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G. Richard Smith, M.D.
Interim Dean, College of Medicine
Dr. G. Richard Smith returned to the College of Medicine as Interim Dean on January 1, 2023, after the death of Dean Susan Smyth.
Dr. Smith had served on the faculty and as a leader in psychiatry in Arkansas for 32 years when he was originally appointed as dean and vice chancellor of the College of Medicine in 2013. Prior to this, he was the Marie Wilson Howells Professor and Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences since 2001.
Dr. Smith was also the founding director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI), which combines comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care, research and educational programs. Long active in research, he developed several highly regarded programs including the Division of Health Services Research. He was founding director of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and a leader in securing the state's tobacco settlement funds to improve health for Arkansans.
Following his service as College of Medicine dean, Dr. Smith returned to PRI and the Department of Psychiatry in 2015. He again served as chair and director from 2018 until his retirement in 2021.
Previous Deans
- Susan S. Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., 2021-2022
- Christopher T. Westfall, M.D., 2018-2021
- Pope L. Moseley, M.D., 2015-2018
- G. Richard Smith, M.D., 2013-2015
- Debra H. Fiser, M.D., 2006-2013
- E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., 2002-2006
- John P. Shock, M.D., Interim, 2000-2002
- I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., 1986-2000
- Glen Baker, M.D., Interim, 1986
- Peter O. Kohler, M.D., Interim, 1985-1986
- Thomas A. Bruce, M.D., 1974-1985
- Winston K. Shorey, M.D., 1961-1974
- F. Douglas Lawrason, M.D., Interim, 1955-1960
- Hayden Nicholson, M.D., 1950-1955
- William C. Langston, M.D., Interim, 1948-1950
- Joseph T. Roberts, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., 1947-1948
- Benjamin B. Wells, M.D., Ph.D., Interim, 1947
- H. Clay Chenault, M.D., 1946-1947
- Byron L. Robinson, M.D., 1941-1946
- Stuart P. Cromer, M.D., Ph.D., 1939-1941
- Frank Vinsonhaler, M.D., 1927-1939
- Arthur R. Stover, M.D., Interim, 1923-1924
- Morgan Smith, M.D., 1912-1923, 1924-1927
- James H. Lenow, M.D., 1907-1912
- Edwin Bentley, M.D., 1904-1907
- James A. Dibrell, Jr., M.D., 1886-1904
- Philo Oliver Hooper, M.D., 1879-1886
Susan S. Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.
June 2021 – December 2022
Dr. Susan Smyth was a nationally known cardiologist and translational scientist with extensive clinical, research, and academic leadership experience. She began serving as UAMS executive vice chancellor and College of Medicine dean in June 2021.
Dr. Smyth was recruited to UAMS from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, where she had served as the Jeff Gill Professor of Cardiology, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and director of the Gill Heart and Vascular Institute since 2011. Among many other leadership posts during her 15 years at Kentucky, she was senior associate director of the Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science in 2015-2021 and director of the M.D./Ph.D. dual degree program in 2008-2019. From 2006, Dr. Smyth served as a cardiologist and funded investigator for the VA Health Care System.
She lent her expertise and service to numerous national scientific panels and professional organizations. Dr. Smyth was an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and past president of the Association of University Cardiologists. She was a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and Fellow of the American Heart Association, and served in leadership roles in both organizations.
Dr. Smyth graduated summa cum laude from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, with a bachelor of arts in biology, before earning her doctorate in pharmacology and medical degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She completed her residency in internal medicine, including a year as chief resident, at University Medical Center in Stony Brook, New York. She continued her training with cardiology fellowships at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York and the University of North Carolina, where she joined the faculty in 2001. Dr. Smyth was recruited to the University of Kentucky in 2006.
Dr. Smyth passed away after a battle with cancer on December 31, 2022.
Christopher T. Westfall, M.D.,
Dr. Christopher T. Westfall served at UAMS for more than 23 years, including eight years as chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and director of the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute prior to his service as dean and UAMS executive vice chancellor in 2018-2021.
The college implemented a number of educational initiatives under his leadership as dean, and Dr. Westfall worked to cement partnerships across the state to educate and train more primary care and other physicians for rural and underserved areas of Arkansas.
A West Point graduate, Dr. Westfall served in the military for 22 years, including as a surgeon in the U.S. Air Force and four years as the chief consultant in ophthalmology to the Air Force surgeon general, prior to his retirement at the rank of colonel and subsequent recruitment to UAMS in 1997.
Pope L. Moseley, M.D., 2015-2018
Dr. Pope L. Moseley, a leader in internal medicine and internationally recognized physician-scientist, served as dean of the College of Medicine and executive vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 2015-2018. In May 2017 Dr. Moseley was invested as the inaugural holder of the Arkansas Medical Society Distinguished Dean's Chair in the College of Medicine. During his term, Dr. Moseley launched a major initiative to develop a top-tier biomedical informatics program.
Dr. Moseley came to UAMS from the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Medicine, where he was a Distinguished Professor and led the Department of Internal Medicine as its Chair for 14 years.
G. Richard Smith, M.D., 2013-2015
Dr. G. Richard Smith had served on the faculty and as a leader in psychiatry in Arkansas for 32 years when he was appointed as dean and vice chancellor of the College of Medicine in 2013. Prior to this, he was the Marie Wilson Howells Professor and Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences since 2001.
Dr. Smith was also the founding director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI), which combines comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care, research and educational programs. Long active in research, he developed several highly regarded programs including the Division of Health Services Research. He was founding director of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and a leader in securing the state's tobacco settlement funds to improve health for Arkansans.
Following his service as College of Medicine dean, Dr. Smith returned to PRI and the Department of Psychiatry in 2015. He again served as chair and director from 2018 until his retirement in 2021.
Debra H. Fiser, M.D., 2006-2013
During her seven years as dean, Dr. Debra H. Fiser introduced many initiatives to strengthen the college's educational, clinical and research programs. She made quality improvement and patient-centered care a priority. She established divisions of Genetics and Biomedical Informatics to reflect the rapidly changing world of medicine.
Dr. Fiser oversaw development of College of Medicine programs at UAMS' satellite campus in Northwest Arkansas in 2009 and concurrent expansion of the freshman class size to help meet the need for greater numbers of physicians in Arkansas. During her tenure, the college expanded highly effective "active learning" methods in the medical curriculum as well as efforts to foster research collaborations in many areas.
The 1977 graduate joined the faculty in 1981. She served as professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics from 1995 until becoming dean in 2006.
E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, 2002-2006
During four years as dean and Vice Chancellor, Dr. E. Albert Reece led the College of Medicine through several clinical care, research, and education achievements. A maternal-fetal medicine specialist and researcher, Dr. Reece enhanced the COM's research enterprise with the recruitment of 30 funded scientists, expansion of research programs and doubling of the COM's research funding. He oversaw the creation of the state's first liver transplant program. Also during this time, the COM increased pass rates of medical students on external exams and began statewide and nationally recognized telemedicine programs.
The Jamaica, West Indies, native received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of West Indies, and his master's in business administration from the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University. He was the Abraham Roth Professor and Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia before coming to Arkansas. Dr. Reece left UAMS to become dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the University of Maryland.
John P. Shock, M.D., Interim, 2000-2002
Dr. John Shock, former chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, guided the college during a time of transition as former dean I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., began his appointment as chancellor of UAMS. Dr. Shock joined the UAMS faculty as department chairman in 1979. Under his guidance the department experienced much growth as it became a UAMS Center of Excellence – the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute.
I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., 1986-2000
Dr. I. Dodd Wilson came to UAMS in 1986 as professor and dean of the College of Medicine from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he was a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine. He was named executive vice chancellor at UAMS in 1994 and served as UAMS chancellor from 2000 to 2009.
UAMS and the COM saw remarkable changes while Dr. Wilson was dean in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with over 1,000 full- and part-time faculty, more than 600 residents and almost 700 medical and graduate students. Dr. Wilson led the school into the next century, recruiting new chairs and internationally renowned physicians to UAMS. He fostered substantial research growth both while serving as dean and chancellor. Federal grants and contracts grew from about $6 million in 1984 to about $106 million in 2005, while funding for the COM from the National Institutes of Health doubled every five years.
Dr. Wilson is past chair of the Council of Deans of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and served on its Executive Committee. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wilson was the inaugural recipient of the Harry P. Ward Chancellor's Chair, the first chancellor's chair endowed at an Arkansas university.
Glen Baker, M.D., Interim, 1986
Pathologist Dr. Glen Baker stepped up to the role of acting dean replacing interim dean Peter Kohler, M.D. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Pathology and has been a UAMS faculty member since 1966.
Peter O. Kohler, M.D., Interim, 1985-1986
Dr. Peter Kohler was recruited by Dean Thomas Bruce, M.D., in 1977 to be chair of the Department of Medicine. He strengthened the department's efforts in scholarship and research with appointments in geriatric medicine, hematology-oncology, cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, nephrology and endocrinology/metabolism. His leadership abilities translated to his appointment of interim dean. After leaving Arkansas, Dr. Kohler served for 18 years as president of the Oregon Health & Science University. He returned to UAMS in 2007 as vice chancellor for the Northwest Arkansas Region.
Thomas A. Bruce, M.D., 1974-1985
Dr. Thomas Bruce's 11 years as Dean were marked by comprehensive efforts to enhance medical education and improve the distribution of physicians in Arkansas. Based on his initiatives, new programs were created in family and community medicine and new divisions were established in emergency medicine, rehabilitation medicine, and medical ethics/humanities.
A 1955 COM graduate, Dr. Bruce created faculty councils to help administer the school: a Council for Academic Affairs to make recommendations on educational programs, a Research Council for scholarly initiatives, and a Council of Departmental Chairmen for administrative matters. A nine-member, elected Executive Committee was established as an advisory group to the dean.
Dr. Bruce also oversaw the recruitment of chairs in 19 of the 21 departments and doubled the number of full-time faculty. He followed suit with an initiative to achieve faculty and student consensus on key programs. Faculty members defined four broad missions, the chief of which was to educate the number and kinds of physicians needed in Arkansas. A 10-year effort was then implemented to aggressively expand the primary care training programs and help students understand rural practice. AHEC course options were expanded and residency programs were strengthened.
During Dr. Bruce's tenure, the medical center was reorganized as a separate campus within the UA system, called the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The medical school changed its name from the School of Medicine to the College of Medicine. In 1979, the campus celebrated its centennial.
Winston K. Shorey, M.D., 1961-1974
Dr. Winston Shorey provided vibrant leadership during more than a decade of growth that saw the College of Medicine rise to serve the citizens of Arkansas. Among many accomplishments, he played a prominent role in planning and implementing the family practice residency program. Most notably, Dr. Shorey and Vice President James L. Dennis developed the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) plan for Arkansas under the "school without walls" banner. In his last years as dean, Dr. Shorey was charged with implementing the AHEC plan, and he organized the regional programs. He then became associate dean for the AHEC programs.
Dr. Shorey also significantly enhanced the basic sciences and clinical programs while dean. Four basic science departments were reorganized, and new chairmen were recruited in six departments. Dr. Shorey revised the medical curriculum. He also developed the Division of Biometry around a research computer laboratory and expanded the medical library. Dr. Shorey created the faculty group practice organization, the University Medical Group. To enhance medical school support, he organized the Arkansas Caduceus Club, a private group of alumni and other state physicians.
The Education I building was named in his honor in 1981, and the Shorey Award is given each year to a graduating senior who manifests the personal attributes of an ideal physician.
F. Douglas Lawrason, M.D., Interim, 1955-1960
Dr. Doug Lawrason was recruited to the dean and provost post by University of Arkansas President John Tyler Caldwell because of his desire to pursue clinical excellence and his high regard for fundamental biomedical research. He worked to improve the curriculum and expand the full-time faculty and capacity of the graduate and residency programs. He engineered the move of clinical faculty and students into the new hospital building on West Markham Street — UAMS' current campus — in 1956. A student dormitory was completed during his tenure in 1959. Dr. Lawrason also raised seed money for the T.H. Barton Building, the first building on campus devoted solely to research.
Hayden Nicholson, M.D., 1950-1955
Dr. Hayden Nicholson worked closely with University of Arkansas President Lewis Webster Jones to implement successful public and political campaigns to secure state appropriations needed to complete the new medical center. Another achievement was the recruitment of faculty members in psychiatry, medicine, neurology, and pediatrics that became collective contributors to each department. He was the first dean to focus on rural state needs by emphasizing general practice careers and reinvigorating the rural preceptorship program. He also expanded internship and residency opportunities in the state and gave special priorities for admission to those who agreed in advance to practice in rural areas.
William C. Langston, M.D., Interim, 1948-1950
Known for his enthusiastic teaching style and multi-dimensional blackboard sketches, Dr. Bill Langston joined the school in 1930 as an instructor of anatomy. He was then selected as head of the Department of Anatomy in 1941 before he agreed to serve as acting dean of the School of Medicine. Dr. Langston recruited several major faculty members while dean. After his term, he returned to the Department of Anatomy for another seven years.
Joseph T. Roberts, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., 1947-1948
Serving for one year as dean, Dr. Joe Roberts initiated Medical Grand Rounds on a weekly basis, established a Dean's Committee for the VA Hospital and a statewide committee on continuing medical education. It was during his term that Edith Irby was accepted into the freshman class as the first African-American student in any Southern medical school.
Benjamin B. Wells, M.D., Ph.D., Interim, 1947
Dr. Benjamin Wells began as an assistant professor of medicine and clinical pathology in 1942. During his few months as dean, he worked to improve academic standards, the quality of teaching and research programs, and to expand the base of postdoctoral residency education.
H. Clay Chenault, M.D., 1946-1947
The 1927 graduate was selected as dean and vice chancellor to share the vision of a modern academic medical center. In just a year, department faculties defined their goals and objectives and Dr. Chenault set up an organizational structure that separated the School of Medicine from the administrative and service activities of the hospital. In 1947, he became the first vice president for medical affairs. His hand in the initial plans for the medical center is remembered as one of his greatest achievements.
Byron L. Robinson, M.D., 1941-1946
Dr. Byron Robinson led the School of Medicine as the ninth dean and maintained a credible academic program in the midst of World War II when the school moved into an accelerated year-round curriculum to get students into the field earlier. Dr. Robinson also revised the clinical schedule to rotate students though a number of community hospitals to broaden the base of clinical learning. He joined the school in 1925 as a member of the anatomy faculty.
Stuart P. Cromer, M.D., Ph.D., 1939-1941
Dr. Stuart Cromer is credited with recruiting the first full-time clinical faculty members and instituting a full schedule of clinical bedside instruction. He created an executive committee of department heads to address policy issues and held full faculty meetings monthly. He also led efforts to renovate the City Hospital to accommodate 200 beds. In academia, he pushed standards by instituting competitive college grades and the MCAT for all applicants. Dr. Cromer's guidance also set up incentives and awards for scholastic achievement within the medical school.
Frank Vinsonhaler, M.D., 1927-1939
Dr. Frank Vinsonhaler approached his deanship with three goals: improve and expand clinical facilities, strengthen educational programs, and broaden the base of public and professional support for the school. One of his first actions was lobbying the passage of a basic science test law and gaining legislative funds to build a new medical school. Determined to solve problems that threatened the institution's academic standing, his mission was to secure funds. Despite funding limits by the deepening depression, Dr. Vinsonhaler secured federal money through the Public Works Administration, and a new six-story building was constructed and opened on McAlmont Street in 1935.
Arthur R. Stover, M.D., Interim, 1923-1924
Dr. Arthur Stover started as a professor of chemistry, physiology, and pharmacology in 1903 and served as the interim dean until Dr. Morgan Smith was then reinstalled in 1924. Dr. Stover continued to serve on the faculty until 1931.
Morgan Smith, M.D., 1912-1923, 1924-1927
Dr. Morgan Smith joined the Medical Department as an instructor of physiology in 1904 and became the fifth School of Medicine dean in 1912. He briefly resigned to go into private practice but accepted the deanship again in 1924. Under his leadership, five full-time basic science faculty positions were established and scientific research began. Not only was the curriculum strengthened, but summer programs were initiated to allow practicing physicians to hone their skills. Dean Smith also encouraged the integration of the clinical pathology lab with the State Board of Health which established new resources and a large volume of specimens. His personal credo to medical students was, "Rise early, go to bed early, live close to nature, have high ideals, take less medicine and more advice."
James H. Lenow, M.D., 1907-1912
Dr. James Lenow, the first professor of genito-urinary disease and syphilis, set out from the start as dean to expand faculty, strengthen the curriculum, add laboratory and classroom space, and gain accreditation for the school. By 1910, under his leadership, standards were set to require a high school diploma for medical school admission for the first time. In 1911, the Medical Department and competing College of Physicians and Surgeons integrated under the University of Arkansas and comprised the new faculty body.
Edwin Bentley, M.D., 1904-1907
As the third president of the faculty, Dr. Edwin Bentley was also a founding member of the Medical Department and served as Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine. He shared the vision of establishing a medical school in Little Rock and his professionalism earned him election as school president. Dr. Bentley served when the competing College of Physicians and Surgeons opened in 1906 and he pushed the administration to strengthen the school's quality and recruit new medical faculty.
James A. Dibrell, Jr., M.D., 1886-1904
After Dr. P.O. Hooper resigned as president of the faculty, Dr. James Dibrell followed as the school's presiding officer. Dr. Dibrell was one of the eight founders of the school and the first professor of anatomy. He continued the success of the school attained during the first 25 years, improving its statewide reputation for excellence and integrity.
Philo Oliver Hooper, M.D., 1879-1886
As the first president of the faculty, Dr. P.O. Hooper opened the doors to Arkansas' first and only medical school, which admitted 22 students in the inaugural class. Dr. Hooper and his associates organized the Little Rock and Pulaski County Medical Society to develop strong professional standards and campaigned for a medical school in the community. Their vision was realized with the approval of a medical department under the Arkansas Industrial University's charter. During his seven years as principal of the department, the school was on a steady course to providing an exceptional medical education. Today, one of the main streets on campus is named Hooper Drive in his honor.


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Milton Mazarick surely would be pleased to see the families, tennis players and even disc golfers who make his namesake park a bustling place year-round, but especially in mild weather.
The son of a Greek immigrant, Mazarick became an avid tennis player as an adult and enjoyed regular social matches at Rowan Park with buddies like Tim Newton and Bob Bryan. He had a vision for the plot of wooden land off Bragg Boulevard long before it was cleared to add picnic facilities, playground equipment, walking trails and eight lighted tennis courts.
As chair of the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board, Mazarick was instrumental in encouraging local officials to use the city-owned land to develop a park around the 21-acre Glenville Lake. Two years after his death from the effects of cancer in 1984, the City Council voted to rename then-Glenville Park in his honor. A plaque at Milton E. Mazarick Park proclaimed him "God's ambassador in tennis shoes."
"We always knew how much that park meant to him," said Mazarick's daughter, Karen Mantzouris.
These days, the park is one of the perfect and somewhat unexpected Fayetteville spots to clear your mind and welcome in the new year. Just off a busy thoroughfare and even when the tennis courts and playgrounds are quiet, the park offers serenity in the form of an easy hike and a breathtaking view off the dock at Glenville Lake.
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UAE, Israel sign customs agreement to activate CEPA
JERUSALEM, March 27, 2023
UAE and Israel have signed a customs agreement that will help the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed in May last year, to enter into force, reported Wam.
The customs agreement aims to enable mutual assistance in ensuring the proper application of customs laws, accurately assessing customs and other tax fees on exports and imports, adjusting customs data, and preventing and investigating customs violations.
In 2022, the non-oil bilateral trade volume between the UAE and Israel reached over $2.5 billion, it stated.
The pact was signed by Mohamed Al Khaja, Ambassador of the UAE to Israel, and Eli Cohen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, it stated.
"The CEPA will serve as a major engine to strengthen economic and commercial ties between the UAE and Israel. We expect the agreement to produce significant mutual economic benefits," noted Al Khaja.
With the CEPA entering into force, the UAE and Israel expect the trade volume between them to increase significantly, he added.


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In our continuing monthly jousting match, Dan works hard to get me over to the "happy housing news" side whereas I prefer a more balanced long and slow view. Housing is better than it was, but a function of credit issues that are squeezing supply making the numbers look better overall. I'm not a perma bear but it's too soon to jump up and down.
It's a smaller universe of players in the mix and if that makes for a US recovery, then I guess it is. Still, incomes are flat, unemployment is elevated and +40% of houses with mortgages have low or negative equity. It's tough to sign on to a full blown recovery even if prices rise next year in Manhattan.


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'Biden to Bring Noah-like Flood into world' Rabbi warns
A major rabbi noted the implicit connection between the US elections and the flood of Noah, the connection emphasized by the coincidental and dramatic beginning of the rainy season in Israel. According to the rabbi, the US stands at a crossroads, with one possible path leading to an essential Esau role in the final redemption while the other path leads to a far darker reality.
What's in a name? Rain of Blessing or a Flood
Rabbi Yoel Schwartz, the head of the Sanhedrin's Noahide Court and a highly respected Halachic (Torah law) authority, produced a video in which he commented on the divergent possibilities of the US presidential elections.
"The elections were held on the 17th of Cheshvan," Rabbi Schwartz said. He noted that according to Jewish tradition, rains that caused the flood in the time of Noah began falling on the 17th of Cheshvan. "It was also on that day that here in Israel, the first rains of the season fell in earnest. They should have been rains of blessing but since Biden was elected, these rains became, like the rain on the same day in the time of Noah, a harbinger of the coming flood."
The rabbi explained that the gematria (Hebrew numerology) of the word for rain (גשם geshem) is 343. The gematria of 'this is Trump' (זה טראמפ) equals 342.
"The gematria of 'flood'(מבול mabool)is 78," Rabbi Schwartz explained. "The expression 'Biden arrives' (בא בידין) equals 79. The two gematrias complete each other. The first is one too few and the second is one too many. They are connected. They are both connected to the rain that fell on election day and to the rain that fell after Noah entered the ark."
"If Trump is elected, the rains will be a blessing, allowing the fields to flourish and the world will benefit. If Biden is elected, the very same blessings will turn to a flood that destroys the world."
Democrats: Sins of the Flood Generation
"The Democrats are spreading the very same sins that forced Noah into the ark," Rabbi Schwartz said. "We can see this because the symbol of these people is the rainbow. This was the sign that was put in the heaven to show that the world will never be destroyed by a flood again. In Jewish tradition, the rainbow represents the male organ and the sins that were done with it that led to the flood. They are flaunting their sins in God's face, knowing that he will not bring another flood. This is epitomized by the Democrats, beginning with Obama, who allowed men to marry men and also allow abortions, the murder of infants."
"The question we should be asking is not 'who won' but, rather, what will be with America," Rabbi Schwartz explained. "Does God want America to continue? Through Divine intervention, Trump was able to appoint three judges. Appointing judges is one of the Noahide laws and incumbent upon all mankind but just as important was that the Judges appointed by Trump support the Bible. Biden intends to pervert the courts in contravention of the Noahide requirement to have just courts."
Trump: Preparing the World for Redemption
"If Trump wins, America will have the merit to continue. The danger is that if America flourishes under Trump, the Jews of America will remain there. But it is important that America continues as it has the function of being the Tikkun (fixing) of Esau in the end-of-days. This is why Trump is blond and why the Republicans are red, like Edom. That is why the gematria of Edom (אדום) is 45, the same as 'redemption' (הגאולה geula)."
"There are those that learn that the final redemption will be without the help of any other nation. That is not what I learned. And after I saw everything that Trump did, how he attached himself to Israel as president as well as personally, I realized that this could be him taking part in the redemption. All of the peace agreements moved the world towards God being one."
The rabbi cited the post-Messianic vision of the Prophet Zechariah.
And Hashem shall be king over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Hashem with one name. Zechariah 14:9
Rabbi Schwartz emphasized that Trump has a hidden merit that enables him to overcome obstacles that would overwhelm others.
"Trump has merit he inherited from his father," Rabbi Schwartz said. "His father built a synagogue."
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Business Week: Nigerian militia leader threatens attacksAssociated Press/LAGOS, Nigeria
By DULUE MBACHU
Associated Press Writer
An American worker held hostage in Nigeria is sick and his kidnappers will kill three fellow hostages if he dies, a militant leader threatened Saturday.
Brutus Ebipadei of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta did not offer details on the condition of Patrick Landry, a ship captain from Houston, or say why his group would kill hostages from Britain, Bulgaria and Honduras if he died.
"They're drinking the bad water we're drinking and experiencing the conditions our people have suffered for decades," Ebipadei said.
If Landry dies, "we'll have no choice but to kill the remaining ones," Ebipadei said. He did not say why.
Landry's son, Dwight, of Eunice, La., said in an interview Saturday that his father had a stroke in 1998 and had not taken his medication for high cholesterol and blood pressure since the Jan. 11 kidnapping.
Dwight Landry said he had heard an audio clip of his father asking that his captors' demands be met.
"I could hear the desperation in his voice, I could hear the panic and I could hear the fear," he said.
Ebipadei said the kidnappers refused to negotiate and he reissued a threat to launch new attacks on installations in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
"Our demands are not negotiable. And failure to meet those demands means we will launch attacks on all oil installations to stop Nigeria's capacity to export oil," Ebipadei said.
The militants demand the release of a former regional governor and a militant leader who pushed for greater local control of revenues from the delta. They also want $1.5 billion in compensation from Royal Dutch Shell, Nigeria's largest oil producer, for alleged environmental damage.
Nigeria, Africa's leading oil producer, exports about 2.5 million barrels of oil a day, making it the fifth-largest source of U.S. oil.
Militant members of the 8-million person Ijaw tribe that dominates the delta have long agitated for a greater share of oil wealth. Ebipadei has claimed responsibility for a spate of attacks that included the kidnapping of the four foreigners from a Shell oil platform last week.
A major Shell pipeline leading was blown up the next day and more attacks followed in other areas.
The attacks have cut the OPEC-member nation's crude output by nearly 10 percent. Shell has evacuated hundreds of workers since the unrest began.
Ebipadei said negotiators sent by the government to secure the hostages' release "are traitors to the Ijaw cause and we're not ready to deal with them."
Officials nonetheless expressed optimism about negotiations.
"People are pleading with them, and the pleas are beginning to reach them," state government spokesman Ekiyor Welson said.
On Friday, the State Department called for the release of the four captives, while a British diplomat said his country was pressing Nigeria not to use force to free them.
The militants are demanding the release of militia leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari and former Bayelsa state Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. Dokubo-Asari was jailed in September on treason charges, while Alamieyeseigha faces extradition to Britain, after jumping bail there on money laundering charges.
Problems in the Niger Delta, along with concern over the Iranian nuclear dispute and new threats of al-Qaida attacks on the U.S. helped push up oil prices Friday.
Britain's Press Association has identified the kidnapped Briton as Nigel Watson-Clark, a former paratrooper and father of three from Saltford who was working as a security officer.


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Carrying signs saying "count every vote" and "we are watching," several dozen protesters circled the White House Thursday morning, closing streets as they demanded that all votes cast in the 2020 election get counted.
Protesters in cars, on bikes and on foot planned to caravan around the White House grounds Thursday morning to "make as much noise as possible in support of our right to vote," the organization ShutdownDC said.
"It does appear the votes are being counted. That's good. We want to encourage that," one bike rider told News4.
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Shutdown DC was joined by 350 DC and DC Bike Party in planning the multi-modal demonstration, which brought groups out as early as 7 a.m. Participants were invited to join by Zoom if they couldn't come in person.
Within two hours, D.C. police began to close some streets in the area.
A flatbed truck blasting music carted around demonstrators calling out slogans from bullhorns, stopping occasionally on the street.
"Every voice matters. Just do your part and don't let anyone discourage you," another protester said.
Police broke up the rally at one point at H and 15th streets, but there weren't reports of major stops or skirmishes.
The demonstration came as President Donald Trump makes baseless accusations of fraud and pursues lawsuits over the vote count in critical states.
Drivers gathered at Madison Drive NW in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Bikers met up at Freedom Plaza, and marchers at Black Lives Matter Plaza.
Several roads were closed during the demonstration by D.C. police.
Although they traversed the roads around the White House, the group wasn't able to get too close.
Security was ramped up around the White House in the days leading up to Tuesday's election. Parks flanking the complex were closed and a "non-scalable" fence was installed.
Since Tuesday afternoon, demonstrators have gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street near the White House to watch election results and demonstrate.
Those rallies have been largely peaceful, although police have arrested a handful of people. Chief of police Peter Newsham said Wednesday that he was pleased with how calm demonstrations had been, with only a handful of clashes.


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So I've always been a fan of trying some home-infusions on booze. The recipe posts here have been a little light, so the thought of combining one with a drinks post was pretty appealing. And then via email, Dr. Norris Camacho of Good Bull Hunting recommended this'n from his sister. Chile-infused tequila:
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3-4 serranos
1-2 poblanos (optional...I don't think they add anything of value)
1 bottle medium-grade silver tequila (you need the clear to absorb maximum flavor)
1 quart-sized airtight bottling container
I went with some Jose Cuervo silver. Cuervo's never been one of my favorites really, but my cheapness kind of overwhelms me with tequila. I also used a 1-quarter mason jar.
take 1 shot tequila
chop serranos (take stem off and slice vertically in half)
take 1 shot tequila
chop jalapenos (same)
do not under any circumstances remove seeds: this is not the Cooking Channel and you are a Texan
Feel free to spit, cuss, roll eyes, generally disrespect all that Texan business. We know they don't want to play the spice tolerance game anymore than they want to play the liquor tolerance one.
place peppers in bottling container and pour tequila over them
drink any remaining tequila
place in fridge for at least a week: the longer it sits, the hotter it gets
get a beer and go to couch to watch TV and take a nap
when ready, pour through a strainer into very small glasses to serve...you will want to sip this slowly
I was able to find some very large jalapenos, so I went with three of those and three Serranos. I had to use a rocks glass for this, and threw in a few ice cubes after a fashion to keep it cool. They aren't kidding when they say you're going to sip this. This would be great to take a few sips off of sitting around a pool, chased with a cold beer while you're waiting on some grilled meat.
The first thing you notice is that even filtered, the clear tequila really picks up some cloudiness. This is likely due to the capsaicin oil, which is what makes peppers like this hot -- and what sticks to your fingers when you chop one and remove the ribs and seeds and all that. And you can smell that fresh, pepper-y odor of the chills. Kind of overpowers the smell of the tequila. While the process certainly smooths out the tequila on the front end, that steady, chest-burn that you get is kind of replaced by the burn of the peppers at the top of your throat and on your lips. It kind of sticks there, almost like you've been eating crawfish.
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A square deal? Mining costs, mining royalties and local government in New South Wales, Australia
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Mining operations are often controversial since they can impose significant external costs on the local municipalities and local inhabitants. Under current legislative arrangements in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, local governments are constrained from recouping costs directly from mines by means of increased property taxes on mines due to state-wide limitations on tax increases – known colloquially as the 'rate-cap'. Moreover, mining royalties are paid directly to the NSW government and not to affected councils. In this paper, set against the background of mining activities in NSW, we estimate the magnitude of costs imposed by mining operations on rural and regional local authorities. We then offer alternative public policy solutions which would enable affected municipalities to recoup some or all of the cost burden placed on them by mining operations in their respective local government areas.
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You did it. You and your calculator created the perfect nutrition program for your client. The macros are spot on based on "the book" and their performance and lifestyle goals. You can't wait to hear what they think and you send it off feeling confident.
Then, you receive a panicked response with tons of questions. Or maybe you hear crickets and when you reach out, you learn that they're overwhelmed and doubting their ability to succeed.
Here is the secret to creating the perfect nutrition plan for your client: what is "perfect" for them is the plan that meets them where they're at. The "perfect" plan takes more than just the numbers into account. Here is why.
The Power of Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy is your client's belief in their ability to succeed in specific situations and reach their goals. It is the most important thing you can nurture as a coach and you need to protect it like an angry mother bear.
Take a step back and try to remember what it feels like to be new at something. Being a beginner is scary, right? Add the stress, pressure and vulnerability that often comes along with wanting to improve body composition and/or performance and you have the perfect storm for overwhelm.
As a coach, it is your job to make sure that your client begins their journey with confidence. This will set the groundwork to build from together and increase their buy-in to both your program and you as a coach and partner in their journey.
The Perfect Nutrition Program is a Compromise
Just like a strength program won't get your client gains if they skip the workouts, a macro program won't get them results if they're not hitting their targets.
So, you can't just throw them your ideal numbers, tell them "hit your macros" and expect the rest to take care of itself.
Here are a few things to consider:
- How much are they eating right now? Will the calorie intake you've prescribed feel extremely limiting and hard to follow? Will it feel overwhelming if they've been chronically undereating?
- How much protein are they currently eating? What protein prescription challenges your client to bring more awareness to their intake without feeling overwhelming?
- What foods do they prefer? Are they eating foods with higher carbs or higher fats?
Start by creating an "in a perfect world" set of starting targets. Then tweak them around based on what you know about your client.
Need a more concrete example?
Meet your new client John. He has counted macros before and lays out a day of eating for you in his initial questionnaire/communication. You estimate he is getting around 120g of protein by the end of the day and believe he needs to be eating closer to 200g of protein per day to reach his goals.
An 80g protein jump will feel extremely significant for him. So, you meet in the middle and prescribe 160g protein/day. You also let him know that you're full of different protein ideas and remind him that this is not about perfection. Then, you slowly build to 160g per day together.
As a coach, you know that the macros you prescribe for your client don't do a darn thing if your client isn't hitting them consistently. This means it is YOUR job to make sure that you're fostering their self-efficacy and meeting them in the middle to build to a more ideal macro prescription they can be consistent with.
The Perfect Nutrition Program Is More than Numbers
What about clients who are new to tracking?
Remember that protecting your client's self-efficacy is your priority as a coach. Sometimes, this means creating a program with some expectations that don't start with tracking and hitting macros perfectly.
Here are a few ways you can work with a client who may find hitting macro targets overwhelming at first...
- Tracking app + no food scale + no macro targets. Encourage them to use cup/spoon measurements instead of a food scale. This will help them bring some awareness to food habits and choices without changing eating habits and while getting familiar with their tracking app.
- Tracking app + food scale + no macro targets. Like option #1, this doesn't ask them to change their eating habits yet. But, they'll be learning how to use a food scale and how to use a tracking app.
- Just tracking and aiming for one macro. We recommend starting with protein as it helps with muscle retention, satiety and metabolism. It also tends to be the macro that most people skimp on at first. Encouraging them to track and hit protein without worrying about carbs/fats yet is a great way to build confidence and food/tracking habits.
There may also be situations when you decide to work with a client on one meal at a time or one macro at a time without tracking a single thing. It is up to you as a coach to decide what makes the most sense to create some accountability for your client while ensuring they're building their confidence.
At WAG, our coaches and clients use our custom software, Seismic. It allows coaches to turn macros and other tracking metrics (meals out, hydration, alcohol intake, etc.) on and off to personalize their client's experience based on where they are in their journey.
We teach our coaches and coach certification students how to analyze a client's initial questionnaire to assess a client's current nutrition and lifestyle. This allows them to set macros that are realistic for a client given their ideal starting place not the coach's ideal starting place. We encourage you to do the same.


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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.
Before the Isley Brothers played "That Lady" during this Tiny Desk (at Home) concert, lead singer and founding member Ronald Isley shared two stories about the song that perfectly encapsulates the scope of their nearly seven-decade career. "It reminds me of going way back, when we had Jimi Hendrix living at the house and playing. We went on to meet a young fellow by the name of Kendrick Lamar who sampled the record and we got a Grammy award for it." At the Tiny Desk, we've hosted shows from superstars and legends – but our home concert series has now officially reached new heights.
Shot at their home studio in St. Louis, Mo., Ronald and his brother Ernie stand front and center, performing just a slice from a catalog overstuffed with classic anthems. (These four songs alone have been sampled or covered by over three hundred artists.) They kick things off with 1983's quiet storm essential, "Between the Sheets." As a nod to the late Notorious B.I.G., Mr. Biggs opens with, "I like it when you call me Big Poppa" – from there, they fire off three more hits, including the immortal "Footsteps in the Dark" and "For the Love of You." The Isley Brothers have eclipsed legendary status – their music is an intrinsic, indelible part of American culture. Watching Ron and Ernie play with as much enthusiasm as they did 30, 40, 50 years ago is an awe-inspiring sight to cherish.
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- "For the Love of You"
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- Calvin Rodgers: drums
- Chris Payton: guitar
- Quintin "Q" Gulledge: keys
- Maurice Fitzgerald: bass
- Video: Morgan Glenn, Josh Brickey
- Camera Operators: Brandon Brinkley, Isaac Sinason
- Additional Production: Mary Meadows, Bryan Weddle, Jonathan Becker, Marcos Machado
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- Producer: Bobby Carter
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The European Central Bank (ECB) kept interest rates at 4 percent last Thursday to curb inflation. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet played down investor speculation that he will cut rates soon. The Euro jumped to a new high against the dollar, rising to almost 1,54. After leaving the key rate at six-year high of 4 percent, the ECB revised up its inflation projection for this year to about 2,9%. At the same time the ECB reduced its prediction for growth to about 1,7% for 2008 and 1,8% for 2009.
But why is the ECB reluctant to follow the Fed in lowering rates? While the oil prices drives inflation to a 14-year high of 3,2 percent, the current appreciation of euro against dollar will dampen European export growth. The ECB President emphasised that "maintaining price stability in the medium term is our primary objective in accordance with our mandate".
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke sharply cut the benchmark lending rate by 225 basis points to 3 percent since August in response to the turmoil in financial markets and to fight a possibly worst economic slowdown. The ECB, based in Frankfurt will keep rates steady, despite the Fed's recent determined moves. In combination with Fed's interest rate cuts Congress and the White House even reached an agreement on a stimulus package.
However the ECB is against public spending as a form of economic stimulus. Why? According to the theorem of the ECB there are structural reasons ("rigidities") which prevent economic growth and cause stagnation and high unemployment. An expansive economic approach, regardless whether fiscal or monetary, is not capable to support economic growth and job market. Therefore Mr. Trichet always closes his introductory statement for his interest rate decisions with some phrases regarding "structural reforms". Always. Mr. Bernanke expect inflation in the United States to fall as demand eases off during a slowdown. Mr. Trichet, by contrast, doesn't believe on that notion that inflation automatically falls, when growth goes down. The differences are ideological. That's why the ECB and its supporters always call for reforms for the job market. To spite empirical evidence the ECB speaks up for making the job market flexible first and then upturning the economic growth. And so Mr. Trichet is against minimum wage legislation. That's why he always warns form "second-round effects".
The ECB is surely feeling the slowdown in the United States economy. But Mr. Trichet seems to believe that the European Economy is strong enough to head off the risks of a spillover into the Euro Zone. Actually Europe cannot decouple itself from a possible recession in the United States. The last recession in the United States took place in 2001. Five months later, in May the ECB started easing its benchmark interest rates, despite the inflation rate was running distinct above 2,5 percent. Therefore we expect the ECB to cut its interest rate at the end of the second period, while ECB President doesn't hint at any interest rate action in the near future.


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About Charlie Goh
FLY Entertainment Artiste, Charlie Goh stumbled upon acting by "accident" at the age of 18 while he was studying at Singapore Polytechnic.
After his National Service, Charlie explored his options by going into film and got his golden opportunity when he made his movie debut appearance as an army recruit in Jack Neo's "Ah Boys to Men" movie franchise.
Since then, Charlie has worked on countless productions on big screens and TVs like Tanglin and currently Kin.
Charlie met his wife, Pearlene in 2012 on the set of "Ah Boys to Men" where she was working as a casting intern.
4 years into the relationship, Charlie proposed to Pearlene at home while pretending to shoot a completely unrelated video. They tied the knot in September 2017 when Charlie was 29 years old.
Join Charlie as he shares his marriage journey towards parenthood.
Tags : About Us, celebrity, journey, Life After Wedding, Planning For Baby
Posted on : August 13, 2019
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Israel leader Netanyahu 'met with UAE, Bahrain envoys to US'
Israel's prime minister held an impromptu meeting with the Emirati and Bahraini ambassadors to the United States, The Associated Press reported on Saturday.
Binyamin Netanyahu met with Yousef al-Otaiba and Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashed Al Khalifa in March at an upscale restaurant in the US capital, the news agency said, citing six people who either attended the dinner or were briefed on it.
The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, explained the unplanned meeting took place at the restaurant while the Israeli leader was in Washington to attend an annual pro-Israel conference.
"By coincidence, Otaiba, was at the restaurant hosting Brian Hook, the State Department's policy planning chief, and a group of US journalists, along with Bahrain's ambassador," the report said.
"The Americans dining with Otaiba got wind that Netanyahu was nearby. Word was sent to see if the Israeli would mind making an appearance at their dinner.
"It wasn't long before Netanyahu and his wife came over to say hello on their way out. They lingered, answering a few questions from the group about Iran and other issues. There were smiles, a few laughs about the oddity of the situation, and Netanyahu shook hands with the two ambassadors before leaving the restaurant," it added.
The incident is the latest in a series showing the quiet ties between Israel and Gulf states that are increasingly coming out in the open as they find common cause against mutual foe Iran.
Netanyahu frequently boasts of growing, discreet cooperation with moderate Arab countries.
Though he does not identify them by name, they have long been believed to be Sunni Gulf countries such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
The Saudis recently broke a decades-old practice and agreed to allow Indian flights to Israel to pass through Saudi airspace, cutting the trip by several hours.
The Saudi crown prince, Mohammad Bin Salman, met with pro-Israel Jewish American leaders during his recent high-profile trip to the US, during which he was quoted as criticising the Palestinians.
Israeli businessmen quietly operate in the UAE. The Emirati Embassy in Washington is planning an interfaith Iftar - the meal eaten by Muslims to break the Ramadan fast - that will include a US rabbi.
Bahrain's foreign minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, stunned Israelis and Arabs this past week when he tweeted support for Israel's self-defence after Israel retaliated to an Iranian rocket barrage by attacking suspected Iranian targets in Syria.


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Chicken Salad Plate
June 14, 2018 | By Mike Gonet | Filed under: Family Recipes
(Serves 2)
This is a simple, yet tasty, summer dish with a very nice presentation.
A terrific meal to use up leftover chicken (I used slow-cooked leftover chicken).
What you'll need:
10-12oz cooked chicken, diced
2 Tbs mayo (your choice)
2 Tbs onion, chopped (I used red onion)
2 Tbs celery, chopped
2 tbs hot pepper relish (or less, to taste)
Salt and pepper
What to do:
- Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
- Serve over 2 cups of field greens, or the lettuce of your choice.
- Garnish the plate with 2-3 cold sliced veggies (I used beets, cukes and tomatoes).
- Optional: Cook up some very crispy turkey bacon, dice it, and sprinkle it over the top as a garnish.
- Also optional: Enjoy with a glass of your favorite white wine (I like the Sicilian whites myself).


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This short video illustrates "the tragedy of the commons", the problem that when people are faced with a public resource they have an incentive to take as much as they can get, even if that leads to it becoming depleted and thus no longer available to anyone. This phenomenon is at the basis of a lot of the problems our society is facing today - be it the climate crisis, deforestation or even the fight against pandemics. It is also the foundation for the Public Good Game in behavioral and experimental economics where researchers try to understand how cooperation might be induced - be it by punishment or pre-game communication.
While this is in line with neoclassical economics, it demonstrates why assuming individuals will always maximise their own gain doesn't make for a well-functioning economic system. However, in a real commons a clearly defined community regulates the joint management and use of common assets. In this way the title could actually be misleading and should read: The "tragedy of individual profit maximization". Have a look at the book "Free, Fair, and Alive" by David Bollier and Silke Helfrich in our e-library for further perspective.


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Meet our trainer, Nate Green, RBT. He is something awesome! He has worked with A Brand New Day since our beginnings. In fact, he was our second employee! Nate the Great has moved up the ranks starting as a Behavior Technician and then to a Clinical Assistant and now as our dedicated trainer and developer.
He oversees and/or trains Psychological/Physical Management Training (PMT), CPR, onboarding trainings, sexual harassment trainings, mandated reporter trainings, and any other trainings we might ever need! He also goes in home and provides support to our teams in the field, assisting in developing our newer team members. In fact, if you're coming in to the company, you are most likely going to get to meet Nate!
So, who is Nate, you ask? Nate is a sport-loving, adventure-seeking kind of guy. When he isn't hard at work in trainings or making a difference in our clients' lives, you can find him coaching a youth football team, listening to music, or trying something new. In fact, some new items on Nate's bucket list include: skiing/snowboarding for the first time, travelling to the west coast, and taking a ride in a helicopter.
On the professional side of things, Nate started out in a residential role and had never heard of ABA when he was offered a position with A Brand New Day. Since then, he has fallen in love with this field and has worked hard to educate himself on ABA. His eagerness to learn eventually led to him becoming a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT). When asked what his favorite part of the job was, he said there was nothing better than seeing our clients' progress. He said that watching a client independently accomplish a task for the first time always brings a smile to his face.
During trainings, Nate enjoys getting employees to open up and have fun. He loves hearing their stories and the different backgrounds they come from. Nate's favorite things about training are seeing employees faces light up when they learn something that will benefit the client they work with, and teaching ways to de-escalate situations using a psychological approach on someone that is aggressive, rather than a physical approach.
With Nate at the forefront, we know our staff is receiving the best of the best training so our clients receive the best of the best services!


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Presentation Is Everything
The Emotive Brand design team had the pleasure of attending First Round San Francisco, a one-day showcase of original client presentations showing initial design explorations for logo, identity, and branding projects. Twelve different design studios presented on a variety of client projects – everything from a global healthcare non-profit to a menstrual cup company. The crowd was filled with eager designers – some from design studios, others from tech companies, and some freelancers.
We've gathered a few key takeaways – a checklist of sorts – to make sure all the first-design-preso bases are covered. Some may sound like common sense, but you'd be surprised at just how uncommon they are.
1. It all starts with strategy.
Research, research, research. The first step to a successful project is to do your homework. Immerse yourself in the client's arena and competitive landscape. Set up a strategic framework that can be used as a jumping-off point for design. The stronger the strategy, the more criteria you have to evaluate and back-up creative. We lead with strategy, as we believe it provides the true foundation for smart creative work. We encourage our designers and strategists to work together closely, so designers can either take part in creating strategy or give feedback in real-time.
2. Establish expectations. Educate the client. Get on the same page.
Aligning with the client and being transparent from the beginning will start things off on the right foot, and make for a (hopefully) smoother process down the road. It's helpful to show where you are in the process, be clear about what the client will and will not see in the presentation, explain relevant design objectives, and set up evaluation criteria. Sometimes clients need a bit of education on what the tangible design goals are, and guidance on how to evaluate them. For a second presentation, it always helps to reiterate what you heard so the client knows you're listening. We are always looking for constant alignment with our clients. This allows us to be an extension of their team and them an extension of ours.
3. Frame the story.
One of the many hats we wear as designers is that of The Storyteller. The power of persuasion in the way a story is told is real, and a great idea has no value unless it's communicated well. Some things to consider are pacing, naming directions, and implementing metaphors. Using real-life mockups that are relevant to the client's business also helps to frame the context. We love taking the client on a journey through storytelling, and are always looking to perfect this skill. It's an essential component of good branding, and enhances the client experience.
4. Show the process.
It's always helpful for the client to see the process you took to get to an idea. Document all of the messy sketches, scribbles, and iterations, and present them in a beautifully composed snapshot. Don't be afraid to show inspiration, or what sparked an idea. Help the client feel like they are along for the ride.
5. Environment is important.
Environment is important, and so is making the client feel comfortable. Design is a service after all, and the environment sets the tone for the rest of the process. General rules of thumb – always meet face-to-face if possible, and provide snacks and coffee! We like to create a refreshing experience for the client by immersing them in their world and ours. We look to create a warm, relaxing but very energetic environment.
6. Motion is table stakes.
Brands move, there's no question about it. The days of static brands are over, and today's brands are living and breathing. Motion isn't about demanding attention or standing out from the crowd anymore, but instead about communicating a complete idea and triggering emotion in the viewer. Motion can help clients visualize what their brand will actually look and feel like. An effective motion piece helps to put the pieces together so the client can see the full picture. We look to train in motion tools and principles so that all designers can think in a 3-D space. We aim to create motion principles for the brand as early as possible that can relate back to and enhance the strategy.
7. Anticipate the Frankenstein.
When presenting more than one design direction, the design Frankenstein is a very possible likelihood. For those that aren't familiar, this is when the client wants to take one piece from Direction A and another piece from Direction B, and combine them into One Big Super Direction. Sometimes there's no getting around this, but it's important to be strategic in the number of directions you show and think about how they relate to each other. Acknowledge the similarities between directions and lean into the differences. A popular choice for the number of directions seems to be three – one to like, one to love, and one to hate. We always look to make sure Frankensteins are either difficult and the client understands why, or that they can work seamlessly when implemented. We are happy with either.
8. Always have a summary slide (or multiple).
It's important for clients to see both how their brand sits in the competitive landscape, and an overview of all the directions in one place. Summary slides are a great way to do this, as they are great resting points for the client to digest what they've just been taken through.
9. Facilitate an interactive conversation.
It can be helpful to take the conversation away from the screen, and open the floor for a back-and-forth between the design team and the client. Physical print-outs of the work can help encourage this dialogue. Allow the client to raise any questions or concerns, and listen to feedback carefully. Even if it doesn't seem relevant at the time, certain comments at this stage can be vital for the next round. We lead our clients upstairs, where work is pinned up across extra-large cork boards. This provides a nice change of pace, invites conversation and a new flow of energy.
10. Collaborators are key.
As much as we like to think as designers we are Jacks of all trades, one of the most important skills is to know when to seek outside help. We love our friends and the creative community around us. We are super inspired by others and love to get people involved wherever we can. Work only gets stronger when we collaborate with creative experts like web developers, type foundries, filmmakers, illustrators, animators, etc. Design is no easy task, and it takes a village.
So, what's the big takeaway? Success is not about re-inventing the wheel, but about consistently hitting all of these basics. Of course, the work has to be stellar, but the method and framework are just as vital.
Emotive Brand is a brand strategy and design agency in Oakland, California.


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Reading 'The Case for Universal Basic Services' was a revelation for me. But I couldn't help but feel there was something crucial missing from the book. In the constellation of services discussed and defended, education and youth services make only the briefest appearance.
This is perfectly understandable. Education for young people is already a universal service in the UK and has been since 1880. Why waste words on an argument that has already been won? As the Social Guarantee develops, however, I think there's an exciting opportunity to build on these historic victories. As highlighted in our recent book, Young People on the Margins, Education and youth services are in dire need of extension and development to support a prosperous and sustainable society. Here are three ways I think the Social Guarantee can help do this -
1. Emphasise Early Intervention
Currently schools frequently find themselves struggling to support students who have several overlapping needs. The same student may suffer from low literacy, poor attendance and poor mental health. Managing each of these individual needs is costly and often ineffective. However, if we travel upstream, then we find that these multiple negative social and educational outcomes often have singular, common sources.
For example, low antenatal birth weight can lead to underdeveloped cognitive abilities in later childhood, leading to lower academic outcomes followed by increased risk of health disorders such as obesity and coronary heart disease.
Thankfully trajectories such as this can be disrupted by early intervention from the right medical, social and educational services. Giving these services the resources and capabilities to deliver effective early identification and intervention must therefore be at the cornerstone of the Social Guarantee for young people. This will support a large improvement on the status quo for marginalised young people.
True to the ethos of the Social Guarantee, this approach is more than just logical and ethical – it is also prudent. As calculated by the NEF, investment in high quality early childhood intervention can save the public purse in excess of a trillion pounds over the course of 20 years.
2. Normalise Co-production of Services with Young People
Service-users often have profound and practical insights into how a particular service can be improved. This is just as true of young people as it is of adults. Services under the Social Guarantee need to build in structures and opportunities for this youth voice to be captured and utilised in their planning and delivery.
Youth voice can lead to tangible improvements in service delivery. At The Centre for Education and Youth we have recently conducted research into improving youth services in Brighton using extensive youth consultations. Young people offered clear and actionable guidance on service improvements, for example better signposting of services in areas where young people congregate and clearer listings of times when youth workers are available.
Beyond yielding insights to improve service quality, the use of co-production can help services build strong and sympathetic relations with the young, inspiring them to grow up and play a role in public service themselves. This is central to building the community spirit necessary to support a sustainable economy fit for the 21st century.
3. Prepare Young People for Community Wealth Building
Community Wealth Building - a suite of policies aimed at redirecting wealth communities generate back into the local economy - is central to the Social Guarantee. Two of the main planks for achieving Community Wealth Building are a 'well-paid and highly skilled workforce' and 'Economic Democracy'. Both features depend on an education system that meets local as well as national economic and civic priorities. For example:
Seamless coordination between businesses, services, government and educational institutions in each local area allows for the development of local 'skills plans' guiding local schools and colleges and higher education institutions. The plans ensure that young people are given opportunities to develop skills that meet the needs and ambitions of the local community. For example, Preston's 'Central Skills and Employment plan' has allowed the local council to map training in construction to needs in their planned economy for building of new houses and new commercial floorspace. Young people in Preston now find valuable and fulfilling work in their local area, encouraging them to stay and build community wealth rather than needing to move to other economic hubs. Long-term, this can drive the virtuous circle of community wealth building at the local level.
School curricula can support young people to develop the competences necessary for participation in economic democracy. Young people will need the knowledge to make effective decisions on local economic issues – for example, an understanding of key concepts in microeconomics and the history of the local area. At the same time, they will need to develop skills to apply this knowledge. These skills will need to be in discussion and debate, as necessary for deliberative democracy. This will require habituating young people to collective decision making from early on – for example through some youth-led decision making within schools or through youth social action.
Young people are often marginalised in society, at the bottom of policymaker's list of important stakeholders. The Social Guarantee must invert this orthodoxy, putting young people at the centre of developing a prosperous, sustainable future for our planet. From my perspective, it can achieve this through a focus on early intervention, use of youth voice and installing systems that support young people in preparation for community wealth building. However, deciding how else the Social Guarantee can support young people will will involve careful thought and discussion and I warmly invite people interested in advancing this agenda to get in touch with me to discuss next steps.
Baz Ramaiah is an Associate at the Centre For Education and Youth


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In today's tech-obsessed world, there are new technological advancements quite literally every day. Technology is quickly changing the design needs and wants of our global population and, as such, is infiltrating design in many ways – even in events once considered truly analog.
Primary design weeks around the globe are now showcasing incredible designs that play with technology to create interactive and immersive products and spaces.
The past few years have seen megabrands like Nike and BMW pitch their tents at design fairs – and with that came significant attention. Behemoth corporations have historically felt like outsiders, and their participation seemed salesy. This year, it's technology's turn. There's a difference now though: Technology brands, for the most part, have been welcomed with open arms.
Across multiple design weeks and fairs, technology is changing the expectation of design showcases, and, ultimately, providing new solutions for cutting-edge design. "Milan offers a great place to start a conversation with the global creative audience," says, Oke Hauser, creative lead of Mini Living, about his company's participation in the annual design fair.
"After all, design is what makes our world human – the combination of function and beauty, practicality and aesthetics, elevating our senses and creating pure moments of joy. " Hauser clearly wasn't alone in that feeling; here's how other design weeks have embraced technology this year.
Stockholm Design Week
February's Stockholm Design Week featured a partnership between the smart lightbulb company Philips and Ames Studio. Dubbed "The Light House," it combined lighting design with information media to create a 360-degree perspective wherein four LED TV doors transported visitors to various locations. The exhibit was spread out between several installations in the city with the goal of creating a dialogue on how light and information will work in the future.
"At first you see this simple house structure, representing the early stage of the design process," explains Ames Studio creative director Amanda Ames. "Then the doors transport the visitor to different locations during the week. One door would be a gate to see our Swedish light phenomenon up north, another would be the location of the Stockholm Furniture Fair, a third a showroom, and so forth. By playing with perspective, we could extend the space with no limit. "
"The Light House" aimed to transport visitors to various locations via technology.
For Ames and her team, such a high-tech approach offered a way to interact with designers and passerby alike. "We started approaching the brief with the need to create a public space that worked as an open invitation," says Ames. "Design Weeks around the world have often two audiences, the public eye and the inner circle. Here we wanted to welcome everyone to take part in the week and all its happenings, but also step into a space that invited interaction and enlightenment. "
Artist Kiki van Eijk with a rendering of a wall hanging she created for Google's "Softwear" installation at Milan Design Week.
Milan Design Week
Google's exhibition, "Softwear," dominated headlines back in April. But Google wasn't the only technology-focused brand to debut exhibitions at Milan's most technologically advanced Design Week ever. Some other standouts included "My First Me," an exhibition of interactive installations at Issey Miyake's flagship store, and "Hidden Senses" by Sony, which explored minimal ways of communicating with tech from a partition that changes the ambiance of a space to a dancing floor light that responds to movement. Another standout was an exhibition called "Breath/ng" by Kengo Kuma and Associates, which used a unique pollution-neutralizing fabric to create an interactive installation that cleans the air through its design.
London Festival of Architecture
The "G-trainer Installation" was an exciting collaboration between the London Festival of Architecture and G-SMATT Europe. The temporary installation used the latest technological innovations in "smart glass" to create interactive video media that displayed different visual effects while being able to see through the partition. Smart glass is made from an electrochromic glass material to develop intelligent windows.
San Francisco Design Week
There were over 35 events that focused on the integration of design and technology at San Francisco Design Week this year. From big brands to big ideas, they showcased how technology is a necessary aspect of our current design needs. Each breakout session advocated that it's the job of good design to make advanced technology both approachable and readily usable for the everyday consumer.
London Design Festival
The London Design Festival – kicking off September 15 – promises quite a few exhibitions that explore how to use technology to better understand our world. One leading example is Keiichi Matsuda's "Prism. " The exhibition will present an alternative view of London by exposing unseen data flows on screens suspended in the air. It explores the critical theme that is our relationship with data and how that relationship creates complex issues both culturally and morally.