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Mike Torchia is a former Teenage Mr. America and Mr. California and is also a well known fitness celebrity. He's trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger and has some great stories about the bodybuilders of the past. So what exactly is his beef with the Nintendo WII video game console? Find out tonight with Dave and John!
Author of the book "Illegally Thin", 'Random Knight' claims that a certain drug is the greatest fat loss substance known to man. Is it true? Why is it illegal? He tells all, only on Heavy Muscle Radio!
HAHA I didn't know Derek was on the show! I AM A STAR! lol Thanks Dave!
I thought it was a very informative show! And TORCHIA told a great ARNOLD STORY!
TORCHIA was a good bodybuilder back in the day!
I'm glad you corrected Random's pronunciation of "dinitrophenol". It was a bit bothersome for me as well.
I'm a stickler for that!
I agree pretty freakin hilerious! Was pretty shocked at how close he was to Arnold back then.
All the shows are 10s, but this one was an 11. I hope Torchia becomes a regular guest, that guy is pretty interesting.
Yeh, it was like he thought the right way was evil sounding so he tried to clean it up with a creative delivery. Like saying "test-o/sterone"
I'll get working on those beanies since Bobby Smalls has dropped the ball once again LOL. The show was great. Hey DA (JEFF) WTF like WTF. Dude you have to have you're own show and just do everyone's voice.
Mike Torchia was by far and away the best guest you guys had ever interviewed (on either incarnation of your radio show - md/rx). Dave/John this guy was brilliant if I were you I'd use this episode to sell advertising, it had it all.
Yes he is funny but in a less is more kind of way.
Thanks! He was an excellent guest!
do you know what week levrone is coming on the show?
Wow, everyone is talking about Torchia, who was very cool, but was I the only one blown away by the info on DNP?! Damn. I'm not saying I'm going to run out and buy some. But, that guy opened my eyes to a lot of info about it I never knew. Sounds like it may be a book worth buying.
TORCHIA would be good to have back on again at a later point.
1. He doesn't even know how to pronounce it.
2. He's wrong to say "it's not an easy drug to overdose on." He incorrectly states "The multiple of the minimum effective dose it becomes fatal at is 30x." The lethal dose in humans is somewhere between 1000mg and 3000mg, yet normal doses are in the range of 200-600mg/day. It's well established that DNP has a low "therapeutic index". It's not so small that DNP can't be used in a manner that avoids overdose, but relative to other drugs, it definitely is low.
3. There were not only 6 deaths in the 1930's. Horner's extensive report (which he even mentioned) referenced 9 case reports of death.
4. You do not get hot from DNP (uncoupling) for the same reason you get hot from exercise (muscle contraction). Although it is similar, DNP does not work "exactly like exercise."
5. The "conspiracy theory" is nonsense when you consider that there were over a hundred case reports of cataracts in the 1930's, including cases in the larger clinical studies. The fact that he completely ignores the risk of cataracts is unbelievable. As Horner says "The number of persons who were affected - estimated at more than 164 - probably exceeds the number of cataracts reported from any single toxic epidemic with the possible exception of that of ergot poisoning."
6. It doesn't appear that he understands the mechanism of action, how DNP uncouples oxidation from phosphorylation, and what that means.
7. He's incorrect to say that uncoupling "is pretty much the only thing DNP does to the body. It doesn't really react in any other way; it doesn't affect the endocrine system, it doesn't affect anything that I can tell." For example, DNP is known to occupy thyroid binding proteins and decrease serum thyroid levels (although thyroid function should persist). Also, one of DNP's metabolites (2-amino-p-quinonimine) is likely responsible for causing cataracts in those who are susceptible.
8. DNP does not increase free radical production. He's completely unaware of the large body of evidence showing that DNP reduces the production of mitochondrial oxidative stress. Although respiration and oxidation are increased, the mechanism of action (uncoupling) reduces the mitochondrial membrane potential, which has been shown repeatedly (in vitro and in vivo) to decrease oxidative stress and increases mitochondrial stability. There's not just the recent study in mice showing extension of life span, but also two older studies in drosophila and saccharomyces cerevisiae showing the same thing.
9. Let's hope that "Random Knight" doesn't get on any TV shows. If he's the poster boy for DNP, there's not much hope if he's confronted with someone who's better informed (e.g. about cataracts).
10. Wrt dosing protocol, it's misleading to talk about "an allergic side reaction" as the "only thing they found" in the early research. It was certainly the most common, but there are many other known side effects, including cataracts, agranulocytosis, neuritis, severe hives, loss of taste, edema, etc.
11. He's foolish to repeat the myth that DNP was used to ignite "dynamite". First, DNP wasn't used as an ignitor. Rather, it was used in synergistic mixtures with trinitrophenol and TNT. The French are the most well known for using DNP for this purpose during WWI. They commonly used mixtures of 40% DNP and 60% TNP. Second, these explosives had nothing to do with dynamite. They were TNP/TNT based.
12. He incorrectly states that "danger is entirely related to dose dependancy, something that clinicians point out." It was specifically stated in Horner's extensive review that "Neither the length of treatment nor the total dosage seemed to have any bearing upon the occurrence of these cataracts." Random says "clinician" way too often.
I'm usually the one defending DNP. I've spent hundreds of hours researching it and have posted about it on several forums. I think it's an incredible substance. However, Random Knight just goes way too far. He talks about the "misinformation" surrounding DNP, yet he just adds to it. He portrays DNP as mucn safer than it actually is. To completely ignore the risk of cataracts is extremely discrediting, not to mention everything else above. I think he should have done a lot more research before writing a book and going on a radio show about it.
BTW, if anyone would like references for anything I've said, I'd be glad to post them.
I've got to agree.... I won't be buying that book!
Aren't you writing a book about it as well?
so the Random Knight may have been misforming about the saftey of DNP. DO you guys think its so bad that you need to stay away from it? John Romano said he got shredded while dieting he used 300 mgs per day divied in two dosages.He said he will use it again. For a 200lb+ bodybuilder do you think using 100-200 mgs per day while dieting will be a great way to burn extra fat and maintain muscle without too much helth risk?? Would using this dosage for5-6 weeeks 2x per year lead to catarcts??
Your response was my exact thought. Thanks for the post.
Aren't you writing a book about it as well?I started writing a book on DNP's use as a dieting aid back in 2006 after Lyle McDonald encouraged me to put down what I know on paper. Since then, it's been a slow work in progress. I haven't worked on it in over a year, but I plan to resume writing pretty soon. It's far from done and even I feel like I have lot more research to do. There are a lot of obscure references I still need to look up.
so the Random Knight may have been misforming about the saftey of DNP. DO you guys think its so bad that you need to stay away from it?There are definitely safe protocols for dosing DNP that make the risk of overdose negligible. However, regardless of how intelligently you dose it, there is still the risk of cataracts, with an estimated incidence of between 1 in 100 and 1 in a 1000 DNP users. It's a personal question as to whether that risk is worth it or not. You should also keep in mind that there are risks for other very rare side effects, like agranulocytosis, neuritis, or severe hives.
For a 200lb+ bodybuilder do you think using 100-200 mgs per day while dieting will be a great way to burn extra fat and maintain muscle without too much helth risk??Based on one of the original studies on DNP, 200mg/day of the powder increases metabolic rate by approximately 30% in the average person. For a 200 lb bodybuilder who has a 3000 cal/day metabolism, that equates to 600 cal/day or 1.2 lbs of fat loss per week (in addition to what you'll lose from dietary restriction). The available research on DNP also suggests that it's protein sparing (or at least not overtly catabolic). In light of these things, I'd answer your question with a "yes."
Would using this dosage for 5-6 weeeks 2x per year lead to catarcts??It's not so much a question of the dosage or frequency of use, but whether or not you have a genetic susceptibility to DNP cataracts. If you do, you could develop cataracts during your first cycle. If you don't, then you'll probably never develop cataracts from DNP. Of every 1000 people who take DNP, on average, between 1 and 10 are at risk.
Thanks very much for that info. I think I'd buy your book! I kind of got that sense that Random was downplaying the risks a bit. But, you've put it into words. I'm still glad to have heard his interview and glad that you've added your info on this thread.
Maybe it'd be a good idea to get at least a small segment with you on HMR to somewhat counterpoint some of the things Random pointed out about DNP.
I feel DNP can be dangerous and it's too easily misused; however, I like the method it uses to burn fat (uncoupling)!
So, with uncoupling, does that mean that it is a more "permanent" fat loss, i.e. rendering the cell useless and unable to re-absorb nutrients and water again? Or, is it just another way of depleting the cell, ala dieting?
it's not permanent! It's just a temporary wasting of energy!
Dave, what's the difference between the fat loss supplement you make with that Usnic acid compared to DNP in terms of effectiveness?
I've wanted to try Usnic acid for some time now, but it scares me. At the moment, I'm taking an EC stack, but I can't stand the way Ephedrine gives me cotton mouth!
That's a good question. Also, on the eca thing, I've been noticing that- the parched feeling. Am I right in guessing that eca has a cumulative dehydrating effect? I seem to be flattened out quite a bit when using it.
Dave, thanks for the answer on the DNP.
Yeah it is good stuff on this thread.
USNIC ACID is a naturally occurring lichen that exhibits similar uncoupling effects similar to DNP. It's a lot safer because you can't overdose on the stuff. The LD-50 (lethal dose) is 1000x lower than the effective dose.
USNIC ACID is a naturally occurring lichen that exhibits similar uncoupling effects similar to DNP. It's a lot safer because you can't overdose on the stuff. The LD-50 (lethal dose) is 1000x lower than the effective dose.Overdosing is just one consideration. DNP is a pure uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation, but usnic acid is also an inhibitor, which is not good at all. Uncoupling has several beneficial effects, including a reduction in mitochondrial free radical formation, improved mitochondrial stability, and protection in several models of cell injury. In contrast, inhibition from usnic acid is cytotoxic. In that regard, it's similar to other inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation (e.g. cyanide). It increases free radical production, induces oxdiative stress, depletes glutathione and is quite toxic to the liver. DNP doesn't share this effect because it doesn't inhibit oxidative phosphorylation, it only uncouples it.
DNP is clearly the more pure uncoupler. The fact that when you overdose on it you suffer from hyperthermia goes to show that the uncoupling effect is primary. That's both a strength (in therapeutic doses) and a weakness (in overdose). In contrast, a large enough dose of usnic acid will damage your liver from oxidative stress. You probably won't die from hyperthermia, but liver failure. Not surprisingly, there are many case reports of liver damage, several reports of liver failure necessitating liver transplants, and even death. As we know, there are also several case reports of death from DNP overdose. In the 1930's, when an estimated 500,000 people took DNP, there were 3 case reports of overdose.
Personally, I'd much rather take the substance that is a more pure uncoupler and that doesn't have the cytotoxic and hepatotoxic effects of inhibited mitochondrial function. With a modicum of care, the risk of overdosing on DNP is negligible. There is still the risk of a genetic predisposition for cataracts, but that could be weighed aginst the risk of liver damage from usnic acid.
Kudos to Conciliator on his excellent post above. I had similar concerns regarding Random's incomplete knowledge of his subject. I was getting pissed with the interview because I was shooting holes in his arguments. Conciliator caught the same errors and then some.
I immediately tune out any argument that consists of "I have secret/hidden knowledge of Substance/Machine X, that would lead to the complete destruction of Industry Y." This is not a persuasive argument. It is used to bolster weak logic.
DNP for a week they will loose 10 lbs, or so it seems.
Reading his forum it looks like someone is going to end up sick and give another black eye to DNP usage..


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Because Ivana Gadjanski exemplifies how science and poetry aren't such unlikely bedfellows after all.
Bioengineer Ivana Gadjanski's favorite tool isn't a centrifuge or a microscope. It's her moleskine notebook.
The daughter of a poet, Gadjanski is a researcher and project leader at Serbia's R&D Center for Bioengineering, where she's developing an easier method for growing cartilage that could one day be used to treat sports injuries and arthritis. She's also building a research infrastructure in a country suffering from severe brain drain, opening Serbia's first-ever facility 3-D tissue printing facility, plus a low-cost workshop for artists and entrepreneurs. But whenever she finds herself stumped on a research question, her career trajectory — anything, really — Gadjanski writes a poem. She's not just a casual scribbler but rather an award-winning poet who's already begun penning her third volume of poetry.
Bridging the arts and sciences is rare, but Gadjanski shows that it's possible. She wants to see the combination of art and design added to the STEM education craze. Skeptics argue that arts instruction distracts teachers from preparing students for a market whose highest-paying jobs are in STEM fields.
'My gut feeling was trying to tell me something,' [Gadjanski] said. To decipher it, she wrote a poem.
The 34-year-old has a dimpled, cherubic face and a penchant for collecting teaspoons. She speaks in a lilting voice from her flat in Belgrade, recalling how she caught the poetry bug from her father, a renowned poet who counted Allen Ginsberg among his friends. "My father was the only person who really understood me," she said.
He also nurtured her early love for science. During their summer fishing trips, Gadjanski caught frogs and wondered what made them move.
Years later, as a Ph.D. student at Georg-August University in Germany, Gadjanski studied multiple sclerosis (MS), a disorder in which the myelin tissue that insulates nerves breaks down, resulting in vision problems, difficulty swallowing and more. Earlier research had shown that excessive calcium can destroy myelin. Thanks to her experience writing visually charged poems, she could imagine the possibilities for how calcium might enter a nerve cell, visualizing it streaming in through channels. An MRI scan revealed that was exactly how calcium built up in rats with MS.
Gadjanski tested what would happen if she blocked these channels. Since some animal toxins can do just that, she tested several of them on rats. A toxin from a certain genus of fish-eating sea snail signficantly improved their symptoms.
Gadjanski envisions taking stem cells, applying her technique and implanting the entire cartilage construct near the injury site.
Gadjanski admits that her poems can be cryptic. But the process of writing this poem, trying to translate her thoughts, helped her realize: "I needed to change something … I had results for rats with MS but not humans." At Columbia University, she investigated how to coax human stem cells to mature into cartilage cells using chemicals instead of pressure, which is more commonly used but can damage cells.
But in 2007, she started to feel that tugging sensation again. She wrote about how living in hectic New York City had left "nasty scars that flatten the soul," but "follow the veins straight to the heart" — back to her home country.
So she returned to Serbia. Her family and friends wondered why she would leave the U.S. for a country with such scarce research funding. But Gadjanski wanted to fight Serbia's brain drain of scientists and other intellectuals.
Turns out part of fighting that battle might mean introducing new — creative — ways of thinking to the rational practice of science. Research suggests this is a game changer; Erik Dane, an associate professor of management at the Jones Graduate School of Business, led a 2011 study that discovered that people who approached problems using different thinking patterns from the one they normally used — e.g., rational-minded people relying on intuition instead — devised better solutions. People who have done that well? Novelist Vladimir Nabokov, who understood more than you'd think about evolution, and James Clerk Maxwell, who developed the unifying theory of electromagnetism and also wrote poetry.
Gadjanski's ideas are in action at what will soon be Serbia's first Fab Lab, expected to launch in 2015. It'll be a workshop equipped with 3-D printers, laser cutters and other equipment for any entrepreneur — not just engineers — to quickly develop their own prototypes.


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Q: How to add Facebook App (webpage) as Tab on Facebook page I have looked at existing questions but found nothing that answers my questions.
I have an app on facebook (its actually a webpage added as an app). I have added Page Tab as a platform. I also have a page for the app.
Now, I am trying to add this app to another page, as a tab.
I am not finding any way to do this right now. When trying to manage tabs, I can add apps. But I only see "notes" as an option. Any idea how to do that ?
Thanks.

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For example, open this in your browser with the appropriate parameters:
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=YOUR_APP_ID&redirect_uri=YOUR_URL

...you will see a list of all Pages you manage and you can add the App to those.

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Everyone knows we are all using our phones while driving. A lot.
And now there is hard data to back it up. Zendrive studied actual device use among 3.1 million drivers over 5.6 billion miles of driving and found that in 88 percent of trips, drivers made at least some use of their phones. On average, drivers spent 3.5 minutes per hour on their device.
Some important context: The number of traffic deaths has been increasing since 2015 after a 40-year decline, with more than 40,000 people dying on the roads last year for the first time in a decade. It is estimated that a 2-second distraction increases the risk of a collision by 20 times.
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However, Vermont, which had the highest rate of device usage, also has a law against doing so. Drivers there spent nearly 7.5 percent of their time on their phones.
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A champion Championship series: the first time Sixer saw your ground or your team
March 3, 2018 March 2, 2018 by Colin Randall
Sixer tastes the tropical flavour of a County Durham winter as he delivers the papers
Most weeks, readers of Salut! Sunderland drop by on Friday morning to catch the latest instalment in Pete Sixsmith's twin series, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Ground (if the game in question is away), Team (if it's at the Stadium of Light).
This week, the Millwall edition was posted earlier than usual – namely at this link.
This is therefore a reminder of all the magic of what we have come to call TFTEISYG and TFTEISYT.
In each case, Sixer has come up with superb pieces of Sunderland nostalgia, drawing on more than half a century of solid support.
Like the rest of us, he gets exasperated. He even punished the club after the dismal 1996-97 relegation by largely withdrawing active support for the season and although he made it to Wembley for the playoff final, those of of us with him that day sensed an air of sullen detachment that had survived the push for promotion.
For all that, and the occasional threats to abandon SAFC in favour of Rugby League and non-league football, he remains a diehard fan, whatever the challenges to his faith Sunderland have presented last season and this.
But both series also offer great reads for supporters of our opponents and indeed for anyone who appreciates seriously good writing on football generally.
So if you support either Sunderland or any of the sides we have played so far this season, home or away, take a look. Click on TFTEISYG if you've played us at home, TFTEISYT if your team has been to the Stadium of Light.
Catch the Millwall piece if you can. Millwall supporters tell us a lot has changed and it is clear a lot of decent fans of that club are embarrassed by the reputation the more unruly elements have created.
Sixer, recalling his first trip to the old Den back in 1974, says this:
The ground was a shocker. I am sure that Millwall fans loved it but it was a horrible place to watch football for the away support.
Situated between a series of railway lines with industrial sheds all around it, it paid homage to the powers (if that be the word) of corrugated iron. The stands were unpleasant to look at, the terracing was a weed collector's paradise and it was easy to see why they rarely lost at home. And that was before we met the crowd. We decided to take seats in the main stand, paid our £1.20 or whatever it was and sat near the back with as decent a view as you could get in a ground that was designed for naked hostility rather than watching the beautiful game.
Read the whole piece here: https://safc.blog/2018/02/the-first-time-ever-i-saw-your-ground-sixer-goes-to-millwall/
He won't be at the new ground tomorrow. But he reminds all associated with Sunderland AFC that this is the first of 12 games left to "save our universe".
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2 thoughts on "A champion Championship series: the first time Sixer saw your ground or your team"
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Not only is this superb series a guide for the many who have not seen the grounds but also a glimpse into "days gone by" when our football heroes, whatever team you supported, were much more closely associated with their clubs and their locality but also the fans who followed them.
Phil D
Two most enjoyable and entertaining series. Thanks to slimline Sixer and Salut!Sunderland.

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La Malvasia nera di Basilicata  est un cépage italien de raisins noirs de la grande famille de Malvasia.

Origine et répartition géographique
Le cépage Malvasia nera di Basilicata provient du sud de l'Italie. D'origine probablement grecque, il est proche de la variété Malvasia nera di Lecce.

Il est classé « recommandé » en province de Matera et province de Potenza dans la région de la Basilicate. En 1998, sa culture couvrait une superficie de  ha.

Caractères ampélographiques
 Extrémité du jeune rameau cotonneux blanc.
 Jeunes feuilles duveteuses.
 Feuilles adultes, à 5 lobes avec des sinus supérieurs étroits à fonds aigus,  un sinus pétiolaire en lyre fermée, des dents ogivales, larges, en deux séries,  un limbe duveteux.

Aptitudes culturales
La maturité est de troisième époque : 30  jours après le chasselas.

Potentiel technologique
Les grappes et les baies sont de taille moyenne. La grappe est conique. La chair est pulpeuse, très colorée et d'une saveur aromatique. La majorité de la production est vinifié en vin de table.

Synonymes
La malvasia nera di Basilicata est connu sous le nom de malvasia nera

Bibliographie
 Pierre Galet, Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages  Hachette Livre, 1. édition 2000,

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 Liste des cépages du monde
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8 (or so) Achievements by Women in 2017
(Or so) because there are so many to choose from, and definitely some we have missed.
Up until around 1960, there were still classified ads in the yellow pages posting jobs for women and men as separate lists. Much progress has been made for gender equality in the workplace since then, but with only 32 female CEOs in S&P500 companies and a very real gender pay gap in 2017, much work has still got to be done.
The achievements of the following women signal to us, if one could do the job, and do it well, who cares what their race, gender or sexual orientation is? And according to an important study of 7000+ leaders in various roles, women are seen as better leaders than men by people around them. More women in the workplace is not only better for women, it's better for the world.
The future is female. And so was 2017… good parts of it. Here, we rounded up some of the greatest achievements by women in 2017.
1. Beyoncé became the world's highest-paid woman in music
With the release of her 6th solo album Lemonade and the ensuing world tour, Queen Bey became the highest-paid woman in music, pulling in USD105 million in 2017.
Born in 1981 in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé Knowles started singing in her elementary school's choir, but first captured the public's eye as lead vocalist of the R&B group Destiny's Child. She later established a solo career with her debut album Dangerously in Love. Throughout her career, Beyoncé has sold an estimated 100 million records as a solo artist, and a further 60 million records with the group Destiny's Child. She has won 22 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award's history. She is also the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, with 24 wins.
Beyoncé has not only achieved a lot in her career, she is also a self-described feminist, endorser of same-sex marriage and supporter of gender and racial equality, showing an example of success that is not only about the lifting oneself, but about lifting others along as well. Her achievements are a win for women – especially for women of color.
2. Mira Duma launched Future Tech Lab with USD50 million to invest in sustainable innovation in fashion
Mira Duma is not an unfamiliar face to the fashion industry. Known as the founder of hip media site Buro 24/7 and a burgeoning media mogul, Duma just added another company to her portfolio in 2017 – the founding of Future Tech Lab (formerly Fashion Tech Lab), a hybrid venture that is part investment fund with USD50m to invest, accelerator and experimental laboratory to commercialize new technologies and sustainable innovation for the fashion industry.
There are certainly other investment funds which support emerging technologies and startups that are both good businesses and socially conscious, but FTL is the first one that focuses particularly on fashion. This is an important turning point for the industry because as conversations on the importance of responsible, sustainability and ethical fashion become louder than ever, an influential voice such as Duma's matters in pushing the conversation and movement of a sustainable future forward. This is especially true when advocacy is supplemented by tangible support in terms of funding and mentorship, showing that sustainable innovation isn't just good for morals, but good for the bottom line as well.
3. Danica Roem became the first openly transgender person to be elected to American legislature
Danica Roem is an American journalist and politician of the Democratic Party from Northern Virginia. In the 2017 elections, she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates - She is the first openly transgender person to be elected to the Virginia legislature.
But she is quick to prove that being transgender isn't the whole of her identity and her only mission. In an article on New York times titled "Danica Roem is Really, Really Boring" – the writer recounts how he caught her on TV and she was talking about…. Traffic lights. He got disappointed for a moment before realizing that's exactly what she is here to do – improve people's lives – be it about gender equality or something as boring as their morning commute.
Roem is a brilliant example of a talented, caring individual who achieved a position of influence despite being a minority, but also of a community that elected her in spite of it. This is truly a heart-warming win in the fight for inclusiveness and gender equality.
Other female leaders to break the glass ceiling in politics include:
Jacinda Ardern – youngest New Zealand Prime Minister in 150 years, 3rd ever woman PM
Katrín Jakobsdóttir – Iceland's newly elected Prime Minister, 2nd ever woman PM
4. Zhou Qunfei became richest self-made woman in the world with company Lens Technology
Worth USD9.9 billion, she is in fact one of the 21 women from China who make up the majority (37.5%) of the Forbes 2017 Self-made Female Billionaire list. She made her achievements through her company Lens Technology, which makes glass screens for iPhones.
The story of Zhou Qunfei is inspirational to say the very least. She grew up in a small village in central China. Her mother died when she was five and her father became partially blinded and lost a finger in an industrial accident. At age 16, she was forced to leave high school to provide for her family and she soon scored a job at a factory making watch lenses for about $1 a day.
At age 22, she struck out on her own. With only USD3,000 in her pocket, Zhou and a few relatives started a workshop, making watch lenses for customers. At the time, she lived and worked in a small apartment with her siblings, their partners and two cousins.
Though the company was steadily growing, it wasn't until she made the career-changing decision to begin making glass screens for mobile phones that her business took off. Lens Technology has grown tremendously and now employs over 74,000 people across 32 factories in seven different locations.
Money is not everything, but the highlight on financial achievements of women is important because income and gender equality are inherently linked. With higher levels of financial empowerment comes higher level of influence and access to opportunity, both at home and at work.
5. Reed Morano became the third woman ever to win an Emmy for Best Director
This year, Reed Morano won an Emmy for best director in a drama series for The Handmaid's Tale. Morano is only the third woman ever to win the category — and the first in 22 years.
The Handmaid's Tale follows the dystopian story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian and theocratic state that has replaced the United States of America. Because of dangerously low reproduction rates, fertile Handmaids are assigned to bear children for elite couples that have trouble conceiving.
This Emmy for Morano comes at a time when issues about women's rights are discussed more urgently than ever, and when there is an increasing effort on part of the US TV industry to boost the number of female directors. Initiatives include Ryan Murphy's Half, which aims to hire 50% female directors to work on all his television shows; and NBC's Female Forward initiative, which, starting with the 2018-2019 season, will provide female directors with the opportunity to shadow episodes of an NBC series, followed by an in-season commitment to direct at least one episode.
It is important to get more women into directing and executive film industry roles because how else could the female side of the story be genuinely represented and told?
Another female worth mentioning in film is Patty Jenkins, who is to become the highest paid female director with Wonder Woman 2.
6. Hito Steyerl became the first female artist to top Art Review's Power 100 List
Hito Steryerl is a German filmmaker, visual artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary, who deals primarily with topics such as media, technology, and the global circulation of images. This year, she became the first female artist to top the British magazine ArtReview's Power100 list.
Oliver Basciano, ArtReview's international editor, said Steyerl was a huge influence to other artists. "The way she works, not just her actual work but the way she runs her studio, is an influence and an inspiration to many younger artists. She looks to disrupt power networks that you can probably see run through the Power 100 and run though the art world." The New York Times writes: "She illuminates the world's power structures, inequalities, obscurities and delights. She pushes buttons as she spins parables."
One of her most well-known pieces is a video work displayed at Tate Modern – 'How Not to Be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File' (2013). Beneath layers of metaphors and satirical humor, she aims to how 'not being seen' has both oppressive and liberating possibilities. In it the narrator speaks: "There are 13 ways of becoming invisible by disappearing – living in a gated community, being fitted with an invisibility cloak, being a superhero…. Being female and over fifty."
The irony is not lost that at age 51, Steyerl is anything but invisible.
7. Malala Yousafzai began her studies at Oxford 5 years after an attempted assassination on her for speaking out for girls' education
Since a young age, Malala Yousafzai has been a high-profile advocate for the education of girls in Pakistan, and spoke out frequently about the Taliban edict that forbade girls from attending classes. But that outspokenness came at a price – on Oct. 9, 2012, when she was 15, a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus, asked for her by name and shot her in the head and neck.
Severely injured in the attack, Ms. Yousafzai was transferred to Britain for medical treatment. She soon settled with her family in Birmingham, England, and founded the Malala Fund with her father in 2013, where she continued her activism work, believing that girls are the best investment in the future peace and prosperity of our world. The next year, in 2014, she became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Fast forward to October, 2017, 5 years after the assassination attempt on her, she began her studies at University of Oxford in UK.
Malala stands as a shining example of bravery, persistence and compassion in the face of difficulty – another day that Malala Yousafzai is able to do her work is another day of victory for women everywhere.
8. Women spoke out in #MeToo movement against sexual harassment
All the women of #metoo movement deserve a round of applause, from those whose names we know to those who remain anonymous. The movement actually started a decade ago before social media even existed. Tarana Burke listened to a 13-year-old girl who has been sexually abused in 1997, and ten years later, she started Just Be Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps victims of sexual harassment and assault - and committed herself to being there for girls and women who have been sexually abused, giving the movement a name – Me Too.
On Oct 15, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted "If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote 'Me too.' as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem."- kicking off the wide spread sharing of women's experiences with sexual harassment. We realized from the sudden appearing of #metoo posts from not just celebrities, but friends, colleagues and family members we know personally how much more common the problem is than we assumed. It also shows that unlike in the past, people who couldn't' speak up before now have the power to voice their opinion on a public platform and find a support community who share their experiences – powerful people can't hide their abuses of power behind an opaque curtain that easily anymore – they would be held accountable for unjust behaviors.
The #metoo movement is another milestone for the advancement of gender equality, and everyone, men or women who has been brave enough to share their experiences or supported victims deserve to be applauded.
Barbara Kruger, "Your Comfort is my Silence" (1981)
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This article is about the Polish-born American philosopher. For the Polish Hasidic rabbi, see Avraham Yehoshua Heshel. For the 17th-century chief rabbi of Krakow, see Yehoshua Heschel.
Heschel in 1964
New York City, New York, U.S.
Sylvia Straus (m. 1946)
Orthodox, Conservative
University of Berlin
Higher Institute for Jewish Studies
Theologian, philosopher
Jewish leader
Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was active in the civil rights movement.[1][2]
2 Marriage and family
3 Ideology
3.1 Influence outside Judaism
4 Published works
4.1 The Sabbath (1951)
4.2 Man Is Not Alone (1951)
4.3 God in Search of Man (1955)
4.4 The Prophets (1962)
4.5 Torah min HaShamayim (1962)
4.6 Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets (1966)
5 Commemoration
Abraham Joshua Heschel was born in 1907 as the youngest of six children of Moshe Mordechai Heschel and Reizel Perlow Heschel.[3] He was descended from preeminent European rabbis on both sides of his family.[4] His paternal great-great-grandfather and namesake was Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt in present-day Poland. His mother was also a descendant of Avraham Yehoshua Heshel and other Hasidic dynasties. His siblings were Sarah, Dvora Miriam, Esther Sima, Gittel, and Jacob. Their father Moshe died of influenza in 1916 when Abraham was nine.
After a traditional yeshiva education and studying for Orthodox rabbinical ordination semicha, Heschel pursued his doctorate at the University of Berlin and a liberal rabbinic ordination at the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. There he studied under some of the finest Jewish educators of the time: Chanoch Albeck, Ismar Elbogen, Julius Guttmann, and Leo Baeck. His mentor in Berlin was David Koigen.[5] Heschel later taught Talmud at the Hochschule. He joined a Yiddish poetry group, Jung Vilna, and in 1933, published a volume of Yiddish poems, Der Shem Hamefoyrosh: Mentsch, dedicated to his father.[4]
In late October 1938, when Heschel was living in a rented room in the home of a Jewish family in Frankfurt, he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Poland. He spent ten months lecturing on Jewish philosophy and Torah at Warsaw's Institute for Jewish Studies.[4] Six weeks before the German invasion of Poland, Heschel left Warsaw for London with the help of Julian Morgenstern, president of Hebrew Union College, who had been working to obtain visas for Jewish scholars in Europe.[4]
Heschel's sister Esther was killed in a German bombing. His mother was murdered by the Nazis, and two other sisters, Gittel and Devorah, died in Nazi concentration camps. He never returned to Germany, Austria or Poland. He once wrote, "If I should go to Poland or Germany, every stone, every tree would remind me of contempt, hatred, murder, of children killed, of mothers burned alive, of human beings asphyxiated."[4]
Heschel arrived in New York City in March 1940.[4] He served on the faculty of Hebrew Union College (HUC), the main seminary of Reform Judaism, in Cincinnati for five years. In 1946, he took a position at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) in New York City, the main seminary of Conservative Judaism. He served as professor of Jewish ethics and Mysticism until his death in 1972.
Heschel married Sylvia Straus, a concert pianist, on December 10, 1946, in Los Angeles. Their daughter, Susannah Heschel, became a Jewish scholar in her own right.[6] Heschel's papers are held in the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.[7]
Heschel (2nd from right) in the Selma Civil Rights march with Martin Luther King, Jr. (4th from right). Heschel later wrote, "When I marched in Selma, my feet were praying."
Heschel explicated many facets of Jewish thought, including studies on medieval Jewish philosophy, Kabbalah, and Hasidic philosophy. According to some scholars[who?], he was more interested in spirituality than in critical text study; the latter was a specialty of many scholars at JTS. He was not given a graduate assistant for many years and was relegated to teach mainly in the education school or Rabbinical school, not in the academic graduate program. Heschel became friendly with his colleague Mordecai Kaplan. Though they differed in their approach to Judaism, they had a very cordial relationship and visited each other's homes from time to time.
Heschel believed the teachings of the Hebrew prophets were a clarion call for social action in the United States and worked for African Americans' civil rights and against the Vietnam War.[8]
He also specifically criticized what he called "pan-halakhism", or an exclusive focus upon religiously compatible behavior to the neglect of the non-legalistic dimension of rabbinic tradition.[citation needed]
Influence outside Judaism
Heschel, left, presenting the Judaism and World Peace Award to Martin Luther King Jr., December 7, 1965
Heschel is a widely read Jewish theologian whose most influential works include Man Is Not Alone, God in Search of Man, The Sabbath, and The Prophets. At the Vatican Council II, as representative of American Jews, Heschel persuaded the Catholic Church to eliminate or modify passages in its liturgy that demeaned the Jews, or referred to an expected conversion to Christianity. His theological works argued that religious experience is a fundamentally human impulse, not just a Jewish one. He believed that no religious community could claim a monopoly on religious truth.[9] For these and other reasons, Martin Luther King, Jr. called Heschel "a truly great prophet."[10]
The Sabbath (1951)
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man is a work on the nature and celebration of Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath. This work is rooted in the thesis that Judaism is a religion of time, not space, and that the Sabbath symbolizes the sanctification of time.
Man Is Not Alone (1951)
Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion offers Heschel's views on how people can comprehend God. Judaism views God as being radically different from humans, so Heschel explores the ways that Judaism teaches that a person may have an encounter with the ineffable. A recurring theme in this work is the radical amazement that people feel when experiencing the presence of the Divine. Heschel then goes on to explore the problems of doubts and faith; what Judaism means by teaching that God is one; the essence of humanity and the problem of human needs; the definition of religion in general and of Judaism in particular; and human yearning for spirituality. He offers his views as to Judaism being a pattern for life.
God in Search of Man (1955)
God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism is a companion volume to Man Is Not Alone. In this book Heschel discusses the nature of religious thought, how thought becomes faith, and how faith creates responses in the believer. He discusses ways that people can seek God's presence, and the radical amazement that we receive in return. He offers a criticism of nature worship; a study of humanity's metaphysical loneliness, and his view that we can consider God to be in search of humanity. The first section concludes with a study of Jews as a chosen people. Section two deals with the idea of revelation, and what it means for one to be a prophet. This section gives us his idea of revelation as an event, as opposed to a process. This relates to Israel's commitment to God. Section three discusses his views of how a Jew should understand the nature of Judaism as a religion. He discusses and rejects the idea that mere faith (without law) alone is enough, but then cautions against rabbis he sees as adding too many restrictions to Jewish law. He discusses the need to correlate ritual observance with spirituality and love, the importance of Kavanah (intention) when performing mitzvot. He engages in a discussion of religious behaviorism—when people strive for external compliance with the law, yet disregard the importance of inner devotion.
The Prophets (1962)
This work started out as his PhD thesis in German, which he later expanded and translated into English. Originally published in a two-volume edition, this work studies the books of the Hebrew prophets. It covers their lives and the historical context that their missions were set in, summarizes their work, and discusses their psychological state. In it Heschel puts forward what would become a central idea in his theology: that the prophetic (and, ultimately, Jewish) view of God is best understood not as anthropomorphic (that God takes human form) but rather as anthropopathic—that God has human feelings.
In his book The Prophets, Abraham Joshua Heschel describes the unique aspect of the Jewish prophets as compared to other similar figures. Whereas other nations have soothsayers and diviners who attempt to discover the will of their gods, according to Heschel the Hebrew prophets are characterized by their experience of what he calls theotropism—God turning towards humanity. Heschel argues for the view of Hebrew prophets as receivers of the "Divine Pathos", of the wrath and sorrow of God over his nation that has forsaken him. In this view, prophets do not speak for God so much as they remind their audience of God's voice for the voiceless, the poor and oppressed.
Prophecy is the voice that God has lent to the silent agony, a voice to the plundered poor, to the profane riches of the world. It is a form of living, a crossing point of God and man. God is raging in the prophet's words.[11]
Torah min HaShamayim (1962)
Many consider Heschel's Torah min HaShamayim BeAspaklariya shel HaDorot, (Torah from Heaven in the mirror of the generations) to be his masterwork. The three volumes of this work are a study of classical rabbinic theology and aggadah, as opposed to halakha (Jewish law.) It explores the views of the rabbis in the Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash about the nature of Torah, the revelation of God to mankind, prophecy, and the ways that Jews have used scriptural exegesis to expand and understand these core Jewish texts. In this work, Heschel views the 2nd century sages Rabbi Akiva and Ishmael ben Elisha as paradigms for the two dominant world-views in Jewish theology
Two Hebrew volumes were published during his lifetime by Soncino Press, and the third Hebrew volume was published posthumously by JTS Press in the 1990s. An English translation of all three volumes, with notes, essays and appendices, was translated and edited by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, entitled Heavenly Torah: As Refracted Through the Generations. In its own right it can be the subject of intense study and analysis, and provides insight into the relationship between God and Man beyond the world of Judaism and for all Monotheism.
Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets (1966)
Heschel wrote a series of articles, originally in Hebrew, on the existence of prophecy in Judaism after the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE. These essays were translated into English and published as Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets: Maimonides and Others by the American Judaica publisher Ktav.
The publisher of this book states, "The standard Jewish view is that prophecy ended with the ancient prophets, somewhere early in the Second Temple era. Heschel demonstrated that this view is not altogether accurate. Belief in the possibility of continued prophetic inspiration, and in its actual occurrence appear throughout much of the medieval period, and even in modern times. Heschel's work on prophetic inspiration in the Middle Ages originally appeared in two long Hebrew articles. In them he concentrated on the idea that prophetic inspiration was possible even in post-Talmudic times, and, indeed, had taken place at various times and in various schools, from the Geonim to Maimonides and beyond."
The Abraham Joshua Heschel School in Manhattan
Four schools have been named for Heschel, in the Upper West Side of New York City, Northridge, California, Agoura Hills, California, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2009, a highway in Missouri was named "Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel Highway" after a Springfield, Missouri area Neo-Nazi group cleaned the stretch of highway as part of an "Adopt-A-Highway" plan. Heschel's daughter, Susannah, has objected to the adoption of her father's name in this context.[12]
The Earth Is the Lord's: The Inner World of the Jew in Eastern Europe. 1949. ISBN 1-879045-42-7
Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion. 1951. ISBN 0-374-51328-7
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man. 1951. ISBN 1-59030-082-3
Man's Quest for God: Studies in Prayer and Symbolism. 1954. ISBN 0-684-16829-4
God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism. 1955. ISBN 0-374-51331-7
The Prophets. 1962. ISBN 0-06-093699-1
Who Is Man? 1965. ISBN 0-8047-0266-7
Israel: An Echo of Eternity. 1969. ISBN 1-879045-70-2
A Passion for Truth. 1973. ISBN 1-879045-41-9
Heavenly Torah: As Refracted Through the Generations. 2005. ISBN 0-8264-0802-8
Torah min ha-shamayim be'aspaklariya shel ha-dorot; Theology of Ancient Judaism. [Hebrew]. 2 vols. London: Soncino Press, 1962. Third volume, New York: Jewish Theological Seminary, 1995.
The Ineffable Name of God: Man: Poems. 2004. ISBN 0-8264-1632-2
Kotsk: in gerangl far emesdikeyt. [Yiddish]. 2 v. (694 p.) Tel-Aviv: ha-Menorah, 1973. Added t.p.: Kotzk: the struggle for integrity (A Hebrew translation of vol. 1, Jerusalem: Magid, 2015).
Der mizrekh-Eyropeyisher Yid (Yiddish: The Eastern European Jew). 45 p. Originally published: New-York: Shoken, 1946.
Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness & Spiritual Radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940–1972, biography by Edward K. Kaplan ISBN 0-300-11540-7
"The Encyclopedia of Hasidism" edited by Rabinowicz, Tzvi M.: ISBN 1-56821-123-6 Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996.
^ "The Legacy of Abraham Joshua Heschel." Tikkun. Accessed May 25, 2014.
^ "A Rabbi of His Time, With a Charisma That Transcends It." The New York Times. Accessed May 25, 2014.
^ Robert D. McFadden (December 24, 1972). "Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel Dead". The New York Times.
^ a b c d e f Abraham Joshua Heschel Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness, Edward Kaplan
^ Interview with Susannah Heschel Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Duke to Acquire Papers of Rabbi Heschel, Influential Religious Leader, Duke University, August 2012
^ Dreier, Peter (January 17, 2015). "'Selma's' Missing Rabbi". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
^ Gillman, Neil (1993). Conservative Judaism: The New Century. Behrman House Inc. p. 163.
^ Heschel, Susannah. [https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/assets/public/resources-ideas/cj/classics/heschel/theological-affinities-in-the-writings-o.pdf "Theological Affinities in the Writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King, Jr."] The Rabbinical Assembly, 1998, PDF.
^ The Prophets Ch. 1
^ Cooper, Michael (June 23, 2009). "Daughter Against Use of Father's Name to Subvert Neo-Nazis". The New York Times. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
Kaplan, Edward K.; Samuel H. Dresner (1998). Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07186-3.
Kaplan, Edward K. (2007). Spiritual Radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940–1972. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-13769-9.
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For a new player who creates an account with the website, a 100% match up bonus will be awarded up to the max amount of $200. This means for a $60 first wager, a $60 risk-free bet bonus will be attracted. The welcome offer sometimes requires a TVG promo code, this varies from time to time.
As an existing player, you may refer your friend to join TVG.com. Once they join using your special referral link and make their first deposit, both of you will be awarded $25 and his/her first wager will also be 100% matched up to $200.
Additional Site Features
Live Racing Video Streams
A live streaming option is available on TVG.com and can be readily accessed on the option 'Watch TVG' located on the top of the main page for those with accounts. TVG.com also offers two channels 'TVG' and 'TVG2' which will air some of the top races live in HD. The service can be accessed by those who do not have an account at $9.99 per month. TVG enables 10 hours of streaming and in the case you want more live streaming hours, you can get 10 additional hours at $3.
A mobile application has also been rolled out to players on the website. However, there is a twist to it. The app is only available to iOS users with Android users only provided with a browser-based version. All the tracks have also been provided on the app and the other crucial sections such as; daily Picks, Handicapping Store, Race Rewards, Results, Past Performances, and more are all incorporated and made available to all the players. A point to note is that there will be three different iOS apps tailored to different states.
New Jersey residents will download '4NJBets' app
Pennsylvania residents will download 'PABets' app
Other residents from the eligible states will download 'TVG' app
For Android users, the site version is also comprehensive and closely resembles the app. Like the app, the players will be able to access the standout sections aforementioned. It remains to be seen if an app for Android users will be launched.
Other services that can be accessed through the app include;
Creation of accounts for new players
Process transactions
TVG betting site has got right many of the aspects and remains among the leaders in the horse racing betting industry. Several tracks have been provided which is positive and the odds quality has also been impressive. The handicapping tools provided have also been pleasing with daily picks, race rewards, past performances, results, and more provided on the platform. The inclusion of other international tracks has also been a major highlight with players having different and more familiar tracks to try their luck on.
Some improvements especially the addition of more tracks and incorporation of other betting options such as Sports and Casino would also be encouraged on the website. Finally, more incentives such as best odds guaranteed would also be a welcome change.


So much worry surrounds the topic of root canals. When a co-worker mentions that they are having a root canal at the water cooler there is usually a communal groan that leaves everyone's lips. "Oh no, not a root canal!"
The stigma of the root canal has persisted despite the procedure coming quite a long way over the years.
Root canals are actually quite a useful and wonderful thing, because they allow you to avoid the high cost of tooth replacement by allowing you to keep your natural tooth. Take a minute to learn about what a root canal actually is, and why you shouldn't be so darned worried about it.
What's the Purpose of a Root Canal?
When decay has reached the inner depths of a tooth, the tooth is going to die eventually. When a tooth dies, it must be removed or will eventually just fall out on its own.
When you lose teeth, there are a bunch of bad things that can follow, things that you don't want any part of. A root canal allows us to save that tooth by removing all of the inner decay.
When we perform a root canal, we drill a small hole in the top of the tooth in order to gain access to the inner portion of the tooth.
Once we have access into the inside of the tooth we remove all decay present which leaves the tooth hollow. We then disinfect the interior of the tooth and fill the void with an inert substance called gutta percha, which gives the tooth a solid foundation. We then fill the access hole left behind the same way we would finish a filling.
We have so many incredibly effective ways to ensure your comfort now that there is no reason to be worried. At Cooley Smiles - Kenmore our number one concern is your comfort and continued oral health! So please, contact our office today if you have any questions about root canals.


Our approach to project delivery focuses effort, creativity, and innovation on producing value for the client and eliminating waste in the process. Walter P Moore team members across the organization took part in an extensive process mapping effort to better understand the sources of waste and identify opportunities for value creation in our work flow using the principles of lean thinking. We examined the project delivery process from project inception through ribbon cutting to better understand the characteristics common to our most successful projects. The result of this effort is the Walter P Moore Project Leadership Framework. The Framework provides a common vocabulary and mindset for Walter P Moore project teams guiding our approach to project delivery as a value-driven partner. Paramount to the success of the Framework is intentional, high-level, and leveraged use of digital practice tools throughout the course of each project. For our project delivery partners, our clients, our client's clients, and the end users of our built-work, this design approach supports our role as an aligned, collaborative design partner advocating for project success and "best for the project" solutions.


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Right On!: Whatever happened to the 'Spirit of Entebbe'?
themselves are forced to yield.   Only by regaining the spirit of triumph and fortitude that was embodied at Entebbe, and by hitting back at our foes, can Israel possibly hope to dissuade them from committing further atrocities and outrages.   And the sooner our government adopts this basic and self-evident approach, the safer all of us will be.


Zenoss Inc., a leading provider of open source network and systems management software, propelled by explosive customer growth has expanded their operations to Austin, Texas through the addition of a new software development center. The Austin development team collectively comprises over fifty years of experience bringing enterprise-class systems management software to market. The Zenoss Austin office will be located in the same building where management software innovator Tivoli was started and since acquired by IBM. Austin was chosen for its wealth of talent and access to expertise in a market segment estimated by Gartner Research to grow to $18.1 billion dollars by 2012.
Great people, great company. Glad to see they're doing well.
Excellent article – I really appreciate your knowledge about Open Source Success and systems management software, I have bookmarked it for later viewing and forwarded it on.


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Q: ExtJS 4: Saving record in record edit form to server and update grid store Below, I have a grid of project records.  I'm loading the project record list via an asmx web service.  I'm returning a List object in .NET via a json proxy to my project list store.  Each Project object binds to my Project model.  Double clicking a row in the project list grid launches the Project Edit form.
I'm struggling with saving an edit to a record in my popup form (widget.projectedit) after clicking the "Save" button.  I'm not sure whether I should be sending my update to the project store and syncing my store with my proxy, or setting up a separate store and proxy for a single Project record, and then just refresh my project store and view.
"editProject" is being called to launch my form.  I want "updateProject" to update my record, but I don't have a delegate for it yet (I'm not invoking/calling it in the code below).
Specific questions:
How do I call the "updateProject" function?
How do I update my project list grid store?
What code changes do I need?  (I can figure out what code to put in the asmx service.. I just need help with the JavaScript code)

ProjectList.ascx
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="ProjectList.ascx.cs" Inherits="Web.Controls.ProjectList.ProjectList" %>

<asp:ScriptManager ID="PageScriptManager" runat="server">
    <Services>
        <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/WebService1.asmx" InlineScript="false" />
    </Services>

</asp:ScriptManager>

Web Service:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Xml;
using System.Data;
using System.Web.Script.Services;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace Web
{
    ///
    /// Summary description for WebService1
    ///
    [WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
    [WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
    [System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem(false)]
    // To allow this Web Service to be called from script, using ASP.NET AJAX, uncomment the following line.
    [System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]
    public class WebService1 : System.Web.Services.WebService
    {
        public class Project
        {
            public string project_id;
            public string project_number;
            public string project_name;
        }

        [WebMethod]
        [ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json,
            UseHttpGet = false, XmlSerializeString = false)]
        public List<Project> GetProjects(string myTest, string bar)
        {
            var list = new List<Project>(new[] {
                new Project() {project_id="1", project_name="project 1", project_number="001"},
                new Project() {project_id="2", project_name= "project 2", project_number= "002" },
                new Project() {project_id="3", project_name= "project 3", project_number= "003" }
            });

            return list;
        }
    }
}

A: You need to decide:
ONE: load and save a model in the editor window independently.
sample code: http://jsfiddle.net/el_chief/rUaV3/4/
(above ajax saving is fake, so you won't see update on the grid).
TWO: pass in the model from the caller, and save the model in the caller.
sample code: http://jsfiddle.net/el_chief/5jjBS/4/
ONE is a bit slower, but everything is independent and you can test them independently too.-
Also, if you pass in the model from the caller and the user makes changes and then closes the child window, those changes MAY appear in the caller (depending how you do your view/model syncing).
Also, oftentimes, you will want to only grab a few fields to display on grids, but show all the fields on an item-view form. In which case, you need option ONE.
Either way, you should pass in a callback function to the child window, that it calls when it is "done". This way you can get back any data needed from the child window, and close it if need be.
You don't need a singular store for the window either. You should put your proxies on your models (the store uses its models proxy and you can always override it)
One key aspect to saving is that you need to return some data, usually a full record like:
{
success:true,
contacts:[
{
id:1,
name:'neil mcguigan updated record'
}
]
}


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Atal Dulloo chairs JKLFC Board meet
JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Atal Dulloo chaired 244th meeting of Board of Directors of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Finance Corporation at Civil Secretariat here today.
The Additional Chief Secretary sought details about the non performing assets of the corporation and enquired about the measures being taken for recovery. He called for putting extraneous efforts to improve the financial health of the corporation, and asked for a detailed laid out plan for the purpose. Managing Director JKLFC, Ajay Kumar Sharma also expressed similar sentiments for development of the company.
Partners of the JKLFC, J&K Bank and SIDCO, were also directed to work jointly with the corporation in recovery from defaulters.
The board proposed several steps to be taken by the corporation for its strengthening, which include undertaking special recovery drives, capitalisation of one-time settlement policies. Appropriate utilisation of restructuring packages under schemes of the Reserve Bank of India was also suggested. It was advised that willful defaulters and unwanted divergence of funds is kept under check.
The board accepted the demand to open district level extension counters.
Various issues pertaining to employees of the JKLFC were also discussed at the meeting.
Those present in the meeting included Director on Board, Arun Gandotra, representative from LIC India and other senior officers of the corporation.


Former Guns N' Roses and current Art of Anarchy guitarist, vocalist, and producer Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has signed a deal with EMP LABEL GROUP who will re-release his epic 2015 independent solo release LITTLE BROTHER IS WATCHING on CD and vinyl DOUBLE LP August 25th, 2017.
Little Brother features the singles "Little Brother is Watching" and the epic "Don't Know Who To Pray To Anymore", with a video filmed in three countries with 12 sets and 50 actors, including the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the Fortress of Klis and Diocletian Palace in Croatia, and being granted exclusive access to ancient Roman ruins by the Jordanian border with the distinction of being the only music video to ever have been shot there.
Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal is an award-winning Multi-instrumentalist, Vocalist, Songwriter, Producer and World-renowned Guitar virtuoso, with over 20 years of releasing music, playing international festivals and headlining tours, and gracing magazine covers as a solo artist. As lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses (2006 – 2014) Bumblefoot toured sold-out shows all over the world, headlining festivals with crowds up to 150,000. Bumblefoot's unique 'fretless guitar' can be heard throughout GNR's 2008 Chinese Democracy album and the 2012 concert DVD Appetite For Democracy.
Bumblefoot is also a founding member of rock group Art Of Anarchy (featuring vocalist Scott Stapp and Disturbed bassist John Moyer), whose latest album The Madness landed in the Top20's at Rock radio and #2 at Billboard's Heatseeker chart earlier this year.
Thal is also an accomplished composer whose music is often heard in TV, film and videogames including the theme song to VH1's "That Metal Show" and the film score to the horror movie "The Evangelist" (released May 2017). Bumblefoot also works with U.S. Embassies around the world on cross-cultural music programs, has his own line of award-winning hot sauces, and works with dozens of international charities visiting orphanages and children's hospitals around the world with guitar in hand.


Situated in the middle of Malaysia's premier marine park sanctuary, Blue Coral Island Resort is your tropical dreams come true. Sandwiched between crystal clear water and hills covered with lush tropical jungle, Blue Coral Island Resort, Lang Tengah Island 70 rooms resort offers you peace and tranquility like no other as the Lang Tengah island is uninhabited.
You can lie on the powder white beach all day long working on your tan undisturbed as there is no outsider here who will bother you. Or take a walk around many small beaches around the island. During the months of May to September turtles come ashore to lay eggs on these beaches.
The Blue Coral Island Resort is located in the middle of Malaysia's premier marine park sanctuary, in the Redang archipelago. Sandwiched between crystal clear water and hills covered with lush tropical virgin jungle, our 70 chalets resort offers you peace and tranquility.
Malaysia Airlines and Airasia , has daily scheduled flight daily from KLIA to Kuala Terengganu Airport.
From Kuala Lumpur you take a 45 minutes flight to Kuala Terengganu in East Coast. From the airport it is a 30 minutes car ride to the Merang jetty. From there it is 60 minutes by speedboat to the Resort. In bad weather the traditional ocean going boat is used. All transport is arranged by Blue Coral Island Resort.
You can also take the public coach from Pudu Raya Bus Station or Putra Bus Station in Kuala Lumpur. You are advise to can take the night bus at around 10:30pm and arrive at Kuala Lumpur around 6am the next morning.
Although you are away from the madness of civilisation, you are definitely not deprived of your comfort and safety. All Blue Coral Island Resort rooms have split type air conditioner, twin beds, built in wardrobe, attached bathroom with longbath, WC, hot & cold running water. Electricity and water are available 24-hours a day. All rooms are made of timber and are less than 100 meters from the beach.
Blue Coral Island Resort seaview restaurant serves Western and Asian cuisine in full view of the deep blue sea. Sip coffee or tea while you watch yBlue Coral Island Resort family or friends snorkeling in front of the resort. You can also lie by the swimming pool or play with your kids in the children pool.
Blue Coral Island Resort reading room contains a lot of books on marine life which may interest you. Blue Coral Island Resort grocery shop sells many item which you may need while staying at the resort. At night you can watch laser disc movie or sing the night away in the karaoke lounge. Night fishing or diving can be made with prior arrangement.
Being in the National marine park sanctuary, the main activity here are snorkeling and scuba diving. the crystal clear water in front of Blue Coral Island Resort offers excellent snorkeling. There is no need for a boat ride. Immerse yoself in the water and have a full view of the living aquarium. Swim with the colourful tropical fishes, turtles, baby sharks and barracudas. The visibility of the water in front of Blue Coral Island Resort is between 10-20 meters depending on the weather conditions.
If you prefer to dive, our fully equipped dive centre will take care of all your needs. You can dive right in front of Blue Coral Island Resort or at other sites on Lang Tengah island which are only a few minutes from the resort. Blue Coral Island Resort also makes dive trips to the other 25 islands and atolls in the marine park area. Most dive sides are within 15 minutes speed boat ride from Blue Coral Island Resort. The diving here is good with water visibility of between 15-25m. Non-divers can join the trip for picnic and snorkeling.
For those who want to learn to dive, Blue Coral Island Resort conducts classes for internationally recognised certification. The course will take between 3 to 4 days. This is the most convenient time for you to get your diving license.
Snorkel, relax, dive, snorkel, relax......this is the order of the day at Blue Coral Island resort. You are here to enjoy your vacation as many of Blue Coral Island Resort guests have experienced.


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Barclays Private Equity sells Kurt Geiger in £95m buy-out backed by Graphite Capital
Barclays Private Equity has sold Kurt Geiger, Europe's foremost luxury branded shoe retailer, in a £95m Buy-Out backed by Graphite Capital.
Kurt Geiger, which was voted 'Coolest Shoe Brand' by Vogue readers in 2007, sells its own and third party premium and luxury footwear brands such as Prada, Gucci and Jimmy Choo, through a wide range of channels.
These include top department stores such as Harrods, Selfridges, House of Fraser, John Lewis and Liberty. It also has 16 of its own stores, six airport outlets, international concessions in Printemps in France and La Rinascente in Italy and a range of licensing, wholesaling and franchising operations.
Neil Clifford, Kurt Geiger's chief executive, is leading the buy-out. The team also includes buying and creative director, Rebecca Farrar-Hockley; finance director, Dale Christilaw; retail operations director, Sally McClymont; and wholesale and licensing director, Andrew Lee. All will be reinvesting in the new company.
Clifford said: "We offer some of the world's best shoes in an unrivalled retail environment and are well recognised for the quality of our range and the high standard of our customer service. We will continue to invest in new growth opportunities with our department store partners. With Graphite's support we will pursue our strategic objective of becoming the leading global luxury and premium shoe retailer."
Graphite senior partner, Markus Golser, commented: "We are very excited to be backing a management team of such a high calibre. Kurt Geiger has great depth in its design and merchandising functions and tremendous opportunity to consolidate its position as the leading luxury branded shoe retailer." Graphite has a strong track record of successful investments in retail and consumer ventures such as Jane Norman, Maplin Electronics, Wagamama, Game and Paperchase. "We will use our retail expertise to support the management team's ambitious growth plans," Golser added.
Steven Silvester, director at Barclays Private Equity, commented: "Kurt Geiger has provided us with a very good return on our investment and adds to our first class track record in the retail sector. During the period of our involvement, and with our strong support and active encouragement, Neil Clifford and his team have taken the business from strength to strength. At the same time, they have carefully laid the foundations for further growth both in the UK and overseas, which should allow the strong financial performance to continue under new ownership."


Supporters of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have taken to Wikipedia, attempting to rewrite the saga of Paul Revere's ride to match the somewhat jumbled version Palin gave last week during a visit to Boston.
She was a bit on the spot, but her recollection of a pivotal moment in American history is flawed at best.
Revere actually warned colonists of the British military advances during his Midnight Ride.
Palin had a chance to clarify on Fox News on Sunday, but stood by her account.
Of course. That's exactly what Palin meant.
Revere actually did warn the British – after he was detained at a roadblock on his way to Concord. He told British officers that an advance on Lexington could be dangerous because of the armed colonists amassed there. But he didn't ring any bells.
The Wikipedia revisions have been reversed.


On the basis of combination of proof obtained during the preliminary investigation of criminal case for taking bribe in especially large amount initiated in the RA Special Investigation Service Aram Harutyunyan was attracted as an accused for commitment of offences dangerous for the public under article 311 (part 4, point 2), and article 190 (part 3, point 1) of the RA Criminal Code; particularly, by holding managerial position within the RA executive authorities with the support of persons being in close relations with him received a bribe in especially large amount and then legalized the illegally obtained property in especially large amount.
According to the charge Aram Harutyunyan holding the position of the Minister of Nature Protection since June 8, 2007, at the same time, being the chairman of the interdepartmental commission for the provision of licenses for the exploration and use of mineral resources of strategic nature, demanded and received from S.H. especially large amount $ 14 million equivalent 4.2 billion AMD, to issue 10 special licenses for the study and development of non- ferrous metal deposits, further extension of terms of the study and permit for exploitation of the mines.
As a result, during January – November 2008, 10 special licenses for the study and development of non- ferrous metal deposits located in different settlements of Syunik, Lori and Gegharkunik marzes were passed to the companies owned by S. H. Within the same period S. H. withdrew USD 6 million from the bank accounts and passed to Aram Harutyunyan as a bribe, through the close people of the latter.
The other part of the requested bribe in the amount of USD 8 million was received by Aram Harutyunyan with the assistance of his close ones, by means of making transfers from different bank accounts opened with United Arab Emirates; then, to hide the real source of origin of funds and legalize them Aram Harutyunyan transferred such illegally obtained funds to the Swiss bank account of international company, after which arranged periodical transfer of funds on the account of a company operating within the RA and owned by person being in close relations with him. Search was announced for Aram Harutyunyan. The Investigator of RA Special Investigation Committee filed a petition to the Yerevan city Court of general jurisdiction to select taking into custody as a measure of restriction with his regard.