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Imaging and Interventional procedures are some of the most useful tools for diagnosing and treating a range of illnesses and conditions. Radiology Consultants of Little Rock offers patients many advanced medical imaging procedures at several convenient locations throughout central Arkansas. Selected Interventional Radiology Procedures are performed at Radiology Consultants Medical Towers Imaging Center. A broad spectrum of Interventional Radiology procedures are available at Baptist Health Little Rock.
All imaging and interventional procedure results are read and reported by our highly experienced team of Physicians board-certified in Radiology. In addition, we are accredited by the American College of Radiology at multiple locations.
Whether it's through Radiology Consultants Medical Imaging Center, a Baptist Health Medical Center location, or one of our Outpatient Clinic Clients, you can expect quality care and timely results.
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Energy Saving Tip
Andy Meyer with Energy Maine said another way to save money on your home heating bill is to "button up" your home.
"That's right. The best thing about buttoning up is that it doesn't cost anything. We are just talking about common-sense steps. Going around the house and thinking about where air leaks may be coming in and use the features of the house that may already exist. For example, make sure each window is closed firmly and locked," said Meyer.
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The last two times he did voices in animation was for Ghibi's The Wind Rises and Jock the Hero Dog:
Homeland star Mandy Patinkin is in final negotiations to voice Papa Smurf in Sony Pictures Animations' reboot of The Smurfs.
Kelly Asbury, the animation vet who was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for Shrek 2and directed the animated comedy Gnomeo & Juliet, is helming the feature project, which is an all-animated venture.
SPA previously made two Smurfs movies as live-action/animation hybrids. (The two together grossed around $910 million worldwide.)
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Find Missing Brian Klecha!
Find missing Brian Klecha!
It was the day after Christmas 2017
Since he was last seen or hear from.
He was doing something very routine.
He was making a banking transaction.
And he vanished.
What happened after that transaction?
Where is Brian Klecha?
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Missing Person: Brian Klecha
Date Last Seen: December 26, 2017
Last Location: Lakeland, Florida
Age at time missing: 35 years old
Year of Birth: 1982
Stats: Caucasian male
Height: 6'0″ tall
Weight:180 pounds
Eyes: Green
Hair Color: Blonde
Style: Short
Facial hair: Not at time missing.
Chin: Has deep cleft
Other: cigarette smoker, Has no
bank card, nor ID on him.
Circumstance: Brian Klecha was last seen during a banking transaction at MidFlorida Credit Union in Auburndale on December 27, 2017. He was in process of moving into a shared home in Lakeland, at time missing. Brian also worked at Disney as a bus driver. This is not in his character to not contact friends or family.
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Brian Klecha has been missing for over nine months. These are months where he has missed holidays and special days. HE was last seen with another, unidentified male. It is unclear if authorities are still looking for this unidentified male. One press release states that they are not looking for him now. And the Facebook page for Klecha does not provide of photo to circulate that I know of. Klecha's family need answers as to what has happened to him. Someone (s) knows something.
Do you have any information concerning the whereabouts of Brian Klecha? Do you have any information concerning the person (s) responsible for his disappearance?
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San Carlos Transit Village Impacts on Greater East San Carlos and Suggested Mitigations and Benefits:
A Letter from GESC for Urgent Delivery to Consultants Performing Draft Environmental Impact Report
Dear Mr. Savay and Ms. Nelson,
The North East San Carlos (NESC) Neighborhood, the northern sub-area of the Greater East San Carlos neighborhood, will be heavily impacted by the San Carlos Transit Village as a result of the currently proposed height of these structures and other impacts we will discuss. The Greater East San Carlos (GESC) Neighborhood Association has put together a letter detailing potential impacts of the San Carlos Transit Village project as well as a list of requested mitigations and benefits to offset these impacts. We would like to see all of our points detailed in the Draft Environmental Impact Report and are currently concerned that our viewpoints are not being adequately detailed in this document at this point. We would like to kindly request a letter or email from you stating that the GESC Letter has been delivered to the consultants doing the Draft Environmental Impact Report.
GESC Board
Legend: The following is a legend that explains key abbreviations to subjects discussed in this letter:
- GESC: Greater East San Carlos and/or Greater East San Carlos Neighborhood Association
- SCTV: San Carlos Transit Village
- OCR: Old County Road
- NESC: NorthEast San Carlos (The neighborhood North of Holly on OCR, Springfield, Sylvan, Inverness, Riverton, Northwood, and Fairfield)
- SESC: Southeast San Carlos (The neighborhood South of Holly Street including Laureola Park, Bayport, McCue, Montgomery, Hall, and Cherry Streets)
As stated previously, the building of the San Carlos Transit Village will result in major impacts on Greater East San Carlos. The following section describes the impacts on the NorthEast San Carlos neighborhood that the San Carlos Transit Village will have if built in its current form:
View: The view of the San Carlos and Belmont Hills can be seen throughout the North East San Carlos Neighborhood. According to former City Manager Mike Garvey "a special compact berm was built by the City of San Carlos at an increased cost with the specific purpose of preserving the view for GESC residents". The current plan for a 46-foot structure of walls will "delete" the view of the hills for our entire neighborhood. Views constitute an extraordinarily important part of property values. The deletion of this view represents potential "harm" in terms of damages.
Project Height: Height is by far recognized as the biggest issue for residents in our neighborhood as it will directly adversely impact our quality of life. No single family neighborhood wants excessively tall buildings right next to it. The height of these buildings next to the single family homes on Old County Road is unprecedented along the El Camino corridor. The planned 46 foot height of these buildings will not only block our view, but lead to a number of issues identified below. As part of the alternatives considered in the Draft EIR we'd like to see consideration for increased density along either side of Holly Street, where there are no single family residents directly across OCR from the project, and the height of residential structures proposed north of Holly to be reduced to no higher than 3 stories. We would also like to see alternatives suggested for other lower density land uses be considered. We want to request to see the EIR acknowledge that the proposed housing location as proposed by SCTV is not the only transit oriented development possible near the CalTrain station, nor is the density as proposed the only possible way to improve these lands. Concerns about the height of the proposed structures were identified as a major concern in the Railroad Land Use Plan completed in 2002. It is recognized that this development will require the city to make a General Plan redesignation, and Zoning to change to allow the density as proposed by Legacy.
Privacy: Because of the proposed heights of the buildings and associated windows on these buildings, Old County Road homeowners will lose key privacy in their yards. Homeowners have invested tens of thousands of dollars fixing up their homes and yards and will lose this privacy with this project overlooking their yards. The height of the project may also enable viewing into the yards of the first set of houses along Springfield, Sylvan, Inverness, and Riverton Drives.
Separation: By building large buildings on the other side of the berm, SCTV further walls off Greater East San Carlos from the rest of town, which was significantly separated when the berm was constructed 10 years ago. This separation creates an "us and them" mentality. It's obvious to GESC residents that the power lines placed in OCR sidewalks prohibiting ADA access and unresolved for ten years is a condition that would never have been allowed to occur in West San Carlos. The lack of safe, well-marked crosswalks and connectivity of the NorthEast San Carlos neighborhood to the project further isolates the community. It stands to reason for example that Transit Village residents will want to access Laureola Park and businesses along Old County Road and Holly Street, so this separation is bad for everyone.
Noise: When the berm was built in the mid-1990s, the GESC neighborhood was told by the "experts" doing the EIR that there would be no additional noise as a result of the grade separation. There turned out to be nothing further from the truth. The grade separation has dramatically increased noise further east of residents along Old County Road throughout the GESC Neighborhood compared to an at-grade crossing. We believe there will be an increase in noise from the planned project because of bounce-back noise created when the train noise hits the high 46 foot walls of the SCTV and creates amplified noise impact 24/7 throughout Greater East San Carlos. Because of our prior history of inaccurate acoustic studies, we are worried that another noise increase will just be passed off on the GESC neighborhood.
Vibration: Again, when the existing berm was constructed 10 years ago, GESC residents were told that there would be no vibrations from the raising of the berm. In fact, homes near the berm have suffered cracks in their walls from the train since the berm was raised. We are uncertain exactly how a 46-foot building, and another future berm and additional 200 daily high speed rail trips will impact vibrations to the GESC Neighborhood.
Traffic: The in-flow of approximately 500 new cars into an already impacted Holly Street and El Camino Real will slow traffic, particularly as PAMF is finalized at Holly Street and Industrial. The City's solution will likely be to widen Holly Street and take away parts of Holly Street homeowners' front yards. This is another example of GESC bearing the full impact of the SCTV project without any benefit to the GESC Neighborhood.
Parking: We are concerned about the 1.6 parking spaces proposed as opposed to 2 as required by every other residential development in the City per 2 or 3 bedroom apartment, which will likely push ongoing parking demand into our residential neighborhood. Since the berm was created, SESC has experienced more CalTrain-related parking in its neighborhood.
Sunlight: The sun will set sooner in NESC because of the shade created by the San Carlos Transit Village. We believe that the sun will set up to an hour sooner on residences along Old County Road as a result of this 46-foot project. We would like to see studies that say otherwise.
East Side Park Crowding: An additional up to 1,000 people from SCTV will soon Laureola Park as their closest park. Laureola Park is a tiny park that serves the entire East Side and no other park is available in Greater East San Carlos. The city has developed a new Park Master Plan that recommends a number of future improvements including new playgrounds to meet current safety standards, a replaced Community building, and expanded park acreage. To date, we have heard of no proposed park fees that will go towards improvements in Laureola Park specifically. We do not want to see another situation such as the Palo Alto Medical Foundation's $1 million in park funds go to fund west side ball field improvements which provide no benefits to GESC residents. There needs to be a nexus between impacts and mitigations/benefits in Greater East San Carlos.
Property Values: As a result of all of the aforementioned issue, the final problem, according to our appraiser, is property value. We are generating estimates of the net negative impact of this development on our property values. GESC residents will expect to be reimbursed for lost property values suffered as a result of this project in conjunction with the proposed high speed rail. The City also stands to lose in property taxes from the GESC neighborhood as appraised values reflect any loss in value caused by this project.
The following is a list of suggested mitigations for the SCTV project. These mitigations will help reduce the impact to the NESC neighborhood. In our discussion, we have tried to assess the level of possible impact. Since mitigations will not reduce the impact of the project on NESC to zero, we are also asking for benefits in the following section as part of the project.
Landscaping Plan (Urban Forest): As previously requested in writing to the City, SamTrans and Legacy Partners, the GESC neighborhood is interested in a Landscaping Plan that will create multiple layers of landscaping between the project and the neighborhood. The first layer would involve working with the City/Redevelopment Agency to plant trees along an improved east side of Old County Road (this may involve removing some parking spaces, undergrounding utilities, creation of a bike path and shrinking the width of the road). The second layer would replace the existing trees on the berm on the west side of Old County road east of the railroad tracks with larger-sized trees. The third layer would be planted just west of the tracks on the berm adjacent to proposed high speed rail tracks, and the last layer will be on the edge of the proposed housing development itself. We would like the Landscaping Plan (including types and size of trees, irrigation plans and maintenance plans) to be well defined in the Draft EIR We understand Legacy Partners has agreed to put in 2 of the 4 requested layers of trees, but we would like the city to require the remaining two layers. We feel that it is wrong that Legacy Partners is selling the 2 layers of trees as a "benefit" to our neighborhood when the layers are only mitigations and are only half of what we asked for. While GESC views the urban forest as an important mitigation, we also believe the row of trees on the Eastern side of OCR next to the houses, would serve as a benefit. By placing trees in the road at this point, discrete parking spaces between the trees would be created that would slow down traffic and protect cars and people from accidents often experienced when speeding cars crash into parked cars on OCR. We have witnessed 2 such accidents in 2009 alone when parked cars were clipped.
Traffic: Since the project is called San Carlos Transit Village and is supposed to be a model Transit Village, all possible avenues should be utilized to encourage the residents of the SCTV to use mass transit. Nothing to date suggests that any effort is being made to give these new residents transit options other than its proximity to the CalTrain station. Transit options for the current residents should also be increased including more trains that stop in San Carlos and the availability of train passes or discounts for residents. Many possibilities exist and SamTrans is aware of them.
Noise: The neighborhood expects to see a plan that involves ways to decrease noise from passing trains for residents enjoying their yards (i.e. if electrification, a defined timetable when this will occur, and the impact of the height and visible impact of the electrical lines should be addressed). Also since there is a real potential for a future high-speed train (the vote recently passed), the cumulative effect of any possible future high-speed train noise should be concurrently evaluated in the EIR as part of the project. To see an example of a successful noise impact mediation program involving residential development we suggest contacting Dave Carbone with the Airport Community Roundtable who works on noise mitigation of homes and businesses around the San Francisco Airport. He can be reached at 650 363-4417. We'd also like to go on record that GESC's position is we are interested in a net reduction of current noise impacts including those potentially occurring from the proposed project and high speed rail so as not to require residents to live in hermetically sealed homes with large noise impacts 24/7 the minute they walk out of their front or back doors.
View Corridors: View corridors are a mitigation that has been suggested by Legacy Partners as a means of securing partial views of the San Carlos/Belmont Hills for GESC residents. GESC does not believe these view corridors will allow residents to see much of the hills, particularly from houses on Old County Road and houses on any main NorthEast San Carlos Streets within 10 houses of Old County Road. We believe this is a marketing term that offers limited mitigation in spite of the name's fancy sound. Nonetheless, view corridors are better than one continuous wall, so we prefer them to no view corridors.
To offset the harm, here are some of the benefits we are expecting:
Improvements to Old County Road: Replace sidewalks and underground utilities on Old County from Brittan to Harbor. As part of raising the tracks, utilities from west of Old County were moved under the sidewalks on the East side of Old County and haphazardly patched leaving multiple levels of concrete. When you combine this with the existing telephone poles located in the middle of the sidewalk, the large number of posted signs in the sidewalk itself and the failure of the public works department to repair crumbling sidewalks and curbs, it leaves GESC with a sidewalk that is difficult for the elderly, people with strollers and the handicapped to navigate as well as a challenge for the average individual. We understand the Redevelopment Agency is funding a Pedestrian/Bike Plan evaluating sidewalk, bike and crosswalk improvements along Old County Road between Harbor to Brittan, which should provide guidance to future improvements including undergrounding of utilities.
Holly Street Intersection Crosswalk Project: Improve Holly Street intersection to match (pavers) planned for Holly / El Camino, San Carlos Ave. / El Camino and the Old County Street Crossing from the train station. With the new development more individuals will be crossing into and out of our neighborhood. Currently, the entire NESC neighborhood is required to cross a busy intersection with poorly demarcated crosswalks in order to go to the Train Station, El Camino Real, or Downtown San Carlos. How is it that paver crosswalks are planned for everywhere else other than the affected neighborhood in NorthEast San Carlos? This is incredibly frustrating to us.
East Side Parks: Park Mitigation fees for increased use by up to 1000 new residents should pay for park improvements in Laureola Park as identified in the City's Park Master Plan since Laureola is the Park closest to the new development and is likely to be the most impacted by the throng of new residents.
San Carlos Transportation Plan and Holly Street Improvement: The Holly Street entrance into San Carlos has become a parking lot at different times of the day as traffic moves in and out of San Carlos. A recent study being conducted by the City is attempting to develop alternatives to widening Holly Street and taking away the front yards of GESC Residents. With the additional impact of new residents moving to the San Carlos Transit Village, there is even more urgency to develop alternatives routes to enter into San Carlos.
We have detailed the impacts of the SCTV Project and have listed mitigations to these impacts as well as benefits that could help offset these impacts. We fully anticipate that the City will take an impartial view of this development in the context of overall impacts and improvements to the quality of life of all of who work and live San Carlos including GESC residents. We therefore look forward to seeing our issues integrated into the Draft Environmental Document being prepared for the City, SamTrans and Legacy Partners.
Ben Fuller, President, GESC Board, Sam Herzberg, GESC Board, Tim Hilborn, GESC Board, Paul Magginetti, GESC Board, Richard Peterson, GESC Board, Jim Vick, GESC Board
cc: Bob Grassilli, City Council and Mayor, Matt Grocott, City Council, Omar Ahmad, City Council, Randy Royce, City Council, Brad Lewis, City Council, Brian Fitzpatrick, SamTrans, Jess Couch, Legacy Partners


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Saguenay, March 5, 2018
Having a pioneer ancestor could explain the excess of harmful mutations observed in recently colonized areas of Quebec, a recent study shows. Using a unique combination of genomic and historical data, researchers from SIB at the University of Bern, in collaboration with the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC), the University of Montreal and the University of Toronto, have shown that individuals whose ancestors were at the front of the Quebec colonizing wave exhibit genetic difference compared with those whose ancestors remained in the core of the settlement, which cannot be explained by consanguinity. The findings, published in Genetics, have broad implications for disease incidence in expanding human populations.
An increased risk of genetic diseases in recently colonized areas
The population of Quebec shows a higher risk of genetic diseases in some recently settled areas, for reasons that are still hotly debated. Thanks to the province's extremely well documented European settlement history, scientists were able to unravel new factors involved in this risk.
By combining extensive genealogical (BALSAC database) and genomic information (CARTaGENE) about individuals who descended from the initial wave of European colonization of Quebec, SIB scientists Stephan Peischl and Isabelle Dupanloup Duperret, University of Bern, found clear evidence that individuals whose ancestors were mainly situated at the pioneering front of the wave had accumulated mutations at a higher rate than those whose ancestors stayed mainly in core areas that had already been colonized.
"Our results might explain the higher prevalence of some genetic diseases in Quebec," says SIB Group Leader Laurent Excoffier. He continues: "This excess of harmful mutations has sometimes been attributed to consanguinity in isolated populations. Our study shows that this interpretation is not justified."
The genetic burden of pioneers: an explanation
The accumulation of harmful mutations that was observed in individuals descending from pioneer ancestors can be explained thanks to the recent theoretical work conducted in Excoffier's team at the University of Bern. Building on computer simulations, experimental evolution and human DNA datasets, the team had previously showed that natural selection is not very effective at purging harmful mutations on colonization fronts, as these regions are usually less densely populated than core areas.
This is the first time, however, that the phenomenon has been demonstrated in such a young population as that of Quebec. "The fact that we can see any meaningful differences between the two groups of individuals is quite stunning, as they must have emerged only since their recent geographical divergence, about six to nine generations ago – a very short time on the evolutionary scale," says Peischl.
"Our findings of a mutation load showing up after so few generations could provide the cues to explaining current patterns of disease incidence in other modern humans, which underwent periods of range expansions for hundreds of generations in some instances," Excoffier concludes. "Testing such hypotheses requires ancient DNA from pioneer populations to become available."
S. Peischl et al. Relaxed selection during a recent human expansion. Genetics, February 1, 2018 vol. 208 no. 2 763-777; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.300551
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With Euro 2016 quickly approaching, TSZ decided to take a look at where the 24 squads that will be taking part came from and whether some countries favour bringing through players from the Under 17, 19, and 21's or opt for more experienced players who develop later on in their careers. The data presented will give a starting point for looking at the relationship between players who play in European competition at youth and senior level.
To do so we collected data on 690 European players who featured in any of the ten Euro 2016 qualifying matches. We then looked at whether they played in European competitions at youth level to see whether the transition through the national team youth systems was functioning.
From this graph it can be seen that most countries have utilised their youth set ups as a starting point for players to progress into the senior squad and ultimately compete in Euro 2016 qualification. It would also be expected that many of these players will play in France with the deadline to name their Euro 2016 on May 31st.
The only team to utilise more players not having represented their nation at youth level are Albania. Arguably this could be because of the quality of their youth set up, the finances involved and also the fact that many Albanian players have been raised in other nations such as Switzerland and Turkey.
Interestingly, the six sides that are favourites to win Euro 2016 (France, Germany, Spain, England, Belgium & Italy) used an overwhelming amount of players that transitioned through youth level compared to those who did not which shows their faith in the youth system and giving players tournament experience at an early age.
In recent times, players such as Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Luke Shaw and Ross Barkley have been a part of the senior set up in England and were not taken to youth tournaments. However Spain won the Under-21 European Championship in 2011 which came after the senior team's (many of whom played at youth level) 2008 Euro victory and 2010 World Cup triumph. It could be argued that the under-21 players had a belief they could win that trophy after seeing their role models win two trophies back to back which must have motivated this young team. Similarly, the World Cup-winning German national team consists of many players who won the 2009 Under 21 European Championships. Surely these successes cannot be a coincidence?
Looking ahead, it will be interesting to see whether countries who utilise their youth sets continue to be successful. The analysis undertaken here gives a basis for further investigation into areas such as whether it is the players who have played at youth level who make the difference. If that is the case, then surely it is time to settle the argument that taking part in Under-17, 19 and 21 competitions is a vital path in their international careers for younger players.


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This 4 bed, 2.75 bath home has been very well maintained! Upstairs you'll find light & bright living spaces; kitchen is updated with granite countertops and backsplash, dining room opens to larger, multi-level deck. You'll also find two bedrooms, a full bath and master suite. Downstairs offers a family room, bedroom, laundry and full bath. Central a/c, No HOA, 2-car garage plus RV parking. Home is centrally located in an established neighborhood, CK Schools, easy commute to all bases & shopping!
Bath Off Master, Dbl Pane/Storm Windw, Dining Room, Skylights, Vaulted Ceilings
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Unmasking Brain Injury in Minnesota
Exhibition: May 4-June 9, 2019
Each mask in this show was created by Minnesotans who have brain injuries, their families, and people who work with them. This community-based art project gave survivors and caregivers a voice to illuminate their lives. Experience a one-of-a kind exhibition of the lives behind the masks of disability. Sponsored by the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance and The Basilica Disability Awareness Ministry.
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The Chronicles of Narnia are often said to be allegories of Biblical stories. This is not precisely true. While Aslan is a Christ figure and many of the events of the stories carry Christian themes, Lewis himself stated that he never intended for the stories to be allegories. Instead, he called them 'supposals'. Rather than trying to rewrite the events of the Bible against a different backdrop (as would be the case with an allegory), Lewis describes his writing of the Chronicles this way:
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Photos from our Classical Conversations end of the year night. Top picture is N2's class (she is on the far left); middle is N1 (she is in orange, 2nd student from the right); and the bottom is B and me (she is standing next to me).
Last day of CBS until fall. E's teacher is a gem. We are really going to miss her next year when he moves up into a "big boy" class.
A big adventure coming up for one of the girls this summer.
This boy + this dog. The girls were the one that wanted the dog, but the boy is the one that loves him the most I think.
Roses that have started blooming this week.
A few moments sitting on the back patio on a Friday afternoon. Dad and girl playing catch (not seem are a boy and dog rolling around on the ground in between them). Fresh coffee. Notebooks of ideas. Herbs from a wonderful family gifted to us.
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But first we can talk about Thursday real quick.. The morning started at 5am with some coffee time with J and babysitting. Let me just tell you that I looked like crap and was really exhausted.. so exhausted that I got another coffee and stopped at the pharmacy to get some make-up so I could attempt to fix my face.. I'm not sure it did any good- but I at least felt better about myself.. (From now on said make-up will live in my car for such emergencies.) I finally got to the toaster for work at 9- a whole hour after my scheduled sift (whoops!) no worries- no one missed me.. I worked until 2:30ish, Got home to meet up with J, grocery shopped together, made dinner and ate before I ran to teach. I was pretty exhausted and passed out around 10..
If it was hard to get up yesterday- this morning was twice as tough.. I didn't get out of bed until 5:15 and I had to rush the coffee and put together a yogurty mess to take for my LAST morning of babysitting.. which thankfully went by really quickly----> YAY!
Now lets talk about rest days. I hate them- they make me crazy and feel like I forgot to do something all day. But more than ever I realize that resting is just as important as the workouts themselves. Today is on of those days.. I was able to distract myself by hanging out with my long lost buddy Paula.. She and I always hang out- but with this new job that she got, she's working a ton (it's a seasonal "photo" job ) plus was finishing up school this week so I haven't gotten to hang out with her as much as I like. We chatted, ate some lunch and caught up on the food network. Ah just what the doc ordered…
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SRQ Magazine | December 2018
By Jacob Ogles
In Philanthropy
Even in the year 2018, the world of Wall Street CEOs remains a male-dominated field. But the philanthropy world has welcomed female CEOs for a long time, and, over the last decade, the nonprofit sector on the Gulf Coast became dominated by women. Female presidents lead Community Foundations and Education Foundations for Manatee and Sarasota counties. Private and family foundations from Selby to Patterson to Barancik chose to put women leaders at the helm, in some cases since formation.
So what does the predominance of female executives in the Gulf Coast philanthropic sector mean?
Is the region more progressive in gender equality? Do women bring a different skillset or style to the job? The leaders themselves offer a variety of feelings on those questions.
"It was not long ago that women were even considered for key positions of leadership," notes Mary Glass, president of the Manatee Education Foundation. "Through education, cultural acceptance and major female role models, the opportunity for women to hold positions of leadership in the work force has even evolved. We are fortunate to be living in an age where both men and women are in major areas of leadership in the nonprofit arena, both locally and on the national front."
When asked if women communicate differently with donors, volunteers or stakeholders, nonprofit executives universally say no. "People communicate differently with donors, volunteers and other stakeholders," says Teri Hansen, president and CEO of the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.
For her, the presence of women in executive positions feels exciting, but not because women handle the job any differently. "Women have 'done their time' and are finally getting more opportunities to lead," she says. "Credit has to be given to those who have helped mentor, coach and develop the women leaders of today and to search and selection committees for finding and subsequently hiring the best person for the job, regardless of gender."
Roxie Jerde, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, agrees any shattering of a glass ceiling involved past male executives actively grooming women for leadership roles now. But the nonprofit world certainly reached a level of gender parity faster than corporate America.
And since the philanthropy world attracts more female workers and volunteers than the private sector, that makes sense. "The nonprofit world is overwhelmingly female," Jerde says. "If you look at employees in the sector, that's very tilted toward females. It's so rich with female talent, so that increased the odds of the sector being led by females."
Mary Anne Servian, CEO of Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, believes there's still room for improvement nationwide in terms of female executives in the nonprofit world, but says Sarasota leads the way. She sees a number of women in the field making the Sarasota area their home precisely because of opportunity here. "They may have thought they were moving here to retire, but then they got involved in the arts and culture and they fell in love," she says. "Some first get involved at a board level and then see there are many more opportunities for a career."
A number of female leaders see great significance in the rise to power of the gender. "There are many countries with women leaders, and that doesn't yet exist in the U.S.," notes Carol Butera, president and CEO of the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation. She notes roughly half of the U.S. workforce in the nation is female, yet women make up only 5 percent of CEOs, numbers confirmed by a recent look at leadership by Fortune magazine.
"But if you look at philanthropy, and oftentimes in the arts and in human services, women have been able to make a larger impact and inroads into those areas," Butera says. Even that's been a development over the last 25 years or so, Butera says, and most women at top-level executive posts today began their careers working for men.
So why would philanthropy be where this motion happens?
Butera notes one factor: women live longer than men, and, considering charitable giving often begins
in retirement, that means women remain active in the field for a longer period of time.
Multiple CEOs suggest older generations of donors feel more comfortable with male leadership of organization, but as the generations that actively fought for gender equality rise in age, the values shift accordingly. Basically, the comfort level of many philanthropists with female leadership had to evolve slowly with societal standards.
But what does this all mean in terms of shift in personalities or skillsets for those in charge? That's a more complicated answer that elicits strong disagreement."It's my observation that women leaders have a different approach from men in every sector," says Jennifer Vigne, president of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County. "While both genders bring strengths to leadership roles, I've observed that women tend to leverage their emotional intelligence, creativity, relationship skills, listening skills, empathy and resourcefulness to their fullest extent."
Servian suggests the places women long held in society now shape leadership styles in many instances. "There are obviously differences between men and women," she says. "Not all, but many women tend to be more empathetic and have stronger listening skills. Perhaps it comes from the nurturing aspect of women who are in those roles, they have children or have been caregivers."
Hansen, though, doesn't agree.
"There are certainly different approaches to leadership, but I don't think those approaches are gender-specific,"
Hansen says. "I believe leadership qualities are developed over time. We've all been inspired by great leaders and unfortunately demotivated by bad ones. Traditionally, men have just had more opportunities to lead, so they've
had more influence—good and bad."
As far as the notion that women provide a more nurturing environment, that's largely brokering in stereotypes in her eyes. "I've read that women leaders are more empathetic and flexible and have stronger interpersonal skills than their male counterparts, but I think it has more to do with your life experiences than your gender," Hansen says.
Glass says she's certainly picked up her skillset from co-workers of both sexes. "I have learned from some of the
best in the business world and I have found different leadership styles in both men and in women," she says. "It depends on their mentors and training styles."
In many ways, Butera says, climbing up the same career ladder means those at the top share attributes regardless of gender. "Women have to go through the same labyrinth, so they need to have the same gaming skills to get to that position of CEO," she says. But she also says, stereotype or not, perceptions that woman prove more nurturing and empathetic impact the profession the same way the notion men can be more assertive impacts work in the corporate world. Anyone can be empathetic or aggressive, Butera says, but the world manages to put you in boxes anyway.
She does point to research to show women excel at transformational leadership, and, in the constantly changing world of philanthropy, that's an important ability.
Vigne says while individuals can excel in any particular arena, there are certain skillsets that prove especially vital in philanthropy. "While many leaders of either gender possess skills in empathy, collaboration, resourcefulness, enduring energy and a positive mindset, these skills are utilized frequently in the nonprofit world," she says. "Women are able to leverage these skills in productive ways."
Jerde says, in her experience, female leaders more often ask more questions and listen to outside perspectives intently. "Those are inherently skills women do bring," she says. But especially as society as a whole evolves, an overriding principle should drive the sector's hiring practices as strongly as it does their mission. "People are people," Jerde says.
But even if women ultimately provide the same leadership as men do for nonprofits in the region, the presence of female presidents and CEOs provides invaluable gains for the sector.
"As a young woman working in the '70s, there weren't any female role models," Jerde says. "About 20 percent of
those in my business class at the University of Iowa were women. In my early training positions, there weren't many females. Regardless of what it takes to be an effective leader, it's just great for community and great for our Sector to have women and men in leadership positions.
When most people think of philanthropy, they think of donations and fundraisers, galas and gladhanders—money. And when people say untapped resources, they think unwritten checks. With BeyondMe, a new philanthropic initiative introduced and headquartered under the umbrella of the Jewish Family and Children's Services, founders Stephen Fancher and Laura McManus-Mesia hope to introduce a paradigm shift in how younger generations think about philanthropy, and how they can get involved beyond the bankroll.
"We felt there was a great need in the community for a platform for young philanthropists to begin their journey," says McManus-Mesia. And the problem wasn't that this demographic, ages 21 to 45, didn't want to get involved in the community, but simply that they didn't readily know how. With BeyondMe, McManus-Mesia and Fancher set up a system that makes involvement easy, by bringing philanthropic opportunities from around the region to a central, accessible hub and by creating a network to communicate these opportunities out into younger networks. "We're trying to bring young people as much information about what philanthropists look like as we can," says McManus-Mesia. "Maybe it's donating your time, maybe it's coming up with a special project, maybe it's working in the office with the organization—it's tailoring it to what that person wants, hoping that one day they'll become donors in our community."
Operating under the umbrella of JFCS gives an institutional advantage, and both Fancher and McManus-Mesia, vice president of major gifts and planned giving and chief development officer for JFCS respectively, bring a wealth of knowledge to the burgeoning initiative, but BeyondMe is open to partnering with all sorts of nonprofits from around the region, unifying all of them into one great philanthropic network. So even if a young philanthropist starts their journey with JFCS, BeyondMe can bring them to all sorts of different opportunities. "Six months in, if you want to try something new, then BeyondMe is still right for you," says Fancher, and the BeyondMe network already includes projects with Selah Freedom, the Patterson Foundation, All Faiths Food Bank and Sarasota's Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC). "We're like a one-stop shop for you, in that we create a platform with lots of different opportunities."
With an inaugural meeting this past July bringing more than 200 eager young philanthropists, successful projects have already included volunteering at SPARCC events, revamping an outdoor gazebo for the women at Selah Freedom and a pop-up laundry assistance day with the Patterson Foundation, which saw BeyondMe volunteers heading to area laundromats, where they handed out quarters for laundry and read to families at the reading station. This month, BeyondMe plans to work with Selah Freedom and SPARCC to create resource boxes full of necessities for women and children either rebuilding their lives or escaping domestic violence situations, and the organization hopes to grow organically through networking dinners that unite older and younger generations of community-minded givers. "Philanthropy doesn't always have to be writing a check," says McManus-Mesia. "It can be about getting up every Saturday to help with whatever's going on." —P.Lederer
Traditions and long-time values like solving problems and helping others inform the work of the philanthropy sector, but the world relentlessly changes nonetheless. So how can the nonprofit world continue to innovate without abandoning long-time missions? Mark Brewer, president and CEO of the Central Florida Foundation, will keynote an upcoming SB2 Symposium on that topic. We spoke to Brewer in advance of his visit.
SRQ: What are the most important changes happening in the philanthropic world? Brewer:
In years past, the public sector has been the place where we take on big social issues. Now the public sector isn't doing that anymore. They're focused on policy, or in some cases lack of policy, to address things. Philanthropy is starting to take on a new, more visionary role about how we get to outcomes for complex social problems. It's about more than money. It's about hearts, minds and wallets. How do we bring some intellect and measurement and data to the field to figure out what the problem actually is and how we solve it. Philanthropy is either the rocket that makes that work, or the servant leader of it. Sometimes you'll see philanthropy say, "Hey, here's a problem we have to solve." In other cases, philanthropy is the thing that comes to the table where there's need for capital that isn't available in the other two sectors.
Has anything changed in terms of demands from donors and partners? What we're seeing is the demand change from investors. That is a move from "I want to contribute, I want to help," to "I want to find a way to fix or change this, and I want to move it at a faster pace." In the past hundred years, philanthropy is really based on the assumption that this problem is so big and complicated nobody can do anything about it, so I'm just going to try to help out and give a little money. We've seen over the last three years a dramatic move, primarily because of the three youngest generations focusing their activities on philanthropy now, saying let's get some data and improve this. It's about the difference between feeding hungry people and solving the hunger problem. We could spend all our resources feeding hungry people, or we could find a balance where we can alleviate the hunger problem as best we can, but focus our resources to solving the actual hunger problem, which is more than just money. It's policy. It's the ability for us to think through how the public and private sector work together to solve actual problems of economics and difficulties in culture and how communities prioritize things.
How does that affect nonprofit operation? Nonprofits designed to primarily operate the way nonprofits did 50 years ago say "We're going to help everybody we possibly can and may even put ourselves in jeopardy in order to help." For the better part of the last 25 years, foundations and funders focused on capacity building in the nonprofit sector. Now the question is not "What's your capacity?" but "What's your capability?" The second thing nonprofits are wrestling with right now is the fact many of them have been placed in a position to be the vendors of the public sector. Back in the Reagan days, we basically said we don't want this top down strategy anymore. We want local people to have decision-making capability. That sounds good on paper. But now we've got money that isn't tied to outcomes. Many nonprofits were put in a position to go out and do the best they could with a limited amount of private or public sector dollars. When you go to the private sector when you're getting public sector money, the private sector always says, well, you're getting government money. Then it's the exact opposite on the other side.
What does this mean in a big picture sense? A whole bunch of nonprofits are programmed to fail. It's not anybody's fault. It's not even malicious. It's just a system that's been developed that we're tied to. The third thing is, if we're going to move into a leadership or servant leadership position, we have to be able to work with other people, and that takes capital. You and I could go out and fail fast at 10 businesses and raise $100 million failing and some people would go "Hey, you guys are really smart." But if the nonprofit sector takes a dollar of revenue and doesn't produce something with it, then everybody goes well, I don't know what's wrong. An understanding of capital revenue is just coming to the nonprofit sector.
As Jane Pratt gets ready for the first big meeting of Impact 300 SRQ, she has trouble containing her emotions. "We are just beside ourselves with excitement," says Pratt, founding president of this new philanthropic force.
The group in early November brought to town Wendy Steele, who founded the first Impact 100 group of female philanthropists in Cincinnati, OH in 2003. Now, Pratt believes female donors in Sarasota and Manatee counties will prove to be one of the most compelling all-female grant organizations.
The group represents the power of collective giving. The idea behind Impact brings together at least 100 women giving $1,000, then using that to award $100,000 grants within the community. "It's a simple yet ambitious model," Pratt says. "The women involved are vested in the effort. $1,000 is a stop-and-think amount no matter how many or how few zeroes you have in your bank account. We all pause at $1,000, and we want to know where it goes."
For years, women played an outsized role in philanthropy, if only for the fact women outlived their husbands and made decisions on estates and inheritances even if they never had been involved in business and finance the bulk of their lives. But as a generation of working women who built their own fortunes reaches an age of financial empowerment, today's female philanthropists want change they can see in their lifetimes and demand a say on
how it comes about.
Women do appear to be using that power to increase their voice in society as a whole. Indiana University's Women's Philanthropy Institute, for example, found that donations from female donors to progressive charities jumped six-fold after the 2016 elections, while donations to those same charities from men remained flat and at similar levels to non-election years. Perhaps ironically, philanthropy habits can be more fiscally conservative. Female donors like to invest in causes where you can see a direct return and projects that require less risk, according to the Institute's Women Give '18 report.
The study finds that all children who grow in families donating to charity are more likely to do so themselves, women are more likely to do so and to devote more of their time regularly toward giving. The Institute also finds that when women control their household finances, a higher percentage of household income typically goes to charitable causes, and these donors report greater happiness resulting from the act of giving itself.
As to where there money goes, Roxie Jerde, president of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, says women sometimes show greater propensity toward supporting social services and family-related causes, but every donor brings their own priorities to the table.
That's why efforts like Impact 100 SRQ show such potential for the region. Pratt says as the group gets into motion, it will divide members into focus groups to look at areas including arts and culture, health and wellness, family services, education and the environment. The number of women who chip in a grand for a grant will determine how much money gets dispersed, and the donors themselves will make the decision on where awards of no less than $100,000 will go. "It's just such an empowering and rewarding thing to be involved with," Pratt says. —J.Ogles
In the worlds of marketing and entertainment, youth may be king. But in the world of political change, the voice of tomorrow remains largely underrepresented. But a group of Riverview High School students seeks to change that, and the fledgling nonprofit Gen Z Votes looks to engage more young people ages 16 through 21 in the electoral process.
"The focus of Gen Z Votes is to promote awareness and education of inhabitants of Florida regarding the voting process and to encourage voter registration and pre-registration," says senior Jake Harvey, who serves as volunteer coordinator for the group. He and friend Trey Buckman, the group's president, formed the organization earlier in the school year, and in the lead-up to the November election held canvassing drives, organized informative barbeques on Siesta Key and provided shuttle services to get high school- and college-age voters to an early voting location on the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus. The organization played a role in getting more than 350 new voters registered before the general election this year. And that was all before the group got its nonprofit status and ability to raise money.
Harvey says that unlike other youth-oriented groups such as March For Our Lives, which formed after the school shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in February and quickly garnered national attention, there's been a conscious effort with Gen Z Votes to avoid being associated with any single cause or ideology. "While there's a place for that too," Harvey says, "we're about giving people room to create their own opinions on things that are important to them, not just morphing opinions around the news. We want independent thinkers."
That has the potential to let the group endure, organizers hope. Another step toward ensuring that? The young people founding the group established nonprofit status for Gen Z Votes, hopefully putting in place an infrastructure that will continue long after its founding members advance in age themselves. —J.Ogles
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Autonomy Trial With the Autonomy trial well and truly under way, what is each side saying about auditors' reports and due diligence? The Register has been through the legal papers to distil it down.
The state of Autonomy's auditing and pre-buyout due diligence forms an important part of HPE's pleaded case against ex-Autonomy chief exec Mike Lynch and former CFO Sushovan Hussain.
Auditor KPMG, asserts HPE, was misled by Autonomy as to what the British software company was accounting for in its revenues. Its argument goes that because KPMG and HP's in-house due diligence teams didn't flag up anything about hardware sales, they must have been misled.
Contained within the thousands of pages of legalese are examples of what HP claims are lies told by Lynch and Hussain during the due diligence process, which will be explored in depth later this year as key witnesses give evidence.
Broadly speaking, HP has said it didn't know that a significant portion of Autonomy's revenues were being generated by hardware sales until after the buyout completed. Lynch and Hussain, however, argue that HP had the evidence it needed to spot those hardware sales. The two argue that HP mismanaged Autonomy after the buyout and is now pursuing them as vengeance for having to write down the value of the business by $8.8bn.
The two sides do not agree about how long HP spent looking over Autonomy's books before saying "yes". HP argues that "the due diligence process, including financial due diligence, was intensive and extensive – to the extent that Autonomy management complained about it at the time", while Lynch, with whom Hussain agrees, claims: "The due diligence of Autonomy's finances was limited and largely consisted of four conference calls lasting approximately 1 to 1.5 hours."
HP's case
Leo Apotheker, former CEO of HP and boss of the firm at the time of the acquisition, said in his witness statement that Deloitte, "a reputable accounting firm", had "opined that the [Autonomy] financial statements gave a true and fair view of Autonomy's affairs as at December 31, 2010", and that Deloitte had stated it "received all of the information and explanations" it needed for its audit.
He also said KPMG completed its financial review of Autonomy with "no material issues found", praising them as "experienced outside consultants".
Apotheker admitted he hadn't read Autonomy's quarterly accounts for the two periods in 2011 immediately before HP acquired the company – and neither did he read KPMG's draft due diligence report, no final report having been submitted. During cross-examination he stated that he had relied on HP's internal "traffic light" systems to pick up anything in the due dil to which he needed to pay personal attention.
Which companies were advising on the Autonomy buyout?
"For HP, BarCap [Barclays Capital], Perella, KPMG, Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer, and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; for Autonomy, Qatalyst and Slaughter and May," said HP in its filings. Lynch and Hussain named the same firms.
Auditing Autonomy was Deloitte, which signed off its accounts. KPMG prepared the draft due diligence report for HP. As we know from former HP CEO Leo Apotheker's testimony in the case, KPMG never got round to delivering a final report.
In its 894-page written submission, HP argued that it "never crossed the minds" of KPMG's due dil team "that Autonomy was making substantial sales of third party hardware on a standalone basis (i.e. pure hardware sales)". It also stated that HP's then-chief strategy and tech officer, Shane Robison – one of the two C-suite execs at HP who supported the Autonomy buyout – "is clear in his evidence that he knew about Autonomy's appliance sales, but that at no point did anyone from Autonomy tell him that Autonomy was reselling third party software as part of its business". HP claimed that this would have been a deal-breaking "red flag" had it known.
"Neither the [hybrid] contracts nor KPMG's [due diligence] report revealed that Autonomy was improperly accelerating revenue recognition or including non-recurring revenue in IDOL Cloud," it asserted in a written submission to the court.
Lynch and Hussain's defence
"Buying Autonomy and its product was seen by Mr Apotheker, Mr Robison and HP's Board as its route to higher margin, higher growth business," said Lynch in legal filings seen by The Register. "As a result, the due diligence was essentially a confirmatory process to be carried out in a very short window."
Emphasising that the due diligence timetable "was set by HP, not Autonomy", Lynch and Hussain want to convince the High Court that HP rushed through its due diligence, having decided to announce the Autonomy buyout on a fixed date (18 August 2011) and thus rushed everything to ensure it met that date.
"While KPMG had been contracted to provide a number of services in relation to the due diligence, HP's tight timetable meant that by this point they had not carried out all of the tasks which they had been engaged to carry out," continued Lynch's legal filings, referring to KPMG not having submitted more than a draft due diligence report: "HP chose the amount of due diligence it pursued and it also decided to announce the bid before all of the work KPMG had contracted to undertake had been completed."
Lynch and Hussain also accuse HP of not having understood that Autonomy's accounting system was subtly different from the American megalith's practices:
KPMG noted that Autonomy had different accounting policies than HP with respect to sales to VARs [value-added resellers], and in particular that Autonomy "recognises revenue for license sales upon sell-in to its VARs rather than on a sell-through basis to end customer[s]… Autonomy recognised revenue on sale to the VAR, as its customer, and not the ultimate end-user. Further, as part of that due diligence process, KPMG reviewed the terms and conditions of 40 VAR contracts."
The court is also to hear in-depth evidence about a number of VAR transactions, as well as descriptions of Autonomy's flagship IDOL software product. This week Autonomy's one-time head of R&D, Sean Blanchflower, is giving evidence.
The case continues. ®
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