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It's a very morbid day as not one but two important figures of the French acting world passed away of unnatural causes.
Most tragic is undoubtedly the 37 year old Guillaume Depardieu, son of the internationally-known Gérard Depardieu (Babylon A.D.), who died today, October 13th, of a sudden pneumonia attack due to a virus caught a few days ago in Romania on the set of the thriller L'Enfant D'Icare (literally Icarus' Child). Winner of a César acting award (the French equivalent of the Oscars) for the 1995 comedy Les Apprentis (literally The Apprentices) and nominated twice before, this is unbelievably not the only incredibly tragic event of Guillaume Depardieu's short life.
Indeed the troubled, formerly drug-addicted actor had many run-ins with the the law and several stints in prison but most sad is the traffic accident he was involved in in 1995. A suitcase which had fallen from a car caused him to fall from his motorcycle and badly damage his right knee. He was immediately operated on but things didn't go very well and an infection settled in, forcing him to have his right leg amputated in 2003.
He however didn't let that stop him and resumed his acting career, at the same time creating the Guillaume Depardieu Foundation for nosomical infections. He was last seen on the big screen in the acclaimed dramas Versailles and On War, both shown at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Having played over forty roles, some of his best-known films are the 1991's All The Mornings Of The Wold and 1999's Pola X. He was also a recipient of the prestigious Jean Gabin Award.
Guillaume Depardieu is survived by his father, his mother the actress Elisabeth Guignot (Jean De Florette), his sister the actress Julie Depardieu (Rush Hour 3), his half-sister Roxane, his half-brother Jean and his daughter Louise. He will posthumously appear in a couple of forthcoming films and no word on what will happen to L'Enfant D'Icare.
Today also marks the death of 80 year old Françoise Seigner, of pancreatic cancer. The acclaimed actress, aunt of actresses Emmanuelle (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly) and Mathilde (Harry, He's Here To Help/With A Friend Like Harry…), best known for her contributions to the theater nevertheless acted in a few films, most famously 1970's The Wild Child and most recently the 2005 Agatha Christie adaptation By The Pricking Of My Thumbs.
One must also not forget celebrated 71 year old Japanese actor Ken Ogata, who died on October 5th of liver cancer. The award-winning performer is best-known for such films as The Pillow Book, Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters and several collaborations with late director Shohei Imamura, including one of the segments of 11'09"01: September 11 and the 1983 Golden Palm winner Ballad Of Narayama. He is survived by his two actor sons Kanta (The Samurai I Loved) and Naoto (The Deep Red).

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Mall of the Emirates//
Dubai Mall//
Don't miss out on these sights
Burj Khalifa
Burj Al Arab
Dubai Marina
Final Thoughts...
Linked up with Kerri, Emily & Kate for Wanderlust Wednesday
Ok, those malls are insane. And I thought the Edmonton mall was huge! I can't get over how pretty the water is there. I love that they call that a creek. That's like a full on river haha! Glad you guys had so much fun! <3, Pamela Sequins & Sea BreezesReplyDelete
There is no way I could make it up to the top of that building, I'm so afraid of heights! I chickened out in Paris and gave away my Eiffel Tower tickets! I've heard the shopping in Dubai is amazing.. So jealous you got to experience it first hand!
Christina :: Simple and Delish
You guys did so much in Dubai!! I had heard about the Dubai mall and about the worlds tallest building. It really seems like such an amazing city! I would absolutely love to go there one day!!ReplyDelete
Wow, y'all made the most of your trip for sure. All of your pictures are amazing, especially the mall, tallest building and the blue blue water. So glad you had such a great time!ReplyDelete
Amazing!! Seriously, no words!ReplyDelete
Wow!! The Burj Khalifa is amazing! Such gorgeous architecture! The malls, WOW! And I love that it was easy to barter. Just looks like such a beautiful area with much to do and see! Definitely the trip of a lifetime!! So glad you got to experience it!!!ReplyDelete
Looks like so much fun!! Enjoy your trip! xo
It definitely looks like an epic trip! After seeing this post, and hearing from a friend this weekend who just got back a couple of weeks ago, too, I'm convinced I need to go (MG's already been and raves). Maybe one day! In the meantime, I'll live vicariously through your photos :)ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh that mall is massive!! I want to checkout Ski Dubai too. You're seriously giving me the travel itch to head to that part of the world!ReplyDelete
Those malls are insane! Looks like such an amazing trip! And the beach looks perfect, how beautiful is that shade of blue!ReplyDelete
I could stare at the picture of that beach all day long!!! The water is stunning! I'm so glad to hear that you would go back. what an adventure!
xo, Whitney and Blaire
Peaches In A Pod
That mall sounds amazingggg. I would be in heaven!! Definitely the trip of a lifetime... I hope I have the chance to go one day!ReplyDelete
I like hearing that you would go back again, that is always my final decision with how successful a place is. 1200 shops? I would be all of over! Was that snow I see on the inside of one of your pics?ReplyDelete
I love that you bartered!! I'm always so nervous to do that - I don't know why. Oh yes, western influence, lol!! It's amazing how fast Dubai has grown! I tried to convince my parents to let me study abroad there... but no dice, lol.ReplyDelete
ah it looks amazing girl! the shopping is def unreal there. and the architecture - so cool! my friend lives there and i'm thinking i need an excuse to go visit! you got so much done in a short -ish amount of time. great tips!
xoxo cheshire kat
I'm so envious of your trip! Adding this to the bucket list!
xx Leah / www.eatpraywearlove.com
1,200 stores?! Wow!! Sounds like an adventure. I'm glad Gary was a trooper. I was thinking the creek resembled the Venice canals also, how cool. The water is beautiful. For growing so much in such a short amount of time, Dubai is really detailed and beautiful from all the pictures I see. Can't wait to visit. I'll be pinning this to my travel Pinterest board so I can refer back to your reviews in the future ;)ReplyDelete
I would love to go someday! I've heard about the mall from my BIL who is in the Navy. His wife visited him over there and they had a blast!
That mall is insane!!!! It also does kind of remind me of Vegas haha. Your pictures are beautiful and I would definitely go there. Question, wasn't it really hot there? How were you guys able to walk around in pants and long sleeves?! So glad that you guys had a nice time and thank you for sharing your recaps!! :-)ReplyDelete
I loved seeing all of your adventures in Dubai! It looks like such a cool city and I had no idea. That water? Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I'd still be in that mall... that is CRAZY it has that many stores!!!!
& girl - you are totally selling me on your shoes. They go with EVERY outfit you have on!
The malls look insane and all of the buildings are incredible! I love how you really packed so much in, because Dubai seems like it can be so overwhelming! You two look so happy in every picture :)ReplyDelete
I would never guess there were so many gorgeous sights in Dubai!! That mall looks insane and that water is so blue and pretty!!
<3 Shannon
Upbeat Soles
700 stores! That's insane and amazing all at the same time! The tallest building looks amazing and all your photos are so pretty!ReplyDelete
I would LOVE to visit Dubai! It looks beautiful...and the malls, WOW! Glad you two enjoyed yourselves!
xo, Lily
Beauty With Lily
I loved all your recaps! That water looks gorgeous and I bet the view from that building was amazing! So fun!
Chasing Texas
Wow! So many amazing things to do. I would definitely have to make a stop at the mall haha! Whenever we are on vacation, I have to find a mall! And the world's tallest building -- so cool! I'm sure the views were unbelievable!
xo, Rachel
A Blonde's Moment
Seriously...Gary didn't think you could haggle/negotiate?! You're the only other person (besides Mike) who I would want on my hagglin' side!! The malls. Seriously. Vegas on crack!! Make today work, Rachel -CubicleCoutureReplyDelete
The shopping situation in Dubai is legit, to say the LEAST. Loving these shots- the tallest building in the world?! Amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this, lady!
Le Stylo Rouge
Wowwww!! This is gorgeous! Thanks for all of the insight.
Sara Kate Styling
Again, so jealous of this trip. Dubai is a major bucket list trip to me, seems like an absolutely amazing place to see...even if only once!
Clothes & Quotes
Stunning post! Dubai looks so good, especially the shopping!
Gemma x
I've been wanting to check out Dubai for so long just for the shopping and incredible beaches alone. Nevermind all the other amazing sites and hotels. The Burj Khalifa must have been a surreal experience, love it all! Come back and link up with us tomorrow ;-)
Green Fashionista
The sights are so beautiful!!!
This is so cool! I had no idea Dubai had so many awesome things to visit! Those malls look amazing!ReplyDelete
So beautiful. I cannot believe those malls. Dubai is starting to inch up my list now!ReplyDelete
Ok, that's it, I'm packing up and moving to Dubai, lol! First off, those malls! 1,200 stores?! That's crazy, I would seriously be in all my glory walking around in there! I love all the photos you took and how you shared your experience and suggestions in both 1 & 2, very helpful! Thanks so much for sharing, beauty, and I hope you have the best day!
Those malls are crazy. I can't even wrap my head around how big they must have been. Everything looks so gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Wow! What an amazing trip!! These pictures are so great and that water. We have a campus in Qatar and I've always wanted to go visit with a layover in Dubai.
The Queen in Between
WOW! I really had no idea what Dubai was all about or had to offer, but it looks incredible! Thanks for sharing girl!ReplyDelete
Ahhh I could probably live in that Dubai mall! Your photos are out of control! Loved seeing everything you did!!!
Xox Dana Ivy // www.iadorewhatilove.com
These photos are amazing, you truly had such an awesome trip. I sure hope you took advantage of all that shopping!ReplyDelete
Holy moly - 700 stores in the mall?! I can't even picture a mall that big! And girl - the malls in Vegas are my FAVES so that would be right up my alley. Hubs and I used to go to Vegas every year before we had kids and it's one of my favorite places!ReplyDelete
I just love looking at all of your gorgeous photos- what an incredible trip!ReplyDelete
Amazing! I've always wanted to go to Dubai!
To be honest, I'll probably never have the opportunity to visit Dubai, but man oh man does it look out of this world. I mean, those malls?! Think of the damage of 700 stores. I'm drooling.ReplyDelete
wow, both malls are insane! that is awesome that Gary didn't complain, i reckon KC wouldn't last 5 minutes lol. but really, love all the info and everything, hope we get to go one day and see it, and hope you guys get to go back!ReplyDelete
This looks amazing!ReplyDelete
You know me, I always love vacation recaps! I can't believe how huge all of the malls were and that they have a full scale dinosaur and a ski slope in one! That's awesome that the tallest building wasn't crowded so you were able to go in whenever you wanted!ReplyDelete
What an amazing trip, I am loving all your recaps! Shopping, Beach and Great Restaurants all in one sounds like my kind of place! Xo, StephanieReplyDelete
wow! so many things to see!!! What an exhaustive, gorgeous guide. you dressed perfectly for it too!ReplyDelete
Absolutely SUPERB!! It wasn't too long to me at all!!! I could CONTINUE to read about it! Your photos are just fabulous (you and Gary are adorable!) and I felt as if I was right along with you. You write so beautifully, thank you for sharing your adventure with us! xoxo catchatwithcarenandcodyReplyDelete
Wow! Sounds like a trip of a lifetime and an incredible experience. Those malls sound insanely big but with so much to do. I didn't realize there were nice beaches over there too....That water looks amazing!ReplyDelete
This seriously looks like such a phenomenal trip! So amazing you got to experience all of that - I'm a little bit jealous!ReplyDelete
I would love to visit the malls there!!! I could spend days in a mall with 1200 stores!
Sarah at MeetTheShaneyfelts
I could probably get the hubs to go for Ski Dubai alone. I'm glad you said you'd go back. That definitely means it was a great trip. And all those stores!I think I'd be overwhelmed.ReplyDelete
Holy crap, those malls.
I love hop on hop off when I have limited time in places.
Wow Dubai looks incredible! I'm blown away by that mall - seems like such a fun trip!ReplyDelete
That mall alone would've made the whole vacation for me, lol! 700 stores?! AHHHHHHHH!!! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!ReplyDelete
I can't get over all of these amazing spots--seriously beautiful, you got so many great pictures! Thanks for sharing our travels with us!ReplyDelete
1,200 stores?!!? Oh my gosh, how did you even choose?! So much fun! This trip looks amazing. I am also obsessing over your cat-eye sunglasses! Gorgeous pictures, friend!ReplyDelete
Everything looks so amazing! The mall was incredible - I was loving all of your snaps while you were there and that beach!! I can't get over how blue the water is! An epic trip indeed!ReplyDelete
Beautiful pictures! Love DUBAI!!
Love from www.trangscorner.com {a lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and food blog}
That mall though - such great recaps and now I definitely want to go!
Southern Style
It looks STUNNING there! That is my kind of mall! And the water is just gorgeous! What awesome memories!
Biana, it looks like you simply had an INCREDIBLE time! Thank you for the great and fun photos! You are lucky to have been!!! This is definitely on my list to visit someday!
That's the most gorgeous mall I've ever seen! I look reading about your trip to Dubai!
Wow what a mall!! I have never really wanted to go to Dubai but now with all this shopping talk, I totally want to go! What a trip!! How was the heat?? haha I heard it is always super hot. The heat and I are not friends.ReplyDelete
yayyy! i was so excited to see this shopping recap up! and so many great tips, too. thanks girl!ReplyDelete
This looks amazing!! I would love to see that mall in person one day!
I've heard so much about Dubai and it would be awesome to get a chance to visit there some day:-)
<3: Jasmin N | littlethingswithjassy.blogspot.fi
Wow, sooo cool. What an interesting city for sure!! Curious - what was the temp like there!? I always think of it as 150 degrees there, but you both are dressed like spring here so guessing it wasn't too hot?ReplyDelete
Beautiful pictures. Sound like you had great time there. xx
LOVE this post! So many amazing photos! I would love to travel to Dubai.
I cannot believe you went to Dubai! How freakin' cool! Would love to get there with my hubby! Great post.
~Ashley @ A Cute Angle
Looks like you had a fabulous time darling, I love Dubai - it's such a glamorous city and the shopping is amazing! Thanks for sharing lovely
Elizabeth xo | Elizabeth-Daisy.com
Seriously I don't know how you fit all that into your days! Lol. The on and off tour sounds like a really good way to make use of your time and to get around. The buildings, malls, and scenery is just stunning!ReplyDelete
I'm obsessed with city architecture and just know I would love it there!!ReplyDelete
What a great recap! I can't imagine 700 stores - where do you start!
Daily Style Finds
OMG that looks amazing!! You are so right, that shopping mall totally reminds me of Vegas.
Wow these photos are amazing, and the pastry shop is too cute.
Gorgeous photos and such amazing shopping!
Heidi || Wishes & Reality
1,200 stories?! How amazing is that! So neat y'all went up to the world's tallest building! I bet the views were incredible!ReplyDelete
Dubai looks incredible! The water looks so inviting. And the shopping! Did you say 1200 stores?? Great photos. I would love to go there one day!!
Taffeta & Tulips
Love the casual dinosaur in the mall. I think I'd like the old souk, that looks like fun (but hot?). Actually, how hot was it? And how covered up did you have to be in public? Asking for a friend who may or may not freak out if they get too hot in long sleeves.ReplyDelete
I am dreaming for years now to visit Dubai. Maybe when I will retire. Thank you for those gorgeous pictures.ReplyDelete
What an amazing experience! Incredible views!
Ciao Bebe, I am so glad that you loved Dubai. I told you The Dubai mall was insane; those 1200 stores made me dizzy, and it's so easy to get lost ! I am glad that you booked a desert safari and saw all of the main attractions :) Un bacio con amore Julia.ReplyDelete
I have so much blog reading to catch up on after being gone for so long - I was so looking forward to your India and Dubai posts so they're some of the first ones I went back and read! Your trip looked SO amazing, I know I just got done with a lot of traveling, but now I'm already wanting to plan a trip to Dubai! It's been on my list of places to visit soon, even more so now after seeing your pictures. And can I just tell you how gorgeous your sari was for your friend's wedding? I want to wear one!ReplyDelete
I can't believe just how big those malls are! A lady I work with has a sister that lives in Dubai and is always talking about the shopping there! But that water is gorgeous! Seems like a trip of a lifetime.ReplyDelete
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and decide to quit your job to pursue a career in hip hop. LET'S GO!
CSI – 9:00PM (CBS) CBS's perennial hit procedural returns for its four millionth season. But not what's important tonight. What's important is… BIEBER!!!! BIEBER BIEBER BIEBER BIEBER! OMG! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Can you feel my heart beating? It's beating so fast! I may faint! This must be what menopause is like! My hand is shaking. Look at it move! It's doing that involuntarily! I'm NOT faking! Anyway, tonight Justin Bieber plays a troubled youth (is there any other kind?). He even wears a prison jumpsuit, which I bet will be totally convincing. I'm told he has an "explosive confrontation" with the CSI investigators, no doubt over whether or not he can stay out an extra hour on Saturday night, because Jenny Dixon's party is supposed to be the party of the year. ANTICIPATION: BIEBERRRRRRR!
MY GENERATION – 8:00PM (ABC) ABC's latest prime time soap is a phony documentary that revisits a group of high school classmates ten years after graduation. The mockumentary format works for comedies like "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation," but it remains to be seen if it'll work wonders for an hourlong drama. ABC's "Detroit 187" was also supposed to have this same gimmick, but it was ditched and the pilot was reworked. Also, I'm wary of anything with the word "generation" in the title. Sounds like a Pepsi ad. ANTICIPATION: ANGSTY!
OUTSOURCED – 9:30PM (NBC) "Parks and Recreation" is a midseason replacement this year, which makes me hate everything and everyone. In its place is this new comedy about an American sent overseas to work in an Indian call center. Cultures clash. Hilarity ensues. Curry for breakfast?! That's krayyyyzee! ANTICIPATION: DAAL!
$#*! MY DAD SAYS – 8:30PM (CBS) As a goof, comedy writer Justin Halpern started a Twitter feed that chronicled all the delightfully profane things his father said. He turned that feed into a book that topped the New York Times bestseller list (and remains firmly entrenched in the top 10), and now this sitcom starring William Shatner that has been reworked a few times over. Advance notices haven't been good. But really, even if this show fails, I'd say Halpern has come out wayyyyy ahead. People act like it's the end of days because a Twitter feed got turned into a sitcom. As if finding ideas from new places is some kind of horrible thing. It is not. Unless this show stinks, which it may very well do. ANTICIPATION: FILTH FLARN FILTH!
THE OFFICE – 9:00PM (NBC) It's all new tonight, as are "Fringe," "Bones," "The Mentalist," "The Big Bang Theory," "30 Rock," and about 90 other shows. So get all wined up and ready to party on your butt. ANTICIPATION: NEWNESS!
Thursday Watch List: BIEBER GOES TO PRISON!!!
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[Snoop Dogg]
Hey yo Goldie Loc let me hear some dog (puff)
We gotta go some for the hood that's on the real
Yeah, this is a public service anouncement from the mathafuckin LBC
Yeah, check this out cuzz, uhm
[Snoop Dogg]
Hey yo Goldie Loc
Let's do this for the homies in the hood
The dub, waddup
No disrespect to them other hoods
But this is where I'm from
3-2-1 I can't cum
No other way
No way, no how
You know the bow wow do it Long Beach style
To the fullest young niggero
With my steal I cap home feeling like a O
No he didn't, yes he did
Bank your chin in her crib
This ain't no fed
But now he live
On the other side where the cowboys at
Where the brown blast black
And the black blast right back
That's a fact in the city where I'm from
You betta get ready
Caus here they kitty come cum
Nigga we get dumb on your bitchass
I ain't trippin caus I'm from the oldschool
And I never hesitate to blast
See, when your in it
You gotta be in it to win it
Holla back nigga in 20 minutes
[Goldie Loc]
Gimme the mic and watch me brake these niggas
How they figga
Bustas get shot tryin to plot
Blew the dice hit them twice hit a seven
Now Snoop watch me trip when I back your eleven
Mix for licks to double my chips
I'm bangin so much I got cheerleaders on the dick
Now back up and watch me stack up my dirt
I sting like bees and when you broke i bet it hurt
Watch me strike matches no need for no practice
Fuck around and get straight stomped with the package
Dogg keep the beat bangin
I'm wit the homies feel
If me and you left here for hangin
I feel like givin it up
Caus I'm a young nigga livin it up
Me and Snoop ain't give a fuck
20 minutes to get your C-walk on
Before I get my ride on I blew about a zone
Check this out dog, you don't know me shit
You know I respresent the eastside Long Beach 20 crip nigga
Two's, O's, fo's and hoes
Nigga only fuckin with the real 2-0's
20 minutes, 20 minutes
Holla at me, 20 minutes
Deuce, fo's, hoes and clothes
Nigga only fuckin with the real 2-0's
20 minutes, 20 minutes
Holla at me, 20 minutes
[Goldie Loc]
We ride
Sliding of to the eastside
Hoo-ride, to homicide
Rollin in the G-ride
So what yall bustas gon'do
When the pimps, bangers and hustlaz smash on you
One for the money
And two for the shizzo
I'm lil Goldie Loc that gives a fuck about a hizzo
Three to the fizzo
And five to the sizzix
My nigga snoop dogg gives a fuck about a bi-zitch
Yeah you heard it from me, mmm
Authograve that ass
Nigga, L-A-L-G
Little Goldie Loc
Goldie locks the same thang
Smashing for the hood caus I wanted to gangbang
Will I change
Hell nah nigga
Quick to jack that ass to make my bank roll bigga
[Snoop Dogg]
I shot em down
I shot em , shot em down
And if the too damn big
Then I cut em , cut em down
Nigga where the pound
Hell yeah I'm from the pound
Nigga how that sound
Dogg pound bounce
I got homies from the dub that bang everyday
I got homies from the hood that do the same all day
I keep my feet real close to the street
And keep my hands real close to the heat
I'm not descreet when it comes to the dogg
I'm a real O like eight-ball
We C no explainin , gangbangin, Crackslangin, entertain us
Sippin silver satin out the container
Askin which one of yall niggas wanna scrap
We can do it G-style
Mathafucker strap
Just like I tought nigga
You got caught
Ol'bitchass nigga droppin all that soul
You see, first thangs first when your a grown man
You gotta get up, get out and get your own man
See, I don't owe you and you don't owe me
It's 1999 I'm the OG
Respect your G'z is what my homies told me
So I show real love to the dubs
20 minutes, 20 minutes cuzz
Yeah, nigga 20 minutes cuzz
And like I said
Deuce, fo's, hoes and shows
Nigga only fuckin with the real 2-0's
Yeah 20 minutes
Holla at me nigga like I said
Two's, fo's, hoes and shows
Nigga only fuckin with the real 2-0's
20 minutes, 20 minutes
Holla at me cuzz
20 minutes
Roll, roll, roll your dubs
Eastside R-T-C
Goldie Loc & Doggy Dogg
Nigga this D-P-G
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When Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot in Westminster Abbey, they'll be in good company. That's because London's famous medieval abbey has many historical ties to our own home and native land.
Westminster Abbey is both a national church and a national tomb.
"We have just over 3,000 people actually buried in the abbey and cloisters," says Christine Reynolds, the abbey's assistant keeper of muniments (records).
Slightly more than 600 of these departed souls have memorials. Other monuments and tablets recall people buried elsewhere.
Many will be familiar to Canadian visitors, while others perhaps less so. Here's a quick guide to some of the who's who in the abbey:
- Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891), Canada's first prime minister. Queen Victoria made him a Knight of the Order of the Bath in 1884. His nameplate in the Lady Chapel reminds us of his patriotic election cry: "I am a British subject and British born, and a British subject I hope to die."
- Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), who disappeared in 1845 trying to discover Northwest Passage through Canada's arctic. The monument in the St. John Chapel owes much to his widow who led a 12-year effort to discover his fate. His epitaph, penned by Tennyson, reads: "Not here: The white north has thy bones; and thou, heroic sailor-soul, art passing on thine happier voyage now toward no earthly pole."
- Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1818-1907), commemorated in the same chapel. He established Franklin's fate in 1859 after discovering some remains of Franklin's expedition near King William Island and earned the name "Arctic Fox." Mc-Clintock was also famous for adopting Inuit dog sleds to get across the ice, which opened up polar exploration beyond the range of ships.
- Major-General James Wolfe (1727-1759). His unmistakable monument rises massively above an empty marble sarcophagus (his body lies in Greenwich). Curiously, the face on the monument isn't his. Wolfe died before he was famous and didn't have a portrait to show what he looked like. His corpse didn't help either. It was too decomposed after it arrived back in Britain to take a death mask. So the monument's sculptor Joseph Wilton used a manservant, who was said to look like Wolfe, as his model.
- Admiral Sir Charles Saunders (1714-1775), in the Islip chapel, a forgotten but key player in Wolfe's capture of Quebec. This capable but quiet man manoeuvred the British Navy down the uncharted St. Lawrence River to defeat Quebec. Along with Brigadier-general George Townshend (1724-1807), Saunders signed the document of Quebec's surrender. Horace Walpole said of him: "No man said less, or deserved more."
- William Pitt(1708-1778), first Earl of Chatham, is in Statesmen's Aisle. He was the real mastermind behind the British conquest of Canada. He became prime minister in the Seven Years War (1756-1763) against France and shifted the army's efforts from Europe to North America, which led to the capture of Louisbourg, Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh in his honour) and Quebec.
- Robert Stewart (1769-1822), Lord Castlereagh, a British foreign minister who was so busy fighting Napoleon he inadvertently caused our War of 1812. Castlereagh misjudged the anger of the U.S. over Britain's use of the Royal Navy to board neutral ships. For Americans, Britain "ruled the waves and waived the rules," so they invaded Canada. A tall, painfully thin man who always dressed in black, Castlereagh eventually took his own life. The poet Byron wrote: Posterity will ne'er survey A nobler grave than this: Here lie the bones of Castlereagh: Stop, traveller, and piss.
- Jonas Hanway (c. 1712-1796). He was an eccentric philanthropist who helped rebuild Montreal after a devastating fire in 1765. His fundraising help pay for two fire trucks and an early bust of mad King George III (now in the McCord Museum). Hanway also introduced umbrellas to London in the mid-1750s, which ultimately replaced waterproof hats made of Canadian beaver pelts and ended the fur trade.
- George Montague-Dunk (1716-1771), second Earl Halifax. As president of Britain's board of trade, Halifax ordered an English town to be built in Nova Scotia in 1749 and named it after himself. However, the cost for his vanity outraged many back home. Edmund Burke proclaimed: "Good God! What sum the nursing of that ill-thriven, hard-visaged, and ill-favoured brat, has cost to this wittol nation!" Two cherubs on Halifax's monument hold up a mirror of prudence while treading on hypocrisy. The Earl's detractors thought it should have been the other way around.
- King Henry VII (1457-1509). He and his wife, Elizabeth of York, established the Tudor dynasty and are buried in a black marble tomb in their own chapel. In 1497, Henry saw the Spanish getting wealthy in South America and sponsored John Cabot (c. 1450-1499) "to seeke out, discover, and finde" other parts of the new world. Cabot discovered Newfoundland and Henry, who wanted gold, got a lot of fish instead.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) in Poet's Corner. Ironically, it was this American poet who best illustrated the terrible expulsion of the Acadians in 1755 by British and colonial forces with his poem Evangeline. The tragedy might have gone widely unnoticed had he not turned it into a powerful love story that fostered a sense of Acadian identity. "Evangeline is so easy for you to read," he once said, "because it was so hard for me to write."
- Donald Smith (1820-1914), first Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. Smith was a wealthy philanthropist and governor of the Hudson's Bay Company who made his home in London and is remembered with a stained-glass window in the nave. As one of the directors of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, he drove the last spike in 1885 and badly bent it. Strathcona worked well into his 90s and is buried in London's Highgate Cemetery next to his wife Isabella.
- Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923). Born in New Brunswick, he was the only British prime minister born outside of Britain. Serving just 209 days, he also was the least known. His rival, the Liberal prime minister Henry Herbert Asquith, once quipped: "It is fitting that we should have buried the Unknown Prime Minister by the side of the Unknown Soldier."
- Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), first Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was born in New Zealand. Rutherford was Chair of Physics at McGill University from 1898 to 1907. His work on radiation led to his award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 and ultimately to the development of the atomic bomb.
Lastly, even the building itself has a Canadian connection. It was part of the inspiration for Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica, which was completed in 1843. The two 18thcentury towers, as well as many other details, were borrowed by the Basilica's Irish American architect, James O'Donnell, for this Canadian neo-gothic masterpiece. Reaction to it was mixed, however. Critics called it a "potpourri of architectural fumbling" and Quebec's Roman Catholic clergy thought it a little too Protestant.
- More Canadian connections can be found on the abbey's website at: www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/countries/canada
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I recently attended an excellent tasting that featured wines from the Ribera Del Duero region of Spain. It's always fascinating to taste a broad array of wines in one room from a specific part of the world. It allows side-by-side comparisons, and showcases how many excellent wines a region has. In the case of Ribera Del Duero the array of terrific wines I tasted in one day was a bit head-spinning, actually. While I'd had wines from this area before, I'd never sampled nearly as many at one time. A couple of producers kept reverberating in my mind days after the event, thus I decided to revisit a few of their wines so I could share my thoughts about them. Tempranillo has long been one of my favorite red varieties and this grape flourishes as well in Ribera Del Duero as anywhere.
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Microsoft's SmartScreen technology sees every app you download, several NBC shows are coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video, Xbox Live is getting a special presidential election hub, and Evernote announces Evernote Business and a Partnership with Moleskine.
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Problems remain in the building sectors of most of the countries covered in this issue of the Market Monitor. Consequently, the outlook for the construction industry in 2015 remains muted.
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- The general outlook for the Japanese construction sector is positive as the industry benefits from an increase in public works and credit easing measures by the government.
- Construction insolvencies decreased 18% year-on-year in 2014 are expected to level off in 2015.
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Almost seven years ago to the day since Hurricane Katrina made landfall, a new hurricane came ashore on the Gulf Coast near New Orleans. While Hurricane Isaac has been much less intense than Katrina, it has caused serious damage, with heavy rains, storm surge, and winds of up to 100 miles per hour.
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Dress up your corn dish with this easy to prepare make-ahead recipe. It works great to bake it a day or two before serving. When ready to serve, just warm it in the microwave or oven.
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 medium onion, finely chopped 1 medium red or green pepper, finely sliced 1-1/2 cups fat-free milk 3 eggs 2 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon white pepper 2 cans (15 ounces each) corn, drained paprika
Butter a 2 quart casserole dish or 4 small individual baking bowls.
In a small skillet, heat butter. Add onion and cook until translucent. Add pepper and cook until tender. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine all remaining ingredients except corn and paprika. Beat until smooth. Add reserved onions and peppers. Add corn. Stir to mix well. Pour into casserole dish. Cover and refrigerate until ready to bake.
When ready to serve, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle top with paprika.
Bake for 50 – 65 minutes or until lightly brown on top and set in the middle.
Let set 10 minutes before serving.
Serves 8
Nutritional information per serving:
Calories: 125
Fat, gm.: 4
Protein, gm.: 5
Carb. gm.: 17
Cholesterol, mg.: 70
Fiber: 2.2


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Watch the slides from Kadir's and my SUMO presentation at Mozilla Camp Europe 2008.
Because of the many animations and objects in the slides, this static HTML version of them don't do the presentation justice. Also, I intentionally used mostly images and not much text, so it's probably hard to understand this without the audio. William says the video recordings of the presentations should be available shortly, so stay tuned for that!


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Today's guest post is co-authored by Pauline Jennett, a Doctoral Candidate in the Educational Leadership Field. A former associate director of admissions from Harvard Business School, Ms. Jennett evaluated and interviewed domestic and international applicants. Prior to joining The MBA Exchange as an Admissions Consultant, she served as director of recruitment and admissions for non-profit career development organization Management Leadership for Tomorrow, an alumni officer for Boston University, and in sales and marketing management roles with Coca-Cola, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and IBM. Ms. Jennett earned her MBA from The Wharton School, where she was a member of the Dean's Graduate Student Advisory group and studied at Instituto de Estudies Superiores de la Empresa (IE). She has a master of divinity degree cum laude from Boston University, and bachelor of business administration degree from Baruch College where she was a Baruch Scholar. She has traveled to 36 countries on 5 continents and is conversant in Spanish.
In my educational leadership doctoral program, I am taking a fascinating class on Psychological Testing. In the textbook "Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals" (Drummond, 2010), the authors note that "despite the lack of a clear definition of intelligence, assessing intelligence typically encompasses measuring one's ability to understand
complex ideas, adapt effectively to the environment, think abstractly, learn from experience, learn quickly, and engage in various forms of reasoning." Any student who has ever taken the SAT, GMAT, GRE, or LSAT, among other school admissions exams, can see remnants of these factors in the testing sections and question paradigms.
It is equally important to examine the history of standardized testing as the sobering realization of the sustained critical importance of the "admissions entrance exam" remains a core part of the domestic and international higher education system.
It may surprise casual observers to the admissions process to realize that collegiate testing was not created or designed to allow certain individuals in, but was designed to keep certain groups of individuals out of elite colleges. Institutions, such as the College Board, were created with very specific goals in mind. Soares (2007) notes that "northeastern colleges, with Harvard and Yale in the lead, imitated the universities of Oxford and Cambridge by requiring their own entry examinations. To pool their efforts, those colleges established the College Board (CB) in 1900 as a private association for the design and administration of admission tests"(Soares, 2007, p.17).
Several researchers note the College Board was initially established to keep out one specific group of collegiate students; individuals that were not Black, Hispanic, or Native American, but those that were Jewish. There was a general alarm among the Ivy League when Columbia's Jewish student population virtually doubled in a short period of time. This stark acceleration of qualified Jewish applicants in the Ivy League was deemed a significant problem for the elite admissions boards.
In 1926, as a response to these changing student demographics, the board of admissions at Yale adopted the last of Corwin's (their Dean of Admissions at the time) "Jewish problem" recommendations, and voted to require that applicants sit for the new "Scholastic Aptitude Test." This test was expected to weigh more heavily against Jewish examinees" (Soares, 2007, p.25). Beverly Tatum, a President of Spelman College, a historically Black women's college, affirms that "affirmative action and quotas used interchangeably add to confusion – quotas have a history of discrimination and exclusion. In the twentieth century they were used to limit how many Jews were admitted to prestigious institutions of higher learning" (Tatum, 1997, p.116). The implied meritocracy of the new SAT, or the new "intelligence test," had initially created a new barrier for the Jewish higher education applicant population. A quick review of the history of the Kaplan testing service reveals that its founder, Stanley Kaplan, began his testing service in 1938 as a way to counter this new testing
Many parents and prospective students in the admissions process believe that intellect was always the great equalizer in this landscape, yet historically "prep school and family connections were the keys to the Ivies. As noted, in the 1920s, Jewish quotas were enforced at the Ivies to keep the 'character' of their universities preserved" (Mitchell, 2001, p.30). It is disheartening to read that elaborate testing was implemented to keep one group of students outside of elite universities. Nevertheless, additional selective schools began to require the SAT. For instance, "Dartmouth started requiring SATs in 1958" (Lehman, 2010, p. xvi). As the test became more popular among selective schools, the SAT was deemed "a measure of developed verbal and mathematic reasoning and ability" (Moll, 1979, p.139). The SAT is now a key component and requirement that aims to measure intellectual aptitude in most college applications today.
Despite its nefarious beginnings, standardized tests have changed with the times. It's certainly not a perfect system, but when taken in consideration with other factors (GPA, recommendations, accomplishments) it does provide another data point for schools, be they high school, college, or graduate programs, to make an informed admissions decision.
So what does the GMAT have to do with the SAT? Many argue that the GMAT is the current testing instrument that limits the percentage of minorities in top business schools. The Graduate Management Admissions Council, administrator of the GMAT, reports lower average scores for African Americans and Latinos than the average population. (2012: Mean GMAT Total Score: 548, Mean African American: 433, Mexican American: 471, Puerto Rican: 478, Other Hispanic: 487) [1] Yet, in my time in graduate admissions with Harvard and MLT (Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a non-profit preparation program with the goal of increasing diversity in graduate management education and corporate America), I was confronted with many, many students of color who consistently performed in the 700 plus GMAT range. Clearly, students across the board can and do achieve high scores on this test. In many ways, part of the key to unlocking achievement is to not be weighed down with facts and figures of how a group performs as a whole, and instead approach this test from an individualized perspective. An individual must understand the concepts tested, but also the mechanics of the test itself. That does not involve doing a problem here or there, but a thoughtful action plan of preparation that incorporates consistent practice. Overwhelmingly, I've found that students of all races, colors, creeds, and genders can do well on the test with the right time and effort. If you are thinking of applying to b-school, you should not fear the GMAT or let a low starting score deter you. Regardless of the initial intention of those who created the SAT, and by extension the GMAT, the test can be mastered since it ultimately tests things that are learnable.
Akil Bello, Founder of Bell Curves, has spent his career educating prospective students and their families on the ins and outs of standardized tests, focusing most of his work on underserved populations. Here are some of his standard "discussion points" about the GMAT that he uses when coaching minority prospective testing students:
1. Great test-taking is a habit developed over time. By the time they get to the GMAT, most great test-takers have taken and prepped for 5 different national admission tests.
2. The GMAT's biases are universal, not racial or personal. The GMAT hates the ill-prepared.
3. Test-taking is a learnable skill. Much like playing the piano or playing basketball, you can do it on your own, but most people are better and more effective if they do it with the guidance of a professional coach.
As a prior admissions associate director and admissions coach, who has also taken YEARS of piano lessons as a child, I wholeheartedly endorse his test-taking suggestions!
Drummond, R. J., & Jones, K. D. (2006). Assessment procedures for counselors and helping professionals. Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.
Lehman, J. S., & Lewis, E. (2010). Defending diversity affirmative action at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. University of Michigan.
Mitchell, 2001, p., J. S. (2001). Winning the heart of the college admissions dean: An expert's advice for getting into college. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press.
Moll, R. (1979). Playing the private college admissions game. New York: Times Books.
Soares, 2007, J. A. (2007). The power of privilege: Yale and America's elite colleges. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
Tatum, B. D. (1997). "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race. New York: Basic Books.


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First State of the Dutch Twitosphere
I was able to identify 451 Twitter accounts from the Netherlands. A Twitter account was considered to be held by someone from the Netherlands if the location explicitely refers to the Netherlands or if the Twitter user was located in the Netherlands according to one of the Twitter mapping mashups (see this previous post).
The actual number of Dutch Twitter users is probably a lot higher. I would not be surprised if the actual number is somewhere between 800 and 1000. I was rather conservative in labeling a Twitter account as being Dutch. Only a lit bit more than half of the Twitter users specify their location in their profile (see this previous post). Furthermore private Twitter accounts or public Twitter accounts with no or only a few friends are very difficult to find.
I was able to retrace the history of the Dutch Twitter accounts. The following graph is based on the date of the first message posted on each of the public Dutch Twitter accounts. There is a steep increase of the growth of the number of Twitter accounts starting from March 15, 2007. From that day on, about 10 new Dutch Twitter were detected.
Oldest Dutch Twitter accounts
twitter.com/cvodb - Caroline - first message on 15/07/2006
twitter.com/ianus - !ianus keller - first message on 15/07/2006
twitter.com/martijn - Martijn - first message on 15/07/2006
twitter.com/alper - Alper Çugun - first message on 4/09/2006
twitter.com/steverosebush - Steve Rosebush - first message on 10/09/2006
Public of Private
70 Twitter acounts from the Netherlands or 9,5% have chosen the keep their updates only available to their friends. According to the First State of the Belgian Twitosphere (Belgium is a neighbouring country of the Netherlands) 22% of the Belgian Twitter accounts are private. This can indicate that Dutch private Twitter accounts are perhaps partly missing from this analysis.
Deleted accounts
Only 2 accounts are not available anymore. The owners of these accounts have chosen for whatever reason to stop twittering.
Number of friends
11% of the accounts have no Twitter friends at all. An average Twitter account from the Netherlands has 13,5 friends.
Top 5
twitter.com/alefevre - André le Fèvre - 168 friends
twitter.com/tanjadebie - Tanja - 143 friends
twitter.com/marketingfacts - Marco Derksen - 139 friends
twitter.com/TheBFF - The BFF - 122 friends
twitter.com/gervis - Gerrit Visser - 120 friends
Number of followers
A follower is someone who has indicated another Twitter account as friends and therefore receives all updates. 8% of the accounts have no Twitter followers at all, meaning that no one else on Twitter has indicated this account as a friend. An average Twitter account from the Netherlands has 12,5 followers.
Top 5
twitter.com/FrRoderick - Roderick Vonhogen - 242 followers
twitter.com/marketingfacts - Marco Derksen - 119 followers
twitter.com/erwblo - erwin blom - 118 followers
twitter.com/frankmeeuwsen - Frank Meeuwsen - 104 followers
twitter.com/ppk - Peter-Paul Koch - 99 followers
Only 1% of the accounts from the Netherlands are still waiting for their first Twitter message (or Tweet) to be published. Currently an average average Twitter account from the Netherlands has 88 Tweets. Please kind in mind that this average is only a snapshot, as lots of new Twitter messages are published everyday. The first "human" twitterer in the Top 5 is Erwin Blom on the 3rd place.
Top 5
twitter.com/detelegraaf - De Telegraaf - 3633 updates
twitter.com/volkskrant - De Volkskrant - 1694 updates
twitter.com/tagmos - TagMos.nl - 1355 updates
twitter.com/erwblo - erwin blom - 1158 updates
twitter.com/gervis - Gerrit Visser - 958 updates
Degree of activity
10% of all Twitter accounts from the Netherlands with a public feed did not post an update in the last 20 days. These account can perhaps be considered as "almost dead" accounts. 73% of all Twitter accounts from the Netherlands with a public feed did post at least one message in the last 7 days, indicating that these accounts are still very well alive.
This state of the Dutch Twitosphere is only a snapshot, meaning that the figures mentioned in this post have already changed because the Twitosphere is a very dynamic environment with several new accounts being created every day, new connections being made between accounts (friends/followers) and of course new messages being written every hour of the day.
The number of Twitter users in the Netherlands remains rather low compared to the number of blogs, estimated at at least 1 million. The next months will show if the popularity of Twitter will continue to increase, not only for the Dutch Twitosphere but also for the global Twitosphere.


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By and by I had a better bird to listen to—a redstart. A female flew down within fifteen yards of me; her mate followed and perched on a dry twig, where he remained a long time for so shy and restless a creature. He was in perfect plumage, and sitting there, motionless in the strong sunlight, was wonderfully conspicuous, the gayest, most exotic-looking bird of his family in England. Quitting his perch, he flew up into a tree close by and began singing; and for half an hour thereafter I continued intently listening to his brief strain, repeated at short intervals—a song which I think has never been perfectly described. "Practice makes perfect" is an axiom that does not apply to the art of song in the bird world; since the redstart, a member of a highly melodious family, with a good voice to start with, has never attained to excellence in spite of much practising. The song is interesting both on account of its exceptional inferiority and of its character. A distinguished ornithologist has said that little birds have two ways of making themselves attractive—by melody and by bright plumage; and that most species excel in one or the other way; and that the acquisition of gay colours by a species of a sober-coloured melodious family will cause it to degenerate as a songster. He is speaking of the redstart. Unfortunately for the rule there are too many exceptions. Thus confining ourselves to a single family—that of the finches—in our own islands, the most modest coloured have the least melody, while those that have the gayest plumage are the best singers—the goldfinch, chaffinch, siskin, and linnet. Nevertheless it is impossible to listen for any length of time to the redstart, and to many redstarts, without feeling, almost with irritation, that its strain is only the prelude of a song—a promise never performed; that once upon a time in the remote past it was a sweet, copious, and varied singer, and that only a fragment of its melody now remains. The opening rapidly warbled notes are so charming that the attention is instantly attracted by them. They are composed of two sounds, both beautiful—the bright pure gushing robin-like note, and the more tender expressive swallow-like note. And that is all; the song scarcely begins before it ends, or collapses; for in most cases the pure sweet opening strain is followed by a curious little farrago of gurgling and squeaking sounds, and little fragments of varied notes, often so low as to be audible only at a few yards' distance. It is curious that these slight fragments of notes at the end vary in different individuals, in strength and character and in number, from a single faintest squeal to half a dozen or a dozen distinct sounds. In all cases they are emitted with apparent effort, as if the bird strained its pipe in the vain attempt to continue the song.
Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Redstart): engraving by Benjamin Fawcett, original plate hand-painted in colour: from A History of British Birds, Rev. F.O. Morris, 1880: photo by Tomcon3, 2007
The statement that the redstart is a mimic is to be met with in many books about birds. I rather think that in jerking out these various little broken notes which end its strain, whether he only squeaks or succeeds in producing a pure sound, he is striving to recover his own lost song rather than to imitate the songs of other birds.
W.H. Hudson, from An Old Road Leading Nowhere, in Afoot in England, 1901


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Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (0)341 3550 - 315
fax: +49 (0)341 3550 - 333
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Roman M. Wittig
Citizenship: German
CV to download
(additional information)
Professional Employment
|since 2019
|Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (D), Departments of Primatology & Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Scientific Staff
|since 2013
|Head of Max Planck Research Group, Taï Chimpanzee Project, Senior Scientist (W2)
|2011 – 2019
|Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (D), Department of Primatology, Scientific Staff
|2008 – 2011
|University of St Andrews (UK), School of Psychology, Research Fellow
|2004 – 2008
|University of Pennsylvania (USA), Department of Biology, Research Fellow
Scientific posts
|since 2018
|Editorial Board member of American Journal of Primatology
|2014 - 2017
|Member of the Human Sciences Section of the Scientific Council of the Max Planck Society
|University of Leipzig (D) & Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (D), Dr. rer. nat. in Biology (Supervisor: Christophe Boesch, Co-referees: Frans de Waal, Peter Kappeler)
|University of Bielefeld (D), Diplom in Biology (Supervisor: Hubert Hendrichs, Co-referee: Jürgen Döhl)
Field Experience
|Since 2013
|Director of the Taï Chimpanzee Project (Côte d'Ivoire)
Full responsibility for the Taï Chimpanzee Project in Côte d'Ivoire.
|2008 – 2010
|Budongo Conservation Field Station, Budongo Forest (Uganda), Assistant Director
Studying the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of the Sonso community for 2½ years, conducting field experiments (playback and object presentation), behavioural observations, urine collection for hormonal analysis and fecal collection for genetic analysis.
|2004 – 2005
|Babooncamp, Okavango Delta (Botswana), Post-doc Researcher
Studying Chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) at the long-term study site of Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth for 1½ years, conducting playback experiments and fecal collection for hormonal analysis.
|1996 – 1999
|Taï Chimpanzee Project, Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire), Camp Manager
Studying the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the North community for 3 years, conducting behavioural observations for my PhD thesis.
Teaching Experience
|starting 2019
NEW international Master course: Integrative Biology, University Leipzig Block module: Cognitive Ethology in Primates
|since 2014
Lecturer, Master of Science in Biology, University of Leipzig Course: Bridge Seminar - Social intelligence
|since 2011
|Coordinator & lecturer, International Max Planck Research School for Human Origins Course: Comparative and Molecular Primatology
|Substitute lecturer, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews
Module: Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology
Invited Talks (selection)
|Duke University, Durham, NC (USA), Department for Evolutionary Anthropology, Seminar Hare Group
|Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (A), Talk Series in relation to the exhibition: War.
|African Primatological Society, Plenary Keynote at the Inaugural Conference in Abidjan / Bingerville (CIV)
|Georg August University & German Primate Center, Göttingen (D), Colloquium Series: Understanding Social Relationships.
|Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago (USA), Keynote on Social Living - Chimpanzee in Context, 'Understanding Chimpanzees' Symposium Series
|International Society for Anthrozoology, Plenary Keynote - ISAZ Meeting 2016, Barcelona (E)
|Wuppertaler Zoogespräche (D), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Philosophisches Seminar
|Konrad Lorenz Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung, Wien (A), Wilhelminenberg Seminar
Université de Neuchâtel (CH), Department of Comparative Cognition, Group Seminar
|Society for Tropical Ecology, Plenary Keynote - Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, Munich (D)
Lorentz Center Leiden (NL), Workshop: Obstacles and Catlysts of Peaceful Behavior
|Université de Rennes (F), Department of Animal and Human Ethology, Ethos Seminar
|University of Stirling (UK), School of Nature Sciences, Behavioural Ecology Research Group Seminar
|University of Zürich (CH), Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Behaviour Ecology Environment and Evolution Seminar.
|Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (D), House Seminar
|Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago (USA), Chimpanzee Mind Conference, 'Understanding Chimpanzees' Symposium Series
|Emory University (USA),Yerkes Primate Research Centre, Living Links Colloquium
|Harvard University (USA), Department of Anthropology, Anthropology Colloquium
Professional & Public Services
Ad-hoc reviewer
- Journals: American Journal of Primatology, Animal Behaviour, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Behaviour, Biology Letter, Current Biology, Hormones & Behavior, Human Evolution, International Journal of Primatology, Naturwissenschaften, Primates, Proceedings of the Royal Society London B, Science.
- Grant Bodies: Leakey Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation
Conference organisation
- Symposium: 40 Years of Taï Chimpanzee Project, 29 - 31 May 2019, MPI EVA, Germany.
- XIV Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie, 11 - 13 Feb 2015, MPI EVA & University of Leipzig, Germany
- Great Ape Health Workshop – International Conference on the Health Threat for Great Apes in Research and Tourist Sites, 21 – 24 Aug 2009, LAICO Lake Victoria Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda.
Consulting (selection)
- Consultant for the exhibition 'WAR - KRIEG'. Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle, Halle (D).
- Consultant on baboon behaviour for the BBC Natural History Series 'Planet Earth' (2005-2007).
- Consultant on ape behaviour and evolution for the exhibition 'Mensch und Tier: eine paradoxe Beziehung' (2002-2003). Deutsches Hygienemuseum, Dresden (D).
- Consultant on chimpanzee conservation for the exhibition 'Gorillas in the soup' (2000-2001). Bushmeat crisis campaign of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EU).
Professional Membership
|Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V.
|International Primatological Society & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Primatologie
Honors and Awards
|Member and Co-initiator of the Max Planck Synergy Research Group Evolution of Brain Connectivuty (Max Planck Society)
|Nominated participation in the German American Frontiers of Science Symposium (Humboldt-Foundation and National Science Foundation USA)
|Invitation to join the DFG Researcher Consortium: The oxytocin system of the socio-emotional brain (invited by Dr. Valary Grinavich, University of Heidelberg, GER)
|Member of the DFG Researcher Consortium: Sociality and Health in Primates (SoHaPi)
|Young Investigator award of the Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (jointly with Catherine Crockford)
|Invited Guest of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
|Research Fellow of the German Science Foundation (DFG) for two years
|Conference Grant of the German Science Foundation (DFG)
Research Grant Awards
|PI on Research Grant: Presidential Funds of the Max Planck Society: Evolution of Brain Connectivity (total: € 1.627.000)
|PI on Research Grant: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - SOHAPI in collaboration with RKI (total: € 450.000)
|Co-PI to ERC starting grant Ape Attachment of C. Crockford (total: € 1.500.000)
|PI on Research Grant: Wenner-Gren Foundation in collaboration with A. Mielke & C. Crockford: US$ 6000
|Co-PI on Research Grant: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - SOHAPI in collaboration with RKI: € 230.000
|Co-PI Conservation Grant: European Association of Zoos and Aquaria in collaboration with RKI, WWF & Zoo Leipzig: € 21.000
|PI on Research Grant: Leakey Foundation in collaboration with A. Preiss & C. Crockford: US$ 12.800
|Co-PI on Research Grant: Wenner-Gren Foundation together with C. Crockford, T. Deschner, T. Ziegler & K. Zuberbuhler: US$ 25.000
|Co-PI on Research Grant: Leakey Foundation in collaboration with C. Crockford, T. Deschner & K. Zuberbuhler: US$ 22.500
|Post-doc fellow grant: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft


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I wish I had a tech T-shirt that said "I'd Rather be Riding my Road Bike," that I could wear while running. That way everyone who saw me running wouldn't think I was putting in a half-assed effort but that I just might be better at riding a bike. Running is torture. I endure it because I'm training for December's Honolulu Marathon. My knees are crumbling and I have osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. I run because it is supposed to help strengthen my bones and burn calories, but then it also causes some other problems. I think I'm due to go back and get fluid taken out of my right knee again. At the same time I get a cortisone shot. I absolutely love what this does for me. And I am so not a wuss when it comes to getting shots. Bring it on. Fix me up.
Today's running stats: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/233518203.
Yesterday's riding stats: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/233032282.
The majority of us who work
out are pretty ordinary. Battling the bulge because we like beer and brats, we never quite achieve awe-inspiring status at work or in a road race. We jump on the hamster wheel because we gladly suffer hand-to-mouth syndrome. It keeps us evenly poised on the precipice between awesomely fit and borderline pudgy (more or less). We know it's the right thing to do.
It also gives us a lot of time to think. While we're alert to our surroundings of traffic and other athletes of varying degrees, we can get lost in the maze of thoughts that occur in the slide show in our mind while we work out. Today I thought about how I might look out there and how some people might think what a meaty beefy big and bouncy slow poke I am. But then I thought until they know how hard it is for me, how 85 percent of the steps I'm slowly running sends shooting pains throughout my body, they might back off on their judging me.
I also think that being out there makes us less judgmental of others. When I see a fat chick on a bike and the saddle disappears under her generous butt, I think to myself how good it is for her to be out there. When I see a couple of heavy set ladies walking side by side in Honolulu Marathon Clinic tank tops, week after week, I think to myself how committed they are to each other and their goals. When I see my faster friends as they lithely go by and say hi, I think how sweet it is that they can be so encouraging. I don't see how they could know how hard it hurts me, but, they have their own personal challenges.
While I was training for the Honolulu Tinman Triathlon, one of the things a coach impressed upon me was that everyone you see competing is putting themselves through a lot of hurt. So when you are out there hurting, you're working on making yourself better. There isn't much left on my 2012 schedule, but I like how I and my still-soft and creamy center is doing. Especially once I'm through and there's a couple of ice packs hugging my achy joints.


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Controversial condominium lottery bypass legislation — sponsored by Sups. Mark Farrell and Scott Wiener but substantially modified by tenant group that strongly opposed the original legislation, with the help of Sup. David Chiu, Jane Kim, and Norman Yee — is finally coming to the full Board of Supervisors today (Tues/7, starting at 2pm).
Those involved in the negotiations say the legislation will likely to be returned to the Land Use Committee because of amendments being introduced today that the City Attorney's Office has deemed substantial enough to require another public hearing. [UPDATE: The board voted unanimously to send this back to committee, which will consider it on Monday the 13th].They include a provision pushed by tenant groups that would scuttle the lottery bypass if the 10-year lottery moratorium is challenged in court.
That moratorium was pushed by tenants and their supporters as a tradeoff for letting a backlog of around 2,000 tenancy-in-common owners buy their way out of the city's lottery for the annual allowed conversion of 200 TICs into condominiums, which are more valuable and easier to sell and finance than TICs.
Farrell told the Guardian late last week that he was still negotiating with both sides and hopeful that he might be able to support the legislation, despite the hostile amendments that Chiu made which were opposed by Farrell and Wiener in committee.
San Francisco Tenants Union head Ted Gullicksen told us that the tenants' side was willing to accept a couple of the technical amendments that Farrell proposed during negotiations with them, including exempting from the bypass fee the 19 building that have awaited conversion the longest and allowing some owner-occupier changes as the bypass is phased in over six years.
He said Farrell also proposed that if less than 2,000 condos opt for the bypass, then the difference in numbers would be added to the allowable number of condos in the first year that the lottery is restored, which the tenants' groups haven't yet agreed to.
Farrell and Wiener are also expected to offer other amendments, but the tenant groups have said they've gone as far as they're willing to in allowing any increase in condo conversions, and they seem to have six solid votes lined up on the board.
Yet it's still an open question how new amendments might affect those political dynamics, how the real estate industry (which simply wants as many condo conversions as possible) will respond, whether Mayor Ed Lee (who has avoided taking a position on the legislation) will sign or veto whatever emerges, and whether whoever is left unsatisfied by this deal will try to go to the ballot.
In other words, there may be some tricky political maneuvering ahead, so stay tuned.