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By Carolyn McDowall July 6, 2015
CODE by Kathryn Brimblecombe Fox – Stardust is Landscape
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Unseen, 2015, oil on linen, courtesy artist
"CODE", says Brisbane based artist Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, "… will be an exhibition of paintings that reflect upon the influence of 21st century emerging technologies on our lives and what they mean for the future.
Her solo exhibition of paintings CODE will be be held Graydon Gallery, in New Farm at Brisbane in Queensland, 21 July – 2 August, 2015.
CODE is all about a system used for brevity or secrecy of communication. Arbitrarily chosen words, letters, or symbols are usually assigned definite meanings. The paintings will reflect on the way technology is impacting on our lives, whether good or bad.
"In my paintings", says Kathryn, "… I 'play' with perspective, landscape, the tree-of-life symbol, cosmology, various meanings of code and more. When I paint I think about all of these things and what they might mean in the cosmological and technological 21st century" Kathryn said.
Kathryn Brimblecombe Fox is examining the relationship of humans who signify the microcosm, to the world as a whole, the macrocosm and the computer code that 'ubiquitously impacts on our daily lives'.
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Universal Code 2015, oil on linen, courtesy artist
She observed …"Life emanates from the deep past in the stardust created at the Big Bang…thus, stardust is landscape" she says.
Kathryn's 'interest in cosmology developed as a child living in the flat treeless Pirrinuan black soil plain in Western Queensland' and it is still paramount, as is my quest to untether landscape from Earth-bound horizons.
"It's all inter-related" she says.
Kathryn's family were achievers in the field of academic learning.
Her father's interest in technology advancement impacted on her journey as an artist.
Building the device that tracked Sputnik 1 through the landscape of outer space helped focus her mind on the great spaces within the universe and how we relate to them.
Her mother's own journey in the arts also had an impact.
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Seeking Perspective 2015, oil on linen, courtesy artist
She stimulated her daughter's interest in the abstract; emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, especially with reference to their relationship to one another
Kathryn wants to un-tether the ideas associated with only having 'earth bound horizons' and imagine ways in which we might 'reveal pathways into the future'.
She believes that the senses are temporally subject to the motions of the world and at the zenith: things that are within time and things that are beyond time coincide in reason.
Kathryn is a prolific artist, the sheer number of works she produces is extraordinary.
She asks questions all the time, something I relate to because it appears I drove my own family completely mad doing the same thing.
It was about more than just curiosity for me, as I suspect it may have been for Kathryn.
It is about going back on a journey to the source to help plan and construct the way ahead. Past, present, future all integral to each other – logical when you think about it, although there can be a tendency to 'overthink'.
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Code 2015, oil on linen, courtesy artist
Kathryn says the painting she calls Code "…asks' where the code of life might be found.
Is it in the inherent symbolism of the age-old transcultural religious tree-of-life or in binary code or perhaps in some other kind of code or maybe there is no code?
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Tree of Life 2015, oil on linen, courtesy artist
If you look closely some of the tree's branches are electronic circuits and the swirling tail of the tree ends in binary code for LIFE.
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, All Of Us 2013 – Gouache on paper courtesy artist
A number of the paintings in the exhibition combine binary code, the tree-of-life, landscape and the cosmos"
Patterns on every scale have a relationship to mathematics in nature and everything on our planet complies with its Code.
The chambers of a Nautilus shell governed my mathematical certainties, the one before half the size of the current chamber, while the one after is twice as big. Rivers on earth while meandering follow a mathematical formula, as they do on dried up riverbeds on the planet Mars – these are all universal scientific facts.
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Objects 2015, oil on linen, courtesy artist
Kathryn believes she is on a learning curve with each painting.
She observes that as she proceeds "… I learn more about paint, surface materials and mediums such as water, turps and oil" she says.
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Perspective 2015, oil on linen, courtesy artist
She continues "… a less detailed painting may strike a inner chord with me that culminates in another more detailed painting. There's a rhythm…"
Projecting computer code that impacts so much on our daily lives is another objective as it assists Kathryn to produce her works and communicate with her clients, fans and followers.
She hastily points out she's not a computer scientist or IT specialist, her brother does that, just someone endeavouring to keep up with how fast the world of computers is forever changing shape and challenging our intellectualism.
Like us all she does not admire its ability to enable surveillance, secrecy, data collection, cyber malevolence, manipulation and more.
She wonders whether it will become a double-edged sword, perhaps even going beyond what we do know as factual to a point and then exceed human intelligence.
In this show some paintings depict ambiguous future landscapes with imagined cosmic perspectives.
Others depict possible new planetary homes, while yet others combine symbolic representations of the age-old tree-of-life and the binary CODE for LIFE.
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Artist – Life & Landscape Entwined
Cosmic Address – Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox Show at Brisbane
Paradise in Purgatory Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox Finding Light
Quiver – Artist Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox's April Exhibition
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SALT LAKE CITY- Sept. 18, 2006--ClearOne Communications Inc. (OTC: CLRO.OB) today announced that Greg LeClaire has been named vice president of finance, the company's principal financial and accounting officer. He succeeds Craig Peeples, who has served as the company's interim chief financial officer since September 2005 and corporate controller. Peeples will remain with the company as corporate controller. LeClaire will report directly to Zee Hakimoglu, ClearOne's president and chief executive officer.
Before joining ClearOne, LeClaire, 37, served as vice president of finance and administration with Livedeal.com from April 2006 to August 2006. Earlier, he held a 12-year career in a variety of senior finance and accounting positions with publicly traded Utah Medical Products, rising to become vice president and chief financial officer. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Utah and a Master of Science degree in management from Stanford University.
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Child Behavioral Problems by Family Structure and Religious Practice
Family Structure: According to the National Survey of Children's Health, children who lived with both biological parents scored lower on the behavior problems scale (49.0)[1] than those who lived with a biological parent and a stepparent (51.8).[2] In between were those who only lived with their biological mother (51.5) or those who lived within another family structure (50.4).[3] Items measured on the behavior problems scale included bullying, disobedience, and acting depressed.[4]
Religious Practice: According to the National Survey of Children's Health, children who attended religious services at least weekly scored lower on the behavior problems scale (49.2) than those who never attended religious services (51.8).[5] In between were those who worshipped one to three times a month (50.4) and those who attended religious services less than once a month (51.1). Items measured on the behavior problems scale included bullying, disobedience, and acting depressed.
Family Structure and Religious Practice Combined: Children who worshipped frequently and lived with both biological parents or with two adoptive parents had a lower score (48.5) than those who worshipped less than monthly and lived in single-parent or reconstituted families (52.8). In between were those who lived in non-intact families who worshipped at least monthly (50.9) and those who lived in intact families and worshipped less than monthly (50.5). The data were taken from the National Survey of Children's Health. Items measured on the behavior problems scale included bullying, disobedience, and acting depressed.
Related Insights from Other Studies: Several other studies support the direction of these findings. Marjorie Gunnoe of Calvin College and colleagues reported a strong association between adolescent responsibility and parental religiosity and noted how previous studies have shown "that parents play an active role in fostering adolescents' attachment to the religious community."[6]
John Bartkowski of Mississippi State University and colleagues found that frequent religious attendance of both parents correlated with a wide range of positive outcomes in their children, including greater self-control, greater interpersonal skills at school, greater social skills, protection against loneliness/sadness, protection "against internalizing problem behaviors," protection from overactive and impulsive behaviors in the home, and a lower probability of "externalizing problem behaviors at school."[7]
Jerry Trusty of Texas A&M University and Richard Watts of Baylor University also found that high school seniors who frequently attended religious activities were more likely to have involved parents and less likely to be delinquent than those high school seniors who attended religious activities less frequently.[8]
The twin protective forces of an intact married family and religious attendance both contribute significantly to the cultivation of appropriate adolescent behavior.
[1] A small sample of "two adoptive parents" is also included in this score.
[2] Most of the parents in the "biological parent and a stepparent" category are married.
[3] Categories covered under "other" include children with father only, foster parent, and children living with grandparent or other relatives.
[4] The behavior problems scale has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of ten.
[6] Marjorie Lindner Gunnoe, et al., "Parental Religiosity, Parenting Style, and Adolescent Social Responsibility," Journal of Early Adolescence 19 (1999): 199-225.
[7] John P. Bartowski, et al., "Religion and Child Development: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study," Social Science Research 37 (2008): 18-36.
[8] Jerry Trusty and Richard E. Watts, "Relationship of High School Seniors' Religious Perceptions and Behavior to Educational, Career, and Leisure Variables," Counseling and Values 44 (1999): 30-40. This finding is from www.familyfacts.org.


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- There are more than 200 different owl species.
- A group of owls is called a parliament.
- Owls can turn their heads as much as 270 degrees.
- Owls are far sighted, meaning they can't see things close to their eyes clearly.
I find it interesting and helpful that besides teaching the children to draw and paint, Teacher Syafiq also makes use of charts, illustrations and multimedia to impart some basic knowledge too. For instance, he taught the kids about three different types of owls and how to distinguish them, before letting them choose their favourite for the final artwork.
In the first lesson, he also taught them how to draw a simple owl step by step. Ok, it doesn't look simple at all to me but that's the amazing part about heART Studio, they make drawing seem effortless and give such clear and concise instructions that every kid will be able to achieve it ultimately.
This is my girl's first self-drawn owl. Ah huh, owl, not monster. Well, a little far off from Teacher Syafiq's but hey she is only coming to four years old and this was done in less than half an hour. Even though the hubby laughed when he saw it, we kind of doubted that we could draw better owls when we were this young.
Of the three owls, namely snowy owl, great horned owl and barn owl, it wasn't surprising that she chose the beautiful, white snowy owl. Next, it was time to work on her final artwork starting from painting the background to drawing the foreground and finally adding on the details. Besides using different shapes and lines, the kids also learnt that mixing colours will produce a new colour, for instance a boy requested for a beige owl and Teacher Syafiq demonstrated how red and yellow combine to give you orange and add in some white, you get a nice beige colour.
As she was painting the owl, Teacher Syafiq turned around to ask me not once, not twice but a few times "Has she been practising at home?" I can't say she has been faithfully practising even though she does like to doodle, but at the same time I totally understood why he asked that.
From a girl who couldn't confidently draw straight lines, paint within the borders and could never decide on a colour when tasked to, she now holds the brush firmly, shouts out the colours and even paints zigzag lines very well! Despite that she might not be the most advanced or fastest learner in the class, I look at how far she has come since Day 1 and oh my, it makes me beam with pride.
1) She is more patient now and doesn't hastily finish up her work towards the end of the class like she did before.
2) Although she is still easily distracted by her peers and surroundings, at least she makes sure she does own her work too.
3) She can better listen to instructions and at the same time inject creativity into her own artwork.
4) Most of all, where she was previously so terrified of making mistakes and dared not venture out, she is now much more confident of herself and is not afraid to take the first step.
Ta-dah! How do you like her colourful, striking snowy owl? This is one of my favourites so far because I could see the hard work she put into it and I am proud that she accomplished all the tiny details that made this beautiful owl one-of-its-kind.
In my next and concluding review of heART Studio, I will share with you what I have gained from this journey and the things that art has taught me as a parent. Stay tuned!


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Q: Find a recurrence relation for the sequence $u_n=$ number of nonnegative integral solutions of $2a+5b=n$.
Find a recurrence for the sequence $u_n=$ number of nonnegative
  integral solutions of $$2a+5b=n.$$

I think I can use a generating function, but I'm a bit confused at this point. Is anyone is able to give me a hint? I would like to solve the problem myself, so of emblem, I would ask you not to solve the problem.

A: Hints:

*

*Integer solutions to $2a+5b=n$ may be related to integer solutions to $2(a-1)+5b=n-2$ and to $2a+5(b-1)=n-5$

*So you might expect the recurrence to involve $u_{n-2}$ and $u_{n-5}$, and possibly $u_{n-7}$

*You could consider what $u_n-u_{n-2}$ and $u_n-u_{n-5}$ each count

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Veteran Nollywood Actor, Ignis Ekwe Is Dead!
Ace Nollywood actor and a lecturer at the Department of Mass Communications, Auchi Poly In Edo State, Ignis Ekwe, is dead.
One Barrister Ebenezer Tunde Omobobami, has raised the alarm over threats to his life by Ogun worshipers in his native home of Ile-Oluji, Ondo State.
A 20-year-old fan of Messi and Argentina from India has committed suicide after the Albicelestes were knocked out of the ongoing World Cup in Russia by France with a goal margin of four to three.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Royal Assembly Parish, Ogba, Lagos on Sunday commissioned a 144-metre road project as part of activities to mark its 13th year anniversary.


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Nexon has its best Q2 to date as it generates $610.4 million
"Nexon is performing exceptionally well"
August 7th, 2020 - 12:55pm
Nexon experienced its best Q2 revenue to date as it was up 20 per cent year-on-year having earned ¥64.5 billion ($610.4 million).
The company has credited KartRider Rush+, MapleStory, and Dungeon&Fighter as key drivers for its success. The former of which proved to be popular when it launched in May; after having accumulated three million pre-registrations in one week, it rushed through 10 million installs in two weeks.
Due to the success of the mobile racer, Nexon has a strengthened belief that mobile expansion provides ample opportunity for its tent-pole franchises. Furthermore, the company will hope to see more success on its mobile front next quarter, as Mobile Dungeon&Fighter will launch in China after receiving 60 million pre-registrations.
Performing well
"Nexon is performing exceptionally well. Our tent-pole franchises are setting records for revenue, consumer engagement and longevity. These franchises are fueling our cash flow which, in turn, further strengthens our balance sheet, providing liquidity to invest in growth," said Nexon CEO and president Owen Mahoney.
"Our recently revised creative strategy calls for delivering fewer but bigger games onto fast-growing platforms like mobile is on a path to become an enormous success. We're thrilled to see the early success of KartRider Rush+ as well as The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon, and by the end of this year, five of Nexon's biggest franchises will be available as PC-quality mobile games. This includes MapleStory M, KartRider Rush+, The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon, EA SPORTS™ FIFA MOBILE and the new mobile game of our massively popular franchise – Mobile Dungeon&Fighter."
News Feb 9th, 2021
Nexon experiences great year as it generates $2.8 billion in 2020
Nexon experiences its best Q3 ever with $754 million in revenue
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Nexon's revenue and profit falls year-on-year in Q1 due to Covid-19 pandemic
Nexon profits grow to $1.03 billion as MapleStory M sees impressive revenue growth
MapleStory and Dungeon & Fighter shatter expectations to drive Nexon's Q1 2019 results


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global geodesic_library;

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end

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    return;
end

sources = geodesic_convert_surface_points(source_points);
stops = geodesic_convert_surface_points(stop_points);

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    sources, length(sources)/5, stops, length(stops)/5, max_distance);

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Griswold has cancelled Friday night's Class A District 7 football game with Earlham, due to not having enough players to play.
The game was to be a major battle for one of two playoff spots in the district. The Tigers are 3-1 in district play, and with the forfeit, they now fall to 3-2.


Associated professor PhD Antony Georgiev is a leading specialist in the country in the field of knee surgery (damages of meniscuses, knee ligaments, joint cartilage, etc.) and sports traumatology, as he is the first to introduce surgical arthroscopy of the knee joint in Bulgaria in 1987. He graduates in medicine in Sofia in 1982. He has accumulated experience from his work at the of Clinic of Sports Traumatology and Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment and Urgent Medicine N. I. Pirogov. As of 2006 he is a head of the Clinic of arthroscopic traumatology of the Military Medical Academy. Since 2012 he is a head of the Ward of arthroscopic surgery at MHAT Sofiamed. He has acquired specialties in the field of orthopedics and traumatology by specializing in Germany. He has also specialized in the Netherlands, Austria, etc. Associated professor PhD A. Georgiev is a chairperson of the Medical Commission of the Bulgarian Football Union and of the Bulgarian Association of Arthroscopy, knee surgery and sports traumatology.
Associate professor Georgiev and his team perform annually about 1000 operations in cases of traumatic and pathological damages of knee, shoulder, ankle and other joints. Among his patients are a number of top athletes, including Olympic, world and European champions.
От професионализма и човешкото отношение!
Professor PhD MD Antony Georgiev works in.


AT&T won't unlock your iPhone 4S, but this instructions might. Developer Daniel Scaleb found a bug in iOS 5 that allows you to unlock your AT&T iPhone 4S (GSM). This bug can unlock your iPhone 4S and use it on any other GSM carrier like T-Mobile here in the states. The best of this is that it doesn't requires you to have the iPhone jailbroken, it's done without any software or hardware modifications. Below is the 16 steps the developer posted in order to unlock the AT&T iPhone 4S; but first you'll need a GSM iPhone 4S, an AT&T SIM card, and a T-Mobile Micro SIM which can be purchased from Amazon or directly from T-Mobile; you can also cut down your SIM if you currently have a standard non-micro SIM card.
Scaleb stated that you must have a T-Mobile data plan for this to work. He also mentioned that this has a tiny chance of messing up cellular radio by doing this, but it's very unlikely. All of this was done using a GSM iPhone 4S and it doesn't work with CDMA iPhone 4S, according to the developer.


This book chapter uses the case of American students in Chinese homestays to examine interactional developement through dinnertime talk.
Recommended citation: Diao, W., Wang, Y., Donovan, A., & Malone, M. (2018). Interactional Development through Dinnertime Talk in Sanz, C., & Morale-Front, A. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Study Abroad Research and Practice. Routledge.
Recommended citation: Wang, Y. (2018). Third Language Acquisition: Evolving Perspectives. Arizona Working Paper Vol. 25. 64-81.


A press release from the Cuban Ministry of Tourism reports that on this Tuesday, July 25, Cuba reached the three million tourist mark, 75 days faster than last year.
The figures translate in a 24 percent growth in the amount of tourists, confirming the upward trend the country has experienced in the last years.
In the first six month of 2017, Minister Marrero reported to the People´s Power Assembly (Parliament), revenues reached 1.5 billion dollars, for a 9 percent increase compared to last year.
The surge in arrivals made the Ministry of Tourism to change the estimates for 2017, from 4.2 to 4.7 million tourists, and set the goal for 2018 at 5 million.


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2015 was quite a year for education policy. We witnessed the adoption of the UN Sustainable Goals (SDGs), within which a stand-alone education goal was included. Together with the related Targets and the UNESCO Framework for Action, aimed at giving effect to the Goal, it was quite an achievement by the international education community.
However, the privatization agenda being pursued by corporate actors in many countries and across all sectors of education sectors poses serious challenges to the achievement of "inclusive and equitable quality education… for all" and therefore parents, students and teachers worldwide.
This threat, clear to many, is also recognised by Kishore Singh, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, who said, "I urge governments to refrain from privatising education to meet these new goals if the education is not free to students, or if it increases inequality in society…The rapid rise of private providers, often unregulated and privileging the wealthy, must be replaced by efforts which reduce inequality and expand opportunities of good quality public education without exclusion."
Given the size and political reach of corporate players, there is a well-founded concern that governments may seek to open the door to private actors to allow, facilitate, and in some cases encourage the commercialisation and privatisation of education.
Whilst it may be argued that this would be a quick and easy way to achieving the education goals, it would in fact undermine and compromise the achievement of the Goal and related Targets.
For example, allowing the introduction and expansion of so called "low-fee" for-profit private schools corporate backed and owned school chains, such as Bridge International Academies (BIA) in Kenya and elsewhere, and Affordable Private Education Centres (APEC) in the Philippines would represent a rewrite of the education goal and related targets. Anything other than free quality education for all undermines inclusive and equitable education as any price put on accessing education serves as a barrier for the poorest and most disadvantage. These corporate chains would contribute to a deepening inequality and segregation in schooling and learning outcomes undermining Targets 1 and 5.
It would also undermine Target C which acknowledges the right of every child to a qualified teacher. In an attempt to maximise profits, corporate chains employ fewer teachers, underqualified teachers and/or unqualified staff. This is the case in the Philippines where approximately 70 percent of APEC employees of (do not have the proper professional accreditation required to teach. It's also the case with BIA in Kenya, which employs unqualified teachers. The employment of unqualified staff earning a fraction of a teacher salary is central to the business plan of theses corporate chains. So central that BIA is protesting a proposed Kenyan government regulation that half of its employees be qualified teachers.
In these settings employees deliver a standardised scripted curriculum. Apart from achieving economies of scale as part of the profit making motive of these corporate chains, as one of their schools administrators admitted that "we ask teachers not to deviate from the lesson guide because it can provide inconsistency across the chain and we don't know if all teachers are equipped to do it otherwise". This does not constitute quality teaching and learning. Furthermore, it compromises Target 7, as scripted standardised curricula show little if any respect for inclusive education and cultural and linguistic diversity.
With respect to Target A and the provision of appropriate and safe facilities conducive to quality teaching and learning, as shown in the Philippines, where they can get away with it, corporate actors fail to provide proper school facilities. Courtesy of a government waiving existing requirements, APEC operates its private, for-profit school sites in unused commercial buildings rather than constructing proper school facilities.
A Legislative Framework
It is against this backdrop that we must call on all governments to implement and enforce a legislative framework to ensure the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 4: "inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all".
Beyond a legislative guarantee to fulfil their primary obligation to adequately fund and resource public education, governments must:
protect and promote the principle of access and equity for all students through the provision of public education which must set the standards for high quality education
recognise the professional judgement of teachers and educators in questions of methodology, pedagogy and on matters of curriculum, assessment and reporting, and accordingly respect their professional institutions, including unions;
legislate against for-profit non-state actors particularly when they are in receipt, directly or indirectly, of government funding intended for the educational well-being of students.
In the interest of transparency and accountability, where non-state actors provide schooling they would be required to
adhere to strict financial requirements, including independent auditing and regulations to monitor how government funds are spent.
demonstrate transactions made by a non-state operator for goods and services are directly required for delivery of education are at reasonable market value.
To ensure the right of all students to quality education, for the purpose of registration the following minimum requirements must be met.
Quality Teaching
– every student has the right to be taught by qualified teachers.
All teaching staff must have necessary experience and professional, recognised qualifications that comply with national standards.
Quality Curriculum
– every student has the right to be taught an engaging, inclusive curriculum.
The curriculum must comply with national requirements and standards.
Quality Environment
– every student has the right to be taught in a safe environment.
Educational premises and facilities must comply with relevant government requirements that are adequate for the courses of study.
The profit motive has no place in dictating what is taught, how it's taught and assessed, nor how our schools are organised. In such a world, it is not only the SDG which is put at risk, but students, teachers and quality education all stand to lose the most.
What was accomplished in 2015 represents an important step towards the achievement of quality education for all. Let's not squander it to the prophets of profit.
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Welcome to the National Alliance for Mental Illness – Linn County!
Mike grew up in Williamsburg and graduated from the University of Iowa. He joined Bankers Trust in January 2004 and is currently overseeing the Consumer Services area of the bank. Mike has volunteered and served on several non-profit Boards including the YMCA, Kids First Law Center, Linn Community Care, Marion Cares, Inc., and the Abbe Center for Mental Health. Mental health awareness is personal and very important to Mike and his family. His wife Sue and Mike have three children, Mollie and her husband Chris, Patrick, and John.
In dealing with multiple family members' issues, Milwaukee natives Kurt Rogahn and his wife, Lynn, have benefited from NAMI services, including the Family Members and Friends Support Group and the 12-week Family-to-Family course. To begin to pay it back (or perhaps pay it forward), Kurt joined the NAMI Linn County board in July, was elected vice president in December, and now moderates one of two monthly family support group meetings. After a 41-year writing/editing career, and 12 years as a hospice volunteer, Kurt joined the UnityPoint Hospice staff in fall 2017 as volunteer coordinator. A Cedar Rapids resident for nearly 40 years, Kurt has board or committee experience with charity, professional, educational, and bicycling organizations.
Jackie is originally from Delhi, Iowa. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work from Mount Mercy College and her Masters of Social Work from St. Ambrose University. She is employed as the Director of Community Based Services with Penn Center, Inc., a subsidiary of AbbeHealth Services. Jackie has family members who have been affected by mental health lived experiences and has been committed to mental health care ever since. Her current employment includes working with adults in the community and the focus is on education, managing symptoms of illness, and assisting individuals in returning to the community. In her free time, Jackie enjoys scrapbooking, card making, reading, and spending time with family, including her husband Michael. She joined the NAMI Linn County Board in May 2009. She has served as past president and vice-president. As a Board Member, she hopes to help defy the stigma and misunderstandings that those with mental health issues face. She believes that those who live with a mental health diagnosis are no different than those who are faced with major medical concerns. The faces and stories are different, but the needs, care, and desire to be understood and appreciated are the same.
Katherine is a lifelong Cedar Rapidian. Her passion for nursing led to a career in mental health at Tanager Place, where she has served children and families for the past seven years. She feels that there is nothing more rewarding than helping a child in crisis achieve a sense of normalcy, safety, and belonging regardless of their mental health diagnosis. Katherine is currently pursuing a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner certification to further serve the community as a provider. As a member of NAMI Linn County, she plans to advocate for awareness, action, and education to prevent, treat, and support community members with mental health diagnoses.
Steve was born and raised in Iowa, and earned an Associate's degree from Kirkwood Community College. He has also taken courses at the University of Iowa. He is employed as a NAMI Connections Support Group Model National Trainer, and travels extensively across the United States training prospective facilitators and modeling the NAMI mission. Steve is also a NAMI-Iowa Peer-to-Peer Director & Class Mentor. From 1998-2000 he was NAMI Linn County President, from 2001-2004 he was on the NAMI National Board of Directors, and from 2002-2005 he was Vice-President of NAMI Iowa. He has also held numerous NAMI consumer-related offices over the years, including National Consumer Council Director and Vice-Chairperson of the National Consumer Council Executive Committee. In addition to being a long-time NAMI Linn County Board Member, Steve also serves on the Iowa State PACT Advisory Council, the Mental Health Planning Council, the Dual Diagnosis Committee, and is a Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Board Member. He is a well-known lecturer, educator, and mental health advocate. He has participated in numerous speaking engagements at colleges and conferences across the country, and is often a featured source/spokesperson discussing mental health issues and NAMI's mission in various newspaper articles and media presentations.
Kathy grew up in Des Moines, but has also lived in Laredo (TX), Cedar Falls, and Williamsburg. She has lived in Cedar Rapids for the past 24 years. Kathy earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa. She has been employed for the past 27 years at the Abbe Center for Community Mental Health, where she is the Director of Community-Based Recovery Services. She oversees 11 specialty programs specifically for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. These programs include PACT, Transitional Living, Adult Day Treatment, Life Skills, Community Support, Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Peer Support, Homeless Outreach, Integrated Health Home, Home-based Nursing Services, and 4 Recovery Centers in Linn, Jones and Benton Counties. Kathy has been married for 34 years to Michael Johnson, who has been Associate Principal at Washington High School for 24 years. Kathy and Michael have 3 adult children. In her free time, Kathy enjoys scrapbooking, reading, and taking her dog for long walks. Kathy served as Vice-President of the NAMI Linn County Board in the 90's. She re-joined the Board in 2008, and began serving as Vice-President again in 2009. When asked why she is a NAMI Board Member, she states, "I believe in NAMI's mission. Mental illness is something that touches ALL families, including my own. As such, I believe it is important to provide education and support to individuals, families, and the community. There is hope. And it is easier to find that hope if we look for it together!" In addition to serving on the NAMI Linn County Board, Kathy also serves on the Advisory Boards for 4 local human service agencies in Linn County.
John was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he has lived most of his life. He has an Associate's degree in Disability Services from Kirkwood Community College. John has lived with mental illness since 1979, and also has 2 sisters with mental health issues. All three are far along in the process of recovery. John spreads hope and a message of recovery through his songs and poetry. Much of his work can be found on his website (www.johnthepoetministries.com). John is employed by Goodwill Industries and also provides one-on-one care to a gentleman with Muscular Dystrophy. John is active in his church, and provides ministry to ManorCare Nursing and Rehabilitation Services. He gains fulfillment helping others with disabilities, and was once named Consumer of the Year by Options of Linn County. In his free time, John enjoys working out at the gym. John has been a NAMI Linn County Board Member for over 10 years. He enjoys sharing the consumer perspective with other Board Members.
Okpara Rice joined Tanager Place as executive director in July, 2013. Prior to his arrival, Okpara served as executive director of Starr Columbus (Columbus, Ohio), which is a child and family services organization that has more than 150 years experience. As executive director of Starr Columbus, Rice ensured all foster care, residential and in-home counseling programs maintained a high standard of excellence, as well as the integrity of all clinical programming and treatment modalities. While in Ohio, Rice served as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness Franklin County, the Governor's Council on Juvenile Justice, the Kiwanis Club, and the Human Service Chamber on Franklin County Steering Committee, where he assisted with policy direction in the human services sector. Rice also brings leadership experience from his work at the Jewish Child Care Association in Pleasantville, New York, the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in Chicago, and the Youth Campus in Park Ridge, Ill. He is active in the field and in the community and currently serves as President of the Board of Directors for the American Association of Children's Residential Centers. He is a member of the Marion Cares Board, NAMI of Linn County Board of Directors and part of the Leadership Circle, a professional peer group through the Department of Human Services. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Loyola University and a Master of Social Work from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He also holds an Executive Management certification from Georgetown University.
Wayne Jerman has been Chief of the Cedar Rapids Police Department (CRPD) since 2012. Prior to this, he was an officer in Montgomery County, Maryland for 33 years. The CRPD is comprised of 213 officers and over 60 non-sworn employees. The department serves 130,000 residents and is responsible for 73 square miles. Since his arrival in Cedar Rapids, he has increased the department's community outreach efforts and formed stronger partnerships with law enforcement partners within Iowa, as well as increasing the department's participation with federal task forces. Chief Jerman is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and the Iowa Police Chiefs Association (IPCA), where he has been selected to represent IPCA as the legislative representative at the Iowa General Assembly. Chief Jerman is also an Executive Fellow for the Police Foundation which is based in Washington, D.C. Chief Jerman's education includes a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration from Frostburg State University. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and also completed the FBI's National Executive Institute in 2012.
Adam Haddy has been with NAMI since January 2015. He was born and raised in Cedar Rapids and currently resides in Marion. Adam graduated from Mount Mercy University in 2009 with a degree in marketing and management. He is currently pursuing his MBA at Mount Mercy and is expected to graduate in 2017. His family has a history of mental illness which drives his passion to connect with NAMI. Adam married his wife Angela in 2010. They have 3 Chihuahuas that are always happy to greet them when they get home. Adam loves to travel, walking on trails, golfing, and reading.
Stacey Pawlak first joined the NAMI-Linn County Board of Directors in 2005 and served as Board President from 2006-2008. She continued to maintain the NAMI-Linn County website over the years and rejoined the Board in 2017. Stacey is originally from the state of Michigan. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and her Master's and Doctoral degrees (Clinical Psychology) from the University of Memphis (TN). She came to Iowa in 1996 to complete her psychology internship at the University of Iowa. She is an Assistant Professor in the Carver College of Medicine/Department of Psychiatry and currently serves as the Director of the Women's Wellness & Counseling Service at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. She is also health psychologist for the UIHC Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Program. In addition to her family (husband and 3 children), the most important aspect of Stacey's life is her work as a psychotherapist. She believes strongly in the de-stigmatization of mental illness and in the power of shared experiences as a tool for recovery.
Cody Crawford grew up in Moville, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 2003 and moved to Marion, Iowa. Cody currently works at Area Substance Abuse Council: working with local groups to combat substance use through private and public policy changes, working to heighten the discussion of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and suicide prevention, and educating the public regarding the effects that mental health has on our communities through substance use, poverty, homelessness, etc. He currently lives in Marion with his wife and three children. Cody has been active in the community through Rotary, City Council, and other local boards and committees. Through personal experience, Cody has become passionate about advocating for mental health awareness, treatment, and policy in Linn County and Iowa.
Emily Blomme started with Foundation 2 in 2015. She has worked in the human service field in the Cedar Rapids community since 2000. Much of her work has been in the area of crisis response and youth services. She is passionate about improving the quality of life of others and is a firm believer that all people are capable of change. Emily has a Bachelor of Science degree in human development and family studies from Colorado State University (Go Rams!). Over the years she has been involved in many committees and boards in the Cedar Rapids community and currently serves as the Membership Chair on the Iowa Coalition for Family and Children's Services in Iowa. She is a member of Daybreak Rotary, a graduate of the Leadership for Five Seasons class of 2015 and a 2015 CBJ Forty under 40 honoree. Emily is married to Jeremy and has three teenage children. She is an avid backpacker and is always looking for the next adventure! She enjoys running, cycling, cooking, and spending time with her family.
Ruth has been a board member since 2018. She is passionate about advocacy and organizational development. Ruth is a current Connection Facilitator. She had also completed the NAMI Provider Training. Ruth is a Certified Peer Support Specialist. She is working on becoming verified in WRAP training through the Copeland Center. Ruth is a member of the Iowa Peer Support Advisory Committee and has reviewed Curriculum for the Iowa Peer Support Training.


Lavagne arrived in South Africa with an esteemed reputation when hired by Stars in June 2016 as the successor to Giovanni Solinas.
However, he lasted just three games at the helm after two defeats and a draw before Ea Lla Koto confirmed his exit.
The Frenchman has since restored his reputation in Algeria with Ligue 1 side Constantine, leading them to the league cup semifinals and to the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League.
Prior to the 3-2 defeat against African champions Esperance on Saturday, he conceded the move to Bethlehem is one he regrets.
"You know I think I made a big mistake when I signed to coach Free State Stars, which is not a professional team, they all are amateurs in this team," he told KickOff.com.
"The facilities, the spirit of the players, the board is the worst I saw in my life. They know nothing in professional football so it was very difficult to work in this condition.
"Free State Stars was not a team for me. I needed a professional structure to work and create success as I had with Coton Sport, Etoile du Sahel and now in Constantine."
Despite his first experience leaving him with a tainted reputation, Lavagne is open to the idea of a second stint in the PSL.
"My contract ends in June 2020 and yes [I'd be open to] work in South Africa again, it interests me, but only at a big club."