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Turku joins POLIS Network as its first Finnish city
Welcome, Turku! Joining POLIS as its first Finnish member, we asked them to share some of their future goals and plans as part of our network.
Turku is the sixth largest city in Finland with an important and strategic location on the coast of the Baltic Sea in South-Western Finland. The population of Turku is over 190 000 and is considered the capital of one of the main growth areas of Finland.
Turku is also set to be the first member from Finland, providing the network insights also from this part of Europe.
What are Turku's main goals when it comes to sustainable mobility?
Turku was selected as one of the EUs 100 mission cities which aim to become carbon neutral by 2030, Turku has bettered this goal by setting the aim of being carbon neutral by 2029, in time for the city's 800-year celebration. A big part of this challenge is the promotion of sustainable mobility.
How are you pursuing these goals?
Turku is involved in many measures to reduce the carbon footprint of mobility, one of which is to promote electromobility and development of the electric charging infrastructure, which is currently run as a part of the Horizon 2020 financed USER-CHI project. The city is also developing the versatility of mobility highlighting the diverse methods of mobility and active year-round modes of transport. Active mobility management is at the core of another Horizon project we are working on called Scale-Up.
What are the key actions contained in the SUMP and Strategic Planning for 2021-2027?
Turku has been involved in the development of regional SUMP, which was established in 2020.
Which highlights the improvement of the train connection to Helsinki, implementation of a Regional bus trunk line by 2025, the development of bike lanes and conditions for walking in the Turku region.
Turku is currently working on a city-specific SUMP as it has become evident that the regional level SUMP is not enough for reaching the ambitious mobility goals of the city.
How do your urban mobility goals fit within your wider climate action and decarbonisation goals?
Turku has a Sustainable Energy and Climate plan that incorporates the urban mobility goals of carbon neutrality by 2029 and the aim to increase the modal share of sustainable modes to 66% by 2030. The city of Turku also has a Circular Turku – A Roadmap Towards Resource Wisdom, in which Mobility plays a key role.
What is your vision for the future of the city?
By 2030 we envision a carbon positive city that is working as an example for other cities surrounding the Baltic Sea. Reducing the stress and pollution on the Baltic Sea is crucial for the survival of many species and the habitability of the area for us humans. For 800 years our city has been the home of people and we hope to continue being a place which future generations can call home.
Why did you decide to join POLIS?
POLIS is an extraordinary mobility-focused network which allows us to find like-minded partners to further the values of sustainable, green and future-orientated development. We think that more collaboration is needed for reaching the sustainability goals set on a global scale, and by being a member in POLIS we ensure the quality of this collaboration.
POLIS is the leading network of cities and regions, bringing together cities, regions, as well as research institutes and transport operators, to address common urban mobility challenges, while advocating for greater involvement of local and regional authorities in national and international mobility policy agendas.
At a time when international cooperation is critical for tackling the challenges we face creating more inclusive, more accessible sustainable urban mobility.
To find out more about membership, contact iduxfield@polisnetwork.eu
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Pollution in homes is usually a forgotten problem. This type of contamination tends to affect women and children more, who stay longer in homes. This is why, according to WHO , it is considered a gender problem because it ends up affecting especially women, who develop diseases such as strokes, chronic lung obstruction, lung cancer, and heart diseases.
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This organization reports that in 2012, 60% of premature deaths due to home pollution occurred in women and children. Unfortunately, in developing countries, polluting fuels such as coal and harmful materials to the respiratory system such as firewood continue to be used.
Cooking with these fuels could end up being lethal because of the diseases they can bring. For this reason, WHO explains that work must be done on low cost and efficient solutions to deal with this problem.
On the one hand, the solution must have a gender differential approach because women, whose role is usually at home, are the ones who cook with these materials. Additionally, children should be considered when looking for a solution taking into account they spend a lot of time in their homes, especially in early ages.
On the other hand, considering that the problem occurs in low-income nations, the solutions must be low-cost and accessible to the most vulnerable populations.
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In this regard, the proposal of the World Health Organization is to create access to forms of clean energy such as wind, solar, mareomatriz, geothermal and hydraulic energy, among others.
How are we doing in Latin America?
Currently, in Latin America, a region that faces social and economic challenges, several renewable energy projects are being carried out to diversify the energy matrix.
For example, in Mexico, in San Antonio, a wind farm capable of producing 424 megawatts was inaugurated. In Colombia, on the other hand, a similar project will be developed in the department of La Guajira.
In Brazil and Chile, there are other examples of the production and use of renewable energies. The Latin American giant, according to the ESG Forum, received $ 156 million dollars from the New Development Bank to carry out two projects: one for wind energy and another for solar energy.
In Chile, the energy produced from renewable sources went from 5% to 18% this year. According to PV Tech, by 2030, 60% of the energy will come from a renewable matrix.
In addition to correcting the problem of home pollution, the implementation of renewable energy also helps reduce the impact of climate change, reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are not renewable (gas, oil), and opens a labor market that could also contribute to the economic development of these countries.
Another factor that should be considered is that these elements are mostly inexhaustible, so they are sustainable and friendly to the environment. The sun's rays, the tides and the wind are available constantly and free of charge.


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Jennifer Cuminale joined the firm as Director with Brunswick Arts, based in New York, in September 2021, bringing experience working in communications and marketing in the art and luxury sectors.
Jennifer was previously the Head of Communications for the Luxury and Asian Art portfolios at Christie's Americas, where she represented ten distinct business units in addition to working with external clients for major collections. When she joined Christie's in 2015, Jennifer oversaw public relations across fine art and decorative arts with campaigns ranging from Presidential and celebrity collections to modern and contemporary art, interiors, technology, and new category positioning. Prior to Christie's, Jennifer has consistently worked in communications and marketing specializing in art, lifestyle, and luxury including roles at Ralph Lauren, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Assouline Publishing.
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Microsoft and REN-ISAC Partner to Enhance Network Security Information Sharing With Higher Education Institutions
DENVER — April 11, 2007 — Today at the annual EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Security Professionals Conference, Microsoft Corp. and the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC) announced a new alliance that will extend the reach of the Microsoft® Security Cooperation Program (SCP) to include higher education institutions in its mission to enhance security measures worldwide. This new alliance marks the first time Microsoft has worked with higher education entities within the SCP, a worldwide program originally formed for government entities. The SCP provides a structured way for Microsoft to share information efficiently, improving responses to computer security incidents and decreasing the risk of system attacks at member organizations.
"This partnership creates an open dialogue with educational institutions to improve security through the SCP. Agreements such as this are essential to SCP's mission to help protect critical IT infrastructures and promote computer safety worldwide," said Alan Yates, worldwide managing director of education for Microsoft. "It is a very natural and helpful opportunity for Microsoft to work with REN-ISAC to allow its members to be more proactive and responsive to security dangers through cooperative projects and information sharing with Microsoft."
The partnership provides a focal point for Microsoft to share vital security information with the research and higher education communities, represented by REN-ISAC. It extends Microsoft's reach to that broader community and will serve to enhance the security posture, protection and response of the member organizations.
"The fundamental goal of the REN-ISAC is to increase and improve the information that universities and colleges can use to enhance the security of their networks and systems," said Mark Bruhn, executive director of REN-ISAC and associate vice president for telecommunications at Indiana University. "This unique trust relationship with Microsoft will provide such an information source, from which we can impart important security and product information to our membership, and through which Microsoft will get input from real-life product experiences from typically complex campus technology environments."
The collaboration with the REN-ISAC also provides Microsoft with helpful feedback from a private, vetted and trusted community of security staff at institutions of higher education, teaching hospitals, research and education network providers, and government-funded research organizations. Under the agreement, Microsoft and the REN-ISAC will share information regarding vulnerabilities, exploits and fixes and other information at a level of depth and detail that will help both parties become more proactive and responsive to issues affecting the global community.
As part of the agreement, the REN-ISAC has formed a Microsoft analysis team to serve as the conduit for information sharing between the organizations. Members of the team include lead IT security personnel from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Colorado at Boulder, New York University and Indiana University.
Additional information about REN-ISAC can be found at http://www.ren-isac.net. Additional information about the Microsoft Security Cooperation Program in government can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/SCP.mspx.
About the REN-ISAC
The REN-ISAC is a member-driven trusted community for sharing sensitive information regarding cybersecurity threat, incidents, response, and protection. It is an integral part of higher education's strategy to improve network security through information collection, analysis and dissemination, early warning, and response.
The center was established by Indiana University with close cooperation of the Internet2 and EDUCAUSE organizations to help protect the nation's higher education and research community from cyber attacks. It is specifically designed to support the unique environment and needs of higher education and research organizations and supports efforts to protect the national cyber infrastructure by participating in the formal U.S. ISAC structure.
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Q: Sinon spy for function doesn't work According to documentation of sinon.js, I can do like this: var spy = sinon.spy(myFunc);, but it doesn't work. Here is my effort:
var sinon = require("sinon");

describe('check bar calling', function(){
  it('should call bar once', function() {
    var barSpy = sinon.spy(bar);

    foo("aaa");

    barSpy.restore();
    sinon.assert.calledOnce(barSpy);
  });
});

function foo(arg) {
  console.log("Hello from foo " + arg);
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function bar(arg) {
  console.log("Hellof from bar " + arg);
}

A: Sinon wraps the call it doesn't patch all references.  The return value is a wrapped function, that you can make assertions on.  It records all calls made to it, and not the function that it wraps.  Modifying foo so that the caller provides a function allows the spy to be injected in, and allows for calls to be made on the spy.
var sinon = require("sinon");

describe('check bar calling', function(){
  it('should call bar once', function() {
    var barSpy = sinon.spy(bar);

    foo("aaa", barSpy);

    barSpy.restore();
    sinon.assert.calledOnce(barSpy);
  });
});

function foo(arg, barFn) {
  console.log("Hello from foo " + arg);
  barFn(arg);
}

function bar(arg) {
  console.log("Hellof from bar " + arg);
}

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Over the past year, a worldwide movement has gripped social media and women's rights activists. This movement was about survivors of sexual harassment and assault standing up and saying 'me too'. The 'me too' campaign makes visible the widespread and systemic presence of toxic masculinity and patriarchal attitudes in women's lives. The campaign swept across the world, revealing that there was no institution, organisation, industry or government in which women were free from oppression. This revelation is a depressing reflection on the current state of international women's rights.
In 1981 the International Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) came into force, with 189 states signing onto the treaty. Those 189 states agreed to protect and ensure women's human rights and endeavour to take all reasonable steps to guarantee gender equality. Additionally, states party to this treaty agreed to dismantle social, religious and cultural structures which foster the subordination of women by men. This would seem to suggest that CEDAW requires states to dismantle patriarchal structures and attitudes, from the government to the private sphere. However, the treaty itself does not mention the word 'patriarchy'.
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Shihtienfenia è un genere di rettili estinti, appartenenti ai pareiasauri. Visse nel Permiano medio - superiore (circa 262 - 258 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Cina.

Descrizione
Questo animale era di grandi dimensioni e si suppone potesse raggiungere una lunghezza di circa 3 metri. Il corpo doveva essere massiccio, ricoperto da numerose ossificazioni immerse nella pelle (osteodermi) e sorretto da quattro arti corti e potenti. Un cranio completo, appartenente alla specie Shihtienfenia completus, mostra che questo animale assomigliava al ben più piccolo Elgina per la presenza di protuberanze ossee sulle ossa craniche che terminavano in lunghe corna appuntite, per l'ornamentazione della regione guanciale caratterizzata da corna coniche prominenti, per un corno sopratemporale che si proiettava posterolateralmente dall'angolo del tetto cranico, per un parabasisfenoide con un solco mediano ventrale e per ossa tabulari allargate in contatto l'una con l'altra medialmente (che in questo modo escludevano i postparietali dal margine posteriore del tetto cranico). I denti mascellari erano dotati di corone a forma di ventaglio, ed erano presenti tra le 9 e le 11 cuspidi. Era inoltre presente una piccola protuberanza sul processo mascellare anterodorsale dietro le narici. queste ultime due caratteristiche si riscontrano in un altro pareiasauro cinese poco noto, Sanchuansaurus. A differenza di quest'ultimo, tuttavia, Shihtienfenia possedeva due uscite per il canale infraorbitale sulla superficie laterale molto vicine e abbassate. Come il poco noto Huanghesaurus, anche Shihtienfenia possedeva il margine ventrale della mandibola quasi dritto, e l'angolare era dotato di una protuberanza verso la parte posteriore; i denti della mandibola possedevano solitamente 17 cuspidi.

Lo scheletro postcranico di Shihtienfenia era insolito per la presenza di 6 (anziché 4) vertebre sacrali; il margine superiore dell'ilio era piatto, come in Pareiasaurus. La scapola era caratterizzata da un'espansione arrotondata lungo il margine anteriore, e l'acromion era costituito da una flangia semicircolare dal margine liscio (Lee, 1997).

Classificazione
Shihtienfenia era un membro dei pareiasauri, un gruppo di rettili arcaici appartenenti ai Parareptilia solitamente di grandi dimensioni e dal pesante corpo corazzato. Shihtienfenia, secondo le analisi più recenti, potrebbe essere stato un membro della famiglia Elginiidae, comprendente anche pareiasauri di piccole dimensioni, e affine ai generi poco noti Sanchuansaurus e Huanghesaurus (Wang e Liu, 2019).

Shihtienfenia venne descritto per la prima volta nel 1963 da Young e Yeh, sulla base di fossili incompleti ritrovati nello Shansi. La specie tipo è Shihtienfenia permica, rinvenuta in seguito anche nello Henan. Un'altra specie, S. completus, è nota per fossili ritrovati nella formazione Sunjiagou, in Cina.

Bibliografia
Oskar Kuhn, 1969, Cotylosauria, part 6 of Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie (Encyclopedia of Palaeoherpetology), Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart & Portland,
Lee, MSY (1997), Pareiasaur phylogeny and the origin of turtles. Zool. J. Linnean Soc., 120: 197-280.
Benton, Michael J. (2016). "The Chinese pareiasaurs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 813–853. doi:10.1111/zoj.12389.
Jun-you Wang; Jian Yi; Jun Liu (2019). "The first complete pareiasaur skull from China". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 58 (2): 216–221.

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Cam, Train + Travie McCoy Share 'Call Me Sir' Vid w/ Child Selves
This clip is too cute!
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Here 'Call Me Sir,' Cam's New Collab With Train, Travie McCoy
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New Country Music: April 2013 Releases Coming Your Way
April will shower country fans in the form of new music releases all month long. The Boot takes a look at the CDs, downloads and vinyl treasures in store in the coming weeks!
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Florida Georgia Line, Nelly 'Cruise' Together; Steel Magnolia Breakup May Not Be Permanent + More: Country News Roundup
The Boot rounds up today's country music news from around the web.
Train, Ashley Monroe – 'Bruises' Video
Train continues to find dream duet partners in Nashville. Fresh off the success of lead singer Pat Monahan's "Marry Me" collaboration with Martina McBride, Train has tapped Ashley Monroe to trade lead vocals on "Bruises," a sweet song about high school sweethearts who catch up after a decade apart -- and a decade of hard life lessons that they sweetly share with one another...
Brad Paisley, Mat Kearney Team Up for Songwriting Sessions
Brad Paisley is undeniably one of country's best songwriters and pickers, so it's no wonder that pop artist Mat Kearney was a little blown away when he got a call from Brad asking to write some tunes together. The singer/songwriter, who lives in Nashville and is currently opening for Train, admits he was a little intimidated at first writing with the country powerhouse, but says he was thrilled t
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Martina McBride Tour: Songstress Shares Inspiration Behind 'Intimate' Venues
Martina McBride is no stranger to big production tours. However, this little lady has decided to bring her big voice to smaller, intimate venues across the U.S., in order to give her fans a difference experience. She kicked off the trek last week (April 12) in Panama City Beach, Fla...
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Matthew McConaughey, Pat Monahan, Shelby Lynne Added to Johnny Cash Tribute
Matthew McConaughey, Train's Pat Monahan and Shelby Lynne are the latest to be added to the 'We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash' concert April 20 in Austin, Texas. Matthew McConaughey will serve as host of the event, while Pat and Shelby join a long list of performers that includes Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie Dunn, John Hiatt, Shooter Jennings, Lucinda Willia
Ryan Bingham Counts His 'Weary' Blessings at the Grammys
Country music stood proud at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night (February 13). From Lady Antebellum dominating with five wins to the 'Crazy Heart' soundtrack continuing its winning streak, the mother of all music awards shows gave credit where it was due...
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Home Sports Yankees trade Tyler Wade to Angels
Yankees trade Tyler Wade to Angels
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The Yankees traded Tyler Wade to the Angels on Monday, officially ending Wade's time in the Bronx after he was designated for assignment Friday.
Wade heads to Los Angeles in exchange for either cash considerations or a player to be named later. The Yankees had seven days to trade Wade, who turns 27 on Tuesday.
The former fourth-round pick by the Yankees appeared in a career-high 103 games, with 145 plate appearances, in 2021 and was effective during an extended stretch of regular playing time in August when the Yankees dealt with COVID and injury issues.
Valued for his speed and ability to play all over the field, the Yankees spent much of last spring looking for an upgrade at the utility role spot, but Wade stuck around until he was among three Yankees designated for assignment on Friday, along with Clint Frazier and Rougned Odor.
The Yankees have traded Tyler Wade to the Angels.
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Among the players added to the 40-man was Oswaldo Cabrera. The 22-year-old played second, third and shortstop in the minors last season and finished the season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
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USA TODAY Sports' Nate Davis on the Bengals: "They've basically never won a big game at Paul Brown Stadium."
Maybe they're better off with a wild card. They've basically never won a big game at Paul Brown Stadium, AFC's most sparsely attended venue.
Paul Brown Stadium has been the home of the Bengals since 2000. Was the Week 2 win against the Baltimore Ravens not a big win? How about in 2003 when the 4-5 Bengals handed the 9-0 Kansas City Chiefs their first loss (24-19) of the season? Couldn't we identify the 10 biggest home wins the Bengals have had since 2000 and consider at least the top five "big wins?"
The Pittsburgh Steelers, which defeated the Bengals 28-21 on Sunday, moved ahead of Cincinnati from No. 11 to No. 7 in the rankings.
The Ravens also leap-frogged the Bengals, jumping from No. 10 to No. 6.
The Cleveland Browns, the only AFC North team outside the top 10 in the rankings, dropped from No. 13 to No. 20.
The top five teams remain the same, but in a different order this week: 1. Los Angeles Rams; 2. New England Patriots; 3. New Orleans Saints; 4. Chiefs; 5. Los Angeles Chargers.


Blakesley Sutter shows off her InfantBows!
The Sutters and their daughter Blakesley turned out for the JCPenney "Joy of Giving" event in Hollywood Tuesday night to support Friends of Faro, helping the Tijuana Casa Hogar Sion orphanage. I am so thankful for Trista Sutter for letting InfantBows be a part of this great event.


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précis Interview: Kelly M Greenhill
Fall 2021 ∕ Winter 2022
Kelly M Greenhill, PhD '04, joined CIS as director of the Seminar XXI Program—one of the most successful post-graduate education programs in the national security arena. The program links policymaking and academia by bringing together military and civilian executives with scholars from MIT and beyond. Greenhill is a Seminar XXI veteran and has long served on its executive board. She also serves as the 2020-22 Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, SOAS (UK); associate professor of political science at Tufts University, visiting professor at MIT, senior research fellow at the MIT Security Studies Program, and research associate at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center.
FALL 21/WINTER 22 :: précis Interview :: Kelly M Greenhill
précis: You became director of the Center's Seminar XXI Program in fall of 2021. What has your experience been so far? What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing?
KG: Each meeting so far this year has been intellectually rich and edifying, provocative and thought-provoking. The program boasts a superb cohort of fellows, an excellent slate of faculty, and a crackerjack staff and set of program advisors. Last year's interim director Ken Oye has played—and will continue to play—an integral role in the program, as he has for decades. All of which is to say, the strengths of Seminar XXI lie in the collective inputs of all of those who are a part of the Program and make this important enterprise more than the sum of its parts.
Unfortunately, Covid continues to present an array of challenges and complications for fellows, faculty and staff alike that neither I nor anyone else associated with the Program could have anticipated when I agreed to become the next director back in fall 2019. How much has changed in the last 2.5 years! We are all hopeful that the decline in Omicron cases of late presages better times ahead, but also know that the virus's behavior has defied many previous predictions.
précis: What are your goals for Seminar XXI, and what is the role of programs like XXI in the current political environment?
KG: I see my principal role as two-pronged: to simultaneously serve as a responsible steward and guardian of the program's long-standing mission and as a creative and risk-acceptant innovator, attentive and responsive to changes in the national and global environments and to shifts in material and ideological challenges. Such an approach will allow us to best address the also-evolving needs of our enormously talented Fellows and the organizations they serve.
As has long been the case, Seminar XXI seeks to encourage regular and free-flowing intra- and inter-agency discussions and dialogue; the creation and utilization of new connections and networks across as well as inside and outside government; the expansion of our fellows' perspectives, knowledge and analytical toolkits—all of which can be particularly invaluable in fraught and complicated times.
In recent months, we have also been taking proactive steps to further enhance the diversity of Seminar XXI fellows going forward. In addition, Seminar XXI staff have been hard at work modernizing and streamlining the program's application process in ways that should benefit our sponsoring organizations and agencies; our future fellows; and Seminar XXI staff members.
précis: Have the goals of Seminar XXI changed since it started in 1986? Have the characteristics of the participants changed?
KG: After the 1983 attack on the US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, US policymakers were eager to understand why the attack happened and to identify productive ways to respond that extended beyond traditional military options and, on both dimensions, found themselves coming up short. It was to help fill this recognized vacuum that Seminar XXI was first founded. Then, when the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union collapsed, US policymakers faced a new set of challenges, in different parts of the globe. Consequently, Seminar XXI too had to adapt and respond, identifying new issues and areas that warranted close attention. The events of 9/11, in turn, brought yet another set of pressing issues and areas to the forefront, and so it goes….
At the same time, while topics and areas of scrutiny have shifted and evolved over time, the core goals of the program have remained constant: to help educate senior leaders in our country's national security sphere by bringing to them the best of social science theory and historical perspective.
As far as the fellows themselves, the number and nature of the organizations and agencies represented has expanded over time, and the number of civilians has grown as a percentage of total Seminar XXI participants. These increases have expanded the number and variety of perspectives the fellows can share and bring to bear in discussions, both in large group settings, in breakout groups, and in one-on-one discussions over drinks, meals and break times. Cohort sizes have also expanded over time, and every year the program receives more nominations and applications from candidates than the program can accommodate.
précis: What role do programs like Seminar XXI play in promoting healthy civil-military relations in the United States?
KG: Since its inception, the program's focus has been international rather than domestic. However, fellows are exposed to theories that transcend borders, and there are almost always transferable, universal lessons that apply as much at home as they do abroad. Moreover, the program's long-standing goals of fostering inter-generational, cross-agency communications, breaking down silos and building networks can help foster and sustain healthy civil-military relations.
précis: How does Seminar XXI address "new security challenges" like cyber warfare, disinformation and the consequences of climate change?
KG: The program speaks to issues such as these in two ways. In some cases, we hold sessions specifically focused on functional issues such as these—for instance, we held a session on cyber and bio at the start of January. In other cases, we focus on related issues more tangentially—for instance, I spoke to the problem of disinformation as part of a talk on causal inference, biases and the evaluation of evidence.
précis: What are some of the greatest challenges in "bridging the gap" between academia and policy practitioners (like the participants in Seminar XXI)? Can the Seminar XXI model be adopted in other substantive research areas or academic/policy environments?
KG: I might be wrong, but I don't think this is a significant issue for those participating in Seminar XXI, which has in effect been "bridging the gap" throughout its four and a half decade-long history. Program faculty are carefully chosen experts whose research is often policy-facing, and many faculty have some direct engagement with and/or experience in the policy world themselves. Likewise, Seminar XXI fellows are carefully chosen and selected for nomination by their agencies if they are anticipated to benefit and be receptive to the academic theories, viewpoints and expertise offered by the faculty.
I expect the Seminar XXI model is adaptable to other areas and environments and could be quite beneficial where both more inter-agency interactions and external expert input could lead to more synergies and better policy outcomes.
précis: Could you tell us about some of the research you're currently working on?
KG: My research has four overlapping strands: the politics of information; migration and security; coercion, conflict and military operations; and asymmetric methods of influence. I have active projects underway and/or publications in the pipeline in each of these areas of interest. These include a March/April 2022 Foreign Affairs essay on the weaponization of migration; a piece forthcoming on the security implications of disinformation-driven cognitive hijacking and other forms of psychological manipulation; a piece on unconventional sources of great power threat reassessments that I hope will soon be sent out for review; and a co-authored paper detailing our new dataset project on forced migration and diplomatic outcomes to be delivered at the International Studies Association meeting in March. I also have several fruitful ongoing collaborations with co-authors: one is centered around a concept we call "global security entanglement"; and a second is a public opinion survey project that explores domestic political implications of shifts in threat perception in the greater Middle East. And, finally, I have two book projects out for review.
précis: Has your experience as a woman in the male-dominated security studies field evolved over the span of your career?
KG: There are certainly more women in the field today, which is just great to see. Moreover, that CIS and the SSP Program have played instrumental roles in this expansion is something worth noting and applauding. The number of superb security studies female scholars and practitioners produced by MIT is striking.
As far as my own experience goes, yours is a good question to which I don't have a good answer. Since childhood, my sex and gender have never been primary identity markers for me. Both in my head and in my interactions with others, I am a person who studies and works in the security field, who just happens to be a woman. So, while there probably has been an evolution over time, it is not one of which I am especially conscious.
précis: What advice do you have for students (undergraduate and graduate) at MIT beginning careers in academia or policy?
KG: I've shared some of these thoughts with the MIT community before, but I stand by them and, if anything, I guess I endorse them more strongly now, with more experience under my belt and greater hindsight.
First, life is both long and short. With this oxymoron in mind, I would advise students to follow their instincts and listen to their guts. It can be really difficult to know ex ante if one is making the right career decision(s)—whether to pursue a policy job versus an academic one, whether to work in the public sector, go into government, or work in private industry. However, I have found that it is remarkably easy to know in one's gut if one is making a decision that feels wrong, shortsighted or driven by other people's expectations. So, I would tell students, first and foremost, to choose a career path that feels right to them and to aim to do work that feels important and consequential.
Second, an ever-growing mountain of research suggests that what one is doing tends to trump where one is doing it in terms of job satisfaction. So wherever one lands and whatever path one chooses, I recommend focusing on big (and under-examined) problems that matter and for which we lack good or sufficient solutions.
Third, it is remarkably easy to get overcommitted. I recommend learning early how and when you can say no. I have long been pretty terrible at following my own advice in this regard, which is why I can offer it with some authority!
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Communication studies professor Tim Schwab negotiates private lives and public events in documentaries.
As a documentary filmmaker, Tim Schwab is very conscious of his role in recording and presenting private, even intimate, moments to a broader public.
He will be talking about that on Nov. 4 in the evening session of Every Breath You Take: Surveillance, Security and the End of Privacy, the second in the President's Conference Series.
He will be joined by his colleague from communication studies, Yasmin Jiwani and history professor Shannon McSheffrey, who will also be speaking on citizenship, identity and the practice of surveillance in everyday life.
Schwab sees these questions as related to documentary filmmaking, and believes they are currently in a state of flux.
A still from Schwab's Being Osama.
Schwab became fascinated with revealing individual stories that illuminate a broader historical or social narrative. For instance, in 2004, his documentary Being Osama presented the lives of six very different Montrealers and their experiences sharing the name Osama in a post-9/11 world.
Documentary filmmaking requires a direct negotiation with each subject on what and how material will be recorded, used and presented.
"I can guarantee what I will do with the data, but once it's available in digital form, who knows what anyone will do?" said Schwab. "There are limits to what I can guarantee, because of the technology." While in some cases that might mean the unauthorized use of a clip to promote a production, in other cases, it might be a complete recontextualization of sensitive material.
Schwab says the notion of consent itself is rapidly changing.
"The root of the word privacy is to 'deprive' or 'withhold'," he said, adding the assumption is that the material is unavailable or invisible and only accessible once consent is obtained. As Every Breath You Take will make clear in discussions throughout the day, the balance is increasingly shifting towards an assumption of public availability.
In some ways, those decisions are fairly obvious. Choosing not to have a web site or Facebook page keeps certain information out of the public domain. But many of the automatic ways we are captured on security cameras, or logged through our keystrokes, Google searches or financial transactions, are not even signaled to us. The information collected also does not have an expiry date, so that it can be retained long after we ourselves have forgotten.
Some of those more insidious tracking systems are being highlighted in Discoverable and Moebius Maps, a series of artistic projects planned for the days leading up to the conference. communication studies professors Kim Sawchuk and Owen Chapman are working with other professors and grad students in the department (including Schwab) to repurpose some marketing surveillance programs for creative (and illustrative) purposes.


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Prussian Blue-Type Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Devices, and Applications
Yannick Guari
Joulia Larionova
Published April 15, 2019 by Jenny Stanford Publishing
326 Pages 29 Color & 102 B/W Illustrations
Nanochemistry tools aid the design of Prussian blue and its analogue nanoparticles and nanocomposites. The use of such nanomaterials is now widely regarded as an alternative to other inorganic nanomaterials in a variety of scientific applications.
This book, after addressing Prussian blue and its analogues in a historical context and their numerous applications over time, compiles and details the latest cutting-edge scientific research on these nanomaterials. It compiles and deatils the latest cutting-edge scientific research on these nanomaterials. The book provides an overview of the methodological concepts of the nanoscale synthesis of Prussian blue and its analogues, as well as the study and understanding of their properties and of the extent and diversity of application fields in relation to the major societal challenges of the 21st century on energy, environment, and health.
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Structure and Magnetism of Prussian Blues and Analogues: A Historical Perspective.
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SIAM's blueprint for the Indian automotive industry
If you are new to the Indian car industry, locating the offices of the Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturers (SIAM) is no easy task. Sure, the red brick, majestic building of the India Habitat Centre on Lodhi Road in New Delhi is easy enough to locate. But once inside, it is easy to become lost in its sheer size and numerous 'Cores'. Eventually, a good Samaritan may tell you that SIAM is located in Core IV B, right next to a famous food court, write Deepesh Rathore and Tilak Swarup.
But walking up to Core IV B leads to further confusion, as one does not find any SIAM listed although there is something called the Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM). Common sense comes into play and one realises that this has to be the office of SIAM. So this is how a new visitor often reaches the offices of the apex body of the Indian automobile industry. SIAM, till a few years back, was known as AIAM – the name changed, but the plaque on the ground floor of the India Habitat Centre is still proud to display the old name.
And the fact that the plaque is still unchanged perhaps serves as a suitable metaphor for the present situation of the Indian automotive industry. Change is slow, often frustratingly so. There are people who want change, changes are initiated, but for the changes to reach the grass roots level through implementation is an altogether different story. Often, steps taken in the right direction fail to touch the ground due to bureaucratic sluggishness and this is precisely the reason that, when Dilip Chenoy, the new Director General of SIAM told us that the 'Society' is working towards computerisation of Regional Transport Offices (RTOs), we were not wholly convinced.
Sales data changes planned
It's a good idea and anyone analysing the Indian market will certainly welcome the data that this exercise will liberate, but, like all good ideas, this one is prone to being bogged down by typical bureaucratic indolence, despite the fact that the head of Maruti Udyog and the Chairman of SIAM, Jagdish Khattar, is taking a personal interest in the matter.
Essentially, the computerisation of RTOs will mean that the vehicle registration data being accumulated at each centre over many years can be converted into digital format and then can be collated easily at one centre. This would put Indian passenger vehicle registration data – a much more accurate measure of car sales – into the public domain in more usable format. Until now, SIAM has been collecting segment-wise sales data (based on billing to the dealers and not the actual retail sales) from manufacturers every month.
Data manipulation by manufacturers has been a problem
While the data is broadly correct over a longer period of time (say over a couple of years) and will illustrate most of the trends correctively, it can be easily manipulated and tampered with to give a false impression over a shorter time-frame, say, spread over a quarter. This manipulation of data is very common in the Indian market where customer preference is often driven on perceived popularity. It is common to find sales slumping by as much as 80-percent after the festival season (typically Oct-Dec every year) is over. Clearly, sales departments bill their dealers excessively during the festival period to show better sales. Often, allegations have been traded between manufacturers, accusing each other of tampering with data.
Also, with the old system, there is no available official sales data by model though a number of companies do collate this data. It is entirely up to manufacturers to provide this data to selected individuals or companies and the veracity of the data is always questionable as it is easy to manipulate figures when a company has two or more products in the same segment. All these anomalies can be taken care of once all the RTOs are computerised and their data collated in a central database.
But, with thousands of RTOs spread over the country, the task is easier said than done. Add to that the typical Indian bureaucratic hurdles, and the time needed for building a 'consensus' may stretch over five years.
Four point agenda for SIAM
This is not the only challenge that awaits Dilip Chenoy in his new role as the DG of SIAM. There is the older four point agenda of technology, safety, environment and trade. Each of these has acquired bigger importance over the last two years as the Indian passenger car market has started showing a certain degree of maturity. The fiscal year just passed saw Indian passenger car production cross the one million mark for the first time – domestic sales still hover around 800,000 with the remainder made up by export numbers. It may be difficult to match last year's 27-percent growth rate this fiscal year, but the economy remains encouragingly buoyant. SIAM and the industry generally don't envisage a growth rate beyond 15-percent. But more than the numbers, it is the coming to age of the Indian industry that is important.
The high export numbers are majorly accounted by four models – the Suzuki Alto manufactured in India by Maruti, the Hyundai Atos manufactured in India as the Santro Xing, the CityRover made in India by Tata Motors and the Ford Ikon (three box Fiesta) whose body shell is exported by Ford India to Mexico. And all these models are also sold in India. The Indian car industry clearly has caught up with international standards of production quality. Alongside that, the Indian passenger car market has also seen model introductions in line with the global makers' international line-ups. That said, the best selling model still continues to be the Maruti 800, which started life two decades back.
In India's maturing market, the role of the Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturers (SIAM) has become more demanding and it requires the body to be enterprising – something that a first meeting with Dilip Chenoy assures us of. The new DG of SIAM has many bright ideas and he comes across as a well-meaning guy with years of experience in working with similar bodies like the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). But, not all is as easy as it looks.
SIAM may be the apex body of the Indian automobile industry but it is just a 'society', it can only suggest changes, it cannot bring about regulations and enforce changes. And 'suggestions' in India, with a population of one billion plus, are something that one gets aplenty. It is entirely up to the industry to follow the suggestions and 'building a consensus' seems to be the keywords here. It is easier said than done and matters may take months, stretching into years, to be resolved – as the recent past has shown us in the case of framing of Quadricycle regulations. The development programmes of TVS, Piaggio and some other companies interested in Quadricycles have been incomplete in the absence of regulations to guide the shape of Quadricycles in India. And going by general industry attitude, a consensus on norms is still far away.
On the four fronts that SIAM listed as its action areas, the results have been mixed. The first one – technology – is a buzzword for the industry though it is not high-end technologies like fuel cells and CVTs that SIAM sees as a priority. Alternative fuels sit high in SIAM's list of important tasks. However, the only electric car to come out of India – Reva, also sold in UK as the G-Wiz – received very little industry and government encouragement and support.
The second priority is the alignment of Indian safety norms with international ones. While, a car like the Skoda Octavia, being sold in India, can be equated to the European Octavia on active safety parameters, the same cannot be done for older (and very popular) models like the best selling Maruti 800 still being made in India. The country still doesn't have any crash test norms in place and any model adhering to a particular safety standard is purely on a voluntary basis. Making a consensus on safety norms is again going to be difficult as many players have successful models – more than a decade old – on the roads (model lifecycles in India are unusually long) and they are likely to oppose the implementation of any safety norms equivalent to European standards. An intervention by the judiciary seems to be the only way forward on this issue.
The third frontier for SIAM is the issue of environment. Actually, the Society has met with its greatest success on environmental issues. India now has a proper time frame in place for the implementation of emission standards. These emission standards – named Bharat emission standards – are based on Euro standards and Indian metropolitan cities are already adhering to Euro II standards which will be upgraded in the future to Euro III and Euro IV. There is a time frame for commercial vehicles too. However, often such norms fail to deliver thanks to spurious fuel being sold in the rural areas of the country. SIAM feels that this is a major issue to address.
Another aspect on the environment front, and also linked to technological aspects, is that of limited test facilities. There is only one test and certification facility at ARAI, Pune (though VRDE, Ahmednagar can be used for testing) in West India and it is not very practical for manufacturers in the South (in the automotive belt of Bangalore-Chennai) and in the North (in the automotive pocket of Delhi-Gurgaon-Faridabad). Two new testing facilities have been proposed though locations have not yet been finalised. A large amount of land is needed for a testing facility and it is the procurement of such land that is a problem. While the Madhya Pradesh government has offered land in Pithampur near Indore, it remains to be seen whether the site can meet the industry demands, as Indore is located in Central India.
The fourth frontier for SIAM is that of trade. The society wants full regulations in place in order to develop India as a small car-manufacturing hub. The SIAM is working with the Ministry of Heavy Industries on FTAs with Thailand and Asean countries.
Consumer rights?
However, there are other issues that SIAM has not yet touched upon. One of them is the issue of consumer rights. Unlike the NHTSA in US, there is no apex body in India that looks into consumer issues on quality, safety and other aspects. So while there have been cases of generic problems cropping up in particular models (for example, customers of a popular B-segment hatchback manufactured between September 1998 and July 2001 have reported problems with its reverse lamps), there have not been many car recalls. And those recalls which have occurred have been poorly publicised, so response has been poor. Chenoy attaches the problem to a lack of computerised registration data that makes it nearly impossible for companies to contact the end user. One however feels that a recall can be advertised in the leading national dailies (like any public notice) to ensure that customers read it.
There are many changes that needed to bring the Indian industry and regulations up to international standards and SIAM will certainly have its hands full for the foreseeable future. While Dilip Chenoy comes across as an enthusiastic and enterprising person, he often reminds one of the President of India. Good intentions, but very little by way of executive powers.
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Richild f. Old High German rih 'ruler' + Old High German hiltja 'battle'.
The name of a 9th C empress consort of the Franks, an 11th C queen of Hungary, a 12th C queen of Castile, and a 13th C queen of Norway.
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Richild". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Richild.


Our third guest for our October 9th show is the wonderful actress Jessie Buckley.
The Irish-born RADA graduate was most recently seen starring opposite Tom Hardy in historic drama series TABOO on BBC, and she's making her feature film debut in BEAST, which gets its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9th.
What's the song that changed her life? Get your tickets to find out.
Jessie joins performance poet Murray Lachlan Young and musician and filmmaker Barry Adamson in our October 9th lineup. Three down, three to go... watch this space for more news.


An international team of astronomers, that also includes researchers from Chile, studying a newborn star has caught a detailed glimpse of planets forming around it, revealing a never-before seen stage of planetary evolution. The research findings were published on 2 January 2013 in the journal Nature.
Chile and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 8 January 2013 to increase cooperation and improve the management in conservation of marine and terrestrial protected areas.
Chile became the first South American country to be admitted to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international economic organisation, under an accession agreement signed on 11 January 2010. The entry into the group was a major stride for Chile towards joining the ranks of developed nations.
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from Chile, have spotted a cosmic explosion about 200 times more powerful than a typical supernova, as published on 15 January 2016 in the journal Science. At its peak intensity, the explosion—called ASASSN-15lh—shone with 570 billion times the luminosity of the Sun.
Chilean driver Ignacio Casale won the quad race in Dakar Rally on 18 January 2014. It was Chile's first Dakar triumph.
Chile ranked ninth in the World Economic Forum's 2018 Inclusive Development Index's (IDI) list of emerging economies, an annual assessment of 103 countries' economic performance that measures how countries perform on eleven dimensions of economic progress in addition to GDP.
After decades of debate, the United Nations' International Court of Justice on 27 January 2014 defined a new maritime boundary between Chile and Peru, awarding Peru parts of the Pacific Ocean and offering rich coastal fishing grounds to Chile.
An international team of scientists, including researchers from Chile, has discovered the greatest absence of evolution ever reported — a type of deep-sea microorganism or sulfur bacteria that appears not to have evolved over more than 2 billion years. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on 2 February 2015.
Chilean director Patricio Guzman won a Silver Bear for best script at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on 14 February 2015 for his documentary The Pearl Button.
Chilean duo Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival on 18 February 2017 for their role in A Fantastic Woman.
Scientists from Chile, the USA and Brazil have unearthed a mass graveyard of fossilized whales in Chile's Atacama Desert. Their study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B on 26 February 2014, suggests toxins generated by algae blooms most likely poisoned the animals millions of years ago.
Astronomers from Chile, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland using a powerful telescope in southern Chile have captured the direct image of a protoplanet forming around another star. It would be the first time that scientists have succeeded in observing this process and their research findings were published on 28 February 2013 in the journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Chilean film A Fantastic Woman won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 90th Academy Awards on 4 March 2018.
Chilean scientists have developed an ointment that have proved effective in combating melanoma, the most aggressive variety of skin cancer, as announced by the University of Santiago on 4 March 2016. After applying the ointment on animals, the scientists were able to improve the animals' life expectancy more than double that of treating cancer normally.
Huilo Huilo biological reserve in Chile was named as the winner of the 2015 National Geographic World Legacy Award in the Conserving the Natural World category recognizing outstanding works for the preservation of nature.
Chile created a new law protecting the waters along its 6,400km (4,000 mile) coastline, as revealed on 10 March 2018, which creates nine marine reserves.
Michelle Bachelet Jeria, first female President of Chile, was in the office from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010.
The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array, an array of radio telescopes in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, was inaugurated on 13 March 2013. It is the world's largest space observatory to date and is expected to help scientists unlock new information about the Universe.
Gabriela Mistral, a Chilean poet, won the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature. It was awarded to Mistral for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world. Mistral was born on 7 April 1889. She was the first ever Chilean Nobel Prize recipient.
Chilean researchers and their international colleagues have discovered fossils of a new 9.8-foot-long dinosaur in Chile, named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi. The dinosaur - had a meat-free diet and munched on plants about 145 million years ago - was described on 27 April 2015 in the journal Nature.
Chilean researchers have discovered a giant exoplanet orbiting a star 500 light years away from Earth. Their findings were published in the Astronomical Journal on 28 April 2015.
Chilean scientists have contributed to discover the fastest growing black hole known in the universe, describing it as a monster that devours a mass equivalent to our sun every two days, as revealed on 15 May 2018.
A team of Chilean and international astronomers have detected the most distant known source of oxygen in a galaxy of stars called MACS1149-JD1 13.28 billion light years away formed only 250 million years after the Big Bang. Their findings were reported in the journal Nature on 17 may 2018.
An international team of astronomers from Chile, England and the USA have found evidence of ice and comets orbiting a nearby sun-like star named HD 181327, which could give a glimpse into how our own solar system developed, as revealed on 19 May 2016.
Scientists from Chile and Germany have uncovered 46 specimens from four different species of extinct group of large, fast-swimming prehistoric marine reptiles near the Tyndall Glacier in the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. The discovery was reported on 22 May 2014 in the journal Geological Society of America Bulletin.
Chile's environmental regulator blocked Canada-based Barrick Gold Corporation's $8.5-billion mining project in Chile on 24 May 2013. After a four-month investigation, Chile's Environmental Superintendent announced that all construction work on the mining project must stop until Barrick builds the systems it promised to put in place for containing contaminated water.
Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck of Chile was crowned as the 36th Miss Universe in 1987 at the age of 22. Cecilia is the first woman from Chile to win the title.
Chile and other thirty-seven countries met internationally-set hunger eradication targets set for 2015 to halve the percentage of hungry people well ahead of time, the United Nations food agency revealed on 12 June 2013.
Ancient Qhapac Ñan road system built by the Inca Empire spanning six countries in South America including Chile was granted World Heritage status by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2014.
Chile's Lan Airlines completed a takeover of Brazil's Tam on 22 June 2012 after two years of negotiations, creating the world's second-largest airline by market value, to be known as Latam.
Chile successfully launched a satellite on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C38 powered by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 23 June 2017.
Chile beat Argentina in penalty shootout 4-2 to win the 2016 Copa America football tournament as the game ended scoreless after 120 minutes. It was Chile' second Copa America title in two years.
Chile won the Copa America football title for the first time in their history with a 4-1 victory on penalties over Argentina on 4 July 2015, after the teams finished the regulation and extra time at 0-0.
An international team of astronomers in Chile using a powerful telescope have observed what appears to be evidence of the existence of dark galaxies, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced on 11 July 2012.
Pablo Neruda, a Chilean poet and politician, won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams. Neruda was born in Chile on 12 July 1904. He was the second ever Chilean Nobel Prize recipient.
Chile made history on 3 August 2018 when it became the first country in Latin America to ban the commercial use of plastic bags.
Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet officially appointed as new High Commissioner for UN Human Rights on 10 August 2018.
A collaborative effort by researchers from Chile and their international colleagues have confirmed the existence of a rocky planet named Proxima b orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun, according to a new study published in journal Nature on 24 August 2016.
Chilean writer Pedro Lemebel was announced winner of the 2013 Jose Donoso Ibero-American Literature Award.
Chilean scientists and a team of international researchers have discovered a galaxy supercluster forming in the early Universe, just 2.3 billion years after the Big Bang. This galaxy proto-supercluster, nicknamed Hyperion, is the largest and most massive structure yet found at such a remote time and distance, as revealed in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics on 6 September 2018.
Chilean Christian Valenzuela and Christopher Guajardo (Guide) won the Men's 5000m T11 race final at the London Paralympic Games on 7 September 2012. It was Chile's first gold medal at the Paralympics.
Chile was recognised as the Leading Adventure Tourism Destination in Latin America at the 2018 World Travel Awards.
September 18 is celebrated in Chile as Independence Day. On September 18, 1810 Chile declared Independence from Spain which has been a long and hard-fought process spanning over a decade.
Chile and Peru signed a memorandum of understanding on 27 September 2012 between the two countries and NGO Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) regarding the demining process of Chile's northern border. The memorandum, a sign of collaboration, outlines a mutually agreed upon territory for demining efforts and the conditions and methods to be used by the NPA.
The Chilean government on 5 October 2015 announced the creation of the largest marine reserve in the Americas in its Pacific waters where commercial fishing will be restricted.
Chile opened their first Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Valparaiso, Chile with the guidance of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Institute for Economic Development, as announced on 8 October 2015. The aim is to provide quality one-on-one advising services as well as group training and to facilitate customized market research for Chilean small businesses.
The first female president of Chile Michelle Bachelet was included in the BBC global list of 100 inspirational and innovative women for 2017.
A day of thrill and joy worldwide as the 33 trapped Chilean miners were rescued from 700 m or 2,300 ft below ground. The miners were trapped for a record 69 days. They were rescued one by one on 13th October, 2010 after days of efficient and inspired efforts from engineers and others from different parts of the world.
Chile was elected to the UN Human Rights Council on 16 October 2017 for a 3-year term starting on 1 January 2018.
Chile was elected as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council on 17 October 2013 for the years 2014-2015.
Chile was admitted as a member of the United Nations (UN) on 24 October 1945.
Astronomers in Chile discovered a ghostly nebula shining about 5,000 light-years from Earth, is also the coldest known object in the universe to date, according to an official announcement on 30 October 2013.
Chile was named as the most positive country from South America at the World's Most Positive Countries 2018.
Chile was named as the most positive country from South America at the World's Most Positive Countries 2015.
Hil Hernández from Chile won the 2006 Miss Earth crown on 26 November 2006. Hil became the first Chilean woman to win the title.
President of Chile Michelle Bachelet won the 2017 UN Champions of the Earth award in the Policy Leadership category for outstanding leadership in creating marine protected areas and boosting renewable energy.
First of a regular line of cargo planes carrying 100 tonnes of Chilean cherries and blueberries landed in northeast China's Shenyang on 26 December 2015. With the introduction of this regular charter flights Chilean fruit exports to China are expected to grow in the following years.
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Dawn talks about her experiences volunteering in our fundraising department.
I'm Dawn. I first started volunteering for charity when I was sixteen. This first step was driven by purely selfish reasons as I wanted to gain experience in a music-related charity. However, my outlook soon changed when I saw the passion of the other volunteers and their commitment to making a difference.
(My dad's bipolar disorder diagnosis) made me determined to try to do what I could to help other people who were struggling in their lives.
My personal interest in mental health also started when I was a teenager when my father was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Other than medical intervention, there was no other support available at the time and the impact was devastating. This was a very difficult time for everyone, but it made me determined to try to do what I could to help other people who were struggling in their lives and needed some support.
Over the next few years, alongside paid work, I volunteered as a trustee of a local charity and then as an adviser for Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). I also spent a number of Christmases helping at Crisis in London. From meeting people through these organisations I saw many more examples of the significant impact that poor mental health can have on people's lives.
I found the work with CAB and Crisis very worthwhile and rewarding, and it inspired me to want to do more. Following redundancy from my private sector job I felt ready and able to embrace a change of direction into the charity sector, ideally into mental health.
After seeing an advert on the Mind website, I applied and was fortunate to be offered a volunteering role in the New Business Team within Corporate Partnerships Fundraising. The team works with companies wishing to partner with Mind (e.g. by nominating Mind as their Charity of the Year) or by entering in a commercial partnership arrangement where a contribution is given to Mind.
Everyone at Mind is genuinely committed to playing their part in trying to change the lives of people with mental health needs.
What struck me from the very start was the passion and enthusiasm of everyone who works at Mind. I have never worked anywhere where people don't routinely complain about their jobs and the organisation they are working for! Instead, everyone at Mind is genuinely committed to playing their part in trying to change the lives of people with mental health needs.
In other ways, working at Mind is similar to other jobs. The offices are open plan, it's always busy and everyone has a role to play in their team's success. However, it is also a very supportive environment. Staff wellbeing is taken seriously and people collaborate and work together to achieve the very best results possible. Team members are highly skilled, professional and driven to achieve very high standards.
Before coming to Mind, I had no previous experience of fundraising. However, I have been encouraged to attend training sessions and fully participate in meetings and activities to help broaden my knowledge and help me to gain new skills.
Although I am a volunteer, I am treated as one of the team.
In my two months with Corporate Partnerships at Mind I have been involved in lots of different activities. Every day new partnership opportunities arise and support is needed to help progress and develop them. In my time so far, I've researched companies who are future partners of Mind, worked on creative idea development for potential commercial relationships, represented Mind at corporate events (when companies are choosing 'Charity of the Year' partners), contributed to innovation meetings and generally supported the team in whatever way I can.
Although I am a volunteer, I am treated as one of the team. Everyone is friendly and I have been made to feel very welcome and supported. I enjoy the fast paced environment, the variety of the work and the fact that two days are never the same. Expectations are realistic and I have been encouraged to work in ways that I have never worked before. I have been given feedback to help me develop my skills and gain more experience in what I am doing, which is already making me more productive and confident.
In my short time with the team, I feel that I have been able to make a contribution, and that has been very rewarding for me.
I really enjoy working in the Corporate Partnerships team and for Mind. Working in the team is proving to be a really great introduction to charity fundraising and is helping me to understand the many different forms that fundraising can take, and variety of skills that fundraisers need. In my short time with the team, I feel that I have been able to make a contribution, and that has been very rewarding for me. Working within Mind itself has given me an appreciation of the wide range of tasks and roles that are needed within the organisation as a whole to help drive forward the change that is needed to improve mental health support for everyone.
I thoroughly recommend volunteering at Mind. It's a great team to work with and Mind is such a worthwhile organisation to support.
After a number of years in financial services, Dawn took time out to go travelling and is now seeking her next adventure in the charity sector.