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Jonathan: As we covered in the last segment, just like eating is really about quality rather than quantity, we see that with exercise, again, it's all about quality rather than quantity. I want to make one thing really, really clear. Hunter, you asked a really good question at the end of the last segment, which is, What if I have other activities I do and I'm training for, how does this exercise play into that? And one of our wonderful viewers asked a question online, which was, I like doing Zumba. Are you saying I can't do Zumba anymore? I want to be very, very clear that what we're covering here from an exercise perspective and what I'm going to show you and we're going to do together right now is not the exercise routine you have to do; it's an exercise routine that applies the principles we've learned today.
Just like with eating, what I want everyone to be able to do is to understand the principles, understand the science, understand the "why," and do smarter marathon training, if that's what you want to do; smarter rock climbing, if that's what you want to do; smarter Zumba, if that's what you want to do. We all have different goals and different objectives and all we're trying to do throughout these two days is provide you with cutting-edge science that will enable you to achieve those goals and your objectives as easily and safely as possible. So everything we talk about here, remember, these are just examples and then see how you can apply them in your own life. But if you want to do exactly this routine, you absolutely can and it will help you quite a bit.
As I mentioned, to get started, we have two options. We have at-home exercises as well as exercises we can do at the gym. I want to start with eccentric to begin with and then we'll go into smarter interval training. We can't do all the gym exercises here because, frankly, we're not in a gym. But you'll understand the basic principles and premises and then be able to do whatever you want in the gym.
Remember, when we talk about eccentric exercise, we're just talking about adding more resistance when you're lowering rather than when you're lifting, so focusing on that portion of the movement. But that is easier said than done often because, let's say, for example, let's take an exercise like a bench press. For folks who are familiar with exercising, we'll have some stuff in this segment for you. We'll also go very basic for folks that aren't familiar with exercising. So try to do it for both audiences here.
A squat – a basic squat movement – we've all squatted. If you've ever used the restroom or sat down, you know what a squat is. It's just this movement right here. When we talk about moving eccentrically, you might wonder, Well, Jonathan, how can I use more weight on the way down such that — okay, well, now I'm down but if it's more weight, I won't be able to lift myself back up, right? So how does this eccentric movement work? How can I use more resistance on the way down? How can I maximize force on the way down?
There's two general approaches to — actually, there's three general approaches to increasing the force required during an exercise. The first, and one of the most common, is speed so you can perform an exercise faster. Sprinting is just jogging with more force. When you jog, your legs hit the ground with a certain level of force. When you sprint, that's just jogging with much more force. The only challenge with using speed to make your muscles generate more force is it carries with it increased risk. The faster you move, the more likely you are to get hurt. Obviously, sprinting up stadium steps is a much different scenario, for example, than doing a leg press with just more weight on it.
Adding more weight to an exercise is also a way to increase force. It's often much safer than doing an exercise faster and it is the preferred method for increasing force when exercising smarter. To be very clear, if there are people that already do sprints, sprints are a fabulous form of exercise but not all of us can sprint and if someday you get injured and you can no longer sprint, we're going to show you ways to increase force, not through speed but through resistance.
The third way to increase force is actually similar to the first — it's speed but it's actually going slower. What I mean by that, for example, is, if you were doing a squat movement and you wanted to increase the challenge of the eccentric portion, what you could do is just lower the weight — in this case, the weight is just my body — very, very slowly. Like, you'll notice that — I mean, you could try this at home right now. Sit down quickly. Okay, that's not too bad. Try to sit down very slowly. You'll notice it's much, much more challenging.
Before we get into a little bit more advanced techniques on how to train eccentrically or how to just overload your muscles on the negative or extension portion of a movement, just understand that if there's any exercise you're already doing, from a resistance training perspective, you can make it more eccentric simply by more slowly lowering the weight. That's a takeaway for anyone. You can make your existing resistance training routine smarter by slowly lowering the weight. What you might find is, you're going to get a lot more tired a lot quicker because the way most people exercise is they just ignore the eccentric portion. Now I want you to focus on it. Again, you'll notice this isn't a "Stop doing what you're doing"; it's just "Do it slightly differently, do it smarter."
Let's say, you don't have an exercise routine and you need a new exercise routine and let's say you want to do eccentric training at home and let's say you don't have a lot of fancy equipment. How do you do that? Well, let me show you how you do that. I need a chair. Could I get a chair? Could someone throw me a chair? I'm going to show you how to do an eccentric squat at home. I'll actually bring up some of the lovely audience members to help demo this as well. I'm going to put a chair behind me just for safety but, depending on your experience level, we're talking about a squat. We're talking about a basic squat movement.
A basic squat movement — and I'm not going to get into all of the kinesiology of positioning because we just don't have enough time but, as a general rule, you want to make sure your feet are about a little bit further than shoulder width apart, you want to make sure your toes aren't really flared out or really pointed in but at approximately neutral, and you want to do everything in your power to squat down and back. People naturally do this — I don't mean to be crude but — when they sit on the toilet. You'll notice that when you sit on the toilet, you naturally lead with your butt and you go down and back. That's what I want you to do when you squat down. I don't want you to do this. Do you see how my knees are breaking the plane of my toe? They're going out further than my toe. Make sure you do not do that.
Try to squat down and back and the most effective way to do that is to make sure you got your shoulders back, chest out, head up, butt back, and then you squat slowly down, pushing through your heels so that your knees are approximately even with your toe. In a traditional squat, you'll notice that — let's just use 200 pounds. I weigh 190 but let's use 200 pounds, and obviously I'm not lifting my legs here. Hypothetically, let's say that I'm squatting down with 200 pounds and now I'm coming back up with 200 pounds. I'm using the same amount of force concentrically and eccentrically.
We've already talked about one very basic way I can make that movement more effective and smarter is to go more slowly on the way down. You can imagine trying to slowly squat down for, let's say, 10 seconds and even trying to hold the bottom position — the bottom position of a squat for most people is going to be right around parallel, so where your legs are parallel with the ground. As you're just getting started, your Achilles is probably not going to be flexible enough to do that so you may end up right here but your goal should be to eventually be able to develop the flexibility to squat to about parallel, if not lower. So you're going to squat down nice and slowly, approximately for 10 seconds. Then once you get to the bottom, come back up at a natural pace. That right there is going to cause you to have a more effective squatting movement than you naturally would with wall squats.
Now, let's say you want to dial it up even more. So you want to add more resistance. Before we get into this, there's one way you can do that immediately. Let's actually do it over here. As you start adding, you should generally always practice things in the safest way possible so a way to increase the safety of any sort of squat movement is to make sure you have something in front of you that you can grab onto, should you happen to lose balance, and something behind you so that if you do lose your balance, you can just sit down. Easy enough.
When you want to increase resistance on the way down — we already talked about you're going to go slower on the way down than you are on the way up. Also, you'll notice that when you squat, the lower you get, the more challenging it is. So if you want to challenge yourself even more, you can imagine squatting down nice and slow and then at that bottom, at that most challenging moment, just try to hold that. Just right there — hold that movement. This is called an isometric contraction and it's a great way to increase the intensity of your exercise without increasing any risk.
One thing that's great about everything we're talking about here is you'll notice this is all very slow, this is all very controlled, this is all very methodical. It's very difficult, if you do this correctly, to injure yourself because safety is priority number one. There's no better way to make your exercise routine completely ineffective than to hurt yourself so that you can't do anything. So please, always put safety as priority number one and it's a good rule in general.
If you hear about a new exercise strategy or a new exercise technique, just ask yourself, What's the likelihood that I'm going to get hurt? Because especially as we get older, and I can tell you this from experience, when you get injured, often times, you never get completely better. If you blow your knee out like me — I've blown my knee out three times — it ain't getting better. My knee is broken. So we really want to ensure that we don't break ourselves during our effort to heal ourselves. We don't want to experience that ironic moment.
So we squat down, we come back up, we can hold our balance by holding on to something in front of us and we've got a chair behind us to ensure we're staying safe. We can increase resistance by going down slowly, pausing at the bottom, and then popping back up. But as you get stronger, that's not even going to be enough for you. You're going to need even more resistance. So how do you add resistance on the way down but not on the way up? Because if you do it on both ways, you're going to get stuck down and won't be able to come back up.
Here's how you do this. You have two limbs — you've got your two legs. So what you can do is, on the way down, for example, take one leg, maybe step it a little bit forward or just consciously put less weight on one leg. I'm going to focus on working my right leg a bit more eccentrically on this movement; not so much my left leg. The way I'm going to do that is, when I squat down, I'm going to naturally push less through my left leg than I am through my right leg. So you can imagine that instead of 100 pounds sitting on this leg and 100 pounds sitting on this leg, I'm actually going to have, let's say, 150 pounds sitting on this leg.
I'm holding on to this for balance because I'm slightly off balance because I'm putting more weight on this leg than I am on my left leg and I'm going to do everything we talked about before. Go down slowly, hold the position at the bottom. This leg was able to slowly lower 150 pounds because it is stronger eccentrically than it is concentrically. If I now tried to stand up doing that same thing, I wouldn't be able to. But that's okay because I don't need to. To stand up, I'll just use both legs equally.
So the general principle to applying more resistance eccentrically with body weight exercise is, in addition to going slower and in addition to pausing at the most difficult moment, is to use your various limbs to change the balance of weight. If you were really advanced — really advanced — you could do a complete one-legged squat. So you could say eccentrically, I'm going to squat down. Of course, you're going to hold on to something. I'm going to squat down just with one leg, ideally for about 10 seconds, trying to hold it at the bottom. You might not be able to lift yourself up, that's okay. Use both legs.
When you think about how cool this is, you can now take almost any exercise and with these three principles of first, going slower, holding at the most difficult moment, and then using your limbs to spot you or rearrange resistance, you can make any body weight movement smarter.
Another great and easy example are push-ups. Can I borrow that pad right there? Push-ups are a great example of being stronger eccentrically versus concentrically. It's also a great example of how training smarter can unlock an entire category of exercises for people that they may not be able to do otherwise. Let's consider a push-up — great way to activate your shoulders, your triceps, and your chest muscles.
How is a push-up done traditionally? The way a push-up is done traditionally is people lower themselves down so they approximately have their nose touching the ground and they push themselves up. A lot of people are actually not able to do that movement. But actually, they're able to do half of it. A lot of people are not able to do the concentric portion of a push-up but they could actually do the eccentric portion of a push-up. So they could slowly lower themselves down for approximately 10 seconds; if at all possible, hold the most challenging position; put your knees down and push yourself up. So I'm using my full body weight on the way down, I'm moving very slowly, I'm holding at the bottom position, and then I'm using maybe half my body weight and pushing myself up gradually.
Now, of course, if that's too challenging, that's no problem. We can completely adapt it. You could just, say, start in a more basic position — with your knees down so you're using less resistance, slowly lowering yourself down — my hands are too far up front — slowly lower yourself down. If you can't push yourself up even in this case, that's okay. That's no problem. Just get up any way you can.
If you need to roll yourself up, that's no problem because now you're still able to do this movement that you've never been able to do before. Why? Because you're using your muscles in the way that they are strongest. You're you at your strongest, which is cool. And if you think about it, that is truly the opposite way most of us resistance train. We focus on lifting the weight and if we can't lift the weight, we stop.
We talked about squats. We talked about push-ups. What about our back muscles, for example? Well, one of the most effective exercises in the world for your back is a pull-up or a chin-up. Probably pretty familiar with these — they're very common in the military. The good news is, you don't need a contraption like this, as nice as it is and as scary as it is. What you need is, you can go on Amazon or any sporting goods store and you can buy a door pull-up bar or if you have an I-Beam or something like that.
Now, I know a lot of the people watching are like, "You're going to tell me to do pull-ups? I can't. I can't do pull-ups. That's not going to — " That's okay. I'm not going to ask you to do pull-ups. You're going to do let-downs. It's cool because, by doing these let-downs, you're going to be able to develop the strength that will allow you someday to do a concentric pull-up; whereas previously, you couldn't even get started, which is exciting.
A traditional pull-up — let me make sure this doesn't fall down. A traditional pull-up is just done like this — you pull yourself up and what you'll frequently see is people just drop themselves down. Obviously you don't want to do that. But if you can't do a regular pull-up, this movement isn't off-limits for you. Get a chair behind you, obviously have something sturdy, and then — scoot this chair forward. Just like we did with our squats, you're going to use your legs to counter-balance some of your weight. What you can do is, just imagine you're trying to hold this top position and then slowly take some of the weight off your legs and put them into your back so that you are trying — you're slowly — what you're conceptually doing is slowly lifting your feet off the chair but if you're not — don't just do that because you have to evaluate your strength levels.
Conceptually, you're transferring weight from your feet to your back and arms and you're going to do that until, despite your best efforts to hold yourself up here at the top, your muscles start to get tired and you just — you're coming down. Despite your best efforts to hold yourself up, you're coming down. You can't pull yourself up. That's fine because, just stand up. So now, a movement, again, that is so profoundly beneficial for your biceps, again, your shoulders, your back, your trapezius muscles, which a lot of us could never do before, you can now start to do when you work with your muscles in their strongest motion and you use other muscle groups in your body to essentially spot you.
You're slowly lowering yourself down. You're not using your entire body weight — you're counter-balancing with your legs — and when you get to the bottom, you're like, There's no way I could lift myself up. That's okay. You don't need to. You could even step off the chair, just get back up, and do another let-down. Then, as you start to build your muscles, you will eventually, believe it or not, get to a point where, soon, you can slowly lower yourself down so your muscles will be strong enough eccentrically to handle your full body weight and then eventually your full body weight on the way up.
Squats are a great option for at-home leg exercises; pull-ups, or more appropriately, let-downs are a great way to work your back at home; push-ups for your chest; and then for your shoulders — and I know Dr. Cathy's going to help us with a few different versions of this — shoulder press is a great general movement.
Just like anything else, if you're familiar with the shoulder press, it's basically like a push-up but it's just above your head so it's just a movement like this. The reason I'm not spending too much time on form is not at all because it's not important but because you can go on YouTube and watch a million videos on how to do a proper push-up, how to do a proper squat, how to do a proper pull-up, how to do a proper shoulder press, or you could get a free personal training session at any local gym. They all offer one free personal training session. These exercises aren't new; it's how we're doing them that's new so make sure to perfect the form and learn the form from an expert — some qualified expert — but then just do it eccentrically.
A shoulder press traditionally would be done — in this case, I have 5 pounds in either hand — we're going 5 pounds up, each arm; 5 pounds down, each arm. How could we increase the resistance eccentrically? We already talked about two ways. We could take it up lower and slower than we took it up. We could also do things like spotting ourselves with our arms. Let's say, I wasn't able to lift 5 pounds with one arm. It's conceivable that I could lift 5 pounds with both arms and then I could spot myself on the way down where this arm, again, it couldn't lift 5 pounds but it conceivably can lower 5 pounds — again, always using one limb to balance the other limb out.
Now, before we get some of the awesome students on stage to help demo these, let me explain why this is so exciting from a muscle activation perspective. Let's take the squat example because the math is easy. Let's say that when I'm doing the squat, let's say I weigh 200 pounds and let's say that each leg would traditionally do 100 pounds. Traditionally, if you do resistance training, when would you stop if you were just doing squats? You would do squats and then you would stop when you could no longer lift yourself. So you would stop when your leg muscles — each leg — could no longer lift 100 pounds. Right? But you and I both know that just because your leg muscles can't lift 100 pounds, that doesn't actually mean your muscles are completely fatigued because they could probably lower 100 pounds.
Let's say, instead, you're doing an assisted eccentric squat and you squat down with 150 pounds on your right leg but then when you squat up, you're only lifting 100 pounds because you're evenly balancing the weight between your two legs. Now, when do you stop? You stop when you can no longer lower 150 pounds. So you're stopping at a much further point in terms of muscular hypertrophy or actually working and causing healthy damage to the muscle. You're activating more muscle fibers, you're requiring more force, and you will get more results than you ever have.
Again, the cool thing is, let's say, squats don't work for you because you have a pre-existing condition or let's say you really don't like push-ups because you feel like you're going to fall and break your nose or there is really no way for you to do pull-ups in your house or you don't like shoulder press because you have a torn rotator cuff. You don't have to do those four exercises. They're just four examples of how you can take a body weight exercise you can do at home and do it eccentrically and get better results. Does that make sense from an at-home eccentric perspective?
Male: I think it totally does. We do have pixelfrow [sp?] who says, "I don't know if he's ever tried to do a pull-up in a rickety old English house but he would pull the house down around him." Do you have any suggestions for people who might not have somewhere in their house that they can do that?
Jonathan: Absolutely. Generally — we're going to go very, very general here — but a pull-up is just a rowing motion above your head. You can do a rowing motion in front of your body as well and an incredibly inexpensive way to add resistance to a rowing position in front of your body is these resistance bands. You can grab a set of really good resistance bands on Amazon.com for maybe fifty bucks and when I say "really good," I mean, if you want 80 pounds of resistance — like, a significant amount of resistance — there are resistance bands for that.
Let me show you really quick how you would do a resistance band row eccentrically or with an eccentric emphasis at home. Again, remember, we're not talking about new and different exercises. We're not saying, If you love doing bicep curls, you can't do bicep curls anymore. We're just saying, If you want your bicep curls to work even better, to fire even more muscle fibers, just focus on the eccentric portion.
Remember, pull-up was a row above your head basically. We're going to do a row in front of your body. All you need — if you're in a rickety cabin, you may still pull it down doing this but maybe it'll be a little bit less likely to pull it down. What you would do is, just get the resistance band positioned in front of you and then you would row back — look at that, I'm moving the thing. You would just row back and then come forward. This is the traditional movement you've been taught. That's the concentric, that's the eccentric; concentric, eccentric. Learning the basic movement is no different than it's ever been and anyone who understands exercise physiology can teach you the basic movement.
How would you do this eccentrically? You could slowly lower it more. You could focus on squeezing at the most difficult position, which is right here at the top. Alternatively, you could row and then transfer all of the resistance to one arm, assist yourself, and slowly lower it down with one arm. You very well may not — and this is a great way to prove to yourself that you're stronger eccentrically than you are concentrically. It's kind of a fun experiment. Find a resistance that you could easily do this with but you cannot do this with and notice how, if you do this but then try to lower it with one arm, you will be able to because you are, in fact, stronger eccentrically than you are concentrically.


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I went to see Lipsynch on the last day of Luminato at St. Lawrence Market. I have never seen a play by Lepage before except hearing rave reviews from friends. On the same day was Woofstock, which claims to be the largest outdoor festival for dogs in North America. I struggled my way to the theatre as hundreds of dog lovers strolling through the open market with their four-footed friends.
The theatre was packed. Obviously many took up the challenge and made the effort to attend this marathon performance. Next to me sat a couple from the States here for the weekend to see Lipsynch. Sometimes I feel kind of lucky to live in Toronto. For me, I really enjoyed and marveled at the many levels of ideas and creativity Robert Lepage and Ex Machina have achieved in this play. The opening scene was especially memorable. It unfolded itself in a clever, gorgeously designed and lit passenger-plane interior. At one end a woman sang an opera aria of sorrowful songs (Henryk Górecki, Katowice) while at the other, a baby cried. After all, it's about communication and the human voice.
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5 Things I Learned About Customer Experience Management While Refinancing My Mortgage
I recently took advantage of low interest rates to refinance my mortgage with my original lender, a large, national bank. For all the stories of large banks and poor mortgage practices, this one went pretty smoothly, from the solicitation stage to completion. Here are 5 things I learned about customer experience from the refinance:
Proactively reaching out to your customer is important
I had refinanced from an adjustable to fixed mortgage a few years ago. As the rate had fallen since then, I had ample opportunities to refinance again. I received emails, phone calls and reminders from the bank teller in my branch that I was eligible for refinancing, and I eventually acted on it. If I had not received those reminders, I could have been poached by competing mortgage companies.
Location doesn't matter as much as it used to
I live in downtown San Francisco, two blocks from the bank branch where my mortgage manager works, and I have never met her in person. My mortgage was handled day-to-day over email and phone calls by her assistant and the bank's contact center in Los Angeles. I completed the mortgage refinance process on time, and the only person I physically met was the escrow agent, who came to my home for the final signature.
Persistence across channels is important
There is a lot of discussion about the need for customers to have a consistent experience across channels. Another important factor is the persistency of information across channels.
When I submit information that the bank asks for, each of the bank's business units that work on refinancing should get my information simultaneously. I should not get an email from one group asking for information that I already provided to their colleagues in a different group, or requesting the same form I had already submitted.
Unfortunately, that did happen a few times during the process, but it was quickly resolved.
Communicate across the channels that the customer prefers
During the refinancing process, there were numerous checkpoints, and with my work schedule, my preferred communication medium was email, which I can respond to faster than voicemail. Fortunately, that was not an issue and I was able to address all the bank's questions without too many phone calls.
- Make sure your customer database is up-to-date across all channels
It's been some time since I successfully refinanced my mortgage, yet whenever I go into my bank, the teller will invariably say, "I notice you have a mortgage with us. Have you considered a refinance?"
It's a minor inconvenience, but I would have expected the system to have flagged that information already and perhaps displayed an updated offer like, "Thank you for recently refinancing your mortgage with us. If you have any other loan needs like automotive, please keep us in mind."
I hope you find these lessons useful. I am speaking at an Enterprise Connect-sponsored webcast on Wednesday, March 26th titled, "Deliver Legendary Customer Experiences One Interaction at a Time" with Eric Krapf, co-chair of Enterprise Connect and Sheila McGee-Smith, founder and principal analyst at McGee-Smith Analytics. I invite you the watch the webcast here.


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Story of Broken Promises and formidable Inertia
Climate Change : a battle of finance
By Rajendra Shende, Chairman, TERRE Policy Center, Former Director and Head of OzonAction, UNEP
1st Dec 2011
45 years of war was the longest war in the human history. It was the Cold War of political conflicts, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition and even unproductive muscle-shows between the two rivals that ended in 1991. Almost at the time when the cold war ended ' Hot War' on global warming began. It is being fought in the trenches of negotiation conflicts, financial tensions, proxy promises, and fear of losing the competition. Hot War on global warming has potential to last for more than Cold War. During the Cold War the attempts were made to influence the standings of the two power-blocks in other countries particularly third world countries. In the Hot War the standing of the block of emerging economies is influencing the front lines.
The first victims of the Hot War as in any other war are the poor people. We will be making enormous error if rich of the world feel sense of the security. The worlds of poor and rich are deceptively separated and decidedly linked. The global battle against global warming that started in 1992 with framing of UNFCCC has already been an utter failure. It is a story of broken promises and rupture and continental rupture in supply-lines that provide to the front liners the technology, finances and empathy.
I was in the UNFCCC meeting in Kyoto in 1997 and was listening to Al Gore, then Vice President of USA. It was warming speech in cold Kyoto in December, where the famous Kyoto Protocol was sculpted. He said:
"The first and most important task for developed countries is to hear the immediate needs of the developing world. And let me say, the United States has listened and we have learned.
We understand that your first priority is to lift your citizens from the poverty so many endure and build strong economies that will assure a better future. This is your right: it will not be denied.
And let me be clear in our answer to you: we do not want to founder on a false divide. Reducing poverty and protecting the Earth's environment are both critical components of truly sustainable development. We want to forge a lasting partnership to achieve a better future. One key is mobilizing new investment in your countries to ensure that you have higher standards of living, with modern, clean and efficient technologies."
Kyoto in the North to now Durban in the South- a journey of 14 years. How did the world react during this journey? Al Gore, back home after Kyoto , stated, " I helped achieve a breakthrough at the negotiations in Kyoto, Japan, where the world drafted a groundbreaking treaty whose goal is to control global warming pollution. But then I came home and faced an uphill battle to gain support for the treaty in the U.S. Senate." The US Senate voted against the Kyoto Protocol unanimously 95-0! Then continued the long failures in meeting emission targets. We have seen a lack of leadership in building the partnerships, lack of ingenuity in ensuring the mitigation and adaptation to climate change and continued chain of breaking promises by the developed countries. The commitment of reducing the emissions by slightly more than 5 % from the base line of emissions in 1990, the developed countries in reality increased the emissions. Of course the emerging developing countries in recent years added to these emissions in massive way, though historically their contribution has been very low.
Will the massive dilapidated sculpture of Kyoto be now on the way to museum likely to be visited only by historians and wiki-passionates for the chronicling the pride in launching and prejudice in implementing? These are the questions that world citizens will be posing as the cross-fire of the words continue in Durban today.
Interestingly, in 2005, the Gleneagles Summit of G8 reaffirmed that "climate change is serious and long-term challenge that has potential to affect every part of the globe." It also committed to the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to stabilize the greenhouse gas concentration at the level that prevents dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. However, the noisy meetings of UNFCCC continued, but here was no change in climate of negotiations.
Some rays of hopes came in 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Cancun, Mexico. Following the voluntary and non-binding Copenhagen Accord put forth in 2009, international expectations for the meeting in Cancun was severely fractured. Then came surprise. The states' parties called for a much awaited and badly needed "Green Climate Fund", and a "Climate Technology Center" and network. The proposed "Green Climate Fund," to be contributed by the developed nations and to be worth USD $100 billion a year
by 2020, has an objective to assist poorer countries in financing emission reductions and adaptation. As a matter of urgency it also committed to start with, USD 10 billion a year during 2010-2012. So far USD 12 billions are reported to have been received. To most countries, though they approved it, the agreement "fell woefully short of action needed."
Albert Einstein once said: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Indeed, our inability to make judgment and to act on simple messages arising out of continually observed climate related disastrous impacts seems to have no end.
Are we incapable to act? Do we lack resources to act? Are developed countries too submerged in emerging crisis of food, fuel and finance to prioritize climate change?
I recall month of June 1990 when I was in London listening to the then Prime Minister of the Government of the United Kingdom, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher. It was the Conference of Parties to the Montreal Protocol on the substances that deplete the Ozone layer. She stated that there was increasing scientific evidence of the damage caused to the ozone layer by CFCs and other Ozone Depleting Chemicals.
" The controls in the Protocol could achieve successful results only if all/countries, including those from the third world, were signatories. But countries at any early stage of industrial development had understandable concerns about adverse effects on their economic growth. It was the duty of industrialized countries to help them with substitute technologies and with financing the additional costs involved." Said, Mrs. Thatcher.
That COP meeting of the Montreal Protocol in 1987, 5 years before UNFCCC, gave birth to the first ever "Green Climate Fund" (though it was called at that time "An interim Multilateral Fund") The developed countries pledged US$160 million, which could be raised by up to $80 million during the three year period when more countries become Parties to the Protocol.
Since then I was fortunate to work on the implementation of the Montreal Protocol in the developing countries for last 20 years. Lessons in 'spending wisely' on climate and best use of the existing international structure can draw on some lessons from the world of ozone layer protection, where a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) administered environmental treaty. The treaty and funding mechanism started in 1992 with exactly same objective as decided in Cancun meeting on climate change in 2010 i.e. of assisting the developing countries and creating the networks of technology centers and the governance centers in each country.
The funding mechanism of the Montreal Protocol started small, with baby steps, but with mutual trust and empathy between the developed and developing countries. It has now received almost US$ 3 billion in contributions. The CFCs and other Ozone depleting substances except HCFCs used mainly in Air Conditioning and Methyl Bromide used in the soil fumigation have now been fully phased out. Their Production has been totally halted. The Financial mechanism set up to address a significant environmental threat demonstrated by sound science and observations has now succeeded in averting the global disaster of the Ozone Layer depletion and subsequent deaths due to skin cancer, loss in food production, threat to marine life and incidences of the cataract among others.
The Montreal Protocol, since coming into force in 1987 now boasts universal ratification. USA, along with other countries has demonstrated to the world by consistently supporting the Multilateral Ozone Fund providing much needed ozone friendly technologies and building the confidence of the world in environmental diplomacy. This treaty, the has been widely praised as one of the most successful multilateral environmental agreements as a result of the manner in which this instrument for facilitating the recovery of the earth's protective shield has been financed and implemented.
The implementation of the Protocol has reduced the production and consumption of nearly 100 industrial chemicals known as ozone depleting substances[1] by more than 97%. As CFCs and other Chemicals controlled under the Montreal Protocol are also GHGs, this Protocol has had the additional benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by about 11 billion tonnes CO2-equivalent per year (GtCO2-eq/yr) - which is 5-6 times the reduction target of the Kyoto Protocol between 2008 and 2012.
The emerging economies i.e. Brazil,South Africa, India and China - BASIC block - has all adhered to the compliance with the Montreal Protocol. India and China have even phased out CFCs about two years in advance of the stipulated dates in the Montreal Protocol. The Ozone layer is now on the path of recovery. So, the world has the inspiring lesson.
Al Gore while supporting the Kyoto Protocol has provided the example of the baby steps taken by the Montreal Protocol. " This is the step-by-step approach we took in Montreal 10 years ago to address the problem of ozone depletion. And it is working" said Al Gore in Kyoto in 1997."
What Martin Luther King Jr. said in a speech not long before his assassination, is so much valid today: "We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late." What more, we have an example of the Montreal Protocol where the world has demonstrated how to prevent the global disaster by closing the divisions among us.
The Hot War can be won. The winner would be the Earth, our only home. I was recently in Maldives where I recall what the President of Maldives, a tiny nation threatened by the sea level rise said, " The world did not came out of stone age because stones were exhausted. We do not have to wait for the last drop of the fossil fuel to get exhausted to make progress towards new age of zero-carbon society."
I am a strong believer that technology and policy of wise spending would take us out of our 'stone age' attitude.
By Rajendra Shende, Chairman, TERRE Policy Center, Former Director and Head of OzonAction, UNEP
[1] The main ozone depleting substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol is: chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), halons, methyl bromide, carbon tetrachloride and methyl chloroform.


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A Polish artist who goes by the name Calabarte has made waves on the internet when he released these stunning images of his hand-made lamps. He carefully carves African gourds to create lamps that transform rooms into whimsical synchronized realms of light and magic. Unfortunately, he doesn't have any lamps for sale right now, but I'm sure the demand is high. I'm sure he'll have some in the works before too long. Check him out on Facebook and Deviant Art too.
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Zombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed?
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A psycho cop with a weakness for killing his female arrests gets what's coming to him when a pack of zombie women rise from their graves in order to get proper revenge.
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Our almost-4yo went to sleep on the way home at 16h30 today, and so as a result is now up at 02h00. While I'd rather be sleeping, being up with him for a while gives me the chance to try the latest change that I left synthesising when I went to bed. That change was to make the VIC-II sprites honour the border.
My favourite way to test sprites at the moment is to run Lemmings. This confirmed that the sprites were now honouring the border. I also finally remembered the controls for Lemmings to start a game, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the game works, with little lemmings walking around the place as they should. The game is raster interrupt driven, so the speed was more or less correct as well, as you can see from the following screen shot:
I also learned two extra things:
1. Lemmings apparently uses sprites for the main display.
2. I have a bug where the bottom row of each sprite appears first.
I was also unable to see the cross-hairs, which I assume must be done with characters or bitmap data.
A quick check in VICE confirmed that this is indeed how the cross-hairs are drawn. So now I need to find out what is going wrong with this on the C65GS. I do at least now know that it is in characters $FC and $FD, and the screen is at $4000 for half the frames.
A quick bit of poking around has revealed the problem: I haven't implemented sprite background priority yet, so the sprites are hiding the cross hairs.
In theory, I should be able to use the joystick to move the cross-hairs to a blank section so that I can see it, however, for some reason joystick control isn't working. Maybe I have messed up the joystick CIA input in some way. I'll have to investigate this further, along with the sprite display problem.


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The current pace of change and innovation within the retail marketplace is verging on a revolution. On the one hand, organisations such as Amazon are challenging existing business models and engaging customers in new ways. While on the other we have increasingly empowered consumers who expect a seamless brand offering across an ever-growing range of channels – and they want it now!
As I wrote about in Internet Retailing recently, digital transformation is redefining not just how retailers communicate with their customers, but entire business models too. Indeed, digital transformation and data intelligence are central to creating a customer-obsessed model, something which is particularly important in this 'age of the customer'.
From mobile applications to ecommerce platforms, the Internet of Things (IoT), and, more recently, AI and VR, ever advancing digital technology has led to a fundamental change in the way retailers interact with consumers – and vice versa. Yet this is only the beginning.
All of this presents a multi-faceted challenge to retailers. Not only are they attempting to embrace new operating models and approaches in order to stay competitive and stave off disruptive forces, they are also faced with a wide array of technology to choose from, as they attempt to both navigate new terrain and implement new systems to take advantage of burgeoning technology such as AI.
For heritage retailers in particular, with large legacy technology systems, this can be particularly challenging.
However, retailers need to ensure they have the basic building blocks in place in order to get real benefit from any technology they purchase – and indeed to get benefit from the technology they already have! What is often overlooked is the hugely important role data plays. Nearly every new trend such as AI, cognitive computing and IoT has data at its core. Sure, data is not as headline grabbing as the above-mentioned technologies, but none of them are possible without access to, and good integration between accurate and relevant data.
Don't start with technology
Start with the customer experience, not with technology. All too often the tendency is to try and solve a need in the quickest way possible by throwing some technology at it. To really get value, retailers need to step back and start with the customer. Understand how your customers are interacting with your brand, how they are likely to in the future and also ask yourself: what disruptions are there in the market that might change the way they do?
Build a roadmap and keep it agile
Developing a technology roadmap that encompasses the entire business and is supported by the entire senior management team is hugely important. This can help to avoid questions over which department 'owns' a particular technology project, as they all will. Built into this roadmap should be incremental targets, some of which can be delivered quickly in order to demonstrate value up front, as well as clear objectives that the business can work towards.
These 'quick wins' are critical for demonstrating the value of a system and getting that all in important buy in. This stage should not be underestimated, particularly as businesses are placing more pressure than ever before on the return on investment.
Once an overarching business roadmap has been established, organisations can then tackle the issue of whether they have right people and processes in place to execute it.
Getting your digital estate in order
Retailers are still failing to fully understand their digital estates and the systems they already have. Many are fairly digitally mature, with estates that have grown at a rapid pace and are likely to have multiple systems in place, which are not being utilised or integrated properly.
In addition, each silo is in various stages of maturity when it comes to technology. Further compounding issues is the advent of the cloud, which has led to a greater ability to operate outside of an IT function and therefore not have to communicate across business functions and other silos.
Final thoughts
Using technology to provide a seamless, engaging, personalised service to customers is within reach for retailers, but the majority still have much work to do to achieve this goal. However, by taking key steps to implement an operating model that puts the customer as the centre, establish an overarching business technology roadmap, tackle silos and use data more effectively, retailers will start to reap rewards. It is not an easy task, but with the right support and expertise, it is achievable.
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Work is well underway to replace and upgrade steam and condensate lines between Sprowls and Cogswell Halls to accommodate the needs of the new food court, the Crimson Cafe, and the new College of Humanities building.
This work is scheduled to be completed by August 15, 2013. The Crimson Cafe will be located along Eleventh Street between Cogswell Hall and the IUP Libraries. It will offer specialty food items for purchase from vendors representing national or regional restaurants. Construction for this $4.9-million facility will begin later this summer, with construction scheduled for completion by August 20, 2014.
Construction for the new humanities building will begin in the fall. It will be located between Clark and Sutton halls.
The construction of the Crimson Cafe is part of the university's $37-million Campus Dining Master Plan, approved in December 2011. The patience of the university community during this construction is appreciated.
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"Family Visibility" Across Countries and Cultures
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"Family visibility" may also vary dramatically between communities: One town might have a culture of more families going for walks, and another might be totally dominated by car culture—even more than usual. It could also vary significantly according to the day of the week: One reason I might have seen so many kids in Mexico City was that I was there on Sunday, apparently the typical "family day" for outings and so on. I was also in Oaxaca during Día de Muertos celebrations, so families may have brought out their kids more for that special occasion.
What are your thoughts about "family visibility"? Have you been to different countries and thought it differed between them? My perspective is a pretty limited one, so please leave a comment and start a conversation.


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On Thursday 14th December, 92 students departed for our annual trip to Cologne, Germany led by Miss Tabellion and Miss Perks alongside 9 other members of staff. During this fantastic trip, we had the opportunity to explore several Christmas markets, full of arts and crafts, souvenirs, gifts, food and many more. Some brave ones walked all the way up to the Cathedral top and 509 steps later, we could enjoy the fantastic views of the town and its landmarks.
After some shopping time and delicious German food, we headed to the ice skating rink where students had a fantastic time. Some were definitely practising for "Dancing on Ice" and were simply amazing to watch gliding with their skates. All had fun, novices or not!
When back at the hostel, we furthered the fun through Quiz Night prepared by Miss Perks, which was really good fun!
On Saturday, we had the best time ever at Phantasialand! We went on as many rides as possible and loved the fact that most rides had 5min or less queueing time! How awesome! We had more food, since we could still fit some more in and then left the park at 8pm to return to the hostel to pack and relax.
On Sunday, we sadly left Germany, but went to Holland and bought some sweet treat whilst doing a stop on the motorway and then headed to a chocolate factory in Belgium! How scrumptious! After this, we had a late lunch in Calais and returned home, after what had been a fantastic weekend!
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- power load of the generator
How you answer these questions will inform the best fuel type to choose when purchasing a generator.
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When a natural gas line is present, fuel storage is not an issue. A natural gas fuel supply is consistent and worry-free. However, since natural gas is available through a network of gas lines, this option may not be readily available in your area. Determine your proximity to a natural gas line before making a natural gas fueled generator purchase.
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Fulfilling the Mission through Faith, Reason, and Research
People think they know Notre Dame: its Catholicity, its high standards for undergraduate education, and its football program. But there's so much more to Our Lady's University, including the cutting-edge research our faculty, staff, and students are conducting. That's the rub because many people off campus struggle with the link between faith and technology. To the researchers across campus, like those in the College of Engineering, faith and reason are not only complementary one to another; they are necessary one to the other.
Faculty across the University live the mission every day by putting their technical skills to service for mankind. And, it's paying off in a number of ways. This year has been a record-breaking one with research funding nearly double from a decade ago. Notre Dame has received $138.1 million in research funding from federal agencies, foundations and other sponsors, as well as industry.
Not only do these awards signal the dedication and hard work of our talented faculty, they also help advance the reputation of Notre Dame as a national research university. According to Robert Bernhard, vice president for research, "Our faculty have worked harder than ever in this difficult funding environment to compete for grants. Notre Dame researchers submitted more than 1,200 proposals this year, representing a 30 percent increase in proposal value since last year."
Some of the most substantial awards receiving funding during this record year, many of which are led by faculty from the College of Engineering, involve large collaborative centers and multiple universities. "We are excited and humbled by the success of our faculty," says Peter Kilpatrick, the McCloskey Dean of Engineering. "Engineers design, create, and build things. Their research and their success in winning these awards matters because it translates their scholarly efforts and knowledge into the positive good of humankind and our many institutions here in America and around the world. This is key to carrying out the mission of the University, which links our Catholic identity with our commitment to undergraduate education and the common good."
, the Henry J. Massman Professor of Peter C. BurnsCivil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences and Director of the Energy Frontier Research Center at Notre Dame and the Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame, will lead the Actinide Center of Excellence. Funded through the National Nuclear Security Administration at $12.5M over five years, this center will conduct research in actinide chemistry and materials using both experimental and computational methods to answer questions important to the security of the nation and its Stockpile Stewardship Program. The center's efforts will help sustain safe, secure, and effective ways to maintain the active stockpile of nuclear weapons without actually testing them. It will also support discoveries and breakthroughs in nuclear medicine and nuclear power generation while working to develop an appropriate workforce in these areas for future generations. Washington State University, Oregon State University, the University of Minnesota, and Northwestern University are partners in the center.
"These center level awards and the accompanying research are representative of the work the college is doing in health, service, natural hazards, economic development, and energy and sustainability. And there are several more in process," says Kilpatrick. "We will be sharing news of those as soon as we are able to do so, and we are looking forward to breaking more records here in the College of Engineering in the very near future."


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Faculty & Staff: Expert Woodworking and Furniture Making In Action
James Bowie: CEO, Master Furniture Maker, Senior Instructor
Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, James Bowie has been hand crafting fine furniture since 1966. Following the completion of a four-year apprenticeship, he attended the Barmulloch College in Glasgow, where he received the prestigious City and Guilds for Woodworking. After working for furniture makers, cabinet makers, and antique restorers, he owned a successful business with several employees and apprentices in Glasgow.
James brought his talents to America in 1992, and has since been commissioned to create truly outstanding pieces of furniture throughout America and has established a unique niche with a discerning clientele who appreciate his unique style and expert craftsmanship.
James has sold and displayed his masterpieces throughout the United States and Europe. His work has been on display in the San Francisco Design Center and the Laguna Festival of Arts. James is also included in the book titled "Custom Furniture Makers". He has also won prizes at the San Diego Fine Woodworking Show in Del Mar, CA.
In 1997 he opened the first Masterpiece School of Furniture in Ft. Bragg, California where he instructed students from all over the country in the fine art of furniture making. He moved the school to Marysville, California and now employs a team of other experts to bring the best instructional woodworking and furniture classes to professionals and amateurs.
When not teaching or building stunning furniture, James can be found on his near-by ranch, tending to his 8 beautiful horses – or playing banjo to relax.
Jason McCloskey: Woodworking and Furniture Making Instructor
For more than two decades, Jason McCloskey has been designing and creating objects. He started paying attention to the finer aspects of craft during college while taking a class that involved building sea kayaks. Since then Jason has worked and learned in many shops from a small unheated space in southwest Colorado, an apprenticeship and teaching position at the Masterpiece School of Furniture, and his own woodworking and furniture making shop in Seattle and now Colorado. During his time at the Masterpiece School he gained a great appreciation for English period furniture both in the details and the craft skills needed to create such pieces. After his apprenticeship he built his own shop in Seattle, Washington, which was dedicated to building bespoke furniture for clients all over the country.
During McCloskey's most recent study at the Rhode Island School of Design where he completed his masters work in furniture design, he began combining his woodworking craftsmanship with is passion as an outdoors adventurer. Slot canyons and wild rivers can be seen in Jason's most recent design work. Craft skills followed him outside as well when he begin making bespoke skis that receive the same attention to detail that is found in his furniture work.
Jason is the owner and visionary behind flitch studios, which was born out of the fusion of design, fine craft, and skis. flitch is a design/make studio based in Golden, Colorado dedicated to creating and designing beautiful objects.
Ron Anderson: Woodworking and Furniture Making Instructor
Ron grew up in Davenport, Iowa and first became interested in wood as a kid helping out in his great uncle's clock building shop (lots of sanding). While working toward his MFA in Design at the University of Iowa, Ron spent nine years building furniture at Wooden Company in Iowa City, Iowa. He then went on to become a high school industrial arts teacher. Ron enjoys building contemporary furniture, the satisfaction of working with hand tools, and a great cup of coffee. He has recently relocated to the Yuba City/ Marysville community from Denver Colorado with his wife Heather and their Wiemariner, Odie.
Vincent Wilcoxen: Woodworking and Furniture Making Instructor
Vincent's woodworking interests began after he and his father attended a rodeo at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Intrigued by the show's redwood sign carver, he bought a router, had a machine shop fabricate some custom bits, and practiced for a year or so developing skills. His father sold the jobs and he produced the work. Thus, he had his first woodworking business from ages 12 to 17.
In 1990 after years as a finish carpenter in the Sacramento area, Vincent joined a unique woodworking coop in Honolulu rich with an eclectic group of artists and craftspeople offering a broad range of knowledge and skills. The next seven years were essentially an ongoing furniture class where he learned design processes, machinery and tooling, fabrication, the nature of different woods, and various finishing techniques. He followed this chapter in his life by opening a business in Los Angles that specialized in designing furnishings and accessories revolving around exotic automobiles. Soon afterwards, Vincent returned to crafting custom furniture and now divides his time between his role as a construction manager and that of an artist/furniture maker (and great instructor!).
Russ McAnulty: Woodworking and Furniture Making Instructor
Russ is a multi-talented woodworker who produces furniture, carvings, turnings, and sculpted pieces of art, as well as making many of his own tools. He has been a part-time cabinetmaker, carver, turner and woodworker since 1975. He worked for two years with a master cabinetmaker building kitchens, entertainment centers, china cabinets and other pieces. Russ attended several summer sessions at the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program prior to applying and attending full-time for the 2006-2007 school year. Since graduating from the Fine Woodworking Program, he has been a full-time worker in wood. He recently attended two different classes at Craft Supplies USA in Provo, Utah, taught by professional world-renowned turners. Russ has shops in Yuba City and Fort Bragg, CA. He is currently in his second year as the co-president of the Mendocino Woodturner's Guild in Fort Bragg, CA, which is a program devoted to promoting and teaching the craft of turning wood.
Adrian Ferrazzutti: Woodworking and Furniture Making Instructor
Adrian Ferrazzutti has been immersed in art, woodworking, and fine furniture all his life. Growing up as an only child in Ontario, he watched his German-born grandfather carve logs and antlers into whimsical animal sculptures. Both Ferrazzutti's mother and his grandparents were antique dealers who liked to live with many of their finds before selling them, so he was always surrounded by extraordinary furniture and artifacts.
Adrian is a 1998 graduate of the Fine Woodworking Program at the College of the Redwoods in California, where he studied for two years with James Krenov. The Canada Council for the Arts has awarded him several grants, and his work has been exhibited across Canada and in the United States including Toronto, New York & Chicago. He is a contributing writer for Fine Woodworking magazine, which featured one of his chairs on the back cover of the December, 2007 issue, and his work has been widely published in books and magazines. The furniture Ferrazzutti produces these days in the shop he shares with five other craftsmen in Guelph, Ontario, reveals an excellent eye for form and line coupled with engineering savvy. Adrian works independently as well as in collaboration with architects and interior designers to create unique work for private residences.
Jeff Shallenberger, Woodworking and Furniture Making Instructor
Jefferson Shallenberger's woodworking career began during a humble summer course in northern California. This casual investigation into the field ended up thwarting his plans to become a school teacher and marked the beginning of a new profession. Jeff spends countless hours in his woodshop building custom furniture and cabinetry and, in the last three years, has also run a custom drum company. Jeff was formally trained through cabinet shop apprenticeships and employment, followed by two years at the College of the Redwoods fine Woodworking Program in Fort Bragg, CA. He currently runs his shop out of Santa Cruz, CA. According to Jeff, he's only had 4 bad days in the business and will likely continue this love affair with woodworking until he keels over, donates a hand to the machinery, or marries wealthy.
Lisa Nichols: Executive Director
Lisa has over two decades of experience running small businesses and designing their operations and infrastructures. Her specialty is vocational schools and she has worked to influence the curricula and administrative functioning of several state approved schools in California. She manages the administrative operations and business development aspects of Masterpiece School of Furniture. Her love of woodworking came from her dad who, with her mother, built the house they grew up in. The family spent summer vacations finishing what turned out to be a 20-year woodworking and building project. She helped her father build much of the furniture in the house and she spent many a Saturday afternoon being mentored by him in woodworking skills. Though she sits in front a computer all day long now, the smell of sawdust still floods her with sweet memories.
Maricel Bowie: Office Manager
Maricel has experience in organizational and administrative roles and brings those talents to Masterpiece School as our Office Manager. She manages the administrative side of the school, is the first contact point for students, and takes care of many of the facility responsibilities, such as scheduling gallery showings, and woodworking and furniture making demonstrations.
Interested in becoming an Instructor with Masterpiece School of Furniture?
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The pink lady with the black swan. Original oil painting on paper.
Size: A4 21 cm × 29,7 cm (8.3" × 11.7"), 200 gsm paper
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The pink lady - oil on paper (2016)
Oil painting by silvia beneforti
- Oil painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 8.27 x 11.69 x 0.04 in (unframed) / 8.27 x 11.69 in (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Illustrative
- Subject: People and portraits
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It is our role in the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) to both manage the intellectual property rights of the University and to oversee industry contracts and provide a single point of contact for industry.
There are hundreds of innovations received from Emory's world-renowned faculty that we shepherd them from the lab bench into the hands of a commercial partner. If you are not familiar with technology transfer at Emory you can view our video about this. If you are not familiar with our professional, AUTM (our professional association), has a terrific video with an overview of this work. You can also view an infographic explaining the technology transfer process.
Emory is also a signatory to the AUTM's Nine Points to Consider in Licensing University Technology.
- There are more than 100 list of signatories.
- A detailed description of the nine points is available through AUTM.
Emory also supports those in developing nations having access to innovations. We have detailed these guiding principles and made them available on our website.
As a single point of contact for industry OTT is responsible for negotiating industry clinical trial agreements, research agreements, and confidentiality agreements. The Director of Public-Private Partnerships is also part of my office. This better aligns industry contract negotiations, both clinical and non-clinical, with OTT's focused outreach to companies looking to partner with Emory. If you want to learn more or are interested in partnering with Emory please reach out to us - we're happy to help.
You can also find me talking about hot topics in the From the Director series on our blog site.
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Erin Kelley was looking for a new way to promote her design and marketing skills. After going over her needs, we decided that an elegant flash site would give the perfect impression for what her agency is about.
Redemption Faith Center was looking for a great looking flash website as a first impression to potential visitors. They were able to purchased a flash template and started submitting content.
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The festival, which runs from March 10 through March 19, will screen 125 features, the bulk of which will be world premieres.
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
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In this inside look at "The Muppet Show," five of the original performers, including the film's director, Frank Oz, discuss how the Muppets originated and reveal secrets about how they crafted the characters and brought them to life. Muppet fans should be intrigued, which means just about everybody should be intrigued.


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Dilijan - Haghartsin - Goshavanq
Group of up to 15 people
Tour to picturesque Ararat, Vayots Dzor and Syunik Provinces in Armenia.
During the tour we will first visit the Dilijan spa town, then after the short break we'll continue our tour. Before visiting the nearest architectural monuments we'll make a stop at Lake Parz to enjoy the lake and beauty of the surrounding nature. Then we'll move to Haghartsin monastery which was built in 10th and 13th centuries and we'll make our last stop in Goshavanq.
Conditions of booking
Booking must be made at least 24 hours before the start of the tour. You can book the tour online through web site, via e-mail or by phone and then visit our office to complete the booking.
Booking cancellation must also be made at least 24 hours before the start of tour. If the tour is properly cancelled then all the made deposits will be fully refunded. Otherwise, refund will be done partially (50%).
In case of force majeure events (flood, blizzard, earthquake, etc) the company can cancel the tour and fully refund your deposit.
Other details
Tours will be started from the headquarter of the "Kadr" Travel Agency.
Address: The Square of Railway Station, 104 Gorki st, Gyumri, Armenia
For more information, call us at +374 (93) 19 19 61, +374 (312) 4 09 19 or visit our office.
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Time is our most precious resource. There's no way of getting it back once it's gone and no matter how hard you try, even the best planning can't protect your future. With so much to do, it seems counter-intuitive to give what little time we have to sleeping. However, by prioritizing sleep we gain more years of life, improved quality of life, increased productivity per hour AND we look better doing it.
So sleep is great BUT what's the best way to approach this... is there any point to trying to sleep even if you know you won't be sleeping for very long (like before an early morning flight) or if you know your sleep is guaranteed to be interrupted (like when you get a new puppy that needs to pee every 3 hours)?
The answer is YES. And there are two ways to achieve this: 1) You can use the infamous power nap or 2) you can try and fit in as many complete sleep cycles as possible into the time you do have to sleep. We weigh up the pros and cons of each of these sleep strategies below.
Benefits of a power nap (10 - 30 minutes of light sleep)
- Improved mood
- Increased alertness and prevents mistakes and accidents
- Better logic and memory
- Decreased sleepiness
- Able to complete tasks faster
Disadvantages of power nap
- Sleep inertia or grogginess if nap exceeds 30 minutes
- Requires practice to fall asleep during daylight hours and in strange locations
Benefits of waking after a complete sleep cycle (90 minutes of continuous sleep that includes the various sleep phases)
- Production of feel-good hormones dopamine and seretonin
- Regulation of emotion and memory
- No sleep inertia if woken at end of cycle
- REM sleep allows you to dream
Disadvantages of completing a sleep cycle
- Requires 90 minutes of uninterrupted sleep
- Must have ideal sleep environment
- May need to use an App to ensure you wake at end of the sleep cycle
The choice is yours. Both sleep strategies require some practice to execute successfully. Train your brain so that it starts to anticipate a nap at the same time each day or try and set up a regular bed and wake time so you can work out your sleep cycles no sweat.


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