentioned the impracticalities and health risks of such a venture, at least we would if we could see their faces through the haze of fish-funk and sooty black smoke, ah-hem – ugh – hem..
But all that aside, please, pull up a lemonade crate and a cushion, perhaps even a cat or two, kick your tentacles upon the table and let us treat you to something rather splendid because today we are hosting a leg (tentacle?) of the book tour for the release of Karen J Carlisle's fabulous new Viola Stewart ebooks – 'From the Depths' and 'Tomorrow, when I die.'
We first fell in love with Viola Stewart almost a year ago when we read Doctor Jack and we have been devoted fan-boys ever since. These next titles in the series did not disappoint, if you are already a fan you can expect the same thrill and excitement of these delightful steampunk mysteries coupled with a cast of much loved characters (and a few new ones to boot!) If you are not familiar with Viola yet then have no fear, you can still enjoy these novellas as stand-alones so, what are we waiting for? Let's dive in…
FROM THE DEPTHS
Doctor Viola Stewart, a widowed optician with a penchant for investigating, is recuperating after her last adventure ; a relaxing holiday on the Scottish coast, a spot of sea bathing and fossil hunting… but Viola hasn't been there long before she hears rumours of a mysterious sea monster that is plaguing the local coastline, attacking bathers and fishing boats. At first Viola, woman of science, isn't taken in by the tales, but when her bathing machine is attacked, it seems that something certainly is haunting the waters around the bay. Determined to investigate, Viola soon stumbles into a web of murder, intrigue and an enigmatic stranger… who is this mysterious Mr Peabody? Who exactly is he working for? And why is he so interested in Viola?
TOMORROW, WHEN I DIE
Viola's friend , Sir Archibald, physician to the queen, is in danger – he will die tomorrow unless Viola can save him. But as Viola begins to investigate his strange assertions she begins to unravel a fantastical plot involving time travel , secret societies and curious devices that ought only to exist in science fiction! Will Viola's rational understanding of space and time be forced to accommodate the incredible? Is time travel really the only way to save Sir Archibald? And with her beloved Henry out of action, the dashing Mr. Peabody back on the scene and The Men In Grey lurking in the shadows, just who can Viola trust?
Karen J Carlisle is an imagineer and writer of steampunk, Victorian mysteries and fantasy. She was short-listed in Australian Literature Review's 2013 Murder/Mystery Short Story Competition and published her first novella, Doctor Jack & Other Tales, in 2015. Her short story, Hunted, featured in the Adelaide Fringe exhibition, 'A Trail of Tales'. Karen lives in Adelaide with her family and the ghost of her ancient Devon Rex cat. She's always loved dark chocolate and rarely refuses a cup of tea. Her favourite tea at present is a local specialty (special tea – ha!) called Roman's blend – Assam and Darjeeling combination – named after a friend of hers. He worked with local tea cafe, Kappy's, to develop the brew. It sold so well, they named it after him.
And there's the kettle boiling so please do join us in a cup of Roman's Blend while we tell you about Karen's free ebook competition…
For a chance to win a free Viola Stewart ebook visit www.karenjcarlisle.com and answer the daily question in the comments below the post. (See Karen's blog pages for full terms and conditions. ) You can enter once. No purchase is required. To enter, answer the day's question in the comments below on the corresponding post at www.karenjcarlisle.com Begin your entry comment with ANSWER: (to make it clear you wish to enter).One winner is chosen randomly from those with the correct answer posted in comments below and will be announced at www.karenjcarlisle.com Prize is one Viola Stewart eBook and cannot be redeemed for cash. Prize is redeemed via Smashwords. The winner will be advised to email Karen to receive Voucher code and instructions on how to redeem your prize.
MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO…
The final ebook in the series is due out early October and the paperback is due later in October. sign up for Karen's Tea and Tidings newsletter to get all the latest info. http://karenjcarlisle.com/sign-up-email-list/
Where to find Karen on the aether web:
Web: www.karenjcarlisle.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kjcarlisle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KarenJCarlisle/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/KarenJCarlisle
And you can find hints of current research threads on her Pinterest page: https://au.pinterest.com/riverkat42/
We wish you an exceedingly scrumptious afternoon and hope you will join us in the parlour tomorrow for more tea-based adventures, until then,
please be always, Utterly Yourself
September 27, 2017 | Categories: Morning Cuppa | Tags: book tours, books, competitions, detective, fiction, gaslamp, giveaways, history, mystery, reviews, scence fiction, sci fi, steampunk, tea, Victorian | 6 Comments
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1. This is the face you make when you find out you have an 8 AM class.
2. This is the face you make when your parents drop you off and you're trying to play it cool.
TBH, you didn't do too hot.
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I. Can't. Remember. Any. More. Names.
10. This is the face you make when you realize that you have class in the morning.
11. This is the face when you finally have a good night's sleep.
12. This is the face you make when you're trying to find your way around campus.
Orientation Leader: So, what are you looking for?
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14. And this is the face you make when you pump yourself up for the next amazing four years.
15. Lastly, this is the face you make when you realize how lucky you are for getting to experience college.


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Genesis is in the heart of Houston's Jewish community in a Meyerland shopping center on Chimney Rock and Bissonnet by Kronberg's Flags and Flagpoles. The principles they operate on have long been instilled in this family-run business. I was asking around for a kosher restaurant and looked into a Jewish calendar of businesses a close friend, Michel Sellouk, gave me as all are family in that community. He said he knows the management after I had already gotten there to call him that I chose this place and always a great experience for everyone experiencing it. As I walked in I could see why. The staff was very professional and after we were greeted by the hostesses, we walked through the dining room of spacious large tables and privacy wall dividers that can accommodate several sized parties. The interior was an art deco style reminding of being in New York with soft lighting. There are hanging star lights that can take you away to any place. The focal point of the room was definitely the large tree of life to greet you the moment you step in. We sat in the back where the general manager could have a vantage point to oversee the restaurant and discuss with us the dishes we had.
The first dish was Smoked Short Rib Tacos with fresh pico and guacamole. The short rib was smoked with Pecan wood & Live Oak enveloped by a House specialty rub, the Pico was a medley of onions, cilantro, tomatoes, accompanied with the freshest guacamole.
Following the short rib was a Tuna Poke appetizer. Sushi grade tuna was served in a traditional soy sauce with sesame seeds and onions garnished with a little ginger on top. The plate was rounded out with a nice side of avocado slices. Hand cut Plantain chips (that had a hint of Pineapple in the making!) were the preferred "utensil" to taste the poke.
This was the prelude to quite a surprise even though it is called a steakhouse, it also has beautiful and tasty sushi, evening a flaming sushi!! The Steve Lee roll is named after him and topped with white spicy sauce and baked then we had the Big Red as it is called, a Spicy salmon mix with avocado inside topped with fresh tuna and spicy Ponzu mayo. The flame makes for just the right crunchiness on the outside and warmth in the middle. Caution: served table side on flaming plate.
The next dish was an Angus bone-in 24 oz. medium rare ribeye Cowboy steak from a farm in Texas. The restaurant has their own butcher yet high holy days make it much more rare to have kosher steak as the supply is low and demand is high. That is why the relationship between the restaurant and the suppliers must be in tact and there is so much more to the Glatt kosher specifics with restaurants and grocers in the farm to table environment. It is clear that there are a shortage of restaurants who supply these specifications to the public that the Goldstein family has upheld for generations. The meats, veggies, and oils have to be cooked in different pans and grills. There is a Kosher supervisor named Scott to oversee Kosher rules Genesis is certified to provide. He pours a cooked wine called Mevushal and only can be given by him. Genesis is the result of multi-generational experience by Jason Goldstein and his mother Suzie Goldstein. Suzie, as her loyal customers call her, had restauranteur experience with previous endeavors: Dessert Delights and Suzie's Mediterranean Grill. The Goldstein family was raised on the premise that their meals be made fresh and from scratch. Farm to table before farm to table took over the Houston food scene.
Jason had a goal of opening Texasís first Kosher steakhouse. Why? To stay true to his upbringing and show everyone how amazing kosher prepared cuisine can be, Glatt Kosher to be specific. They really love to teach their patrons — old and new — about the Glatt Kosher standards. Glatt Kosher historically meant meat from animals with smooth or defect free lungs. Now the term has evolved to strict standards of Kashrut. Glatt means smooth in Yiddish.
The owner says, in my follow up call, that his family made the one of a kind Styrofoam bar of cracked concrete and all of the cocktail drinks are mixed with no more than three ingredients using only fresh ingredients and fruit juices so no processed pre-maid mixers most would typically utilize for drinks. Drinks made with kosher Ginger infused syrup, nice Vanilla infused … by real vanilla bean and natural fresh squeezed juices. We did try one called Leah's Back that is a concoction of fresh strawberries, vodka, mint, and lime juice.
The expresso tastes different than the tart acidity of most expresso as it was very smooth and nutty. It was paired with a dessert off the Mini Temptations Chef Specials that I chose for my birthday coming up in the week. Tiramisu has always been my favorite so this was the ultimate test haha. It was The Tiramisu Box Traditional Italian Dessert with a Creamy, Rich Mousse Infused with Dark Roasted Espresso Coffee boxed in Chocolate! Divine!!
My photographer, Heidi, had the Southwestern Chicken Caesar Salad that involved Caesar chicken breast, romaine, tomato, roasted corn, avocado, corn tortilla confetti, croutons & chipotle Caesar dressing.
The last dish reminded me of a tartare dish I had growing up, it was their Steak & Tomato Salad made of Butcher's Cut Steak Strips, Tomato, Caramelized Onions, Micro Greens & Balsamic oil drizzle.
Speaking of growing up; The General Manager, David Tenorio, became our splendid host with the most as he told of growing up with a mother that had restaurants and the highest standards in Kosher cooking. He was the boy at the school lunch table that had the watercress sandwich on whole grain.
Genesis has the warm family ambiance where everyone is welcome, where cuisine can be appreciated, where memories can be forged. Patrons notice that there aren't any Stars of David or Israeli flags visible. As much as the motivations of the cuisine are rooted in religion the conveyance of the Glatt Kosher practices at Genesis are comfortable for everyone to enjoy. It is about the food!
Make memories in the 101-seat main dining room, a 40-person secluded modern wine room or the 80-seat multi-media Grand Banquet Room. I fell in love with the banquet room due to the Victorian feel! I can see many of my friends hosting gatherings there and doing presentations. Business casual/appropriate attire is required.
We took our photos in the room that is adjacent to the dining room where there is a divider if you should choose a private area against the Wave wall. Perfect for any family gathering, luncheons, or business functions. Your photos from events will have that extra touch of color as a built in back drop in lieu of a white or tan wall.
Genesis offers delivery and take out simply by contacting them on: info@genesissteakhouse.com. Genesis also offers delivery and take out supplied on sturdy, top of the line, disposable eating utensils with every order. In fact, the disposable tableware and delivery/carry out boxes are so nice that many of the customers keep them for later use. There are also 20 varieties of Genesis gift box packages to choose from, including one you may build your own way: the Executive, the Prime Sampler, the Bone Yard, the Smokehouse, the Picnic, the Gobble Gobble, the Yard Bird or Make Your Own Box: Dry Aged Steaks, Tomahawk, Cowboy, Kobe, Kobe Ground Beef, Prime, Boneless Ribeye, Prime Boneless Ribeye, Smoked Beef Ribs, Smoked Brisket, Smoked Chicken, Smoked Turkey, Smoked Sausage. Each Smoke Box is handcrafted in the USA built out of Cedar for the sides with Baltic Birch for the lid and bottom plus hand signed by the builder and is shipped with a personalized hand written card; just tell us them you want to say. Once you are finished with the feast inside, the insulation pops out and you will have a beautiful handcrafted box that can be used to store your valuables.
Reservations are recommended, but not required. Open Sunday through Thursday from 11:00 am until 10:00 pm, Fridays from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, Saturdays from 9:00 pm until midnight. Reserve online at GenesisSteakHouse.com or call 713.665.2222. Genesis offers catering and corporate catering as well. They look forward to seeing you soon and tell them you read about them in International Focus Magazine!
General Manager David Tenorio made us feel like queens! Even providing coffee/expresso to finish off the tasting.


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Students become Innovation Fellows
Henry Fabre '16 (photo by
Rebecca Fawcett '18)
Entrepreneurs Henry Fabre '16, Alexander Nassief '16, and Weston Stewart-Tennes '17 completed a six-week program to become Skidmore's first-ever University Innovation Fellows. UIFs are selected by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation, aka Epicenter, which is funded by the National Science Foundation and directed by Stanford University and VentureWell. Epicenter training prepares students to inspire their peers and collaborate with faculty and administrators to increase their campuses' engagement with entrepreneurship, creativity, and design thinking—to help students "gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to compete in the economy of the future and make a positive impact on the world," according to Epicenter.
Alexander Nassief '16 (photo
by Phil Scalia)
Sponsored by faculty member Cathy Hill, Harder Professor of Business Administration, the three Skidmore students are determined to "create channels to develop and expose entrepreneurial endeavors and hopefully incite an innovation and entrepreneurship revolution." See their video pitch here.
Hill says each of the students came to her separately, looking for "ways to encourage entrepreneurship on campus. Even as undergraduates, they are each starting companies and making their ideas real."
Fabre was on a team that won second place in Skidmore's Freirich Business Plan Competition and in a New York State business contest; their Klicka enterprise aims to bring Internet connectivity to Limpopo, South Africa. Nassief also won a Freirich Contest prize, as part of the Rum Dogs team that ages its liquor in casks sunk in the Caribbean. Stewart-Tennes is a computer science major who has worked on three startups and has taken part in Design & Innovation for Sustainable Cities.
Weston Stewart-Tennes '17
(photo by Rebecca Fawcett '18)
As University Innovation Fellows, the three propose an innovation lab, either an actual space on campus or an online forum, where students in all majors can collaborate on ideas, test prototypes, and realize projects—for example, they say, "computer science majors mapping dance moves, theater majors acting out the brain with neuroscience majors, and artists creating from biology." A second idea is an annual expo to showcase student work not just to faculty and students but also to potential business investors. And they suggest energizing and uniting the entire student body with "a collegewide collaborative assignment" such as learning about a pressing problem in the world and then developing ideas, preferably in interdisciplinary teams, for a solution. They say, "We are hopeful that aside from the institutional gains from this exercise, students may provide intelligent solutions to current problems and actually make a difference."
Fabre, Nassief, and Stewart-Tennes join this year's 147 other University Innovation Fellows from 51 other colleges. Social media, conferences, and other Epicenter communications venues help keep them collaborating with mentors and each other. Over the past four years, Epicenter has trained 450 fellows at 130 institutions.
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If you happen to break your teeth, don't fret. Just put them in some milk or coconut water and scuttle off to a dentist–so advises a newly launched helpline here.
The oral health sciences department at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has started the unique 24–hour emergency helpline (9914208717) dedicated to saving broken or fractured teeth.
"A helpline to attend trauma cases related to teeth was the need of the hour. We have observed here in our department that cases of dentofacial trauma that affect patients' teeth and facial structure has increased manifold in the last few years," PGIMER's Paediatric Dentistry senior faculty member Ashima said.
The helpline will be managed by a four–member team of senior doctors.
"Broken and fractured teeth are the most common cases. Earlier, we used to hardly get one or two such cases in a month but now we are getting two cases of broken teeth and three to four cases of fractured teeth every week," Ashima said.
Alarmingly, most of these cases involve children or teenagers who incur injury because of some scuffle, fall or accident, she pointed out.
The helpline number, 9914208717, was flashed on the PGIMER's website three weeks ago on a trial basis. After getting a remarkable response from the public, it was launched formally on Monday.
The Oral Health Sciences Department at the institute is one of the most ultra modern and well–equipped departments, with over 40 physicians attending to hundreds of patients everyday.
"Damaged teeth can be successfully re–implanted if they are preserved well and are cautiously taken to the physician in a short time," Ashima said.
"We give easy and quick tips on the phone as to how to protect broken teeth. Generally, people wrap broken teeth in paper to save them, but that is entirely wrong as they should be kept in milk, coconut water or even in the mouth so that they do not lose moisture," she said.
PGIMER, one of the leading medical institutes of northern India, was started in 1962, caters to patients from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
"Normally, people tend to ignore teeth problems, causing more trouble a few years later. Many times, patients come to us two or three days after a tooth injury and at that time, the doctors cannot do much to help them," Mishthu, a senior resident doctor and one of the attendants at the helpline said.
"Although in the initial days, the response was lukewarm, now the response is overwhelming as we are getting continuous calls from patients. It is indeed very satisfying for us that we are able to help a patient in time," Mishthu stated.


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254 F. 2d 18 - Mandel Brothers v. Federal Trade Commission
254 F2d 18 Mandel Brothers v. Federal Trade Commission
254 F.2d 18
MANDEL BROTHERS, Inc., a corporation, Petitioner,
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.
United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.
April 1, 1958.
Rehearing Denied May 1, 1958.
William G. Blood, Chicago, Ill., Samuel H. Horne, Washington, D.C., Hopkins, Sutter, Owen, Mulroy & Wentz, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for petitioner.
James E. Corkey, Asst. General Counsel, Alvin L. Berman, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., Earl W. Kintner, General Counsel, Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and SCHNACKENBERG and PARKINSON, Circuit judges.
PARKINSON, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Mandel Brothers, Inc., is a Delaware corporation. It owns and operates a large department store in Chicago, Illinois with annual sales of approximately $32,000,000. It has two fur departments, one on the fifth floor and the other in the basement.
The petitioner is here seeking to set aside a cease and desist order entered July 5, 1957 under the Fur Products Labeling Act, Title 15 U.S.C.A. 69 et seq. by the respondent Federal Trade Commission. There are five contested issues.
The first is whether the petitioner's activities constitute interstate commerce subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission.
The parties stipulated that furs and fur products sold by petitioner were shipped to and received by it from outside the State of Illinois. Petitioner's fur department managers testified that they went to New York City ten or twelve times a year to buy furs for their departments and that most of the furs that are sold in the petitioner's store are bought there. There was also evidence that the petitioner advertised in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago American, all of which, as stipulated by the parties, have interstate circulation and that furs were sold to non-residents of Illinois and sent to an out of state address. The witness Hill, manager of petitioner's fifth floor fur department, testified that Commission's Exhibit 12, a sales slip, had no Illinois sales tax thereon and therefore the goods would have to be delivered outside the State of Illinois. Commission's Exhibits 19 and 20 also show similar sales to residents of Indiana upon which no Illinois sales tax had been charged. Accordingly there was ample evidence in the record from which the Commission could find that the petitioner was engaged in interstate commerce. De Gorter v. Federal Trade Commission, 9 Cir., 1957, 244 F.2d 270. The case of Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Brothers, 1941, 312 U.S. 349, 61 S.Ct. 580, 85 L.Ed. 881, cited by the petitioner is inapposite in that Bunte Brothers' sales were made exclusively in Illinois.
The second issue is whether the Commission's Rule 44 under the Act is a valid exercise of the authority delegated to the Commission.
Section 8(b) of the Act authorizes the Commission to prescribe, inter alia, such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for purposes of the administration and enforcement of the Act.
Section 5(a)(5) provides:
'For the purposes of (this Act) a fur product or fur shall be considered to be falsely or deceptively advertised if any advertisement * * * which is intended to aid, promote, or assist directly or indirectly in the sale or offering for sale of such fur product or fur * * * contains any form of misrepresentation or deception, directly or by implication, with respect to such fur product or fur: * * *.'
We agree with the Ninth Circuit in De Gorter when it said, 'the intention was to reach all misrepresentations in advertising, including those relating to prices and value. If any doubt exists about the matter the clause under consideration indicates the intention to include them. The Commission was right in so interpreting the statute and acted within its powers in promulgating the rule under discussion.' (244 F.2d 279.)
The Commission found that certain fur products sold by the petitioner for $244 were the same ones advertised in the Chicago Tribune on October 2, 1954 as 'Usually $299 to $399' the net effect of which was to mislead and deceive purchasers as to the amount of savings to be realized. We believe that finding is supported by substantial evidence. Mandel called its manager of the fifth floor fur department as a witness but made no attempt to prove these garments were usually sold at $299 to $399. Petitioner's contention that the issue here is not the regular and usual price of the specific garments sold by Mandel but the regular and usual price of similar or comparable garments fails inasmuch as the customer would make no such distinction. Moreover, there is no evidence in this record that the regular and usual price of similar or comparable garments was $299 to $399.
The third issue is whether the evidence as to labeling, invoicing, advertising and record-keeping is such as to warrant and support the Commission's cease and desist order.
What we have held as to advertising is dispositive of that question. The evidence of Mandel's fur salon manager that Mandel had no definite records showing the garments that had been sold at the advertised price gives adequate support to the order of the Commission as to inadequate record-keeping.
As to the labeling the Hearing Examiner found that Mandel had not violated subdivisions (B), (D) and (E) of 4(2) of the Act and his cease and desist order did not include these subdivisions. The Commission, on appeal, specifically found that there was no evidence as to violations of these same subdivisions but did include them in its cease and desist order. The Supreme Court in its opinion in Federal Trade Commission v. Ruberoid Co., 1952, 343 U.S. 470, 473, 72 S.Ct. 800, 803, 96 L.Ed. 1081, held that, 'the Commission is not limited to prohibiting the illegal practice in the precise form in which it is found to have existed in the past' and also in Federal Trade Commission v. National Lead Co., 1957, 352 U.S. 419, 431, 77 S.Ct. 502, 510, 1 L.Ed.2d 438 'that those caught violating the Act must expect some fencing in.' However, here the Commission specifically found that there was no evidence of any violation of subdivisions (B), (D) and (E) of 4(2). We find no difficulty in subscribing to the doctrine that a cease and desist order does not have to be limited to the illegal practice in the precise form it is found to exist or that those caught violating the Act must expect some fencing in but we cannot affirm an order requiring one to cease and desist from doing that which the Commission specfically found it did not do.
The petitioner concedes that it has violated subdivisions (A), (C) and (F) of 4(2) and Rules 4 and 29 promulgated under 8(b). It attempts to excuse its violations upon the ground that they are technical and trivial. If such an excuse were valid the enforcement of the Act would be virtually impossible. In this we find no merit.
The Commission contends that when Mandel failed to place certain information upon the sales slip given to the consumer that constituted a violation of 3(b) of the Act. Petitioner argues that a sales slip is not an 'invoice' within the meaning of the Act. The word 'invoice' has an accepted meaning in the commercial world. It is a written account or itemized statement of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser or consignee with the quantity, value or prices and charges set forth. However, the Fur Products Labeling Act defines the term and we must look to that definition for its meaning.
Section 2(f) of the Act defines 'invoice' as:
'a written account, memorandum, list, or catalog, which is issued in connection with any commercial dealing in fur products or furs, and describes the particulars of any fur products or furs, transported or delivered to a purchaser, * * * or any other person who is engaged in dealing commercially in fur products or furs.'
This statutory definition is plain and unambiguous and to come within its terms an 'invoice' must be something issued in connection with a commercial dealing to a purchaser or any other person who is engaged in dealing commercially. Under no circumstances is a sales slip given to a customer by a retailer a written account, memorandum, list, or catalog issued in connection with a commercial dealing. An invoice is not brought down to the retail level by this section.
The respondent attempts to buttress its position with excerpts from hearings before a congressional committee. However, when the language used in a statute is clear and unambiguous its legislative history cannot control the interpretation as 'such aids are only admissible to solve doubt and not to create it.' Railroad Commission of Wisconsin v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, 1922, 257 U.S. 563, 589, 42 S.Ct. 232, 238, 66 L.Ed. 371. 'In proper cases, such reports are given consideration in determining the meaning of a statute, but only where that meaning is doubtful. They cannot be resorted to for the purpose of construing a statute contrary to the natural import of its terms.' United States v. Shreveport Grain & Elevator Co., 1932, 287 U.S. 77, 83, 53 S.Ct. 42, 44, 77 L.Ed. 175. There is no doubt as to the meaning of 'invoice' as defined by the statute. It is clearly not a sales slip at the retailer-customer level.
We agree with the Commission that a limiting clause is to be restrained to the last antecedent unless the subject requires a different construction. If the last antecedent were 'any person' instead of 'any other person' the word 'purchaser' might not be limited to one engaged in dealing commercially in fur products or rurs. However, when the statute says purchaser or any other person who is so engaged the limitation clearly applies to purchaser. No other meaning is possible particularly when 'invoice' is also defined by the Act as something which is issued in connection with any commercial dealing in fur products or durs.
The fourth issue is whether the Commission, having found that there was no evidence of certain violations, properly included prohibition of those violations in its cease and desist order. As the order must be modified and those portions deleted therefrom pursuant to our determination of the third issue consideration of this issue is no longer necessary.
The fifth issue is whether the Commission properly imposed its cease and desist order on Mandel's officers, representatives, agents and employees when only Mandel itself was named in the complaint.
The petitioner is a corporation. A corporation can act only through its agents. This rule of law is so elementary that citation of authorities is certainly not required.
We did hold in R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Federal Trade Commission, 7 Cir., 1951, 192 F.2d 535, 540 that the Commission was without authority to include officers, agents, representatives and employees in its cease and desist order. We did make a distinction in Anchor Serum Company v. Federal Trade Commission, 7 Cir., 1954, 217 F.2d 867, 874. We have given careful consideration to the question and have come to the conclusion that we were in error in Reynolds. Accordingly so much of our decision therein as pertains to this question is overruled.
We hold that the Commission did have the power to include in its cease and desist order Mandel's officers, representatives, agents and employees.
The cease and desist order here under review is hereby ordered modified by deleting therefrom subdivisions (b), (d) and (e) of subsection 1 of A and all of B.
The order as modified is affirmed.


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This volume, as Andrew M. Odlzyko writes in the foreword, "commemorates and celebrates the life and achievements of an extraordinary person." Originally conceived as an 80th birthday tribute to Herbert Wilf, the well-known combinatorialist, the book has evolved beyond the proceeds of the W80 tribute.
Professor Wilf was an award-winning teacher, who was supportive of women mathematicians, and who had an unusually high proportion of women among his PhD candidates. He was Editor-in-chief of the American Mathematical Monthly and a founder of both the Journal of Algorithms and of the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. But he was first a researcher, driven by his desire to know and explain the inner workings of the mathematical world.
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The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) is the Italian research center on climate science and policy. Financially supported by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, the Ministry for Education, University and Research and the Ministry for Economy, CMCC was established in 2005 as a non-profit limited company. Its activities focus on the development and applications of models of climate dynamics, impacts of climate change and adaptation and mitigation policies. CMCC manages its programme CMCC (27 Million EURO) and managed other programmes such as "Italia-USA-Accordo Programmatico per attività di ricerca relativa ai cambiamenti climatici e per lo sviluppo di nuove tecnologie" (and "Programma Cooperazione Italia-Romania su Ricerca Ambientale ed Educativa".
CMCC is mandated by the IMELS (Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea) to manage the national research programme termed Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, which covers themes related to the CIRCLE-2 (Climate Impact Research & Response Coordination for a Larger Europe) Project, such as climate modelling and climate change impacts assessment.
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In my 2D Game my player can lose and pick up lives. at this point, i can endlessly add lives, by bumping in to my life-object. So i want the object to disappear when i take it.
what does 'lives' stand for? and what kind of variable is healthcontrol?
Even though your code should work i think this is not a good practice. Your player script seems to know about all the events and items in your game.
Suppose you want to add some other "potions and buffs". This would in your case also mean more tags and matching etc.
I see, is there a way i can convert this to JS?
I think everything else stays the same.


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IHC Merwede Selects Siemens PLM Software's Solid Edge and Teamcenter Express
PLANO, Texas, and 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands, March 6, 2008 - Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM), today announced Dutch-based IHC Merwede, the global market leader in designing and building specialized dredging material and complex, custom-built offshore ships, has selected Solid Edge® software and Teamcenter® Express software to design customized ships in 3D.
IHC Merwede employs approximately 2,000 people in nine different locations throughout The Netherlands and units in China, the United States, India, the Middle East, Russia and Singapore. Siemens PLM Software has been used at IHC Merwede for several years and in order to shift from 2D to 3D design, the company selected Solid Edge combined with Teamcenter Express, both products of the Velocity Series™, Siemens PLM Software's mid-market portfolio. Solid Edge is a powerful hybrid 2D/3D design system and Teamcenter Express is a collaborative Product Data Management (cPDM) solution.
3D design is now used by IHC Parts & Services, a business unit which designs and produces big dredging, complex installations and parts that are replaced often due to wear and tear, such as dredging ship pumps. Following the initial implementation, two more units, IHC Hytop and IHC Hydrohammer, will then begin implementing the software.
"Our transition to 3D design is a strategic choice to minimize the error margin in designs," said Daan Barendse, ICT coordinator CAD/CAM at IHC Merwede. "When designing complex components such as suction hoses, 3D software gives us the opportunity to see if everything fits exactly as it's supposed to. With 2D design, a designer would have to convert the picture into 3D in his/her head.
"Teamcenter Express' primary advantage is the overview it offers and its full integration with Solid Edge – Teamcenter Express is the only PDM solution that fully integrates. In an uncontrolled environment, if one designer uses a part in construction and then changes the component, their colleague may be unable to see the adjustments. With Teamcenter Express this can be managed, because it precisely registers which component is used when and where. In Teamcenter Express components can easily be re-used, while they are protected against uncontrolled modifications."
"The selection by IHC Merwede speaks volumes to our success in the SMB marketplace and the ease of transitioning from 2D to 3D with our software," said Paul Vogel, senior vice president and managing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Siemens PLM Software. "The collaborative tools we offer are critical for companies to be able to readily compete in the global environment in which we all live. IHC Merwede recognized this and acted quickly to take advantage of the edge this gives them."
About IHC Merwede
IHC Merwede focuses on the continuous development of its design and construction activities for the specialised shipbuilding sector, in particular the dredging and offshore industries. IHC Merwede is the global market leader in the construction of specialist dredging equipment and complex custom-built offshore vessels. The clients of IHC Holland Merwede include major dredging companies, oil and gas exploration groups, offshore contractors and government authorities.
IHC Merwede has a staff of approximately 2,000 at its locations in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Kinderdijk, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Sliedrecht, Apeldoorn, Delfgauw, Goes, Hendrik Ido Ambacht and Heusden. There are also branches in China, Houston (USA), India, the Middle East, Russia and Singapore.
About Siemens PLM Software
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.6 million licensed seats and 51,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software's open enterprise solutions enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through Global Innovation Networks to deliver world-class products and services. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/plm.
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The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg), a division of the Siemens Industry Sector, is a worldwide leader in the fields of automation systems, low-voltage switchgear and industrial software. Its portfolio ranges from standard products for the manufacturing and process industry to solutions for whole industries and systems that encompass the automation of entire automobile production facilities and chemical plants. As a leading software supplier, Industry Automation optimizes the entire value added chain of manufacturers – from product design and development to production, sales and a wide range of maintenance services.
Note: Siemens and the Siemens logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. Teamcenter, Solid Edge, and Velocity Series are a trademarks or registered trademarks of Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks belong to their respective holders.
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As we enter the third millennium we see a world scourged by selfishness, greed, hatred and corruption. Not much different from the last two millennia then! But it's human nature, what else can you expect?
As a boy I remember listening to my grandfather, a socialist, and being inspired by his vision of a world free from exploitation. He asked me who I thought was the biggest enemy of the working class. I thought of various possibilities--big business, certain politicians, the IMF . `No', he replied `the biggest enemy of the working man is himself--his own greed and selfishness'. That is when it dawned on me that the world could only change if people would.
The idea that we have moral choice has always been important to me. Looking at some of the popular theories about human nature it's striking how different they are, and the little part that moral choice plays.
Sociologists have tended to emphasise that we are a product of our upbringing and that the key to better people is careful social engineering. Karl Marx took this to an extreme, thinking that people could be cured of selfishness if they were brought up in a society where there was no private property and everything was shared. According to this view individual moral choice is an illusion.
Religions, on the other hand, have tended to emphasise moral choice. But it's not always that simple: for example there is a stream within Christian thought which suggests that human nature is inherently wicked and that only God himself can bestow the gift of goodness through an act of conversion. Taken to extremes, this also suggests that moral choice is an illusion since all is pre-destined by God.
Philosophers of the Enlightenment and their successors, the Positivists, have emphasised the mind's potential for rational thought--by making rational choices we can solve all problems. For them, the important thing is to educate people to think clearly, and since religion hasn't always encouraged this, positivists have often opposed religion and morality.
However, since Freud first started writing about the subconscious we have been aware of the extent to which people do not behave rationally. Modern psychologists are a mixed bunch so we can't make generalisations, but from Psychology we have the idea that our rational, conscious nature is a thin veneer sitting on top of powerful primordial needs and drives that must be satisfied. Psychologists are (rightly) concerned with `healthy vs sick' questions rather than what is moral. But there is a tendency to confuse the two--to think that `bad' is just a form of `mad'--no more the result of choice than catching a cold.
Ever since Darwin first wrote about natural selection and `the survival of the fittest', there has been a view that the selfish, individualistic sides of human nature are necessary to advance humanity. As Ivan Boesky notoriously said in the 80s `greed is good for you'. More recently, biologists such as Richard Dawkins have refined evolutionary theory to suggest that it is not individual animals that compete but individual genes. He pointed out that co-operation is often a better evolutionary strategy than competition and coined the phrase `the selfish gene'. But for people who heard the phrase but didn't read the book the impression is often given that it is our genes that make us selfish and (yet again) moral choice plays no part.
So far, the theories have been ones which suggest that our nature is something we have little control over. However, philosophers such as Sartre and Nietzsche, struggling against stifling social conformity, wanted to emphasise human choice. They proposed that humans are free to create their own destiny and nature--to the point of suggesting that we have no essential nature. Borrowing from John Locke, they say that human nature is a blank sheet of paper on which we write our own script. But since they thought of morality as part of the restricting baggage they were trying to move away from, theirs was a distinctly amoral vision.
There is truth in all these ideas, but I find myself most attracted to those who, while recognising the part that genetics and upbringing play, agree that moral choice is important. Looking at my own life it is clear that my genes and conditioning have produced a whole mass of conflicting motives and drives. I may not be able to choose whether I feel love, hate, desire, repulsion etc, but I can choose what I do with those feelings. And it seems to me that just as when you excercise a muscle it grows--so it is with the inner life. If I exercise certain feelings by dwelling or acting on them, they become stronger, and if I choose not to dwell on them they become weaker. Friends who are into health food tell me `you are what you eat'. I would add `you are what you think', which is worrying when you look at how much trash people read and watch on TV.
Somebody once said to me, `I'm too old to change', and there is some truth in this. So much of our personality is about habits and as people get older they often become set in their ways. It would take as big a miracle for me to change mental habits overnight as it would for my body to become athletic--these things take time and daily discipline. To me, morality is about which choices make us more human as individuals and as a society. Yet miracles happen and people do have radical conversions.
One thing about taking the route of least resistance is that it leads to a dead end--a private hell of our own making. An addict may have a choice, but it doesn't seem that way to him. By far the most successful programme for treating addicts this century has been the 12-steps programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, also developed for use in other addictions. Its first three steps are: 1) We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable; 2) Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity; 3) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
So many have had this experience of God breaking the bars of the prisons we create for ourselves that it cannot be ignored. To those cynics who tell me that human nature cannot change, I would answer that we always have a choice.
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Customers wearing protective masks from the coronavirus and keeping social distancing space line up to enter a Costco Wholesale store in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles, Saturday, May 16, 2020. Leaving home in Los Angeles now requires bringing a face covering, part of the price for reopening more businesses and activities in America's second-largest city, which is moving cautiously as less-populated areas of California press ahead. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Doctor: Angelenos Must Find Ways to Coexist with the Coronavirus
By Charlotte Scott El Segundo
UPDATED 3:25 PM ET May. 19, 2020 PUBLISHED 10:04 PM ET May. 18, 2020 PUBLISHED 10:04 PM EDT May. 18, 2020
The stay-at-home order in Los Angeles has been extended through July, according to Los Angeles County Director of Public Health, Barbara Ferrer. One of the benchmarks to reopen is the ability to demonstrate that hospitals can handle an influx of patients.
Dr. Brad Spellberg, Chief Medical Officer at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, said "hospitals in Southern California have not been overrun" or "overwhelmed."
Steady flow of COVID-19 patients in L.A. County hospitals
If people wash their hands, use proper masking, and keep six feet away from others, Dr. Spellberg says Angelenos should be able to coexist with the virus until there's a vaccine
COVID-19 has exposed the weaknesses of the U.S. health care system
L.A. implemented its stay-at-home order early enough in mid-March that it did not end up with as many cases as New York City did.
"The sobering reality, however, is that because the virus spreads exponentially in the absence of social distancing, we probably missed becoming New York by no more than about a week," Dr. Spellberg said. "Had the County instituted social distancing measures, safer-at-home, a week later, we would have been completely overwhelmed just like New York. So that gives you a sense of how razor thin the margin is between doing okay and being completely crushed."
Dr. Spellberg said Los Angeles is faring better than other big cities, but there are still many COVID-19 patients in County hospitals every day.
"Right now we are not completely crushed, but people should understand: Our hospitals throughout the county have COVID patients. At our [Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center], we have about 60 to 65 on any given day. It is not a small number, and the big issue is the Intensive Care Unit."
Dr. Spellberg said once a patient enters the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), it could take him or her between three and five weeks to be well enough to leave.
"That means they can accumulate because if two to three come in each day, and they're not coming out the back end, each day the census is rising," he said. "I think we've had a steady state at this point. We're not overwhelmed, but we have a lot of COVID patients in our ICU. If we're not careful about how we reopen and there is a surge in new cases, we will not be ready to handle those new cases."
Reopening the economy in L.A. must be done in a manner that ensures the safety of residents.
"I do not envy public health and the political leadership who have to balance two very important concerns," Dr. Spellberg said. "If we do things too quickly, cases will skyrocket, we will be overwhelmed, a lot of people will die. If we don't reopen at all, people can't make a living, they can't pay their rent, they can't buy food, and they will die from that."
Dr. Spellberg said we're between "Scylla and Charybdis," an idiom from Greek mythology which translates to "choose the lesser of two evils."
"Trying to strike that balance is not going to be easy; there's no easy answers," he said. "Certainly getting people back to work needs to be a lead component of the reopen, so that they can earn income, pay their rent, and buy food."
Dr. Spellberg said he's realized through watching Kung Fu Panda, "that great movie full of wisdom," that he has to give up his illusion of control.
"As much as I want to control this virus and make it go away, I can't. What I think we need to learn to do instead, is to learn to coexist with the virus. We've put humans on the moon. We have more computing power in our pockets today than NASA had in a giant super computer room 50 years ago. Surely we can figure out as creative people how to socially distance while reopening businesses."
If people wash their hands, use proper masking, and keep six feet away from others, Dr. Spellberg said "surely we can go about our lives in a coexisting way with this virus while we try to keep the curve flat until we buy time for a vaccine."
"Surely we can go about our lives in a coexisting way with this virus while we try to keep the curve flat."
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At this point in time, Dr. Spellberg said doctors and scientists have to admit that they don't know what the future of the novel coronavirus looks like.
"Anybody who says they do know should be opening up a psychic palm reading shop on Main Street," he said. "The virus is new. We're still learning a lot about it. But if you go back to the 1918-1919 pandemic, 50 million people died and two-and-a-half billion were infected. It was a lot worse than what we have right now, and they still argued about masks."
Dr. Spellberg said the science around the effectiveness of masks is "weak."
"What we do know is you've got to wash your hands and keep away from people, and we think it's probable that wearing a regular cloth mask out in public will decrease secretions from spreading the virus," he said.
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It's only possible for the virus to resurge in the fall if it goes away in the summer. Right now, Dr. Spellberg said he doesn't know if the virus will still be as aggressive in June, July, and August.
"If it never goes away, there's not a resurgence. There's us managing it -- managing as cases rise, re-pushing out social distancing. As cases wane, we slowly open up. I think we're going to be seeing sort of waxing and waning of our efforts and responding to local conditions."
Millions of people have lost their jobs due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and many are now without health insurance. Dr. Spellberg said the United States is the only industrialized country in the world that links health care to employment.
"That means when 30 million people file for unemployment in one month as has happened because of COVID-19, 75 percent of those people depend on their job for their insurance," he said. "That's a lot of people getting thrown off their health insurance. That means they can't access health care. Now, if you're the individual, you could be harmed by this virus because you can't get to the doctor. If you're the neighbor of the individual, you could be exposed to the virus because your neighbor can't get health care."
Dr. Spellberg said it's a bad idea to "strip away health care access to people in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic."
"It's time for the U.S. to come to grips with our broken health care system."
COVID-19 has exposed intrinsic weaknesses in the U.S. health care system.
"The fact is, Americans pay $3.65 trillion per year for health care. That is enormously more than any country on Earth, and we actually live shorter lives than all of our peer nations. We get terrible value for the dollars we spend."
Dr. Spellberg's book, "Broken, Bankrupt, and Dying," is out June 30.
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In-Course Financial Aid program to help full-time, degree-program students in financial difficulty by providing emergency short term and longer term low interest loans and a limited amount of non-repayable bursary assistance.
Work Study program offering students with demonstrated need an opportunity to work part-time on campus to help cover their costs, with a selection of more than 800 clerical, research, technical and library jobs.
Guidance for Canadian and US students about applying for, receiving and repaying Government student loans.
Financial Aid Counsellors available through one-on-one appointments to discuss options for funding studies, payment relief offered by certain government aid agencies, emergency situations, as well as personalized budgeting and debt management advice.
Frugal Scholar Money Management Program, which includes a toolkit and guide, to help you with financial planning while at McGill.
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People speak with insurance agents from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors, as they shop for insurance under the Affordable Care Act at a store setup in the Mall of Americas on November 1, 2017 in Miami, Florida.

A hack was detected earlier this month in a government computer system that works alongside HealthCare.gov, exposing the personal information of approximately 75,000 people, according to the agency in charge of the portal.
In a statement to CNN, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said the system that was exposed through the hack was the Direct Enrollment pathway, which allows agents and brokers to assist consumers with applications for coverage in the Federally Facilitated Exchanges, or FFE. The statement detailed that the agent and broker accounts that were associated with the hack were "deactivated, and -- out of an abundance of caution -- the Direct Enrollment pathway for agents and brokers was disabled."
"We are working to get this functionality that exchanges agents and brokers use back up within seven days," a representative for CMS told CNN. When asked if the source of the hacking had been identified and if the system was in a good place ahead of the sign-up season beginning in November for coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the representative could not answer due to it being an active federal law enforcement investigation.
CMS began the initial investigation of "anomalous system activity in the Direct Enrollment pathway" on October 13, they said, and a breach was declared on October 16. CMS notified the public on Friday.
"I want to make clear to the public that HealthCare.gov and the Marketplace Call Center are still available, and open enrollment will not be negatively impacted," CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in the statement. "We are working to identify the individuals potentially impacted as quickly as possible so that we can notify them and provide resources such as credit protection."


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Film Review: 'The Bubble' Sees Judd Apatow Satirizing Pandemic Moviemaking
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by Joey Magidson March 31, 2022, 9:00 pm
The Bubble. (L to R) Fred Armisen as Darren Eigen, Karen Gillan as Carol Cobb in The Bubble. Cr. Laura Radford/Netflix © 2021
Making a movie during the lockdown days of the COVID-19 pandemic brought up a ton of conflicting emotions in people. Some folks thought it was frivolous and needlessly risky. Others felt it was important to retain a sense of normalcy and give people something to look forward to. For filmmaker Judd Apatow, it eventually became inspiration for his latest comedy. The Bubble is some of his broadest work, but also his most satirical. Taking the piss out of spoiled actors quarantining to make a big blockbuster sequel contains a ton of humorous potential. While Apatow doesn't explore it to its fullest, this is an amusing film with enough laughs to easily warrant a recommendation.
The Bubble is taking a canon to self-absorbed actors, Hollywood's sometimes questionable response to the pandemic, and blockbuster filmmaking in general. Not everything works, but more does than doesn't. There's a sense that this should be a bit funnier, but even if you wish you were laughing a bit more, the satire is largely on point.
The Bubble. (L to R) Iris Apatow as Krystal Kris, Pedro Pascal as Dieter Bravo, Leslie Mann as Lauren Van Chance in The Bubble. Cr. Laura Radford/Netflix © 2021
As the pandemic rages, the cast and crew of Cliff Beasts 6 gathers in London to quarantine and create a filmmaking bubble. This includes Carol Cobb (Karen Gillan), who left the franchise before the prior sequel to strike out on her own. Convinced by her agent to return, she arrives in the UK to spend what she's been told is three months making the movie, while quarantining with everyone in an empty hotel. Also on hand are her co-stars Sean Knox (Keegan-Michael Key), Dieter Bravo (Pedro Pascal), Dustin Mulray (David Duchovny), Lauren Van Chance (Leslie Mann), and Howie Frangopolous (Guz Khan), plus newcomer and TikTok star Krystal Kris (Iris Apatow). Before long, it becomes clear that won't be the case for anyone. Whether it's the cast not getting along, positive tests leading to more quarantine, or any number of other shenanigans, things spin out of control.
The longer the shoot goes on, the less control director Darren Eigan (Fred Armisen) has, or even studio's supervisor (Peter Serafinowicz). The missive from up top is just to get it done. Every attempt by the studio to control things and extend the filming just drives Carol crazier and crazier. At the same time, separated couple Dustin and Lauren bicker/get back together/repeat, Dieter does drugs and lusts after a hotel employee (Maria Bakalova), and general insanity ensues. Eventually, it all becomes the kind of boondoggle that millions and millions of dollars were spent to avoid.
This cast is stacked. It's very much an ensemble piece, though if there's a lead, it's Karen Gillan, who is somewhat more restrained in her melting down. Her issues may not be fully relatable, but there's an audience surrogate aspect to the character that works. Gillan is very good here, as is everyone else, even if no one quite is given a showcase to shine. Pedro Pascal goes the biggest, playing the broadest caricature, but he's a lot of fun. David Duchovny and Leslie Mann play the Hollywood couple we suspect is prevalent within the industry. Iris Apatow is your typical TikTok celebrity, while Keegan-Michael Key is the actor you think has more going on in his mind than there actually is. As for Fred Armison, there are times where his director is hilarious, while other times you wish the character had more. If there's a disappointment, it's Maria Bakalova, who is largely wasted. Supporting players here include the aforementioned Guz Khan and Peter Serafinowicz, as well as Vir Das, Rob Delaney, Samson Kayo, Kate McKinnon, Harry Trevaldwyn, Danielle Vitalis, and Chris Witaske, among others.
Judd Apatow directs this with a bit of a manic edge. Co-writing with Pam Brady, he goes broader than usual, forgoing some of the emotional elements and dramedy angles he's more recently been exploring. The result is a definite time capsule flick, if one that's slightly more disposable than his works that seek to touch you in the heart. Apatow still certainly knows how to make you laugh, so he and Brady definitely don't skimp on the humor. There may not be a central highlight, comedy-wise, but the vibe works. At the same time, The Bubble feels long, with Apatow's trademark two hour-plus running time. There's a sense that this could have been tighter, or since it's released on Netflix, easily could have turned into a series. As a film, it definitely works, though it clearly begins to run out of steam at times, before mostly recovering.
The Bubble will amuse almost anyone who checks it out, but people tuned into the film industry will get the most out of it. Judd Apatow and company clearly saw the ridiculousness in everything documented here. Even if this may not be a laugh riot, it's funny, sometimes vicious in its satire, and continues to show Apatow as one of the leading forces in comedy moviemaking.
SCORE: ★★★
David DuchovnyFred ArmisenIris ApatowJudd ApatowKaren GillanKate McKinnonKeegan-Michael KeyLeslie MannMaria BakalovaNetflixPam BradyPedro PascalPeter SerafinowiczRob DelaneyThe Bubble
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