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talkstudio explores the interdisciplinary landscape that shapes, and is shaped by, creative practices
Our forum talks regularly in order to probe the limits of practice-based research. The debate is open to anyone interested in the shifting intellectual worlds that drive research undertaken through creative practice.
Check our blog to see what we are currently talking about: talkstudio.weebly.com/blog
Check our blog to see what we are currently talking about: talkstudio.weebly.com/blog
In 2018 talkstudio is transforming itself into a vehicle for distributing practice-based conversations to studios across the UK and, farther afield, in different parts of the world. Last time I linked via Google Hangouts with members of the forum I was in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. More or less everything that prompted me to turn the interface between contemporary art practice and our broader 'exhibiting' culture into a model for submitting a practice PhD can be discussed in this environment. But you don't have to visit me in Oxford to start talking. Simply join a talkstudio session in a studio near you in order to encounter the distributed network of real-time locations from which our conversations are streamed live.
To get an idea of the kinds of topics we have discussed in the past take a look at the doctoral projects I have supervised and examined.
As supervisor:
2018: Paul Goodfellow, 'Art as a Distributed Ecosystem: mapping the limits of systems-based art.'
2018: Daksha Patel (co-supervisor), 'The Concept of Noise in Medical Visualisations Perceived Through a Contemporary Drawing Practice.'
2017: Nicola Singh, 'On the 'Thesis by Performance': a feminist research method for a practice-based PhD' (AHRC BGP studentship).
2016: Jacqueline Donachie, 'Illuminating Loss: a study of the capacity for artistic practice to shape research and care in the field of inherited genetic illness' (AHRC BGP studentship. AHRC Anniversary Research in Film Awards winner 2015).
2016: Kate Liston (co-supervisor), 'Link Zone: an exploration of the sensation of knowledge through a practice of art and writing'. (AHRC BGP studentship).
2015: Brian Fay (co-supervisor), 'Models of Temporality in Drawing and the Museum'.
2015: Jacob Krukar (co-supervisor), 'The Influence of Museums' Spatial Layout on Human Attention and Memory for an Art Exhibition'.
2014: Agnieszka Kozlowska (co-supervisor), 'Taking Photographs Beyond the Visual: paper as a material signifier in photographic indexicality'.
2012: Alexandra Rowe, 'Communicating Pain: can physical pain and the associated psychological effects, be communicated and understood through art?' (AHRC doctoral scholarship)
2012: Paul Harvey, 'Stuckism, Punk Attitude and Fine Art Practice: parallels and similarities' (AHRC doctoral scholarship).
2011: Poyan Yee, 'Healing Through Curatorial Dialogue: an investigation into the role of contemporary curatorial practice in a healthcare setting.' (Northumbria University studentship in conjunction with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust).
2011: Sachiyo Goda, 'An Investigation into Japanese Notions of Space and Time: practising "ma" through the process of making sculpture.'
2011: John Lavell. 'Is there an analogous relationship between the creative process and forensic methodology?' (AHRC doctoral scholarship).
2011: Andrew McNiven (co-supervisor), '"Monkey Business": an artist's action research into the parameters of temporary installation through reflexive formal and informal documentary practice.' (AHRC doctoral scholarship).
2010: Sulien Hsieh, Buddhist Meditation as Art Practice: Art Practice as Buddhist Meditation,
2009: Nickos Kabitsis. 'Sculpture and Health: new views on schizophrenia'.
2010: Hiroko Oshima (co-supervisor), 'Artists' Groups in Japan and the UK and their impact on the creative individual.'
2009: Ikuko Tsuchiya, (MPhil) 'Therapeutic Touch: the use of photo-based methodology as a healing practice within the context of healthcare.'
2009: Jolande Bosch, 'The Strategic Studio: how to access and assess decision-making in visual art practice.' (AHRC doctoral scholarship).
2009: Christina Kolaiti (co-supervisor), 'The Influence of the Photographic Narrative in Healthcare Dialogue.' (AHRC New Collaborations Award, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Northumbria University).
2007: Thitinam Boonpap (co-supervisor), 'Popular Television and the Construction of Contemporary Thai Cultural Identity.'
2006: Apichart Pholprasert. 'The Rural-Based Artist: an investigation into the creative processes by which artists have rejected the metropolitan context of contemporary art.'
2004: Henna Asikainen. 'Art, Nature and Environmental Aesthetics'
2003: Silvana Macedo, 'From Fine Art to Natural Science through Allegory'
2003: Caroline Mercier (co-supervisor), 'Designing Theatrical Costumes in Collaboration: a contribution to theatre'.
As examiner:
2018: Judit Bodor. 'Exhibiting The Ivor Davies Archive of Destruction (in) Art: an exploration of curatorial processes in presenting historical performance art in the Museum, through observation, case studies and practice'. Aberystwyth University.
2017: Jenny Duffy. 'Making Theatre as an Emerging Company: exposing trends, tactics, strategies and constraints', Department of Arts, Northumbria University.
2016: Andrew Sneddon. 'Confusions of Meanings in the Concept of Place: an investigation into the role place occupies in influencing the production and reception of the artwork'. Edinburgh College of Art.
2015: Aya Kasai. 'Ma in relation to Gen', Oxford Brookes University.
2015: Camilla Nock. 'Reanimating the wound: dermatilliomanic practice and the First World War', University of Plymouth.
2014: Joanne Clements, 'Adapted orphans and protected histories: time-based media and the moving image archive', University of Salford.
2014: Edwina fitzPatrick, 'Artists' geographies of the landscape-archive: trace, loss and the impulse to preserve in the anthropocene age', Glasgow School of Art.
2014: Michael Roberts, 'Imaging the face: an investigation into hyperrealist interpretation of the human facial surface', Aberystwyth University.
2013: Jo Thomas, 'Presencing place.' Oxford Brookes University.
2010: Kate Craddock, 'Collaboration in performance practice: trust, longevity and challenging proximity', Department of Arts, Northumbria University.
2009: Roy Smith (MPhil), 'Contact zones; relational encounter in contemporary fine art practice', University for the Creative Arts.
2009: Kristin Mojsiewicz, 'Investigating disorientation through the adaption of role play', Edinburgh College of Art.
2007: Hyejung Yum, 'Traditional Korean papermaking: its history, process, materials and tools used and the paper trade between Korea and China', Fine Art Conservation, Northumbria University.
2006: Julie Bacon, 'Recollecting the poetry and politics of archival space: an exploration of performance and installation art in the museum', University of Ulster.
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As the largest generation of young people in history approach their reproductive years, Marie Stopes International is working to expand access to contraception, safe abortion and reproductive health services to the hundreds of millions of women across the world who want to use contraception but can't.
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Over the last 41 years, Marie Stopes International has provided life-changing sexual and reproductive healthcare to over 100 million people worldwide. In 2018, we delivered family planning, contraception, safe abortion and sexual health services to over 30 million women and men across 37 countries.
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Marie Stopes International has a commitment to deliver high quality and cost effective programming. Program delivery and support costs include 85% of costs that go directly to country programs to deliver products, services and training on the ground, as well as 9%, which go into quality clinical oversight, strong financial and grant management and regular program support.
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We are at heart a social business that does not believe that charity and aid can be relied upon indefinitely. We self-fund some of our work by generating a surplus in clinic networks, such as in the United Kingdom and Australia. We also work to develop sustainable approaches, generating income where possible and working within existing health systems to leverage resources. For these reasons, we invest very little in fundraising when compared to other international development organisations.
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The World Geothermal Congress 2000 (WGC2000) was held in Japan 28 May - 10 June. It is organized every five years by the International Geothermal Association, and this time with the Japanese Organizing Committee as a co-convenor. There were about 1250 participants (plus over 100 accompanying members) from 61 countries.
trained at the UNU-GTP during 1979-1999 were authors or co-authors of 88 technical papers at the congress. Out of the total of 227 Fellows trained in Iceland, 61 (27%) from 24 countries attended the
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During the conference a reunion was held for the UNU Fellows. The ambassador of Iceland to Japan addressed the reunion as well as the Rector, the Director, and a representative of the former UNU Fellows trained in Iceland. It was a great occasion where old and young Fellows had the opportunity to meet, some being trained in Iceland as much as 20 years ago and now many in the capacity of leaders of geothermal development in their respective countries.
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This was one of the few single screen operations of the short lived Jerry Lewis Cinema franchise. The K-B Theatres circuit acquired the cinema after the franchise folded and renamed it the McLean Cinema. The cinema closed in the mid-1980s and has since been demolished.
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kencmcintyre on November 13, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I wonder if this theater was around in the late sixties. I had relatives in McLean and have a very vague memory of seeing a film with them at a theater in town, maybe 1968 or 1969.
kencmcintyre on November 13, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Ok, then we went somewhere else, maybe Tyson's Corner. I remember all of us driving in the station wagon to the theater, but after that it's dim.
stopngosteve on January 17, 2011 at 8:42 am
I saw TRON here in '82
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Several members of the so called 'Arctic 30' were there to greet the ship and boarded the vessel in Beverwijk, near Amsterdam. "This is a joyous day for me, for my friends and for the millions of people around the world who campaigned for the release of the Arctic 30 and the Arctic Sunrise", says Dutch climate and energy campaigner Faiza Oulahsen, who spent two months in a Russian prison last year on piracy and then hooliganism charges following the protest."The companies and governments who seek to exploit this vulnerable region for profit have tried to silence the growing call to protect the Arctic for future generations. But they have not succeeded. And they will not. The Arctic Sunrise will sail again. By now more than 5 million people worldwide have spoken out for Arctic protection."Oulahsen went on to thank the broad sweep of civil society organizations and individuals who spoke out on behalf of the activists including 11 Nobel peace prize winners, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and a host of senior political figures from across the world."We are both incredibly grateful for the huge level of support we received, and conscious that many others have not been so lucky. I would like to use this opportunity to support the many other peaceful environmental activists who remain oppressed or imprisoned for their beliefs, both in Russia and around the world." The activists saw the ship for the first time since it was seized by Russian security agents on September 19th 2013. The ship will now sail to the harbour of Amsterdam, accompanied by a fleet of Greenpeace supporters in small vessels.In Amsterdam the Arctic Sunrise will host a humble, but festive homecoming ceremony. On board the ship is a samovar, a traditional Russian tea-pot. The tea-pot, engraved with the words 'MY Arctic Sunrise - From Russia with love', will stay on board, as an ongoing symbol of support and care from the Russian Arctic defenders. Once the Arctic Sunrise arrives in Amsterdam, members of the Arctic 30 will drink the ceremonial first cups of tea from the samovar.In a few days the ship will be moved to a shipyard in Amsterdam for much needed repairs. Even though captain Daniel Rizzotti and his crew have worked hard for several weeks in Murmansk to make the Arctic Sunrise seaworthy again, a lot of work still needs to be done. Within two weeks Greenpeace expects to have a thorough idea of the extent of the damage.
ENDSFor more information please contact:Ilse van der Poel, in Amsterdam: For photos please contact Gerda Horneman, - Photos of the departure of the Arctic Sunrise and the Russian samovar can be found here - Photos of life on board of the Arctic Sunrise during the transit from Murmansk to Amsterdam can be found hereFor video please contact Carin Bazuin, NOTESBackground:The Arctic Sunrise was used as a support vessel during a protest at Gazprom's Prirazlomnaya platform on September 18th 2013. Two climbers attempted to hang a small "Save The Arctic" banner on the platform's side before Russian commandos fired warning shots into the water beneath them and forced them to descend their ropes. The next day, the Arctic Sunrise was boarded and towed to Murmansk. All 28 activists along with two freelance journalists were arrested and charged with piracy and then hooliganism. The Arctic 30 were released in November 2013, and the 26 non-Russians left the country on or around December 27th 2013, following the adoption of an amnesty law in the Russian Duma. On July 18th 2014, Greenpeace International was informed that Russia's Investigative Committee would further extend its investigation into the Arctic 30 case until September 24th 2014, despite a criminal case against the 30 being dropped last December.On November 22nd, 2013, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered Russia to 'immediately' release the vessel upon the posting of a €3.6 million bond by the Netherlands. The bond was posted by December 2nd 2013.In March, the Arctic 30 submitted their cases to the European Court of Human Rights. The 30 individuals are requesting "just compensation" from the Russian Federation, and importantly, a statement from the independent Court saying that their apprehension in international waters by Russian agents and subsequent detention were unlawful. The European Court has the power to hold Russia to account for the months of uncertainty the Arctic 30 faced in Russia. While held in detention centres they lived with the fear that they could spend years locked up for a crime they did not commit. The European Court has jurisdiction over matters involving alleged human rights violations committed by Russia's government. In many cases Russia's government has been found liable for such violations and ordered to compensate victims. Ultimately, this case aims to ensure Russia lives up to its human rights commitments.Legal Analysis: Seeking Justice for the Arctic 30 Full timeline of the Arctic 30 story


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Big day tomorrow for me being the first steelpan musician to Grace the international stage and competition of Germany super talent , I am thrilled and honoured to represent my country on the national instrument and all praises goes to the Almighty God , wish me luck , win or lose I am always a winner
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Love this Kwesi. Nice touch.
Yes - Nice one Brother.
Somebody should be honest and tell this boy: That is NOT how you PLAY PAN for FOREIGN AUDIENCES!!!
But he gets credit for MARKETING HIMSELF!!!
come on bro.always negativity coming from people like you.aint nothing wrong with what the brother is doing.
unless you wants him to play yellow bird or banana boat song. come on be positive grow up
'Somebody' just did tell him so! K'dear ,Claude, maybe it is just a bad recording.
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Reduce Stress
Today is a good day for a good day!
Think about it! A little lipstick goes a long way! This means that we can pretty much determine, in the morning when we first get up, that we will choose how our day will proceed. Of course there are a lot of reasons/decisions that we make that predict the sequence of events.
So, what do you have to do to make the quality of your life better…and therefore easier?
Be positive: people, places, & things
Fill your days with people that make you feel good! These people will keep you busy with positive energy. Make it a point to surround yourself with positive people. It is much more powerful than keeping your self busy….by doing mindless chores with negative people. We have to make it a point to go to places that improve your outlook. Places that have beautiful flowers, big full canopied trees and blue skies. We need to go there with people we admire and WANT to be with! Make it a point to surround your self with beautiful things, that are meaningful to YOU! Maybe it is your grandmothers china, your mom & Dad's wedding photos…or maybe your favorite baby picture!
Reduce stress? But How?
Some ways to reduce Stress? It's simple! Wear beautiful clothes that fit you and are comfortable and look as good at 6pm as they do at 6am. Beautiful flattering colors, and sleek and wearable fabrications that will remind you all day long that you are worth a little extra effort in the morning! Sort out your closet at the beginning of the new season. Buy your clothes early in the season so that you will look and feel stylish and current….and comfortable all day every day!
Last but not least…..? For Pete's Sake, stay away from the energy suckers!! The people that bring you down. They argue with you all day long…and they suck the positive energy right out of your airways by complaining about all kinds of things!
Then, step back and think about it. The changes weren't too hard? And the benefits were huge! Now, you can try it again tomorrow….? And the next day…..and the day after that! Get the picture?


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An eligible contract participant is an entity entitled to exemptions to certain financial regulations. This usually means an organization or structured investment pool like a pension plan, although individuals with a higher net worth may qualify as well. These exemptions allow eligible contract participants to be involved in trades and other financial activities not normally permitted by financial regulations due to concerns about risk. High risk activities are barred for members of the general public out of concern for their safety as investors and market participants.
Regulations clearly specify which entities are entitled to this special treatment under the law. This can vary by nation, but often includes insurance companies, large funds, banks, and companies with substantial assets. Entities already subject to government regulation, like pension funds, also qualify, because their activities are monitored by regulators for signs of illegal or dangerous activity and it may not be necessary to restrict their level of market participation. Very wealthy people can also potentially qualify, depending on regional regulations.
Investment managers, brokers, and advisers can determine whether a client is an eligible contract participant under regulatory standards. If the client meets the criteria, more financial tools are available for the client's use, allowing for a diversity of investment activities. These can include complex, high-risk opportunities like block trades. Members of the public are specifically barred due to concerns about liquidity and safety; the assumption with an eligible contract participant is that the entity knows the risk and is comfortable managing the associated concerns.
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Happy New Year all! I've been sitting here thinking what 2013 meant to me and finding it increasingly difficult to come up with the words that will justify it. 2013 was the year I stopped the hating and began the long and hard process of learning to love myself. Love myself now. And not in -10kgs time, or after a face full of make up, or only after receiving a hard-earned compliment. 2013 was the year I took my happiness in myself into my own hands. Only I can make myself truly happy and
this last year was when I started to that.
I started a job that took into account a work-life balance so important to my physical and mental health; I began studying on my own terms and to better myself rather than because it was expected; I worked hard on the small amount of friendships that were really important to me and let go of the negative ones; and most importantly I worked hard on this blog which fed my passion for fashion and helped me every day to make steps to accept myself for all I am.
So after an amazing year full of happiness and fun (and let's not pretend otherwise, some struggles too) I'm looking forward to 2014 and thinking what new challenges I will face and what I want to achieve. I don't so much believe in "resolutions" as such because firstly, I don't think you need an excuse to change your life, and secondly, they're often unrealistic pressures that focus on changing who you are rather than your decisions. But spending this time looking back on past achievements is a good opportunity to think about my personal goals for the next year.
1. Blog, blog and BLOG. I want to not only continue blogging but up the anty with more frequent posts, a new website (anyone looking for a pro-bono web design job...?) and themed posts. Anything you want to see? Let me know!
2. Spend less money on rubbish food and eat food that makes me feel well. 2013 was generally a great year but my IBS reached an unbearable point and this year I'm really going to focus on getting this under control so I can feel as much freedom as possible in my health.
3. Spend less and shop my own wardrobe. I think investing in a good seamstress will also give me the ability to take things I already own and mix it up. Constant shopping and new clothes is unrealistic, unsustainable and unrelatable.
So there! No "lose 30kgs", "run 5kms every day" or "eat only salad". With happiness and contentment comes health. And health and fitness can be achieved at any size.
So finally this wouldn't be a fashion blog without a look back at the year that was outfits! In no particular order here are my top 5 outfits from 2013 that have made the cut for various reasons. Some because I felt amazing, others because I received such great feedback. And also those that were out of my comfort zone. Click on the link for the original post.
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VERLA, India It isn't about cows or cobras, a wedding or outsourcing; it isn't about gurus or Gandhi. "Slumdog Millionaire," in fact, may be the first world-traveling film about India in a generation to discard the old, smudged lenses for seeing this country.
Its novelty has given it a dream run in American movie theaters, and last week it was chosen best dramatic picture at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. It now is given a good shot at the Academy Awards next month.
But the film's freshness lies not just in how the West sees India. It lies, too, in how Indians see themselves. It portrays a changing India, with great realism, as something India long resisted being: a land of self-makers, where a scruffy son of the slums can, solely of his own effort, hoist himself up, flout his origins, break with fate.
And that may explain the movie's strange hold over Americans. It channels to them their own Gatsbyesque fantasy of self-invention, and yet places it far enough away as to imply that it is now really someone else's fantasy. Indeed, after the havoc wreaked on ordinary self-reliant Americans by the impenetrable workings of the markets, after the go-it-alone trading of Bernard L. Madoff, after even President Bush enlisted the government to rescue private markets with a huge bailout, the mythology of the self-reliant self is under siege in America to a degree not seen in a very long time.
The film, which will finally open in India on Friday (this reporter obtained a digital copy of it), follows Jamal Malik, who rises from Mumbai's shantytowns to compete on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" His life begins in a familiar, eternal India: the India of layers of humiliation, of the swirling crowd that drowns the self.
The director, Danny Boyle, shows us the many clamps on Indian selves. The arbitrary power of the police officer toward the citizen and the gangster toward the slum dweller. The schools where teachers throw books at students and lessons consist of choral echoing of the teacher's words. The slum where cooking and child-rearing and defecation are semi-public activities, and where it would be hard to develop the mental independence to question an arranged marriage or abuse by the better-born.
In Jamal's environs, you don't happen to the world; the world happens to you.
But our hero has his own, larger vision of life. It is, at first, a vision compelled: he and his brother are orphaned and must survive. But in time Jamal parlays that pain into a knack for succeeding, becoming a train vendor, then a tour guide to the gullible in Agra, then a tea wallah in a Mumbai office.
In India, clan is everything. But Jamal needs no one. He has no parents; his brother betrays him; even the game-show host, feigning goodwill, deceives. In India, hierarchy rules. But Jamal treats the mighty no differently from the meek, does not cower even before the police. He is that rare, but increasingly less rare, Indian creature: a man all his own.
The old restraints were formidable: family, caste, religious fatalism, Byzantine bureaucracy. The many forces conspiring to keep uppity selves in check. Even today, India is no free-for-all. But the new pull is centrifugal, toward the lonely periphery and away from the buzzing center, toward a life of one's making, in a city not one's own, in a vocation not inherited.
It is the unmarried women working nights in Delhi's call centers. The brothers leaving brothers to start their own firms. The divorces sprouting where acquiescence ruled. The spreading belief that destiny can, with scars and ardor, be bent.
"Why does everyone love this program?" Jamal, seeing the "Millionaire" show on TV, asks a friend one day.
"It's a chance to escape, isn't it?" she replies. "Walk into another life."
Oceans away, the United States was founded with the promise of such escape. Its early settlers were fleeing restraints much like those in old India. They drove the natives away, then built a nation premised on space and self-making: a frontier land where families had their own acres, own gun, own conscience. That, at least, was the mythology.
But it has been a long time; and now, even as the myth of self-making spreads to India, a pause for second thoughts may have started in America.
It was partly the crash of 2008, in which supposed masters of the universe, unsupervised, tanked the economy, then sheepishly asked to be bailed out. It was partly a dawning sense that policies that promoted the entrepreneur could forget communities and contexts. It was partly the fraying of American families, the "joyless and anomic self-indulgence of the Me Generation," as the late writer David Foster Wallace put it.
And so as Indians sever their attachments, Americans reweave theirs.
Harvard Business School now teaches courses like "Entrepreneurship in Education Reform" to satisfy students who want to mix private and public gain. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have argued that they owe their success to a conducive society, and have resolved to give their wealth away.
Scientists, too, are pushing the self-made from their pedestal, arguing that success is social: that certain cultures breed success, that genes influence skills, that there are favorable times to be born. "Personal explanations of success don't work," Malcolm Gladwell writes in "Outliers," his new book on the research. In a magazine interview, he derided "empty models that say, you know, you can be whatever you want to be. Well, actually, you can't be whatever you want to be. The world decides what you can and can't be."
The social is back in politics, too. When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s, he famously noted its civic enthusiasm. That penchant flagged in recent decades; Americans were said to be "bowling alone." But there is now a neo-Tocquevillean flowering online, of Wikipedia editors, Twitterers and bloggers, an unpaid army stirred by that ancient impulse to blow in larger currents.
And the recent election was won by a candidate who is self-made but did not position himself that way; he spoke instead of roots and linkages. Now, he claims a mandate for the largest program of collective government action in decades.
It is roots and linkages that many Indians now seek to shed, and many Americans now seek to reclaim. And that may be the silent allure of "Slumdog Millionaire." It is a tribute to the irrepressible self, filmed in a society now realizing it has given the self too little, watched in a society now realizing it has given the self too much.


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BYD unveiled last week several technologies to improve fuel efficiencies by more than 20 percent in all its 2014 vehicle line-up.
The company is calling it the "Green Hybrid."
There are several breakthroughs said to be tied to the "Green Hybrid" initiative; first BYD becomes the first vehicle OEM to implement the higher-efficiency 48VDC vehicle voltage platforms using BYD's internally developed Iron-Phosphate batteries (versus older heavy-metal-laden, 12-volt DC Lead-Acid technologies).
BYD said this new technology allows the battery life to be extended to the expected life of the car – no more worrisome starter-battery replacements. Vehicles transition to all-LED lighting, Electronic Parking Systems, Hybrid and regenerative braking, idle start-stop energy management, automatic engine starts, low rolling resistance and advanced aero-dynamic designs.
48-volt DC systems are not hindered by the line/harness power losses experienced with normal lower-voltage systems (saving important energy for batteries). BYD then implemented low-voltage, large-torque, double-winding motor technologies for battery-acceleration-assist and regenerative braking.
BYD said these changes have been shown to save as much as 1.5 liters of fuel per100 kilometers (on a 30 mpg car, that's as much as a 7 mpg improvement).
Two models of the Qin concept car were on display at the Auto show though the Qin officially launches in mass-production later this year in China.
Qin is the next-generation dual-mode electric vehicle flagship vehicle using BYD's Dual Mode II system.
The Qin can travel 50 kilometers (31 miles) on a single 10 kilowatt-hour charge and in hybrid mode provides 223 kilowatt of power. This allows for acceleration to 100 kilometer per hour (62 mph) in 5.9 seconds (this was previously advertised as 6.9 sec, but BYD has improved it over the last year).
The Qin also has a top speed of 185 kilometer per hour (115 mph).
BYD said in hybrid mode, the Qin requires just 16 RMB (~$2.50 USD) of energy per 100 kilometers (equating to a little less than 2 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers or 118 mpg).


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PM Netanyahu Holds Assessment of the Situation Regarding the Weather
Source: PMO, 1-9-13
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this afternoon at the Israel Police national traffic control center in Beit Dagan, held an assessment of the situation regarding the stormy weather. Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, Israel Police Commissioner Insp.-Gen. Yohanan Danino, Israel Police Traffic Division Commander Bruno Stein, as well as representatives from the emergency and rescue services, the Union of Local Authorities and the various infrastructure bodies also attended.
At the start of the discussion, Prime Minister Netanyahu said: "We have waited many years for this rain. I hope that they will be blessed rains and not claim victims; therefore, I call upon the public to continue listening to the instructions of the rescue forces and to act with caution. I thank citizens for their patience. They understand that after the traffic jams are over, we will have full reservoirs and we need this water.
I convened this meeting, first, in order to be updated, and I am pleased to see that things are well under control, with the complete cooperation of all bodies. I would like to thank all those involved – Israel Police office, firefighters, IDF soldiers, IDF Home Front Command, the Public Security Ministry, Magen David Adom, the Israel Electric Company, the Tax Authority, the Union of Local Authorities, and local council heads. The systems are working well. I have instructed Prime Minister's Office Director-General Harel Locker to consider compensation for those who have been hurt as a result of the weather.
I appreciate the brave work – in the intense cold and strong winds – of all those involved. The emergency and rescue forces are struggling around the clock in the storm in order to save lives; on behalf of all Israelis, I thank you.
One month after Operation Pillar of Defense, the rescue forces are again proving that the Israeli home front can rely on them. In the stormy weather, their sole concern is to help Israeli citizens, and they have been very successful."


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Whoa! Talk about big gadgets..!? I can't say how good Guillermo Del Toro's new Pacific Rim action film romp will be, but it definitely looks like it's shooting for "epic"–like a cross between Voltron and Mass Effect do the man dance with King Geedorah. But who can begrudge the man for taking us all back to the Monster Island geekdom of our youth. Del Toro himself has claimed, "This will be a beautiful poem to giant monsters." No sh…![GR]2vKz7WnU83E[/GR]
Del Toro is one busy man who gets to play in some of the most amazing virtual playgrounds every created. Guillermo Del Toro is name that hardly needs introduction. But for those who fear the daylight and reside under pressing boulders, the man is a seasoned film director of considerable caliber. Del Toro is responsible for some of the most talked about films of our time. He has won awards for the odd and beautiful Pan's Labyrinth and nominated for even more. He has had his hand in Quantum Solace, Hellboy and Hellboy II, Mimic, Splice and so much more.
Pacific Rim stars Charlie Hunman, Idris Elba and Ron Perlman, just to name a few. The film will launch next Summer July 11 USA and the 12th in the UK .


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The International Council of Museums, in an effort to fight against illicit traffic in cultural goods, compiles the Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk. This list aims to help art and heritage professionals and law enforcement officials identify Egyptian objects that are protected by national and international legislations. View the Red List for Egypt.


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Christa Parrish's writing is a breath of fresh air in Christian publishing. Watch Over Me is just as impressive as her debut story, Home Another Way, written with heart to touch your soul.
Perceptive and authentic, Christa peels back the layers of the disintegrating marriage of Benjamin and Abbi Patel, revealing two hurting souls fearful healing their relationship is beyond them. Highlighting the isolation of battle trauma that has altered Ben's personality and the corrosive affect infertility has on Abbi's self worth, this is a painful yet ultimately uplifting read yet not in the way you expect. Other complex relationships are explored in the home of Matthew Savoie as the young teen struggles to overcome his disability and find acceptance from his dismissive Aunt and troubled cousins. Christa's literary gifts are many but her unerring ability to write authentically about the human heart and genuine spiritual struggle sets her apart from most of her contemporaries. Watch Over Me is a journey that will linger in your heart and mind long after the final chapter ends.
With thanks to Bethany House for my review copy
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Clockwork Wonderland contains stories from authors that see Wonderland as a place of horror where anything can happen and time runs amok. In this book you'll find tales of murderous clockworks, insane creations, serial killers, zombies, and a blood thirsty jabberclocky. Prepare to see Wonderland as a place where all your worst nightmares come true. You may never look at classic children's literature the same way again.
Edited by Emerian Rich
Cover by Carmen Masloski
Featuring authors:
Trinity Adler
Ezra Barany
Jaap Boekestein
Dustin Coffman
Stephanie Ellis
Jonathan Fortin
Laurel Anne Hill
N. McGuire
Jeremy Megargee
James Pyne
Michele Roger
H.E. Roulo
Sumiko Saulson
K.L. Wallis
With Foreword by David Watson
URL: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1544785518
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ALERT´s parent company becomes Carnegie-Mellon University Industrial Affiliate
This agreement is part of the "Information and Communication Technologies Institute, ICTI" initiative
30 October 2006
MNI - ALERT's parent company- , is one of the first companies to underwrite the international cooperation agreement in Science and Technology designated "Information and Communication Technologies Institute, ICTI", a part of the Carnegie-Mellon University - Portugal program.
The agreement was signed October 27, 2006, before the President of Carnegie-Mellon University, Jared Cohon, and the Prime Minister of Portugal.
By signing this agreement, the ALERT group of companies strengthens its commitment to Research and Development.
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Sang Kromah and Dr. Margaret Kromah, Project READ: Nedra House Drop-In Center for At-Risk Girls
Although collecting over 20,000 books is a great accomplishment for Resources and Outreach for Liberia (ROL) Project READ (Restoration Education And Development), the project's primary goal is to open Nedra House, a drop-in center that will provide a safe, caring, and empowering community for girls who are struggling with instability and a vast array of other issues and want to build a better life for themselves. The drop-in center's aim is to encourage girls off the streets into a safe environment, where they will have access to mentoring and counseling, participate in educational/community activities and workshops, and even a bed in emergency situations. They will also have access to a full-scale library and research facility.


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Nature's Flu Shot
Anyone who works in the realm of health care can tell you that it's easy for the immune system to take a beating if you don't keep on top of it. My work as a doula, keeps me up for hours on end and I simply can't afford to leave my clients hanging.
On top of getting enough sleep and exercising regularly, I swear by the above recipe for keeping me healthy. I keep these ingredients stocked in my fridge and at the hint of a sore throat, a stuffy head or just feeling slower than usual, I whip up a batch and within hours I'm feeling better.
If you find that you're needing a boost, give this cocktail a try and I can pretty much guarantee you'll be feeling good in no time!
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Once upon a time, in a peaceful aquarium, lived a happy community of sea critters. They had their problems but they always worked things out until the bully moved in. The bully took over their lives and their tank. This group of friends must figure out how to solve their problem so they can live happily again.
The book contains tips for kids and a list of famous people who were bullied and advice they have shared.
Downloadable resources for professionals include a school-wide bully prevention program, posters on how to handle a bully, how to tell the difference between teasing and bullying, programs to promote empathy and friendship, positive climate programs and more.


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As technology changes and gets more advanced, so does the way administrative officials use it. People like to think that Big Brother is out there using infrared lights and security cameras, but they don't realize that our cell phones are no less intrusive, and aren't necessarily guaranteed to remain private property. Say you recorded a crime…
That's the gist of the story behind Bold Films' thrillerEvidence, which Variety reports Image Entertainment has picked up the U.S. rights for. Evidence is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, whose last features were 2009's sci-fi mockumentary The Fourth Kind and 2005's extremely low-budget horror The Cavern.
In Evidence, Stephen Moyer (True Blood) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill) both play detectives investigating a massacre involving bus passengers at an abandoned gas station. The titular evidence comes from the various recording devices found at the scene, which the detectives must pore over in order to piece together the sequence of events and find their killer. It sounds like the proper use of a found footage film, where footage is actually found and watched, instead of just presented without context. The film also stars Torrey DeVitto (The Vampire Diaries), Dale Dickey (True Blood), Harry Lennix (Dollhouse), and Nolan Gerard Funk (Glee).
The screenplay was written by newcomer John Swetnam, who wrote and directed the short film Evidence that the feature is based on. Swetnam also has the high school tornado survival film Black Sky in post-production for director Stephen Quale.
Since the movie is pretty much completed, viewers won't have long to wait as Image plans on a theatrical release this summer.


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It is my hope to hang around long enough to benefit from these therapies. So far, so good. But as you point out, tumors are devious bastards, so my current success can disappear at any time.
To start off year #2 of my blog and to kick off the New Year, instead of looking back (I did that with my recent post "World in My Eyes (Favorite Posts of 2015") – I decided to look forward. And look forward in a positive but also provocative and perhaps controversial way.
Making bold predictions in science is often considered a fool's errand. Science is all about exploring the unknown, attempting to do what has never been done before. Those two key aspects of science are why I love it! But those two key aspects are also what often makes predictions very difficult. With one key successful experiment – previously assumed impossibilities can become instantly possible. With one key failed experiment – previously assumed paths forward can become instantly impossible. That is both the excitement and the frustration inherent in science – and what makes accurate predictions so difficult.
But I decided to kick off this New Year by doing exactly that. Making predictions. Making science predictions. If that weren't bold enough, I decided to do it in one of the fastest moving & least predictable fields of science: Cancer Immunotherapies. Unlike Nostradamus I won't be writing in abstruse quatrains where everyone reading can choose to find truth if they so choose. Instead I'll be reasonably specific.
My goal is to lay out where I personally predict & believe the current scientific & translational research of colorectal cancer (CRC) immunotherapies will lead within the next 5- and 10-year time-frames. Keeping in mind that "within" phrasing, I believe some of them may occur sooner than 5 or 10 years.
The Disclaimer
The rest of the post are my sincere, personal beliefs but… they are just that: MY sincere, personal beliefs. I do not speak for anyone else (either literally or implied). In fact there is a huge spectrum of opinion in the scientific world so I don't even necessarily speak for a majority of scientists – I am on the optimistic end of the spectrum. I also (once again unlike Nostradamus claimed) do not have a crystal ball in order to guarantee anything. Since there are so many unknowns in science, you may choose to look at these predictions not as predictions per se but instead as simply my personal hopeful vision of the next decade in experimental CRC immunotherapies. That is your choice but I follow the world of CRC very immunotherapies closely & I honestly do personally believe in these predictions. I am comfortable writing them in public, history will be the judge of their accuracy.
With that said, here I go…
First Some Background
One reason why I and much of the oncology drug discovery field are currently focused on attempts to successfully use the immune system as the "anchor" of the next generation of cancer treatments is because tumors are living organisms. Tumors evolve naturally and evolve in response to treatment through natural selection. So they are a moving and actively evasive target – which is a real problem for traditional drugs which can't change or adapt as their target changes.
That is one reason why most current Stage IV cancer treatments can initially work but eventually fail due to eventual resistance. In contrast to traditional drugs, the immune system is adaptable with multiple parallel components. With immunotherapies activating the immune system, a complex movable tumor target can have a complex movable "drug" i.e. the immune system itself. Tumors can still evolve immune resistance mechanisms (why we have so many cases of cancer even in the presence of immune systems!!) but once an immune system is successfully activated against a cancer, it is hoped that these therapies will not be as prone to resistance generation as traditional drug strategies, at least in some patients.
Of course, the potential power of the immune system against cancer has been conceptually known for over a hundred years. In isolated cases over history, there was noted the correlation between infection (which causes an activated immune system) and cancer regression. Much more completely and famously, this was closely studied by Dr. William Coley who is considered to be the first true pioneer in cancer immunotherapy. In the late 1800's Dr. Coley pioneered the study of intentionally injecting immune activating bacteria into cancer patients to cause an immune response, with the aim to treat cancer. There is an interesting very recent NPR story on the early days of immunotherapy here. At the time (and until recently) there was a significant lack of understanding of the details of the very complicated immune system, although the general concept appears correct. Conception does not automatically equal successful complicated science & therapeutics however. In terms of cancer immunotherapies, I believe the required complicated science & technology is now finally catching up to its >100 year old idea conception. Much of that basic scientific research was thankfully partially funded by the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), which was founded by Dr. Coley's daughter Helen Coley Nauts.
My Prediction: CRC Immunotherapy Progress in the Next <5 Years
My MSI-high CRC <5-year prediction (data still pending!): anti-PD-1 Immunotherapies are already showing preliminary signs of clinical activity in MSI-high CRC patients as I wrote about here. Within <5-years, my prediction is that PD-1 pathway inhibition and the current & impending next round of combination immunotherapy regimens will be confirmed to effectively control disease in many patients (but not all), for a clinically significant amount of time. I predict that the clinical efficacy achieved could be similar to the amazing results currently seen in melanoma patients. I believe this will transform the treatment of MSI-high CRC patients in the relatively near-term. I'm intentionally avoiding any mention of "cure" predictions – I'll leave that impossible prediction for the history books to write about, but that aside, I think we would all cheer for an immune system "controlled disease" without traditional chemo side effects for any amount of time!
My non-MSI-high CRC <5-year prediction (data still pending!): non-MSI CRC is much tougher to treat with immunotherapies. Within <5-years however, I predict tricks will be discovered to achieve immunotherapy response rates in "some" double-digit percentage (XX%) of patients. "Response" being defined as clinically meaningful disease control for a clinically significant amount of time. This is probably the boldest of my predictions but I honestly believe it. This scientific & medical advance is desperately needed by the non-MSI CRC patient population and if it were eventually FDA-approved, it would transform current treatment protocols.
My Prediction: CRC Immunotherapy Progress in the Next <10 Years
My CRC (both MSI-high and non-MSI-high) <10 year prediction: Within a 10 year time-frame, experimental therapies like personalized therapeutic cancer vaccines (whether manufactured or released via something like oncolytic viruses) and personalized T-Cell therapies (similar to the pioneering NCI trial NCT01174121) will steadily become more & more widespread in clinical trials (both via cancer centers and biotech/pharma), opening access to these experimental therapies to an ever larger numbers of patients. Therapeutic cancer vaccines are already showing significant activity in pre-clinical animal models of CRC although it must be stated that activity in animal models often does not necessarily translate into human activity – only clinical trials can prove/disprove that.
The beginning signs of these experimental personalized therapies expanding to more & more patients in clinical trials is already being seen beyond the already mentioned NCI personalized T-Cell trial that I tried to get into (written about here) with e.g. the announcement of a CRC personalized vaccine trial at MD Anderson (NCT02600949). Personalized experimental therapy clinical trials are also beginning to expand into the biotech/pharma world with the (at least initially) non-CRC personalized vaccine trials by BioNTech and also by Neon Therapeutics as well as the (at least initially) non-CRC personalized T-cell therapy strategy announcements of Neon Therapeutics. I believe they are just the first of a larger number of companies/cancer centers to announce clinical trial testing of these personalized strategies in the relatively near future, including for CRC.
Within a <10-year time-frame, I predict the combination of these personalized therapies + modern immunotherapy drugs could significantly boost the % response rate & duration of action in patients. The theory: The vaccine teaches the immune system that the tumors are dangerous & should be removed (or the T-Cell therapy jumps directly into active T-cells) and then modern immunotherapy drug(s) remove the major immunosuppression tricks the tumor tries to use in order to hide from the immune system. If the tumor is hit hard/fast enough – it would hopefully have a lot of trouble trying to mutate a new major trick to evade the immune system in time.
Current bottlenecks are: knowing which tricks an individual patient's tumors are using to evade the immune system, the genetic analysis (e.g. whole exome sequencing) of tumors to determine their personalized mutations and then determining which of these mutations are recognized by the immune system. These bottlenecks are being actively studied by scientists right now, which is where my "<10 year time-frame" is coming from.
The personalized aspect is also currently limited by engineering. You need to roll out sequencing & personalized therapy manufacture to multiple locations, you can't have thousands of cancer patients flying to the NIH for a personalized trial! But the required engineering has gone through technological leaps & bounds the past few years – the problem, like most things engineering, is I believe solvable in a <10-year time-frame, bringing the possibility of personalized therapy (at least in the clinical trial stage) to multiple locations nationwide.
Taken All-Together
As I mentioned, history will be the judge of my accuracy. Although bold & optimistic – as a scientist I am comfortable making these predictions as just that, current predictions (not promises) – as a patient & an advocate I am filled with Hope that they will come true. Hopeful for my CRC friends, hopeful for the entire CRC community & hopeful for myself.
We need this cavalry to arrive and I honestly believe I hear hoofs stomping not too far in the distance.
It is my hope to hang around long enough to benefit from these therapies. So far, so good. But as you point out, tumors are devious bastards, so my current success can disappear at any time.
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My paintings and drawings suggest a quite particular look on the world about us. My inspiration comes from the daily life, which I divert cheerfully in order to better escape from it.
I come from a generation which had the street as playground. With the advantages and the inconvenients, certainly, but this times remain to me a source of inspiration, popular and sincere at the same time.
Ideas for future paintings rise day and night from my books of sketches. By the way, it is not rare to meet me with a notebook in the hand. It's like a laboratory that gives birth to ideas for my future creations which will take shape on a painting or not.
Most of the time, my paintings are tinted with bright colors and subtle humor with as cornerstone a message, a certain sensitivity and sometimes a link to childhood.
I also like to give sense to what I paint, and above all I paint what I like. This approach may seem selfish but it gives me a total freedom in my art. I want to shirk at any price this idea of « decoration painting ».
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Marvel Heads Back to the FUTURE IMPERFECT in Summer 2015
After taking a day off Tuesday (in deference to Marvel Studios' Phase 3 event?), Marvel is back with a new (presumed) Secret Wars teaser, this one debuting at Comics Alliance.
Future Imperfect, based on Peter David's 1992-1993 Hulk limited series, is the new one, and the third "Summer 2015" featuring the Hulk prominently. This particular event makes it even easier to tie this all to Secret Wars, as it is all about a possible future, time-travel leading to an alternate reality - the stuff the mega-event is apparently made of.
Future Imperfect starred the Maestro, a villainous alternate future version of the Hulk that debuted in David's The Incredible Hulk #401 in 1991. The stronger, and slightly crazier version quickly became a fan favorite, making fresh appearances every few years as a repeat antagonist to Hulk and others.
Previous 'Summer 2015' teasers have included call backs to Civil War, Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies, X-Men: Years of Future Past, Planet Hulk, Armor Wars, House of M, Infinity Gauntlet and Old Man Logan, Age of Apocalypse and the new stories Inhumans: Attilan Rising and the End of the Ultimate Universe .