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Dynasty trusts are long-term trusts created specifically for descendants of all generations. In most states, dynasty trusts can survive at least 21 years beyond the death of the last beneficiary alive when the trust was written – in South Dakota we have no "rule against perpetuities," which means if a dynasty trust established in the state meets certain other requirements, it could last forever.
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In addition to no rule against perpetuities, South Dakota has no state income tax. The lack of an income tax allows for greater accumulation of capital in a dynasty trust and creates significantly more wealth for future generations than if the trust were located in another state.
South Dakota law also provides protection of trust assets from claims of creditors of the beneficiary. South Dakota "spendthrift" laws would shield the trust's assets in the event of the beneficiary's financial difficulties.
In a recent study by one of the foremost experts on trust jurisdiction, it was determined that South Dakota has the best discretionary trust legislation, regardless of the situation. When ranking trust jurisdictions, the primary factors to be considered include: (1) Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), (2) State Taxation, (3) Advanced Trust Laws, (4) Asset Protection, and (5) Trust Migration.
(1) Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP) – South Dakota allows for Dynasty Trusts that can result in estate tax savings for many future generations.
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(3) Advanced Trust Law – Privacy for all family members is a very important factor when establishing a trust. South Dakota is the only state that ensures all trust cases will be sealed in perpetuity.
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South Dakota also offers asset protection from irresponsible beneficiaries. Quiet trust statutes are extremely important if a grantor does not want the beneficiaries of the trust to know about the trust or trust assets until they are mature enough to handle it. South Dakota has the most comprehensive quiet trust statute, allowing for the expansion, restriction, elimination, or modification of the rights of beneficiaries to receive trust information.
(5) Trust Migration – One of the major problems created by the Restatement Third of Trusts is that beneficiaries may be treated unequally when changing trust situs (the legal jurisdiction). South Dakota is one of only two states to specifically address this issue with state law.
To obtain the benefit of South Dakota law for a dynasty trust, the situs of the trust must be established in South Dakota. This would require that the trust's instrument provide that South Dakota law would govern the terms of the trust; that the trustee is a resident of South Dakota; and that the assets of the trust are situated in South Dakota.
With more than 130 years of stability and family ownership, The First National Bank in Sioux Falls is an excellent choice for dynasty trusts. Our exceptional personal service and expertise, plus the benefits of an asset protection trust statute, ensure long-term success.
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Seyed; Man of the wilderness…He Was A Very Nice Man and he was for half-an-hour my best friend! he said he have seen something… just like the light… and he said it all with his dim-eyes.
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I think we need some new marketing when it comes to all this "global warming/climate change" business. According to an article in "The Economist" only 58 percent of Americans believe global warming is a serious problem. To back that math up, a Gallup Poll found that 41 percent of Americans think the effects of climate change are exaggerated. Maybe global warming needs a snappy jingle?I'm no ad man, so someone else has to come up with a little ditty to explain how without clean drinking water and fresh air human life on earth will cease to exist. And how being a good little environmentalist can reduce our dependency on foreign oil, thereby reducing the need for war. What rhymes with global responsibility?But until the day environmental warning signs at the gas tank are as ubiquitous as the health labels on a pack of cigarettes, the every day citizen just has to better. And here's how:CompostingIf you have any outdoor space available to you at all -- even if it's your neighbor's yard -- you should compost (with permission, of course). You don't even need to "actively compost" -- that when you buy a pitchfork, build a fence, test the pH and all that. You can just pick a spot in the yard, dump your food scraps and forget about it. Seriously, it's that easy. As long as they don't have colored inks (anything other than black) you can even throw newspapers in your compost pile. I've even heard cotton T-shirts can go in there too. Just avoid throwing meat, dairy and really greasy foods in otherwise you'll attract too many critters, or create unwanted odors.
Composting isn't just a way to create good soil, it's a way to reduce methane gas -- a greenhouse gas that's estimated to be 21 times more potent at warming the earth than carbon dioxide. When organic material decomposes without oxygen it creates methane gas. That's why composting at home instead of dumping your food in the trash (i.e., a landfill) is so important. As a person who lives in a 5th floor walk-up apartment in New York City, I know not everyone has the space to compost. But there are some solutions.For the truly dedicated there's worm composting. You can buy a bin and some special worms that'll eat your food scraps and turn them into compost. All this can happen indoors. Be prepared for the occasional bad smell and a few flies.If rooming with worms gives you the creepy-crawlies, try finding a community garden in your neighborhood. They may let you drop by every few days to dump your precious scraps. They might even give you some fresh cut flowers, or a few tomatoes in return.If all else fails, contact your local representative about initiating a composting program in your city. If San Francisco can do it, your city can too. Eat Less MeatBefore the carnivores start going crazy, let me emphasize the word "less" as opposed to "none at all"—although, if you can, by all means do that, too.
The digestive process from both ends of animals -- especially cows -- creates methane gas. Not to mention the fact that meat production consumes enormous amounts of natural resources. Grazing occupies about 25 percent of the earth's land, while feed crops take up an estimated one third of all arable land. Plus, more than one billion tons of manure is created in the United States every year resulting in groundwater pollution and air pollution. With the economies growing in places like China and India, meat consumption is up which means the problem is only going to get worse.You don't have to go cold turkey. Just start with one meal a day. Then, maybe try two. It's not only good for the environment, it can be good for your health, too.Consume LessI know it sounds un-American -- especially with a bad economy -- but we should all try to live with less stuff. Every time you buy something new, think about what went into making that product: the materials harvested from the earth, the energy running the factory that made it, the diesel expended in shipping, the packaging, the landfill it will end up in once the item becomes useless. All of these things factor into the depletion of our planet.Some of the easiest ways to reduce consumption? Bring your own shopping bags to the store, make your own coffee (or have store-bought coffee poured into your own travel mug) and buy food that isn't pre-packaged. You could also make more meals at home instead of getting take-out and dealing with all those plastic containers, forks, napkins, plates, bags and menus. Try shopping at a local farmer's markets. You'll be supporting a local business (good for the economy) and you'll be eating food that wasn't trucked half way around the world.If you must shop (and we all must from time to time) consider buying used. I LOVE thrift stores and antique barns. You never know what you're going to find. Sometimes something just needs a fresh coat of paint like this dresser.
None of the dishes I own match because I bought them all at different places at different times but they all have the same color scheme, so they look like they belong together.
Driving Versus FlyingUnless you want to live like No Impact Man, it's near impossible to be a perfect person all the time. Let's face it, we all do bad things to the planet.But when we have the choice (and the resources) isn't it better to try to "straighten up and fly right." When it comes to whether or not driving is more planet-friendly than driving turns out that the answer is, it depends. Google it. Some say it's better across the board to drive. Others say it's better to fly a packed commercial airliner.According an NPR/National Geographic study, flying is marginally better. But taking a train will cut your carbon footprint in half. So maybe we should all pay more attention when the federal government starts trying to dole out money for high speed rail. There are some pretty strong arguments for bringing rail travel back to the forefront.
To figure out the path of the least carbon footprint, try using a cost calculator. I found one at www.befrugal.com and discovered that if I drove my car from New York City to midcoast Maine I'd leave a bigger carbon footprint than if I just flew. But it'd cost me less money if I drove. Now it's up to me to decide if I want to save the earth or my wallet.Can One Person Make a Difference?Duh! In the end, whether you're conservative, liberal or independent everyone should be able to agree that doing what's good for the environment is just plain ole common sense. Whether you're inspired to build a boat or a compost bin, each one of us can start our own ad campaigns just by living a greener life.


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Last night I took my first trip to the Ritz – a famous city centre club/live music venue – to hear Tame Impala, an Australian "psychedelic hypno-groove melodic rock" band who have a real and genuine buzz around them at the moment. It's easy to hear why because their short but captivating set was some of the best live music I've heard in a long time. The entire audience seemed to have fallen (or be falling) hopelessly in love with the music, a feeling which only intensified when Kevin Parker and co let loose on tracks including Solitude is Bliss, Be Above It and Make Up Your Mind, which worked everyone into a happy frenzy. The Ritz is a great venue, somehow feeling intimate despite its size (capacity = 1500). There weren't any signs of trouble either, which must have been a relief for the security guys who were more than happy to let me get in their way by leaning over the barrier to take some photographs. Thanks for that! 🙂
I've said before I don't like to try and write about music and I'm really not that good at it anyway. So if you haven't heard the young, beautiful and unique Tame Impala yet then please, check them out straight away. You'll probably hear the influence of early Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Supertramp, but apparently not anything drug-induced. Next time they play the UK, I'm definitely going to go see them again! You should too.


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I am so happy that my roofer recommended your company to install the five Sun tubes that have brightened my life. Our north facing living room was really dark after our remodel and the two tubes in there help to make it a bright welcoming space. Placing a Sun tube in my painting studio has been a great help with color choices and the one in the hall bathroom allows its use in the day time without turning on a light. I have enjoyed them all so much that I ask you to come back and place one in the dining room. The sun can now wash the inside wall with light and I have started using the desk in that space. We spent many years in the sunny south and my husband was concerned that coming back to Oregon with her gray skies could cause me to become depressed. Your Sun tubes have brightened our home so much, I am very happy. Your work was done in a day and the area cleaned up. I could not have asked for better service.
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Our beautiful, but older, riverfront home, newly purchased by us, came with large skylights that had some kind of yellow film over them – while we received filtered light, we could not see through them. Stephen came out and spent time educating us about what a difference quality transparent skylights/lighting would do for the house. I hesitated, and did some other projects first, before finally going ahead with re-doing the skylights.
I wish now I had listened to Stephen and done this project first. The difference in the feel of the house is extraordinary. It literally lifts our spirits to look up and see the trees and the sky. Do not underestimate Steve's recommendations when he talks to you about the effects of natural lighting in your home or workspace!
His crew was extremely professional. Very very respectful of our home and the property itself. They did the work on time, and on budget (despite having a temporary halt due to the unfortunate discovery of dry-rot in parts of our roof!). They kept the lines of communication open; we never had any "surprises". This was a large project, at least for us, as it involved 7 small skylights, and one large 30″ skylight.
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After hearing about Dyer Skylights on KKNX Radio Station for years, we selected them to help us when we needed skylight help. From the first contact with Stephen Dyer we were treated kindly and with confidence Dyer Skylight had experienced similar problems before and they could help us.
When the new skylight was installed, Jeffrey & Josh exceeded our expectations. They offered to take off their shoes prior to entering our home, and put down tarps under their work space. Then, when they were done they brought in a vacuum cleaner and vacuumed not only around the area they were working but beyond to be sure all was clean and we were satisfied prior to their leaving.


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The weekend includes the 2010 Commencement Exhibition, ArtWalk and the MICA Masters Benefit Art Sale
Posted 04.21.10 by mica communications
BALTIMORE--MICA celebrates its 161st Commencement with a weekend of arts-related events and exhibitions that invite the community to the College.
Friday, May 14-Monday, May 17
Special Gallery Hours: Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday-Monday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Animation Senior Screenings: Friday, May 14, 7 p.m., Brown Center: Falvey Hall (1301 W. Mount Royal Ave.)
• Senior Video Screenings: Saturday, May 15, 7 p.m., Brown Center: Falvey Hall
• Campuswide Reception: Sunday, May 16, 1:30-5 p.m.
The 2010 Commencement Exhibition highlights works by nearly 400 emerging artists in the undergraduate class of 2010. By transforming the College's permanent galleries, hallways, classrooms and open spaces into one expansive gallery space, each student is able to show a substantial body of work.
Programs of study: animation; art history, theory, and criticism; ceramics; drawing; environmental design; fiber; general fine arts; graphic design; illustration; interaction design and art; interdisciplinary sculpture; painting; photography; printmaking; and video and film arts
Thursday, May 13, 5 p.m.
Campuswide, starting at Cohen Plaza, 1303 W. Mount Royal Ave.
Tickets: $25 for exhibition and casual buffet
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.mica.edu/artwalk or call the Office of Advancement at 410.225.2339.
Stroll through the MICA galleries, mingle with young artists and fellow art enthusiasts, and discuss the students' artwork at the special preview party of the 2010 Commencement Exhibition. ArtWalk guests can purchase outstanding work by graduating seniors before the exhibition opens to the public. It will be the most visually energizing 3K walking tour you've ever been on. Many seniors will be on hand in their exhibition areas to meet ArtWalkers and discuss their art-making processes.
In between strolls and after ArtWalk ends at 8 p.m., guests are invited to relax and enjoy casual dinner fare and have a glass of wine at the Finish Line Café, located inside the celebration tent on Cohen Plaza.
Saturday, May 15, noon-4 p.m.
Studio Center, 113-131 W. North Ave.
This first-annual benefit art sale offers a chance to browse and buy inexpensive works of art from students in the Mount Royal School of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting, Rinehart School of Sculpture, M.F.A. in Graphic Design, M.F.A. in Photographic & Electronic Media and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art programs. A percentage of the proceeds from the event will support a graduate-specific scholarship. The sale, which includes a reception, is a rare opportunity to visit the studios and facilities of the College's graduate programs. The Studio Center has a unique and fascinating history and the building serves as an anchor of the burgeoning Station North Arts and Entertainment District, a neighborhood in which MICA has been a leader in its creation and growth.
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Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Ticketed event)
Stefan Sagmeister, the 2010 commencement speaker who will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, is regarded as one of the most influential international graphic designers. The two-time Grammy Award-winning designer lives and works in New York designing across media. He boasts longstanding collaborations with the AIGA, moveon.org, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones and David Byrne '72.
Gary Vikan, in leadership at the Walters Art Museum for 25 years, and George L. Bunting Jr., a MICA board member for nearly 40 years who has served the Baltimore community in many capacities, will receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees. Renowned architect Ronald E. Fidler '64 will receive the Alumni Award. This year's Medal of Honor winners are art education faculty member and respected social-action quilter Dr. Joan Gaither and longtime printmaking faculty member and glass artist Allegra Marquart.Photo caption: (top) Katherine Gaydos '10, Water Spots, C-print, 2010; (inset) Stefan Sagmeister will be the 2010 commencement speaker. (Photo by Cris Cassady)
Founded in 1826, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is the oldest continuously degree-granting college of art and design in the nation. The College enrolls nearly 3,500 undergraduate, graduate and continuing studies students from 49 states and 52 countries in fine arts, design, electronic media, art education, liberal arts, and professional studies degree and non-credit programs. With art and design programs ranked in the top ten by U.S. News and World Report, MICA is pioneering interdisciplinary approaches to innovation, research, and community and social engagement. Alumni and programming reach around the globe, even as MICA remains a cultural cornerstone in the Baltimore/Washington region, hosting hundreds of exhibitions and events annually by students, faculty and other established artists.


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Last summer, Wesley Nelson was wrapping up his work directing The Rocky Horror Show for SummerFest, but he wanted to stay involved in the organization. He asked about becoming a member of the board for Kentucky Conservatory Theatre and SummerFest, but the organization had other ideas.
Trish Clark, then an education director of the organization, called Nelson and said, "I want to talk to you, and I want to make sure you're in a location where you can't run away," Nelson says.
In summer 2011, Martha Campbell served as interim general manager for the festival — and she meant interim. Come the conclusion of last year's event, she was gone, and the organization was looking for a permanent replacement in the arduous job.
Nelson, who had experience both in management and on stage, seemed an ideal candidate.
"Wes comes with a unique set of skills," says Joe Ferrell, SummerFest's artistic director. "Because of his background, he is able to function as a sort of producing manager, looking for money and that sort of thing on that end, and he also came with a background in theater and directing and acting, which serves us so well when we start looking at how are we going to run this sort of thing and how are we going to do this and that."
With Nelson, an Eastern Kentucky University graduate who worked with theaters in Texas, Virginia and Pennsylvania before returning to Kentucky, SummerFest is now able to start looking to the future of the annual theater festival in the Arboretum and of the overall organization.
The event and its educational arm have evolved since it stepped in for the Lexington Shakespeare Festival, which folded in 2006. In its original form, SummerFest was a stage outlet for the theater conservatory that had developed under the auspices of the Shakespeare Festival.
But when the organization announced that intention and opened with some student-centric shows including an age-appropriate production of Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible and The Lord of the Flies, Ferrell and others say, audiences and the Lexington theater community got the wrong idea.
"There kind of developed a perception of the adults in the acting community that we were going to become more of a young people's sort of production," Ferrell says.
In the past few years, with more adult fare including Antony and Cleopatra, Rent and Rocky Horror, SummerFest has blunted that perception. Now it's looking for balance.
Of this year's productions, all have some student involvement, particularly A Midsummer Night's Dream, which opens the festival Wednesday, and Legally Blonde: The Musical, later in the month.
"In all, we have about 20 students on stage this year, and many behind the scenes as crew," Nelson says.
They are working alongside local stage notables and conservatory instructors, including Vanessa Becker, who will play the character role of Paulette in Legally Blonde.
"They get to see their instructors practice what they teach," Nelson says.
Nelson and Ferrell are quick to say that audiences should not just write the conservatory actors off as students.
Lucy Sharp, who played Juliet in that 2007 Romeo and Juliet production, is now working on the third season of the hit PBS series Downton Abbey. Nick Vannoy, a former conservatory student who returned to play lead roles in the past two seasons of SummerFest, is now a New York actor who will come to Cincinnati this fall to play Porthos in the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park production of The Three Musketeers.
The directors say Ellie Todd is their latest budding success story. A veteran of the conservatory, she is coming back from the University of Michigan to play the lead role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.
So, rather than think of them as student actors, SummerFest leaders like to promote the idea that you are seeing students poised to go off to do bigger and better things, or to come back and become one of the future pillars of SummerFest.
In addition to raising future artists, the festival is, of course, aiming to put on a show for local theater lovers. In its heyday, the Lexington Shakespeare Festival commanded audiences of 2,000 people or more a night for To Kill a Mockingbird and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Ferrell and Nelson acknowledge that those days might be gone. There are a number of factors at play, including higher ticket prices now, more competition for audiences and only a few titles that generally will draw those enormous audiences.
Nelson takes it as a point of pride that SummerFest, and now Kentucky Conservatory Theatre in other parts of the year, have had hits with August: Osage County and Rent.
"Our audiences have come to expect contemporary, important works from us, and that's great," Nelson says.
Now, with a solid management team in place, SummerFest hopes to build that audience. Nelson, after all, has shown that he won't run away from a challenge.


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FDA sanctions don't kill a business
FDA sanctions may not be the end for a drugmaker. Bloomberg reports that India's Wockhardt Ltd., which was hit with enough violations that the FDA banned products from two of its plants, expects sales to hit $1 billion in 2017, thanks to domestic (as in non-US) sales.
Bloomberg says the firm has become a possible M&A target for peer and neighbor Lupin, Ltd.
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I went with her and stood outside. If I were a more pernickety sort, I'd have had acolytes and prophets and spearwomen and row upon row of servants for a visitor to negotiate before he got within distance of me, but I'd never seen much point to it. There was a dot far off on the horizon, which slowly grew nearer. Night had come before the dot turned into a burly god at our door; Merhut and I had had time to eat and freshen up and we had put on our full regalia. Merhut looked lovely in a well-cut gown which kept changing color and a chain of stars burning around her waist (some of her madmen had a nice sense of fashion). I looked like a skeleton on which someone had plonked bits of armor and a tall hat.
Our visitor was an impressive sort. He stood there for a moment or two, slightly glowing, so that I could drink him in. About 3 cubits and a half tall, I'd say, and quite wide. He looked young, but he had a long and magnificent beard, which he had curled and oiled. There was a dangerous looking battle-axe in his right hand, two swords in their scabbards slung over his back, and any number of daggers and throwing knives strapped about him. The effect was slightly spoiled – but only slightly – by the fact that his left hand was clutching the handles of a bulging carpet bag which looked sturdy but worn.
I would have been content to stand there admiring him, but Merhut came from a mannerly pantheon. "Welcome, stranger!" she said. "Long must have been the road which has led you here and gladly would we heard the stories you have learned along the way. But you must be tired and hungry; will you not eat with us, and bide the night?"
The stranger drew himself up. "I am Chubu! You have been expecting me!"
The correct answer, of course, was "Noble Lord and Lady of the castle, I am Chubu, a poor wayfarer, and right willing would I be to accept your gracious offer and rest here in the shadow of your hospitality." Then everything would have gone as usual; we'd have eaten and drunk together for three days; I'd have heard what poor mortal was Ishtar's lover at the moment, what Enki had invented lately and other bits and pieces of news from the greater world. Then – I didn't take it personally, since it was protocol – my visitor would try to kill me.
Men like their bits of theatre, and the death of the drought god is a crowd-pleaser. No one seemed bothered by the fact that no matter how many vegetation or rain or fertility gods killed me, drought always returned. Not that I was killed all that often; I don't bleed, I'm fast, and Enlil himself taught me to use a sword. It's preposterous to feel guilty about killing a fertility god, and I never did. They grew like weeds.
If this stranger wasn't going to follow the script I knew, I'd have to improvise. "Chubu – would that be Great Chubu, Puissant Chubu or just Chubu?"
"Chubu of the Many Blades. Look, just call me Chubu."
"Chubu, then. We haven't been expecting you. I don't know who you are or why you're here."
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Business Ethics: Insider Trading
Imagine for a moment that you are an accountant for a large software company located in the Silicon Valley. You and your colleagues have been working diligently to prepare the annual report for the stockholder's meeting. You have concluded that profits will be down 30% from your projections and most likely management will be faced with a major layoff and downsizing. The outlook for the next year is not good. Upon returning home you listen to your phone messages. Your parents, who are retired and living on a limited fixed income, have left a message telling you that they have just invested a substantial portion of their assets in your company hoping to increase their monthly income from stock dividends. You know that after the annual meeting the stock will plummet. The dilemma you face is obvious.
b. What is the ethical thing to do? Will you conceal or disclose the information you are privy too?
c. Suggest 2-3 creative solutions.
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b. What is the ethical thing to do? Will you conceal or disclose the information you are privy too?
This is a similar case as the Martha Stewart case that was informed by her broker to sell her shares and she did. They both got charged. So, legally, to disclose this information would be considered illegal, by the definition of inside trading (see ...
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Given the ethical dilemma in the case scenario, this solution discuses insider trading and which decision would be the most ethical e.g. conceal or disclose the information you are privy too. Creative solutions are then explored.


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This semester at the University of California at Berkeley's Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (LAEP), the Landscape Project Design studio (LA 203) examined Ocean Beach as their study site. Lead by Alma Du Solier, Principal at AECOM, fourteen Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) students chose one of the six key moves of the Ocean Beach Master Plan (OBMP) and designed one small pedestrian node and a walkway that incorporated a strategy/element for passive energy harvesting to provide off-the-grid illumination. We would like to showcase these students' work as examples of innovative ideas for addressing the complex issues facing Ocean Beach. However, **please note** these ideas do not represent the views of SPUR or OBMP stakeholders. Moving from south to north along Ocean Beach, each student provided a brief summary of their design concept, which precedes images of their work.
Steven Lee - Key Move 1+2
"The rerouting of the Great Highway at Sloat Boulevard makes it possible to re-imagine the southern end of Ocean Beach as a more socially and ecologically beneficial landscape. Based on the concept of shifted orientations, this project proposes a new public plaza and a pier that would extend half a mile into the ocean and overlook a dynamic sand island that would gradually erode away to counteract coastal erosion."
Annie Hansel - Key Move 2
"My project is a reaction to the rapid erosion that is taking place in the south reach of Ocean Beach where the Lake Merced Tunnel and other sewer pipes are at risk of exposure in the near future. The infrastructure embedded in the portion of the coast in front of the Fleishhacker Building is strategically reinforced from above with steel sheet piles and concrete staples, allowing nature to run its course and gradually reveal the fixed landscape over time. The form of the site responds to current erosion trends and view sheds, and highlights the juxtaposition of the fluid landscape and the anchored infrastructure."
Robin Kim - Key Move 2
"Using the Fleishhacker Pool House as the focal entry to the beach, my project combines infrastructure and eroding forces to reveal change through procession in space. New structures and pathways combined with the retrofitting of the pool house provide amenities for various users and allows flexibility in an ever-changing landscape."
Katelyn Walker - Key Move 4
"Following Ocean Beach Master Plan key move four to "restore the dunes in the middle reach," this design looks at how people and infrastructure will be integrated into this new landscape without negatively impacting the ecology of the restored dunes. Primary paths to the beach, located at key intersections such as Judah Street, maintain their position in the new shifting native dunes through the use of sand fences, while secondary paths can be easily picked up and moved as the dunes change. A boardwalk promenade in the back dunes parallels the Great Highway and allows sand, plants, and animals to move underneath."
Angela Delorenzo - Key Move 4+5
"My project looks into the boundaries between the urban area and the beach area represented by the seawall and the current man-made dune system. My analysis was based on understanding which are the key elements that persist to provide wilderness sense and recreational services."
Jenika Florence - Key Move 5
"This multidimensional gateway provides a new entryway experience to both Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach at the intersection of the Great Highway and John F Kennedy Drive. Framing the Great Highway, new gathering spaces inspired by the park and the beach provide recreational amenities."
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Perfectly comfortable in boy's clothing, Kate becomes Jancsi's shadow, following him through his daily chores. Kate doesn't care for smelly pigs and is perplexed by the idea of milk coming from a cow rather than from a bottle, but she is very fond of the horses. Proud of Kate's growing riding prowess, Marton offers, contingent on Kates continued good behavior, to take Kate along when he inspects the new baby lambs after Easter. Kate is thrilled, showering Marton with hugs and kisses.
Seeing that Kate is unfamiliar with Easter traditions, Jancsi excitedly explains to her that eggs are to be dyed, food eaten, and boys will sprinkle girls with water. Kate finds this last custom to be particularly silly. Marton explains that the water represents life-giving rain, an integral part of nature's constant renewal.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' attorney general asked Gov. Mike Beebe to set execution dates for seven death row inmates, according to letters obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel noted in the letters sent to Beebe late Thursday that six of the seven inmates are challenging the state's new lethal injection law and protocol, which calls for Arkansas to use a drug that has never before been used for lethal injections in the U.S.
However, McDaniel said there aren't any court orders in place preventing executions of those seven prisoners.
The Arkansas Supreme Court said earlier this year that such orders were dissolved when the justices struck down the state's lethal injection law in 2012. The court ruled that, in the old law, state legislators had ceded too much control over execution procedures to the Department of Correction.
So, legislators this year enacted a new law that says the state must use a lethal dose of a barbiturate. However, the new law leaves it up to the Department of Correction to pick the drug.
The AP reported last month that the state plans to use phenobarbital, which is used to treat seizures, in lethal injections from now on.
Arkansas hasn't put a prisoner to death since 2005, and for now, the state doesn't have any pending executions. That's expected to change, though it's not clear when.
Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample said Friday that the governor will set execution dates, despite his misgivings about the death penalty. Beebe, a Democrat, said earlier this year that he would sign legislation abolishing capital punishment if lawmakers would send him such a bill. State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, proposed just that, but the measure never made it to the governor's desk.
"Despite anyone's personal feelings about the death penalty itself, it's a very unique and different situation to be the person that has to sign that final warrant," DeCample said Friday. "That's what (Beebe's) facing doing now again and he will do it, but it is not by any means a pleasant experience."
McDaniel's letters request execution dates for seven of the state's 37 death row inmates: Don Davis, Stacey Johnson, Jack Jones, Jason McGehee, Bruce Ward, Kenneth Williams and Marcel Williams.
Attorney Jeff Rosenzweig filed a lawsuit last week in Pulaski County Circuit Court on behalf of those inmates, except Davis. Rosenzweig filed paperwork with the court Friday asking to add Davis and two other death row inmates to the suit, which contends that the new lethal injection law is unconstitutional.
Rosenzweig also said he hopes the governor doesn't set execution dates.
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"His then-girlfriend had left him, left him with a black eye. She had cheated on him and sucker-punched his face in the lobby of a downtown venue after an REM show. Those lines 'I write your name/Drive past your house/Your boyfriend's over/I watch the lights go out'... he lived that. You could read his depression as clearly as his words. He was wrecked by drink and heartbreak. Big dark circles under his eyes. His parents had intervened; got him help. But it didn't help much.
He strummed carefully on a Gibson electric that wasn't plugged in because the pawn shop had his amp. Lyrics were neatly arranged chicken scratches on the back of a crumpled show flier.
He stopped. "This won't make any sense without the bassline." So he plucked out the bass part. "The droning fifth on the pre-chorus will make the singer sound like God," he said. He stopped again because he was so proud of the "AM radio" reference in the lyric. He repeated it."


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In Zulu mythology, Tikoloshe, Tokoloshe or Hili (from the Xhosa word utyreeci ukujamaal) is a dwarf-like water sprite. It is considered a mischievous and evil spirit that can become invisible by swallowing a pebble. Tokoloshes are called upon by malevolent people to cause trouble for others. At its least harmful a tokoloshe can be used to scare children, but its power extends to causing illness and even death upon the victim. The way to get rid of him is to call in the n'anga (witch doctor), who has the power to banish him from the area.
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I just had the Xhosa lady that clean the office look at the video, and listen to it, to get her opinion on it. Since it is big in their culture.
She said that it is most likely a small child. Sometimes if someone wants to scare someone else in the community, the Sangoma would get someone to dress up in something, like a reverse goat skin or something, and then go into this persons house. Because the believe in this is so strong, it usually scares them.
I will however try to look into it deeper.
Originally posted by sonnny1
As I am a believer of the supernatural, I love stories like this. How can one not have empathy for this man, as he believes in what he saw. You can see the fear in his eyes.
Originally posted by Destinyone
I understand how you feel. Even after all these years, I still can't let go of my childhood beliefs in Fairies, and other creatures of mythology. I still sneak a quick glance out of the corner of my eye when walking past the ferns in the woods. Still leave out a saucer of ripe fruit and honey for the *Little Ones*. You may call it superstition, I call it never growing old.
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On what do you base that conclusion?
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I have watched the video several times and my conclusion is that this guy is an actor. I have no expertise in acting but his mannerism and how he told this "story" lead me to believe this is fake.


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Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCRX), announced that it will release clinical trial data at the Liver Meeting 2016, November 11-15, 2016, in Boston.
PALO ALTO, Calif. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Oct. 24, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (OCRX), today announced that clinical data from STOP-ALF, a Phase 2a clinical trial to evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Ornithine Phenylacetate (OCR-002) in patients with Acute Liver Failure, will be presented in the late-breaking poster session at The Liver Meeting® 2016, the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), being held on November 11-15, 2016, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Key findings of this safety study reflected in the abstract include the following:
No drug-related serious adverse events observed; all doses well-tolerated
Therapeutic serum levels of phenylacetate (PAA) were achieved at infusion rates of OCR-002 20g/24h
Therapeutic PAA levels appeared to result in considerable ammonia excretion in urine as phenylacetylglutamine (PAGN), the end product by which PAA clears the neurotoxin ammonia, even in patients with non-oliguric renal failure
"Hyperammonemia can lead to cerebral edema, and remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with acute liver failure," commented William M. Lee, M.D., principal investigator of the study. "We are very excited by the results of this safety trial and hope further studies can be conducted to examine the potential for OCR-002 to help clear the high ammonia levels, and improve the outcome of these patients."
"We are very pleased this important study has been completed," said Stan Bukofzer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Ocera. "In light of the safety profile and tolerability of OCR-002 in this very ill patient population, we believe it could have potential in the management of Acute Liver Failure."
Additional details including the presentation abstract can be found on the AASLD website by clicking this link.
About STOP-ALF
The Phase 2a study was a multi-center, open-label study, conducted in two cohorts of patients diagnosed with acute liver failure. Patients were treated pursuant to one of four escalating dosing regimens of intravenously-administered OCR-002, an ammonia scavenger, which were advanced only after safety and certain pharmacokinetic data were reviewed. Cohort 1 was comprised of affected patients with minimal renal dysfunction (defined as serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL and mean arterial pressure of > 65 mm Hg). Cohort 2 included affected patients with compromised renal function (defined as serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dL and < 10 mg/dL with mean arterial pressure of > 65 mm Hg). Dose levels within the four regimens ranged from approximately 3.33 g/24h to 20 g/24h for up to 5 treatment days. 36 of 47 patients enrolled are considered evaluable having completed at least 72 hours of treatment. The study, ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00518440, was conducted by the Acute Liver Failure Study Group, grant number U-01-58369, an NIH-sponsored network of university tertiary care liver transplant sites, with support and supply of study medication from Ocera.
About Acute Liver Failure (ALF)
Acute liver failure is a rare syndrome with a significant mortality rate affecting an estimated 2,000 previously healthy individuals annually in the U.S. ALF is a rapid deterioration of liver function, often due to acetaminophen and idiosyncratic drug reactions, resulting in the liver's inability to clear the circulating toxin Ammonia, which can lead to cerebral edema, intracranial hypertension, brainstem herniation and death.
About Ocera
Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of OCR-002 (ornithine phenylacetate) in both intravenous and oral formulations. OCR-002 is an ammonia scavenger and has been granted orphan drug designation and Fast Track status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of hyperammonemia and resultant hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in patients with acute liver failure and acute-on-chronic liver disease.
Ocera's HE clinical development efforts include an ongoing Phase 2b clinical trial, STOP-HE, which is evaluating the safety and efficacy of intravenously-administered OCR-002 in resolving neurocognitive symptoms of acute HE in hospitalized patients with elevated ammonia. The Company expects to complete enrollment in the STOP-HE trial in the fourth quarter of 2016 with top-line data to be published soon thereafter.
Concurrent with STOP-HE, Ocera is evaluating orally-available OCR-002 in a Phase 1 study in patients with cirrhosis as a chronic use option to maintain remission of HE. Results of part one of this study are expected to be published by the end of 2016 with part two expected to commence in the first half of 2017. For additional information, please see www.ocerainc.com.
Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCRX) shares have moved -3.85% on the news thus far today and have traded in the range of $2.30 – 2.60 during the current session. In order to take a look at where the stock might be headed longer term, investors often look to research firms that cover the stock. Sell-side research firms currently have a consensus one-year price target of $9.75 on the stock. This is according to brokerage analysts polled by Thomson Reuters First Call. The sell-side analysts are projecting earnings per share of $-0.34 for the next fiscal quarter. For the current year, analysts are predicting earnings of $-1.36 per share according to First Call.
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Collaboration on Gryner album extends from St. Marys to L.A.
Favorite indie-pop darling Emm Gryner is back with a new album, titled Torrential.
The Juno-nominated artist collaborated with L.A. producer Joe Corcoran over a 10-month period — with Corcoran in L.A. and Gryner in her home of St. Marys.
Released in early April, the album features the single Pioneer, a commentary on our fast-moving culture.
"It's motivated by the reality a vacation used to be a trip somewhere," Gryner says, "but now my idea of a holiday would be chucking my phone into a river."
While vocals were the focus all the way through, the album is also packed with the sounds of vintage mandolins, ukuleles, parlour guitars, piano, synths, and drums. Her band, Trent Severn, will be backing her at her London show.
Emm Gryner performs in the London Music Club's Big Hall Saturday. Doors are at 6:30 p.m., the show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door.
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Head to Hideaway Records and Bar to celebrate the 7th anniversary of The Come Up Show.
For those who don't know, The Come Up Show has been on-air at 94.9FM CHRW since 2007, matched with a music blog.
The show's mandate is to play only the best in Canadian and international hip hop — always supporting independent artists (and CBC Music named it one of the Top 10 Canadian Music Blogs).
Sunday's celebration will feature a performance from the four-time Juno-nominated artist D-Sisive — who's also won a SOCAN ECHO Songwriting Prize, and been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize.
Known for her biting lyrics, emerging artist Haviah Mighty will open, along with Treetop Ent and A-Fos and The Rude Youth.
Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10, and this show is 19+.
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Hamilton trio Young Rival will bring their brand of raw, indie-rock to Call the Office Friday night.
The artists formerly known as The Ride Theory have opened for the likes of the Sadies and Born Ruffians.
Most recently, they released a special "Magic Eye" video for the track Black is Good. It's exactly what you're thinking: If you relax your eyes, you'll be able to spot a dolphin, dinosaur and love heart within the black fuzz. Try for yourself right over here.
Young Rival performs at Call the Office Friday with Tournament! and Red Arms. Cover is $5.
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Ron Hawkins will also be at the LMC Saturday night.
The seasoned singer-songwriter and part-time painter will bring his brand of Canadiana to the Cellar Lounge.
The former Lowest of the Low member has performed since the early '90s, and the band even made its way into the Canadian Indie Rock Hall of Fame.
Now, Hawkins can be found performing with his group The Rusty Nails — together, they're behind the hit single Crackstatic.
Hawkins performs at LMC with special guest Chris Scott. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the show, which starts at 10 p.m.
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In the modern knowledge economy, various forms of new knowledge, especially in technology, are critical factors underlying industrial innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth.
Through a combination of an advanced level of business management and economics in relation to engineering knowledge, you will be trained to analyse, understand and skilfully manage innovation processes in companies and other areas of society. This programme focuses on how and why companies innovate to compete and how companies can reap financial returns from their investments in innovation.
Together with committed teachers, that include you as a student in their research and students from various engineering disciplines, this programme creates a base for developing yourself and your ability to lead and develop organisations. In addition, you learn and use tools and frameworks for developing new technologies into viable businesses.
All courses within the programme invite feedback from students on all essential aspects of the course and the education, something that clearly has supported the improvement of the programme. Furthermore, the mixture of students from different cultural and educational/engineering backgrounds supports the programme's international profile.
General entry requirementsTo be eligible an applicant must either be a holder of a Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering/Technology/Architecture or be enrolled in his/her last year of studies leading to such a degree.General entry requirements in detail
Chalmers Bachelor's degreeAre you enrolled in a Bachelor's degree programme at Chalmers now or do you already have a Bachelor's degree from Chalmers? If so, different application dates and application instructions apply.Välja masterprogram på Studentportalen
Specific entry requirements
Bachelor's degree (or the equivalent) with a major in: Industrial Engineering and Management or an Engineering Discipline. Note: A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (BBA or B.B.A.) or Economics does not fulfill the requirement.
Prerequisites: Mathematics (at least 30 cr.) and studies in one or several of the following subjects: Organization theory, Project management, Management, Innovation management, Business administration and/or Economics, History of technology (at least 15 cr. which may include a maximum of 7.5 cr. of Sustainable development)
Preferable course experience: Linear algebra, Single variable analysis and Multivariable analysis
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Citizens of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)Chalmers cannot admit applicants with citizenship only of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea due to the European Council Regulation U2017/01157/UH concerning restrictive measures against DPRK. Applicants with double citizenships of which one is of Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the other of another country, the citizenship of the other country has precedence in this respect.
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Specific questions about the programme's content:Martin Wallin, Director of Master's Programme, firstname.lastname@example.com
Student life and programme experiences:Read about the experiences of students at Chalmerists' Stories and through the eyes of our student ambassadors.
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We operate in an environment with open and extensive affiliations with business and industry, and the research underlying the programme is therefore closely linked to current business practice and problems. This is demonstrated, for example, through guest lectures, joint research projects, Master's thesis, applied projects dealing with current business issues. Additionally, the faculty is involved in executive education through CHAMPS, Chalmers.
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Northwest Minnesota continues to be plagued by excess precipitation. Consequently many field or lower lying portions of fields are repeatedly flooding or are - at a minimum - completely waterlogged. Flooding and water logging causes a rapid depletion of oxygen in the root zone. In turn, this oxygen deficiency affects several physiological processes such as the uptake of water, the uptake and transport of nutrients, and the root/shoot hormone relations.
Wheat can probably handle 3 to 4 days of flooding and/or water logged soils before grain yield is impacted negatively as long as some of the leaves are above water. Higher temperatures will hasten the depletion of oxygen and increase the risk of damage to the crop. Acute nitrogen deficiencies are most commonly observed with the crop yellowing quickly. The waterlogged soils not only impair nitrogen uptake, denitrification and leaching further exuberate the problem. Extended periods of water logging reduce leaf elongation, kernel number, and ultimately grain yield.
Yield losses that have been reported in the literature range between 20 to 50% when soils were water logged in excess of 10 days. One study in winter wheat reported a yield loss of about 2% for each day soils were waterlogged. Several studies, however, have also noted differences in water-logging tolerance among wheat varieties.
Photo 1. Adventitious roots on the first node of
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near Crookston in 2002.
One of the characteristics that were observed of varieties that handled water logging better than other varieties was the ability of varieties to initiate adventitious roots of the first node (Photo 1). I have observed this trait in some of our spring wheat varieties but neither I nor any of the breeding program in the region have dedicated screening or evaluation nursery for this trait.


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Speaking of IBMP's discipline-based design, Kellogg School
dean, Dipak Jain, stated that this latest initiative will
bolster the school's already strong international business
curriculum. "The International Business & Markets Program
should enable us to reach the top echelon by offering our
students access to leading-edge faculty and research in the
arena of international business," said Dean Jain, who explained
that one-third of Kellogg's enrollment today is comprised
of students from countries outside the United States. "Clearly,
this new program is one of the ways Kellogg is reaching out
to better serve all our students," he said.
The centerpiece of IBMP will be its International Business
Major that will provide students with the specialized tools
in accounting, finance, marketing, organizations management,
and management strategy necessary to understand the international
dimension of business. The major also will allow students
to combine a grounding in international business strategy
with real-world research experience abroad through the popular
Global Initiatives in Management (GIM) course. For more than
a decade, GIM has enabled more than 350 Kellogg students each
year to put 10 weeks of classroom study into practice by traveling
to one of more than a dozen countries where they engage in
intensive two-week field investigations. Professor Mark Finn,
director of the GIM program, expressed optimism that the new
umbrella organization will augment the resources available
to GIM students. "Global Initiatives in Management was the
first program of its kind in the country. Since its inception,
students have successfully used it to undertake relevant and
creative independent research projects on a wide array of
international topics," said Professor Finn. "The next step
in the program's evolution is for our student project teams
to better utilize Kellogg's tremendous international resources,
particularly its faculty expertise." According to Finn, "The
International Business and Markets Program will help to channel
these resources to our students." Another key strength of
IBMP will be its dynamic relationship with Kellogg's many
international student clubs and conferences. "There is a groundswell
of interest in international business," said Professor Spulber,
who indicated that Kellogg, by providing more structure to
its international curriculum, will respond to the needs of
its students in "a clear and powerful way." Spulber noted
that the international program will work closely with students
and clubs to design an annual conference that will bring leading
international business scholars to Kellogg to disseminate
the latest research on the subject. IBMP will also serve as
the home for another important Kellogg global initiative:
the International Exchange Program. The exchange program began
in 1980 and has, since then, continued its mission of preparing
Kellogg students to lead the global business environment through
engendering an appreciation for cross-cultural trade practices
and strategies.
Spulber added that, while international business and trade
have always been important, current market conditions make
this an extraordinarily good time for growing trade around
the world. As a consequence, student demand for an increasingly
robust international business program helped determine Kellogg's
decision to expand its curriculum in ways that best serve
its student and faculty interests.
As Dean Jain stated: "With the International Business & Markets
Program, the Kellogg School has renewed its longstanding commitment
to academic excellence in a way we believe will prove tangible
and important for the school's students, faculty and alumni.
Our administration looks forward to building on Kellogg's
strengths across all disciplines and departments to discover
ways we can continually build value for our community worldwide.
This approach embraces the spirit of innovation and excellence
that, over the years, has come to define the Kellogg School."