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THE WINERY DOGS – A MASSIVE FOOTPRINT
Ritchie Adams | January 8, 2016 | #73 | No Comments
THE TERM "SUPERGROUP" is too often thrown around when musicians from popular bands come together to form a new unit. One of two things usually happens. Either the group focuses on the writing of hit songs for a mainstream audience, compromising their individual instrumental talents. Or the new collective decides to show off their skills as players, the singer and the song an afterthought. The Winery Dogs is that rare occasion when three prodigies who have enjoyed success in earlier outfits come together and focus on the big picture. The talents of Billy Sheehan, Mike Portnoy and Richie Kotzen are well-known to any music lover that has been paying attention the last several decades. The two albums that The Winery Dogs have released to date do not shy away in the least from those individual talents or from the incredible interplay that is only possible when musicians of this level interact with each other. But the infectious nature of the compositions recorded on these records and performed from city to city cannot be denied.
Red Hot Rock Magazine had the opportunity to speak several times, at generous length, to members of The Winery Dogs over a period of time that began after the release of the band's first, self-titled album. Our conversations continued until just after the great Hot Streak was born, shortly before this issue of Red Hot Rock was being prepared to go to print. We begin with the ever-enthusiastic Billy Sheehan.
RED HOT ROCK MAGAZINE: Hey, Billy. It's great to speak to you again. Your show I saw last week was just absolutely fantastic. Out of all the times I have seen you perform over the years, I believe that this was my favorite show.
BILLY SHEEHAN: Oh. That's very kind of you. Thanks. Man. I'm glad to hear it. It was a good one.
RHRM: And it wasn't just musically fantastic. One could tell that you guys were having a good time onstage. Especially when in a small club, it translates to the audience and makes the show that much more fun for them when the artists are enjoying themselves.
BS: Exactly. And we are, in fact. It's a lot of fun to do this show and we're enjoying the hang, too. Sometimes a great percentage of the effectiveness or the enjoyment of a band is when you're… On tour, you know, you're with people twenty four-seven. And you're at airports together, on flights together, on the bus together, at hotels together all of the time. If the hang isn't good, it can get pretty dreadful. I've been in situations where the hang wasn't good, ha ha, and, uh, it was not pleasant. But this one, in particular, is really great. We have a good time hanging out. We all get together on the bus after the show and generally yuck it up and have some great times. It's a really cool thing.
RHRM: Every time I have the opportunity to speak to you, I look forward to it. Besides your obvious passion for music and for what you do, you are such an easy person with whom to talk. You have always been generous and courteous and just a perfect gentleman. I can't say the same for everyone to whom I speak. Ha ha.
BS: Ha ha ha ha. Sorry to hear. I guess I'm older and I'm old school. My dad taught me the proper way to deal with people. And I grew up watching Johnny Carson, ha, on The Tonight Show and how he handled every guest, how he spoke with people and how he was always respectful and things like that. To me, that meant something. When people speak to me, I appreciate when they address me in a particular way. It makes the conversation go well. It creates great friendships. I try to do the same as best I can. And generally, also, if I am in a horrible mood or a shitty mood or if I'm not up to talking to people, I don't go around people. Ha ha. If I'm having a rough day, I usually stay away from anyone and try to keep to myself.
RHRM: It's usually the guys in bands that are like twenty-two, twenty-three years old that don't have much to say. They don't have any story yet. It's going to take them another few years to actually have a story to tell.
BS: Exactly. That's a good point.
RHRM: They seem to sometimes take on an attitude that takes the place of not having much to say.
BS: Yeah. It's a very good point. And I think a lot of the things that happened with them, I know for myself what happened with me when I was eighteen, nineteen years old, twenty, twenty-one, starting up bands. I didn't really know what I was doing. I was just kinda letting nature take its course. It wasn't until I had a few horrible gigs and a few catastrophes and a few breakups and a few reunions and, ha, and somebody else in the band would get a girlfriend. A couple of things like that and the wisdom starts to take hold a little bit.
RHRM: So let's dive into The Winery Dogs. I digested as much as I could with the album, the DVD, the live show and the Dog Treats box. So we have plenty of stuff to talk about. When I caught the band live, there is one thing that jumped out at me that I wanted to point out. Besides the fact that all three of you are prodigies, individually fantastic on your chosen instruments, and the show is so enjoyable overall, Mike Portnoy is a nutcase onstage. It is incredible that he is such a great drummer that he can be so entertaining at the same time, without missing a beat. I am a drummer myself and I know that it is enough just to concentrate on your two hands and two feet if you want to accomplish anything.
BS: Generally, he has a pretty good handle on keeping things rolling. Similarly, I do a lot of moves myself that aren't necessarily orthodox, I would say. Ha ha. The trick is to be able to do that while you continue with a song. And I think, once you've played long enough, drums, bass, guitar, vocals, whatever, just standing there and singing the song or having your fingers in their traditional position to play what you're supposed to play, after a while if it becomes boring to me I can imagine it must be a little boring to the audience. So to avoid that, my right hand will come underneath the body or the bass will go on my other shoulder or something like that, just to kind of break up the monotony of… You've got to repeat about… There's a lot of notes you've got to play over and over again. If you're playing sixteenth notes in a song with your right hand on the cymbal, you're gonna have to play about thirty-eight-hundred of them during the song. So after awhile, why not throw the stick in the air a couple of times and grab it. I've never really thought it through as to why it might be, but I do know that a lot of my shenanigans came from playing clubs night after night after night in front of the same people every single night, playing the same songs every single night. And after awhile, I just decided I'm not just gonna stand here and play this D note traditionally for the next five minutes again, for the third time tonight, for the sixth time this week, you know, so my hand would go over the neck. So, I think it's the same thing. Once you do something long enough, you could do it upside down or backwards and it will still pretty much sound the same.
RHRM: One thing that I love about this band is that the umbrella of what the three of you are doing is classic groove-based hard rock. But underneath that, you have all left plenty of room for awe-inspiring instrumental madness. It's pretty difficult to place those two things together. There aren't that many bands that nail both of those things. There are incredible musicians performing fantastic instrumental stuff or fairly straightforward groove-based bands. It's pretty rare that a band is able to blend together both those aspects and it doesn't feel as if anything was forced.
BS: No. Absolutely not forced. Everything came together real organically. And as a fan, I would always get a new record or get into a band and they'd be playing the A chord for four measures and then go to the D chord. And then, "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Before you go to the D chord, couldn't you have done something, you know? Just couldn't you have done a little thing or something there?" 'Cause it's going into the D chord and it's going to go into the D chord the next time the chorus comes up and the next time the chorus comes up. Couldn't we just have a little frosting on the cake there? So, I have always been of that mind. In this band, we're generous with the frosting. Sometimes we thin it out a little bit. But we like to try to embellish things to make them a little more interesting. 'Cause basically, we can strum the chords of a song and sing it. There's the song. It makes sense. Hopefully, you got a song that is engaging, that draws you in, that you find interesting. But in the meantime, there's a lot more that could be done. And I was always disappointed by a lot of bands with which there wasn't more going on. You don't have to overplay it or overdo it. But sometimes, it's almost like dead air on the radio when people stop talking in between sentences and there's nothing there. And on radio, they never want to do that. On TV, they never want to do that. There's rarely a time when there's not something flashed in your face on TV constantly. That's show biz. That's entertainment. You don't have people sitting in their seats while nothing's happening. So, within the context of music and the music we've done in The Winery Dogs, we've left it open-ended so we can use our imagination and do some improvisation. Certainly some improvisation. A lot of the show, we have the basic fundamentals of the song, which will go unchanged. Otherwise, it would be a different song. And every night, something different happens. I don't think I ever played a bass the same way in any song twice ever. And I don't think anyone can do it exactly the same. Maybe some can. I can't. But a lot of guys keep it relatively the same. We give each other room to move. It's interesting. It keeps it alive. It's growing. If we recorded all of those songs again today, you would recognize them, but there would be different parts. A lot of different parts.
RHRM: The songs have it all. Incredible musicianship, great grooves and catchy choruses. So, congratulations. Ha ha.
BS: Thanks.
RHRM: For a guy that plays such technically complex and challenging stuff on your instrument, you seem to enjoy a more spontaneous manner of getting together with other players and creating music, both with improvisation onstage and when going into the studio. It seems a little counterintuitive, but it obviously works for you.
BS: Yeah. I love to pursue things on the bass as far as I can take them. I still, every day…I'm going to the venue early today so that I can set up in the dressing room and work out for a couple of hours on my bass and just do my thing. I do that almost every single day, even when I'm off the road. But I love regular, old music. It doesn't have to have oddball, quirky time changes or impossible chord voicings. I love basic, straight up music. I'm a Sinatra fan. I love Bobby Darin. I love The Beatles. If I get a guitar and there's a bottle of wine and a bunch of friends, I have literally gone for four or six hours sitting and playing and singing songs. You know, Beach Boys, Grand Funk Railroad, Three Dog Night, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, you name it. Just song after song after song after song. And it's enjoyable to just sing and play songs. As a bass player, it's a different function to play bass in a song. And I like to do basic bass, too. And I have great respect for basic bass players who don't do any shenanigans at all. You know, they just solidly hold the bottom end together. So, I've never been prejudiced one way or the other towards how technical or nontechnical a song has to be. But generally, I do know that when the more technical a song gets, the lower the scope of appeal it has to the general public. And that's a sad thing. 'Cause we would hope the general public would rise up and embrace something that challenges them. However, that is not the case. When you're in a bar and a simple, basic rock song comes on, you'll see people singing along and bopping their heads and having a good time. Suddenly, you get some complicated, complex piece of music, the whole place goes quiet and nobody really's paying attention and it's not as appealing to as many people. So I think that an underlying little secret, if you will, is that it's the musician's responsibility to engage the audience. So when I go out and see some instrumental band playing far-out, progressive music and there's forty people there, I go, "You know whose fault that is? It's not the audience's fault. It's your fault. You have not presented it in a way that they will embrace it." And so, within The Winery Dogs and within Mr. Big a little bit, certainly within the Eat 'em And Smile days with David Lee Roth and a lot of other bands I've been involved in, we try to get that element in there, but we do it in a way that people will embrace it who are nonmusicians. Because unfortunately, when musicians start playing for other musicians, it's the dog chasing its tail, I think. I think we should be concerned about the nonmusician that is not familiar with any of our music. Can you play a song that suddenly the guy that's working on your car will… "Hey, what song is that? I love that." As opposed to the guy that's got his PhD in pentatonic, Mongolian scales. To me, that's the real challenge. And we actually do quite a bit of that within The Winery Dogs. Some of it unconscious. But still, nevertheless, we try to do something in there that adds a little bit of flair, a little verve, a little excitement, without losing the base of the general public, which is really who we're performing for.
RHRM: I agree that it's kind of sad, but also kind of interesting, what you touched on there. I have had this conversation many times with people and I think that I often bore them. Ha ha. But what you touched on when it comes to music, people that have very limited tastes and are not willing to challenge themselves with other types of music, you can basically apply that to what types of films they see, what kind of books they read, or if they read books at all…..ha ha ha…..
BS: Ha ha.
RHRM: I don't want to sound like a snob, but that kind of thing probably translates across the rest of that kind of person's life, as well.
BS: It can. It certainly can. I think everybody's capable of some intense, intricate technicality, whether it's figuring out their email preferences or what they do in their job. And sometimes they like to take a break from that. For me, I pursue a lot of things that many people wouldn't. I read a lot. I don't watch a lot of TV. I don't dislike TV. But I'm just more challenged by a book. And I do like a broad array of music. I love garage rock from the '60s. I have this huge collection of garage bands from the '60s. Thousands of bands. And tens of thousands of tracks of these obscure, little bands that played and they're out of tune completely and the same chord changes from all the other songs that were out at the time. It's fascinating to me, you know. I enjoy it very much. I don't cut it off that it's got to be a certain level of technical expertise in order to be acceptable. Even book-wise, I remember one time I was stuck in a situation that I recall and the only book that was around was Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins. And I read it. And it was great! I couldn't put it down. Not the thing I would normally read. I just finished a biography on Nikola Tesla and I'm reading a couple other political books and various other books on history and things like that that I enjoy. But I absolutely enjoy entertaining nonsense. I love Family Guy, you know. I try to spread it around. There's certainly value in all of it. But I do think, again, musicians really need to step back and take their responsibility. If people are coming to see your band where your bass player is playing a forty-six string bass and every measure is a different time signature than the last one, I don't know if it's necessarily the audience's fault that you're not doing well. I think there's a way to get great music to people. It's a challenge. That's a challenge that musicians have to take. And we've been very, very lucky in The Winery Dogs at how people have accepted this band. And we're supremely thankful for that. And that's mind-blowing. You know, I've put out a lot of records. You've just got to roll the dice. While we like it, we don't know if the general public will take to it or not. Ha ha ha. And we got lucky and they did. So we're really, really thankful for that. And I think… We didn't think this through when we made the record. We all automatically knew when to pull back. You know, "It's time for… I need to hear this chorus. I can't be hearing… I want to really hear the lyrics to this chorus and I really want it to come flying out of the speakers. There's no room for anything else here. We want to hear the singing part, the harmony part." And that's what we get. And all of us instinctively kind of think that way. Mike's mostly known for his progressive stuff, yet he's a huge fan of all kinds of straight up rock. And myself, too. Richie, as well. So, we've…
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The large Girl Scout community of St. Thomas More Parish has been recognized for its interaction and involvement in our church and our community. Girls of all ages have joined and aided the annual Medical Mission, worked with local community organizations, and found many other avenues to make a difference in the lives of others.
We encourage all Girl Scouts in our parish to complete the Catholic Religious Award for their grade level. For more information on the religious awards and ceremonies, please see the link to Catholic Medal Programs on this page.
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With the huge impact Dr. Seuss has had on the lives of so many children spanning generations, it's hard to believe that he's no longer alive — especially since his birthday is right around the corner on March 2nd. But when and how did Dr. Seuss die? Fortunately, the legendary writer did manage to live a long life.
According to Who2, in the early '80s, Seuss was diagnosed with oral cancer after a dentist discovered it on his tongue. Although he ended up having surgery to help prevent the cancer from spreading, a few years later, Seuss had a jaw infection that doctors were unable to cure. Then, on September 24th, 1991, Seuss died at the age of 87.
In the New York Times archives, the article that was published announcing his death hailed Seuss as the "modern Mother Goose." It was heartbreaking — although why wouldn't it be, considering who the world had lost?
"We've lost the finest talent in the history of children's books, and we'll probably never see one like him again," Jerry Harrison of Random House told the Times in a phone interview that day.
In the nearly 30 years that have passed since his death, it's obvious that Harrison was right. No one will ever be like Dr. Seuss, and the proof is in how popular his work has remained even though he's no longer living. Remember when Taylor Swift and Zac Efron voiced characters in the animated version of The Lorax? That's real success, people. All jokes aside, though, his impact is still felt by children and adults everywhere, and there's no doubt that'll never change, even as the years continue to pass.
Though Dr. Seuss isn't still with us, it's pretty obvious that he's going to live on through his books for years to come. What kid wouldn't love The Cat In The Hat?


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The outside view. The heart on my windowsill adorned with the lights from Thailand by sis.
New Year's Eve scene: the paintings by Duša, the fish from Turkey by Zedd, the spread from Morocco by uncle, the basketball from Santa Claus who must be reading my blog and bestia who doesn't approve of new year eves.
But it was an extremely peaceful one and he had the best comforter. This was the first and from now on I'll always want to stay home for New Year's Eve.
We let the night and the next year in.
The next day it was a bit dry.
Bicycles are still here. A long story.
A bit of horizontal and menacing.
A bit of vertical and green.
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Sandman series coming from Netflix and Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman, who recently served as showrunner on Amazon's Good Omens, looks set to bring another one of his beloved works to the small screen. He'll serve as an executive producer on Sandman, which is set to become a live-action series at Netflix…
The Hollywood Reporter broke the news, reporting that Gaiman's Vertigo comic Sandman has been picked up by Netflix for a TV adaptation. New Line Cinema previously tried to get a movie version off the ground, but now Netflix has made a deal with Warner Bros to bring the comic to life as a series for its streaming service. We don't yet know how many episodes there will be.
Allan Heinberg – who has previously written for Grey's Anatomy, The OC, The Catch and the Wonder Woman movie – will write the Sandman adaptation and serve as the show's showrunner.
Gaiman will serve as an executive producer alongside David Goyer, who previously worked on Krypton, Terminator: Dark Fate, the Constantine series and The Dark Knight movie trilogy.
If you're unfamiliar with Sandman, this is how GoodReads sums it up: "Neil Gaiman's transcendent series SANDMAN is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo title and one of the finest achievements in graphic storytelling. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore and fairy tales with his own distinct narrative vision."
THR reports that "a formal deal has not yet closed" between Netflix and Warners, which is why we don't have any official comments to share yet. We'd assume that it's close to a done deal, though, and we'll be sure to keep you posted as we hear more…
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Le Speed Art Museum, surnommé The Speed est le plus vieux et le plus grand musée d'art de l'État du Kentucky. Il est situé dans la ville de Louisville, près du campus Belknap de l'université de Louisville. Ce musée abrite art ancien, classique et moderne. Ses collections se concentrent sur l'art occidental, de l'antiquité à nos jours : peintures des Pays-Bas, de la France et d'Italie, ainsi que des œuvres d'art contemporain.

Historique
Le musée, construit par  dans le style néo-classique, ouvrit ses portes en 1927. Loomis était déjà connu à Louisville pour ses monuments, comme la Medical School. Le bâtiment d'origine a été conçu avec une sobre façade de calcaire.

Ce musée fut nommé en hommage à  - un éminent homme d'affaires, collectionneur d'art et philanthrope de Louisville. Sa femme  a créé le fonds de dotation, pour financer le musée. Elle spécifia que l'entrée devrait toujours rester gratuite. De 2012 au 2016, le musée a été rénové et agrandi, par l'architecte . Le Speed Art Museum, avec une donation de 60 millions de dollars, créa un espace pour des grandes expositions spéciales, de nouvelles galeries d'art contemporain, un centre d'accueil pour l'éducation familiale, un théâtre de 150 places, un café, une boutique et un pavillon multifonctionnel, pour des spectacles, des conférences et des divertissements.

L'entrée est toujours gratuite, bien qu'il soit de bon ton d'offrir un don de quatre dollars. Le musée accueille environ  chaque année.

Collections
La collection permanente du musée compte  objets d'art.

Peintres et sculpteurs européens

Modernisme

Peintres et sculpteurs américains

Art contemporain

Galerie

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For most people, becoming a great communicator is a lifelong endeavor. One of the best ways to become a better communicator is to become a better listener. To be a good listener, you must improve your ability to concentrate and refrain from hastily jumping to conclusions about what others are saying or asking of you. You must be able to concentrate fully on what another person is saying in order to retain and process the information.
The best interviewers are astute listeners and observers. They are able to pick up on the smallest bits of information and the most minute cues (both verbal and nonverbal), to lead them to the next insightful question or comment.
The best interviewees are also excellent listeners and observers. They do not just shut up and wait for their turn to talk: they allow the interviewer to complete his or her statement or question before responding. They may even give themselves a second to take in what they just heard before responding.
Even if you think you know what an interviewer is asking of you or stating, you must listen closely to be sure you are not simply responding on auto-pilot, which is a temptation, especially for people who are frequently interviewed by the media surrounding the same topics.
If you want to improve your listening skills so you can be more effective in media interviews, or in almost any area of your life, make it a priority.
1. Watch one minute of your favorite TV show or movie. Then, repeat the dialogue to see if you can match what was said. If you can master a line or two, try to do this with longer segments. This exercise can help you improve your ability to concentrate and your memory.
2. Watch a longer segment of a TV show or movie, and then try to sum up the meaning of what transpired. Then, watch segment again and see if you agree with your own summation or if you feel that you missed some important information or nonverbal cues. You can also think about whether or not you made inaccurate assumptions about the conversation due to snap judgments that you made. This exercise can help you assess your comprehension abilities and your level of open-mindedness.
3. In daily conversations, ask more open-ended questions than you may be used to asking, and make sure your mind does not wander while the other person is talking.
4. If you have someone who can practice with you, practice repeating what your partner has said. Use an app on your phone or an audio recorder to record what the person said and what you repeated back. Then, you can listen to both parts of the conversation to see what you missed. If you find yourself missing a lot of what is said in a conversation, try to identify where your focus was when the other person was speaking. Was your mind wandering?
5. In conversations, pay attention to your body language when you are listening. Are you doing anything that might make the person who is speaking feel rushed, such as looking at your watch, sighing heavily, or moving your feet toward the door? Could any of your body language or facial expressions indicate that you are judging or dismissing the person who is speaking? Setting up a video camera to record yourself during conversations would be beneficial, but the presence of a camera can make people behave unnaturally and to mask their typical communication behaviors.
6. Try to avoid interrupting others. There are times that you may need to interrupt in order to ask for clarification in order to keep up with what someone is saying. However, it is good to get in the habit of listening until the person who is speaking has completed his or her though.
8. Pay attention to nonverbal cues. Listening well encompasses the keen observation of the speaker's body language, from head to toe. In phone interviews and conversations, listen for auditory cues, like lengthy pauses and tone of voice. Nonverbal cues can tell you when someone needs more clarification, wants to move on to another topic, or feels a certain way about the conversation.
9. Be empathetic. Putting yourself in the position of the person who is speaking will help you to understand his or her perspective. In the case of a media interview, if you understand that the person interviewing you is trying to do the best job possible and to give the readers, listeners or viewers the information or entertainment that they are seeking, you are more likely to deliver an exceptional interview.
10. Eliminate as many distractions as you can. Make it easy on yourself by turning your phone ringer off, closing the door to your office, or doing anything you can do to be fully present and focused on the conversation or interview that is taking place.
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V15AEMBABY1 8:49:59 AM  2/12/2017 8:51  IN      109

V15AEMBABY1 8:51:48 AM  2/12/2017 8:51  IN      5

V15AEMBABY1 8:51:53 AM  2/12/2017 8:54  IN      133

V15AEMBABY1 8:54:06 AM  2/12/2017 8:54  IN      0

V15AEMBABY1 8:55:37 AM  2/12/2017 8:55  IN      7

V15AEMBABY1 8:55:44 AM  2/12/2017 9:03  IN      460

V15AEMBABY1 9:03:24 AM  2/12/2017 9:04  IN      51

I need to know the Sum of the IN durations for the username: V15AEMBABY1 from 8:45:00 AM till 09:00:00

A: Both methods below assume your data (above) is in cells A1:E14 (inc. headings)
Method 1
Use a SUMIFS function (recommended)
=SUMIFS(E2:E14,A2:A14,"V15AEMBABY1",D2:D14,"IN",B2:B14,">08:30",C2:C14,"<02/12/2017  09:00")

Method 2
It's old school, but you might like this method because it's more visual. Place your criteria (below) into cells H1:K2, you can change them as you like
USER_NAME        STARTTIME      ENDTIME                 STATUS
V15AEMBABY1      >08:30         <02/12/2017  09:00      IN

Then anywhere else, place the following formula:
=DSUM($A$1:$E$14,"DURATION",$H$1:$K$2)

It's important you include your headings here - hence the use of $A$1:$E$14 rather than $A$2:$E$14

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Paul A. Meggett
Paul A. Meggett serves as General Counsel at Appalachian State University. As General Counsel, Mr. Meggett supervises and directs all legal services at Appalachian. Mr. Meggett serves as a member of the Chancellor's Cabinet and as the Ethics Liaison between Appalachian and the North Carolina State Ethics Commission. He works collaboratively with campus partners to advance Appalachian's mission of a just and sustainable future as the premier public undergraduate institution in the state of North Carolina.
In-House Counsel Experience
UNC Health Care System, Associate General Counsel
In-house counsel duties and responsibilities covering a wide variety of health law, compliance, self-insurance and risk management issues and transactions.
Reviewed, drafted, and negotiated professional services and complex clinical healthcare contracts, including merger and acquisition agreements.
Increased speed of transactions by 15%, thereby reducing client costs and improving efficiency and client satisfaction through the creation and administration of a contracts
Heightened budgeting accuracy by 10% while cultivating a culture of transactional regulatory compliance by guiding the annual contracts budgeting process in excess of $30
Million annually.
Analyzed medical malpractice legal claims and litigation for self-insurance fund, and developed strategies for successful outcomes.
Developed and implemented system-wide policies, procedures, and programs to enhance workflow and ensure legal and regulatory compliance of healthcare and medical education activities.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Assistant University Counsel – Primary attorney resource for Health Affairs Campus.
Extensive experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating complex corporate and clinical healthcare or clinical research contracts in aggregate volume of more than $300 million.
Analyzed state tort claims and litigation, and developed strategies for successful outcomes.
Developed and implemented policies, procedures, and programs to ensure legal compliance with higher education laws (including Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,
copyright, and export regulations); financial laws (including Gramm-Leach-Bliley and Regulation Z); and health affairs laws (including Stark and Anti-kickback Statute).
Higher Education Faculty Experience – Charlotte School of Law, Interim Dean, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor
Expertise in contracts law and tort law.
Developed courses on how to conduct commercial and corporate transactions.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, Adjunct Professor
Instruction in the fundamentals of legal reasoning, oral and written communication and appellate advocacy.
Legal research instruction focused on 5 specific areas: 1) state statutes, 2) federal statutes, 3) administrative regulations, 4) common law, and 5) secondary resources.
Judicial Clerkship Experience
Supreme Court of North Carolina, Law Clerk for Chief Justice Burley B. Mitchell, Jr.
Conducted legal research on cases before the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Engaged in chambers conference discussions of cases before the Court assigned to the Chief Justice.
Prepared draft opinions for the Chief Justice and press summaries of opinions.
Civic Activities
Park Scholarship Regional Selection Committee Member — since 2001
Town of Waxhaw
Parks, Culture & Recreation Advisory Board Member —2015 to 2018
Chair—2017 to 2018
Vice Chair—2015 to 2017
Charlotte Housing Authority
Volunteer Hearing Officer — 2015 to 2018
Justice Initiatives, Inc.
Member of Board of Directors – 2015 to 2017
Union Symphony Society, Inc.
Co-chair, Strategic Planning Committee — 2014 to 2015
Orange Congregations in Mission
Chair, Strategic Planning Committee — 2009 to 2011
New Hope Elementary School
Member of Orange District Re-accreditation Team for Southern Association of Colleges And Schools Accreditation — 2009 to 2010
Creation of Community Learning Center for at-risk students — 2009
School Improvement Team Parent Representative — 2008 to 2011
Threshold, Inc.
Personnel Committee – 2006 to 2009
North Carolina Prisoners Legal Services, Inc.
Treasurer – 2007 to 2008
North Carolina Minority Executive Roundtable
Cornerstone Member — since 2008
North Carolina Child Welfare Education Collaborative
Statewide Advisory Board — Member 2003 to 2006
University of North Carolina School of Law, Juris Doctorate
North Carolina State University, Bachelor of Science
State Bar of North Carolina
Member of Diversity Task Force – 2008 to 2009
Advisory Member, Demographics Subcommittee of Issues Committee – 2009
Advisory Member, Outreach Subcommittee of Issues Committee – 2009 to 2010
North Carolina Bar Association
Judicial Independence and Integrity Committee — 2019
Legislative Advisory Committee — 2011 to present
Chair — 2011 to 2015
Led revision of Office of Governmental Affairs policies and procedures
Led legislative strategic plan development
Member — 2011 to present
Law School Liaison Committee — 2016 to 2018
Member of Board of Governors — 2008-2011
Executive Committee, 2008, 2010
Board Liaison to Education Section Council, 2008 to 2011
Chair, Momentum 2010: Joint Diversity Task Force — 2006 to 2010
Citizen Lawyer Award – 2009
Minorities in the Profession Committee
Co-Chair — 2006 to 2008
Member — 2003 to 2008, 2011 to present
Member of Bar Exam Application Project Subcommittee of the Lawyer
Effectiveness & Quality of Life Committee — 2004 to 2006
Young Lawyers Division Bar Examination Committee
Member — 1999 to 2004
Member of Health Law Section — 1998 to 2012
Member of Education Law Section — 1998 to 2012, 2019
North Carolina Bar Association Foundation
Member of Board of Directors — 2008-2011
National Association of College and University Attorneys
American Health Lawyers Association
Selected Presentations and Publications
Emerging Legal issues in College Athletics, September 2019
CLE presentation; Watauga County Bar; Boone, NC
North Carolina Health Information Management Association Legal Reference Manual, Ninth Edition
Diversity and Inclusion in a Global Society March 2013
MCLE presentation; American College of Healthcare Executives; Charlotte, NC
The End of the Beginning?: Healthcare Reform After National Federation of Independent Business v.
Sebelius December 2012
CLE/MCLE presentation; Wake AHEC Health Law and Ethics Update 2012; Raleigh, NC
Diversity In The legal Profession October 2012
CLE presentation; North Carolina Central University School of Law; Durham, NC
Diversity in Bar Leadership September 2010
CLE presentation; North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys Annual Conference; Greensboro, NC
Health Crisis Management in the Workplace April 2010
CLE presentation; 15th Annual National Employment Law Conference; Henderson NV
Leadership Essentials March 2009
CLE presentation; North Carolina Bar Association Pathways to Inclusion Leadership Academy; Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, NC.
Regina Rudisill
Assistant General Counsel
Regina C. Rudisill serves as an Assistant General Counsel within the Office of General Counsel at Appalachian State University. In December of 2022, she moved from Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Boone, North Carolina, to begin her new role. Prior to joining the Office of General Counsel at Appalachian State University, Regina served for nearly 5 ½ years at her alma mater, Fayetteville State University, within the Division of Student Affairs as the Director of Student Conduct. In that role, Regina collaborated with campus partners in various areas including, but not limited to, matters involving Title IX, student engagement, counseling, student mental health, academic misconduct, and Free Speech and Expression. She also previously served as a Pre-Law advisor for those students aspiring to have a career in the legal field.
Since 2018, Regina operated her solo law practice, part-time, and represented clients with legal issues involving residential landlord-tenant disputes, contract drafting, review, breach of contract-related issues, traffic tickets, estate planning, and various other consumer-related issues.
Southern University Law Center, Juris Doctor
Fayetteville Technical Community College, Paralegal Diploma
Fayetteville State University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
North Carolina State Bar
Cumberland County Bar Association
14th Judicial District
Association for Student Conduct Administration
Melissa Blocker
Director of Legal and Compliance Operations
Melissa Blocker began working as a Paralegal in the Office of General Counsel in March 2020. Before joining Appalachian State, she worked in a criminal defense law firm, assisting with numerous and various types of criminal matters. Melissa has worked in several facets of the legal field, including as a Mediator, certified by the Dispute Resolution Commission of North Carolina, wherein she successfully mediated many cases involving domestic, juvenile, civil, and criminal law issues. Melissa also served as Program Coordinator in the 24th Judicial District of North Carolina, for the Sentencing Services Program, which is organized under the Office of Indigent Defense Services of North Carolina, wherein she developed and helped implement many incarceration diversion plan(s) and other sentencing and rehabilitation options. Melissa received her undergraduate degree from Appalachian State (Bachelor of Science in Political Science, magna cum laude) and her Associate of Applied Science in Paralegal Technology from Caldwell Community College. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar Association Paralegal and criminal law sections. Melissa is involved in the community with school sports programs, particularly basketball with her son and husband. She loves to camp (or glamp in an RV) with her family, attend Appalachian Basketball games, and is proud to be a part of the Appalachian community.
Appalachian State University, Bachelor of Science in Political Science (magna cum laude), 2000
Caldwell Community College, Associate of Applied Science in Paralegal Technology, 1998
NC Bar Association Paralegal and criminal law sections
Association of College and University Policy Administrators
National Association of College and University Business Officers
Litigation (eDiscovery, Torts, Workers' Compensation)
Emily Cornett
Having worked at Appalachian State University for the past four years, Emily made the switch to the Office of General Counsel in April of 2022. Before joining the Appalachian State family, she had focused her career on Child Development, working with many early learning centers within her community. Emily spends much time involved in youth sports as her two sons play soccer, basketball, and baseball. She is honored to be able to serve Appalachian State.


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Surgical tradies scrub up well
Open video: Surgical tradies scrub up well
This patient is suffering from a painful swollen belly and needs urgent medical attention.
It's a scenario that could happen in Antarctica.
Dr Natasha will be the station doctor at Casey over winter.
>> Dr Natasha Behrendorff, Casey medical officer 2019-2020: Obviously in Antarctica, I've got to be the person who either delegates it to someone else or does it.
At each Australian Antarctic research station, there's one doctor and no nurses.
So each year before they head south, Royal Hobart Hospital trains expeditioners as Lay Surgical Assistants to help the doctor in medical emergencies.
>> Daniel Dardha, Casey plumber 2019-2020: It's been a massive learning curve, it's something totally different from being a plumber on the job site to coming into the Hobart hospital, and everyone's been great here too.
Plumber Daniel finds a bit in common with his day job.
>> Daniel Dardha: Because I was on the anaesthetic side of things, working with the ventilator, so it's all just air and oxygen and in and out, don't get them crossed up and make sure there's no leaks and you're pretty right to go aren't you. Q: Just like air-conditioning? A: That's plumbing, just in a fancy looking box.
Carpenter Glen is on the tools.
>> Glen Pretious, Casey carpenter 2019-2020: Scrub nurse, assisting the surgeon, keeping a sterile field, handling all the instruments for the surgeon. Hand hygiene, as a chippie you don't normally have clean hands, but you certainly do here.
There are new things for the doctor to learn too.
>> Dr Natasha Behrendorff: It's interesting, I have to use different language, and guess always be aware they may not recognise when things are deteriorating in the same way that someone else with medical training might.
With a nasty infected appendix removed, this patient will live to train another day.
>> Glen Pretious (Q: after this kind of training, what are you willing to take on?)
I'll take on anything, after this training! (laughs)
Designer drill video
Open video: Designer drill video
Extreme Antarctic conditions require extreme engineering.
Australian Antarctic Division Project Manager, Matt Filipowski: "The materials being used in the drill need to be able to withstand minus fifty degree ice temperatures and also just to operate continuously in that environment."
The Australian Antarctic Program is designing and building a unique ice core drill.
This new drill refines a design develop with international partners.
It's nine metres long and made of specialised stainless steel, aluminium bronze and titanium.
The drill will delve 3000 metres into the Antarctic ice cap to extract some of the oldest ice on Earth.
Matt Filipowski: "There's a sharp cutting tip at the end that works a bit like a hole saw and that cuts a plug out of the ice. Then the drill chamber actually holds that section of ice, and then we winch the drill all the way to the top, to the surface, and we take that long cylindrical core out and then start the process all over again."
Three metres of ice core will be extracted at a time.
The cores hold chemicals and tiny bubbles of atmosphere from more than a million years ago.
This snapshot will help scientists better predict how the climate might change into the future.
Once built, drilling is expected to commence in Antarctica in 2021.
Open video: Are we there yet?
TEXT BOX: Getting around Antarctica has always been a challenge.
TEXT BOX: From Mawson's era...to the modern day.
OPERATIONS MANAGER, ROB CLIFTON: I reckon early explorers would be really jealous of the way we get around. I mean now with GPS and vehicles that have got heated cabins, it's pretty easy I think compared to what they were probably doing.
So it's a huge area that the Australian Antarctic Territory covers. The distance between stations is equivalent to Melbourne to Brisbane, so it's a long way.
TEXT BOX: Travel between stations is by small planes.
ROBB CLIFTON: We are operating, obviously, in quite low temperatures, well below zero. And windy conditions as well and often with blown snow, which impedes visibility, which is pretty challenging for aircraft.
TEXT BOX: In winter the sea-ice acts as a highway for expeditioners.
TEXT BOX: They use quad bikes, skidoos and Hagglunds to get out in the field.
TEXT BOX: On the plateau people travel on GPS marked routes.
TEXT BOX: In summer small boats are the transport of choice.
ROBB CLIFTON: You know, in the middle of summer you can be out travelling around by Zodiac boat and then in winter, you can be driving a Hagglunds at exactly the same spot over the frozen ocean. So it takes a bit to get your head around that as a medium.
65 years of Mawson station
Open video: 65 years of Mawson station
Daddy Cool 2019!
Open video: Daddy Cool 2019!
Captains announced for RSV Nuyina
Open video: Captains announced for RSV Nuyina
Portside with Nuyina
Open video: Portside with Nuyina
I'm here in Galati, Romania, to watch the construction of Australia's newest icebreaker, the research vessel Nuyina.
It's incredibly exciting to be here and see the ship in such an advanced state of construction, with decks laid, cables pulled, rooms prepared and a team of workers on, working to completion.
This ship is a remarkable addition to our Antarctic capabilities and it will deliver for us opportunities for science research, logistics, passenger transfer and fuel capabilities that we've never had before.
When she is launched in Hobart in 2020 she will be the most powerful ship in the Southern Ocean and a terrific contribution to our Antarctic efforts.
Scientists of the Antarctic: Dr Brian Miller
Open video: Scientists of the Antarctic: Dr Brian Miller
[Sound of blue whale]
My name is Brian Miller. I'm a research scientist here at the Australian Antarctic Division. I study underwater sound and particularly the sounds of whales and other marine mammals in the Antarctic.
[Sound of Antarctic minke whale]
My work involves putting specialised listening devices deep under water around the Antarctic continent so that we can record the sounds of the underwater environment.
[Sound of humpback whale]
One of the amazing things about using underwater sound to study animals is just how noisy the Southern Ocean is itself. Jacques Cousteau called the underwater world 'the silent world' and he couldn't have been more wrong about that.
[Sound of crashing ice]
Some animals are much more vocal than others and in particular, blue whales and fin whales are incredibly vocal animals.
[Sound of fin whale]
We can hear them much more easily than we can see them. Listening for them is an incredibly efficient way to study them.
A lot of the questions that we're trying to answer; how many whales are there, where are they, when do we see them? These are really basic fundamental questions that you need to be able to answer if you want to have any chance of conserving and managing populations of whales effectively.
One of the things I love most about this work is that there's still discoveries to be made. Going into the field, there's always a possibility that we might hear something that's never been recorded before, we might discover something new. And that opportunity to discover something new is a really satisfying part of the job.
Operation appendix
Open video: Operation appendix
This is not a situation you want to be in during an Antarctic winter.
Australian Antarctic Division, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jeff Ayton "The Russian doctor in 1961, Dr Rogozov, having to do his own appendicectomy under local anaesthetic and with assistance from his lay team, which was an extraordinary feat."
While some people will do almost anything to visit Antarctica. Australian doctors must sacrifice a piece of themselves.
Australian Antarctic Division, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jeff Ayton "The Australian Antarctic doctors since 1950 have had to have their appendix out. It's a unique request and it's always a discussion point at the interview and the medical screening."
The appendix removal policy came into force after a doctor on Heard Island fell ill, requiring a complex emergency evacuation.
With only a single doctor on each Australian Antarctic station over winter, they must be in good health.
Australian Antarctic Division, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jeff Ayton "It's not just the instance of appendicitis, it's the concern about any abdominal mischief and the diagnosis of that remotely when you haven't got a doctor on site for the doctor. Because appendicitis is a life threatening condition and you can deteriorate within hours to a ruptured appendix and peritonitis and die."
Despite the unusual job requirement, doctors are still lining up to go south.
Scientists of the Antarctic: Dr Damian Murphy
Open video: Scientists of the Antarctic: Dr Damian Murphy
I research the movement of air in the upper parts of the atmosphere, above what we would typically call the weather.
Atmospheric waves transfer momentum from the lower parts of the atmosphere into other parts of the atmosphere and, when they do that, they force large-scale circulations that can change the nature of the atmosphere.
These waves are made by airflow over mountains and landscape features, but they're also made by the air movements associated with cold fronts and changes in the jet-stream.
So the waves can be measured by making measurements of the wind using atmospheric balloons but also using atmospheric radars.
We operate three atmospheric radars at Davis station.
The three atmospheric radars look at different parts of the atmosphere. So one mostly looks at what we call the weather, so the troposphere and the lower stratosphere. It measures the wind speed in that part of the atmosphere every few minutes.
Another one looks quite high up in the atmosphere between about 70 and a hundred kilometres, in an area called the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. Once again, it does it every few minutes.
And then finally we have one that detects meteors as they come into the atmosphere, and the trail of the meteor gets blown along by the wind and we are able to measure the wind speed by gathering a whole stack of those detections of meteors.
Interestingly, that last radar can also be used to study the meteors themselves.
A lot of the data taken is fed to the Bureau of Meteorology for them to use in their weather forecasting. The other radars are used by my colleagues all around the world for studying wave and other activity on a global scale around the Earth.


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Sophie Cunningham ist der Name folgender Personen:

* Sophie Cunningham (Schriftstellerin) (* 1963), australische Schriftstellerin und Herausgeberin
 Sophie Cunningham (Basketballspielerin) (* 1996), US-amerikanische Basketballspielerin