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To start off answering 'what is God', let us first address what is not God.
A google image search of the word 'God' quickly gives us an indication of what the majority of human beings think God is:
We have confirmed our suspicions: It is indeed a old Caucasian man with a wizened face and a long beard in the sky, sagely presiding over the Earth.
The Bible doesn't really help either:
So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27
The truth is far from this. In fact, it is the complete opposite.
"Man made 'God' in his own image. The eternal, the infinite, the unnameable was reduced to a mental idol that you had to believe in and worship as 'my god' or 'our god'." Eckhart Tolle
Si Dieu nous a faits à son image, nous le lui avons bien rendu. (If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.) - Voltaire
This old man is not our creator, but is our creation. In our narrow-mindedness and ignorance, we have anthropomorphized God. We have projected our values on to him. We have projected our flaws and our duality onto him. We have absolved our responsibility for our own happiness and sadness by making a mental idol responsible. Like the Greek gods, he is angry one moment, benevolent the other. God may be all-powerful and all-knowing, but at the end of the day, he's another human being!
(For an excellent summary of the 4 main paradigms of any religious / spiritual system regarding 'God', please read The Four Major Attitudes of Learning in the Return to God as entailed in The Disappearance of the Universe)
God as described by ACIM is a non-dualistic God, ie. completely outside of duality. Being outside of duality, it cannot really be known by anything which is of this world, ie. duality: words, pictures, symbols, even thought. In fact, one of the truest things to say about God is that he is utterly indescribable. (I know, that's really helpful :)) The Tao Te Ching expresses this concept beautifully:
The Tao that can be spoken of
Is not the Everlasting Tao
The name that can be named
Is not the Everlasting name
(Chapter 1)
To know what God is, is to join with him, and to truly know God is to completely join with him. He / It / She cannot be known by the mind – He / It / She can only be experienced. However, we have some helpful pointers:
Oneness is simply the idea God is. And in His Being, He encompasses all things. No mind holds anything but Him. We say "God is," and then we cease to speak, for in that knowledge words are meaningless. There are no lips to speak them, and no part of mind sufficiently distinct to feel that it is now aware of something not itself. It has united with its Source. And like its Source Itself, it merely is. We cannot speak nor write nor even think of this at all. (ACIM, W-pI.169.5:1-6:1)
Pursah: The only true reality is God or pure spirit, which in Heaven are synonymous, and God and pure spirit have no form. Thus there is no concept of male or female in Heaven. Pg. 5, DU
Pursah: There are no differences in Heaven and no changes. Everything is constant. That's the only way it can be completely dependable instead of chaotic.
Gary: Isn't that kind of boring?
Pursah: Let me ask you something, Gary. Is sex boring?
Gary: Not in my book.
Pursah: Well, imagine the very peak of a perfect sexual orgasm, except this orgasm never stops. It keeps going on forever with no decrease in its powerful and flawless intensity.
Gary: You have my attention.
Pursah: The physical act of sex doesn't even come close to the incredible bliss of Heaven. It's just a poor, made-up imitation of union with God. It's a false idol made to fix you attention on the body and the world with just enough of a payoff to keep you coming back for more. It's very similar to a narcotic. Heaven, on the other hand, is a perfect, indescribable ecstasy that never ceases.
Pg. 7, DU
We see that a non-dual God implies certain things:
- That it is the only True Reality that is, has been, and always will be (Time and Space being illusions)
- That anything outside of this God is illusory. (Metaphorically speaking of course, since there is nothing that exists except God)
- That God is not a conscious being, not in the sense that he is unconscious, but that 'consciousness' in the way we think about it is inapplicable and irrelevant to a non-dual God, for consciousness implies duality – that there is a consciousness and something to be conscious of.
- That God / Heaven / Total Oneness / The Eternal / Perfect Love / Never-ending Joy are all really synonymous.
- That thinking about this non-dual God in terms of a field, a state or in some other abstract form, although not being totally accurate, can be more helpful than thinking about God in terms of a conscious entity.
Throughout human history (until fairly recently), because of the immense unconscious resistance to these advanced spiritual concepts, there have been very few who have managed to penetrate the veneer of the illusion and even fewer still whom have managed to teach it to others in an accessible way. As such, it is difficult to find a good definition of this concept of a non-dual God in any major religion or spiritual path, and even so, one finds it defined in the specific language of that tradition.
But as Shakespeare elegantly expresses the irrelevance of words:
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet
It does not really matter how we define God, as long as we have a concept of what God is.
These are some definitions of non-dual God from various traditions / religions / spiritual paths that you might find helpful:
the First Person in the Trinity; the Creator, the Source of all being or life; the Father, Whose Fatherhood is established by the existence of His Son, Christ; the First Cause, Whose Son is His Effect; God's essence is spirit, which is shared with all creation, whose unity is the state of Heaven. – Kenneth Wapnick
Advaita Vedanta:
That which permeates all, which nothing transcends and which, like that universal space around us, fills everything completely from within and without, that Supreme non-dual Brahman – that thou art. – Sankaracharya
Nothing exists at Zero, Ao Akua, no problems, including the need for intention.
Concerns are simply memories replaying, and these memories displace Zero, you. To return to Zero, you, requires Divinity erasing memories behind the concerns.
Only two laws dictate experiences: Inspiration from Divinity and Memory stored in the Subconscious Mind, the former Brand-New and the latter Old.
Jesus is purported to have said: "Seek ye first the Kingdom (Zero) and all else will be added (Inspiration)."
Zero is the residence of you and Divinity… "from where and from whom all blessings – Wealth, Health, and Peace – flow."
Dr. Hew Len
§ 8 Responses to What is a non-dual God?"
Interesting piece. Thanks! As an aside, I don't agree with your definition of "non-dual" as being out side of duality since it seems to imply that non-dual is that which is not dual which is a comparison to duality and therefore two. As the quote from the Tao Te Ching you posted shortly after states, there is no real way to say what non-dual is, and whenever we do we get into inescapable trouble.
Cheers for the good read!
The only apt comparison I can think of is that of the Buddhist concept of Nirvana vs Samsara (Enlightenment vs Illusion), which in a sense is that of non-dualism vs dualism, as we're discussing here.
The Buddha spoke about Para-Nirvana, which transcends both states Nirvana and Samsara. While some Buddhist literature refers to Parinirvana, or Mahaparinirvana, as the final passing of the Buddha into Nirvana at his death, trantric literature explains that this final state is the final transcendence of all duality, including Nirvana and Samsara, or in western parlance, non-duality and duality.
Don't know if that helps, I've gotten a headache trying to wrap my brain around it as well, but there you go. ;-D
Hi Ken,
Why the high school level false comparisions between theism and non dualism? There are clearly many different metaphysics and descriptions of God between the extremes of God as a man with a body and God as changeless abstraction without even the possibility of creation or communication wrongly conceptualized as "change."
Personally I've never met anyone outside of children who conceptualizes or takes seriously God as a heavenly man with a body. I'm not saying such people don't exist, but I have never met any which to me is an indication this is NOT a wide spread pervasive belief and likely can only be found in extreme fundamentalist religious circles. After all mainstream Christianity teach God is spirit and not God as a heavenly man with a body.
As such it makes me wonder whom you are addressing the above arguments. It must be addressed to people who come to the course with allegedly some residual belief as God with a body which is to me is unlikely and bizarre if for no other reason than A Course in Miracles is clearly not entry-level material for people who haven't even questioned primative theistic beliefs.
To be sure, both Wapnick and Renard teach a dumbed down, commercial non dualism so full of elementary errors and bullshit compared to serious and authentic non dual thinking that A Course in Miracles isn't even part of the larger, important and serious academic and spiritual discussions on non dualism.
Instead its marketed to spiritual neophytes as entry level non dualism with a dualistic Christian overlay which has to be ignored or re-interpreted non dualistically to get to basic truths and claims said directly and better by authentic non dual teachings.
Thank you for your discussion. It is interesting to note John's angry reply and not sure what school he went to or what community he grew up in – but the 'God as man' image is one that is truly imbedded within Christian society throughout the Western world. God the father, son and spirit is personified as man – and images of the man with the beard abound.
A Course in Miracles has truly profound information within it – but I guess if you look at it from a small point of view those messages may be missed unfortunately, as your vision will be blurred.
And why would one want to make non dual teachings difficult to satisfy people who want to have the 'I am very intelligent' experience.
Non duality teachings are simple yet are only seen within the experience of duality dropping away.
Maybe you should read and do the practices of A Course in Miracles John and then comment – as no-one should comment on something they clearly have only judged.
I hope you find the answer to who you are so you can spread some joy instead of judgement to people who are sharing ideas of true love and freedom
tk u
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Behavioral Counseling to Promote Physical Activity and a Healthful Diet to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Adults
A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Release Date: December 2010
By Jennifer S. Lin, MD, MCR; Elizabeth O'Connor, PhD; Evelyn P. Whitlock, MD, MPH; and Tracy L. Beil, MS
The information in this report is intended to help clinicians, employers, policymakers, and others make informed decisions about the provision of health care services. This report is intended as a reference and not as a substitute for clinical judgment.
This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for the development of clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or as a basis for reimbursement and coverage policies. AHRQ or U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsement of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.
This article was first published in Annals of Internal Medicine on December 7, 2010 (Annals of Internal Medicine 2010;153(11):736-750; www.annals.org). Select for copyright and source information.
Background: Poor diet and lack of physical activity can worsen cardiovascular health, yet most Americans do not meet diet and physical activity recommendations.
Purpose: To assist the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in updating its previous recommendations by systematically reviewing trials of physical activity or dietary counseling to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (2001 to January 2010), experts, and existing systematic reviews.
Study Selection: Two investigators independently reviewed 13,562 abstracts and 481 articles against a set of a priori inclusion criteria and critically appraised each study by using design-specific quality criteria.
Data Extraction and Analysis: Data from 73 studies (109 articles) were abstracted by one reviewer and checked by a second reviewer. Random-effects meta-analyses were conducted for multiple intermediate health and behavioral outcomes.
Data Synthesis: Long-term observational follow-up of intensive sodium reduction counseling showed a decrease in the incidence of cardiovascular disease; however, other direct evidence for reduction in disease morbidity is lacking. High-intensity dietary counseling, with or without physical activity counseling, resulted in changes of -0.3 to -0.7 kg/m2 in body mass index (adiposity), -1.5 mm Hg (95% CI, -0.9 to -2.1 mm Hg) in systolic blood pressure, -0.7 mm Hg (CI, -0.6 to -0.9 mm Hg) in diastolic pressure, -0.17 mmol/L (CI, -0.09 to -0.25 mmol/L) (-6.56 mg/dL [CI, -3.47 to -9.65 mg/dL]) in total cholesterol level, and -0.13 mmol/L (CI, -0.06 to -0.21 mmol/L) (-5.02 mg/dL [CI, -2.32 to -8.11 mg/dL]) in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level. Medium- and high-intensity counseling resulted in moderate to large changes in self-reported dietary and physical activity behaviors.
Limitation: Meta-analyses for some outcomes had large statistical heterogeneity or evidence for publication bias. Only 11 trials followed outcomes beyond 12 months.
Conclusion: Counseling to improve diet or increase physical activity changed health behaviors and was associated with small improvements in adiposity, blood pressure, and lipid levels.
Primary Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Diseases associated with physical inactivity and poor diet rank among the leading causes of illness and death in the United States (1, 2) and are well-established determinants in many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes (1, 3-5). Although persons of all ages benefit from regular exercise (5), Americans generally do not meet recommended levels of physical activity (6, 7). Americans' diets are also drastically out of line with the generally accepted dietary recommendations published by many organizations, such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (8, 9).
In 2002 and 2003, the USPSTF concluded that evidence was insufficient to recommend for or against behavioral counseling in primary care settings to promote physical activity (I recommendation) or behavioral counseling to promote a healthful diet in unselected patients in primary care (I recommendation). We therefore performed this review to assist in the updating of these recommendations. This review combines counseling for both physical activity and dietary change with a focus on the prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults without known diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, or coronary heart disease. To conduct this review, we developed an analytic framework with 4 key questions (Appendix Figure) that included the effect of dietary or physical activity counseling on health outcomes (key question 1), intermediate cardiovascular disease-related outcomes (key question 2), behavioral outcomes (key question 3), and harms of the counseling interventions (key question 4).
The full report (10) provides a detailed description of our methods, including search strategies and excluded studies.
Data Sources and Searches
To identify literature published for each key question since the previous recommendations, we searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from January 2001 to January 2010. We supplemented our searches with suggestions from experts and reference lists from other relevant publications, including the 2 previous USPSTF systematic reviews and 9 related existing reviews (11-21).
Study Selection
Two investigators independently reviewed 13,562 abstracts and 481 articles against the specified inclusion criteria (Figure). We included trials with primary care-relevant counseling on physical activity (for example, aerobic activities, such as walking, cycling, or swimming, or resistance training) or healthful diet interventions (for example, appropriate calorie intake; increased intake of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and fiber; balanced intake of fats; or decreased sodium). We excluded interventions primarily aimed at weight loss or those that provided controlled diets or supervised physical activity. Primary care-relevant counseling included interventions that were conducted in, judged feasible to be conducted in (such as phone or electronic interventions), or potentially referable from a primary care setting. Interventions had to be compared with usual care, a minimal intervention, or an attention-control group. We excluded interventions that targeted persons with known hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease and trials in which more than 50% of the population had known heart disease or any one or a combination of these risk factors. We required a minimum follow-up of 6 months after randomization. A priori outcomes included true health outcomes (morbidity or mortality related to cardiovascular disease); intermediate outcomes and physiologic changes associated with health outcomes (blood pressure, lipid profile, fasting glucose level and glucose tolerance, and adiposity); and behavioral outcomes (any self-reported change in physical activity or dietary intake). We did not include cost-effectiveness or cost-related outcomes. For harms, we included any observational studies that reported serious cardiovascular harms, such as acute cardiac events during or immediately after physical activity.
Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Articles that met our inclusion criteria were critically appraised by 2 reviewers using the USPSTF and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence design-specific quality criteria (22). The reviewers were each blinded to the other's initial ratings, and discrepancies were resolved by consensus. Articles were rated as good, fair, or poor quality. Good-quality studies met all of the specified quality criteria, whereas fair-quality studies did not but had no fatal flaws in the design, execution, or reporting of the study. Poor-quality studies were excluded from this review.
For included studies, 1 investigator extracted data on study setting, populations, interventions, and prespecified outcomes into standardized evidence tables and a second investigator verified all extracted data.
Data Synthesis and Analysis
We conducted random-effects meta-analyses to estimate the effect size of counseling on all intermediate health outcomes and behavioral outcomes. We combined all trial with a given outcome and conducted separate analyses for each of the 3 intervention targets (physical activity, healthful diet, and combined) and, if applicable, for the specific dietary message (sodium reduction, focus on fruits and vegetables only, or general low-fat or heart-Healthful Dietary counseling). Analyses were stratified by estimated intervention intensity (low [≤30 minutes], medium [between 31 minutes and 6 hours of contact], or high [>6 hours of contact]). Trials were also categorized by population risk as being unselected or selected only on the basis of age; selected for suboptimal behavior (such as sedentary behavior or poor dietary intake); or selected for individual or population risk factors for increased incidence of cardiovascular disease (such as mildly elevated diastolic blood pressure or fasting glucose or serum lipid levels, obesity, or poverty or poor access to health care).
We assessed the presence of statistical heterogeneity among the studies by using standard chi-square tests and estimated the magnitude of heterogeneity by using the I2 statistic (23). Tests of publication bias to determine whether the distribution of the effect sizes was symmetric with respect to the precision measure were performed by using funnel plots and the Egger linear regression method (24, 25). Meta-regressions were performed on the basis of the random-effects models to examine the effect of 4 a priori variables of heterogeneity (intervention intensity, intervention target, study population risk, and recruitment method [volunteer vs. study-identified]) on effect size. To interpret effect sizes of standardized mean differences, we used the Cohen d statistic, in which an effect size of 0.2 to 0.3 generally represents a small effect; 0.5, a moderate effect; and 0.8, a large effect (26).
All analyses were performed by using Stata, version 10.0 (StataCorp, College Station, Texas).
Role of the Funding Source
We worked with 4 USPSTF liaisons at key points throughout the review process to develop and refine the scope and resolve other issues. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded this research under a contract to support the USPSTF. The funding source had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis, although they provided project oversight, reviewed the draft evidence synthesis, and assisted in external review of the draft evidence synthesis.
We identified 66 trials that reported the effects of counseling for physical activity, healthful diet, or both. Thirty trials (27-71), comprising 15,265 patients, tested the effect of counseling persons to increase physical activity, and 26 of these (14,172 patients) were included in our meta-analyses (27-29, 31, 33, 35-37, 42, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53-57, 59, 61, 63-65, 67, 69, 70). Twenty-five trials (29, 30, 37, 38, 42, 43, 48, 72-103), comprising 71,267 patients, tested the effect of counseling persons to eat a healthful diet; 24 of these studies (70,969 patients) were included in our meta-analyses (37, 42, 48, 72-78, 81, 82, 85-93, 96, 99, 103). Seventeen trials (42-44, 76, 104-125), comprising 5105 patients, examined the effects of counseling persons for both physical activity and healthful diet; we included 15 of these (4475 patients) in our meta-analyses (42, 76, 104, 106, 108, 111, 113-118, 121, 124, 125). Some trials were not included in our meta-analyses because they did not provide necessary data; for example, some reported results only in figures without providing group means and others did not provide SEs or SDs. In addition, we identified 7 studies (126-132), comprising 4354 patients, that addressed the harms of physical activity. The tables in the Supplement (available at www.annals.org) provide study details for counseling trials.
Of the 66 counseling trials, only 13 were good-quality trials (31, 45, 53-55, 57, 59, 82, 96, 99, 116, 118, 125). Fair-quality trials often did not report randomization procedures, allocation concealment, or blinding of outcomes assessment. Many fair-quality trials also limited analyses to persons who completed the study. Some trials did not have allocation concealment of randomization or blinded outcome assessment. Some fair-quality trials, as opposed to good-quality trials, had higher attrition (for example, >20%), differential attrition, or differences in baseline characteristics between groups. Most trials, including the good-quality ones, did not report fidelity of or adherence to counseling interventions.
Trials included a representative range of persons. Men accounted for approximately 17% of all trial participants, or about 35% of trial participants excluding the largest trial that enrolled only women (99). Eleven trials included only women (48, 54, 61, 69, 70, 78, 92, 99, 115, 118, 121), and 5 trials included only men (42, 59, 64, 65, 103). Trials were primarily conducted in middle-aged adults (weighted mean age, 59 years [range, 20 to 78 years]). Nine trials (37, 39, 45, 53, 59, 64, 66, 75, 87) were explicitly conducted in older adults, and most of these trials involved only physical activity counseling (37, 39, 45, 53, 59, 64, 66). Among the 38 trials conducted in the United States, approximately 18% of participants were nonwhite (range in individual trials, 3% to 100%).
Counseling interventions ranged from low-intensity (such as those conducted in a single session or by mail alone) to very high-intensity (such as those with up to 20 sessions over 2 years). Trials were not evenly distributed across categories of study population risk (Table 1). Among diet counseling trials, low-intensity interventions were almost all conducted in general-risk persons and medium- to high-intensity interventions were mostly conducted in selected persons. In contrast, almost all of the physical activity counseling trials were conducted in persons who did not meet recommended levels of physical activity, and only 1 counseling intervention was high-intensity. The combined lifestyle counseling interventions showed a very different distribution, in that medium-intensity trials tended to target patients selected for risk factors related to cardiovascular disease, whereas high-intensity trials primarily involved unselected populations.
Key Question 1: Health Outcomes
Data on the morbidity or mortality related to cardiovascular disease were limited to 3 large, good-quality trials (Table 2). In the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial (48,835 participants), postmenopausal women who were randomly assigned to intensive low-fat dietary counseling had no difference in major coronary heart disease events (hazard ratio [HR], 0.97 [95% CI, 0.90 to 1.06]), stroke (HR, 1.02 [CI, 0.90 to 1.15]), or death (HR, 0.98 [CI, 0.91 to 1.07]) after approximately 8.1 years of follow-up (100, 101). Long-term observational follow-up of TOHP (Trials of Hypertension Prevention) I and II (3126 participants) showed that persons with mildly elevated diastolic blood pressure (80 to 89 mm Hg) who were randomly assigned to intensive sodium restriction counseling had fewer cardiovascular events and revascularization (2415 participants; HR, 0.70 [CI, 0.53 to 0.94]), but no difference in total mortality (3126 participants; HR, 0.80 [CI, 0.51 to 1.26]) after 10 to 15 years of follow-up (134). A more conservative cardiovascular disease composite outcome (without revascularization) was not statistically significant, although the point estimate was similar (2415 participants; HR, 0.72 [CI, 0.50 to 1.03]). Visual inspection of cumulative incidence curves of cardiovascular disease events in TOHP I and II suggests that the intervention and control groups began to diverge at approximately 8 to 9 years of follow-up.
Key Question 2: Intermediate Outcomes
Medium- to high-intensity dietary interventions (with or without concomitant physical activity counseling) decreased body mass index at about 12 months. Statistical heterogeneity was high (I2 > 70%), making interpretation of pooled effect sizes questionable (Table 3). Two thirds of the trials of high-intensity dietary interventions, however, reported statistically significant group differences, suggesting that although the amount of weight change varied greatly from study to study, these interventions are likely to reduce weight (decrease in body mass index of approximately 0.3 to 0.7 kg/m2). Physical activity counseling trials were limited to primarily medium-intensity interventions for this outcome and generally did not reduce adiposity. Five trials evaluating high-intensity counseling had follow-up longer than 12 months; the reduction in body mass index persisted up to 72 months, although this result was slightly attenuated (99, 113, 117, 118, 121).
High-intensity diet and lifestyle interventions decreased systolic and diastolic blood pressure by 1.5 mm Hg (CI, 0.9 to 2.1 mm Hg) (78, 82, 91, 93, 96, 99, 104, 118, 121) and 0.7 mm Hg (CI, 0.6 to 0.9 mm Hg) (78, 82, 91, 93, 96, 99, 104, 117, 118, 121), respectively, at 12 months (Table 3). The largest reduction in blood pressures occurred in 3 intensive salt-restriction counseling interventions in persons with mildly elevated diastolic blood pressure, resulting in a change of approximately -1.9 mm Hg (CI, -1.2 to -2.5 mm Hg) in systolic blood pressure and -1.0 mm Hg (CI, -0.5 to -1.6 mm Hg) in diastolic blood pressure at 12 months (Table 3) (82, 93, 96). Reductions in blood pressure were still statistically significant, although slightly attenuated, at up to 36 months (82, 93, 96). Four other trials reported follow-up beyond 12 months, but none showed a statistically significant reduction by the end of the trials (99, 113, 118, 121). Meta-analyses of 6 trials showed that medium-intensity physical activity interventions did not improve blood pressure.
High-intensity trials targeting diet and combined lifestyle counseling decreased total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels; changes were -0.17 mmol/L (CI, -0.09 to -0.25) (-6.56 mg/dL [CI, -3.47 to -9.65 mg/dL]) and -0.13 mmol/L (CI, -0.06 to -0.21) (-5.02 mg/dL [CI, -2.32 to -8.11 mg/dL]), respectively (Table 3) (72, 91, 104, 117, 118, 121). Of the 3 trials that reported follow-up beyond 12 months, 2 trials conducted exclusively in women demonstrated a persistent decrease in total cholesterol or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels at 18 or 54 months (118). There was no statistically significant increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Medium-intensity trials did not improve lipid levels on average. Very few trials that targeted physical activity alone reported lipid levels.
We found no evidence of statistically significant publication bias for any of the intermediate outcomes, on the basis of the Egger test and visual inspection of funnel plots. Trials that focused on physical activity–only counseling did not often report measures of adiposity, blood pressure, or lipids (8 studies; 3731 participants).
Key Question 3: Behavioral Outcomes
In general, counseling resulted in small increases in participants' physical activity levels, especially in trials that provided at least medium-intensity interventions. Twenty-four (27-29, 31, 33, 35-37, 42, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53-55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 69, 70, 133) of the 30 trials of physical activity interventions (12,938 participants) and 13 (42, 104, 106, 108, 111, 113-116, 118, 121, 124, 125) of the 17 combined lifestyle trials (4150 participants) were included in the meta-analyses of physical activity level. Pooled standardized mean differences for medium- and high-intensity interventions at approximately 12 months were 0.18 (CI, 0.12 to 0.24) and 0.26 (CI, 0.14 to 0.37), respectively (Table 4). These pooled estimates represent small changes in physical activity levels: for example, an increase in physical activity level by 38.3 min/wk (CI, 25.9 to 50.7 min/wk) (Table 4). Longer-term follow-up was very rare, but changes in activity level were maintained in 1 trial of medium-intensity physical activity (71) and 1 trial of high-intensity physical activity plus lifestyle counseling that reported follow-up beyond 12 months (118). The data for low-intensity interventions were mixed. Although the meta-analysis of the trials of low-intensity physical activity showed no overall effect, 4 of the 11 trials of low-intensity interventions increased some measure of physical activity (35, 39, 55, 65); 2 of these 4 trials were not included in the meta-analysis because of limitations in reporting of outcomes at the individual study level. Only 1 of the combined lifestyle trials with this outcome involved a low-intensity intervention, and it showed no effect (114). The Egger test of small study effects was statistically significant for the medium-intensity trials; however, sensitivity analyses without the smallest trials showed similar results.
Meta-analyses showed statistically significant reductions in self-reported total fat intake at all levels of intervention intensity; however, statistical heterogeneity was high (I2 > 70%) (Table 4). For high-intensity trials, 7 of 10 trials showed statistically significant reductions in total fat, suggesting a robust finding of group differences. High-intensity counseling resulted in moderate to large reductions in self-reported fat intake, ranging from a 5.9% to 11% decrease in energy from total fat and a 2.8% to 3.7% decrease in energy from saturated fat (72, 78, 91, 99, 104, 117, 118). Four trials had longer-term follow-up (up to 72 months), during which reductions in total fat and saturated fat were still significant (99, 117, 118, 121). Low- and medium-intensity interventions resulted in smaller reductions in fat intake (42, 48, 74-77, 81, 86, 89, 92, 111, 114, 116, 124). None of the low- or medium-intensity counseling trials had follow-up beyond 12 months.
Healthful dietary counseling increased fruit and vegetable consumption at all levels of intervention intensity, although statistical heterogeneity was high in some subgroups (Table 4). Three fair-quality trials of behavioral counseling interventions focusing on fruit and vegetable consumption were successful in increasing fruit and vegetable intake (37, 85, 87). Meta-analyses of the low- and medium-intensity general low-fat/heart-healthy counseling trials had low to modest heterogeneity and were statistically significant (48, 75, 77, 86, 88, 90, 92). Although statistical heterogeneity was very large in the high-intensity trials, intervention group participants showed greater increases in fruit and vegetable consumption in 4 of the 5 trials (77, 78, 99, 104, 121). Overall, the mean change in fruit and vegetable intake ranged from 0.4 to 2 servings per day. Only 2 trials had follow-up beyond 12 months; these showed a persistent increase in fruit and vegetable intake at 24 and 72 months (37, 99).
Key Question 4: Harms
Adverse effects were rarely noted in physical activity counseling trials. Two trials reported minor muscular symptoms (27, 50), and 3 trials reported falls related to physical activity (31, 53, 54). We also found 7 case-crossover analyses, which showed that the risk for a cardiac event is increased 2-fold to 17-fold during vigorous exercise (126 -132). This increased risk was much greater for people with low baseline levels of regular activity. Nevertheless, the absolute risk for a cardiac event during physical activity was very low. One of these studies estimated that the incidence of sudden death associated with vigorous physical activity was 1 per 1.42 million person-hours of exercise (126).
We found no studies designed to assess the adverse effects of dietary counseling or the adverse effects of increasing intake of fruits and vegetables or fiber and decreasing intake of sodium or fat. None of the healthful diet counseling trials reported specific adverse events.
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Shining the Spotlight on Security Innovation Second Runner-Up: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO
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Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, located in downtown St. Louis, MO, is Major League Baseball's newest showcase venue. Aside from providing the latest fan amenities and attractions, the new facility features a Panasonic Security Systems i-Pro networked video surveillance system. The comprehensive IP-based system was selected by Ed Heisler, president of Facility Control Systems Inc., the security consultant on the project. Will Electronics, an authorized Panasonic Premier Integrator (PPI), performed system installation and training under the supervision of company president Kurt Will.
The i-Pro system features the newest innovations in networking technology, including a unique real-time virtual matrix camera switching system, network video recording (NVR) solution, megapixel IP cameras, hybrid video servers and Super Dynamic III (SDIII) technology, all running on a Cisco Systems network backbone.
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To ensure comprehensive coverage throughout the stadium and the surrounding grounds, the system features more than 100 Panasonic cameras of various models. This unique combination was selected based on several parameters.
Megapixel color network cameras are installed at all main entry gates to the stadium to provide accurate video identification. They deliver a resolution approaching HD quality of 1280 x 960 pixels.
Panasonic's Compact Color Indoor Cameras are used for general surveillance of interior corridors and office locations not open to the public. Vandal-proof network and analog day/night color dome cameras are situated throughout the facility, including in exterior ticketing areas. And the Panasonic SDIII Unitized Day/Night Color Dome PTZ Systems provide coverage of all activity in the stands as well as exterior locations, such as the main highway that runs adjacent to the facility.
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Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño is the President of IE University and the Dean of IE Business School. Iñiguez is Professor of Strategic Management at IE Business School.
He studied at Madrid's Complutense University and Oxford University, UK. Iñiguez de Onzoño is a Doctor of Law and holds an MBA from IE Business School.
Iñiguez has worked as a management consultant and has played an active role in the field of quality control and development of management education in Europe. He is member of the boards of EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), the International Advisory Board of AMBA (Association of MBAs, UK), GFME (Global Foundation for Management Education) and the Awarding Body of EQUIS (European Quality System). He also serves on the boards of CENTRUM (Universidad Católica, Perú), Universiti Putra Malaysia Business School, Antai Business School (Jiao Tong University, China) and Leeds University Business School (UK). He has been portrayed by the Financial Times as "one of the most significant figures in promoting European business schools internationally". Iniguez is also President of the IE Fund in the US and serves on the boards of different companies based in Spain.
As expert in management education, Iñiguez is a regular speaker at international conferences and frequently contributes in different academic journals and media on this subject.
Iñiguez has his own blog at www.santiagoiniguez.com and is co-editor of www.deanstalk.net, a blog focused on management education issues and publish this year his book: "The Learning Curve, How Business Schools Are Re-inventing Education" by Palgrave Macmillan
Dr Jo Beall joined the British Council and the Executive Board in July 2011 as Director Education and Society, reporting to the CEO.
Jo was formerly Deputy Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Town with responsibility for academic matters, social responsiveness and external relations and the University's internationalisation strategy.
A graduate of the London School of Economics, Jo joined the academic staff of the LSE in the early 1990s, first in the Department of Social Policy and then the Development Studies Institute, which she directed between 2004 and 2007.
During her academic career Jo published or co-published numerous books and articles in the areas of gender and social policy, social development, local governance, cities and conflict and state fragility. Her work in the field of international development spans twenty years and has taken her to Africa, Asia and Latin America, with significant periods of time in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and South Africa.
Jo has worked with a wide range of national, bilateral and multilateral organisations internationally. In the United Kingdom she served on HEFCE's 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, has sat on a number of editorial boards and research panels and has been a Fellow of Goodenough College since 2000. Jo was a Trustee of ActionAid and is on the Council of the Overseas Development Institute.
Scott has over 20 years experience in the design and delivery of legal education programmes, from undergraduate to partner level. He has been on the board of The University of Law for 10 years, and is a qualified solicitor.
Scott is responsible for the University of Law's learning and development strategy, and the development of all domestic and international legal education programmes. He has devised a range of innovative programmes: the UK's first vocational LLB programme, the IBA on-line LLM in International Legal Practice, and Legal Practice Courses tailored for global law firms.
A Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, Scott has held a number of advisory and regulatory roles in legal education, and worked with a range of international law firms. He is currently working with the Singapore Institute of Legal Education. He is the co-author of Business Law, and the editor of Legal Systems and Skills.
Vincenzo Raimo is Director of the International Office at The University of Nottingham, a position he has held since 2007. He has responsibility for supporting the implementation of the University's internationalisation strategy, including areas such as international partnerships and transnational education, international scholarships, student mobility, international student support and international student recruitment. He was previously Head of International Student Recruitment at Nottingham and before that spent three years as Assistant to the University's Vice-Chancellor. Vincenzo has also worked at the universities of Lancaster and Sussex and as an English Teacher in Rome. He studied at the universities of Reading, Rome 'La Sapienza' and Leicester and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Marc is responsible for internationalisation and corporate engagement strategies at Leeds University Business School, having previously developed talent development and employability operations at the School. He started his career at Barclays PLC in 1990, where he held management roles in corporate finance in the UK and Australia, credit management, venture capital, and as head of Barclays global graduate recruitment. He was Vice President, International Recruitment for Merrill Lynch Europe before developing his own business ventures in retail and media. Currently an International Business doctoral student with Prof. Peter Buckley OBE, speaker and chair of conferences at efmd and MBA CSC, a visiting lecturer at IE Madrid, entrepreneur, and showing further masochist traits through endurance sports.
Marc studied English at Utrecht University (Netherlands), Medieval Lit and Linguistics at Newcastle University (UK) and MBA at Durham Business School (UK).
Gordon McKenzie is a Deputy Director for higher education policy in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. He is a career civil servant with a background in education, employment and social policy issues. He has worked on higher education issues for the last five years.
Professor Garcia-Milà holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota, where the now Nobel laureate Prof. Christopher Sims was her PhD supervisor and Prof. Thomas Sargent was a member of her thesis committee. An expert in macroeconomics, public economics, and regional economics, she has been Barcelona GSE Affiliated Professor since the School's foundation and has published articles in Economic Journal,The Review of Economics and Statistics, and Regional Science and Urban Economics.
Over the years, Prof. Garcia-Milà has held academic management positions at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). She currently chairs the Department of Economics and Business (since 2011), was Vice-rector of Scientific Policy (2009-11), and was Dean of Undergraduate Studies in Economics (1995-2000). She has also been a Member of the Barcelona GSE Academic Programs Committee since 2008.
Professor Garcia-Milà also has leadership experience in the private sector as a member of the boards of Banc Sabadell, Enagás, and Vueling; social involvement as member of the Directory Board of the Cercle d'Economia association; as well as public sector advisory roles with public administrations at different levels. Some of these private and public institutions are supporting the Barcelona GSE.
Daniel Peña, is the current Rector of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, since 2007. Industrial Engineering Ph.D by the Polytechnic University of Madrid, he also has a Master in Statistics by the Complutense University in Madrid and a ITP Business Administration by Harvard University. Previously he acted as Head of the Department of Statistics at the Universidad Carlos III and Chairman of the Department in two different periods (1991-93/1997-2000). He also held the position of Vice-Chancellor in the same university.
He has also held different public positions as President of CRUMA (Committee of Rectors of Universities of Madrid) in 2011 and Member of the Executive council of CINDA (Iberoamerican Center for Develloppment) and AUIP (Iberoamerican Postgraduate University Association). He lectured as a visiting professor at universities of Chicago and Wisconsin-Madison, and has received several honors both international and national as the Premio Rey Jaime I of Economy (2011), "Premio Ingeniero del año" (2011) and the Youden Prize for the best article in Technometrics ASQ (2006).
His studies focus on Time Series Analysis, Linear Models, Robustness and outlier analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Multivariate Statistics, Quality Methods and Econometrics. And he has published 13 books and more than 200 papers on the matters.
Carmona holds a doctorate and university degree in economic sciences from Seville University, and is internationally recognized in academia and the field of educational management.
In the field of research, he serves as editor of the European Accounting Review, has been a member of the executive committee of the European Accounting Association, and President of the Academy of Accounting Historians. In addition to being a member of the editorial boards of fifteen prestigious international journals, he is the author and co-author of an extensive number of articles, books and teaching materials.
In the field of educational management, in addition to the positions he has held at IE he has served as the manager of Spain's national R&D Plan, in the area of economy and business management, and has been the dean, as well as senior lecturer, of the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences at Madrid's Carlos III University.
Salvador Carmona also has experience in business consulting, as well as serving as visiting professor at universities that include CEIBS (China), Arizona State University (US), and University of Gothenburg (Sweden).
Dr Ahmad M Hasnah is the Associate Vice-President for Higher Education, Education Division at Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development in Doha, Qatar. Dr Hasnah has been a member of the Education Committee since 2002. Dr Hasnah is a member of Qatar Foundation's Strategic Research Board, chaired by Her Highness the chairperson of Qatar Foundation. He represents Qatar Foundation in the Joint Advisory Boards of Texas A and M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University at Qatar, and Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. He is a member of the Steering committee of Qatar National Research Fund and the Task Force Committee on Biennale Education. He is the Vice-Chairman of the steering committee for a new initiative of Qatar Foundation, the World Innovation Summit for Education. He is the Vice-Chair of Financial Aid and Scholarship Committee and chairs the Study Abroad Education City Committee of Qatar Foundation. He is a member of the Academic Bridge Program. Dr Hasnah holds a Masters (1993) and PhD (1996) in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. Dr. Hasnah has over 40 refereed publications in esteemed journals and conferences.
Prof. Dr. Mazliham Mohd Su'ud is the 3rd. President/CEO of University Kuala Lumpur, appointed to the position on 1 February 2013.
Prof. Dr. Mazliham has held several important positions in UniKL. He was the Deputy President (Industrial Linkages) prior to becoming the 3rd President / CEO of UniKL when Prof. Dato' Dr. Abdul Hakim Juri, the former President / CEO decides to embark on his career in East Malaysia.
PhD in Computational Intelligence & Decision, University De La Rochelle, France
Post Master Degree in Electronics, University De Montpellier II France
Master in Electronics Electrtechnics and Automation, University De Montpellier II, France
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Dr. Arpad von Lazar is Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Medford Massachusetts. He is Member of the International Advisory Board of IE Business School.
While at Fletcher he was a founding member of the academic programs on international development, international energy studies and the international environmental program. During his academic career Professor von Lazar has worked as senior advisor to major US and foreign oil companies, financial institutions, foundations, US government and foreign governments. Since his retirement from Fletcher in 1998, he has served as investment advisor to a number of European and US banks and investment Companies. He is member of the International Advisory Board of IE Business School, Madrid. Professor von Lazar is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Club of Rome, the Committee on Hungary-2000 and serves on a number of corporate boards and advisory committees.
María-Eugenia Marín is General Director of International Relations at IE Business School and IE University in Madrid, having joined the External Relations team in 2002. She holds a B.A. in Government from Harvard University and an MSc. in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She has also undertaken business studies in Oxford, England and in the United States. From 1992 to 2002 she held the post of Senior Research Associate and Director of External Relations at the Institute for European-Latin American Relations (IRELA), a Madrid–based, EU-funded international think tank. Previously she collaborated with the Mid-Career MPA Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and with the Labor, Education and Human Resources Committee of the US Senate focusing on issues of bilingual education. She also worked as an advisor on education for the Campaign Office of US Senator Edward Kennedy in Massachusetts. In addition to her extensive experience in the public sector and the field of education, Ms. Marin worked in the private sector, holding positions in banking and real estate investment. Ms. Marin was educated in her native Bolivia and in the US, and has resided in Europe since 1992.
As Executive Vice President, Greene is the senior officer in charge of integrating the University's strategic initiatives, planning, and implementation across a broad array of departments and units. His work crosses a number of institutional functions, including financial strategy and data research, real estate development, campus master planning, external relations, federal relations, the University's growing set of activities around the world, and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
Greene came to the University of Chicago in 2006 as Vice President for Strategic Initiatives to oversee the planning and execution of a number of University priorities, including campus growth strategies, an expanded federal relations presence in Washington, D.C., an economics research institute, the University's global initiatives, the expansion and improvement of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools facilities, and local commercial and economic development efforts. He has also been responsible for recruiting senior leadership for a number of areas in the University, including finance and administration, financial strategy and budget, alumni relations and development, communications, student and campus life, community and civic engagement, the office of the Secretary of the University, and admissions and financial aid.
Prior to his appointment at Chicago, Greene was a vice president at Brown University. At Brown he was the senior officer responsible for policies and planning that optimized the educational environment for the University's undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. He led planning studies that resulted in major new and renovated campus facilities, a broad range of new student services, and a number of new programs that enhanced the academic dimensions of residential and campus life.
Greene received a bachelor's degree in history from Hamilton College, and his graduate degrees from Harvard University, receiving a master's degree in human development and psychology and a master's and a doctoral degree in administration, planning, and social policy.
He studied at the Law Faculty of Madrid's Autonomous University and holds a Diploma in Advanced Doctoral Studies from Madrid's Complutense University, a Diploma of Advanced Legal European Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) and a Diploma in International Studies from the Spanish Diplomatic School.
De Castro has a large experience in European integration and academia. He worked in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (Brussels, Belgium) as EU Official in the areas of External Relations (relations with Central and Eastern Europe) and Institutional Affairs (Information policy and Transparency). Before joining IE University, he was associated professor in the Department of Public Law and Legal Philosophy of the Law Faculty at Madrid's Autonomous University, dedicated to European Law and Institutions. He has also participated in several seminars and special courses on European and educational matters. He is member of the Madrid Bar.
In the field of educational management, he is an expert on the development and implementation of the European Higher Education Area, accreditation and quality process and academic regulations.
Since 2010, O'Neil A.S. Outar has led the University of Alberta's alumni and fundraising enterprise. As the University's first Vice-President (Advancement), he has built an Advancement organization that has set new records in both fundraising and alumni engagement, building a vital foundation to support the University's ambitious emphasis on fundamental research and education.
Mr. Outar came to the University from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In several different roles, working closely with MIT's president, he led the work that secured some of MIT's largest-ever donations. He also recruited and managed volunteer leaders, and developed novel funding models that provided for intense investment in important initiatives through public-private-philanthropic partnerships.
His MIT roles included Senior Director of Global Initiatives, in which he spearheaded new Institute-wide activities in China and India, managed the Institute's activities associated with the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and increased private philanthropic support from outside the United States by more than six-fold.
Born in Guyana and named in honor of his father's favorite Australian cricketer, Norman O'Neill, Mr. Outar was educated in New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He holds a Master of Arts in Urban and Environmental Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts, both from Tufts University. He has traveled extensively for work and pleasure, visiting more than 20 countries over the last five years, from Turkey and Australia to Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
Degrees in social sciences (Phd 1986) and in science and technology policy (MA 1991) from the Free University of Brussels (FUB), where he teaches a course on the 'Global aspects of the information society'. Till 2000 he was full professor of communication technology policy at the FUB where he also chaired the department of communication studies and created the research centre Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunications (a Belgian research centre of excellence now part of IBBT). He was also guest professor at the University of Antwerp and the University of South Africa. He is board member of some important scientific journals in IST policy (Communication and Strategies, Telematics and Informatics, Media, Culture and Society, etc.) and member of the scientific board of CPR, the Communication Policy Research Conference and of the ITS 2006 conference (the International Telecommunications Society).
He joined the DG JRC first as Visiting Scientist of IPTS where he became Head of the ICT unit in 2005. As research into the technological aspects of Information Society Technologies is well developed in Europe, the ICT unit of IPTS addresses the policy aspects of the European Information Society in general and the socio-economic impacts of IST's in Europe in particular. Research is focused on those areas where ICT are key or very important to the (renewed) Lisbon Objectives (competitiveness, R&D, health, public services, social cohesion, etc). In doing so the unit complements technology-push approaches with socio-economic impact analysis. Most research is carried out on demand of the DG's (DG INFSO, DG JLS and DG EAC) or the EP and contributes to core policy making of the EC.
BA in Humanities (cum laude), Università Roma Tre, Italy; MSc in Development Studies, LSE, UK. Formerly: Country Director, Afghanistan, Alisei; Programme Officer, Agriconsulting Europe, Brussels; Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy. With the World Economic Forum: 2005-08, Fellow; 2009, Associate Director, Global Redesign Initiative; since 2010, Director, Academic Networks. Expertise: development, higher education. Interests: politics, early childhood education, movie production, sailing.
D. D. Guttenplan, a journalist, educator and author based in London, writes for the Education section of the International Herald Tribune. A product of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Memphis, Tennessee public school systems, he has a degree in philosophy from Columbia University, a degree in English Literature from Cambridge University, and a doctorate in History from the University of London.
He has taught American History at University College and the history of popular culture at Birkbeck College. A correspondent for the weekly magazine The Nation, he is also the author of American Radical, a biography of the American journalist I.F. Stone, and the producer of the internationally acclaimed documentary film Edward Said: The Last Interview.
Donatella Sciuto is Vice Rector of Politecnico di Milano and full professor in Computer Engineering at the Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria. She is a member of the Consiglio Superiore (Board of Governors) of the Bank of Italy. She received her degree in Electronic Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Master in Business and Administration from SDA Bocconi University.
Her main research interests cover the methodologies for the design of embedded systems and multicore systems, from the specification level down to the implementation of both the hardware and software components, including reconfigurable and adaptive systems. She has published over 250 research papers. She is a Fellow of IEEE and currently President of the IEEE Council of Electronic Design Automation.
She is in the executive committee of the conference IEEE/ACM Design Automation and Test in Europe, for which she has been Program Chair in 2006, Vice General Chair for 2007 and General Chair in 2008 and she is currently Finance Chair. She has been Program Co-Chair for the IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference in 2012 and 2013.
She is in the main board of the European Design Automation Association. She has coordinated and coordinates different European and National research projects. She is an expert member of the Ministry of Research and University (MIUR) in the evaluation of research and innovation projects.
Gayle Allard is a native of California who has lived and worked in Spain for more than 20 years. She is a professor of Economic Environment and Country Analysis at the IE Business School in Madrid and has also served as Vice-Chancellor for Research for IE University.
Gayle has a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Davis, where her dissertation explored how labor-market institutions and policies have generated unemployment in Europe since World War II. Her most recent research continues to focus on labor market institutions, the welfare state and proposals for reform, most particularly in the Spanish case. She also researches development issues, especially the role of institutions in economic success.
Prior to obtaining her PhD in Economics, Gayle completed a Master´s degree in International Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a Master´s degree in Spanish Language and Literature at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
César is an international higher education expert and consultant. For the last years, he has been the Director of Institutional and International Relations of the Universidad.es Foundation, the Spanish governmental agency for the internationalisation of higher education. During this period, he had responsibility for representing the Spanish university system across the world.
He holds an international M.A. in University Management from the Universidad de Alcalá, a M.A. in Political Science and Public Administration from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and a M.A. in Law from the Universidad de Valladolid. He pursued his studies in Law at the universities of Liège and Salzburg as well. He is also a Lawyer and a member of the Madrid Bar Association.
He has served in a number of roles both at international and national levels in educational advisory groups and executive positions. He was the Spanish representative to the Bologna Follow-Up Group in the Information and Promotion Network, launched in Vienna in 2010. He was member of the Board of Trustees of the Spanish High Level Council Foundations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) representing the higher education sector.
He was also adviser in international relations to the President of the Spanish Rectors Council (CRUE). During his period in the heart of the European Union, he was the Executive Director and EU Head of Delegation of the Santander Group, a European Universities Network based in Brussels selected by the European Commission to implement higher education programmes worldwide. This period included strategic planning for the network, team building, project planning, management, follow-up and assessment. He was appointed Observer of the European Commission to the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean summits in higher education. As senior adviser, he has done considerable project and programme work in a number of different areas, most recently in the fields of governance. He has also gathered significant experience on relations between international organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations, national and international partners and counterparts.
Carlos Delgado Kloos is Full Professor and Vice‐Rector for Infrastructure and Environment at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Technische Universität München and in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Previously he has taught at TU München, UP Madrid and Universität Passau. He has also been a Research Scholar at MIT and Harvard.
His main interest lies in the field of Educational Technology. In this field, he has participated in various national and international research projects, published in numerous conferences and journals, and managed international conferences. He is also the director of an online Master's programme on eLearning <learn.uc3m.es>, and manages the eMadrid network about eLearning in the region of Madrid <emadridnet.org>. He is further the Spanish representative at TC3 about Education of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing).
Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño is the President of IE University and the Dean of IE Business School. Iñiguez is Professor of Strategic Management at IE Business School.
He studied at Madrid's Complutense University and Oxford University, UK. Iñiguez de Onzoño is a Doctor of Law and holds an MBA from IE Business School.
Iñiguez has worked as a management consultant and has played an active role in the field of quality control and development of management education in Europe. He is member of the boards of EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), the International Advisory Board of AMBA (Association of MBAs, UK), GFME (Global Foundation for Management Education) and the Awarding Body of EQUIS (European Quality System). He also serves on the boards of CENTRUM (Universidad Católica, Perú), Universiti Putra Malaysia Business School, Antai Business School (Jiao Tong University, China) and Leeds University Business School (UK). He has been portrayed by the Financial Times as "one of the most significant figures in promoting European business schools internationally". Iniguez is also President of the IE Fund in the US and serves on the boards of different companies based in Spain.
As expert in management education, Iñiguez is a regular speaker at international conferences and frequently contributes in different academic journals and media on this subject.
Iñiguez has his own blog at www.santiagoiniguez.com and is co-editor of www.deanstalk.net, a blog focused on management education issues and publish this year his book: "The Learning Curve, How Business Schools Are Re-inventing Education" by Palgrave Macmillan
Before joining the British Council she worked in the Stock Market and various commercial and manufacturing companies. She has managed the Science and Society Team in the British Council Spain since 2003, including overall project management for OPENCities (a 2.5 Million project focusing on internationalisation & competitiveness, engaging 10 EU cities). She has been Head of Education and Society at the British Council in Madrid since April 2012. Her role includes building UK/Spain relations in Education as well as representation of British Education in Spain.
BA in Humanities (cum laude), Università Roma Tre, Italy; MSc in Development Studies, LSE, UK. Formerly: Country Director, Afghanistan, Alisei; Programme Officer, Agriconsulting Europe, Brussels; Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy. With the World Economic Forum: 2005-08, Fellow; 2009, Associate Director, Global Redesign Initiative; since 2010, Director, Academic Networks. Expertise: development, higher education. Interests: politics, early childhood education, movie production, sailing.
General manager of the Sumaq Alliance and director of strategic relations at IE Business School and IE University. He has been professor of Marketing Strategy at IE.
He has worked in Banco Exterior de España in the UK and in organisation and marketing consulting at KPMG Peat Marwick. He has also been director of the Spanish Association for Reciprocal Guarantee Companies.
Former vice president of the German Chamber of Commerce in Spain, president of the Commission for Communication at the German Chamber of Commerce in Spain, and member of the board of Infoempleo.com within the Vocento Media group.
At present he is member of the board of directors of the IE Business School Alumni Association; member of the board of the Hispano-China Foundation; member of the board of the Hispano-India Foundation; member of the board of the Hispano-Mexican Foundation; member of the board of the Hispano-Brazilian Foundation and member of the board of the economic board of Casa Asia.
He is a lawyer with an MBA from IE Business School.
Member of the Spanish order of Isabel la Católica.
Since 2007, Samuel Martín-Barbero has joined IE having held several positions: Director and Associate Professor in Strategic Communication (IE Business School), Founding Dean of IE School of Communication (IE University), and more recently, Associate Dean and Secretary-General of Advisory Boards (IE Business School). His areas of academic specialization and managerial achievement are corporate/institutional communication, international journalism and philanthropy. Formerly, he worked as a journalist at Canal Plus Television and Cadena Ser Radio Information Service (both, part of Prisa Media Group) as well as a corporate communication manager for Spain's main telecom company, Telefónica, having previously spent some time as a communication consultant for Spain's Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, and as a research analyst at Universidad Complutense de Madrid-E Business Chair (founded by France Télécom Spain). He is currently an active Member of the Global Agenda Council on Informed Societies and the Knowledge Advisory Board, both at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He is also a Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board of Journalism & Mass Communicator Educator and serves as the Executive Chair of Academic Development at the Association of Communication Directors of Spain (Dircom).
Samuel Martín-Barbero gained a a PhD (Doctorate with Distinction) in Communication (Hons), from University Complutense de Madrid (Spain); a M.A in Journalism from El Pais newspaper jointly with University Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) and a B.A (Hons) in Journalism from University Complutense de Madrid, with a European Certificate in Political Science and Business Management from Lunds Universitet (Sweden). He completed specific pre and postdoctoral programs and received grants to study at Harvard University (U.S.), University of Pennsylvania (U.S.) and the United Nations University-International Leadership Institute (Jordan).
Belgian-born Geoffroy Gérard is based in Spain. He has worked in the field of communications and marketing for more than 10 years, with a special focus on higher education. Since 2008 he has served as Associate Director of Communications at IE, being responsible for national and international communication activities at IE University. He has played an active role in the expansion strategy of the University, specifically in the field of media relations, public relations, corporate events and institutional relations. Geoffroy Gérard is Associate Professor of Strategic Communication at IE University. His main areas of interest lie in educational and professional relationships and their effects on the transmission of values and strategy, especially within global companies. He sees language skills, management and new technologies as the most important tools for the communicator of the 21st century.


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Halloween H2O (1998)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 57
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 28
Halloween: H2O is the best of the many sequels, yet still pales in comparison to the original Halloween.
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 6
Halloween: H2O is the best of the many sequels, yet still pales in comparison to the original Halloween.
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Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time and now the life of her own son hangs in the balance.
Jul 27, 1998 Wide
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While Carpenter's film was all about economy and a skilful use of empty space, Miner's busy compositions have a cluttered feel that is echoed by superfluous orchestral music.
I'm currently stuck watching the revival of a movie form that appalled me the first time around, then disappeared from view after a torrent of thoughtless re-workings that resembled bloody tape loops.
Halloween: H20 is as stylish and scary as it is ultra-violent. It brings back a stunning Jamie Lee Curtis in the role that made her a star and it's a work of superior craftsmanship in all aspects.
Now that they have produced something vaguely enjoyable, hopefully the film makers will let the series rest in peace.
The scary slasher-movie genre has been ratcheted up several notches with the release today of Halloween: H20.
Too bad it's only a smidgen better than the series' first first sequel, 1981's gory Halloween II.
[Director] Miner is tasked with getting these characters in one setting, and he accomplishes his duty for the most part.
It's somewhere around minute 58 - that's in a film that runs 80 minutes before credits, folks - before anything particularly interesting happens.
H2O successfully captures the foreboding mood of Carpenter's 1978 original before eventually settling for the obvious. And at 86 minutes, it's just too short.
Brilliant and witty. Those are two words that will not be used to described this film, nor, I suspect, its target audience.
The horror genre is not my forte in either taste or interest, but I have to admit, I enjoyed sitting through Halloween: H20.
The selfish pea brains who brought their bright-eyed infant to...this violent horror movie deserve a private, late-night visit from the uncompromising Michael Myers.
If you're a Halloween fan, you're probably over 30, and this film will suit you--you need your sleep.
The biggest mystery about Halloween: H20 is why the filmmakers bothered to send it to theaters.
I thought the original Halloween was overrated, the 2 or three cheapie sequels I've seen were even worse, and this new entry is still crap.
Halloween: Twenty Years Later has forgotten the wellspring from which it flows.
Nothing more than a dull retread of worn-out cliches, buoyed only by the much-anticipated return of a familiar face.
The movie was competently staged by director Steve Miner, and the actors were fine. It held my interest throughout. It's just that this story has worn itself out from the retelling.
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- Will Brennan: What do we do? What dowe do?
- Laurie Strode/ Keri Tate: Try to live!
- Norma Watson: Oh. Miss Tate. I didn't mean to make you jump. It's Halloween. I guess everyone's entitled to one good scare.
- Laurie Strode: I've had my share.
- Jimmy Howell: Are you coming?
- Tony Allegre: Nah, l-l better stay here and protect her.
- Jimmy Howell: Oh-ho ! Right, dude. Good.
- Sarah Wainthrope: Oh, it's so lame. No, no, no. It's worse. I, I went there two summers ago with my family. Loathsome! No, it's worse. It'll come to me. Wretched! You know? Okay, think-think, campfires, s'mores - Repugnant! That's it, repugnant. I would rather have my eyes pierced.
- Laurie Strode: (it's just her and Michael left at the school) - Michael!
- Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis: I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding, even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and the blackest eyes, the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply, evil.
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Classick Team-Up #06: ShezCrafti
Presented by The Cold Slither Podcast
Once again, it's time for some Classick Team-Up!
For the sixth episode of this one-on-one interview series, Classick sits down to chat with Jaime Hood a.k.a. "ShezCrafti"– a gamer, girl and geek who is a huge TMNT fan and a co-host of the Cult Film Club podcast.
Now with multiple ways to listen below, or subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher Radio to listen to us on the go!!
In this episode, Classick and ShezCrafti bounce around a slew of topics, such as:
- The Cult Film Club
- "Zapped!" & "Airborne"
- Origins of "shezcrafti"
- Etsy girls
- Membership in The League of Extraordinary Bloggers
- Zoobilee Zoo
- Ben Vereen's abandonment
- Blogging on shezcrafti.com
- People who've never seen "The Goonies"
- Growing up with hands-off parenting
- Teen sex movies, porn channels and bootleg movies
- Cycling through top movies lists
- Never seen "Jurassic Park"
- Classick role-play
- Future of the Chunk
- Connection to The Bionic Woman
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fangirl-ism
- Raph vs. Leo
- 25+ Years of TMNT infographic (http://shezcrafti.com/tmnt-history-infographic)
- Introduction to TMNT
- The TMNT movies
- The TMNT movie soundtrack
- Spunkadelic: "9.95" "Creatures of Habit"
- Love for MC Hammer
- Sleepover in the Foot clan hideout
… and much, much more!! Read the rest of this entry
Episode 36: "Frederick Douglass – Zombie Killa!" / Save the TMNT! (a CSP freestyle show)
It's the episode you never asked for but always secretly wanted… ANOTHER CSP FREESTYLE SHOW! In this episode, anything goes and any topic or anyone will get talked about, praised, pontificated on and ultimately trashed! The show title is just one of the many things we cover in this exciting episode!
But first, Classick recently had the privilege to interview Jamie "Jay" Curd, the man behind the facebook page and movement called "SAVE THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. Stay Away Bay!" With the recent news of Paramount Studios intending to release a 'reboot' of the TMNT franchise, employing embattled Transformers director Michael Bay to the project and announcing that the turtles may have alien origins and may not be teenage nor ninja, Jay and others have mobilized on social media in order to rally longtime fans in support of the legacy of TMNT. We find out some interesting things about Jay and the movement, and also discuss some of his favorites among TMNT.
Enjoy this classic episode via our free CSP Archive! Download, listen and tell a friend (or foe)!
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Episode 33: Slither Adventures – 'The Disney Afternoon' show
Break out your Junior Woodchuck guidebooks!
This episode, guest co-host Claymation Werewolf (a.k.a. "Rhett Khan") fills in for Tim Dogg as the crew review the cartoon phenomenon known as "The Disney Afternoon". Later in the show, J.D., one half of the "General Geekery Cast", joins in on the fun!
Enjoy this classic episode via our free CSP archive! Download, listen and tell a friend (or foe)!
Episode 32: Double Dribble… The NBA in the 80's and 90's feat. All Balls Don't Bounce
For our 32nd episode, also referred to as Episode Magic Johnson, we welcome the hosts of All Balls Don't Bounce and TSN Radio 1 on 1 Podcast, "Wall $treet" Will Strickland and Duane "Sweets" Watson. We are honored to have the Weapons of Media Deconstruction join us as we look back on professional basketball in the NBA, first in the 1980's and then in the 1990's. In each decade we discuss the most memorable rivalries, games, Finals and players as well as review feedback from our listeners for each decade.
Enjoy this classic episode via our free CSP Archive! Download, listen and tell a friend (or foe)!!
Episode 25: Slither Madness?! Slither MANIA!! (CSP-S2Ep13)
This episode the crew runs down the survivors of the SLITHER MADNESS tournament that are now in the Final Four. They are then joined by special guest CJ Starchild, host of the All Subjects Everything radio show, to talk about WrestleMania and their predictions for the outcome for this coming Sunday's pay-per-view event in Miami.
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The House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill 6052 lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 12 years old.
Lawmakers believe that the massive influences of modern media have given minors immense awareness of their surroundings. Children today are, they said, much more discerning than those ten years ago.
HB 6052 provides that children as young as 12 may be committed to a youth care facility, with the proper interventions and rules against harassment.
However, DSWD Undersecretary Alicia Bala, who chairs the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) cautioned against sending more children to jail. The state, she said, must treat erring children not as hardened criminals but as victims of circumstances beyond their control.
Do you believe that lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 12 years old is a justifiable policy?