Located at Jakarta, known for its "City's most popular hang-out spots", Green Apple Residence is perfect for leisure travelers.
There is no shortage of things to do or food to try within the vicinity of Green Apple Residence. Within short distance from the property are attractions and restaurants travellers can enjoy.
Green Apple Residence is close to major transportation hubs. It is 29- minute drive to Kemayoran International Airport and 15 - minute drive to Tanahabang Train Station.
To maximize convenience, Green Apple Residence offers Airport Shuttle upon request, payable by cash to drivers.
The staff were very nice and helpful. You get what you pay for. The location is very good. Overall good experience.
"Great value for money in Central Jakarta"
I booked a room there right after my arrival in Jakarta for one night, I arranged an airport pick-up through the hotel which was on time. The place is great value for money, for the price I paid it was more than enough. The staff were helpful, the lady at the reception helped to reserve transportation to the train station for me.
"Comfortable, cheap and worth the price"
The staff were freindly and helpful. A cup mee was given to every one of us upon arrival. 24 hours cofee and tea available.
"So much value for money. So much love. You wont regret booking here!"
Location : walking distance to Pasar Tanah Abang (the very reason we stayed here) My fellow Malaysian would love this! This is quite a new hotel so expect a very good room condition and equipments (literally, everything in the room is new!). Room is very comfortable. We had a good night rest from the hustle and bustle of Jakarta. The guy at the front desk went above and beyond to help us throughout the stay. Although we had some trouble communicating, he tried his best to assist us. and that is all that matter :) Also, upon check in, we received a bag of complimentary amenities by ZEN, which was very very nice! Didn;t expect this for what I paid. Definitely worth the stay!
all was good THey close gate at 11, so if you want to check in late, better inform the hotel. same if you want to arrive late at night during the stay, otherwise a bit hard to wake staff up to open the gate.
The Green Apple Zen Rooms are totally fine. The beds were quite comfortable and the AC was perfect in this big city! The staff doesn't really speak english though they are really kind and friendly.
- IDR 200000 room key deposit is required upon check-in. The deposit will be fully-refunded on the condition that the key is given back in perfect conditions.


The Gigabyte Aero 15 is one of the thinnest and most powerful 15-inch laptops around, and now it's getting another uptick in performance with a Max-Q upgrade.
The Taiwanese electronics firm has released a new Aero 15 X model featuring an Nvidia GTX 1070 graphics chip in the component maker's newer and thinner Max-Q design. This is Gigabyte's second Max-Q gaming laptop, after the GTX 1080-equipped Aorus X5 MD, and Gigabyte claims the higher-end GPU should yield about 40% better graphics performance than the original model.
This Nvidia GTX 1070 upgrade also puts the hybrid professional-gaming laptop on equal footing with the MSI GS63 VR Stealth Pro and well above even the most well-equipped Dell XPS 15.
That said, if you're looking for the most graphical performance from a 15-inch gaming laptop, you should look to the Asus ROG Zephyrus GX501 and Acer Predator Triton 700 – both Max-Q systems.
Aside from the new Max-Q graphics chip, the Aero 15 X is identical to its Nvidia GTX 1060-powered predecessor. Both machines feature 7th generation Intel Core i7-7700HQ processors, 16GB of DDR4 RAM and a 512GB SSD all wrapped up in the same chassis.
We honestly would have appreciated a bump in screen resolution above Full HD, but at least users will still get an X-Rite, Pantone-certificated panel for true color reproduction.


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Estimating Relative Abundance of Young-of-Year American Eel, Anguilla rostrata, in the Virginia Tributaries of Chesapeake Bay (Spring 2019)
Troy D. Tuckey, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Mary C. Fabrizio, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a valuable commercial species along the Atlantic coast of North America from New Brunswick to Florida. In the U.S., harvests have declined, with similar patterns occurring in the Canadian Maritime Provinces (Meister and Flagg 1997). An average of 62% of the annual landings of U.S. commercial harvest since 1993 have come from the Chesapeake Bay (personal communication from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics Division, 9 February 2015).
In 2013, Virginia commercial landings were approximately 100,298 lbs; since mandatory reporting began in 1993, average annual landings in Virginia have been 193,200 lbs or 19% of the U.S. American Eel harvest (personal communication from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics Division, 9 February 2015).
A decline in abundance of American Eel has been observed in recent years with conflicting evidence regarding spatial synchrony throughout their range (Richkus and Whalen 1999; Sullivan et al. 2006). Hypotheses for the decline in abundance include shifts in location of the Gulf Stream, pollution, overfishing, parasites, altered oceanic conditions, and barriers to fish passage (Castonguay et al. 1994; Haro et al. 2000; Knights 2003). Additionally, factors such as unfavorable wind-driven currents may affect glass eel recruitment on the continental shelf and may have a greater impact than fishing mortality or continental climate change (Knights 2003). However, limited knowledge about fundamental biological characteristics of glass eels has complicated interpretation of juvenile abundance trends (Sullivan et al. 2006).
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) adopted the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the American Eel in November 1999. The FMP calls for efforts to collect American Eel data through both fishery-dependent and fishery-independent studies in coastal states. Consequently, member jurisdictions agreed to implement an annual survey for young-of-year (YOY or glass) American Eels. The survey is intended to "…characterize trends in annual recruitment of the YOY eels over time [to produce a] qualitative appraisal of the annual recruitment of American Eel to the U.S. Atlantic Coast" (ASMFC 2000). The development of these surveys began in 2000 with full implementation by 2001. Survey results provide necessary data on coastal recruitment success and further understanding of American Eel population dynamics. A recent American Eel benchmark stock assessment report found that the American Eel stock status is depleted and emphasized the importance of the coast-wide survey as an index of recruitment over the historical coastal range in the U.S. and an early warning of potential range contraction of the species (ASMFC 2012). In 2019, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science continued its spring sampling to estimate relative abundance of YOY American Eels in Virginia tributaries of Chesapeake Bay.
https://doi.org/10.25773/vaxb-y282
American eel -- Virginia; American eel -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Eel fisheries -- Virginia
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Supported by the VMRC Marine Recreational Fishing Advisory (MRFAB) and Commercial Fishing Advisory Boards (CFAB), Project No. RF/CF 19-01.
Tuckey, T. D., & Fabrizio, M. C. (2020) Estimating Relative Abundance of Young-of-Year American Eel, Anguilla rostrata, in the Virginia Tributaries of Chesapeake Bay (Spring 2019). Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. https://doi.org/10.25773/vaxb-y282
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Scoping out the Internet of Things in the Philippines
Categories: Documentary
Tags: Internet, Philippines
Source: http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/scoping-out-the-internet-of-things-in-the-philippines
Harvey I. Barkin
The Internet of Things (Illustration by Wilgengebroed)
Manila Valley Founder and CEO Chris Peralta recently put together live on Facebook a panel of speakers from up and coming start-up CEOs in the Philippines, a subject matter expert from Cisco and just about anybody interested in the Internet of Things (IoT).
Peralta wanted the session "to figure out the IoT, find the raw talent, make people aware (of it) and some of the exciting things happening in the Philippines, and in the process help out the Philippines."
Trendsetters recognize that wearable technology has something to do with the IoT. Consumers who realize the almost endless possibilities it brings call it the Internet of Everything.
But really, the IoT is a platform or network that just connects needs or problems with applications or alternative solutions. What is not nebulous is that it is a $10-trillion market. Global financial and credit giant Morgan Stanley said 75 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020. And market consultant Frost & Sullivan said 12 percent of ASEAN IoT spending is from the Philippines.
Philippines in the IoT Space
Peralta said, "I think the Philippines has always been the underdog. It has always been a country that no one really looks at. Now if you look at (its) games industry as a parallel, (it) did a lot of outsourcing. But (it) was not producing and promoting the games. And it's changing."
He said further: "And I don't think (the Philippines) is in that sphere just for the game companies. Because (its) at the back end of game creation. I think there's a lot of raw talent in the Philippines. I think (the IoT) could be a place for (the country) to grow and show (it's) face."
Although a lot of people tend to separate the big tech companies from start-ups, a lot of the big tech companies were also start-ups providing solutions or satisfying needs that eventually became niches in the market. Nowadays, there are more start-ups because of the IoT.
In August 2015, The Philippine Roadmap for Digital Start-ups identified sectors where Internet start-ups have developed into household bywords: e-commerce (ebay, Amazon); Search (Google, Duck Duck Go, Yahoo); Communication (Facebook, Viber, Skype); Alternative Currencies (Bitcoin), Enterprise Security (Palo Alto Networks); Disruptive Services (Uber, Homejoy); Sharing Economy (Getaround, Airbnb); Internet of Things (Nest, Pebble Watch, Android watch); Cloud Funding (Kickstarter); Autonomous Technologies (drones, Parrot AR); Rapid Prototyping (3D printing, Makerbot, Autodesk); Gaming (Makerbot, Autodesk); Financial Technology (Venmo, Paypal); Open Sources (Linux, Hadoop); Media and Entertainment (YouTube, Vimeo, Snapchat); SaaS (Salesforce); Marketplace (Craigslist); Health Technology (23andMe); Education technology (Coursera); Food Technology (Spoonrocket, Munchery, Grubhub); Travel (Kayak).
Chris Peralta (Photo by Harvey Barkin)
Not Connecting Just to Connect
Head of Entrepreneurs In Residence Program at Cisco Jean-Marc Mommessin estimated about 20 billion devices in the IoT. "In the last five years, people were connecting to connect, just for the sake of technology. Now we also have businesses, consumers and customers connecting."
He added, "The IoT started from hype to so-what. You see a lot of innovation from the start-ups and the big boys, like Cisco, delivering disruptive technology."
Peralta said when "start-ups came into IoT space, there was so much noise." Mommessin added, "There were billion-dollar data that nobody could handle. IoT sees the pattern in data as actionable analytics."
Some Pinoy Start-ups in the IoT
JuiceBox Co-founder and CEO Jason Josol related that his company "built a 3-D model of a customizing juicer. You send information and specify if it's for a diabetic or for fitness."
Josol said one problem in the Philippines is that the country has the second slowest Internet speed. But "even slow can be solved if you're connected."
"You don't have to re-invent the wheel. In the case of JuiceBox, it was 'I have an app. How can I partner it with other apps to better the environment?' "For JuiceBox, connecting to Apple apps and Fitbit worked.
For Galileo Founder and CEO Jun Lozada, the niche was the safety of mobile device and user. "It's like the Tower of Babel with everyone owning a platform or app. We backhaul IoT payloads coming to the market. We make it so everyone can move digitally safely." Galileo is a kill switch app against would be cyber thieves.
Clear Skies Founder and CEO Vince Villena's company puts together unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) customized for client's needs. They've built drones for detecting oil and for gas leak.
"The IoT is a platform or network that connects needs or problems with applications or alternative solutions."
Late to the Revolution
According to Josol, "The dotcom revolution started in the Philippines in 2012." Almost 30 years after Silicon Valley's. Neither was it sparked by a youthful enterprise in someone's garage.
Hacker and Launchgarage's Vince Ching said, "The current mind set is to go corporate for work. After graduation, most of us were at work in huge corporations. When I graduated last year I met (Plug and Play Media & Mobile Co-founder and VP) Jojo (Flores) and Jason. It made me research Silicon Valley. Change was in the air, and I wanted to be part of the growth to make changes. I also saw a lot of my friends not enjoying their corporate jobs and a lot of them quit. They felt they have a larger responsibility than to themselves."
He also said, "There are less opportunities to get funding from outside if you're tied in with Ayala. Start-ups in the Philippines should not be bullied by conglomerates. The business mindset is not like (President-elect Rodrigo) Duterte's."
So Launchgarage was born. An online hub where "founders, disruptors, hackers, makers, designers, investors and change makers" form a community of "bright minded people with a shared passion for ambitious ideas that can change the world."
On Josol's part, "It was the reverse. I was an IT grad. I was exposed early to start-ups because some of my professors were practitioners." He went to work for a company. "But I wanted to solve problems. I met the founders of (IoT Summit Philippines) Hackathon. I was offered a start-up job. It was a risk because (in the Philippines) you don't have the luxury of savings."
According to Peralta, "There are about 38,000 (venture capital) angels in Silicon Valley. In the Philippines, angel fundings come mostly from (affluent) families." Josol added, "There are about 500 companies that angels are looking into."
Prohibitive Economic Situation
Josol continued, "The economic situation in the Philippines is prohibitive. But if you go to a start-up, your opinions matter and your contributions benefit others. Start-ups now solve problems, not just expand. I saw a lot of these from the experiences of my colleagues."
Lozada said they're trying to "turn every (smart) phone into little TVs." But according to Stack Head of Operation Rich Manzana, who dropped in on the session, anyone can think of an alarm clock that won't stop until you step on the rug or for it to talk to your coffee machine and then the shower. "But we're still a long way off from lighting bulbs on our smart phones."
Mommessin said the problem is global and cuts across industries. "If IoT is not properly adapted, about half of industries will die. Like the insurance companies, GE and Phillips. A lot of industries will be disrupted."
Peralta said, "58 percent of IoT revenues come from Asia. There has been a shift of innovation in Asia. Japan used to be the epicenter and the Philippines is way down in the pecking order. Still, so much is happening in the Philippines and there are uncharted opportunities." He reported that about 60 companies pitched when he was helping in mentorships with PhilDev.
Josol said some people are not deterred by slow Internet in the Philippines and find other means like "SSB (single-sideband modulation in radio communication), SMS (Short Message Service or texting in phones, mobiles and the web), Bluetooth." Peralta added that "People in the Philippines are open to change. Try new products in the Philippines. You may fail but the people are more welcoming."
Peralta is the founder and CEO of Manila Valley, an accelerator program in Silicon Valley looking for top Filipino tech start-ups in the Philippines. He thinks of himself as a "relationships" person. When asked about his age, he said, "old enough." He has been in the mobile and tech industries for the last 10 years. Previously, he was with Nokia and worked in Singapore, New York, Australia and Silicon Valley. He holds an electrical engineering degree from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. He "always remained in the background, dabbled in a few investments and supported start-ups in Silicon Valley."
Peralta is at his best facilitating the panel. What English accent did to entertainment TV reporting, Peralta's Australian twang did to the IoT panel. He left the Philippines at a young age and grew up in Sydney. "A lot of Fil-Ams say they want to do things but they don't. At the end of the day, my motto is to get stuff done."


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Perry l'Ornitorinco, conosciuto anche col nome Agente P (Agent P) o più semplicemente Perry, è uno dei protagonisti della serie televisiva a cartoni Phineas e Ferb, il suo nome completo è Bartholomew Perry.

Caratteristiche
All'apparenza, Perry è un normale ornitorinco domestico che vive con la famiglia Flynn-Fletcher e che non fa granché come animale, come viene sporadicamente ricordato dai suoi padroni. In realtà Perry ha una doppia identità, è infatti un agente segreto che lavora per la O.W.C.A. (in inglese "Organization Without a Cool Acronym", in italiano "Organizzazione Senza un Buon Acronimo" o O.S.B.A.). Molte entrate per il suo ufficio da agente segreto si trovano proprio nell'abitazione di Phineas e Ferb, nel giardino, sul tetto, nella sala pranzo, in cucina ecc. Il suo acerrimo nemico nelle sue missioni è il dottor Heinz Doofenshmirtz, soprannominato nella canzone che lo accompagna nell'edizione italiana, "Il re del male", anche se di male ha ben poco. Anche se l'uno vuole la cessazione dell'altro, è stato dimostrato che l'uno non può vivere senza l'altro.

Sviluppo del personaggio
Perry è stato ritratto come ornitorinco dai due creatori della serie, perché volevano rompere le barriere riguardo all'uso dei soliti animali nelle serie televisive. Viene anche spiegato, nel film Phineas e Ferb: Il film - Nella seconda dimensione, come venne adottato dai due fratelli: il suo sguardo strabico sembrava guardasse proprio Phineas e Ferb contemporaneamente. Il suo datore di lavoro è il Maggiore Monogram che comunica con Perry attraverso uno schermo, a volte anche quando questo è proprio vicino a lui.

Quasi in ogni occasione, le invenzioni per migliorare l'estate di Phineas e Ferb spariscono proprio a causa delle lotte di Perry con il dottor Doofenshmirtz. Phineas e Ferb sono consapevoli che esista qualcosa che magicamente faccia sparire i loro progetti, ma sono all'oscuro che il responsabile sia proprio il loro ornitorinco e non lo sospettano nemmeno. Inoltre, Perry è l'unico personaggio della serie ad essere a conoscenza di tutti i piani di Phineas e Ferb, in quanto spesso vi si trova coinvolto.

Perry nell'edizione italiana
Nel doppiaggio italiano è stata adottata una voce differente per il verso di Perry, la stessa usata nel resto delle versioni non inglesi della serie, al posto di quella originale di Dee Bradley Baker. È curioso notare che nel doppiaggio italiano in una puntata, il doppiatore di Phineas Flynn, Manuel Meli, imiti proprio il difficile verso che emette Perry quando parla.

Il nome di Perry, così come quasi tutti i personaggi della serie, è invece rimasto invariato. Tuttavia, nell'edizione originale del cartone, la "P" presente nella nomenclatura "Agent P", non sta ad indicare il nome di "Perry", bensì quello di "Platypus" (ossia ornitorinco).

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Unique insects discovered in Jebel Hafeet wadis
UAE Environment
Scientists say UAE's tallest mountain is teeming with hundreds of species
Published: June 27, 2013 21:39 By Aftab Kazmi, Bureau Chief
A view of the desert around Jebel Hafeet park in Al Ain as seen from the top Jebel Hafeet Image Credit: Arshad Ali/Gulf News Archive
Al Ain: Unique species of insects have been found on Jebel Hafeet, one of the two highest mountains in UAE, and in its surrounding Wadis. They "may be… new to science", says the Environment Agency — Abu Dhabi (EAD).
The discovery has been made through a hi-tech programme initiated by the EAD to monitor the wildlife in the area. The programme has successfully documented hundreds of species of animals, insects, birds, reptiles and plants — many of them endangered.
"We have recorded … unique species of insects such as the sand cockroach and minute moss beetle which may be species new to science," said Dr Shaikha Salem Al Daheri, Executive Director of Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity at the EAD. The insects have been found in the Wadi Tarabat — a Valley in the foothills of Jebel Hafeet.
The mountain, said Dr Shaikha, is also home to the rare Persian horned viper (Pseudocerastesp. persicus). This snake is found only in the mountainous parts of the emirates and neighbouring Oman at an altitude of 600 metres and above. "There are a few records of this species from Jebel Hafeet and is a very rare snake and only found at high altitude," she said in an exclusive disclosure to Gulf News.
The main reptile species around Jebel Hafeet is Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard or Dhub. These lizards are common on the alluvial plains around the mountain and at the entrance of Wadi Tarabat. Other unique species, said Dr Shaikha, are the colourful Sinai rock agama and the fan-footed geckos.
Jebel Hafeet is a historically and archaeologically important area in the region. The EAD programme has discovered the hidden aspect of this majestic mountain and its Valleys, making it the most ecologically diverse and biologically rich area in the whole of the Arabian Peninsula, she said.
The programme has recorded approximately 315 species of invertebrates. They include scorpions, camel spiders, centipedes, moths, butterflies, beetles, ants, bees and wasps. The most common invertebrate species captured are beetles, ants, grasshoppers and ground mantises and peak periods in terms of abundance are between August, September and November.
Four species of darkling bettles namely Adesmia cancellata cothuranata, Thiraptera kraatzi, Trachyderma philistina, and Adesmia stoeckleini rasalkhymana and two ant species Monomorium wahibiensis and Monomorium tumairi were the frequently trapped invertebrate species from Jebel Hafeet.
Jebel Hafeet, which is also identified as an important bird area by the Birdlife International, has some important and unique types of birds. Species such as the hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) and sand partridge (Ammoperdix heyi) are more exclusive to this mountain habitat.
"Over the last several years, more than 120 different species of birds have been recorded from Jebel Hafeet area with almost 40 species breeding there," she said. The globally threatened Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) also have a small population in this area. Some other interesting species that are seen frequently are the bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata), barbary falcon (Falco pelegrinoides) and the Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps), said Dr Shaikha.
As part of species specific conservation efforts, she said, the EAD has launched a special Egyptian Vulture Monitoring Programme to understand the dynamics of the bird's numbers in the area and some aspects of its ecology. "Future activities would include studying the movements and migration of the species using small solar powered satellite transmitters," she said.
Jebel Hafeet also boasts diverse vegetation zones namely Acacia tortilisparkland, montane wadi association and dwarf shrub vegetation of the rocky slopes with Euphorbia larica. Based on the collections and records during 2001- 2012, a total number of 177 vascular plants were identified from this area belonging to 144 genera and 53 families, she said.
The area has local endemics like the oriental cherry, locally known as qafas (Acridocarpus orientalis) which is considered as a near threatened species and the dwarf palm (Nanorrhops ritchieana) that is considered as vulnerable and Schweinfurthia imbricata which is enlisted as critically endangered in the UAE. The maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus veneris) was also recorded from Wadi Tarabat for the first time in July 2012, she said.
The EAD was established in 1996 to preserve Abu Dhabi's natural heritage and raise awareness on environmental issues. The agency is Abu Dhabi's environmental regulator and advises the government on environmental policy. It works to create sustainable communities, and protect and conserve wildlife and natural resources. It also works to ensure integrated and sustainable water resources management, to ensure clean air and minimise climate change and its impacts.
Jebel Hafeet is a mountain primarily in the United Arab Emirates on the outskirts of Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Image Credit: Arshad Ali /Gulf News Archive
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ICER's concern for patients: Where's the beef?
By Patricia Goldsmith and Carole Florman
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, commonly known as ICER, wants everyone to believe that it cares about patients and that its value assessments of new drugs and treatments are intended to help them.
How do we know that? It's become the organization's central talking point as it makes the rounds in advance of finalizing its revised Value Assessment Framework for 2020, which describes the methodology the organization will use in its assessments beginning next year.
We have represented CancerCare, an organization that provides free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer, in a number of exchanges ICER has had with patient advocacy and support group. We have heard ICER leaders talk about how much they care about patients, how they want to find ways to better capture what value means to patients with a given condition, and how they are trying to make sure that treatments are priced fairly so they can be accessible to those who need them.
Well, golly, who could disagree with that?
There's just one problem: Despite the flurry of activity that feels like a politician's listening tour, and the practiced use of the phrases "patient-centered" and "patient values," there's very little "there" there. Or, as the memorable Clara Peller once asked, "Where's the beef?"
Drug-pricing watchdog group is 'mouse that roared'
ICER is a private research organization that performs cost-effectiveness assessments of medicines and health care services. These assessments are used by health insurers and policy makers to determine whether to cover medicines and services. This work is controversial in part because ICER's calculations rely on the quality-adjusted life year (QALY), a measure that discriminates against older people and those with serious conditions.
ICER's proposed 2020 framework takes a few steps toward a more patient-centered approach to value assessment, such as committing to an increased use of real-world evidence in its reviews — with some significant caveats. But the organization has also doubled down on its use of the QALY; will continue to exclude disease-specific experts, patients, and caregivers from voting panels; and will maintain review schedules that signal a greater commitment to speed than accuracy and that can result in conclusions reached well before the full benefits — or shortfalls — of a particular drug or treatment are known.
Speaking at a recent National Health Council conference on value assessments, Julie Block, president and CEO of the National Eczema Association, joked that she had post-traumatic stress disorder from her experience providing input to ICER when it recently reviewed two new eczema drugs. According to Block, no one on the ICER team had any experience in dermatology and the eczema association was given very little time to comment on the draft findings. ICER told the association that patient stories could sway the voting panel, so Block and her small staff dropped everything to make sure that patients' voices were heard in commenting cycles and during the single public meeting held during the review of the two drugs.
In the end, ICER voted that one of the drugs evaluated had "good value," which means that people with eczema may have improved access to this new medication. When Block was asked how she'd decided whether the National Eczema Association would participate in the review, she said there was no choice as the stakes were simply too high to not participate.
ICER says price hikes on 7 drugs were made without proof of new benefits, costing the U.S. $5.1 billion
Now imagine those stakes when it comes to a treatment for a rare and deadly cancer.
If ICER really wanted to consider patient experiences, why did it put the burden of quickly developing and presenting patient experience data squarely on the shoulders of patient advocacy groups? It said that ensuring complete data wasn't its job. At the National Health Council's conference on value assessment, ICER's executive vice president and chief operating officer, Sarah Emond, said that patient groups can choose to provide input — on ICER's schedule — or not. If they don't, ICER will proceed with the information it has regardless of how complete it is.
That process doesn't sound logical and patient-centered to us. If ICER wants to ensure its reviews are patient-centered and reflect the values and experiences of those who will be affected by its assessment of a particular treatment, here are six things it could do:
Set review schedules cooperatively with patient advocacy groups so those groups have adequate time to plan and deliver the data that are so critical to a thorough value assessment.
Gather and assess the impact of treatments on quality-of-life factors that patients with the disease think are most important. Real-world data and evidence provide a more comprehensive view of how a treatment affects their lives than the reported results of randomized controlled trials among a narrow population.
Enlist experts in the target disease to be on voting panels, including clinicians, patients, and, when it comes to diseases affecting children, parents. ICER worries that specialists, patients, and parents will act with self interest which, in our experience, doesn't include pushing for ineffective treatments or drugs.
When considering treatments for rare diseases for which large-scale trials haven't been conducted, wait until there is adequate real-world evidence from individuals who are using the treatment.
Stop using the QALY as the metric for determining value. The QALY is an inherently discriminatory measure that discounts the value of a life year of older people and those with disabilities or serious illnesses and treats everyone as average.
And stop pretending that the optional alternative to QALYs, the equal value of life years gained (evLGY), has fixed the QALY problem. While this new metric credits years of life extension without discounting for age, illness, or disability, it ignores a drug's impact on symptoms. With the evLGY, a cancer drug that extends life by two years and dramatically improves a patient's quality of life would be scored the same as a drug that extends life by two years but keeps her bedridden. We're not economists, but that doesn't make sense to us.
We all want to pay for value. No one — no patient, no caregiver, no clinician — wants to pay more for a treatment than the treatment is worth. The real questions are who is deciding that worth and are they basing it on their own values or the values of those for whom the treatment is intended.
ICER describes itself as the "nation's drug pricing watchdog." But it seems to us that it is protecting the insurance companies that pay for treatments. If the organization truly wants to become the watchdog for the nation — which includes the people who use health care — it needs to research and quantify the value of treatments as they relate to the people who need them.
In other words, ICER needs to add real substance — the beef — to its disingenuous rhetoric.
Patricia Goldsmith is the CEO of CancerCare, a national organization dedicated to providing free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer. Carole Florman is CancerCare's policy fellow. In 2018, CancerCare received financial support from more 750 individuals, organizations, and companies, including pharmaceutical companies, and collaborates with other cancer-related advocacy organizations. Its policy positions and advocacy efforts are determined independently.
Editor's note: The article was updated to include a financial disclosure.
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Oscar Morano says:
In other words, special interests should write policy to suit them ?
The argument is so lame on its face that it prompted me to check who provides the funding for this organization. Lo and behold, in their 2018 report, donors giving more than a million (they don't disclose anything more precise) are :
Eisai Inc.
EMD Serono
Exelixis, Inc.
Incyte
Janssen Biotech, Inc
Susan G. Komen®
Please, STAT, you are better than this.
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Building a Bahujan Front: Kanshi Ram and the OBCs
Kanshi Ram was very much in favour of reservations for this group (OBCs), which he regarded as unprivileged. One of the BSP's slogans has been 'Mandal ayog lagu karo, kursi khali karo'
By Christophe jaffrelot क्रिसतोफ ज्हेफरलो On March 6, 2013 No Comments इस लेख को हिंदी में पढ़ें
Extracts from India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North Indian Politics by Christophe Jaffrelot, Permanent Black (Orient Longman), Delhi, 2003, pp. 396–408.
The main objective of the BSP remained the same as that of the DS-4, the formation of a 'bahujan' front which would be able to seize power. This discourse was symbolised by the metaphor of the ball-pen, repeated endlessly by Kanshi Ram on platforms or before the cameras: the top of the pen represents the upper castes who, though being only 15% of the population, rule the country, while the pen itself represents the remaining 85% who have to become aware of their fate and of their numerical strength …
Kanshi Ram tried to emerge as a spokesman for the Bahujan Samaj by advocating the interests of all its components including the BCs against the upper castes.
Even before the Mandal affair, when the debate (in the Lok Sabha and outside) on the Mandal Commission Report was gaining momentum, Kanshi Ram emphasised the claims of the OBCs. This is evident from one of his speeches during the election campaign for the Vidhan Sabha of Haryana in 1987:
The other limb of the Bahujan Samaj [in addition to the Scheduled Castes], which we call OBC or Other Backward Classes, needs badly this party [the BSP]. Thirty-nine years after independence, these people have neither been organised nor have they obtained any rights. Improvements have been produced in the legislation for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Castes, but nothing similar has happened for these people.
He thus admitted that in some respects the conditions of the Scheduled Castes were better than those of the OBCs. He also concluded that the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes had a larger presence in the bureaucracy than the OBCs because of reservations. The number of OBCs is 50 to 52% but we don't see any of them as District Magistrate. The issue which is special for us, is that reservation is not a question of our daily bread; reservation is not a question of our jobs, reservation is a matter of participation in the government and administration. There is democracy in this country. If 52% of the people cannot participate in the republic, then what is the system in which they can participate?
Kanshi Ram was very much in favour of reservations for this group [OBCs], which he regarded as unprivileged. One of the BSP's slogans has been 'Mandal ayog lagu karo, kursi khali karo' (Implement the Mandal Commission [Report] or vacate the seat [of power]). This was part of his strategy of constituting the Bahujan Samaj into a political force and therefore the BSP undoubtedly benefited from the atmosphere created by the 'Mandal affair' and tried to tap the OBC vote at the time of elections.
In 1999 Lok Sabha elections Kanshi Ram made this policy more systematic since he decided to nominate candidates in proportion to caste and community composition of society. Out of 85 candidates he fielded 17 Muslims (20%), 20 Scheduled Castes (23.5%) 38 OBCs (45%) and 10 upper castes (12%) – 5 Brahmins and 5 Rajputs.
The share of the OBCs is even more important among the state party office-bearers than among the BSP MLAs. Most of these lower caste leaders come from the Most Backward Castes, and not from the larger Backward Castes which often employ – and exploit – Dalits as labourers. Surprisingly, Dalit office-bearers are less than half as numerous as the OBCs. Even though power lay in the hands of a Chamar, Mayawati, … the BSP's image as a 'Dalit party' does not fully reflect the reality since the Scheduled Castes do not account for the majority of office-bearers and party candidates (or MLAs) in Uttar Pradesh. This picture, however, is more in tune with the social profile of its electoral basis.
[Regarding] Kanshi Ram's strategy, our study of the BSP in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh suggests that he has continuously tried to transform the party into the crucible of the Bahujan Samaj, by aggregating the Dalits, the OBCs and, lesser extent, the Tribals and the Muslims. However, his efforts to expand his party beyond the Dalits have not been entirely successful since the BSP receives only a small fraction of votes from the OBCs.
Published in the March 2013 issue of the Forward Press magazine
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Christophe jaffrelot क्रिसतोफ ज्हेफरलो
Christophe Jaffrelot is a French political scientist specialising in South Asia, particularly India and Pakistan. He is director of the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI) and director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). He has published several researched scholarly books on Dalitbahujan themes
How anti-Brahmanism movements lost their way
The State's focus on Dalits may have created the rift between the two potential social allies against Brahmanism. But political parties espousing social justice have failed in addressing the question of development among the backward and Dalit castes. This has left most of these castes desperately looking for growth opportunities, and the right wing has smelt opportunity to draw these castes to itself
अपनी राह से क्यों भटके ब्राह्मणवाद-विरोधी आंदोलन?
राज्य का फोकस दलितों पर रहने के कारण भी ब्राह्मणवाद के विरूद्ध लड़ाई में दलित और ओबीसी एक साथ नहीं आ सके। कुछ लोग कहते हैं कि यह ''ब्राह्मणवादी'' राज्य का खेल है। ओबीसी का एक अलग नेतृत्व उभर गया है। मंजूर अली का विश्लेषण
Bahujan Literature 2013
नंगा यथार्थ हैं दलित आत्मकथाएं : तुलसीराम
दलित साहित्य के द्वारा समाज की कड़वी सच्चाई समाज के सामने उभरकर आई है। खासतौर से दलित आत्मकथाओं के द्वारा। समाज में जो कुछ हुआ उसका लेखा-जोखा दलित साहित्य के रूप में प्रकाशित हुआ। जो गैर-दलित साहित्य की तरह कोरी कल्पनामात्र नहीं है, बल्कि नंगा यथार्थ है। तुलसीराम से विशेष साक्षात्कार
The imperative of social reforms
On the 81st birth anniversary of the BSP founder Manyawar Kanshi Ram what better way to pay him tribute than remind ourselves about what he stood for – social reform of a caste-ridden Indian society
सामाजिक सुधार की अनिवार्यता
बसपा के संस्थापक मान्यवर कांशीराम को, उनकी 81वीं जयंती के अवसर पर, श्रद्धांजलि देने का इससे बेहतर तरीका क्या होगा कि हम भारत के जातिवाद से ग्रस्त समाज में परिवर्तन लाने के प्रति उनकी प्रतिबद्धता का स्मरण करें


My mother always said, �too much of something is good for nothing.� Needless to say, she never ate at the Nordic Lodge.
Family owned and operated since 1963, the Nordic is nationally recognized for its endless lobster, Alaskan crab, steaks, and other culinary delights. Tucked alongside Charlestown�s Pasquiset Pond, the all-you-can-eat restaurant is a diamond in the rough, attracting shellfish-craving patrons from across the country.
Boasting a unique menu and serene venue, the Nordic relies on annual visits from groups far and wide.
Keith Hinton of East Lawrence-ville, N.J., for instance, visited the Nordic during a weekend trip to New England. Although his group hit a couple outlet stores, saw some sights and spent a night on the road, the crux of the trip was never in question.
�The main attraction was the Nordic Lodge,� Hinton said.
Thriving as a destination rather than a pit stop, the Nordic blends top-notch, quality food with mind-boggling quantities. Each weekend, the restaurant runs through at least 4,000 pounds of lobster and 3,000 pounds of shrimp, much of which is delivered daily from fishermen based in Point Judith. From there, the shellfish is distributed to include nearly every seafood delicacy imaginable, from fried jumbo shrimp, to bacon wrapped scallops, to the unbelievably delectable lobster macaroni and cheese. My roommate and I, determined to maintain our journalistic integrity, made sure to sample each and every option on a recent Sunday afternoon visit.
Although Hinton reported his preferred Nordic chow item is the Alaskan crab leg, it was clear that he was in the minority. The lobster, while it didn�t impress my seasoned Mainer palate, is clearly the fan favorite.
�I�m in love with the lobster,� said Anita Christmas, a Boston resident who insists her favorite restaurant is the Nordic Lodge.
But the Nordic experience doesn�t end after the main course. A spectacular assortment of cakes, sundaes, cannoli, and pies tempt visitors from across the kitchen. Although my roommate and I had fasted for a full day and a half prior to the Nordic visit � a strategic move that paid dividends throughout the colossal meals � I found approaching dessert to be a daunting task. But where there�s a will, there�s a way, and I wouldn�t regret making a grand-finale trip to the milkshake bar. Fifteen minutes later, my roommate�s reluctance to budge from a hammock by the pond indicates he may have felt differently.
If your idea of an all you-can-eat-buffet is a trough of comfort foods resting underneath rows of heat lamps, ordinarily you would be right on the money. National chains like Old Country Buffet and Golden Corral seem content to stuff customers to their brim, emphasizing quantity over quality. But when it comes to the buffet industry, the Nordic Lodge is the black sheep.
The quality differential between the Nordic and national chains is reflected in the prices. A dinner, including tax and soft drink, at the Old Country Buffet in North Dartmouth, Mass., located about 30 miles from Newport, will run you back $13.89. The Nordic, on the other hand, costs $85.
The pricey but unique dining experience attracts not only a devoted group of customers, but also a loyal work force. Since their parents transformed the Nordic into a buffet style restaurant over 30 years ago, Stephen, Nancy, and Lisa Persson have taken over at the helm, helping to establish a family atmosphere that can be felt immediately after walking through the front door. Our server on a Sunday afternoon had been working at the Nordic for 23 years, just part of a wait staff and host team with a combined 200 years of experience.
Buffet-style feasting has become something of an American pastime. The ritual solidified its place in history when, in 2011, blogger John-Bryan Hopkins declared Jan. 2 �National Buffet Day.� Hopkins chose the second day of the year, saying it�s a great time to splurge before embarking on a New Year�s Resolution diet. National Buffet Day is recognized by Hallmark and according to Hopkins, is celebrated enthusiastically in the South and Midwest.
Despite the countrywide appreciation for pigging out, many buffet restaurants are struggling to survive.
�It�s hard to believe but when the economy is bad, people tend to eat more,� said Howard Cannon, CEO and founder of Restaurant Consultants of America.
With food prices rising and customers consuming more, Cannon says buffets are having difficulty keeping up. �If you look at buffets over the last five to 10 years, you see less usage because they�re being valued less by the consumer,� he said, pointing out that fast food value meals and other cheap dining alternatives are growing in popularity.
The trend affected Rhode Island this January when the HomeTown Buffet in Warwick closed as its parent company, Buffets Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy. A company press release indicated that Buffets, Inc. planned to close 81 of its underperforming restaurants.
In all, after nearly a half century in business, there�s no reason why the Nordic Lodge can�t continue to excel for many years in the future.
�We always say it�s all you can eat, but more than you can imagine,� said Lorna Persson.


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Just thinking about all the library books I have checked out– which, when stacked on top of each other, almost reach my waist— is making me stressed, but it's a significantly less sort of stressed than my TBR pile is giving me. I'm more stressed about overdue fines than reading them, which is silly because the only fines I have to worry about are for the inter-library loan books, and those aren't due for a while.
Utter silliness. But I'm planning on focusing on my library books this week, and this weekend I'll be going to a cabin to stay for a few days! I'll be bringing more books along with me then, and I'll also be keeping myself off the internet. Technically the cabin has free wifi (which is super nifty), but I'm not bringing my netbook OR my iPod Touch, and I won't be checking my email for at least two and a half days. I'm kinda terrified, but also excited. It'll be nice not to worry about internet things for a while.
Undecided. This week I've been reading longer books, so maybe a shorter book this time?
Up to your waist? I admit I am impressed. I don't usually stack up my library books but rather spread them all around the house so there'll be a book in whatever room I happen to find myself in. Now I kinda want to gather them all together and stack them up.
We all need to disconnect (literally) at times. I will probably be disconnected off and on during the next few weeks during my trip to France.
I hope your internet-free weekend went well! I just found out that next month I will be away for a week without internet access. An entire week! I am frightened I will get the withdrawal shakes, but I think it will be just what I need right now.


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Elizabeth's story – leaving a legacy in memory of her son
Elizabeth and Martin
My son Martin was 11 when he died just a few short weeks after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. It was nearly 25 years ago and, although things have changed in the intervening years, I still cry for him. It was a long time before I could laugh and joke again and, even now, after all these years, the sorrow is always with me and moments of joy are intertwined with pain.
Martin was such a kind-hearted little boy, he did his own bit for charity and once cycled 100 laps of the park to raise money to help others. Always gentle and compassionate, his illness seemed to make him even kinder and he would perform random acts of kindness such as giving away his toys and eating his sister's lunch so she didn't get into trouble!
A bolt from the blue
Martin's brain tumour diagnosis came like a bolt from the blue. For all intents and purposes, he was a fit, happy child about to start a new chapter in his life as he moved from primary to secondary school. In the Spring of 1995, we were dealt the devastating news that my darling boy had an incurable, high-grade glioma in his brain stem and that he wouldn't survive longer than a year. That day changed my whole world. The doctors said there was nothing they could do to save him. The tumour was deep in the brain and couldn't be operated on because of its location. I was told chemotherapy wouldn't work either because of the blood brain barrier. He underwent a six-week course of radiotherapy but the tumour continued to grow.
The way in which Martin dealt with his diagnosis was exceptional. We were advised to tell him that he might die, so we did, but that is something I regret, as my gut feeling told me not to be so brutally honest. He was extremely brave; I admired him so much. He never complained.
Martin died on 1 August 1995, just a few weeks after his diagnosis. When it happened, I was in complete shock and cried for days, weeks, months… I still cry. My mum came over from Poland; she was devastated. I had friends, who were supportive, but people tried not to mention it. I was desperate to talk about Martin, to cry and release the emotion but people didn't broach the subject for fear of upsetting me.
Updating my Will in memory of Martin
Losing Martin removed the fear of my own death and now I feel positive about my own mortality. When the time came recently to update my Will, as well as providing for my daughter, I was really keen to leave a significant gift to Brain Tumour Research, to ensure it can continue its vital work to find a cure for brain tumours. If your family knows the pain of a brain tumour diagnosis please consider leaving a gift to Brain Tumour Research in your Will. It will mean so much to so many people.
Through my own devastating experience, I became aware of how tragically underfunded research into brain tumours remains. Nothing could be done to save my son and it seems incomprehensible to me that treatment options remain so limited. Grief devastates families and, through my Will, I hope to make a difference to help prevent others going through what we've endured. It's what I know Martin would have wanted.
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Australia's flag carrier is due to begin a direct service between Perth and London in March 2018. With a flight duration of approximately 17 hours, the service will become the shortest and fastest version of the airline's Kangaroo Route, which used to take four days and nine stops. The new route will also go down in history as the first non-stop route between Australia and Europe and the longest Boeing Dreamliner flight.
"This is a game-changing route flown by a game-changing aircraft. Australians have never had a direct link to Europe before, so the opportunities this opens up are huge. It's great news for travelers because it will make it easier to get to London. It's great news for Western Australia because it will bring jobs and tourism. And it's great news for the nation, because it will bring us closer to one of our biggest trade partners and sources of visitors," said Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce.
Operated using the airline's brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, the route will carry 236 passengers across Business, Premium Economy, and Economy cabins. Passengers will get to enjoy the aircraft's wealth of new features, including a First Class-like Business Suite, improved air quality, and lower cabin noise.


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The Association of Latin American Students (A.L.A.S.) along with Voces de Mañana, Philippine Cultural Organization, and the Creative Minds club presented "Pena," a Latin cultural festival with proceeds going to the Children of Chiapas Foundation.
More than 100 people celebrated with live music, performers, and Latin cuisine on May 3 from 6 to 10 p.m. in Plaza Vaquero.
The Children of Chiapas Foundation is a grassroots non-profit organization that seeks to find solutions to end children's homelessness, and promote children's education, culture, and healthy recreational activities in Mexico and around the globe.
Rocio Watson, founder of the Children of Chiapas Foundation, goes to Chiapas, Mexico twice a year to check on the program she founded.
The program gives kids who cannot continue their education past the sixth grade (because they live in remote villages and the only resource is a broken down elementary school) a chance to keep on learning.
The kids would "usually have to travel outside their village which creates chaos in the family because it's very expensive for them to travel, as well as having to buy school supplies and sometimes school uniforms which makes it too expensive for the kids of Chiapas," said Watson.
About 350 families live in the Chiapas village that Watson will be going to along with eight students to deliver the money and to interact with the community from July 26 until Aug. 3.
The students will be breaking into groups and organizing projects in Chiapas.
Women studies students will be teaching women about their reproductive rights, and will also teach an empowerment program.
The Children of Chiapas Foundation works with a center in Chiapas, which hosts children during the school year and provides them lodging and tutorial services, which the foundation provides financial support for.
The foundation sends money for food, school supplies, lodging, and have even sent computers in the past.
There are currently eight girls from 12 to 14 years of age in the program.
"Every child has the goal to go back and serve their community and putting their education back into the community," said Watson.
Since "there are no overhead costs, there's no office, we work out of our home, everything goes to the kids," said Watson.
Watson and volunteers pay for their own travel expenses.
The small community Watson and volunteers will be visiting, is very committed to their people.
"They have very low crime rates and they don't allow any alcohol into their community," said Watson.
A.L.A.S. was able to save money on the celebration to raise money for the foundation since "Barragans [restaurant] in Burbank donated rice and beans and Acapulco restaurant donated rice, beans, and chips," said Claudia Montes, 19, business law major and A.L.A.S. member.
Chiles rellenos, enchiladas, pupusas, burritos, and empanadas were among other Latin food served at the celebration that parents, students, and children attended.
The eight to 10 vendors were charged $20 to set up booths in Plaza Vaquero, which went to The Children of Chiapas Foundation.
Aztec and Bolivian dancers also performed in the Latin festival.
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Overcoming Tragedy and Celebrating Life Again
Of the more than 330,000 U.S. students studying abroad, only 6.1 percent are African American and 10.1 percent are Latino. This is one in a series of articles by students of color who are breaking down barriers by studying abroad thanks to the Frederick Douglass Global Fellows program, which awards 10 full scholarships a year to students at Minority Serving Institutions. These students will periodically share their stories, hopefully inspiring others to apply. Join our social media campaign, #CIEEmpowered #MSInspirational #FrederickDouglassGlobalFellows that is celebrating these extraordinary students and their experiences studying abroad. Please view and share Peire's video story at http://bit.ly/PeireWilson
By Peire Wilson
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Peire Wilson in London
Nationwide — Born in Norfolk, Va., and raised by a single mother, I felt a special responsibility to go to college but, at first, I failed at it – quite literally. But I turned my life around and see a pathway to success. Studying in London as a Frederick Douglass Global Fellow was instrumental in healing my wounds and making me whole again.
First enrolled as a college student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., I left school my freshman year because it wasn't a good fit for me. A year later, I transferred near home to a historically black college, Norfolk State University, but I abruptly left during my second semester when tragedy struck in a way that I could have never imagined.
In a scuffle on campus, one of my friends, Sean Williams, was tragically stabbed to death. Like me, Sean was a classically-trained vocalist. I was in such shock from his murder, I left school and didn't even tell my teachers why.
I moved to Florida, where I fell in love and was blessed to have a son. I wanted to make a positive future for my son, but I really didn't know how. I thought about it long and hard and decided I wanted to be a lawyer in arts and entertainment. I knew I needed to be in New York City. I knew I had to go back to school.
I got my transcripts. I put myself in a suit and put myself on a bus and, transcripts in hand, I went to the headquarters of City University of New York, CUNY.
The admissions counselor opened up my transcripts and said, "Uhhhh…."
I said, "I know."
I had a 1.0 GPA.
"These are the grades I have," I told him. "I'm willing to start completely over."
He said, "It's going to be competitive," but handed me a list of schools and I returned to Florida.
But I came back and wanted to attend the first school on the list, LaGuardia Community College in Queens, N.Y.
I met with a counselor. She said, "These grades…."
I told her, "If I had known when I was just young what I know now, I would have done things differently. I just didn't know. Unfortunately, this is what happened. I plan on being a lawyer."
She asked: "You want to be a lawyer?"
I responded, "I will be a lawyer."
She arched her eyebrows and said, "I like the way that you said that."
She told me what I needed to do to be admitted: take a math and English entrance exam. I passed English, but failed math by two points. I took a remedial math course, passed and was admitted. I learned I loved math and started tutoring other students. I earned my associate's degree in legal studies and received an invitation to join the President's Society for students with excellent academic records. That's right, I was invited. When I received the Frederick Douglass Fellowship, I called my mother to share the good news.
In London, though, as a Frederick Douglass Fellow, I felt like an outsider. I was older than the other students. I was a father. I came from a single-family household. But I realized something profound in London. During a workshop, a videographer asked us, "Tell us a time when you had to face your privilege?"
The image of my friend, Sean, came to me. He was the motivating factor in my life. When my turn to speak arrived, I told the Fellows around me, "I lost a friend who never got to see his full potential. The biggest privilege I have is just being alive. My friend died when he was 18."
I broke down in tears. That was one of the first moments that my friend's murder hit me. I told the Fellows: "You all just need to appreciate just being here. Just having breath in your lungs."
We were all crying together. We were all celebrating life together. In that moment, I realized something beautiful and profound: our common humanity.
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Ten college students at the more than 600 Minority Serving Institutions across the country can win full scholarships to study abroad next summer, and all qualified applicants are guaranteed $1500 grants toward select study abroad programs, according to the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) and the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions, which jointly sponsor the scholarship program. Online applications to study abroad as a Fellow next summer are due by February 14, 2019, and can be found HERE. The requirements are HERE. CIEE is the oldest and largest nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization in the U.S. Their mission is to transform lives and build bridges between people and nations. CIEE programs are at more than 60 international sites, including Berlin, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Copenhagen, London, Madrid, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Santiago, Shanghai and Sydney. Last year alone CIEE provided more than $8 million in scholarships, grants, and financial aid.
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Set against the backdrop of WWII, The Last Sentence is based on the life of crusading journalist Torgny Segerstedt, editor-in-chief of one of Sweden's leading newspapers, highlighting his one-man battle against Nazism and his country's policy of appeasement to Hitler.
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Set against the backdrop of WWII, The Last Sentence is based on the life of crusading journalist Torgny Segerstedt, editor-in-chief of one of Sweden's leading newspapers, highlighting his one-man battle against Nazism and his country's policy of appeasement to Hitler. 126 minutes. In Swedish with English subtitles. Presented as part of The Scandinavian Library's Nordic Film Series.
Free; donations accepted.
Films start at 1:30pm. Refreshments for attendees are served at 1pm. Lunch (not included) is available in the Kaffestugan, which is open 11am to 3pm every Saturday.
After their public showing movies in our film series become part of the Scandinavian Library's collection of DVDs available for borrowing by Library members.
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            return null;
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        if (is_null($this->cachedCurrentUserId)) {
            $this->dataset->AddFieldFilter(
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    }

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        return $this->GetCurrentUser() != 'guest';
    }

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        return $this->grantsManager->GetSecurityInfo($userName, $dataSourceName);
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    public function HasAdminGrant($userName) {
        return $this->grantsManager->HasAdminGrant($userName);
    }

    public function HasAdminPanel($userName) {
        return $this->grantsManager->HasAdminPanel($userName);
    }

}

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    /**
     * @var string
     */
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    /**
     * @var StringHasher
     */
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     * @param string $actualPassword
     * @param string $expectedPassword
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    }

    private function CheckHashedPasswordEquals($actualPassword, $expectedPassword) {
        return $this->passwordHasher->CompareTwoHashes($expectedPassword, $actualPassword);
    }

    public function __construct(ConnectionFactory $connectionFactory, $connectionOptions, $tableName, $userNameFieldName,
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        $this->userNameFieldName = $userNameFieldName;
        $this->passwordFieldName = $passwordFieldName;
        $this->passwordHasher = HashUtils::CreateHasher($passwordEncryption);
        $this->CreateDataset($connectionFactory, $connectionOptions, $tableName, $userNameFieldName, $passwordFieldName);
    }

    public function CheckUsernameAndPassword($username, $password) {
        $this->dataset->AddFieldFilter(
            $this->userNameFieldName,
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            return $this->CheckPasswordEquals($password, $expectedPassword);
        }

        return false;
    }

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            if ($this->CheckHashedPasswordEquals($password, $expectedPassword)) {
                return true;
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

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     * @param array $connectionOptions
     * @param string $tableName
     * @param string $userNameFieldName
     * @param string $passwordFieldName
     */
    private  function CreateDataset(ConnectionFactory $connectionFactory, $connectionOptions, $tableName, $userNameFieldName, $passwordFieldName)
    {
        $this->dataset = new TableDataset(
            $connectionFactory,
            $connectionOptions,
            $tableName);
        $field = new StringField($userNameFieldName);
        $this->dataset->AddField($field, true);
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Network Solutions warned on Monday of latency problems for customers using MySQL databases just a week after the hosting company fended off distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
"Some hosting customers using MySQL are reporting issues with the speed with which their websites are resolving," the company wrote on Facebook. "Some sites are loading slowly; others are not resolving. We're aware of the issue, and our technology team is working on it now."
Network Solutions, which is owned by Web.com, registers domain names, offers hosting services, sells SSL certificates and provides other website-related administration services.
On July 17, Network Solutions said it came under a DDoS attack that caused many of the websites it hosts to not resolve. The company said later in the day that most of the problems had been fixed, and it apologized two days later.
"Because online security is our top priority, we continue to invest millions of dollars in frontline and mitigation solutions to help us identify and eliminate potential threats," it said.
Some customers, however, reported problems before Network Solutions acknowledged the cyberattacks. One customer, who wrote to IDG News Service before Network Solutions issued the MySQL warning, said he had problems publishing a website on July 16, before the DDoS attacks are believed to have started.
Several other customers who commented on the company's Facebook page reported problems going back to a scheduled maintenance period announced on July 5. The company warned customers they might experience service interruptions between 10 p.m. EST on July 5 and 7 a.m. the next morning.
Donna Marian, an artist who creates macabre dolls, wrote on the company's Facebook page on Monday that her site was down for five days.
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Inspired by Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey, Snider's Song Cycle, Penelope is a meditation on memory, identity, and what it means to come home.
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Click here to visit Penelope's website.
Eeyore has a Birthday by Jon Deak, is a thrilling and delightful musical setting of A.A.Milne's story from the Winnie-the-Pooh series, one of the most delightful literary collections for children. Each instrument plays a role in the story; the ever-mournful Eeyore is personified by the viola; gastronomically oriented Pooh Bear by the double bass; and the eager, bumbling Piglet by the piano.
March 16th, 2016 at Roulette, NYC.
Hagall is an epic work which was completed by Jeffrey Holmes in August of 2015. The project is the result of a collaboration between composer Jeffrey Holmes, commissioning organization JFNMC, Presenter - Firebird Ensemble and Talea Ensemble who will present the World Premiere and record the work.
The title comes from the old Runic word for hail (as in a hailstorm). Hagall is also a dramatic representation of turbulent winter storms and references an "end". The Runic language is also accompanied by ancient poems of unknown or lost origin.
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Carlisle Completes the Acquisition of Tri-Star Electronics International, Inc.
Carlisle to Sell German Rubber Components Unit
Carlisle Companies to Present November 15th at Citi's U.S. Small/Mid Cap Conference in Las Vegas
Carlisle to Acquire Tri-Star Electronics International, Inc.
Carlisle Companies to Present November 8th at Baird's 2011 Industrial Conference in Chicago and November 10th at Sidoti's New York Emerging Growth Investor Forum in New York City
Carlisle Companies Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
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Carlisle Companies Reports $0.85 Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations for the Third Quarter 2011, a 13% Increase from the Prior Year
Carlisle Companies to Announce 3rd Quarter 2011 Earnings on October 25, 2011
Carlisle Companies to Present September 22nd at Citi Global Industrials Conference in Boston and September 26th at the Oppenheimer Annual Industrials Conference in New York City
Carlisle Companies to Present at Jefferies Industrial and A&D Conference in New York City on August 9
Carlisle Companies Announces 35th Consecutive Year of Dividend Increases
Carlisle Finalizes Acquisition of PDT, a Leading Manufacturer of Single-Ply Roofing Systems in Europe
Carlisle Companies Reports $0.87 Earnings Per Share for the Second Quarter 2011, a 40% Increase from the Prior Year
Carlisle to Acquire PDT, a Leading Manufacturer of Single-Ply Roofing Systems in Germany
Carlisle Companies to Announce 2nd Quarter 2011 Earnings on July 26, 2011
Carlisle Companies to Present at KeyBanc's Industrial Conference in Boston on June 1
Carlisle Companies Reports $0.53 Earnings Per Share for the First Quarter 2011, a 43% Increase From the Prior Year
Carlisle Companies Will Announce 1st Quarter 2011 Earnings on April 26, 2011
Carlisle Companies to Present at Sidoti's Institutional Investor Forum on March 23
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Q&A: I don't like her…Should I date her?
Q: Should I go out on a date with a girl just because my aunt who gave me money for Christmas wants me to? My mom says I owe it to her to at least go out with her best friend's daughter once. I say it makes no sense because I don't like her and she doesn't even go to church.
A: Dating implies that you have a romantic interest in a person. If you don't, you should fool yourself or anyone else, by pretending you do. That would be a form of lying and would just get you into trouble. Of course you should be grateful to your aunt for your generosity. But gifts of money should be gifts, not bribes! For the sake of keeping peace with your family, offer to take your aunt's young friend to the YPG with you to introduce her to the girls there where she can make some good friends. Make it clear that you are just doing this as a friendly gesture, and perhaps you can turn an awkward situation into an opportunity to evangelize someone who needs God.


even without speed hecks I'm having this problem.
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Check native in gsdx configuration.
now the game looking and working fine.
ye its working, thanks Bositman. But now that i have native resolution it looks ugly as as i can't enable AA due hardwaremode. any idea?
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Dr. Cottingham was appointed Interim Upper School Director in July 2021, and her Pingry experience includes three years as Upper School Academic Dean and a semester as Interim English Department Chair.
Slam Poet Andre Bradford Reflects on the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mr. Bradford emphasizes empathy and striving for the greater good.
Comprehensive Computer Science Program Prepares Students for the World of Technology
The program has come a long way since its infancy in the 2000s, with a curriculum that has expanded to become quite advanced compared with other high schools.
Pingry Appoints Ben Courchesne as Associate Head of School
Mr. Courchesne has devoted his career to education, as an administrator, a teacher, and a coach.
Presenting the Fall/Winter 2022 Issue of "The Pingry Review"
This edition profiles new Head of School Tim Lear, including his Pingry experiences, his (unexpected) career path, and his goals for the School.
Pingry Dedicates Its Cross Country Course to Former Coach Ed Scott, Jr.
A member of the Magistri, Coach Scott worked at the School from 1968 to 1995, teaching P.E. and coaching cross country and track.
Pingry Announces Commended Students in 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program
They are recognized for exceptional academic promise, having placed among the top 50,000 scorers.
Pingry Announces Semifinalists in 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program
The program honors students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies.
Pingry Announces Seven Seniors as Scholar Athletes
Scholar athletes impressive in balancing high achievements in academics and athletics.
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Thread: Brian mcdonald spent his time away from work on his hobby model trains. His train set was large?
I actualy found this question on another website, and incredibly, it had an answer as well. Brian McDonald spent his time away from work on his hobby, model trains. His train set was large and consisted of rare and one-of-a-kind trains. One day he promised to give his trains to his friend Harry. Harry then made extensive (and expensive) preparations for the model trains, only to have Brian give the trains to his neighbor James. Harry tried to sue Brian for breach of contract, but since Harry gave nothing of value to Brian and it is not even clear that Brian made any promise - only a statement of present intent for entering future contracts. There was no contract.
Brian mcdonald spent his time away from work on his hobby model trains his train set was large?


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Policromia (do grego antigo πολυχρωμία, πολύ (poly) = muitos ; χρώμα (khrôma) = cores) é o estado de um corpo ou sistema cujas partes têm várias cores. Nesse sentido é mais que uma cor, ou seja, não é um estado de monocromia (uma cor = monocromático). No período histórico denominado 'antiguidade', povos, como os Assírios e os Caldeus pintavam as estátuas e as paredes de algumas construções com distintas e diversas cores, todas elas rodeadas por contornos negros ou de cor. Policromia é a arte feita com várias cores. É o emprego de várias cores no mesmo trabalho, "qualidade de um corpo com diversas cores".

Alguns termos derivados ou relacionados a Policromia são: policresto, policroísmo, policroíta, policromado, policromar, policrmoasia, policromático (utilizado como adjetivo, por exemplo para designar o conjunto de cores utilizados na elaboração de selos postais e outros documentos filatélicos), policromismo, policromizar, policromo.

A policromia pode ser obtida através da combinação das três cores primárias (amarelo; azul; vermelho) a mistura dessas cores pode formar novas e o preto e o branco fazem novas tonalidades, mas basicamente um trabalho policromatico é um trabalho com muitas cores. As ilustrações aparecem com cores bonitas. Tonalidades e matizes dão uma agradável sensação a quem olha. Mas, para imprimir, as cores foram separadas. Não resta dúvida de que, para se obter um resultado harmônico da combinação de cores, é necessário um certo critério, bom-senso e um mínimo de conhecimento do uso dos materiais de pintura mas a experiência pessoal é ainda mais decisiva e é o que alimenta a revolução constante da arte.

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