How to Make a simple yet efficient video for your website?
Video has emerged as a vital part of websites and online business. Faster internet speeds on mobile phones, homes, and offices have allowed developers to use videos more efficiently to deliver a quick message while making a high impact. This is possible because HD quality videos can be streamed without any delay in loading or playing on any device anywhere.
Good videos also alleviate a brand image. It helps businesses to connect with their client or target audience far quicker than any other traditional methods like brochures, texts, images or banners/collages.
I have personally worked on creating many videos and hence I can share my experience and knowledge. I guess the idea is to keep it less than 180 Sec and deliver about 8-10 short and simple messages. The rule I follow is to create a PowerPoint presentation with no more than 12-15 slides. Each slide must have only about 15 words. Now that is very difficult as we usually have so much to say. But my advice is that the saying bit must be done by a Script narrated by a Voice artist. Video marketing is the best way to conduct and message.
What you want to say is the voice over script. What you want to focus upon is the text in PPT slides. That is the demarcation I have used in all projects I have worked upon.
Make a PPT in the same sequence as you see the video delivering the message.
Write/Record a script that will go with the PPT. The voice over will be an indicator of the length of the video.
Run the two together and you will get a fairly good idea of what the video may look like.
Shortlist the type of imagery you would like to use for your video and the background music (you can choose cartoon characters or real-life images). The Background music will set the tempo of the animation and transitions between slides.
Leave it to the Designer to do their job and see the first 10 secs, which will give you a good idea of the theme. Alternately if you are creating your own video, use available theme and animation.
Complete the whole video as per the PPT and the VoiceOver.
Use it on your website, offline meetings, and Social Media. (I carry a copy of my video on my iPhone and iPad all the time).
We can do all the above for you, all we need from you is the idea and objective.
I will be more than happy to work with you on your video/s. Let us discuss this in more detail by email or by a voice call as ideas are usually difficult and time-consuming to write.


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By Paul McGuire Grimes
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Tagged Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Melissa Leo, Nicolas Cage, Oliver Stone, Rhys Ifans, Shailene Woodley, Snowden, true story, Zachary Quinto
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Scott Eastwood, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant
Director Oliver Stone is no stranger at tackling controversial true-life subjects. His latest is that of infamous whistleblower Edward Snowden, here played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film is shaped around Snowden's filmed confession in 2013 where he identifies himself as the man who leaked thousands of classified documents as evidence to how the government tracks our every move. He opens up with documentarian Laura Poitras (Leo) and two journalists from The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald (Quinto) and Ewen MacAskill (Wilkinson) in a Hong Kong hotel. Poitras' documentary, Citizenfour, went on to win the Oscar in 2015. During his confession, the film cuts back and forth dating back to 2004 to when he was discharged from the army. He is told to find another way to serve our country. He decides to join the CIA in 2006 where his programming skills and knowledge of code don't go unnoticed. His work eventually takes him to the NSA and another rabbit hole of security, cover-ups, and lies at the hands of the government eat away at his soul. Throughout all of this, he attempts to have a relationship with a photographer named Lindsay (Woodley) who remains innocent and void of the conspiracy bug that hits Snowden. No matter the harm it ends up doing on his body and on their relationship, he feels that he is the only one out there that can put a stop to the government's actions or at least put the information out in the open for the public to view.
Oliver Stone has built his career on making political films whether they are about the war or terrorism like Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, and World Trade Center or a look into controversial presidents like JFK, Nixon, and W. I'll be honest and state that I haven't been a fan of his later work. W., Alexander, and Any Given Sunday have been one-time viewings due to missteps in their storytelling. I applaud his efforts at making his opinion front and center in every movie. There's no denying where he stands on certain subjects. The very same can be said for Snowden as he is very clear in how he treats his subject. Snowden's viewed as an innocent genius who got in too deep but should be thought of as a hero for bringing this information to the forefront. Stone's script with Kieran Fitzgerald (The Homesman) keeps the language very clear and easy to follow Snowden's work. It never gets bogged down in the nitty gritty aspects of government intel or computer jargon. I think Stone would lose half the audience if the script got too tech savvy.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises, The Walk) is ideally cast as Edward Snowden. He can pull off that geeky cute look, and once he gets the five o'clock shadow and a few choice shirts, he really starts to look like the Snowden we've come to know. It's a very different kind of performance from what we've seen from him before. He turns off that playful charm he often brings to any character and makes him far more straight-laced slowly leading into fear and paranoia. He completely morphs his voice into a lower, more monotone sound void of the musicality I attribute to his normal tone. The real Snowden is a bit taller than Gordon-Levitt, but Stone makes good of his smaller stature to make a point. There are direct references to him being small to play up the towering aspects of some of the CIA instructors and government figures that get in his way. There's a very specific moment where his former CIA instructor, played by Rhys Ifans, is teleconferencing with him. Stone has Ifans looming over and into the camera like some eye in the sky, god, or big brother type coming down on Snowden.
Stone mentions at the beginning of the movie that this is a dramatization of the years and events leading up to Snowden's confession. Part of his attempt to humanize Snowden was to spend a large portion of the film devoted to his relationship with Lindsay Mills. As those scenes progressed, the dialogue and situations between them felt far more fictionalized than his work with the CIA, NSA, or the scenes taking place in Hong Kong. My guess is that Snowden and Mills have kept their relationship private forcing Stone to elaborate on what may have happened in those trying years between them. There's something ironic about Snowden wanting his life to stay private when he's risking other people's data that would come forward in his attempt to expose the NSA's wrong doing. Shailene Woodley (Divergent) is tasked at playing Mills without a lot of footage or information known about her to draw upon. The film shows them meeting through a dating app called Geek-Mate. Woodley definitely plays Mills as the nerdy photographer type who's outgoing enough to get Snowden to open up. Did this really happen? Did Mills really get interested in pole dancing classes? I get Stone's intention with showcasing this aspect of Snowden's life, but some of his choices seemed a bit too easy.
Stone covers a lot of ground without turning it into a three or four hour opus like some of his other movies tend to feel like. Rounding out his strong cast are Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, and Rhys Ifans in notable roles. He also has people like Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant, and Nicolas Cage popping up in even smaller roles. I would have liked to see all three given more to do, but that goes back to making the movie even longer. I was pleasantly surprised to see Cage pop up in a legitimate movie once again. His career has taken a nosedive in recent years, and Stone gives him the small role of being one of Snowden's CIA instructors. He doesn't need to overact or be a crazy buffoon.
The release of Snowden has gone through a few shifts from fall 2015 to March 2016 to now being released in September 2016. I like this position as a way of making a statement going into this charged election season. If you go in with a very neutral stance or lack of knowledge on Snowden, your opinion of him may change to fit Stone's viewpoint. If you find him a traitor for leaking classified documents, endangering other people's lives, and threatening national security, Snowden the man and the movie will irk you even more.
Is It Worth Your Trip to the Movies? Stone's best film in many years
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This book does an outstanding job of explaining how economic theory can help improve regulation of telecommunications. The authors capture the interaction of competition and regulation in a very sophisticated manner. I recommend the book to economics students, regulators, and other business people and government officials with an interest in telecommunications.
Theoretical models based on the assumption that telecommunications is a natural monopoly no longer reflect reality. As a result, policymakers often lack the guidance of economic theorists. Competition in Telecommunications is written in a style accessible to managers, consultants, government officials, and others. Jean-Jacques Laffont and Jean Tirole analyze regulatory reform and the emergence of competition in network industries using the state-of-the-art theoretical tools of industrial organization, political economy, and the economics of incentives. The book opens with background information for the reader who is unfamiliar with current issues in the telecommunications industry. The following sections focus on four central aspects of the recent deregulatory movement: the introduction of incentive regulation; one-way access (access given by a local network to the providers of complementary segments, such as long-distance or information services); the special nature of competition in an industry requiring two-way access (whereby competing networks depend on the mutual termination of calls); and universal service, in particular the two leading contenders for the competitively neutral provision of universal service: the use of engineering models to compute subsidies and the design of universal service auctions. The book concludes with a discussion of the Internet and regulatory institutions.
Copublished with the Center for Economic Studies and the Ifo Institute.
Jean-Jacques Laffont was Professor of Economics at the Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and the Institut Universitaire de France and Director of the Institut d'Economie Industrielle.
This book is as systematic, probing, and original an exploration of the important regulatory issues as one can hope for. The authors demonstrate the great analytic competence for which they are deservedly noted.
This book is masterful application of the best of economic theory to central issues in telecommunications policy. Throughout, Laffont and Tirole capture the essence of complex issues succinctly and elegantly, without compromising rigor or accessibility. Anyone interested in telecommunications, or in the transition from regulated monopoly to competition more generally, will benefit tremendously from this book.
Laffont and Tirole show that the tools of economic analysis, when applied with exceptional skill and concern for the facts, can illuminate the difficult policy problems that crop up along the road to competition in telecommunications. This book will quickly become a standard reference.
Laffont and Tirole have combined their mastery of economic theorywith real-world telecom know-how to produce a gem of a book. If youwant to deepen your understanding of telecom—and of networkindustries generally-you must read this book.


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Sabaragamuwa & Bhiksu universities to reopen next week
The academic activities of the University of Sabaragamuwa are scheduled to commence on the 21st of May, says the Registrar of the university V.D. Kithsiri.
He stated that students are required to return to hostels on the 20th of May.
Owing to security concerns, students will not be allowed to return to the university before May 20th, Mr. Kithsiri emphasized.
Meanwhile, the administration of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura has decided to reopen the university for academic activities on the 20th of May.
The administration requests the student monks to return to hostels on the 19th of May.
Study leave for the student monks will commence on May 20th and the first semester of the academic year 2017/2018 will accordingly commence on 29th, says Registrar of Bhiksu University U.D. Dodanwela.
The University Grants Commission recently announced that the Vice Chancellors are authorized to decide on the dates and modes of commencing academic activities reopening their respective universities at any date from the 13th of May if the universities' security status is at satisfactory levels.


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Home / India / Things to know about Arnab Goswami's Republic
The resignation of Arnab Goswami resignation left most people shocked and even baffled.The reason for the resignation as said by Goswami was working towards his independent media venture called the Republic.
Since the day of announcement of the name,the news has kept everyone curious!Will the Republic grab our attention like the Newshour? Read on to know more about the venture…
Investments and advertising
As reported by The News Minute,the venture will primarily be based out of Mumbai.According to an article,a media owner based out of Bengaluru,a major TV distribution network,and an influential advertising and media buying group form part of the team of investors that will be backing Arnab big comeback.
The Idea behind it
At a function by Dainik Bhaskar in Jaipur,Goswami said what prompted him to start off with REPUBLIC.He described an incident when he made the CPM apologise to him for being manhandled by one of its workers after his interview with Jyoti Basu in 1996."(He) held me,pushed me against a wall,snatched my camera from me at the entrance of the CPM office.He repeatedly pushed me back and almost smashed my head against a wall," said Arnab, as reported by the Indian Express.
He said when he went back and asked for an apology,he was told, "Go fight your own battles." "I said that I would sit on a hunger strike outside the CPM office until I get an apology letter. I did so and eventually, I had an apology letter from him," said Arnab, adding that it was incidents like these which had encouraged him to start "Republic. "
The Name-'REPUBLIC' ?
According to him – "I believe in this country. There is a reason why we have named our venture 'Republic'.It means 'for the people'… undiluted and direct to the hearts of our people. If we are true, I know you will not let down my faith in you,".
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Brown, v. Chipotle Servs., WD84613
Document Cited authorities 48 Cited in Precedent Map Related
Court Court of Appeal of Missouri (US)
Writing for the Court ALOK AHUJA, JUDGE
Docket Number WD84613
Parties ROY BROWN, et al., Respondents, v. CHIPOTLE SERVICES, LLC, et al., Appellants.
Decision Date 08 March 2022
ROY BROWN, et al., Respondents,
CHIPOTLE SERVICES, LLC, et al., Appellants.
No. WD84613
Court of Appeals of Missouri, Western District, Second Division
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County The Honorable Justine Del Muro, Judge
Before Alok Ahuja, P.J., and Edward R. Ardini, Jr. and Janet L. Sutton, JJ.
ALOK AHUJA, JUDGE
Kourtney Cunningham, Zhyesia Jameson, and Roy Brown (the "Employees"), jointly filed suit in the Circuit Court of Jackson County against Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Chipotle Services, LLC, and Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colorado, LLC (collectively "Chipotle"). The Employees alleged claims of unlawful discrimination and retaliation in employment. Chipotle moved to compel arbitration of the Employees' claims. The circuit court denied Chipotle's motion, and it appeals. Because Chipotle failed to submit competent evidence to the circuit court establishing the existence of any arbitration agreements, we affirm the circuit court's denial of Chipotle's motion to compel arbitration.
Factual Background
The Employees each worked at a Chipotle restaurant on Main Street in Kansas City beginning in 2016 or 2017. The employment of each of the Employees terminated in 2019.
On February 1, 2021, the Employees filed suit against Chipotle in the circuit court. In their Petition, each of the Employees alleged claims for discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race or color, in violation of the Missouri Human Rights Act (or "MHRA"), ch. 213, RSMo. In addition, Cunningham alleged that Chipotle had retaliated against her for seeking compensation for a workplace injury, in violation of Missouri's Workers' Compensation Law, § 287.780.[1]
On May 18, 2021, Chipotle filed a motion to compel arbitration. Chipotle claimed that each Employee electronically reviewed and signed an Agreement to Arbitrate when they were hired. Chipotle contended that, under the Agreement to Arbitrate, the Employees agreed to submit to binding arbitration "any and all disputes, claims, and controversies arising out of or relating to . . . the parties' employment relationship."
In support of its motion to compel arbitration, Chipotle attached as exhibits two unnotarized declarations, each of which was submitted "under penalty of perjury." The first declaration was signed by Robert J. Mollohan, Jr., an attorney representing Chipotle in this case. Mollohan's declaration stated that he had asked the Employees to agree to submit their disputes to arbitration, but that they had refused.
The second unsworn declaration was executed by Caroline Barcelona, a "People Experience Partner" for Chipotle. Barcelona's declaration explained that, at the time the Employees were hired, they were required to "complete the onboarding process" before starting their employment with Chipotle. Barcelona's declaration stated that "[o]nboarding refers to the process through which employees formalize and finalize their employment relationship with Chipotle and is done
through Workday, which is Chipotle's human resources software." According to Barcelona's declaration, new employees were required to accept the terms of an Agreement to Arbitrate as part of the onboarding process. Barcelona stated that new employees were given "unique log-in credentials" which should not be available to any other individual completing the onboarding process. New employees were instructed to "e-sign" the relevant onboarding documents "by marking the 'I Agree' box . . . and clicking on the 'Submit' button" in the Workday software. Barcelona attached to her declaration the Agreements to Arbitrate which she contended were in effect at the time each of the Employees began their employment with Chipotle. She also attached spreadsheets generated by the Workday software, which indicated the date and time at which each Employee had purportedly reviewed and accepted the Agreement to Arbitrate and other onboarding documents.
Nothing in Barcelona's declaration indicates that she ever communicated directly with any of the Employees, or that she personally had any role in their hiring or onboarding at the Main Street Chipotle restaurant. Although Barcelona's declaration states that restaurant workers are employed by Chipotle Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Barcelona does not identify herself as an officer or employee of Chipotle Services, LLC, but instead as a "People Experience Partner" for an unidentified "Chipotle" entity.
The Employees filed suggestions in opposition to Chipotle's motion to compel arbitration. In their opposition, the Employees moved to strike the Barcelona and Mollohan declarations for "being hearsay, lacking foundation, and being based on speculation."
Besides moving to strike her declaration, the Employees also contended that Barcelona's declaration did not constitute competent evidence because she lacked personal knowledge concerning: what the Employees were instructed at the time they were hired; whether and how they were issued any log-in credentials to access
the onboarding documents; or the nature of any documents they may have reviewed or electronically signed at the time of their hiring. The Employees also pointed out that the Agreements to Arbitrate attached to Barcelona's declaration were undated. The Employees asserted that, "[t]o the extent the objections [to Barcelona's declaration] are not sustained, then the Court should instead find the declaration, including exhibits, by Ms. Barcelona not to be credible and reject her baseless claims and conclusions." The Employees also contended that the Agreements to Arbitrate were not enforceable because they were not supported by consideration; because Chipotle had never manifested its assent to the Agreements; and because the Agreements violated the Employees' right to a jury trial as guaranteed by the Missouri Constitution.
In its reply suggestions in support of its motion, Chipotle argued among other things that "[t]he Declarations in Support of Chipotle's Motion Are Admissible and Dispositive."
The circuit court denied Chipotle's motion to compel arbitration. Its order did not state any basis for its ruling.
Chipotle appeals the order denying its motion to compel arbitration, as authorized by § 435.440.1(1). See Holm v. Menard, Inc., 618 S.W.3d 669, 672 n.1 (Mo. App. W.D. 2021).
Generally, the question of whether a motion to compel arbitration should have been granted is one of law, which is reviewed de novo. Triarch Indus., Inc. v. Crabtree, 158 S.W.3d 772, 774 (Mo. 2005). "'However, issues relating to the existence of an arbitration agreement are factual and require our deference to the trial court's findings.'" Trunnel v. Mo. Higher Educ. Loan Auth., 635 S.W.3d 193, 197 (Mo. App. W.D. 2021) (quoting Miller v. Securitas Sec. Servs. USA Inc., 581 S.W.3d 723, 728 (Mo. App. W.D. 2019), in turn quoting Baier v. Darden Rests., 420
S.W.3d 733, 736 (Mo. App. W.D. 2014)). Thus, as in any other case in which a circuit court has resolved factual issues, "in an appeal from a circuit court's order overruling a motion to compel arbitration when there is a dispute as to whether the arbitration agreement exists, the circuit court's judgment will be affirmed unless there is no substantial evidence to support it, it is against the weight of the evidence, or it erroneously declares or applies the law." Theroff v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., 591 S.W.3d 432, 436 (Mo. 2020) (footnote omitted) (citing Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo. 1976)).
"A motion to compel arbitration first requires the trial court to determine whether a valid arbitration agreement exists." Baier, 420 S.W.3d at 737 (citation omitted); see also, e.g., Miller, 581 S.W.3d at 729 (quoting Nitro Distrib., Inc. v. Dunn, 194 S.W.3d 339, 345 (Mo. 2006)); Bertocci v. Thoroughbred Ford, Inc., 530 S.W.3d 543, 550 (Mo. App. W.D. 2017).
"The party seeking to compel arbitration has the burden of proving the existence of a valid and enforceable arbitration agreement." Jimenez v. Cintas Corp., 475 S.W.3d 679, 683 (Mo. App. E.D. 2015) (citing Whitworth v. McBride & Son Homes, Inc., 344 S.W.3d 730, 737 (Mo. App. W.D. 2011)); accord Baier, 420 S.W.3d at 737. For Chipotle to establish that valid arbitration agreements existed, it was required to prove that the Employees had assented to agreements containing an arbitration clause. Theroff, 591 S.W.3d at 437.
In order to satisfy its burden to prove the existence of enforceable arbitration agreements, Chipotle was required to submit competent evidence establishing that the Employees in fact manifested their assent to the Agreements to Arbitrate. "A motion is not self-proving, and the movant has the burden of proving the allegations contained therein." St. Louis Bank v. Kohn, 517 S.W.3d 666, 674 (Mo. App. E.D. 2017) (citation omitted); see also, e.g., Holmes v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 617 S.W.3d 853, 861 (Mo. 2021).
In particular, "[e]xhibits attached to motions filed with the trial court are not evidence and are not self-proving." Bertocci, 530 S.W.3d at 551 (quoting Ryan v. Raytown Dodge Co., 296 S.W.3d 471, 473 (Mo. App. W.D. 2009)); see also Powell v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 173 S.W.3d 685, 689 (Mo. App. W.D. 2005) (motion properly denied where "exhibits were not in the form of affidavits and were never introduced into evidence"); Kulaga v. Kulaga, 149 S.W.3d 570, 573 n. 6 (Mo. App. W.D. 2004). "The authenticity of a document cannot be assumed"; instead, "what it purports to be must be established by proof. Thus, before a document can be admitted into evidence and considered by the [circuit] court, its proponent must show that it is, in fact, what it is purported to be." Asset Acceptance v. Lodge, 325 S.W.3d 525, 528 (Mo. App. E.D. 2010).
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Growing up isn't easy – there are many challenges and undoubtedly it can affect our young people's mental health.
We have seen an increase in emotional disorders, self harm, depression…; while this topic is huge, this talk will give us some basic understanding of these conditions – to support us in helping our young people.
The presentation will be delivered by Dr N A Chowdhury – a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.
Please do join us – families are of course welcome, a limited creche will be provided and a light hot buffet will be served too.
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Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
"Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Fluorescent probe capable of being conjugated to tissue and proteins. It is used as a label in fluorescent antibody staining procedures as well as protein- and amino acid-binding techniques.
Fluorescein 5 isothiocyanate
5-Isothiocyanatofluorescein
5 Isothiocyanatofluorescein
FITC
Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate Hydrochloride
Fluorescein 5 isothiocyanate Hydrochloride
Hydrochloride, Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
Fluorescein (5 or 6)-Isothiocyanate
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Organic Chemicals [D02]
Hydrocarbons [D02.455]
Hydrocarbons, Cyclic [D02.455.426]
Spiro Compounds [D02.455.426.779]
Fluoresceins [D02.455.426.779.347]
Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate [D02.455.426.779.347.400]
Isocyanates [D02.500]
Isothiocyanates [D02.500.375]
Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate [D02.500.375.250]
Sulfur Compounds [D02.886]
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring [D03.633]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring [D03.633.300]
Xanthenes [D03.633.300.953]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Spiro Compounds [D04.711]
Fluoresceins [D04.711.347]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate".
Fluoresceins
Eosine I Bluish
Eosine Yellowish-(YS)
Erythrosine
Rose Bengal
Isothiocyanates
1-Naphthylisothiocyanate
4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid
4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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Bloodstream-To-Eye Infections Are Facilitated by Outer Blood-Retinal Barrier Dysfunction. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0154560.
Targeting single-walled carbon nanotubes for the treatment of breast cancer using photothermal therapy. Nanotechnology. 2013 Sep 20; 24(37):375104.
Lipid-insertion enables targeting functionalization of erythrocyte membrane-cloaked nanoparticles. Nanoscale. 2013 Oct 07; 5(19):8884-8.
Significance of outer blood-retina barrier breakdown in diabetes and ischemia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Apr 05; 52(5):2160-4.
Immunophenotype and functions of fetal baboon bone-marrow derived dendritic cells. Cell Immunol. 2006 Mar; 240(1):31-40.
DADLE induces a reversible hibernation-like state in HeLa cells. Histochem Cell Biol. 2006 Jan; 125(1-2):193-201.
Development and validation of a fluorescence polarization-based competitive peptide-binding assay for HLA-A*0201--a new tool for epitope discovery. Biochemistry. 2005 Sep 20; 44(37):12491-507.
Real-time measurement of in vitro peptide binding to soluble HLA-A*0201 by fluorescence polarization. Biochemistry. 2004 Nov 23; 43(46):14852-63.
In vivo inhibition of Abeta production by memapsin 2 (beta-secretase) inhibitors. J Neurochem. 2004 Jun; 89(6):1409-16.
Enhanced green fluorescent protein as a marker for localizing murine cytomegalovirus in acute and latent infection. J Virol Methods. 2000 Sep; 89(1-2):61-73.
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MEDICINE AND ENGINEERING MAKES LIFE-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY
Rebecca Wilkins Combines Electrical Engineering and Medicine to Create Life-Changing Technology
Although technology has helped advance the understanding of how the brain and nervous system work, Wilkins sees the potential to create life-changing impact for people living with chronic pain and a solution to the ongoing opioid crisis.
Changing Lives | Aug. 21, 2019
When most people think about electrical engineering, they think about devices and gadgets. Rebecca Wilkins, the director of chronic pain therapy for R&D at Abbott, knows how electrical engineering can be applied to the human body's nervous system to alleviate chronic pain. Rebecca was drawn to the field as an undergraduate at Texas A&M University, where she studied biomedical engineering. She chose the major because she was interested in medicine and engineering, and it was one of the few degrees that would allow her to explore both.
"While studying biomedical engineering, I really enjoyed the electrical engineering aspects because it was interesting math, but you could also create something," she said. She chose it as her minor to supplement her studies and started her first job out of school as an electrical engineer designing wirelessly connected infusion pumps.
As she worked in the industry, Wilkins realized she wanted to expand her knowledge and continue her education. That meant working as an engineer during the day while attending school at night to earn her Master's in Electrical Engineering. She went on to design neuromodulation systems — implantable devices that use electrical stimulation to modulate the nervous system — before managing engineering teams as the director of electrical engineering in neuromodulation.
Today, Wilkins manages the chief architects, systems engineers, and program leaders in Abbott's chronic pain therapy business, designing and delivering to market a portfolio of products used to treat chronic pain. A typical workday involves a lot of execution and strategy discussions, including what products should look like in the future and how the team's contributions fit into the overall business goals.
Wilkins leads by example to get the best out of her team. She also believes that it's equally important to show her team members that their talents and contributions are recognized and appreciated.
"If I expect hard work, commitment, and excellent outputs from my team, I should have those standards for myself," she says.
Guiding Engineers Today and Tomorrow
When Wilkins talks to college students or young professionals interested in joining the field of engineering, she tells them to highlight their experiences that demonstrate learning agility, applications of their fundamental technical skills and especially their successful navigation of collaborative assignments.
"Engineering students and young professionals should strongly consider engineering opportunities in healthcare. It's an amazing opportunity for your work life to enable your life's work."
As one of the first females hired on Abbott's neuromodulation electrical engineering team more than 13 years ago, Wilkins hopes that more women will explore engineering and STEM career paths.
"It's critically important not just in high school, but in early elementary school, that we help all children understand the importance of STEM, how fun it can be, and how it's really creating something new and solving a new problem every day," she says. Solving these new problems in the best possible way, requires diverse teams that best represent their diverse customer base.
Whether it's a patient experience, use case or design implementation, Wilkins believes the way women solve problems can help the team diversify their thought process on a project.
"I specifically remember one time, I was asked to look at a concept for a medical device accessory" she says. "And when I saw it, it was immediately clear to me that it would not work well with female bodies. And it was something that the entire team hadn't thought of." Wilkins' observation led to a unisex product redesign that was better suited for all customers.
Wilkins is also the executive sponsor for Abbott's Women in STEM group, which is led by a group of female engineers, and ensures that the R&D department understands the great work the group is doing.
Realizing the Impact
One of the most rewarding aspects of Wilkins' job is developing products and seeing her work positively influence patients' lives. This really hit home for Wilkins when her mother was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and received an Abbott deep brain stimulation implant; Wilkins was part of the team that brought the device to market.
"There are many people that benefit from it," Wilkins says. "But to help educate my mom on her options and support her journey from diagnosis to her decision to proceed with this procedure felt incredibly satisfying. I was part of the team that helped make this product a reality and I understood the benefits it could bring to her life. I'm proud to be part of the team that created this product that helps so many people, like my mom, live their best lives."
Wilkins says the engineering industry is moving toward using low-power technology, working on advanced processing capabilities and placing more importance on the collection and usage of data.
"I think that we're moving into a world where data collection is essential. The importance and the health of the data, how safe and secure and robust it is, and then how we can utilize that data to advance technology is super critical," Wilkins says.
In terms of neurostimulation, Wilkins says the field is rapidly growing, and there are vast opportunities for advanced technology to interact with the human body to solve critical medical issues. She believes innovation, such as neurostimulation, is the next frontier of exciting medical achievements.
"The field is still exploring the different mechanisms of action, and how the body and the nervous system works," she says. "At Abbott Neuromodulation, creating technology that advances this understanding, and creates comprehensive solutions is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity."


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Hey Amazon: It's 2019 not 1920
By Suzanne Hammelman
Citizens, not powerbrokers, are the key to the deal and corporations should beware of growing populism against "corporate greed."
I can't think of a better example to demonstrate the basic rules of engagement:
Do the research.
Know the territory.
Keep your finger on the pulse.
Make friends before you need them.
And never, ever take anything for granted.
If Amazon had approached this deal the same way they created loyal customers they likely could have avoided this very public catastrophe in Long Island City. But instead one of the largest companies in the world, along with two powerful politicians, got their "butts kicked." If they had taken the time to understand the territory, communicate and build alliances, I would argue they could have had a very different outcome.
Instead they relied on old school thinking. They decided the support of two popular powerbrokers– Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio – was enough. Surprisingly, these two very experienced politicians either didn't advise Amazon – or Amazon didn't listen – to first build local leader and citizen support. With perfect 20-20 hindsight, Mayor de Blasio stated, "We gave Amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the world … Instead of working with the community, Amazon threw away that opportunity."
In today's world of social media induced activism, the outspoken views of a few activists are amplified, giving voice to what some others are thinking, and that quickly cascades into the appearance of a movement. In this case a so-called movement that gave citizens and local leaders a huge and unexpected victoryand provided a national platform for populists who are increasingly looking askance at corporate activities. Consider that on the day Amazon bailed and GE fessed up the 800 jobs it promised were only 250, John Boyd, a specialist in such deals, toldThe Boston Globe of "unprecedented citizen contentiousness" with "an increasingly populist zeitgeist among politicians," citing "income inequality" and "the gulf between haves and have-nots."
I don't know whether Amazon did a poll before they selected Long Island but even if they did, things changed dramatically from when they entered the market in 2017 and 2019. Just ask 10-term Congressman Joe Crowley. Regular polling would have picked up on fast-moving changes and they would have recognized that last year's elections shook the foundation of state politics and the support for their proposal. They would have have seen the deep and growing division between the centrists who seek jobs and economic growth and a growing force of new residents and young populists for whom tax incentives and corporate behemoths are unpopular.
Careful analysis of tracking polling would have shown the skepticism among African Americans, Latinos, Asians and the other nationalities that make Queens the most ethnically diverse urban area in the country. Indeed, there are nearly 50 ethnic newspapers and magazines published in the Borough. And, if they had their finger on the pulse of the community they also would have recognized and have had the time to deal with union opposition (a resurging political force as demonstrated in several state ballot measure wins in the 2018 election that corporations should take note of) by working earlier with union leaders and doing outreach to individual members.
Amazon and the political leaders they had on board were not able to effectively communicate the local value of the deal's merits. People didn't hear that the $3 billion in tax breaks for Amazon was – for the most part – reductions in future taxes. Instead, what they heard and got mad about was the carve-out in the deal for a helipad for executives … instead of support for mass transit. The message about the $3 billion in incentives bringing $27 billion in revenue to support infrastructure upgrades for schools, roads and sidewalks, parks and other improvements in neighborhoods was lost in the fray.
In the wake of Obama populism, the model of community organizing has translated well for the new business paradigm. Airbnb has navigated its way through cities around the world to grab its share of the tourist hospitality trade. Ride sharing ventures like Uber and Lyft have rallied support –neighborhood by neighborhood, census tract by census tract – to dramatically reshape the transportation culture.
How could Amazon and New York not make it work? Did they ignore the fundamentals: pulling everyone around the proverbial table and making all seated feel they were about to share in something exciting for their city, their neighborhoods, their livelihoods, their families,their futures?
Perhaps the memo was lost, the one somewhere between Seattle, Albany and City Hall; the one that prescribed building grassroots coalitions and neighborhood advisory groups and business advisory panels and education and community alliances. The one that required listening.
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Moving toward 100% renewable energy—drivers behind city policies and pledges
by Earth Institute, Columbia University, State of the Planet
As the United States federal government retreats from energy innovation and environmental regulation, local and regional efforts across the U.S. are scaling up. Cities, in particular, are intensifying their commitments to fighting climate change and are playing an increasingly important role in the sustainability of the planet. One such commitment is the Sierra Club's 'Ready for 100' campaign, which recognizes cities in the U.S. that have formally committed to transition to 100 percent renewable energy.
This month, the Earth Institute's Hayley Martinez, Kelsie DeFrancia, and Alix Schroder presented their research on why and how cities have committed to this campaign at the 76th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago.
Local-level actions are critical in addressing climate change and sustainability issues, and cities are uniquely positioned to advance initiatives in transportation, buildings, and renewable energy. Energy is at the center of the sustainability challenge, as it is an indispensable ingredient of modern economic life. However, our long-term dependence on fossil fuels means a future of increased energy costs and greater environmental damage. To address the problem of climate change, we need to gradually replace fossil fuels with other forms of energy that are environmentally sustainable, such as wind and solar. Trends in the U.S. and around the world show that renewable energy capacity is growing and that renewable energy is becoming more cost-competitive.
It is for these reasons that the authors focused their review on cities that have formally committed to transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy. By January 2018, 56 U.S. cities had adopted formal goals to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 or sooner under the Sierra Club's Ready for 100 campaign. 2017 was a record year, with 30 cities making such a pledge. These pledges were mostly in the form of resolutions. To conduct their research, the authors reviewed texts of the resolution, statement, or ordinance that contained the pledge, examined city websites, press releases, and independent reports, and interviewed city government representatives where possible.
Motivations for 100 percent renewable energy pledges differed from locale to locale and were based on a combination of diverse factors, such as physical location, historical precedent, community values, and population size. There is no one reason for cities to pursue this goal. What is clear across all 56 cities, however, is that they view the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy not as an obligation, but rather as an opportunity for socio-economic development. Cities committing to renewable energy goals not only want to reduce energy bills for residents and local economic players, and reduce their dependence on polluting energy sources, but also want to show that they are leaders at the forefront of making a transition that many see as inevitable. The following five major categories of key drivers emerged:
Economic: local economic development, job creation, utility cost savings, and secure energy futures.
Environmental: environmental consciousness, climate change concerns, natural disaster vulnerability, preservation of local environment and wildlife, and climate leadership.
External: regional partnerships, existing state policies, existing or prior municipal policies and/or initiatives, and non-profit partnerships.
Public health: clean air and water, and pollution-related illness.
Renewable resource supply: availability and proximity of renewable energy resources to draw from.
Like the myriad drivers for adopting renewable energy pledges, the cities in the Ready for 100 campaign are charting distinct paths to achieving the goal of 100 renewable energy. Every city has unique characteristics and is developing its own specialized implementation plan. Given that over half of the pledges have been made within the past year, many cities are still in the vision-setting and planning stages, but attempting to have transparent, inclusive planning processes, soliciting community buy-in and expertise. For cities with plans already underway, the most common modes of implementation were: energy efficiency measures; incorporating goals into sustainability or climate action plans; installing renewable energy; developing financing models; community choice aggregation; and cooperation with utilities.
Energy efficiency is a key first step for cities to meet their goals, especially for larger cities that simply use a lot of energy. Incorporating goals and monitoring/reporting mechanisms into sustainability and climate action plans has the benefit of having a dedicated body or group to oversee progress, and has the potential for greater transparency and follow-through. Cities are also looking to install renewable energy systems locally on or near city limits, putting solar panels on municipal buildings, building solar gardens, and helping residents and business install on their own properties.
Financial tools are also important for completing these goals, including power purchase agreements, PACE funding, and community solar. Community Choice Aggregation is one very specific tool that many cities are exploring, especially in California, which allows local governments to purchase or develop power on behalf of the community. This gives cities more control over purchasing decisions, and cities can decide where the energy comes from, at what cost, and how much clean energy is in the mix. Cities are also coming up with unique ways to work with utilities, recognizing that utilities are important partners in achieving their goals.
Cities face a complex and varied array of challenges ranging from physical to political, administrative to financial. On a broad scale, the limited predictability of renewables like wind and solar, due to the inherent natural variations of its sources, can be a problem when matching supply and demand in the energy system. Other challenges include a lack of political support on the regional and federal levels and other political pressures from outside the cities. Even with public support, small cities often don't have the capacity to undertake large, expensive complex projects, lacking the technical or administrative expertise, and/or financial resources to even map out a plan toward reaching their goal. Perhaps the greatest challenge for cities trying to reach their renewable energy goals is the complex energy regulatory structure throughout the United States, which often leaves cities dependent on the fossil fuel-based energy portfolio of their major utility companies.
The path towards 100 percent renewable energy will ultimately depend on the resources available, community values, the priority given to energy efficiency, and the input of key stakeholders and players. Energy efficiency is a key first step, but state and regional governments are crucial stakeholders in cities meeting their renewable energy goals, as they can enact policies that promote the creation and adoption of renewable energy. Community and stakeholder inclusion will also help cities succeed in meeting clean energy goals, as will a focus on advocacy and education through community engagement, stakeholder consultations and dialogue facilitation. Even though cities must chart their own path, cooperation and knowledge-sharing between neighboring cities cannot be overstated, and cities should build on existing regional/state norms, regulations and policies, where possible.
These cities are showing that it is possible to make an impact at the local level and drive change across the U.S. in the absence of federal regulation. Since many of these pledges only happened in the last year, it will be interesting to see how cities build and modify their implementation plans, and if and how they will include transparent reporting processes. With the current U.S. presidential administration unwilling to wean off fossil fuel-sourced energy and also unwilling to participate in international climate accords, subnational actors will have to pave the way for strong sustainable action and innovative sustainable growth.
US mayors back plan for cities to use only renewable energy
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Jeff Mills leads back to present & future with 'The Director's Cut Reissues. Chapter 6: 'The Bells'. An unforgettable live moment where electronic music met classical.
The sixth segment in Jeff Mills´ retrospective series "The Directors Cut" is dedicated to his anthem The Bells. First released as part of the Kat Moda PM002 EP on the Purpose Maker label in 1997, the original track is remastered and available now again. Available on vinyl for the very first time is the orchestra version of The Bells, taken from The Blue Potential (Originally released on CD and DVD). The premiere of Jeff Mills performing his works with an orchestra was celebrated in 2005 in France. For his open-air concert with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra, at the historic Pont Du Gard in Montpellier, Jeff Mills´works were transcribed in notes for the individual instruments of the orchestra for the first time. This version of The Bells captures an unforgettable live moment where electronic music met classical in an unprecedented way. History revisited, but Mills leads back to present & future as well; the previously unreleased The Homosapiens Sapiens is a Sci-Fi affair, created especially for this chapter of "Directors Cut."


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Philadelphia — A bird strike forced a jetliner to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport, but no one was injured.
American Airlines Flight 1889 had left Charlotte, North Carolina, for Hartford, Connecticut, when the bird hit the windshield and caused a crack.
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Circa 1760, this colonial property on Lampeter Square has been home to a livery, tavern, wainwright, blacksmith, and automobile repair shop. Various owners and businesses offered hospitality to the community and travelers on the old Conestoga Road (Route 741). The beautiful brick home has been repurposed as a fast-casual café to continue its service in the village of Lampeter. Lampeter Café is honored to be the 2017 recipient of the Community Revitalization Award by the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County.


Local Government Information Unit's chief executive Jonathan Carr-West mulls over what came out of the Conservative Party Conference for the public sector.
It's time for local leaders to come together and lobby the government on issues of common concern, says think-tank Centre for Cities chief executive Andrew Carter.
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By giving power back to the people and redefining their relationship with communities, local authorities can help themselves transform, says the NLGN's director Adam Lent.
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If you're like me, you probably love the beautiful colours of vintage glass. I'm not a big antiques collector, but I do happen to love old mason jars. So simple, yet so beautiful. Especially the ones that have gorgeous blue and green tones! However, they can be pricey or hard to find. Here's a great DIY project for creating them yourself! Spaghetti jars never looked so good!
1 Collect some jars, wash the labels off. Then use equal parts white glue and water to create a paste.
2 Experiment with the colouring by adding drops of blue and green food colouring. For example, two drops blue, one drop green gives a pretty turquoise color!
3 Use foam brushes to paint the outside of the jars. That way, you can still fill them with water and put fresh flowers in them.
4 They will look streaky. Apply two coats. Allow to dry and you'll see the streaks disappear. Or, at least most of them! It creates a really pretty frosted look.
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A while back, I wrote about how more and more Jesuits are reading Adrienne. They are also writing about her too. Fr. John O'Brien, S.J., has some good introductory words about Adrienne for his blog's readers.
"Adrienne's mystical insights all have an Ignatian bent, and are strongly centered on the desire to give oneself radically to follow Christ. ... But it is the humble figure of Mary that grounds Adrienne's writing in the day-to-day world of the here and now."
Yes, truly Mary helps us live radically in her son and thereby also helping us articulate that living in Christ in the world here and now.


So, the weather is getting warmer, I think it's about time we start planning the Philadelphia meet-up!
Why: Because there are ukes in Philly, there are, there are!
How does 1 PM sound to everyone?
I hope the Phillie meet-up works out and those in that area have a great day.
I may try for something up North in NJ rather than down the shore...or maybe even in NYC like Washington Square Park.
Just as long as they don't think we're a flash mob!
I'll do my best to be there. I'll know closer to the date.
i'm gonna try to request off from work for this. i've been hearing about a lot of street/park performers in the city getting arrested and kicked out of parks for not having a permit. any worries about that?
I'll be there! I'll try posting the link in the city paper.1 PM sound good.
Okay. here's our facebook fan page. we'll be able to ad pics and stuff. become a fan!
shameless bump! this still sounding okay to everyone?
Well, we won't be asking for money so I don't think it'd be a problem. No crime in together, right?
If you come down to philly, I'll join in Washington Square. i love that place!
How's everyone still doing with the date?
Jojouke, I don't actually know where Washington Square is. I picked Rittenhouse square because it's right by a PATCO station for those of us coming in from Jersey, is that okay by you?
Make no mistake, the meet-up is in Rittenhouse Square not Washington Square. In the quote above I was referring to Washington Square in Manhattan and that if she came to our meeting up in Rittenhouse Square I'd go to a meet-up in Washington Square in NYC if there would be one scheduled. Sorry for the confusion!
I unfortunately cannot make this one. I hope for success and future opportunities.
we're still on, and now we're apparently in the paper, so that's cool!
Have a great time today. Hope someone takes pictures and posts them here.
first meeting: success! We had about eleven or twelve people show up, as well as the appearance of a banjo and a banjolele, it was quite fun!
let's all upload songs to it so at our next meeting (in exactly two weeks) we'll have something prepared!
Alright, it's official. We had our first jam session today at Rittenhouse Square and it was a lot of fun. We'll try doing it every two weeks on sunday at 1:00, so our next session will be april 25. check out phillyukejam on facebook.
sorry i missed it. i was at rittenhouse on saturday but didn't have time to make it there sunday. i'll definitely be there next time, though. i was surprised to see 3 people playing ukes on saturday though. were any of them you guys?
nope, wasn't any of us that I know of, although those three people should come jam with us!
bump! next jam is this sunday the 25th!


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Q: How to enable tracing in a c# interop assembly I would like to trace HTTP communication in my c# assembly (.Net 4.5). As the .Net code is wrapped with COM interop and finally used in COM container applications I have no app.config file of the main app to configure tracing the usual way.
What I have found so far was always at some point tied to app.config (e.g. rewrite that file and load with ConfigurationMagager or Trace.refresh())
There is an SO answer about enabling tracing at runtime without an app.config file using reflection. Is this the only route or is there a simpler way to switch on tracing, say, for the DEBUG version of such an assembly?

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Mentoring children helps reduce negative influence in their lives and gives them a better chance at a bright future. Photo courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Helena.
and 23% of high school and 18% of middle school students reportedly considered suicide over the last year.
These numbers indicate that students need a positive support system to improve their self-confidence and reduce the affects of bullying in their lives. Locally, people and organizations are partnering* up to provide strong, positive mentors for local kids transform their lives by matching them to a person who can identify with and have as a companion and role model to share their journey.
Mentors are thoroughly vetted and carefully matched with children they can identify with. Some of these mentors interact with kids in their school at assigned times and others meet with their assigned child to do activities together outside of school. Both arrangements have a long-term, positive impact on the physical and mental well-being of participating children – giving them a better chance at a bright future.
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Lovely vegan cupcakes and a really cute shop, it feels like one of these smalls shop you only see in movies. One or two kinds of vegan cupcakes, some other vegan cake too. Good service with good knowledge about vegan food.
CUPCAKE is Berlin's first & only cupcake shop... vegan selection is: Cupcakes, Banana Bread, as well as cake & pie... soups, baked beans on toast, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches... YUMMY!!!!
Cute, kitchy and delicious. Vegan options.
a little overpriced, but delicious. dawn is really sweet and friendly, and they run a record label out of the back room. rad.