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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket (Hardcover)
By Chris Van Allsburg
An inspired collection of short stories by an all-star cast of best-selling storytellers based on the thought-provoking illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.
For more than twenty-five years, the illustrations in the extraordinary Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg have intrigued and entertained readers of all ages. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with these enigmatic pictures. Now we've asked some of our very best storytellers to spin the tales. Enter The Chronicles of Harris Burdick to gather this incredible compendium of stories: mysterious, funny, creepy, poignant, these are tales you won't soon forget.
This inspired collection of short stories features many remarkable, best-selling authors in the worlds of both adult and children's literature: Sherman Alexie, M.T. Anderson, Kate DiCamillo, Cory Doctorow, Jules Feiffer, Stephen King, Tabitha King, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Walter Dean Myers, Linda Sue Park, Louis Sachar, Jon Scieszka, Lemony Snicket, and Chris Van Allsburg himself.
Van Allsburg's Harris Burdick illustrations have evoked such wonderment and imagination since Harris Burdick's original publication in 1984; many have speculated or have woven their own stories to go with his images. More than ever, the illustrations send off their eerie call for text and continue to compel and pick at the reader's brain for a backstory—a threaded tale behind the image. In this book, we've collected some of the best storytellers to spin them.
Chris Van Allsburg is the winner of two Caldecott Medals, for Jumanji and The Polar Express, as well as the recipient of a Caldecott Honor Book for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. The author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children, he has also been awarded the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 1982, Jumanji was nominated for a National Book Award and in 1996, it was made into a popular feature film. Chris Van Allsburg is a former instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Visit him at chrisvanallsburg.com.
"Engaging, with strokes of brilliance"—Kirkus
"This star-studded exercise in creative writing tests the wits of favorite authors and shows readers how even the big shots hone their craft."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"The stories embrace a range of styles and subjects, but, like their enigmatic and mysterious inspirations, each touches on the strange, the odd, and the fantastic."—The Horn Book Magazine
"While the stories are distinct—by turns funny, sinister, and touching—they have much in common, sharing an arch tone, a curious metaphysicality, and some familiar folk-tale tropes, and the authors' commitment to the original conceit gives the volume additional cohesion."—Booklist
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: October 25th, 2011
Maximum Grade Level: 7
Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Juvenile Fiction / Horror
Juvenile Fiction / Imagination & Play
Juvenile Fiction / Short Stories
Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction
Juvenile Fiction / Monsters
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AACI Board Member, Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, Director of the University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, participated recently in an Energy and Commerce Committee "21st Century Cures" roundtable. Other panelists included, The Honorable Sylvia Burwell, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH); Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Mr. Michael Milken, Chairman, The Milken Institute; Mr. Dean Kamen, Founder, DEKA Research and Development; and, Mr. William Parfet Chairman and CEO MPI Research.
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (MI-06), in his opening remarks, stated that the 21st Century Cures initiative affects all Americans as they, their families, or their friends have been affected by disease. Ranking Member Diana DeGette (CO-01) thanked her Colorado friend, Dr. Theodorescu, for joining the panel.
Panelist Dean Kamen said that the pace of discovery is increasing, but noted that the U.S. is operating on a 19th Century model and dealing with 21st Century opportunities. Dr. Theodorescu, in his remarks, stated that as a cancer center director he is involved directly and indirectly with clinical trials. In this capacity, he said he receives positive feedback, as well as complaints regarding access to clinical trials.
Dr. Theodorescu stated that the biomedical enterprise is at a defining moment for the U.S. He said that personalized and precision medicine is the future and that the U.S., thanks to Dr. Collins' vision at the NIH, has built an incredible genomic engine and infrastructure, resulting in technology to push forward molecular biotechnology and medicine. He noted that it would be a shame for the U.S. to not capitalize on the country's leadership in this area, and that the Cures initiative is important from a health perspective, but also for the economy.
Dr. Theodorescu said there are tangible things that our country can do to ensure the U.S. maintains its leadership. First, he suggested aligning the reimbursement process with the regulatory process for biomarkers. He said that biomarkers are the part and parcel companions to targeted agents and such items go hand in hand. Dr. Theodorescu stressed that guidelines must be established for biomarker development.
Second, Dr. Theodorescu stated that patient protection is also part of translational medicine, but in order to encourage patients to participate, barriers for drug trials must be removed. He said that in trying to protect people, we often dissuade them from participating in promising trials, particularly when consent forms are 40-pages plus. He noted that such barriers also affect investigators. He said that many individuals who want to practice translational medicine and clinical investigation need to find a clear career path without so many hurdles. Dr. Theodorescu said barriers have impact and fewer investigators will want to participate and will leave the field.
Representative Kathy Castor (FL-14) inquired about biomarkers, and whether the mapping of the human genome is cost-effective, and would revolutionize health care and substitute expensive and invasive tests. Dr. Theodorescu noted that our country is in the middle of three revolutions; an omics revolution, a data revolution, and a health care revolution. In terms of private and public partnerships, Dr. Theodorescu highlighted the need to enhance the attractiveness of the data the federal government provides to pharma partnerships by providing a coalesced dataset of all available results including molecular tumor evaluations at the completion of all clinical trials that are federally funded. He noted that the University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center is moving toward a data sharing partnership with the Moffitt and Ohio State cancer centers called ORIEN, and stressed that managing and leveraging big data across multiple institutions would help to validate biomarkers.
Panelist Michael Milken noted that it is important to the biomedical research community that there is sustainable and predictable funding for NIH. Representative Joe Pitts (PA-16) wondered if there are existing sources of research funding that Congress should examine as it attempts to find additional federal dollars to help advance the next generation of cures. Dr. Collins noted that Congress is challenged with fiscal circumstances but said that medical research is very important. He said that it is becoming increasingly important for the biomedical research community to figure out other ways to support NIH research besides the appropriations process. Dr. Collins stated that identifying the next generation of therapies will help, as well as pinpointing other areas of the federal government with whom NIH can partner. Dr. Collins said he is not in a great position to recommend areas where Congress should look, but admits the NIH has to be creative and make reforms in order to be more efficient. Collins stressed that it is not researchers with their hands out, but researchers who want to be creative and productive.
Today, I will join 300 of my colleagues from the biomedical research community on Capitol Hill in support of the Rally for Medical Research. Individuals representing countless disease states, including cancer center directors, researchers, advocacy group leaders, survivors and others, will come together to ask Congress to make funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a priority and stop the decline of public funding for science.
Funding to the NIH, which includes the National Cancer Institute, has been stagnant since 2003, and adjusted for inflation, has dropped by over 20 percent. Since sequestration kicked in, cancer centers across the country have been faced with tremendous challenges. Bright, young scientists whose careers just started have left the field, or the U.S. altogether, in pursuit of another career, while many labs have faced the agonizing decision to halt promising research. At a time when labs are on the cusp of breakthrough therapies and precision medicine is changing the landscape of medicine, the federal government must invest more in biomedical research, not less. The partnership between the federal government and our nation's cancer centers must be strengthened.


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Medium- and heavy-duty trucks are the backbone of freight transportation systems and vital to the economies in the United States and China. Announced in September 2015, the Truck Research Utilizing Collaborative Knowledge (CERC TRUCK) consortium aims to accelerate the development and deployment of technologies that will increase the fuel efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks. This can yield numerous benefits for both countries, including reduced emissions, improved air quality, reduced dependence on oil, and lower transport costs. Innovation in this area is expected to play an important role in enabling and facilitating a transition to low-carbon truck transport systems.
The consortium will work to build a foundation of knowledge, technologies, human capabilities, and relationships in mutually beneficial areas to position the United States and China as leaders in efficient, clean commercial truck technologies. The collaboration seeks to accelerate the advancement of clean truck technologies through joint research and development by leveraging the complementary strengths of each country's intellectual and research capacities. This effort will help both countries create new jobs and bring new technologies into the market faster.
The consortium's overarching technical goal is to develop cost-effective solutions to improve the on-road freight efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks by more than 50% compared to the 2016 baseline. Thomas Wallner from Argonne National Laboratory leads the U.S. consortium. Shu Gequn from Tianjin University leads the China consortium.
The U.S. and Chinese consortia have agreed to a Joint Work Plan (Bilingual PDF) to significantly advance fuel efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in both China and the United States. U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to a Technology Management Plan (TMP) (Bilingual PDF) regarding intellectual property rights.
Researchers are studying liquid fuel spark ignited systems, compression ignitions gasoline technology, and natural gas combustion systems to provide input to system-level evaluations to determine the best market and drive cycles for each technology in medium-duty trucks. Researchers aim to define vehicle-level targets and petroleum reduction potentials, conduct engine design studies, and select final hardware that is used ultimately for engine testing and validation.
For heavy-duty trucks, researchers are investigating the potential for low lifecycle carbon and dual-fuel operation used in low temperature combustion (LTC) systems, together with the potential for different waste heat recovery (WHR) technologies in heavy-duty trucks and aim to demonstrate the benefits of the fuels and WHR on multi-cylinder engines.
This research focus area aims to maximize fleet efficiency through advanced energy management at the vehicle, multi-vehicle, and fleet levels. U.S. and Chinese researchers are performing analysis to quantify and understand the market differences and the impact of predictive energy management; developing energy management methodologies optimized for trucks in U.S. and China markets; and studying the impact of a variety of driving scenarios and powertrain technologies. Researchers are focused on establishing a cloud-to-vehicle management platform, and implementing and evaluating multi vehicles and fleet energy management.
Researchers are focusing on all aspects of powertrain electrification and architectures with the aim to create a modular, flexible approach to the design of electrified powertrain vehicles ranging from EV to range-extended electric vehicles (REEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). U.S. and Chinese researchers are collaboratively studying powertrain architectures and conducting simulation and optimization studies to determine a modular architecture that takes into account flexibility of powertrain design, regional and vocational flexibility, and the tradeoffs in subsystem sizing, cost, and matching.
Researchers are focused on examining vehicle-level contributions that will increase freight efficiency and conducting vehicle fuel economy modeling and simulation to optimize for weight reduction, aerodynamic improvements, and tire technology improvements. A selection of candidate technologies for improving freight efficiency will be prototyped, fabricated or procured and evaluated, with the expectation that the most promising solutions are implemented and validated in a demonstration vehicle.
Drawing on the other focus areas, researchers will integrate the key technologies and learnings to demonstrate the efficiency improvement at the vehicle level. Researchers will assess and characterize a baseline demonstration vehicle evaluate promising technology candidates and assess these technologies individually and in aggregate to quantify their impact on vehicle efficiency and freight efficiency.


Eve Taylor, creator and founder of Eve Taylor London, has been procuring the highest quality essential oils for more than 50 years in over 36 countries around the world. With her unparalleled experience in aromatherapy, Eve Taylor created a full line of skin and body treatments. The line includes a variety of therapeutic essential oil blends, a wide range of organic single-note essential oils sourced from countries around the world, and a full collection of advanced, pharmaceutical-grade retail and professional products.
Eve Taylor is truly a one-stop-shop for the spa professional or client looking for pure, natural, high quality, organic ingredients that are pH-balanced and deliver immediate, lasting results to the body and the mind. Backed by years of research and ever-growing scientific discoveries, along with traditional, holistic practices such as Chinese face mapping and Homeopathy, Eve Taylor offers a harmonious blend of nature's most effective products with state of the art encapsulated delivery systems that focus on molecular size and efficacy, skin regeneration and pigment treatments that begin on a cellular level with components such as tyrosinase inhibitors and telomeres, and a level of education that goes more than skin deep. Eve Taylor sheds light on how the whole body is affected by imbalances and how the spa professional can create a consultation that draws clients in for more than a single service, allowing the professional to truly make a difference with a hands-on approach.
Designed with the aesthetician in mind, this product line is diverse, yet simple. The line is complete in its offerings, providing products for every member of the spa team, therefore providing a complete aromatherapy experience.
Spa Body collection is formulated with botanical ingredients for both professional and home-care use, and also features complementary massage formulations.
Daily Defense High Protection SPF 50 protects against UVA and UVB rays while guarding against sun damage and premature skin aging.
Wellbeing Bath and Massage Oil blends lavender, lemon, tea tree, clary sage, sandalwood and neroli to ease emotional stress and tension.


Society, culture and our cities constantly reinvent themselves and evolve. The spanish "City of Design", Bilbao, is a true example of how innovation may transform urban physiognomy -from an industrial space to a more human, hospitable one.
"Giving Light" shows the transformation of Bilbao by using light as a central element. It aims to give light to the artistic powers hidden inside of each designer.
The designer in the exhibition pass through a filter of light, in a seemingly hidden, dark place. The place become warm and illuminated upon examination of the details in the pieces of the show.
The young designers showcased link the artistic movements that inspire their work with future innovation, opening up their art by expressing it in their finished garments and communicating with their audience by interacting with the visitors in this game of lights and shadows.
Designers: Antxia, Daniel Santos, David Catalán, Howl by María Glück, Leandro Cano.
Curated by Zorrozua y Asociados.
Organized by Bilbao International Art&Fashion BIAAF.
Supported by Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Embassy of Spain, Beaz Bizkaia, Bilbao Ekintza and UK Trade & Investment.


There are three different types of ticks that can cause disease. Each type of tick is associated with different diseases with the black legged version associated with Lyme disease. Other ticks to not have the distinctive black legs.
Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is caused by the black legged tick in the North Eastern and North Central United States. The disease is caused in the Western United States by the Western Blacklegged tick.
Human Lyme Disease Symptoms: In humans Lyme disease effects the skin, causes arthritis, eye problems and heart problems.
Dog Lyme disease symptoms: Dogs rarely have a skin reaction that is similar to what occurs in humans. Common canine Lyme disease symptoms include arthritis, swollen lymph nodes, fever, lack of energy and loss of appetite.
These ticks carry tick borne illnesses such as Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Other names associated with this type of tick includes; the western tick, European wood tick and sheep tick. Note that this tick is confused with the brown dog tick due to a similar shield on its back. Note that the brown legged "dog tick" is not known to transmit disease.
These ticks do not transmit Lyme disease. They do spread other disease such as ehrlichiosis and tularemia. The lone star tick can be easily identified by the white spot on the back.
In the United States this tick is primarily found in the Southeast and South Central states, although cases have been reported as far north as Maine and West as Texas. These ticks feed on dogs and humans and are picked up out of doors.
This type of tick can spread rock mountain fever and tularemia. This tick has a short mouth and also goes by the name wood tick.
After feeding a tick becomes engorged with blood and greatly increased in size.
This is a picture of tick bite on a human.
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When it comes to our subjective experience of spaces, perception can change everything. Once you know you are walking in a room or on a deck lofted over empty space, you start to feel closer to the forest canopy above … and further from the sloping-away ground below.
Three distinct pavilions are connected internally to form a single whole scaled to human occupation, not seeking to exist as a large mass amidst more slender natural growth.
Approaching the home, one is given a clear view of its relationship with the site before even entering. The dual effect of such an experience can be a combination of exhilaration at the elevation and comfort born from a sense of removal and distance.
Inside, a sense of openness admits structural supports and overhanging shelters mimics the canopy of trees as well, providing another connection to nature. This building by MMP Architects further uses various passive strategies to help it place nice with its environment, beyond just the look and feel.


What cable connectors do I need?
I can't tell the size of the cable since there is nothing near it for scale. I did a search on the E number and found an eBay ad for 75 ohm TV cable. The other numbers on the jacket do not identify the cable type (at least not to me). If you say that the RG59 connector, which is intended for TV cable, is too small - then it could be an RG-8 size cable. But unless you can identify the cable or determine that it is intended for radio use, I wouldn't use it.
Thanks for answering me back.
I think by the tape I have on it it is a 1/4" wide. I attached a photo of the the antenna it is on for reference. I did see it on another part of the coax it is RG6 I attached a picture and the old BNC connector before we cut it. We are now going to use LMR 400 Ultra Flex 50 foot long from their back to the scanner when we get them hooked up with the right BNC Connector.
18 AWG is 1.0 mm diameter of the innerlead and that's probably the biggest RG 6 cable. Normal is 0,8mm. But the shield is only double, not quad, so the outher diameter are probably not the largest one.
The F connectors are marked with one line, two, three or no line to be able to tell the four different sizes apart. I have no idea how they do it on the BNC connectors.


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From the "Green With Envy" jewelry collection: Unusual slice of "watermelon" – tumbled cabochon with vivid olive green and pink striping. Handset in a fine silver bezel with a sterling silver cut out back, two raw olive green raw crystals act as "fringe" underneath.
Sterling silver wirework. Comes with a sterling silver snake chain 18″ long. This pendant is about 1.25″ in length.
The Metaphysical Particulars: Watermelon tourmalines represent the heart chakra, they are emotionally healing and bring about emotional understanding. Green tourmaline crystals bring a joy for life, attract money and bring about success in business. Jewelry to empower your spirit!


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The University of Texas at El Paso has suspended starting quarterback Kai Locksley after learning that he was taken into custody on June 8. The 22-year-old athlete faces a raft of charges including drug possession, driving while intoxicated, carrying a weapon unlawfully and making a terroristic threat. Media reports indicate that he was released from the El Paso County Jail shortly after his arrest after posting a bond of $2,900.
Police conducted a traffic stop after an off-duty officer reported that he had seen Locksley brandishing a handgun and heard him threaten to discharge it into a group of people. Initial reports do not reveal what may have caused the incident. After pulling his vehicle over, officers claim that Locksley seemed incoherent and had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. A search of his vehicle is said to have led to the discovery of a Smith & Wesson semiautomatic handgun and a prescription pill bottle containing approximately half a gram of marijuana.
Locksley, who is the son of Maryland's head football coach, seemed on course to have a breakout season. He started eight games for UTEP in 2018 and led the team with 937 passing yards. He also rushed for 340 yards. Locksley was an All-American in 2017, and ESPN rated him as one of the 300 best prospects in the country in 2015.
When representing young people who have made mistakes, experienced criminal defense attorneys may urge prosecutors to consider rehabilitation rather than punishment. Attorneys could make these arguments zealously when no bystanders were injured and their clients face drug charges over small amounts of marijuana.
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The James River Capital Corp. is a financial institution founded by Paul Saunders, who currently serves as its principal. He is also serving as the chairman and CEO of the company, and he would always write down articles that would encourage the employees working for the James River Capital Corp.
Paul Saunders have noticed that one of the most common conditions felt by the employees working under his company is a strong feeling of burning out, and he said that the nature of their job is stressful, and one should always think of ways on how they can enjoy their personal life. He encourages the employees to take a leave and a vacation because the impact on the health of stress accumulation can be very devastating.
One of the most common reasons why employees are starting to feel burned out is the lack of control. Time management is mostly affected by the slowly degenerating lack of control, and when an employee constantly run after deadlines and cramming all of their work, they would start feeling heavy and incapable of performing their duties. One of the tips provided by Paul Saunders is to dedicate the first ten to fifteen minutes at the workplace in creating a set of goals that need to be achieved on the same day. When a set of goals are outlined, it will be easy for an employee to find out what things re needed to be done first, and they will be surprised finding out that they can finish a lot of tasks.
Another cause of burn out for employees would be the lack of transparency in a company. At the James River Capital Corp., Paul Saunders is making sure that their employees would never feel like they are being used only for selfish purposes, and they are transparent in all of the things that they do as a company. People who have the best performances are the ones offered the promotion, and not to those who are close to their bosses. Paul Saunders said that if a company has transparency, the employees will be more likely to trust in their superiors, especially when it comes to the decision making on how the company should be run.
Employees who are burned out could also have lower confidence in the quality of their work. Try to explain to them that they are still doing their job perfectly, and they are only feeling burned out because of stress. Encouraging employees to relieve their stress is the best way to deal with this problem.
As more and more reputable economists forewarn of a large market correction that will greatly shrink the values of stocks and commodities this year, it has become vital for investors and ordinary people who will be adversely affected by this forewarned crash to protect themselves and their money. Fortunately, US Money Reserve president Philip Diehl graciously sat down with Enterprise Radio to impart some advise on those with an eye towards the near future.
For some background, Mr. Diehl is the former Director of US Mint which has given him large amounts of experience with bullion and legal tender – the US Mint producing more bullion than any other institution in the world. While at the US Mint, Mr. Diehl expanded its operations to trade on every continent in the world, including Antarctica. It is this knowledge which informs him on current investment strategies people should pursue.
As discussed in the podcast, Mr. Diehl recommends to invest in gold coins, which is produced by the US Mint and is legal tender of the United States and thus backed not only by their inherent value but by the strongest economy in the world. At the US Money Reserve specifically, customers can use a precious metal IRA which acts as a wealth insurance that – due to being backed by precious metals – is strong enough to withstand a large, negative market correction. Likewise, customers will be able to gain from steadily rising gold prices.
Some may suggest owning gold and silver bars instead of coins, but Mr. Diehl explains in the podcast that those bars do not serve as legal tender. Moreover, they are not guaranteed by a major mint or backed by the United States – which, again, is the strongest economy in the world. As these are not guaranteed by a major mint, there is no guarantee that those bars and bullion are not counterfeit. Thus, Mr. Diehl advises to own minted gold that is guaranteed by the US Mint.
While a market correction on the level of the financial crisis in 2008 may deal major damage on stocks, pensions and other funds, one can be buttressed from that fallout with gold coins produced by the US Mint.


As the old, drunk captain on his old ship, sailing through the seventh sea, you find a bottle, floating on the surface of the water. There is a piece of paper inside the bottle, so you take it out the paper to find the message with a radio frequency. You set your radio to hear the noise and a weak voice saying: 'PLEASE, HELP ME'. It's a shipwrecked! You have to help him! Follow the hints transmitted through the radio, avoid the obstacles and find the shipwrecked.


There are a number of existing options that allow British as well as non-EU citizens to reside in the Netherlands. While the outcome of the Brexit negotiations remains unclear, find out which alternative residency options apply to your personal circumstances.
If the future relationship does not include free movement of people between the UK and the EU, British citizens wanting to move to the Netherlands would have the same rights as non-EU citizens from the rest of the world. However, there is disagreement amongst legal analysts regarding the situation of British citizens already living in other EU countries, with some stating it would be unlikely that they would be suddenly expelled or expected to fulfil all the criteria for non-EU citizens wanting to live and work in, for example, the Netherlands. The status of British citizens currently living in other EU countries (and that of non-British EU citizens living in the UK) is part of the ongoing negotiations.
For clarity of the present situation, if you are a British citizen who is intending to move to the Netherlands after 29 March 2019c, below you can learn more about some of the numerous existing options for non-EU citizens wanting to live in the Netherlands.
Working as an employee of an international company – employers with a branch in the Netherlands may apply for a residence permit for transferring their international employees.
Working as a highly skilled migrant – to qualify as a highly skilled migrant, an employee has to fulfil certain requirements including a minimum income and work for an approved company.
The European blue card – employees who perform highly qualified labour within the European Union may qualify for a European blue card, if they meet certain income and training requirements.
Scientific researchers – scientific researchers from non-EU countries can live and work in the Netherlands under similar conditions as those for highly skilled migrants.
Startup entrepreneurs – startup founders can apply for a special work and residence permit for the Netherlands.
Self-employed entrepreneurs – those wishing to set up a business in the Netherlands can apply for a specific residence permit for entrepreneurs. This enables you to be self-employed in the Netherlands. Specific conditions apply to this procedure.
Registering for a job or a short stay in the Netherlands – if you only work in the Netherlands or will stay in the country for less than four months, you can join the Registry for Non-Residents.
Recent graduates – recent bachelor's and master's graduates from non-EU countries can reside in the country for up to one year to search for employment with an 'Orientation Year' permit. Those who attended Dutch universities can apply for the permit within three years of graduating, allowing them time to return home for a period.
Family reunion (non-Dutch EU partner) – this applies to family members of a non-Dutch EU citizen who is a resident of the Netherlands.
Further details on these procedures and information on how to apply is available on the IND's website.
As stated above, British citizens are EU citizens and will continue to be treated as such until a Brexit and its new conditions are formally finalised or until 29 March 2019. The information provided below is simply for the sake of additional clarity and is not an official requirement.
Permanent residence document – British citizens who have lived in the Netherlands for a minimum of five years can apply for a permanent residence document. Although not mandatory for EU citizens at present, possession of a permanent residence document could potentially strengthen a resident's case to stay in the Netherlands post-Brexit.
Becoming a Dutch citizen – Becoming a Dutch citizen via naturalisation is another option for British nationals that meet certain criteria. This procedure is available to people that have lived in the Netherlands for a minimum of five years (in most cases this involves giving up their British citizenship), or have been married to a Dutch citizen for three years (this group is entitled to British and Dutch dual nationality). Naturalisation also involves passing a Civic Integration (inburgering) course or holding another official Dutch language qualification. (Exemptions to this include those who can follow the option procedure.) It currently takes several months to obtain a first appointment for naturalisation in Amsterdam, after which it can take six to 12 months for the IND to finalise the application.
Please note that the items listed above are a simplified summary of immigration options available in the Netherlands at present. Contact the IND and see their Brexit information page, which explains a variety of different scenarios that make it possible to reside in the Netherlands after 29 March 2019.
The British Consulate General in Amsterdam is another resource for Brexit-related updates. See their Facebook page for announcements and upcoming forums.


In United States ex rel. Vavra v. Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. (Feb. 3, 2017), the Fifth Circuit held that under the Anti-Kickback Act, corporations are liable "only for the knowing violations of those employees whose authority, responsibility, or managerial role within the corporation is such that their knowledge is imputable to the corporation." In applying this standard to the two KBR employees, the court found that one employee's knowledge could be imputed to the corporation because of his "somewhat significant managerial authority over the sphere of activities in question," while the other employee's responsibility with the subcontract was too limited to impute knowledge. Additionally, the court noted that while currying favor generally would be insufficient to constitute a kickback under the Act, here the supplier intended to receive favorable treatment and thus the meals and entertainment (totaling less than $4,700), were sufficiently connected "with the specific kind of treatment sought in a way that establishes impropriety" to constitute kickbacks. Visit our blog for additional details about this decision.


Facebook had enabled the live streaming facilities in different smartphone and tablets. This feature allowed the k users Facebook users update their presence live. This feature got really popular in a very quick time and millions of users used the Facebook live feature after it was enabled. After reaching a significant number of users on Facebook live in the smartphones and tablets, now Facebook has launched the 'live' feature of Desktops and laptops.
The 'live video' features have been recently added to the desktop/laptop version of the Facebook. Once you opt for the live video streaming, then a user have to choose the target audience before the broadcasting is started.
Facebook live feature for desktop or laptop can be used by a user who has a working webcam and microphone. It is expected that the Facebook 'live' feature will be more efficient in the desktop version, as the camera in the desktop is more stable and at the same time, it is more powerful as well.
Social media experts believe that the move will help the Facebook to secure its position among different social media platforms. Simultaneously, the introduction of the video platform will add lot more flexibility to the Facebook as a social networking site. In the last couple of years, the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, really have pushed for the empowerment of video platform in the Facebook. Now it looks like the move has helped the leading social networking site a lot.
Though, there are few concerns over the launch of Facebook 'live' feature. There are some people who have raised their concerns by saying it will provoke people to share violent content and it will have a negative impact on the people. Therefore, Facebook should take this matter into account and address such issues promptly.


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Nov 23 Sentiment Analysis: Why It's Never 100% Accurate
Social Listening, Social Media Analytics
If you've ever used a social listening or social monitoring tool to analyse sentiment, then you're familiar with the inaccuracies that afflict all of these tools - from incorrect tagging to skewed sentiment percentages. Why does that happen?
The first problem is that some sentences aren't easy to analyse. In fact, sentences aren't positive or negative at all. The most common assumption in this subject is that subjective sentences always express some sentiment, while objective sentences don't. That is often the case - after all, an objective sentence presents factual information, while a subjective sentence expresses personal feelings, views or beliefs. (More on this here.) However, it doesn't always work that way.
For example, what's the sentiment of a sentence like "I think I have the latest version of the browser"? Sure, it's a subjective sentence, but it doesn't express any sentiment. However, what about an objective sentence like "I opened the browser after updating it and it kept crashing"? It's objective as it states a fact, yet it expresses an implicit opinion about the topic: the browser's persistent crashing - negative.
With that said, while we know that the last sentence expresses a negative sentiment, how does a machine know that a browser that constantly crashes isn't a good thing?
What Makes Sentiment Analysis Inaccurate Today?
One thing I've learnt studying linguistics is that language is complex. It would be too naive to oversimplify language thinking that its underlying sentiment can always be accurately examined by a machine or an algorithm.
There are five main factors that currently stop us from relying blindly on tools for sentiment analysis:
Context: a positive or negative sentiment word can have the opposite connotation depending on context. "I've done a great job" may be interpreted as a positive statement. However, in "my internet provider does a great job when it comes to stealing money from me", doing a great job is no longer a positive thing, based on the context ("stealing money from me").
Sentiment Ambiguity: a sentence with a positive or negative word doesn't necessarily express any sentiment. For example, "can you recommend a good tool I could use?" doesn't express any sentiment, although it uses the positive sentiment word "good". Likewise, sentences without sentiment words can express sentiment too. So, "this browser uses a lot of memory" doesn't contain any sentiment words, although it clearly expresses a negative sentiment.
Sarcasm: a positive or negative sentiment word can switch sentiment if there is sarcasm in the sentence. "Sure, I'm happy for my browser to crash right in the middle of my coursework" is obviously a sarcastic (and negative) statement, even though it has the positive word "happy". We can detect the sarcasm mainly from how the sentence starts with "sure", and the context (we know for a fact that a browser crashing is negative).
Comparatives: social listening tools often misunderstand comparative statements. For example, what' s the sentiment of "Pepsi is much better than Coke"? If you're reporting for Pepsi, then this is definitely a positive statement. However, if you work for Coca Cola and you're reporting back to the company, then this statement would be negative. Most social listening tools aren't intelligent enough to "pick sides" when they find comparative statements like the above, leaving them to pick the sentiment based on keywords. So, the previous example would be tagged as "positive" as it contains a positive keyword, "much better", regardless of who you're reporting for.
Regional Variations: a word can change sentiment and meaning depending on the language used. This is often seen in slang, dialects, and language variations. An example is the word "sick", which can change meaning based on context, tone and language, although clear to the target audience ("That is a sick song!" vs. "I'm not feeling well at all, I might be sick"). An example of a regional variation can be found between British and American English for words like 'quite', 'rather', 'pretty': in British English those words take the meaning of "fairly", while in American English they take the meaning of "very". This can sometimes be misunderstood in day-to-day conversations too, so it's no wonder that tools may find this problematic.
The biggest threat to accuracy in sentiment analysis today is human concordance: this is the degree of agreement among humans (or between humans and machines). Numerous studies have shown that the rate of human concordance is between 70% and 80%. (More on the subject here.)
Even humans don't agree universally with one another on anything subjective, so it's no wonder that sentiment, when rendered in text with no extra-textual clues (visual, aural etc.) can be really tricky for us humans, let alone for machines. Hence, sadly, we're nowhere close to perfect sentiment analysis.
However, despite its current flaws, social sentiment has very high potential. While it's easy to treat it as a "soft metric", it's very useful when used in context – yes you've received a positive review, but what does it mean for your brand? What are the underlying opinions behind that specific content? In the right hands, sentiment can be the key to various social analyses, predictions, and ultimately a solid insight into your social performance.
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EU must act on misleading marketing
Brussels, 22/10/2013 (Agence Europe) – The European Parliament favours strong action to counter scams where small businesses and business people are tricked by expert fraudsters into paying for having their businesses listed in fake or insignificant business directories or being pestered by non-existent patent organisations. Individually these rip-offs may only amount to a few hundred euros but collectively they total billions of euros across the EU alone. In Strasbourg on Tuesday 22 October, MEPs gave their full support to Cornelis de Jong (GUE, Netherlands), who drafted a report on misleading advertising. De Jong is calling for EU action to make it easier to open legal proceedings against fraudsters and is putting the pressure on the Council and the European Commission to act swiftly. Many small business people tricked in this way are reluctant to take legal action for fear of ridicule or through lack of money.
"This month, thousands more firms will have received a fake bill for as much as €960 for the registration of their patents. Thanks to initiatives, such as the fraud hotline, a lot of people will be able to identify a bogus bill. With this report, we're making a sound attempt at the European level to put an end to these forms of deception, for example, by setting up a hotline of this kind in every country", de Jong said after the vote.
Black list of culprits. Parliament says the first thing is to establish a national focal point in each member state that takes up all the complaints and creates databases of all these misleading practices. Then to dissuade criminals, it calls for a black list of companies found guilty of fraud of this kind. These companies would then be disqualified from any EU subsidy or procurement.
MEPs also call for agreements on national guidelines in relation to legal action so that the police and national ministries make this a priority. They recommend that Europol be involved to help prepare an overview of the situation.
"It is important that this action is taken at European level as a lot of these companies operate across borders, so cooperation is crucial if they are to be tackled. With so much support from the European Parliament, the member states and the European Commission can no longer beat about the bush", said the rapporteur.
This own-initiative report passed in plenary session is the European Parliament's response to a communication published on 27 November 2012 Protecting businesses against misleading marketing practices and ensuring effective enforcement – Review of Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising. (AN/transl.fl)
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Vin Diesel says 'Fast And Furious 7' will win Best Picture at Oscars
Chill, Chief: Vin Diesel Says 'Fast And Furious 7' Will Win Best Picture At The Oscars
Posted on March 25, 2015 - By Bossip Staff
Vin Diesel Believes 'Fast And Furious 7' Will Win Best Picture Academy Awards
Whoa now…
Via Variety
Universal's "Furious 7" is expected to set box office records when it opens on April 3, with fans eager to flock to multiplexes to bid farewell to Paul Walker. But the film's star and producer, Vin Diesel, predicts that "Furious 7's" success won't be limited to the number of tickets it sells. He says the film will also sweep a certain 2016 awards ceremony.
"Universal is going to have the biggest movie in history with this movie," Diesel said in a lengthy interview with Variety for this week's cover story. "It will probably win best picture at the Oscars, unless the Oscars don't want to be relevant ever."
Diesel took a breath, before offering his prediction for a second time. "This will win best picture," Diesel said. "There is nothing that will ever come close to the power of this thing."
Diesel said he was very pleased with the final movie, which pays tribute to Walker, who died as a passenger in a sports car accident in November 2013 in the middle of production. The studio then had to scramble to rewrite the film's ending, and used special effects to finish Walker's performance with the help of stand ins. "We were successful in one-upping the action sequences, and adding an interesting dynamic to the world," Diesel said. "But what the world won't anticipate is how emotionally powerful the movie is. The head of the studio, Ron Meyer, often said when 'Fast 5′ or 'Fast 6′ came out, 'If there was no number attached to these movies, they would be contenders for best picture.' And when people see 'Furious 7,' they are going to agree."
We plan on seeing 'Furious 7' but Vin Diesel must REALLY be in love with coco if he thinks he's about to walk on that stage and collect a trophy.
Image via Universal
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Billroth II, more formally Billroth's operation II, is an operation in which a partial gastrectomy (removal of the stomach) is performed and the cut end of the stomach is closed.  The  greater curvature of the stomach (not involved with the previous closure of the stomach) is then connected to the first part of the jejunum in end-to-side anastomosis.  The Billroth II always follows resection of the lower part of the stomach (antrum). The surgical procedure is called a partial gastrectomy and gastrojejunostomy.
The Billroth II is often indicated in refractory peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma.

Over the years, the Billroth II operation has been colloquially referred to as any partial removal of the stomach with an end to side connection to the stomach as shown in the picture; however, technically, this picture is a modification of Billroth's operation called a partial gastrectomy with a Kronelein anastomosis where the divided end of the stomach is directly anastomosed to the side of the jejunal loop.

Von Hacker was the first person to refer to the Billroth II partial gastrectomy operation writing from Billroth's clinic in 1885.

See also
 Billroth I
 Roux-en-Y

References

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Mizoram is the southernmost state of North East India – the land of the Blue Mountains. The Indian states of Manipur, Assam and Tripura bind the northern end of this small province with Myanmar forming most of its eastern boundary and Bangladesh its southern and western boundaries. The evergreen ranges of Mizoram hills with blooms of exotic flora and dense bamboo jungles rise sharply from the plains of Assam in a north south direction. These hills and plunging gorges are crisscrossed by gushing rivers and sparkling waterfalls. In sharp contrast to the dense jungles and steep hills is a rugged quilt of lush paddy fields all the way from the centre of the state towards the Myanmar border. Oral tradition reveals that the Mizos migrated from their homeland in China about 3 centuries ago, in search of new pastures and settled in these hills. Alzawi is the capital of Mizoram and near by are other interesting places like Champhai, Phawngpui Peak, etc.
Mizos are friendly and very hospitable. There has been a concerted effort to propagate their ancient cultural strains by clinging to their traditional roots resulting in bringing to the limelight some of the most vibrant ancient Mizo traditions, cultural heritage and colourful customs. Phawngpui is the highest peak of Mizoram. The Darnpa Wildlife Sanctuary is the best place to see bison and wild elephants.
Visitors are taken through various parts of Mizoram and are introduced to the cultural traditions ofthe state. Mizoram is particularly interesting for people interested in motor cycling and cycling. Visitors also participate in the traditional festival of Chapcher Kut, celebrated at the end of February when winter starts receding and the festival commemorates spring and the promise of a good harvest.


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Will Biden run again? Should he?
No wonder President Joe Biden has been in an upbeat mood since the Democrats' best midterm record in their first term in 60 years.
In a second straight election, he achieved his presidency's primary goal of protecting the nation's democratic institutions from the Trump threat. And the results relieved him of any immediate party pressure to forego reelection in 2024.
In fact, last weekend's USA TODAY/Ipsos poll showed the percentage of Democrats who want Biden's candidacy and believe he would win about 10% since August, although half still opposed his re-election nomination.
As Biden quietly celebrated his 80th birthday last Sunday, the fundamental Democratic dilemma remained: Will it be best for the party — and the country — to re-nominate the nation's oldest president, even if the alternative is chaos?
Biden's best argument for running again is that, as in 2020, he feels capable of getting the job done and may be the only Democrat who can beat Donald Trump. But while Trump still dominates the GOP, his better-than-expected performance in 2022 has led more Republicans to openly say it's time to move on.
Midterm polls showed that a higher percentage of voters opposed another Trump race than a second-term bid by Biden.
The prospect of a 2020 repeat against Trump appears to be revitalizing the president's thinking. "Don't compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative," he likes to say. Of course, with a burgeoning GOP field, nearly every alternative is younger and possibly more eligible than Trump.
On the other hand, the Democrats see themselves, just like France's King Louis XV. had correctly predicted more than two centuries ago that his departure would trigger a "flood," versus the possibility that a post-Biden free-for-all could end their hopes of retaining the presidency.
Both parties view Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden's natural heir and almost certain to run if he leaves, as a weak candidate who would face difficulties in both a nomination race and the general election.
However, potential rivals must keep in mind that in the increasingly multiracial Democratic Party, it would be difficult to oppose the black, Asian-American and female first vice president. Though Democrats have yet to set their primary calendar, a key early contest will almost certainly be South Carolina again, where more than half of the 2020 primary electorate was black.
And when Harris faces obstacles, so do her potential rivals. For Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, it is the glass ceiling for women that contributed to Hillary Clinton's defeat. For Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg, it's an openly gay man with a husband. For California Gov. Gavin Newsom, it's an image as a trending California liberal. And for the most well-known progressives, it's not only too far left, but also too old (Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders), too young (New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), too sharp-edged (Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal), or too dark (California Rep. Ro Khanna).
Though Biden would be 86 at the end of a second term, he still seems inclined to seek re-election, as every modern president has. But the nation's oldest president has left the door ajar when his health deteriorates or when he and his family decide it's time to end his half-century political career.
"Our intention is to run again," Biden said at his post-election news conference on Nov. 9. But he said it was "ultimately a family decision" that would be made sometime early next year, although he added: "I think everyone wants me to run."
Not everyone in public. The outcome polls showed a majority of independents, and nearly half of all Democrats believed Biden should not run again.
But the pre-election expectation of a post-election Democratic mess that focused on Biden's future has not materialized. Instead, Republicans are plagued by internal strife after falling short of expectations for a "red wave" that would sweep the House, Senate and key governorships.
This mess is giving Democrats and Biden useful breathing space. In contrast, if it persists, the House GOP, which focuses on investigations rather than legislation, can make him look good.
Still, many Democrats expect Biden's re-election bid would meet opposition from the party's progressive wing, which defied him in 2020 and has often urged him to act bolder. But its most prominent leader, Sanders, is even older than Biden.
In the meantime, continued good health may be Biden's best way to allay concerns about his age, along with the occasional video showing him riding a bike. Despite skipping dinner at the end of a long day, Biden last week completed an arduous, week-long trip around the world to conferences in Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia that showed him he was in control and very much in control.
Still, signs of his age show in his often clumsy gait, verbal stumbles, and sometimes less than vigorous public speaking. A re-election campaign would be both politically and physically challenging.
In 2020, the COVID pandemic allowed Biden to avoid the normally hectic speaking schedule and campaigning from his basement. That will not be possible in 2024.
As for a possible rematch against Trump, Biden insists he feels no pressure for an early decision "no matter what… my predecessor does."
But the former president's prospects could ultimately influence Biden's decision if his primary motivation remains his belief that he has the best chance of keeping the 45th president from becoming the 47th.
Carl P. Leubsdorf is the former Washington bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News. Readers can email him at [email protected]
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This consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated in both the revised Master Plan and playground and exercise equipment consultations. The revised Master Plan was adopted by Council on Monday 23 July. You can view the engagement summary.
Work is now underway on the $1.4 million Morisset playground upgrade to include children's play equipment, outdoor fitness stations and new public barbecues.
The first stage of work, which began this week, involves demolition of the existing out-dated playground, with installation of modern, all inclusive play equipment to follow.
Work is underway on a $1.4 million Morisset playground upgrade to include children's play equipment, outdoor fitness stations and new public barbecues.
The first stage of work, which began this week, involves demolition of the existing outdated playground at Bernie Goodwin Memorial Park, with installation of modern, all-inclusive play equipment to follow.
Lake Macquarie City Council conducted an online community survey earlier this year to determine what kind of equipment locals most wanted to see at the revamped site.
Their input helped determine the new configuration, including a liberty swing, multi-play station, double bay swing, climbing equipment and rope playground across two separate sections catering for different age groups.
One section will cater for children aged 2-5, while the second section will be for children aged 5-12.
Council will also install new outdoor fitness equipment, including a dip station, balancing bench, fitness ladder and monkey bars, and new picnic tables and covered barbecues.
Council's Acting Manager Community Planning, Andrew Bryant, said the new facilities would provide a modern play space for families in Morisset to play and socialise.
The works comprise the first stage of the Bernie Goodwin Memorial Park Master Plan.
The project is jointly funded by the NSW Government's Stronger Country Communities Fund and local development contributions.
"The Master Plan will deliver new and improved facilities to better serve the greater Morisset community," Mr Bryant said.
The playground area is now closed for construction and is expected to reopen in April 2019.
Mr Bryant said Council was seeking feedback from the community on the style of skate park to be built at Bernie Goodwin Memorial Park.
Residents can share their ideas at shape.lakemac.com.au/skate-lake-mac. Construction is expected to begin on the skate park in the 2019-2020 financial year.
Lake Macquarie City Council has unveiled revised plans for the new-look Bernie Goodwin Memorial Reserve at Morisset, including a new location for the suburb's skate park.
Council's Manager Community Planning, Wes Hain, said the updated draft Bernie Goodwin Memorial Reserve Master Plan responds to community feedback received during the initial exhibition period in 2016, about the proximity of the skate park to local residences.
"During the exhibition of the original draft Master Plan, we heard a range of perspectives from the community, the majority of whom were in favour of a skate park being built in the reserve; however, there was some concern about it being too close to nearby homes," Mr Hain said.
Council is inviting the community to provide feedback on the revised draft Bernie Goodwin Memorial Reserve Master Plan. To learn more about the Plan or to submit feedback, visit shape.lakemac.com.au/bernie-goodwin-memorial-reserve.
Members of the community are also invited to attend a drop-in session at the reserve on Wednesday 9 May, from 10am-noon, where Council staff will be available to discuss the updated Master Plan.
Following the adoption of the Master Plan further studies identified that a skate facility could be included within the Reserve and this consultation identified the preffered location.
This consultation focuses on the playground and exercise equipment to be considered for inclusion within the Reserve.
The revised Bernie Goodwin Memorial Reserve Master Plan was adopted by Council on Monday 23 July.
The outcomes of the playground and exercise equipment consultation can be viewed in the engagement summary.
The first stage of work, which began this week, involves demolition of the existing playground, with installation of modern all-inclusive play equipment to follow.


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Broad Fest Lineup
EAST WING – MUSIC HALL
VIVER BRASIL honors Brazil's African legacy through bold contemporary dance theater and increases awareness of the rich history of Afro-Brazilian dance and music through performances, arts education, community engagement and an annual cultural immersion program to Salvador, Bahia, that engage a variety of communities from youth to adults and seniors. Through rigorous research and continuous dialogue with living masters and virtuoso musicians and choreographers in Bahia, Viver Brasil drives contemporary representations of Brazilian dance in the United States.
SHE SINGS SHE SWINGS is a young swing band influenced by French guitarist, Django Reinhardt, and American singers such as The Andrews Sisters and Ella Fitzgerald. In 2016, they met at a coffee shop in Long Beach, California. Since then, they have performed for various fundraising events, private events, wineries and venues such as The House of Blues, The Grand Annex, and Downtown Disney. With an eager desire to grow as musicians, they have traveled to different Django festivals around America to attend formal workshops and concerts. Together, they create a unique and dynamic group that will take you back to the early and mid 1900's.
BOOGALOO ASSASSINS* are a Los Angeles-based 12-piece Latin band with a sound and style inspired by the Latin Boogaloo, Latin Soul, Salsa, and Latin Funk records of the 1960's and 70's. The group's self-released 2013 vinyl debut "OLD LOVE DIES HARD" spawned the 7" underground cross-over hit single "No No No", which received regular club and radio airplay around the globe, from BBC Radio 6's Gilles Peterson to Santa Monica's KCRW 88.9 to NYC's pioneering hip-hop Dj Tony Touch. *Performance is sponsored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl.
LOBBY HOUSE CONCERTS
2:00 PM, 2:30 PM, 3:00 PM, 3:30 PM
Elemental Music was created by a SMMUSD teacher to engage young players through ensembles from an early age, helping develop both technical and musical skills that prepare them for continued study at the middle and high school levels.
SMC MUSIC DEPARTMENT
The music programs and curriculum at Santa Monica College provides educational opportunities designed to cultivate a musical, expressive, and artistic community, and to meet the needs of students who wish to explore and expand their knowledge, performance skills, and experience of music. Students have the opportunity to participate in individual and group music instruction, the study of the history of musical traditions of the world, vocal and instrumental ensembles, and the study of theory and musicianship. The curriculum serves music majors, general education transfer students, vocationally-oriented students, and the broader community.
DJ - ANTHONY VALADEZ can be heard hosting Monday nights on KCRW in Los Angeles. He was voted Best DJ in LA by the LA Weekly Readers Poll in 2016. Valadez traveled the country documenting festival experiences for FUSE TV in addition to hosting 3 seasons of Crate Diggers. He has opened for the likes of Prince, Bruno Mars, Jennifer Lopez, Sly Stone, Ben Harper, Little Dragon and more.
THE EDYE
FAMILY DANCE JAM offers inter-generational movement workshop for families. Part open play, part directed experience, families move in a playful environment across the dance floor, making deeper connections with each other and their bodies. Facilitators guide families at the jams but each participant adds to the direction of the experience by their own explorations and interests. It is a wonderfully creative way to spend time together as a family.
VIVER BRASIL will conduct a samba class that includes the popular samba de roda [circle samba] and also include contemporary Bahian Carnival samba reggae and samba afro dances which blends samba, orixa dance movement, and homegrown movements created in the 1970s, celebrating Afro-Brazilian political and cultural strengths.
4:15 PM - 4:50 PM – Ballroom
5:30 PM - 6: 05 PM – Salsa
ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE CENTER is the leading premier, ballroom and social dance studio in Santa Monica. With their catalog of expert and award-winning dance instructors, they teach people of all ages, interests, and ability. As an active member of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, Arthur Murray Dance Center is dedicated to educating our community with the love of dance in all its forms.
ART MAKING
reDISCOVER CENTER is a nexus for environmental sustainability and creativity using recycled materials. We achieve our mission and vision through strategic initiatives at our center with the reuse warehouse, gallery and event space, at schools and in the community.
PAINT : LAB is a walk-in art studio where people can experience, express and explore their creativity through the medium of paint without having to set up a studio at home. The staff at PAINT:LAB is made up of experienced painters and artists who provide a fun, creative environment. PAINT:LAB also offers two-hour workshops for those who wish to learn a new medium, art process or just brush up on their techniques. Their goal is to allow both painters and non-painters alike the opportunity of discovering the artist within.
HIT+RUN is the world's premier live screen printing experience. Attendees can personally interact with the screen printing process on-site to create their own unique pieces of wearable art. T-Shirts available for purchase at the festival.
CRAYON COLLECTION has a mission to inspire a commitment to environmental consciousness and the infusion of art education in underfunded schools.
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS offers many immersive experiences at The Broad Stage based on a fundamental belief in the importance of the arts. They create community, aid our self-expression, expand our global outlook and connect us all in powerful ways.
TOURS OF THE BROAD STAGE
2:45 PM, 3:45 PM, 4:45 PM*, 5:45 PM
Sign up at the Welcome Table to get a wristband. Meet at the Photo Booth at your selected tour time. Tours are first come first serve for the first 30 people.
*Wheelchair accessible tour
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE - Barrett Gallery
Open during Broad Fest
2:00 PM – 7:00 PM - Exhibition: Made in California: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, curated by Billie Weisman, Foundation Director.


It would perhaps be more productive if the students receiving the EMA have to document a short journal, explaining what they have done with it, and how it has been useful to them, in order to get their next installment?
What do people think about subsidising trips and giving free transport in return for cutting the amount received from EMA, and lowering the bracket to qualify for it?
I mean if you have to pay 2.60 a day for busfare, and 50 quid for conferences and lectures and small subject-based trips over a year. That's over 14 quid a week straight away. This doesn't include things like a 200 quid trip to France, 50 quid for Ball ticket and yearbook, another 50 quid for clothes you might need over a whole year. Then you also have social events etc meals, birthdays, general going our, xmas presents. There is a lot to think about. Now, I'm not saying we need to be paying for poorer kids to afford alcohol or foreign trips, but if we could subsidise school based expenses and transport, then give some EMA to the poorest kids (like below 20k) to have some sort of social interaction, we would have a much fairer and targeted system.
I like to show an interest in where exactly these stealth taxes are going before i am forced to pay-up.
but a payout of £30 a week is essential to some people. i could get by with out it. but i know of people who can't and when they are of sick for one day have nothing to eat the next week in college ect.
But it tends to be poorer/working-class families, the kids from which are also more likely to be living away from home during sixth form. And middle class parents (who tend to be richer) are at least able to provide financially for the children, which poorer families are not always.
I agree with inequality's continuous line idea for financial support, I think that would be so much better than this stupid bands system.
As I said, no one in my experience chooses 30 quid a week in EMA over the seventy quid you can earn working three nights a week behind a bar.
I'm not convinced about the principles behind EMA, but it does do some good, and I'd rather keep this faulty system that benefits a few of the people who really need it than have nothing at all.
The tax argument I always find a very thin and insubstantial argument. We all pay taxes, even those on 15k a year. And we always will. And I doubt very much that if the money being used on EMA was being diverted elsewhere you would notice the difference. People argue about 'their' tax money all the time, but only when it's going towards something they disapprove of, most of the rest of the time they couldn't care less. Taxing helps wealth redistribution and EMA is simply an extension of that.
I certainly think the bracket should be lowered, i don't want people from £20-30k households sponging my taxes.
I certainly agree that educational trips would be more beneficial aswell. The money that is currently being spent on EMA's could be put into state education (books, teachers), so that all students benefit from the extra cash, not just those from the specific families.
Take the EMA from a class of students at an inner-city comprehensive, and you've got enough cash to hire a new teacher, and buy some extra resources.
And how many of those students would then not be able to get to school, not be able to eat, not be able to pay the rent? How many of them would no longer be able to afford the what to you seem like trifling costs associated with sixth form eduation, and would quit school to get a dead-end job for the rest of their lives so they can continue to have those lives?
my transportation top and from college i get as a buss pass cause its cheaper other wise it would cost me either £4.40 a day or £2.70 day saver.
but i pay £10 for a student bus pass card(lasts 1 year). then for each term i pay £65 for the bus pass. with out ema i couldn't afford to pay the bulk and make it cheaper in the long run.
my colege has a pretty good system. and it does work to an extent. but some people get to much and some always get too little.
The point of an EMA is to pay for bus fare? Then why don't they get a free bus pass instead?
Nobody has a say in where this money goes.
Deprivation to such an extreme scale is simply not found in Britain. For families that suffer from such amazing poverty (not being able to eat or travel), there are endless benefits available.
You seem to be going to the extreme. What i am saying is that there are hundreds of thousands of students receiving the EMA who come from an economically stable family.
And to what degree does anyone have a say in anything that happens in this country? Do you know what every last penny of your tax money is spent on? Do you know exactly how much of your tax money is being contributed to EMA? Do you expect to personally approve every last pound of where your tax money goes?
No of course you don't, but you and the middle classes will moan and moan when someone poorer is the beneficiary and you don't get a slice of the pie, because god forbid the poorer may get something you don't. My heart simply bleeds for all those poor families earning 35k a year, how do they cope knowing a poor family is getting EMA for busfair/rent/materials from THEIR tax money? Get over it, there are lots of ways your tax money is spent that you should disapprove of more- helping poor kids get an education shouldn't be one of them.
Spoken like a typical well-off Middle Englander who has never known hardship.
And to what degree does anyone have in say in anything that happens in this country? Do you know what every last penny of your tax money is spent on? Do you know exactly how much of your tax money is being contributed to EMA? Do you expect to personally approve every last pound of where your tax money goes?
You seem like a right little class warrior Who said this has anything to do with class?
What you have just said makes me cringe. Why should the people who pay so much tax money (which supports the poor!), "get over it" when even more of their hard earned money is being ploughed into Tony Blairs experiments?
Ok, so that was an extreme. But I know people currently studying for their A levels who, had it not been for EMA, would have decided that it wasn't worth staying on at school, that they couldn't afford it (bus fares, in some cases tram and train fares, textbooks, food, time they could otherwise have spent working and earning money) and would just go out and find some low-paying, unskilled job. Some of these people will now be going to decent universities to get proper degrees and have a real chance in life.
Fair enough, there are people on EMA who probably shouldn't be getting it and don't really need it. I could live without it. But it does make things easier - not just in terms of a social life, to which my EMA, for example, doesn't really contribute. And I think it's better to have EMA helping some of the worst-off kids and benefiting a few who don't need it than depriving those worst-off kids of all financial aid.
veryjammy makes alot of sense. I mean, instead of complaining about tax payer's money going to help with a teenager's education and help them to get a better future, why not complain about all the tax money that was spent on the war on Iraq?
Yes, you pay more tax because you earn more, it's simple. And it goes to the poor. That's repeated throughout the world. Do you have a problem with that? Or is the problem really that someone your age in a family earning substantially less than you gets money you don't? Because that's the real bitter issue here, and you're hiding behind the tax argument.
If that was the aim, then this would be a foolish step.
More teachers, better facilities, better resources of books, computers, and equipment would be the way to really help children in education.
Labour throw more and more cash at these random exercises, without assessing the benefits of extra teachers and resources.
At Tony Blairs first city academy for example, 20 staff cuts have just been made, yet half the students are receiving EMA.
What is the point getting all this money, and driving people to get into school, when there isn't good quality education available?
It's great to drag poor students into school by their hair, but they need good education, and that should be treat with far greater importance.