Judith Mather, Buying and Brand Licensing Director at London's National Gallery, spoke to Blooloop about the Gallery's strategy for taking the brand into the Asian market.
Mather has been at The National Gallery for nine years. Previously, she worked for John Lewis in a number of roles for 21 years.
She says: "I started off on the shop floor in Oxford Street, and then I moved to the head office where I did various buying jobs in quite varied departments: lingerie, womenswear, shoes.
"I was one of the first people to work on their online business, John Lewis Direct, where I curated and selected ranges. We didn't have a full assortment online at that time. Again, I worked in various departments, nursery, toys, sports, haberdashery, fashion, and so on.
The varied experience equipped her with a set of valuable transferable skills.
"That experience from my previous role has really helped me in my current one.
"My job at the National Gallery is director of buying and brand licensing. Again, we have multiple categories, from the smallest pocket money souvenir, up to a £700 vase.
"I look after the team of buyers, who purchase all the products for our shops. We have three permanent shops in the gallery, and we have temporary pop-up shops as well, up to a maximum of five shops in the gallery at any one time.
"We have a walk-on stand from the Alibaba Group. Their interest in us confirmed my judgement about where I thought the direction of the licensing initiative should go.
The first of these was at the Shanghai Metro.
Mather says: "We ran a Shanghai Metro station campaign through our master licensee, ALFILO, from the first to the 30th of June last year. It was like a takeover: a cultural art corridor in the Shanghai Metro station. It had daily traffic of about 200,000 people. So about 6 million people walked past the art installation, which was a number of highlights from the collection.
"To support this, we created limited edition Metro cards, a bit like Oyster cards. We sold 3000 sets of those within a couple of days, which was amazing. As part of the installation, there were QR codes on the windows, and people could purchase products through WeChat.
This was followed by a series of workshops and lectures in Shanghai.
A pop-up shop in Guangzhou, China came next.
The 200 sq. metre walk-through 'shop' experience featured art by Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Raphael, a replica of Van Gogh's bedroom, and interactive installations.
In one, customers could download a 360° GIF of themselves with Seurat's Study for 'La Grande Jatte'.
The National Gallery had 300,000 Chinese visitors last year.
Mather says: "They are far ahead of us in terms of using devices for everything. It's all very much about WeChat, about interaction with social media platforms – and about travel, of course.
The National Gallery's visitor base is 64% foreign tourists.
Being situated in Trafalgar Square is fortunate.
She says: "It ticks lots of boxes. People want to go and see Big Ben, they go to Trafalgar Square, and they come in.
"It is still at the planning stage, but business in China moves quickly.
Further initiatives include a café that has been opened in Seoul.
She says: "It is under the Delicious Art branding. Delicious Art is our sub brand, which is all about the emotion you get when you look at good art, and when you eat good food.
"It has actually been really successful for us in the UK; we've been in Boots for three years, with food gifting, which has been incredibly popular, at really good sell-out rates. It seems to have got better year on year, and we are doing our fourth collection this year.
"The Delicious Art in Seoul is located in the Lotte Shopping Mall, in the Lotte World Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Seoul.
These include a cocktail containing a blend of Earl Grey tea with grapefruit purée, which is inspired by Gaugin, a Van Gogh sunflower drink, and a Cezanne cocktail.
The coffee is inspired by The Wheat Field clouds; there are cakes decorated with sunflowers available, as well as cookie and cream rainbow smoothies, all relating back to paintings.
Mather says: "It launched in November, and we haven't had full sales reports through yet, but we are opening a second cafe at the beginning of March, so it's clearly going well for us out there.
The move into Asia isn't the only global initiative to raise awareness of the Gallery and its merchandise.
Branding agency The Wildflower Group has been tasked with building the National Gallery Company's retail presence across North America.
Mather says: "Again, this is in a start-up phase. They are a bespoke agency based in New York; we have a three year term with them. We are initially looking to launch a branded Amazon page in the US, and that is our starting point. There will be a two-pronged approach there; an e-commerce base for the brand, and then we will look at a bricks and mortar retail programme after that.
Images kind courtesy of The National Gallery.


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Jerry Remy, Boston Red Sox broadcasting legend, dies after long battle with lung cancer
By Wayne Sterling, CNN
Updated 5:14 PM ET, Sun October 31, 2021
Longtime Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy died Saturday night.
(CNN) Jerry Remy, the beloved longtime Boston Red Sox broadcaster and former Major League Baseball infielder, died Saturday night after a lengthy battle with lung cancer, the team announced. He was 68.
"We are saddened by the loss of a beloved player, broadcaster, and 13-year cancer warrior," Red Sox principal owner John Henry said in a statement Sunday.
"Jerry's love and connection to baseball didn't allow anything to stand between the game and him, including for many years cancer," Henry said. "He devoted his entire career to baseball and whether from his seat in the clubhouse or his perch above the field in the broadcast booth, he took generations of rising Red Sox stars and a multitude of fans along for the ride with him.
"During his lifetime, he witnessed great triumphs and terrible tragedies handling all of it with grace, dignity, and a huge heart. He left an indelible mark on this club and on an entire nation of Red Sox fans."
Red Sox manager Alex Cora added: "Like everyone else in Red Sox Nation today, I'm absolutely devastated by Jerry's passing. We connected because of our love for the game of baseball. I will miss all of our conversations about the game and just passing time together throughout the years, whether in the clubhouse or dugout."
Affectionately known as "Rem Dawg," Remy spent more than 40 years with the Red Sox organization as a player, coach and broadcaster. He was the team's color analyst on New England Sports Network (NESN) since 1988.
In August, he announced that he was stepping away from the broadcasting booth to undergo lung cancer treatment.
"As I've done before and will continue to do," Remy wrote in the August Twitter post via NESN, "I will battle this with everything I have. I'm so grateful for the support from NESN, the Red Sox and all of you. I hope that I'll be rejoining you in your living rooms soon."
Two months later, the Somerset, Massachusetts, native threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway before the Red Sox eliminated their arch-nemesis New York Yankees 6-2 in the American League Wild Card playoff game.
"Jerry was so passionate about the Red Sox and even though he had to step away for treatment late in the season, he was with us every step of the way -- especially in October," Cora said.
Remy missed parts of the 2008, 2013 and 2017 seasons due to an initial lung cancer diagnosis then a couple of relapses, according to MLB.com. He would announce that he was cancer-free In November 2018.
On the field, Remy played 10 years in the majors for the Angels (1975-77) and Red Sox (1978-84). In 1,154 games, he batted .275 and stole 208 bases. Remy played with seven Baseball Hall of Famers and 12 Red Sox Hall of Famers in his career.
Major League Baseball Players Association sent their condolences in a statement.
"He forged a personal connection with Boston fans and inspired many with his fight against cancer. The Players Association joins Jerry's family, friends and fans in mourning his loss."
In 2006, Remy was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame for his broadcasting and playing accomplishments. In 2017, he was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
He was awarded the Judge Emil Fuchs Memorial Award for "long and meritorious service to baseball" by the Boston Baseball Writers Association in January 2020.
Remy is survived by his wife, Phoebe; sons, Jared and Jordan; daughter, Jenna and her husband, Leif von der Heyde; and two grandchildren, Dominik Guyette and Arianna Remy.
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea Joins Geneva Act of WIPO's Lisbon Agreement
Democratic People's Republic of Korea deposited on October 8, 2019 its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications ("Geneva Act").
Video: WIPO Director General welcomes the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement
The instrument of accession was deposited with WIPO Director General Francis Gurry by Mr. Chang Min KIM, Secretary General of the National Coordinating Committee (NCC) for WIPO of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The Geneva Act provides producers of quality products linked to origin, with faster and cheaper access to the international protection of their products' distinctive designations. It further develops the legal framework of the Lisbon System, which helps promote many globally marketed products such as, for example, Darjeeling tea and Café de Colombia.
Accession by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea constitutes a significant step forward towards the entry into force of the Geneva Act.
The Geneva Act will enter into force three months after the accession of five eligible parties.
About the Geneva Act
The Geneva Act is designed to help ensure that producers of quality products linked to origin are able to protect the distinctive designations of their products in multiple jurisdictions, either as appellations of origin or geographical indications, through a single application with WIPO and the payment of one set of fees.
About the Lisbon System
The Lisbon System provides protection for names that identify the geographic origin of products such as coffee, tea, fruits, wine, pottery, glass and cloth.
Examples of appellations of origin and geographical indications include Kampot Pepper, Scotch whisky, Darjeeling tea, Café de Colombia, Gouda Holland, Argan oil, Swiss watches and Tequila.
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Manchester tourism tax to revitalise hospitality industry and 'clean up our streets'
Manchester is set to take a bold approach by charging tourists who stay overnight £1 extra to help 'add to the city's overall vibrancy'
Described as a tourist tax, people making an overnight stay in the city will be asked to pay an additional £1, to fund a range of improvements in the city.
Those signed up to the scheme have created a union called the Manchester Accommodation Business Improvement District, or ABID.
They are hoping the extra cash can help boost the tourism economy as Manchester looks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
So far, 74 hotels and guesthouses have signed up to the scheme.
The money will be used to "improve the visitor experience" and "support the growth of the visitor economy" across the city over the next five years.
The Manchester ABID funds will also be used to: amplify marketing campaigns that drive overnight stays; help secure large-scale events, conferences, and festivals in low-season months; improve guest welcome and street cleanliness; and provide opportunities to future-proof the city's growing accommodation sector and wider visitor economy.
Pre Covid, Manchester was riding high as the third most visited city in the UK.
The tourist tax will help to 'clean up the city' according to ABID
Tourism accounted for £9 billion of the local economy during 2019 – supporting more than 100,00 jobs.
The ABID will officially come into operation on 1 April.
Speaking about the 4:1 vote in favour of the Manchester ABID, Adrian Ellis, General Manager of the Lowry Hotel, Chair of the Manchester Hoteliers' Association, and Interim Spokesperson for the Manchester ABID, said: "The Manchester Hoteliers' Association has been in discussion for several years to develop options to create new, additional funding that will support continued high performance and future growth of the visitor economy for accommodation providers across the city.
"I am delighted that hoteliers' have voted in favour of creating an innovative, business-led solution to some of the problems we have been facing as a sector.
"A supplementary fee for guests, added to the final accommodation bill, is now an established norm within the travel sector across the world, and the Manchester ABID will now bring our accommodation sector in line with European and global counterparts and competitors."
ABID added that by charging this extra fee, Manchester will be better suited to compete in a global market and grow overnight visits, as 6,000 additional bedrooms are set to be opened in Salford and Manchester by 2024.
Cllr Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council, said: "These are exciting times for Manchester city centre with an unprecedented number of new hotel rooms being added and major new visitor attractions such as Factory International and Co-op Live due to open in the months ahead.
"Seizing that opportunity means ensuring as many rooms as possible are full all year round. We believe that targeted investment through the Manchester ABID will help support the accommodation sector – which plays such a vital role in supporting jobs in our city and adding to its overall vibrancy –
to thrive."
Following confirmation of the vote in favour of the Manchester ABID, the next stage of the process is to form a Manchester ABID Board so that delivery plans for year one can be progressed.
The Manchester ABID will be governed by a board of up to nine directors who will give oversight, scrutiny, and direction to the work streams, ensuring that the activities meet the expectations of accommodation operators.
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Gomidas Remembered in Lebanon on his 150th Birthday
Middle East Regional
An evening dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gomidas was held on March 8, 2020, at the Hagop Der Melkonian Hall in Beirut. The faculty of the the "Parsegh Ganatchian" School of Music and the "Shnorhali" Chorus of the Catholicate of the Great House of Cilicia performed.
The event was held under the auspices of the Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, the Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church. It was sponsored by the Hamazkayin Regional Executive Board for Lebanon. It was organized by the trustees of the Hamakayin Schools of Fine Arts.
Among those present were Very Rev. Fr. Anania Kujanian, Minister of Youth and Sports Vartiné Ohanian, clergy, representatives of organizations, and lovers of arts.
After the Lebanese and Armenian anthems were performed, Lisa Bastajian, a trustee of the Hamakayin Schools of Fine Arts, delivered opening remarks. Despite the difficult conditions in Lebanon, Hamazkayin felt the duty to remember, honor, and venerate the modest but creative songwriter, musicologist, founder of Armenian classical music, and savior of Armenian song on his 150th birthday. She added that the music and songs of Gomidas have always been received with awe everywhere from Ejmiadzin to Europe. Bastajian said the legacy of Gomidas lives; it is renewed in the mystical moments of piety that it brings about; it echoes from the stages of Armenian schools, where generations have sung and will continue to sing his folk songs; it persists through his student Parsegh Ganatchian, who followed Gomidas's lead and in 1936 formed the Kousan choir in Beirut, and through the conservatory, established in 1983, that bears his name.


In this presentation I would like to present an example of my visual research material and discuss methods of analysis.
The aim with my research is to get an understanding for how teachers work and can work with picture analysis in the compulsory school on the basis of young people's own image world and with digital techniques.
My experience is that teachers work with this following a tradition and that teachers feels secure in having a picture or a recognized process to assess and to evaluate. I think art education to a greater extent must work with the consumption and use of images.
In art education today we also have to work with digital techniques in a greater extent so that we prepare pupils for the big amount of pictures they meet in everyday life. In work with picture communication and digital techniques we give pupils a possibility to take an active interest in ideological and cultural questions and to be an active citizen.
The National Evaluation of the art subject NU-03 supports my opinions and is the basis for my thoughts. The report highlights the use of converting the subject to more of a communication subject, where interpretation and reception of images play a more prominent part than we see today. The authors of the report NU-03 also point out the importance of using digital techniques in order to strengthen the use in working life and society.
My principal research focus lies on the teacher role in work with digital techniques. How do they work with images from e.g. homepages, films on the Internet, where pupils often locate themselves? In what way do teacher design lessons to make pupils understand the impact of images and in order to develop pupils own creativity and understanding of the visual culture that is surrounding us in society? In the use of a digital medium the pupils will be given another possibility to expose their creativity for others in society.
In the study I want to elucidate the teacher's role in this kind of work.
How can teachers work with communication on the basis of the pupils own world of images?
Which role do teachers have in work with digital techniques?
How can assessment be made of interpretation and reflection rather than the production of images?
My theoretical framework is in the social semiotic area and I am also interested in using ethno methodology and conversation analysis in my study.
In spring 2009 I made observations in three different compulsory schools in art classes. When I did these observations I found it difficult to hear what the teachers said to the pupils in different locations in the classroom. In the autumn 2009 I did a test-study in an art class in compulsory school, to see how the use of observation with video cameras would work out. I had one stationary camera and one hand camera, with which I followed the teacher. I also placed a MP3 player round the neck of the teacher to test if that was a way to hear the conversations better.
One insight of these studies is that, when I did observations without a camera I had a better overview of the action in the class. But with the hand camera I could catch different conversations and analyze them afterwards.


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Morgan & West: More Magic for Kids! (Bigger, bolder, and more brilliant than before!)
Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West return to the stage with a marvellous magic show full of crazy capers for the young, old, and everyone in between!
Expect the unexpected, believe the unbelievable, but do not dare miss the unmissable Morgan & West!
Might Mr Morgan manage a whole trick without his partner complaining?
Will Mr West ever accept children as real people too?
Can everyone's favourite duo of deception finally find fame, fortune, and a box of fondant fancies?
Find out all of this and more in Morgan & West: More Magic For Kids!
Morgan and West met whilst studying at Oxford, in the late 19th century. It was in that most reclining of seats of learning that the duo's love of deception and legerdemain was born, and they would have been joined at the hip ever since, were it not for the vast discrepancy in the height of their pelvises. Soon Morgan & West were the hot ticket in every music hall, touring show and carnival of curiosities that the Empire (and its colonies) had to offer, but their big break was still to come…
It was a chance find in the adverts section of Peculiar Past-Times Monthly magazine that led to them coming into possession of a prototype time machine (Tempus Fudgit inc. 1887) and with scant but a change of waistcoat and an industrial sized tea caddy for provisions, the 19th century's greatest magical duo set off for the 21st century.
Morgan & West have been performing magic shows all over the UK and at festivals all over the world since 2009. Most recently they have appeared at Wilton's Music Hall in London in their own run of shows, have fooled Penn & Teller (Fool Us, ITV1), competed to be the Next Great Magician (ITV1) and even attempted to escape The Slammer (CBBC) as well as performing for Prince Charles.
Running time: 60 mins – no interval.
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Second Grenfell Tower investigation game to feature Eric Pickles
Photo: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
A play dramatizing the "carousel carousel" in the Grenfell Tower public inquiry will begin in February and will star players as Hisam Choucair, who lost former housing minister Eric Pickles and six members of his family. 2017 fire.
Grenfell: System Failure is the sequel to the critically acclaimed one-on-one game investigating the disastrous construction project that caused the West London city block to be covered with plastic panels that burned like gasoline.
Lord Pickles, baffling the mourners when he complained at the inquiry that questioning could leave him late for his next appointment, was accused of failing to tighten building regulations in the wake of an earlier fire, despite being instructed by a coroner.
The game will show you being cross-examined by Richard Millett KC, who closed the evidence hearings last month after more than four years of hearings in which different companies, government agencies and agencies accuse each other. still spinning".
The "attack on bureaucracy", initiated by David Cameron in the coalition government, which prevents ministers from introducing regulations unless they remove at least one more rule, will also be scrutinized.
The show is the latest cultural response to the investigation, which includes several other games, books, podcasts and TV shows.
Related: Former ministers could have shown humility and remorse in the Grenfell investigation. They | Lucie Heath
Written by playwright and former Guardian journalist Richard Norton-Taylor and directed by Nicholas Kent, the show will shed light on the stories of two families devastated by the fire: the Choucairs and relatives of Saber Neda, an Afghan officer who arrived in Afghanistan. After fleeing the Taliban in the UK in 1998, he worked as a minibus driver. His wife and son survived the heavy smoke from their 23rd floor apartment; He was going to follow but stayed behind to help the other two women. He fell from the top floor.
The duo's previous game, Grenfell: Value Engineering, featured none of the bereaved or survivors, but focused on construction companies, city officials, specialists, and firefighters.
Choucair told the investigation that the council did not contact him for days after the fire, while searching for his mother, sister, brother-in-law and three daughters – all of whom died.
He described the possibility of his statement being dramatized as "a little odd", but told the Guardian: "I hope what is said is understandable and taken seriously. I hope the seriousness of what is said is reflected in the theatre."
The game will also show current London fire commissioner Andy Roe being cross-examined about corporate failings alongside top government officials and safety experts.
The play will open on 18 February at the Playground Theatre, the Tabernacle and Marylebone Theatre, all in west London, and the head of investigation, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, continues to evaluate the evidence before his final report. Expected before October 2023.
Norton-Taylor said he hopes the game will help "keep the event alive" in the public consciousness. "The evidence needs to be heard and listened to as much as possible," he said. "This could have been completely avoided, but it is a reflection of other segments of British society that we are still facing right now."
Kent said: "At the time of the October 2021 screening of the previous game, there was a lot of pressure from the Grenfell community and audience to complete the story of the final phase of the Grenfell Tower investigation. This second game is a challenge from the cladding/insulation manufacturers, the London fire brigade, government regulators and politicians. It focuses on vital questions such as how they can prevent the terrible fire and fail the local community in the chaos that follows."
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Further investigation had found that Apple's iPad 3 is only 90% charged when it says its 100% charged up.
When is 100% charged not 100%? When it's an Apple iPad 3.
Dr. Raymond Soneira, president of DisplayMate, the world's leading display and display tuning company, found while testing the iPad 3's display, "that the batteries do not actually reach full charge when 100% is shown and need up to an extra hour before the charging is done. After further investigation, Soneira has discovered, "when the battery indicator first says 100% the battery is actually only 90% charged and you get 1.2 hours less running time."
Apple, however, claimed to CNBC's Jon Fortt, that "If you charge it more than [when the battery indicator reads 100%], you could actually harm the longevity of the battery." Nonsense, replied Soneira.
Indeed, Soneira said, "Damaging the longevity of the battery is then exactly what the new iPad's internal battery charging hardware and software are doing since it is their responsibility to properly control and manage the battery recharging process. It's pretty obvious that if the new iPad knows that it is fully charged then it should automatically stop the charging! So according to Apple the new iPad is configured to damage the longevity of its own battery if it isn't manually disconnected from the AC charger when the 100% indicator appears. Anyone that recharges their iPad unattended, especially overnight, will be doing this."
Sure, Soneira continued, "While Apple's remark might apply to recharging dumb battery operated toys; the new iPad is a very sophisticated and expensive computer device that is fully capable of properly controlling and managing its own (rudimentary) battery charging process. Perhaps Apple should instead graciously accept my interpretation and rescind their own remarks, which sound like very poorly thought out damage control. Otherwise they need to immediately fix the iPad battery charging algorithm or they may be held responsible for replacing all iPad batteries. Which one will it be?"
If you do as Apple says you should do and "stop charging the iPad when the battery indicator says 100% you won't get the maximum running time - something that is very important to many people. I repeated the Battery Running Time measurements exactly as above, but stopped the battery charging when the battery indicator reached 100%. For the new iPad at the Middle Brightness Slider setting the Running Time decreased by 1.2 hours to 10.4 hours (10 percent). While at first sight this appears consistent with Apple's own "up to 10 hours running time" my tests were in Airplane Mode with no Wi-Fi and no activity or running Apps of any sort - just a static display. The 11.6 hour running time above for a fully charged battery would most likely deliver a real use running time of over 10 hours as indicated by Apple, but the 10.4 hour time would most likely not."
So, what's wrong here? Soneira explained, "The battery charge indicator on all mobile devices is based on a mathematical model of the charge rates, discharge rates, and recent discharge history of the battery. It uses this information to estimate how much running time is left. It's actually rather difficult to do because most batteries degrade slowly as they discharge and then tend to surprise with a precipitous decline near the end. Note that batteries are based on complex chemistry so there is no practical way to measure the charge level "in hardware." So there is something wrong with the battery charge mathematical model on the iPad. It should not say 100% until it actually stops recharging and goes from the full recharging rate of about 10 watts to a trickle charging rate of about 1 watt. Otherwise the user will not get the maximum running time that the iPad is capable of delivering."
So what should be done next? I agree with ZDNet's Jason D. O'Grady that "the iPad 3 battery indicator should accurately display how much charge it has." It seems pretty simple to me. O'Grady thinks that Apple may do this by means of a software update. I suspect, I hope, he's right.


This week's Safetip is about establishing and maintaining a good housekeeping program to eliminate some workplace hazards.
Reduced handling of hazardous materials.
Work areas with no clutter or spills, leading to fewer accidents due to slips and trips.
What Are the Components of a Housekeeping Program?
According to CCOHS, a good housekeeping program plans and manages the orderly storage and movement of materials from point of entry to exit, to ensure minimal material handling. The plan also ensures that work areas are not used as storage areas. Ineffective or insufficient storage planning results in materials being handled and stored in hazardous ways.
Worker training is also an important part of an effective housekeeping program. Workers need to know how to work safely with the products they use. They also need to know how to protect other workers by posting signs (e.g. for slippery floors), reporting unusual conditions, etc.
CCOHS also emphasizes that cleaning and organization must be done regularly, not just at the end of the shift. Integrating housekeeping into jobs can help ensure this is done. Be sure also to perform inspections to check for flaws in the housekeeping program.


SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook got into a heated verbal altercation with fans. The All-Star guard ended up having the last word on the court.
Westbrook had 23 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 98-89 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night. Dennis Schroder led the way with 24 points to help the Thunder sweep the season series.
An altercation between Westbrook and a pair of Jazz fans in the stands took place early in the second quarter after what he felt was a racial taunt. According to the Thunder guard, they told him to "get down on my knees like I used to." Westbrook was caught on video cursing at a fan and threatening him and his wife.
Westbrook expressed concern following the game at the verbal abuse he and teammates have received from fans on the road. He said he is done tolerating their disrespect.
Jazz security issued multiple warning cards and the team said in a postgame statement that it will be investigating the exchange between Westbrook and fans.
The fan said in a TV interview that neither he nor his wife cursed at Westbrook.
Paul George chipped in 14 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City. Steven Adams and Jerami Grant added 12 points apiece.
Westbrook took over after the Jazz rallied in the fourth quarter. Royce O'Neale cut the deficit to 89-83 on a pair of 3-pointers. Utah didn't get any closer. Westbrook scored back-to-back baskets as part of a 9-1 run that put the Thunder up 98-84 with 1:32 remaining.
Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points for Utah, which shot just 36 percent from the field. O'Neale added 17 points while Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 12 rebounds.
The Jazz held an opponent under 100 points for the 19th time this season, but could never get on track offensively.
Starting with second-chance baskets from Adams and Grant, the Thunder scored field goals on five straight possessions to take a 22-14 lead late in the first quarter. O'Neale and Crowder finally stemmed the run with back-to-back 3-pointers.
Oklahoma City ran off 10 unanswered points and took its first double-digit lead at 40-29 on a pair of free throws from Westbrook with 3:42 remaining in the half. Adams also made a pair of hook shots to help fuel the spurt.
Utah trimmed the Thunder lead to 60-55 late in the third quarter when Mitchell scored a finger roll layup. Oklahoma City pulled away a second time and took its largest lead at 80-63 on a 3-pointer from Abdel Nader early in the fourth quarter.
The Jazz shot just 30 percent from the perimeter. As a team, Utah shot 43 3-pointers, which composed nearly 50 percent of its total field goal attempts. Even with such a high volume, the Jazz believed they were the right shots to take.
Schroder finished with at least 20 points for the 16th time this season. With 24 points, he collected two more points than the entire Jazz bench.
Many of Schroder's baskets came in key stretches in the second half when the Jazz rallied.
"Dennis kind of quieted things for us and gave us a little bit of breathing room in some of those situations," Donovan said.
Thunder: In his three previous games against the Jazz this season, George averaged 39.7 points on 60.6 percent shooting, 8.7 rebounds, and 5.3 assists. ... Oklahoma City finished with a 15-8 edge in fast-break points.
Jazz: Dante Exum returned to action after missing 25 games with a left ankle sprain and bone bruise. Exum was scoreless with three assists in 15 minutes. ... The Jazz scored 23 points off 16 Thunder turnovers.
Thunder: Host Brooklyn on Wednesday.
Jazz: Visit Phoenix on Wednesday.


Given that they are considered by plenty of people as a good alternative to real tobacco cigarettes, electronic cigarettes have become very popular all over the world today. Of course, this means that there are plenty of products out in the market today, and it is up to the consumer to make sure that the best one is chosen. To help you out with this, here are a few important factors that you should bear in mind, throughout your search for an electronic cigarette to purchase.
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Rio Hotel features tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers concierge services, room service (during limited hours), and a safe deposit box at the front desk.
Rio Hotel is a smoke-free property.
Located in Castello, this hotel is steps from Riva degli Schiavoni, Bridge of Sighs, and St. Mark's Basilica. St. Mark's Square and St Mark's Campanile are also within 5 minutes. Venice Santa Lucia Station is 28 minutes by foot.
This smoke-free hotel features coffee/tea in a common area, concierge services, and a 24-hour front desk. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and a TV in a common area are onsite.
All 17 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and room service. For entertainment, LED TVs come with satellite channels, and guests can also appreciate comforts like premium bedding and pillow menus.
Rio Hotel offers 17 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. 32-inch LED televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers, bidets, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 25 per night.
Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 15.0 per night.
A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.50 per person, per night for adults; EUR 1.25 per night for guests aged 10-15 years old.


In "Coming into the Genome Age II," we examine a transposon insertion on human chromosome 16 and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the control region of the mitochondrial chromosome, which have no identifiable phenotypes (traits). In this article, I introduce an assay for an SNP that predicts the ability to taste the bitter compound phenylthiocarbamide (PTC). This experiment links genotype to phenotype and puts a contemporary spin on an old standby of classical genetics.
The story began in 1931, when Arthur Fox synthesized some PTC in his laboratory at du Pont Chemical Company in Wilmington, Delaware. After several researchers complained of a bitter taste upon entering his lab, Fox deduced that they were tasting suspended particles of PTC powder. However, he and some others could not taste the compound.
This variable-tasting ability came to the attention of Albert Blakeslee at the Carnegie Department of Genetics on Long Island, New York, the forerunner of my own institution. Blakeslee suspected that PTC tasting is genetically determined. In 1932 he published a population study showing that PTC tasting is inherited as a dominant Mendelian trait.
For 70 years, Blakeslee's genetic description of PTC was definitive: tasters inherit one or 2 copies of a "taster" allele, and nontasters inherit 2 copies of a "nontaster" allele. Then, in 2003, Dennis Drayna and his associates at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) cloned the gene that explains bitter tasting ability, TAS2R38-the 38th member of the 2R family of bitter taste receptors.
Like other taste and olfactory receptors, TAS2R38 is a small intronless gene of about 1,000 nucleotides. It is a member of the family of G protein-coupled, or 7 transmembrane-spanning, receptors. The binding of a ligand (bitter taste molecule) to the extracellular region of the receptor sets up an action potential that conducts an impulse to the sensory cortex of the brain, where it is interpreted as "bitter."
Drayna found that 3 SNPs in the TAS2R38 gene form a haplotype that correlates with bitter tasting. Each of the 3 changes also produces a change in the amino acid sequence of the receptor protein as shown below.
This allows for a fascinatingly imperfect experiment to assay for the SNP at position 145, which has the highest correlation to tasting of the 3 polymorphisms. Students isolate DNA from cheek cells obtained by a simple saline mouthwash and amplify a region of the TAS2R38 gene. The amplified fragment (amplicon) is incubated with the restriction enzyme HaeIII, which includes the SNP in its recognition sequence GGCC. HaeIII cuts the taster allele (with the sequence GGCC), but fails to cut the nontaster allele (GGGC). This creates a length polymorphism, and the 2 alleles are readily separated in an agarose gel.
For best effect, produce the genotypes first, and have each student predict their tasting phenotype. Then bring out the PTC paper and have students score their tasting ability as strong, weak, or nonexistant. The prediction of bitter tasting is good, but not perfect.
Virtually all homozygous nontasters (tt) cannot taste PTC, while homozygous tasters (TT) occasionally report weak or nontasting. The heterozygous genotype (Tt) has the "leakiest" phenotype, with weak or nontasting being fairly common. (This is formally called a heterozygote effect.) Students'; explanations for these discrepancies get to the heart of genetic variability and show the limits of genetic testing.
This experiment offers students a glimpse of the so-called "personalized medicine" that will likely be part of their future healthcare. Using SNPs to predict a tasting phenotype is a close analog to pharmacogenetics, where gene variations are used to predict drug responses. Currently, pharmacogenetics is limited mainly to cancer treatment, where therapies are increasingly tailored to the mutation profile of a specific tumor. However, genetic screening will broaden to include many potent drugs that have known, serious side effects.


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Tagata Pasifika - Hine Moana: A Journey Home
In this 2010 Tagata Pasifika story, reporter Adrian Stevanon follows efforts by a group of Pacific Island mariners to preserve the traditions and skills of the great Polynesian voyagers — as an armada of canoes from the Cook Islands, Tahiti, Fiji and Aotearoa takes to the seas of Te Moananui a Kiwa (the Pacific Ocean). Stevanon has zero sailing hours when he joins the Pan-Pacific crew of Hine Moana in the Cook Islands, en route to Samoa. Unsure "if this city boy can handle the high seas", he takes time to find his sea legs, but eventually gets on the foi (tiller) and into 'vaka mode'.
Our Small World
Our Small World is a portrait of life on an atoll in Tokelau — on Fale, an island so small, the schoolhouse had to be built on the next island, and the pigs live on the reef. Narrated by Tokelau-born Ioane Puka on a return visit, the film examines old traditions meeting pressures from the outside world, an emphasis on self-sufficiency and togetherness, and worries over education and a declining, youth-heavy population. Key decisions are made by a group of male elders, although after initial doubts, they have accepted a woman police officer.
Kupe - Voyaging by the Stars
According to Māori legend Aotearoa was found by the explorer Kupe, chasing an octopus from Ra'iatea, Tahiti. This documentary follows Northland building contractor Hekenukumai 'Hector' Busby, as he leads the construction of a waka hourua (double-hulled canoe), then retraces Kupe's course across the Pacific, back to Rarotonga. Busby first heads to Tahiti to learn navigation methods used by Polynesia's great ocean voyagers, then returns home to fell a kauri and begin building Te Aurere. Busby would go on to build at least another 20 waka; he passed away in May 2019.
John Utanga
Reporter, Producer
Veteran Tagata Pasifika producer/reporter John Utanga has interviewed prime ministers, and covered everything from vaka voyaging to Polyfest. Born and bred in Rarotonga, Utanga studied journalism at Auckland University and started as a reporter in print before transferring to television in 1994. Utanga co-founded the Pacific Islands Media Association, has chaired Auckland University of Technology's Pacific Media Centre, and in 2015 completed the Taupo Ironman. He is now one of the partners in company SunPix, which took over production of Tagata Pasifika in 2015, from TVNZ.


Valve has indeed responded, though it apparently missed the deadline yesterday. The company once again says that it is "not engaged in gambling or the promotion of gambling" and does "not 'facilitate' gambling." While admitting "gambling propositions" do occur, Valve claims nothing it does is illegal in the state of Washington, and it has no desire or plan to "turn off lawful commercial and communication services," particular when it claims it's issued cease and desist letters to several dozen gambling sites already.
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This course satisfies the University of Texas at Arlington core curriculum requirement in communication.Continues ENGL 1301, but with an emphasis on advanced techniques of academic argument. Includes issue identification, independent library research, analysis and evaluation of sources, and synthesis of sources with students' own claims, reasons, and evidence. This course focuses oncritical engagement with ethical and social issues and the development of academic arguments that communicate a specific point of view.Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ENGL 1301.
The main focus of this class will be on science fiction. However, throughout the semester we will be looking at how science fiction was born due to European empire-building, and how colonialism and post-colonialism continued to shape science fiction in the West and make it what it is today. In addition, later in the semester we will compare Western science fiction to a few examples of non-Western flavors of the genre and determine how it "speaks back" to Western versions in political and social ways. Before considering any of these examples, however, we will begin the semester with a brief overview of postcolonial theory which will be a tool that we can use to more effectively analyze each individual text and determine how the texts fit together a whole and respond to one another. Our goal will be to explore the things that led to modern science fiction, but to also understand the genre more deeply by exploring the theories that help to explain both science fiction and the social and cultural implications of colonialism and its aftermath.
In ENGL 2309 – World Literature, we will read a variety of world literature masterpieces that raise significant aesthetic, cultural, and social issues. We will focus on developing your ability to engage intellectually with texts and ideas and to articulate your thoughts clearly and effectively both orally and in writing. You will be asked to look beyond surface-level meanings and consider how literary texts reflect the author's ideology or the social and political concerns of the time through their themes and stylistic devices. Our overall goal in this class is to help you discover complex aspects of literary art and sharpen your ability of perceptive and informed reading.
This course satisfies the University of Texas at Arlington core curriculum requirements in Language, Philosophy, and Culture. The required objectives of these courses are the development of students' critical thinking, communication skills, personal responsibility, and social responsibility. Many elements of this course foster development of these objectives, which are explicitly addressed in the "Signature Assignment" (see below). The Departmental general guidelines for sophomore literature can be found by typing "sophomore literature" in the "Search UT Arlington" box on the University website: http://www.uta.edu/uta.


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Electronic vs. personal health record
[ Fall 2008 ]
Whereas an electronic health record (EHR) is a computer record that originates with and is controlled by doctors, a personal health record (PHR) can be generated by physicians, patients, hospitals, pharmacies, and other sources but is controlled by the patient.
Google and Microsoft are now promoting Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault, respectively, to hospitals and individuals. These services house PHRs on secure networks. Among Microsoft's early partners is Kaiser Permanente's integrated managed care organization. Google's links include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston; the Cleveland Clinic, in Ohio; the pharmacy chains CVS Caremark and Walgreens; and Medco, a prescription-drug benefit manager.
"Personal health records can be either linked to electronic health records or stand alone, but linking the two is by far the most useful approach," says HSPH's David Bates. "It's a lot to ask a patient to keep track of all their medical data."
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How would I use Ajax Shortcodes?
Is it possible to hide all shortcodes on the make appointment page and as people fill the selections the next appears?
This wouldn't so much be linked to the shortcodes, but you could wrap the shortcode in a div with an ID that you can hide using CSS, then with some careful AJAX catches display the divs containing the other shortcode content as you go along.


The Balkans remain one of Europe's more unstable and varied political landscapes, with mixed and diverse national trajectories. What we see today in the Balkan political space is largely the outcome of the type of transition that these countries experienced during the 1990s, the early years of political change from one party rule to multi-party political pluralism. This paper argues that the Balkan states developed some common traits in their first decade of transition: firstly, they maintained continuity with their communist past; secondly, they pursued an illiberal start dominated by domestic elites and top-down politics; and, finally, they underwent a collapse of their early illiberal competitive order before moving into more mainstream politics. Since then, democratic politics in the Balkans have experienced many improvements as a reaction to this illiberal start, but they have also sustained some democratic deficits which have a direct link to the initial illiberal years of the transition.


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We're currently at the final day of our Public School March Break Camp and have been having a blast this week!
Our campers met with many of our furry residents this week and learned about a variety of topics.
Campers learned about nocturnal animals, predators vs. prey animals and even delved into the world of veterinary medicine to name a few. These are just some of the fun activities that our campers enjoyed this week!!!
Our Little Lambs got to learn about X-Rays and even made their own stethoscopes for our Vet Surgeon Day!
Over the week other activities included a Safari themed craft where our campers made animal faces out of large boxes to be turned into a bean bag toss game!
Our campers created animals out of cardboard to create a "Safari Animal" bean bag toss game!
Keeping with the safari theme, earlier this week the campers also took part in a group activity to create a massive mural. Each group worked on their own section and painted a different animal! We can't wait to see how it turns out!
Campers working together to paint a large mural.
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Hoop-Dee-Doo Food Service Worker Reportedly Diagnosed with Hepatitis A
by Laughing Place Disney Newsdesk | Jan 28, 2019 1:50 PM Pacific Time
Tags: Hoop-Dee-Doo, Walt Disney World
A food service worker at Walt Disney World has contracted hepatitis A, according to reports from the Florida Department of Health.
What's happening:
Local ABC news affiliate WFTV 9 in Orlando has reported that a Walt Disney World food service worker has contracted hepatitis A.
The case of was reported in a worker at the Hoop-Dee-Doo musical revue at the Fort Wilderness Campground.
The Florida Health Department received the report of the case on January 24.
The Health Department's epidemiology staff in Orange County confirmed the case in the lab and worked with Disney officials last week to make vaccines available to staff members.
WFTV has also reported that Disney officials have thoroughly cleaned and sanitized the restaurant after learning about the case out of an abundance of caution.
Disney is continuing to work with the Health Department and have put additional measures in place to protect guests and cast members, including making vaccines available.
What they're saying:
Disney spokesperson: "Nothing is more important to us than safety. Upon learning this news, we immediately began working with the Florida Department of Health in Orange County. The impacted cast member has not worked since being diagnosed and will not return until officially cleared by the Department of Health. We are not aware of anyone else becoming ill and continue to be engaged with the Department of Health to ensure we have all of the right processes in place to protect our cast members and guests."
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"This was a long time in the making…[it] should have taken place many decades ago," said Mr Trump, as Mr Netanyahu looked over his shoulder.
On a day Israel began responding militarily to a rocket attack from Hamas militants in Gaza that wounded seven people, he added that Israel had no intention of giving up the Golan.
In Israel, the proclamation was met with widespread albeit muted praise as the Israeli army launched air strikes in Gaza in response to the earlier long-range rocket fire.
Benny Gantz, the country's former army chief and Mr Netanyahu's main elections rival, said he hoped it would be part of a true bi-partisan relationship in the future.
"We are thankful for your strategic partnership. And we want all of America; Republicans and Democrats, is move forward with us in the spirit of true bi-partisanship that served so well in the past".
Opposition head Shelly Yacimovich, as well as Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay, also commended the move.
The status of Golan had not altered in the eyes United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
Mr Netanyahu is also confronting new allegations of corruption, which are piled on top of accusations he used his position for personal gain.
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Bye Ann Arbor, Hello Summer!
As soon as I submitted the Human Growth and Development exam, I ran home and happily stored my huge sequence packets and my collection of rainbow highlighters. School was over and I had survived my first year of medical school! I exchanged my tan trench coat for bright yellow flip-flops, my mangled green umbrella for stylish aviators, and officially started to pack my bags! I would be leaving Ann Arbor for 11 weeks. For my first and only summer while in medical school, I would travel to St. Martin, Mexico, and return home to Panama for a little fun and work. I was excited and eager for my travels to begin!
First stop – St. Martin.
Scuba diving was the highlight of my trip to this small Caribbean island. It was equally thrilling and terrifying to sit at the bottom of the ocean hearing only your rhythmic breathing and endless thoughts, like meditation taken to the next level! Thankfully, no sharks were spotted, and yes, tons of colorful fish. I loved every minute of it! Here are a few shots of me scuba diving and feeding a sea turtle. I hope to squeeze in some more diving time before I return to Ann Arbor!
A few months ago, I received an email from Global Reach (http://www.med.umich.edu/globalreach/) about sending students to Panama to help set up research and clinical opportunities for medical students. Since I grew up in Panama, I excitedly emailed back and listed all the ways I hoped to contribute to the project. A few weeks later, my ticket was bought and my Panama plans were in motion. I would be traveling home to see my family, plus help Michigan set up rotations and research opportunities. A large part of why Michigan stood out to me when I was applying to medical schools was its dedication to global health, so I was excited to be given the opportunity as a rising M2 to travel and assist in furthering Michigan's collaboration with international institutions.
I'm now in Panama and enjoying every minute of it. Although I have important meetings and work scattered throughout my trip, I also get to take advantage of being home and all the luxuries associated with it, like waking up late (11 a.m.!!), adopting random summer TV shows (pretty little liars, anyone?), feasting on delicious homemade food (best pink pasta in the world), pampering myself with a trip to the salon, and meeting up with old friends. Life is good. Sadly, my time here in Panama is coming to a close. Tomorrow I will have another set of meetings with physicians and directors at one of the public hospitals here, and then a few days later I'll be leaving.
Early in the M1 year, I pursued a faculty-led global research project in Pachuca, Mexico offered through Global Reach. The project will evaluate a hypertension management program for low-income patients in rural Mexico. This will be my first time living in Mexico, so I'm incredibly excited! I'll be living in Mineral del Monte, a small town in Hidalgo, until mid-August, then returning to AA just in time for the start of M2 year.
As my departure date nears, my parents may have just realized I'm going to be living in Mexico for two entire months! Concerns over safety get discussed with increasing frequency at the dinner table as CNN continuously dwells on the increasing border and drug violence. Apparently Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America, right up there with Venezuela, a fact my mom just discovered and reminds me of daily. I try and reassure my parents that the project I'm working with is taking every precaution to ensure our safety, including providing us with a driver and housing us in a tiny town of 12,000 people. Plus, I'll have a cell phone with a Mexican SIM card, so I can be reached anytime. As dangerous as the country may be, I'm focusing on the fun of exploring Pachuca and Mineral del Monte. I'll also be taking a weekend trip to the Riviera Maya for my dad's birthday, plus a trip to Mexico City to meet up with a friend from high school. Other than that, I'll be safely tucked away in my safe bubble of Mineral del Monte, nicknamed "Pueblo Mágico" or Magical Village.


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Bright light from electronic devices like television sets, laptop computers and smartphones is bad for sleep. The "blue light" emitted by these devices suppresses melatonin, the hormone that tells our body that it is time to sleep. (We will take a longer look at melatonin, blue light and circadian rhythm in a forthcoming blog post).
Most of us have heard how bad this light is for our sleep, but how many of us are ready to banish these devices before we go to bed?
If you don't think you can break your technology habit, perhaps technology can help you. Apple recently introduced iPhone Night Shift mode, which shifts the phone's screen from its usual blue light to a yellower shade. (Android has a similar feature).
The aim is to reduce the amount of blue light emitted by the screen, in the hope that it will improve your sleep. Quite honestly, there is no proof that it works, although a recent study by Van Der Lely et al. (2015) showed that, in comparison to normal glasses, "blue blocker" glasses reduced the suppression of melatonin. Are you still with me? It's not perfect, but it is better than nothing.
I was recently asked about the effect of WiFi and radio waves on sleep. I have done some bibliographic research and concluded that, for the time being, no significant effects on sleep quality have been demonstrated. However, scientific studies generally look at statistical effects on a sample of the population, so this does not mean that nobody in the sample was disturbed by radio waves. To put it another way, sleep quality is not generally affected by WiFi, but if you feel that it could be a problem for you, turn everything off!
The best bet, then, is to turn off all your electronic devices with screens at least one hour before you go to bed, and keep them out of the bedroom. Good luck with that!


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Jason Narvy
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Jason Andrew Narvy is an accomplished film and stage actor from Los Angeles, CA. He began his career studying at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in Los Angeles and quickly found employment in the Hollywood film industry. He is best known for his portrayal of the comic villain "Skull" from 1993-2001 on Fox Television's Emmy-nominated Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and its spin-offs, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, and Power Rangers in Space, as well as the voice of Combat Chopper on the Sci-Fi Children's show Masked Rider. Over the years he worked with the American Shakespeare Center, Clayworks Theater Company, the Santa Susana Repertory Company, Shakespeare Santa Barbara, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, and the Legitimate Theater Company of Brooklyn as an actor and director. He is now based in Chicago where he is Artistic Director for ACT and Assistant Professor of Theater at Concordia University Chicago. Dr. Narvy holds a Master of Letters in Shakespearean Pe rformance from Mary Baldwin College and a PhD in Theater Studies from the University of California.
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health advocates welcome announcement halt darwin dan murphys
Health advocates welcome announcement to halt Darwin Dan Murphy's
Health advocates welcome announcement to halt Darwin Dan Murphy's and encourage an earlier release of the Independent Panel Review report
An Independent Panel Review appointed by Woolworths to investigate the proposed development of a Dan Murphy's megastore in Darwin has recommended that Woolworths halt their plans.
The independent panel, chaired by Danny Gilbert AM, presented a suite of recommendations to the board of Woolworths and confirmed what Darwin health and community advocates have known for years. Woolworths did not conduct adequate stakeholder engagement about the proposed large- scale liquor store and should not proceed with the development.
While the community health organisations welcome today's announcement and acknowledge the important step, Woolworths is taking in considering its social impact, they remain cautious of intentions for further development.
For John Paterson, (CEO of AMSANT) Olga Havnen (CEO of Danila Dilba Health Service) and Deborah Di Natale (CEO of NTCOSS), the announcement brings an end to five years of advocating against the store due to the increase in alcohol related harm it would bring to Darwin.
"As a long-term advocate against this Dan Murphy's store, it's really great to see that the concerns of health professionals and community leaders are finally being heard after five long years. However, this is only a small part of the work we do every day in mitigating the acute and long-term harm that alcohol causes in our community" Mr Paterson said.
"With the existing high density of bottle shops, the addition of a megastore would have a disastrous impact on Darwin. The Northern Territory experiences some of the worst alcohol-related harm in the country," said Ms Di Natale.
"It is a great step. But Woolworths must now guarantee that they will retain the license and not pass it over to Endeavour Group, their alcohol subsidiary, to try again to build this store. Until Woolworths confirms they will retain the liquor license, a megastore being built near dry Aboriginal communities will hang over Darwin.
Ms Havnen is relieved the lack of engagement has been taken into consideration in this decision. She also commends Woolworths on making this significant decision and acknowledged that "Woolworths has taken a considerable step in the right direction here. This decision provides Woolworths with an opportunity to become a national leader in corporate responsibility and influence the business sector in its engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities, and organisations. In the interest of transparency, I would encourage the release of the Independent Panel Review report immediately, with responses to recommendations in June as initially indicated by Woolworths."


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Barry Edelstein, the Artistic Director of The Old Globe, claims a friendship of more than twenty years with comedian, author, and art collector Steve Martin, and he's used that friendship to lure to the Globe the world premieres of the musical Bright Star and the play Meteor Shower. Now, he's staging Mr. Martin's most well-known play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as part of the theatre's winter-spring season. It's a loving production, full of spirit and comradery among a cast mostly known for its work in Hollywood.
The play imagines a 1904 meeting between Pablo Picasso (Philippe Bowgen) and Albert Einstein (Justin Long) in a Montmartre bar. Picasso was already somewhat renown, but was still not a household name. He was in his "blue period" and would soon move into his "rose period." Einstein was as yet unknown, but he would publish articles in 1905 that began a new era in the study of physics.
Did sparks fly at the meeting? A little, but not all that much about the intellectual connections between two geniuses. Rather, they mostly flew about sex. The two men were similarly aged (Picasso was 23, Einstein 25), and both had at least the usual amount of interest in sex for men of that age. As did everyone else at the bar that evening. There was Gaston (Hal Linden) a neighborhood roué who suffers from bladder problems. There was Sagot (Ron Orbach), an art dealer who didn't recognize a Picasso sketch when he saw one, but knew that the sketch would be valuable one day. There was Suzanne (Liza Lapira), for whom Picasso had drawn the sketch as a seduction tool (one he used a lot, apparently). And, there was Freddy (Donald Faison), the proprietor, and Germaine (Luna Vélez), the server, both of whom knew more than they generally let on.
A few other characters make cameo appearances. Two other women come into the bar (both played by Ms. Lapira). And then there is Charles Dabernow Schmendiman (Marcel Spears), who one commentator called "the most useless man in the 20th century." Mr. Schmendiman (a fictitious character who nevertheless has a Facebook page) has invented a brittle building material, which, he is convinced, will make him a fortune. Finally, late in the play, a visitor (Kevin Hafso-Koppman) appears. He is a young man who has used sex to revolutionize music, and he closes the circle surrounding sex and ideas in a surreal but satisfying manner.
Mr. Edelstein has assembled a charming company who collectively commit serious fun. John Lee Beatty's Lapin Agile may not be an accurate replica, but it is Parisian whimsy at its best. Russell Champa lights the stage in gorgeous hues and produces spectacular special effects when called upon to do so. Katherine Roth's costumes range from elegant to sexy, and Lindsay Jones provides music and sound effects to go with the lighting. James Vasquez's musical staging is inventive and contagious.
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A: I think this answer should make the desired rendering.\qformat if I have correctly understand, create a format for the label question but the question is in the other lign. So for modify the label and the question is in the same line, the answer I have found is to modify directly the \questionlabel in the right form (l3 in the code)
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Big box stores ringing up property tax discounts
The dispute -- which is playing out not just in Michigan but across the country -- centers around how these stores are valued for tax purposes.
Big box stores ringing up property tax discounts The dispute -- which is playing out not just in Michigan but across the country -- centers around how these stores are valued for tax purposes. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/1ymL5EI
Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press Published 11:17 p.m. ET April 11, 2015
A dispute playing out not just in Michigan but across the country centers around how big box stores are valued for property tax purposes.
Disputes over tax assessments for stores such as Sam's Club, above, are playing out not just in Michigan but across the country.(Photo: Associated Press)
LANSING – Local governments in Michigan say they are losing millions of dollars in property taxes and facing cuts in services to residents because of a series of tax tribunal and state court decisions in which "big box" stores such as Lowe's and Home Depot are getting their assessments slashed, sometimes by 50% or more.
In Mason County, a Meijer, a Home Depot and a Lowe's have each successfully appealed their assessments and reduced their combined assessments from $12.6 million to $5.9 million, resulting in lost tax revenue of nearly $300,000, according to county records.
In Ottawa County, big box appeals have resulted in $14.8 million in lost assessment since 2010 and an additional $15.8 million in assessment is at risk, said Michael Galligan, director of the equalization department. So far, the revenue lost to all taxing authorities is about $745,000 and another $612,000 in tax revenue is at risk, Galligan said.
Such disputes — which are playing out not just in Michigan but across the country — center on how the owner-occupied stores are valued for tax purposes.
Michigan has three accepted methods of determining a property's "true cash value," or fair market value: comparable sales, the cost of construction less depreciation, and how much income a property produces.
Townships, cities and counties generally want to value big box stores based on construction costs.
The store owners generally want to use comparable sales. And since they wouldn't sell their stores to other retailers, they say assessors should look at sales of stores that have gone out of business and are vacant, since that's the only way they would ever come on the market. It's known as the "dark store" approach to valuing the stores.
"The problem with the situation is it feels like large retail stores are being assessed as if they're failures ... and it's not so," said Howard Feyen, assessor for Holland Township in western Michigan.
"A brand-new Walmart is worth the same as a boarded-up Kmart?" asked Deena Bosworth, director of governmental affairs for the Michigan Association of Counties. "I don't think so."
Successful big box stores, of which there are many, rarely, if ever, come on the market, so local assessors say they don't have comparable sales to use when pegging them with a "true cash value" for assessment purposes. That's why they say they've historically used the cost approach.
But attorney Michael Shapiro, a partner in the Honigman law firm in Detroit who has tried or argued dozens of such cases before the Michigan Tax Tribunal and the Michigan Court of Appeals and has settled hundreds of others on behalf of the property owners, said assessors shouldn't confuse the value of a business with the value of a building.
"The case law," right up to the U.S. Supreme Court, "says that the true cash value of a property is unaffected by who owns or who uses the property," Shapiro told the Free Press.
But in Marquette Township in the Upper Peninsula — which spent millions over several years extending services to a commercial area where several big box stores are located — officials feel blindsided by the decisions, which have severely reduced the property tax revenues that were going to pay for those services, said Randell Girard, the township manager.
The township has lost $205,000 a year in property taxes and paid $280,000 in legal fees fighting the decisions, Girard said. Reduced millage revenues have already forced the library to reduce its hours and more cuts can be expected in recreation, senior services, and other areas, he said.
"Residents won't see the large impact for probably two to three years when this all catches up and fund balances have been drained," Girard said.
The situation is complicated by deed restrictions often placed on big box stores when retailers close one outlet to open a larger one nearby, but restrict how the old store can be used so the buyer doesn't compete with its new, larger outlet.
That's what Target did in October 2012 when it closed one store on Baldwin Street in Grandville, the same day it opened a larger, 135,000-square-foot store in the same city, on 44th Street SW.
It also happened in Muskegon in 2007, when Target closed its outlet in the city and opened a larger, 127,000-square-foot outlet less than 4 miles away in suburban Norton Shores. The old Target, which has deed restrictions attached to its sale, "has been sitting vacant" ever since, said Donna VanderVries, an attorney and appraiser who is equalization director for Muskegon County.
In Madison Heights in 2005, Sam's Club closed its outlet on 14 Mile Road and moved to a larger store at 13 Mile and John R. The shuttered Sam's Club, which had deed restrictions, sat vacant for years and was the proposed site for a go-kart track before it went to industrial use — Shannon Precision Fastener opened there in 2012.
The deed restrictions placed on vacant big box stores reduce their value and those sales shouldn't be used as comparisons when determining the value of similar stores still in business, local officials say.
Shapiro said deed-restricted sales are sometimes included in the sales comparisons big box stores use to get their assessments reduced, but the deed restrictions in those cases did not adversely affect the selling price because they "were formulated to satisfy the buyer's use of the property."
There's no legal definition of a big box store. But it's generally agreed the term applies to owner-occupied retail stores that are about 76,000 square feet or bigger.
Jack Van Coevering, a Grand Rapids attorney who represents local governments, said both the tax tribunal and the Michigan Court of Appeals have historically upheld the cost approach to determining the stores' values. But he said that has been changing in recent years at the level of the Michigan Tax Tribunal — an administrative court made up of attorneys, accountants, assessors and appraisers, appointed by the governor to hear assessment appeals.
Last year, the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a case in favor of retailers Lowe's and Home Depot after Marquette and Breitung townships appealed Michigan Tax Tribunal decisions in favor of the big box outlets. In December, the Michigan Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the local governments.
The tribunal had slashed the 2012 taxable value — which is calculated as half of the market value — of the Lowe's store by about 63%, to $1.9 million, from the $5.2 million assessed by Marquette Township.
The tribunal reduced the 2011 taxable value of the Home Depot by 59%, to $1.2 million, from the $2.9 million assessed by Breitung Township.
"Valuing the subject properties as vacant and available for sale, as opposed to occupied, constituted a proper valuation," said the Court of Appeals panel composed of Judges Donald Owens, Christopher Murray and Michael Riordan.
"Whether the businesses operating on the properties were successful and had no intention of closing their doors is not relevant to determining the TCV (true cash value) of the property."
Local governments say the financial impact of such decisions is enormous. Van Coevering said the appeals, and settlements local governments are making rather than fighting appeals, are easily costing local treasuries and school districts tens of millions of dollars a year statewide.
In Marquette County, administrator Scott Erbisch estimates a $1.1-million hit would be felt if all 20 "big box" stores in the county successfully took a similar approach, reducing taxable value from $39.3 million to $13.4 million.
The valuation of big box stores is also a live issue in other states. Van Coevering says some states are backing the cost approach to establishing values favored by local governments, but Shapiro said the relevant laws vary from state to state so what happens elsewhere isn't directly relevant to Michigan.
In neighboring Indiana, the Board of Tax Review, after hearing similar arguments, ruled that an Indianapolis Meijer store should have been assessed in 2012 at about $30 per square foot, less than half the value assigned to it by local officials.
Ft. Wayne attorney Mark GiaQuinta told the Associated Press that if the decision there is allowed to stand, other large operations "will be valued as a flea market."
Contact Paul Egan: 517-372-8660 or pegan@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @paulegan4.
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New Generation Berlin e.V. focusses on the important topic of global learning
Natural appreciation of all people as full members of society, that is the aim of New Generation Berlin e.V. which has been founded by Sonja Prinz in 2008. The charitable association contributes with its work to global learning, empowerment of children and adolescents of African origin and their families as well as developmental education.
The association will organizes the African Youth Day with a children's musical and many more other activities for old and young.
Intercultural musicals like the Afro-German HipHop-Reggae children's musical "Papiere, Papiere" are produced on a regular basis. The musicals, which promote the intercultural dialogue, are subsequently also set to music as radio play. Currently the emphasis of the musical workshop in Berlin is on the West African country Mali and in Potsdam on the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The association's aim is to openly fight racism but there are also indirect racist statements and prejudices as well as cultural misunderstandings which distort the image of the African continent. The association actively addresses this negative image with its messages and projects and for this purpose aims at expanding its network on a national and international basis.
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The Chairman of Megamound Investment, Otunba Olumide Osunsina has called on well meaning Nigerians and entrepreneurs to invest in the country as he commissioned multi-billlion naira estate in Abeokuta, just as he was installed as Asiwaju Bobagunwa of Egbaland and his wife Yeye Asiwaju Bobagunwa of the kingdom. .
Before the commissioning of the Abeokuta Estate, Osunsina also developed the Carlton Gate Estate on Chevron drive with land space of 28.31 Hectares, brilliantly structured into 231 Residential plots, fully service with the most modern infrastructure. He also owns the Elegushi Royal Heritage Estate located along the Lekki Peninsula. He has also commenced construction of Kings Court Estate located within the Oniru Chieftaincy family Estate in Victoria Island Annex, Lagos.
This Estate constitutes of 2 blocks of 14 flats each on 5000sqm valued at N1.5B.The real estate magnate also owns Lekky County Homes in Ikoyi, and was also involved in the dredging of the Nicon Town Estate project along the Lekki-Ajah axis in Lagos.
Osunsina while speaking to newsmen immediately after his installation by the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Aremu Gbadebo also called on indigenes of Egbaland to create more job opportunities for the citizenry by creating more jobs in the sprawling city.
"Abeokuta is a big city, our governor (Senator Ibikunle Amosun) has beautified the city by constructing good roads all over the city, so, I enjoined all the indigenes of the city to come home and contribute their quota to the development of the town" Osunsina said.
Oba Gbadebo lauded the billionaire business mogul and urged all the well meaning indigenes of the town in diaspora to emulate him by setting up companies in the city.