As I detailed in my previous post about the current flooding in the UK, the main focus at the present time should be on protecting lives and property. It is certainly not the time for blame and is too early to attempt to learn lessons from the flooding or the response to it. That said I've seen quite a few articles and comments that the UK needs to learn from the Dutch in terms of flood defence. This seems an especially compelling argument in the case of the Somerset Levels where there seem to be many parallels in a tract of land close to, or below sea-level and criss-crossed by artificial drainage channels and pumping stations. With that in mind local MP Ian Liddell-Grainger visited Strasbourg two weeks ago to talk with Dutch politicians. I happen to agree with this assessment, we can learn a lot from the Dutch; however I think there are a lot of misconceptions about exactly what Dutch flood risk management entails. I thought it would be interesting to take a more detailed look at flood risk management in the Netherlands.
It seems as if the perception of the Dutch water management programme within the UK is stuck in the pre-1990's. People seem to believe that hard engineering is still king in Holland and that the river and sea is forced back and kept out. Nothing could be further from the truth. I hope to give a brief look at how the Netherlands is responding to climate change in respect of flood risk and show that this is in no way as simple as many UK commentators would have you believe.
I think most people would probably be aware that the Netherlands consists of large tracts of reclaimed land, which is often below sea level, and by as much as 6-metres in place. It is effectively part of the delta of the Rhine-Meuse river system. Much of the land is protected by an extensive system of dikes, creating tracts of land called polders, which are farmland below the level of sea/rivers and which rely on pumping stations to keep them drained and to move flood waters off the land (in a similar way to the Levels). This extensive network of man-made drainage and reclaimed land which was started in Roman times leads to the nice saying "God created the world but the Dutch created Holland".
The recent storm surge on the East Coast of the UK, accompanied by dramatic pictures of the tidal barrier on the River Hull nearly overtopping were compared to the most devastating storm surge of recent times, that of 31st January 1953. In Holland this same storm surge is called simply "Watersnoodramp" (The flood disaster); whilst 326 died in the UK, 2551 people lost their lives in Holland. This disaster led to an overhauling of the Dutch approach to flood defence including the construction of the iconic Maeslant barrier (pictured above).
It is this image of the Netherlands as a nation with impregnable hard engineered flood defences and water management that make sure water goes where it is supposed to and does what it's told that people have in mind when they advocate learning lessons from Holland or getting Dutch flood defence expertise into the UK. However this image is out-dated. For over ten years the Dutch have been embracing a new approach to flood risk management marrying the best of their engineering expertise with more flexible management of flood waters.
The reason behind this rethink is climate change; over time the Dutch have been building their dikes higher and higher but realised after flooding in the 1990's that higher dikes meant more devastating floods when they failed. Not only that but drained land behind the dikes is subsiding (and is thus even lower). There is an explicit recognition in their policy that rainfall is and will be harder and more frequent. They have therefore begun to instigate managed retreat of some land, along with upgrading, rebuilding and improving flood defences. One example of such a project is Ruimte voor de rivier (Room for the river), the objective being to give the river at 30 locations more room to accommodate higher water levels, essentially allowing the river to flood safely.
Work includes the dredging of river channels but this is only a small aspect of the plan. In Nijmegen a new relief channel is being cut for the River Waal 200m wide and 3km long, along with moving back the existing dikes; this has involved the demolition of 50 houses. The floodplain will be park and recreational ground to allow safe flooding. This is a huge change to a 2000 year old city.
Plan for Overdiepse Polder designed by Bosch Slabbers – farms are demolished and rebuilt on large mounds.
Another component is "de-poldering"; lowering/removing the dikes in some areas of farmland and designated in the land as a flood zone. The inundation of these former agricultural areas during flood events will protect towns elsewhere. In other areas retreat is being managed by protecting farm houses and acknowledging the farm land itself will flood. This is being done by demolishing the existing farm houses, constructing giant man-made mounds (~20 acres each) and rebuilding farm houses on top of them (hopefully) higher than the flood waters will reach (~7-8m high). One example is Overdiepse Polder, where 16 farms have been designated as flood zones to protect 140,000 residents of Den Bosch. As the New York Times put it "By displacing farmers.. residents in that city can breathe a little easier." Individual houses are also increasing being built to be flood resilient in novel ways, including building floating, or amphibious houses.
A new floating home installed by Deltasync in Delft, Netherlands, Dec '13.
So, can we learn from the Dutch about flood control? Undoubtedly. In certain respects they could be said to be 10-15 years ahead of the UK in aspect of flood risk management. In the case of the Somerset Levels, experience from Dutch water managers could be very helpful. However, it is disingenuous to cherry pick one small part of a comprehensive and resilient flood risk management plan such as "room for the river" (dredging) and suggest applying it would solve UK flood problems. The "Dutch approach" to flooding specifically on the Somerset Levels would likely involve widening and deepening the Tone & Parrett (through dredging) as well as abandoning large tracts of farmland as flood zones and the demolition and relocation of existing farm houses onto large mounds. Make no mistake such a policy was not immediately popular in the Netherlands, as I suspect it would be unpopular in the UK.
Another consideration is money, the Dutch have earmarked €100bn through to 2100 to cope with sea-level rises of 1.3m. This is for 451km of coastline. The UK has a longer coastline than countries such as Brazil and India at 12,429km. If we were to match the Netherlands € for €, km for km, that would be about €2.8 trillion by the end of the century purely on coastal defence (no river defence). This is obviously a silly example, as much of our coast is hard cliffs which need no defending, but it does illustrate the vast gulf in scales between Holland and the UK. It also illustrates the current spend of €0.67bn a year for all flood defence (coastal & inland) is woefully inadequate.
The most important advice we can take from the Dutch experience of flood risk management is that you need to be adaptable, open minded to changing historic land use patterns and prepared to take radical solutions. The climate is changing and flood risk management practises will have to change with it.
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You talk about 451 km of Dutch coastline. But are you aware that the Dutch have 17.500 km of dykes in their country to manage and to maintain. After the build of the Afsluitdijk the water management in side the Netherlands ofcourse did not disappear. The risk is not only coastal defence. The rivers and the need to be able to stall temperaly water for weeks is as important.
I live in the middel of the country but in the small watership I live in, we have already over 700 dyke watch volunteers who guard the dijkringen 10,11,53 .
So it is not just coastal. Brittan has a way easier job on protecting it's low areas, because these areas are not that low in the UK.
I live in a polder under sea level made dry around 1336 and thousends of humans and animals died during many floodings in that area. Hell, even the Germans put it under water again, to prevent allied landing during WO2.
And the people here allways recalculated, pumped the water out with hundreds of mills (later steam engine driven pumps, followed by electra driven), rebuild the dykes. Many of the old farmes are build on terps (hills), but nowerdays thousends live in the polder not on hills, so the damage would be way and way higher. And the floodrisk here is once in 2000 (or some parts 1250) years, which a high risk for Dutch standards. If the sea level rises, or more water comes from the Alpes that projected….. that risk rises fast.
So it is fluctuating. So the UK will not be done, even after they build hundreds of dams/dykes. It is someting to recalculate and remeasure and reinvest…. througout time.
If we would have had the same huricans like in South USA or earth quakes like in Japan, the Netherlands would simply not exhist the way it does now. So it is weather pattern related how you can manage your lands.
In the end living under water level, is just a matter of calculation. Is it economicly interesting to invest again and does the risk way up to what you can gain of the lands.
What most forget (or not many media mention it) is that the Netherlands works with so called "dijkringen" (dyke rings). Dijkring 13 and 14 (the 2 provinces south and norh Holland with Amsterdam and Rotterdam in it) are protected on a level of a floodrisk of 1 in every 10.000 years ,(with the current water level). However the other dijkringen in the Netherlands have a way higher risk to be flooded.
So they calculate how many people live inside an area, how many industry is involved…how important is the land….. and they connect a riskfactor to it. But the fact that one day these low leveled areas will flood will not change. And that knowledge, or understanding ….. is the essential part of living near water. If the water rises, it will flood again. Just simply rebuild and claim or move.
We live temperarely on this planet. The Dutch maybe do understand that better then no other.
Anne, thank you so much for the comment. It really helps to understand the realities of living "inside" Dutch flood defences and especially the importance of the way it is necessary to think about floods. Do you think the "mindset" in Holland has changed much since 1990's as new projects like Ruimte voor de rivier have started/been completed?
The way that the Dutch systems seems (you never can guarantee that the Netherlands will not be flooded) to be working, is also mainly the importance of the water boards. In the end politicians decide in most countries where the money is spent. In the Netherlands, they prevent political issues by having these water board seperated from the national government. Off course the biggest project are financed by the government as well but the water boards collect there own tax to prevent the land from flooding. They even have there own elections. This makes it easier in the Netherlands to defend the country for flooding. I noticed here in the UK and the comments on twitter, that in the UK the government blames the Environmental Agency, while they complain about the budget cuts. If you want to prevent your country for flooding, the Environmental Agency should not have to depend on the government. I think each country will be able to defend itself against floods as there are enough smart researchers and engineers in the UK to solve the problems. It is nice that journalist show the Netherlands (for my Dutch ego) as an example, but it all depends at the end on the money that people are willing to spend on their flooddefense.
I forgot to mention the role of 'Rijkswaterstaat', which is the executive agency part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. Its role is the practical execution of the public works and water management, including the construction and maintenance of waterways and roads, and -importantly- flood protection and prevention. They are more involved in the large projects, like the Deltaworks.
I probably forget a lot more institutions and their role in flood protection, I am not an expert. I only wanted to point out that only looking at flood defenses and adaptavie solutions used in the Netherlands is not only the key for long-term flood protection.
I live in Guwahati (Assam) India. The city gets flooded with the first shower in the monsoon. Can Rijkswaterstaat hhelp in improving the situation? Let me have the contact e-mail ID and name/phone nos.
À very interesting article how's explain the dutch solutions for water management.
And I will put in some help.
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India to test its vaccine distribution plan
Authorities plan a dry run to make sure it can get shots to all of its 1.38 billion population
by Sumit Sharma January 1, 2021 January 1, 2021
A health worker gives a dummy vaccine to a fellow worker during a mock drill ahead of the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination drive at the Public Health Centre in Adalaj on December 29, 2020. Photo: AFP/Sam Panthaky
India, the only country after the United States with more than 10 million Covid-19 cases, will start mock drills for a countrywide vaccine drive on January 2. There are expectations the drug regulator may grant emergency use authorization for vaccines as early as the first week of January to the Serum Institute of India, which has a tie-up with Oxford-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech Ltd.
The objective of the dry run for a Covid-19 vaccine is to assess the operational feasibility of using a digital platform for real time monitoring of vaccine delivery and recording data. It will also test the linkages between planning and implementation and help identify the challenges, the health ministry said.
India completed two-day vaccine roll-out mock drills in the select areas of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat on December 28 and 29 without any noticeable hiccups. Health workers bank on India's seven decades of experience in rolling out universal immunization for children and also injectable vaccinations for measles-rubella and Japanese encephalitis.
A Subject Expert Committee from the drug regulator was scheduled to meet on Friday to review additional information from the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech Ltd before permitting the emergency use of their vaccines.
The UK approval for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may have boosted the chances of the Pune-based Serum Institute vaccine getting early approval, say medical experts. The SII has collaborated with Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to make the vaccine and is now conducting trials in India.
SII is the world's biggest vaccine manufacturer based on the 1.5 billion doses produced and sold globally for ailments including polio, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, measles, mumps and BCG, among others.
The Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech is developing the Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin in collaboration with the government-run Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Virology. The Indian company also entered into an agreement with the Pennsylvania-based Ocugen Inc last week to co-develop Covaxin for the US market.
According to the plan, in the first round India will vaccinate up to 300 million people, mainly health workers, frontline workers, police and citizens above the age of 60, followed by those older than 50 and those suffering from health issues. The government has drawn up exhaustive 148-page guidelines to be followed by the program workers at all levels.
India is also involving global institutions such as the World Health Organisation, Unicef, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others. Several ministries may be required to help with transporting, storing, safe-keeping and injecting, as well as other aspects of the vaccination program. The government is likely to use almost 30,000 cold-chain points and various refrigeration points.
The dry run, or mock drills, is aimed at testing all the systems of planning and implementation of the program and plugging in any loopholes in facilities, planning and implementation. The mock drills will also test software designed for the purpose.
According to experts, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is more suitable for Indian conditions as it can be stored in a normal refrigerator, and does not require the extreme cold refrigeration that some other vaccines need. It is also more affordable compared with other vaccines.
While the government has not as yet spelled out the pricing or the mode of payments by recipients, some sources say the government is keen to ensure the vaccine is as affordable as possible, and even free of cost for those unable to pay.
The price of the vaccine also became an issue during the Bihar state elections, with some politicians promising free doses to entice voters. With oncoming high-stakes and preparations for elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu states in five months, some suspect the vaccine will be used as bait by some politicians to get votes.
The biggest challenge India faces is its 1.38 billion population, of which more than three-fourths are lower middle class or poor. Yet the good news is that the daily number of cases is dropping rapidly, and also daily fatalities.
Compared with the latest one-day fatality of about 3,880 in the US, India had 299 deaths. From second position, India has slipped to 11th spot in terms of fatalities, and seventh by daily new cases. In terms of the number of active cases, India has slipped to 10th position with 258,747 active cases from its total 10.27 million cases.
While the common man on the street is now less tense and cautious with virus discipline, authorities remain concerned, especially with the more than 25 cases of the new the UK strain of virus which have been detected. The civil aviation ministry has banned all flights to and from the UK until January 7 and all international scheduled flights until the end of January. Flights from other bubble routes from about two dozen countries will continue as scheduled with precautions.
To prevent any flare-up of cases during New Year's Eve, more than a dozen states including Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Manipur imposed night curfews from 11pm to 6am and restricted the number of people who could gather for New Year parties.
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"Sondheim on Sondheim" Is Simply Sublime
There's something about story and characters that suck me in. That's why I generally prefer book musicals to revues, so that the songs spring from character and further the plot. Well, in a good show, anyway.
Stephen Sondheim is known for being really, really good at that, so that his songs don't just pop up out of nowhere, but are positioned at those moments when characters are moving from A to B, when they tell us (and figure out for themselves) by way of the song how they're making that emotional journey.
Given the cast (including Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams and Norm Lewis), I was pretty sure I would enjoy "Sondheim on Sondheim," a new revue combining Sondheim songs with interviews and images of the man himself, conceived and directed by frequent Sondheim collaborator James Lapine. But I expected it to be the usual pleasant Sondheim revue experience, where I hope to hear my favorites and enjoy the performances, and come away making mental cast lists for the absolute perfect fantasy productions of "Follies" or "Merrily We Roll Along."
That's why "Sondheim on Sondheim" is so astonishing. Because it doesn't really have a book, but it feels like it does. Because the one character – Stephen Sondheim – and his filmed recollections and musings about his life and his songs and his process – not chronological or neat, sometimes silly, sometimes off-topic completely – are ultimately moving and profound. I felt this show in my heart. Two weeks later, I'm still feeling it.
Set designer Beowulf Boritt, lighting designer Ken Billington and video/projection designer Peter Flaherty have created a simple playing space that somehow manages to look spiffy and cool as it showcases the singers in various combinations and permutations. Flaherty's contribution – the interviews and images – are especially significant, projected on a scattering of plasma screens in different sizes, cocked at different angles around the stage. We see Sondheim at home, slouching on his sofa, writing, not writing, fixing himself a drink, puttering around. All of that is fascinating, as is the oft-repeated information about Oscar Hammerstein as his mentor and surrogate father and his difficult relationship with his mother. Still, it doesn't sound on paper like it would add up to much. And yet it does.
After a series of sublime performances (there's sublime again – it keeps coming to mind with regard to this show) and the emotional punch of the interviews, I felt moved, affected, enraptured. I wanted to see it again and take notes this time, yet not take notes, because then I would have to take my eyes off the stage and how could I possibly do that? During the show, there were moments when I didn't even want to applaud because I was afraid I might miss a syllable at the beginning of the next video.
By the end, I felt I knew the elusive Sondheim better, that I had experienced the gold standard when it came to interpretations of some of my favorite songs, and that I was damn lucky to get to see this kind of once-in-a-lifetime performance. What future production of this revue can possibly compare with Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis and Tom Wopat? Or find younger performers like Leslie Kritzer, Euan Morton, Erin Mackey and Matthew Scott? Or even make the video work on that scale?
According to the program, there are about 40 songs performed at least partially in this show, with some unfamiliar choices offered among them. Some of the most interesting sequences are those where Sondheim talks about songs that didn't work, and then we see, for example, "Invocation/Forget War" and "Love Is in the Air," the songs he wrote to open "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" but abandoned in favor of "Comedy Tonight." Back-to-back-to-back, we understand exactly why "Comedy Tonight" ended up opening the show, while the others were discarded.
The other sequence like that, where we see the various songs he wrote to try to end "Company," is even more powerful, with "Multitudes of Amys" giving way to "Happily Ever After," and then Norm Lewis bringing down the house with an absolutely blazing, brilliant performance of "Being Alive." Wow. I thought I'd seen good "Being Alives" before – it's such a powerhouse of a song, anyway – but Norm Lewis took it to new heights. Just... Wow.
I enjoyed getting another chance to hear "The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened," a swoony, romantic song for a straight couple when the show was called "Bounce," switched to the gay couple by the time it was "Road Show." We see both couples on that, with even more pairings (and I believe one threesome) delivering "Happiness" from "Passion." "Best Thing" and "Happiness" may be the most romantic pieces Sondheim has ever written, and both of them get excellent performances here from the entire company. Cheeky and a tad cynical, yes, given all the changing partners on "Happiness," but that fits Sondheim, too.
I absolutely adored the Act I closer, uniting three of Sondheim's best Act I finales, "Ever After" from "Into the Woods," "A Weekend in the Country" from "A Little Night Music," and finally, "Sunday" from "Sunday in the Park with George," to stunning effect. The video trees and their bright leaves send us into the woods, change color in the country and then fall away on Sunday, as the voices swell on that gorgeous music... Amazing.
All by herself, just sitting there and singing without histrionics, Barbara Cook contributes versions of "Send in the Clowns" and "In Buddy's Eyes" that will break your heart. Her phrasing and interpretation are simply beautiful.
But my favorite moment is the Cook-and-Williams duet on "Losing My Mind" and "Not a Day Goes By." Again, they didn't go for vocal gymnastics or showboating. They just sang. Two singers with fabulous voices and interpretive skills, sharing their talent and their hearts with us. And it is sublime.
The Roundabout Theatre's production of "Sondheim on Sondheim" has been extended till June 27th at Studio 54. If you have to hop a plane specifically to see this show, I think you'd better do it. Theatrical experiences like "Sondheim on Sondheim" don't come along very often.
For more information or to order tickets, visit the Roundabout Theatre website. Do it!
Posted by JulieK at 10:40 AM
JAC May 29, 2010 at 3:03 PM
As Julie's companion at the show, I have to enthusiastically second everything she said. I thought I knew the Sondheim canon, the Sondheim anecdotes; I had seen plenty of mix-and-match Sondheim revues over the years. How could this have anything new to offer? By being Just That Good, that's how.
One thing it ought to accomplish, if there's any justice, is to position Tom Wopat and Vanessa Williams in people's minds as absolutely A-list musical/dramatic artists. Yes, Art-ists. Despite the track record they've both accumulated, I have a feeling that people still think of him as "That Dukes of Hazzard guy who gets cast in a tour or revival when they could use a TV name" and of her as "that former Miss America who people will put up with as a song stylist because she's pretty." And they're both just sensationally good. And, as Julie said, they have the gift of simplicity; they know (as Barbara Cook and the others do too) that you don't have to ostentatiously "do things" with a song to make it unforgettable; if it and your interpretive insight are good, just sitting and singing it in perfect stillness will say everything that needs to be said.
Now I'm getting all emotional again. Thanks for the wonderful writeup, Julie.
JulieK May 29, 2010 at 3:28 PM
I'm so glad we got to see it. It is just a magical show for anyone interested in Sondheim.
I'm hearing "The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened" in my mind right now. :-)
We better get a cast recording of this show, that's all I have to say.
Oh, and the placement of the "ever" is actually making sense to me in that song for the first time. Go figure!
Kathleen May 29, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Sounds SUBLIME indeed. "Not a Day Goes By" is one of my favorite songs ever.
Here's a link to a preview video that shows some representative bits, including how the video works, and a stretch of the SUBLIME Williams-Cook duet (it has your song, Kathleen).
http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoinfo.cfm?showid=324697
JulieK June 19, 2010 at 2:10 PM
I just got my Fall 2010 issue of THE SONDHEIM REVIEW, and in their coverage of "Sondheim on Sondheim," they print snippets of various reviews. Almost no one liked this show! What, are they on Mars?? Either it improved a lot between Press Night and when we saw it, or these critics are out of their minds. I say this with full knowledge that I have long been a critic and it's not polite of me to call others insane. But in this case... I'm just right!
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There is quite a history behind the sequel trilogy that goes back way before the Disney buyout on October 30th, 2012. In fact it goes all the way to when the original Star Wars film had hit screens. In the early days of when Star Wars was still fresh to the world and laying its foundations for becoming the phenomena it is today, there was already some plans in Lucas' mind.
I've left pretty explicit instructions for there not to be any more features. There will definitely be no Episodes VII-IX. That's because there isn't any story. I mean, I never thought of anything. And now there have been novels about the events after Episode VI, which isn't at all what I would have done with it. The Star Wars story is really the tragedy of Darth Vader. That is the story. Once Vader dies, he doesn't come back to life, the Emperor doesn't get cloned and Luke doesn't get married.
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Over the next few articles I will break them into parts considering it would be too long for one post. So lets begin by turning the clock back and rediscover what almost wasn't, and reveal some pretty interesting facts about what is supposed to come from Lucas' 'Sequel Trilogy'.
It's the mid 1970's when George Lucas had finished writing the screenplay for what would become Star Wars: Episode VI A New Hope, he realized that it was just too long for a single film. By the time he had finished writing it, it was a thick script, around 200 pages and he simply could not condense that story into one film without leaving out pretty important plot points and volumes of "galactic history" as he envisioned it. Lucas decided that he would have to split it into several films which became the first trilogy produced, Episodes IV-VI. When he was striking contractual agreements with 20th Century Fox while he was working on American Graffiti, he had contracts drawn up to acquire sequel rights as well as merchandising for future Star Wars projects, all he had to do was forgo his director's fee, which Fox jumped at. Since there wasn't much hope for huge success for the film they gave him the rights and back then merchandising wasn't much of a "thing" like it is now.
Late into pre-production Lucas eventually had Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher sign on for two additional films making it into a trilogy, should the first film be successful. In late 1975, Lucas hired science fiction author Alan Dean Foster to write the novelization of Star Wars as well as two additional stories. That same year Lucas and Foster conceived the plots of the two additional novels that would pave the way for what we have now. Lucas felt that if Star Wars was successful then he could have these two additional novels be structured into the next two films. In 1978 Foster released the novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye which was originally meant to be the second film in the saga, should it have to be made on a low budget, when that was not the case, development on The Empire Strikes Back commenced. This roughly laid the groundwork for the future of the Star Wars Saga and more importantly, The Skywalker Saga.


Online colleges may offer internships and other sensible experiences in lieu of on-site labs for students in historically hands-on disciplines like engineering. Because the quantity of people that search for ways to complete their training or improve their abilities turns into too giant, it is inevitable that a large number of schools and universities take the mandatory steps in the direction of filling that need.
Analysis from the Babson Survey Research Group (BSRG) in collaboration with the Online Studying Consortium (OLC) exhibits that while the vast majority of faculty leaders consider on-line degree applications crucial for long-term institutional improvement, really designing them is difficult.
The good number of on-line applications and programs is a large benefit of this kind of training. On-Campus Intensives: Some online degree programs require college students to attend a restricted variety of on-campus sessions, which are sometimes called on-campus intensives.


I recently listened to an interview with William Westney.
At that moment, he is speaking about what attitude he takes into the practice room.
That is a winning attitude if ever I did hear one. What I take away from this is not a pursuit of self-indulgence, but rather a firm commitment to the art and to the craft, constantly making connections among body, mind, and instrument. I take from this a commitment to play with such connection and dedication that we're not just playing the right notes in tune, but that we are connecting with our full mental focus and physiological engagement.


A whole heart full of hearts to stitch for your Valentine. This project is worked on 24 count Congress cloth with lots of beads and glitter. It even has a tassle.
The stitch count is 133 x 129 and the finished size is approximately 5½ inches square.


I'm going to do a few posts on holiday dressing because, I love it. (Though I barely need an excuse to dress up) This first one quite honestly goes against everything I stand for...no offense to the featured brands but I was completely shocked while perusing Macys.com. I went onto the site to see what they had as I'm scoping out who's doing what for holiday. Finding most of the strapless jewel toned satin frocks completely boring these three stood out for me as something I'd actually want to wear. Ready...? Two are from Apple Bottoms and the other from Baby Phat *dead* I KNOW!!! Shocker! Anyhoo, my first holiday dressing post is based on one new truth "Don't judge a book (or dress) by it's cover (or label)." P.S. All three dresses are under $60!


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About Dr John McGrath
Dr. John J. McGrath is the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of American Collegiate Acquisitions, Inc. (ACA), a company whose mission is to acquire, re-organize and operate fully accredited proprietary colleges in the United States.
McGrath is also the President of Empire Education Corporation, which owns Mildred Elley College with campuses in New York and Massachusetts. As President, McGrath works with the Chair of its Board of Directors with respect to the academic, administrative and financial operations of the parent company and the college. These responsibilities include assuring high quality college education, accreditation and regulatory compliance, financial planning / modeling, and execution of the "Mission of the College".
John McGrath served as the Chairman, CEO and President of a public company that owns and operates colleges in New York and Pennsylvania. Additionally, his experience in academic administration includes being a Distinguished College Professor, Department Chairman, Campus Dean, Assistant Vice President, President, CEO and Chairman of multiple colleges.
McGrath was a Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Mercy College, Graduate Adjunct Professor at Long Island University, an Adjunct Associate Professor at Fordham University, and a Distinguished Professor of Business at TCI College. His specializations include Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Business Law, Evidence and Jurisprudence.
McGrath's experience in academic administration includes serving as a Campus Dean and later becoming Assistant Vice President at Mercy College where he opened and supervised seven new Extension Centers throughout New York. He subsequently opened an additional three Extension Centers at other New York colleges. John has opened and supervised more fully accredited College Extension Centers than any other college administrator in New York State.
As the former President of Educational Video Conferencing, Inc. (EVCI), Dr. McGrath grew the company to become a leader in offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs through videoconferencing. Under EVCI, McGrath raised over $100 million from public and private investors and signed long term contracts with over 15 large institutions including Merrill Lynch Global Training and Development, Citibank North America, American International Group and Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Dr. John J. McGrath with President Bill Clinton regarding his bipartisan work on the Northern Ireland Peace Process
Dr. McGrath's company partnered with Bell Atlantic for its revolutionary Telecommute to College and University Program. McGrath also negotiated and executed long-term contracts with approximately 20 leading colleges and universities, including the University of Notre Dame, Saint John's University, Mercy College, Adelphi University, Manhattan College, and the College of Insurance. By 2000, it was Bell Atlantic's second largest marketing initiative on the eastern seaboard of the United States.
EVCI went public on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in 1999. The business model evolved into owning and operating colleges in 2000 and became EVCI Career Colleges Holding Corp. The colleges acquired several colleges including TCI College of Technology. In addition to President, John also became the Chief Executive Officer in 2003 and also Chairman of the Board of EVCI in 2007. He has extensive experience with running a public company and working with both public and private investors. EVCI was named the #1 Stock in Westchester County (suburb adjacent to NYC) in 2003 for enhancing shareholder value and in 2007, EVCI raised an additional $20 million dollars from private equity investors.
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Up until 2015, Dr. McGrath also served as CEO and President of TCI College in New York City. For over a decade, John oversaw the overall academic, administrative, and financial operations of the College. Under McGrath's entrepreneurial leadership, TCI became the second largest two-year proprietary college with approximately 4,500 full-time students in the New York City metropolitan area. John is very familiar with regulators, regional and state accreditors, the U.S. Department of Education, and college regulatory compliance.
TCI is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and separately by the Regents of the State of New York. It is also accredited by the Electronics Board Engineering Technology. TCI is consistently ranked in the top three Associate Degree Colleges in America for Engineering by Community College Week. The Ophthalmic Dispensing Degree Program is accredited by the Commission on Opticianry Accreditation and it is consistently ranked #1 in New York State. The Paralegal Degree Program has the distinction of being recognized by the American Bar Association.
Dr. John J. McGrath received his Bachelor's Degree (summa cum laude) in Philosophy from Long Island University. He also studied for his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice at Long Island University before moving on to earn a Ph.D. (highest honors) from Fordham University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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McGrath's Doctoral Dissertation is a 483-page comparative analysis of the national liberation movements in Northern Ireland, South Africa and Algeria, and the interrelationship between political ideology and military strategy, including the Irish Republican Army. Also a Professor of Irish History, John was one of five experts that participated in the CNN worldwide debate focused on the Northern Ireland Peace Process. He has spoken and debated extensively on Irish history and the peace process in Northern Ireland, and was one of the principal speakers throughout the United States on the topic of Constitutional Constructs for Peace in Northern Ireland.
Dr. John J. McGrath engaged in postdoctoral work in Entrepreneurship at the University of Notre Dame. Furthermore, he was selected to attend Harvard University's Graduate School of Education's Program for Experienced College Presidents.
John McGrath was President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Stamford, Connecticut and an executive member of the Brehon Law Society in New York City. He was voted Man of the Year by the Nassau County Police Department on Long Island and was chosen to be the Master of Ceremonies in New York City for the upcoming celebration of the 100th Year Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rebellion in Ireland.
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Private hospital group Mediclinic strike a bargain with Moshesh Partners to deploy solar power in hospitals
SOUTH AFRICA – Private hospital group Mediclinic has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with renewable energy producer Moshesh Partners to deploy a solar photovoltaic (PV) system in six of its hospitals.
Mediclinic has made this move not so long after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a decision to raise the limit on the self-generation of electricity.
The president said South Africa will raise the limit on self-generation of renewable power from 1MW to 100MW, including the ability to sell excess capacity into the grid, declaring energy security as "South Africa's single most important objective in reviving growth".
This after the country was, once again, been plunged into darkness, with embattled power utility Eskom warning that load-shedding is likely to last for the next five years due to a shortfall of power generation.
Amending Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act will remove a significant obstacle to investment in embedded generation projects.
The group has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement with Moshesh (with the option to extend to 25 years) to ensure that the hospitals have access to affordable and clean power over that time.
According to Mediclinic, the solar PV systems will generate electricity that is supplied directly to each hospital site, affording them cost savings on their monthly power bills, while relieving pressure on the constrained national grid.
"Having access to on-site clean, affordable energy will help Mediclinic manage its energy costs while helping us reduce the group's carbon footprint – a key priority for our business", Kobus Jonck – General Manager of Infrastructure, Mediclinic Southern Africa.
Installations will be rolled across the country from June to December 2021.
Across the six hospitals, the solar sites installed and managed by Moshesh Partners will have the capacity to generate approximately 4,100,000kWh per annum, with the largest facilities being installed at Mediclinic Vergelegen and Mediclinic Durbanville.
"Our investment in the project portfolio includes the full installation cost of the solar PV systems, as well as maintaining them to ensure consistent, excellent performance," says Daniel Palm, CIO and co-founding member of Moshesh Partners.
"Mediclinic will benefit from immediate and tangible savings, as well as consistent energy supply from a renewable energy source, without having to allocate capital expenditure."
The PV system, according to the company, will be built by ACES Africa, which has already completed 153 similar projects in six countries.
This is the first investment out of the Moshesh Partners RECI Fund since it reached the first close of its US$143 million renewable energy and clean infrastructure energy fund in September 2020.
The project, according to the company, sets the scene for how the fund can help businesses secure consistent energy supplies at predictable pricing from independent and renewable sources without capital investment.
Mediclinic enters into EUR110 million renewable power deal with Energy Exchange
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa's biggest private hospital group by market value, Mediclinic, has inked a deal for up to £110m (R2.2bn) in local renewable energy, part of its commitment…
WHO donates provisions in pledge to support epidemiologic preparedness in Liberia
LIBERIA - The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered a huge consignment of Infection Prevention Control (IPC) supplies and laboratory diagnostic kits to Liberia to strengthen the response to COVID-19…
IFC pumps US$16.5m in MedGenome in bid to increase COVID-19 testing in India
INDIA- International Financial Corporation (IFC), member of the world bank group, is pumping US$ 16.5 million worth of funds into MedGenome, a genetic diagnostic and research company. The financial boost…
Healthcare Delivery, Mediclinic, Renewable Energy, South Africa
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The Dota 2 universe is totally diverse. Every year Valve releases new heroes and holds tournaments such as The International 2018.
Every Dota 2 fan has favorite heroes or a favorite team in Esports competitions. You can see them not only in the game or stream, but also on your desktop.
To enjoy your favorite characters, famous players and beautiful art, set them as a background image on your computer.
How to apply Dota 2 wallpapers on your Computer?
Download any image you like from here and save it to a suitable folder.
Click Picture in the Background drop-down menu.
Click Browse in Choose your picture section, then select the downloaded image of the Dota 2 Wallpaper HD, and click Choose picture.
If needed, configure screen filling or any other additional settings.
You may also just right-click the downloaded picture and select Set as desktop background option.
Download any Dota 2 HD wallpaper you like.
Access the folder with the image in the left menu; if you can't see the needed folder, add it by clicking +.
Click the image in the right side menu.
You may also just control-click (or right-click) the image in the Photos app or Finder and then click Share - Set Desktop Picture.
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Two Michigan escapees on the run
Posted: Oct 7, 2012 11:10 PM EST | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 12:49 PM EST
MICHIGAN -- On the run, armed and dangerous.
Two Michigan men are still on the loose and now one of their cousins is speaking out.
Kenneth Gauman II and Gregory Badshaw escaped from a halfway house in Michigan last Saturday.
They were spotted at a grocery store in Kokomo this past Thursday.
Police think they're stealing cars along the way and ditching them.
And now the two allegedly stole a pick up that contained several rifles, ammunition and a compound boat.
The pair also have two women traveling with them and now one of the fugitive's cousins says she knows one of women with them.
And that she wants to be there.
"He doesn't want to be caught, he's not going to be caught. Brittany is there willingly," said Kassandra Sego.
Police are calling the group armed and dangerous.


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There's nothing like a Kenneth Copeland Ministries event.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries hold events in the USA and other regions of the world. The events are free registration and we invite you to join us and our Partners to celebrate Jesus and sit under the anointing of Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and other faith teachers.
View all KCM events including Victory Campaigns, Believer's Conventions and more, on the KCM.org website.
Kenneth Copeland, Jerry Savelle, Jesse Duplantis, Creflo Dollar, Keith Moore and Bill Winston other faith ministry speakers take the platform at this long standing, annual conference hosted in Dallas Fortworth. There is always a dynamic synergy of faith teaching ministries that make this conference a premium event not to be missed.
Visit the SWBC website for more information.
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Kenneth Copeland ministering at Eagle Mountain church, the headquarters of Kenneth Copeland Ministries.
These large events are held in different states of the USA and also in scheduled regions of the world hosted by the regional office.
This is a free event to come to sit under the anointing and prophetic ministry of Kenneth Copeland, these events include a morning of healing school.
The events for 2019 are Branson April 4th, Colombia April 26th, Sacremento June 6th, Midwest Aug 29th, Gold Coast Sept 12th, Washington Nov 7th.
This powerful conference is a great teaching platform for prayer and joining of faith and hearts that has changed Europe and challenged believers to go deeper with God. Held in the South of France and hosted by Eglise La Bonne Nouvelle, KCM Partner Church.
Pastor Terri Pearsons and George Pearsons have been regular speakers at this unique event.
These smaller regional meetings are held to encourage our Partners to join together and to celebrate what their Partnership with Kenneth Copeland Ministries has helped to achieve. The meetings are held in a Partner Church and led by a team from KCM Europe.
There are no Regional Partner events in Europe for 2019 – if you would like to visit our office in Bath please call and book a tour or appointment for prayer.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries support Church Leaders and ministries by holding events such as Leading the Charge, Ministers' gatherings in the UK and the USA, these meetings are by invitation and are focused on churches and ministries connected by Partnership.


From today (Tuesday 15 January), off peak indoor tennis court access will now be included as part of local charity Sport Aberdeen's Get active 4 (GA4), Active Starts and Active Futures memberships.
This addition to memberships will allow members access to indoor tennis facilities at off peak times all year round.
"After reviewing feedback from current members on how they would like to use the tennis facilities at Aberdeen Tennis Centre, we are delighted to be able to add off peak indoor tennis to our current Get active 4 membership offering.
Aberdeen Tennis Centre will also be launching five new group exercise classes as part of its group exercise programme on 4 February.
Sport Aberdeen are also offering a month's free membership when you sign up to a Get active 1-5 membership during January.
For more information, please contact Aberdeen Tennis Centre on 01224 507748 or by emailing [email protected].


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'Grimm' recap: 'Of Mouse and Man' -- the creatures are getting restless
By Kristi Turnquist | The Oregonian/OregonLive
View full sizeScott Green/NBCMonroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) got an unpleasant message in the "Grimm" episode, "Of Mouse and Man."
A compelling, twisty case, rustles of movement in the ongoing creatures vs. Grimms mythology, plus more gorgeous images of Portland -- Friday's
"Grimm"
episode, "Of Mouse and Man" was a textured return to form after
last week's more one-dimensional outing
For location-spotters, here's the information I have about Portland sites used in "Of Mouse and Man" (
the title plays off John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," and the episode character names have a few echoes of the source material, too
The ReBuilding Center,
on North Mississippi, which is used as Marty's junk shop (and quite a huge junk shop it was for a single proprietor);
Lincoln restaurant
(presumably the location for Marty and Natalie's dinner date?);
* Wellesley Apartments, on Southeast 15th Avenue (the exterior for the apartment building);
* Battery X-Change, on Southeast 20th and Belmont, which got its name onscreen (though a murder happened there in the episode, but still! Free publicity!);
* The Portland Police North Precinct Building;
* and the
Baha'i Center, on North Ivanhoe, which from the photo on their Web site,
looks like the exterior of Mason, the lawyer's office, which we see Nick and Hank exit at night.
The good stuff:
* This week's crime story was interesting on its own, because it wasn't obvious early on who the killer was, or what the exact motivation was. Instead, it unfolded in an unpredictable way. It was easy to think the sleazy lawyer, Mason, was responsible for killing the abusive boyfriend of hapless Natalie. Not only did he drive a macho red sports car, he was a bullying broker of iffy personal-injury cases. Oh, and did I mention he was also a snake-headed monster? The technical term is a
Lausenschlange,
which even
creepy.
But then, again, what was going on with Marty (
Fred Koehler,
perfectly cast), Natalie's smitten neighbor, who kept turning out to have connections with the string of victims? Not only was he timid as a mouse, he was a mouse creature, aka Mauhertz, known for scampering away from trouble and burrowing into a safe hiding place. What was his connection to the murders? The plot kept us guessing.
Mythology moments
One of the challenges for a show like
is to keep viewers interested in the overarching story about Nick (David Giuntoli), his Grimm heritage, and the world of supernatural creatures Grimms are charged with keeping an eye on. If the show gets too serialized as it reveals info about the Grimm world, casual viewers may feel daunted about diving in. But if they just keep dropping vague mentions of Grimm stuff, more committed viewers can get impatient.
This week moved a few, satisfying steps along in the Grimm storyline. Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch), Nick's fiancee, has been through some pretty rough times lately, courtesy of her beau. You'd think a sensible gal would start to wonder if there's something he's not telling her. So it makes sense that when Juliette spots a pickup parked outside the house, with people taking photos and staring at it with binoculars, her curiosity would be piqued.
Also: it's about time the creature community started reacting to Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) being so cozy with a Grimm. Not only is Monroe tricked into an ambush, where he gets beat up, he gets a message: a scythe symbol, drawn in blood on Monroe's yellow Volkswagen Bug.
When Monroe informs Nick of his beatdown, he shows a drawing of the scythe symbol: this time, Nick is the one with the answer to the question, have you seen this? "Yeah," Nick says. "Reapers." We ran across a Reaper mention in "Lonelyhearts." According to the show's Web site, "Reapers of the Grimms" are "usually troll-like creatures clothed in a black trench coat and equipped with a hard-sided briefcase, which holds a large scythe. The scythe carries the inscription 'Erntemaschinen von dem Grimms,' which translates to 'Reapers of the Grimms.'"
Doesn't sound good for Nick. Especially since, in "Lonelyhearts," Nick's boss,
Captain-not-what-he-seems-Renard
, had an intense meeting in a hotel room with a mysterious man who asked Renard: "Are you protecting a Grimm?"
to which the Captain responded by slicing the guy's ear off with a scythe weapon thing.
Uh, Captain Renard, you've really got some explaining to do now.
* There are so many reasons to love Monroe, not the least of which is his colorful vocabulary. He doesn't just tell Nick he needs to talk to him, he says, "we need to palaver."
* Portland looks so glamorous in this show. From the opening show of the St. Johns Bridge, with time-lapse clouds scudding above it, to nighttime city scenes gleaming with deep greenish-blue shadows and amber streetlights, the city seems drenched in atmosphere and mystery.
* Monroe vowing that he ain't afraid of no reapers, and assuring Nick that he'll keep helping him, as they clink beer bottles as a toast. Monroe, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
* The moment where Nick tries to distract Juliette from wondering why the woman she tracked down, who had been watching the house, seemed afraid of Juliette. "Maybe she thought that you were someone you weren't," Nick says. Which makes me wonder -- is there something we've yet to find out about Juliette herself? And her then telling Nick, "At least I know who you are," while he looks guilty.
We have to wait two weeks for a new episode, in which Hank (Russell Hornsby) observes, "Seems like this town is just getting weirder." After the cases they've been investigating, I don't think that's a reference to "Keep Portland Weird."


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MD's HBCUs Demand Parity
Federal lawsuit and state legislation mark turning point
POSTED: March 16, 2017, 11:00 am
Morgan State College students demonstrate at state capitol
Since their founding in the twilight of the Civil War, the nation's historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have fulfilled an important mission in educating generations of Black citizens. These institutions, primarily established in southern states, are rooted in the promise of integration but were the place of only resort when Jim Crow laws denied Blacks admission to traditionally white institutions (TWIs). Even after the formal end of legal or de jure segregation, HBCU's continue to be campuses that offer opportunities when implicit bias and covert practices subject Black students to hostility and benign neglect on white campuses. The success of HBCUs is empirically proven and its alumni have not only contributed much to American society but has altered the nation's landscape by breaking barriers and challenging systemic racism.
Historically Black colleges and universities traditionally take Black students who often come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and require some supplemental academic support, and transform them into strong students and scholars. Today, many of the students who enroll in HBCUs have the academic credentials to be admitted to traditionally white institutions but choose a Black college education for its intellectual and cultural value. With growing numbers of foreign and Latino students discovering HBCUs, these institutions are becoming a closer approximation than traditionally white institutions of what the world looks like in the 21st century.
It is the very success of our nation's Black colleges that have made them targets. It is true that some of these schools have been undermined by bad management and internal politics that betray their missions, but they have also overwhelmingly been underserved by their respective state governments. While some of these schools have been challenged by circumstances that beset many institutions of higher learning – enrollment fluctuations, financing facilities, fundraising and a changing world – many HBCUs have also been burdened by the intentional efforts of state legislatures to facilitate their demise. This has been the case despite the earnest efforts of Black colleges to make their campuses attractive learning environments for all students and to try to attract a larger share of white students. In states throughout the south HBCUs have witnessed almost every conceivable device imaginable out of state capitals to orchestrate their failure.
The Maryland HBCU Experience
The state of Maryland is home to four historically Black colleges and universities – Bowie State University (1865), Morgan State University (1867), the University of Maryland Eastern Shore - formerly Maryland State College (1886) and Coppin State University (1900). Bowie State is the oldest HBCU while Morgan State University can claim title as the most storied of the four, with both Morgan and Coppin State located in the city of Baltimore. Of the four, Morgan State University is the only one that operates under a Board of Trustees independent of the University of Maryland system. That arrangement is the result of a fierce struggle by Morgan State to retain its historic mission and some degree of self-determination over its development. At one point, in the 1980s there was a proposal pushed by the then State Board of Higher Education to merge Morgan State into the University of Maryland system but it was strongly and successfully opposed by the university's alumni, administration and Baltimore's Black political leadership.
Maryland, deemed a "border state" during the Jim Crow era, is still very much a southern state and its practices over the years, while not as overtly racist as that of an Alabama or Mississippi, were still discriminatory and bore the same fruit as those deep south states. It's why Thurgood Marshall, a Baltimore native and Lincoln College alumnus, ended up at Howard University Law School after being denied admission to the University of Maryland. The state operated a dual system of higher education that currently exists as a de facto relic that is buttressed by the policy decisions of lawmakers in the state capitol in Annapolis.
As the state's largest and most prominent HBCU, Morgan State University stands as a case study of Black achievement while under constant attack. Morgan, established in 1867 as the Centenary Bible Institute, a training school for Methodist men in the ministry, moved to its current location in northeast Baltimore in 1890 after having been given land by Reverend Littleton Morgan as a gift. It became a state college in 1939 when Maryland determined it required a college to educate its Black residents. In 1975 the college Trustees successfully petitioned the state legislature for university status and the institution formally became Morgan State University.
An institution of many 'firsts,' Morgan State counts among its highlights producing the first Black member of Congress from Maryland, Parren J. Mitchell, and another noted Capitol Hill lawmaker, Kweisi Mfume; as well as the founder of Black Enterprise Magazine, Earl G. Graves, Sr., for whom the new business school complex is named; four members of the National Football Hall of Fame; a member of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame; Robert M. Bell, the first Black Chief Justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state; jazz legend Lonnie Liston Smith; the current mayor of Baltimore, Catherine Pugh; and students who staged the first lunch counter sit-in to protest Jim Crow segregation, years before a similar event at North Carolina A&T University. Morgan State also boasts a nationally recognized engineering school that, along with North Carolina A&T University, is producing the bounty of Black engineers in America.
Morgan State University main campus quad, with Holmes Hall clock tower in background
Morgan State University's history is synonymous with the civil rights struggle in America and the institution played a pivotal role in Maryland during the Jim Crow era. Long before the issue of a "border wall" became prominent in the nation's political discourse, Morgan State confronted a similar barrier. The college's move to what was then the outskirts of Baltimore city provoked its white neighbors to erect a wall that ran the length of a campus border so residents would not have to see Black students on the campus. The student body has an activist tradition and early on made its presence felt in the state capital. Dr. Martin D. Jenkins, the president of the college during those tumultuous years, was a highly respected, no nonsense academic who supported his students' advocacy while burnishing Morgan's national reputation as a center of Black intellectual capital. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. first evoked some of the language he later used in his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during a commencement address at the college.
Despite this illustrious history, Morgan State has always found itself in a fight for survival. In the 1960s Maryland created the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in suburban Baltimore County, just outside the city limits. The new college was an attempt to bleed Morgan State dry by replicating academic programs offered at Morgan and literally creating a suburban parallel to make the HBCU irrelevant. And in the process, the state offered Morgan State little support and allowed its campus to decay. By the time the 1960s came to a close, Morgan State was on life support. This practice of siphoning support continued decades later. Rather than awarding Morgan sole authority to offer an engineering program, in the 1980s Maryland granted UMBC the right to offer an engineering program as well.
The university has also never received funding comparable to the state's white state colleges and in the 1970s saw Towson State University, a neighboring college, just some two miles away in Baltimore County, rise with tremendous support from the state. This occurred at a time when Morgan was receiving not only tepid general support but suspect capital funding that produced several buildings on campus that were literally half-built or poorly designed. It has taken 30 years and strong leadership to replace those structures and provide students with first-class facilities. During the decade, the university also suffered under poor executive leadership that almost caused the institution to go under.
Archirecural rendering of Morgan State library that only had 4 of 8 planned floors constructed
The new Earl S. Richardon Library on the Morgan State campus
The state has continued to engage in deceptive practices such as granting permission to nearby white colleges to replicate academic programs already offered at Morgan State. Such was the case with an MBA program that was created by the University of Baltimore and Towson State University (now Towson University) in 2005, both campuses less than five miles from Morgan State. The duplication siphoned off white students from Morgan's MBA program.
Though designated Maryland's "public urban research university," Morgan State must compete with the University of Baltimore, Towson University, the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC), it's sister HBCU Coppin State University and private institutions Goucher College, Loyola University and Johns Hopkins University – all within a 14-mile radius of its campus. The flagship campus of the University of Maryland in College Park is just 45 minutes away in Prince George's County.
This has been the standard practice in Maryland. The state underfunds its historically Black colleges, allows the duplication of programs at white colleges that already exist on the campuses of HBCUs, and lags in supporting the capital needs of these colleges so its facilities stay in use much longer than their useful lives and students are burdened with antiquated facilities. Whatever 'new' that exists on the campus of Morgan State University and its sister HBCUs in Maryland is only there due to the persistent advocacy and struggle of institutional leadership, alumni and allies within Black political leadership in the state.
Morgan State has experienced a renaissance of sorts during the last two decades, first, under the leadership of former president Dr. Earl S. Richardson, for whom the new university library is named, and currently under president Dr. David Wilson, who is shepherding the construction of new facilities, expanding academic programs and forging a global footprint for the university. Still, Morgan remains at a distinct disadvantage to its white peers due to Maryland's discriminatory practices.
The Legal Battle for Parity
Maryland has been put on notice that its treatment of HBCUs in the state run afoul of constitutionally guaranteed civil rights protections. After devising a plan in 1974 that it claimed would achieve racial parity in higher education, Maryland was told by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) that the plan was not being implemented properly. OCR threatened to block the state's share of federal funding for higher education. In response, Maryland filed a lawsuit challenging OCR's determination and a submitted a revised plan in 1980. That plan was also deemed insufficient by OCR. The two parties – Maryland and OCR – reached agreement on a third plan in 1985 but it is that agreement that is now the subject of a landmark federal lawsuit.
In 2000 the two sides were still attempting to come to some agreement on a plan to elevate the state's HBCUs, create parity in funding support and program offerings between these schools and Maryland's white colleges, and eliminate unnecessary and costly program duplication. Maryland entered into an agreement with OCR to do all of the above in addition to examining the needs of Coppin State University in west Baltimore.
Subsequently, the state established a Panel on the Comparability and Competitiveness of Historically Black Institutions in Maryland (HBI Study Panel) and submitted a final report with recommendations in November 2008. This was a preemptive move by the state that neither improved the fortunes of its HBCUs or silenced critics who were seeking more comprehensive remedies on the part of the state to address historical disparities in resources between Black colleges and white institutions.
While the HBI Study Panel convened, with promises made by Maryland and subsequently broken, an independent federal lawsuit was filed in 2006 against the state by a collection of HBCU alumni. Formally known as the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education ("the Coalition") the group originally sought relief in state court but took the case to federal District Court. The Coalition alleged that the state of Maryland was violating Title Vi of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution by continuing to operate a dual system of higher education that discriminates against students enrolled at HBCUs. In 2013 Judge Catherine E. Blake ruled in favor of the Coalition, finding that Maryland continues to operate a de jure system of higher education. In her ruling Judge Blake noted, "Students who enter Maryland's historically Black institutions – whether Black, White, or of other races – do not have an equal educational opportunity as those who attend the state's traditionally white institutions."
After three years of trying to mediate a remedy, Judge Blake ordered the parties back to court for a remedial trial to determine the proper remedies to satisfy the court's finding. The remedial trial is currently underway with witnesses being heard in federal court in Baltimore. Support for Morgan State University and the state's other HBCUs continues to build as alumni have packed the federal courtroom where the case is being heard and most recently Bishop J.L. Carter, the president of the 500 congregation Ministers Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity, pledged that organization's support.
A Self-Determined Policy Remedy
Rather than wait for the court to resolve Maryland's long-running defiance of the law, State Senator Joan Carter Conway (D-43) (pictured left) is sponsoring legislation, SB-712, that calls for guaranteed supplemental funding to the state's four Black colleges. The bill is titled the Blount-Rawlings-Britt HBI (Historically Black Institutions) Comparability Program. SB-712 requires the "Maryland Higher Education Commission to provide funds for the Commission to adopt certain standards and procedures; requiring the Governor to provide funds for the Commission to distribute to HBIs; providing for the calculation of the annual operating budget distribution to each of the HBIs; providing for the annual distribution of certain capital funds to the HBIs…" There are 11 co-sponsors of the legislation in the state Senate, representing Baltimore, Baltimore County, Montgomery, Prince George's and Charles counties.
The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee held a hearing on SB-712 on March 7 in Annapolis that was attended by alumni of the state's Black colleges, students and community supporters. Dr. David Wilson, president of Morgan State University, testified in support of the legislation. Wilson was quoted in the Baltimore Afro-American making the case for Conway's bill. He noted, "We have the highest percentage of contract faculty of any institution in the state. We have a $375 to $400 million-dollar capital backlog."
SB-712 is intended to provide supplemental funding to HBCUs to support an increase in financial aid to students, the hiring of personnel to maintain faculty and staff ratios called for in the bill, and to mandate that Black colleges receive 35% of the capital improvement resources that are allocated to all state institutions of higher education, exclusive of capital funding for independent colleges and the University of Maryland Medical System.
The legislation is significant because it seeks to codify equity in a way that Maryland can be held accountable for the development of Bowie State University, Morgan State University, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Coppin State University. It also would have a leveling effect by making investments in these institutions that will make them competitive with the state's traditionally white institutions.
What remains to be seen is the resolution of the Coalition's equity lawsuit. If a solution is determined that awards Maryland's HBCUs to the degree to which they have been disadvantaged, it will truly usher in a remarkable period of growth for these institutions. Morgan State University and Maryland's three other HBCUs are poised to take advantage of the thousands of students who are seeking an affordable, high quality education at a state college. HBCUs have the advantage of being practitioners of diversity at a time when many millennials are seeking inclusive life experiences. If these campuses are provided the resources to expand their academic offerings, develop their research capacity, upgrade their physical plants and build new facilities, and provide more financial aid to students in need, Maryland's historically Black colleges will be well positioned in the higher education marketplace in the state and nationally.
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Prof. Lang, let's start from square one. What induced you to take a dental degree and then to continue with the academic profession?
Key word: Periodontology. After 30 years as professor and director of the Dental Medicine School of the University of Bern, you have achieved great advances. What stage are we at now and what does the future have in store for us?
Prof. Lang: I cannot answer; I do not have a crystal ball…but I can speculate (laughs)! I was part of the development of periodontology and the major paradigm shift was that in the early 80s we realized how to regenerate periodontal tissues. The breakthrough was not immediately realized by the profession and the whole field almost died. It was the advent of RCTs in the 90s that enabled the creation of a decision tree useful for understanding when and how to proceed with a periodontal treatment. With some modifications, it is still the decision tree used today. On the other hand, where developments in the field of regeneration will go is very hard to say. People are trying substances, growth factors…anything that is promising is being tried. The question is how far does the investment go? What will aid in getting a factor clinically approved, but that costs 4000 CHF? So, I think that in the field of regeneration we are probably not on the verge of another paradigm shift!
…So what about stem cells? Do they have potential for regenerating periodontal tissues?
Prof. Lang: They absolutely do, if asked in that way. But again…what is the cost for developing a routine procedure? Is there an easy step available to introduce specialists or dentists to the approach? Do we really need stem cells in the treatment of periodontitis? My answer would be no. We can treat periodontitis successfully even without stem cells, but if I had stem cells readily available, it would be another story.
What is your thought about peri-implantitis?
Prof. Lang: I don't think peri-implantitis is the disease of the future, because it has already started. I used to compare it to a tsunami. We really have a tsunami coming in the next few years. We can, to a great extent, prevent peri-implantitis by having patients who are willing to have optimum oral hygiene, who are treated for any other disease in the oral cavity, who are willing to be monitored at regular intervals. But the reality is that about 10% of all implants develop peri-implantitis after 10 years. Now you can imagine that when we look at the fact that about 4 to 5 million implants are placed per year, in 10 years 5 million will have peri-implantitis. I think the treatment of peri-implantitis, although we know how to treat it to a certain extent, is not so predictable. Research is looking at treatment with antimicrobials, but also at how to regenerate the tissue that has been lost during the disease.
What is the biggest breakthrough in dentistry that you were part of?
Prof. Lang: (laughs) Not only one, but three! Firstly, the plaque revolution, which can be dated exactly to 1965 with the experimental gingivitis study. Secondly, the development of guided tissue regeneration. Thirdly, implant dentistry. Osseointegration changed the way we reconstruct today.
Could you tell us more about your experience in Hong Kong?
Prof. Lang: The best thing I did in my life. Hong Kong is very unique; it is a really vibrant city that you can live 24/7. In addition, Hong Kong University has a very positive attitude towards research; we have been number one in dentistry for three years in a row and just because of scientific achievements. I started the implant dentistry master program there and it was really a great experience.
You are currently mentoring the up-and-coming generation. What is the main message you teach?
Prof. Lang: During the last few years, especially those of retirement, I have noticed that the comprehensive dental care concept is almost lost. So, today when I teach or give lectures in Madrid, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, I try to convey this comprehensive dentistry approach. It is not just a matter of scraping teeth, but to have an all cleaned oral ecosystem.
Some numbers: More than 620 publications, four honorary doctorates, more than ten honorary memberships of national and international associations, and over 3000 lectures in five continents. Do you still have a goal you would like to achieve?
Prof. Lang: I've never really had a goal! I just did what I felt when it was time to do it! But I had and I have a drive in me to be nosy, questioning, analytical, to find out things and then the activity develops into scientific papers. When I retired from Bern, I had around 400 papers. I have produced more than 200 papers in the last 10 years. I have had no free lunches, but this was my most enthusiastic part during retirement. So my goal is to finish what I started years ago in a good way and for as long as I can.
Is there any other thought you would like to share?
Prof. Lang: Be always open to discussions and challenges and don't be afraid if, in the end, things do not turn out as planned!
But at the end what about your desire to become a baritone?
Prof. Lang: In retrospect, I am happy with the decision I have taken. However, I took voice lessons and this experience has given me an all-round respect for opera singers. Today, when I go to the opera, I can enjoy the performance even more because I know all the effort that goes into it.


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Q: Stanford CoreNLP Not Respecting Overrides I've modified several of the files used by CoreNLP for Coreference Resolution. It doesn't appear to be using that list. Has anyone had success in overriding their base dcoref dictionaries?
Here is my code to get the CorefChain:
public class CorefChains {

    StanfordCoreNLP pipeline;

    public CorefChains() {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("dcoref.male","male.unigrams.txt");
        props.put("dcoref.female","female.unigrams.txt");
        props.put("dcoref.animate","animate.unigrams.txt");
        props.put("dcoref.inanimate","inanimate.unigrams.txt");
        props.put("dcoref.demonym","demonyms.txt");
        props.put("dcoref.neutral","neutral.unigrams.txt");
        props.put("annotators", "tokenize, ssplit, pos, lemma, ner, parse, dcoref");
        this.pipeline = new StanfordCoreNLP(props);
    }

    public Map<Integer, CorefChain> getCoreferences(String str) {
        Annotation document = new Annotation(str);
        pipeline.annotate(document);
        Map<Integer, CorefChain> graph = document.get(CorefChainAnnotation.class);
        return graph;
    }
}

(I have also tried putting the dcoref properties after the pipeline properties.)
Here is what Eclipse's debugger is showing me (I removed Malta from inanimatite.unigrams.txt, neutral.unigrams.txt, and demonyms.txt. I added it to female.unigrams.txt and animate.unigrams.txt).

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Jewish Synagogues and Communities of the Adriatic
As I dig deeper into my family history I find myself becoming more and more interested in Jewish history throughout its existence. My ancestors came to England from Poland, Lithuania and Belarus, whilst my husband's parents arrived here more recently from Hungary (as Holocaust survivors) and Russian Georgia. My attachment to my antecedents, both familial and Jewish people in general, urges me to visit synagogues in other countries whenever I get the chance. Not so much from a religious curiosity, but from a desire to learn about the Jews who lived in these places, and to mourn the passing of those who perished for their religious faith.
On a recent Adriatic cruise I had multiple opportunities to find out a little more about various Jewish communities, including those in Corfu, Split and Dubrovnik, finishing with the city which gave the world the word 'Ghetto' – Venice.
Romaniotes were the first Jewish inhabitants of Greece and her islands and their presence dates back 2000 years, although they differ from the Sephardi Jews who arrived from Spain and Portugal after 1492. These immigrants from the Iberian Peninsula were later joined by Italian Jews from Apulia on Italy's Adriatic coast.
In 1622 Corfu's Venetian rulers decreed that the Jews relocate to an area sandwiched between Porta Reale and Porta di Spilia, subsequently known as 'Evraiki', the name by which it is still known. Of the three synagogues in this area, two were destroyed by bombing in 1944, leaving the nineteenth-century building on Velissariou Street. The same year the Gestapo rounded up the Jewish population of 1900 (200 of whom escaped and were sheltered by fellow Greeks) and sent them to Auschwitz-Birkenau to be gassed. They are commemorated on a plaque in the building.
The current Jewish population of Corfu now numbers approximately 65 people. The Corfu synagogue was attacked by arsonists three years ago, but no evidence of this vandalism remains today.
I was particularly impressed by the unusual stained glass windows.
Split (in Croatia) has been home to a Jewish presence since the third century when Jews settled in Salona, just outside of the modern city. Four hundred years later when the city was conquered by the Avars they moved to Split where they sought refuge in Diocletian's palace, attaching a synagogue to its western wall in the sixteenth century. A Jewish ghetto was later created on the other side of the city where a new synagogue was built in Zidovski Prolaz (the Jewish Passage). The pre-Sephardim were also joined by Sephardi Jews fleeing from the Spanish Inquisition towards the end of the fifteenth century.
From 1941 Croatia was ruled by Italian Fascists, who were supplanted in 1943 by until the arrival of the Nazis and the Croatian Ustashe. The latter transported Jews to their own concentration camps, where approximately seventy-five percent of Croatian Jews perished. The synagogue also has its own memorial to those who never returned after WW2.
Along the Dalmatian coast and within the old walled city of Dubrovnik, the synagogue boasts of being the oldest Sephardic synagogue in use and the second oldest synagogue in Europe – its older relation can be found in Prague.
The prayer house is situated on the upper floor of a medieval house at Zudioska 5 and sits above a small museum, itself a poignant reminder of the fate of Dubrovnik's Jewish community, and of the yellow stars they were forced to wear that identified them and their religion.
On 29 March 1516 the Venetian Republic created the first Ghetto in Europe. Jews were confined between sunset and sunrise until Napoleon unlocked the gates permanently in 1797. Twenty-first century visitors to la Serenessima can now visit the Jewish Museum (opened in 1955) throughout the day at Campo del Ghetto Nuovo 2902b . The museum is the starting point of the ghetto tour and will take you to four synagogues in the area.
The Schola Levantina was the first to be built in 1538; the Schola Canton and the Schola Tedesca are both housed in the same building as the museum; the Schola Italiana (built in 1575) can also be found on Ghetto Square and the remaining synagogue, the Schola Spagnola is the largest of the five, built in the sixteenth century. Unfortunately photography is prohibited, but you will be able to find images online. For this reason I can't quite remember which building was which, but do recall that they have all been refurbished, generally in the eighteenth century in baroque style. Of the two synagogues in general use one is used in the summer as it is cooler, and the other is used in the winter, for the opposite reason. Again I forget which is which, but this is a view of the outside of the Schola Spagnola – the Spanish Synagogue.
Further information can be found on the Ghetto Ebraico di Venezia website: http://www.ghetto.it/ghetto/en/contenuti.asp?padre=1&figlio=2. A strange fact of the Cannaregio (the ghetto area) is that the old ghetto (Ghetto Vecchio) is newer than the new ghetto (Ghetto Novo). I forgot to ask why. This is the bridge separating the two districts. I apologise for the ubiquitous tourist who always manages to get in the way.
The city commemorates both those Venetians who lost their lives fighting for Italy
as well as the 6 million victims of the Holocaust.
If you are a religious Jew and find yourself in Venice on Shabbat or during a religious festival, the area is surrounded by an Eruv for carrying items and pushing wheelchairs and pushchairs, and if you are strictly observant you will also be able to find kosher food, but obviously not on Saturdays and festivals.
I would be happy to hear from others who have visited these places of Jewish history and interest and learn of their thoughts. Please excuse any shortcomings in the above. It is all written from memory from a little over a month ago and no notes were taken.
Tagged: Adriatic, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Ghetto, Holocaust, Jewish, Jewish History, Jews, Shoah, Split, Synagogues, Venice


Halong Bay is a must-see when you visit Vietnam. If you're short on time, a full day tour of this incredible World Heritage site is a great way to squeeze in some sublime sightseeing and make the most of your trip.
A 3.5 hours drive takes you from Hanoi to Halong Bay, the World Heritage site located in the Gulf of Tonkin. You will be taken on a 4-hour boat trip with seafood lunch on board. Cruise through the emerald waters between the limestone outcrops and long corridors (Dog Rock, Incense Burner, Fighting Chicken). Admire the drowned limestone karst landforms, displaying spectacular pillars with a variety of coastal erosional features such as arches and caves which form a majestic natural scenery.
Then visit Thien Cung Cave in the South of Halong Bay – the most beautiful cave in Halong Bay and only discovered in 1993 - before heading back to Tuan Chau Port.