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Latinx and Hispanic Middle Grade Books – by #OwnVoices Authors
There are so many wonderful Latinx and Hispanic middle grade books being published right now I had such a great time reading titles for this book list. I was able to include a wide variety of genres: contemporary, historical fiction, fantasy and even a verse novel. In addition to the novels on this list, most of these authors have other wonderful books with charismatic Latinx and Hispanic protagonists so you can double and triple your reading list!
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13 Latinx and Hispanic Middle Grade Books
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez. My son listened to this on audiobook and loved it! He was alternating between gasping and laughing. Salvador Vidón is the new kid, but he is also an unusual kid because he is able to open portals into alternate universes with his mind. He meets Gabi Reál who is a bit suspicious of his explanation about the mysterious things that happen when he is around. This is a really fun book, with lots of fast-paced action and crazy humor. Highly recommended!
The Other Half of Happy by Rebecca Balcárcel. Quijana is biracial Guatemalan-Anglo and has conflicted feelings about her mixed race identity. She doesn't speak Spanish and doesn't want to go with her family on a trip to Guatemala. Instead she plans on running away to visit her maternal grandmother in Florida. A lovely coming of age story.
The Wind Called My Name by Mary Louise Sanchez. During the Great Depression, Margarita Sandoval's family farm in New Mexico is devastated by drought and her father takes a job with the railroad, moving the family to Wyoming. Her new community doesn't appreciate the Sandoval's Hispanic heritage, her father works to organize rail workers into a union and her family must prevent the loss of Abuelita's land in New Mexico. This book fills a much needed gap in children's literature by portraying the diversity of the American frontier.
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar. In the 1960s, Ruthie and her family are recent Jewish-Cuban immigrants living in New York City. After a car accident, Ruthie suffers terrible injuries and she is placed in a full body cast. Confined to bed and totally dependent on others, Ruthie's physical world narrows, but as others come to visit her, Ruthie begins to collect stories and her emotional and intellectual world expands. The author based the story on her own experiences and this is a wonderful, moving book.
The Storm Runner (series) by J.C. Cervantes. Rick Riordan Presents is a new publishers imprint that publishes fantasies based on multicultural mythology written by authors other than Riordan. In The Storm Runner, Mayan mythology is front and center. Thirteen year old Zane learns that the volcano in his New Mexico backyard is a actually a prison for a Mayan god. When Brooks, a mysterious shape-shifting girl shows up to help Zane fulfill his destiny, the adventure begins.
Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo. Charlie spent his childhood listening to his abuela's tales of Hispanic mythology. One day, in middle school Charlie experiences a strange transformation which suggests those tales weren't myths after all. He is thrown into a world which is both familiar and bizarre, and with the help of his friend, Violet, Charlie follows clues from a map in his mother's locket that takes him on a hair-raising adventure. Charlie switches fluently from English to Spanish, but the meaning will be perfectly clear to non-Spanish speaker and there is a helpful glossary of Hispanic mythology in the endnotes.
Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya. Cuban-American sixth grader Emilia has ADHD and has a lot of difficulty staying focused at school. After her father returns home from deployment, Emilia notices that he seems a bit different, moody and more distant. And the difficulties keep coming; a school assignment which illuminates social injustice threatens her oldest friendships.
The Wild Book by Margarita Engle. Fefa lives on the family farm in Cuba with her 10 siblings. A doctor tells Fefa that because of her dyslexia she will never read or write. Her mother, fortunately, is not so easily convinced. She gives Fefa a journal as a word garden in which to practice. Set in 20th century Cuba, against the backdrop of some difficult times, this verse novel is a wonderful story of a girl and her perseverance.
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Celia C. Pérez. Four very different girls come together to work towards a goal. The Floras is a beauty pageant girls club and and uses a crown made of bird feathers to crown the winner. Cat, Aster, Ofelia and Lane team up to get the Floras to stop using the crown. They hit some bumps along the way and form their own club, the Ostentation of Others and Outsiders. This is a wonderfully engaging story of friendship and justice.
Dactyl Hill Squad (series) by Daniel José Older. It's 1863 and the Civil War is being fought with troops on the backs of raptors! This is a spectacular and unique historical fantasy story. When Magdalys and several friends are on a field trip, children from the orphanage where they live are kidnapped. Magdalys and the others head to the Dactyl Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn where they learn how to ride pterodactyls as part of a plan to take down the evil magistrate behind the kidnappings. Magdalys has some trouble learning how to be a team player but her skill as a dinosaur telepath (!) helps lead the group to victory.
The Moon Within by Aida Salazar. This is a remarkable, much needed tale about Celi, a girl who is learning about how her body is changing and taking her into womanhood. Celi's mother wants to have a moon ceremony when Celi has her first period, but Celi doesn't want that. At school, Celi is adjusting to her best friend Mar's own transition, from girl to "xochihuah," or non-binary. This important book explores cultural and gender identity in an engaging and contemporary story.
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya. 13 year old Arturo works part-time in his family's Cuban restaurant. But then a sketchy land developer, Pipo, wants to buy the lot next door and convince the city to let him develop a huge project with no room for the restaurant. Arturo, with the help of his friend Carmen work to undermine Pipo's plot. I loved the way Arturo finds inspiration to fight the good fight from the poetry of Cuban poet José Martí, as well as old letters written by his grandfather. Any teenager will laugh out loud at Arturo's antics.
Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle by Hilda Eunice Burgos. Ana María lives in a tiny New York apartment with her three sisters and another sibling on the way. Ana María is determined to win a scholarship to a private school but that means she will have to practice the piano as much as possible, which seems all but impossible, given the amount of chaos that is going on in her family!
More books with a Latinx and Hispanic focus that you will love:
Books for Hispanic Heritage Month
Picture and Chapter Books with Latinx and Hispanic Characters
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Hi Erica, I love this list you put together, but don't think THE MIDNIGHT WAR OF MATEO MARTINEZ should be on it as it isn't #ownvoices. How about ME, FRIDA, AND THE SECRET OF THE PEACOCK RING instead?
KT says
Fun list! I just finished Strange Birds and really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more from this list.
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Kevin Boyce, Superintendent Parks Department
Burlington Parks Department
kboyce@burlingtonkansas.gov
CITY OF BURLINGTON, Telephone: 620-364-5334; Fax: 620-364-2996; email:
Burlington has four recreational parks and several other parks for people to enjoy. Conrad Park, Drake Park, Jones Youth Recreational Park, Katy Park, and Kelley Park. These parks offer a variety of activities. Two of the parks offer camping and hook-ups; three parks offer baseball and softball fields; one park offers three soccer fields. Other excellent facilities offered in the parks in Burlington include: tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool, outdoor three-wall racquetball courts, outdoor basketball courts, well-equipped playgrounds, and several attractive picnic areas for use by the public for large or small gatherings. Several rodeo events are held each year at Kelley Park in an arena built by the Coffey County Saddle Club.
Burlington has been named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation for 23 consecutive years.
Burlington has several other parks for residents and visitors to enjoy, including Arbor Park, Caboose Park, Conrad Park, Floral Park, Oak Park, Veterans Park. The Oak Park Nature Walking Trail was completed in March, 2004.
DRAKE PARK and Burlington CITY DAM are located on a scenic stretch of the Neosho River on the east edge of the City of Burlington. Drake Park provides visitors with an opportunity to enjoy fishing, picnicking, sightseeing, and camping. Burlington City Dam is a favorite fishing spot of residents and visitors alike. Several species of fish are found in the waters flowing over the City Dam, including white bass, crappie, spoonbill, carp and drum.
Recent additions to Drake Park include the construction of eight concrete RV parking stalls. Each stall is equipped with water and electrical hookups and they are in close proximity to the City Dam. Newly constructed restrooms with showers are close by. Picnic tables have been set up at various locations throughout Drake Park and there are plans to install barbecue grills.
KATY PARK is the location of the Coffey County Museum and the Aquatic Center (city outdoor pool), and a ball diamond. The Coffey County Museum is at 1101 Neosho, while the Aquatic Center is located at 215 South 13th Street.
KELLEY PARK:
Kelley Park, located on 46 acres along the Neosho River, is only a few blocks south of the City Dam and is a popular park for Burlington and Coffey County activities of all kinds. Kelley Hall offers a quaint location to hold family reunions, birthday parties, receptions, and
meetings. The new 4-H Building is also complete with kitchen facilities for dinners and banquets. Sporting events are held in the rustic covered Kelley Park Stadium. Rodeos are held in the Rodeo Arena. Kelley Park is the site for the oldest consecutively held annual fair in the State of Kansas. New restrooms were recently constructed in the playground area next to Kelley Hall. Several shelter houses are equipped with barbecue grills and picnic tables. RV parking is available at Kelley Park. Kelley Park also has added more horseshoe courts for horseshoe enthusiasts.
BUILDING RESERVATIONS
KELLEY HALL & 4-H BUILDING: Contact Burlington City Hall
301 Neosho Street / P.O. Box 207; (620)364-5334).
STADIUM: Contact Burlington City Hall
SHELTER HOUSES: First come, first serve
RV PARKING / CAMPING : NO RESERVATIONS
Effective April 2016, the Self-Pay stations have been installed at Kelley Park and Drake Park/City Dam for the Recreational Camping facilities.
OPEN document below for additional information.
RV Camping – Drake and Kelley $10 Nightly effective April 2016
Burlington Parks Flyer – Camping Fishing Picnicking Rev 4-2016
REGULAR RATE PER NIGHT
SEE DOCUMENT ABOVE
DRAKE PARK / CITY DAM
SELF-PAY STATION
KELLEY PARK
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USD 244 Recreation Center
Scot Jeffers Recreation Director 1110 Shea Street Burlington, Kansas 66839 Phone: 620-364-8484; Fax: 620-364-8035 The USD 244
Recreation Commission is responsible for conducting a comprehensive year-around recreation and leisure program for all ages within the school district. In addition, the Commission is responsible for operating the Recreation Center and the Aquatic Center, two of the newest and finest facilities of their kind in the State of Kansas.
The $2.1 million Recreation Center was completed in May of 1989. It offers residents 48,000 square feet of space for indoor recreational activities. Main features include an elevated walking track; a 25-yard, six-lane swimming pool; a two-court gymnasium; a fully-equipped weight room; two racquetball courts; an aerobics room; a game room; an arts and crafts room; and a child care room. The Recreation Center features top-of-the-line fitness equipment such as Stairmaster, PreCor, NordicTrack, Quinton, Schwinn, York and Cybex.
In addition, the Recreation Commission offers a variety of classes, sports, fitness activities, trips and events for all ages. Brochures are produced three times per year: in January, May and September.
Call 620-364-8484 for current activity schedules, fees, membership to the Recreation Center or other information. [Admission fees vary for persons who live in Burlington and those who do not.]
Parks/Lakes within 35 miles of Burlington
There are many recreational parks in Burlington. The area also has several recreation lakes.
Dams, Water Sports, Environmental Areas Outdoor Activities: camping, fishing , hunting, sightseeing, water sports, etc.
Coffey County Lake – The Coffey County Lake has been called the "Crown Jewel" of Kansas fisheries. The lake, which has a surface area of 5,090 acres and an average depth of 21.5 feet, opened for public fishing in 1996. The variety of species of fish include walleye, channel catfish, small mouth bass, largemouth bass, crappie, white bass, and wipers.
To learn more about fishing on the Coffey County Lake contact:
Coffey County Lake Fishing
Burlington, KS 66839
Phone: general information: Chamber of Commerce 620-364-2002 or toll free: 877-364-2002
Phone: Is lake open/closed? (620)364-5119
Phone: Wind Advisory/Gatehouse-24 hrs: (620)364-2475 Dwight D.
Eisenhower Environmental Education Area – The Wolf Creek Dwight D. Eisenhower Environmental Education Area, which opened in September of 1994, offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about the nature of eastern Kansas through its scenic nature trails. Five trails are available to enjoy scenic hikes 365 days a year. Handicap accessible trails, Prairie Lake and South Pond, are a half mile long with asphalt surfaces. The Kansas Nature Trail, has a grass surface. Marsh Island Trail is a wetland habitat. The Marsh Island and Woodland Deer Trails are accessible by vehicle. (Phone: 620-364-4141)
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
530 West Maple, P.O. Box 128; Hartford, Kansas (620)364-5553.
The refuge is managed as part of the National Migratory Waterfowl Program and is open to public hunting during the hunting season, with the exception of the area north of the Neosho River which is closed to public access during the migratory waterfowl season. Detailed hunting information may be obtained from the Refuge manager, Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge.
Gridley City Lake – Thirty-three acres, 1 mile N. of Gridley in Coffey County.
Gridley City Lake dedication for the reopening afte major renovations was held in July of 2013. The project included new water line, eight pole extension of electrical line to the lake, a bath house, seven RV sites with electricity and water hookups, playground equipment, a volley ball court, covered picnic table, a covered gazebo, a lake sign, benches and landscaping. The lake has been stocked with a variety of fish, inclidng bass, crappie, walleye, wiper, and catfish.
A Kansas Fishing License is required to fish at Gridley City Lake. A city permit is no longer needed. The lake reopened for fishing on May 1, 2013.
Contact: City of Gridley at Tel: 620-836-3145; Fax: 620-836-2838; Mail: P.O. Box 182, Gridley, KS 66852 or contact Coffey County Chamber of Commerce Phone: 620-364-2002 ; Toll free: 877-364-2002
John Redmond Reservoir and Lake – In the center of Coffey County, about two miles north and one mile west of Burlington, is John Redmond Reservoir which encompasses 9,400 acres. The dam is 20,740 feet long; the maximum height above the streambed is 86 feet, drainage area above the dam is 3,015 square miles, and the concrete spillway has 14 gates. Access roads lead into five park areas on the lake and below the dam. The park areas offer picnicking and camping sites, a swimming beach, boat launching ramps, water hydrants, electric hookups, sanitary facilities, group shelters and group camping. The lake offers all types of water related activities, and consists of 59 shoreline miles and 221 parkland acres. It provides excellent opportunities for fishing and hunting. Sport fish in the lake include white crappie, white bass, wipers, channel catfish and flathead catfish.
For further information contact: Resident Engineer; John Redmond Resident Office; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Route 2; P.O. Box 71; Burlington, KS 66839/Telephone: (620)364-8614. [A step on guide is available upon request.]
Boating – Boating on the lake is in accordance with the Kansas boating laws and Corps of Engineers' regulations. Operate your boat in a controlled, safe manner at all times. All boats propelled by a motor of any kind or a sail boat must be numbered and registered with the State of Kansas or legally registered with another state. For more complete information, see the "Kansas Boating and Safety Guide."
Camping and Picnicking – Access roads lead into five park areas on the lake and below the dam. The park areas offer picnicking and camping sites, a swimming beach, boat launching ramps, water hydrants, electric hookups, sanitary facilities, group shelters and group camping. Fees are collected on a seasonal basis at the various parks. More detailed information regarding the fee program may be obtained at the project office.
Hunting and Fishing – The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is operating approximately 1,600 acres of project lands for wildlife management and public hunting. The area is known as Otter Creek Game Management Area.
Numerous gravel and dirt township and county roads provide access to the game management areas open to public hunting. People hunting are urged to respect all posted signs and not to trespass on private property. Hunting is prohibited in developed recreational areas on the lake and in the vicinity of the dam and other project structures.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has under cooperative agreement approximately 18,500 acres of project land and water areas for operation of the Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is managed as part of the National Migratory Waterfowl Program and is open to public hunting during the hunting season, with the exception of the area north of the Neosho River which is closed to public access during the migratory waterfowl season. Detailed hunting information may be obtained from the Refuge manager, Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 128, Hartford, KS (620)364-5553.
Hunting and fishing activities are regulated by Federal and State laws. Areas open to public hunting in the Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge and the Otter Creek Game Management Area are restricted to steel shot for all game species. Project hunting maps showing areas open for hunting and specific regulations and restrictions are available from the project office.
Principal game species include bobwhite quail, ducks, geese, mourning dove, cottontail rabbits, and numbers of squirrel, deer and turkey.
Sightseeing – John Redmond Reservoir is located in the broad Neosho River Valley near the eastern edge of the Flint Hills. The natural beauty of the area is an open invitation to the visitor for picnicking, camping, hiking and sightseeing. Bring your horse along and enjoy a ride on the scenic trails. Acres of grassland with abundant wildflowers are interspersed with wooded bottomlands and stream valleys. For nature enthusiasts, there are many native grasses and trees including big walnut, hickory, ash, cottonwood and cedar. Also, for bird watchers, there are many species of birds in the area, including migratory waterfowl and bald eagles. A bird watching checklist is available at the project office.
Lebo City Lake, which will open in the Spring of 2000 and will cover 70 acres is located two miles west and 1/2 mile north of Lebo in Coffey County. (City license is required.)
Contact CITY OF LEBO: Tel: 620-256-6622; Mail: P.O. Box 14, Lebo, KS 66856 or contact Coffey County Chamber of Commerce Phone: 620-364-2002 or toll free: 877-364-2002 ; Email: info@coffeycountychamber.com
Melvern Lake – Located 20 miles north of Burlington on U.S. Highway 75, Melvern Lake consists of 6.930 surface acres of water and 17,244 acres of adjacent land. More than 500,000 visitors enjoy the recreational and natural resource activities of Melvern Lake's six parks which include, but are not limited to, boating/water sports, picnicking, swimming, wildlife, nature trails, an equestrian trail, local historic sites, hunting areas, a full-service marina, and an interpretive information center.
For more information, contact: Melvern Lake Project Office; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; RR 1; Melvern Kansas 66510; Phone: (913)549-3318.
New Strawn City Lake, covering three acres, is located in the center New Strawn, less than five miles north of Burlington. (City license required.)
Contact CITY OF NEW STRAWN; Tel: 620-364-8283; Fax: 620-364-5110; Mail: P.O. Box 507, 407 N. Arrowhead Drive, New Strawn, KS 66839 or contact Coffey County Chamber of Commerce Phone: 620-364-2002 or toll free: 877-364-2002 ; Email: info@coffeycountychamber.com
Pomona Lake – Located approximately 25 miles north Burlington Pomona Lake is a 4,000 acre lake with eight developed parks, including R.V. campsites. Marina concessions provide a full range of boating, fishing and camping supplies. Pomona Dam if 7,750 feet long and stands 111 feet above the streambed. Activities available include hunting, fishing, recreation, camping, picnicking, and enjoyment of nature.
For more information, contact: Project Manager; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Pomona Lake; RR 1; Vassar, Kansas 66543/Phone: (913)453-2201.
Wolf Creek Environmental Education Area – The Wolf Creek Environmental Education Area, opened in September of 1994, offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about the nature of eastern Kansas. The area consists of 160 acres on which there are three self-guided trails. The Prairie Lake Trail offers a prairie lake view, a bird viewing blind, a creek view, a water walk, and a predator's view. The South Pond Trail offers a transmission line crossing, pasture grasses, view of the south pond, and pasture succession. The Kansas Nature Trail includes viewing the stock pond, the transmission line right-of-way, grassland ecology, the north lake shore, conservation and agriculture, grasses and trees, and the old Martindale School. The trails offer the opportunity to see thirty-eight species of snakes (only five are poisonous); native tall grasses; a variety of wild life including white-tailed deer, coyotes, wood mice, deer mice, fox, squirrels, meadowlarks, bobwhite quail, field sparrows, grasshopper sparrows, waterfowl, and king fishers. Also seen along the trails are a variety of plants, flowers and trees. The Wolf Creek Environmental Education Area provides the opportunity for an incredible sightseeing experience.
For more information or to schedule a presentation, contact: Wolf Creek Generating Station
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It's been a month since I started taking the Spring Valley biotin. So far, so good.
The awesome news is my postpartum shedding has stopped completely and I know it's the biotin. I have a video coming up throwing more light on this.
2. Increase in nail growth. My nails haven't only grown pretty fast, they are stronger too.
3. No weight gain. Some ladies have said you eat more when taking the biotin and I think I've increased my food intake but add that to breastfeeding and it's a plus for my baby. However, I feel less bloated and very energetic.
4. I see any increase in growth in my eye brows too but because my hair is tucked away again, I can't do a length check till Mid April when I take down the twists. I'll be able to do proper assessment after 3 months.
So that's it for the one month update on the spring valley biotin.


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FE merges with Fund Info and F2C
Under new ownership, the three research firms aim to connect 800 asset managers with at 3,000 fund distributors, the majority of which are wealth managers, platforms and private banks.
by Francis Nikolai Acosta 26 November 2018 10 November 2020
FE, Fund Info and F2C will combine to form a single, integrated company, which will "play to their complementary capabilities", Neil Bradford, FE's CEO, said in a note.
"We will become a firm of more than 600 employees, with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, London, Zurich, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Dublin, Chennai, Brno, and with a presence in France, Spain, New Zealand and New York," he said.
UK-headquartered FE, which was founded in 2006, provides investment data, software and performance analysis to financial advisers, asset managers and institutions, according to the note. It has operations in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, India and the Czech Republic.
FE is a data partner of Fund Selector Asia.
Zurich-headquartered Fund Info, which was launched in 2005, hosts a library of fund documents and provides fund groups in Europe and Asia with a range of services for publishing and disseminating fund information, according to the note.
Luxembourg-headquartered F2C, which was also launched in 2005, is recognised for its fund data management platform, Publi Fund.
The combined firm will be announcing its expanded range of capabilities next year, FE's Bradford said, noting that there will not be "any big changes today.
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An investigation by Spanish authorities into the illegal distribution of paid television content has resulted in the seizure and destruction of six bitcoin mines used to launder proceeds from the alleged scheme.
European law enforcement agency Europol, which took part in the investigation, said today that 30 individuals had been arrested during an operation on 18th May. Thirty-eight homes across seven Spanish cities, including Madrid, were searched during the event, according to the agency.
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Europol said that the alleged effort to distribute paid-for TV content stretched across the globe, involving decoder exporters from China as well as a network of servers based throughout Europe.
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Q: Hibernate : include configuration files in WEB-INF in tests I have a web app and i am trying to set up the config for the unit tests. I have the following structure
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All my spring configuration files are stored in the project\src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\spring directory. But the issue is that my test configuration files are stored in the project\src\test\spring directory.
For my tests i want to use some of the configuration files in the project\src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\spring directory but i keep getting a file not found exception when i try access them.
Is there a way to keep my configuration files in the WEB-INF folder but still visible to my test configuration files?

A: Why do you keep configurations in project\src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\spring ?
You have to use:

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All files located in "src/main/resources" after maven build will be moved to {appRoot}/WEB-INF folder anyway.
Then from your tests you will see all files located in "src/main/resources"

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Will medtech drive the next Southeastern U.S. industrial revolution?
April 30, 2018 By Chris Newmarker Leave a Comment
One South Carolina startup relies on the Southeastern U.S. history of engineering innovation, new infrastructure and quality of life to drive drug delivery innovation through nanoparticles.
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Once home to a thriving textile industry replete with chemical and mechanical engineers working to improve the soil and machinery converting raw cotton into commercial goods, upstate South Carolina may be on the precipice of its next industrial revolution: medtech.
Born from technology developed at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Greenville-based Zylö Therapeutics is utilizing the regional chemical/mechanical engineering expertise and support network to improve drug and nitric oxide delivery through a proprietary sustained delivery system called Nanopods. Formally founded in late 2017, the company secured exclusive, worldwide rights to the technology and is currently working to solve the chemical and manufacturing issues that will enable scale-up and commercialization.
Here's how Zylö Therapeutics describes the technology: "The delivery system uses patented hydrogel-derived nanoparticles, called Nanopods, to deliver—in a sustained and controlled manner—notoriously hard-to-deliver therapeutic agents through topical administration. With our system, Zylö has harnessed the powerhouse therapeutic, nitric oxide, as well as other therapeutics that have bioavailability challenges."
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Zylö Therapeutics has established a commercially focused lab at CUBEInC, Clemson University's Biomedical Engineering Innovation Campus in Greenville where it occupies about 400 sq. ft. including bench space.
"There is a lot more medtech talent, especially engineering talent, in the Greenville and Upstate region than most of the country realizes," said Zylö Therapeutics CEO Scott Pancoast. "We all love being near the entrepreneurs, startups and university professors. It is an environment well suited for cultivating promising ideas and young companies seeking to commercialize innovations in biomedical engineering.
"The Southeast medtech ecosystem, including the institutions of higher education, is maturing collectively. It is finding itself and demonstrating an ability to attract and retain talent thanks to a laid-back atmosphere, low cost of living and high quality of life. If you were a smart Duke graduate 20 or 30 years ago, you got hired away to New York, San Francisco or Chicago. Now the region is keeping more and more talent here.
"When combined with proximity to the Research Triangle, Clemson, Furman, support systems like the South Carolina Research Alliance and sophisticated funding organizations like Venture South, the Upstate region of South Carolina — and the Southeast as a whole — looks more and more like San Diego did about 20 years ago."
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The capabilities and applications for the company's technology are myriad, Pancoast said. "We have harnessed the power of not only nitric oxide, but also curcumin and CBD and many other therapeutic agents."
Those applications include significant enhancements to OTC and direct-to-consumer cosmetic and skin-care products as well as improved treatments for wound care, infections, acne and pain, as well as sustained nicotine delivery for smoking cessation, without a patch, just to name a few.
The addressable cosmeceutical market alone, which should not require burdensome regulatory approval for Zylö Therapeutics' technology, is several billion dollars per year.
Big ideas require big money. While typical startups that require FDA approval will need $50 million or more to reach cash-flow breakeven; Zylö's initial reliance on non-regulated product opportunities should minimize the company's need for funding, according to Pancoast.
"We are eager for more big medtech ideas to be born out of the Upstate region and to see the universities — including their alumni bases — collaborate more closely with the corporate, venture and legal entities to help guide innovators and founders through the often-intimidating commercialization pathway. This type of collaboration is now second nature in other U.S. medtech innovation hubs. We aren't there yet, but there is mounting evidence that the Southeast medtech ecosystem has the assets and people in place to support more successful medtech innovation and commercialization."
Zylö Therapeutics will participate in the SEMDA 2018 Medtech Conference PitchRounds competition May 2–4, 2018 in Greenville, S.C.
Paul Snyder is VP Healthcare for Write2Market, an Atlanta-based digital marketing firm and member of the Southeastern Medical Device Association.
The opinions expressed in this blog post are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect those of MedicalDesignandOutsourcing.com or its employees.
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Nashville's Music City Center, turning 5, looks for new ways to grow
The convention center is looking for new markets to expand business
Nashville's Music City Center, turning 5, looks for new ways to grow The convention center is looking for new markets to expand business Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2018/05/18/nashville-music-city-center-conventions-nfl-draft-americas-got-talent-pokemon-hotel-construction/598990002/
Sandy Mazza, USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee Published 4:03 p.m. CT May 18, 2018 | Updated 1:20 p.m. CT May 21, 2018
Visitors tour at the newly opened Music City Center in Nashville
Music City Center, Friday, May 11, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn.(Photo: Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean)Buy Photo
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Music City Center failed to deliver roughly $12 million annually in value back to the city, which was projected before its opening.
Music City Center, the crown jewel of Nashville's downtown resurgence, turns five years old this week.
Nashville leaders herald the convention center as an unbridled success that they say delivered billions of dollars of economic benefits to the fast-growing city — but its growing pains are not over.
Business at the guitar-themed convention center hit its lowest point in the 2016-17 fiscal year.
Music City Center from groundbreaking to grand opening in 2013
Fireworks erupt as the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Music City Center March 22, 2010 at 10 a.m. on the site of the new center. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, Vice Mayor Diane Neighbors, Music City Center Authority Chairman Marty Dickens, ASAE President and CEO John Graham clap as fireworks go off as the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Music City Center March 22, 2010. Larry McCormack, Larry McCormack
Music City Center Authority Chairman Marty Dickens, left, and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean congratulate each other as Butch Spyridon, president, Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, right, looks on after the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Music City Center March 22, 2010. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean
Officials leave their construction helmets on the stage after the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Music City Center March 22, 2010. Larry McCormack, Larry McCormack
Work continues after the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Music City Center on March 22, 2010. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean
The Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Music City Center on March 22, 2010 at 10 a.m. on the site of the new center. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean
Construction is making progress on the Music City Center construction July, 29, 2010. Mandy Lunn / The Tennessean
Music City Center is under construction in Nashville on August, 11, 2010. Mandy Lunn / The Tennessean
Construction worker Mark Alvarez works on the Music City Center site in Nashville on Aug. 20, 2010. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
Construction worker Sabastian Hernandez, left, and Diego Campos tight steel rods on the Music City Center site in Nashville on Aug. 20, 2010. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
Construction workers work on the Music City Center site in Nashville on Aug. 20, 2010. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
Workers install steel girders on the new Convention Center on May 24, 2011. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean
Work continues on the Music City Center on Dec. 3, 2011. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean
This crane working at the Music City Center, here Jan. 10, 2012, has an unique history. The crane was the first piece of heavy equipment on the scene at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001. The crane was brand new then and sitting on a dock for shipment when the attacks occurred. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean
Ceco Concrete Construction General Superintendent Frank Brazzale signs a beam during the Music City Center Topping Out ceremony at the site Jan. 19, 2012. Over 1,000 workers signed the beams as well as enjoyed a complimentary lunch in one of the junior ball rooms. Mayor Karl Dean also attended the event and thanked workers for their efforts. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean
Construction workers use a lift to work on the glass windows of Music City Center on Sept. 28, 2012. Shelley Mays
Mayor Karl Dean speaks during a press conference for the Songwriters Hall of Fame that will be part of the Music City Center on Oct. 4, 2012. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
Famed songwriter Bobby Braddock signs his autograph on a board during a press conference about the Songwriters Hall of Fame being part of the Music City Center on Oct. 4, 2012. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
Construction workers use a forklift to work on the roof of the new Music City Center on Jan. 23, 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
Brian Downey's art is displayed inside during a tour of the new Music City Center on April 17, 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
The inside look of the new Music City Center during a tour on April 17, 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
The look of the ballroom inside the new Music City Center during a tour on April 17, 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
A worker washes windows at Music City Center as storms roll in Nashville on April 24, 2013. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
The new Music City Center, here May 2, 2013, is getting closer to it grand opening. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
Ken Paulson, the vice chair of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, left, stands with songwriter and chair of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Pat Alger at the new Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Music City Center on May 10, 2013. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean
A view of the concourse in the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
Cook Ruben Ortega cooks in the kitchens during a Media tour of the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
Executive Chef Max Knoepfel is prepping food during a Media tour of the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
Food in the kitchens of the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
A view of the grand lobby of the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
Songwriters are honored in stone in front of of the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
A view of the concourse stairwell in the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
Elmer Ardon puts the finishing touches on stonework during a media tour of the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
The "green" roof of the newly constructed Music City Center on May 15, 2013. Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean
The Music City Center is opening to the public on Sunday in Nashville on May 19, 2013. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
Visitors are silhouetted as they look at downtown through the window at the opening of the Music City Center on May 19, 2013. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
Visitors check out the Music City Center as it opens in Nashville on May 19, 2013. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean
The Time Jumpers featuring Vince Gill perform at a free concert celebrating the grand opening of the new Music City Center on May 20 , 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
Crowd are packed in for a concert at the new Music City Center which celebrated its grand opening on May 20, 2013 with Sheryl Crow headlining a free street party and concert. Other acts are The Time Jumpers featuring Vince Gill, Fisk Jubilee Singers and Mikky Ekko. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
Mikky Ekko performed at the new Music City Center which celebrated its grand opening on May 20, 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
Fisk Jubilee Singers performs at a free concert celebrating the grand opening of the new Music City Center on May 20, 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
The Fisk Jubilee Singers performs at a free concert celebrating the grand opening of the new Music City Center on May 20, 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
The Time Jumpers featuring Vince Gill perform at a free concert celebrating the grand opening of the new Music City Center on May 20, 2013. Shelley Mays, Shelley Mays
Fans cheer for The Time Jumpers featuring Vince Gill during a block party and concert for the new Music City Center which celebrated its grand opening on May 20, 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
Sheryl Crow performs a free concert celebrating the grand opening of the new Music City Center on May 20 , 2013. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean
Generally, it has struggled to meet the revenue and visitor-attraction projections that were used to convince taxpayers that the roughly $650 million expense was worthwhile.
Last year, it fell slightly short of filling an anticipated 346,500 hotel-room nights in 2016-17. That figure is the most important indicator of the 1.2 million square-foot center's success attracting out-of-town visitors.
Still, it exceeded that bar in two prior years. What's more, the number of filled hotel rooms is more than double what the old Nashville Convention Center delivered.
Amanda Arnold, left, gets her picture made by photographer Morgan Carr in front of the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, May 11, 2018. (Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Tennessean)
This week, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons is meeting there. It's also recently hosted "America's Got Talent" auditions, the Craft Brewers Conference, Pokemon World Championships, COAST Fashion Trade Exhibition, and Heroes and Villains Fan Fest comics convention.
The role of these events in the city's boom is more important than ever, as thousands of new hotel rooms under construction prepare to hit the market.
Greater hotel availability is critical to its future success, say its promoters. The lack of plentiful, affordable room options has limited the number of lucrative large conventions it can attract.
Music City Center has been a part of the city's growing spurt in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, May 11, 2018. (Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Tennessean)
But competition for convention business nationwide is intense and growing, making success tougher than ever.
The Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. withdrew the venue from a list of finalists for the 2020 Republican National Convention recently. But the venue could host events for the 2019 NFL draft and FIFA World Cup 2026, if Nashville wins those bids.
"The NFL draft and World Cup are two distinct examples of the kind of opportunities that Nashville's rise has presented to us," said Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. President Butch Spyridon. "The pressure's higher and the stakes are higher than they've never been. Failure is not an option."
What impact Music City Center has made in Nashville
The nearly $1 billion Metro expenditure on Music City Center and the adjacent Omni Hotel was intended to pay dividends for decades by raising the profile of the city and boosting tourism.
Center officials say it has delivered more than $2 billion in economic impact during its lifetime, largely by filling hotel rooms and spurring other development.
It's invested in signature downtown private development Fifth and Broadway, a group of dining, retail, residential and office projects under construction along the historic, hard-partying Lower Broadway strip.
The SoBro neighborhood around Music City Center is no longer the ramshackle collection of unremarkable squat buildings and sprawling surface parking lots that were there during its construction. It's a shiny destination with luxury high-rises, an expanded Country Music Hall of Fame, upscale hotels and a sculpture-adorned Korean Veterans Boulevard roundabout.
Music City Center, Friday, May 11, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo: Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean)
The grass-covered undulating roof of the center was made to look like the rolling hills of Tennessee, and edgy sound-wave designs can be seen in art pieces, rugs and elsewhere throughout the building.
"We're proud of what we've done. The building is our showpiece," said CEO Charles Starks. "We designed the convention center of the future, with 4-star meeting rooms. There's natural light in the exhibit hall. We invested in digital screens for branding messages. We do more food and beverage business than any place downtown.
"Our focus is on continuing to modernize Music City Center and to invest in the overall strategy to get people to come to Nashville."
One indication of how high the stakes are: Starks is the city's highest-paid executive employee, with a base salary of $304,000 and bonus offerings.
The center captured $100 million in hotel, campus, rental-car and "tourism development zone" sales taxes in the fiscal year ending in June. That revenue is well beyond projections, thanks to a leisure-tourism boom and business travel.
On its own, it earned $40 million, which was just enough to cover its expenses.
But those numbers don't tell the whole story, said Spyridon.
"The center is part of the brand," he said. "We're the model the rest of the country is looking at. I don't know how anybody could look at any aspect of this project and not see positive, enormous results on every level."
Music City Center faces growing competition
The project's success is the very thing that has slowed its dividends, Spyridon said.
"As the building opened and Nashville hit this uptick, leisure demand took some of our room blocks away from us. Hotels (can) get higher rates" with that group, he said. "The only reason we didn't have enough rooms is that we grew demand so much. It's that ancillary benefit, which was indirect, that you'll never be able to track."
But more rooms may not be enough to keep the center competitive, said Heywood Sanders, a University of Texas at San Antonio professor who follows the industry closely and wrote "Convention Center Follies: Politics, Power and Public Investment in American Cities."
"Nashville is competing in a convention market that has a serious oversupply problem," Sanders said. "There aren't a lot of new conventions, but there's been a 37 percent increase in the supply of convention-center space. Cleveland has a new center. Indianapolis expanded. Louisville is in process. Memphis is talking about expanding."
Las Vegas is planning to add a space the size of Nashville's center to its already massive facility. AEG is similarly considering a renovation and expansion of Los Angeles' convention center.
Music City Center's slowed progress in 2016 and 2017 reflected the industry's overall lackluster growth, according to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research.
"The CEIR Total Index, a measure of overall exhibition industry performance, increased by a modest 1.2 percent, 1.1 percentage points lower than in 2015," according to CEIR's 2017 annual report. "Nonetheless, three of four metrics rose in 2016: net square feet, real revenues, and exhibitors."
But Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. isn't discouraged.
"We see the trend going back to associations," Spyridon said. "We're ramping up marketing significantly in the D.C. area, where the bulk of associations are. We know we have to get ahead of that curve."
By the numbers: Music City Center impact, fiscal year 2016-17
Events: 287
Hotel rooms filled: 317,893
Attendees: 557,870
Economic impact: 371,643,358
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Give someone the chance to visit Ark Wildlife Park and meet Chilli, Saffron and their adorable meerkat family. Having fun with these curious mammals is a once in a lifetime experience and they'll be just as excited to meet new visitors. The lucky recipient of this experience will get to feed, chat to and interact with the mischievous, playful squad and enter their enclosure with an experienced keeper.
Upon arrival the visitor will be asked to fill in a health and safety form and be fully briefed before meeting the meerkats. Then, it's time to enter the enclosure armed with snacks and be enthusiastically greeted once the meerkats pick up the scent of the delicious treats. The guest will enjoy 30 minutes of feeding, playing and giggling at each of the cheeky characters while the knowledgeable keeper provides interesting facts about this inquisitive mammal. The rest of the day can be spent wandering the park while learning about the diverse range of other animals that call Ark Wildlife Park home.
This experience is available Monday to Sunday on selected dates, throughout the year.
This experience will last approximately half an hour, you will receive entrance to the zoo all day.


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Linux, in many ways, has had an important impact on my career.

Ever since I discovered Linux back in the late '90s, I've been involved in some
way or another with Unix but not until 2001 that I really got into it. I used
to spend my time developing on Windows© beforehand, and I never really knew
what I was missing!

Below, you can find the timeline of my Unix history:

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- 2001: After trying many different distributions, I've settled on using
        Debian. I never really liked RPM-based distributions. Debian taught me
        a lot about Linux, knowledge that I cherish to this day.
- 2005: Ubuntu has just recently came out, and delivered a much nice interface
        than Debian. I became quite invested in the project, and took on the
        task of a beta tester and a forum moderator.
- 2006: I discovered Arch, and decided to move to it. I very much liked the
        simplicity of [pacman](https://www.archlinux.org/pacman/) and
        [PKGBUILD](https://www.archlinux.org/pacman/PKGBUILD.5.html) files.
- 2006: I started my own Distribution, purely for educational purposes. This
        helped me understand the boot sequence, and also allowed me to create
        my own version of Kernel initialization very much aligned with Arch's
        mkinitcpio. My work helped fix a few bugs
        ([example][example-of-bugs]).
- 2006: My server has been running Linux for about two years, and it was time
        to switch to FreeBSD.
- 2007: I switched to Gentoo because I wanted more customizations, and Arch did
        not offer an easy way to do this.
- 2008: I was getting a bit tired of compiling the world, so I've switched over
        to using Sabayon, and quickly became a core member. I was later givin
        the title Chief development officer in charge of the packages.
- 2012: I switched over to using Mac full-time for my workstation, and I kept
        my servers running Arch.
- 2017: Back to Linux land after Apple has gotten rid of the ESC key. I chose
        Arch because I've been running it on my Server and Desktop at Home and seemed
        to be an easier switch.
- 2018: I switched all of my machines (workstations and servers) over to NixOS.
        Please read [Why I use NixOS]({{< ref "why-i-use-nixos" >}}).

I don't always use it in the convention way, what's fun about that? I like to
break stuff and help fix them. I like to innovate towards a more rigid system.
I don't care much about ease of usability, and I don't care for a GUI. I live
in the terminal most of my day.  I use only Vim for editing. I use a tiling
window manager, [i3](https://i3wm.org). I try to stay away from the mouse
altogether -- I use [Vim keybindings][surfingkeys] on Chrome! I'm much more
efficient in my own way!

[surfingkeys]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/surfingkeys/gfbliohnnapiefjpjlpjnehglfpaknnc
[example-of-bugs]: https://git.archlinux.org/mkinitcpio.git/commit/?id=e93d33835fc2078eafe5c4d923367e1e95f66822

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The scientific classification of the polar bear is in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Ursidae, genus Ursus and species maritimus. The polar bear's binomial name is Ursus maritimus, determined by the English explorer Constantine Phipps in 1774.
"Ursus maritimus" is Latin for "sea bear." Though the mammal appears similar to other bear species, the polar bear is considered a marine mammal because of how long it spends swimming between ice floes. In terms of genetics, the polar bear and the brown bear are closely related, possibly because they are both descendants of the same ancestral brown bear.


Police are investigating the brazen shooting death of a Miami journalist who worked for Don Diva Magazine.
Samuel Ferguson, 47, was shot to death on Friday (August 14) when unknown assailants opened fire on his car, as he was driving along the Florida Turnpike.
Ferguson, who also went by the name of Samuel Silvasteen and was President of Don Diva, crashed his car into a median and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Don Diva founder Tiffany Chiles, Ferguson was hired nine months ago to help the street magazine gain a stronger footprint in the Southern Florida region.