text: January 31, 2012 Washington, DC Purpose | Objectives | Agenda Dr. David Goldman Dr. David Goldman is currently the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Public Health Science at the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). He was formerly Director of the Human Health Sciences Division at FSIS. He is a family practice and preventive medicine/public health physician, and a member of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, assigned to FSIS since February 2002. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1979, a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Virginia in 1988, and his Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Washington in 1996. He spent 10 years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, in both family practice and preventive medicine. He then spent 3 ½ years at the Virginia Department of Health, first as a District Health Director, then briefly as the Deputy State Epidemiologist, before joining the Public Health Service and FSIS. Jeff Farrar, DVM, PhD, MPH Dr. Farrar is the Associate Commissioner for Food Protection in the FDA where he oversees and coordinates various efforts in the Office of Foods. Dr. Farrar was previously the Branch Chief of the Food and Drug Branch in the California Department of Public Health where he led a large, diverse state food, drug, and medical device regulatory program. Dr. Farrar graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in 1981 and received his Master of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota in 1983 and his PhD in epidemiology from the University of California-Davis in 1998. Dr. Farrar completed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service two-year training program in 1985. Dr. Farrar lead numerous environmental investigations of foodborne outbreaks in California including salmonellosis associated with eggs, sprouts, and cantaloupe, E. coli O157 illnesses from leafy greens, unpasteurized apple juice and sprouts, and cyclosporiasis from berries. He has worked closely with numerous industries and agencies to develop preventive guidelines for safe food production and has co-authored numerous scientific publications. Dr. Christopher Braden Dr. Christopher Braden is a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. He currently serves as the Director, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases. Previously, Dr. Braden has served as the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Parasitic Diseases, and Chief, Outbreak Response and Surveillance within the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases. Dr. Braden also served as a medical epidemiologist in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Dr. Braden earned his BS at Cornell University and MD at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine then fellowship in infectious diseases at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He went onto become an Epidemic Intelligence Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1993. He is a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, a member of the American Society for Microbiology, and an associate editor for the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. His major areas of interest include molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases, infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigation, and national programs in food and water safety. Kara Morgan, PhD Dr. Kara Morgan is the Director of Public Health Measurement and Analysis Staff in the Office of Planning at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Morgan's work focuses on developing and evaluating data-driven decision support for effective risk management decisions. Neal Golden, PhD Dr. Golden is a senior risk analyst in the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Office of Public Health Science, and has served for the past 10 years. He graduated from Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts with his PhD on Campylobacter virulence. He currently leads the Salmonella and Campylobacter workgroup that develops, coordinates and manages polices to reduce these pathogens in FSIS regulated foods. He has also been involved in several risk assessment projects, including Campylobacter on poultry, Salmonella in eggs and chicken, Clostridium perfringens in RTE meat and poultry, and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in poultry and eggs. Antonio Vieira, DVM, MPH, PhD Antonio Vieira, DVM, MPH, PhD is a doctoral epidemiologist responsible for the conduct of analytic studies of source attribution. Antonio received his DVM degree from the Universidade de Santa Maria, in Brazil, a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Georgia, and his PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Antonio worked with foodborne disease surveillance and source attribution models and methods at the Danish National Food Institute before joining the Outbreak Surveillance and Analytics Team, of the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dana Cole, DVM, PhD Dana Cole, DVM, PhD, is a large animal veterinarian and doctoral epidemiologist responsible for the direction of the Outbreak Surveillance and Analytics Team within the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dana oversees the data collection and quality assurance for the Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System as well as the online tool for accessing outbreak data. She also leads work to conduct analytic studies of the source attribution of foodborne diseases to specific food commodities and settings. Dana has worked in Georgia Division of Public Health and the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine before coming to CDC. Dana Pitts, MPH Dana Pitts, MPH, leads scientific communications for the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dana came to CDC as a policy analyst in the Center for Global Health and later led communications for CDC's Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response. She began her career as a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State and has worked for over 20 years building strategic communications in a variety of fields and settings, including academia and private industry. Dana completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in policy and management. Mike Hoekstra, PhD Mike Hoekstra is a mathematical statistician in the Biostatistics and Information Management Office of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has served as primary statistical consultant for the Division for the last 12 years. Mickey Parish, PhD Since 2009, Mickey Parish has served as the Senior Advisor for Microbiology in the FDA/CFSAN Office for Food Safety. Prior to coming to FDA, Dr. Parish was Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Maryland between 2005 and 2009, and was Professor of Food Microbiology at the University of Florida from 1986 to 2005. His research expertise is related to the processing of foods, especially juices, beverages and produce, for control of microorganisms. Michael Batz Michael Batz is a researcher and head of food safety programs for the Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) at the University of Florida. Prior to joining UF, he worked on food safety issues while at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and at Resources for the Future, a Washington DC-based non-profit research institute. Mr. Batz has a BS and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Paul Cieslak Dr. Paul Cieslak graduated from The Ohio State University College of medicine. He trained in internal medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle and then completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at Washington University in St. Louis, with his research focused on amebiasis. During 1992-1994 he worked as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. While there, he investigated outbreaks of E. coli O157 infection, salmonellosis, shigellosis, cholera, and botulism; and he also researched the association between reptiles and infection with certain serotypes of Salmonella. Since 1995 he has managed the Communicable Disease epidemiology section for the Oregon Public Health Division and served as Principal Investigator for Oregon's FoodNet program. He chairs the FoodNet Attributions Work Group. Dr. Barbara Kowalcyk Dr. Barbara Kowalcyk, an internationally respected expert in food safety and foodborne illness, is the CEO of the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention. With degrees in epidemiology and biostatistics, Dr. Kowalcyk brings a strong analytic background to the numerous government committees she has served on, including two National Academy of Science committees and the current CDC Board of Scientific Counselors Surveillance Working Group. Kowalcyk also has faculty appointments at both N.C. State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Joan Menke-Schaenzer Chief Global Quality Officer, ConAgra Foods, Omaha, NE Joan Menke-Schaenzer joined ConAgra Foods in May 2007 as Global Chief Quality Officer. Joan leads programs to create a world class foundation for quality and food safety through the standardization of best practices throughout ConAgra. Prior to joining ConAgra Foods, Joan was vice president of Food Safety and Defense at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in Bentonville, Arkansas. Joan led the creation of worldwide quality, food safety and food defense programs and standards, all designed to protect the public while mitigating risks to Wal-Mart and its brands. She was responsible for food safety in 3000 stores and 200 clubs worldwide. Joan was with Kraft Foods, Inc., in Northfield, Illinois for 20 years. She last served as vice president of Kraft Foods North America Quality and Food Safety. During her tenure at Kraft, her accomplishments included leading the development of worldwide quality and food safety programs and policies through the Phillip Morris Worldwide Quality Council and the development of the company's crisis management/quick response team.


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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Catching up with people
Some do. But most seem like they are still floating around like they're in their early twenties. Changing careers or working ridiculously hard at some worthless one, having been seeing someone for a year or so, look how drunk I got at some party, and that sort of thing. As a generation, we just don't seem to be able to settle. By my age, we're meant to be completely settled. We're the older generation. Sad but true. At least for me. And yet, we're really lagging behind.
Does it matter?
Yeah, I think it does. Because you only have to look at older people to know that old age creeps up very, very slow and then strikes fast. And one day we're going to wake up and we'll be old. We'll have trouble getting out of bed. It will take several hours to walk to the shops. We'll bitch about just about everything we see on television. We'll tell the young just how dangerous the world is and maybe even collect newspaper cuttings of horrendous stories to prove our point.
And we'll realise we're old.
And we skipped a whole stage of life. Probably a very good stage.
I wonder why that is? Why it's like that now?
I think I blame the corporate world, advertising and chick flicks. Yeah, that's a long topic in itself but I think we're focusing too much on this career thing for stuff we're constantly told we should have. A life we all deserve that is little more than a materialistic fantasy. And, on the relationship side (and this is where chick flicks come in), we're taught to expect some stupidly romantic happy ending that only occurs because you can end a movie at a very fixed point. Cut six months later from the end of any chick flick and you'll find something a little more like real life. Our stories don't end at that moment of connection. And it's rarely perfect.
But, whatever the reason, this generation, my generation, is very slow to grow up. And, even coming from someone who lives in a world of cartoons, games, toys and complete fantasy, I don't actually think that's a good thing.
8 comments:
- Andy Latham said...
You know, I can't stand Facebook. It is simply a place where people can record and display "how drunk they get". It serves no real social purpose other than showing off how popular you are. That to me is at the crux of the problem with the current generation. We're in the "it's all about me" generation. I'm technically within that generation, but thankfully I have not been sucked into it.
As bad as World War 2 was, I can't help but dream of what it was like when people actually gave a crap about each other. They had to. Soldiers died for each other, people went out of their way to help strangers. What happened to make things like they are today? What made people suddenly want to spend all of their time taking photos of themselves in the mirror to post on Facebook or MySpace or Bebo or whatever? We're devolving back to animals - the only thing that matters is popularity and attractiveness. Call me old-fashioned but I think humans can be better than that.
- November 5, 2009 at 12:42 PM
- Red Pill Junkie said...
Agreed with Andy. And the worst problem is, we *are* in the middle of a war for our very survival, just like in WWII; but this time nobody gives a shit.
The war is against our destructive habits that are ruining the planet. But by the time everyone agrees we need to do something, it'll be too late.
- November 5, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- Red Pill Junkie said...
[After going to the loo and clearing my *ahem* head, I thought of other things to add up]:
It also occurs to me that the reason our generation is acting like aged teenagers, it's because when our fathers were our age the expectancy of life was roughly 60 years. Nowadays it's closer to 75 (in developed countries anyway); so I think that in the back of everyone's head we are all expecting to live at least to be 150 or something! We see celebrities like Madonna who are (despite their ghoul-like arms) in terrific shape for their age; we hear nerds like Ray Kurzweill tell us that immortality will be a reality in 20 years; and so we say to ourselves "all right! I can then afford to just kick back and stay in the party for a few decades more."
There's only one problem with this idea: I do believe we'll see amazing developments in increasing the lifespan of human life... but those will be only available for an elite of super-rich; the same elite who will take their holidays on space hotels and have their own private tropical island, while the rest of us "grubs" will might even see a decline in our life expectancy, due to all the junk in our air, water and food supply :-/
- November 5, 2009 at 6:31 PM
- Andy Latham said...
By the way Bitter, you're into your DS aren't you? Do you have DSi? I just got one and there's a fantastic little app on it called "Flipnote" which you can use to make little hand-drawn animations. For such a simple (and free) piece of software, it's incredibly versatile. Even Aardman has been using it!
Some of my little bits:
(Don't expect anything too amazing though lol)
- November 8, 2009 at 9:43 PM
- Bitter Animator said...
I haven't used that before, Andy, and I have a DSi so I must get it. I had actually heard of it but had no idea you could export anything or do good stuff with it. I love your little animations!
I'll get it this evening and see what I can do.
- November 9, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Andy Latham said...
Great stuff :) I can't wait to see what you do with it.
Have a look at what Aardman have done:
- November 9, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Bitter Animator said...
Those are amazing. I am so going to try that.
- November 9, 2009 at 2:08 PM
- Martin Gamache said...
What do you mean, your generation? What age are you?
- January 5, 2010 at 4:16 AM

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Ijana Nathaniel started her youth organization, Dare 2 Dream Leaders (D2D), in two East Flatbush schools last June. The non-profit venture was so successful, Nathaniel said, she now has her sights set on expanding the community-building program to schools across the city as well.
I.S. 240 and Erasmus High School adopted the program last year. It connects young people between the ages of 11 and 18 with volunteer, internship and career building opportunities.
Nathaniel, a 30-year-old coordinator at the YWCA of Brooklyn and City Tech graduate, said she was inspired to give back after losing her older brother to street violence in 2003.
"I felt that the street raised him [and] I wanted to be a part of the solution," she said. "I wanted to show teens that there is something more out there."
But it wasn't until after she graduated from college that Nathaniel started planning for the organization during lunch breaks, after work and on weekends. D2D was finally launched last year, and quickly gained traction with students and parents in East Flatbush.
Nathaniel's biggest success was the Career Day she sponsored at I.S. 240, where students mapped out their dreams on "vision boards" and explored ways to realize their goals.
With one year under her belt, Nathaniel said she's focused on finding funding in order to expand her services. When donors are scarce and she gets disheartened, Nathaniel said she thinks of her late mother, who taught her never to lose hope.
"My mom was a very strong, independent woman who always told me I could do and be whatever I wanted to be," she said. "She also taught me that if I wanted something I had to earn it."
So far, she's done just that. And if D2D spreads to other boroughs, Nathaniel said she'll follow her ultimate goal of opening a charter school called Dare 2 Dream Leadership Academy. Given her drive, that could happen sooner rather than later.


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Tottenham's Son Heung-min will not be suspended for the challenge which led to a serious injury for Everton's André Gomes after his red card was overturned.
The South Korean forward left the field in tears when he was sent off during 1-1 draw after the challenge left Portuguese midfielder Gomes with a broken and dislocated ankle.
Tottenham appealed the decision to send off Son, who was facing a three-game ban for serious foul play. The English Football Association says "an independent Regulatory Commission upheld a claim of wrongful dismissal."
Son has traveled with Tottenham's squad for Wednesday's Champions League game at Red Star Belgrade, while striker Harry Kane also returns after missing the Everton game with a virus.
New Zealand edged closer to an unexpected victory over top-ranked India in the ICC Test Championship when it drove home the advantage of 183-run first-innings lead on the third day of the first test.
India has won its first seven matches in the championship but its unbeaten record hangs in the balance after it ended the day at 144-4, still 39 runs behind New Zealand with only six-second innings wickets in hand.
Ajinkya Rahane was 25 and Hanuma Vihari 15 at stumps which were drawn unusually late at 7.30 pm local time Sunday with long shadows draped across the Basin Reserve. But the strength of India's batting was in the pavilion as it attempts to overcome a substantial first-innings deficit.
New Zealand gained the upper hand when it replied with 348 to India's first innings of 165. It began the day only 51 runs ahead at 216-5 but solidified its position when its last three wickets produced 123 runs.
Colin de Grandhomme (43) and Kyle Jamieson (44) put on 71 for the eighth wicket, then Trent Boult smashed 38 at No. 11 to substantially increase New Zealand's lead.
Boult then contributed with the ball, finishing with 3-27 as he dismissed Prithvi Shaw (14), Cheteshwar Pujar (11) and captain Virat Kohli (19) to strengthen New Zealand's position.
"Having them 39 runs behind and four down is a good position," Boult said. "I think all in all a good day and some good cricket played.
"I managed to get a few runs to extend the lead a little bit and it was nice to contribute a bit with the ball. It's turning into a very good wicket and if we can remain very aggressive with the ball, look to be as intimidating as we can and take a couple more wickets then who knows what's possible."
India struggled throughout the day Sunday to cope with unaccustomed conditions. Heavy overnight rain made the playing field damp at the start of the day and the Indian players froze in a cold southerly breeze.
When the sun came out and the day warmed, the pitch hardened and altered in character and the Indian players struggled to cope with the constant changes the conditions demanded.
Opener Mayank Argawal posted his fourth half-century in tests in an effort to anchor the India innings but he was out for 58 and while others batted for long periods, they did little to reduce the deficit.
Cheteshwar Pujara faced 81 balls for 11 runs and even Kohli labored for 43 deliveries for his 19 before he was caught by wicketkeeper B.J. Watling off Boult.
Earlier, Colin de Grandhomme and Kyle Jamieson put on 71 for the eighth wicket and Boult hit 38 from 24 balls as New Zealand's tail wagged to expand its first-innings lead.
New Zealand resumed Sunday at 216-5, just 51 runs ahead and lost wicketkeeper B.J. Watling (14) to the first ball of the day. Tim Southee (6) was out soon after as New Zealand, at 225-7, risked falling short of the lead it wanted after bowling out India for 165.
De Grandhomme made 43 and Jamieson 44 to swing the match back in New Zealand's favor. Jamieson continued a dream debut after taking 4-39 in India's first innings.
Boult blasted 38 from 24 balls at No. 11 to swell New Zealand's lead and increase the pressure on India when it came to batting.
"I think we talk in the lower order and anything we can contribute is always handy," Boult said. "We do take pride in adding to the total and that was nice to do so today."
Pakistan is making former West Indies captain Darren Sammy an honorary citizen for his role in restoring international cricket to the country.
Pakistan will also give Sammy its highest civilian award - Nishan-e-Pakistan - the Pakistan Cricket Board tweeted Saturday.
Sammy will be honored by Pakistan President Arif Alvi in a ceremony on March 23, a national holiday known as Pakistan Day.
Sammy is seen as having played a major role as a foreign player in helping the PCB bring international cricket back to Pakistan, following an attack by gunmen on the Sri Lanka team bus in 2009.
Sammy has been leading Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League since the domestic Twenty20 tournament began in 2016.
Peshawar won the second edition of the PSL in Lahore in 2017. It was the first time that the PCB had organized a PSL game in Pakistan after the first edition and all the second edition — except the final — were played in the United Arab Emirates.
Sammy is currently leading Peshawar in the fifth edition of the PSL. The tournament is being played in its entirety for the first time in Pakistan.
The former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris has praised the Indian pacer Ishant Sharma for his heroics against the Kiwis. The 31-year-old experienced bowler, who sustained an ankle injury during a Ranji Trophy game last month, kept India in the competition by taking five crucial wickets against the hosts.
While lauding the efforts of Ishant Sharma for his side, Styris said that he is a terrific performer who has the ability to bowl consistently. He also stated that the lanky pacer doesn't get the respect he deserves.
"He perhaps doesn't get the respect he deserves. Those are phenomenal numbers. He is a terrific performer. His ability to consistently bowl in one area is great. He is right in the face of the batsmen and you can see the rewards are slowly coming."
Earlier, Ishant was not feeling good during the game.
"I am not happy because I have not slept for two days and I was struggling a lot today (with my body). The way I would have liked to bowl, it did not happen. They asked me to play and I played. Anything, for the team."
The hullabaloo over the state visit of American President Donald Trump has found uncommon quarters. The question is not so much about hosting the President of the United States as much as it is about the location and occasion.
One of the important state visits is awaited over the weekend. As part of that honor, Trump has been invited by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the newly built, 100,000 capacity Motera cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
While it is obvious that Modi who hails from Gujarat would want to promote his own state and that too with a huge Gujarati diaspora settled in the USA, what makes this somewhat baffling is why an American President would be invited to inaugurate a renovated cricket stadium when cricket is not a popular sport and their team largely features Indian ex-pats.
While it would seem that Modi's show of popularity in Houston was only touted in India and not even mentioned by Trump amongst the many foreign dignitaries he met in later public conferences, Modi wants to show size matters.
While Trump claims millions of people showing up has been promised by Modi, the stadium has been adapted to host 100,000 spectators. Even the stadium renovation was rushed in time for Trump's visit.
It would appear that the cricket stadium's unveiling of a first look is being used for purposes other than cricket and that too by political heads of state who do not really follow the game anyway.
Even the remote idea that Trump's presence at a cricket stadium will raise the profile of the sport abroad is a far-fetched idea if ever there was one.
It would have been better and more pertinent had Modi invited illustrious cricketers and made a big show about the revamped stadium in his state rather than invited a dignitary who does not even plausibly know much about the game's existence let alone understand the game or the location.
Mumbai Indians will kick-start the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League as defending champions. Rohit Sharma-led team successfully lifted the prestigious IPL title fourth time in the nerve-wracking finale of IPL 2019 against Chennai Super Kings. In the 13th edition also, they are looking forward to maintaining their dominance in the league. MI have a pretty good set of batsmen who can add strength to the squad for the next season. Let's take a look at five brilliant batsmen who can win matches for Mumbai Indian in IPL 2020:
Rohit Sharma
When it comes to the Indian Premier League, Rohit Sharma is not just a name, he is a brand for Mumbai Indians supporters across the globe. With his power-hitting skills and brilliant leadership qualities, Mumbai outfit has managed to lift the prestigious IPL trophy four times (in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019). Rohit is one of those rare cricketers who has contributed a lot to the success of IPL. The Hitman is the most important cog in MI's wheel who guided his side to the fifth IPL finale that too against the arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Rohit has scored 4898 runs in 188 IPL games at an average of 31.60 and a strike rate of 130.82 so far.
Hardik Pandya
In the upcoming edition of IPL, all eyes will be on the top all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who is going to make a comeback on the field after a long gap. Pandya had a dream run for Mumbai in IPL 2019 as he played exceptionally well with the bat and ball. His role was instrumental in Mumbai Indians' title win in the grand finale last year. If we take Pandya's batting performance into account, he smashed 402 runs in 16 games last year. On the other hand, in the bowling department, he picked up 14 wickets at an economy rate of 9.17. The 26-year-old stylish cricketer is now sweating hard to replicate his last year's form in the upcoming edition after painful back surgery.
Quinton de Kock
South African batsman Quinton de Kock, who opened the batting line-up with Rohit Sharma in the 12th edition of IPL, had a sensational stint with the four-time winners so far. He accumulated 529 runs at an average of 35.26 and a strike rate of 131.28 last year. Not only this, he was equally good behind the stumps. The dashing cricketer has been in a red-hot form for his national side in the last couple of years. He was rewarded with the captain's armband in the limited-overs formats after Faf du Plessis stepped down as Proteas skipper. There is no doubt that Quinton will surely be the one to watch out for the Mumbai Indians.
Chris Lynn
Mumbai Indians bought some good players in the auction process and Chris Lynn was one of them. Interestingly, the Australian batsman was the biggest acquisition for MI in the process. He was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders during the trade window and was subsequently snapped by the Mumbai outfit for Rs. 2 crores. In 41 games, Lynn has scored 1280 runs in one of the best T20 leagues across the globe. The 29-year-old right-hander, who has a strike rate of 140.65 and an average of 33.68, has the ability to play big shots in different conditions.
Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav has been sensational for Mumbai Indians since he joined them in 2018. The right-hander, who was used to play for Kolkata Knight Riders, was given the responsibility to open the batting line-up for Mumbai India in 2018. Despite being new to the role, Yadav did exceptionally well, scoring 512 runs in 14 games that season. Suryakumar can switch gears easily and could even play patiently whenever the situation demands.
Having picked up three wickets in the first innings of New Zealand, it was expected that Ishant Sharma would be happy at the end of the day. However, Ishant has said that he was not feeling good at all and that it was only for the team that he agreed to be in the playing eleven.
"I am not happy because I have not slept for two days and I was struggling a lot today (with my body). The way I would have liked to bowl, it did not happen. They asked me to play and I played. Anything, for the team," Ishant Sharma, who has the experience of playing 96 Tests under his hat, was quoted as saying by India TV.
The pacer was content by his bowling display but he was not happy with the amount of sleep that his body has received since his arrival in New Zealand.
"Not that I wasn't happy with my bowling. I wasn't happy with my body as I could only sleep for 40 minutes last night and day before the Test match, I slept for three hours," said Ishant on his battle with the 'jet lag'.
Ishant was rushed to New Zealand after recovering from a ligament.
Ajinkya Rahane, for the first time, has achieved a dubious feat, of getting involved in run-out for the in his Test career. In the morning session of day two, Rahane was involved in a horrible mix-up with young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant.
Prior to this, India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane wasn't involved in a single run-out in his Test career.
Rahane blocked a ball and stormed towards the non-strikers' end for a single. In reply, Pant went ahead but halted mid-way seeing the fielder, Ajaz Patel running towards the strikers' end quickly. Eventually, the 22-year-old decided to sacrifice his wicket as a result of the confusion in the middle and departed for 19.
From 132 for 5, India were then bundled out for a paltry 165. It was also the first instance after the Jamaica Test versus West Indies in August 2019 that India were bowled out in an innings.
As a result of the mix-up, Rahane got involved in his first-ever run-out in his Test career. While Rahane top-scored with 46, Pant's miserable run of form continued, as he got out for 19. If India want to remain in the two-match Test series opener, they need to strike regularly.
Delhi Capitals did pretty well in the last edition of the Indian Premier League. After changing their name, they made it to the knockout stage for the first time in the last few years. Under their skipper, Shreyas Iyer, Capitals are looking forward to land their first IPL trophy in the upcoming season. Let's take a look at five batsmen, who can lead their team to IPL glory.
Marcus Stoinis
He was the best batsman in the last edition of the Big Bash League and was rewarded with the best player award for his heroics. In BBL, Stoinis scored 705 runs at a strike rate of 136.63 and an average of 54.23. In IPL though, Stoinis has not been able to leave his mark so far. He has had a decent outing though, having scored 473 runs from 29 matches. But apart from his one performance, where he took 4/15 against Mumbai Indians, playing for Kings XI Punjab, the Western Australia player has not lived up to the hype. However, his track record in the shortest format is worth applauding. With 2430 runs and 62 wickets in 114 T20 matches, Stoinis has proved to be a genuine all-rounder.
Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant has been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Lack of form, injuries and whatnot. It hasn't been a good year for Pant so far. But as soon as the IPL arises, Rishabh Pant is like 'Cometh the hour, cometh the man'. He can turn the tide in his favor. He is one batsman who has been mastering the league like no one else. Over the past four seasons, Pant has scored 1736 runs in 54 matches with a phenomenal strike rate of 162.69 and a decent average of 36.16. Although at the international level, Pant has not been able to replicate his IPL form and that has been a reason of worry for the national team. But we are talking about IPL and over here, he rules the roost. He has an array of shots in his kitty that are destructive, to say the least.
Shreyas Iyer
Captain charismatic comes at number three on the list. Mostly because he hasn't made as much of an impact as Pant in the IPL. But boy he is in some form in the International circuit! In his last 10 matches, the Mumbaikar has scored 421 runs at a whopping average of 60.142. Not only that, but he was also India's leading run-scorer in the recently concluded ODI series in New Zealand. In the Indian Premier League, Iyer has done quite well. In 62 matches, Iyer has scored 1681 runs at an average of 30.56 and a somewhat modest strike rate of 126.96. But since May last year, Iyer has performed exceedingly well. In 2019-20, Iyer scored 334 runs in 15 innings at an average of 33.4 and a strike rate that dwells between 135 and 140.
Jason Roy
Along with Stoinis, another foreigner, who has performed well and has made himself a playing XI permanent is- Jason Roy. Since the 2019 World Cup itself, Roy has been in supreme touch. Although, he did not go through a good patch in Mzansi Premier League and missed the New Zealand T20I series. Since his return to the national side against South Africa, earlier this month, Roy has performed well for the Three Lions, both in the ODIs and in the T20Is. Roy has scored 5977 runs in 232 innings in his T20 career and has played all around the world.
Prithvi Shaw
Prithvi Shaw scored runs in the Ranji Trophy and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In the domestic T20, Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Shaw made 240 runs from five matches at a strike rate of 170 and. He also played quite well even for the India A team, before getting a call for the national side's 50 over travails in New Zealand. Although he failed to convert the starts he got in New Zealand, but Shaw can never be kept out of a match especially in a T20 game on Indian pitches. He has played a few superb Knocks in IPL. Overall, Shaw has scored 598 runs in 25 matches at a prolific strike rate of 141.03.
Eight matches, 182 runs at an average of 22.75 with a best of 51. These are not numbers you generally associate with the run-machine named Virat Kohli. But, these are the actual stats of the Indian captain on the tour of New Zealand, updated till his dismissal in the first innings of the Wellington Test. To be more precise, Kohli's numbers in New Zealand read 45, 11, 38, 11 in the four T20Is he played, 51, 15 and 9 in the three ODIs as India were whitewashed, and 2 in the first innings of the Wellington. Kohli has now gone without a hundred in 19 international innings, his worst batting run since February-October 2014, when he went century-less for 25 innings.
It is not that Kohli was in poor form before heading on the plane to New Zealand. In fact, he had notched up 78 and 89 at Rajkot and Bengaluru respectively as India got the better of Australia 2-1 in the ODIs at home. His last international hundred though came against Bangladesh during the historic Day-Night Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. What is it then that's going wrong with the Indian captain in New Zealand?
Mental fatigue or law of averages?
Before the start of the Wellington Test, Kohli revealed during an interaction with the media that he wants to play all formats of the game for the next three years, after which he will make a decision on his future plans. At the same time, he also admitted that the constant flow of matches and incessant traveling is taking a toll on him. Remember India arrived in New Zealand just a few hours after their victory over Australia at Bengaluru. And, there won't be a big gap between South Africa's three ODI-tour of India and the IPL.
Perhaps, the tight cricketing schedule has affected Kohli's powers of concentration in New Zealand, a place where the slightest mistake can cost the batsman his wicket considering the challenging conditions. It is not as if Kohli has looked out of form. In fact, he has got himself in a number of times but has found ways to get himself out. Then, there is also the small matter of luck and law of averages. Since the horrific 2014 tour of England, Kohli has had an unbelievably consistent run across formats. Somewhere down the line, to prove that Kohli is only human after all, there was bound to be a lull period.
Tied down by smart Kiwi bowlers
While the above-mentioned points hold very much true, credit must also be given to New Zealand bowlers for doing their homework very adeptly against Kohli. The Kiwis knew that if Kohli does well, India would invariably succeed especially in the shorter formats. And, his failure in the ODIs coinciding with India being whitewashed 0-3 reiterated how heavily the team still depends on their skipper to deliver in the 50-over format.
The New Zealand bowlers did very well not to give Kohli much room to free his arms. Once he gets into his groove, it is very difficult to stop Kohli. But, the Kiwi bowlers ensured the Indian captain was back in the hut before that phase. If one analysis the 31-year-old's dismissals in the three ODIs, Ish Sodhi, breached Kohli's defense at Hamilton, preying on the Indian captain's weakness against leg-spin bowling. In the second ODI at Auckland, Tim Southee tested Kohli with tight lines, and eventually broke through. At Mount Maunganui, Kohli did not look in any sort of rhythm.
Kohli's dismissal in the first innings of the Wellington Test, fishing outside the off-stump, was a failed attempt at trying to break free and had shades of England 2014. Of course, neither Kohli nor India should not be worried about the captain's mini-slump. However, the Indian skipper still has time to make a difference. Unlike the ODIs, Kohli knows Tests are relevant and will be keen to set the wrongs right.
Following the ongoing Ranji Trophy quarterfinals one cannot escape the metamorphosis that has taken place in India's premier domestic cricket tournament. The quarterfinalists are Gujarat, Bengal, Karnataka, Saurashtra, Andhra, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha and Goa. A few years ago this sort of line-up could not have been envisaged. There is only one heavyweight remaining in Karnataka which has won the trophy eight times. The teams eliminated at the league stage include Mumbai (41 times champion), Delhi (8 times champions), Baroda (5 times champion), Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Railways and Rajasthan who have won the trophy twice each, Vidarbha who have won the title the last two years and winners of the trophy once in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Even after conceding the fact that the Ranji Trophy is now an open field and the days of the heavyweight teams dominating could well be a thing of the past the kind of scenario that has been seen in this year's competition is quite extraordinary.
This is not just reflected in the teams making the last eight but also in the stats of the season. For example, the highest run-getter is Rahul Dalal of Arunachal Pradesh with a tally of 1340 at an average of 95.71 with four hundreds and five half-centuries and a highest score of 267 not out. The three who follow Dalal in the list are from Mizoram, Meghalaya and Puducherry. All with over 900 runs each. Batsmen from Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Goa and Nagaland find a place in the top ten with only one player from a heavyweight team – Sarfaraz Khan of Mumbai – breaking the monopoly. When it comes to the highest scores notched up in this year's championship five of the top ten are from Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Goa with Taruwar Kohli of Mizoram leading the way with 307 not out.
It's the same story when it comes to bowling. Going into the quarterfinals Sanjay Yadav of Meghalaya is the leading wicket-taker with 55 wickets from nine matches at an average of 12.65. Again in the top ten bowlers from Services, Puducherry, Tripura and Sikkim dominate. Sanjay Yadav has notched up the season's best innings figures of nine for 52. While Karnataka's K Gowtham has the best match figures of 14 for 170, Imliwati Lemtur of Nagaland and Sanjay Yadav are close behind with a match haul of 13 wickets.
One does not know whether any of these players will come even close to donning an India cap but then at the start of the new millennium could anyone have expected a player from Jharkhand to emerge as a true legend of Indian cricket? In any case, it is heartening to know that players from literally every nook and corner of the country are performing admirably and helping their team's cause. One hopes that some of them are rewarded with representation at a higher level or land an IPL contract.
Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal, who was suspended by the anti-corruption unit of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for breaching the code of conduct, has admitted that he was in touch with a bookie and he failed to report to the PCB.
Reports surfaced in a Pakistani news channel, Geo News that he accepted charges leveled against him, once damning evidence was provided by the anti-corruption unit of the PCB. On Thursday night, the board had intercepted a call that Umar Akmal had made to the bookies.
Senior sports journalist Abdul Majid Bhatti said that the cricketing body possessed the records of an intercepted phone call between Akmal and the bookies. The anti-corruption cell of the PCB was monitoring the suspicious calls for four full days before finally deciding to take the matter to the chairman, Ehsan Mani, just a night before the start of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
The anti-corruption unit has also confiscated the cell phone of Umar Akmal. Earlier, PCB had banned Umar Akmal from taking part in any cricket-related activity before the investigation against him is completed.
Meanwhile, Quetta Gladiators have named Anwar Ali as his replacement.
Former Sri Lanka cricketer and the current President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Kumar Sangakkara has said that Babar Azam has improved leaps and bounds and there should no comparisons made between him and the young Pakistani batter.
"I think Babar Azam has already surpassed me in many ways. His aim should be to become Babar Azam, The best Babar Azam possible," Sangakkara was quoted as saying in an interview with Cricket Pakistan.
Sangakkara is in Pakistan as a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which toured the tension marred nation recently. Babar is taking long strides in the world of cricket and the great Sri Lankan also agrees to it.
"I have watched Babar Azam for a long time. I actually played with him for Karachi Kings. He is an exceptional player, one of the best in the world, in terms of Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, and Joe Root. He seems to adapt to every format very easily, he is a very special player," added Sanga.
Babar is currently the ICC's number-one T20I batsman and also features in the top five of the Test and ODI rankings. He is now plying his trade for the Karachi Kings in the 2020 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Australian spinner Ashton Agar stole the show for his side in the first T20I against South Africa on Friday. The 26-year-old left-arm bowler scalped five wickets at the Wanderers Stadium in Gauteng Province. In the match, Agar also took a hat-trick against the hosts and became the second Australian bowler to achieve the feat in the shortest format of the game.
After his five-wicket haul, Agar revealed the name of his favorite cricketer in the world. The Aussie said that he wants to play like the Indian player Ravindra Jadeja. While calling him a rockstar, Agar also stated that Jadeja spins the ball very well and take the field with full confidence.
"I had a wonderful chat with Ravindra Jadeja after the India series. He's my favorite player in the world - I want to play cricket as he does. He's an absolute rockstar: smacks them, gun fielder, and spins the ball. But it's just his presence when he's out there, watching his confidence.. just talking to him about spin bowling, keep trying to spin the ball. When he's batting he has a really positive attitude and he takes that attitude into the field as well."
Aussies will now take on the Proteas in the second T20I which is scheduled to take place at the St George's Oval on February 23.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to allow Virat Kohli to play for Asia XI against World XI. The upcoming two matches will be played between March 18 to 22 to celebrate the birth centenary of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Asia XI and World XI teams are yet to be confirmed for the two games but BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said he is in constant touch with BCCI.
"We are still working on the scheduling and the players' availability for the games and will make the announcement soon. We are in constant touch with the BCCI over the availability of the Indian players," Chowdhury told PTI.
Asked about the Indian players' availability for the matches, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said: "We have not yet finalized the names. We can send four to five players."
There's also a plan that the two-match affair might be extended to three, with the final match being played in Ahmedabad, which could well turn out to be the inaugural match for renovated Motera.
"The third game is proposed at the renovated stadium, the Board is considering BCB's request," a BCCI official said.
It remains to be seen if Kohli makes himself available for the games in Dhaka. Indian team is currently in the middle of a full tour of New Zealand which ends on March 4.
Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is not only famous for his destructive bowling spells on the field, but he also makes the headlines for his witty banters off the field. His 'Chahal TV' is famous among the fans. The 29-year-old right-arm bowler never misses any chance to entertain followers with his non-cricketing activities. This time, Chahal came up with a Tik Tok video in which he can be seen dancing with two beautiful girls in a hilarious manner.
While both the girls did their steps with perfection, Chahal messed up the things. As expected, the video spread like a wildfire on social media platforms and went viral in no time.
On the match front, Chahal was seen playing for India in the five-match T20I series against the Black Caps. However, the leg-spinner didn't have the best of outing with the ball as he bagged only three wickets. Chahal then regained his form in the three-match ODI series against the same opponent. He scalped six wickets in the last two matches after going wicket-less in the first game. India are currently playing a two-match Test series against Kiwis and Chahal is not a part of the Test set up.
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One of the most harmful behaviours we struggle with as a society is tobacco use. Sadly, tobacco use claims the lives of about 6,000 British Columbians each year — that's more than deaths caused by alcohol, drugs, motor vehicle crashes, suicide and murder.
Providing support and resources to help improve our health and the health of our friends and colleagues is a significant New Year's pledge that we can make in 2013.
This Jan. 20-26 is National Non-Smoking Week and conversations about how to quit will be popping up everywhere. But one aspect of the addiction that is less frequently discussed is smoking and its impact on the workplace — or perhaps even more importantly, the workplace's impact on the smoker.
Smoking can become wrapped up in daily work routines, making it harder to quit. Severing the "smoke break" chain takes a lot of preparation on the part of the individual trying to quit but a little support from co-workers and employers can make a big difference.
Employers and co-workers can help and be supportive by:
- Showing concern for the individual no matter what you think about their smoking;
- Not preaching, nagging or using guilt trips;
- Keeping in regular contact with them to offer support and encouragement;
- Being sensitive to the moods and needs of the smoker who is quitting; and,
- Letting them know you believe they can do it and that they have your support whether they are able to quit now or later.
Tobacco-free workplaces create healthier environments for everyone and can have financial benefits for employers as well — smoking costs employers on average $3,396 per year per smoker as a result of absenteeism and productivity losses.
Quitting smoking is a personal choice and one that has to be made by the employee. Providing knowledge and support to guide employees along their path to becoming tobacco-free, though, is something employers can do.
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Repeat aneurysm screening for high-risk men should be considered
Aneurysm screening for men aged over 65 is cost effective and rescreening those at highest risk, at least once, should be considered, suggests a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (caused by ballooning of the artery wall) usually occur in men aged between 65 and 75 years old and are more common among smokers. If the artery wall ruptures, the risk of death is high, but aneurysms at risk of rupture can be detected by screening and surgically repaired.
One-off screening for men aged over 65 is known to be cost effective and national screening programmes are currently being implemented in England and Scotland. But many other European countries have not yet issued guidance on screening.
So a team of researchers in Denmark, where national screening has not yet been implemented, set out to assess the benefits and cost effectiveness of different strategies for abdominal aortic aneurysm screening.
They used a prediction model with a hypothetical population of 100,000 men aged 65 years to test four different screening strategies: no screening; once per lifetime screening; twice per lifetime screening with a 5-year interval; and lifetime screening every five years.
Their results confirm that screening is highly cost effective compared with no screening and suggest that rescreening individuals with a high rupture risk (aortic artery diameter 25-29 mm) at least once more during their lifetime may be the most cost effective option.
For example, if high risk individuals were rescreened once after five years, an additional 452 per 100,000 would be detected and it would cost £10,013 per quality adjusted life year (QALY) - well within the cost effectiveness threshold of £20,000 set by the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
In contrast, lifetime rescreening every five years would detect an additional 794 men per 100,000 but would cost £29,680 per QALY.
For the two rescreening strategies, the number of elective operations was estimated to increase from 861 per 100,000 with no screening to 1,496 and 1,530 per 100,000 respectively, if screening was repeated after five years or at five-year intervals for lifetime.
The number of acute (emergency) operations was estimated to fall from 610 per 100,000 with no screening to 363 and 360 per 100,000 respectively for repeat screening and five-year interval screening, while the aneurysm related death rate was reduced from 788 to 520 and 511 per 100,000 respectively.
This study confirms the cost effectiveness of screening versus no screening and suggests that some form of rescreening is likely to be cost effective, say the authors.
However, the optimal choice of rescreening strategy appears to be uncertain and further research is needed to establish the long term costs and benefits of rescreening, they conclude.
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In celebration of the recent 35th anniversary of Thriller and the accompanying MJ101 eBook, Jamon and Q have returning guests Andy Healy and Chris Lacy back on the show for an in-depth, track-by-track discussion of the album for the first special episode of Season Four.
Andy, creator of the free MJ101 eBook series, and Chris, a long-time fan, dancer and Albumism contributor, share their insights and stories alongside Jamon and Q as they take a deep dive into the world of Michael Jackson's Thriller. Thriller remains the world's best-selling album and has inspired more than three decades worth of iconic dance moves and fashion. Through this discussion of each track, the guys get to the heart of how Thriller changed pop culture, and the world.
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- The official MJ101 website and Twitter page
- Andy Healy's articles on Albumism
- Chris Lacy's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages
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- Michael Jackson's Thriller on Apple iTunes
- Michael Jackson's Thriller 25 (Deluxe Edition) on Apple iTunes
- Michael Jackson's 1982 26th Annual Grammy Awards acceptance speeches
- Michael Jackson discussing his moving cultural experience after visiting Dakar, Senegal in Jet Magazine
- Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Something (12″ Version)
- The Mexico Deposition
- Paul McCartney's Pipes of Peace (Deluxe Edition) album on Apple iTunes
- Paul McCartney – Say Say Say (feat. Michael Jackson)
- Michael Jackson – Thriller (SWG Extended Mix)
- Michael Jackson – Thriller (Louis La Roche Remix)
- Michael Jackson – Thriller Megamix (SWG)
- Michael Jackson – Starlight (Demo)
- Rick James – Give It To Me Baby
- Michael Jackson – Thriller
- Vincent Price's full voice over session for Thriller
- The MJCast – Episode 064: Vincent Paterson Special vis Apple Podcasts and the web
- The MJCast – Episode 068: Thriller Night Special with Ola Ray via Apple Podcasts and the web
- Michael Jackson – Beat It
- Brittany Spanos' Rolling Stone article; How Michael and Janet Jackson created the New Black Rock Star
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (12″ Version)
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An award recently announced for Corning Iris™ Glass shows this sentiment in action – proving that when a tough problem stands in the way of innovation, Corning's glass is the No. 1 solution to make incredible things possible.
Corning Iris™ Glass is an innovation that enables remarkably thin LCD TVs. Set designs can be half the thickness of a cell phone by using Iris Glass instead of a typical plastic component – called a light-guide plate. But this has been no simple swap. Corning overcame major technical challenges to offer Iris Glass to the market.
The achievements have led to a 2016 Display Component of the Year award from the Society of Information Display. SID, the definitive professional display-industry organization, honored Corning's light-guide plate solution with one of its top awards during Display Week 2016, the premier global display-industry gathering.
"On behalf of SID, we would like to commend Corning's ongoing commitment to innovation and to helping shape the future of display performance and solutions," said Wei Chen, who chairs the SID Display Industry Awards committee.
The award recognizes that Corning is contributing to a new wave of cutting-edge designs.
"We see throughout the consumer electronics industry a trend toward ever thinner devices," said Andrew Beck, Corning's program director for Iris Glass.
"Iris Glass fits perfectly into that trend by enabling thinner TVs and other displays."
What is it?
The light-guide plate is a crucial component within a TV, distributing light across the TV set to create the picture that viewers see. The plate has traditionally been made of plastic polymer, and the inherent limitations of plastic have limited the trend toward thinner displays.
"The problem with plastic," said Adam Ellison, who leads technology delivery of Iris Glass, "is that it swells and distorts. It soaks up humidity in the room, and it expands when you heat it up. That unpredictable movement of the plastic has to be accommodated."
These problems with plastic force designers to include air gaps that increase the size of the bezel around the edges of the TV as well as space between the front and back of the set. This means a much thicker set with larger bezel. But Iris Glass changes everything.
"Because glass is so stable, the display goes almost to the edge," Adam said. "It has no moisture sensitivity and very low expansion from temperature. So you don't have any extra thickness."
"Even TVs that are considered slim by today's standards are typically more than 15 millimeters thick," said Andrew Beck, who is program manager for Iris Glass. "At SID Display Week we showed one TV that is 65 inches and 4.7 millimeters thick and another that is 55 inches and 4.6 millimeters. We've been sharing these designs with customers, and they've been blown away."
Moving from display glass to optical component
In order for a light-guide plate to work, it can't absorb or change the color of the light it is distributing across the entire TV. Regular glass isn't pure enough and light isn't transmitted well. The result is a change in color across the TV, called color shift, and one side of the TV looks different than the other.
This is why Corning decided to forge the way toward an entirely new type of glass to help customers produce their ultra-thin set designs. Iris Glass is now the highest purity glass we manufacture within Corning Glass Technologies.
What we are trying to do is very different than what has been done before. We are now making a flat optical device, not a display substrate. It's a pretty remarkable story for Corning. It has been both a huge materials and process technology development.


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We have been recognized by BMW North America as the nation's leading BMW retailer for new car sales as well as the leading BMW retailer for new cars and used cars combined. While that's quite an accomplishment, it's not that surprising. We know we wouldn't enjoy such an honor without the trust and loyalty of our customers, which is why we think of each of you as our most valuable asset. It inspires us to deliver the same high performance the BMW brand of vehicles is known for. Whether you are here to shop, service your car or you just have questions about the brand, our collective objective is to exceed your expectations. Our employees don't just sell and service BMWs, they understand them. From our sales department to our service bays, each one of our factory-trained employees is prepared to satisfy any question you might have about BMW, its models and its proud heritage.
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**With approved credit. Terms may vary. Monthly payments are only estimates derived from the vehicle price with a 36-month term, 4.9% interest and 10% downpayment.
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† Based on 2020 EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your actual mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle.