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Objectives To test whether an occupation based lifestyle intervention can sustain and improve the mental wellbeing of adults aged 65 years or over compared to usual care, using an individually randomised controlled trial. Participants 288 independently living adults aged 65 years or over, with normal cognition were recruited from two UK sites between December 2011 and November 2015. Interventions Lifestyle Matters is a NICE recommended multi-component preventive intervention designed to improve the mental wellbeing of community living older people at risk of decline. It involves weekly group sessions over four months and one to one sessions. Main outcome measures The primary outcome was mental wellbeing at 6 months (mental health dimension of the SF-36).Secondary outcomes included physical health dimensions of the SF-36, extent of depression (PHQ-9), quality of life (EQ-5D) and loneliness(de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale),assessed at 6 and 24 months. Results Data on 262 (intervention =136; usual care =126) participants were analysed using intention to treat analysis. Mean SF-36 mental health scores at six months differed by 2·3 points (95 CI -1·3 to 5·9; P=0·209) after adjustments. Conclusions Analysis shows little evidence of clinical or cost effectiveness in the recruited population with analysis of the primary outcome revealing that the study participants were mentally well at baseline. The results pose questions regarding how preventive interventions to promote wellbeing in older adults can be effectively targeted in the absence of proactive mechanisms to identify those who at risk of decline.
Mountain G, Windle G, Hind D et al (2017 ) A preventative lifestyle intervention for older adults (lifestyle matters): a randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing. 46(4): 627-634.


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Q: Fourierspectrum of the output voltage of an real inverting amplifier First a quick descripton of my circuit:
The inverting amplifier amplifies by 20dB, the input voltage is a sinus signal with the Frequency 10 kHz and the peak to peak voltage is 200mV or 10V. The used amplifier is a OP177G. I've measured the Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) of the output Signal. The Bandwidth of the amplyfier is 60 kHz. The outputsignal gets altered by the Slewrate for frequencys greater than 477 kHz if the input voltage is 200 mV and 9,5 kHz if the input voltage is 10 V. I only look at frequenys lower than 60 kHz cause im only interested in the altering by the slew-rate.
Now to the interpretation and my question:
If the input voltage is 200 mV I get a big peak at 10 kHz in the Fourierspectrum and no other peaks, as expected. The frequency of the input signal is way lower than the critical frequency 447 kHz, so I get a sinus signal as an output signal.
If the input voltage is 10 V, the critical frecueny 9,5 kHz is lower than the frequency of the input signal so my output signal should be a triangular function an therefore there should only be peaks at 10 kHz, 30 kHz, 50 kHz and so on after the fourier transformation. But I also have peaks at even multiples e.x. 20 kHz, 40 kHz, ... . I dont get why this is the case, because there are none in the fourier transformation of a triangular function?
Here is my plot for the input voltage 200 mV:

Here is my plot for the input voltage 10 V:

A: Not looking at your design , I can see your 1) slew rate  limiting AND/OR 2) hFE is unequal.

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*Each polarity of push-pull driver may have a different impedance and thus the asymmetry causes even harmonic distortion to you added to anticipated odd harmonics.
-You should realize the GBW requirements increase dramatically when you include specs for THD at a signal in the same decade as your BW, since you have very little   excess gain to feedback for linear error correction.
Also it is important to remember that when designing sharp or high Q RC active filters this also raises the GBW requirements significantly, much higher than you may expect due to phase shifting 1 decade below breakpoint becomes more critical with higher Q filters like Chebychev vs Bessel.  TI's Active Filter designer tells GBW requirements for each stage.
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2. Unequal current gain is another reality near current limits for high voltage outputs.  This affects the THD by adding even & odd harmonics.
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(Disregard the frequency, I adjust the harmonic levels to resemble yours)

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April 2019 /
Multi-brand franchisors think strategically to maximize ROI
By Poornima Apte
Grounds Guys, a landscaping and lawn care service brand, joined Neighborly in 2010 and has grown to more than 200 locations in the United States and Canada.
The home and outdoor services franchising sector continues to attract investors, resulting in a surge of acquisition activity that's expected to continue.
"Private equity companies are beginning to realize that franchises can deliver a steady volume of recurring revenue, so things really came to a steam in 2018," says Kevin Wilson, CEO of Buzz Franchise Brands, which has Pool Scouts and Home Clean Heroes under its umbrella.
Apax Partners, a large private equity firm, bought Authority Brands last fall and Neighborly (formerly Dwyer Group), a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, swallowed a few into its system as well, for a whopping 21 service brands under its belt.
While taking notice of all this recent movement, the trend itself was not a primary motivation for Home Franchise Concepts to expand its footprint in the sector, says CEO Shirin Behzadi. Starting with Budget Blinds 27 years ago, Home Franchise Concepts also now includes Tailored Living, Concrete Craft and AdvantaClean, its most recent buy. "We're not just reacting to the marketplace," says Behzadi. "We have put a lot of vision into our plan and we only partner with franchises that make sense to be under our umbrella."
Branding adjustments
The unifying thread that weaves through Home Franchise Concepts' companies is they're all based on a design and consultation approach.
The company created brand bios for each of its concepts to ensure a uniform voice and decided that a rebranding was called for. Tailored Living, for example, started off by merging Closet Tailors and Premier Garage, both focused on organization, into one broader franchise bringing the same level of organization to the home. Similarly, All American Decorative Concrete morphed into HFC's Concrete Craft after some branding exercises.
The lesson for HFC from such growth was not just about rebranding, Behzadi says. "Every one of our franchises has its own unique requirements because each one is in a different stage in the lifespan of a franchising system, so the lesson for us was to identify those and execute on strategic plans for each."
Chris Grandpre, CEO of Outdoor Living Brands, understands this adjustment period well. The company went through a reboot with two of its four franchises: Renew Crew and Conserva Irrigation.
Renew Crew started out as Wood Renew before being bought by Outdoor Living Brands, which looked to broaden its service offering because simply sticking to wood limited the franchise's impact.
"The strategy we needed was to dramatically increase top-line offerings so that franchisees were able to generate greater ROI on their investment to launch the business," Grandpre says. The takeaway: cleaning a variety of exterior surfaces, instead of just the wood deck, was the way to go.
Outdoor Living later seeded the concept for Conserva Irrigation with a few early adopters in Minneapolis who had a background in commercial irrigation. The company started small with the intention of franchising in the long term and after the pilot showed success, officially made Conserva a franchise. The early testers had their franchise fees waived, and per the pilot license agreements would have the right to convert the business to a Conserva irrigation franchise. Grandpre says such a test drive helped Outdoor Living figure out the viability of a franchise, measuring metrics such as unit economics and ROI.
Pool Scouts is under the Buzz Franchise Brands flag, along with Home Clean Heroes.
Sibling rivalry?
An adjustment period in the wake of an acquisition is to be expected and maybe even a healthy bit of rivalry between brands. Grandpre says bruised egos were kept to a minimum by keeping all processes transparent, especially with Wood Renew. "We explained our vision and how it would involve massive changes to the business model, to the brand name, advertising, technology platform," he says, admitting it was a difficult process, but worth it. "You're essentially changing human behavior and we're asking a franchise system that invested in a business focused on the cleaning and sealing of wood to fundamentally change their business.
Changing that management aspect and figuring out the field operational procedures is the hardest part of it all."
Outdoor Living also had brand management relocate to headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, which led to some loss of talent but the move was necessary to preserve the company culture, Grandpre says.
Challenges can present themselves in other ways. In Neighborly's case, does having 21 different franchises under one umbrella have each vying for the parent's attention? Not really, says CEO Mike Bidwell. "We put a brand president in charge of each brand and they make sure they are fully committed to operating that business with the care it deserves and ensuring franchisee growth," he says.
Neighborly is working on its online platform, www.getneighborly.com, whereby franchise brands under its umbrella can stand to gain from referrals from each other.
While this might work for franchises with mutually exclusive concepts, it has the potential to lead to conflict when concepts compete for the same piece of pie.
"We don't have an overlap between our core verticals, but in the case of fringe services," such as appliance and plumbing repair, "there might be a little, in which case we educate our franchisees that there's a long-term collective benefit for this initiative for everyone," Bidwell says.
The growth potential
While challenges develop initially, the advantages in an acquisition are many. One of the biggest lies in the economies of scale, HFC's Behzadi says.
"Every marketing initiative, technology, product placement and positioning, internal systems, we have worked on tailoring these to each brand while still keeping it all brand-agnostic," she says. HFC has worked for three years on a complete overhaul of internal processes to make them seamless and scalable. This positions the company to execute an effective rinse-and-repeat for each new acquisition in the future, a prospect Behzadi does not rule out.
"Our guiding principle is making sure our franchisees are as successful as they want to be," Behzadi says. "At the same time, our goal is to acquire additional brands that would work with our existing ones in a synergistic way to help lift all of them across the board."

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Liverpool opt for control over intensity in win against Manchester City
Posted on January 18th 2017 by GuestBlogger
Despite the size and the reputation of the two sides involved,
Liverpool's New Year's Eve clash with Manchester City didn't exactly produce fireworks.
There wasn't much in the way of exciting attacking football, and due to a combination of high-octane intensity and the general sloppiness that infiltrated the contest, scrappy would probably be a fair way to describe the vast majority of the 90 minutes.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp called the encounter both "wild" and "intense," and even though he rued the fact this left his team unable to execute with precision on the ball, he was nonetheless thrilled with the Reds' defensive effort. "Our defending today was really good," he said. Good, certainly, but in a lot of ways the approach to it wasn't really typical of his Liverpool sides, as instead of pressing with intent, Klopp's players engaged in a lot more sitting off in order to reduce the space available to City.
That's not to say Liverpool looked like a different team altogether, however. They still pressed high from time to time, especially when City had the ball deep in defence. In those moments, and most notably those when goalkeeper Claudio Bravo found himself in possession, the men in red pushed up to close off any short options that would otherwise have been open to him. This strategy, for the most part, was aimed at forcing the former Barcelona shot-stopper into longer, less precise pieces of distribution, and given the way that Liverpool propelled themselves towards any second balls, it quickly became a successful way of going about their business.
Yet if this kind of pressing has come to define Klopp's philosophy, the way that Liverpool spent much of the match in deep defensive positions illustrated the German manager's more pragmatic side. In fact, once Liverpool hit the lead eight minutes in, through a tremendous header from midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, the pattern of folding back into an organised and compact defensive structure started to emerge. At that moment, 1-0 up and in charge on the scoreboard, Liverpool opted to manage the lead more than anything else.
In Klopp's words, this was a necessity. "Games like this are very, very difficult and it's not that we had a clear plan from the first second to stay deep or be deeper than in other games but you have to learn in the game, you have to adapt to the game," he said. "We were the whole night not cool enough in possession. We lost the ball in the wrong moment. But they couldn't create real chances because we defended really well. It was kind of a wild game. It was intense. It's not about having a philosophy, it's about adapting to the quality of the opponent and in this case we needed to defend from a compact formation."
So, then, it wasn't so much a case of Klopp ditching his "heavy metal football" ideals, but rather a case of his players simply having to adapt to the opposition in front of them. And, in general terms, they did that extremely well. Liverpool often filtered back into a narrow 4-5-1 formation in defence, something which was punctuated by the fact that wingers Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane took up very tight positions alongside Liverpool's central midfielders. This became an asset for the Reds, as it allowed them to cut off the avenues available to City in between the lines. It meant that City's primary playmakers, guys like David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne, weren't able to collect possession in their favourite pockets of space with any great consistency, and because of that, Pep Guardiola's side simply couldn't gain an attacking foothold in the game.
City tried to explore other avenues, though, most notably through shifting the ball wide to Raheem Sterling, out on the right-hand side. The objective here involved the young Englishman drawing Liverpool's left-back, James Milner, out of the back line, before then hoping that De Bruyne could dart into that space left vacant by Milner. In simple terms, it didn't work, and as illustrated by the fact that City only registered two shots on target for the entire 90 minutes, not much else worked for the Sky Blues either.
In another interesting statistic, Liverpool restricted City to such an extent that they only managed to attempt two shots from inside the box, something almost unheard of for a Pep Guardiola side. The Reds were therefore absolutely brilliant in defence, and although their approach was a long way from what could be described as pure Klopp, the odd moment of quick attacking play showed that they hadn't totally dispensed with heavy metal football in the hunt for victory. Roberto Firmino nearly played in Lallana after Liverpool pinched possession on the halfway line, only to see the ex-Southampton man rendered offside. In another move, Milner very nearly played in Firmino with a defence-splitting pass, but as Klopp discussed in the post-match press conference, the Brazilian signified Liverpool's lack of coolness in possession by failing to bring the ball under control.
There was, however, the decisive goal, and in contrast to the near misses described above, this was heavy metal football at its best. It started with a turnover deep in defence. Firmino then produced a brilliant bit of hold-up play, firstly to weave away from Yaya Toure before playing in Lallana along the left with a precise outside-of-the-boot pass. Liverpool's number 20 retained the move's momentum by darting down the touchline and crossing quickly on his left side, and with a strong leap and a forceful header, Wijnaldum ended the quickfire counter-attack with the match-winner.
With this in mind, Klopp's philosophy still had a part to play on the night, but for the manager himself, that was secondary to the outcome. "We don't want to show how good we are; we want the points," he said to BT Sport. "We have another three, that's great." The former Dortmund boss then reiterated this stance in his press conference, arguing that, "Against Man City, you have to work for three points. If you are good enough, you can get them – and we are good enough and that's cool."
Cool it was, and in Liverpool's chase to catch English Premier League leaders Chelsea, vital, too.
Originally published at licencetoroam.net
Post written by Will Stratmann, Twitter: @willstratmann
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Tags: Adam Lallana, Claudio Bravo, David Silva, Georginio Wijnaldum, James Milner, Jurgen Klopp, Kevin De Bruyne, Liverpool, Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, Premier League, Raheem Sterling, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, The Reds, Yaya Toure


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Home / Publications / Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (DP 82) / 8. The Nature and Content of Native Title / Summary
Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (DP 82)
Proposals and Questions
Review of the Native Title Act
The scope of Inquiry
The Preamble and objects of the Native Title Act
2. Framework for Review of the Native Title Act
Framework for the proposals
The basis of native title law
Construction of s 223
The link between connection and the claim group
Overview of proposals
3. Context for Reform Proposals
Time frames and cost
Changing court practices
The Land Fund and social justice package
Alternative settlement
Compensation for extinguishment
Consistency with other policy settings
A holistic approach to reform
4. Defining Native Title
Establishing native title rights and interests
Problems of proof
5. Traditional Laws and Customs
Approach to statutory construction of s 223
Accommodation of change to laws and customs
Continuity of acknowledgment and observance of laws and customs
6. Physical Occupation
Connection by laws and customs
Establishing connection
Evidence of physical occupation, continued or recent use
Physical occupation and the identification of native title rights and interests
No clarification of s 223
The affidavit supporting a claimant application
The registration test
7. The Transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture
Removing 'traditional'
Redefining 'connection'
Disregarding substantial interruption or change in continuity?
8. The Nature and Content of Native Title
Relevant provisions in the Native Title Act
Commercial native title?
The nature and content of native title rights and interests
Confirming the nature and content of native title rights and interests
9. Promoting Claims Resolution
Evidentiary issues
Consent determinations
Certification and training of the legal profession
Native title application inquiries
10. Authorisation
What is authorisation?
Decision-making process
Scope of authorisation
Applicant can act by majority
If a member of the applicant is unable or unwilling to act
Managing and protecting benefits
Claim group membership
11. Joinder
Overview of the party and joinder provisions
Parties to proceedings under s 84(3)
Joinder of parties under s 84(5) and (5A)
Dismissal of parties under s 84(8)
Appeals from joinder and dismissal decisions
Participation and joinder of the Commonwealth
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8.1 The Terms of Reference direct the ALRC to inquire into whether there should be 'clarification that "native title rights and interests" can include rights and interests of a commercial nature'. The suggested reform option has particular relevance for issues related to determining the scope (nature and content) of native title.[1]
8.2 Native title or native title rights and interests are defined in s 223(1) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Section 223(2) provides a non-exhaustive listing of representative native title rights and interests. It does not refer to rights of a commercial nature. Recent case law has held that native title comprises a 'right for any purpose'.[2]
8.3 This chapter is in three parts. First, it considers the nature and content of native title rights and interests and whether statutory clarification of the commercial nature of native title is appropriate. Secondly, it considers whether there is a need to adopt a definition of commercial native title rights and interests. Finally, the chapter considers what other native title rights and interests fall within the scope of s 223(1).
Overview of the proposals and questions
8.4 The ALRC proposes that the definition in s 223 reflect the law in Akiba on behalf of the Torres Strait Regional Seas Claim Group v Commonwealth ('Akiba'),[3] that native title is a 'right for any purpose'.
8.5 The proposal is that s 223(2) of the Native Title Act should be repealed and substituted with a provision that provides 'without limiting subsection (1) but to avoid doubt, native title rights and interests in s 223(1) comprise rights in relation to any purpose and may include, but are not limited to, hunting, gathering, fishing, commercial activities and trade'.
8.6 The inclusion of the terms 'commercial activities' and 'trade' in s 223(2) is indicative and not intended to limit the operation of s 223(1). The precise native title rights and interests determined in each claim will turn on the particular factual circumstances and the evidence brought by the claimants.
8.7 The ALRC is not proposing that the terms 'commercial activities' and 'trade' be defined in the Act. This is to allow flexibility—in acknowledgment that '[n]ative title has its origins in and is given its content by the traditional laws acknowledged by and the traditional customs observed by the indigenous inhabitants of a territory'.[4]
8.8 The ALRC seeks views on whether the exercise of cultural knowledge should be included in s 223(2) and the utility of a specific s 223(2)(b) to that effect. The ALRC also invites comment on other activities that should be included in the proposed indicative listing in the revised s 223(2)(b).
See Terms of Reference.
Akiba v Commonwealth (2013) 250 CLR 209.
Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1, 58 (Brennan J).


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Only making longer tenancies the law will help low income renters
12 December 2018 by John Bibby Homelessness
In the coming months, the government is due to report the results of its consultation on longer private tenancies. It will be our first chance to see whether the government will stick to its guns and change the law, so that all private renters get a longer tenancy and genuine security from no-fault 'Section 21' evictions.
In this post we'll consider what will happen if the government loses its nerve by opting for a non-legislative, voluntary approach. If it does, low income tenants on housing benefit would lose out most. Although these renters arguably need protection the most, 'no DSS' discrimination means that almost 90% of landlords would be unlikely to give them a longer tenancy unless they're required to by law.
The government's longer tenancies consultation
A lot has happened since summer, so a quick recap on where the consultation stands is in order.
In July, the government sought views on a new three-year tenancy. During the tenancy renters would be protected from no-fault eviction but would be able to move out by giving notice.
It is not the permanent protection that renters need (and currently get in Scotland), but it would be a step in the right direction.
Crucially, though, government proposed three options for implementation:
Legal change – so that every renter would be guaranteed a longer tenancy as a legal minimum. This is how permanent tenancies are implemented in Scotland and what renters commonly get in Europe and parts of America
A new tax incentive – so that landlords would get a cash bung for voluntarily opting to give their tenants a longer tenancy. We can't find any international precedent for this
Promoting voluntary take-up – the weakest option, leaving both the law and financial incentives untouched. Basically, continues existing approach
Low income renters would miss out more under a voluntary system
With no international examples of tax incentives and previous attempts at promotion having failed miserably, it's unlikely that a voluntary approach to implementation would lead to a significant increase in the use of longer tenancies. But even if it succeeded on its own terms, English private renting sector would get stratified into an unfair, two-tier system.
This is because any kind of voluntary implementation is only ever going to be partial. For example, 46% of landlords say they would be likely to offer a longer tenancy if they got a tax break. Even if all those did, the other 54% would still be left operating on current six or 12 month tenancies.
The market would be split in two, with almost half blessed and on a longer tenancy, and the rest still struggling with an insecure, short contract.
This would be unfair on its own. But our new analysis shows that it would also be regressive.
Existing discrimination against low income renters, particularly those on housing benefit, would mean they would be much more likely be the ones missing out on a longer tenancy. This includes a huge number who are in work on low pay. 44% of working age private renters on housing benefit are already in work.[I]
Survey data from YouGov shows that only 13% of landlords both like the idea of longer tenancies and don't discriminate against people on housing benefit. An overwhelming 87% have attitudes suggesting a tenant on housing benefit would struggle to get a longer tenancy from them.
With at least 22% of private renters receiving housing benefit, there's a clear mismatch with the number of favourable landlords.
Table: detailed breakdown of intersecting landlord preferences
Source: Views on longer tenancies and HB are from YouGov survey of 1137 UK private landlords (results based on 993 letting homes in England or Wales), online, 18+, July-August 2017
We've only considered the overlap between those landlords who (A) like longer tenancies and (B) don't discriminate against tenants on housing benefit. We don't know about attitudes to the combination of the two, i.e. how many would give a longer tenancy to someone on housing benefit. Some might be willing to do one or the other, but not both.
There is only one way to avoid such a regressive, two-tier system. It's by changing the law to give private renters a longer tenancy as a minimum.
Such a change would create a new, higher, level playing field for all landlords as well as renters. It's a standard of private rented housing that people in most of our neighbouring countries already enjoy, including those living on low incomes. Their experience shows us that it's perfectly achievable.
In the coming weeks, the government has the opportunity to move towards introducing longer tenancies through a legal change and improve life for millions of low income renters. They must take it.
[i] DWP, Stat-Xplore; 44.3% of private renters on housing benefit under 65 were employed as of August 2018
About John Bibby
John is a policy manager at Shelter
Revealed – the true scale of affordable housing lost to permitted development rights
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The Kinda Golfklubb has a 18-holes and it is a challenging and technically exciting parkland and woodland course in scenic setting. This course is on the property Björndal. There are double tees on every hole so you can play 18 holes with variety.
In the practice area you can putt, chipping, practice bunker shots and hit the driving range.
Kinda Golfklubb was formed in 1989 and has now 300 members and about 1,000 green fee guests each season.
The golf course is located about 8 km west of Kisa.
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Antun Stipanicic
2019, Men
STIPANCIC, Antun (YUG)
Born: 18/5/1949 in Duga Resa (YUG/CRO)
Deceased: 20/11/1991
Achievements: World Championships: 9 medals,
1 gold medal
European Championships: 13 medals, 4 gold medals
Born in the small Croatian town of Duga Resa on Tuesday 18th May 1949, at the time one of the six republics that formed the country known as Yugoslavia; two younger brothers, Marijan and Ivica, Antun Stipancic lived with his family in an apartment located at the local football club, the premises also housing the table tennis club, father was the caretaker.
Attending local coaching sessions, Antun improved rapidly, in 1961 in the local Karlovac League, he won his first title, a cadet boys' singles event; it was to spark a quite remarkable career. He became known as "Tova", the wonder kid and gained the accolade of "the golden left of Croatian table tennis".
In 1965 in Ljubljana he made his World Championships debut; later lining up alongside the likes of Istvan Korpa, Edvard Vecko, Milivoj Karakasevic and in particular Dragutin Surbek, he became a vital member of the Yugoslav men's team.
At World Championships the crowning glory was in 1979 in Pyongyang when with his erstwhile partner, Dragutin Surbek, the duo won the men's doubles title; notably four years earlier he had been the men's singles runner up in Calcutta when beaten in the final by Hungary's Istvan Jonyer. Overall at World Championships he won one gold, four silver and four bronze medals.
Likewise at the European Championships, in 1968 he partnered Edvard Vecko to men's doubles gold, repeating the feat with Dragutin Surbek in 1970 in Moscow, Later in 1976 in Prague, he secured gold in the men's team event and alongside compatriot Erzsebet Palatinus claimed the mixed doubles title. In total at European Championships he won four gold, three silver and six bronze medals.
He passed away on Wednesday 20th November 1991; he was only 42 years of age.
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McCabe has spent her career (including management experience with Bank of America, Well Fargo and her own commercial mortgage-backed securities firm), with cultivating practical solutions and strategies to accelerate the emergence of resilient buildings and vibrant, sustainable cities. She works with clients to channel investment capital to enhance resiliency, community vibrancy and livability while meeting economic objectives. She has developed a proprietary financial pro-forma modeling tool that evaluates the triple bottom line of proposed projects, analyzing impacts on community renewal and social equity, health and productivity, job growth, energy/water efficiencies, risk and return. Her work is multi-faceted, incorporating real estate, economics, human-behavior, policy, strategy and finance. Projects span residential, suburban office, urban mixed use and diverse land development.
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Isolationism Quotes
There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is... We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.
Heart White Person Nothing
I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
Think Cuba I Think Policy
Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism.
Christian Lous Lange
Forward Economic Hand March
China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.
Desire Own China Imperialism
Isolationism is over.
In order for President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden to be moderates, they just have to present themselves between the extremes of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's isolationism and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's hawkishness - the difference between living in a cave or conducting ourselves so that we're in need of one.
Present Living Difference Need
Theodore Roosevelt's policy to build a two-ocean navy confirmed that the old-style isolationism of the founders had not survived the modern, increasingly globalized world.
World Build Navy Policy
Our view is that economic isolationism is the wrong way to go. Vibrant, successful growing economies that advance the interests of their citizens engage the global economy. And, we're committed to engaging the global economy.
View Way Go Wrong
Kneejerk interventionism or kneejerk isolationism is the wrong course for Britain.
Douglas Alexander
Wrong Course Britain
We think that fear must be played out in fight, with military intervention, or in flight, via isolationism - but we are not hunted game, and those are not the only options. There is also the possibility of acceptance, with its corollary of understanding and its ultimate manifestation in embracing.
Fear Fight Game Think
In both British and American history, fervent imperialism has always coexisted with bouts of fierce isolationism.
Linda Colley
History Fierce Always American
Isolationism is not leadership.
John Hickenlooper
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
W. Averell Harriman
Change Leadership Vision World
I think isolationism is a mistake, no matter what party you see it in. We have to remember that there are two threats to our freedom: there's a threat that comes from the federal government, from the Obama Administration policies... but there's also a huge and significant threat from al-Qaeda.
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John Ferguson became regionally famous as a sports broadcaster in Louisiana, but during the war he flew cargo missions from India to China, and weather was the most dangerous enemy.
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mojo1a, Apr 4, 2016
bamboo43 Very Senior Member Patron
Thanks for posting about John Ferguson. I've enjoyed reading a few books on the men who flew the Hump, some amazing stories and some incredible flying.
bamboo43, Apr 4, 2016
A-58 Not so senior Member Patron
Here's another famous "flyer of the hump". Gene Autrey, the famous singing cowboy of Hollywood and radio was a pilot in the AAC. Courtesy of wiki of course.
During World War II, Autry enlisted in the United States Army in 1942, and became a tech sergeant in the United States Army Air Corps. Holding a private pilot's license, he was determined to become a military pilot and earned his service pilot rating in June 1944, serving as a C-109 transport pilot with the rank of flight officer. Assigned to a unit of the Air Transport Command, he flew as part of the dangerous airlift operation over the Himalayas between India and China, nicknamed the Hump.
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Art Cologne 2018: Aditi Singh Press
NEUMARKT, Hall 11.3 | Stand B17
April 19 – 22
Thomas Erben Gallery is pleased to present new and recent works on paper by Mumbai-based artist Aditi Singh, the first time her work will be on display in Germany.
A meditative and meticulously skilled artist, Singh's work in ink, graphite, and charcoal are "about extremes, of allowing paint to speak of densities and vulnerabilities, of illusion and presence."[i] The works on display are mostly executed in ink, a medium the artist embraces for its mutability, both in terms of materiality as well as its possibility to carry content. Planned and executed over extended periods of time, Singh layers, drips, and builds ink in exacting, aqueous tableaus—their seemingly improvisational and accidental appearances being an illusion. The artist keeps a log of each work, scheduling and charting daily applications of ink as the drawings grow in size, color, density, and luminosity.
In contrast to East Asian Ink painting, which has developed from writing and representation, freeing itself only recently from this tradition by emphasizing materiality and exploring non-representation, Singh's practice has always been abstract. Using cumulative and repetitive processes, Singh is working towards building light through density, achieving an abstraction that is not just visual in the Western sense, but carries the affect of Eastern disciplines that inform her: philosophical texts, Vedic hymns, yoga practice. It is this interdependence between thought and material expression which marks Singh's work as unique, even in the wider context of contemporary ink painting.
Despite their modest means—ink on paper–the exhibited works allow for a vast range of responses. "Perhaps painting from all time and all cultures has only every had one theme, that of mutability. Love and loss, innocence and experience, appearance and reality, devotion and desperation, attention and absence; all these themes are nothing less-or more- than mutability. And that is precisely what ink allows me to do. Change direction."[ii]
Born 1976 in Assam, India, Aditi Singh's works have been exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions. This gallery showed Singh's solo exhibition, All that is left behind, in 2016, and most recently presented her in a collaboration with German artist Olaf Holzapfel at Art Cologne 2018. Other exhibitions include: DECK, Singapore; Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India; SOMA Drawing Center, Seoul, South Korea; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan; Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, Australia; and Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Singh's works are held in several private and public collections, including the Bob Davoli Collection and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. She studied painting at the New York Studio School, subsequently earning an M.F.A. at the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. Singh currently lives and works in Mumbai.
[i] Aditi Singh. In an email to the gallery, April 11, 2018.
[ii] Ibid.


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Eco-hydrological pathways inferred from stable isotopes in a Pinus ponderosa and Pinus monophylla woodland of the Sheep Range, southern Great Basin, USA
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The North American Monsoon System (NAMS) is highly variable bothtemporally and spatially, and variability is likely to increase with climate change. The impact of summer precipitation on ecosystem patterns and processes, particularly at high elevations in the Great Basin, is poorly understood. In order to develop better predictions of ecological responses to climate change in the southern Great Basin, I tested the hypothesis that tree xylem water during the growing season is a reflection of either groundwater or summer precipitation from the NAMS. Stable isotope ratios were used to examine seasonal plant water sources in two high-elevation tree species found in the southern Great Basin of Nevada- <italic>Pinus ponderosa</italic> and <italic>Pinus monophylla</italic>.Samples of xylem and leaf tissues from multiple trees at the site were collected and analyzed for δ<super>18</super>O and δD. Additional samples from groundwater, soil layers, and precipitation were collected and analyzed. Sampling was performed twice for the 2009 growing season, once pre-monsoon (June) and once post-monsoon (October). Results indicate that both <italic>P. ponderosa</italic> and <italic>P. monophylla</italic> rely on groundwater as their primary water source both pre- and post-monsoon. This suggests that both species at this site have adapted to variability in summer precipitation by relying primarily on groundwater sources rather than inconsistent, unreliable precipitation events. Such information is critical for determining potential ecological shifts in isolated, semi-arid, high-elevation environments in the face of future climate change.
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Barry Scott Zellen is an author, journalist, and political theorist specializing in the philosophy of war, the evolution of strategic theory, state-tribe conflict, and the tribal foundations of world order. Much of his early field work was rooted in the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America, where he developed his ideas on the state-tribe interface, the tribal foundations of world order, and the persistence of tribal governance in remote regions well into the post-Westphalian era. He is a senior visiting fellow of the Anchorage-based Institute of the North and on the board of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS).


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G. groenlandica Lundbeck, 1898
G. harcyniae von Roder, 1887
G. longirostris Siebke, 1863
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F I P NO 24 (1928) The 6 ton scow F I P No 24 stranded and was lost at Kingsmill Shore August 7, 1928. There was no one aboard at the time of the casualty.
FAIRLAND (1931) The 14 ton wooden oil screw Fairland was destroyed by fire at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday July 15, 1931 in Idaho Inlet. Owner and master R P Cipic left for a seining trip with a crew of six July 12, 1931 out of Port Althorp. They fought the fire for an hour alone and then were assisted by the Arab and the Rio Grande but the fire had made too much headway to stop. The Fairland was beached in Idaho Inlet where she was totally consumed by flames. All that was left of the vessel was a small portion of the stern. In the casualty report filed by Cipic at Ketchikan July 22, he places the value of the Fairland at $10,000 no cargo. Insurance on the vessel was said to be $7,000. Weather at the time of the loss was slight NE wind and daylight.
FAIRWEATHER (1965) The 70 foot wooden oil screw fishing vessel Fairweather stranded and was lost October 5, 1965 at the head of American Bay.
Comment: I have charted this loss in the American Bay on Dall Island. There is also an American Bay on the Alaska Peninsula.
FALCON (1940) The 10 ton 38 foot gas screw fishing vessel Falcon was consumed by fire October 11, 1940 one half mile off of Hood Bay. The four persons aboard made it to safety.
FALCON (1967) The 7 ton 30 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Falcon foundered June 11, 1967 at Meyer's Chuck Harbor, Ketchikan.
FAMOUS (1964) The gas screw Famous foundered October 15, 1964 in Frederick Sound.
FARRAGUT (1956) The 13 ton 33 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Farragut foundered December 17, 1956 off of Point Higgins.
FEARLESS (1922) 90 mile an hour SE winds caused the anchor chain to carry away on a log boom that the wooden gas screw Fearless was tied to in Howkan Narrows at 5:00 a.m. September 24, 1922. The vessel was forced ashore by the logs and lost. The value of the Fearless at the time of the casualty was $1,500 with no cargo or insurance. The crew of two survived.
FERN (1940) The 10 ton 34 foot wooden gas screw Fern stranded and was lost in the middle of George Inlet in 1940. There was no one aboard and no lives were lost in the casualty.
FIN FIN (1960) The 8 ton 30 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Fin Fin foundered February 27, 1960 in Zimovia Strait between Wrangell and Woronkofski Island.
FISHER (1977) The 8 ton oil screw Fisher burned August 16, 1977 between Tree Point and Ketchikan.
FISHER BOY (1944) The 18 ton 41 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Fisher Boy was lost in a collision with the oil screw Admiralty in Washington Bay September 25, 1944.
FLAMINGO (1954) The 19 ton 45 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Flamingo foundered May 22, 1954 at Outer Point (Outer Rocks), Khaz Bay.
FLEETWOOD (1992) The 21 foot salmon troller Fleetwood grounded and sank March 3, 1992 southeast of Shelter Island. Both crewmen donned survival suits and swam to the beach where they were rescued.
FLORA (1923) The 22 ton wooden gas screw Flora was lost at 6:10 a.m. January 24, 1923 after stranding at Duck Island. Master and owner, Ole S Bjerke of Seattle stated "heavy snow and strong tide carried vessel off course." The weather at the time was dead calm sea, light northeast wind, dark and snowing. The gas screw Hideveld took the crew off of the Flora the morning after the stranding and brought them to Ketchikan. The Flora, worth $7,000 with no cargo was a total loss. She was insured for $4,000. At the time of the casualty, the Flora was bound for Ketchikan, having left Prince Rupert January 23, 1923.
FLORA (1927) Fire from an unknown source destroyed the 10 ton wooden gas screw Flora at the Standard Oil Dock at Petersburg at 9:00 a.m. October 28, 1927. The Petersburg Fire Department and the gas screw Highway rendered assistance. The 3 person crew survived the casualty, but the Flora, valued at $1,000 was a total loss no insurance.
FLORENCE D (1980) The fishing vessel Florence D sank April 16, 1980 at Circle Bay on the southwest coast of Woronkofski Island.
FLYING CLOUD (1946) The 20 ton 41 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Flying Cloud foundered November 16, 1946 off of Point Gardner on the south end of Admiralty Island.
FORMAN F (1956) The 6 ton 28 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Forman F foundered August 22, 1956 on the north shore of McHenry Anchorage, Etolin Island.
FORRESTER (1975) Frank Phillips, a North Bend, Oregon fisherman was lost when his 32 foot fishing vessel Forrester collided with the Alaska Marine Highway ferry Malaspina June 21, 1975 in Olga Strait.
FORT UNION (1930) The 2,654 ton 267 foot wooden barge Fort Union was beached for salvage and broken up at Ship's Cove, Port Conclusion September 1, 1930. Her hull was said to be rotten and her value only $500 at the time.
FORTUNA (1959) The 10 ton 36 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Fortuna foundered May 5, 1959 approximately two miles off of the mouth of Burnett Inlet in southeast Alaska.
FOX (1915) The 15 ton 52 foot gas fishing boat Fox caught fire and burned at Shelter Island near Juneau September 4, 1914. The three persons aboard made it to safety.
FOX (1995) The 31 foot wooden salmon seiner Fox flooded, capsized and sank August 15, 1995 in Smuggler's Cove. The load of fish onboard shifting contributed to the loss. All five crewmembers made it to safety.
FOXIE (1935) The 10 ton 33 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Foxie burned August 1, 1935 at Tenakee. The 2 persons aboard made it to safety.
FRANCES R (1915) The 38 foot wooden gas boat Frances R was found sunk near the mouth of the Chickamin River October 27, 1915. She had departed Sitka on October 10, 1915 with Charles Alexander "Sandy" Clark, Mike DeCosta and Reginald F Irwin of the U S Bureau of Fisheries on board bound for the Chickamin River to investigate illegal fishing. No sign of the three men was ever found, even with substantial rewards posted by the family of R F Irwin. Kidnapping and murder were considered as possibilities at the time of the disappearance of the men but nothing was ever proven. Evidence found aboard the Frances R indicated that Sandy Clark and inspector Irwin took the vessel's skiff up the Chickamin River leaving cook Mike DeCosta behind. The skiff was found bottom up in Behm Canal with no sign of the two who had been aboard. The anchor line of the Frances R had been extended and indications were that Mike DeCosta had done so in order to allow the vessel to drift onto the beach so that he might go in search of Clark and Irwin. None of the three men were ever found.
FRANCES R (1920) Engine trouble caused the 13 ton gas screw Frances R to strike a rock and strand at Lyman Point Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. March 31, 1920. The two aboard made it to safety, but the Frances R, valued at $4,000 (no cargo) was lost with no insurance. They had departed Ketchikan that day bound for Hadley. Weather at the time was "heavy wind-thick snow-very dark." Master of the Frances R, Arthur Propp stated in the Report of Casualty filed at Ketchikan "Could not avoid casualty as engine had stopped, and no way to prevent striking." The vessel drifted to shore and was dashed to bits.
FRANCIS W (1998) The 42 foot salmon troller Francis W was destroyed by a galley stove fire October 19, 1998 at Ketchikan. There was no one on board at the time of the disaster.
FREDA (1988) The fishing vessel Freda capsized and sank September 11, 1988 in Dixon Entrance.
FREDELIA IV (1918) The 21 ton seine boat Fredelia IV was lost one mile south of Pleasant Bay in Seymour Canal at 5:00 a.m. October 31, 1918. The Fredelia IV was towing the barge Neptune in a 60 mile an hour gale when the tow line broke and the Neptune and Fredelia IV collided. The gas boat Baltic picked up all hands. The owner and master, D J Halferty of Seattle and an engineer were the only two aboard the wrecked vessel. The Fredelia IV, valued between $4,500 and $6,000 was a total loss with no insurance.
Source: U S Coast Guard Report of Casualty filed by H H Hungerford for Halferty November 12, 1918. Hungerford, a business associate of Halferty was left in Alaska to salvage what was possible.
FRISCO (2000) The 50 foot wooden salmon fishing vessel Frisco struck an underwater object, flooded and was lost August 21, 2000 at South Craig Point on Zarembo Island. All four crewmembers abandoned the vessel to the seine skiff and reached Wrangell safely.
FROLIC (1949) The 9 ton 36 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Frolic foundered August 17, 1949 near Kane Island in Salisbury Sound.
FROLIC (1955) The 14 ton 31 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Frolic burned August 4, 1955 at Hydaburg Cooperative Dock in Hydaburg.
FROSTY (1951) The 6 ton 26 foot wooden gas screw fishing vessel Frosty stranded and was lost in February of 1951 on the beach at Knudson Cove.


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A WOKINGHAM youth worker has been recognised for her devotion to young people by being named runner-up in a top international award scheme.
Detta Regan was honoured at the award ceremony in Copenhagen which highlighted her work in international youth relations.
Detta, a youth exchange advisor based at the Silverdale Youth and Community Centre in Earley, was one of just eight finalists for the International Woman of Europe Award.
The glittering award ceremony on Saturday was not completely new to Detta as she was shortlisted for the prize in 1997 and won the UK Woman of Europe in 2001.
She said: "I wasn't expecting to win and as it happened it was someone from the Czech Republic.
"But it was great to be there in front of so many others from around the world who are interested in the field of youth relations.
"Everyone there was a very high standard and we had to give a 10-minute presentation before the international panel of judges came back and made their decision.
"And they asked me to be on the panel of judges which is good news and will help make Wokingham famous."
As part of her efforts to promote understanding between young people across the world she has met some interesting people.
She described having breakfast with Yassir Arafat at a conference in Turkey in 2001, as like "being in a dream".
She said: "Nearly 20 years ago I decided to make it my mission to get young people involved in organising exchanges, to build relationships and to broaden young people's horizons through links with other countries.
"It started out as a job but over the years it has become a way of life and these days even my holidays tend to see me making contacts!
"I have been privileged to share in the experiences of so many young people.
"Being chosen as UK Woman of Europe gave me confidence and inspiration to develop the work further, and the title gave me the recognition to make it easier to work in the international arena."
Cllr Tim Charlesworth, executive member for education and cultural services at Wokingham District Council, said: "Detta is a truly remarkable woman and we are very proud that she is part of our youth service.
"I'm sure she has inspired many of the district's young people, not only by her personal example and drive, but also in the opportunities she has provided them with through her international exchange work.
"I am not surprised that her reputation has spread even further afield."
Before jetting out to Denmark Detta had just got back from a training course in Egypt for youth workers from across Europe.
She also recently ran a women's seminar in Jordan on 'Women, Peace and Democracy'.


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2015-2016 Infectious Diseases & Immunity Colloquium Archive
September 15, 2015 - CBEID
No speaker scheduled
September 22, 2015 - M&I
"Helminths, Wound Healing and Worm Expulsion"
William C. Gause, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Immunity & Inflammation
Senior Associate Dean, Research
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Newark, NJ
September 29, 2015 - CTD
"Mechanisms of Protective Immunity to Rotavirus"
Margaret E. Conner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Virology and Microbiology
October 6, 2015 - CBEID
"Mobilization of the cytoskeleton by microbial pathogens"
Matthew Welch
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
October 13, 2015 -CTD
"Rain, Rats and Sewers: Emergence of Leptospirosis in Urban Slum Settings"
Albert Icksang Ko, M.D.
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Chair, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Yale School of Public Health
October 20, 2015 - M&I
"Filoviral interferon-antagonists as virulence factors and drug targets"
Christopher Basler, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Microbiology
ASTMH 64th Annual Meeting
October 25-29, 2015; Philadelphia, PA
November 3, 2015 - CBEID
"Immunopathology of experimental models of Syphilis, Influenza and Asthma"
Stewart Sell, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
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Albany College of Pharmacy
November 10, 2015 - M&I
"Quest for a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine"
Larry J. Anderson, M.D.
Professor, Emory Vaccine Center
Professor and Marcus Chair of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
November 17, 2015 - CTD
"Paradoxes of Malaria Elimination: Infection versus Immune Pathogenesis"
James W. Kazura, M.D.
Professor of International Health and Medicine
Director, Center for Global Health & Diseases
Thanksgiving week (Thanksgiving Holiday – November 26-27, 2015)
WEDNESDAY - December 2, 2015 - CBEID
"Enigma of Acute Lung Injury"
Jahar Bhattacharya, M.D., D.Phil.
Professor, Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
December 8, 2015 - M&I
"I don't believe in vaccines. Let's talk. Lyme disease, Flaviviruses and Malaria"
Erol Fikrig, M.D.
Section Chief, Infectious Diseases
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Yale University, School of Medicine New Haven, CT
December 15, 2015 - CTD
"Innate immune mechanisms and the pathogenesis of cutaneous leishmaniasis"
David L. Sacks, Ph.D.
Chief, Intracellular Parasite Biology Section
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases
Winter Holidays; December 24, 2015-January 1, 2016
January 5, 2016 - CBEID
"FRAEMing Chlamydia to investigate pathogenesis"
Kenneth A. Fields, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
January 12, 2016 - M&I
"Predicting HIV host adaptation to better understand the immune response"
Paul A. Goepfert, M.D.
Director of the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
January 19, 2016 - CTD
January 26, 2016 - CBEID
"Genetic and structural basis for neutralization of viruses"
James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D.
Ann Scott Carrell Professor, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
Director, VANTAGE
February 2, 2016 - M&I
"Discovery of novel mosquito-borne and mosquito-specific viruses"
Bradley Blitvich, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Vet Microbiology & Preventive Medicine
February 9, 2016 - Basic Science Distinguished Seminar (M&I)
"Microbiota-Rotavirus Interactions"
Andrew Gewirtz, Ph.D.
University Center Professor
Center for Inflammation, Immunity, & Infection
Institute for Biomedical Sciences
February 16, 2016 - CBEID
"Caribbean Primate Research Center: History and Contribution to Science"
Carlos A. Sariol, M.D., MS., FACP, ASM, ASTMH
Director, Unit of Comparative Medicine Virology Laboratory, CPRC
University of Puerto Rico (UPR) - School of Medicine
San Yuan, PR
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March 1, 2016 - CTD
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"Anaplasma, globally distributed tick-borne pathogens of humans and animals: a biochemist's perspective"
Anthony F. Barbet, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology
March 15, 2016 - M&I
"Commensal immune responses: the illusion of free will"
Ivaylo Ivanov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
March 22, 2016 - CTD
March 29, 2016 - CBEID
April 5, 2016 - M&I
"Anatomic partitioning regulates T cell function and fate"
Arash Grakoui, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
April 12, 2016 - CTD
2016 AAI Centennial, AAI Annual Meeting
May 13-17, 2016; Seattle, WA


The minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed today held a press conference/dialogue with online publishers and social media influencers, on the national campaign against fake news in Nigeria.
Social media influencers at the press briefing and dialogue with the minister of information.
Full text of his speech can be seen below.
Good afternoon gentlemen, and thank you for honouring our invitation to this press conference, which doubles as a dialogue with you – as critical stakeholders – on our ongoing National Campaign Against Fake News.
the corporate existence of Nigeria by the phenomenon. We also said the campaign is even more urgent now, in view of the role of fake news in aggravating the various crises in the country as well as the need to check this phenomenon ahead of the 2019 elections.
need for all to shun fake news and to do everything possible to stem its tide.
4. Since the launch, you – the online publishers and social media influencers – are the first stakeholders we are meeting as a group. It is just as well, because you are at the epicentre of the fake news phenomenon. Yes, fake news is not limited to the social media, and it is not new. What is new, however, is the way and manner it is spread.
And the social media is the catalyst for that spread. Why? Because all you need to make any news go viral these days is a phone and access to the Internet! That's a free ticket to any of the social media platforms.
5. Therefore, we are here today to dialogue with you, as critical stakeholders. Your credibility, and indeed your source of livelihood, is at stake. If the society loses confidence in the media, especially social media, because of fake news, you will be the worst hit. And we are very close to that point now. Today, nobody knows what to believe anymore. You read something online, and within a few hours, it is denied. The fake news epidemic is spreading fast.
6. This is where you come in: You must not lend your various platforms to the spread of fake news. Yes, it offers instant gratification. But it doesn't last. Once your platform is identified as a source of fake news, your credibility is gone. And once you lose your credibility as a news channel, nothing is left.
7. The traditional media has signed on to this campaign. The Nation, Vanguard and Leadership newspapers are co-sponsoring the campaign. The Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) are also on board.
8. I am therefore calling on you today to join us in this campaign. A starting point is for you to put a banner on your various platforms that says: SAY NO TO FAKE NEWS! Of course, a platform that abhors fake news will not engage in one.
WhatsApp: 1) Ask how credible the source is, and 2) Don't share any information for which you can't vouch.
fake news. This phenomenon is exploiting our fault lines to aggravate the crises in the country. Of course, you are aware of a recent BBC report that says fake news circulating in the social media is fuelling the farmers-herders crises in Nigeria. Gory pictures from other lands are circulated freely via Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter, purportedly being from the killings in Benue or Plateau States.
11. Let me repeat what I said at the launch of this campaign: The Federal Government will not use coercion or engage in censorship in other to fight the fake news epidemic. We also believe there are enough laws in our books to fight this phenomenon.
12. We are therefore appealing to you and to all Nigerians to join us in fighting this scourge. Fortunately, we are not alone in this fight.
The big technology companies – Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc – are deploying resources and technology against the scourge. Nations of the world and international organizations are taking steps against fake news. Global media organizations are not left behind. Let us do our own part in tackling this scourge.


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Louisville baseball to open NCAA Tournament in Lubbock regional
Jake Lourim
Though it struggled more in the middle of this season than it did in the previous six, the Louisville baseball team will end the season like the others – in the NCAA Tournament.
In the 64-team bracket announced Monday, the Cardinals (43-17) were the No. 2 seed in the Lubbock regional, at Texas Tech. They'll open against No. 3 seed Kent State (39-16) at 7 p.m. Friday. The other two teams placed in Louisville's double-elimination regional were top-seeded host Texas Tech (39-17), the No. 9 national seed, and No. 4 seed New Mexico State (40-20). The winner of the Lubbock regional will take on the winner of the regional hosed by No. 8 national seed Georgia.
This is the first time since 2012 that Louisville is not hosting its regional to open the NCAA Tournament.
However, coach Dan McDonnell's team is entering the tournament playing its best baseball of the season. Louisville swept its final two regular-season ACC series to reach 40 wins in the regular season for the sixth time in a row.
Then, the Cards went to Durham, North Carolina, and won three games to advance to the championship game of the ACC Tournament, ultimately falling Sunday to Florida State in extra innings.
All-access:3 days inside Louisville baseball's latest bid for the College World Series
More:Louisville's Dan McDonnell is 'not looking' - but job rumors persist
In the NCAA Tournament, Louisville is the only team in the country to have reached the last five Super Regionals. In those rounds, Louisville has beaten Kentucky, lost to UC Santa Barbara, lost to Cal State Fullerton, beaten Kennesaw State and beaten Vanderbilt, reaching the College World Series three times in five years. The Cards have only one win in those three appearances in Omaha.
In 11 seasons under McDonnell, Louisville has made the NCAA Tournament 10 times, missing out only in 2011. The Cards won their first 14 games this season, becoming the last team in the country to suffer its first loss.
Jake Lourim: 502-582-4168; jlourim@courierjournal.com; Twitter: @jakelourim. Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: www.courier-journal.com/jakel.


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Viên fails in world swimming championship
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên. — Photo tuoitre.vn
HÀ NỘI — Top Vietnamese swimmer Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên was disqualified in the women's 400m freestyle finals at the FINA World Swimming Championship (25m) in Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday morning.
Katinka Hosszu of Hungary won the gold medal, while Ella Eastin and Madisyn Cox of the US won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
In the qualifying round, Viên had clocked a time of 4:32.19 to finish first in her lane and earned a spot to compete in the final round.
Việt Nam's other player Lê Nguyễn Paul ranked 25th of 72 swimmers in the men's 100m backstroke.
Four Vietnamese swimmers are taking part in the tournament, which will end on December 11. — VNS
Nguyen Thi Anh Vien
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Vintage visitor
With my cleaning duties at Mathieu's Cycle, I handle hundreds of bicycles every season. Everything from grease-covered clunkers to two-wheeled machines that still shine like new. Cheap bikes. Expensive bikes. And everything in between.
But every so often, a real treasure shows up at the bike shop that genuinely grabs my attention. Such was the case just a few days ago.
Nash, one of my colleagues at the shop, came rushing outside — where I washing another bike — and said I needed to feast my eyes on a just-arrived gem. A customer, named Dan from nearby Gardiner, had brought it in for a tune-up.
Outfitted with Campagnolo groupset.
The name gracing the frame's down and seat tubes was Carlos, a brand I had never heard of before. But here's the best part of the story. This particular bicycle had been ridden in the Tour de France. I was so intrigued, I phoned Dan to find out more about this vintage visitor to our Farmingdale store.
He had purchased the bike, which he figured was a 1983 or 1984 model, about a year ago on Craigslist. When I inquired about the cost, he said, "It was very, very expensive." He ended up paying more than $1,000, but considering the high-end components that came on the bike, I believe — in my opinion — he received a pretty good deal.
Getting back to the Tour de France surprise, Dan indicated the seller told him that the Carlos had been bought in Paris and that it had, indeed, spun its wheels in the Grand Tour event. No one knows what year, though.
Examining the Carlos, here are some of the details about the bike:
— 57cm in size
— 6-speed, 14-20 cassette
— Index shifting
— Master Pro brakes by Modolo. Side note: American Greg LeMond won the World Championship road race in 1983 using Modolo brakes.
— Super Record groupset ... one of the top lines from Campagnolo.
— Sannino steel frame. Side note: Mauro Sannino was a well-respected frame builder. Once amongst the best craftsmen of Turin, Italy, he started his own company with some friends in 1979. It was a small operation, building just 1,500 frames per year in the mid-1980s. Mauro was taught by his grandfather.
— Bike weight: 21 pounds, 2 ounces
Doing a bit of research, I learned that the Carlos cycling team did participate in the Giro d'Italia — another Grand Tour — but with no victories. That was in 1979, I believe.
Dan indicated that he does ride quite often and his main source of cycling enjoyment is on another vintage model. A Basso bike, an Italian brand, founded in 1977 by Alcide Basso. Dan decided to get the Carlos in working order, having not ridden it much yet.
Thanks to Dan for the opportunity to view — and clean — such a beautiful bike. One of the benefits of working at Mathieu's. Its visit to the shop is rather timely, given the fact that this year's Tour de France begins soon — on July 1. Stay safe, everyone!
What a surprise! Tour de France bike at Mathieu's Cycle in Farmingdale.


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CHINESE UFOLOGY REVEALED
The 2005 "World UFO Conference" held in Dalian, a thriving and modern port city in north east China, provided me with a good opportunity to witness various manifestations of Chinese ufology. While the conference was interesting and entertaining for a whole lot of reasons, mixed in with themes of "lost in translation", I was drawn to the event to help further develop my understanding of UFO research activity in China. That objective was largely achieved outside of the formal conference activities when I was able to do a number of interviews with key researchers and identities, with the help of very helpful volunteer university student interpreters, particularly Sadie and Marina. They helped me in my interviews with Professor Sun Shili (one of the most recognised spokesmen for Chinese UFO research), Zhang Jingping (an active and energetic Beijing based UFO researcher), Professor Ling Huan Ma (a very helpful Beijing based "UFO learner"), and Professor Chen Gongfu (principal researcher of the Meng Zhao Guo case, regarded as China's most famous alien abduction case).
My research and enquiries in China during September 2005 allowed me to cover many aspects of the Chinese UFO experience, including:
* the development of modern ufology in China
* the Meng Zhao Guo case
* the strange abduction "healing" experience of Cao Gong - Zhang Jingping and his associate Harvey Zhao enable me to interview Mr. Cao in Beijing
* other experiences including an abduction involving two young Chinese "super psychics" and an engineer
* a possible UFO photo from Dalian during the conference (a prosaic explanation for this I suspect)
My visit to China and all the new Chinese friends I made certainly enriched my understanding of the Chinese UFO research scene and my apreciation of Chinese culture and history. My enjoyment of the culture and history was also wonderfully assisted by my guides and interpreters in Beijing and Xi'an - Irene and Cici.
A UFO sighting in central China? - Flying out of Xi'an during the early evening of September 13th on an Air China flight bound for Beijing afforded me a puzzling aerial sighting which I photographed. I'm still not sure if what I saw was an unusual cloud or a more interesting anomaly. I err to the former possibility but what seemed a rather sharp angular elongated rectangular "object" had me intrigued and glued to the plane porthole for about 10 minutes.
(Photos: Sun Shili and Bill Chalker at the Dalian UFO conference; the official opening to the conference held at a Dalian shopping complex conference venue. Images copyright: Bill Chalker)
Footnote: I had intended to access my web log while in China to post a series of commentaries, but found that I could not access my blog site or a number of other blog sites from 3 different locations - Beijing, Dalian and Xi'an - it seemed like some sites, such as blogs, were not accessible inside China?
UFO despatches from Dalian China
I will be taking the focus of "HAIR of the ALIEN", Australian ufology and other perspectives to China for by lecture presentation at the Dalian World UFO Conference.
(Images of Dalian - "UFO tower" & map - courtesy of Derrick Chang - "Mask of China" blog site)
Watch this space for despatches direct from China from yours truly.
Chinese visions
Here are some shots from my previous visit to Beijing during 2002. I will use to post to update via Internet cafe visits during my September 2005 visit to China.
(The images (all copyright Bill Chalker):
Following my personal guide through corridors deep within the Forbidden City; myself in the crowd in front of the Tiananmen Gate about to enter the Forbidden City; In front of the Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City; part of the extraordinary Nine Dragon Screen near the Forbidden City; beautiful gilded dragons in a spectacular garden setting adjacent the Forbidden city)
Visions of the Orient
As I will be going to China for a couple of weeks I have put up a couple of posts with various oriental and Chinese imagery from my files. I propose to revisit these via Internet cafes and try to post some reports on the Dalian UFO conference, Chinese ufology in general, and some of my experiences in China, should opportunity present itself.
"The HISTORIAN", "the Rosetta Stone" and me
Recently I was "interviewed" by a reporter for Flash News about my new book "HAIR of the ALIEN". I found the process and the resultant "news item" rather pointless. Comments from him that my book "could be the next da Vinci Code" or "it should be made into a film", suggested to me he was either being cynical or he didn't get out much or even read much.
Waiting for his call I was reading what some in the publishing game regard as the real McCoy - "the next da Vinci Code"! In my humble opinion that book was rather better than that simplistic label.
The book "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova is a best seller, evocatively recasting the Dracula mystique in the era of the Cold War. It has a style rather more literary and elegantly languid than Dan Brown's offering. Kostova's first novel evokes in the reader different reactions depending on your literary sensibilities. For me it was a great read, at times evoking moments of striking reverie, the kind one gets only in those stories that resonate with personal experiences and passions.
For example in "The Historian" (page 239) the following struck a cord with my sensibilities:
"It is a fact that we historians are interested in what is partly a reflection of ourselves, perhaps a part of ourselves we would rather not examine except through the medium of scholarship; it is also true that as we steep ourselves in our interests, they become more and more a part of us."
That short passage evoked in me some of the sensibilities I bring to one aspect of the UFO subject that I embrace. Namely the quest, the investigation and the research, particularly that part that has a deep and profound historical dimension. All of us who contribute to documenting the history of the UFO subject obviously feel those resonances. While you might not experience the questing, investigative and researching senses that I went through to unravel the material, some of my own historical pursuits in the UFO field can be found on my web site:
http://www.theozfiles.com/history_australian_ufo_history.html
A more surprising and specific UFO resonance was evoked in me on the very next page of "The Historian":
"Next Turgut brought out a small book bound in ancient leather. It was difficult for me not to reach for it at once, but I waited in a fever of self-control while Turgut gently open it ...."
I have to admit that directly in the wake of reading the preceding section of "The Historian", this piece made me reflect on a personal "UFO Rosetta Stone" - something I felt a strong yearning to reach out for, but was withheld for the moment. Read on for my take on that moment:
For me it was like touching the Rosetta Stone - an electric moment of discovery which would have wider ramifications - a bridge between mysteries that once seemed insoluble but would become clearer with further research and contemplation. Just as the Rosetta Stone provided a link between cultures (the Egyptian and the Greek) that would be the key to deciphering the mysterious Egyptian hieroglyphs and thus unravel the marvels of ancient Egypt, the document I now held was both a link and a key to discovery and revelation for a journey I had begun long ago. It provided for me a link to evidence that was now missing or only present in tantalising fragments, and it was a key to much wider and more clandestine dimensions to the mystery I was trying to unravel.
I was caught in a frustrating catch 22. Here I was during 1982, in the Russell Offices of the Department of Defence in Canberra, trying to talk Air Force Intelligence into allowing me to examine one of the few files I had not yet been cleared for. Squadron Leader Ian Frame, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) intelligence liaison officer held the Directorate of Air Force Intelligence (DAFI) UFO policy file. It was classified and for the moment I would not be able to read through it, however if I could nominate what I wanted to see then he would review the contents and determine if I could read particular items in the file. While I was unaware of the contents it was difficult to know what was in there?
The file - Part 1 of the RAAF DAFI UFO "policy" file series AF 554/1/30 - had earlier been explained to me as a confusion of miscellaneous material from 1953 to 1959. For me however it had the potential of unravelling the early days of official military involvement in the UFO controversy in Australia. I explained what I wanted and as Squadron Leader Frame leaf through the file in front of me I spied what looked like a lengthy table of data. I said that looked interesting and that it could be relvant to what I was after. Sqd. Ldr. Frame said he would go off to review the contents and return with a decision as to whether I could see it.
He returned with the news that I could look at that particular document. What a find it turned out to be. Folios 8A, 8B and 8C of the intelligence file were related to a classified report compiled by a scientist, O.H. Turner, which studied all the DAFI UFO cases from 1950 to 1954! As a scientist I was fascinated. Here was the first evidence of a substantial review of Australian military UFO data. In my search through their military UFO files I had come across many fascinating reports - military UFO encounters, close encounter cases and other provocative data, but here was a significant scientific study of cases whose files were now mostly missing. One of Turner's conclusions was especially provocative:
"The evidencepresented by the reports held by the R.A.A.F. tend to support the ... conclusion - namely, that certain strange aircraft have been observed to behave in a manner suggestive of an extra-terrestrial origin."
In my new book "Hair of the Alien" I revealed a hidden dimension to Harry Turner's later secret UFO research - a strange odyssey into the exotic and bizarre realms of UFO experience and history.
I had written the above in 2002 the same year I had stood in deep reverie before the real Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. For someone who loves to learn and discovery history, real and imagined, I was caught up in strong emotions - the Rosetta Stone before me and the Egyptian rooms behind me. No wonder Kostova's book "The Historian" had such appeal to me.
(The pictures: Harry (O.H.) Turner and I in 2004; Myself in the Australian Department of Defence Russell Offices in Canberra in 1982 examing military UFO files; the cover of "The Historian")
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About Mayor Nehring
Mayor Jon Nehring earned his Associate's degree in Business Administration from Everett Community College, then completed his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration through Central Washington University, and has a Master's degree from St. Leo University. Nehring gained about 16 years of business and management experience in the private sector before becoming Mayor.
His leadership, business, sales, management, and marketing background are assets to expanding on the solutions-seeking atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation that are the trademark of Marysville government in its solid relations with neighboring cities and towns, the Tulalip Tribes, and Snohomish County as well as various organizations and community groups.
Nehring has also volunteered time in community service throughout his tenure as a Marysville Rotarian, with local youth sports programs, and in other areas.
Among his committee, board positions and affiliations are:
Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Board Member
Community Transit Board Member
Economic Alliance of Snohomish County (EASC) Board Member
EASC Military Affairs Committee Member
Snohomish County 911 Board Chair
University Center of North Puget Sound Advisory Council
Numerous City of Marysville committees
Marysville Rotary Club Member (2019, President)
Mayor Nehring has served as mayor since August of 2010. Prior to that, he served for over eight years on the Marysville City Council.
Nehring and his wife, Mari-Anne, live in Marysville. They are the parents of three grown children: Nate, Kristin and Nicholas.
Jon Nehring
Elected Jan. 2020- Term expires Dec. 31, 2023
Elected Jan. 2016-Dec. 2019
Appointed July 2010-Dec. 2011
Welcome from the Mayor
Annual State of the City Address
Historical List of Marysville Mayors
Mayor's Priorities
Diversity Advisory Committee