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Claire Altizer: Registrar & Exhibitions Manager, Dedalus Foundation
New York City
WFU Class of 2009
Major: Studio Art
Minor: Art History
Claire Altizer is a North Carolina native currently based in NYC at the Dedalus Foundation. Claire shares her journey with us, from a Scales studio major to helping lead Motherwell's legacy institution.
DeacLink: What did you study at Wake? How has your career unfolded since?
Claire Altizer: I was originally a Studio Art major but after taking the required Art History course I realized I was more interested in talking and thinking about art rather than creating it. So, after Wake, I moved to New York to get my Masters in Museum Studies at NYU. The summer after I finished grad school I landed a job as the Office Manager / Assistant Registrar at the Dedalus Foundation, and I've been lucky that the Foundation has allowed me to grow and expand my position over the past 6 years, and I'm now the Registrar and Exhibitions Manager there. I also do freelance registration for artists on the side.
DL: Tell me a bit more about Grad school at NYU. What's the Museum Studies concentration like? How does school overall compare to Wake?
CA: I've always thought the Museum Studies degree was more hands-on than say, an Art History degree. I really debated whether or not it made sense to pursue art history, but I saw myself more on the admin side of things rather than going down the curatorial route. What I really like about the NYU program is that it allows you to focus in what you're interested in and it's really interdisciplinary. I was interested in collections management and art institutions, so I took art history classes at the IFA and hands-on courses like exhibition management and conservation.
That said, I graduated from Wake right at the beginning of the recession and was having a hard time finding any job opportunities and decided that grad school made the most sense. Although I don't regret it, it was VERY expensive, and I always remind people to weigh their options before getting a Museum Studies degree since you're presumably going into the non-profit world which doesn't always pay well.
Wake has such a vigorous academic focus, that it really made grad school a breeze! To complete the Museum Studies degree in the suggested 2-year time frame, I only had to take 2 or 3 classes a semester so the work load seemed way less intense than a full course load in undergrad. Also with Wake's liberal arts degree under my belt, I felt fully prepared for writing my Masters thesis.
DL: The Dedalus Foundation is a fascinating entity. Would you explain its purpose and origins to the readers? What is your role there?
CA: The Dedalus Foundation was founded in 1981 by the Abstract Expressionist painter Robert Motherwell with the mission to further the public understanding of Modernism in the arts, while also supporting Motherwell's artistic legacy. We fulfill these objectives through grants, public programming, research initiatives, and the publication of catalogues raisonné of Motherwell's works. As Registrar and Exhibitions Manager, I care for the Foundation's substantial collection of Motherwell artworks and also curate and execute exhibitions drawing from our inventory. Working at a small Foundation has been a great opportunity to work on different projects and not get pigeonholed into one role.
DL: How much did your time at Wake inform your career path vs graduate school at NYU?
CA: I was lucky enough to participate in the Art Buying trip which was my first real entry into the art world. The trip was an amazing experience and kind of a crash course in the inner workings of the art market. During and after that trip I realized I wouldn't want to work on the gallery side, but I loved doing the studio visits and meeting artists. Overall the whole experience made me consider the behind-the-scenes jobs that keep the art world running. It also pushed my interest in going the non-profit route, whereas before I really saw myself working in a commercial gallery.
I also feel grateful that my work-study was at the Hanes Art Gallery under Paul Bright who showed me that curating an exhibition is only a part of running a gallery and that there are a lot of other important skills that are needed to execute a successful exhibition.
DL: How have you found the different jobs and internships you've had? Applications? Networking? A combination of both?
CA: NYU has a great network in New York, so it definitely doesn't hurt being on their job mailing list. I've mostly found my internships and jobs on the New York Foundation for the Arts website. It's a really great resource since most art-related jobs in New York will post there. The downside is that the jobs end up being very competitive since so many people are using the site. I've never been great at networking, but Dedalus has introduced me to so many people, and it was those connections that got me my freelance jobs with artists.
DL: Often times as undergraduates, students are pushed into academia or into the curatorial track at a museum. What advice do you have for readers interested in taking a different route?
CA: I think it's so unfortunate that people don't talk about the admin side of the art world because there are so many jobs out there that people don't hear about and don't know what steps to take to get there. The jobs are also less competitive than say a curatorial position at a museum, because there are more admin roles that need to be filled. The nice thing about having a Museum Studies degree is that you can come out of it and be qualified for a variety of different jobs: collections management, registration, development, research, event planning, etc. I also would suggest to people thinking about academia or curation to consider an MS in Library Science. In the art foundation world Archivists are really important for research and their roles have a lot of overlap with curators. Mainly I think you end up with more marketable skills not doing an art history-focused career path. It's been great doing registration and exhibitions management because I still have opportunities to curate and do research, but I've also never had a problem finding a job since I'm not singularly focused in one area.
DL: How do you like living in New York? What advice do you have for students considering pursuing a career in the city?
CA: I'm from Davidson, North Carolina, a really small southern town and I was terrified to move to New York, and even asked my grad advisor if there was a way I could finish early so I didn't have to stay here for 2 years. Now, 8 years later, it's hard to imagine living anywhere else. I didn't realize that New Yorkers never go to Times Square or regularly walk down Canal street just for fun. I'm living and working in Brooklyn and it's got such a great laid-back vibe, but I still always feel like I'm in a cultural center.
I always feel like I had an easy start since I moved here for grad school so I had an automatic friend group and life schedule in place. If you're not coming for grad school and you don't know anyone, I'm not going to lie, it can be pretty tough making it here. I think it's way easier finding jobs if you live in the city, so it might be worthwhile to move here first. New York can definitely be intimidating, but one of the many reasons I love it is that it's so easy to make random connections with people and no matter how weird your interests are, there's already some group of people who share that same weird interest too.
DL: What do you think Wake arts could do to better prepare students for life after graduation?
CA: I think you're right that art history undergraduates tend to feel pushed into academia or curation. I think it'd be great to be better informed about all the other jobs that are out there in the arts like administrative positions in museums, the arts foundation world that I fell into, archives, conservation, and I could name so many more that I didn't really know about before leaving Wake. If you're not doing any of the arts administration classes, it can be easy to get swamped in art history and feel like your only career prospects are being a professor or a curator.
DL: What's the best kernel of advice you can think to pass on to current students and recent alums?
CA: I think there's a strong feeling for art history students that the next step is grad school, but I would suggest taking some time and working in the art world a bit before deciding what kind of grad program you might want to go into so you don't have any regrets.


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Editor's note: Today marks the start of a new series, written by the luminous mind behind "Leaked Documents: Ichabod to Apollyon," whose identity has heretofore been kept anonymous: none other than my (Dave's) main undergraduate mentor and longtime dear friend, the inestimable Dr. Elton Higgs. Our contributor section contains the highlights of his long and impressive career as an English professor and scholar. The new series will feature a new piece from him each Friday, and is to be entitled "Twilight Musings," as he approaches the end of his eighth decade on this terrestrial ball. (His choice; my guess is he'll outlive us all!) We have offered him the regular Friday slot at MoralApologetics.com in perpetuity, or at least until either the eschaton arrives or Elton shuffles his mortal coil. In the interim, we are all sure to derive great benefit, edification, and insight from his thoughtful reflections, and it is our distinct pleasure to bring you the first of a great many installments to come.
Perhaps others, like me, have been puzzled by the contrast between repeated affirmations of the goodness of God's law in the Psalms (particularly Ps. 119) and Paul's strong arguments in Romans and Galatians that the Law, though perfect, has been shown to be insufficient for our eternal salvation. How can we celebrate the goodness and beauty of a moral yardstick that ends up condemning us? Was it only the unenlightened Jews under the Old Covenant who could delight in the Good Law of the Lord, or is there a basis for doing so under the New Covenant?
In light of this tension, I was struck by a re-reading of Ps. 119:39-40 (ESV): "Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good. Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life." The speaker feels the ambivalence of both dreading God's reproach and loving the good rules of God, which are the standard by which we are all judged as deserving of reproach. It's a little bit like being forced to kiss the paddle that has been the instrument of punishment. And then the next verse presents a parallel contrast between longing for the precepts of God and at the same time desperately needing a righteousness that goes beyond the letter of these precepts to grant him life as a gift.
The resolving of the tension between the goodness of God's Law and its salvific insufficiency hinges on making a distinction between the imbued goodness of the Law and the Absolute Goodness of God. The Psalmist can request that God "turn away the reproach" he dreads and, instead, gift him with life because he recognizes that the goodness of the Law derives from its Absolutely Good Source, which can go beyond the goodness of the Law to grant moral security that can be defined by the Law, but not empowered by it.
So long, then, as I think that being in communion with God depends on my performing well enough to "feel good about myself," I will fail to find comfort, for my failures when judged by the Perfect, Good Law of God are palpable. It thus becomes clear that the question is not, "Do I feel good about myself?", but rather, "Do I feel good about God?" To do the latter requires me to understand that any fellowship with Him depends on Him, and not on me. Only in that frame of mind can I love God's Law and not feel threatened by it. From that perspective, I and the Law are bound together by our both sharing a derived Goodness from the Underived and Absolute Goodness, God Himself. His reproach then comes to us as loving discipline, not judgment, having passed through the Cross and been sanctified by the One who bore the reproach due to us all. Only then can I wholeheartedly accept that "His rules are good."
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Where is the outrage over the massive ONGOING failures described below in PA and present all across the country according to PROTECT?
July 20 at 5:26am
A law enforcement sweep this week is targeting 20 suspects in the Silicon Valley for trafficking in video of children being raped and abused. Sweeps like these could be repeated weekly or monthly in larger jurisdictions, but are infrequent due to the severe strain they put on understaffed law enforcement. We hope authorities are also putting maximum resources into searching for possible child victims. http://bit.ly/OCpRbB
Penn State Tragedy Inspires Law Targeting PAs Attorney General
By Tara Murtha
Posted Dec. 27, 2011
The introduction of the Pennsylvania Attorney General Mandated Reporter Law by Rep. Dan Deasy (D-Allegheny) on the steps of the Allegheny county courthouse in early December didnt make much of a splash here, but the implications of the legislation are explosive: Supporters allege that the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals office is sitting on thousands of leads on child sex abusers, collecting the data on their possible whereabouts but not trying to find them.
The facts are that there are 22,000 graphic child pornographers in Pennsylvania, thousands of them are likely to be committing child abuse right now, and if were not giving out that information to local law enforcement, which is the case we are not doing our job as best we could, says former U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, currently campaigning to become the first Democrat elected as Pennsylvania Attorney General next year.
The bills supporters want the Attorney Generals office to share leads generated in RoundUp, a sophisticated forensic tool that scours peer-to-peer file-sharing networks like Gnutella and BitTorrent and pinpoints IP addresses of computers sharing graphic child pornography.
Murphy sees the new law as a stateside extension of the federal PROTECT Our Children Act in 2008. During Congressional testimony for that legislation, the FBI and Department of Justice estimated less than 1 percent of all leads are investigated.
Material includes graphic videos of child rape and grooming materialsvideos designed to teach children its normal for adults to touch them sexually.
Supporters of the bill include Murphy, Deasy, Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny), Rep. Michael Sturla (D-Lancaster), national nonprofit PROTECT and high-profile advocate Alicia Kozakiewicz. They say they want the attorney generals office to push out the leads to each of the 67 county district attorneys every 24 hours, and have each instance count as a new investigation into a possibleor statistically speaking, probablechild abuser.
They say where theres smoke theres fire, and research backs them up. Though estimates range widely on the percentage of overlap, studies and arrest data confirm the modern phenomenon of dual offenders, people whose crimes involve both possession of child pornography and child sex abuse.
Kozakiewicz says that since the Penn State scandal broke, its more important to her than ever to make some progress in her home state.
The Penn State tragedy is horrible, and really shocked the world into something that, while it may have been a secret, (is) nothing new, says Kozakiewicz. She sees Attorney General Linda Kellys comments on Penn State hypocritical. (Kelly) pointed her finger (at) Penn State and has been accusing them (of withholding information) while she herself could also be accused (of the same thing), says Kozakiewicz.
If inaction is a crime, on the part of Penn State officials, then certainly Tom Corbett and Linda Kelly are guilty of the same crime, says Camille Cooper, who helped draft this bill as legislative director of PROTECT. Thats why Pennsylvania, and thats why now.
Posted by proverbialwisdom | Thu Jul 26, 2012, 08:55 PM (1 replies)
Geneticist charts effects of nuclear disasters
Source: Press-Register Community News , Mobile AL
Geneticist charts effects of nuclear disasters
Published: Monday, July 16, 2012, 7:15 AM
By Sally Pearsall Ericson
MOBILE, Alabama Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki, a physician, geneticist and professor, could rest on the laurels of a prestigious career with international accomplishments.
But he is more interested in contributing to a clearer scientific and public understanding of the global impacts of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. His ongoing research into the effects of disaster-related radiation and other environmental pollutants on long-term child development has taken him around the world.
Formerly chairman of the Medical Genetics Department at the University of South Alabama from 1974 until 2010, Wertelecki now continues his work along with child development research teams from California, SUNY, Indiana and Emory Universities.
At a recent scientific colloquium at the University of South Alabama, Wertelecki pointed out two main lessons learned from the Chernobyl and the Fukushima-Daiichi disasters:
"It is not the scale of a nuclear accident itself that makes a human disaster it is the response by officials afterward and the public panic produced. The public should not be treated as idiots and told only the 'good half' of the story, as is often done by official agencies. People have the right to know, the need to believe those who are in charge."
Wertelecki's investigations in Ukraine show elevated population rates of certain types of birth defects, mostly of the brain and spinal cord, according to his 2010 article in "Pediatrics," the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics ( http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/125/4/e836.full ). However, the geneticist noted, statistics illuminate realities but cannot prove causes.
Wertelecki believes that the often-made comparisons of Chernobyl or Fukushima-Daiichi outcomes with those that followed the atomic bomb explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki are wrong.
The impact of the bombs was external radiation, which was intense but short-lived, said the physician. The impact of Chernobyl and Fukushima-Daiichi is ongoing and radiation still in the environment is inhaled or swallowed, leading to accumulation in the body. One mushroom eaten in affected areas may deliver as much radiation as hundreds of chest x-rays, he concluded.
Read more: http://blog.al.com/pr-community-news/2012/07/geneticist_charts_effects_of_n.html
Posted by proverbialwisdom | Mon Jul 16, 2012, 04:13 PM (0 replies)
MUST READ: Below are Mark Blaxill's public comments to the IACC today.
When Science and Health Policy Trumps Inconvenient Evidence
Below are Mark Blaxill's public comments to the IACC:
My name is Mark Blaxill. I am the co-author of the book, The Age of Autism and recently helped to launch a movement called The Canary Party, which was created to stand up for the victims of medical injury, environmental toxins and industrial foods. Unfortunately, we need to stand up for these victims, the proverbial canaries in the coal mine, because so many of them cannot speak for themselves. I am also the father of a 16 year old daughter diagnosed with autism. Thanks to biomedical interventions and therapy, Michaela is more verbal, social and flexible than most affected children, but sadly, she will not live independently. She most certainly does not have a capacity for self-advocacy, so (like most affected individuals) her parents must speak for her.
Unfortunately, the climate for parent advocates, never favorable in autism, has grown progressively more hostile. We have gone from being bad parents whose contempt for their infant children caused them to withdraw into autism, to raving lunatics who are a danger to the public health and whose opinions must be suppressed.
Why? Because the autism parent community refuses to stand down in offering inconvenient evidence to the makers of science and health policy. This evidence is simple. Before 1930, the rate of autism was effectively zero. Before 1990, autism in the United States was exceedingly rare, as low as 1 in 10,000. Three months ago, we learned that 1 in 88 children born in the year 2000 were autistic, 1 in 54 boys. The conclusion is inescapable: autism is manmade.
The health policy implications of this evidence are obvious. The only rational policy for autism would:
Declare a public health emergency as our country did with poliomyelitis (a much smaller epidemic) and AIDS.
Urgently gather good numbers on the nature and extent of the epidemic.
Objectively and without financial conflict, consider the short list of candidates for such an unusual and massive scourge.
Collaborate closely with affected families to develop answers: prevention, treatments and resources throughout the lifespan.
Sadly, the policy response of the health agencies of our government has been precisely the opposite.
The NIH has funded research to concoct arguments that the crisis is an artifact of better diagnosing. Instead of mobilizing for the epidemic, science policy has promoted denial.
The CDC has organized surveillance to measure autism rates that are at least a decade old and trend evidence that starts just a few short years after the epidemic started. Instead of urgently gaining insight, health policy has promoted ignorance and delay.
The agencies of HHS act in unison to promote vaccination, a candidate exposure of great concern to parents, while agency leaders rotate out of their government positions to take lucrative jobs at pharmaceutical companies. Instead of objectivity, the investigation of cause has become fraught with conflicts.
The IACC, newly reconstituted after the explosive 1 in 88 report, appears to have been recruited to rubber stamp this policy of epidemic denial. Instead of collaboration with parent leaders, public servants have turned their backs on us.
Autism parents spend a lot of time debating how the science and health policies surrounding autism have gotten to this place. Is it because autism is merely fodder to help recover and extend the massive research investment in the human genome? Is it because psychiatry grabbed hold of autism with Leo Kanner and refuses to release its grip? Is it because pediatricians are afraid to confront the idea that they may be harming more children than they are helping? Is it because the massive resources of the pharmaceutical industry have so tilted science and medicine in the direction of their financial goals that policy is now driven by money rather than reason? Is it because government officials are too busy worrying about their retirement, too afraid to rock the boat and confront inconvenient truths? Is it because the idea that there are human costs to some aspects of technical progress is too difficult for intelligent people to accept?
Or, more hopefully, is it because some people have simply made bad decisions that we have the freedom to unmake?
I dont propose to answer all of these questions today. Instead I want to offer you all a challenge. Unmake your bad decisions. Treat autism as an emergency and not as something to celebrate. Approach the problem of prevention with the intellectual and moral urgency that an epidemic requires. Treat the canaries in the coalmine as signals of a crisis of public health not as a public relations problem. Offer respect and standing to those who speak for the injured, dont handpick more convenient representatives to speak against us.
Most of all, I challenge you to do the right thing. Until you do, we will keep making you feel uncomfortable.
Posted by Age of Autism at July 10, 2012 at 3:26 PM in Current Affairs, Mark Blaxill, Vaccine Safety | Permalink | Comments (13)
Posted by proverbialwisdom | Tue Jul 10, 2012, 07:38 PM (1 replies)
False. This is in the weeds for me, but if you are seriously interested, examine these with care.
Here's a recent peer-reviewed publication by prestigious researchers citing 3 papers co-authored by Dr. AJ Wakefield out of 95 total references, and from among Wakefield's "over 140 original scientific articles, book chapters, and invited scientific commentaries."
Published online 2011 September 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024585
Impaired Carbohydrate Digestion and Transport and Mucosal Dysbiosis in the Intestines of Children with Autism and Gastrointestinal Disturbances
Brent L. Williams,1 Mady Hornig,1 Timothy Buie,2 Margaret L. Bauman,3 Myunghee Cho Paik,4 Ivan Wick,1 Ashlee Bennett,1 Omar Jabado,1 David L. Hirschberg,1 and W. Ian Lipkin1,*
1Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
2Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
3Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics and Learning and Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services (LADDERS), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
4Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America
3. Wakefield AJ, Anthony A, Murch SH, Thomson M, Montgomery SM, et al. Enterocolitis in children with developmental disorders. Am J Gastroenterol. 2000;95:22852295.[PubMed]
4. Wakefield AJ, Ashwood P, Limb K, Anthony A. The significance of ileo-colonic lymphoid nodular hyperplasia in children with autistic spectrum disorder. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005;17:827836.[PubMed]
9. Ashwood P, Anthony A, Torrente F, Wakefield AJ. Spontaneous mucosal lymphocyte cytokine profiles in children with autism and gastrointestinal symptoms: mucosal immune activation and reduced counter regulatory interleukin-10. J Clin Immunol. 2004;24:664673.[PubMed]
The Wakefield Rehabilitation?
By Kent Heckenlively, Esq.
October 11, 2011
No responsible historian quotes Unabomber Ted Kaczynski for a proper understanding of the Industrial Revolution and the struggles of a technological age.
So why is uber-scientist Dr. W. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University quoting with approval the work of Dr. Andrew Wakefield? Isn't Wakefield supposed to the author of our common mass delusion that vaccines are linked to autism?
Can somebody please explain all of this to me?
Isn't Dr. Wakefield supposed to be some super-villain, leading all of us gullible parents to believe that vaccines aren't quite as safe as sugar water? Didn't he make up fake diseases? So, after being stripped of his license to practice medicine in the U. K., it turns out there really is something called autistic entercolitis and ileo-colonic lymphoid nodular hyperplasia in children with autism. At least Dr. W. Ian Lipkin seems to think so.
Has anybody told Trine Tsouderous of the Chicago Tribune about this? I'm sure she'll want to get right to work getting Dr. W. Ian Lipkin fired from Columbia University.
Translation for those of you who are not Columbia University Professors - There's a lot that's wrong in the digestive system of kids with autism! Maybe it's affecting their brain and behavior! Let's investigate!
After more than ten years of loose stools from my daughter, I don't need to be a Columbia University professor to know that.
But if a big shot scientist like Dr. W. Ian Lipkin is quoting Dr. Andrew Wakefield as a reliable source, maybe the rest of the world will soon be doing the same thing.
And that would be righting one of our new century's greatest injustices.
Kent Heckenlively is a Contributing Editor to Age of Autism
Here's the case that the Lancet paper should be reinstated following the successful appeal by Professor John Walker-Smith in March.
The Lancet should Reinstate the Andrew Wakefield Paper
By Martin Hewitt
Posted by Age of Autism at April 23, 2012
In the wake of the High Court judgment on Professor John Walker-Smiths appeal against the decision of the General Medical Council (the UK regulatory body for doctors) to delicense him, what should now happen to the retracted paper he co-authored with Dr Andrew Wakefield? The decision lies with The Lancet editor, Dr Richard Horton. But what are the grounds for reinstating the paper as a properly conducted clinical investigation into 12 children with autism and bowel disease admitted to the paediatric gastroenterology department at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) London in the mid-1990s? The paper was the focus of the GMCs trial of the three senior authors on charges of serious professional misconduct which led to the delicensing of Walker-Smith and Wakefield.
Few academic articles have been dogged by the controversy attending the now retracted Lancet Paper Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children since its publication in February 1998. (Another link to retracted paper here: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2897%2911096-0/fulltext#article_upsell .) In seeking to avert controversy The Lancet published an editorial accompanying the paper to warn against drawing the wrong conclusions that the paper had established that the MMR caused autism and bowel disease. The paper, which went through several cautious redrafts, said it "did not prove an association between measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and the syndrome described, adding that Virological studies are underway that may help to resolve this issue.
On publication the RFH took the exceptional step of holding a press conference to launch the paper in the hope of preventing the media and public from concluding that the MMR was unsafe and to avert a collapse in MMR take-up. When Dr Andrew Wakefield the lead writer was asked by the press if he would personally support the three-in-one MMR vaccine, he responded by advising parents to choose the single measles, mumps and rubella vaccines spaced out at intervals. Whilst his comments were seized on by the press as evidence that the MMR was unsafe and by the medical establishment as highly irresponsible, his answer accorded with official government policy. At the time the government vaccination schedule offered the choice between MMR and the three separate vaccines, in accord with the Department of Health's express policy when the MMR was launched in 1988.
Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children published in the Lancet, February 1998.
The Mitting Judgment and the Lancet paper
Having digested much of the hearing's 149 days of submissions and evidence and many other related papers, and heard Queens Counsels for Walker-Smith and the GMC, on 7 March J Mitting quashed all charges against the Professor.
Inevitably the thorough and irrevocable negation of the charges against Walker-Smith and of the GMCs legal case, based on its deep misunderstanding of The Lancet paper, raises an important question of the status of the Wakefield et al paper, which is still listed as retracted, to which we now turn.
There is no doubt that the Mitting judgment goes to the heart of the way the GMC exercised its regulatory powers in this case. He outrightly criticises the "universal inadequacies" and "inadequate and superficial reasoning" of the disciplinary panel's approach, and recognised the personal suffering the GMC had inflicted on Walker-Smith. "It would be a misfortune if this were to happen again" he concluded on delivering his judgment.
More specifically, the Mitting judgment rejects the two fundamental grounds the GMC gave for finding the three doctors guilty of serious professional misconduct and so undermines The Lancets argument for retraction based on these grounds; out go the claims that the patients were not consecutively referred to the department of paediatric gastroenterology and that the investigations did not have ethics committee approval.
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Posted April 30, 2012
By John Stone, UK Editor for Age of Autism
Following the exoneration of John Walker-Smith in the High Court in March I wrote to the Lancets editor, Richard Horton, pleading with him to re-instate the Wakefield 1998 paper in the interests of children in the UK being denied medical investigation and treatment following the witch-hunt against Wakefield and colleagues both in the Sunday Times, and latterly British Medical Journal. Horton replied lamely:
Dear Mr Stone - I would be horrified if doctors did not take the symptoms of any child seriously. So I sincerely hope that a child with symptoms of autism would be examined and investigated with care and sensitivity.
My Best, Richard Horton
(Email, 15 March 2012, 10.07pm)
To which I fired back:
That is why you should re-instate the paper. It has become ideologically taboo in this country to accept that there is a real problem. The GMC tried to make out that the cases were fabricated and that gastro symptoms were only superficial, and the judge decided that they only selected the evidence which suited them. But for years members of the medical profession have been terrified to follow in their footsteps, and really based on the words of Mr Deer, Evan Harris, Tony Blair and Liam Donaldson. Two of these people may have been doctors of a sort but none of them had the knowledge, the ethical probity or the kindness of John Walker-Smith.
And answer came there none: Dr Horton may or may not be horrified, but so far he is not prepared to do anything about it. As Martin Hewitt pointed out here last week there is not now the faintest scientific or legal reason not to re-instate the paper. But unfortunately this not only a matter of historical fairness. As the case of Jon Edwards highlighted in a new film from Autism Team makes abundantly clear, until our political class and medical establishment address their bad consciences nothing for these children is going to happen in the United Kingdom.
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Hangover Cures That Really Work
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Paddy's Day in Dundalk will be celebrated as hard as any other town in Ireland over the next 72 hours. Let's be honest, it's Paddy's weekend really!
Busting your ass in the gym and in the kitchen for weeks, months or even years to get to this point does not have to go down the pan over the next few days.
#ProTip: Enjoy yourself, scale back the calories while still hitting your protein over the week ahead to make up for the binge this weekend.
Once the damage is done, how do we survive though?
Hangover Cures That Actually Work
1. Drink Pale Drinks. Congeners are a chemical by-product that make hangovers worse. Some studies show that they slow down the metabolism and actually prolong the hellish period that comes after a few sociables. Gin, Vodka and Rum contain the least amount of congeners with tequila, whiskey and cognac being the drinks with the highest content of congeners. Use your head, drinking 10 vodkas will not ensure you wake up feeling fresh on Sunday morning.
2. Choose fruit juices instead of soft drink mixers. It's a common misconception that hangovers are purely caused by dehydration. In fact, the additional micronutrients from fruit juices helps you metabolize the nasty by-products from consuming too much alcohol.
3. Take Multivitamins BEFORE going out. Your body will be lacking essential micronutrients which may be partially replenished by switching to a fruit juice but still, always better to stack the odds in your favour!
4. Take an Ibuprofen before bed, maybe pop another multivit! Ibuprofen is an anti inflammatory which will attacks the excess inflammation that excess alcohol intake causes. This, my friends, is what we call a hang over!
5. Booze Prep is water prep. Fill a pint of water before you leave the house. Put it on your bedside locker. It doesn't matter how wobbly on the feet you are when you return, down the final pint of the night. If you can manage it, refill to combat desert mouth in the morning!
6. Sleep It Off. Having a wee tipple can certainly promote a deeper sleep if it's on the rarity. However, regular boozing or a large quantity of alcohol can disrupt your sleep. This won't make your hangover any worse, it will add fatigue to a long list of general feeling like crap. Try to get an extra couple of hours sleep in if at all possible.
7. Eat All The Food. A good breakfast after a binge is probably what your body is already craving. A low blood sugar usually isn't the cause of a bad hangover but if you have a hangover, you probably also have low blood sugars. Low blood sugar symptoms are usually the same symptoms as a hangover so essentially, eating a good breakfast could half your hangover symptoms!
Ideally, avoiding excess alcohol consumption is the best way to avoid a hangover from hell but sure look, it's Paddys weekend! Enjoy!


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Working With Opaque Watercolor Pigments/
This week, I want to share some of my thoughts on working with opaque paints. I'm definitely not a purist re: transparency, though I know many are. Whatever can get me where I want to get at the end is the tool I'll be using! Of course, many people who might be following my blog are also aware of Joseph Zbukvic and Alvaro Castagnet- both known for using those bits of opaque white for highlights on shoulders and whatnot. A very good tool!! Alvaro's stated opinion, in a gist, was that you shouldn't mess up a beautiful wash just to cut around tiny highlights. I took that to heart and have developed that approach for other applications. Lets take a look.
In this painting above, I definitely preserved a lot of white for the waves, but I also used Titanium White paints a number of times as well- particularly over the sandy beach areas and the stone outcropping. You can also see it used for the breaking waves.
For this example, the paint is very thick on the brush. Goopy. I either dip the synthetic brush directly into the tube, or I get it very thick from the pan. Either way, I'm not loading the brush up with very much water, nor am I opening the paint up on my palette. Then, the goal is to dry brush it on so that it catches the tooth of the paper, which makes it look very natural. The secret is to not over work it. Go in once, catch the grain of the paper with a thick application of paint, and get out! Here's an example that is close to what it would look like on the brush, although I would use a much smaller, pointed brush that could fit into the end of the tube-
Here again, you cans see it on the cliff bluff. I used Jaune Brilliant No. 1 because it has yellow mixed in it. For stuff like these speckled dots, I just lay the side of the brush against the paper. I don't even swipe it, the way I do for the waves.
This same affect is also used on these rocks to bring back a few strategically located highlights on this rock. Like in oils or acrylics, I'm essentially scrumbling with a thick dry application of paint. This is Jaune Brilliant No. 1. White would be too garish.
I sometimes use opaques for grass as well, as it lets me lay in blades of varying opacity, organically building layers and effects. For this, first I laid in my mid-tones as a wash, then the darker ones with my needle brush, and then finally the highlights- done with Yellow Ochre and with Jaune Brilliant No.1 again, to catch little bits of light.
This is really the same method I'm using in the painting below for the pale blue trees on the right, or the thin, very delicate swipes across the water. For both of them, I mixed up some Cobalt Blue with Chinese White and using brisk, quick brushstrokes with a thick application of paint, I built up the paler values in front of the dark pine trees. These sorts of shapes are nearly impossible to get if you're painting negatively, atleast if you'd like them to be "fresh" and "spontaneous". This is where a series of active brushstrokes (instead of negative painting or using masking fluid) really makes a difference.
On the right, up top, I dropped Chinese White into the tree boughs, wet into wet, to get those soft, poofy drifts of snow. Again, the Chinese White was pretty thick, but not straight from the tube. I did the same thing on the painting down below, where I dropped white into a background that was wet to the horizon. As the white blossomed, I got soft, snow covered trees with it -
Additionally, I applied white to the foreground tree. Some was very thick. So thick and goopy that I actually "laid" it onto the tree in a stringy dollop. It was the last application of paint, so I let it dry- impasto style. Absolutely no painting over it!! It actually is raised, like braille. You can also see, in the notches of the trees, where the application of white was laid into a wet area and it partly diffused into the purple with "veins". A lovely affect, if you can get the paint you're laying it into to be just damp, instead of too wet. Once again, I got that effect elsewhere, in the "furred" highlights on the posts of the painting below-
You can also see where I added rough application of a pale, muted, opaque green to the tree. As always, I mixed it up with Chinese White and daubed it on, very thick, in strategic locations. when I need to, I'm often mixing up a bit of a pale, muted color, to cut edges and provide highlights that have some local color. In the closeup shared below, you can see where I've mixed up just that. These highlights, that would have been near impossible to paint around negatively with any grace, where very very helpful in creating a sense of light and form for the people.
And that's really the focus of the tool- how to make the painting process easier. I like keeping highlights and cutting my shapes. That is a very useful, essential skill!! But there are times when it's both easier and far more expressive to daub in the essential bits of highlighted color with an "active" brushstroke.


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Do you think it's possible for your people to enjoy volunteering with you more than they enjoy their day job? That might feel like a tall order, but it's entirely possible. The elements that make a great working/volunteering environment are the same.
But what if they don't enjoy volunteering on your team?
Why would anyone stay in a bad job? The answer is simple, they stay because of an great team.
Think about it. In any organization the only thing that has the potential to deeply impact your experience is your team. You will have great times and times of crisis but your team is the thing that can hold you through. It's the same for anyone on your team.
Look at the graph below. Imagine you are on a great team. When things go well, the team high is awesome. When it goes through times of crisis you push through because you're willing to push through it as long as you have your team.
Now imagine that you don't really get along with your team. You could take them or leave them. Think about those highs, they aren't nearly as exciting. They seem like a small payoff for having to deal with the team. And when you hit those times of crisis, you constantly ask yourself "Is this even worth it?"
In fact most people don't quit because they've hit a time of crisis, they quit because they don't connect with their leader or team.
So how do you insure you are creating an awesome team environment? Ask yourself these 12 questions (adapted from "First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently" by Marcus Buckingham [affiliate link].
- Does everyone on your team know how they can best contribute?
Everyone wants to know what you need from them, they want to know how to play their part. Feeling unsure whether your contribution matters is a sure fire way to suck anyone's energy tank dry.
- Does everyone have the materials and equipment necessary to do their work right?
It's hard to do the work when you don't have the right tools. You show your volunteers appreciation if you work hard at getting them the right tools. It cost money, but it's a worth while investment.
- Does everyone have the opportunity to do what they do best every time they serve?
It's easy to look at the ministry you are trying to accomplish as a mountain that you try to throw volunteers at. In reality it's a playground you to plug gifted people into. Help them find their spot, when they find their spot it only puts fuel in their tank.
- Is everyone being recognized and praised for doing good work?
You don't have to be the only one doing this. Help your team encourage each other. Point out great work publicly, make a habit of it. Look for excuses, even if it means walking up beside someone and whispering "I just saw what you did, great job."
- Do your team leaders care about each volunteer as a person?
Sometimes all it takes is a simple question, "How are you doing?" When they say "Good" ask again. "No really, how are you doing?" Volunteers are people too.
- Is each person on your team being developed?
Everyone on your team wants to get better. Are they being encouraged and equipped to do so?
- Do their options count?
Do you ask the people on the front lines for their feedback and ideas?
- Does everyone feel like their role contributes to the organization's mission/purpose?
It can be easy to feel like a small job on Sundays isn't really making a difference. Help people see how they are fulfilling the mission. "When you do __x__ it helps people __y__."
- Is everyone on the team committed to doing quality work?
If someone isn't, maybe they aren't in the right spot. They probably aren't having any fun either.
- Do the people on your team feel like they are building relationships?
One of the reasons people serve is that deep down they want to be known. Relationship give serving context.
- Are you taking the opportunity to talk about how your team members have improved over the last six months?
When you review the last season's goals, look for opportunities to shine a light on various team member's growth. Did Josh take on a new leadership role? Did Cathy become more approachable?
- In the last year, has everyone had opportunities to learn and grow?
Have you sent your team members to conferences? Bought them books? Offered them helpful, compelling training?
If you answered no to too many of these questions and you're on your way to building one ugly team. And you inevitably will be dealing with turnover in your near future. Start tackling these in order. Work on questions 1 & 2 until you feel like they have turned into a yes. Then move on to 3, 4, 5, & 6 and then on to 7, 8, 9 & 10. And finally put your effort into 11 & 12. Don't bother jumping ahead to much. If your team members don't know how they can best contribute, it won't do you any good focusing on their improvement.
Answer yes to these 12 questions and you are on your way to building one awesome team!
Question of the day: Thinking about your own experience, could you answer yes to these 12 questions?


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Just after hopping off the plane in Seattle I met up with my friend Dr. Ryan DeBell. I've attended his seminar and followed his Movement Fix work for sometime, so it was an honor to share some of my work with him and his audience. Check out what we talked about:
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DISCLAIMER: This is referring to a single school board in Ontario Canada.
DISCLAIMER: MY OPINIONS. The fact that my children and spouse are involved in the education system to one degree or another is not something that matters here.
What follows is a letter that I wrote in response to receiving an incredibly poorly written "sign all the things" document earlier this year. Enjoy.
Something needs to change, and quickly.
Good morning,
Let me start by giving you my heartfelt apology, what follows is information which needs to be placed in front of HWDSB proper and dealt with in a fashion sufficient to save all of the parents and students, not simply one class or one school. I did not submit my rather scathing review of the last set of forms that were sent, but rather saved that message for someday in the distant future when it might do some good. However, this latest form sent home is like that sprinkling of glass shards that truly makes the mixed metaphor of mumbojumbo salad complete.
I am in receipt of the latest form sent home simply entitled "Acceptable Use Terms & Conditions". I find that if I sign this form, I will have in all likelihood agreed to things that are beyond my capacity to understand. The previous sentence should come as something of an alarm for you (all) as the subject matter falls within my professional purview (http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesarlen/) and still leaves me reeling with anxiety and doubt. I suppose that a more casual reader would simply sign (if he or she could determine the correct line upon which to place a signature) but anyone who looks at this form should seriously consider not signing it until having it reviewed by a competent legal authority.
Before I begin discussion of the "Acceptable Use Terms & Conditions" (AUTC), let me quote from the letter I did not send on September 2, 2014:
- The "Acceptable Use Agreement for the Internet Consent Form" is incomplete. It specifically refers to the obverse as a form as required reading. There is no reverse side and no simple link to the most current version of the text as hosted on http://www.hwdsb.on.ca – although based on a Google search for "hwdsb acceptable use agreement for the internet consent form" it may be:
- Hit 1 – Queen Victoria School – Five pages, February 2012, colour pdf – http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/queenvictoria/files/2011/02/Acceptable-Use-Agreement-Internet.pdf
- Hit 2 – Mountain View School – Two pages, September 2013, Word Document (retyped, internal date does not match file location date) – http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/mountainview/files/2011/01/Internet-Use-Agreement-Form-22.doc
- Hit 3 – Four pages, September 2013, low quality scan – http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/jamesmacdonald/files/2013/09/InternetUse.pdf
- Connected to the public Internet,
- Connected to any network,
- Equipped with a web (http) browser, or
- Powered on.
- The "Consent to the Release of Personal Information for Students" is confusingly two forms in one, for no apparent reason. A simple re-structure with tick-box options for photograph and name with a single consent and signatory section would be significantly more efficient, clear and possibly even increase the likelihood that parents will understand what they are signing.
Note that none of the top three hits (nor any of the hits on the first page of results) will get me the canonical copy of the form from the Board directly.
In reading the materials located at the above links, they all contain absolute nonsense phrases such as "Users will not … receive offensive messages or pictures from any source". Unfortunately, the area of Information and Computer Security is one that I am considered to have some level of expertise in and I can absolutely guarantee you that it is not merely impossible but actually UNpossible to comply with that statement while utilizing a computer that is:
In any case, without the ability to assess your infrastructure to determine if it meets the basic standards for secured systems as listed in ISO 27002:2013 or other accepted Industry Best Practices, you are asking me to literally sign away my liability on your misapprehension of the nature of computer networks and systems.
These two forms have now been either superseded or amended by the AUTC. I am unable to determine which case has taken place.
Disassembling the AUTC and identifying each instance of "What is the actual point?" is something that should be in the hands of either a constitutional lawyer or a Jesuit – to determine either liability or sin. Instead, here are a set of bullets which I hope make the case clearly.
- Style
- Pick a font. Seriously. Just one. (Hint: Ctrl/Cmd-A, then select a font) It is not 1985, and you are not attempting to show off your Desktop Publishing prowess.
- Separate that which is for the fractional (less than 1/14th of the student body) proportion of the population that is over the age of majority from the remainder of the form. Have TWO forms – one for 13/14ths of the students and one for the 1/14ths group. Whacky, but clarifies significantly EVERY SECTION of the form.
- Link to the canonical (one true) copy of the form so that I can verify that the school has not 'enhanced' the form they send home compared to the board official one.
- Section 1 (Third-party Tools and Resources) Inclusions
- You are incorporating by reference 10 separate legal agreements with 8 corporations.
- The Google link you provided is not the actual Terms of Service – that would be: http://www.google.ca/intl/en/policies/terms/regional.html
- The first Microsoft Link (Office 365) is a red herring, it does not lead to a T&C, the second link provided is the legal document.
- The third Microsoft Link (Windows Services Privacy) is not a legal document either. The second link applies.
- The MediaCore license places HWDSB in a position of responsibility, not me. See http://www.mediacore.com/legal/terms/ section 4.3 – additionally, I would refuse to sign this document as it removes my right to validate that the service is delivered as contracted.
- Desire2Learn/Brightspace are quite clear (2nd paragraph under heading "If you are an enterprise user") in stating that this Privacy Statement does not apply to the end-user.
- The ExploreLearning document states clearly that the responsibility for activities on the account remains with the User. It is unclear how authentication and authorization are handled (e.g: Single Sign On / SSO, per-site username/password) and whether or not my child (and myself – as you are asking me to sign) remains in sole possession of the password or other authentication credentials.
- The EduDentity Service Agreement refers to "Sections 9 and 10" which are neither included nor available by link.
- The Turnitin.com Agreement specifically restricts the use of the site to those aged 14 and older. Neither of my elementary aged children may use this site. And I find both their business model and the reliance upon their service to be morally reprehensible.
- I am ineligible to sign off on the VoiceThread agreement. Point 1. of the Basic Terms limits signatories to "K-12 Educator or Administrator"
- Total page count:
- Google: 3 pages, no mention of PIPEDA (privacy between me and Google) Correct link is 4 pages.
- Microsoft Office 365: 2 pages
- Microsoft: 15 pages
- Microsoft Windows: 4 pages
- Mediacore: 16 pages across 5 links
- Desire2Learn: 11 pages
- ExploreLearning: 8 pages
- Edudentity: 2 pages
- Turnitin: 5 pages
- Voicethread: 7 pages
- Creative Commons (either 4.0 or 2.5ca – legal code, not summary): 5 pages
- Total Pages (worst case) 79 pages
- You are requiring me to read and comprehend not only the 3 pages of the AUTC, but also the 79 pages of incorporated material.
- You have not included the additional 24 pages of material required by Apple Canada (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/ca/terms.html) should the use of any iOS device with an active iTunes account be utilized.
- Section 2 (Privacy and Collection of Personal Information)
- I cannot understand how this section ended up buried in the middle of the document – it doesn't belong and the references to "Manager of Corporate Communications" should properly be references to the (legislative description) "head of the municipality".
- All of the noted cases are covered by the Consent to the Release of Personal Information for Students Document that I have already signed. The extension of Photograph to Video is one that should be made on that form rather than as an adjunct to this form.
- Section 3 (Creative and Academic Works)
- You are incorporating by reference a license to copyright which is not applicable in Canada – the link you are looking for is actually: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/legalcode.en
- It seems that the second "checkbox" is in conflict with the previous section as I have now agreed in the third (slightly) different way to the identification of my child to external parties.
- Section 4 (Liability)
- Firstly, clean up the page break (see attached PDF) so that "Liability" does not appear alone on the bottom line of the previous page.
- The paragraph identified as "(a)" refers to "appendices, or any applicable HWDSB policy":
- Which appendices – I received three pages total.
- Who determines applicability of which policy?
- Is the list (and content) of policies fixed at the time of signature?
- The paragraph identified as "(b)" requires a adherence to "the standards of behaviour set forth in Appendix A hereto"
- Drop the fake legalese – it diminishes you while failing to enhance meaningful understanding
- Provide the Appendix. You wouldn't sign any other legal document that does not provide all of the information.
- Signature Block
- I assume that the first section of the block (Student Signature/Witness/Name) is for cases where the student is of the age of majority. If so, it should be labeled. If not, it's a curiosity as my child cannot sign it and you hold a standard for "witness" which you do not hold for a parent in the subsequent block.
Please feel free to either discard or forward this information as you see fit. I would hope that the organization is still capable of thoughtful self-analysis and can see that the torrent of poorly thought out and designed forms sent home is getting to the point of ridiculous. The amount of implied consent granted because we commit to you our most precious and priceless asset on a daily basis is sufficient.
As I have a number of times in the past, I offer my professional services at zero cost to aid you individually in classrooms, within the school and across the board. It would be nice to have things start to make sense – especially as you struggle with the technology deficit that Ontario schools have suffered from dating all the way back to the CEMCorp / Burroughs-Sperry / Unisys ICON era that I so tearfully remember as a complete and utter waste.
I know that this suggestion will not be acted upon. We're not new to the institutional insanity/hubris of the HWDSB. That's the most damning thing I can say and I'm sorry for both you and our kids that we are so accepting of mediocrity.
Have a great school year and if there is any thing I can do to help, do not hesitate to reach out.


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Imagine the horrors of this week for Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue, and then marvel at his graciousness and composure in this CNN interview. Alisyn Camerota asks Myers to describe his meeting with Donald Trump, a visit that created controversy in Pittsburgh and elsewhere. Myers himself had told Camerota in an earlier interview that he would welcome Trump to his synagogue if he wanted to come to honor the victims and console the survivors.
This morning, Myers described the president's "warm and personal side," which "pleasantly surprised" him, while telling Camerota that some of the visit was so personal that he wanted to keep it to himself:
Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers on Pres. Donald Trump's Pittsburgh trip: "I was pleasantly surprised by a warm and personal side to the President that I don't think America has ever seen." pic.twitter.com/kujaqDxtJM
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) November 1, 2018
The only real takeaway here — besides Rabbi Myers' courage and directness — is his observation that America hasn't seen Trump's "warm and personal side." That seems absolutely true; we have heard about it on occasion, but it rarely comes out directly in public. Trump's public persona is much more focused on being an unapologetic (to the max) fighter and a hard-nosed dealmaker. One has to wonder how much traction Trump would gain by letting that side emerge more prominently in public to at least mitigate the unapologetic-fighter persona.
One last issue: if you want to help the congregants of the Tree of Life synagogue recover, GoFundMe has a verified account for the victims. They have a target of $1.2 million, and they're not too far off from it. If nothing else, pray for their recovery from this horrible anti-Semitic attack, and pray that it's the last we'll see in our lifetimes.


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And Immunity for All
Episode 5 · February 28th, 2011 · 54 mins 13 secs
About this Episode
In this week's Latest in Paleo, Angelo covers the Supreme Court's decision to grant legal immunity to vaccine companies; fast food want the same thing; manly diet sodas; obese pets; OTC cold and flu drugs; making gorillas healthier with a natural diet; added sugar and heart disease. Also, the top exercises you should consider doing.
There's a new Blog of the Week and Moment of Paleo. After the Bell, Sir Ken Robinson talks about education and creativity.
Links for this episode:
- YouTube - Supreme Court Shields Vaccine Makers From Lawsuits
- No obesity lawsuits here | mndaily.com
- How to Make Oatmeal . . . Wrong - NYTimes.com
- 'Manly' diet soda appeals to men
- Obese Pets: Pudgy Pets Pose Problems for Vets on Yahoo! Video
- Video - OTC Cold & Flu Meds - CNN.com
- Health problems disappear when captive gorillas fed wild diet | Hunter-Gatherer
- YouTube - Gorillas Going Green
- Natural Messiah: Added Sugars Increase Heart Disease Risk Factors
- The Exercises That Count – What The Top Minds Say « Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger.
- Natural Messiah
- YouTube - Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
- LatestInPaleo Facebook Page
- Latest in Paleo Podcast Blog | HOME
- Amazon.com: Great Dehydrator for Making Jerky!
Sponsored by MailChimp and CodeConf 2011.


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Contemporary and Hip Hop Choreography Instructor
Jenna is 24 years old and has been dancing since the age of nine. She joined the Impressions Dance Team and danced with them for eight years. During her time with Impressions, Jenna served leadership positions as both officer and captain of both the junior and senior lines. Over the course of her dance career, she has won sixteen medals.
At the age of 17, she began coaching right out of High School. She went on to join Fusion Crew through Funk Lab and coach at Howard's School of Dance.
Jenna has taken many classes at Plant Dance including a class under "So You Think You Can Dance" choreographer Dee Caspary. She has served as a judge for the Ameridance circuit on multiple occasions.
Jenna is currently the competition contemporary instructor at Funk Lab.


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I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. - Dr. Seuss
I smell the barbecue already - corn on the cob, BBQ chicken, and a game of
Kan-Jam. We can all hear the laughter, the congratulations, and the screams and shouts of seniors graduating, finally moving on from the dreary halls of school. Finally, he thinks - I've done it. On to the next rite of passage.
Move past the greasy fingers and ketchup-stained khakis and look deep in the eyes of the graduate and there lies fear. An abyss of fear. A holy crap, this is really happening kind of fear. An oh-boy, what am I going to do kind of fear. A crab-like retreat hoping to crawl back into the shell of childhood.
Which is why every senior usually gets a book by Dr. Seuss for graduation. Oh, The Places You'll Go in the hands of every black-robed tassel-headed senior.
How funny it is that you get a children's book at the point in time when you wish you had a few more years of childhood.
Here's the reason: Take Dr. Seuss seriously. Really. As you walk into the "real world" don't forget to look through the telescope of reality through a kaleidoscope lens. Realize that reality is what you make of it. Remember, this is water. (Tweet this!)
Here's three more tips that extraordinary leaders know and keep secret:
1. Keep that sense of childhood wonder. Entrepreneurship and following your dreams can be lonely and filled with negativity, unless you choose to see the positive and laugh and play a little. (Tweet this!)
2. Your dog is the best role model. Dogs have all the best qualities of man, without any of the vices. Be happy and eager to please everyone, including yourself (even if that means rolling in the grass). (Tweet this!)
3. Keep a sense of play in your work. Work doesn't have to be work. Work can be fun and fun can be difficult. The last few minutes of the Super Bowl before a major win is difficult fun, just like the last few minutes before a Van Gogh or the last few minutes before publishing your work.
I would write more, but I am off to jump on the slip-n-slide. Party time. Who doesn't love a good barbecue?


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The upcoming NRL and AFL rugby finals are set to have positive associated effects for a variety of retailers in Australia, according to IBISWorld.
Retail research carried out by the company shows that Australian NRL and AFL fans will spend a combined total of $595.6 million on finals celebrations, which represents an increase of 6.3 per cent compared to last year.
In particular, the retailers that are set to reap the most benefits from the fast-approaching finals are liquor retailers, pubs, bars and those selling other goods such as electricals and appliances.
"While the controversy that has surrounded this year's football seasons has thrown up a number of challenges for both codes and the clubs involved, the AFL and NRL are powering on and both finals series are expected to draw in record viewership and attendance," said IBISWorld General Manager (Australia) Karen Dobie in a September 6 statement.
While fewer interstate teams in both competitions will mean tourism spending will soften, this is expected to be offset by increases in other areas.
"However, growing consumer sentiment is expected to see fans throw caution to the wind, with thousands splashing out on game tickets, big-screen TVs, new barbecues, alcohol and a bet or two during the series," Ms Dobie said.
In 2013, IBISWorld business analysts forecast that Australians will spend $165 million on alcohol at liquor retailers and $149 million at bars, an increase of 6.5 per cent and 6.4 per cent, respectively, from last year.
Meanwhile, the traditional barbecue for the finals will see appliance retailers getting a boost to the tune of $70.7 million this year. IBISWorld analysts predict hosts will splurge on a TV for the occasion or a brand new barbecue.
Businesses may wish to take advantage of this sports-assisted boost in consumer spend when it comes to developing a retail strategy around the upcoming finals.


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Wall St. bailout angers taxpayers
Mark Endres has 19 years left to pay on his mortgage and the Philadelphia barber is not expecting anyone to cut him any slack. So what's all this talk about the government writing a $700 billion check to Wall Street?
Plans for a massive federal bailout may come with calls for reforming the nation's big investment banks, but "the same people are still in charge," the 51-year-old Endres said Tuesday, as he snipped at the hair of a patron. "They are still sitting back, sipping their lattes, driving their Jaguars."
Americans don't like much of what they're hearing about a $700 billion proposal to bail out listing financial institutions, especially the possibility that it could reward the very investment firms that got us into this mess in the first place.
But in the end, most people interviewed across the nation by The Associated Press agreed something has to be done, even if it turns out to be a bitter medicine for taxpayers to swallow.
"My resentment is toward the fat cats on Wall Street who are probably going to ride off in the sunset with millions in their saddlebags," said Margaret Tate, a 52-year-old copywriter, interviewed during a lunch break in downtown Atlanta. "I have a feeling that a lot of those people aren't going to come out of this hurting the way the average American will."
Nearly two-thirds of the public thinks the government bailout plan is the right thing to do, according to a Pew Research Center for the People and the Press survey released Tuesday. About 30 percent said it was the wrong thing to do.
The telephone survey of 1,003 adults was conducted Sept. 19-22 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
The nation's financial crisis and its roots in securities backed by subprime loans are not easy to understand. But after hearing about those problems for more than a year and a half, many people have had time to think the situation over.
"I don't like it. I don't think anybody likes it," said Jeff Mays, of Westerville, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, interviewed outside a supermarket. "I can agree with it from a practical standpoint, but ideologically, I don't like the government messing in the markets."
Bob Heglin, a suburban Cincinnati homeowner, said he stays current on his mortgage and isn't thrilled about paying for others' irresponsibility. But he sees federal intervention as a necessary step to stabilize the economy and prevent more damage.
"I don't believe in rewarding bad behavior, but the other side of it is the people that the bad behavior will affect," said Heglin, a 50-year-old who has worked in the real estate and title industries for more than two decades. He said he wants accountability for Wall Street executives and delinquent mortgage holders, and tighter rules for the lending industry.
"I hope it's not really a bailout," he said. "I hope it's a corrective measure to stop the bleeding and then to work toward mending or healing the crack."
There was wide agreement Tuesday that Washington should try to find a way to help the economy without doling out money to Wall Street.
"I understand the ripple effect and that something has to be done," said Brian Piper in Doral, Fla. "I just wish there was better regulatory practices by the lenders at the time."


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Future Electronics and President Robert Miller Recognize John Dolgowicz on 35 Year Anniversary
Pointe Claire, Quebec (olaladirectory) December 14, 2017 – Future Electronics is a global leading distributor of electronic components with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Quebec.
The company's President, Robert Miller, recently congratulated John Dolgowicz on the occasion of his 35 year anniversary of employment with the organization. Mr. Dolgowicz, who is a Building Maintenance Worker, started as a Maintenance Technician in the Montreal Warehouse in 1982. He was then transferred to the position of Building Maintenance Worker at the company's corporate headquarters.
Mr. Dolgowicz said "I am very thankful for my position at Future, both for where I started and where I am now. I am very grateful for the opportunity that Mr. Miller has given me, to be part of Future Electronics. Thirty five years later, I still love what I do."
The Founder and President of Future Electronics, Robert Miller, often refers to employees as being "the company's greatest asset." The company places a high value on the dedication of its employees, and milestone anniversaries are recognized with personalized cards, plaques, free meal vouchers, and other gifts based on their length of tenure.
About Future Electronics
Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions, as well as providing differentiated engineering services encompassing technical support, technology training and custom board design. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, Future Electronics has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,500 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future's mission is always to Delight the Customer®.
For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.
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No matter the season, this statement rings true for me all year long: give me ice cream or give me death.
I could eat ice cream for all three meals. It is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods, right up there with mac n cheese, fried chicken, and tacos. Seriously if I could get just one doctor to approve a diet that consisted solely of just mac n cheese, fried chicken, tacos, and ice cream I would be the happiest gal in America.
Although some may say ice cream is a little out of season right now (ahem, those people are wrong), then this particular ice flavor should make up for it. This is Brown Sugar Cinnamon Toffee Ice Cream. It has all those warm, earthy spicey flavors that everyone loves about fall. It may not make sense to describe an ice cream flavor as "warm" but after you try this you'll understand what I mean, promise!
When I bought my ice cream maker almost exactly a year ago, I knew making homemade ice cream would become a regular part of my routine. I've made a lot of ice cream over the last year but this recipe is obviously my FAVORITE so far because it's that good! The chopped toffee pieces add a nice crunch to the ice cream, and when you scoop this on top of a waffle cone the soft/crunchy texture balance is juuuuuust right.
You're going to want more than one scoop of this ice cream though, I promise. It tastes like fall, and quite simply it will make your life better. Trust me, it's improved mine!


text: Jobs a-plenty. AP Photo/Danny Johnston 4 mai 2018 What is full employment? An economist explains the latest jobs data Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University The unemployment rate is now at its lowest level in 17 years and is very close to a 50-year low. Does that mean we're at full employment?


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MISSING, PRESUMED by Susie Steiner
The Borough Press
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Hello everybody,
today is #REVIEWWEDNESDAY and I am here to talk about my latest read : MISSING PRESUMED by Susie Steiner. This book is published in Australia by The Borough Press ( an Harper Collins inprint, that I would also like to thank for my copy) and is a crime novel of 404 pages.
Missing,presumed talk about the disappearence of the beautiful and rich Cambridge student Edith Hind from her appartment under suspicious circumstances. The door left ajar, all the coats on the floor, a broken glass of wine and droplets of blood. The case is assigned to Detective Sergeant Manon Bradshaw, whos personal life is incredibly messed up, constantly jumping between online dating and depression after the latest brakage. For DS Bradshaw the hunt for Edith Hind might be the caree-defining case she has been waiting for. After 72 h missing, DS Bradshaw starts to bring to light disturbing facts of Hinds lifes that will start a chain of event that will lead to an expected conclusion and to hard times for the rich and perfect family.
As you may presume by the rate (3/5) this book is not one of the best I read. It lack of suspence and all the characteristics of a tipical crime novel.The story is more focused on DS Bradshaw and her life that on the case itself. I loved Manon, I belive she is one of my favourite female cops in literature because she is more real that all the other super cops you can find . She is alone, messed up, depressed and she hasn't time to live her life because she is constantly working. I liked to read about her but this is not the book I was expecting. Edith Hind disappearence is at the very beginning of the story and then is left on the background of the narration. Is not the core of the book, but, instead, is the start. Edith disappearence will start a series of event that will completely destroy her family and change DS Bradshaw life, for ever. Which is ok, though, if not that I was expecting for something more involving, gripping and exciting. The book is actually quite slow in some parts, mostly when Steiner explore the depth of her characters lifes and redundant.
Generally speaking is a book well written, I really enjoy the time spent reading it, but I have to rate it 3 because of my personal tastes. I was disapointed by the story itself. What I really like, though, were the investigations and the cops. All of them felt real people to me, real problems and real tireness because of long hours at work.
All in all is a book that you might like if you like cops investigations storie and you are looking for a well written realistic story with an unpredictable end.
See you next week!


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Conservative candidate Francois Fillon has been left fighting to save his presidential candidacy following new revelations over his wife's job. Current opinion polls have put independent Emmanuel Macron at 64 percent.
Never one to shy from a political scandal, France wandered further down a rumor-filled election road on Tuesday as scandal-hit Conservative candidate Francois Fillon was placed at 18.5 percent in a second-round opinion poll, propelling independent frontrunner Emmanuel Macron still further ahead.
According to a rolling opinion poll by the IFOP, Macron would win the May 7 run-off with 64 percent. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen also came out ahead of Fillon with almost double the votes at 36 percent.
'Fake job'
Fillon's hopes of entering the Élysée Palace have been fading fast since it emerged that his British-born spouse Penelope was paid hundreds of thousands of euros for a suspected "fake job."
Hoping to put the scandal behind him, the conservative admitted on Monday that he had made an "error." On Tuesday, however, the Canard Enchaîné newspaper, which was behind the original revelations, published new claims that could further hinder Fillon's candidacy.
The paper said Penelope - who earned over 800,000 euros pre-tax ($860,000) for 15 years of employment as a parliamentary assistant - also received a 45,000-euro payout after the end of two of her contracts.
She received a first payout of 16,000 euros in 2002 at the end of a contract with her husband - only for her to be rehired as an aide two weeks later. A second payment of 29,000 euros followed in 2013, the Canard wrote.
The paper also reported that investigators probing the possible misuse of public funds had been unable to find "the slightest trace of Penelope's 15 years of work."
Fillon has questioned the validity of the investigation, saying it violates the principle of separation of powers between the judiciary and the legislature.
Frontrunner Macron meanwhile laughed off rumors late on Monday that he was having a gay relationship with Radio France chief executive Mathieu Gallet, outside his marriage to his former teacher Brigitte Trogneux.
"If you're told I lead a double life with Mr Gallet, it's because my hologram has escaped," the former economy minister told supporters.
A spokeswoman said the comments were "a clear denial of the rumors about his private life."
Presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron has slammed far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who in turn continued to plough her anti-EU, anti-immigration course. The two seem set to slug it out up to May's second round. (05.02.2017)
Now that the primaries are over, the real presidential race begins in France. The campaign has already been marked by scandals, surprises and fluid allegiances, reports Elizabeth Bryant from Paris. (30.01.2017)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel saved Europe's "dignity" by taking in refugees, French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has told a German publication. Macron faces an uphill battle ahead of this year's election. (02.01.2017)
Marine Le Pen has launched her bid for the French presidency with a fiery speech in Lyon. The far-right leader echoed many of the populist sentiments expressed by supporters of US President Donald Trump and Brexit. (05.02.2017)
#Penelopegate and #Fillongate were trending as French Twitter gleefully mocked presidential hopeful Francois Fillon. The anti-corruption candidate is under fire over allegations he paid his wife for a job she never did. (27.01.2017)


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Ask a QuestionHere are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community or ask a new question.
I would also love to make wooden figures to stand up on the ground, but I am not sure how. I like the one from the picture, but I don't want to use a flower pot. Please help!
By Apryl from Miami, FL
If you don't want to use a flower pot, since they look kind of "girlie", you could use galvanized buckets or beach pails, both of which you could get from the dollar store. You could also take a rubber ball, such as a small soccer or football (again, from the dollar store), cut off the top, and use that as a base. To stabilize the arrangement, use marbles or river stones for a dollar a bag from dollar store. I love the idea of using Diego that way!
I have done this before with metal pails, but really any container that would hide the styrofoam would work. I have even used little felt Easter baskets found in the dollar aisle at Target before.
I will be having a birthday party for my son who will be turning 2 and I would like ideas for centerpieces. The theme will be Nemo and I just can't think of anything. Please help. Thanks.
Erika from TX
One idea would be to get some small bowls- you can find them in the floral dept at walmart, or at dollar stores, yard sales, or wherever, and put goldfish in them. I don't know if your son would try to grab the bowls or not, but I know my 2 year old loves watching the fish swim around. I know they aren't exactly Nemo, but they are orange, and that might be enough for a 2 year old. Hope that helps some!!
What about enlarging a picture of Nemo, then coloring two of them with bright markers, cutting along the edges, then gluing or stapling the two together back to back with a little stuffing in between the layers to make it 3-D. Then insert a stick into the bottom edge and add a little more glue. Stand the stick and Nemo up in a jar with sand in it or something like that. You could make it as big as you wanted.
Well of course you are going to have little bowls with goldfish on the tables for each kid to take home! The only way to go..
I like the idea of using a real aquarium like a 10 gallon, fill with water and put Nemo fish and turtles in the water. You can paint plastic ones to be the right colors of the movie theme and weight them down with a small weight and fishing line.
I recommend a big Tiki faced thing, like in the initiation scene in the dentist's aquarium scene. Oriental Trading Company sells them, I believe--I think they have big inflatable ones. There are lots of Tiki type things at dollar stores also. Or you could make your own. However, Your son and his peers are not going to care about this centerpiece the way you do and so don't stress too much. I threw a Nemo birthday party for my daughter last year on her third birthday (she demanded that we call her Nemo for about 7 mos last year) and the Nemo Cake I made was awesome. That was the centerpiece on the table. I made a very large round carrot cake with cream cheese frosting colored that lovely Nemo coral-colored orange (matched it to her Nemo doll and the Nemo party favors I had)--to do this, look at the back of a regular multi-colored food coloring set for help, usually it means using lots of red and yellow. With a disposable cake decorating kit, I made black and white stripes just like on Nemo across the entire top. The black was made with black Wilton food coloring paste (bought from Walmart's sewing/crafting area) and white frosting. Be sure to mix in a little bit at a time with a toothpick since you won't need much. That was piped on in straight lines. The white was done in little scrunched star tipped dots until it all filled in. It was gorgeous. If only I had taken the photos with a digital camera I'd share. An alternative to the black icing is thin black licorice string or finding black sugar crystals if you're lucky.
we used 3-d fish boxes for our nemo party center pieces....they were weights for the nemo mylar balloons. little fish bowls with gold fish in it would be cute.
I'm doing a nemo party for my 2 year old and i came up with the idea to use small fishbowls (like those you can find in the floral dept in wal mart.. I'm going to write each childs name on a bowl so they can be used as place cards but i will also fill them with blue jello so they are a snack i've decided to put nerds candy in the bottom for rocks and gummie sharks suspended in the middle of the jello
I am planning my son's first birthday party. The theme is jungle/barnyard. I am looking for help on ideas for centerpiece since I am not very creative. Thanks.
By sb from Westborough, MA
Just use a bouquet of balloons on the table. At his age he isn't going to know what a theme party is. As far as that goes, I would just serve the cake, ice cream and drink or whatever you plan to serve. At that age the cake is all the kid will care about.
Cheap dollar store animals bunched together in the center of the table. You could buy some Play Doh (or make some) (green or brown for dirt or grass) and stick them in it to hold them "down". Kids don't know what things cost, keep that in mind. I used to decorate my kids cakes this way also. I made (usually) a plain chocolate or vanilla cake and then added cheap "toy" animals in a package for the decorations. I also saved these from year to year and I had a mass of "trees" rocks, etc. to re-use.
That reminds me :) Whole Foods carries (in the bins by the pound) "rock" chocolates. They are not cheap, but you don't have to have many. You could add to cake. (They are delicious and look very much like real rocks) One other thing: DON'T overdo it on a first BD party, either with the amount of children you invite OR you decor, games, etc. It will just be a source of frustration trying to manage it all, and at that age, they don't even know what is going on!
Copy/paste/save/print/cut pics from the 'net of barnyard animals and they can be sized prior to printing. Tack them onto the tablecloth where each child will sit enjoying cake and ice cream. Could be turned into a cheap place mat and use colored paper to print the pic. A copier business can enlarge/laminate the printout for you if you desire. Add a small stuffed animal near each guest's seat and they can take them home with them after the party ends.
Let the cake be the centerpiece.
My sister in law did the cutest cupcake centerpiece. She had made 50 cupcakes and decorated 1/4 like monkeys, 1/4 like leopards, 1/4 like cats and 1/4 like zebras using necco wafers, licorice, candy hearts, and various other candies. In fact, 3 sister in laws came early to the party to help decorate them and it was so fun and quick as each one of us did our own interpretation of what each animal should look like! We stacked the cupcakes on pieces of cardboard and small cans (wrapped in animal print wrapping paper) in a pyramid. So it went cardboard, 4 small cans, smaller cardboard, 4 more cans, then smaller cardboard, then we filled in the area with all the cupcakes. It turned out great and the kids loved it and picking out their own cupcake. That way, they had their own individual cake and the birthday boy could have his own cake to stick his fingers in!
You could use tree branches spray paint them or leave them natural and buy some kind of hardening clay and flat little dishes for stand and the clay is the dirt were you will place plastic animals and birds hanging from branches. You could even make leaves from paper, crush them a little so they look real or cut branches with leave already on them. Or even cheaper go to Home Depo buy a bunch of small bushes for center pieces keep you receipt, and return them afterwards, they return plant living or not. As long as you have your receipt.
I am having a 13th birthday and confirmation party for my daughters and need table centerpieces.
Brenda from Amityville, NY
I always use potted plants with pretty flowers for centerpieces. Nothing gets wasted, nothing gets thrown away.
Additionally, a blooming flower is a perfect representation of a new teenager and one who has confirmed their faith.
We will be celebrating my son's 1st birthday and it will be a dinosaur theme. I bought some 6 inch rubber dinosaurs to use for centerpieces, but don't know what to do. Any ideas on centerpieces I could make with dinosaurs. The party is in one week. Thanks.
By carmina from Downey, CA
For a second birthday party in October, I need to make about 6 centerpieces, but I don't have any ideas. Also, any other ideas would be helpful. Thanks!
Hodda from MN


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Lakewood apartment fire forces 2 to leap
Two people leaped out of an apartment complex in Lakewood early Monday after a fire burned through the building.
West Pierce firefighters were called about 4 a.m. to the Union Crest apartment at 14820 Union Ave. SW and found the second story fully in flames.
Two residents had already jumped when crews arrived. One was taken to the hospital and was reported in stable condition. Three others drove themselves to the hospital.
Firefighters rescued five dogs from the blaze.
A cause has not been determined.
The 16 apartments in the building were affected by the fire so all residents were displaced, according to West Pierce Fire & Rescue. The Red Cross was helping with temporary housing.


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PLMA Chicago 2018 Private Label Trade Show is on track to meet or surpass last year's all-time record numbers for international pavilions and suppliers, when the doors open 11-13 November in Chicago to buyers from major retail companies throughout America, according to the event organizers.
U.S. own label sales are growing as much as four times the rate of manufacturers' brands, based on reports from Nielsen and others, and much of the growth is coming from sales of newer and more premium product lines. As a result, U.S. retailers are moving with surety and haste to add distinctive products sourced from abroad to their assortments, despite a trade environment that is creating uncertainties for international suppliers. In the frozen foods department, valued at $52 billion across all grocery outlets, own brands are recording gains of +6.5% – more than six times the growth of manufacturer's brands – and market share has reached 22%.
Proliferation of international exhibitors at PLMA has been an ongoing trend and is evident across all food as well as nonfood categories. The show as a whole presents more than 2,800 exhibit booths annually from the biggest and most knowledgeable own brand manufacturers, with over 1,500 companies representing virtually all known consumer products categories. While exhibits overall have seen gains of +5% annually since 2015, participation by exporters through PLMA international pavilions has increased +40%.
A significant number of international exhibitors
International pavilions are on track for record numbers and many companies have been exhibiting at the event for many years. In 2018, taking their place on the show floor there will be pavilions from Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, China and Taiwan, as well as Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru. More recent additions include pavilions from United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Greece, Kosovo, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Vietnam, Costa Rica, and Columbia.
The visitors who travel to the PLMA show in Chicago each year include retail buyers and executives from across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and South America. Procurement teams from virtually every large supermarket and drug chain, mass merchandiser, wholesale club and discounter attend regularly, in addition to online, convenience, specialty retailers and foodservice distributors. Buyers and visitors registrations at last year's event reached 5,400 and total participation, including exhibitor personnel, surpassed 11,200.
New Product Expo
This particular section of the event turns a spotlight on the latest product innovations from PLMA exhibitors, while Idea Supermarket® showcases own brand programs from retailers around the world. Seminars and speakers focus on U.S. retailing and product trends with exclusive market research on consumer purchasing behavior and private label growth opportunities.
The tens of thousands of products being shown at PLMA for retailers' own brand programs will once again include shelf stable, fresh, frozen and refrigerated foods, beverages – including wine and spirits, grocery non-foods, household cleaning, health and wellness, OTC, beauty, personal care and more. PLMA's special Housewares Showcase, launched in 2017, will also be back with a more extensive range of own brand kitchenware, cookware, small appliances and products for the home.