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Platelet-Rich Plasma for Cosmetic Facial Procedures – Promising Results, but Evidence Has Limitations
Most studies evaluating platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection for facial rejuvenation and other cosmetic procedures have reported positive results, according to a critical review in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
But the research evidence supporting PRP for facial aesthetic procedures has important limitations – especially a lack of standardized PRP preparation and injection techniques, concludes the report by ASPS Member Surgeon Alexes Hazen, MD, and colleagues of the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, New York. "More studies are needed to optimize PRP treatment techniques," Dr. Hazen comments, "Until that time, our paper may be useful in guiding clinical practice."
What's the Evidence on PRP for Facial Cosmetic Procedures?
Platelet-rich plasma injection has been extensively used in various clinical settings, including heart surgery, sports medicine, and wound care. In PRP procedures, a small sample of the patient's own blood is processed to release various growth factors from platelets – specialized blood cells involved in clotting.
In recent years, PRP has become a "trending therapy" in aesthetic medicine, according to Dr. Hazen and colleagues. "Dermatologists and plastic surgeons are using the natural healing properties of platelets to improve the appearance and overall health of skin."
But while PRP procedures are growing in popularity, the research supporting their clinical effectiveness is limited. In a review and update, Dr. Hazen and colleagues analyzed published 22 published studies of PRP for specific types of facial aesthetic procedures.
Fourteen studies evaluated the use of PRP for facial rejuvenation. All studies reported positive aesthetic outcomes with PRP injection, on its own or combined with fat grafting. Reported benefits of PRP included improvements in the volume, texture, and tone of the facial skin and decreased appearance of wrinkles.
Six studies using PRP to treat a specific type of hair loss called androgenic alopecia (male or female pattern baldness) reported good results in terms of hair regrowth. "Androgenic alopecia is perhaps the most convincing indication for treatment with PRP," according to Dr. Hazen and colleagues. Another two studies found positive results with the use of PRP to treat facial acne scars.
But despite these encouraging results, the review highlights several limitations of the evidence on PRP for facial aesthetic procedures. Methods of PRP preparation and injection varied considerably; some reports provided no information on the preparation technique. The studies also lacked standardized, objective assessments of skin quality before and after PRP treatment. Other issues included a lack of control (comparison) groups and follow-up to determine whether the benefits of PRP persist over time.
Thus despite many studies reporting promising results, the true value of these procedures remains open to question. "To date, the question of whether PRP's cocktail of growth factors generates a more youthful appearance has not been definitively answered," the researchers write. They note that PRP injection appears to be safe, with a low complication rate.
Dr. Hazen and coauthors emphasize the need for formal randomized, controlled trials of PRP of facial cosmetic procedures – including standardized preparation techniques, standard outcome measures, and longer follow-up. They conclude: "In the interim, this review presents a consolidation of PRP treatment techniques currently in use, to help guide physicians in their own clinical practice."
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Article: "Evaluating Platelet-Rich Therapy for Facial Aesthetics and Alopecia: A Critical Review of the Literature" (doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004279)
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Summary: George does some spin-doctoring. Aileen does the opposite.
Dark Future Date: August 4, 2009
A Wrench in the Plan
Fabulous Fireproof Hotel, New York City
Carrying her laptop and a lot of papers with her, Aileen looks a little tired, and definitely a little annoyed. Moving into the hotel room, she settles down on the couch, setting her work aside.
George is sprawled in the side chair, staring up at the ceiling as he talks on a cell phone. "What? Oh my God. Put that up front. And leave out the— right, right." He listens for a while, glancing over and raising an eyebrow. "Perfect. Run it." With a beep, the phone is hung up and tossed onto the desk.
There's a long breath, and Aileen shut her eyes, settling back on the couch. "Good day?" She questions, slowly opening her eyes back up. She leans forward, resting her head on her hands.
George shakes his head. "Over three hundred dead." So, no. He gets up and walks over to the bathroom, rinsing his hands. "What about you, another twelve-hour shift?"
"Shit." Aileen watches him walk off before she lets out a long breath. "Yeah, I had to write up a formal proposal for the project." She pauses for just a moment before she lets the words come out. "I met with the President."
The water is shut off. After toweling off, George goes to sit on the bed, looking out the window. Or would, if the curtains weren't drawn. "How did that go?"
There's a pause as she glances back to George. "He asked me about what happened. I thought he wanted me to come look at his shoulder.. he was injured." Aileen frowns. "He asked about the project. So I told him. He's taken control of it." She shakes her head, looking away. "George. He's.. dangerous."
George makes a sour face. "I've heard that countless times." The mention of an injury doesn't faze him, either; he'd know about it already if it were that serious. "What makes you say it?"
"I've never seem him snap like that." Aileen murmurs, reaching up to touch her shirt where she had been grabbed. "Scared me more than the damn terrorists." She looks back at George. "He.." She trails off.
"Well, he is under a lot of stress. Has to blow it off some time. But—" He turns, bothered more by the silence than by what was said out loud. "What is it?"
"I know, but.." Aileen shakes her head. "He just grabbed me, like he was going to strangle me, once I told him what the project was about, and that I thought it was actually possible. He told me it was a wrench in the plan. Asked me what right I had to even do this. He didn't even care that it agitated the wound. He just sat there, bleeding, holding me there by the shirt." She shakes her head. "He wants control of the entire project now. Said there's too much risk."
George leans back against the wall. "Grabbed you? Seriously?" There'll be a discussion about that, later. He's not completely blind. "It… could be, though. Not the plan itself, but what people would think it was, especially if it wasn't carefully explained. People could assume that it would be forced on them— or even if they didn't, they could just be scared of what would happen if it worked."
"I know, George, I know." Aileen settles on the couch, pulling her knees to her chest. "The men back there.. one of the terrorists? He suggested the President would use it like a reward, or force it on people. I'm not really much for listening to them, but.. after seeing that look with the President, I'm not sure what to think anymore." She sighs. "I'm scared. I'm honestly.. not sure what's going to happen. If I make one wrong move.. if I don't do this correctly, George.. that could be it."
George scratches at the back of his neck, pacing back and forth. "Hedge your bets, then," he suggests, finally. "Leave a copy of your notes in a safe place— and try to work up an antidote. Worth doing that anyway, in case some people turn out allergic to it. If he cracks--" The President is way ahead of you on that one, George. "--then we send it to the other side."
"Already done." Aileen sighs. "Ran into someone who seemed to have heard about the project too, simply because he discovered I was doing the same research. Thought I was stealing his notes or something. Either way.. he's definitely on the other side and working on the same thing. He's sending me his information, and I've left him with a copy of mine. If something happens.. he can do it." She looks back at him. "If it comes to it, George.. if things get crazy over this, I'm trusting you to do the right thing."
George walks over and rests a hand on Aileen's arm. "I will," he says, leaning his head forward. "If both sides are thinking along the same lines… that has to be a good sign. Anyway, put me in touch with him as well, if you can. Backup line of communication." Not that he hopes he'll ever need it.
Aileen nods. "I'll make sure of it." She looks back over at the wall. "Don't get in too deep, George. Just.. be careful. I know you've worked for Nathan Petrelli for a long time.. but the way he looked? Something's wrong."
No doubt he keeps that look carefully hidden from those closest to him. Why he let it slip this time, who knows? "I've been in deep for a while now, Aileen. I'll keep an eye out."

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Working Mode:AGC/APC/ACC
Connector Type:LC/PC
Storage Temperature :-20 ~ +70℃
OTS3000-EDFA Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
OTS3000-EDFA is a kind of function card in optical communication integrated platform. Different from OEO, it can directly amplify the signal of multi-wavelength from the C-band to effectively extend the transmission distance when the optical signal is not enough to meet the requirement of the optical transmission distance. EDFA can work with other function cards (such as DWDM,OADM,DCM and OTU)together to construct the complete optical network transmission
·Modularized design, Compact size, Support hot Plug.
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Winter Sleep (SAD)
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also referred to as the "winter blues" in its milder form, impacts roughly half a million individuals each winter, according to Mental Health America. This disorder makes its presence during the months of September through April, but peaks during the winter months of December, January, and February.
Symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
One of the hallmark signs of seasonal affective disorder is winter sleep disturbances. Among feedback from nearly 300 SAD patients, complaints of excessive oversleeping, termed hypersomnia, were made by 80 percent of the respondents, according to a study by researchers at Brigham's and Women's Hospital.
Aside from winter sleep hypersomnia, other symptoms of SAD include:
- excessive morning grogginess (difficulty waking up)
- difficulty staying awake
- overeating
- carbohydrates cravings
- lack of energy and feeling of lethargy and fatigue
- withdrawal from family, friends, and social activities
- decreased sex drive
- weight gain
- difficulty concentrating on tasks
- not completing tasks
- feeling depressed
Prevalence of SAD
More women than men suffer from SAD; three fourths (or 3 out of 4) of SAD sufferers are women. The disorder most often strikes individuals ranging from 18 to 30 years of age. As might be expected, in the United States, SAD is more prevalent in northern states than southern states. In Florida, the incidence rate is 1.4 percent compared to 9.7 percent in New Hampshire, reports the New York Times. The milder form of SAD, the "winter blues" may affect even more people.
Causes of SAD
There are two main schools of thought on the causes of SAD. First, the light variation that occurs with the seasons — and the fact that the days are shorter in the winter — are thought to causes a shift in our circadian rhythm, or our biological internal clocks, if you will. Secondly, melatonin — which is a sleep-related hormone — has been linked to SAD. Because melatonin may introduce symptoms of depression, this hormone, when it's secreted at higher levels in the longer days of darkness at night, can cause some people to experience symptoms of SAD.
What Can You Do If You Suspect You Have SAD?
Fortunately, there are a variety of treatment methods for the winter sleep disturbances and other unwelcome symptoms of SAD. That is, you don't have to wait until for the spring or summer months to start sleeping normally again and feel better overall. For many people, a simple treatment of light therapy with either direct sunlight or bright light helps. Light therapy boxes, dusk-to-dawn simulators, and light-programmed alarm clocks are all commercially available products to help with the symptoms of sad. But light therapy doesn't have to cost, because Mother Nature is free. Just taking regular walks in the winter sunlight can help.
"Bright light in the early morning is a powerful, fast and effective treatment for seasonal depression," said Dr. Rosenthal, Georgetown Medical School professor of clinical psychiatry and author of "Winter Blues". "Light is a nutrient of sorts for these patients," Dr. Rosenthal says.
Yet, light therapy isn't the only way to treat SAD. If light therapy doesn't help to improve the symptoms of SAD, cognitive-behavioral therapy, melatonin hormone, antidepressant medication, and ionized air are other possible therapies that may work for you.
For the majority of people, the symptoms of SAD disorders, like winter sleep disturbances, are minor and don't impact their daily lives. But for those whose symptoms are more severe, we encourage you to see your physician.
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Valfaris looks like what might happen if Metroid's Samus Aran decided to appear in a Ronnie James Dio video. Or maybe if a squad of Space Marines decided to take on Gwar. It's a 2D action platformer that's full of blood, guitars, and gross aliens. It's coming out sometime next year, but now there's a free demo to try.
Ben got a chance to check out Valfaris at Gamescom back in August, and he liked what he saw: tons of ridiculous guns, exploding heads, and a kind of skull-centric decorating motif. You play as the sword-wielding Therion, and your job is to figure out what happened to the space station you call home, mostly by means of various forms of violence.
There's more than a little Metal Slug in Valfaris' DNA, and the little time I spent with it today let me know that it'll likely be a pretty tough slog. But the sludgy guitar riffs, neon color palette, and alien enemies who blow apart into satisfying giblets hit my nostalgia nerves in a pleasant way, so I'm looking forward to seeing more.
The demo is essentially the same bit of the game that Ben got to preview at Gamescom, and it's free to try out right now, although it's still in the alpha stage of development. Some Steam users have reported slow framerates, but I haven't personally run into any technical issues so far.
If you're interested in trying Valfaris, head over to the Steam page, where you'll find a download button. You'll want to do it soon, though – the free demo is only going to be available until December 31. The full game is set for release in 2019.


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esme has another college chum who has spent years and years traveling all over the world. sarah is a phenomenal polyglot who appears to pick up languages the way some people catch a cold. her facebook posts arrive in at least 5 different languages, including chinese! at the moment she resides in amsterdam, and has become quite the soccer fan.
imagine my surprise when she revealed that orange (or oranj) is the dutch national color! everyone there has gone crazy for orange with the world cup soccer games going on. sarah showed a fantastic facebook photo of herself togged out in orange nail-polish, orange blouse, orange earrings, all topped by a very sportif (non-orange) trench. what i don't know is whether the dutch always go around in orange, or if it reflects a temporary surge of nationalism due to soccer mania.
when i inquired, sarah answered that the dutch do indeed wear more orange than most (well, it does look quite nice with blue eyes), but not as much as they have been wearing during the world cup. i gather there was even some sort of scandal involving women in orange mini-dresses being expelled from the stadium! perhaps amsterdam would be the place for esme to visit in search of the perfect freelander orange garment she has been yearning for…
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The CJ has now joined WHR's draft. You are the only one out in this case, and your vote will determine whether WHR gets a Court for his opinion.
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Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday released his budget proposal for the next biennium. In odd-numbered years like this one, the legislature passes a two-year budget plan, and the following year will make adjustments to the second year of the plan.
The total state budget proposed by McCrory just for the first year of the biennium, including the state's General Fund, transportation spending and federal funds to be spent by the state, comes to $51 billion.
The General Fund, often simply referred to as the state budget, funds the ongoing operations of state government programs. McCrory's budget plan appropriates $21.52 billion for the coming fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015. This amount would be $440 million more than allocated by the current year's budget, an increase of 2.1 percent. Moreover, McCrory's budget would mark an 119 percent increase of the state budget over the last twenty years.
The governor's budget plan explicitly states, "There are no tax increases in the governor's budget." But his plan for the state's gas tax says otherwise. McCrory's budget includes fixing the state's gas tax at 35 cents per gallon for the rest of this calendar year, which would represent an immediate 2.5 cent drop in the tax but deny NC motorists the significant drop in the tax scheduled to occur July 1, according to the current gas tax formula. If the gas tax were left unchanged, it would drop to about 29 cents per gallon. Indeed, although the proposal includes no specifics for how the gas tax would be calculated after the end of this calendar year, the budget plan specifically says the gas tax change will "increase total motor fuel tax revenue by an estimated $475 million over the biennium."
McCrory also states his intention to seek between $2.4 and $2.8 billion in additional state debt, with $1.2 to $1.4 billion being a transportation bond devoted to funding his 25-year transportation vision. McCrory would seek another $1.2 to $1.4 billion worth of General Obligation bonds (subject to voter approval) to "revitalize blighted state buildings" and build facilities for the National Guard and community colleges.
To his credit, McCrory's plan does not spend every penny of anticipated revenue. The proposal would set aside $47 million into the state's rainy day fund, another $47 million to the state's repair and renovation fund, and $175 million over the biennium to a Medicaid risk reserve fund to help cover likely Medicaid cost overruns.
Other notable highlights from McCrory's budget proposal are listed below:
K-12 Education
- Increases overall K-12 spending in 2015-16 by $235 million over current year, an increase of 2.8%
- Spends $111.4 million to increase teacher salaries. Of that, $41.8 million would be used to raise average starting teacher salaries to $35,000, another $64.8 million would fund eligible teachers moving to the next tier in the salary schedule, and $4.5 million is slated for $1,000 bonuses for teachers who received the bonus last year
- Allocates $100 million to hire 1,400 new teachers over the biennium to keep up with enrollment growth
- Appropriates $64 million to maintain teacher assistants
- Spends $5 million next year and another $10 million the following year for teacher pay for performance plans
- Increases by $35 million funding for textbooks and other instructional resources to local education associations (LEAs)
Community College and UNC System
- Asks for a flexibility cut in the UNC System of 2% of its overall budget – roughly $50 million
- Encourages UNC administrators to find savings by eliminating "redundancies and inefficiencies, especially in its 'back office' functions"
- Saves $18 million by mandating that universities spend no more than $1 million in state funds on private fundraising efforts, which will effect 12 campuses
- Increases community college tuition by $4 per credit hour, or $128 per year for full-time students
- Gas tax change mentioned above, which will "increase total motor fuel tax revenue by an estimated $475 million over the biennium"
- Creates a 25-year transportation vision
- McCrory states his intention to request a transportation bond of $1.2 to $1.4 billion for quicker construction of projects in his 25-year plan
- Appropriates an additional $30 million for technology and equipment modernization for DMV to improve customer service
- Continues the $217 million transfer to the General Fund from the Highway Fund, and another $13.6 million transfer to "other state agencies"
- McCrory states his support for his preferred Medicaid reform plan – Healthy NC. This a model that relies on Accountable Care Organizations, a structure that has received criticism from providers
- Sets aside $175 million over two years into a Medicaid risk reserve fund in case of cost overruns ($50 million the first year and $125 million the second year)
- Increases Medicaid funding by $287 million to reflect anticipated enrollment and cost growth
- Includes $82 million of additional spending over the biennium on mental health and substance abuse facilities, including start-up funds for the new Broughton Hospital, and foster care and adoption support
- Expands the NC Pre-K program (formerly More at Four) to accommodate 26,800 more children, at a cost of $5 million annually
Corporate Welfare
- McCrory states his support for the NC Competes Act – a separate bill that expands taxpayer subsidies to select corporations and extends targeted tax credits to a few favored industries
- Restores the Historic Preservations Tax Credit, estimated to be $1.7 million the first year, and $10.5 million the second year
- Appropriates $5 million for the One North Carolina Small Business Program, which awards taxpayer dollars to new, small high-tech businesses
- Provides $10 million in film production grant subsidies each year
- Extends several job preservation tax credits, estimated to be $4.2 million in the first year, and $72 million in the second year. These include credits for renewable energy facilities, data centers, motorsports tax refunds and refunds for airline fuel taxes
- Increases funding by $16 million over the biennium to the state's court system for costs associated with jurors, witnesses, interpreters, and IT issues
- Increases funding by $9 million over the biennium for private assigned counsel for indigent defendants
- Increases funding for Tryon Palace operational support by another $220,000 – in addition to last year's increase of $400,000. Support for the Palace has increased $620,00 in last two years, now up to $3.2 million
- Restores $250,000 in funding for Roanoke Island Festival Park, with another $250,000 available if Park raises a certain amount of private donations.
- Appropriates $10 million in the first year and $72 million the second year to help adjust salary structure for state positions that are deemed to be paid below market value
- Spends an additional $135 million over the biennium for the state health plan for active and retired state employee health benefits due to changes in the plan effective Jan. 1, 2016
- NCGEAR (NC Government Efficiency and Reform) efforts estimated to save $14 million in year one and more than $57 million in year two of biennium
- Authorizes NC GEAR to establish a central grants management function in the state budget office to oversee and improve the administration of federal and private grant money. According to the budget document, this measure "Improves understanding of how federal grants interact to enhance North Carolina's ability to pursue reforms." This is a step in the right direction, and hopefully will lead to closer examination of the state's reliance on federal funds, and the state matching money and maintenance of efforts required, and how prepared agencies are if fed funds were reduced


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Over 6,500 individuals in D.C. are considered homeless, according to the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness. Last Saturday in Franklin Park, one of them – a man in a sweater and glasses – stepped up in line to receive a cup of soup. He had arrived in the District after living in the Midwest and Florida for a while, he explained to the student volunteers from Hoya Outreach Programs and Education. They asked how he liked D.C.
"Well, it's a place to live," he said, and smiled.
The man was one of many homeless men and women who received a ration of hot soup, two pieces of fruit, a bottle of water and silverware that afternoon from H.O.P.E's Mobile Soup Kitchen. The "kitchen" – a Georgetown van with a vat of soup donated from O'Donovan Hall and cardboard crates of fruit in the back – gives out 50 to 70 cups of hot soup every other Saturday to needy people living in D.C.
H.O.P.E. is a student-run campus group that operates both the Friday evening Grab 'n' Give program and the Saturday afternoon Mobile Soup Kitchen. Other campus groups such as Women Advancing Gender Equity and Adelphi join the volunteers in giving out donated food in local parks. The soup kitchen is just one of the ways Georgetown students work to ease the lives of the District's many homeless men, women and children.
The number of homeless people in D.C. has risen about 5 percent since last year and over 13 percent since 2007. It also includes over 1,500 homeless children. D.C.'s homeless population is over twice the size of that of New York City, which has 3,111 homeless according to The New York Times. The sheer number of people without homes in the nation's capital is startling to some students.
"It's just amazing to me that there can be so many homeless people in the capital," Cat Wright (COL '11), a volunteer for the Mobile Soup Kitchen, said.
Students were further startled by the fact that so many homeless live in the shadows of the nation's most powerful, walking down the street side by side.
"It's [an] alarming [sight, especially] when you're in the backyard of the World Bank," Nayha Arora (SFS '11), one of the volunteers, said.
According to The Washington Post, the poor state of the economy has exacerbated problems as individuals and families from outside the city come into the District in search of a place to stay. In past winters the city was required to shelter any individual in below-freezing weather. Due to major budget deficits, this year the city has proposed first housing those with proof of prior D.C. residence in the last two years or proof of previous assistance from the District. According to the Post and the National Coalition for the Homeless, no other major city has ever enacted a similar policy.
But while the city government has taken a tough stance with budget cuts in store, local organizations are trying to fill the gap.
One of the most visible attempts has been tabloid-style paper Street Sense, which is sold at many Metro stations and downtown street corners. Started in 2003, about half the paper is written by current and former homeless individuals. Today it has over 100 vendors and nearly 16,000 copies in circulation every two weeks.
In addition to raising awareness, the paper works to combat homelessness and poverty, by allowing homeless vendors to profit from sales. According to Street Sense's website, the paper's vendors make about $45 per day selling the papers. Street Sense also helps them find housing, receive health care and enroll in job-training classes.
H.O.P.E.'s mission is fundamentally the same as the city's: to ease the lives of the homeless and raise awareness at the same time.
Next week H.O.P.E. will organize its annual Hunger and Homelessness Week at Georgetown. Events will include Knit for the Needy, an Issue of the Month Dinner and Grab `n' Give, where students donate leftover meals on their meal plans to feed homeless people in D.C.
For students involved in organizations like H.O.P.E., however, the experience has become educational, as well as philanthropic. Next Saturday they will visit Franklin Park again. With temperatures dropping and many more homeless still in need of sustenance, H.O.P.E's volunteers said that they enjoyed making a difference.
"I think there's so much to learn. . I think personally my perspective is pretty narrow and it's important to widen [it]," Arora said. "We're all confined by our own experiences."


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Since summer is ending and fall is approaching, we chose Lonni Rossi's "Facets," inspired by beautiful spicy red peppers, rusty saffron, the colors of curry, cinnamon and cardamom, with a little wine, figs and plums thrown in for good measure. The Facets designs will take you on a visual journey into the land of spice along the Silk Road. Lonni Rossi is an accomplished graphic designer, internationally known fabric designer, color specialist, art quilt maker, pattern designer and teacher. We suggest creating a set of quilted coffee mug cozies for you and your friends for fall football games or backyard fire pits. A cell phone wallet would be a great fall accessory that is streamlined and convenient. These fabrics would also make a great fall holiday table runner or paper-pieced wall hanging. (Silk Road Textiles has classes available this fall for all of these ideas….register today if you would like to learn any or all of them!)
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Well I'm confused. When is a play not a play? For me a basic requirement is some form of dramatic progression or tension. For the opening show in this year's Pulse Fringe Festival we are offered a rehearsed reading of The Siege (although we are told in the introduction that it is now called Bunny).
Skins and Shameless writer Jack Thorne has created a 75 minute monologue about life in Luton. Now rehearsed readings are notoriously difficult to pull off, however hard the actor tries the mind is always thinking about potential staging. In this piece however you wonder how this material would work at all in a staged production.
The problem in Siege/Bunny is that the material is just not theatrical. Words hit you like a machine gun at 100mph and therefore you miss much of the nuances of the script. There are some witty one-liners but this are few and far between. It seems more like a literary reading of a novel. The overuse of description; 'he said', 'she said', 'they did' suggests this piece is one better read than watched.
The other big problem with the piece is that there seems to be no dramatic tension in the piece, it may be a tale of domestic life in Luton but we just don't care about the character or any of the other thinly drawn characters she encounters. Perhaps with more development Siege/Bunny could work (by the way, neither title serve the play well) but I would suggest this is one for print rather than stage. A disappointing start to Pulse 2010.


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3 Lessons about Psychological Well-Being from a Social Media Tsunami: Professor Holding a Baby
In the past few weeks I have been swept up in a social media tsunami. A photograph of me holding a baby while lecturing, taken without my knowledge in one of my lectures, went viral.
For those knowledgeable about these things, apparently being number one on BuzzFeed Trending and Facebook Trending is "huge." The frenzy included mainstream media with articles and interviews appearing in the Washington Post, The Guardian and The Independent, as well as on CNN, Canadian television, BBC Radio 5, South African radio and the list goes on and on. On one site alone the photo received more than one million likes.
I have been inundated with emails, Facebook friendship requests and hundreds, possibly thousands of comments. It is impossible to keep up. Comments have included "Teacher of the Year" and "Feminist Hero." As a clinical community and organizational psychologist, however, I am fascinated as much by what has not been said as by what has been said.
If I try to sum up what has been said by both journalists and lay commentators, it seems to boil down to this: How refreshing to see education with a human face, and issues of family and parenting addressed in a fresh way. The former articles concentrate on how education should be more than merely content and how educators should be more than content providers. The latter focus on how difficult it is to balance family and educational demands on one's time and energy, and how to continue parenting when the social environment is not necessarily supportive.
As important as these issues are, there are equally interesting and significant issues that emerge from the reactions to the photo that have not been mentioned. Even articles ostensibly dealing with why the photo went viral concentrated on the event itself rather than the phenomenon.
So what can we learn? I would suggest at least three insights. They relate to the phenomenon itself; to the flood of responses; and to the subtext or music underlying the many, many individual comments. All three are based on a single common assumption. The assumption is that despite the pace of technological change and the digital world we live in, millions of years of evolution cannot be so easily erased.
The implication is that we have been and we remain social animals. As such, our needs for support, intimacy and belonging remain unchanged. This view is captured in an image circulating, where else, on the Internet. It shows a group of young people sitting and playing guitars and singing in union, together with another image of a group with everyone totally absorbed in their smartphones. The caption reads, "Remember when being together was like this?," referring, of course, to the group singing and interacting with one another.
The first insight is what Seymour Sarason, over 40 years ago, called the psychological sense of community. In his own words, "(It is) the sense that one (is) part of a readily available, mutually supportive network of relationships upon which one (can) depend and as a result of which one (does) not experience sustained feelings of loneliness that impel one to actions or to adopting a style of living masking anxiety and setting the stage for later and more destructive anguish."
To use a rather old-fashioned concept, it is the antithesis of alienation. So much of what I have experienced over these past weeks seems to be a search for such a psychological sense of community. People are asking for friendship, looking for connections, searching for meaning. They seem to feel that the possibility of finding these are hinted at in the photo and that by turning to me on the Internet they can have these needs met.
Engelberg, S. (2018). 3 Lessons about Psychological Well-Being from a Social Media Tsunami: Professor Holding a Baby. Psych Central. Retrieved on September 26, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/3-lessons-about-psychological-well-being-social-media-tsunami-professor-holding-baby/
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The golden age of streaming is about to end
In its earliest days, cord cutting was simple and inexpensive. You saved big bucks by dropping an overpriced cable TV subscription and used Netflix and/or Hulu for content, perhaps supplemented with season passes for your favorite network shows from iTunes or Amazon.
That was back when cord cutters were few and far between. Today, enough people have dropped cable TV in favor of streaming to the point that big players smell money. Like sharks chasing chum in the water, they're closing in.
While cord cutting couldn't quite be called mainstream — a solid majority of households in the United States still subscribe to cable TV — the writing is on the wall. You need look no further than Comcast's fourth-quarter earnings report, issued last week, that showed the company lost 29,000 TV subscribers but gained 351,000 new internet customers.
That's one reason NBCUniversal, which Comcast owns, is planning its own streaming service. Comcast is skating to the where the puck will be.
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The problem is that there will be a lot of sticks fighting for a slap shot.
It's one of several new streaming offerings expected to debut soon. They all represent an attempt to grab a share of a growing pie, but ultimately it could end up being a costly and confusing mess for consumers.
"As consumers, we like choice and flexibility," said Dan Rayburn, a principal analyst who studies the streaming market for the research firm Frost & Sullivan. "But the problem we have now is there is so much fragmentation in the market. It's hard to tell what's available on what platform."
The highest-profile player jumping into streaming is Disney, which will debut sometime this year a service called Disney+. It is expected to be an instant contender, thanks to the deep trove of intellectual property the company owns.
Besides traditional Disney movies and TV shows, the company has been buying up big franchises. It now owns comic book titan Marvel, with the Avengers, X-Men and Captain America in its stable. It owns Lucasfilm, which includes the Stars Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. And Disney recently acquired the content of 21st Century Fox, a deal that's expected to close in the next month or two.
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The movies and TV shows under Disney's control are expected to be pulled from the current streaming platforms that offer them and concentrated on Disney+. In some cases, that process has begun.
For example, many of the Marvel shows that initially debuted on Netflix — including "Daredevil," "Luke Cage" and "Iron Fist" — have been canceled, though there's been no official statement that Disney+ is the reason. However, Marvel issued a cryptic statement after the cancellation of "Daredevil" that its characters would return.
Disney, by the way, is also a shareholder in Hulu, and it owns ESPN+, a stand-alone streaming version of the popular cable sports channel.
AT&T-owned Warner Media says it will bring a streaming service online in late 2019 that includes content from HBO, Warner Bros. and Turner. That includes franchises such as Harry Potter, some of the D.C. Comics movies and even the Lego cartoons.
And that Comcast/NBCUniversal service will be an interesting creature, free to Comcast cable subscribers and available for a fee to everyone else. It will feature original movies and TV as well as older content. And it will have ads, just as commercial and cable TV do. It won't launch until early 2020.
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Finally, Apple is expected sometime this year to launch its own streaming service. It has been hiring big-name talent — Steven Spielberg is among the folks creating shows for it. At the CES trade show in January, it was revealed that Apple's iTunes was coming soon as an app for Samsung TVs, considered by many analysts to be the foundation for a streaming service that would not be limited to Apple's own hardware.
All these new players are going to be reaching out for your wallet. Want to watch Star Wars movies and big-name superhero films? You'll have to pay up for Disney+. Are you a fan of old Warner Bros. movies or their classic cartoons? You'll be shelling out to AT&T's Warner Media service. Want to see "The Office," currently one of the most popular shows on Netflix? You may have to subscribe to the NBCUniversal offering to get it.
Suddenly, your TV habit just got a lot more expensive. Throw in some subscriptions to your favorite pro sports apps, maybe sign up for CBS All Access so you can watch "Star Trek: Discovery" and "The Good Fight," and suddenly you're a frugal cord cutter paying cable TV prices once again.
"To see what you want, you'll have to sign up for Apple, Hulu, Sling TV, Disney+, the MLB service if you like baseball," Rayburn said. "Pretty soon, you're spending just much as you did when you had a cable subscription."
For years, cable customers have complained that they were being charged exorbitant prices for bundled channels they never watched. They wanted to be able to watch their favorite shows and channels a la carte. With this fragmentation in the streaming arena, that's just what's happening. And it's going to cost you.
Be careful what you ask for.
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Over the past 25 years, U.S.-manufactured goods exports have quadrupled. In 1990, for example, U.S. manufacturers exported $329.5 billion in goods. By 2000, that number had more than doubled to $708.0 billion. In 2014, it reached an all-time high, for the fifth consecutive year, of $1.403 trillion, despite slowing global growth. With that said, a number of economic headwinds have dampened export demand since then, with U.S.-manufactured goods exports down 6.1 percent in 2015 to $1.317 trillion.
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There were indications on Tuesday that the Federal Government would opt for a retaliatory measure if the United Kingdom went ahead to implement its proposed £3,000 visa bond.
Nigeria was said to have made this known during a private meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru, and British High Commissioner, Andrew Pocock, in Abuja.
It was reported the Federal Government summoned Pocock over the policy which it said was capable of harming the existing cordial relationship between the two countries.
Nigeria is one of the six countries whose nationals would be required to pay the £3,000 bond under a proposed policy that will take effect in November. The others are India, Bangledish, Ghana, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
It was gathered that Pocock admitted at the meeting with Ashiru that the UK planned to introduce the "financial bond as a way of tackling abuse in the immigration system", but added, "No final decision has been made."
Ashiru, who was said to have recalled the days when nationals of Commonwealth travelled freely to the UK and other member states, expressed displeasure over the policy which he described as not only "discriminatory but capable of undermining the spirit of the Commonwealth family."
A source privy to the meeting said, "The minister conveyed the reservations of the Federal Government to Pocock, who said the policy was still a proposal. The minister reminded him of British investments in Nigeria and vice-versa.
"He asked him to think about the implications a retaliatory measure would have on the two countries. The minister stressed that Nigeria might also impose £3,000 visa bond on British nationals coming into the country too."
After the meeting, the ministry issued a statement in which it recalled "the strong historical bonds between the peoples of the various countries who were all regarded at that time as Commonwealth citizens."
It further "recalled that this time-honoured practice was unilaterally jettisoned by the UK in 1985, thereby weakening the bonds of the Commonwealth family."
According to the statement by the spokesperson for the ministry, Ogbole Ode, Ashiru told the British envoy "that the proposed policy would definitely negate the joint commitment by Prime Minister David Cameron and President Goodluck Jonathan to double the volume of bilateral trade between the two countries by 2014."
It added, "Ambassador Ashiru pointed out that the decision of the UK government is coming at the time the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers have unanimously recommended for adoption at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November 2013, a proposal to remove visa requirements for holders of official and diplomatic passports from member states."
Ashiru, who appealed to the UK to reconsider the proposed policy, noted "that the Federal Government has a responsibility to take appropriate measures to protect the interests of Nigerians, who may be affected by it (policy), if finally introduced.
"The minister informed the British High Commissioner that the Federal Government values the very cordial relations and strategic partnership between the two countries and would not want the introduction of any new policy to affect these cherished relations," the statement added.
In its own statement, the British High Commission reiterated that details of the policy were still being worked out. "No final decision has been made," the Head of Press and Public Affairs Section, Rob Fitzpatrick said.
The commission said, "if the plan were to go ahead in Nigeria, it would affect only a very small number of the highest risk visitors."
The statement added, "The vast majority would not be required to pay a bond. Those paying bonds would receive the bond back, if they abided by the terms of their visa.
"Let me put this in perspective. Over 180,000 Nigerians apply to visit the UK each year. About 70 per cent or around 125,000, of those applicants are successful. Travel between our two countries is a key part of our strong cultural and business relationship. Financial bonds would be focussed on only a tiny minority of potential abusers. It would not be a "£3,000 visa charge" as some media reporting has alleged.
"As soon as more details of the policy have been decided, we will inform the Nigerian government and public fully and officially, in the spirit of our long standing friendship, and our wish to help bona fide Nigerian visitors to work, study or do business in the UK."
Also in Abuja, the Senate raised its voice against the proposed visa policy and warned that Nigeria would have to adopt the principle of reciprocity if the UK went ahead to implement it.
Leader of the Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, said, " I will like to say immediately that diplomacy is based on reciprocity and it is not an option that is lost on us. When we had misunderstanding with South Africa, Nigeria rose to the occasion. We will always rise to the occasion;but I think the way out is for Nigerians to have more faith in their country."
Senator Ita Enang, who is the Chairman Committee on Rules and Business and his counterparts in the Petroleum (Downstream) and Navy committees, also said the policy would greatly hurt relations between Nigeria and Britain.
Anyanwu, for instance, advised the UK authorities to be considerate in their anti-terrorism policies in order not to hurt the ties between Nigeria and Britain.
She said, "I know it is a way of expressing their own frustration with the involvement of some Nigerians in negative things.This is what I think, but it is going to be a very offending policy; it is surprising that it is coming from Britain because we have a special historical link with them.
"I think that what Britain ought to do is to encourage us and fully accept Nigeria as part of its history and not to extend such a mild form of hostility towards us. We will have to respond in ways that are loud and clear. We have to tell them that enough is enough."
Meanwhile, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has said he had contacted some human rights lawyers in the UK to challenge the proposed policy when passed by the British parliament.
"We will challenge the British government under their own Human Rights Act and European Human Rights convention. The law does not allow the UK to target the nationals of any particular country for extortion. The Federal Government must also be prepared to retaliate in like manner if the policy is allowed by the British government,'' Falana said.


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First lady Michelle Obama has been named honorary chair of the Auditorium Theatre's 125th anniversary celebration next year.
The milestone includes performances and events through the year culminating in a gala Dec. 9, 2014, 125 years to the day that the theater's doors opened in 1889. Organizers are hopeful Ms. Obama can keep the event on her calendar and attend.
The anniversary season includes performances by the Royal Ballet (performing "Don Quixote"), Dance Theater of Harlem, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg.
The gala will feature performances by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and singers with the Lyric Opera and Apollo Chorus, which was part of the opening night festivities in 1889.
Other co-chairs for the anniversary season include Mayor Rahm Emanuel and first lady of Chicago Amy Rule, along with civic activists Norm and Virginia Bobins, Steve and Nancy Crown, Jorge and Catrina Ramirez, Jim and Sandy Reynolds, Jack and Carole Sandner, Ed and Dia Weil and Jeff Tweedy and his wife, Sue Miller.
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All you need to know about using a UV lens filter on your camera.
An ultra violet (UV) lens filter is a must-have for many photographers, and it tends to be the first type of filter that newcomers to photography buy. But, when should you use a UV lens filter to reap its many benefits?
Most photographers use a UV lens filter to protect their camera, especially if they have an expensive lens. UV lens filters prevent dust and dirt from coming into contact with the lens. Essentially, this protective cover shields the lens.
A UV lens filter acts to weatherproof your lens. So, if you shoot outdoors and in environments with large amounts of UV radiation, this filter will prove invaluable. The filter can block sand, grit or other particles in the air from getting near your lens. If rain or water droplets get on your lens filter, it's easier to wipe these off your filter than your lens. This is especially so if your lens filter has a multi-resistant coating. A UV lens filter also offers protection in windy conditions. It acts as a buffer, keeping wind borne substances such as sea spray, grit or sand from going near your lens. Certainly, if you need to take photos in any kind of weather conditions, you'll find a UV lens filter indispensable.
A lens filter with UV properties can also protect your camera from any accidental bumps, falls or scratches. This is especially relevant if you're out and about with your camera, climbing up mountains, scrambling over rocks or shooting by the sea.
If your camera is exposed to dirt, dust, mud, sand, grease, oil, fingerprints, water or snow, it's easier and safer to clean these off your filter than your lens. This is because cleaning your lens increases the risk of it obtaining micro scratches and getting damaged.
Should you need to replace your lens filter if it gets worn or damaged, it's much cheaper to do this than to buy a new lens. In this respect, having a UV lens filter can help to increase the lifespan of your lens.
The great thing about using a UV lens filter is that it is easy to use. You can also keep it on your camera at all times, giving you added peace of mind that your lens is protected. Keeping a UV lens filter on permanently won't adversely affect the exposure settings, colouration or contrast, either. You can even stack other filters onto the UV lens filter if you want to get creative with your photography. Plus, if you're interested in aerial photography, this filter can prove really handy.
Although UV lens filters are mainly used to protect the lens, they can also have a positive effect on the quality of your images.
If you use an old-school film camera, a UV lens filter will block out UV light from the film. Modern digital cameras (typically post 2007) have an inbuilt sensor that automatically keeps UV light at bay. However, even photographers using modern cameras note that a UV filter can still often reduce haze and sharpen an image. It can also help to boost contrast on overcast days or shooting when shadows are present. Some photographers also report that a UV lens filter can occasionally reduce purple fringing when using certain lenses.
Some photographers argue that adding a UV lens filter can increase the prevalence of reflections, ghosting and flares to your images. However, this is very unlikely to happen if you use a good quality lens filter from a reputable supplier.
If you want to reap the most benefits from using a UV lens filter, choose one that is of a high quality and preferably comes with a protective multi-resistant coating, especially if you use your camera outdoors a lot. You can find different grades of UV lens filter protection, ranging from those that block out minimal UV radiation to those that absorb the majority of UV light.


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Saxophones form an instrument family of conical bore wood wind instruments all of their own, with a whole range of instruments from Sopranino to Bass. The main instruments however are the Soprane (Bb), Alto (Eb), Tenor (Bb) and Baritone (Eb).
Today the Soprano sax is more popular than ever - particularly in the jazz and popular music idioms. Good quality modern instruments have now virtually eliminated the intonation problems that dogged older models - making the soprano a very expressive and playable instrument. The Alto is generally considered to be the "standard" instrument for most classical players and jazz performers. Its ideal balance between size and range makes it very versatile. The Tenor saxophone's ability to deliver smooth warm tones at one moment and then raw, guttural depth the next has made it a mainstay of the jazz genre. Although seldom a star player the baritone is indispensable in saxophone quartets and jazz - where there's a requirement for a solid, deep saxophone low end.
Technical Specifications
Most models now come with the high F# key as standard - or two models, one without, one with (at a small additional cost). This key (as its name suggests!) enables the high F# note to be played. Unless cost is a major consideration we therefore suggest you go for a high F# specification instrument.
Many instruments now come with a detachable bell. This has no acoustical benefits to the instrument, and we don't recommend you try and detach the bell at home! It is simply advantageous if you are unlucky enough to dent the bell and you need to mend and/or replace it - as it makes repair work much easier (and cheaper!).
Saxes come in a multitude of finish options including black lacquer, silver plate, and even custom paint jobs! - none of which effect the instruments tone. In addition many manufacturers offer a range of engraving options.
The "standard look" is gold lacquered body and key work. If you want to digress from this anything's possible! - it just depends on what sort of image you want and what you're willing to pay!
The quality of a saxes action is imperative. A good quality well balanced action will enable the player to effortlessly move from note to note with the slightest and lightest of touches to the pads. A poor action will result in "clanky" keys that rest high above the instrument's body and don't sit properly on the tone holes when depressed - causing difficulties with tone production.
Like the leadpipe on brass instruments the specification of a saxophone's neck is very important to the overall feel and tone of an instrument. Some manufacturers offer optional necks with specific characteristics.
With soprano saxes, specifically a number of models come with two necks, (one curved, one straight) to facilitate two different playing positions.
Baritone Specification
Baritones have a range to low Bb as standard. Some models however (due to a longer bell and an additional key) go down to a low A. This is the recommended specification if finances permit.
Professional Instrument Specification
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Instrument Recommendations With the exception of inexpensive student altos and high specification top-end instruments Yamaha dominate the market.
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Question: Question: I would like to know the name of the TV show with the theme music containing the words "where the soul of a man is easy to buy" and "some of us are going to try." Mark M., London, England, U.K.
Answer: Televisionary: That was Tony Christie singing the theme to the British thriller The Protectors, 52 episodes of which were produced from 1972-74 by Lew Grade (The Saint) and Gerry Anderson (best know for puppet adventure shows such as Thunderbirds and Stingray as well as for the live-action Space 1999). Those of us here in the U.S. saw it in syndicated form around that time.
The series starred Robert Vaughn, Nyree Dawn Porter and Tony Anholt as a trio of heroes for hire who nation-hopped around Europe, battling baddies. All in all, it blended elements of Vaughn's previous series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., with the fashion of The Avengers. (Vaughn was an American, Porter was the British widow of a rich Italian and Anholt was French.)
After U.N.C.L.E., Vaughn had said he would never do another TV show. The offer of good pay reportedly lured him back in front of the camera, but it wasn't long before he was unhappy with the entire project. I must confess I've never seen the series myself (yes, I have my lapses), but from what I've heard, the unhappiness showed.


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6:30PM – 7:30PM ET on Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Join us in this conversation with authors Cary Torres and Kavita Rao where they will share a behind the scenes look at their book, UDL for Language Learners, and you can gain practical tips to design instruction for all learners.
12:45PM – 3:00PM ET on Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Accessible educational materials and technologies provide opportunities for learners with disabilities to "acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services" as learners without disabilities. One format for presenting content in a flexible way that addresses the needs and preferences of our diverse learners is EPUB. In this session, participants will learn about best practices for ensuring the accessibility of EPUB publications so that they work for all learners.
1:10PM – 2:10PM CT on Tuesday, November 5, 2019
We know from experience and neuroscience that individuals learn in varied ways. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides educators with practical strategies and techniques to ensure that all learners can meet high expectations. In this session, we will explore the foundational concepts of UDL as one component of an inclusive learning environment - the other two being the universal design of the physical space and the accessibility of the learning tools and materials. The discussion will include demonstrations of a number of new tools for making STEM content accessible for a variety of learners.
So, You're an AEM State Contact/NIMAC Coordinator: How Do You Acquire Specialized Formats of Print Materials?
2:00PM – 3:00PM ET on Wednesday, February 28, 2018
This webinar is part 2 of a 3-part series for AEM State Contacts and NIMAC State Coordinators. The focus will be on providing specialized formats of printed textbooks and related printed core materials. We'll cover how to locate accessible formats by searching the Louis Plus Database, which includes materials from APH, Bookshare and Learning Ally. And we'll walk you through using your NIMAC State Coordinator account, including how to create Authorized Users, and how to search and download files.
So, You're an AEM State Contact/NIMAC Coordinator: What Do You Need to Know about Digital Materials?
2:00PM – 3:00PM ET on Tuesday, March 20, 2018
In Part 3 of our webinar series, we'll focus on how accessibility applies to digital materials and technologies. How does assistive technology relate to accessibility? What guidance might you give to your state and local districts for the procurement process? What resources are available? Please bring your questions.
3:00PM – 4:00PM ET on Tuesday, March 27, 2018
This presentation is part of a webinar series co-hosted by the AEM Center and the NIMAC. You'll be walked through the ins and outs of Bookshare, with particular attention to what you need to know as an AEM State Contact and/or NIMAC State Coordinator. Bookshare is an ebook library for people who read differently and a key source of AEM, and it's free for all qualified U.S. students and schools thanks to funding from OSEP. Learn how Bookshare can save your districts time and money and how you can partner effectively and efficiently with Benetech, the parent company of Bookshare. Come with your questions for Bookshare and your colleagues.
3:30PM – 4:30PM ET on Thursday, April 5, 2018
Join Joni Degner, James-Etta Goodloe, Loui Lord Nelson and Kavita Rao to experience their powerful stories, discuss how Universal Design for Learning aligns with Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, and collect resources to use in your learning environment for building cultural awareness and meaningful self-reflection.
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Suitable for beginners
This workshop will teach you the skills needed to make your own piece of furniture in the form of a rustic stool, encompassing the use of the shave horse and a variety of handtools including the axe, draw knife, auger drill and spoke shave.
The key to enjoying woodcraft is knowing how to use tools safely and effectively which will all be covered on this course along with the types and properties of the woods used. This one day workshop is suited to everyone both young and old, all tools and equipment are supplied.
Lunch, tea and coffee included. Warm clothes and good boots advised.
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The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
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ISTAT releases August retail sales data (0800 GMT).
OECD releases August composite leading indicator (1000 GMT).
Treasury announces sale of BTP bonds, with relative amounts to be auctioned on Oct. 11.
America Movil is not in negotiations with Telefonica and Telecom Italia about making a joint bid for OI assets, a spokesman for the Mexican telecommunications firm said on Monday.
The antitrust said on Monday it had granted an extension for the conclusion of a probe into alleged market abuse by TIM over fiber optic rollout and wholesale pricing to 28 February next year.
(*) The board of the phone group scheduled for October 21 could not appoint Massimo Tononi as new Chairman, Il Sole 24 Ore said on Tuesday, adding that the appointment is linked to the single nationwide fiber network plan.
DoValue, Credito Fondiario, Dea Capital Alternative Funds, Prelios, Intrum and other foreign institutional investors expressed interest in a 1 billion euro portfolio of unlikely-to-pay loans of the Italian lender, Il Messaggero wrote on Tuesday, adding that doValue and Dea are the front-runners and the price is seen at 35-40% of the nominal value of the portfolio. Some of the bidders expressed interest in a portfolio twice that size, the daily said.
The two Italian lenders are considering postponing the presentation of their new industrial plans from late 2019 to early 2020, maybe in February, Il Sole 24 Ore wrote on Tuesday. The two banks want to present sustainable plans based on macroeconomic assumptions that are as stable as possible, the daily added.
The market regulator Consob has asked Leonardo Del Vecchio for information about his investment in Mediobanca, Il Sole 24 Ore wrote on Tuesday.
The Industry ministry said it had called a meeting on Oct. 18 to relaunch the car sector which it said was strategic for the country.
Exor priced 300 million euros notes due to 14 October 2034 at 99.725% with a fixed annual coupon of 1.75%, the holding company of the Agnelli family said in a statement on Monday.
JPMorgan cut the December 2020 price target on the stock to 11.5 euros from 12 euros.
Hsbc cut the target price on the stock to 42 euros from 43 euros.
Starts offering shares from withdrawal rights' exercise; ends on Nov. 6.
The utility said it had concluded the issue of its third Green Bond for an overall amount of 500 million euros.
The Italian company said on Tuesday it has signed the order contract for the start of the production of the first batch of 14 Ariane 6 launchers.
Hsbc raised target price on the stock to 11.5 euros from 11 euros.
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Treasury ministry is working on a new loan at least of 250 million euros for the Italian troubled carrier, Il Corriere della Sera wrote on Tuesday, adding that there are still differences between Ferrovie dello Stato and Atlantia about some details of the rescue plan.
The mayor of Fiumicino, Esterino Montino, will announce to the union representatives tomorrow the name of a new investor for Alitalia.
Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte receives European Council President Charles Michel (1800 GMT).
Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends oath-taking ceremony for new employees of the Security Information System of the Republic of Italy (DIS) (0730 GMT).
Rome, Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri due to speak before Senate and Chamber of Deputies' joint finance committees (1000 GMT).
Rome, ISTAT (0630 GMT), Bank of Italy (0745 GMT), state auditor (0900 GMT) and UPB, the budget parliamentary office (1015 GMT), speak before Senate and Chamber of Deputies Budget committees on NADEF, the Government's new economic and public finance targets that will underpin its 2020 budget.
Rome, Senate starts discussion on the government's new economic and fiscal targets that will underpin 2020 budget (to Oct. 10).
Rome, final vote on constitutional reform to cut number of MPs.
Rome, representatives from Telecom Italia (TIM) (0730 GMT), Vodafone (0750 GMT), Wind (0810 GMT), state railways Ferrovie dello Stato (1010 GMT), Defence Ministry Undersecretary Angelo Tofalo (0830 GMT) due to speak before Chamber of Deputies Constitutional Affairs and Transports committees on urgent provisions regarding cyber national security.
Rome, ACEA holds 'Sustainability Day' with CEO Stefano Donnarumma, Chairwoman Michaela Castelli, market regultor Consob Commissioner Anna Genovese, environment ARERA President Stefano Besseghini (0730 GMT).
Rome, conference "Make Sustainable & Impactful Strategy Happen" with Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena CEO Marco Morelli, Snam Chairman Luca Dal Fabbro, fashion group Prada Chairman Carlo Mazzi (0700 GMT).
Milan, Credito Emiliano holds news conference to present strategies and objectives for the coming years of 'Avvera' the new consumer credit company of the group (0900 GMT).
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The grass isnt green any longer. It was suppose to be a rich land flowing with milk and honey but these politicians hides their agenda with their smiles and promises while they campaigned for various offices during elections. Life is not all about sharing rice, beans, cooking oil, t-shirts, and caps. Without realizing we'll need meat for our meals to go down well.
Well, the meat business in the country is still thriving as snakes and monkeys are performing their duties. Let's make the herdsmen gainfully employed so that they no longer have to slaughter us with open arms.
From kidnapping to SARS, rape, suicide and armed robbery yet we are the giants of Africa.
There is no excuse to commit a crime but even in corruption the police is still your friend.
Another election is here they are waiting for us at that same junction with the same strategy of bean and rice as well as their unending promises. I hope you have your Permanent Voters Card (PVC) because monkeys, snakes and cattles already have theirs. At the 2019 presidential elections our PVC may or may not decide but we'll know we tried.
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Hey everyone 👋, long time no see?
Sorry for the silence, I know I've been around, but no where near as much as I would like to and well long story short, times got tough and I completely lost my mojo. 😔
There was a poignant bereavement in my boyfriend's family that took us all completely by surprise and that mixed with my own grief of my Nan's passing, now a decade ago, it began a bit of a downward spiral. It's amazing how many other things can also rear their ugly head at your worst times. It wasn't pretty. I spent most of March just floating along. A shell of who I am.
But as time has passed I've managed to rekindle my passions with my hobbies one by one. Spurred on by the love of those around me, who are all worth their weight in gold. ❤
However, I wanted to write about this today, because for anyone like me who just needs a bit of reassurance, if there is one thing this experience has taught me it's that it's okay to take a break. You will get back on track eventually, but take your time, recharge your batteries. Take care of yourself because there's only one you. 💫
So, where did Briony go? Well…
There was my writing holiday, which I never talked about as it was the prelude to everything mentioned above. But, it was such a perfect trip, I didn't want to let it pass me by on here.
My boyfriend and I took ourselves off to the beautiful town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. Where we spent a week in such a quaint hotel, right next to the river, where we wrote and wrote and wrote. We wrote at the hotel (aptly named Pen & Parchment!) in coffee shops, in the park. We ate good food, went for culture fulfilling walks in the surprising February sunshine. We even managed to catch to catch a show! I mean you, can't go all the way to Shakespeare's birthplace and not see one of his plays now can you? 😋
I came away with the beginnings of book two ladies and gentlemen. (I was even writing all the way back on the train home!) This author has a work in progress! 😍 A getaway like that is definitely something I will be doing again for sure. It's made Stratford-Upon-Avon even more of a special place in my heart. I can't wait to go back already.
I have had a couple of you asking me how I went about planning such a trip, so I am determined to give it it's own post in due course too. So watch this space if you wish to find out more. 👀
In April, me, Momma and my good friend Ginger went to Wonderwool in Wales. These days out, just the three of us and a yarn festival, they're just the best and if you don't leave somewhere like this feeling inspired, I don't know what will!
I treated myself to a couple of bits, which I am now obsessed with. For example, I now know
kinda how to use a drop spindle to make my own yarn out of fibre. I also own a sterling silver crochet hook. 😍 What is life? 😂 I would definitely recommend a visit and they've just announced the dates for next year! (For more info on my purchases I did a haul post on my Instagram, for more info on the show visit their website.)
And this final one is a silver lining story, which at the minute, I really dig. So during all of this, my day job got rather stressful too. I ended up needing to commute around on trains a lot for a couple of weeks and with my head already swimming, it was enough to tip me over the edge. I needed a distraction, but something small and discreet as not to draw attention. (I'll be honest, I haven't felt much like talking over the last few months.) So I picked up a book and finished it within a week, so I picked up another.
I'd forgotten how much of a source of relaxation reading could be for me and it was mad to feel the stress just drain out of me for those few hours a day I was by myself with the world blurring by.
My current read is called The Curse of The Boyfriend Sweater by a lady called Alanna Okun, who I discovered on Instagram. It's mini snippets of life writing, she's disguised as essays, based on her own life and crafting experiences and I just love it! 😍 Can't praise it enough in fact and even across the pond here in the UK, I can totally relate!
So book number two, woolly adventures and reading moving back home in my heart. ❤ What's next for me now? You'll have to watch this space and see. 😉 (There's a secret craft project for one, my draft from NaNoWrimo that everyone I've talked to about it wants to read for two. And some rather exiting plans taking shape for the future. But they're all just glimmers of WIPs at the min.)
However, as a thank you to you all for being so patient with me over the last few months, I wanted to leave you with my first teaser for my next novel. 👏
I'm really only just getting to know the characters of this novel myself, but what I do know is it's set in the same universe as Unravelled. It's not going to be a direct sequel, but in keeping with similar themes and the general feel good vibe, so fans of the first book will still fall in love with the second. ❤ Instead of knitting taking centre stage this time it's going to be it's sister craft crochet. Again, mimicking how the stories themselves are connected. This story showcases more of girl power! and friendship than romantic love and it nods towards our more internet age when it comes to crafting these days.
I do have a title, but I want you to have a going at guessing what it's called before I tell you. Just based on what I've just revealed above. Have some fun with it, yenno. Build the hype and all that jazz. 😉
Oh and here's one more clue:
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Leave your guesses in the comments below and I'll be back soon with the reveal.❤
Thank you for being here and giving me light in the dark.
– B xo


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UNC Charlotte English professor Jeffrey Leak has won the top award for a nonfiction book from The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. for his critically acclaimed work, Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas (University of Georgia Press).
The 2015 BCALA Literary Awards recognize excellence in adult fiction and nonfiction for adult audiences by African American authors published in 2014. The recipients will receive the awards during the 2015 Annual Conference of the American Library Association in San Francisco in June 2015.
First presented at the Second National Conference of African American Librarians in 1994, the award recognizes authors who offer outstanding depictions of the cultural, historical or sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora and embody the highest quality of writing style and research methodology, if applicable.
The awards seek to encourage the artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and scholarly research including biographical, historical and social history treatments by African Americans.
The nonfiction award honors cultural, historical, political, or social criticism or academic and/or professional research which significantly advances the body of knowledge currently associated with the people and the legacy of the Black Diaspora. Categories could include the humanities, science and technology, social and behavioral sciences and reference.
Leak's book previously had won praise from a noted national writer for "shining a piercing light" on the elusive Dumas, who has remained a mystery even to fans of his work.
Through interviews with friends, family and writers who knew Dumas, along with unprecedented access to materials from the Dumas archives, Leak fully examined the author's life and his writing. Leak is an associate professor of English and the director of the Center for the Study of the New South at UNC Charlotte.
"Visible Man enacts a straightforward deconstruction of the life and time of the poet and writer," said Yusef Komunyakaa, Pulitizer Prize-winning author of books, poetry and other works, including Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker.
"Leak shines a piercing light on the mystery of the artist who possessed 'moments of brilliance'; the names and cities, the spiritual and intellectual quests, the poems and short stories, the facts, it all adds up, page by page," Komunyakaa said. "The reader, who journeys all the crooked paths side by side with Dumas, isn't surprised by his violent death. But still we are left saddened and disheartened by the man's downfall and anguish, his inability to master promise, his demise on that subway platform in New York City, mainly because Leak's blunt clarity has transported us to a place of reckoning where we are also left gazing into the collective mirror."
Some of Leak's research interests include 20th and 21st Century African American Novel, Gender and Cultural Studies, and Biography. Stemming from his interests, he has also written the book Racial Myths and Masculinity in African American Literature, and is the editor of Rac(e)ing to the Right: Selected Essays of George S. Schuyler. A native Charlottean, Leak earned his Ph.D. at Emory University.
The jury also named other winners.
- The winner of the 1st Novelist Award is Forty Acres: A Thriller by Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books).
- The Fiction category winner is Citizens Creek: A Novel by Lalita Tademy (Atria Books).
- The Honor Books for Fiction are Saint Monkey: A Novel by Jacinda Townsend (W. W. Norton & Company); 'Til the Well Runs Dry: A Novel by Lauren Francis-Sharma (Henry Holt & Company); and Ruby by Cynthia Bond (Crown Publishing Group).
- Honor Books for Nonfiction are Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland (Touchstone); Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a Legacy of Black History by Janet Sims-Wood (The History Press); and The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology, edited by Anthony B. Pinn and Katie G. Cannon (Oxford University Press).
- The winner for BCALA's Best Poetry Award is Books of Hours: Poems by Kevin Young (Knopf).
- The BCALA Literary Awards Committee presented the Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation to Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian by Ethelene Whitmire (University of Illinois Press).
- The Jury also selected Virginia Stanley, Director of Library Marketing, HarperCollins Publisher, for a Special Publishing Citation Award.


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This paper notes that, while a large body of research has documented the patterns, degree, and effects of racial segregation, what is missing from this literature is a more nuanced understanding of the process by which segregation is reproduced. To fill this gap, they conducted studies in a gentrifying part of New York City and in the increasingly diverse suburbs in Long Island's Nassau County, adjacent to New York City. They find that in both locales, homebuyers and parents base extremely important life decisions on "word of mouth" reputations of schools and communities, even when that information is not consistent with seemingly more reliable quantitative data about those places. Moreover, they add, these decisionmaking processes often create a self-fulfilling prophecy that is leading to racial resegregation in many suburban towns, as well as reduced property values in communities with more Blacks and Hispanics. They conclude by noting that "policymakers and advocates who want to address racial inequality in American housing and schools must appreciate the iterative relationship between intangible and tangible factors in the housing-school nexus." Doing so, they explain, would require concerted efforts that would involve everything from student assignment policies to examining whether current accountability policies in the field of education exacerbate segregation and inequality.
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The BOC / Aldon championship competitors made up approximately half the overall entry at AMOC's end of season Curborough event. The reduced numbers from previous years meant that both timed runs were completed by mid-afternoon making for a very compact day appreciated (I think) by all.
Saloon cars featured a Scimitar vs Escort scrap for the best overall times. Trevor Shortt, making a return after a break of a few meetings, was fastest with a great time placing him 7th overall in the whole meeting. Steve Louch was second in the GTE version just ahead of Simon Braithwaite in the sideways Escort. Handicap for the championship was won by Roger Beard in another Scimitar Coupe from Trevor followed by Andy Clarke in his mini.
Sportscars had a entry of six cars with Mike Fisher entered but a no-show on the day. Fastest was Iain Daniels in the rapid Reliant Sabre Six once again highlighting the speed of this lovely looking car. Nick Stephens was second in his Ginetta from John Newton in the TVR Vixen. Handicap results placed Mike Henney first from Callum Barney (MG Midget) with Steve Phennah in third in the MGB Roadster.
Single seater & Sports Racing cars was a Mallock benefit with Peter Thurston out front in his version ,running in a new diff prior to Prescott, from Philip Stader in his slightly younger car from Martin Jones in the Brabham. Handicap victor was also Peter from Les Buck (Pringlett Mistrale FF1600) from Philip.
The pace of the Classic class shouldnt be underestimated as the fastest from our championship filled 3 of the 4 fastest overall times in the whole meeting - only beaten by a modern bike engined single seater.