10 years ago, I ran my first beer mile. It was awful.
I met up with a local Milwaukee-area chapter of a worldwide group called the Hash House Harriers. Official tagline: A drinking group with a running problem. It's safe to say they aren't mainstream.
I wanted to puke after completing the four-lap, four-beer, 1-mile race. At the time I had no idea that anyone else would ever want to try something so masochistic.
Against my better judgment, I've since then completed additional beer miles and whittled my time down to 6:26. I've even been quoted in Competitor magazine for my beer mile acumen.
Now Olympians and NCAA champions are getting into it.
The latest sensation is Canadian James Nielsen, a two-time NCAA 5,000-meters champion, who shattered the world record with a 4:57 beer mile over the weekend while his wife documented it for YouTube. The video currently has 170,000 views and counting.
His feat was covered by Deadspin, Bleacher Report, Flotrack and countless other sites.
Previously, the beer mile went viral and made TMZ when former beer mile record holder and Olympian Nick Symmonds tried (but missed) breaking the 5 minute barrier. Australian Josh Harris has also run an unofficial beer mile time of 5:02.
Given how this spread over the web, has the beer mile has official reached the tipping point of mainstream popularity? Agree or disagree? And if so, what's the next frontier for the beer mile?
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Absalom, Absalom!
Thomas Sutpen
About Absalom, Absalom!
Quentin Compson
Mr. Compson
Shreve Mccannon
Henry Sutpen
Charles Bon
William Faulkner Biography
Structure and Meaning through Narration
Story as Myth in Faulkner's Work
William Faulkner's Writing Style
Character Analysis Thomas Sutpen
The motivating force in Sutpen's life is the design which he conceived to placate the insult to him at age fourteen. A central paradox to his character is that his own design collapsed because of Sutpen's constant insults to others and his own disregard for all ethical values. His devotion to his design borders on a monomania which determines and controls his every action. The great paradox in the conception of the design and in Sutpen's character is that the design was conceived when the young Sutpen was insulted as the result of a strict caste system; yet the design itself is constructed so as to embrace that very caste system which caused Sutpen's rejection.
Sutpen's presentation is by circumlocution. We seldom see inside his mind; thus, we must draw conclusions about him partly from how others view him. Basically, to bring the design to fruition required a man of colossal strength. Therefore, Sutpen is viewed by all the characters in the novel as being a person of strong determination, ruthless energy, and as a man who towers over his contemporaries and holds most men in contempt. He is worshipped by people like Wash Jones and his granddaughter, he is feared by people like Goodhue Coldfield and the townspeople, and he is hated by Miss Rosa. But he is admired by his soldiers under his command. Later, to Mr. Compson and to Quentin, Sutpen represents the epitome of those qualities needed to succeed against overwhelming odds. For Mr. Compson, he stood as proof that man, however strong, could not control his own destiny. But for Quentin, he represented both the virtues and defects of the entire Southern culture.
Since Sutpen possessed all the strength and determination to complete his design, we must ask how it failed. What was his "tragic flaw" which brought about the collapse of the design and his own downfall? The failure was the result of Sutpen's innocence; that is, Sutpen's view of life was not complex, and both the success and failure of his design may be partially accounted for by his naive or innocent disregard of ethical modes of behavior; however, other factors also contributed to the collapse of the design.
Part of the collapse must also be attributed to Sutpen's failure to recognize that there are some things that cannot be accomplished by sheer force of will. Likewise, the collapse results from Sutpen's perverted sense of justice, which was not tempered by a moral sense. His obsession with the completion of his design blinds him to ethical or humanitarian behavior. As his design became a mechanical force which replaced all humanistic values, Sutpen became its victim rather than its master. Sutpen felt that in order to be true to himself, he must be true to his design and bring about its completion at all cost. Thus, he perverts the original intent of his design until it becomes an overpowering obsession which causes him to recognize no deviations from his course and forces him to disregard the demands of humanity.
But Sutpen's major crime is that of refusing to recognize his son, Charles Bon. It is somewhat ironical that the completion of the design had become such an obsession to Sutpen that the original purpose of the design was either obscured or completely obliterated. In rejecting his son, Sutpen seems to have forgotten his original anguish when he was rejected. Faulkner, therefore, represents Sutpen's failure by centering the story on the father's relation to (or rejection of) his son; Sutpen's rejection as a boy brought about the design itself, and Sutpen's rejecting his son Charles causes the failure of the design.
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The Brand-New, Full-Throated Adventures of Reginald D Hunter
Comedy (stand-up)
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Reginald D Hunter returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new show. For over 20 years his searingly honest material has garnered a cross-generational fan base. TV appearances have included Have I Got News for You? and two series of BBC Two's hugely popular Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South and Songs of the Border, documenting Reginald's epic road trip through American popular song. 'Compelling onstage charisma… a towering presence in absolute control' **** (Evening Standard). 'Arguably the most accomplished act in the comedy section of your Fringe brochure' (Scotsman).
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The Wee Review (3/5 stars) 138 days ago
It's been a rough few years, confesses Hunter near the top of this hour. By the sound of it, excess and the pressures of middle age have got to him, most publicly when an incident with 'tequila and a shower' led to him performing the Fringe in a wheelchair a...
Voice Magazine (4/5 stars) 151 days ago
There is a reason why Hunter is considered a legend in the comedy circuit, and you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't go and see him
The Telegraph (3/5 stars) 157 days ago
As ever, he treads a precarious tightrope between saying the unsayable (about race, the n-word, the sexual divide) and coming across as a decent cove, using his nationality and ethnicity to make observations that a white Briton couldn't and wouldn't.
The Student Newspaper (4/5 stars) 157 days ago
Reginald D Hunter has become known for both his stand-up and BBC panel show appearances. He delivers a show that is entertaining, and while a little close to the line, it is clear he is at ease with toeing that line. His show consists of short sections, each with its own main set-up and punchline, as well as one-liners scattered throughout. Hunter does what he sets out to do, performing a show that is thought-provoking, funny, and shocking.


// I mentioned 're-packing' my suitcase because today my family and I, along with one of Carson's best friends are heading to Little Saint Simon's Island for the week!!!! To say I am excited about this trip would be a huge understatement! Todd and I have been dying to take the kids here every since our trip last summer. So, when the opportunity came about for our family to be the new faces on their website and shoot a few videos with them, you better believe we said YES!!! I'll be sure to take a lot of pictures on Instagram while we are there this week!
The photos below were taken by Cassie Wright who will be shooting us while we are there. Her photography is amazing so I am super excited!
// By Sunday morning I was so ready to get home and see these sweet faces! Todd took them back home to the farm to visit his parents. As you can see from the pictures, they were having a blast!
// And last, I know a few of you have left comments about your liketoknowit not working, so here are the details of a few outfits that I recently shared on Instagram!
This dress runs tts but short. For reference, I am wearing the 0 regular.
Wow, crazy jealous you are headed back to LSSI!!!


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No More Tinkering
If you're not seriously alarmed by the form of Swansea City at the moment then you definitely should be. Two points from the last ten games isn't just relegation form, its complete humiliation. This club looks in serious danger of sliding into the Championship with a whimper and arresting that slide looks a mighty task.
Leicester City (a) preview
After a comfortable victory at Peterborough in the League Cup, the Swans return to league action on Saturday with a visit to the King Power to face champions Leicester City. Here's our preview…
Hull City preview
This Saturday sees league football return to the Liberty Stadium with Hull City visiting south Wales. It's also the day you can can your hands on Swansea oh Swansea issue 37.
But first, here's our preview…
To say it's been an interesting summer in south Wales would be a bit of an understatement as Swansea City prepare for their 6th consecutive season of Premier League football. We've waved goodbye to a clutch of players, namely our legendary skipper, while we've welcomed some new faces including two new strikers, one of which for a record-breaking fee.


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Editorial | Sex in schools
Published:Saturday | July 13, 2019 | 12:00 AM
The entrance to Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.
Sexual abuse in schools has been widely discussed in recent weeks. The insistent voice of an alleged victim of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts has caused society to sit up and listen.
Even though sexual abuse of women and children is not new to Jamaica and is experienced in many other countries, one victim has placed the issue on the front burner. Reliable data are hard to come by, but there is enough anecdotal evidence to suggest that sexual abuse in schools, as in society more broadly, is nearing alarming levels.
For example, we have the word of commander of the Westmoreland Police Division, Superintendent Gary McKenzie, that rape is rampant in the parish, with particular concern on sexual offences against underage girls.
The Ministry of Education, which is already mired in controversy, must share some of the blame. First, the ministry's practice of approving connected, but not necessarily competent, persons to serve on school boards should come to an end.
Then the ministry should create mandatory reporting protocols for complaints of sexual misconduct in schools.
Sexual education should also be compulsory so that everyone can readily recognise predatory behaviour and report it through the proper channels.
It takes courage for a child to make such reports, bearing in mind the possible repercussions, so it is important that complaints are taken seriously and are thoroughly investigated.
Appointment to school boards ought not to be a bouquet for party faithful. These positions should be reserved for civic-minded persons of integrity who are keen on ensuring that the school is a safe environment for teachers, students and everyone else who operate in that space.
Parents and guardians also have a huge part to play in helping to disrupt and punish the activities of these deviants. It begins with listening to the voices of children. The situation can only become worse if children are made out to be liars or ignored when they try to communicate unwanted attention and abuse by others. Sexual abuse and assault are a present danger for today's students and many are made to feel unsafe at school.
Misguided school administrators, like those in many other institutions, often cover up criminal behaviour to the detriment of the victim who must suffer in silence. Sexual assault is a criminal offence and the perpetrators should be punished. But schools first have to acknowledge that the problem exists and be courageous in dealing with it.
Voice of condemnation
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) should come out in a clear and unequivocal voice to condemn those members who have been found guilty of sexual misconduct. The JTA needs to constantly remind teachers of their role as protectors of their charges.
Schools ought to be safe communities. The global #MeToo movement against sexual predators has revealed something rather disturbing: that sexual harassment and abuse are commonplace in society and involves religious leaders, teachers, politicians, actors and other authority figures.
The Ministry of Education and the nation's teachers should acknowledge the problem by updating the curriculum to include lessons about relationships, definitions of sexual harassment, assault, rape and sex trafficking.
All of this should take place while the nation waits for the passage of the sexual harassment bill which has been tabled– not for the first time – in the House of Representatives.
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Having come back from being 2-0 down to draw 3-3 with Wool and Winfrith when we played them in the league a few weeks ago confidence was high going into this league cup game.
Wool thought they'd taken the upper hand when they won the coin toss and changed ends, meaning they'd get to attack downhill in the second half. By contrast to the last couple of weeks the Stones started extremely well, keeping the ball well and putting Wool under good pressure when they didn't have it. This bright start was rewarded just 6 minutes into the game when a big kick from keeper George cleared the Wool defensive line putting Sam through on goal, who stayed calm and dribbled into the 18 yard box before cooly slotting the ball across the keeper with his weaker foot to give George his second assist of the season. Wool began to grow into the game after this however Broadstone defended extremely well as a team, with Ollie protecting the back 4 brilliantly. Wool did however force 2 saves from George during the half, he clawed a cross off of the line directly from a corner with a strong right hand, and then he pulled off a contender for save of the season so far; Wool shot from the keepers right from the edge of the box, the ball was destined for George's top left corner until he flew across the goal and tipped the ball around the post with his equally strong left hand. Shortly after this new signing Alfie came off of the bench and instantly added a new dimension to our attack, with quick feet and good vision for a pass Broadstone began to create more chances. One of these forced the Wool keeper to come out of his box to clear a clever through ball, his clearance however fell to Alfie around 25 yards out, who took a touch and then shot around the keeper, finishing into the bottom left corner. We knew getting ahead whilst shooting downhill would be important and Joseph did a good job of finishing this off 1 minute before half time. Again Alfie was involved, having dribbled the ball to the bi-line, his cut back found Joseph around 6 yards out from goal. Despite being under high pressure from defenders Joseph took a couple of touches to create space for himself and then smashed the ball into the top right corner. Half time, 3-0 up.
During the half time team talk it was clear the lads understood that the defensive job this half would be difficult, with Wool having nothing to lose. Wool's intentions were obvious after 5 miuntes, with them looking for through balls along the ground and over our defence very often. However Broadstone gave one of their best defensive performances of the season, dealing with everything Wool threw at them brilliantly. We also created chances ourselves, but with fewer players in support as they were working so hard defensively, we struggled to really test the keeper. With 5 minutes left of the game George made his only real save of the half, pulling off a 'Wayne Hawes special', firstly attempting to save a low close range effort with his feet, but when the ball slipped through he was quick to collapse on the ball before it trickled over the line.
A very well deserved win for the U11 Colts, really backing up their individual improvements with such a good team performance, working very well together all over the pitch.


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Dancing in a minefield
Sarah Wildor and Adam Cooper, one of ballet's most beautiful couples, fail to avoid explosive topics as they tell Ismene Brown about life since Wildor resigned from the Royal Ballet
29 March 2002 • 00:00 am
Getting in costume: Sarah Wildor and Adam Cooper
'ANYONE FOR A BISCUIT?" It is that oh so English event, tea, that I am having with Sarah Wildor and Adam Cooper, two of the brightest (former) Royal Ballet stars, and they have decided that whenever a question leads into a minefield, the cry will go up: "Biscuits, anyone?"
Since there are minefields all around any discussion of their lives nowadays, we soon find ourselves needing a second plateful.
For Wildor, the biscuits are necessary in any debriefing about her sudden departure from the Royal Ballet last autumn as its new director, Ross Stretton, settled into his chair. For Cooper, it's the fate of his planned production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses that may lead into explosive areas.
They sit there among the tea-cups, blonde, exceptionally good-looking, 18 months married. Cooper, 30, became a world star on his startling appearance as the Swan in Matthew Bourne's renowned rewrite of Swan Lake. The actress Emma Thompson said when she saw him on Broadway that she wanted to lick his feather breeches, and women worldwide knew exactly how she felt.
Wildor's luminous beauty alone would have singled her out of the Royal Ballet's cohorts of leading ladies - ash-blondes are few and far between - but more than that, she has a magnetic dramatic charisma, almost indecently alluring in someone who at first sight looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth. And then, last September, she "resigned".
Her statement was one of those bland "I feel that a change of direction would be of benefit to me as an artist" ones. It was written for her by management and she was obliged to accept it. "Isn't it a marvellously vague statement?" she muses. "I think it was right, in that this is west, so go east. Anyone for a biscuit?"
Pressed, she explains that although she was a principal, she had no leading performances scheduled. "If I'd stayed, I would have turned into a nasty, bitter person. So instead of staying and whingeing, I thought, I'm the only person who can make things happen for me, so I'll take the bull by the horns. And I resigned."
"And Stretton accepted," chimes in Cooper.
"He readily accepted," Wildor agrees.
The months since then have been "80 per cent excited, and 20 per cent scared". She had spent most of her life inside the Royal Ballet school and company, from the age of 11 to 29, becoming a specialist in the witty, musical, well-mannered ballets of Frederick Ashton, yet with a disturbing sexual power in the more torrid female roles of Kenneth MacMillan.
But as we talked, she and Cooper were about to fly to Japan to star in a MacMillan festival. Now it's Scottish Ballet who have had the nous to snap up this quicksilver ballerina for Ashton's amorous comedy The Two Pigeons, which previews tonight in Glasgow and tours Scotland. She and Cooper had hoped to be in it together - they were asked, and they would have loved to dance this tender romance, with its delicious pas de deux in which two live pigeons flutter around them. But Cooper had other commitments.
He has been choreographing a new production of On Your Toes, the 1936 Rodgers and Hart musical, in which he also stars as the American professor who finds himself in a Russian ballet company, pursued by gangsters. This is at the Leicester Haymarket, and if it goes well, he may return to the London West End, which he lit up with Bourne's Swan Lake and Cinderella in the Nineties. Strangely, at the Royal Ballet he and his wife were only once cast to dance together, and it was Bourne's Cinderella that united them in roles that showed their romantic empathy.
Another plan to dance together has also been frustrated. Cooper has been preparing a dance version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with Wildor alongside him. But the producer, Katharine Dore, co-founder of Adventures in Motion Pictures with Matthew Bourne - with whom she has since parted company - pulled out. "Biscuits, biscuits," calls Cooper.
Life as a freelance is complicated, he admits. He was anxious when Wildor told him she would leave the Royal Ballet. "But talking it through, it was obvious that she was going to be happier out of it." As he has since been starring in the Royal Ballet's Onegin this season, he has found it "weird" to walk into the Opera House when she was no longer there.
"I was mainly worried that financially we would be all right if I left," amplifies Wildor. "When Adam left the Royal Ballet, he had been miserable for some time, and the change was so great in him when he left that it was an eye-opener. I think I was enjoying being in that institution, being blinkered but secure. Now I feel differently about the idea of security."
Doors are opening for her. After Scottish Ballet, she may dance MacMillan's courtesan, Manon, with the Mexico Ballet - a role in which she is sensational - and next autumn she will show her witty classical style in English National Ballet's new production of The Nutcracker, alongside Irek Mukhamedov, another great artist who left the Royal when Stretton took over. Mukhamedov has a feature role in Cooper's On Your Toes.
For Cooper, the future combines dancing and choreography. After On Your Toes, he goes to Stockholm to choreograph a musical about Greta Garbo. Come autumn, if On Your Toes does not flourish, he may appear as the death-obsessed hero of the Royal Ballet's Mayerling.
And then there is Liaisons simmering, for which Philip Feeney has almost completed the music and Lez Brotherston the designs. For Wildor and Cooper, clearly, there is life outside the Royal Ballet. And yet, as their old company takes on a more internationalist hue, they worry about its losing touch with its native masters, Ashton and MacMillan. She, in particular, had a reputation as a specially "English" ballerina, an almost dormant breed now. "Practically every debut I did I was coached by Anthony Dowell or Antoinette Sibley or Lynn Seymour," she explains, listing the elite of British ballet stars. "I must be the luckiest girl in the world - who else gets to say that?"
I put it to her that this makes her an exceptional repository of knowledge, a guardian of secrets of the "English" way that led the world for so long. She agrees that the new foreign stars at the Royal Ballet are fine.
"But you want to feel proud of the Brits, because they're bloody marvellous, too," she says. "Another biscuit?"
Scottish Ballet's 'Two Pigeons' is at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (0131 529 6000), Wed-next Sat, then tours Scotland. 'On Your Toes' is at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester (0116 253 9797), May 3-25
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John P. White
Dr. John P. White is on the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and is Faculty Chair of the School's Middle East Initiative.[1]
"Dr. White has held several senior federal government positions during his career, including U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1995 to 1997, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1978 to 1981 and Assistant Secretary of Defense, Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics, from 1977 to 1978. Prior to his most recent government service, Dr. White was the Director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University and the Chairman of the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces.[2]
"Dr. White also has extensive private sector experience, having served as Chairman and CEO of Interactive Systems Corporation from 1981 to 1988 and, following its sale to the Eastman Kodak Company in 1988, as General Manager of the Integration and Systems Products Division and a Vice President of Kodak until 1992. He spent nine years with The RAND Corporation where he was the Senior Vice President for National Security Research Programs and a member of the Board of Trustees. White is currently a Senior Partner of Global Technology Partners, LLC, which specializes in consulting and private equity investments for technology, defense, aerospace and related businesses worldwide.[3]
"He serves as a director of Wang Government Services, IRG International, and the Institute for Defense Analyses, as well as the Concord Coalition and Center for Excellence in Government. He is a member of the Global Advisory Committee of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. He serves as the chairman of the Research Advisory Board of the Committee for Economic Development. He is also a Senior Fellow at The RAND Corporation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. White received a B.S. from Cornell University and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University."[4]
Trustee, Council for Excellence in Government
Director, Belfer Center
Director, Center for a New American Security [1]
↑ Board of Directors, Center for a New American Security, accessed January 14, 2011.
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Shocking new threat to web freedom
The UK government wants to give itself dangerous new powers to protect copyright
Guy Aitchison
Peter Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill now in Parliament to give the Secretary of State power to amend copyright law by statutory instrument, effectively allowing he and his successors to do anything, without parliamentary approval or debate, provided it is done in the name of protecting copyright.
Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing has the details:
What that means is that an unelected official would have the power to do anything without Parliamentary oversight or debate, provided it was done in the name of protecting copyright. Mandelson elaborates on this, giving three reasons for his proposal:
1. The Secretary of State would get the power to create new remedies for online infringements (for example, he could create jail terms for file-sharing, or create a "three-strikes" plan that costs entire families their internet access if any member stands accused of infringement)
2. The Secretary of State would get the power to create procedures to "confer rights" for the purposes of protecting rightsholders from online infringement. (for example, record labels and movie studios can be given investigative and enforcement powers that allow them to compel ISPs, libraries, companies and schools to turn over personal information about Internet users, and to order those companies to disconnect users, remove websites, block URLs, etc)
3. The Secretary of State would get the power to "impose such duties, powers or functions on any person as may be specified in connection with facilitating online infringement" (for example, ISPs could be forced to spy on their users, or to have copyright lawyers examine every piece of user-generated content before it goes live; also, copyright "militias" can be formed with the power to police copyright on the web)


Haven't seen this question posted here... anyone who is non-eating or has greatly minimised solid/liquid intake, are you having any challenges with your teeth?
I'm noticing some cracks in the enamel of my two front upper teeth; also a bit of tooth has broken off on one of my lower front teeth, and the nerve is minutely exposed. Interesting, in that there's no pain, even when flossing or brushing.
I haven't oil pulled for a while - I was using coconut oil, and just got out of the habit of it. Does the possibility exist that I can reverse or stop whatever's going on, by upping the bacteria elimination from my mouth?
Do you actually eat or drink something?
If yes, what kind of food and/or drinking is it?
Maybe in case of non-eating/drinking, it´s lack of prana?!
I myself eat & drink actually normal, and I had had only a dryfast for 6,5 days, where I hadn´t experienced any problems with my teeths.
What I can say, is, that pain in the teeth area goes away by itself, if I avoid acid making food/drinking, especially sugar and so on.
My drinking is around 2 cups of liquid a day; eating is extremely minimal... right now there are fresh figs on our trees, and I'm eating some of them every day. Otherwise, that's it. There's no acidic anything going into my mouth -- I clean my teeth with baking soda, in addition. My bone density tests come back strong, so it doesn't seem like a calcium deficiency... which is why I'm questioning what this could be about, and how to reverse or at least contain this challenge. There's no pain, thank goodness... I'm hoping someone on this journey might have had something like this going on and have some advice on what to do.


How to prevent the risk of short-circuiting the phone charger?
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The need to buy an original charger. In a mobile phone store, the owner came up with a mobile phone charger that is unbranded, uncertified, and has no instructions. When the reporter questioned its security function, the store owner simply said, "If you are afraid of an accident, you will buy the original charger. The cheap things must have cheap reasons.
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Witnessing crisis
Witnessing is one of the issues in crisis management. In a crisis different people witness the same thing in very different ways, and one person will say, 'there is a major flood in my street', while another persons says, 'oh it's not that bad, it is puddle, it will go down'.
So both people call the emergency services and who do you believe? And where is that input taken and how is it dealt with? This is a huge problem. One solution is to base this on reputation: if a policeman calls, and says there's a serious flood in the neighbourhood, it tends to be taken more seriously than when a random citizen calls saying 'there is a huge flood in my backyard'.
Perception of the outcome of a disaster is a second issue in crisis management. Quillinan elaborates on several examples he knows. For example schools officially are not evacuated by the state anymore. So if your children are at school you're expected to go and get them. But people have very strong perceptions of children. If you let a school flood and all the children die, that would be very bad. And you can imagine the government failing and falling because of that. Ethical positions in crisis management seem to be mostly defined by political perception, Quillinan finds. Even though the ethical position might be to save as many people as possible, it's actually to save as many of the right people as possible. But defining who is worth saving or not is a very dangerous thing to do.
Caroline Nevejan - Amsterdaam, 27th of April 2009: Thomas Quillinan is one of the colleagues at the Intelligent…
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The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has disbursed a budget support of 600 million dollars to Nigerian government when the country faced economic recession.
She said this at the commissioning of the bank's complex on Thursday in Abuja. She said that AfDB-Nigeria Country Office over the years, under past and current leadership, had maintained an appreciable level of co-operation and collaborative engagement with the Federal Ministry of Finance.
She said that the improved relationship had led to an all-time high portfolio level of close to six billion dollars spread over 73 projects across other private sector. She said that the bank had made Nigeria the first regional member country to host the bank-owned office complex.
Adeosun said that the AfDB's one billion dollars budget support loan, for which the country had drawn only 600 million dollars, came at the right time. She said the bank provided the lifeline at the time that it was difficult to secure budget support loan from anywhere, as the country struggled with the 2015 to 2016 economic recession.
According to her, about three months ago, the World Bank adjudged Nigeria to be one of the 10 most improved economies in the world in 2017, with regards to ease of doing business and investment climate.
The minister said that Nigeria, in particular, needed the AfDB and its programme of the High Five's, which encompassed investing more in infrastructure, agriculture, education, healthcare and increased access to affordable energy and water. She said that the programmes of High Five's favoured pro-poor growth and inclusive development, both of which were desperately needed on the continent.
Adeosun said that, in the area of addressing inequality, Nigeria had been much more creative about fostering the right kind of inclusive economic growth and human capital development. She said that with the continuing support of AfDB and indeed other partners, Nigeria would be made a more prosperous and inclusive country.
The President AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, said that the new complex was the first that the bank had built outside its headquarters in Abijan, since inception in 1964.
He said that Nigeria was the largest shareholder of the bank, and that the relationship between the bank and Nigeria was stable and dependable. According to him, the bank is not a fair whether partner; "we were there when it matter most, a partner in time of need is a partner indeed.
$600m budget support to FG Akinwumi Adesina Kemi Adeosun Minister of Finance President AfDB	2018-01-18


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Pope to write to Irish Catholics about 'shameful' clerical sex abuse
Benedict to promise concrete actions to prevent repeat of long-term abuse but victims demand visit and apology
The pope greets Cardinal Sean Brady of Ireland at the Vatican on Monday. Benedict XVI met senior Irish clergy today to discuss a response to the Murphy report on clerical sex abuse. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP
Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent, Fiona Winward and Henry McDonald in Rome
Fri 11 Dec 2009 13.27 EST
Pope Benedict XVI is "deeply disturbed and distressed" by a report detailing clerical sexual abuse in the archdiocese of Dublin and is writing to Irish Catholics to help them ensure the future safety of children in the church, the Vatican said today.
The pontiff wished "once more to express his profound regret at the actions of some members of the clergy who have betrayed their solemn promises to God, as well as the trust placed in them by the victims and their families, and society at large". His statement followed a meeting yesterday with Irish bishops and senior-ranking members of the Roman Curia to discuss the crisis.
Benedict shared the "outrage, betrayal and shame felt by so many of the faithful in Ireland", according to the Vatican.
But many victims of abuse said the pope's statement was not enough. Only a papal visit and a public apology in Ireland would allow the Vatican to atone for decades of clerical child sex abuse, a leading victims' organisation said.
Irish Survivors of Child Abuse (Soca) said the "sin against our children was so immense that it requires an immense gesture on the pope's part".
Irish Soca said a papal visit and apology should be combined with a "diocese-by-diocese inquiry across the island of Ireland" to investigate the scale of abuse of children by priests and religious orders.
The meeting in Rome was held in response to the Murphy report, which examined how the Irish church and state authorities dealt with allegations of child abuse in the country's most populous Catholic parish.
Formally known as the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, it looked at abuse cases spanning a 30-year period. The three-volume report found that police colluded with the church in covering up the abuse and that the church was more preoccupied with the "maintenance of secrecy, the avoidance of scandal, the protection of the reputation of the church and the preservation of its assets" than justice for the victims.
It was the second report this year to examine abuse in the Irish Republic. In May the Ryan report published detailed accounts from more than 2,000 people who said they had suffered physical and sexual abuse at Catholic-run orphanages and industrial schools.
Sex abuse scandals have dogged the Catholic church throughout the decade, which began with a series of explosive revelations in Boston and other US dioceses. Aware of the disaffection and anger felt by the faithful over the treatment meted out to victims – and the leniency shown to abusers – the Vatican stressed that steps would be taken to prevent future damage.
"He [the pope] assures all concerned that the church will continue to follow this grave matter with the closest attention in order to understand better how these shameful events came to pass and how best to develop effective and secure strategies to prevent any recurrence."
The Holy See took "very seriously" the central issues raised by the report, including questions "concerning the governance of local church leaders with ultimate responsibility for the pastoral care of children".
The Vatican's official spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, stressed that the pastoral letter which Pope Benedict planned to address to Irish Catholics would give "concrete indications and not just express regret, to give a reply to a dramatic situation". "Given the urgency of the problem, even if we don't yet have a date for the publication of the [letter], it won't be before long," he said.
Vatican heavyweights – including the prefect for the Congregation of the Clergy, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, the prefect for the Congregation of Bishops, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, and the prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal William Levada, as well as the papal nuncio in Ireland, Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza – attended today's meeting between the pope and the Irish delegation.


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Obec Nadryby se nachází v jihovýchodní části okresu Plzeň-sever, šestnáct kilometrů severovýchodně od Plzně. Žije v ní  obyvatel. Obec obtéká řeka Berounka a nachází se v přírodním parku Berounka.

Historie
První zmínky o obci samotné jsou datovány již do 11. století. Tehdy bylo jejím hlavním posláním zásobovat Břevnovský klášter v Praze rybami z řeky Berounky.

Přírodní poměry
Nadryby se nachází v přírodním parku Horní Berounka. Na severu obec sousedí s Kostelcem, na východě za Berounkou s Kříšemi, na jihu – opět za řekou – se Sedleckem a na jihozápadě s Dolany. Dominantou okolí je vrchol Chlumu, který se tyčí na protějším břehu Berounky.

Obyvatelstvo

Památky
Na návsi stojí kaple svatého Antonína postavená v roce 1725 pravděpodobně podle projektu Jana Blažeje Santiniho-Aichela. Jako kulturní památka je také chráněna selská usedlost čp. 5 z počátku devatenáctého století. Archeologickou památkou je prehistorické hradiště Kozel asi dva kilometry západně od vesnice. Na protějším břehu Berounky se nad pravým břehem Korečnického potoka nachází v katastrálním území Kříše hradiště označované jako Nadryby.

Turistický ruch
Turistický ruch se zde objevuje především v létě. Jedná se o vodáky, kteří splouvají Berounku. Na katastrálním území obce se nachází dva kempy a přívoz přes Berounku.

Galerie

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Helpful Link (4:53)
Bravo Link (4:36)
Swinging Link (6:16)
Missing Link (4:42)
Peeping Link (2:39)
Mighty Link (2:38)
Angry Link (2:03)
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details: blue cashmere blend sweater (f21), gray shorts (f21), cable-knit thigh highs (target), black mary janes (nine west).
anyway, my cousin alyssa is staying with us for thanksgiving weekend and i'm very excited because i haven't seen her in forever (like...2 years or so??). plus, out of all my cousins (and there are a lot of them), i get along with her the most.
i will take lots of pictures this weekend! mostly of food, you know. but family too. and my thanksgiving outfit.


1. Celebrate International Women's Day at the Brookline Village library branch on March. 15. Participants are invited to bring their daughters and sons to the event which will be complete with activities, snacks and conversation. The event will run from 5 to 6:00 p.m.
2. Enjoy a night of fiction, nonfiction and poetry at the Brookline Booksmith on March 16. The latest event in the Breakwater Reading Series, the evening will feature MFA candidates from Boston University, Emerson College and UMass Boston. The event is free and open for all. It will start at 7:00 p.m.
3. Learn all about design and paper cutting at The Makery on March 18. Paper cutting master Rebecca Loechler will lead the workshop on cutting techniques. The workshop will run from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Those interested can sign up on The Makery's website.
4. Challenge Brookline librarians to a game of trivia at Best Burger Bar on March 20. Participants can enjoy a fun-filled night of food, drinks and trivia at the Brookline Village restaurant. The event will start at 6:30 p.m.
5. Watch 1957 film "Desk Set" at the Brookline Village library on March 20. The screening will be the first in the library's month-long film series honoring Women's History Month. The screening will start at 6:30 p.m.


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Pomona Cut Energy Use by Eight Percent in 2010-2011 Year
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From the Organic Farm to the residence halls, from the academic buildings to the dining halls, Pomona College is cutting its energy use and is now five million kilowatt-hours greener than it was last year.
On Oct. 28 the school released its 2010-2011 Sustainability Report, which highlights the college's efforts last year to achieve its sustainability goals, the recent successes and shortcomings of the school in achieving those goals, and the areas in which Pomona can continue to improve.
The highlight of the report was the eight percent overall decrease (about five million kilowatt hours) in electricity use between the 2009-2010 and the 2010-2011 academic years, enough to power 250 million compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs for one hour.
According to the report, the significant drop in electricity use last year was the result of the Power Down dorm energy challenge that took place in November 2010 (saving $3,000), the installation of two new solar panels on one of the new North Campus residence halls and on the South Campus Parking Structure, solar heating for Pendleton and Haldeman Pools, an expansion of the drying rack checkout program, and new checking policies for heating and air conditioning that make sure buildings are not being heated or cooled unnecessarily.
"In the last year, we've finally reduced energy, which I think is the most important," said Pomona President David Oxtoby.
Although the report indicated some increases in energy usage from the years preceding 2010, this was explained by the addition of Pomona's new residence halls to the school's energy grid.
"The data will be skewed because it doesn't consider the new buildings," said Charles Taylor, Pomona Chemistry Professor and Chair of the President's Advisory Committee on Sustainability. "We have to establish new plants, we have construction work expenses, and those buildings have new heating, ventilation, and [air conditioning]."
Another highlight of the report was a sharp drop in the amount of water used by the school. Since 2009, Pomona has cut its water usage by just over ten million gallons.
"In the last three or four years, we have made much progress with water," Oxtoby said. "If you're in Vermont, water is not as big an issue as it is in California. When we look at sustainability, we focus a lot on water."
According to the report, solar water heating in particular has saved a lot of energy.
"We really need to take three- to five-year trends [to see the biggest changes]," Oxtoby added. "We had a mild year [temperature wise] last year, and maybe didn't use as much air conditioning."
Another mark of improved sustainability at Pomona is the recent Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification that the school earned for its new North Campus residence halls. LEED is a certification system managed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) that recognizes sustainable building and operating practices in building projects. LEED's point-based recognition levels include Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.
"It's helpful to get you thinking about ways to make your building more sustainable, but it's also artificial. We've been critical of the process," Oxtoby said. "For example, our new residence halls lost out on one LEED point because if they'd been built fifty feet, or maybe fifty yards, further to the south, they would have been closer to the train station. That's really absurd; you can't move your building for that reason." Taylor agreed.
"LEED is a helpful part of the experience, but we have to be wary of them," he said. Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Environmental Affairs Commissioner Hsuanwei Fan PO '12 took a similar stance.
"LEED is just not as good as people are giving it credit for," he said. "What matters are their guidelines."
Still, the LEED guidelines have helped Pomona set more tangible goals, which are listed and discussed extensively in the annual report. Among future goals for improvement are continued decreases in water and energy usage, as well as the adoption of new policies that will apply to every building on campus.
"[Better] HVAC policies are a big [sustainability goal]," Taylor said, referring to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. "Since Bowen Close will be leaving, we plan to hire two more people to work on sustainability at Pomona, including an 'energy manager position,' " he added, referring to outgoing Coordinator of the Sustainability Integration Office Bowen Close.
The push for increased emphasis on sustainability at Pomona has been ongoing for at least twenty years, according to students and faculty involved. One goal of the movement has been to market sustainability to students who may not have been exposed to a "green" climate elsewhere.
"I've seen a wide range of attempts at framing the issues," Fan said. "Things like stickers aren't as effective at appealing to a sense of moral responsibility in students. What has proven to be effective is making students more aware, and making them be conscious of the impact [they] have at Pomona."
"It's been a mixture of student interests, campus interests, and faculty interests," Taylor added. "Students, in particular, are getting involved, and that has been really well-received by faculty."
The 2010-2011 Sustainability Report is available to the public on the Pomona website.
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Feds to Seek Cell Phone Records in Rail Probe as Commute Continues
LOS ANGELES – Federal rail investigators said Monday they would go to court to get an engineer's cell phone records to determine if he was text messaging when his commuter train slammed head-on into a freight locomotive, killing 25 people.
The investigation into Friday's fatal Metrolink crash was also focusing on whether signal lights worked properly and were synchronized with a control center where a dispatcher was warned of a problem apparently only after the collision had occurred.
As workers continued to clear the tracks to restore full service, a smaller number of commuters — many wary and emotional — returned to the rail line, where Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tried to reassure them the trains are safe.
"I want to dispel any fears about taking the train," he said. "Safety has to be our No. 1 concern, and while accidents can and do happen, taking the train is still one of the safest and fastest options for commuters."
Click to view photos | Click for more at MyFoxLA.com.
About a dozen bouquets were strung the length of the loading platform at the Simi Valley station as passengers boarded buses and were shuttled to the Chatsworth station, bypassing the tracks still being cleared of wreckage.
Regular commuters said the train load was much lighter than usual.
The National Transportation and Safety Board said the commuter train, which carried 220 people Friday, rolled past stop signals at 42 mph and forced its way onto a track where a Union Pacific freight was barreling toward it. NTSB board member Kitty Higgins said the commuter train engineer, who was among the 25 dead, had failed to stop at the final red signal. The crash also injured 138 people.
The collision occurred at a curve in the track just short of where a 500-foot-long tunnel separates the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Chatsworth from Simi Valley in Ventura County.
Higgins said investigators will subpoena the cell phone records of engineer Robert Sanchez after two teenage train buffs who befriended him told KCBS-TV that they received a text message from him a minute before the crash.
Investigators did not find a cell phone belonging to Sanchez in the wreckage. The boys' families have been cooperating with investigators, but Higgins declined to characterize their conversations.
"Today we are subpoenaing the phone records of the engineer to determine whether in fact that might have been happening," Higgins told KTTV-TV. Higgins did not return messages from The Associated Press. The NTSB scheduled a 10 p.m. EDT news conference.
Jerry Romero, who normally takes Metrolink 111 home but skipped it Friday to pick up a bicycle, said he was disturbed by texting reports.
"That would be pretty disturbing in respect to what we're going through as a society, this fascination we have with gizmos," he said.
In 2003, the NTSB recommended that the Federal Railroad Administration regulate the use of cell phones by railroad employees on duty after finding that a coal train engineer's phone use contributed to a May 2002 accident in which two freight trains collided head-on near Clarendon, Texas. The coal train engineer was killed and the conductor and engineer of the other train were critically injured.
Metrolink prohibits rail workers from using cell phones on the job, but there is no existing federal regulation regarding the use of cell phones by railroad employees on the job, FRA spokesman Steven Kulm said.
The California Legislature last month sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would outlaw texting while driving. According to the Governors' Highway Safety Association, four states have banned texting while driving — Alaska, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington — and similar laws are under consideration in 16 other states.
Audio recordings of contact between Sanchez and conductor on Metrolink 111 show they were regularly communicating verbal safety checks about signals along the track until a period of radio silence as the train passed the final two signals before the wreck. The tapes captured Sanchez confirming a flashing yellow light after pulling out of the Chatsworth station.
The train may have entered a dead zone where the recording was interrupted. Investigators planned to interview the injured conductor about the lapse, Higgins said.
A computer indicated the last signal before the collision displayed a red light, and experts were to test the signals to determine if they worked properly and were in the engineer's line of sight.
"It's really a process of elimination. That's why we're out testing the signals, we're looking at the track, we're examining the equipment, we're looking at what issues that might have been with the engineer and the other crew members," Higgins said.
Investigators will also look at the toxicology report of the engineer, his medical history and his personnel record.
Also Monday, Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell resigned after the railroad's board said her Saturday announcement that the engineer's mistake likely caused the crash was "premature."
Passenger Art Reis expressed concern as he rode the train to work that authorities might not be completely candid with the public after the investigation is done. He said he was concerned that Tyrrell resigned almost immediately after announcing that the agency was responsible for the crash.
"It's all image and politics, and that's what concerns me," said Reis, 70.
Metrolink declined to comment about the resignation.


US President Donald Trump stated that he has invited to the White House the fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who disappeared in Turkey, RIA Novosti reported.
Speaking to reporters during his talk with American pastor Andrew Brunson whom Turkey has released from custody, Trump said they have invited Khashoggi's fiancée to the Oval Office.
On October 2, Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi had entered the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul to pick up some documents for marriage, but had gone missing.
On October 6, the media reported that the Turkish police were considering the theory of his being murdered inside the consulate building.
Jamal Khashoggi is known for his harsh criticisms of Riyadh's current policy.
In 2017, he left Saudi Arabia and settled in the United States.


Great Ideas. With Power. And Fun.
The first four of the eight or more books underway, in the new Philosophical Fiction genre of hope.
Most businesses cater to either our realized needs, our desires, or our fantasies. And of course, these three categories are connected in various ways. Some businesses cater to our fears, and a few, to our hopes. Commentators have told me over the years that one reason my talks and books are successful is that they bring people hope. They display the wisdom we need to spark and ground our hopes for a better future. And today, I've realized for the first time that this may also be true of the new novels I've been writing.
Newer:Crucial Morning ThoughtsOlder:Fear. And Love.
Finally! Volume 7 of the new series of philosophical fiction!
Plato comes alive in a new way!
On stage in front of a room full of leaders and high achievers from across the globe.
Maybe, my favorite book of all time. Published in 1905, it's a charming and compelling tale about the power of the imagination and simple kindness in dealing with great difficulties. You'll love it. Click the cover to find it on Amazon!
I'll Rise Up and Fly.
I thought I could fly.
at what this kid has done!"
at least for a mile.
My Favorite Recent Photo: A young lady named Jubilee gets off to a head start in life by diving into some philosophy!
Great new Elizabeth Gilbert book on creative living and the creative experience.
The back flap author photo on the new book The Oasis Within.
Something different. Paola Requena. Classical guitar. Sonata Heróica.
Two minutes on a perspective that can change a business or a life.
On the beach where we do retreats, February 16, 2018, 77 degrees. Philosophy in shorts and a T shirt done right.
Long ago and far away, on a Hollywood sound stage, I appeared in two network ads for the wise Pooh, to promote his adventures on Disney Home Videos. For two years, I was The National Spokesman for that most philosophical bear. This is one of the ads. I had a bad case of the flu but I hope you can't tell. A-Choo!
Five Years ago, a friend surprised me by creating an online shop of stuff based on my Twitter Feed. I had forgotten all about it, but stumbled across it today. I should get this shirt for when I'm an old man, and have my home address printed on the back, along with, "Return if Found." Click to see the other stuff! I do love the dog sweaters.
Cat videos go philosophical. The now famous Henri Le Chat Noir, existential hero. Click image for the first video I saw and loved.
Another Musical Interlude. Two guys with guitars, one an unusual classical seven string, one a bass, but playing chords.
After hearing my talk "True Success," people often ask me how I discovered what I call "The 7 Cs of Success." This new ebook, exclusively available on zolabooks.com, is the answer. In it, I carry on a dialogue with a sample of great thinkers who've understood the keys to life and business success. I go to The Tao Te Ching, The Analects of Confucius, the letters of Cicero, and through the centuries. Click the cover to go see this book! And thanks for coming to visit!
I memorized the "To be or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet months ago, and recite it nearly daily. It's longer than you think, and is a powerful meditation on life and motivation, fear, and the unknown. To find some good 3 minute videos of actors performing these lines, click here. Watch Branaugh and Gibson for very different takes.
This is a book I read recently, and it's one of the best I've read in years on happiness and success. Shawn helped teach the famous Harvard course on happiness, and brings the best of that research and more into this great book. Click on it. I think you'll like it!
A favorite performance of the great Brazilian bossa nova song Wave, by Tom Jobim. Notice Marjorie Estiano's fun, the older guitarist's passion, the flutist's zen. Marjorie's little laugh at the end says it all. That should be how we all feel about our work. Gladness. Joy.
I happened across this great book on death and life after death. Because of some uncanny experiences surrounding the death of her father and sister, this journalist began to research issues involving death. Her conclusions are careful and well documented. If you're interested in this topic, you'll find this book clear, fascinating, and helpful. A Must Read! For my recent conversation with the author on HuffPo, click here.
Henri discovers the first book about his unique philosophical ponderings. Click image for the short video.
This is the only ebook version of my first presentation of the 7 Cs of Success, and is another ZolaBooks exclusive. It's now available in ebook form for the first time since its initial publication in 1994. See how all my practical philosophy got started! I still consult this book!
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One of my newest talk topics is "Plato's Lemonade Stand: Stirring Change into Something Great." Based on the old adage, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade," this talk is about how to do exactly that. Inquire for my availability through the contact page above! Let's stir something up!
A frequent inspiration. Monday, 30, April 2012. Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli perform "Time to Say Goodbye." Notice how they indwell the lyrics, and still manage to relate to each other so demonstratively.
My friend Bill Powers writes on how to handle the technology in your life and stay sane. A beautiful meditation on how we've always struggled with the new new thing, and sometimes win. Recommended!
Above is a short video on finding fulfillment in anything you do, that was taped a few years ago. I hope you enjoy it!
This is a beautiful and difficult book on the odd relationship between repeated failure and eventual success. It's full of great stories and moments of meditation. You will find yourself teasing out the insights, but they're powerful and worth the work.
One of the best books in the past year or more, G&T is a wonderful look at how givers can rise high. Grant is the youngest tenured professor at Wharton and its most popular teacher. Here, he shows why! A really good book.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and IAEA partner to tackle childhood cancers
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are joining forces to combat childhood cancers in developing countries, where children are four times more likely to die of the disease than in high-income countries due to a lack of affordable treatment and quality care options.
Under a new agreement signed today, St. Jude Children's Research and the IAEA will work together to raise awareness of childhood cancers, mobilize resources to support Member States in the establishment of nuclear and radiation medicine services, increase training for professionals in the field of radiotherapy, and support research in pediatric radiation oncology and related areas.
With at least 300,000 new cases each year, pediatric cancer is a leading cause of death globally among children and adolescents according to World Health Organization (WHO). In high-income countries, more than 80 percent of children with such cancers are cured, but survival is only 20 percent in many low- and middle-income countries. The disparity is mostly the result of late or inaccurate diagnosis, prohibitive treatment costs and insufficiently equipped facilities and trained medical personnel.
"St. Jude is a long-standing IAEA partner, and this agreement brings the Agency's relationship with this renowned paediatric treatment and research institute to a new level," said IAEA Acting Director General Cornel Feruta. "Together, we will work to increase support to developing countries in scaling up high-quality cancer services for children."
Common childhood cancers include leukaemia, brain cancers, lymphomas and solid tumors, such as neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor. Children often require longer and more intense treatment than adults, along with specialized care to ease the burden of treatment. Radiation therapy is often needed to treat pediatric cancers but advances in technology and molecular biology require continuous training for health professionals to make the most of this treatment option.
"Radiation oncology is a critical element of childhood cancer care," said Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, M.D., executive vice president and director of St. Jude Global, a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital initiative to improve access to care to children with cancer and life-threatening blood diseases in every corner of the world. "We are committed to reducing the global gaps in access to care and to giving all children with cancer the best chances for cures, wherever they are. We look forward to adding our St. Jude expertise to the technology transfer of the IAEA."
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is the only Comprehensive Cancer Center in the United States devoted solely to children, designated by the National Cancer Institute. Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate in the United States from 20 percent to 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago.
The IAEA supports countries in the use of nuclear and radiation medicine to fight a growing incidence of chronic diseases, such as cancer. The Agency assists its Member States in the procurement of equipment, research, training of medical professionals and in carrying out quality assessments, among others.
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Hain Celestial reports lower sales, income and margin in Q3 report
As he completes his second quarter with Hain, CEO Mark L. Schiller focuses on recent improvements.
Victoria A.F. Camron | May 09, 2019
In the United States, United Kingdom and throughout the world, Hain Celestial saw net sales fall from a year ago, with net income and profit margin also down.
In a released statement, however, Hain President and CEO Mark L. Schiller focused on the company's improvements between the second quarter of 2019 and the third, which ended March 31.
"We are encouraged by our third quarter financial results that demonstrate sequential performance improvements in many key areas of our business, and we are on track to achieve our fiscal year 2019 outlook," he said. Schiller stepped into the leadership position in November, following the retirement of founder Irwin D. Simon.
Worldwide, Hain Celestial reported that net sales dropped 5% to $599.8 million; on a constant currency basis, the decrease was 2%. Other results from the third quarter, which ended March 31, were generally lower compared to a year ago:
Adjusted net sales were flat.
Gross margin was 20.9%, a 10 basis point decrease from 2018. Adjusted gross margin was 21.6%, a 140 basis point or 1.4% drop from a year ago.
Operating income was $23.9 million, 18.4% lower than in 2018. Adjusted operating income was $38.9 million, down 30.5%.
Net income totaled $10.1 million, a 40% decrease from a year ago. Adjusted net income was $21.7 million, a 43.8% decrease.
As the United States accounted for 44.4% of Hain Celestial's market divisions, its Q3 results were quite similar to the worldwide results. Differences included a 2% drop in adjusted net sales; operating income dropped 32%; and adjusted operating income was down 39%.
Looking forward, the company announced it expects net sales for the year to be 4-6% lower than in 2018.
Achieving strategic goals
"Our team is in the early innings of executing on our transformational strategic plan to simplify our portfolio, strengthen our core capabilities, reinvigorate profitable top-line growth, and expand margins, return-on-invested-capital and cash flow," Schiller said in the released statement. "We remain committed to delivering consistency in our operational and financial results to drive long-term shareholder value."
During the earnings call, Schiller said the company is making "good progress" on the strategic objectives laid out on Investor Day earlier this year: simplify the portfolio; strengthen core capabilities; focus on a core set of brands that spur top-line growth; and expand margins and cash flow.
"I'm pleased to report that in Q3, we made good progress on all of these strategic objectives," Schiller said. The company made two moves this week to rid itself of brands it did not believe would become profitable:
Hain Pure Protein Corporation will be sold to Aterian Investment Partners III LP for $80 million. The transaction is scheduled to close before the end of Hain's fiscal year. Pure Protein includes the FreeBird and Empire Kosher brands.
The sale of WestSoy, a tofu, seitan and tempeh business, to Keystone Natural Holdings, a portfolio that focuses on plant-based foods as part of Keystone Capital, was closed. Terms were not disclosed.
"In addition to simplifying the portfolio, these divestitures should also improve our balance sheet as we generate cash from these transactions and reduce operating losses," Schiller said.
The plan to optimize the company's SKUs—addressing more than 90% of the low-margin products—is also proceeding. The company will eliminate about 350 SKUs and five co-manufacturers, he said.
"In summary, our results are showing signs that the business transformation is starting to work," Schiller said. "That said, it's important to understand that we still have lots of significant work left to be done to turn our business to acceptable levels of growth and profitability in line with our commitment to deliver consistency," he added.
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As protests erupt, NSCN-IM terms Mon killings most unfortunate incidents of the Indo-Naga ceasefire signed in 1997; TN Governor Ravi rushes to Delhi
December 05, 2021 09:40 pm | Updated December 06, 2021 07:22 am IST - New Delhi
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Centre has reached out to all Naga insurgent groups including the Isaak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) following the killing of 13 civilians in an armed forces' operation in Nagaland's Mon district on Saturday.
A senior government official told The Hindu that efforts were being made on the ground to assuage the situation. Following the killings, widespread protests have erupted in Nagaland and adjoining areas.
NSCN-IM, the largest Naga group that signed a framework agreement with the Centre in 2015 to find a solution to the Naga political issue, said in a statement on Sunday that it "is one of the most unfortunate incidents of the Indo-Naga ceasefire signed in 1997."
The group in its statement said, "Under this situation we find it difficult to use the right words to condemn the killing of unarmed civilians and it cannot be justified in any manner in this part of the civilized world where the Indo-Naga peace process has seen much progress."
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In a parallel development, former interlocutor and Nagaland Governor R.N. Ravi left Chennai for Delhi on Sunday apparently to attend an emergency meeting. Mr. Ravi had stepped down as interlocutor and was moved as Governor of Tamil Nadu in September, after talks with the IM faction hit rough weather last year and the group demanded his removal.
The talks have been revived after the transfer of Mr. Ravi , with the Centre deputing retired Intelligence Bureau Special Director A.K. Mishra. The NSCN-IM is demanding a separate flag and Constitution. Among its other demands are the unification of all Naga inhabited areas to comprise Greater Nagalim.
There are four other groups with whom the Centre has signed a ceasefire agreement — the NSCN (NK), NSCN(R), NSCN (K-Khango) and NSCN (Niki Sumi).
The official said it was too early to say if the Mon incident will have a bearing on the ongoing talks but they were keeping a watch.
Another government official said the campaign to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA ) has gathered steam. Nagaland has been declared a "disturbed area" by the Union Home Ministry under AFSPA, which empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without prior notice. AFSPA is in force in the Northeast since 1958 and Nagaland acquired Statehood in 1963.
A BJP functionary said, "The State has the experience to carefully address issues, even its mistakes. People will not forget nor forgive but all efforts are on to give the proper response to an unfortunate incident."
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The morning started off with a bit of review on ruby classes. We had a short assignment where we created a cars class and various subclasses. Next we started a fairly large project in which we had to create a library , book, and borrower class and create a functional library application complete with various methods you might expect. We had to write tests for each of them as well. What we didn't finish was assigned for homework and we went to lunch.
When we returned we began an algorithms unit. We learned about the internal implementation of the ruby array class and why certain methods have longer run-times than others. This was used as an example to introduce us to Big O notation – a way to describe the speed of an algorithm. We did two sets of algorithmic problems and had to give the Big O notation of each solution.
I've always liked doing algorithms. Once I figure out a complex problem I definitely get a rush of euphoria. It's like I'm winning a game! If back-end is where the algorithms come into play I'm pretty sure that's where I'll end up.
In the morning we went over solutions to all of day 3's projects. It is interesting to see how a bunch of different people attack a problem. Some were similar or nearly identical to my own whereas others took a radically different approach. I guess this is where the art is in programming.
In the afternoon we did a exercise on test specification writing. We were given ten methods which were relatively simple to write and had to come up with the necessary tests. For testing we have been using rspec. Some of the methods had curve-balls which required a bit of research on rspec to figure out. By the end I had a decent grasp on rspec and had learned some of the finer points of its functionality.


The world has lost one of the pillars of modern vision research and ophthalmic clinical care; Dr. Matthew Dinsdale (Dinny) Davis passed away Monday, March 5, 2018, surrounded by loved ones. He leaves a legacy of accomplishment as a clinician, educator, leader and tireless researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) for more than 60 years. He is recognized worldwide for his work as a pioneering retina specialist who helped establish standards for analyzing diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases.
Dr. Davis was born in Madison in 1926. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1947 and completed an ophthalmology residency in 1955 at UW-Madison. After two years in the U.S. Naval Reserve, he received more training at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. His father—Frederick A. Davis, MD— and Peter Duehr, MD, were partners in a Madison-based practice and consecutive leaders of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Division of the UWSMPH Department of Surgery. Matthew Davis joined their practice and the UWSMPH faculty, where he rose to the rank of professor and head of the division. He helped elevate the division into the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and served as its first chair from 1970 to 1986.
Dr. Davis formed the Fundus Photograph Reading Center (FPRC) for ophthalmology clinical trials – the first centralized, independent research center for randomized clinical trials of retinal diseases. With his collaborators, he established the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Classification of diabetic retinopathy severity, a gold standard that continues decades later in trials of diabetic retinopathy. He also collaborated in the development of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study Classifications of age-related macular degeneration and cataract-related lens opacities, still considered the gold standard.
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Today, November 11, we stop to remember those who lost their lives in war in the service of their country. Their absence in our lives has and will affect us irreparably both individually and collectively as a society. But we should also remember those who return from war, unable to escape the traumatic memories they have experienced, the invisible scars of post-traumatic stress disorder.
A severe anxiety disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop as a result of living through events that cause extreme psychological distress. These events may include experiencing a threat to one's life or to someone else's safety, or enduring a threat to one's physical, sexual or psychological well-being. Some of the diagnostic symptoms of PTSD are reliving the experiences through flashbacks and nightmares, avoiding any stimuli that may trigger further trauma and persistent over-arousal, such as hypervigilance or the inability to fall or stay asleep, control one's anger or concentrate. These symptoms lead to significant impairment in an individual's ability to function in social and occupational settings, as well as in other areas of life.
PTSD rates are high among those who have seen active combat. In Canada, retired Lt-General Romeo Dallaire brought PTSD to the forefront. After serving as the Canadian Commander of the UN Mission to Rwanda in 1994 and trying in vain to stop the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus, Dallaire experienced repeated flashbacks of the genocide after he returned to Canada. In one instance, while driving to the beach with his family, he saw road workers stacking wood at the side of the road and experienced a flashback in which he saw the workers stacking corpses rather than wood. He had to pull over and describe the overwhelming images to his horrified family. On another occasion, he reportedly fainted in a Montreal supermarket. The scent of fruit had overpowered him, triggering a memory of rotting fruit and corpses at a Kigali market during the mass killings.
After two suicide attempts and years of reliving the carnage, Romeo Dallaire was found in a park in Hull, Quebec, semi-conscious and curled up in a fetal position in June 2000. With the help of medication and therapy, he went on to write about his experience in Shake Hands With the Devil and become a Liberal Senator.
Although there is some debate about what is the best therapy for treating PTSD, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is commonly used. This approach received the approval of the American Psychological Association in 1999 and is now recommended as an effective treatment for trauma by the American Psychiatric Association and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
In 1989, psychologist Francine Shapiro discovered EMDR. At the time she was experiencing trauma in her own life, and after going for a walk, she felt remarkably better. Later, she remembered that while she was walking, she had been moving her eyes from side to side, the same rapid eye movement we do when we dream. As you may know, dreaming is how we process and deal with our emotions.
In Confessions of a Trauma Therapist, Mary K. Armstrong tells Shapiro's story, which happened at about the same time that researchers were looking at the interplay between the cognitive left and emotional right hemispheres of the brain, and how the limbic system played a role in trauma. According to Armstrong, the traumatized emotional side of the brain cannot access the rational thinking of the left brain, but somehow a connection must be made.
In her book, Armstrong spoke of her own experience with EMDR. With another psychologist, Armstrong chose to work on a traumatic memory of her father choking her after sexually assaulting her. Armstrong summoned this painful visual memory while following the psychologist's fingers with her eyes as they moved from left to right. In the session, as Armstrong processed her memory, she saw her father come towards her and stop just before he was about to choke her. He then gradually faded from her view, and she felt enormous relief. She managed to reprocess the memory and desensitize this traumatic event.
In Confessions, Armstrong writes, "EMDR theory demonstrates that the eye movements allow for bilateral stimulation of the two halves [of the brain], thus changing the way we experience an event."
In her own private practice, Armstrong has successfully used EMDR to treat a wide range of cases in which the reactions of her patients did not make rational sense. As examples, she cites rape victims who believe that their perpetrator still poses a danger, or a car crash victim who believes that the accident will reoccur if he gets back into a car.
She also states that trauma is cumulative and that it is relatively easy to work with a young person, as opposed to adults, who have built up years of layers after a traumatic event. To illustrate this point, she refers to her own personal history as the daughter of a sexually abusive father and a narcissistic mother, leaving her devoid of a self. As a result, she made poor decisions, which resulted in an accumulation of negative experiences for many years of her life.
Armstrong cautions that EMDR is only a technique and requires a skilled psychologist who is comfortable with strong emotions, has a thorough knowledge of trauma and can provide a safe environment for the patient. In fact, throughout her book, Armstrong advocates a gentler therapy for trauma called Focusing, which could easily be the subject of another post.
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Maryann | November 13, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Heather, this post was fascinating! It's incredible that there's such a simple, effective (and drug-free!) treatment for PTSD. My grandfather was a WWII veteran, and he replayed the war in his dreams every night until the day he died. This made me think of him.
Heather | November 13, 2010 at 4:28 PM
Thanks Maryann! I was worried that I freaked out people with this post. I learned so much from reading Mary K. Armstrong's book. EMDR is also apparently very effective with addictions.
I feel so bad for young people who come back from war and have to deal with what they have seen every day of their lives. Thanks for the comment. H


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