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That's why I decided pretty early on that I wanted something more organized and structured than the free-for-all playroom system. I spent some time on Pinterest, blogs, and parenting books looking for ways to make the most of the toys we have and while limiting the mess and confusion.
But you have to understand, my goal in organizing my kids toys isn't cleanliness or perfection. We still have a messy house, and I frequently find stray toys in the most unusual places!
Rather, my goal is to set up an organization system that is easy to maintain and helps us use the toys and space we have in a way that maximizes fun and minimizes stress and fighting!
So before we get started, here are my two theories about toys that govern pretty much everything we do.
1. Less is more. The less toys you give kids to play with the more creative they will be, and the less mess you have to clean up afterward.
2. Out of sight, out of mind. When toys are stored out of sight children will often forget about them which makes them ten times more fun next time you happen to pull them out of the closet next.
So with those principles in mind let me show you how we organize our toys!
I store almost all of the kids' toys in cloth bins on shelves in their closet, out of the toddlers' reach. These particular bins came from Walmart, and they work pretty well. I do NOT allow the toddlers to play with the bins because they try to climb on them, sit in them, stand on them, and basically destroy them. Individual sets of toys (like the teapot set or all the small cars) are stored in clear plastic bags so I can easily glance into a bin and see what's there.
Of course, not all of the toys fit in the top of the closet. The toddlers currently have three bigger toys that are kept out in their room or in the bottom of the closet. Yep. Only three, and one of them is an easel.
This is where the out of sight principle comes into play. Because they see these toys everyday, they don't really want to play with them! I used to store bigger stuff like this out in the shed, but I didn't like all the clutter out in the shed either. Now I just sell old toys they don't play with and use the money to buy new ones.
We also have these three bigger baby toys that have served all of my children well. We need no more, and we probably couldn't live with less. This particular set of toys provide hours of entertainment to babies between the ages of 6-15 months. They are worth their weight in gold!
They don't really have a home right now. We just move them where we need them. When they aren't being used they go in the closet in the nursery or stored away under the crib.
3. Stuffed Animals
I used to think stuffed animals were pretty useless, but apparently they are actually quite popular with the 1-3 crowd. For the most part I weed out stuffed animals my kids don't LOVE, and I do my best not to have two of anything. We have one lion, one snake, one opossum, one rabbit...you get the picture.
I store them in the green tub in the bottom of their closet, and the kids know where they go. At night they each pick a buddy to sleep with and all the rest of our furry friends sleep in the closet. *And as a bonus, the green tub doubles as a rocket ship!*
4. Books and Puzzles
We keep books and some puzzles out on the shelf in the kids room all the time. I usually limit the number of puzzles out just because we have so many, but books are fair game. One of the things I love about this box shelf is that the toddlers can easily put the books away themselves without the whole row of books falling down as with traditional bookshelves.
I do try to keep board books on the bottom shelves and the nice books in the top spaces to keep them out of the baby's reach, but mostly I have just reconciled myself to the fact that letting kids "read" means losing a book to rough hands every now and then. It's a sacrifice I'll gladly make if it means my kids have access to their books and will keep reading!
*The toy cars are just bonus toys. They take up too much room to be put in a bin and they fill the blank space in our shelves nicely.
5. Baby Toys
We currently keep all the baby toys on a shelf in the living room. It's not my favorite storage solution since I'd rather have toys out of sight, but this does seem to work well enough.
It started as a place to keep one or two things for Little Bear, but it also serves as a convenient place to put stray toys we find after the kids go to bed (hence the plastic dinosaurs). I'm convinced the toddlers would ignore this shelf entirely if their little brother didn't like it so much. But alas, as soon as I pull out a toy for the baby, the toddlers insist on dumping the rest of the toys in the floor and then fighting over which ever one Little Bear had first. Sigh.
6. Supervised Toys
These are what I call our "table time toys". They are toys with small pieces that require some level of supervision, and I definitely don't want them falling into the hands of the baby. Here's what's currently in our table time boxes.
1. Foam shapes and felt pieces
2. Flash cards and matching cards
3. Play-doh
4. Balloons and stickers
5. Lacing cards, beads, and pipe cleaners
6. Chalk, pom-poms, and magnets.
*So a little FYI, use a hole punch and clasp rings to store flash cards together. No more baggies, boxes, or loose cards!
I keep our boxes in the dining room on a shelf along with our art box. Most of the activities can be done at the table, but they don't have to be. I at least put up a baby gate to keep the small pieces contained in one area.
So there you have it! I think I covered most of our toy selection, although come to think of it, we do have a tub of small plastic balls under a bed somewhere...
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With Halloween being this week I couldn't resist to create with Marion Smith's new Something Wicked Halloween Mini Printable kit that you can purchase here from her website.
Here is the cover with glimmer misted Prima flowers and leaves with Marion's little printable tabs tucked in with the flowers.
Hope you all enjoy your Halloween Holiday and be safe....need some Halloween party decoration purchase this kit and create cute little decorations to adorn your party. Like a BOO banner, cup cake flowers, treat bags, etc...
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Finding a cool iPhone is usually a cheap and easy way to set yourself apart from the everyday crowd. While GeekAlerts has shown you some pretty impressive iPhone Cases in the past, this Musubo iPhone 4/4S Matchbook Case really stands out.
The matchbook design offers retro styling with practical function. The sleek hardened case will protect your iPhone, while the silicon-tip matches serve as a slip-resistant stand when you want to watch a movie or just enjoy hands free viewing.
Musubo Matchbook Case for iPhone 4/4S
Turn heads with the MatchBook Pro, an imaginative iPhone 4/4S case that turns the real into the surreal. Its sleek black frame encases an eye-catching row of matchstick replicas that also function as a built-in kickstand. The matchstick's silicon tips snap securely into the sides of the case to store flush against its back and provide a sturdy grip when using the matchsticks as a kickstand in landscape mode. A fusion of classic and high-tech, the case also provides superior protection for your iPhone 4/4S.
- Protective Hard Case
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- Size (LWH): 7 inches, 3.6 inches, 0.9 inches
You can purchase the Musubo iPhone 4/4S Matchbook Case at Amazon.com for $34.99.


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When it comes to thrills, there are few places that offer more adrenaline pumping opportunities than a theme park. But many people mistakenly think that Australia is lacking in the theme park department.
On the contrary, there are a heap of places in Australia you and your family can visit to get your heart pumping, and they aren't just on the Gold Coast.
We're going to give you a run down of the greatest Aussie theme parks, so you won't have any excuses not to go!
1. Warner Brothers Movie World
- Location: Pacific Highway, Oxenford, Queensland (Gold Coast)
- Great for all ages!
- Get Tickets
Opened in 1991, Movie World is the biggest and best of the Gold Coast theme parks, and one of the most well-known, too. Movie World is your place to go for movie-themed thrills. In fact, it's the only movie-themed theme park in Australia. The park has actual film studios located within that you can visit (the first Scooby Do film was made there). The park has five distinct sections, Main Street, Kids Fun Zone, the Wild West areqa, DC Comics Super-Villians and DC Comics Superhero hub.
The park has a range of roller-coasters from quite tame for the little ones – through to 'I just vomited and might shit myself'.
Tips and Hints:
- If you are a member of RAC or NRMA – buy your tickets through their website to get a discount!
- Many people take their own lunches. But if you check out the pizza restaurant – it is quite affordable compared to the burger joints at the park.
- There is a 'Virtual Queue' system so that you don't have to wait in line for some of the more popular attractions.
Best Hotels to Stay at Near Movie World:
- InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort (5 star)
- Big 4 Gold Coast Holiday Park (4 star) 970m from Movie World
- NRMA Treasure Island Holiday Resort (4 star) 8.4km from Movie World
2. Seaworld Resort and Water Park
- Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
- Best for: All Ages
- Type of Park: Marine Mammal Park
- Get Tickets
Unrelated to the U.S. chain of theme parks, Australia's Sea World is also on the Gold Coast and opened in 1971. It lists itself as a marine mammal park, oceanarium and theme park, with 15 rides. At Seaworld you can see Polar Bears, dolphins, turtles, sting ray's, a seal show, penguins (they stink) and topical fish. Seaworld isn't far from the other large theme parks on the Gold Coast.
The park has a selection of rollercoasters, a monorail which is great to get around the park, particularly if you have tired lets.
Seaworld caters really well to the little kids, there are live Paw Patrol shows, a 3d film of Sponge Bob Square Pants and a dolphin show that focuses on conservation and rehabilitation efforts.
Best Bits:
- The Oceanarium is incredible.
- The only Polar Bear exhibit in Australia
Best Hotels to Stay at Near Seaworld:
- Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort (5 stars) is located 1.15km from Sea World
- Sea World Resort Water Park Gold Coast (4 stars) is located only 10m from Sea World.
- Blue Waters Apartments (3 stars) is 1.74km from Sea World
3. Dreamworld
- Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
- Best for: All Ages
An impressive Gold Coast theme park, Dreamworld is Australia's largest. Offering over 40 rides and attractions, including five roller coasters, there is more than enough to occupy visitors at this massive theme park.
The park is divided into various 'Themed Lands' such as Ocean Parade, Dreamwork's Experience, Wiggles World, Town of Gold Rush, Rocky Hollow, Tiger Island and the Dreamworld Corroboree. There are animal exhibits, live shows, food outlets and merchandise stores.
The theme park has had a dark history with four people killed on the Thunder River Rapids Ride in October 2016. The ride is due to be dismantled and will not be re-opened.
Hints and Tips:
- The food is wickedly expensive. Take your own if you can!
Best Hotels to Stay Near Dream World:
- InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort (5 star)
- Big 4 Gold Coast Holiday Park (4 star) 970m from Movie World
- Coomera Motor Inn (3 star)
4. White Water World
- Location: Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland
- Best For: All Ages
- Type of Park: Water (only open in the Summer months)
A sister park of Dreamworld, and located right next door, White Water World opened in 2006. It offered ten Australian beach culture themed attractions, and in total has one pool, 10 water slides and two children's areas.
Best Hotels to Stay near White Water World:
- InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort (5 star)
- Big 4 Gold Coast Holiday Park (4 star) 970m from Movie World
- Coomera Motor Inn (3 star)
5. Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
- Location: Gold Coast
- Best for: Ages 5+
Yet another in the Gold Coast lineup, Wet'n'Wild is a water park, and one of seven operating globally by the same name. It opened in 2004 and has 4 pools and 17 slides, and 2 children's areas, which remain open throughout the year.
Best Hotels to Stay near Wet N Wild:
- InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort (5 star)
- Big 4 Gold Coast Holiday Park (4 star) 970m from Movie World
- NRMA Treasure Island Holiday Resort (4 star) 8.4km from Movie World
6. Aussie World
- Location: Sunshine Coast
- For Ages: 8+
Privately owned, and medium sized, Aussie World is a family theme park located on the Sunshine Coast. Offering 30 rides, it is a massive contributor to the local tourism economy, and has been since it opened in 1989.
Best Hotels Near Aussie World:
- Breakfree Grand Pacific (4 star)
- Pelican Waters Golf Resort & Spa (4 star)
- Best Western Plus Lake Kawana Hotel (4 star)
7. Luna Park Sydney
- Location: Milson's Point, Sydney
Located on the scenic Milsons Point, on the north shore of Sydney Harbour, Luna Park has been a part of the Sydney's history since 1935. Fatal accidents, issues with maintenance, and changing owners saw years of closure before Luna Park was redeveloped and opened again in 2004. The park offers 14 rides, including one roller coaster.
Best Hotels to Stay at Near Luna Park, Sydney:
- Harbourside Serviced Apartments (McMahon's Point) 4 star
- Pier One Sydney Harbour (4 star)
- Hotel Meriton North Sydney (3 star)
8. Raging Waters Sydney
- Location: Prospect NSW
Opened in December of 2013, this is one of the newest theme parks in Australia. Another of the Wet'n'Wild chain in Australia (the first is on the Gold Coast), the park offers a massive 42 water slides, a children's area, and three pools, including a massive wave pool, on the 62 acre site.
Best Hotels to Stay at near Wet N Wild Sydney:
- Atura Blacktown (4 star)
- Prospect Hotel Motel (3 star)
- Travelodge Hotel Blacktown (4 star)
9. Magic Mountain
- Location: 134 Sapphire Coast Drive,Merimbula (Queensland)
- You have to book in advance
- Get Tickets
Established in 1983 on the South Coast of New South Wales, Magic Mountain is an affordable tourist attraction that everyone can enjoy. With a range of rides, including a 900 metre stainless steel Toboggan, and a dinosaur themed 'Triassic Park', the park caters for all interests.
10. Scenic World
- Location: Katoomba, NSW
Hidden away in New South Wales' Blue Mountains, Scenic World in Katoomba is one of Australia's most unique parks. Although it only offers four attractions, the Skyway, Walkway, Cableway and Railway, the surroundings are magnificent. A stunning natural experience with gorgeous panoramic vistas, Scenic World lives up to its name.
The Best Hotels Near Scenic World:
- The 3 Explorers Motel (3 star)
- 3 Sisters Motel and Cottage (3 star)
- Echoes Boutique Hotel and Restaurant Blue Mountains (4 star)
11. Jamberoo Action Park
Located on what was once a dairy farm in the Jamberoo Valley, the Jamberoo Action Park is a water park and theme park. With 12 rides, and a selection of children's attractions, the park is a fun day out for everyone. Open in the summer season only.
Family Friendly Hotels near Jamberoo Action Park:
- Jamberoo Resort (3 star hotel)
- The Sebel Kiama Harbourside (4 star)
- Terralong Terrace Apartments (4 star)
12. Manly Surf n Slide
Location: Manly, NSW (Sydney)
Manly Surf n Slide is a summer dream location for kids non-stop, fast and furious fun. And it's a haven for parents safe, easy with a soon to open gourmet café on site. An outdoor playground like no other, the kids slide while you get your caffeine fix and catch up with friends. You can watch the kids from the spectator deck or join the slide-fest yourself.
Family Friendly Hotels in Manly:
- The Sebel Sydney Manly Beach (4 star)
- Manly Paradise Motel & Apartments (3 star)
- Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific (4 star)
13. Adventure World
- Location: Bibra Lake, Western Australia
- Best Age For: All Ages
The largest amusement park in Western Australia, Adventure World is located 20 kilometres from the Perth CBD. Opening in 1982, it has grown to offer 36 different rides, including two roller coasters, 16 water rides, and a variety of children's experiences. It is great for families, and closed during winter.
'They made it just for fun!'
Best Hotels Near Adventure World:
- Gallery Hotel (3 star)
- Discovery Parks (Coogee Beach) (3 star)
- The Esplanade Hotel (Fremantle) 4 star
14. Luna Park Melbourne
- Location: St Kilda, Victoria
This historic amusement park opened in 1912 and has been in almost continuous operation since then. It was the first of five Luna Parks originally built in Australia, and is open all year around. Inside visitors will find 20 rides, including two roller coasters, and a range of other attractions.
Family Friendly Hotels near Luna Park Melbourne:
- The Cosmopolitan Hotel (4 star)
- Barkly Apartments (4 star)
- Waratah 41 Acland (4 star)_
15. Gumbuya World
Location: 2705 Princes Highway, Tynong North, Victoria 3813
Originally a pheasant farm, Gumbaya World is situated on a massive 430 acre site. Part wildlife reserve, part amusement park, visitors will find lots to do inside. As well as 60 barbecue and picnic areas, there are a variety of animals on display plus a range of rides including a Toboggan, mini-golf, and paddle boats.
Family Friendly Hotels near Gumbaya World:
- Longwarry Hotel (4 star)
- Gypsy Creek Winery (4 star)
- Tallawarra Homestead (5 star)
- Garfield Hotel (3 star)
16. Adventure Park
- Location: Geelong
- Type of Theme Park: Water Park
- Re-opens 1st November 2019
Adventure Park is the first and biggest water park in Victoria and currently boasts of 18 attractions both wet and dry. This park has numerous water slides for everyone to enjoy and just takes around an hour to get here from Melbourne and about 10 minutes from Geelong. The park is open from October through April.
Best Family Friendly Hotels near Adventure Park:
- Faulty Towers, Wallington (3 stars)
- Oakdene Vineyards, Restaurant and Cellar Door (3 star)
- Big 4 Bellarine Holiday Park (4 star)
Which theme park have you gone too?
Tell us about your experience in the comments!


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The Waterford Landing is a supergroup in a way, composed of well-respected IDM recording artists Rich Rippe (of Enamored Gazes and Ionian), Ed Matus (of HALO Vessel), and Alex Caso (resident Poplife DJ and programmer of the late, great Internet radio station Sonic Sound System).
"The Girls of Saga Bay," the ostensible single from the band's self-titled debut, is a near-perfect mesh of the jangly and the hushed, the jaded and the curious, the jumpup and the R.E.M.-maker.
Best Website based in or about Miami: Alex: Not too sure about this one. I'm into personal art Web spaces and obviously www.appliedchaotics.com (where you can buy our album). Of course the hot thing these days are blog sites -- all the kids have 'em.
Best reason to live in Miami: Ed: The food! It's always the goddamn food! Alex: If you are into record hunting, there are some gold mines down here, but as a member of the DJ guild, I have vowed secrecy to their locations.
Best cheap thrill: Ed: Vandalism. Alex: Thrift shops -- back to my record-hunting obsession -- but with gas prices these days, the cheapest thrill in Miami is walking to a friend's house.
Best not-so-cheap thrill: Ed: Getting caught committing vandalism. Alex: Driving.
Best alternative career path: Alex: Telephone psychic or marrying into money. Ed: Corrupt City of Miami politician. That's where the money's at!
Best coffee shop: Alex: Anywhere I can get my fix of Cuban coffee, preferably at La Carreta on Calle Ocho. Sure, you don't have the cute girls a fancy-pants coffee shop would have; instead you have the old Cuban guys telling their tragic tales of lost riches and how Fidel Castro is in league with the Devil.
What musical trends do you predict for the year 2050? Alex: Probably whatever will be hot in 2030. Ed: If people ever get off this horrible loop of cultural recycling we've been stuck in, maybe people will create innovative music. With musical software becoming more and more user-friendly, the people of the future will be able to actually express their innermost thoughts and emotions through some sort of interface that allows thought patterns to emit sounds. For now, get ready for the rebirth of grunge and New Jack Swing, or as it will be known within the next three years, Neo Jack Swing.


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Bromus diandrusCommon name: Great Brome
Meaning of name: Bromus is from the Greek word bromos meaning oats. Diandrus is from the Greek words dis, meaning double, and aner or andros, meaning man.
Distribution: Occurs from Dirk Hartog Island to Stirling Range.
Remarks: An annual to 90 centimetres tall. Flowers are produced from September to November. It is a native of the Mediterranean region.
References: Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.
Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.
Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.
Description and key to the identification of Grasses in South-Western Australia. JG Paterson. 1992.


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One thing you can say about studying is that it's never too late to start; learning something new can add a whole new dimension to your life. Studying can also be a way of changing direction with your career, or progressing in the career you already have. One of the issues that some people have with studying is finding the time to do it. It's not easy to make the space in your life if you have a job and a busy schedule.
One of the best ways to fit studying into your life is to find an online course that suits your needs. You can check out Up Skilled for more information about what types of course are available. There is a wide range of courses to choose from so there should be at least one which provides the content you are looking for.
Why studying can be a good idea
Studying may be a good idea for you for several reasons. You may want to learn new skills simply to keep your brain active; doing this can help keep you from getting stuck in a rut. Of course, you may also want to study in order to change career. Many people fall into the career they have simply because it is relatively secure and an opportunity became available. If this is you then you may start to feel unfulfilled and want to take steps to embark on the career you really want. On the other hand, you may love the job you have and want to progress further in the same career. Studying can help with this too; it enables you to expand your knowledge and increase your skill level.
The flexibility of studying online
If you have a full time job then it can be difficult to take up a course of study. It's not like being a student embarking on their first college course, when studying is the first priority. You cannot just abandon all of the other responsibilities in your life and dedicate all your time to learning. Choosing a course online means that you can keep up with everything else in your life and still be able to fit in a course of study.
Of course, you may have to change things a little and skip some nights out or maybe put a hobby on the back burner for a while. The last thing you want to do is take on too much and end up disillusioned. You can do all the important things in life though, such as working, taking care of your family and socialising within reason. You do not have to travel to college as you can study at home and you can choose your hours of study to fit in with your life.
As you can see, if you want to study and work at the same time, then it's relatively easy to do if you are organised. So, why not choose an online course and get started?


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Guru Dutt and Geeta Roy were both great personalities in their own right. But even great personalities do flounder on their personal front. It is a well known fact that Geeta Dutt's career in playback singing was in dire straits when she was offered Anubhav by Kanu Roy.
Geeta Dutt showed great depth in singing all her numbers from the movies. But the pain which comes in her voice when she croons Meri jaan mujhe jaan na kaho meri jaan is to be heard to be believed . A question simply comes to a listener's mind whether all the pain and humiliation she faced in his martial life came to the fore while singing this song written by Gulzar.
Do read the my detailed post which partly explains the circumstances which lead to dipping of her career graph here.


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After many musical projects over the years, I am excited to launch my own site as a vocal artist. Here you will find music from across the world, including some of my favourite jazz and Latin standards, as well as news about my new projects performing in the legendary "Jimmy Stahl Big Band", and my new duo "Ruben & Renee" with the multi-talented Ruben Arancibia.
Music has always been a passion of mine ever since I was a child, I feel blessed to be able to connect with people in such an intimate way. Thank you for your support of local musicians!
Forever yours,
Geneviève-Renée xo
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David Dubinsky
David Dubinsky (born Dobnievski) was born in 1892 in what is now Belarus, the youngest of eight children in a religious family. His family moved to Lodz, Poland, when he was a small child. His father owned a bakery, and in early childhood David began working there, eventually leaving school to work full time. He joined the bakers' union, and by age 15 had become a union leader.
In 1907, David was arrested for his union activities and jailed for three days. The following year, he was arrested again and this time held for 18 months and then sentenced to exile in Siberia. On the way to Siberia, he escaped, eventually making his way to New York City in 1911, where he joined a brother. Through his brother, he got a job as a cutter (one of the most skilled jobs in the garment industry) and joined Local 10 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) and the Socialist Party.
Dubinsky rose quickly in the union ranks. In 1918, he was elected to the local's executive board, becoming vice-president the following year and president in 1921. He also became general manager, a full-time paid position that enabled him to leave his job on the cutting floor. As a union leader, he fought to remove Communist Party members from leadership positions—a bitter fight that he won but at great cost to the union's strength.
David—or D.D., as he was called in the union—also became a leader in the national ILGWU, joining its executive board in 1922. He became the Secretary-Treasurer in 1929 and then also its President in 1932, holding these positions until 1959 and 1966, respectively. The union grew under his leadership and with the help of Roosevelt's New Deal programs such as the National Industrial Recovery Act and the National Labor Relations Board, reaching more than 450,000 members in 1957. Dubinsky helped expand worker benefits as well as cultural and leisure opportunities. While more than three quarters of the union's members were women, the leadership remained almost exclusively male—a problem about which Rose Pesotta, a leading ILGWU organizer and the lone female member of its executive board, complained to Dubinsky.
Dubinsky also worked to expand union organizing of the other mass production industries. He joined with John Lewis of the United Mine Workers to found the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) in 1935, and took the ILGWU out of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) when it banned all unions affiliated with the CIO. But when Lewis and Sidney Hillman of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers decided to split from the AFL to create the independent Congress of Industrial Organizations, Dubinsky did not follow them. In 1940, he reaffiliated the ILGWU with the AFL and five years later was re-elected to its executive council. Within the AFL, he worked to fight against corruption in the union.
Dubinsky also helped create political parties that would support workers and unions. In 1936, he and Sidney Hillman of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers helped found the American Labor Party to help organize progressives to vote for Democratic candidates. Dubinsky left the Labor Party in 1944 over the involvement of Communist Party members, and went on to create the Liberal Party of New York.
Dubinsky retired from the AFL-CIO in 1966, and died in 1982 at age 90.
Book Rags. "Encyclopedia of World Biography on David Dubinsky." Accessed April 10, 2012. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/david-dubinsky/.
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. "David Dubinsky." Accessed April 10, 2012. http://newdeal.feri.org/kiosk/profile.cfm?QID=1827.
Gus Tyler. "David Dubinsky: A life with social significance." Monthly Labor Review (October 1994): 43-49.
New York Times. "David Dubinsky, 90, Dies; Led Garment Union." Accessed April 12, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/18/obituaries/david-dubinsky-90-dies-led-garment-union.html.
Wikipedia. "David Dubinsky." Accessed April 10, 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dubinsky.
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Statoil enters Argentina in Vaca Muerta pact with YPF
Statoil ASA and YPF SA have agreed to jointly explore for oil and gas in the Neuquen basin onshore Argentina.
Statoil will enter the 157 square kilometre Bajo del Toro exploration permit as a partner with 50% participating interest, with operator YPF retaining 50% interest. As a consideration, Statoil will recognise past costs incurred on the block and fund 100% of the cost of certain future activities.
The 30,000 square kilometre Vaca Muerta formation is the main target in the basin. Oil and gas in the formation are found at more than 2,500 metres.
Statoil and YPF in 2016 signed a technical study agreement to map exploration opportunities in a large area of the continental slope offshore Argentina.
Separately, YPF Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Darre has resigned citing personal reasons, the company said in statement on the 28th August. The company now will be run by a six-member executive committee.


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Uganda has seen a steady increase in violence and protest throughout 2015, peaking in October with 46 events reported. October also saw nearly twice the number of conflict events as the second-most active month in 2015 (24 total events were reported in July) (see Figure 1), and each month had six conflict-related fatalities (see Figure 1). The recent spike in protests and violence is associated with the start of campaigns and primaries for presidential elections to be held in early 2016.
Riots and protests connected to police brutality and suppression of opposition rallies constituted 78% of all violence this month. The majority of riots and protests occurred in the western district of Karabole, the south-western district of Isingiro, and in central districts of Masaka, Luwero, and Kampala (see Figure 2). On 15 October, ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters protested in Masaka, Sembabule, and Mbarara, alleging rigged voting in the primaries. On the same day in Butaleja, two NRM supporters were reportedly hacked to death by opposition supporters. On 21 October, at least 15 people were injured in clashes between supporters of rival MP candidates in Tororo District. On 27 October, police assaulted a journalist in Lwengo for covering a story on election fraud. Most recently, on 29 October, a journalist was shot in the head at Bulera police station in Mityana District.
President Yoweri Museveni heads into the 2016 elections having ruled since 1986, and lifted presidential term limits through a constitutional amendment in 2005. Standing in the way of his fifth term is a slew of defectors turned political challengers, as well as accusations of police brutality against opposition voices (Human Rights Watch, 18 October 2015). In September 2015, police clashed with supporters of former NRM Secretary General Amama Mbabazi at rallies in Soroti and Jinja. Dozens of the protesters and rioters were injured by rubber bullets and tear gas (Human Rights Watch, 18 October 2015). Once seen as a natural successor to Museveni, Mbabazi's "fall from grace" and dismissal as Prime Minister in September 2014 was triggered his rumoured presidential ambitions (African Arguments, 29 June 2015). In 2015, Mbabazi defected from NRM and formed the Go Forward Campaign where the allied opposition nominated him as a presidential candidate (The Monitor, 3 November 2015). Another political challenger, Kizza Besigye, has been repeatedly arrested in 2015. In October, police beat Besigye and his staff during a Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) rally in Rukungiri District. A female staff member was stripped naked by police and thrown into a truck, sparking anger over police misconduct towards women (Voice of America, 13 October 2015).
Despite increased election-based violence in the Western and Central Regions, the Northern Region has remained relatively calm. Once the scene of abductions and torture by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the 1990s and 2000s, the northern areas experienced just four incidents of violence against civilians in 2015 (see Figure 2). In early January, LRA senior commander and International Criminal Court (ICC) indictee Dominic Ongwen surrendered/was captured in Central African Republic (CAR) and was extradited to The Hague (BBC News, 7 January 2015).
Since 2006, LRA operations have moved into Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and CAR. Although rebel accountability is crucial, sentiment is also strong that the ICC has been "inadvertently promoting the government's narrative of the conflict," with the LRA as 'terrorists' and the government as 'protector' (African Arguments, 10 February 2015). The government's forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians into "protection camps" during the LRA war has had a last negative impact. In April 2015, Acholi tribesmen, who settled in Apaa after being forcibly displaced by LRA fighting, protested against land grabbing and talks of a new boundary between Amuru and Adjumani Districts (Radio France Internationale, 19 April 2015). With the land supposedly belonging to the Uganda Wildlife Authority as a game reserve, Acholi protesters felt they were being evicted from their ancestral land for a second time (Radio France Internationale, 19 April 2015). As recently as 7 September, five people were shot and seriously injured in related clashes between police and protesters in Pabo.
Tensions with neighbouring states and non-state actors also remain a concern for Uganda. On 7 July, one soldier was killed in clashes between Ugandan military forces and an unidentified Congolese militia in Nketo near the border of DRC and Rwanda. On 4 August, in Apuk and Yoke villages in Lamwo, the military exchanged fire with South Sudanese soldiers that had erected a boundary demarcation near River Limu (Daily Monitor, 6 August 2015). Violence from possible Al Shabaab militants surfaced on 30 March in Kampala's Kiwaatule area, where gunmen shot and killed Joan Kagezi, head of the Directorate of Public Prosecution's anti-terrorism and war crimes division. At the time of her death, Kagezi was the principal prosecutor in a case against suspected Al Shabaab militants accused of bombing two locations in Kampala, killing at least 74 people watching the 2010 World Cup.
With riots, protests, and violence against opposition voices increasing as 2015 draws to a close, the start of 2016 will see Museveni fending off challenges to his continued rule. Meanwhile, Ongwen will face his confirmation of charges hearing in the ICC, scheduled for January. Time will tell whether a possible change in presidency and the potential prosecution of a rebel leader may bring about a more peaceful year for Uganda.
This report was originally featured in the November ACLED-Africa Conflict Trends Report.


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Launched by Ronald Corp in 1991, the New London Children's Choir has appeared in all the major London concert halls with Britain's finest symphony orchestras and conductors, has collaborated with opera companies in the United Kingdom and abroad, and has made dozens of recordings and broadcasts, including its release of songs for children's choir Pigs Could Fly on Naxos (8.572113). The New London Children's Choir members have sung with English National Opera and at Opera Holland Park in Hansel and Gretel, as well as at the Leicester Square première of the new Disney film A Christmas Carol alongside Andrea Bocelli. Other highlights include the BBC Blue Peter Prom, Britten's War Requiem, the Queen's Birthday Prom at the Royal Albert Hall and Mahler's Symphony No. 8 at the sixtieth anniversary concert of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The choir has also performed around the world, touring with Lou Reed in 2007 and 2008 in addition to performances at festivals in France, Italy, the United States and the Azores. The choir has a special commitment to commissioning and has given the premières of over forty new works by composers such as Diana Burrell, Simon Bainbridge, Howard Skempton, Philip Cashian, Patrick Nunn, Richard Causton, Gary Carpenter and Morgan Hayes, as well as the world première of Ronald Corp's children's opera The Ice Mountain in 2010.
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'A Wildcat on the Plain' depicts a Wildcat helicopter exercising over Salisbury Plain. This canvas captures the modernity of army combat juxtaposed with the ancient ruins of Stonehenge. The fluffy dandelions in the foreground are painted with incredible detail which contrasts to the foreboding stones of the henge. This delicate painting technique draws you into this tranquil scene, where the eyes are drawn up to this fantastic helicopter in the sky.
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Britain's favourite golden oldie is back as Maggie Smith stars in the thoroughly English comedy, The Lady in the Van. Maggie was on excellent form as always, keeping us laughing from start to finish, and the rest of the film provided its own unique fictional and factual entertainment.
The film starts with the middle aged writer and social hermit, Alan Bennett, (Alex Jennings), moving into a new home in Camden Town, and everything seems to be going spiffingly.
But then a rather unusual character enters the script. For one day, poor innocent Alan is walking down the street when he stumbles across a rather grubby old van, and an even grubbier old lady within.
This strange little woman, known as Mary Shepard, (Maggie Smith), lives in her van and moves from street to street where she parks on the roadside, (via guidance from the Virgin Mary one might add), and irritates her neighbours from dawn to dusk with her rude and eccentric rants.
But when the mischievous Mary decides to move into Alan's road, the posh residents kick up a fuss, and somehow the dear biddy manages to weasel her way into Alan's sizeable drive-van and all.
However, what starts off as being a temporary charitable convenience, ends up being a turbulent fifteen year companionship, as Alan begins to feel emotionally responsible for the clearly very troubled Mary.
As time goes on Alan gradually discovers there is more to Miss Shepard than meets the eye, and this colourful character is really just a scared and somewhat scarred old lady, with a secret past.
In this tragically comic film, Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings were truly excellent as always. Their style and performance was both entertaining and moving, and felt authentic from start to finish.
The split persona of Alan, from writer to everyday man was interesting in terms of character development, theme exploration and narrative enhancement.
The story also reflected a quaint idea of an old and lost British community life and normal social relationships. Miss Shepard challenged the image of the cute old lady. Mr. Bennett reflected an interesting vision of the modern artist, and embodied the type of men known to his generation; the socially trapped and sexually constricted.
The fact that the story is based on reality makes it even more inviting and thought-provoking. Alan Bennett who is known for his plays, The Madness of King George III, Forty Years On, and The History Boys, came to life as a true character in this personal and intruding narrative.
The life of Miss Shepard is in many ways heart-breaking, for she was an educated and successful women who led a complex life, but became her own jailer when her life circumstances and mental health imprisoned this vibrant person's whole world.
The only criticism of the film was that the narrative structure was not entirely coherent. It moved around erratically and without smooth or logical transitions. The links between the present and the past were not always clear or fully explained, and this led to a sense of general confusion and probably took away from the impact the film sought to achieve.
However, it was a cozy English treat, with a great mix of comedy and sincerity, and one which is well worth seeing if you want to brighten up your dark winter nights and see the one and only Maggie Smith doing what she does best.
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You were at a party at your friend's house, while his parents were out of town You were swigging on some beer having a blast, when someone took a picture. Next thing you know, someone emailed that picture to your high school principal, and now the school is threatening to suspend you.
How is that possible? What are your options?
The reality is that schools have a lot of leeway in disciplining someone for violating their rules, even if the student is off school grounds. If the event is somehow school sanctioned or initiated, like a parade or a club, you can be held responsible even though you weren't at school. One important Supreme Court decision upheld the disclipline of an Alaska student for marching in a school parade with the sign "Bong Hits for Jesus." The Supreme Court felt that since it was a school parade, the school had a valid interest in preventing the promotion of drug use. Therefore, the student did not have First Amendment rights and could be punished.
While usually there is some connection between the school and the student's actions, that is not always the case. The party in the example above is not connected to the school in any way. However, some school officials take the position that once the picture is sent to them, the illegal drinking has come into the school and is now open to discipline. This can be true even when the person only sent the photo to get you in trouble.
The Glenbrook Powder Puff case is a locally famous example. At a "powder puff" football game, some seniors bullied junior students in several ways including kicking, beating and spraying them with animal urine. While the acts did not take place on school grounds nor at a school-sanctioned event, the district suspended the girls under its hazing policy.
If you should find yourself in one of these situations, the best thing to do is contact an attorney immediately for advice. Maybe there is some question about whether you actually committed the acts being disciplined. Or maybe the school has failed to follow its own discipline procedures. A careful review of school policy can sometimes yield a solid avenue for a defense. A skilled attorney can help you navigate through this minefield and help improve the outcome.


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Phenotypic and Biomarker-Based Drug Discovery
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
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Phenotypic screening programs were the mainstay of target-based drug discovery and development until the 1980s. While over half of the compounds approved by the FDA between 1999 and 2008 were derived from phenotypic screening programs, recent challenges have shown the limitations of target- or pathway-based drug discovery, and this method of drug discovery struggles to gain acceptance. Many investigators are now revisiting the strategy of finding effective compounds using unbiased disease models, then using these effectors to identify a relevant drug target.
This symposium aims to deepen the level of scientific understanding behind phenotypic drug discovery and to foster the exchange of ideas between industry and academic research scientists. In this symposium, we will explore current strategies enabling phenotypic drug discovery to become more mainstream. We will discuss the ability of stem cell-based and -omics technologies to create highly relevant disease model systems in vitro. We will also discuss successful approaches to effectively identify specific targets to the effectors discovered using this strategy. Specific case studies will highlight notable successes in this approach.
*Reception to follow.
This event will also be broadcast as a webinar.
Please note: Transmission of presentations via the webinar is subject to individual consent by the speakers. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that every speaker's presentation will be broadcast in full via the webinar. To access all speakers' presentations in full, we invite you to attend the live event in New York City when possible.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Introductory Remarks
Phenotypic Drug Discovery: Take Two
Identifying Subtype-selective Vulnerabilities in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Using Phenotypic Screening
Using the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) to Characterize the Mechanism of Action of Small-molecule Therapeutics
Networking Coffee Break
Phenotypic Drug Discovery at AstraZeneca
Target Hypothesis Generation and Validation for PTS Hits Using Target Space Annotations
Young Investigator and Data Blitz Presentations
Moderator: Jonathan A. Lee, PhD, Eli Lilly
Systematic, Master-Regulator-Based Assessment of Compound Activity in Human Malignancies
Identification of GPR31 as a Novel Mediator of Kras Membrane-Association and Kras-Driven Oncogenesis
Direct Targets Identification of a Bioactive Compound Using Chemical Biology
Phenotypic Screening Assays for the Discovery of SREBP Activation Inhibitors
Networking Lunch and Poster Session
High-Content, Full Genome siRNA Screen for Regulators of Oncogenic H-Ras Driven Macropinocytosis
High-power Phenotyping and Target Deconvolution by Pharmacoscopy and Thermal Shiftome
High Content Screening of Patient Derived Cells: Balancing Biological Relevance with Throughput
Networking Coffee Break
Phenotypic Drug Discovery in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Disease: Parallel Efforts in Preclinical Development and Target Identification
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening for Molecular Phenotypes to Identify a Disease-Modifying Therapy
Pathway Reporter Genes Define Molecular Phenotypes of Human Cells—Application to Compound Screening and Prioritization
Poster Prize Awards and Closing Remarks
Networking Reception
Michael Foley, PhD
Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute
Dr. Foley is an accomplished chemist and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of industry and academic experience. He has been scientific co-founder of four companies and one academic institute and has placed twelve single agent or combination drugs into clinical development. He was most recently the Director of the Chemical Biology Platform at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, which successfully established over 150 high throughput screening development collaborations under his leadership. Dr. Foley previously worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline, and obtained his PhD in chemistry at Harvard.
Ralph Garippa, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ralph J. Garippa is the Director of the RNAi and Gene Editing Core Facility at MSKCC and interim Head of the HTS/HCS Core. His RNAi group develops protocols in the design and execution of loss-of-function screens, provides consultation in the areas of RNAi library design, vector construction, CRISPR Cas9 knockout protocols, and data management. The HTS Core curates a collection of ~350,000 small molecules and performs screens using 384/1536 well formats via plate readers and high content microscopy. Dr. Garippa is the former Head of Cell-Based High Throughput Screening (HTS) and Microscopic Imaging-based High Content Screening (HCS) at Hoffmann-La Roche's Nutley NJ facility from 1998-2008. Additionally, he was central member of a task force which explored the rollout of the Research-Based Stem Cells at Roche, with academic and industrial partners including Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and The Hebrew University in Israel. He also participated in the Therapeutic Stem Cell Task Force, investigating corporate opportunities with allogeneic and autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). From 1982 to 1998, he served in various positions at Roche, including pre-clinical Project Manager in Metabolic Diseases (1994-1998) and Laboratory Leader in Bronchopulmonary Pharmacology (1986-1992). He was also involved with the NIH's Small Molecule Repository (SMR) probe screening effort, as an ad hoc scientific advisor, since the project's inception. Dr. Garippa holds a PhD in Pharmacology from Columbia University in New York City (where he studied with Drs. Fred Maxfield and Tim McGraw) and a BA degree in Biology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey (where he studied developmental biology in the axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum with Dr Gervasia Schreckenberg).
David Mark, PhD
F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd.
David joined Hoffmann-La Roche at Nutley, New Jersey in 1999 as Head of Assay Development and High Throughput Screening. He was the Deputy Site Head of Discovery Technologies at the Nutley site until its closure in 2013. During his tenure in Nutley, he introduced high content cell imaging technology to Roche and established a group to apply this technology in high throughput phenotypic screening of small molecule libraries. David had ten additional years of assay development and screening experience at Merck & Co. where he was responsible for a major portion of the Natural Products Discovery Program, including the Assay Development group in Rahway, New Jersey and the Natural Product Screening group in Madrid, Spain. David also had ten years of drug discovery experience at Cetus Corporation, where he participated in the discovery and development of two protein therapeutics: Betaseron and Proleukin. David received his PhD in Biochemistry from Harvard University in 1977, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Biochemistry in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Berg (1977-79). David has published over 30 papers and holds 19 patents and is the recipient of several awards.
Lorenz Mayr, PhD
Astra Zeneca
Lorenz is working since September 2012 as Vice President, Reagents & Assay Development with global responsibility for generation of biological reagents and assay development activities at AstraZeneca. This includes generation of proteins and cell lines for hit finding, hit-to-lead and lead optimisation activities including structure & biophysics activities across all therapeutic areas, the generation of tool antibodies, transgenic animals, stem cells and primary cells as tools for target validation studies and lead optimisation programmes. His department in the UK and Sweden is responsible for assay development activities for biochemical, cell-based and phenotypic assays for all therapeutic areas at AstraZeneca. Before that, he has been working as Executive Director at Novartis Pharma in Basel/Switzerland, at Bayer Pharma Research in Wuppertal/Germany, at Bayer Central Research in Leverkusen/ Germany and at the M.I.T./Whitehead Institute in Cambridge/Massachusetts (U.S.A.). He has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and serves on several editorial and scientific advisory boards, including two terms at the Board of Directors for the Society of Biomolecular Sciences (2004-2011) and working as the Conference Chair of the MipTec Drug Discovery Conference, Europe's largest drug discovery event, held in Basel/Switzerland.
John Moffat, PhD
Marco Prunotto, PhD
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Sonya Dougal, PhD
The New York Academy of Sciences
Andras J. Bauer, PhD, PharmD
Boehringer Ingelheim USA
Andras Bauer received his PharmD in 2003 from Semmelweis University and in 2004 started working in the laboratory of Dr. Brent Stockwell at Columbia University where he focused on rational drug design directed against protein-protein interactions and characterizing the mechanism of action of the genotype-selective lethal compound erastin. Upon being awarded his PhD in Biology in 2011 he became a presidential post-doctoral fellow at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge Massachusetts, where he worked on developing a platform for label-free target identification of bioactive small molecules. He is currently a Senior Scientist, Immunology and Respiratory at Boehringer Ingelheim involved in drug concept discovery and leveraging chemical biology approaches for early drug concept validation and target identification of phenotypic screening hits.
Myles Fennell, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Myles Fennell has been a Senior Research Scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York, NY since 2013. He is currently responsible for developing and running RNAi, CRISPR and small molecule screens in both arrayed and pooled formats using a variety of technologies including high-content screening, FACS and next-generation sequencing. After receiving his PhD from the University of Edinburgh he went on to hold positions at Wyeth Neuroscience, Bristol Myers-Squibb and Gigacyte. His experience in high-content screening has been pivotal in developing novel image based screens for researchers at MSKCC and other institutions. Areas of impact include the development of HCS synaptogenesis and neurodegeneration assays, tumor organoid 3D models, as well as cellular physiology and signaling.
Michael R. Jackson, PhD
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Dr. Jackson is responsible for the operations of the Prebys Center, a multidisciplinary Drug Discovery enterprise focused on identifying and developing transformational new drugs to address unmet medical needs. The overall mission of the Center is to generate a pipeline of first-in-class drugs based on breakthrough research conducted by investigators at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) as well as external collaborators. Prior to joining SBP in 2009, Dr. Jackson spent 15 years at Johnson & Johnson developing a track record of managing large research and development organizations. Under his leadership many novel drugs were advanced to the clinic, and several drug delivery products successfully gained regulatory approval. He received his PhD from the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Dundee in Scotland and completed his post-doctoral training at The Scripps Research Institute.
Jonathan A. Lee, PhD
Eli Lilly
Dr. Lee is scientific leader in the pharmaceutical industry with a history of identifying/enabling innovative technologies/strategies and integrating them into the drug discovery process. Scientific background includes targeted and phenotypic drug discovery, high content cellular imaging, functional genomics, primary and stem cell-based assay development and screening, project management, and early discovery portfolio review. Dr. Lee was scientific initiator of the PD2 Initiative, a collaborative Lilly venture where compounds from academic and biotech institutes are tested in Lilly's phenotypic assay platform in a manner where external collaborators receive test results free of charge and retain intellectual property. Jonathan is a recognized thought leader in phenotypic drug discovery and has networked with the global research community through creation of a LinkedIn discussion group, organizing/editing (with Ellen Berg) special issues, and through multiple invited lectures on phenotypic drug discovery.
Martin Main, PhD
Martin Main leads the Reagents & Assay Development UK department at AstraZeneca, which operates out of Alderley Park and Cambridge. An ion channel electrophysiologist by training, Martin has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 20 years, at Merck, GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca. The remit of Martin's department is to generate the reagents & tools that drive innovative drug discovery projects: proteins, cells, antibodies, biochemical & cellular assays and experimental data-sets are developed in close collaboration with project teams, with a focus on Oncology and Neuroscience targets.
Friedrich Metzger, PhD
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Friedrich Metzger is Head of Discovery in Rare Diseases at Roche, where he is responsible for developing and leading a portfolio of discovery projects that aim to treat rare genetic disorders with high unmet medical need. He has studied Biology at the Universities of Freiburg and Tübingen, Germany, where he received a PhD degree in pharmacology in 1996. After Post-Docs in Würzburg and Freiburg, Germany, where he did research in the field of rare neuromuscular disorders Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) as well as in neuronal plasticity, he became Associate Professor at the University in Groningen, Netherlands, continuing his research on ALS. In 2002, he joined Roche, where he initiated and coordinated several drug development programs for treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, ALS, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and myotonic dystrophy I (DM1). Currently, he is coordinating all preclinical aspects in the SMA program in collaboration with PTC Therapeutics and the SMA Foundation, which is in patient trials. He has his specific scientific expertise and a strong track record in rare genetic neuromuscular and neurodevelopmental disorders. In 2011, Friedrich has been appointed adjunct professor in Neurobiology at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where he teaches in neurobiology, synaptic plasticity and neurological diseases.
Bruce A. Posner, PhD
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Posner received his PhD in biochemistry with Professor Stephen Benkovic at Penn State University in 1994 and then carried out an NIH-sponsored post-doctoral fellowship with Professor Alfred G. Gilman at the University of Texas' Southwestern Medical Center (UTSMC). Subsequently, he joined Pfizer, Inc as a Principal Scientist in the High Throughput Screening Center of Emphasis. During his 9 year tenure there, he led over 60 HTS campaigns and identified more than 20 hit-to-lead starts for early drug discovery programs. Two of these chemical series were submitted to first-in-human clinical trials. His efforts resulted in his recognition with Pfizer's Discovery Recognition Award 2004 and subsequent promotion to Senior Principal Scientist. In 2009, he joined the biochemistry faculty at UTSMC as an associate professor and the director of the High Throughput Screening (HTS) Core. In this capacity, he leads the core facility efforts to aid in the discovery and the early stage, pre-clinical development of new small molecule therapeutics. He has co-authored over 18 publications (papers and patents) since joining UT Southwestern in 2009. His efforts at UT Southwestern have contributed to the licensing of 4 candidate small molecules to 3 pharmaceutical companies.
Yao Shen, PhD
Columbia University
Yao Shen received her PhD in Chemistry and MSc in Computer Science in 2011 from University of Notre Dame. Her PhD thesis focused on applying structural-based drug discovery techniques to predict hits for essential genes in pathogens identified using metabolic network analysis. After that, she joined the laboratory of Dr. Andrea Califano at Columbia University as a postdoc scientist, where she worked on projects involving inferring compound mode-of-action, predicting synergistic compound combinations, and reversing drug resistance using systems biology approaches.
Aravind Subramanian, PhD
Broad Institute
Aravind Subramanian is Director of Computational R&D at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He is also co-PI of the NIH-funded Center for Transcriptomics at the Broad which is part of the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) program and the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative.
As a graduate student at the Whitehead Institute for Genome Research, Dr. Subramanian helped develop Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) - a widely cited algorithm for the interpretation of high-dimensionality genomic datasets. Dr. Subramanian extended this approach to the analysis of genome-scale pooled genetic screens for the identification of essential genes in cancer cells (RIGER).
In postdoctoral work, Dr. Subramanian collaborated with Broad Institute scientists to invent a novel approach to gene expression profiling that combines highly automated laboratory workflow with a computational framework that selects a representative subset of the transcriptome for measurement. This platform, called L1000, is now in routine use at the Broad for the Connectivity Map project and is increasingly used by the pharmaceutical industry as part of their drug discovery process.
In his current work, Dr. Subramanian leads a group of molecular biologists, software engineers and computational analysts whose efforts are directed towards developing new technologies for perturbational profiling and in using these data with pattern recognition approaches to discover relationships between genes, drugs and diseases. The group has three goals a) to construct a comprehensive reference dataset of perturbational signatures b) to develop algorithms and software to make these data and results accessible to the biomedical community and c) to engage in collaborative efforts - within academic and with industry - that leverage these resources to make biological and therapeutic discoveries.
Giulio Superti-Furga, PhD
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Giulio Superti-Furga, PhD, is Scientific Director of the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna (CeMM), Austria and Professor of Medical Systems Biology at the Medical University of Vienna. He is an Italian citizen. He performed studies in molecular biology at the University Zurich, while doing research also at Genentech, and the IMP/Vienna. Post-doctoral fellow and Team Leader at EMBL. He co-founded and was Scientific Director of Cellzome until 2005. He later founded Haplogen. Since 2005 he directs CeMM in the middle of the general hospital campus in Vienna, where, together with some 130 scientists/medical doctors, he is trying to bring the genomic and systems-views close to the clinical world to improve medical practice. Among his major achievements to date are the elucidation of basic regulatory mechanisms of tyrosine kinases in human cancers, the discovery of fundamental organization principles of the proteome and lipidome of higher organisms, the characterization of the molecular machinery involved in innate immunity and the development of integrated approach to understand the mechanism of action of drugs at the molecular level. His work on the organization of the eukaryotic proteome is among most highly cited in the field.
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Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Susanne Swalley, PhD, is an Investigator in the Developmental and Molecular Pathways department at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. Trained as a chemist, her current research focuses on biochemical and biophysical approaches to target identification. Prior to Novartis, she was a scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals where she contributed to a wide variety of project teams on the evaluation and screening of new targets. Susanne graduated from Amherst College with bachelor's degrees in chemistry and music, and obtained a PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology with Dr. Peter Dervan. She completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard University in the laboratories of Dr. Don Wiley and Dr. Stephen Harrison with fellowships from the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund and the Charles A. King Trust.
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Jonathan A. Lee, PhD, Eli Lilly
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Bruce A. Posner, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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Yao Shen, PhD1
Coauthors: Mariano J. Alvarez, PhD1, Andrea Califano, PhD1,2,3,4,5,6
1 Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York
2 JP Sulzberger Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, New york, New York
3 Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New york, New York
4 Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New york, New York
5 Institute for Cancer Genetics and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, New York
6 Motor Neuron Center and Columbia Initiative in Stem Cells, Columbia University, New York, New York
Phenotypic Drug Discovery at AstraZeneca
Martin Main, PhD, AstraZeneca
Target Hypothesis Generation and Validation for PTS Hits using Target Space Annotations
Andras J. Bauer PhD1
Coauthors: Qiang Zhang PhD2, Jonathan Hill MSc3, Jehrod Brenneman PhD2, Charles E. Whitehurst PhD1
1 Immunology and Respiratory Therapeutic Area, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States of America
2 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States of America
3 Department of Computational Biology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States of America
High-Content, Full Genome siRNA Screen for Regulators of Oncogenic H-Ras Driven Macropinocytosis
Myles Fennell1
Coauthors: Cosimo Commisso2, Craig Ramirez3, Ralph Garippa1, Dafna Bar-Sagi3
1 RNAi & Gene Editing Core Facility, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 417 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065
2 NCI-Designated Cancer Center-Cell Death and Survival Networks Program Sanford-Burnham medical research institute, 10901 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
3 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
High-power Phenotyping and Target Deconvolution by Pharmacoscopy and Thermal Shiftome
Giulio Superti-Furga, PhD1,2
Coauthors: Snijder B, PhD1, Vladimer G, PhD1, Jeryczynski G3, Jäger, U, MD3, Gisslinger H, MD3, Rebsamen M, PhD1, César-Razquin A, MSc1, Lardeau C, MSc1,4, Colinge, J, PhD1, Bennett KL, PhD1, Kubicek S, PhD1,4, Huber KVM, PhD1
1 CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
2 Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
3 Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Blood Coagulation, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
4 Christian Doppler Laboratory for Chemical Epigenetics and Antiinfectives, Vienna, Austria
High Content Screening of Patient Derived Cells: Balancing Biological Relevance with Throughput
Michael R. Jackson, PhD, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Phenotypic Drug Discovery in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Disease: Parallel Efforts in Preclinical Development and Target Identification
Susanne Swalley, PhD, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
SMA: Screening for Molecular Phenotypes to Identify a Disease-Modifying Therapy
Friedrich Metzger, PhD, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Pathway Reporter Genes Define Molecular Phenotypes of Human Cells - Application to Compound Screening and Prioritization
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Pino Pelosi told a TV station he did not kill Pasolini but three other young people "with a southern accent" did.
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