Are you getting prepared for the holiday season? Are you gearing up to implement this fall's expansion strategy in a couple of select markets? Are you waiting to see the customers' response to your new product/service proposition after new updates? Consider benefiting from expanding resource options to maximize all your opportunities in a timely manner. Choose flexible, outsourced remote and office-based workers—including independent freelancers, consultants, "gig" workers, or virtual assistant agencies that provide dedicated solutions—to optimize your upside while managing your risk.
Seasonal Supplements: You are used to bringing in temporary workers to cover expanded demand each year. However, did you manage to find all the people you wanted with the right profile, skills, and fit your culture and brand? Advanced platforms offer sophisticated matching services and can identify, connect with, and sign up the specific individuals your company would prefer to have taking care of all the seasonal opportunities, and beyond.
Innovation & Intelligence: What about engaging someone for a creativity or information booster? I have benefitted multiple times from bringing in targeted experts on a project basis to allow rapid development of understanding in a particular industry or field. I could, therefore, accelerate expansion, learning from their experience and building my knowledge. These projects have typically covered their costs within weeks or a few months. Relevant creatives can also generate updated product or service offerings; assist with customer issues; improve existing plans, or simply bring a fresh perspective to your seasonal marketing concepts. Why not explore bringing on a creative expert for a test ideation project? Measure the outcomes to track the return on your investment.
Bottleneck Buster: What were the bottlenecks last fall? If you had all the sales and business development folks you desired, could the business have fared better with one or two extra administrative staff as well – to process orders, prepare products for shipping or follow up on new customers or returns? They can help mitigate late deliveries and customer issues that I have often seen cause seasonal stress. More importantly, you can avoid undermining top line success as normal staff levels are often not able to manage all the extra back-end work.
Pitch Perfect: Do you think your company's external communicators have the best style and materials possible? I have personally worked with presentation experts on specific occasions to learn how to communicate critical messages in the most compelling way possible. Similarly, for executives and other outward-facing employees to have sophisticated decks to convert prospective clients, investors or partners more easily, hire a freelancer with presentation expertise to create the most convincing materials possible.
Talent Trials: Last year, were any contractors you worked with a really good fit and you would have liked them to continue working for your organization after having the opportunity to test them out? Would you prefer to find people this year whom you could have the possibility of bringing on for a longer-term contract, or even employing them? New contractor-focused services can find you well-matched individuals that are specifically open to converting to longer-term roles should there be mutual interest.
Flexible workers present an effective way of filling critical skills and expert needs as fast as the marketplace demands these days. Have confidence that you will be able to fill current or forecast gaps in the shorter timeframes you are anticipating, especially when you are finding the market hard to anticipate these days. Flexibility goes both ways and it's a win-win these days.
Learn more about Sophie by visiting Sophiewade.com, or follow her on Twitter @ASophieWade. You can also buy Sophie's new book, Embracing Progress, on Amazon.
About the author: Sophie is the founder and Workforce Innovator at Flexcel Network. Sophie is the author of Embracing Progress. Next Steps for the Future of Work. She speaks, consults, and writes on wide-ranging Future of Work issues impacting companies, their employees and extended workforce. Topics include attracting, engaging and retaining talent; managing distributed workers; workplace flexibility; intergenerational communication; ongoing training and reskilling; and new career paradigms. Sophie helps companies transform and future-proof their work environments, creating compelling, progressive and talent-focused, digitally-integrated workplaces, maximizing the benefits and minimizing the disruption in their transition to new work environments. She helps employees and independent workers adapt and proactively develop and manage their new, latticed corporate or diversified, independent careers. Sophie has a BA from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.


Welcome to All In, where we sit down with some of the most inspiring people in the wellness industry to find out how they got their start, their successes and their struggles, and their top advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Up next: Celine Tadrissi, founder of Toronto's Hammam Spa and a new plant-based skincare line, Céla. The line, which pays homage to Canadian topography in its packaging design, includes five body care products that are meant to be adaptable to all ages, genders, ethnicities, skin types and geographical locations.
I have been passionate about the beauty and wellness industry since I was a teenager. During my years in school I always worked in beauty part time which gave me some practical insight on the industry.
Because I also studied a lot of business classes at University of Toronto and then worked at the Board of Trade I felt I had the practical side and knowledge to open my own business.
What were some of your early challenges, both with Hammam Spa and now with Cela?
There have been so many challenges with starting a new business, many which I was not able to predict.
Recruiting great employees is always one of the main hurdles with a new business. Financing and being able to support both business in the early stages for me has probably been the biggest challenge in an industry dominated by large companies.
What are some challenges you still face today with both businesses?
There are always daily problems with owning and operating your own company. The biggest challenge for me personally would fall under economies of scale.
A small business does not have the same purchasing power or reach to be able to implement a lot of the programs, marketing, packaging, etc as a larger global brand. Finding the balance to implement what I would like, in a cost that is feasible, has always been an ongoing challenge.
Both Hammam Spa and Céla have been started as a side project or I would say "labour of love" because of the initial amount of work required without an initial reward. For me this was the only possibility, but every person's situation is unique. Being able to dive in full time would have been much easier but sometimes the hardest things in life have the highest reward.
What are some of your top tips for staying focused and on track on a day to day basis?
I always have a running to do list. I have one on my notes section on my phone and a paper one that I am always updating on my desk. I find this helps me stay focused and organized. I like to make note of all the little things but also larger goals and ideas (for instance I listen to a lot of audio books when travelling or commuting that give me more broad ideas and new perspectives to consider).
I think it's important as a business owner to be responsible for the smaller operational tasks, but always be thinking of the larger picture.
What's the best advice you've been given as it relates to running your own business?
I think it really depends on the business. For me, it's not getting discouraged or overwhelmed from the day to day issues and problems that will always arise. Looking at the big picture and being able to adapt to unplanned events when they come up is important.
What's the best advice you would give to someone interested in starting their own business?
I think having realistic expectations is the most important part when considering opening a business. Having a clear vision of why you want to start your business along with the practical knowledge of what the realistic operational and financial demands will be is key.
One of the first things we learn about starting a successful business is that you have relieve a pain point for the public. What was the problem you set out to solve, both with Hammam Spa, and now with Céla, and how do you think you've solved it?
This question for me is key to both brands' inspiration and success. For Hammam, we had a vision of creating an "escape from everyday." In Hammam Spa the vision was to create a lifestyle brand where people could relax, receive treatments and feel rejuvenated.
We were inspired by the original Hammams in the Middle East and many of the spas we visited in Europe that had a relaxed social atmosphere. This was risky in Toronto 14 years ago because there was nothing like this and many people (almost on a daily basis) said it was a huge mistake. It is so encouraging today to see the spa being used in the exact manner that we originally envisioned.
With Céla, I wanted to create a brand utilizing the amazing ingredients and botanicals found in Canada. I started sourcing and purchasing local raw ingredients to use in spa treatments almost 10 years ago out of frustration with a lot of products I was importing.
I was so impressed and surprised with some of the amazing natural ingredients Canada has, which have numerous benefits and are amazing in skincare.
I am a twelfth generation Canadian and I was really proud to be able to utilize this in our treatments at the spa. Initially I did not have the intention to create a product line, but because so encouraged with the positive feedback and lack of anything similar available, I decided to create Céla.
I have seen over the years people wanting to use products with thoughtful ingredient selections, but I also feel that majority of people value a luxury product that actually works. This was the balance I wanted to achieve with our formulations.
We love that the product packaging pays homage to Canadian topography. Why was incorporating that kind of design element important to you?
Reflecting the beauty of Canada is an integral part of Céla for me, in the development of the products. My husband, Antonio Tadrissi, is an architect and designer, and he has been involved from the beginning with the development, and designed the packaging to reflect the essence of the brand.
How has the spa industry changed since you opened Hammam? How has it stayed the same?
It has been so exciting to see a pivot in the spa and wellness industry over the last 15 years. I find visiting a spa was once considered a occasional "treat" or indulgence. It has now become part of peoples' general health and lifestyle.
It is so rewarding to be working in an environment that has a positive effect on peoples' lives and provides a balance for so many busy and demanding schedules.
Why was it important to you to make a natural, plant-powered line?
I wanted to create a line in which I felt comfortable with all ingredients used in the formulations. I wanted to feature and introduce people to the amazing botanicals in Canada for skincare.
Being in the industry, it was also important for me to create a product that was sustainable, effective, and luxurious. I spent three years in formulation and dermatology testing to ensure that the products would be safe and effective for everyone – this is very important for the consumer to be aware of when buying natural products.


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How the taste of groundwater could help focus exploration efforts
Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 24, 2020 | 7:00 am Education Exploration Australia Gold Uranium
Researcher Nathan Reid carrying out the groundwater experiment. (Image courtesy of CSIRO).
Haloes of altered water chemistry in groundwater could help geologists identify areas where ore deposits lie hidden below the surface.
A new report published by the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia states that by sampling groundwaters, prospectors can make their exploration instruments 'taste' the geology they have come into contact with and determine what kind of minerals are buried in a specific area.
Chemical anomalies identified in groundwater from sediment-covered areas in the Capricorn region have already stimulated further private exploration investment
The report is based on research carried out by scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO, the Centre for Exploration Targeting and Curtin University in the Capricorn region of Western Australia.
In the area of study, layers of sediment and weathering are believed to hide potential ore deposits from view. Thus, the experts sampled certain places around known deposits of gold, uranium, and other minerals and noticed that the interaction with the ore systems had left distinctive traces in the water.
"Groundwater penetrates through covering sediments and interacts directly with the bedrock, dissolving trace amounts of the minerals present into solution," Nathan Reid, one of the researchers at CSIRO, said in a media statement. "Where the underlying rocks contain a valuable ore deposit, the chemical flavour of that mineralisation extends much further than the concentrated mineralisation itself – just like a teaspoon of salt can make a whole glass of water taste salty."
In the scientist's view, by using this technique, exploration companies would be able to focus their efforts on the right areas.
Back to drawing board for new Rio chief as lithium mine scrapped
Serbia's decision is a blow to Stausholm, who after winning the helm just over a year ago said he was aiming to win back trust for the world's second-largest miner.
Bloomberg News | January 21, 2022 | 11:12 am

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He was widely tipped to leave Paris Saint-Germain in the summer, but Neymar stayed - and now he wants to repay supporters' affection.
He said: "I am happy with the affection I receive when playing away, even more when it's from a kid, it's more natural, it's something very pure."
Check out the full story on Neymar giving his shirt to a crying fan here!
Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas could be set to follow in Cristiano Ronaldo's footsteps by joining Juventus, reports Don Balon.
The Costa Rica international has found his first-team opportunities under serious threat following the arrival of Thibaut Courtois from Chelsea.
Should the 31-year-old emulate Ronaldo in swapping Spain for Italy, he would be up against Wojciech Szczesny for the number one jersey.
Barcelona are keeping tabs on Girona youngster Pedro Porro, according to Don Balon.
The 19-year-old, who can play at either right-back or on the right wing, has made four appearances in La Liga this season and has impressed against the likes of Real Madrid, Villarreal and Celta Vigo.
Mario Gotze may be struggling to get back into the Borussia Dortmund team, but the midfielder would be "a good fit for Liverpool", according to former team-mate Kevin Grosskreutz.
"Maybe it would be good for him to go abroad in the winter to find a bit more peace and bring his career back on track," said Grosskreutz.
Steven Gerrard is keen to secure the services of four on-loan players for the long term as he looks to establish the foundations for success at Rangers.
Liverpool duo Ryan Kent and Ovie Ejaria, as well as Lassana Coulibaly and Joe Worral have impressed for the Scottish club since joining on temporary deals.
"If you're asking me if I'd want the four of them for next year, I'd sign the four of them right now," Gerrard told the Scotsman.
Arsenal passed up the opportunity to sign Virgil van Dijk from Celtic for £12 million ($15.7m), John Collins has revealed.
The former Hoops assistant manager told beIN Sport: "Arsenal's chief scout [Steve Rowley] thought he was too nonchalant."
Antoine Griezmann has admitted it was the hardest decision of his career to reject a summer move to Barcelona.
The France striker was heavily linked with a €100 million (£90m/$117.7m) switch to Camp Nou but announced he would be remaining at Atleti via a documentary broadcast on Spanish TV in June.
Find out what he has had to say on that decision here.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have been told that Real Madrid will be "their house forever", with Florentino Perez leaving the door open for possible returns.
The two iconic figures departed the Santiago Bernabeu over the summer after deciding to take on new challenges.
Find out what Perez has had to say about two Blancos legends here.
Wolves will be looking for around £110 million from any deal involving Ruben Neves, reports The Times.
Manchester rivals United and City have been linked with the Portugal international midfielder, but have been made aware that he will not come cheap.
Jack Grealish is to sign a new contract at Aston Villa with a £60 million ($78m) release clause, but the Express reports that Tottenham remain keen on snapping him up.
Spurs were keen to land the England U21 international before the summer deadline passed and will rekindle that interest even if fresh terms are agreed at Villa Park.
Marcos Alonso claims to be "happy here at Chelsea" after sparking talk of a possible return to Real Madrid.
He told Sky Sports: "I feel good. I'm enjoying the new manager, I'm enjoying my team-mates, I'm happy here at Chelsea."
Matteo Guendouzi did not expect to be on Arsenal's books at 19 years of age, but admits that iconic figures such as Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira made him dream of one day representing the club.
Juventus and Chelsea are set to face competition for Fiorentina forward Federico Chiesa, reports Calciomercato, with Napoli having joined the chase.
The Italy international is expected to generate a transfer fee of around €60 million (£54m/$71m) once a scramble for his signature is sparked.
Tottenham have joined Manchester United, Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund in the battle for Ajax winger David Nares, claims the Express.
The 21-year-old has extended his contract in Amsterdam through to 2022, but could be available for around £45 million ($59m).
Chris Smalling is poised to pen a new contract at Manchester United, reports the Daily Star.
The England international has entered the final year of his current deal and been heavily linked with moves elsewhere as Jose Mourinho pursues other centre-half options, but the Red Devils are set to tie him to fresh terms.
Mateo Kovacic is not ruling out an extended stay at Chelsea, with it possible that his loan from Real Madrid could be turned into a permanent deal.
The Croatia international told Football Focus: "I'm really happy with Chelsea. The city is amazing. The fans are great. The stadium, everything is nice. I could imagine myself [staying] here."
Pep Guardiola is ready to join the hunt for Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot and bring the Frenchman back to Manchester City, claims the Daily Star.
The 23-year-old, who spent a brief time at the Etihad Stadium in his teens, is set to become a free agent next summer - with Liverpool and Barcelona among his many suitors.
Wolves are ready to make a massive investment in youth recruitment, according to Mirror.
Owners Fosun International are ready to make a six-fold increase in their budget for the youth teams.
Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho are set to do battle over Ajax's Frenkie De Jong, the Mirror reports.
City had a bid for the midfielder rejected this summer, but are ready to go back in for him this winter, but the Dutch club claim the 21-year-old isn't going anywhere.
LAFC defender Walker Zimmerman has downplayed talk of a transfer this winter.
Reports surfaced earlier in the week that the 25-year-old had turned down a new deal with the MLS side and wanted a move to Europe, but he says his only focus is on winning this season.
"For me, I'm just focused on winning," Zimmerman is quoted as saying by MLSsoccer.com. "That's what I love. That's what I care about. Right now, I'm focused: We have five games left. Whatever I can do to help this team compete, win, have a run in the playoffs, win an MLS Cup – that's all I'm really focused on right now. The rest of the stuff will take care of itself."
Everton's star players are not happy with the training and instruction they are getting under new boss Marco Silva, according to The Sun.
The players believe there is more time spent on preparation than is needed, and that the sessions are confusing things among the team.
Wigan are interested in signing free agent centre-back Steven Caulker, reports the Daily Mail.
The onetime England international, still just 26, has been without a club after leaving Dundee at the end of last season.
Aston Villa and Ukranian side Arsenal Kiev have also shown interest in Caulker.
Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli is targeting a future move for Manchester City star Leroy Sane, reports Calciomercato.
The Serie A side are hoping to take advantage of some friction between Sane and his manager Pep Guardiola, and could launch an audacious bid for the 22-year-old.
City value Sane at €150 million (£135/$177m), meaning Juve may have to wait a year or two before they have the funds to meet City's asking price.
Fulham are planning an £18 million (€20m/$24m) move for Lyon forward Maxwel Cornet, claims The Sun.
The Cottagers were interested in a move for the 21-year-old in the summer, but ultimately did not make a bid.
But Cornet's starring role for Lyon against Man City in the Champions League has convinced Fulham that the striker is worth the investment.
Read what Son had to say on Goal right here!
Juventus have joined the race to sign Hertha Berlin teenager Arne Maier, according to the Mirror.
The 19-year-old has already been scouted by Manchester United and Arsenal, with a bidding war likely to break out in January or next summer.
Maier has been compared to countryman Toni Kroos, and has become a regular for his team over the past two seasons.
An MRI revealed that Schalke midfielder Weston McKennie has only a bone bruise on his leg, reports CBS Sports.
There were major fears over the 20-year-old on Saturday, after he left the field in tears following a kick from Bayern Munich's James Rodriguez.
But it appears the U.S. international has dodged a bullet, with his injury likely to keep him out just a week or two.


Mock & Toof è un progetto composto dai producer londinesi Duncan Stamp e Nick Woolfson, balzato agli onori della cronaca con il sorprendente album Tuning Echoes(2010). I due – a capo della label Tiny Sticks – pubblicheranno il prossimo 17 settembre il nuovo LP Temporary Happiness, preceduto dal singolo My Head con la collaborazione dell'artista svizzero Gostaphe.
Duncan e Nick si sono fatti conoscere nel corso degli anni per aver prodotto anche con la celeberrima DFA di James Murphy e per aver remixato nomi del calibro di The Juan Maclean, Hot Chip, Scissor Sisters.
My Head è una traccia dalle atmosfere lounge-balearic, perfetta per un pomeriggio rilassante di fine estate. La matrice funk è inconfondibile così come gli inserti dub e i bassi profondi. Il risultato finale è un brano sensuale e delicato, arricchito dall'ossessivo refrain vocale.
My Head ti entra in testa e non va più via. Un viatico incoraggiante per il nuovo album.
Mock & Toof is a project made up of Duncan Stamp and Nick Woolfson which has already hit the headlines with the stunning album Tuning Echoes (2010). The two Londoners producers – at the head of the label Tiny Sticks – are gonna publish on the 17th of September the new LP Temporary Happiness, anticipated by the single My Head with the collaboration of Gostaphe.
Duncan and Nick have made themselves known over the years producing also with the renowned James Murphy's DFA and remixing The Juan Maclean, Hot Chip, Scissor Sisters, Holy Ghost!.
My Head is a lounge-balearic-atmospherics track, ideally suited for a relaxing afternoon at the end of summer. The funky roots are unmistakable likewise the dub sonorities and the deep basses. The final result is a sensual and subtle track, embellished by the obsessive vocal refrain.
My Head sticks in the mind and doesn't go away any more. It's an emboldening beginning for the new album.


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Kate Gosselin Dons a Linda Masquefa bag for the DWTS Finale!
ABC's Dancing With the Stars contestant and reality TV personality Kate Gosselin selected to wear a bag by EKC luxury handbag designer Linda Masquefa!
NEW YORK – MAY 26, 2010 – Troy Osinoff, the 21-year-old founder of MakeADare.com, a new online social networking site for thrill seekers, is scheduled to appear on "Dr. Phil" tomorrow to discuss the recent surge of internet-based communities for amateur stuntsmen. In the segment entitled, "Extreme Teen Dangers," Osinoff will share his insider perspective on this controversial trend, which he believes has allowed regular people everywhere to liberate themselves from the rigid rules of society in the name of having a little fun.
The show will explore the psychological motivations behind teens' association with "Jackass"- style dare communities and will profile several young adrenaline junkies who say they are proud of their seemingly reckless behavior, which has occasionally resulted in critical injury. Meanwhile, Dr. Travis Stork, host of "The Doctors" and author of the new book, "The Doctor Is In," will share real-life emergency room stories about the gruesome aftermath of teens attempting such daring feats.
Social networking site MakeADare.com was created with the goal of providing a virtual home for amateur pranksters that would provide them with the optimal opportunity for recognition. Often described as "YouTube meets 'Jackass,'" MakeADare allows members to create and share stunt videos, dare others and vote for the best dares. Users award each other "streetcred," a voting-based system of points that can be redeemed for prizes dedicated to the continuing pursuit of dare-filming, such as video cameras, multi-media equipment and editing software. Today, MakeADare has emerged as the premiere centralized platform for an ever-growing, worldwide population of dare enthusiasts. Equipped with full interactivity and prizes, MakeADare provides this unique community with unprecedented global access to competition, camaraderie and exposure.
Internationally known for his straight-talking, "get real" philosophy, author and distinguished psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw hosts a syndicated, daily one-hour series that is the second highest-rated daytime talk show in the nation. During its eight seasons on the air, "Dr. Phil" has explored such issues as addiction, domestic violence and racism, while galvanizing millions of people to create more positive lives for themselves.
The Guys of Softline Talk Recession-Busting on Fox News!
EKC has just signed on to represent Swell Skin, an all-natural skincare line by Ohio mom of three, Kelli Klus!
Kelli came up with the idea for Swell Skin when she started to feel overwhelmed by all the pricey, complicated skin regimens that were constantly being pushed on her at department stores. She decided to create a line of products that were simple, inexpensive and actually did what they promised.
Kelli Klus had never had "good" skin.
Plagued by rashes and acne well into her adult years, she sought out doctor after doctor and bought expensive cream after expensive cream.
"A doctor would just look at me for 40 seconds, then hand me a prescription," she said during a recent interview. "It was so frustrating. Not to mention expensive."
As a homeopath, Klus was already well-versed in holistic remedies and decided to research her skin issues. Her findings led to the launch of her own line of products, called Swell Skin.
Can't wait to see the results for ourselves, and to start spreading the word about these fabulous products!
I would like to extend a very special goodbye to my mentor and longtime friend, Kim Lee. I was a professional dancer in my early years, and Kim played a major role in the development of my career by fine-tuning my body through pilates.
As a struggling young entertainer who was barely able to pay rent, I didn't think I could afford to take classes at the prestigious workspace that Kim had created for himself, where he frequently taught all the major A-list stars of the time. However, Kim was kind and generous enough to not only reduce his fee so that I could attend class, but to be sure that he spent as much time with me as he did with the likes of Steven Speilberg.
Sadly, I lost contact with Kim over the years, but he has remained in my heart.
Having learned of his passing, I am now heartsick that we didn't see each other face to face.
I genuinely respected and admired Kim, and even now when I think of him I am taken back to the days of being a young girl and feeling so honored and humbled to be in the presence of such a great teacher and human being. He made me a stronger person in more ways than one, and I will be forever grateful.
My sincere condolences to Kim's family during this devastating time.
Kim Lee's memorial will take place this Sunday at noon at the Los Angeles Friendship Center, 5899 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, 90019.
Happy Birthday to Amanda Eliasch!
Eileen Koch & Company would like to extend our warmest birthday wishes to long-time friend and client Amanda Eliasch! The jet-setting socialite, photographer and fashion editor threw a massive bash at her London home last night, where some of England's most glamourous and interesting people turned out to join her in celebrating. The butterfly-themed fete featured a film about Amanda's life, created by her friends, including renowned artist Tracy Emin. Check out Amanda's blog for photos of the party.
Happy birthday from EKC, Amanda! May you have many more fabulous years to come!
TCC: You are busy with a lot of different projects. What are you loving the most?
LB: Just to be able to do what you love is really amazing. I'm getting to host a show, singing, doing some acting, kind of all of the above. Everything is really a lot of fun, I love being busy. That's something my parents always said, "You know how to manage your time." People ask if I take a vacation and when you love what you do, everything is a vacation. I'm just loving it all, to tell you the truth.
TCC: You've been working on a second album as well. What can we expect from your sophomore album?
LB: It's got a new sound. It's got country in there, but it's got some pop, rock, R&B, and I love all different styles of music so I kind of make my own genre. It's going to have a lot of different flavors in it and I'm just showing that I'm growing. I'm being an artist and getting out there and figuring out Laura Bryna and trying to be me!
TCC: I am very excited to hear your new album. Do you know when it will be released?
LB: We're on the second and third song right now so we are thinking probably around August or September, but like they say in construction, they give you a date but it's not for two more months down the road. But there is no hurry, we want to make it right.
TCC: Exactly! You want to make it feel right and personal. How do you think the events in your life have shaped your new album?
EKC's favorite bad boy, Josh Hansen, swapped his racing gear for clean-cut duds last night for the premiere of the new Amanda Seyfried movie, "Letters to Juliet." Josh walked the red carpet at Grauman's Chinese Theatre with his friend, "The Hills" star Stephanie Pratt.
Stephanie looks lovely as usual, and does Josh clean up nicely, or what? We hope they had fun!
Genlux readers: check out Linda Masquefa's stunning creations in the Spring II issue, hand-picked by international socialite and discriminating fashion editor Amanda Eliasch for her 'Editor's Picks' page. As her must-haves, Amanda chose two of LM's opulent, classic evening bags-- a black one and a metallic one, both made of died python skin with gold accents.
We could definitely see either one of these on her fabulous arm!
Josh Hansen Does It Again!
Sure enough, Josh ended the Supercross season with a bang, coming in second at the Las Vegas East-West Shootout this weekend! First place went to Josh's friend and teammate, and 2010 champion, Jake Weimer. Congrats to Josh and Jake-- an awesome ending to an amazing season!
Now, it's all about prepping for the X-Games in July...can't wait!
EKC sends our best to Josh Hansen, as he preps to compete in his final Supercross race of the season tomorrow in Las Vegas!
Josh has had an awesome comeback season, wowing everyone with a last-minute win at last week's race in Salt Lake City-- in crazy weather conditions, no less! With the West Region races officially over, tomorrow is all about bragging rights, and we have a feeling they'll go to Josh.
Knock 'em dead tomorrow, Josh!!
Eileen Koch & Co. is pleased to welcome up-and-coming triple threat Amy Molen to our client roster!
A passionate performer since childhood, this stunning Southern girl came to LA in hopes of sharing her staggering talents with the world.
Amy just signed to top talent agency CESD, and in the next few months, she'll start work on her debut country-pop album, in addition to beginning production on several acting projects. Musically, Amy cites divas like Sheryl Crow, Nora Jones and Chrissie Hynde as her inspirations, while Audrey Hepburn and Angelina Jolie are her silver screen idols.
We already adore sweet Amy, and we know Tinseltown will too!
LAS VEGAS– Trailing his recent victory in Salt Lake City and concluding what many have called his comeback season, X Games champion Josh Hansen plans to give his all at the Monster Energy AMA Las Vegas Supercross on Saturday, May 8 at 7 p.m., at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Following his 2009 hiatus from racing due to the tragic loss of two close friends, Josh's January return to the track aroused anticipation among motocross buffs who wondered what the 26-year-old would bring to the Monster Energy Team this season. However, aided by the guidance of Mitch Payton, Hansen re-emerged just as his fans remembered him: a rider with smooth, effortless style, undeniable speed, and a down-to-earth persona that hardly hints at the fact that he's been making a name for himself in the racing world since high school.
The son of champion rider Donnie Hansen, Josh surprised everyone when he won X Games 14 in 2008 as the underdog. But when he took home the gold again the following year, it became clear that Josh Hansen was a force to be reckoned with.
Now, Hansen concludes his comeback AMA Supercross season triumphantly, ending with that elusive win under his belt, along with other top-five finishes. The icing on the cake would be to surprise his fans with a another win at the East/West Shootout – right before taking home his third consecutive X Games medal in August.
Josh Hansen Wins SLC Supercross!!
EKC is thrilled to congratulate client Josh Hansen on his big win over the weekend in Salt Lake City! Known as the bad boy of motocross, Josh gave this season his all, showing off his smooth style and incredible speed to the dedicated fans who had missed him last year when he took time off from racing. He's earned several top-five finishes this season, but had yet to take the podium....until now!
On Saturday in Salt Lake City, when insane weather conditions had the other racers taking a conservative approach, Josh fearlessly hit the dirt to claim that trophy he'd waited for all season.
We knew he could do it!! Congrats, Josh, and best of luck at the East/West shootout in Vegas this weekend!
SALT LAKE CITY — The constant, frigid rain Saturday night altered everything from the course to the length of the races at the Monster Energy Supercross races at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
It did not, however, change Josh Hansen's strategy.
"I just really felt like I wanted to win," said the 26-year-old California native. "I wanted to beat everybody — bad."
A self-described "neat-freak" Hansen was a little bothered by the sloppy conditions, but he didn't alter his plan to attack the course if he got the chance.
"I didn't want to ride conservative," he said. "No matter what the conditions were, I just felt like when you ride like conservative, that's when you make mistakes. I just put my head down and took chances."
He just shook his head and smiled when asked why he kept throwing triples when everyone else, including the second-place finisher Trey Canard, Oklahoma, stuck with doubles on slick bumps.


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The Shocking Dangers of MSG You Don't Know
Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:24 UTC
A silent killer that's worse than alcohol, nicotine, and drugs is likely lurking in your kitchen cabinets and even your child's school cafeteria. It's monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer that's known widely as an addition to Chinese food, but that's actually added to thousands of the foods you eat.
In this telling three-part video series, you'll find out why Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon, describes MSG as a dangerous excitotoxin, and learn how this toxin could be making you fat.
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
MSG is used in countless foods in your supermarket, local restaurants, school cafeterias, and more. Everything from soup to crackers to meats may contain it because MSG, as dangerous as it is, makes food taste good and it is dirt cheap, just like sugar.
Incredibly, even infant formulas and baby food contain this poison, even though babies and infants, who are four times more sensitive than adults to the toxic effects of this chemical, are the most at risk.
There are a couple of main reasons why MSG is one of the worst food additives on the market. First, as Dr. Blaylock, author of the highly recommended Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills, says in the video, MSG is an excitotoxin, which means that it overexcites your cells to the point of damage, acting as a poison. The second part of the equation is that MSG can be literally hidden in food labels, under names like broth, casein, hydrolyzed, autolyzed, and more, making it extremely difficult to identify.
MSG is also a probable cause contributing to the obesity epidemic. As the FDA continues to vouch for its safety, scientists have known that MSG causes obesity since the 1960s!
It is clearly not worth a few bites of tasty junk food to give your body the green light to produce visceral fat, the most dangerous type that surrounds your organs and increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, insomnia, type 2 diabetes, and more.
Yet, that is exactly what you're doing when you eat foods that contain MSG.
Eliminating MSG from your diet is a wise choice for everyone, including pregnant women. To do so, stick to natural, unprocessed foods. And, if you do eat processed foods, be on the lookout for the many hidden names for MSG on food labels. They include (but are far from limited to):
- Gelatin
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP)
- Yeast Extract
- Malted Barley
- Rice Syrup or Brown Rice Syrup
The dangers surrounding MSG are, perhaps, most concerning for new moms who are unable to breastfeed, and are looking for an alternative to the MSG-laden infant formulas on the market. Fortunately, women who are unable to breastfeed can make an extremely nutritious, MSG-free infant formula for their baby using raw milk.
The Danger of MSG and How it is Hidden in Vaccines
Why You do NOT Want to Eat Processed Foods
Eye Damage from MSG


Enlightened Globetrekker sponsors a village school in Kaule, Nepal, a small village an hour into the Himalayan mountains outside of Kathmandu.
Kaule Village was destroyed by the April 2015 earthquakes. The Kaule villagers still struggle to rebuild their lives today.


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Q: Is installing PHP on Cygwin just like it being on a real Linux server? I currently use XAMPP on Windows 7 for my dev server which is a LAMP stack.
I recently installed cygwin and have been messing around with it.  I am just curious, with cygwin since it is like unix/linux does that mean that you can install apache and php just as if you were installing it on a Linux server?  I know you can install them on cygwin as I saw them in a package list but I'm not sure if this is the same as if I was installing it on a real production linux server?
From what I read cygwin mimics unix/linux on windows.

A: The old question (and old answers) are still functional these days. However, I thought it'd be worth to add that, right now (June 2017), this became much simpler under Cygwin. Don't know if it has to do with Apache or PHP 7 changing something, but anyway I didn't have to follow lots of tutorials for my initial configuration.
Now it's really just a matter of running Cygwin setup, and selecting packages httpd, php, httpd-mod_php7, php-mysqli and mysql-server (in fact, some additional dependent packages will also be selected by Cygwin - and it will ask you for your confirmation, as you might already know).
When you next go to Cygwin console, you just need to apachectl start, and there it is readily available on port 80. If you need it as an all-time available server, configuring server is still the same with cygserver-config.
No apt-cyg needed, or importing packages from Cygwin Ports - although it's also great and still works beautifully. It just became a bit simpler.

A: Install cygwin
with the following packages:

*

*gawk, (default install)

*tar, (default install)

*bzip2, (default install)

*wget,

*subversion,

*mail,

*sSMTP,

*util-linux,

*ncurses,

*openSSH,

*cygrunsrv,

*apache2

*and MySQL

*apt-cyg
Install php
install PHP using:
apt-cyg -m ftp://ftp.cygwinports.org/pub/cygwinports/ install php

and also
apache2-mod_php5
php-mysql
php-mysqli
php-PEAR

Configuring Servers
/usr/bin/cygserver-config

A: It highly depends on your production needs,  but after all cygwin is just an emulation-layer and nothing more. It does an incredible job but its hard for me to believe its hardly as reliable as a Unix box.
You can read more about it in this slashdot thread:
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/04/08/12/1932246/cygwin-in-a-production-environment
Shai.

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Budapest Open Access Initiative reaffirmed and refreshed
Although the history of the Open Access (OA) movement can be traced back to at least 1994 (or even earlier), its birth is widely held to have taken place at the 2001 Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Certainly, it was at this point that the term "open access" was first used.
The BOAI emerged from a meeting held in Budapest that had been organised by George Soros' then named Open Society Institute (OSI). The OSI also kick-started the movement with a grant of $3 million.
OSI's involvement has allowed a great deal to be achieved over the last ten years. However, much remains to be done. So in February this year OSI — now known as the Open Society Foundations (OSF) — organised a second Budapest meeting (BOAI-10).
Here a "diverse coalition" of OA publishers, funders, librarians, scholarly societies, infrastructure managers, advocates and strategists reaffirmed and refreshed the BOAI, and subsequently drew up 28 recommendations "to make research freely available to all online". These recommendations were finally published yesterday.
It is worth noting that a great deal has happened in the OA space this year. We have seen the rise and fall of the infamous Research Works Act (RWA). We have witnessed the so-called Academic Spring — which included a boycott by researchers of Elsevier, the world's largest subscription publisher. We have seen a US petition in favour of OA attract more than 25,000 signatures. And we have seen the publication of the Finch Report in the UK, followed by the announcement of a new OA policy from Research Councils UK (RCUK). Finally, the European Commission has made a new commitment to "improve access to scientific information produced in Europe."
However, this is not all good news. The Finch Report and the RCUK OA policy in particular have proved highly controversial, with OA critics expressing great concern that they will prove counter-productive, and could "set worldwide open access back by at least a decade".
Intriguing questions
One intriguing question that arises from the policy errors of Finch/RCUK is whether they might have been avoided had the BOAI-10 recommendations been published earlier in the year. After all, as OA advocate Stevan Harnad points out, RCUK's policy is in direct contradiction with these recommendations.
We might also wonder whether, in the wake of Finch/RCUK, OA advocates can any longer maintain that OA will resolve the affordability problem that led many to join the OA movement in the first place.
BOAI-10 was chaired by Alma Swan, the director of European advocacy for SPARC. Below I publish an email interview with Swan about the meeting and the recommendations — a discussion that inevitably raised the above questions in my mind.
Swan argues that OA can be cheaper, so long as it is "properly supported by sensible policy". She adds, "[t]he cheapest transition to OA for the UK is through a primarily green route, and several studies have confirmed that."
This, of course, goes to the heart of the concerns about Finch and the RCUK policy, since both maintain that gold OA should become the main vehicle for scholarly publishing in future, and both relegate green OA self-archiving to a bit player.
As a result, some argue, OA can no longer be expected to lower costs, but rather to increase them. By how much will it increase them? Harnad predicts that the UK research community's publishing costs will likely rise by 6% as a result of the RCUK policy.
We can but hope that the publication of the BOAI-10 recommendations will refocus policy-makers' minds on the affordability issue, and that RCUK will rethink its erroneous policy as a result.
Below is the Q&A interview I did with Swan.
Alma Swan
The interview begins …
RP: How many people attended the roundtable discussion in Budapest, and why those people in particular?
AS: There were nearly thirty people there altogether. Some (seven) were people who had been at the original BOAI meeting in 2001 and the rest were people who represented organisations or initiatives that can take forward some of the recommendations. They included researchers, OA publishers, funders, librarians, scholarly societies, infrastructure managers, advocates and strategists.
RP: What was the objective of the meeting?
AS: The meeting was called for several reasons. It marked a decade of progress towards OA and we wanted to reaffirm the commitment to opening up research findings. Second, it was to evaluate progress and assess what has worked and what has fallen by the wayside.
It was also a rare and valuable opportunity for those people who attended to be in one another's company without distraction for a couple of days: such events enable new connections to be forged and a relaxed environment in which ideas can be exchanged.
And finally, we hoped — though we did not make this a prerequisite — that a set of recommendations might come out of the meeting to help lay out directions for further progress. That was an outcome, which is nice and, hopefully, will prove to be useful.
RP: As I understand it, the event was spread over two (half) days, and four headline topics were discussed. Can you say something about these topics, and why those ones in particular were selected for discussion?
AS: Yes, the broad headings for discussions were policy, sustainability, the developing world, measuring impact, and use and re-use of research outputs. These were chosen because they seemed, variously, the most pressing or had a significance that is so great that they deserved specific attention.
Impact measurement, for example, is important because unless we develop new ways of assessing the contribution of an individual, team, school or institution we will still face the obstacle of over-reliance — well, complete reliance — on the JIF and we won't be able to make proper progress on Open Access.
Main issues
RP: What then were the main issues that emerged, and how would you prioritise them in terms of urgency/importance?
AS: There is a set of recommendations from the meeting. They are numerous, 28 in all, under four main headings — policy, licensing and re-use, infrastructure and sustainability, and advocacy and coordination. If you ask me to pick out a handful of these to make priorities, I would select the following.
First, the policy recommendations, particularly 1.1 and 1.3. These two together exhort institutions and funders to adopt mandatory policies on OA. Note that these recommendations are about 'green' OA. I put these first because a coherent policy infrastructure is crucial to progress.
Where there is good policy, we see growth of OA. Recommendation 1.6 ["Universities with institutional repositories should require deposit in the repository for all research articles to be considered for promotion, tenure, or other forms of internal assessment and review."] is an example of good policy, and has been shown to work in practice.
Then I'd pick recommendation 2.1, a simple, straightforward, unambiguous recommendation of the use of the CC-BY licence (or an equivalent and, optimally, machine-readable licence). Adoption of this practice will take us where we need to go, which is to turn the scholarly literature into a digital resource for computation.
Finally, I think I'd go for recommendation 4.6. This states the need to continue to promote the benefits of OA, clarify the concept, reassure about the costs (properly supported by sensible policy, a move to OA would be cheaper than our current system) and debunk the FUD.
I've picked these few, but that's not to say I think the rest of the recommendations are weaker. I'm just highlighting those that can help carry the others along, so to speak. Get good policy and advocacy everywhere, and the other elements can be more easily tackled within that supportive framework.
RP: The BOAI-10 meeting was held in February. The 28 recommendations that have just been published have taken 7 months to finalise. Why so long?
AS: The discussions had to be distilled into a series of recommendations. We didn't know, when we finished the meeting and handed Saint Peter the task of organising the notes from the meeting and preparing a first-draft set of recommendations, if we could come up with a set that could be signed up to by all participants. It's a fairly tall order, don't you think? Twenty-eight people from organisations with varied priorities and detailed goals.
But there was a will. The recommendations developed through an online discussion, with people suggesting better wording and adding new ones. That took time — it would go quiet for ages so that we thought we'd reached a final form and then, when that was intimated (any more comments before we go with this?) another discussion or more suggestions would ensue. The thing was ready before the summer holidays, actually, but we decided on a mid-September launch when people would be back at their desks.
RP: What next step is envisaged being necessary to take this forward, and who is expected to take it?
AS: First, those at the meeting are expected to back up the recommendations they helped develop by action wherever they can. There are some recommendations that are quite specific and some that are of a more general nature. There were people round the table who can pick up particular recommendations and do something themselves, or fund others to do them, or organise programmes of action to achieve them.
Outside that tiny group there is, of course, the great big, enthusiastic, committed Open Access community who will look at these recommendations and use them — as inspiration for further commitment, as seeding for new activities, and as ideas for the creation of practical outputs such as services, advocacy campaigns and infrastructural developments that will hasten a better scholarly communication system across the world.
RP: OSF (The Open Society Foundations) has contributed a fair amount of funding to the OA movement over the past ten years. Is OSF now looking to others to share the load, or even perhaps hand the load off to other funders (I believe it never made a permanent commitment to support the OA movement)?
AS: Istvan Rev, member of the Global Board of OSF and present at the original BOAI meeting as well as the tenth anniversary one, indicates that OSF remains committed to the cause in saying, "Having access to the fruits of scholarly work is not a privilege but hard-won right that serves the interest of future research and the trusted relationship between the general public and the academic world. As they did in the past decade, the Open Society Foundations continue supporting open access, open science, open education resources, until everybody understands that the right to know is one of our basic rights."
That suggests OSF has a continuing intent to fund OA developments, though it has never intended to be alone in this quest. Melissa Hagemann, the Senior Program Manager at OSF in charge of the funding area that includes OA, has always been quite clear about OSF's role in relation to other funders in saying, "OSF has always encouraged other foundations and funders to support the Open Access movement".
OSF's support has been critical. It convened the first BOAI meeting and has funded work on and for OA ever since. It continues to do so and, of course, funded this BOAI-10 event as a signal of its on-going commitment to the cause.
Melissa tells me that in all OSF has provided funding of over 6 million USD over the decade. She has been unquestionably one of the greatest influences for good in the movement, with a commitment to the cause that has never wavered. History will record that. And I'm recording it here, in the present.
RP: What would you say have been the biggest achievements since the first Budapest meeting took place in 2001?
AS: The biggest achievement is getting to a 20% OA level. That's not enough, but it's good progress from 0%. The others are the real growing level of awareness of the issues at all levels, and the infrastructure that's been quietly built up to support OA.
In overview terms, in 2002 we were at the 'laugh at you' stage of Ghandi's famous saying. We're still at the 'fight you' stage but past the middle of it.
On infrastructure, I refer to the repository network, associated technical advances in interoperability and the services built around that, and the growing number of Open Access publication venues that are demonstrating not only sustainability but also that they can become the first choice channel for authors.
RP: And what have been the biggest disappointments?
AS: I'd say failed or failing policies form one category, because they not only don't advance OA but sometimes they can damage it.
Another is the time it has taken to get awareness to the current level. Of course, we wouldn't be where we are now without the help of the Research Works Act (RWA) — we had allies there that we never dreamed of teaming up with!
RP: Do you think the RWA represented a last desperate attempt by the big subscription publishers to keep their finger in the dyke, or might it be the start of a worrying new pushback against OA?
AS: No, they won't give up and why should they? They have a job to do. That's entirely respectable so long as they don't become devoid of all principle and start being two-faced about it.
So yes, there will be continuing pushbacks from the big publishers — no more or less worrying than previous ones — until they change their business strategies or pull out altogether. Shareholders need to be apprised of a changing world for these big companies, and modify their expectations accordingly. That won't happen easily!
Far less understandable is the attitude of some scholarly societies who try to stop the OA tide. They know precisely what is in the best interests of their 'shareholders' — their members — and it is to advance the field and the abilities, opportunities and reputations of their researcher members.
Their members are not there to get a financial payoff every year in the form of a dividend cheque: they are members primarily for the opportunity to be part of a community of interest, to network and to support the general progress of their field of interest. OA is slap bang in the middle there.
What has been interesting this year, and something new, is the real anger amongst authors and readers against Elsevier. Has Elsevier reacted as if it cares about its customers? We know how it has cared about its library customers for several decades. Do you notice any change in the way it is thinking about this new category of purchase decision-maker?
A lot to do
RP: So how would you characterise the current OA environment, and how would you say it varies around the world?
AS: Very variable but definitely progressive. Some promising initiatives wither on the vine, in some cases as a result of democracies changing government, where a champion is suddenly lost. Other developments can come as a very welcome surprise — we didn't see it coming but ping, there's suddenly a nice new policy in place.
I think I would characterise the overall situation as very positive. It's been proved that when the right arguments are made in the right way, policymakers do take them on board. We have the right arguments and we're getting through to the right ears.
The way policies are implemented varies, though, and this is a bit of a worry. The most effective way forward would be to have consistent, matching policies and that's what we mostly have. But there's always got to be a smart-ass who thinks they know better than everyone else, and the OA policy arena is no exception to that truism.
RP: You were recently appointed director of European advocacy for SPARC? What does the job involve, and what are your priorities this year?
AS: I'm sure the job will involve many different things as it develops. It has both responsive and proactive elements. At the moment the emphasis is on the responsive, as this year is proving to be big in terms of OA policy development and we have a lot to do.
We've been trying to make some arguments, or help others make them, where we've seen policy being made. But the big one at the moment is Europe and the Horizon 2020 rules.
This piece of legislation is in committee stage at the moment and STM [The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers] has been at work all year, entertaining MEPs with interesting literature and arguments.
We have a job to do to prevent STM-inspired amendments making their way into the final wording. If we fail, Open Access will be delayed for another 8 years in Europe.
Finch/RCUK
RP: As you say, this year is proving big in terms of OA policy development, and there have been a number of important developments in Europe since you all met in Budapest in February, including the UK Finch Report, the new RCUK OA Policy, plus OA announcements from the European Commission and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Finch/RCUK have proved particularly controversial, and both have been widely criticised by some in the OA movement. These critics argue that policy makers have succumbed to publisher lobbying, and that their approach will likely kill off green OA, and so allow publishers to continue gouging the public purse. As such, they say, both represent a step backwards rather than forwards. Would you agree? What are your views on these developments and their likely implications for the development of OA? Should OA advocates be depressed or elated about these two policy developments?
AS: I laid out the disappointments I had with the Finch study in the SPARC Europe response (I felt it was badly-evidenced in places, and appeared to be a list of unsubstantiated preferences rather than a serious attempt to learn from experience and work out a means of building on past success.
It also looked as though it was paving the way for a very expensive way forward, including paying for hybrid Gold without question. The cheapest transition to OA for the UK is through a primarily green route, and several studies have confirmed that.
RCUK's new twist in its policy, announced in the wake of the Finch Report, says, if I understand correctly, that authors must pay for gold OA if the publisher's embargo is longer than 6 months.
There seems therefore, between Finch and RCUK, no mechanism for limiting the level of article-processing fees though there is an unexplained nod to market forces, which are apparently to be exerted in university research offices in the form of an allocation of RCUK-provided publication funds. I somehow doubt the research offices of the nation love this idea.
I have yet to hear a Russell Group voice expressing anything more positive than 'disappointment' at the Finch conclusions. And lest you suggest that maybe that means universities outside the Russell Group might be rather pleased, thinking that the costs of the new system might be lower for them, consider the implications of what David Willetts blurted out last week to appease the Russell Group — 'another' 10 million GBP for 30 universities to pay for the Gold OA that Finch and RCUK favour.
Where's that coming from? Why, the research budget, of course (be sure he hasn't nicked it from health or transport). So there is £10 million less for research, another few grant hopes dashed. Is that axe likely to fall on Russell Group researchers or hopeful ones elsewhere?
Getting to CC-BY-licensed OA is the focus of all this and that's a laudable goal, but as it stands the policy will have a number of perverse effects.
RP: Can you elaborate on the perverse effects?
AS: It has not been explained how the proposed mechanism will control costs. How exactly will the rationing of publication money be applied? What effects will this have on those researchers who are turned away when they have succeeded in getting a paper accepted for publication?
When publishers have all lengthened their green embargoes for UK authors and there's no money left, where do authors go?
What effects will there be on the non-RCUK-funded authors whose journals have changed their terms of publication to maximise their benefit from the new policy?
How much of the research budget does the UK Government consider to be a reasonable amount to ring-fence to hand over, on top of subscription payments, to publishers? How will it scale?
And UK SMEs, a major focus for the minister, David Willetts, do not need access only to UK research, so how will innovative UK businesses benefit when all non-UK research articles (94% of the total) sit behind the longer embargoes that publishers are likely to impose as a result of RCUK's (no doubt well-meaning) policy?
Better and cheaper (because grant-holders make the best decisions about how their grants are spent) to dollop out the grants and leave it to the PI to decide whether to pay for gold OA or just use green. But make payment for gold absolutely conditional upon getting a CC-BY-licensed publication at the other end of the process, as the Wellcome Trust does. From what I hear, this is the version researchers themselves would prefer.
It's perfectly possible to get in place the right open licensing conditions for green OA content and already many papers in repositories carry CC licences. Some dedicated work in this area could help increase the amount of libre OA in the UK, for free.
RP: What in your view are the biggest challenges the OA movement faces in the coming few years, and what are the biggest opportunities?
AS: The main challenges include the ones we've faced all along — raising awareness and ensuring proper understanding of the issues, big-publisher FUD and obstruction, the rather slow speed of action of some policymakers, and flawed policymaking.
The opportunities are numerous and very big. For tops, I'd pick these:
One, there is definitely a new awareness amongst researchers of the problems of the present, and of the promising opportunities for a better system of communication. As well as established researchers becoming involved, we're seeing a LOT of interest now amongst students, which is very encouraging.
Two, policymakers are also showing huge interest and are much readier now than they ever have been to listen and learn. Sometimes it takes a long time for them to act, but even that's improving.
Three, technology is finally beginning to dictate cultural change. Ten years ago we all kept questioning why researchers outside high energy physics didn't see and grasp the chance offered by the Web to change scholarly communication drastically. Looking back, it was too soon to expect the behaviours of three centuries to change fast in such a conservative group of people. Never mind that in their private lives they were shopping on the Web, sharing files and demanding mobile applications for favourite services. At work, what they and their predecessors had done for generations still held sway.
Now we're seeing something different as the netgen enter the postdoctoral stage and start creating new ways of doing things. Academic social networking developments will change much — it is possible that these sorts of developments will overtake our current rather plodding policy-based advances and hooray for that.
RP: I understand that the recommendations that emerged during the Budapest meeting were only that (recommendations), and not intended to be prescriptive in any way. But if you personally were asked to come up with a strategy for the OA movement today what would it look like (in headline terms), and who would you highlight as the key change agents able to make it happen?
AS: Yes, they are recommendations, though obviously all of us round the table hope that they will stimulate some concrete actions. Your question is challenging because it suggests the 'movement' can as a whole develop a strategy. I'm more inclined to see the movement as a number of strategic efforts.
Key change agents are clearly research funders and institutions because they can make policy that then drives progress but it doesn't necessarily do the whole job.
Cultural change is complex and is accelerated by champions and peer-to-peer advocacy, and by technological advances that engender behavioural changes. In that sense, new and forthcoming services could be critically important, in which case we can view developers as a category of key change agents.
The interesting challenge will be to see if those developments can be made at a strategic level. On the other hand, enough good tactical ones might just do the job of effecting massive change, maybe without policy being either involved or needed.
RP: There are those who believe that the OA movement might have been more effective if it had created a central organisation. It is a point I have made in the past, and it continues to come up occasionally. Most recently, Peter Murray-Rust has been arguing as much. Do you feel there should be a central organisation? What are the pros and cons in your view?
AS: Yes, I know we've talked about this and I understand your views but I am not in favour of a central organisation. On whose authority would that be established, and for whom would it purport to speak? It would be challenged from numerous quarters.
Besides, it looks to me as if we're doing quite well as a 'movement' by behaving like a pack of terriers rather than barging around like a bull. Individual advances are being made all over the place and the general movement is forward, but on many fronts.
What I would be very much in favour of is better coordination between OA-supporting organisations. I can envisage a process for that, with a central entity acting as a coordinating centre. That could help progress. It's something the group discussed briefly and one of the recommendations covers this, so you may see that take shape as time goes on.
RP: You ask on whose authority a central OA organisation would be established. One could equally ask, could one not, on whose authority the BOAI-10 meeting was organised, on whose authority its recommendations have been made, and indeed for whom it purports to speak? At least with a central organisation there would (I assume) be elected representatives who would be speaking for their different constituencies. Would that not be a more democratic way of doing things? And would it not provide a more effective platform for counteracting publisher lobbying?
AS: I think I've made my views clear on this. I'm not convinced there could be one organisation that would be able to represent the research community.
You keep referring to 'publishers' as though there is one organisation that voices their opinions, but the last 12 months have shown rifts and divisions within the several big publisher organisations — inevitably, given the mischief and silly behaviour they've been getting up to which was clearly not representative of all their members. I can't see why we should try to emulate that.
RP: Thank you for your time, and good luck with SPARC.
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THE UK's 6% FACTOR -- AND THE "GOLD TRUMPS GREEN" PRINCIPLE
Just one correction, Richard, but a very important one:
You wrote: "Harnad predicts that the UK research community's publishing costs will likely rise by 6% as a result of the RCUK policy."
No: it's worldwide publishers' subscription revenues that will increase by 6% (the UK percentage of all annual peer-reviewed research published) over and above what they already are, at the expense of the UK taxpayer and UK research, in exchange for Gold OA to UK research output, thanks to Finch/RCUK.
I don't know how much the UK as a whole is paying currently for subscriptions. If the UK publishes 6% of worldwide research, perhaps we can assume it pays 6% of publishers' worldwide subscription revenues (if it consumes about the same amount as it produces).
If so, that means that paying for Gold OA for all UK research output doubles what the UK is paying for publication.
And it gets worse: The UK can't cancel its subscriptions, because UK researchers still need access to the other 94% of annual research worldwide.
And that's not all: By (1) giving subscription publishers the incentive to offer a hybrid Gold OA option (in exchange for 6% more revenue at virtually no added cost to the publisher, since CC-BY is simply a license!) as well as (2) giving subscription publishers the incentive to increase the embargo length on the Green option that is cost-free for authors, Finch/RCUK's "Gold trumps Green" policy also denies UK (and worldwide) researchers access to what could have been Green OA from the rest of the world (94%), for the institutions and individuals in the UK and worldwide who cannot afford subscription access to the journal in which articles they may need are published.
And the perverse effects of RCUK's "Gold trumps Green" policy also make it harder for institutions and funders worldwide to adopt a Green OA mandate, reducing the potential for worldwide Green OA (which is to say, worldwide OA) still further.
And that suits subscription publishers just fine! It's win/win for them, just so long as funders and institutions don't mandate Green.
That's why subscription publishers lobbied so hard for the Finch/RCUK outcome -- and applauded it as a step in the right direction when it was announced.
What is more of a head-shaker is that "pure" Gold OA publishers lobbied for it too, hoping it would drive more business their way (or, to be fairer, hoping it would force subscription publishers to convert to pure Gold).
But the only thing the promise of Finch/RCUK's Grand Gold Subsidy (6%) actually does is inspire subscription publishers to create a hybrid Gold option (cost-free to them) and to stretch embargoes beyond allowable limits, to make sure authors who wish to keep publishing with them pick and pay for the Gold option (whether or not RCUK gives them enough of the funds co-opted from UK research to pay for it all), rather than the cost-free Green option (which Gold trumps).
But all these perverse effects can be eliminated by simply striking 9 words from the RCUK policy, making the Gold and Green options equally permissible ways of complying.
Apart from that, what is needed is to shore up the compliance verification mechanism. See: "United Kingdom's Open Access Policy Urgently Needs a Tweak"
(appears in D-Lib tomorrow, Friday, September 14).
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Where can a varia lectio (v.l.) be found?
Looking at the BDAG entry for ὁμοιάζω, all of the passages are described as variae lectiones.
Where can one find them?
Is this a point in which BDAG is (reliably) consistent? (referencing to passages outside the eclectic text).
Re: Where can a varia lectio (v.l.) be found?
Stephen Hughes wrote: Looking at the BDAG entry for ὁμοιάζω, all of the passages are described as variae lectiones.
You find them in the margins of your NA27 ... the entry says that these occur in variant readings. If you are concerned only with variant readings before 300 a.d., Alan Bunning's manuscripts site is very helpful. But in this entry, at least, BDAG doesn't seem to tell you which variant readings he is referring to, you have to look them up.
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Stephen Hughes wrote: Is this a point in which BDAG is (reliably) consistent? (referencing to passages outside the eclectic text).
No. It's very hit and miss. I suspect that, for any lexical entry whose pure attestation is in variant readings from the critical text, it must have been read in the Textus Receptus when BDAG's predecessors were originally compiled.


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(Robert) Julian Onderdonk (July 30, 1882 – October 27, 1922) was a Texan Impressionist painter, often called "the father of Texas painting."

Early years
Julian Onderdonk was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, a painter, and Emily Gould Onderdonk. He was the brother of Eleanor Onderdonk, also a prominent Texas painter, sculptor, and art administrator. His grandfather Henry Onderdonk was the Headmaster of Saint James School in Maryland, from which Julian's father Robert graduated.

He was raised in South Texas and was an enthusiastic sketcher and painter. As a teenager Onderdonk was influenced and received some training from the prominent Texas artist Verner Moore White who also lived in San Antonio at the time.  He attended the West Texas Military Academy, now the TMI Episcopal, graduating in 1900.

Career
At 19, with the help of a generous neighbor, Julian left Texas in order to study with the renowned American Impressionist William Merritt Chase. Julian's father, Robert, had also once studied with Chase. Julian spent the summer of 1901 on Long Island at Chase's Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art. He studied with Chase for a couple of years and then moved to New York City to attempt to make a living as an en plein air artist. While in New York he met and married Gertrude Shipman and they soon had a daughter, Adrienne.

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President George W. Bush decorated the Oval Office with three of Onderdonk's paintings. The Dallas Museum of Art has several rooms dedicated exclusively to Onderdonk's work.

His art studio currently resides on the grounds of the Witte Museum.

Harry A. Halff and Elizabeth Halff spent twenty years gathering his works into a book they published called Julian Onderdonk: A Catalogue Raisonne. The San Antonio Museum of Art created an exhibit to coincide with the publication of the book which included 25 of Onderdonk's paintings from January 20-April 23, 2017.

Death
Onderdonk died of an acute intestinal obstruction and appendicitis on October 27, 1922, in San Antonio.  He was buried in Alamo Masonic Cemetery.

Paintings

References

External links

 Texas Bluebonnet Painters Web Site
AskArt auction results for Julian Onderdonk
The works of Julian Onderdonk from the perspective of a Texas dealer-Fine Arts of Texas, Inc.

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19th-century American male artists
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