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Metrohm France: Champagne and Horse Pee
Tuesday morning, I found myself standing in a customer lab close to Paris, fighting at the same time with jet lag and the sting of ammonia in my nose provoked by the samples horse pee handled all around us. We were at the LCH, the laboratory belonging to the French National Horse Racing Federation FNCH.
The transition from the Americas trip to the Europe trip wasn't exactly a smooth one. Because of the long flight from Brazil to Paris and the 5 hours of time difference I lost one day of the weekend that I needed desperately to recover from the flight, the jet lag, and the dramatic climate difference. Paris greeted me with grey skies, rain, and frosty temperatures—coming from Brazil, where we easily surpassed 30 °C most days, it was little consolation to me that I'd arrived on the first warmer day Paris had seen in a while (it was about 12 °C).
After arriving at the Metrohm France's premises on Monday, I got to meet the office and the laboratory staff, as well as my Metrohm guide to France, Steven. By now, I get very confused about how to greet people—with a handshake, with one kiss as is customary in Latin America, with two kisses as the French do, or with three kisses as is common practice in Switzerland. Awkward moments are inevitable, but quickly forgotten after a nice champagne lunch (which, as my colleagues assured me, is not a daily thing at Metrohm France, but a special welcome for me).
Metrohm and Horse Racing
During my stay in France, our local colleagues wanted to show me especially how Metrohm instruments have made their way into French culture, and there are several laboratories to prove that. One of them is the Laboratoire des Courses Hippiques, or LCH for short. The LCH is an IFHA (International Federation of Horseracing Authorities) certified laboratory and a reference laboratory for FEI (Fédération Equestre Internaionale).
Steven and Mathieu from Metrohm France with Isabelle Pottier, Senior analyst and Deputy quality manager
While doping is a big issue at events like the Olympics or the Tour de France, you may be surprised that horses that participate in races have to undergo doping tests as well. Horse racing being a hugely popular sport in France, the LCH receives about 42'000 samples of urine and blood taken from racing horses to rule out doping. The majority of these samples come from racing courses across the country, with other samples coming from other countries such as Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and more. When you see the LCH facilities, you get an idea of what a big deal horse racing is in France: the lab is enormous and equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including robots to handle the large amount of samples. Metrohm instruments have been used at the LCH for several decades. In the picture you can see one of the setups used to automatically set the sample pH to specific values required for enzymatic digestion.
Two employees register and label the incoming samples before they are analyzed in the labs of the LCH.
Credibility is the number one priority at the LCH. Thanks to an anonymous numbering system, none of the lab's employees know the origin of the sample under scrutiny. A duplicate of each sample is conserved for a possible retesting: if portion A of a sample tests positive for doping, the LCH notifies the horse biology service of the FNCH who can trace the sample back to the horse and its owner using the number assigned to it. At the request of the horse's trainer, the sample will be retested using the B portion of the sample, usually at a lab outside the country, using a different analysis technique.
The «Team 75» on our tour of Paris—from left to right: Laurent, Steven, Clémence, Fabienne, I, and Gaëlle
Getting to Know Paris
The last night in Paris, before leaving for Lyon the next morning, I got a special tour of Paris with Metrohm France's «Team 75», the team involved in the organization of all activities for Metrohm's 75th anniversary. After dinner at a typical Parisian bistro, a type of restaurant that just recently came into fashion again after having been «the place where your grandfather would eat» for a while we had a city tour in the French car par excellence, a Citroën 2CV (or rather two of them—6 people plus a driver would have made for a rather cosy ride).
In Paris, you can't drive 50 meters without passing a major landmark but my most important memory from our Paris tour is the exuberant atmosphere among the Team 75, away from the boss, imitating siren noises to turn our car into a police car with the little LED Eiffel Tour they got me as a souvenir.
Everyone's looking forward to the night out in Paris!
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Stephanie is traveling the world throughout the year of 2018 as ambassador for Metrohm. She is 27 years old and has been a part of the Metrohm family for more than 4 years now. As a scientific editor, she is used to writing for Metrohm, and she's not a rookie when it comes to traveling, either. But the fact that she's now doing both at the same time still makes her jaw drop every time she thinks about it.
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Hi! I'm Stephanie, a scientific editor recently turned blogger at Metrohm. You may know our customer magazine Metrohm Information – that's what I'm usually in charge of. However, this year, I'm traveling around the world for our company's 75th anniversary. On my trip, I will learn everything about the company and the people behind it.
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Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said restoring relations would lie in the interest of both countries and the ethnic Hungarian community in Ukraine's Transcarpathia region.
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In response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky greeting Ukraine's ethnic communities, including Hungarians, in their mother tongue, the foreign minster said the Hungarian government has a vested interest in restoring good-neighborly relations with Ukraine.
Calling Zelensky's gesture "important and fine", Minister Szijjártó said that hopefully "his words would soon be followed by actions", and that the Ukrainian parliament would amend the laws on education and the use of minority languages so as to restore the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Transcarpathia.
The minister said the Hungarian government is prepared to hold a high-level dialogue and continue to give Ukraine every possible assistance in its quest to develop more rapidly.

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — With words of encouragement, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison's supporters took to the streets to begin his general election campaign for Minnesota attorney general.
But his team of volunteer door-knockers quickly discovered one issue that's not going away — recent allegations of domestic abuse by a former girlfriend.
"Look, I have denied these allegations because they're not true," Ellison said.
Ellison met with reporters Friday morning before going to his core voters in north Minneapolis. There, he went door to door, assuring constituents that he's not leaving the race.
Ellison's former girlfriend, Karen Monahan, told CBS News that he physically and emotionally abused her during their relationship in September 2016.
Monahan said that Ellison met her last May for coffee and asked her if she'd stop texting about their past relationship.
"I didn't choose for you to drag me off the bed, call me a b –, tell me you hate me. I didn't choose that," Monahan told CBS.
For now, at least, Ellison's labor support remains behind him.
Ellison said he's spoken with Monahan many times since they split. However, when asked if he intends to reach out to her since the allegations surfaced, Ellison said he doesn't plan to contact Monahan.
"If I were to do that, it could be misinterpreted. And so I'm just not going to do that, but if she reaches out to me, I'll, I mean, I'm not opposed to a conversation, I never have been," Ellison said.
The state's DFL central committee was scheduled to meet in Cambridge on Saturday to consider endorsements for statewide candidates.
Ellison says he will be there and expects to win the endorsement. It will take 60 percent of delegates to get the party's support.


October is just a few days away, and soon there would be another batch of college graduates ready and willing to join the workforce. There are a lot of job opportunities in the Philippines but the unemployment rate is still high. After spending thousands upon thousands of pesos, parents feel a false sense of relief that finally, their son/daughter would soon find a job and help out with the family finances. Not exactly. There are obstacles to face before they can land a good paying job, or simply put, just a job.
"Willing to work long hours." This is sugar-coating the "no overtime pay" policy of the company.
"Applicant should be good looking and have a pleasing personality." Duh?!
Transcript of Records - A student may spend up to 500 pesos to get a copy of his school records. The wait time would be one to two weeks for this.
NSO Copy of Birth Certificate - Enduring the long, long, LONG lines at the National Statistics Office to get a copy of your birth certificate. This would cost Php 140.00 and would only be valid for 6 months. If you are not yet employed within 6 months, then you have to do this step all over again. There are private companies offering door to door delivery of your document for roughly twice the cost of the standard fees. Once you secure your copy, make sure to have at least 10 photocopies of it, since you will be asked for a copy of it when you apply for other pre-employment documents.
NBI Clearance - A certificate attesting to having a clean civil record, meaning no civil or criminal case has been filed against you. Again, the lines here are really long. It would take half a day to get your copy. If it so happens that you have a "hit" (which means someone with the same name as you has a criminal record), you'd have to be asked to return after 10 days. One good thing is that the National Bureau of Investigation has an online service wherein you can fill in your personal details and you'd be given a schedule to go to their satellite offices for biometrics and payment of fees. Just hope you don't get a "hit" or the process will still be the same. The legal fees for an NBI clearance is Php 140.00.
Police Clearance - As if getting clearance from the National Bureau of Investigation is not enough, a Police Clearance certificate is another document requirement in applying for a job. Legal fees are supposed to be Php 40.00, however, there are other charges that you find out that you need to pay. The last time I got a Police Clearance Certificate, I had to pay close to Php 200, because they are now issuing a Police Clearance Identification Card, valid only for a year.
Community Tax Certificate (CTC) - This is commonly known as "cedula," which is issued in the baranggay (village) where you reside. The fees depend on the declared monthly salary. If you are unemployed, you will only have to pay a minimal fee. I am not sure how this is computed. Some may charge only one peso (for unemployed), while others have a minimum rate of Php 32.50. You must avail of a CTC before January 30th because you will have to pay a penalty for it.
Baranggay Clearance - This is a simple typewritten certificate attesting to the fact that you are a resident in the area of your declared address in other forms of identification. Legal fees depend on the baranggay (village) office.
Routine Medical Exam Results - Applicants have to comply with a general medical exam - blood tests, chest x-ray, stool and urine exam, medical history and physical assessment. Some companies ask applicants to pay for the fee, others may pay for it, and still others may deduct the cost from the initial paycheck.
SSS ID - This is your Social Security System ID. New members of the system will be required to submit a photo copy of their NSO Birth Certificate and two valid IDs (government issued IDs). You will be given an E-1 form containing your SSS number. Keep this piece of paper, as this will be proof that you are already a registered member. While you're there, you might as well apply for the permanent ID card.
Tax Identification Number (TIN) - New entrants into the workforce may be required to apply for their own TIN in the Revenue District Office where their employer is registered. Other companies may do this step for their new hires. Remember, you will only be issued one number in your entire working life. Make sure to keep a copy of the application form. If however, you have been previously employed, you'd have to request to have your records transferred to the Revenue District Office of your new employer.
PhilHealth ID - There is an online service where you can apply for your PhilHealth Identification Number/Card, therefore relieving the public of the long long LONG lines. The HR department of some companies also assist their new hires to have their documents submitted to the PhilHealth Office. You would need copies of your birth certificate and that of your declared dependents too.
Pag-Ibig/HDMF ID - The Home Development Mutual Fund provides qualified members housing loans which they can pay off in different terms from 10-30 years. You will be provided with a Member Identification number, after you have personally applied for it or processed your application online.
1. PRC license - This is an ID for professionals who have successfully passed the board exams.
2. Seaman's Book - A passport-like document issued to merchant marines or sea-based workers. You have to enroll and pass in a SOLAS training course before you can apply for a Seaman's book.
3. Health Clearance Certificate - An important requirement for applicants in the Food Industry business. This may be expensive because you'd have to subject yourself to clinical laboratory tests.
Going through all these may discourage a young graduate to go out and find work. Aside from the fact that they would need so much money to pay for the fees, they have to endure standing in line for hours, some going to the extent of camping outside the government office just to ensure that they would be the first in line the following day.
This not only speaks for our youth, it also speaks for the blue collar workers, the daily paid laborers. These people have no money to pay for clearances and the like. They need a job, they are physically fit to work but will not be able to unless they are able to present the pre-employment documents. The end result? They would remain unemployed or be content with menial jobs that don't pay much.
Unless we do something to cut down on the costs of applying for a job, we will continuously be presenting a huge obstacle to increase our workforce.
Isn't it time that we push for the National ID system?
How frustrating!!!!!!!!! We had similar problems back home.. Every time I applied to a job I had to provide over 30 pages of documentation, including of course, a photograph of myself because they needed to see if I was presentable enough... Gosh, apparently nowadays you have to be a model to get a desk+computer job. !
Jobs are tought to find everywhere.. but this goes way beyond the call of duty.
Wow that is very intense! I think it would be easy to get discouraged in this situation. Jobs are hard to come by it seems no matter where you live.
Wow, there is a lot of required documentation for getting a job in the Philippines! What a helpful article for beginning college students since they can start to prepare early so they aren't busy waiting in lines their entire first year after college. Perhaps this will inspire some to get internships or part-time jobs with companies they'd like to work for AFTER college that way they can have the requisite 2 years experience upon graduation.
I never had a good luck during my job hunting days in the Philippines. I was a victim of "with pleasing personality" discrimination even though I can do the job.
My goodness, those are a lot of requirements. No wonder the unemployment is high!
I know how it feels finding a job in the philippines. However college graduate still has an advantage than those undergrad. Before if I see student so proud and snob spending their parents money but don't have any clue what's awaits with them by the time they finish college. all i can say good luck to all the fresh grad. may you land the job that you want and work hard for. great share!


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From North Korea fighter pilot to Embry-Riddle professor: Remembering Kenneth Rowe
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DAYTONA BEACH − No Kum-Sok's dramatic escape from North Korea by flying his MiG-15 fighter jet to a U.S. air base in South Korea in 1953 made him an international celebrity.
He wound up shaking hands with Vice President Richard Nixon, explaining how his Soviet-built fighter jet operated to legendary American test pilots Chuck Yeager and Tom Collins, and appeared on television shows, including "To Tell the Truth" and "Today." He also frequently spoke on Voice of America radio broadcasts.
But after moving to Daytona Beach with his family in 1983, No Kum-Sok who changed his name to Kenneth Rowe, enjoyed a quiet life as a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He taught aircraft engineering for 17 years until his retirement and remained in the area after that with his wife Clara.
Rowe died on Dec. 26 at his Daytona Beach home, surrounded by family, just a couple weeks shy of his 91st birthday.
"He seemed to like Daytona Beach quite a lot," said his daughter Bonnie Rowe. "He liked the warm weather and he thought the people were nice."
'Wanted to be a regular American'
Kenneth Rowe's paid obituary in The Daytona Beach News-Journal once again made him the subject of international headlines, including articles in both The New York Times and Washington Post.
"He wasn't seeking to be a celebrity," said Bonnie Rowe. "He wanted to be a regular American."
Retired Embry-Riddle professor Bob Oxley remembers his former colleague as "an upstanding guy. He was open and honest. He was in favor of the kind of values Americans are supposed to have: freedom of speech and a tolerance of other points of view."
Laksh Narayanaswami currently teaches aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle where he has been a professor since the late 1980s. He remembers Rowe most for his humor. "He laughed a lot. He was down to earth."
Kenneth Rowe in 1996 recounted his life story in an autobiography titled "A MiG-15 to Freedom," which he co-wrote with another Embry-Riddle professor, the late J. Roger Osterholm. His escape was also the subject of another book, "The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot" by Blaine Harden (2015).
Born during the Japanese occupation
Rowe was born on Jan. 10, 1932 in a small town in North Korea during the Japanese occupation. His father worked for a Japanese corporation that built and operated electric power stations and railroads. His mother was a homemaker. Both saw the United States as a utopia and beacon of freedom and did not buy into characterizations of Americans as evil enemies pushed first by the Japanese and then by the Communists who took over after World War II.
Bonnie Rowe said her dad shared his parents' views. "He was very critical about the communist system. He could see it didn't serve the common man," she said.
His father's death from cancer in 1949 left Kenneth Rowe and his mother impoverished. "He ended up joining the military so he could eat," Bonnie Rowe said.
At age 17, Kenneth Rowe began training at the North Korean Naval Academy but found the experience grueling and unbearably harsh. Cadets were fed meager meals. He jumped at the opportunity to become an Air Force cadet because he saw it as a chance for a better life − and better food.
"He thought to fly an aircraft you have to be very fit, which meant they fed you better," said Bonnie Rowe.
'Living a gigantic lie'
Kenneth Rowe became a highly decorated fighter pilot during the Korean War. He flew more than 100 missions and earned the rank of lieutenant. But he never actually shot at Americans. "He liked to just fly around and not engage in actual combat," said Bonnie Rowe.
Kenneth Rowe wrote that he suffered anxiety as a fighter pilot that he "might be forced into killing one of my beloved Americans." Instead, he resorted to firing his jet's cannon "too far away to hit anything (because) I did not want to hit anything."
The ruse worked. "Articles about my flying skill and my devotion to Communism, along with my photograph, appeared in Red magazines and newspapers," he wrote. "All that time I was living a gigantic lie."
When the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, to halt the fighting, Kenneth Rowe saw it as his chance to finally make a dash for freedom.
Assigned to test a new North Korean air base runway on the morning of Sept. 21, Rowe initially flew his MiG-15 as instructed, but instead of returning, he abruptly veered towards South Korea.
Kenneth Rowe wrote that he knew there was a good chance he would be shot down. Fortunately, he caught the Americans off guard and safely landed at Kimpo Air Base − but only after nearly colliding with an American fighter jet that was simultaneously taking off from the same runway.
"I unfastened my oxygen mask and breathed free air for the first time in my life," he wrote. "I jumped to the ground. Then I threw the picture frame (containing a photo of North Korean dictator Kim Il-Sung) to the concrete apron to destroy it."
Rowe was surprised to learn an American General previously publicly offered a $100,000 reward to the first North Korean defector who could deliver an intact MiG fighter jet to the U.S.
Rowe said he was unaware of the offer, but gladly accepted the reward money.
The Washington Post reported that Air Force Maj. Donald Nichols in Harden's book praised Rowe as an invaluable source of information on the military operations and capabilities of both the North Koreans, Russians and Chinese. "He was able to recall air units, personnel strength, structure and number of aircraft assigned to respective units," Nichols told the author.
ANSWERING THE RALLY CALL: Community steps up to help Korean War vet in need
RECOVERED AT LAST:U.S. military retrieves war remains from North Korea
NEW HOME:War museum relocates from downtown Daytona to Holly Hill
'Incorrect to say that I defected'
Rowe bristled at being labeled a defector. "It is incorrect to say that I defected from the North Korean communist regime because I had never been a communist in my heart and, therefore, I could not have defected from an ideology I had never believed in," he wrote in his memoir. He preferred to be called "a North Korean pilot who sought freedom in the United States since his childhood."
Rowe moved to the United States in 1954 where he earned an engineering degree from the University of Delaware. Upon graduating, he embarked on a career working for "15 of the largest companies" including DuPont, Boeing, General Motors, General Electric, Grumman, Lockheed and Westinghouse.
Bonnie Rowe said she once asked her father why he kept switching jobs and moving the family. "He said, 'This is a big country and I want to see every part of it.' He didn't want to be oppressed. He wanted to go to a land where people could live freely. He was not ashamed to be a Korean, but he was proud to be an American."
Kenneth Rowe became a U.S. citizen in 1962. He also changed his name to one that he thought sounded more American. Rowe was a spelled out way of how his original surname No was pronounced in Korean. He chose Kenneth as a first name because of it started with a K like Kum-Sok. "He wanted to fit in," said his daughter.
'Famous American patriot'
Rowe in 1960 married Clara Kim who also was originally from North Korea. In addition to his daughter and wife, he is survived by a son Raymond and grandson Ben. The family followed Rowe's wishes by celebrating his life privately.
"Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was honored to have a famous American patriot on our faculty," said P. Barry Butler, the university's president. "By fleeing North Korea and delivering an intact MiG-15bis fighter jet to the U.S. Air Force in 1953, former Lt. No Kum-Sok served the United States well. As an educator, Professor Kenneth Rowe served our students well, too. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him."
Rowe's MiG-15 is on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.


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The NEON trials are three trials of an interactive website called the NEON Intervention which provides access to a collection of online mental health recovery stories. You can read more about the trials here: https://www.researchintorecovery.com/research/neon/neontrials/. Collectively, the trials are looking at whether access to the NEON Intervention can help people affected by mental health problems. If you sign up to a trial, you will fill out some trials questionnaires, and then obtain immediate or delayed (one year) access to the NEON Intervention.
The NEON Trial and NEON-O Trial include people with experience of mental health problems in the last five years, but you don't need to have received a diagnosis, and you don't need to be using any kind of mental health service. Many people experience and recover from mental health problems without either, and we want to keep our trials as inclusive as possible. We actively encourage participation from people who reject the concept of diagnosis.
Our trials require no face-to-face contact at all. Everything is done online, and everything can be done from the comfort of your own home, through a smartphone, or using a shared computer such as in a public library. As long as you have access to the internet, you can take part.
The NEON Intervention works on all modern web-browsers, but doesn't work on Internet Explorer. This is because Internet Explorer is now out of date with modern security standards, and hence it wouldn't be appropriate for us to allow its use.
All three of our trials must close to recruitment by 30th April 2021. However, trials will close once they reach a maximum number of participants, and this might be before 30th April 2021.
We have adopted a broad definition of psychosis so as to be inclusive as possible, and don't require a formal diagnosis to take part. We are keen to include people in the NEON trial who have had a variety of psychosis-like experiences in the last five years. If you are an adult with capacity living in England, would define your own experiences as 'psychosis-like', and have experienced any form of mental health distress in the last 6 months, then you will be able to take part in the NEON Trial.
Yes, you are eligible. The age of the person you are caring for does not impact your eligibility.
If the person you are caring for has also experienced any kind of mental health distress, such as anxiety or depression, which we know to be common in dementia, then you would be eligible.
Only people who are allocated to the NEON Trial, for people with experience of psychosis, will receive a voucher for questionnaire completion. If you have been allocated to the NEON Trial, we will aim to send your voucher within five working days of completing questionnaires. Please note this may take slightly longer during public holidays.
Sadly, Department for Work and Pensions regulations around benefits change quite regularly, and as a research study we're not allowed to offer any advice about payments in case we make a mistake. You might be able to ask the Department for Work and Pensions directly, and you don't have to request a voucher if you don't want to.
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Please answer as best you can, from your own experiences. We understand that some questions may not feel like a perfect fit for carers, and we will be building on what we learn from the NEON-C Trial to conduct a larger and more specialised trial for carers in the future. If there are specific questions that feel inappropriate, please let us know by emailing neon@nottingham.ac.uk so that we can improve them in a future trial.
Please answer as you are now, with the present situation in mind. If everyone does the same, this controls for the impact of COVID-19 on our analysis.
We are thinking carefully about the impact of COVID on the questionnaire data we collect. It will have an impact on all of the data we gather, and we are working on an analysis plans that takes account of it. One strength of randomised controlled trials, and particularly trials as large as ours, is that on average, societal situations like COVID-19 will have a roughly equal impact on people who receive the intervention immediately and after one year, and hence we're not concerned that it will damage our understanding of whether our intervention helps or not.
It is the nature of clinical trials that we often have to use standardised tools for collecting questionnaire data, and these can sometimes feel like a poor match. Please select the answer that is closest to your current situation. If something does not match you then you could let us know through neon@nottingham.ac.uk and we can use this information to try and influence how future trials are conducted.
We decided early in the NEON study to present stories exactly as produced by the people who created them, so as to respect the decisions that they had made about their own story. This means that we can't provide stories in alternative formats. However, some of our stories have been provided to us in both written and audio form, and both are included in the NEON Intervention.
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NFL's Rishard Matthews says he'll quit before he stands -- See ya!
Rishard Matthews, a wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans, weighed in on the never-ending NFL kneeling brouhaha and said, via Twitter: If I have to stand, I'll quit.
See ya later, don't let the door hit you, sayonara and so long.
Nobody — but nobody — in America has time to sympathize with a poor, downtrodden multimillionaire, convinced by his own pampered imaginings he's actually part of the downtrodden class.
And here is a tweet that sort of summarizes what is more than likely the response of the masses.
But there are more, equally unsympathetic.
The NFL ought to take note. Americans, by and large, want the anthem-kneelers to quit.
Nobody tunes into football to watch a political protest.


The Executive MBA programme is designed to provide deeper insights into the complexity and dynamics of contemporary business, where few parameters remain static for long. In this environment, where change is perceived as the only constant, managers tend to succumb to the temptations of simplistic, 'quick-fix' management models and fads that seldom lead to meaningful and sustainable change.
The Executive MBA programme invites managers to identify potential solutions to managerial problems, not only by providing access to a variety of novel ideas, the latest scientific management perspectives and theories as well as tried and tested models, but also by compelling them to reflect on and develop ways of working actively on making their organisations understand these solutions in a meaningful way. Only when novel managerial ideas, tools and models are perceived as meaningful in the organisation does sustainable change stand a chance of becoming a reality.
Firstly, it brings together highly experienced and motivated managers and dedicated, world-renowned lecturers to discuss, analyse and reflect on the pressing managerial, business-related and societal issues of our times. Focus is not only placed on identifying these issues but also on finding sustainable solutions for addressing them as part of everyday management.
Secondly, the programme situates managerial challenges in the context of a Nordic business and management tradition and the changes currently unfolding in Asia – particularly in China and India. Chinese and Indian professors lecture on the programme, providing a link between their fields of expertise and wider questions related to business, management and culture in Asia. Furthermore, participants are given the opportunity to become immersed in the Indian and Chinese cultures when the group travels to Hangzhou, Shanghai and Bangalore to attend seminars at universities, visit companies and other organisations, interact with local academics, managers and public officials, or simply experience the hustle and bustle of these two Asian superpowers. Becoming immersed in these ancient cultures usually produces a kind of critical stocktaking of one's own assumptions, ideas and experiences. People do things differently, think differently, have different values and aspire to different things – in their private as well as professional lives. We need to understand these differences between different individuals, groups, organisations and cultures on a much deeper level if we want to produce sustainable change that is truly meaningful.
And, thirdly, the programme combines different modes of teaching and learning to connect the participants' wide-ranging experiences and the expertise of the faculty. For example, case studies are used extensively and participants work predominantly in groups on assignments and projects that are closely related to the challenges they experience in their everyday work lives.
In summary, the Executive MBA programme provides a unique platform for learning: its participants continue to engage in their daily work as managers while also being given the opportunity to constantly reflect, along with others, on what they are doing – the challenges they are facing, the actions they are taking and the changes they are undertaking, or should be undertaking in the future.


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How renters insurance saved this couple's vacation
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Blog author Chris Walters
Chris Walters writes for Policygenius, a digital insurance brokerage trying to make sense of insurance for consumers. He previously wrote for The Consumerist.
Whenever I write about renters insurance, I try to remind people about its secret power, which is that its bubble of protection extends far beyond the walls of your apartment to cover the belongings you carry with you. Still, unless you've had a reason to file a claim, you may not realize that renters insurance can help you even when you're far from home.For example, when you're on vacation in Spain and everything you've brought with you is stolen just hours after your plane lands.
That's what happened to Andres Modak and Rachel Cohen last fall. They're the co-founders of the striking new home essentials brand Snowe, which Architectural Digest admired for its "well-made domestic necessities" and Glamour praised for stylish basics "that don't cost a fortune." Andres and Rachel were traveling overseas to attend a wedding last Memorial Day when their luggage was stolen.
The funny thing is, even though they had renters insurance, they didn't give it a second thought. Were it not for a casual comment from Rachel's parents, they may never have realized that their renters policy protected them from the loss.
I spoke with Andres from his company's home base in Brooklyn to find out more about the theft and how the insurance claim played out.
PolicyGenius: You were on your way to a wedding in Spain when you were robbed. What exactly happened?
Andres: We decided to stop off for a week in the south of Spain at my family's home to get some down time before the wedding. We stopped at one of my favorite seafood spots on the beach on the way to our home, and as we came out happy and contented and ready to go out to the house, we realized that the rental car door was unlocked. We opened the trunk and everything had been taken.
Because we were going to a wedding, we had tuxedos and suits and very expensive clothing, and in aggregate, thousands of dollars worth of belongings in the car. And there was nothing left at all whatsoever.Obviously we were totally shocked. So we immediately ran back to the restaurant and had them call the police, then went over to the police station to file a full report.
PG: Did you think of your renters insurance policy then?
No. I had never even had any renters insurance before last year. With every apartment I've rented, it's always been on my to do list, but at the bottom.
But one day last year--you know when you go to take the garbage out and you switch the bolt on the door so you can get back in without keys? One day I realized that I had done that for an entire weekend, so my apartment had been open and I hadn't even realized it. So I thought, "Wow. This can happen, or you leave the gas on, or you run the a/c and it floods your home." And we had just spent a lot of money in redesigning and re-outfitting our interiors, so it was the right time to do it, frankly.
I remembered PolicyGenius because I had met the CEO Jennifer in the past and I knew about the company from the start-up scene in New York, and so I looked on the site to see if it was available, and sure enough it was.
I bought the policy in the spring of 2015 and completely proceeded to forget about it.
And then six months later, this happened…
At the car, my first call was the car rental company, and they basically said there's nothing they can do, that no matter what happens we're not covered for theft in the car. In fact, they were mainly concerned about any damage to the vehicle.We called our credit card companies as well, but they didn't cover the theft.
We pretty much thought all was lost at that point, and so we went out and bought some bare essentials for the next couple of days and started to figure out what we were going to do for the rest of our trip.
I still had no idea then that renters insurance covered you even when you were traveling.
So how did you find out?
My partner Rachel's parents said to us, "Hey, it's too bad you don't have renters insurance, because that would have covered you."
And we said, "Well, we do. And does it really?"
And so at that point we called Assurant.
Tell me a little about how they handled your claim request.
They were incredibly helpful. They talked us through what they needed and how it worked. They told us that we had basically 30 days to file the claim. We needed to provide a full police report, so we sent them a scanned copy. It was in Spanish but we didn't have to translate it or anything. We also had to provide a detailed inventory of all the items that were lost and their value, and in every item's case they needed some proof of it existing.
Insurers suggest that policy holders created a detailed inventory of their belongings ahead of time, so they have them ready in case of a claim. Did you already have that kind of detailed inventory?
No. But they were very flexible in what they would accept as proof of an item's existence. They allowed for receipts, credit card statements, debit card statements, and even statements from retailers. In some cases I didn't have anything that indicated that I, for example, purchased a tuxedo 3 or 4 years ago, but I called the retailer and they had it on file and were able to send me proof of purchase, and Assurant accepted that.
In the cases where we didn't have recorded receipts, statements, or otherwise, they actually allowed us to download photographs from Facebook or other sites where we were wearing those garments or what have you.
That's pretty accommodating, but it still sounds like a lot of work!
We basically had to spend close to a weekend getting everything together. What that led to was a little bit of procrastination on our part frankly because we had too much other work to do. But they were very understanding and actually extended the deadline for us. And Rachel, who was the one in contact with Assurant during all of this, spoke with the same agent every time, which made everything incredibly seamless and nice. I think that is something that needs to be highlighted, because you wouldn't expect that level of service from an insurance company.
How long did it take Assurant to process the claim and issue you a check?
To be honest after we finally got to sending them everything, within 8 to 10 days we received the check through the mail.
Oh and there's another little kicker here. Our bank lost the check after we deposited it, so two weeks later we had to go back to Assurant and ask them to cut us a new check. And they overnighted the replacement check at no cost to us.
So all in all it sounds like a pretty great experience with your renters insurance. Was there anything you wish had been different?
Once we give them the full inventory, they depreciated everything accordingly based on the purchase dates, and then reimbursed us based on that depreciation schedule.
We were a little bit disappointed--not overall but just for that component of it--because there were some pieces that don't really depreciate in the same way, and if you apply that structure to it it just doesn't work in your favor. For example, a pair of expensive Italian shoes that I'd purchased 2 or 3 years before--you only wear them at weddings and they're in absolutely perfect condition, and that model is not made anymore so they're irreplaceable, and even replacing them with something similar would cost you over a thousand dollars--I got several hundred dollars back for that.
So do you encourage your friends to get renters insurance now?
The funny part of the story is we spent the whole weekend with all of our friends from business school who were also attending the wedding, and the story that was being told was of the couple that had gotten robbed, and so our story was told probably 100 times to different people, and it was always around the wonders of renters insurance.
My partner Rachel and I, we're founders of a home goods startup, and we take our home very very seriously. The products within our home, not only our Snowe products but frankly the products that we've incorporated into our home, our furniture pieces and the design that goes into it, means a lot to us. We design our home in such a way that we're very proud of it and we care about it very much. And so protecting that home and those pieces and those elements is hugely important.
And now that I understand that my renters insurance not only covers my home but also the components that follow me as I go around the world--that's huge. We travel a lot, both for personal and business reasons. And with that in mind, having something that covers our belongings while we travel, now that we know it's there, is something that we won't give up.
Image: Andres Modak and Rachel Cohen, founders of Snowe
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The way I see it, there are almost as many versions of revenue management as there are people actually using it. Whether it's referred to as yield management or revenue management, it's obvious that it means different things to different people, but no matter what definition or tasks are applied to revenue management; it can work magic if it's applied correctly and consistently.
The way I see it, the process of managing the flow of one's business revenues can and, possibly, should be tailored to the individual hotel operation and what one is looking to accomplish. The primary goal is to maximize hotel revenue by taking advantage of available pockets of occupancy demand.
Many hotels and major franchises or hotel membership type affiliations take revenue management very seriously and have people dedicated to the process; while others leave the responsibility to local management, the front office, or reservations department. The sad part is that many people, with the revenue management title, have never been trained nor provided with the tools and goals of their job.
Preferred Hotels & Resorts have true revenue management professionals who follow strict guidelines to walk their member hotels through the process of maximizing their revenues. Their commitment to revenue management has contributed to their great success as a company, one of the many benefits of being a member of this fabulous group of hotels.
The way I see it, no matter who is charged with this important responsibility, revenue management can make a serious impact on your bottom-line. There are several important elements of revenue management, but none more important than knowing your competition.
Many years ago, I worked for an owner who constantly reminded me that increased occupancy had its own associated increases in expenses; linen, disposables, housekeeping payroll, etc. The key to increased profit, he used to add, is to find ways to increase average rate; where a dollar improvement meant that at least $.95, from every room sold, goes to the bottom line.
Revenue management is a combination of art and science.
It doesn't happen by accident or simply good fortune. It takes work and dedication. The first step is to know your competitive business environment.
For those fans of the Sopranos, there is an Old Italian proverb which says "Stay close to your friends, but even closer to your enemies". I hope no one considers business competition this harshly, but this can easily be translated to "Know your hotel well, but know your competition even better".
The way I see it, there is no better way to begin the process of revenue management than to understand your competition. I can think of no better way to begin that process than to subscribe to Smith Travel Research weekly and monthly reports. Smith Travel Research compiles data on occupancy, average rate, and revenue-per-available room for your hotel as compared to your competition. This will help you to develop your hotel's true position in the marketplace and to set goals for where you want to be in the market.
The way I see it, too many hotels, especially independent ones, place themselves in a box by ignoring competing hotels. Hotels can't operate well in a vacuum. I can't understand how a hotel can set competitive rates without knowing what the competition offers.
In traditional revenue management, discounted rate tiers are closed as occupancy increases. Historical data may also indicate that a certain period has high demand even though reservations may be weak at the current time. Basically, as occupancy increases, rates available for sale should also increase. In this way, the hotel is building a "base" of business, which enables the hotel to sell rooms at higher rates.
Many hotels build this base with discounted group business; dedicating a portion of their rooms to groups, actually enables the hotel to end up with stronger average rates overall. This would be a very simple process except that revenue management should be applied to group bookings as well. One of the factors affecting good revenue management is the fact that many hotels accept too many group rooms at deeply discounted rates.
It's very easy to spot hotels which are not using revenue management; hotels which start-off with strong rates and begin dropping rates when they realize that reservations are not what they expected. Don't you just love those feelings of panic, one or two weeks into the month, when management finally figures-out that you aren't going to make budget and declares that rates need to be reduced? It's usually much too late, but something has to be done; right?
It's amazing how often this takes place. On the other hand, this is the same hotel which will do nothing when reservations appear stronger than anticipated. Frankly, I don't know which scenario is the bigger sin. This rate, "set it and forget it", situation is more common among smaller independent hotels and can be avoided if someone is assigned to revenue management.
The way I see it, revenue management need not be a complicated process in order to be effective. Sometimes our industry tends to magnify the complexity of various tasks. Revenue management is a learned process, but you need to assign it to someone who has a legitimate interest and curiosity for numbers. If there is no one on staff with this knowledge, there are many outside authorities who can handle training. The return on this modest investment can be huge.


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CHICAGO – After a long history of impunity for police in the shootings of black youth in this city, Chicagoans rejoiced Friday afternoon when jurors from the trial of former police officer Jason Van Dyke announced that the shooter of teenager Laquan McDonald had been convicted on a second-degree murder charge as well as 16 counts of aggravated battery.
McDonald was shot in October 2014, but it wasn't until after November 2015, when a Cook County judge ordered the release of a graphic dashboard video, that community leaders succeeded in pushing for further investigation of the shooting. Thus, the administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel was able to dodge accountability during the period leading up to a close mayoral election. The Chicago City Council approved a $5 million settlement with the McDonald family in April 2015.
Demonstrators broke into tears outside of City Hall as the announcement of the Van Dyke verdict was read out loud. Afterwards, protestors hit the street with Chicago-based organizations GoodKids MadCity, Black Lives Matter-Chicago, and the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression leading the way. The crowd filled the sidewalks with chants of "I believe that we will win" as demonstrators occupied the east side of Michigan Avenue and marched northbound, halting traffic.
While many community leaders are taking a collective breath in the aftermath of the verdict, several others are assuring the public that the ongoing struggle for justice does not cease with the trial. "This is the beginning of the changes we've needed in this city for a long, long time," said Frank Chapman, education director and field organizer of CAARPR.
Chapman has spent several years campaigning for a Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC) but has been met with continued pushback from the Emanuel administration. CPAC would allow communities impacted by police crimes to hold police accountable for acts of brutality or violence by electing community members from all of the police districts. Additionally, the CPAC would create a mechanism for communities to have a voice in determining how they are policed.
There is no doubt that community organizers made a significant step in a long journey towards justice. Van Dyke's conviction marked the first time in more than 50 years a Chicago police officer would be charged with murder for an on-duty shooting. While many activists were hoping for a first-degree murder conviction, the second-degree murder charge, combined with 16 counts of aggravated battery, ensures that Van Dyke will be locked away for a long while. Each aggravated battery charge carries a possible sentence of six to 30 years in prison, depending on whether the sentences are served consecutively rather than concurrently. The jury did not, however, find Van Dyke guilty of official misconduct.
As it stands, Van Dyke is just one of several key players in the alleged cover-up of the Laquan McDonald shooting. Previous Cook County State Attorney Anita Alvarez, was voted out of office in 2016 after facing backlash for her mishandling of the Laquan McDonald case. Former Chief-of-Police Garry McCarthy, who was fired by Emanuel in 2015, recently announced he would be running for mayor of Chicago in the 2019 election. Furthermore, Joseph Walsh, Van Dyke's former partner is also facing his own date in court. Walsh is being charged with conspiracy, misconduct and obstruction of justice for filing false reports in Van Dyke's case, along with Officer Thomas Gaffney and Det. David March.
"The conviction of Jason Van Dyke is a good cause for celebration, but not for complacency," said Chapman in a public Facebook post addressing the trial. Chapman reminded the public that there is still a lot of work left to be done. "The struggle must continue until we have fully empowered the people to hold the cops accountable for the crimes they commit against us," Chapman wrote.
The struggle will continue – but while the battle for justice remains, McDonald's family can finally mourn their son in peace.


KIEV (Reuters) - Four Ukrainian servicemen were killed and five wounded in an overnight attack by separatist fighters on a military post in the east of the country, a military analyst said on Friday.
Dmytro Tymchuk, who has good sources among government forces, said the rebels, backed by eight Russian tanks and firing mortar bombs, stormed a military base near Kramatorsk in one of several rebel attacks overnight.
"In return fire by government forces, one terrorist tank was destroyed and one tank captured," Tymchuk said on his Facebook page. "Four service personnel were killed, five wounded," he added.
He had no estimate of casualties on the rebel side. There was no immediate comment from the separatist fighters.
The attacks took place despite a week-long government ceasefire which is due to end at 10 p.m. (1900 GMT) and which Kiev says has been breached numerous times by the rebels over the past week.
In other fighting, Tymchuk said, rebels again attacked forces taking part in the government's "anti-terrorist operation" on a hill near the city of Slaviansk and one Ukrainian soldier was wounded by sniper fire.
Rebels also attacked a military base in the early hours at Artemivsk, using tank and other fire. Ukrainian forces repelled this attack without any casualties, he said.


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Xbox One officially hits the China market
Ron Email @ronwinbeta Sep 29th, 2014 in Latest news
Microsoft is desperate to get its products into every market, and China is one of the largest. The company is managing to beat rival Sony into the ecosystem there, by launching its Xbox One console today. This is big news in the Asian nation, as video gaming has been restricted, really banned, for sometime.
The launch is massive, making the Xbox One available at more than 4,000 retailers located in 37 different cities around the country. The event even generated lines outside of stores, as people waited patiently to finally be able to get hands on with a gaming console. Specific game titles, unfortunately, are currently being inspected by local regulators and no word on when they will be available for purchase.
"This milestone is significant for both our partnership with China and our global expansion plan. Every new market launch is unique and we're grateful to our fans for their patience and enthusiasm", says Phil Spencer, head of Xbox. "We will continue to work closely with our partner BesTV to bring exciting games, entertainment and app experiences to delight gamers across China".
The Xbox One is now available in 41 different markets around the globe and Microsoft calls it the most successful launch ever. While that may be true, sales have lagged behind the Sony box. It also isn't cheap — retail pricing in China equates to $600.
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Action at Springfield, also known as the Battle of First Springfield, was a battle of the American Civil War that took place on October 25, 1861, in Greene County, Missouri. It was the only Union victory in southwestern Missouri in 1861.

Prelude
Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont commanded the Union Department of the West, with headquarters in St. Louis. He formulated a plan to clear Confederate forces from the state, and then, if possible, carry the war into Arkansas and Louisiana. His force left St. Louis on October 7, 1861; it eventually numbered more than 20,000. He had 5,000 cavalry, which included Maj. Frank J. White's Prairie Scouts and Frémont's Body Guards under Maj. Charles Zagonyi. Maj. White became ill and turned his command over to Zagonyi. These two units scouted in front of the army.

By December, the army had advanced into southwest Missouri. Opposing them was the main body of the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard under Major General Sterling Price, at Springfield, Missouri.

With his force heavily outnumbered, Price withdrew from Springfield. Other MSG forces organizing nearby attempted to link up with Price's army at Springfield, only to find the place had already been abandoned.

Opposing forces

Union
 Fremont's Bodyguards: Major Charles Zagonyi
 Major Frank White's Prairie Scouts

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 Missouri State Guard: Colonel Julian Frazier

Battle

As Frémont neared Springfield, the local state guard commander, Colonel Julian Frazier, sent out requests to nearby localities for additional troops. Frémont camped on the Pomme de Terre River, near Bolivar, Missouri. Zagonyi's scouting column, though, continued on to Springfield, and Frazier's mixed force of 1,000 to 1,500 infantry and cavalry prepared to meet it.

Zagonyi's combined force of 326 men approached Springfield on the Mt. Vernon Road.  Frazier set up an ambush along the road that Zagonyi traveled.  Zagonyi ordered a charge from the timbered bottomland of today's Jordan Creek, exhorting his men with "We have been called holiday warriors for the pavements of St. Louis...Let the watchword be 'Fremont and the Union.'"    After three charges the Confederates fled in disorder. Zagonyi's men continued into town, hailed Federal sympathizers and released Union prisoners, tore down the Confederate flag flying over the courthouse and hoisted Union colors. Leery of a Confederate counterattack, Zagonyi departed Springfield before night, but Frémont's army returned, in force, a few days later and set up camp in the town.

Casualties
Union casualties were reported as 15 killed, 27 wounded, and 10 missing/captured for Fremont's Body Guard, and 33 killed, wounded and missing/captured for White's command, for a total of 85. Confederate casualties are unknown but estimated as 133.

Aftermath
In mid-November, after Frémont was sacked and replaced by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, the Federals evacuated Springfield and withdrew to Sedalia and Rolla. Federal troops reoccupied Springfield in early 1862 and it was a Union stronghold from then on. This small engagement was the only Union victory in Southwestern Missouri in 1861.

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References
 Banasik, Michael E., Confederate Tales of the War in the Trans-Mississippi Part One: 1861, 2010
 Miller, Robert E., "Zagonyi", Missouri Historical Review, October, 1982, Vol. 76, No. 2
 National Park Service battle description
 Civil War Sites Advisory Committee Report Update and Resurvey
 Roll of Honor of Captain Foley's 5th Independent Company Ohio Volunteer Cavalry aka "Fremont's Bodyguard" pp. 147–152; 566

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Eva Scherly is a Swiss artist based in London. Being born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland (1990), Eva Scherly has always nurtured a passion for the image and photography itself; which is what led her to complete a BA (hons) Photography at Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London in July 2014. Eva's interests are based around the tie between art as a practical tool of expression and its potential to be translated through the indefinite possibilities of language and words. She is fascinated with the existing bond between communication through language and artworks, which are two aspects that go hand in hand as they represent both sides of the artistic spectrum. Eva's work focuses on rhythm produced by actions that provoke a meditative-like trance. The key concepts in her work are repetition, performance, trace and matter. The guiding line of her practice rests within continuity and a cyclical exploration where beginning and end meet. By varying between performance, video, sound and installation, she builds an environment that immerses the viewer into the unknown. Eva focuses her work on the process of creating by exploring techniques such as photograms, camera obscuras, video projection or plasterwork. She questions the rapport that human beings develop to their roots by submerging us in a destabilising environment. Eva has organised and participated in various group shows in the United Kingdom since 2010. She has also been involved in an art collective based in London that will start to exhibit on an international scale in 2015.
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Penetrating and palpable
Metamorphosis by Frédéric Fontenoy
An engraved distant memory of the body and its flux
Between the urban and the divine
Brazilian artist Mario Cravo Neto's photographic work
Chloe Rosser. Forms
The minimalistic photographer at The Vaults Gallery
Syd Shelton: Black & White, Unite & Fight
Rock Against Racism
Roger Arguile
The art of looking
Humour, satire and Donald Dick(s)
Leyman Lahcine invites us for a sneak peek into his new show Lunatic With A Fruit Cake
Leah Clements
You Promised Me Poems
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Kaari Upson's new series
Jeannette Ehlers
Whip It Good: Spinning From History's Filthy Mind
Theaster Gates. Freedom of Assembly
The power of meaning
John Stezaker. The Projectionist
The act of adding or removing
Not just an observer...
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The wonderful world of Julian Charrière
Building Fantasy
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Christina J. Chua: "There's Something Deeper To Be Learnt Than Just Buying And Collecting Art"
The director of education and consultancy at Metis Art, an advisory and education group, bridges the space between art education and ecosystems.
by Zara Zhuang
One of the questions Christina J. Chua gets asked most often is, "How can I invest in art?"
"I think Singaporeans are a pragmatic society, so the dollar value [of art] is still important," she says. "If art was collected only for the passion of it, we'd see many more collectors."
As the director of education and consultancy at Metis Art, an advisory and education group, Chua knows a thing or two about that. Co-founded by Chua and entrepreneur Cliff Hartono, it is an art advisory that guides collectors in understanding and navigating the global art market.
Chua describes Metis Art as a way to close the gap between two sectors of the art world, one that is concerned with art history and academia, and the other that focuses on commercial activity and business.
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"The art world is perhaps the most mediatised and yet misunderstood industry out there,"
she says. The language of the art world can be opaque, given its academic esoterism, breadth of concepts and specialised lexicon. And the art market, with its fluctuations, prices and hype, is difficult to see through.
To bring more clarity to the art world, especially for new collectors, Metis Art launched The Tetrad, a foundational course, earlier this year. The curriculum covers the broad strokes of art history as it relates to major world events and developments; the art ecosystem, made up of galleries, museums, fairs, auction houses and other institutions; valuation and investment; trends in the art world and a deep dive into "art speak".
Half the proceeds from The Tetrad sessions will be donated to local arts non-profits, such as STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, Deck, Art Outreach and Oh! Open House.
"We're in it for the long haul, to develop not just collectors or buyers of art but also patrons," Chua explains. "That's the first step, realising that there are great and important non-profit art organisations, and then you take steps to not just adorn your wall but also support your local
art scene."
From launching her commercial art career at Ota Fine Arts to managing contemporary
art gallery YeoWorkshop, to co-founding and editing experimental art practices publication
so-far.online, Chua is firmly committed to furthering art education.
"The longevity of art collecting that Metis Art is here for, that's why we do the courses," she says. "There's something deeper to be learnt than just buying and collecting art, and hopefully that's one with sustainable and philanthropic goals in mind."
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Masao was born in Los Angeles on July 8, 1927, and passed away on March 17, 2017, at his daughter's home in Los Alamitos, Calif. Mas and his family were interned at Pomona Assembly Center and relocated to Heart Mountain, Wyoming. He played baseball and was the captain (fullback position) for the undefeated and untied football team. He graduated from Heart Mountain High School in May of 1945.
While waiting to be drafted he attended Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles, where he majored in architecture. Once serving in the Army he was honorably discharged as a Tech Sergeant and then graduated with an accounting degree from Los Angeles City College in 1947.
He worked at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles and went on to own two ranch markets. Mas enjoyed traveling to Europe with his wife as well as to the Soviet Union, China, Japan, and Greece. Before he passed away, he could be seen walking Diana's two dogs every morning for a couple hours in their neighborhood.
Mas is survived by his wife, Bunny, two daughters, son-in-law, and one grandson, Corey Masao Ogimachi Awakuni, and many nieces and nephews.
No funeral services were held.
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Swift kick to the arse right there.
Alright… so I was just on my board, surfing the web, and then, all of a sudden, a MASSIVE wave of awesomeness wiped me out. It also had quite a lot in common with the new project I was working on a little while ago, and it caused a nice motivation surge. The wave consisted of this picture:
WIN, WIN, SO MUCH WIN!
I. WILL. CONTINUE. DRAGON. STORM.
(after sleep. :P)
Hail to the king, baby!
Been a while, eh? Well, that's mainly because no-one actually reads this shit. Oh, speaking of shit, this site is. 😛 I still don't like it. No empty lines allowed, a gay choice of themes, limited customisation, and the "possibly related" posts are, frankly, insulting. I like the massively reduced RAM usage, though, that's nice. And the spam blocker is handy, as well as the site stats page, which mainly shows that people are searching for "rodney reynolds soundboard", arriving at the correct blog post, and then NOT DOWNLOADING IT. >.>
If you DO read this shit and have something to say, then by all means comment. And that goes for any DAZ Studio models that you see on my blog and want but can't find, eg: the Phenotypes. I'll give you links if you just ask nicely. Honestly, it'd be nice to know that all of my views aren't generated solely from accidental clicks or spambots. 😉 I won't eat your face, I'm not a Protozoid Slimer… 😛
Yes, Protozoid Slimer. Those evil slimy green things with teeth on Duke Nukem 3D, which I've been playing recently. Partly because most modern games are pathetic in comparison, and partly in celebration that Duke Nukem (Taking) Forever HAS A FREAKIN' RELEASE… YEAR. 😀 No, that's NOT a joke.
After the Duke Nukem Forever dev team broke up and 3D Realms downsized, Gearbox (the guys behind the shit-awesome Borderlands) got the Duke Nukem IP, and they're finishing it off for 2011. Again, I'm not kidding – check Gearbox, 3D Realms and Wikipedia if you don't believe me. 😛 Finally, 14 years after DN3D, it's coming! 😀 I'm excited; I'm anticipating it more than any other game that's gonna be out anytime soon (moreso than Portal 2), but I'm also kinda anxious. Is it gonna be the most awesome thing since Duke Nukem 3D, or has it been passed around too many engines and lost its soul because of the amount of time the devs have had to work on it? One thing's for sure – faggots… sorry, CRITICS are gonna give it a shit score because it's been in development too long, they can't give it more than Halo Retch because that would make them look bad, and because it's Duke Nukem and some people don't seem to "get" his amazing style. Three things they should NOT knock points off for, but they will. 😛
But, do you know the greatest thing about all this? Because I own Borderlands and all the DLC, I got an EARLY ACCESS KEY. 😀 Hell yeah.
Looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever, but for now, Duke Nukem 3D. I don't REALLY need to tell you how awesome it is, do I? 😉 It was almost TOO awesome when I played it as a kid (yeah, it was an 18, I know, but it's not as if I thought it was REAL… :P). I never had the original, I had the upgraded Atomic Edition, complete with the super-difficult fourth episode, The Birth. Not like it mattered back then, because I couldn't even clear the second episode on the easiest difficulty. 😛
Nowadays, there're a truckload of ports for DN3D to help it run on modern Windows, the best in my opinion being EDuke32. Combine that with the sickeningly good High Resolution Pack and the brilliant DukePlus mod (which surprised me, because mods usually break everything (I don't like the new sounds and some of the new weapons and features though, but you can just turn them off)), then pump up the difficulty to "Come Get Some" or "Damn I'm Good". The result is a shooter which I personally think is a more entertaining, exciting, fun and geniuinely challenging experience than ANY shooter I've ever played. I'm not counting Borderlands, because that's a special kind of shooter with random weaponry and significant RPG elements, not just a "generic" shooter with fixed weapons, etc. But DN3D IS better than every other generic shooter I've played, including TimeSplitters 3 and its amazing humour, Mass Effect 2 and its ridiculously good character development and excellent battle system, and Modern Warfare's campaign which plays so smoothly and manages to hold your attention so well it might as well be a stripper's arse.
That might sound like a stupid claim to all you NEWFAGS out there. But you're newfags and play games for their graphics. You think Crysis is better than anything. And you actually care about kill-death ratios. No-one should like you. Not even your parents. 😛
Seriously, if you've never played it before, you just HAVE to. And if you have, you'll be surprised at the amazing job the modding community's done on modernising it. Get yourself a copy of Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition (gog.com or other method), get the High Resolution Pack and install it, then get the updated version of EDuke32 and copy it over the old version that the HRP installed for you. Choose your options in the menus while listening to one of my favourite theme tunes ever, and you're set for awesomeness. 🙂 Don't put the difficulty on "Piece of Cake", though. Unless you're 7. 😛
On the subject of Multiplayer, there's a basic version implemented into EDuke32 which apparently works well over a LAN. It's a bit of a faff, though, so you'll want to try a multiplayer frontend. Try YANG or Meltdown, the latter being the one I quite like the look of. I can't really judge, because I haven't been able to try multiplayer YET. I tried to test it by myself, but EDuke32 babs itself when you try to run two instances at the same time, and the game acts as if you're in single player if you start a multiplayer game with only one player (you can pause, save, etc.). 😛
Anyway, have fun. I'm off to kick ass and chew bubblegum. See ya later. 🙂
…hey… where the hell's all my gum?!
Haha, nice try.
Holy crap. This site is shit… WordPress doesn't even let you put a FRIGGIN' EMPTY LINE in an entry! It automatically closes up all whitespace. Even if you put it there on purpose to make the entry EASIER TO READ. So, sorry if you can't read this very well, this faggit site I've been dumped onto is crap.
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I just recieved two e-mails, from both Adobe and Skype. Well… when I say "Adobe" and "Skype", I actually mean "phishers who want to steal my password or load my PC with a trojan/virus/worm/other nasty, but don't know who they're dealing with". 😛
These are the e-mails:
ADOBE PDF READER SOFTWARE UPGRADE NOTIFICATION
This is to remind that a new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader with enhanced features for viewing, creating, editing, printing and internet-sharing PDF documents has been released.
To upgrade your application:
+ Go to http://www.adobe-reader-upgrade.com
+ Get your options, download and upgrade.
Ken William
Adobe Acrobat Reader Support
Copy rights Adobe 2010 © All rights reserved
1005 Marrinbird Rd | Merryton | CA | 96523 | USA
Website : http://www.adobe-acrobat-upgrade.com
Valued Skyper,
On behalf of Skype Inc, we sincerely thank you for your as-always trust and supports. As a valued customer, you can enjoy ever more enhanced features from "Get More Out Of Skype" (learn more at http://www.skype-voip-upgrade.com).
What can you find in this upgrade?
+ Do amazing things for free: Voice and video calls to anyone else on Skype; Conference calls with three or more people; Instant messaging, file transfer and screen sharing.
+ Call landlines and mobiles worldwide (for around 44 countries, and we are adding more soon).
+ Access WiFi hotspots without the hassle.
+ Skype for iPhone: Now you can make Skype calls over 3G.
+ Record all your calls: better than telephone quality.
http://www.skype-voip-upgrade.com
All you need to get up and running with Skype is…
+ A PC or Mac computer.
+ An internet connection (broadband is best).
+ A webcam to make video calls.
To learn more about this upgrade, please go to Skype Upgrade Center at:
Let's change the way we think of telecommunications.
Cherie M Walford
Skype Upgrade Center
Copy rights Skype 2010 – All Rights Reserved
Website: http://www.skype-voip-upgrade.com
Anyone else got these e-mails? If you've clicked on any of the links already, you REALLY need to learn the concept of a "scam". 😛
Alright, let's start with Adobe. Pretty good e-mail, but… why would they e-mail me to announce a new version? There's a tool that's installed WITH Adobe Reader that does that automatically (I've turned it off, because Adobe Reader is irritating :P). Also, why would they put "DOWNLOAD ADOBE ACROBAT READER" in caps? Or even put it there at all? They've already given the "download link" before that. Which is clearly a fake. Because you'd get the new version of Acrobat Reader at Adobe.com. 😛 They've also separated the words "Copy" and "right", and there's a copyright symbol next to Adobe 2010, as well. Which is hilarious, because it's not needed. 😛 It's like saying "PDF Format", basically, "Portable Document Format Format". 😛
The Skype one is worse. "Valued Skyper"? They USUALLY say "hey <username>"- this fool should know that if he's ACTUALLY a member of Skype. 😛 "On behalf of Skype Inc"? Why would someone FROM Skype send it out on BEHALF of Skype? 😛 "As-always trust and SUPPORTS"? "You can enjoy EVER more enhanced features"? Bad, BAD grammar. 😛 Also, from what I've come to notice, Skype's e-mails are full of bubble-like graphics and are pretty casually written, so recieving a plain text e-mail just three hours after recieving that Adobe e-mail of the same style basically GIVES it away. 😛 They wouldn't tell you what you need to get up and running with Skype, either, because I HAVE SKYPE, and already know. 😛 PLUS, there's an update feature in Skype, which says there are no updates. 😛 And on top of all that, they've separated the words "Copy" and "right", and put an S on the end of it for some reason. So this is the same idiot sending these two e-mails. 😛
Also… on both of those e-mails, right at the bottom? "Powered by YourMailingListProvider". LOL. 😛 They're both big companies. I THINK they can take care of their OWN mailing lists. 😉
No, I'm not done JUST yet. I'm just gonna point out that the HEADER of these e-mails doesn't mention Skype at all. Another (legit) Skype newsletter goes like this, "from skype.outbound.ed10.com by mail.o2.co.uk", showing that my mail server recieved the message from Skype's own mail server, before bouncing it to another O2 mail server, and then being downloaded by me. However, this fake shows "from smtp.ymlp33.net by mail.o2.co.uk". 😛 Ya see, it's so easy to spot a phishing e-mail. Just read it, and look in the e-mail header if you want to. 😀
And that's HOW, FOR NOW!
AH HA HA HAAAAAA!
I was right about APB. Guess what? Realtime Worlds has gone BANKRUPT. Because of that game. Their SECOND game.
See? If you'd just LISTENED to everyone, maybe you'd still be around. But no, you said "Ah, let's reward players and clans who top the Leagues with EVEN BETTER WEAPONS, even if the clan is only winning BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG!"
Oh, and it didn't help that the missions sucked, the matchmaking sucked, the maps sucked, the balance sucked, basically, EVERYTHING sucked, because you can't make games anymore and think it's a good idea to go for an MMORPG… sorry… "MMORPG", for your SECOND game. Plus, you've also made EA lose time and money, because THEY are having to clean up the leftovers by mass-mailing every sucker who bought APB and offering them a free EA game.
Stop, look, think, listen, THEN act. Realtime Worlds didn't do that, and now they've gotten run over by a bus. 😛


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Family's heartbreak as Corby killer driver with 'no conscience' jailed AGAIN
Officials fall quiet about when Northamptonshire will get its 'Nightingale Court'
Both the Ministry of Justice and the county's police and crime commissioner have been unable to say anything more about it after nearly three months.
By Alastair Ulke
Tuesday, 26th January 2021, 10:56 am
there have been no updates on Northamptonshire's proposed "Nightingale Court" in three months.
Both county crime officials and the Ministry of Justice have been unable to provide any more details about the Northamptonshire Nightingale Court suggested almost three months ago.
It has been 11 weeks since Police and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold indicated to this newspaper that the county would be one of the next locations for the emergency "pop up" court to deal with Northamptonshire's backlog of criminal cases.
Now, despite 19 such courts now operating in England and another nine reportedly on the cards, updates on Northamptonshire's court have fallen silent.
When the Ministry of Justice was asked outright if Northamptonshire would even see one open, a spokesman only said: "There are no updates on a Nightingale court at Northampton."
It comes after this newspaper previously reported that Northampton Crown was saddled with 501 pending cases at the end of June last year.
Further, figures in October 2020 suggested Northampton Crown takes two years to conclude cases from the day they are committed, compared to a national average of 19 months.
When asked by this newspaper, PCC Stephen Mold was unable to provide more information.
The possibility that Northamptonshire was on the shortlist was first reported by the Press Association in November 2020.
This newspaper reported on the potential court opening following an interview with Stephen Mold, who indicated the county would open it on BBC Radio Northampton.
He told this newspaper at the time: "I commend all the joint work between the crown prosecution service, the Ministry of Justice and partners in Northamptonshire to bring this forward.
"The longer delays go on the more victims and witnesses have to live with the events of their case."
When asked about Northamptonshire's backlog of cases, PCC Stephen Mold said the county's courts had been holding "extra sitting hours" to deal with cases and believed delayed cases were dropping. He was unable to provide statistics.
He said: "I believe the Northamptonshire number [of cases] has dropped significantly.
"I would not be surprised if they are not looking at [opening a Nightingale Court] anymore.
"The need to have one in Northamptonshire has been mitigated significantly and I'm much more optimistic about Northamptonshire than the national picture."
Police and Crime Commissioners are elected officials who are not directly involved with the court service.
This newspaper asked the Ministry of Justice if there was a plan to open a Nightingale Court in Northamptonshire.
A spokesman said: "There are no updates on a Nightingale court at Northampton.
"Work is ongoing to identify more potential locations across the country but any announcements will be made in due course."


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Cebuana Lhuillier Search for the Happiest Pinoy
Photo shows PJ Lhuillier, Inc. (standing, from left) First Vice President and IMC group head Michael Sena, President and CEO Jean Henri Lhuillier, Senior Executive Vice President Philippe Andre Lhuillier, and First Vice President for Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Solutions, Foundation and Business Solutions Jonathan Batangan. They are joined by 2015 Happiest Pinoy Richardson Navor and 2012 Happiest Pinoy Rommel Arellano during the 2018 Search for the Happiest Pinoy launch.
The Cebuana Lhuillier Search for the Happiest Pinoy is now down to 20 finalists and one of them will take home P1 million in cash prizes. The latest edition of the competition garnered close to 800,000 applications from various localities nationwide, making it the biggest in the Search's ten-year history.
From the 20 finalists, 10 category winners will be named, representing the youth, senior citizens, overseas Filipino workers, lingkod bayan, professionals, manggagawang Pinoy, entrepreneurs, employees, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. They will each receive P50,000 in cash prizes.
The 10 category winners will go through a panel interview to determine this year's Happiest Pinoy grand winner who will take home P1,000,000 tax free.
The bi-annual Search for the Happiest Pinoy is an advocacy program of Cebuana Lhuillier, the country's largest microfinancial services company. The vision behind the search is to celebrate the Filipino values of resilience, hope and tenacity.
"Filipinos are one of the most resilient people in the world, facing life's challenges with optimism, faith and a can-do attitude. At Cebuana Lhuillier, we believe that this should be recognized and encouraged at all times," said Jean Henri Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier president & CEO.
"It is only fitting that we reach the final stages of the search this month – to coincide with the International Day of Happiness on March 20, as declared by the United Nations to recognize happiness as a "fundamental human goal." Similarly, we at Cebuana Lhuillier believe that an inclusive and well-balanced approach to economic growth is a means to promote the happiness and well-being of every person," Lhuillier adds.
For its efforts, the Search for the Happiest Pinoy has received recognitions from the International Business Awards, 48th Anvil Awards, Philippine Quill Awards, Panata Awards, and the Golden Bridge Awards.
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This interface enables registration for notifications to detect adapter enumeration state changes.
The IDXGIFactory7 interface has these methods.
IDXGIFactory7::RegisterAdaptersChangedEvent Registers to receive notification of changes whenever the adapter enumeration state changes.
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Since 2015, 406 atrocities cases have been uploaded in ATM and FIR registered in 261 cases. Compensation of 12.7 million INR were secured for survivors.
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AudiBMWMercedesUS Auto SalesUS November 2015November 2015Sales Stats
BMW vs. Mercedes-Benz vs. Audi: U.S. Sales 2006-2015
2015 is expected to be the second consecutive year and the ninth in the last ten years that BMW USA has sold more new vehicles than its German rival, Mercedes-Benz. 2013, was the lone exception to the rule, as the big Stuttgart luxury automaker outsold its Munich foe in America by a narrow 3254-unit margin.
Mercedes-Benz and BMW are both increasingly dependent on SUVs/crossovers for their U.S. sales volume. Through the first 11 months of 2015, 33% of the BMWs sold in America were X1s, X3s, X4s, X5s, and X6s.
When this chart began, back in 2006, BMW's X3 and X5 – the lone SAVs at that point – generated just 21% of BMW's volume. BMW sold variants of the 3-Series, 5-Series, 6-Series, 7-Series, Z4, X3, and X5 in 2006, along with five remaining Z8s. In 2015, BMW sells a 2-Series, 3-Series, 4-Series, 5-Series, 6-Series, 7-Series, Z4, i3, i8, X1, X3, X4, X5, and X6.
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At Mercedes-Benz, 39% of the brand's non-Sprinter/Metris sales in 2015 are SUV/CUV-derived. Volume generated by the G-Class, GL-Class, GLA-Class, GLC-Class, GLE-Class, GLK-Class, and M-Class totalled 121,435 units in 2015's first 11 months, a 16% year-over-year increase.
That compares with BMW's 102,100 SUV/CUV sales, a 5% improvement. Mercedes-Benz's passenger cars are down 2% to 187,450; BMW's are up 4% to 209,298.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – November 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – November 2015 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model – November 2015 YTD
In 2006, Mercedes-Benz's SUV division consisted of the G-Class, GL-Class, and M-Class. In the future, the GLK will be extinguished in favour of GLC nomenclature. The GLE is replacing the M-Class as we speak. The GL-Class will become the GLS.
Mercedes-Benz and BMW aren't the only high-volume premium brands from Germany, of course. Between 2006 and 2015, U.S. sales at Audi jumped 121%. Indeed, since the industry-wide disaster of 2009, Audi sales are up 141%. BMW USA volume rose just 73% since 2009; Mercedes-Benz just 77%.
Audi's product portfolio in 2006 was significantly smaller than it is now. The A3 hatchback, A4, A6, A8, TT, and Q7 attempted to lure luxury car buyers. In 2015, the A3 lineup has greatly expanded, and Audi also sells the A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, R8, TT, Q3, Q5, and Q7.
The Q5 is the brand's best-selling model and helped to generate a 33% improvement in SUV/CUV sales to 75,843 units in 2015's first 11 months. Audi car sales are up 1% to 106,320 so far this year.
BMW and Mercedes-Benz have combined to outsell the former number one seller of luxury vehicles in America, Lexus, every year since 2011, when Lexus sales, hampered by a post-Tōhoku earthquake crisis, slid 13% and BMW jumped 13%.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.
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Charlestown Lady Pirate Soccer traveled to Scottsburg Tuesday for a conference clash with the Warriorettes. Scottsburg put 3 goals away in the first half; then four more in the second. After a scoreless Charlestown first half, Junior, Kat Montgomery was able to put one in the net in the second half. Brenley Berger, the Charlestown goal keeper, had 19 saves during the contest. Charlestown fell 7-1 to Scottsburg; who got scoring from Katie Horstman (3), Kynleigh Watson, and Allyson Barger (3).
The Lady Pirates will join Pirate Soccer Thursday, hosting North Harrison in a varsity double header; as the boys will start at 6pm and the girls immediately following in the Bone Yard.