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NYC Events,"Only the Best" (11/02) + Today's Featured Pub (Upper West Side) →
Today's Elite 8 NYC Events > THURSDAY/ NOVEMBER 01, 2018
For future NYC Events, check the tab above:"NYC Events-November"
Ken Peplowski: The Great American Songbook (Nov.1-4)
Dizzy's Club / 7:30PM, +9:30PM, $40
"The clarinet basically died out as a leading jazz instrument after the bebop onslaught of the mid-forties, but a player like Peplowski makes you wonder why. With a tone like finely woven silk, wondrous technical agility, and an itching curiosity that encompasses the stylistic breadth of mainstream jazz, Peplowski can take his outsider horn in any direction he cares to. (He plays a galloping tenor saxophone as well.) Here, Peplowski lands himself in luxury by approaching both classic and overlooked work from the heyday of American popular song." (Steve Futterman, NewYorker)
>> Melissa Errico Sings Sondheim
>> Hungarian State Opera and Ballet
>> Joseph Keckler
>> BALANCHINE: THE CITY CENTER YEARS
>> XENOS
>> RON CARTER
>> Festival Albertine
>> White Light Festival
>> Harry Potter: A History of Magic
Melissa Errico Sings Sondheim (Nov.01-03)
Feinstein's/54 Below / 7PM, $40+
"Errico is a smart-edged musical-theater leading lady whose silvery voice has brightened such shows as My Fair Lady, Amour and the Off Broadway revival of Passion. In this set, she sets her mind on songs by show-tune deity Stephen Sondheim, from the comic neurosis of "Getting Married Today" and "Everybody Loves Louis" to the despair of "No More." (TONY)
Hungarian State Opera and Ballet (select dates thru Nov.11)
NYS Theater, Lincoln Center / 7:30PM, $10+
"The Hungarian State Opera of Budapest makes its Lincoln Center debut with a rich variety of ballet and opera productions to choose from. It will present Hungarian iconic historical opera pieces: Erkel's Bánk bán (The Viceroy Bank), Goldmark's The Queen of Sheba, world-famous 20th century one-act operas Vajda's Mario and the Magician and Bartók Bluebeard's Castle, but also beloved classical ballets: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, and Petipa and Minkus' Don Quixote. Those who prefer more modern ballet pieces can also see Hans van Manen's 2017 triple bill LOL."
Atrium at Lincoln Center / 7:30PM, FREE
"Recently hailed by the New York Times as a "major vocal talent whose range shatters the conventional boundaries," singer and writer Joseph Keckler folds mesmerizing storytelling and sharp wit into a rich vocal range spanning over three octaves. He's performed his work at the Centre Pompidou (with Cabinet Magazine), Miami Art Basel, PEN American Center, and many other international venues, and has been featured on BBC America and WNYC. Keckler recently made his Off-Broadway debut in the critically acclaimed play Preludes at Lincoln Center Theater."
BALANCHINE: THE CITY CENTER YEARS (Oct. 31-Nov. 4)
at New York City Center / 8PM, $
"Though New York City Ballet now lives elsewhere, it was born and raised at City Center. In a thrilling and ambitious project, the theater is presenting 13 significant works by the company's co-founder, George Balanchine, that had premieres on its stage. The kicker is that the pieces will be performed over six different programs by eight major international companies, including London's Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet and Mariinsky Ballet, as well as American companies such as San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theater and, of course, City Ballet. Among the works that will be performed are "Serenade," "Apollo," "Agon," and "The Four Temperaments." (NYT-Brian Schaefer)
XENOS (U.S. premiere)
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center / 7:30PM, $25+
"Whose war? Whose fire? Whose hand is this? In his final solo performance piece, choreographer and dancer Akram Khan returns to the White Light Festival with his poignant new work, XENOS. Meaning "stranger" or "foreigner," XENOS explores the shell-shocked dreams of an Indian colonial soldier during the First World War. Combining classical Indian kathak and contemporary dance, Khan grapples with personal mythology, otherness, and the lucid reality of a world set aflame."
"A work of defining greatness." – Guardian (U.K.)
RON CARTER (Oct. 30-Nov. 3)
Birdland / 8:30 and 11 p.m., $30-$40
"Now 81, Ron Carter is one of the most esteemed living bassists in jazz, and probably the most recorded. His career spans pioneering work in Miles Davis's second great quintet and alongside a good share of jazz's other leading figures from the 1960s on. But he has always placed a special priority on his own projects. Through Saturday, Carter leads a quartet featuring the tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, the pianist Renee Rosnes and the drummer Payton Crossley. Next week, he appears for five nights with his Golden Striker Trio featuring Russell Malone on guitar and Donald Vega on piano." (NYT-GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO)
Festival Albertine (Oct. 30-Nov. 3)
Albertine, 972 Fifth Ave./
"The New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen curates this year's raft of discussions at the independent bookstore housed in the palatial cultural-services arm of the French Embassy. The theme for the event is "Reimagining Democracy"; it includes the topics "Rethinking Gender" (moderated by Jack Halberstam), "Redefining Normality and Disease" (with Siri Hustvedt and Laure Murat), "A Post-Work World" (with Joseph Stiglitz and Daniel Cohen), and "Beyond States and Borders," the series kickoff, moderated by Gessen." (K. Leander Williams, NewYorker)
White Light Festival (through Nov.18)
"Lincoln Center's annual White Light Festival, integrating performances from around the world in a cross-cultural extravaganza, will play six venues across the city.
The festival will include performances of Waiting for Godot from Ireland's Druid Theatre Company, directed by Tony-winning director Garry Hynes—the first female to win a Tony Award for direction of a play.
Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui brings Sutra to the stage, featuring martial arts from China's Shaolin monks. Hip-hop, contemporary dance, and aerial work combine in the presentation of Borderline by Company Wang Ramirez. The U.S. premiere of Blak Whyte Gray, a mix of hip-hop and African-inspired movement, makes its way from across the pond to the Lincoln Center stage, as well as the U.S. premiere of Kaija Saariaho's chamber opera Only the Sound Remains, directed by Peter Sellars and starring Philippe Jaroussky and Davóne Tines."
Harry Potter: A History of Magic (Now-1/27/19)
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park W.
"Gather round ye muggles and wizards, squibs and witches, tourists and natives: magic is on its way. Harry Potter: A History of Magic, commemorating the beloved series's 20th anniversary, is now open at the New-York Historical Society. One of the most eagerly anticipated exhibits to hit the city since, well, ever, the show comes straight from the British Library in London, where, not surprisingly, it was the institution's most successful exhibition.
Artifacts like crystal balls, Leonardo da Vinci notebooks, and the first written record of the magic word "abracadabra" are among the treasures on display, joined by original materials from author J.K. Rowling's archives. Also on view to the public for the first time will be Mary GrandPré's illustrations created for Scholastic's original editions of the novels. Costumes and set models from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened on Broadway in April, will be showcased in the exhibition. A long list of events will take place in conjunction with the exhibit, including trivia night, talks, an adult costume party, and more." (cityguideny)
Daily, except most Mondays, $21, $6 ages 5-13, free 4 and younger
Alas, Caffe V is no more, another victim of a rapacious NYC landlord. Owner Ishrat fought the good fight and Caffe V will be sorely missed.
Hilma af Klint : Paintings for the Future (thru 02/03/19)
"Convinced that the world was not ready for her artistry in 1906, particularly as an underrepresented female in her field, af Klint of Sweden kept her work private. Her paintings anticipated by years "breakthroughs" by Kandinsky, Mondrian and others and were unseen before 1986. The Guggenheim rediscovers her."
"Recognized as one of the art world's earliest abstract painters, Hilma af Klint was a steadfast believer that her work was inspired by the spiritual. The new Guggenheim exhibition, "Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future," showcases the work of this groundbreaking Swedish artist (1862-1944), whose work was rarely seen until the 1980s." (Newsday)
Delacroix (Now-1/6/19)
"This is the first comprehensive U.S. retrospective of the work of French artist Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). The Met has teamed up with The Louvre, showcasing in chronological order some 150 pieces, including paintings, drawings, manuscripts, and prints." (cityguideny)
'CROWNS OF THE VAJRA MASTERS: RITUAL ART OF NEPAL' (through Dec. 16). "Up a narrow staircase, above the Met's galleries of South and Southeast Asian art, are three small rooms of art from the Himalayas. The space, a bit like a treehouse, is a capsule of spiritual energy, which is especially potent these days thanks to this exhibition. The crowns of the title look like antique versions of astronaut headgear: gilded copper helmets, studded with gems, encrusted with repoussé plaques and topped by five-pronged antennas — the vajra, or thunderbolt of wisdom. Such crowns were believed to turn their wearers into perfected beings who are willing and able to bestow blessings on the world. This show is the first to focus on these crowns, and it does so with a wealth of compressed historical information, as well as several resplendent related sculptures and paintings from Nepal and Tibet. But it's the crowns themselves, the real ones, the wisdom generators, set in mandala formation in the center of the gallery, that are the fascinators." (NYT-Holland Cotter)
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Combination of immunotherapy options improves survival and lowers the risk of life-threatening events.
McMaster University researchers have found that for patients diagnosed in the late stages of one of the most common and deadly forms of skin cancer, treatment with a combination of immunotherapy options improves survival and lowers the risk of life-threatening events.
"This is the first analysis to draw comparison between targeted and immune therapies for BRAF-mutated melanomas," said Feng Xie, an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. "Our results will help patients and clinicians choose treatments."
Feng Xie is a principal investigator of the study, recently published in JAMA Oncology.
Cutaneous melanoma is an aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, the disease accounts for 3.3 per cent of new cancer cases each year in Canada, and it has a 15 per cent death rate.
In its early stages, melanoma is often cured with surgery alone, however most patients who are diagnosed in the late stages of disease are not candidates for surgery and drug therapy is the main course of treatment.
Tahira Devji, the first author of the paper and a PhD student of McMaster's Health Research Methodology Program, said that around 40 to 60 per cent of melanomas have a mutation in the BRAF protein.
A number of effective treatment options are available for patients with advanced BRAF-mutated melanoma, which fall under two classes of drug therapies: targeted therapy, like chemotherapy, which stops cancer from growing and spreading; and immunotherapy, which works by stimulating the immune system to attack tumour cells. It has been unclear which is the optimal initial treatment.
The goal of the study was to estimate the relative efficacy and safety of systemic therapies for those who have been diagnosed with advanced BRAF-mutated melanoma but not yet received any treatment.
The team evaluated 15 randomized controlled trials published between 2011 and 2015, assessing the benefits and harms of targeted or immune checkpoint inhibitors in 6,662 patients with cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes and surgery was not an option, or distant metastatic melanoma.
They found that combined BRAF and MEK targeted therapy and PD-1 immunotherapy were both equally effective in improving overall survival. Combined BRAF and MEK inhibition was most effective in improving progression-free survival. PD-1 inhibition was associated with the lowest risk of life-threatening events.
They concluded that the safety of PD-1 inhibitors supports using this treatment option as first-line therapy in circumstances where quick action is not a priority.
"While the data in our study represents best available evidence, using more than one kind of immunotherapy shows promise in early outcomes in clinical trials and could change the treatment landscape once longer-term results are published," said Feng Xie.
Article: Systemic Therapy for Previously Untreated Advanced BRAF-Mutated Melanoma A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials, Tahira Devji, BSc; Oren Levine, MD; Binod Neupane, PhD; Joseph Beyene, PhD; Feng Xie, PhD, JAMA Oncology, doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.4877, published online 27 October 2016.
McMaster University. "Researchers find immunotherapy treatments better for advanced skin cancer." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 8 Nov. 2016. Web.


How event management companies benefit corporate businesses?
It has been a few years since corporate offices have started hiring the services of event management companies like Aura to conduct conferences and other events. At Aura, we handle every aspect of event management, planning and production. Our team is dedicated in providing services like security, backup, video conferencing, stage design, artiste management and much more. The events we organize exceed your expectations by making possible unique experience altogether.
Hiring Corporate Event Management Companies in Mumbai like Aura ensures that the event is in safe hands thus making way for better customer satisfaction. Our company staffs make it a point to display high level of expertise so that the trust of the customers is maintained. In every activity, the customers are given priority and the events are conducted according to their convenience.
Every event conducted by our professionals will be a new experience for the customers. There will be no repetition of ideas that make people bored. According to the needs of the clients, we incorporate creative ideas in the events making the show lively. We even make stage for customized events if that is what the client is looking for.
Any event is exposed to uncertainties like medical emergency, power failure etc. Using the expertise of our Corporate Event Management Companies in Delhi, these can be prevented to an extent. We have a good risk management plan in place that comes handy in case of emergencies. Some of the steps in the plan include risk determination, determining the possibility of risk occurrence, implementation of appropriate strategies to remove the risk etc.
Post-event analysis is important to find out if the event was a success or not and how our team behind it performed. This involves analyzing the quality of work done and comparing it with the previous events. Our company keeps a record of every event so that this can be used to analyze the forthcoming ones. Performance of each team is reviewed by experts and critical analysis is done. This uncovers the shortcomings of the event which can be corrected in the next events conducted by us.
Choosing our Corporate Event Management Companies in Bangalore is a good idea to ensure the success of your events and a good level of enjoyment for the customers. This also makes the planning and execution of the events simpler.


ARCHES aims above all at the creation of knowledge by establishing collaborations with universities and research centres and by promoting the training of young scientists.
It also promotes the recognition of female talent in science and the career of women in scientific research.
Moreover, the centre acts as a flexible and reliable interface between academia and industry to promote the effective transfer of knowledge and technology in Europe.
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in Life Science fields of health care and agriculture.
Bio Base Europe is Europe's first open innovation and education center for the biobased economy. It consists of the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and the Bio Base Europe Training Center. Flanders and The Netherlands have joined forces to build state-of-the-art research and training facilities to speed up the economic growth, innovation capacity, and sustainable development of our society.
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in Ghent (Belgium) is a flexible and diversified pilot plant for the development, scale-up and custom manufacturing of biobased processes and products. It speeds up biobased innovations operating at kilogram to multi ton scale and aims at closing the critical gap between scientific feasibility and industrial application of new biotechnological processes. The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a one-stop-shop that performs the entire value chain in a single plant, from the biomass green resource up to the final bioproduct. The pilot plant is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to perform biomass pretreatment, biocatalysis, fermentation, green chemistry, product recovery and purification. Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant focuses on conversion of biomass (a.o. agricultural crops and by-products, industrial side streams) into biochemicals, biomaterials, biofuels and other bioproducts.
As the voice of the European chemical industry, Cefic is a committed partner to EU policymakers, facilitating dialogue with industry and sharing its broad-based expertise.
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a pan-European intergovernmental organisation allowing researchers, engineers and scholars to jointly develop their ideas and initiatives across all scientific disciplines. It does so by funding science and technology networks called COST Actions, which give impetus to research, careers and innovation.
COST Actions help coordinate nationally funded research activities throughout Europe. COST ensures that less research-intensive countries gain better access to European knowledge hubs, which also allows for their integration in the European Research Area.
By promoting multi- and interdisciplinary, original approaches and topics, addressing societal questions, COST enables breakthrough scientific and technological developments leading to new concepts and products. It thereby contributes to strengthening Europe's research and innovation capacities.
COST is implemented through the COST Association, an international not-for-profit association under Belgian law, whose members are the COST Member Countries.
The Hague has many faces: international city of peace and justice, Royal residence, European city and multicultural hub.
The European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) is a federation of resource providers set up to deliver sustainable, integrated and secure computing services to European researchers and their international partners. EGI.eu is an organisation established in February 2010 to coordinate and manage the infrastructure (EGI) on behalf of its participants: National Grid Initiatives (NGIs) and European Intergovernmental Research Organisations (EIROs).
The Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative (EMIRI) is a European industry driven initiative, bringing together the skills and expertise of both the research community and industry to implement in a more effective way cross cutting collaborative energy materials innovation programmes for a competitive low-carbon energy sector.
ESTEP, the European Steel Technology Platform, is one of the very first ETPs created in Europe. It was officially launched in May 2004. ESTEP's working groups gather stakeholders of the European steel industry, Academia, Research and Technology Organizations, Equipment Suppliers and customers of the steel industry. In addition, the European Commission and the Member States are represented in the management committees.
The mission of EURAMET is to develop and disseminate an integrated, cost effective and internationally competitive measurement infrastructure for Europe. Always taking into account the needs of industry, business and governments.
To enhance benefits of metrology to society is one of the highest priorities for EURAMET and its members.
EUREC, created in 1991, is the leading association of research centres and university departments active in the area of renewable energy. The purpose of the association is to promote and support the development of innovative technologies and human resources to enable a prompt transition to a more sustainable energy system.
The EUREKA network supports and stimulates industrial research, development and innovation in Europe.
The generation of individual, market-oriented projects represents by far its core activity, but EUREKA also manages the joint (with EU) SME programme 'Eurostars' and the long-term, strategically-significant industrial initiatives known as the EUREKA Clusters.
Membership reflects natural gas R&D activity across Europe and GERG members are actively conducting natural gas research and technical development within the European Community.
Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen (Hanze UAS), is the biggest knowledge institute in the north of the Netherlands. Besides education, the university offers several other products and services: tailor-made education, research, and advice.
IEEE is the world's largest organization of applied technologists with more than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries.
This global reach is built upon a strong foundation at the local level.
You will find IEEE's community of technologists actively involved in more than 300 local Sections, and pursuing technical knowledge through one or more of our 38 Societies and 7 Technical Councils.
The Joint Institute for Innovation Policy (JIIP) is a joint venture of four well-renowned Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) from four different European countries: TNO (The Netherlands), VTT (Finland), Joanneum Research (Austria) and Tecnalia (Spain).
It was established in April 2008 on the basis of a collaboration agreement and became a legal entity in May 2012.
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is an international intergovernmental scientific research organization established through the Convention signed on 26 March 1956 by eleven founding States and registered with the United Nations on 1 February 1957. It is situated in Dubna not far from Moscow in the Russian Federation.
The Institute was established with the aim of uniting the efforts, scientific and material potentials of its Member States for investigations of the fundamental properties of matter.
A leading IT and bvusiness process consulting company operating in Central Europe and for EU Commission services.
It is a provider of innovation management training based on the Innovation Zone (C) concept of Delphi Institute, Boston.
"Photonics21" was set up in December 2005 to bring the community of photonics researchers and industries together. The European Commission defined photonics as one of six European Key Enabling Technologies (KET's) in September 2009. Shortly after, the European Research & Innovation Program "Horizon 2020" invited Photonics21 to become a "Public Private Partnership" (PPP). The "Photonics 21 Association", a legal entity under Belgium law, became the private contract partner in November 2013 in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) in conjunction with the EU Commission.
A.SPIRE aisbl is an international non-profit association formed to represent the private sector as a partner in the Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE) Public-Private Partnership (PPP) launched as part of the Horizon2020 framework programme.
The Technology Partners Foundation is a scientific research and implementation organisation specialised in research and development and innovation management and the performance of large-scale interdisciplinary national and international research projects.
It is an Advanced Technology Centre, a status awarded by the Minister of Science in 2004.
– Did you know that a large part of publicly funded research is trapped behind a paywall?
– That the cost to read a scientific journal can reach up to €20,000 a year?
– And that most research data financed with government money isn't publicly available at all?
In short, we don't have full access to knowledge we already pay for. If access is available, we are often required to pay again.
The mission of the United Academics Foundation (UAF) is to connect science and society: creating a world where scientific research results are accessible for all, so that knowledge can easily spread and be built upon.
In the current scientific publishing system, the gatekeepers limit access to research by charging high membership fees to individuals, companies, research centers and libraries. Furthermore, authors lose copyrights, re-use of articles is restricted and the publication process is inexorably slow. Fortunately, times are changing. Open Access publishing is supported and even demanded by more and more academics. Several legislators worldwide have already committed to implementing an Open Access-only policy. The question is no longer 'if' we should have Open Access. The question is about 'how' we should develop it and promote it further.
Degree programmes in the fields of science, humanities, technology and legal-social. These ones are distributed over nearly 30 centers where 240 research groups carry out their RDI activities.
A network of 7 own centers completes the research infrastructure map of the university in different domains, such as ICT, Biomedicine, Advanced Materials and Energy; as well as Marine Sciences, Innovation technologies, Agro-food, and Technologies for experimental Sciences and Research.
WhozNext is a 'community of practice', aiming for maximum impact; our priority is sharing knowledge to empower key enabling technology SMEs in their efforts and challenges towards successful commercialisation of their innovation. WhozNext develops solutions to the questions that arise during the transition to an innovative organisational culture. We learn how this must be done by developing programmes and interventions, both on a commissioned basis and on our own initiative. As innovation is an interactive process, a learning process between people and organisations, we share the knowledge accumulated in doing so with as many people as possible, because knowledge only gains value when it is shared.
WssTP is the European Technology Platform for Water. WssTP strives to promote coordination and collaboration on RTD and Innovation in the European water sector, while at the same time increasing its competitiveness.
WssTP consists of 130 members belonging to multinational corporations, Research Institutes, Utilities, the Supply chain & SMEs, and Large water users (industrial and agricultural), thus representing the full water value chain. WssTP strongly encourages its members to be actively involved in one of its 16 Working Groups.
WssTP WGs focus amongst others on collaboration and coordination on water-related challenges dealing with RTD&I, improvement of global market opportunities for the European water-related technology and knowledge providers, and promotion of consortium opportunities aiming at R&D within the different fields related to water innovations.
The mission of our University is to shape the creative and critical personalities of students and define the directions of development in science and technology.
The education offered at our institution is strongly linked with scientific research and the needs of economy and is consistent with standards of the European Higher Education Area.
The degrees awarded by Wrocław University of Technology are a symbol of high quality of education, confirmed by the National Accreditation Committee and the Accreditation Committee of Universities of Technology.


Discover the ability to manage relationships through effective relational exchanges by employing dynamic cultural leadership attributes. Relational Reciprocity increases any outcome; by the leader being focused on meeting the immediate needs of those in which a desired result is needed. Reciprocity is then both learned and experiential, through the relationship and the behavior of the leader.
Dr. Larry Thompson serves as a catalyst for leadership growth and development. He is a facilitator of change management, delivers-designs-implements and evaluates training at all levels. He is a tactician in problem analysis and solving, innovative and creative in business process improvement, and is an executive coach to leaders. He specializes leadership and is the founder of Thompson's Consulting Group.
Dr. Lyndsey Neal is a highly trained clinician and academic psychologist. She has over 15 years' experience in cognitive neuro-science and its applications. She has trained in elite institutions of learning and have worked at national specialist units. She was a Royal Chartered Psychologist and the founder of KINGS; a cognitive skills training institute. Her goal is to apply cognitive principles to solve personal and interpersonal problems and her specialist research interest is in human information-processing.


Dr. Chakraborty was a huge hit with the participants!
Compared to our other speakers, you invested more time in making your introduction as interactive and age-friendly as possible. We do not see that often, so thank you for being so thoughtful and intentional about making sure the students understood your job. The students were very shy, but you made the Q&A less intimidating by asking questions back to them, which is something we always encourage our speakers to do. Overall, you were amazing.
Dr. Chakraborty's presentation was informative and insightful, and it inspired seasoned professionals to rethink prior notions about hazard and risk. To get pragmatic, hand-on risk managers to consider the cognitive underpinnings of their work is no small feat, and Dr. Chakraborty managed to do it with aplomb.
Dr. Chakraborty has the ability to tackle complex challenges and reduce them to simple solutions. Her on-stage demeanor is commanding and wrapped in a style of warmth and comfort even as her subject matter can cause overwhelming disbelief and concern. As a "brainy Beyonce" she impacts the room.


Summer 18 - Reporting Improvements — Arkus, Inc.
Summer 18 is full of great features, including an updated Lightning-friendly interface for creating reports (which has finally moved from beta to Generally Available). Let's take a look at the other improvements that have been added to ensure that visualization of your data is easier and better than ever.
When filtering on a date field in your report, you no longer need to fill in both the Start and End date when one is not applicable. This means that you don't have to enter anything in the Start Date if you're simply interested in viewing the records before a particular date. Similarly, you can leave the End Date blank if you're only interested in viewing records after a particular date, eliminating the need to fill in End Date with today's date.
When working with dates, we often want to group these in specific ways such as Calendar Week, Calendar Month, or Fiscal Quarter. With the help of added date granularity options you can do exactly that, making reports based on birthday month or your fiscal quarter easier to access and understand.
We all appreciate the ease of adding a field to the appropriate page layout right as we create it - this helps to give a head-start on organizing these page layouts without searching for each field individually. This convenience has now been added to reports, allowing you to add appropriate reports to a dashboard from the Report home page or from the report itself rather than needing to navigate directly to the dashboard first.
When making a new report, we often spend time getting its report chart to look exactly the way we want it to. So why is it that we have to repeat this effort when we want to add the report to a dashboard? Now when adding a report to a dashboard, you'll have the option to use the chart settings in your report, keeping you from having to recreate the effort you already put in.
You have different types of data in your organization and depending on what you're using this data for, it's no surprise that you'd want to be able to view it in different ways. Thanks to the option to customize display units in dashboard charts, you'll now be able to set the appropriate unit for your data, whether it be Whole Number, Hundreds, Thousands, etc.
When adding components to your Dashboards, you're already guiding users in the right direction on what their next step should be -- but do you sometimes wish you could give a bit more of a push? Well, with custom links on these components, you finally can. In addition to providing users with the information they need, your Dashboards can take usability a step further by linking them to exactly where they need to be, regardless of whether it's a location in Salesforce or an external site.
Which of these features are you most excited to test in your reports and dashboards? Let me hear your thoughts in the comments below, in the Trailblazer Community, or directly on Twitter at @linda_adams646.


My fingers are at it again. Sorry I haven't been on here for a while I have been busy with the birthday invitations and party packs, in between caring for my sick little baby, who is better now!
So I've nearly finished the invitations but am still waiting for some very important pieces to arrive. I ordered these from Handy Hippo (www.handyhippo.co.uk) and unfortunately they haven't arrived yet - argh! However, I have been working on the party bags in the meantime and have nearly finished these.
Looking forward to showing you all the end results, once my friend has seen them of course!
Got some great ideas which I can't wait to get started on once I have completed the Ladybird 1st birthday party - so watch this space!


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Radial Revelation was formed by retired airline pilot, Martin Willing to bring his own love of radial powered historic aircraft to a wider public.
Incorporated in 1997, the company purchased the North American T28'S' "Fennec" that is the fleet's flagship. The aircraft was civilianised by Hamilton Aviation of Tucson in the 1970's and as a result has become one of only five of the type that is registered in the 'Standard Category' by the FAA. This means that the aircraft is subject to the same rules as other general aviation machines and can be operated quite legally for the carriage of passengers etc.
For a while, Radial Revelation was the proud owner of a former Royal Air Force Hunting Percival Pembroke. This delightful machine was hand-built in Luton in 1954 and served with the RAF until 1987 when she was retired and passed to the civil scene. With a permit to Fly, she was operated sporadically until 1994 when Martin Willing purchased her and began a near nine year stint of air show work.
The Pembroke was sold in 2004, but by this stage the company had acquired a lovely Beech 18 aircraft. This machine, together with the T28 marks the company's existing fleet, and both aircraft are available for air show and general work. The Beech 18 is registered in UK in the private category, and is available for hire and general charter work.
Costs for the T28 are �800 per day plus fuel, and for the Beech 18 it is �500 per day plus fuel.
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PACK EXPO International 2018 will be the world's largest processing and packaging event for the year. In total, 50,000 attendees and 2,500+ exhibitors will showcasing their latest packaging solutions and launching new products.
Visit American Starlinger-Sahm, Inc. in McCormick Place, North Hall, booth N-6366 ("The Brand Zone").


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A Solution to the Problem of Interpreting Very Long Time Series of Ambient Noise as Measured at Very Sparse Networks
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Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics
Paul Michaels
Ambient seismic noise techniques are an excellent choice for imaging the subsurface in areas that are seismically quiet or otherwise unsuitable for active source experiments due to geographic isolation or environmental sensitivity. Recently, decades-long time series were made available for download from the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) from permanent network installations, allowing access to long, uninterrupted recordings from seismometers around the world. This has spurred the development of an entire field of applications for passive seismic noise analysis. Over the continental United States, the USArray project has advanced to provide station coverage in relatively dense and regularly spaced arrays, but along the Aleutian Island arc in Alaska and other geographically isolated but seismically active locations, the hazards associated with volcanic eruptions and the difficulty of accessing stations for repair or replacement throughout most of the year has allowed only for sparse coverage.
The analysis of ambient seismic recordings generally suits one of two purposes. The first involves the parameterization of the source of each component of the ambient seismic noise spectrum and focuses on both the spatial locations and mechanisms of generation. The second purpose of looking at ambient seismic noise is to create velocity models of the subsurface below the array. The assumptions required for the traditional approach to analysis of ambient seismic noise, namely beamforming and the spatial autocorrelation coefficient method, involve specific requirements for array geometry and density that often are not met when only limited permanent network coverage is available. Furthermore, most studies focused on mapping the subsurface generally assume that the source of ambient noise is diffuse and azimuthally homogeneous. Here, principal component analysis (PCA) is used to show that the source of ambient noise is often highly directive. Methods of incorporating the direction of approach are introduced to allow one to correct the apparent velocity calculated by the consideration of an omnidirectional source when the energy is instead strongly directive. To ensure that the energy measured at a remote network is indeed pervasive energy that travels through the ground rather than local noise, a quality control algorithm based on the results of PCA is also introduced. The benefits of improving the reliability of velocity measurements for the subsurface and reducing the size of the dataset by the introduction of the quality control parameter will greatly enhance the accuracy and ease with which scientists may determine subsurface velocity profiles at especially sparse networks with particularly long recording times.
Decker, Kathryn Teresa, "A Solution to the Problem of Interpreting Very Long Time Series of Ambient Noise as Measured at Very Sparse Networks" (2013). Boise State University Theses and Dissertations. 733.
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/733
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORT
Year : 2020 | Volume : 17 | Issue : 2 | Page : 20-23
Childhood intussusception in Abeokuta, South-west Nigeria
Opeoluwa Adetola Adesanya1, Anuoluwapo Aremo1, Olufunmilola Opeyemi Adesanya2
1 Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria
2 Department of Family Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Date of Submission 14-May-2019
Date of Acceptance 14-Apr-2020
Dr. Opeoluwa Adetola Adesanya
Department of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery Unit, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta
DOI: 10.4103/jcls.jcls_39_19
Background and Objective: While significant progress has been made in the management of childhood intussusception globally, many centers in the developing world still grapple with the challenges of late presentation and attendant high morbidity and mortality. This study aims to review the pattern of presentation and the treatment outcome of children treated for intussusception at a semiurban tertiary hospital in Abeokuta, South-west Nigeria.
Patients and Methods: A retrospective study of forty consecutive children aged 15 years old and below, who were managed for intussusception between April 2013 and March 2018 was done. The bio data, clinical presentation, operative findings, and outcome were obtained from the operating theater records and patient case notes. The data were analyzed using the SPSS software version 23.
Results: There were forty patients, of which 20 were male and 20 were female. Their age ranged from 4 months to 5 years, with a median age of 7 months. Thirty -five (87.5%) patients were aged less 1 year. The duration of symptoms ranged between 6 h and 9 days (median = 3 days). Majority (57.5%) of patients presented after 48 h of the onset of symptoms. The patients were treated by the operative manual reduction in 67.5%, whereas 32.5% had bowel resection and anastomosis. Seven children (17.5%) died while postoperative complications occurred in 27.5% of patients. Factors associated with poor outcome included late presentation, bowel resection, and severe sepsis.
Conclusion: The management of intussusception in Abeokuta is associated with high morbidity and mortality, which can be improved if affected children present earlier.
Keywords: Children, intussusception, presentation and outcome, risk factors
Adesanya OA, Aremo A, Adesanya OO. Childhood intussusception in Abeokuta, South-west Nigeria. J Clin Sci 2020;17:20-3
Adesanya OA, Aremo A, Adesanya OO. Childhood intussusception in Abeokuta, South-west Nigeria. J Clin Sci [serial online] 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 28];17:20-3. Available from: https://www.jcsjournal.org/text.asp?2020/17/2/20/284278
Intussusception refers to the acquired invagination of one portion of the intestine into the adjacent bowel. It is one of the most frequent causes of bowel obstruction in infants and toddlers.[1] The etiology in children is often idiopathic unlike in older children and adults where an anatomic lead point such as a tumor or vascular lesion may be identified.[1] Several predisposing factors such as recent weaning from breastfeeding, upper respiratory tract infections, and recent anti-viral vaccination have been identified in previous studies.[1],[2],[3],[4],[5]
Intussusception is described by the proximal, inner segment of the intestine (intussusceptum) first and the outer distal, receiving portion of the intestine (intussusception) last.[1] Previous studies show that 80%–95% of intussusceptions are of the ileocolic type, with other varieties being rare.[1]
Childhood intussusception is associated with higher morbidity and mortality in the developing world compared with the reports from the developed high-income countries.[6] The factors responsible for these identified in previous studies include late presentation and lack of facilities for pediatric intensive care.[7],[8] Another trend observed in many high-income countries is a gradual shift to nonoperative image-guided treatment instead of operative treatment, which remains a major modality of treatment in the developing world.
This study aims to review the pattern of presentation, the treatment offered, and outcome of treatment in our center – a tertiary care center located at Abeokuta, South-west Nigeria, and compare with the findings in other centers.
This was a 5-year retrospective study of forty consecutive children aged 15 years old and below, who were managed for intussusception between April 2013 and March 2018, at the study center. The study center, a 300 bed tertiary care hospital, is the only institution providing specialized pediatric surgery services for the residents of Abeokuta and environs. The bio data, clinical presentation, operative findings, investigations done, and treatment offered were collected from the pediatric surgical unit record book, the operating theater records, and case notes. The intraoperative findings, peri-operative complications, duration of hospitalization, and outcome of management were also noted. The data were analyzed using the SPSS software version 23 The Chi-square tests were used to analyze the categorical variables. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Forty children were treated for intussusception over a 5-year period. There were twenty males and twenty females, with a male-to-female ratio of 1:1. The ages ranged from 4 months to 5 years, with a mean age of 0.8 ± 0.15 years. The median age was 7 months. The peak incidence was between 7 and 9 months, during which 25 (62.5%) of the patients were recorded, whereas only 5 (12.5%) of the children were older than 1 year old [Figure 1]. 20 (50%) of the patients were weaning and 3 (7.5%) were recently treated for respiratory tract infection. None of the children had recent anti-viral immunization. Peaks in monthly frequency were observed in May, September, and December [Figure 2].
Figure 1: Age distribution of patients
Figure 2: Monthly incidence of intussusception
The duration of symptoms at presentation ranged from 1 to 9 days, with a mean duration of 3.6 ± 2.5 days and median of 3 days. The classical triad of abdominal pain, bloody mucoid stools, and a palpable abdominal mass was seen in 14 (35%) of the cases. In 8 (20%) patients, there was gross abdominal distension and guarding. Seven (17.5%) patients presented with prolapsing masses from the anus [Table 1].
Table 1: Clinical presentation
Intravenous fluid resuscitation, correction of electrolyte derangements, antibiotic therapy, and early surgical exploration were the main thrusts of our management. Abdominal ultrasonography was performed in 34 (85%) of the patients and was accurate in 30 patients. Admission -operation interval ranged from 12 to 72 h, with a median of 24 h. 36 (90%) of patients were operated within 24 h of admission. Infrastructural delays, financial difficulties, and prolonged resuscitation need in moribund patients were responsible for delayed intervention in 4 (10%) children. Hydrostatic reduction was not attempted in this series due to logistic challenges within our hospital during the period of study.
Surgical exploration was the mainstay of treatment in all the patients. Ileocolic intussusception was seen in 38 (95%) of all cases, the colo-colic variety was recorded in 1 (2.5%) case, while the ileo-ileal type was seen in 1 (2.5%). In 27 (67.5%) patients, manual reduction was done successfully, the remaining 13 (32.5%) underwent bowel resection and end-to-end anastomosis. Lead points were not seen in any of the children at surgery.
The duration of hospitalization ranged from 2 to 23 days, with a mean hospitalization period of 7.9 ± 4.2 days. Severe sepsis was the most common complication, occurring in 7 (17.5%) of all operated cases. Superficial surgical site infection occurred in 2 (5%), fecal fistulae occurred in 1 (2.5%), peritoneal abscess in 1 (2.5%), whereas burst abdomen was seen in 2 (5.0%) of our cases. Late complications seen in our patients were postoperative adhesive bowel obstruction in 1 (2.5%) child. Follow-up period was 3 months–2 years, with no case of recurrence observed.
Overall, 33 (82.5%) survived, whereas 7 (17.5%) died in the peri-operative period from overwhelming sepsis in 12 (6.9%). Mortality was more likely in children who had bowel resection (χ2 = 4.855, P = 0.002) than those who had manual reduction.
Intussusception is the most common surgical emergency in children under 1 year from our records at the study center, with one case seen on the average every month. Like the observations in Lagos by Bode[5] and Talabi et al.[9] in Ife, there was a higher incidence during the months where there was a change over from rainy to dry season (December) and dry to rainy season (May). These periods are usually associated with respiratory tract infections in Abeokuta [Figure 2]. The peak age of onset in our series is in keeping with the findings in reports from other settings; however, most other studies recorded a male preponderance unlike our findings.[5],[7],[8]
Late presentation is a common feature in our patients, with 77.5% presenting after 24 h of symptoms. This is mainly because most parents initially take their wards to local dispensaries or prayer houses before presentation at primary care centers and other referral centers when the conditions persist. In some cases also, they are misdiagnosed by primary care practitioners and treated for dysentery for days before eventual referral to our center, sometimes with children moribund. The delayed presentation has also been documented as a poor prognostic factor by other centers.[5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10] Abdominal ultrasound was the imaging modality of the diagnosis in most of our patients; however, the accuracy was less than reported in many other studies.[11],[12],[13] It is expected that as more specialist radiologists are available to perform the evaluation during call hours at the center, the accuracy will improve.
Surgery was the major modality of the treatment in this series of patients. This is attributable largely to late presentation in majority of the patients, which made them unsuitable for hydrostatic reduction. This is unlike reports from other centers located in the urban areas and in the developed world where nonoperative reduction has been used in a significant percentage of patients.[6],[14],[15] The findings at the surgery were largely in keeping with reports from other settings – most cases were amenable to manual reduction, but a large percentage required bowel resection and anastomosis, with ileocolic anastomosis being the most common anastomosis performed. The outcome of the treatment in this series was comparable to the reports from other centers in the tropics.[6],[7],[9] Higher mortality was recorded in late presenters many of whom had irreducible and sometimes gangrenous bowel.
This study reveals that the treatment of intussusception is associated with high morbidity and mortality in our setting. There is an urgent need to increase public awareness about this disorder to facilitate the early diagnosis and referral to specialist centers for prompt and appropriate treatment.
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Joana L, Simon NH. Intussusception. Surgery (Oxford) 2013;31:626-30.
Gunawan PY. Pediatric ileocolic intussusception caused by introducing solid food before 6 months old: A Case Report. Pediatr Ther 2018;8:343.
Bines JE, Ivanoff B. Acute intussusception in infants and children. Incidence, clinical presentation and management: A global perspective. A report prepared for the steering committee on diarrhoeal diseases, vaccines and vaccine development. In: Vaccines and Biologicals. India: World Health Organization; 2002.
Bode CO. Presentation and management outcome of childhood intussusception in Lagos: A prospective study. Afr J Paediatr Surg 2008;5:24-8.
Jiang J, Jiang B, Parashar U, Nguyen T, Bines J, Patel MM. Childhood intussusception: A literature review. PLoS One 2013;8:e68482.
Ekenze SO, Mgbor SO, Okwesili OR. Routine surgical intervention for childhood intussusception in a developing country. Ann Afr Med 2010;9:27-30.
Nuhu A, Madziga AG. Childhood intussusception in north eastern Nigeria: A review of its surgical management. Port Harcourt Med J 2008;3:27-31.
Talabi AO, Sowande OA, Etonyeaku CA, Adejuyigbe O. Childhood intussusception in Ile-ife: What has changed? Afr J Paediatr Surg 2013;10:239-42.
Ekenze SO, Mgbor SO. Childhood intussusception: The implications of delayed presentation. Afr J Paediatr Surg 2011;8:15-8.
Usang UE, Inah GB, Inyang AW, Ekabua AT. Intussusception in children: Comparison between ultrasound diagnosis and operation findings in a tropical developing country. Afr J Paediatr Surg 2013;10:87-90.
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Hryhorczuk AL, Strouse PJ. Validation of US as afirst-line diagnostic test for assessment of pediatric ileocolic intussusception. Pediatr Radiol 2009;39:1075-9.
Bartocci M, Fabrizi G, Valente I, Manzoni C, Speca S, Bonomo L. Intussusception in childhood: Role of sonography on diagnosis and treatment. J Ultrasound 2015;18:205-11.
Ogundoyin O, Lawal T, Olulana D, Atalabi O. Experience with Sonogram-guided hydrostatic reduction of Intussusception in Children in South-West Nigeria. J West Afr Coll Surg 2013;3:76-88.
Talabi AO, Famurewa OC, Bamigbola KT, Sowande OA, Afolabi BI, Adejuyigbe O. Sonographic guided hydrostatic saline enema reduction of childhood intussusception: A prospective study. BMC Emerg Med 2018;18:46.
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Сарыбельский райо́н (ранее Осакаровский) расположен на севере Карагандинской области.

География
Район граничит с Нуринским и Бухар-Жырауским районами Карагандинской области, Аршалынским районом Акмолинской области и Баянаульским районом Павлодарской области.

Район географически входит в зону Казахского мелкосопочника — Сары-Арку, в котором выделяются горы Нияз, Акдын, Шокай, Ерейментау.

Климат резко континентальный, зима холодная, малоснежная, лето жаркое, засушливое.

Население
Национальный состав (на начало 2019 года):
 казахи — 13 935 чел. (44,60 %)
 русские — 10 402 чел. (33,29 %)
 немцы — 1 941 чел. (6,21 %)
 украинцы — 1 617 чел. (5,18 %)
 белорусы — 584 чел. (1,87 %)
 татары — 737 чел. (2,36 %)
 чеченцы — 482 чел. (1,54 %)
 греки — 337 чел. (1,08 %)
 молдаване — 186 чел. (0,60 %)
 мордва — 101 чел. (0,32 %)
 поляки — 80 чел. (0,26 %)
 чуваши — 71 чел. (0,23 %)
 другие — 770 чел. (2,46 %)
 Всего — 31 243 чел. (100,00 %)

История
Образован Сарыбельский (Осакаровский) район в составе Карагандинской области Казахской ССР Указом Президиума Верховного Совета Казахской ССР от 28 декабря 1940 года. В состав района вошли 3 сельсовета Тельманского района, 1 сельсовет Нуринского района и 1 сельсовет Вишневского района.

Осакаровский район расположен на территории древней Сары-Арки.

Ранее носил название «Осакаровский», но 15/07/2022 району предложили присвоить название Сарыбел. Соответствующую инициативу поддержали депутаты маслихата на XVI внеочередной сессии.

Административное деление
В Осакаровский район входят посёлки Осакаровка и Молодёжный и 21 сельский округ:
 Батпактинский
 Сарыозек
 Дальний
 Звёздный
 Иртышский
 Каратомарский
 Есиль
 Кундуздинский
 Мирный
 Маржанкульский
 Николаевский
 Озёрный
 Карагайлы
 Акбулак
 Пионерский
 Родниковский
 Садовый
 Сункар
 Тельманский
 Трудовой
 Шидертинский

Экономика
Отраслевая специализация региона сельское хозяйство и промышленность. В 2009 году объём валовой продукций сельского хозяйства составил 10 320,9 млн тенге, в 2008 году 8 524,7 млн тенге, индекс физического объёма — 133 % к соответствующему периоду предыдущего года. В 2009 году объём промышленного производства Осакаровского района составил в действующих ценах 1 574 млн тенге. Основной отраслью промышленности является горно-добывающая и обрабатывающая промышленность. На территории района добычу флюсового известняка осуществляет ТОО «Караганда-Спецферросплавы», производством и распределением воды РГП Канал имени К. Сатпаева, добычей угля разрез «Молодёжный» УД «Борлы» корпорации «Казахмыс».

Известные люди
В Осакаровском районе жили и работали Герой Советского Союза И. К. Паньков, семь Героев Социалистического Труда: Х. Байгабилов, Е. И. Герасимов, И. И. Иванов, Е. А. Ортман, И. И. Петров, А. Н. Ткач, Г. В. Яровой. Здесь же родились чемпион Олимпийских игр 1964 года в Токио по классической борьбе, трёхкратный чемпион мира А. И. Колесов. Президент Чеченской Республики Ичкерия А. А. Масхадов.

Акимы
 Кремляков, Анатолий Михайлович (августа 1994 — май 1997)
 Торебеков, Абдулла Торебекович (с 1997 — 2006)
 Каппасов, Орал Кабиевич (с 20.2006 — 09.2009)
 Абдикеров, Рыскали Калиакбарович ( с 09.2009 — 11.2011)
 Аймаков Сержан Жанабекович ( с 31.10.2011 — 12.06.2015)
 Шайжанов, Кайрат Абдуллаевич (с 11.2015-06.2017)
 Кобжанов, Нуркен Сайфиддинович (с 06.2017)
 Нурмуханбетов, Руслан Есенбекович  (с 23.09.2022)

Транспорт

Примечания

Ссылки
 Сайт акимата Осакаровского района

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In a world where there are virtually endless ways to do something, getting that one thing done may seem like an endless pit of research and what if's.
To help out your new years resolution of writing more blog posts (and to help out mine of sharing more information and getting back into writing), I have outlined the entire writing and researching process that I use and have used back in the days on GoogleCrumbs, DownloadSquad, GeekBeat and GigaOM. Although some things have slightly changed due to new app availability, the workflow has stayed somewhat the same.
This post builds on what we have learned about writing a quick blog post.
This Week: articles that I have tasked myself to complete or work on.
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Yes, this is a pretty simple process. But keeping the process as simple as you can not only helps you stay on track with your posting schedule of sharing your knowledge and experience, but helps others grow from your quick turnarounds.
Personally, I don't want to spend my whole day writing a blog post. I want to write a blog post that my audience can learn from and action on. 15 minutes is the perfect time for me to dedicate to sharing my learnings in. Its just not productive to go over this, nor do I have the time to spend writing and polishing 2000 word blog posts all of the time. And its pretty easy to procrastinate when tasks are time intensive. How can you take an idea to publishing a blog post within 15-20 minutes?
Writing a blog post quickly doesn't mean sloppy. We want to get our thoughts out and published so that our audiences can start acting and using the findings, in a quality way, that's clean, efficient and friendly for schedule's and easy enough for people to read and act on.
Whenever I get an idea for a blog post I note it down. Usually in the cloud so that it can be accessed and edited from anywhere I am connected. If you carry a notebook, that might be the place for you.
Keep building on your idea archive. What might have started with a lonely title or rough idea can easily sprout into a full blog post by adding a few sentances a day or week. On average I take 2-3 weeks (sometimes much longer) from idea to publish. Constantly going back and editing and adding thoughts – with anywhere from 10-15 posts being built out in the Idea Archive at once.
The quickest way to get your ideas across is through the use of bullet points that relate to your main topic. Just check out this post as an example. Remember, these are smaller posts we are talking about here. Not full on 5000 word articles – we'll save this process for another post.
Building on the above, we are creating quick posts filled with information that are made up of 250-500 words. Not a 2000 word essay. Keep things simple and to the point. Nix the fluff.
If you have a great idea – stop everything and write. Write is down. Do it now! Topics that come to you easily are easier to write – and if you tell yourself that you will come back later on in the day and compile your thoughts, it won't happen. You'll either get distracted, or loose your train of thought.
Having a workflow speeds up your writing process and takes the 'guesswork' out, in this post, I reveal my blog posting workflow, the workflow I have been using for many years when writing for such channels as AOL and GigaOM.


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Voice of Women's Rights
Guangdong China
On March 9, 2018, China's largest feminist platform "Voice of Women's Rights"'s Weibo account and WeChat official account were permanently suspended. Before being blocked, its Weibo account had 180,000 fans and the Wechat account had 70,000 fans. In order to retrieve the account, the staff of "Voice of Women's Rights" conducted a long-term struggle to defend their rights. They sent letters to the Central Cyberspace Administration of China and sent letters to various departments in Beijing and Guangdong to apply for information disclosure. After defending their rights on Weibo and WeChat platforms to no avail, "Voice of Women's Rights" filed a lawsuit to the Nanshan District Court in Shenzhen and the Haidian District Court in Beijing on April 4, requesting Weibo and Wechat to restore their accounts, apologize, and compensate 1 yuan for the loss. Since no response received from the two courts, the "Voice of Women's Rights" people went to the two courts on April 16 and May 14 respectively to file a lawsuit again, but they failed to file a case, and the court did not give reasons.
After the "Voice of Women's Rights" account was blocked, many netizens initiated support, but they were suppressed by social media management. On March 16, the seventh day when the "Voice of Feminist Rights" was blocked, several feminist activists held a "funeral" for the "Voice of Feminist Rights" in the ruins near a cemetery on the outskirts of Beijing. They named this performance art "Female Voice's funeral party". They said, don't pass away silently, don't let it go, don't mourn but dance and roar.
External sources:
https://theinitium.com/article/20180622-mainland-women-voice/
Posted by JiaxinWang on May 14 2021
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Yet another breach of privacy in the digital age: Is there an upside?
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Outside the few months during which Game of Thrones airs on HBO, I watch only a single T.V. show -- and not even a well-known one. While the rest of the world remains glued to Scandal, Parks & Recreation, and Orange is the New Black, I remain a resolute fan of Person of Interest. Each episode begins with the following monologue from Harold Finch (played by Michael Emerson), one of the world's most elite computer scientists:
"You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything: violent crimes involving ordinary people, people like you -- crimes the government considered 'irrelevant.' They wouldn't act, so I decided I would."
What was so novel about this premise was that, when it first aired in 2011, such an idea seemed impossible. For a "machine" loaded with the most sophisticated facial and voice recognition software imaginable to tap into each and every security camera on street corners, in shops, from cell phone microphones -- and then to use this information to track prospective perpetrators or victims of crime -- was an idea out of an Orwellian world. To simplify many elements at play here, we have the technology; we would need the faces, the voices, and the recognition of millions.
And yet that day has been fast approaching, and may have just arrived. Although the use of criminal mugshots and DNA samples to build complex databases for later tracking is far from new, BBC UK cited evidence just today that the United Kingdom is cranking this practice up a notch.
Anywhere between "hundreds of thousands of" and up to "18 million" innocent citizens have been added to a massive database used for facial recognition, which -- although technically complying with the UK's Data Protection Act of 1998 -- has sparked concern beyond even their borders. This database is already in use by the Metropolitan Police, Leicestershire Police, Border Force (i.e., in airports throughout the UK), and Britain's spy agencies.
Although officials contend that such a use of non-criminal data will add to the cost effectiveness and reliability of their current methods in criminal tracking and violence prevention, such a method brings into question the idea that if technology can make it possible, it should be implemented...even before courts decide on its potential unlawfulness. Quoting Biometrics Commissioner Alastair MacGregor,
"I think there is always a danger that if you can do something then you will do it, the technology takes over [...] without giving the attention to the other issues that arise in relation to it as one should."
As I have discussed in my pieces on Europe Versus Facebook and the all-too-common ownership of our data among third parties, society's concept of privacy that we were born into has ceased to exist. In the digital age, increasingly little remains out of the reach of Google, Apple, the government, and mass data agencies. And yet, unlike the financial profits gained by third parties in the peddling of our personal lives, this breach of privacy is a unique one: it may have an upside. It just might save lives. With the promise of reduced violence looming on the horizon, it may be difficult -- if not impossible -- to pry such data from the grip of law enforcement.
It remains to be seen whether UK courts will rule this development unlawful and, should this be the case, whether police forces will relinquish their hold on the innocent masses. As of now, it looks like Person of Interest is fast approaching reality.
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Apple announced on Wednesday that its ConnectED program has provided 32,145 iPads to students at underserved public schools in the United States for the 2016 school year, as well as Macs and iPads for more than 9,042 teachers.
Today, 701 students in Indianola, Mississippi, were introduced to iPad as Carver Elementary School became the 66th ConnectED school — and the first of the school year — to transform its classrooms with Apple's cutting edge teaching and learning technology solutions.
In addition to the iPads and Macs, Apple has also provided 4,434 hours of Apple Professional Learning, and has installed 189 miles of cable connecting schools to the Internet.
The ConnectED program was created by the Obama administration to provide cutting-edge technology to teachers and students in underserved public schools in the U.S. Apple and a number of other tech companies pledged millions in technology to the program. The goal of the program is to connect 99% of American students to high-speed internet within five years of the program's 2014 starting date.
For more information about how Apple is partnering with its 114 ConnectED schools: apple.com/education/connectED/.


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What's Reasonable About Reasonable Doubts?
Suppose you are on a criminal jury. After the case closes, you retire to determine whether the defendant is "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". It's one of the most famous elements of American law -- probably the only part of the jury instructions that jurors know of in advance. But what does it mean?
"Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" means, on the one hand, something more than just thinking the defendant probably did it; and on the other hand, something less than being absolutely certain that he did it. It allows for doubts, but only "reasonable" ones.
So you come into the jury room believing that the defendant is guilty and that, whatever doubts you may have about that conclusion, those doubts are not "reasonable" ones. A fellow juror disagrees. He has doubts sufficient to cause him to vote "not guilty". You listen to his argument, but your mind isn't changed. You still vote "guilty". What, exactly, does that vote mean in the context of your assessment of the other juror? They raised doubts, and yet you're voting "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." At first blush, there seem to be two possibilities:
(1) By voting "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt", you are implicitly saying that their doubts are unreasonable. If they were reasonable, then you'd be obligated to vote "not guilty".
(2) By voting "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt", you are making no statement about the reasonableness of anyone else's doubts. In effect, you are stating that it is possible for some people to have "reasonable" doubts and others to have no such doubts.
To me, the former makes much intuitive sense in terms of the actual concept of "reasonable doubt". Typically in law "reasonableness" is an objective standard. It is meant to transcend individual idiosyncrasies and provide a uniform standard based on the prototypical "reasonable person". And at a very basic level, I'm not sure what it means to say that while someone else's doubts may be reasonable, this person is nonetheless "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". Once you've made the concession that someone could reasonably have doubts, then by definition the defendant cannot be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Yet it is absolutely clear that we do not view reasonable doubt this way. First of all, I suspect that if we did -- if the standard really was "is someone with a contrary view objectively unreasonable?" -- we would almost never convict anyone. But it also is implicit in the structure of appellate review of criminal convictions.
When I was an appellate clerk, we'd of course have a great many cases where defendants challenged their criminal convictions. It was pretty rare that I came across a case where I thought the defendant was "actually innocent", in the sense that I thought it was more likely than not that they didn't commit the accused crime (I can think of one potential candidate -- Paulson v. Newton Correctional Facility, 703 F.3d 416 (8th Cir. 2013)). But there were quite a few where I thought there might be reasonable doubt. I'd read the defendant's account of what happened, and I'd think "that's a live possibility." And of course I don't think I'm unreasonable. So, it seemed to me, reasonable doubt existed. If lack of such doubt is supposedly a prerequisite of a guilty verdict, how do such convictions stand?
The answer is the standard of review, which is quite strict in such cases.
We "reverse only if no reasonable jury could have found [Va] guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Morales, 445 F.3d 1081, 1084 (8th Cir.2006) (quoting United States v. Howard, 413 F.3d 861, 864 (8th Cir.2005)). We "view the evidence in the light most favorable to the guilty verdict, granting all reasonable inferences that are supported by that evidence." United States v. Milk, 447 F.3d 593, 598 (8th Cir.2006). "The standard for reviewing a claim of insufficient evidence is strict, and a jury's guilty verdict should not be overturned lightly." United States v. Pizano, 421 F.3d 707, 719 (8th Cir.2005).
United States v. Van Nguyen, 602 F. 3d 886, 897 (8th Cir. 2010).
This seems to (and in effect does) shift the burden of proof sharply in favor of upholding convictions. But it suffers from a conceptual problem, since it is effectively smashing two standards of persuasion together. The question for the reviewing court, to paraphrase the Morales decision quoted above, it whether it is unreasonable for a jury to conclude that any doubts raised are unreasonable. Those two "unreasonables" don't play nicely with one another, because again, isn't reasonability supposed to be an objective test? Clearly not, because if so we could just restate the original instructions: are there reasonable doubts or not? The only reason this deferential level of review could possibly be necessary is to uphold verdicts where reasonable doubts do seem to exist. Even granting some allowances for the fact-finders' supposedly superior ability to assess evidence and credibility, the width of the gap between how hard it (supposedly) is to convict ("beyond a reasonable doubt?") and how easy it is to uphold a verdict ("was the jury made up of unreasonable lunatics?") indicates that the test must be subjective.
The end result is that criminal convictions occur -- and probably often occur -- when a reasonable person could have reasonable doubts about the defendant's guilt. That conclusion, to me, seems deeply inconsistent with what we believe as a society tell ourselves about the criminal justice system -- though it seems quite consistent with how it operates in practice. I'm not even necessarily being critical of this result -- the alternative implied by "reasonable doubt" being an objective standard is functional de novo review of jury verdicts, which would mostly obviate the point of having a jury at all. But what it does mean is that "beyond a reasonable doubt" likely is little different from "preponderance of the evidence" -- 12 people (or fewer, depending on the circumstances) subjectively deciding the defendant was probably guilty.
UPDATE: Incidentally, the key case rejecting the claim that a proper "reasonable doubt" instruction must demand that the evidence "exclude every reasonable hypothesis other than that of guilt" is Holland v. United States, 348 U.S. 121, 139-40 (1954).
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Chelsea Clinton is one of the highest-profile members of an interfaith marriage. Now that she's pregnant, let's see how various interested parties are reacting. Some are very positive:
Interfaithfamily.com quickly seized the pregnancy as an "opportunity to share with ALL expecting parents" its various resources for new interfaith parents, including a booklet called "To Circumcise or Not: That is the Question."
Others are less thrilled:
Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, The Jewish Press chose this headline: "Chelsea Clinton Pregnant With Non-Jewish Child." Calling the former first daughter "America's poster child for intermarriage," the Brooklyn-based Orthodox newspaper noted that in marrying four years ago the pair was "effectively pruning away that 3,300 year old Jewish branch of the Mezinsky family." (And apparently also pruning away the "v" from the groom's name.)
And then there are the neo-Nazis:
Not surprisingly, Stormfront, the anti-Semitic website, does recognize the child as a Jew, as evidenced by its charming headline: "Chelsea Clinton pregnant with jew spawn."
That about covers the range, I think!
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The global debut was made as the Emirate wants to capitalize on increasing visitor interest from the UK and other international markets.
It will highlight the hidden gems, diverse attractions and adventure Ras Al Khaimah has to offer.
The campaign incorporates everything from adrenaline-packed activities like mountain hiking and ziplining, pristine beaches and engagement with local communities along with learning about rural lifestyle and cultures.
There are 65 kilometres of beautiful beaches, historic forts and scenic mountain in Ras Al Khaimah which is 45 minutes from the Dubai International Airport.
Haitham Mattar, chief executive of Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority said that they were looking forward to attract one million visitors by the end of 2018 and to attract three millions by 2025. Impactful global campaign like I Found Ras Al Khaimah will maintain the momentum.
The nation is in the global tourism map as it has the world's longest zipline but it was important to showcase the diversity across the globe.
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Lauren Taylor Wolfe - Adding Value With A Creative Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Change
Activist investing is the new frontier for value investors, allowing them to be the agents of their own returns.
Today we're continuing our examination of the activist style of investing by exploring the intersection of two important trends in the money management industry: activism and environmental, social, and governance investing.
Impactive Capital's Lauren Taylor Wolfe joins us to share her perspective and Impactive's unique approach to creatively incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) into activism.
Lauren is co-founder and Managing Partner of Impactive Capital, an activist investment management firm that currently has more than 1.5 billion in assets under management. Prior to founding Impactive, she spent 10 years at Blue Harbour Group where she was a Managing Director and Investing Partner. Lauren earned her M.B.A. from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. magna cum laude from Cornell University.
In this episode, Lauren, Michael and I discuss her non-linear journey to investing, what she learned from working in different industries, how she became interested in activist investing, what Impactive is doing to improve diversity in the industry, and so much more!
Lauren's first business endeavors (2:05)
Lauren's work experiences after graduation (3:13)
Why Lauren was drawn to value investing early in her career (6:16)
How TurboChef raised Lauren's interest in activist investing (8:57)
Why many executives struggle with capital allocation (11:49)
Impactive's focus on business quality and time horizon (14:13)
The evolution of activist investing (16:25)
Impactive's approach to working with management (18:21)
Idea screening and ESG considerations (20:33)
How Impactive values businesses (21:24)
Thinking about business resilience (25:13)
Portfolio construction and sizing (26:40)
Lauren's thoughts on luck and skill (30:22)
Creating a diverse workforce in investment management and our support industries (32:08)
Impactive's approach to idea sourcing and prioritization (34:30)
HD Supply's business background (37:39)
HD Supply's move from Home Depot to private equity and back (40:49)
KBR's transformation into a high quality business (46:16)
The opportunities Impactive identified with KBR (49:30)
Lauren's perspective on meme stocks and SPACs (52:41)
Opportunities and risks on the horizon (54:47)
Books that Lauren is reading (57:01)
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LeBron James scored 44 points on 17-of-28 shooting to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 111-102 victory over the Boston Celtics yesterday morning (Singapore time) at Quicken Loans Arena to even the Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece.
Kyle Korver scored 14 points for the fourth-seeded Cavaliers, while Tristan Thompson recorded 13 points and 12 rebounds, and George Hill scored 13 points.
Jaylen Brown scored 25 points and Jayson Tatum had 17 for the second-seeded Celtics, while Terry Rozier notched 16 points and 11 assists.
Game 5 is tomorrow morning (Singapore time) in Boston, where the Celtics are undefeated in this season's play-offs, and James is already gearing up for the contest.
"It's a hostile environment," said James, who also contributed five rebounds, three assists and two steals to spark a crucial home triumph.
"There is no love in there. If you don't have green on, if you don't play for that team, if you don't bleed green, they've got no love for you.
"So we've got to come out with a bunker mentality and understand it's just us. It's going to be a great atmosphere."
Celtics coach Brad Stevens echoed that sentiment.
"It's a best two of three to go to the Finals. It doesn't get much better than that," Stevens said.
"In this deal, it's a blast to have to grit your teeth, get up off the mat and go after it again. That's part of what makes these guys on both sides special."
Cleveland shot 50.6 per cent from the field and had a 47-37 rebounding edge. Boston shot 41.2 per cent from the floor.
James drained a three-pointer with 1:43 left to record his sixth 40-point outing of this post-season and give the Cavaliers a 109-95 lead.
Philadelphia's Allen Iverson (2001) is the most recent player to have six 40-point performances in a single play-off year.
"I put the work in day in and day out on my body, working on my game every day to try to put myself in the best condition I can be in the post-season," James said.
"My teammates, my coaching staff allow me to go out and do the things to try to help us win. And besides the seven turnovers tonight, I earned their trust a little bit more."
James also registered his 2,357th made field goal in the play-offs, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record that has stood since in 1989. Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan is third on the all-time list.
"Anytime I'm in the same breath with the greats... It's just humbling," James said.
"He's the best at evaluating the game and figuring out what he wants and where he wants it," Stevens said of James.


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It's no secret that swimming is one of the best workouts around because it trains most of the muscles in your body at once. But did you know you can actually target specific muscles while swimming? All you need is a kickboard! There's a common misconception that kickboards are only useful for teaching kids how to swim. But this couldn't be farther from the truth. Kickboard workouts actually help you target specific muscles during your workout. Here are some different kickboard routines you can incorporate into your swim session.
A great way to ease into kickboard workouts is by targeting your hips and glutes. It's a nice introduction to using a kick board as well as still getting your workout in. This will give your arms a break and allow you to focus on a different area.
To target your hips and glutes, begin by holding the kickboard in front of you with your legs floating behind you. Lift one of your legs to the side, making sure to keep your back straight, and slowly raise the leg as high as you can without turning your ankle. Lower your leg to the starting position and repeat. Do a full set of repetitions for each leg, maintaining proper form throughout the sets. In addition to working the buttocks and hamstrings, this exercise works the abdominal muscles as well.
I promise this one isn't as scary or intense as it sounds! But this particular kick board workout is more on the advanced side, and allows you to get a better sense of your body in the water.
To perform this drill, hold the kick board upright in front of the body, like a tombstone coming out of the water. Begin kicking the length of the pool while focusing on keeping the kick board out of the water as much as possible. This excercise helps swimmers with their balance and gives the legs and core a challenging workout. A more advanced version of this drill has swimmers place the kick board on its side. The longer side increases surface tension and allows high level swimmers to get the most out of their kick boards.
This technique is often used when doing the freestyle or backstroke, only in this case you add a kick board to it. Flutter kicks are great for targeting your legs, helping your tone and strengthen them.
To do the flutter kick start by laying the kick board flat on the water in front of you and place both hands at the top of the board. Slide your shoulder blades down your back, engage your abdominal muscles and lift your hips to the water line. Begin your flutter kick, which is similar to a soccer kick. Generate power from your thighs while maintaining a bent knee and relaxed ankles. Keep the kick small and productive.
These are 3 great workouts you can do with your kick board. They each require a different level of expertise, so it doesn't matter whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced swimmer: there's something for everyone! This is only 3 examples of kick board workouts you can do. There are so many more to choose from. Now that you have been introduced to 3 new kick board workouts, grab your kick board and your Underwater Audio waterproof iPod, hit the nearest pool and start your workout now!
What are some other kick board workouts you have tried that were not mentioned above? What is your favorite and why? Tell us in the comment section below!


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