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"Rock of Ages" star Mark Shunock's March edition of "Mondays Dark" took place on Monday, March 17, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. at Body English Nightclub inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Following the success of last month's tribute to the rock band QUEEN, 100 percent of the ticket proceeds from this week's show benefits the Shine Family Foundation and featured the music of "The '80s - Unplugged." Special guests included, the "Rock of Ages" band Arsenal, Chris Phillips and Lydia Ansel of Zowie Bowie, James Mulligan, Tina Dawn from "Absinthe," Elise Furr from "Jubilee," illusionist Mark Bennick, Anne Martinez and Savannah Smith of BBR, Geechy Guy from "America's Got Talent," and Becca Kotte and Jason Oles from "Rock Of Ages." Other red carpet Vegas headliners in attendance included hypnotist Anthony Cools and celebrity magician, Murray Sawchuck, both of whom have performed at previous Mondays Dark events. Scroll down for photos!
"Last month's QUEEN tribute was an amazing experience and this month's tribute to the music of The '80s: Unplugged - was very familiar territory for me," says Shunock, who plays Lonny in the hit "Rock of Ages" at the Venetian. "The support of the community and the performers here in Las Vegas has truly inspired me to take 'Mondays Dark' to a new level each month so that we can continue to raise much needed funds for local charities."
Every month Shunock gathers an eclectic cast of guests including stars from Hollywood, the Strip, musical acts, athletes and celebrity chefs for 90 minutes of chat, entertainment - and a lot of laughs. "Mondays Dark" partners with a different Las Vegas-based charity to raise money each month for that charity, between ticket sales and silent auction items. Previous charities to benefit from Mondays Dark include Opportunity Village and AFAN (AID FOR AID of NEVADA), Nevada SPCA and the St. Therese Center HIV Outreach.
About Mark Shunock: Mark Shunock's acclaimed career has spanned from theatre, film, television and, even the hockey arena. A native of Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, after a brief stint with the Canadian Hockey League, Mark knew his passion was not in the hockey arena but, on the stage. Following his hockey career, Mark headed to the USA and studied at the American Academy for the Dramatic Arts, which led to numerous productions performing in various regional theatres in and around New York City. Following his success on stage Mark was cast in a small, independent feature film and headed to Hollywood. Though success was following Mark in Los Angeles, a year later the excitement of New York brought Mark back to the Big Apple where he landed the role of "Timon," in the national tour of "The Lion King." For more than two years Mark performed the role in over 30 cities across the United States and even garnered a Helen Hayes Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actor" in 2009. Additional theatrical credits include "As Is," "Jersey Shoresical: A Frickin' Rock Opera," "The Temperamentals," Altar Boyz," "Miss Saigon," "The Awesome 80s Prom," and "The Skin of Our Teeth," among others. Mark most recently won critical acclaim for his portrayal of "Lonny" in "Rock of Ages," which is currently thrilling audiences at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Follow Mark on Twitter @MarkShunock.
About The Shine Family Foundation: Shine Family Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that raises money to help the families of US Military Personnel who are deployed around the world and veterans. These families are under a great stress during deployment and it is the objective of the Shine Family Foundation to assist the families of our brave men and women in every way. It is designed to help these families who deal with prolonged and often multiple deployments. Our AIM is to offer assistance the families need while their love ones sacrifice their lives to defend our freedom. The foundation also provides help and assistance to veterans who have returned from active duty in the same way. We also provide variety of on-going services for families of our military and veterans to help ease the stress and burden of separation. Assistance continues after these "heroes" return from active duty. The foundation intends to staff its operation with the families of active military members allowing them to help in the military community. It is sometimes unfortunate that the sacrifices of our military have large gone unnoticed by the public. What we do is a tribute to these heroes and their families to the sacrifices they make on behalf of all of us and to this great country of ours. Some come home with life altering injuries and disabilities. We must show them our gratitude that we will never forget the sacrifices they have made to keep us safe. They are our true "heroes"! It is because of them we can say, "United States of America is the land of the free". The Shine Family Foundation believes our military personnel and their families sacrifice so much to keep AMERICA safe and we want to make sure that together, they are not forgotten and that we as a country honor them.
Follow us on Twitter @Mondays_Dark or visit www.MondaysDark.com.
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Becca Kotte and Mark Shunock of ROCK OF AGES
Savannah Smith (VEGAS! THE SHOW!) and Anne Martinez of BBR
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Philippines Electricity Crisis: How Regulatory Capture Undermines Emerging Markets
12/23/2013 03:04 pm ET Updated Feb 22, 2014
In its latest issue, Foreign Affairs magazine, which identified the Philippines as among the six up-and-coming countries in the 21st century, will certainly help enhance the Aquino administration's self-confidence in its macroeconomic policy -- and somehow discredit the naysayers, who have (mistakenly) dismissed the Philippine economy as a bubble in disguise. Decoupling from the whimpering BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) economies, Foreign Affairs editors Gideon Rose and Jonathan Tepperman have focused on emerging markets such as the Philippines, for its "combination of size, recent performance and economic potential" as well as emergence as an "outsourcing powerhouse" under the "the clean and committed stewardship" of a new administration. In a separate essay, Karen Brooks, who looked at the economic potentials of Indonesia and the Philippines as the next tiger economies, praised the Aquino administration for its "bold leadership", which unlike Indonesia's wavering government "has taken real steps to address some of its challenges." She identified two key factors, which have supposedly made the Philippines a leading contender among emerging markets; first, improvements in transparency and efficiency in fiscal spending and tax administration, and second, the Aquino administration's huge reservoir of political capital, which could be translated into swift and decisive reforms in the coming years.
While Brooks thoughtfully surveys a wide range of challenges bedeviling the Philippine economy, the above analysis, however, overlooks the extent to which recent reforms have not cut deep enough. And there is a failure to even mention the combined impact of the recent corruption scandals and the aftermath of the Haiyan crisis on the Aquino administration's popularity, which has taken a hit in recent months.
What we see today in the Philippines is more a country that has come to confront its internal demons than an emerging market firmly placed on an inexorable tiger road. Nothing underscores this complex picture more than the latest uproar over an alleged collusion among power-generating companies to introduce a further hike in electricity prices. To put things into perspective, the Philippines already has Asia's most expensive electricity rates, even higher than post-Fukushima Japan. Such prohibitive rates have not only hurt ordinary consumers, but have also served as among the strongest disincentives against manufacturing investments in the country.
But there is a deeper lesson to draw from the Philippines' power-generation predicament. Contrary to the conventional analysis forwarded by most analysts, including Karen Brooks, what the Philippines needs the most is not more privatization and economic liberalization per se -- which have actually exacerbated rather than ameliorated the country's structural economic weaknesses since the 1990s -- but instead a stronger state that (a) can bust oligarchic collusion, and (b) protect the interest of the consumers and productive sectors of the economy. And we won't have a dramatic turnabout in the Philippines' economic fortunes unless the Aquino administration and its successors fully internalize the indispensable role of the state, which ranges from ensuring the rule of law to protecting strategic sectors of the economy against special interest, even in an era of economic globalization.
Privatization and Regulatory Capture
Ironically, the power crisis in the Philippines, which promises to retard the country's growth trajectory and its aspirations for industrial development, is not a product of excessive state intervention and public mismanagement. Instead, it is a classic example of how economic liberalization -- under the auspices of a corrupt political system and in the absence of a competitive private sector -- has handed the key sectors of the economy to a handful of oligarchs, which have prioritized profits over capacity-building and accessibility. And yet, we are still waiting for a commensurate response by the Aquino administration to such brazen strangulation of Philippines' manufacturing potentials, which ultimately rely on, among other things, the affordable availability of power and energy resources.
In essence, there is nothing wrong with having a competitive economy where dynamic entrepreneurs are allowed to engage in and spur a "creative destruction" of innovation to increase economic productivity for the benefit of the consumers and the overall economy. And John Maynard Keynes, who is widely recognized as the brains behind post-war, state-led capitalism in the Western world, would have never supported the monstrosity of ineffectual and corrupt state-controlled enterprises, which dominated large portions of the developing world for much of the post-colonial era. But what followers of Joseph Schumpeter, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman have overlooked are the perils of privatization in under-developed markets, where you have a tiny, oligarchic private sector, which lacks capital, expertise, and -- above all -- appreciation for collective interest, but has unshakable grip on the the political economy.
Moreover, as I argue in my forthcoming book How Capitalism Failed the Arab World, the key problem with the privatization process in the developing world is its inherent vulnerability to regulatory capture -- the process by which major businesses and special interests co-opt a weak, post-transition state in order to control profitable, strategic enterprises, which were previously held by the government.
Similar to most other developing countries, the Philippines engaged in a wide-ranging process of economic liberalization in the 1990s, which saw the massive expansion in the private ownership as well as operation of key economic sectors such as water, infrastructure and electricity. It was hailed as a natural remedy to decades-long crony capitalism under the former Marcos regime. As far as power-generation is concerned, the transition to a market-economy culminated in the passage of Republic Act 9136, or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act, better known as EPIRA, in 2001.
This was landmark legislation, which promised to lower electricity costs, expand the country's capacity for energy production, and enhance the efficiency of its transmission by supplanting the Rate of Return on Base (RORB) system with a Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) regime. In reality, however, the increasingly privatized electricity sector would be dominated by the country's leading business families, which turned electricity production into one of the most profitable businesses in the country -- at the expense of the overall economy and public welfare.
Public Outrage
Recent months have seen increasing mobilization by the Phillippine middle classes against corruption in state institutions. So when they learned that Manila Electric Company (Meralco) was going to introduce an unprecedented electricity rate hike in three trenches beginning in 2014, there was an immediate expression of outrage, prompting the Aquino administration to launch an investigation on the matter.
When the Energy Regulatory Commission's (ERC) chief Zenaida Cruz-Ducut, who oversaw the approval of Meralco's request for rate increases, resigned, suspicions of bureaucratic capture intensified. After all, Ducat, a former member of the Philippine Congress, is implicated in the alleged embezzlement of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), and was appointed to the ERC by the previous Arroyo administration, which is also facing charges of corruption and public mismanagement.
Soon, progressive legislators such as Walden Bello and Ibarra Gutierrez asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate not only Meralco, but also a whole host of power companies over "possible violations of laws prohibiting cartelization, monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade as defined in competition laws." Specifically, the power producers are being accused of "staging" production shortages, which in turn prompted expensive purchases of emergency supply, to justify a sharp price hike. The Department of Energy (DOE), which has also expressed its suspicions of a possible collusion, is undertaking a separate investigation on the issue.
So far, public pressure seems to have partially succeeded: The ERC has been forced to ask Meralco to hold-off any price hike by January 2014. Still, it is far from clear whether there will be any definitive resolution of this particular crisis, namely the revision or abrogation of the EPIRA law, given how a stream of corruption-related investigations has inundated the Aquino administration.
Overall, what is clear is that the Philippines is paying the price for decades of mindless privatization, which has done more to reinforce the oligarchic hold on the Philippine economy rather than unleash the dynamic energies of the private sector. Perhaps what the Philippines needs more than ever is a simultaneous empowerment of its state institutions as well as the new emerging entrepreneurial class, which has been hammered by oligopolistic businesses and lack of an independent, enabling regulatory regime. In short, what the Philippines yearns for is a more "effective" state and more "competitive" market at the same time.
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A group of House Democrats has released a letter to Republican congressional leaders calling on them to announce which of their members will be forgoing their congressional benefit health insurance (which is subsidized by the government) in light of their party's opposition to health care reform overhaul legislation.
"If your conference wants to deny millions of Americans affordable health care, your members should walk that walk," four Democrats write in the letter, which is addressed to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican leader John Boehner. "You cannot enroll in the very kind of coverage that you want for yourselves, and then turn around and deny it to Americans who don't happen to be Members of Congress."
According to the letter, the federal government pays more than $10,000 of the premiums of each member of Congress who has a family policy under the most selected plan.
The signatories on the letter are four liberal lawmakers: Joseph Crowley of New York, Linda T. Sanchez of California, Donna Edwards of Maryland and Tim Ryan of Ohio. They sent a separate letter to other Democratic colleagues asking them to sign onto the effort.
The Democrats say they were spurred to press Republicans to announce their position by news that Andy Harris, a conservative incoming Republican House freshman, had complained that he would not receive his government-subsidized health care coverage until Feb. 1, a month after he is sworn into office.
Harris campaigned against the health care bill, which is projected to provide coverage to more than 30 million previously uninsured Americans, and his party is vowing to "repeal and replace" it.
In their letter, the Democrats write they were "surprised" to see Harris complain that "there is a delay before benefits take effect. Ironically, this is the same predicament millions of Americans currently find themselves in."
"We also find it interesting that members of the Republican conference would have no problem taking away health coverage from hard-working Americans, but expect expanded coverage for themselves and their families," they add, writing that the health care reform bill gives Americans the option of selecting a plan in a manner similar to members of Congress.


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Elizabeth Smart To Speak Thursday In Birmingham
Elizabeth Smart To Speak Thursday In Birmingham: The young woman at the center of an infamous child abduction case — Elizabeth Smart — will tell her story Thursday in Birmingham to raise money for a nonprofit group that serves the needs of Oakland County's abused and neglected children.
Smart, who was 14 when she was abducted in 2002 from her Salt Lake City, Utah, bedroom, will speak during the Oakland County CARE House's annual Circle of Friends benefit, held this year at the Townsend Hotel. The event will benefit CARE House's advocacy and child abuse prevention programs.
"Circle of Friends is more than just an annual benefit," Cathy Weissenborn, CARE House's interim executive director and Board of Trustees president, said in a press release. "It also brings a continued awareness to the needs of so many children in our community who cannot stand up for themselves.
"Elizabeth Smart survived a traumatic childhood experience and has gone on to lend her voice nationally," Weissenborn said. "We can draw from her strength as we move forward as an organization in our fight to give every child a voice." Continue Reading…
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The market for immediate annuity plan is gaining new ground in India. Although traditionally insurance companies in India have more number of deferred annuity plans, the trend is set to change. At least this is what HDFC standard Life Insurance feels as they prepare to launch their new immediate annuity plan in December 2012. They have already received the IRDA approval for this new product – HDFC New Immediate Annuity Plan.
Executive Vice President (Marketing and Direct Channels) , Sanjay Tripathy feels that there is a lot of potential for growth of Immediate Annuity Plans in India as their presence in the international market are already established. The new product will offer 11 annuity options for single and joint lives.
An Immediate Annuity Plan start paying you annuity right from day one once a lump sum payment is made. These are typically suitable for people aged above 50 years and having huge disposable income. Some of the immediate annuity plans are LIC Jeevan Akshay, ICICI Pru Immediate Annuity etc.
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The Ultimate Guide to Transitioning from Monolith Software Systems to Modern Website Platforms in 2020: Part 1
Monolith systems sacrifice greater agility, flexibility, efficiency, resiliency, and scalability at a higher cost than many think.
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Randy Apuzzo 06.08.2020
It's time to ditch your traditional monolithic software system in favor of a modern website platform. Because greater agility, flexibility, efficiency, resiliency, and scalability can all be yours at a lower cost.
But it's a bit of a minefield out there. Monolithic vs. microservices? Cloud vs. SaaS? Headless CMS vs. Decoupled vs. Traditional CMS? In this definitive guide, we explain all the jargon, uncover the pros and cons of each option, and identify which will best serve your business needs. We'll take a look at how Netflix and Uber are doing things, and see what we can learn from the fortunes they've spent perfecting their platforms.
What's the Difference Between Monolithic and Microservices Architectures?
Monolithic applications are 'single-tiered,' meaning that all their functionality is mashed together into a single program. Like a giant lump of stone, they're composed of one massive piece with a combined front end and back end.
Let's use an eCommerce IT system to explain further. You have your front end system - the bit that your visitors see when they come to your online store - and then your back end services - including things like customer logins and accounts, payment processing, inventory management, and fulfillment and tracking. With a monolithic architecture, everything's built as one whole application, despite each module doing separate things.
Modern website platforms are different. They take what's called a 'microservices' approach to software architecture. The monolith is dismantled into a set of independent 'services' (which for eCommerce would include front end, payment processing, and inventory management, etc.) Each service is developed, deployed, and maintained separately. And all services live in the cloud and are loosely coupled via APIs (more on that in Part 2.)
Monolithic architectures are like the jack-of-all-trades of the application development world. They do it all but lack the benefits of specialization. With a microservices architecture, every service is specialized. You can pick from an array of competing service providers. And if you find a better or cheaper alternative down the line, you can easily switch to another vendor to maximize your business capabilities without sacrificing the rest of the microservices you've invested in to date.
Why Netflix and Uber Have Chosen Microservices
When Uber launched in 2009, it had just a single offering, in a single location: UberBLACK in San Francisco. Therefore, it made sense to have one codebase to solve all of its core business functions (connecting riders with drivers, billing, payments, etc.).
However, as Uber began adding new "products" and locations, its monolithic architecture became cumbersome and restrictive. Integrating new features and fixing bugs was extremely difficult. So like Amazon, Netflix, SoundCloud, eBay, and Twitter before them, they decided to break up their monolith into multiple codebases to form a microservices architecture that allowed for more innovation and rapid growth.
Netflix began its move from monolith to AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud-based microservices architecture in 2009, making it one of the first to transition over. It made the move service-by-service, first migrating 'movie encoding' and later adding customer-facing services such as 'account sign up,' 'movie selections,' 'TV selections,' 'metadata,' and 'device configuration.'
By the end of 2010, Netflix's entire customer-facing website had been moved to AWS. And by December 2011, Netflix had completed its move to the cloud, breaking up its monolith into 500+ microservices, which handle two billion daily API requests.
Three Ways Netflix Has Benefited from a Microservices Architecture
Greater Availability: Pre-2009, a single mistake in Netflix's code could bring the whole thing crashing down. While outages are still possible with a microservices architecture, faults are easier to identify and contain.
Greater Scalability: In 2008, Netflix couldn't build data centers fast enough to support its rapidly expanding customer base. With AWS Cloud, however, they can instantly scale capacity up or down to meet their needs.
Higher Speed: Today, Netflix can rapidly build and globally test new features and functions without worrying about affecting the end-user experience negatively. They've created over 30 independent development teams that work on different release schedules, supercharging productivity.
The Common Content Management System Architectures Go Head-to-Head
Despite some overlap, CMS architectures come in four primary flavors - traditional (monolithic), microservices, headless, and decoupled. Each one has benefits and drawbacks. Let's take a deep dive into the foursome and see which one is right for your organization.
1. Traditional Monolith CMS
Traditional CMSs such as WordPress and Drupal combine content management and presentation layers into one monolith architecture. Content editors who use the monolithic software are, therefore, typically interacting with the same system and code as content consumers. For the most simple applications, traditional monolithic CMSs are the most straightforward and efficient. But they lack the scalability required to achieve optimum performance and efficiency.
Pros of Monolith CMS:
They're easier to develop: Experienced developers will be used to monolithic software systems - hiring a pro won't be a problem.
They're easier to monitor and test: Everything is in one place.
They're easier to deploy: Just upload the entire application to the server, and you're done.
Cons of Monolith CMS:
They're complicated and unwieldy: Like a 'big ball of mud,' nobody quite understands how the whole thing has been put together. When niggling issues arise, they're hard to fix, and DIY workarounds only make matters worse over time.
They lack scalability: Different modules have conflicting resource requirements. You can't just swap out one service for another as you shrink or grow, and adding new technologies could upset the equilibrium of the entire system - is it worth the risk?
They lack agility: They take a long time to change course. Experimentation is slow and risky. Reactivity to market conditions and security risks is limited.
2. Microservices Architecture CMS
A microservice architecture splits your CMS out from the rest of your website. In an e-commerce microservices architecture example, your CMS would be one of these services (as would search, catalog, pricing, shipping, and cart.) These services are "loosely coupled" and collaborate to form a system. Each one is independent and has its codebase.
Pros of a Microservices Architecture CMS:
You can choose any CMS on the market: You can have a CMS built and managed by a specialized team focused exclusively on the app, not the infrastructure. You can shop around and find the one that's ideal for your organization and industry. No compromises.
You can change your CMS at any time: If you're unhappy with the performance of your CMS, need a new feature, or experience a sudden price hike, you can quickly switch to an alternative. You're not tied down.
They're more resilient: Unlike monoliths, which have a single point of failure, microservices architectures can better handle fault isolation. One service can go down without dragging your CMS down with it. Bugs can be quarantined before they have a chance to wreak havoc.
They're scalable: Your CMS can be scaled up or down independently. It's far more cost-effective than scaling up your entire architecture, and it's future-proof.
Cons of a Microservices Architecture CMS:
They're hard to test: Tests have to be carried out on each service, and the services that it depends upon, separately.
It's hard to make changes across multiple services: Making changes to individual services, such as your CMS, is relatively easy, but making changes in bulk, across several services simultaneously, can be tricky.
3. Headless CMS
As we've discussed, with a legacy CMS like WordPress, the back end and front end are coupled (stuck together). If you're creating the same kind of content, for the same channel, over and over, then a coupled CMS will do the job just fine.
Looking for a list of headless CMS? Read the Full Guide Here.
But that's rarely the case in today's omnichannel world. Chances are, you'll be distributing your content through many different channels and devices - both on- and offline - thereby offering your customers a seamless, consistent experience across all touchpoints.
With a headless CMS, your frontend and backend layers are decoupled (separate). Your CMS does what it does best - content creation and storage - while you're free to use any number of specialist third-party SaaS providers to display your content through whichever medium you choose.
Pros of a Headless CMS:
They're agile: You can take advantage of new and disruptive content presentation options as they're released.
They're interchangeable: As the back end and front end (head) are connected via APIs, you can swap them out for an alternative if you need to.
They're device- and industry-agnostic: You can push content to websites, mobile apps, smart speakers, smartwatches, VR goggles. Anything's possible.
They're omnichannel: You can create a seamless customer experience across all touchpoints.
They promote content reuse: Content is stored centrally and can be reused multiple times to create something new, saving time, reducing proofing costs, increasing consistency, and improving content quality.
Cons of a Headless CMS:
They're technically demanding: Making content available to devices via an API requires the technical expertise of a front end developer.
They reduce marketer independence: Marketing has to rely more heavily on IT than if it were using WordPress.
They require a wide range of expertise: Each front end platform works differently and requires different skill sets.
4. Decoupled CMS
What does a decoupled WCM architecture really mean? It means the best of both worlds. It combines the adaptability of a headless CMS with the simplicity of a traditional one. Like headless, the front end and back end are decoupled. But unlike headless, the decoupling is not absolute.
The front-end delivery layer (website templates, pre-configured layouts, WYSIWYG editor, etc.) is there, as is the ability for headless content delivery. Developers can push content to websites, smartwatches, and other innovative technologies, while marketers have the tools they're familiar with. It's a win-win.
What's the difference between a Headless and Decoupled CMS? Read the Full Guide Here.
Pros of a Decoupled CMS:
Marketers are empowered: Marketers can publish content quickly and easily, without IT assistance.
Headless flexibility: When you decouple back end and front end, you reap all the benefits of headless (see above.)
Cons of a Decoupled CMS:
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About the Oregon Executive MBA
Why an Oregon Executive MBA?
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What Is an Executive MBA?
Executive MBA programs are designed for accomplished mid-to-senior managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who want to work full time while earning a graduate degree in twenty months, with the summer off. Executive MBA programs cater to midcareer professionals positioning themselves to move up the corporate ladder by deepening their already broad knowledge base, by sharpening their skills, and by tackling problems their organization will face in the coming years.
The Oregon Executive MBA Student Experience
The Oregon Executive MBA is a transformational experience that gives already accomplished professionals the confidence and skill to become successful leaders in today's complex and global business world. Collaborating with your cohort of talented peers and learning team is one aspect of the Oregon Executive MBA experience. Getting an insider perspective from leaders in business, government, and nonprofit organizations who visit the program is another aspect. Global Study trips, networking with other executive MBA students and alumni, and forging new bonds with unexpected contacts complete the package. The following are some of the key characteristics of the Oregon Executive MBA student experience.
At Oregon Executive MBA, we believe one word pervades our learning every day: Innovation. We promote innovation in students' core business knowledge, in the way they approach problems, and in the way they persuade others to join them in solving difficult business questions.
By viewing business education through this lens, each class is transformed into an exercise in how to do things differently from the norm. Our faculty are a combination of academic leaders from the University of Oregon and skilled practitioners who have worked at Oregon's most prominent and influential companies.
First-year courses concentrate on the groundwork essentials of marketing, finance, and statistics, while second-year courses focus on application, business problem analysis, and innovation. The combination of foundational knowledge and innovative thinking will transform the way you look at business—both old and new.
Cohort Experience
Ask any Oregon Executive MBA alum what they value most from the program, and they'll mention the faculty, the coursework, and the executive coaching. But undoubtedly, the most important aspect of the executive MBA experience is "the cohort"—the 40 to 55 executives on a journey of knowledge acquisition and personal growth.
The bonds students create with their peers in the classroom, on the global study trip, during team sessions, on Friday afternoons, and at study groups is a key part of what they take away. After graduating, our executive MBA alumni continue to rely on classmates—as well as faculty—for help in applying concepts learned in new ways. The cohort experience creates a rich environment for learning.
At the start of the program, each student becomes a member of a learning team of four to six. Oregon Executive MBA staff carefully construct the groups to include diverse—but complementary—professionals from a variety of organizations, industries, and functional areas. The objective is for each group to leverage the various strengths and frameworks of its members—and for the whole to be greater than the sum of its parts. Students join a new study team at the start of their second year in the program, thus increasing the number of close bonds they form during the program.
We've found that team projects allow students to delve more deeply into the subject matter while also allowing them to take on more complex assignments. Many of our students also discover that, in addition to the academic benefits of team work, they gain an amazing group of peers that can help support one another with regard to school, work, and home.
The Oregon Executive MBA has major benefits, but it is also a major commitment. Balancing work, family life, and an MBA program can be difficult to manage. However, executive MBA students at many different stages of life make the program work with their families, partners, and jobs.
Our program is designed for professionals with demanding schedules. The format minimizes time away from work and family by scheduling classes so that only eight hours per month overlap with the typical work week. If students are required to miss a class, all sessions are live-streamed for your convenience. Classes are offered twice a month on consecutive Fridays and Saturdays. Friday classes begin at 1:00 p.m. with an 8:00 p.m. finish. Saturday classes during both years begin at 8:00 a.m. and finish at 5:00 p.m.
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Most of our students have partners and children at home and we are happy to arrange for executive MBA applicants to talk with a student who has similar family responsibilities. They will share how they make it work. We also encourage interested individuals to bring partners with them to an information session to learn more.
To make life easier for our busy executive students, our staff takes care of the details behind the scenes. They are always responsive and accessible.
Students at the Oregon Executive MBA don't wait until graduation to apply concepts and ideas from class to their jobs—they do so from the earliest days in and throughout the twenty-month program.
Our students report that what they learn on Fridays and Saturdays is put to use immediately when they return to work on Monday, translating into an immediate return on investment for them and their employers. Each year, more than half our students see positive career movement—promotions or moves to new organizations—while still in school. More than 65 percent of our most recent graduating class saw at least one career change during their time with the program.
The Oregon Executive MBA experience also extends outside of class. The following are some of the hallmark activities that further contribute to the program's value:
Executive Immersion: The twenty-month program begins with a required multi-day Executive Immersion at the program's facility in Portland and at the University of Oregon in Eugene. This enables incoming students to gain a firm grounding in the basics of business school while building relationships with their cohort and team
Global Study Trip: The Oregon Executive MBA offers an extraordinary opportunity to visit businesses overseas and meet executives doing business on a global scale. Students spend approximately ten days abroad working closely with companies on real-life case studies, touring facilities, experiencing new cultures, and meeting with executives from all over the world. Previous destinations have included Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Fiji, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Iceland, among others.
Class Networking: Students have plenty of opportunities to network with the other cohort in residence at the Oregon Executive MBA through social events and social media.
Career Resources: Facilitate your professional advancement with customized career coaching, including resume evaluation and practice interviews, along with up to four executive coaching sessions.
Alumni Events: Throughout the year, the Oregon Executive MBA Alumni Association hosts events, including alumni socials, networking events, and on-site explorations of the region's business scene.
If you're eager to explore the expanded perspective and range of opportunities the Oregon Executive MBA offers, we invite you to register for an information session and tour of our facility.


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Home > GENERAL > Forensic > DNA and Forensic Science
The double helix that represent the personal information in human genetics.
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Nearly two decades ago, the general public found the word or acronym of DNA is a strange term in their lives. There are only a few groups of people that have been exposed to this term and know about it. The term of DNA is becoming popular in Malaysia due to a trial of a high profile case in the court of justice in late 90s.
To date, various descriptions and exposures on DNA in printed media and even electronic increase the knowledge of the members of the community about DNA.
Introduction to DNA
DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is the key components of life. It contains sets of biological instruction that make up the personality of the individual. This information was passed on from generation to generation through the reproductive development. (National Institute of Health, 2013).
All life on this earth has a unique DNA pattern: to make a man's man and a tiger is a tiger.
A human would have a complete set of chromosomal DNA derived from his mother and father. It is a set of 23 pairs, each of which is from the mother and the father makes the total number of 46 sets of chromosomes. (American Prosecutors Research Institute, 2003).
These sets of chromosomes are lined by millions of information about his life as a man. This information is known as genes. Examples of such genes are can be detected in a form of variation eye colour or nose. (American Prosecutors Research Institute, 2003).
Where is the DNA in the body?
Do you know where we can find DNA in our body?
DNA can be found in the nucleus. It is located in the nucleus of cells that form the tissues and organs of the body. Apart from the cell, DNA is also available in the mitochondria.
What are examples of cells with the DNA chain?
DNA can be found in every cell as below except red blood cell:
Sperms
Vaginal secretions
Ear's wax
Hair roots
It can also be obtained from organs such as the heart and liver, and muscle tissue of the skin.
In an ordinary circumstance, the DNA will be extracted from the nucleus and analysed to obtain it sequence for comparison. However, in cases involving decomposed bodies or where the sample is too small, mitochondrial DNA is more appropriate compared with nucleus DNA.
A relationship between cell and nucleus in human body.
Source: http://ocw.mit.edu/
Applications of DNA in Forensic Science
After the successful attempts in revealing the mystery behind the human DNA and its sequences, scientist learnt that DNA is a unique characteristic in the variation of life. The DNA technology is then applied into the forensic investigations. In most cases, the use of DNA is to identify the unknown identity for a decomposed body such as in a case of mass disaster. Besides that, it is also use to ensure the identity of a questioned baby in maternity or paternity testing.
When presenting a DNA related case in court of law, there are a few steps need to be followed by the scientist. These steps are as follows (American Prosecutors Research Institute, 2003):
Identify the genetic profiling of the biological samples obtained from the scene (for example, sperm remains in the incidence of rape)
Identify the genetic profiling of the biological sample obtained from the suspect.
Make comparison between the two profiles (1 and 2) for the similarity or dissimilarity.
Calculate the statistical probability in a population for a random individual genetic profiling to have such profile as collected from the scene.
Then, the prosecutor could use this information's for the trial. Such information helps the court in determining the offender.
How a DNA profiling helps the investigation?
Apart from determining the probability of the similarity of the genetic profiles found at the scene and of the victim, DNA profiling is able to answer some other questions. Question such as 'where is the DNA sample found' and 'what type of DNA sample found' could help the investigators narrow down the scope of investigation (American Prosecutors Research Institute, 2003).
A woman claimed to be raped in a car belonging to a suspect. The victim's DNA was found in the car seat altogether with the suspect's DNA sample. The evidence gives a correlation between the woman and the suspect in the car, as stated by the victim.
A seminal stain was found in the victim's vagina. The seminal stain is similar to the suspect's DNA profile. Therefore, it gives the impression that there could be a sexual intercourse between them.
If in the victim's testimony stating that she had scratched the suspect's face; the suspect's DNA could be found in the victim's fingernails.
American Prosecutors Research Institute. (2003, 11). forensic dna fundamentals. Retrieved 06 22, 2013, from http://www.ndaa.org: http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/forensic_dna_fundamentals.pdf
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications et al. (2013, 06 17). Genetic Home Reference. Retrieved 06 21, 2013, from http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/basics.pdf
National Institute of Health. (2013, 06 13). National Human Genome Research Institute. Retrieved 06 21, 2013, from http://www.genome.gov: http://www.genome.gov/25520880
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My favorite colleague Greg Caplan and I are heading out to the annual conference for the Mile High SHRM chapter in Denver. This is one of the biggest HR events in Colorado and the Mile High SHRM chapter is huge (they're expecting over 500 people!). They have a ton of members, so I think it goes without saying that Coloradans take HR very seriously.
This year's theme is "HR Unplugged: Amplify Yourself." Other than the sheer size of Mile High SHRM, the theme is another reason Jobvite decided to attend. Jobvite sales and customer support staff are on the road all year long, talking to HR and recruiting professionals about their business challenges. One of the biggest complaints we hear is: "I need more resources!" Based on this recurring theme that we're seeing, we feel like the "Amplify Yourself" theme is spot-on.
They've also got a killer keynote speaker in Mark Sanborn – he's the author of the best-selling The Fred Factor: How Passion In Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary. I'm really pumped for this event and can't wait to get out there to learn more about the creative ways that HR professionals in Colorado are solving this resources dilemma. Jobvite's recruiting platform is solely focused on solving this resources dilemma. Stop by our booth to see a demo and learn more. Finally, on a personal note, I'm a proud CU graduate and looking forward to heading back to my old stomping grounds – Go Buffs!


350 Artists/24 Locations/1500 attended last year!
Sat. April 9th, 7-11pm (all ages/by donation).
Then stay for the Arty Lounge After-Party, 11-2am (19+).
Celebrating it's 10th Anniversary year! Discover your Waterfront District in this downtown-wide Nuit Blanche-like event. Experience Thunder Bay transformed by multi-sensory art and unparalleled live performances!
Featuring works by 350 regional, national & international visual/multidisciplinary artists at 24 downtown locations, including DefSup, commercial spaces, art galleries, artist studios, and empty spaces transformed into new venues. One of the largest presentations of visual & media arts, unique to Thunder Bay, with over 15,000 sq.ft. of combined exhibition spaces! See "Wearable Art" in window spaces, 7 live bands & DJ's, world dance, fire & glow spinning street performances, film screenings, drag & hip hop dance performances, video projections, street art, fringe theatre/music, and enjoy catered refreshments by Sweet Escape Cake Cafe & Bakery, Sushi Bowl, The Sweet North Bakery and so much more! Start at DefSup [250 Park Ave.], pick up your Art Map and let Performative Tour Guides show you the way! You never know what you'll see downtown! Missed the Gala Opening and all the swishy fun? No worries…exhibitions continue: Sun. April 10th- Tues. April 12th, 12-6pm.
At DefSup, see critically acclaimed national/international artists: Michael Belmore-Boundless-(Ottawa), Amilie Atkins-Three Minute Miracle-(Saskatoon), Dr. Chaudhuri Art Collection-featuring 32 acclaimed artists!
New Temporary Art Galleries: Tomlinson Block, McKitrick Law Firm-Callon Bldg. & former Eaton's Bldg. Featuring works by: L.U Visual Art Students, DefSup Members, Die Active/Neechee Studio/Invisible Ink (New Generation Art Collectives), Confederation College Film Student Works, Bay Street Film Festival, Independent Film Works- Michelle Derosier & more, Multi-Media Projections and Art Performances.
Commercial Galleries/Spaces: Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, Chenier Fine Arts, Local Colour Art Gallery, Gallery 33/Painted Turtle, Sweet North Bakery, Espresso Joya, Flashback Photo (free Social Media Portraits just for you!). The Walleye, Perfect Fit Lingerie, Superior Vapes, Hide 5 Leather, Lucy Nova and Artist Studios in the Ruttan & Tomlinson BLK- Satellite Studio Artist Collective, Sam Shahsahabi.
-Visiting Artist Talk by Michael Belmore at 7:30pm @ DefSup. First tours of the evening, leave the gallery shortly thereafter. You can join or leave a tour anytime during the Opening.
-Wearable Art Window Performances at: Hill City Comics, Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, Mars.Clothing, The Loop and the McKitrick-Callon Bldg.
-Flamenco & Bhangra (East Indian) dance by World Dance Centre, fringe theatre/music by ShamanZen by Elliott Doxtater-Wynn, persian-themed art+window performance by Betty Carpick, film screenings, video projections, street art, catered refreshments by Sweet Escape Cake Cafe & Bakery, Sushi Bowl, The Sweet North Bakery & more!
– Doran (dj) w/ video mapping projections by Illuminate.
19+*ID required; After-Party Location listed in Art Map- pickup at DefSup 7-11pm.
-MDM Developers, former Eaton's Bldg. (showcase window-corner of Red River Rd. & Court St.) Media Sponsors: The Walleye – Thunder Bay's Arts & Culture Magazine, The Chronicle Journal, LU Radio – CILU 102.7 FM, TBshows.com.
Definitely Superior Art Gallery – Ontario Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts: Laureate Winner-2013 & Finalist-2010/2011/2013 Thunder Bay & Northwestern Ontario's non-profit/charitable Artist-Run Centre for the Multi-Disciplinary Contemporary Arts ? Funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, City of Thunder Bay~Cultural Services, and the generous, arts-supportive people of Thunder Bay.


This rugged 3/8" thick (9mm) phenolic insert plate is designed to provide a solid, flat, and perfectly level mounting surface for your router. Measuring 91/4" x 113/4" (235mm x 298mm), it will accept almost any router (even large, heavy models) with ease.
The plate is equipped with our Level-Loc Reducing Rings that allow you to easily change the size of the opening around the router bit. These rings simply twist into place using an included ring wrench to lock in level and flush with the plate surface. The plate comes with three Level-Loc Rings: 1" (25mm), 13/16" (30mm) for use with universal-style guide bushings, and 25/8" (67mm).
Undrilled: This plate comes without any predrilled mounting holes. Alignment marks engraved on the underside make it easy to center and mount any router using the detailed instructions that are included with the plate.
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