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Presidential Debate, Washington University, 2004
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
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The Presidential Debate
The Flag & America's Presidential Campaigns.
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ST. LOUIS, October 8, 2004:
Two Washington University graduates have installed ten rare and historically important American flags in the media center for the debates at Washington University in St. Louis. With different star and stripe patterns, methods of manufacture, and uses, the flags show how the U.S. grew and developed throughout the 19th century. Revealing not just how the flag changed over time, but also how political campaigns evolved, the flags provide an enlightening historical context in which to view the debates.
Included in this collection is an extremely rare and original 13-star flag from the early 19th century with blue stars on a white star field. This unusual and visually striking flag was later modified for the 1880 presidential campaign when Democrats Winfield S. Hancock and William English placed their names prominently on the flag. Also on display is a large flag associated with Abraham Lincoln's funeral. The flag flew over the Albany railroad station in New York when Lincoln's body arrived to be placed in the State Capitol rotunda on April 25, 1865.
The flags are part of the much larger collection of Washington University alumni, Louise Veninga (MA 72) and Ben Zaricor (LA 72), founders of Good Earth Teas of Santa Cruz, CA. The Presidential Debate display was made possible through the efforts of Washington University, Good Earth Teas, and The Flag Center, a national, nonprofit educational organization.
C-SPAN Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Debate Media Center in Washington University in St. Louis.
Click on the page below to view the exhibition flag poster.
Washington University in St. Louis, October 8, 2004
Student Life: Past SU head displays flag collection in AC
"Spin Alley" showcases 16 of alum's antique flags
For Washington University alumnus Ben Zaricor, one of the walls running through the Athletic Complex has a particularity unique meaning. On one side, where "Spin Alley" is currently located, the University is displaying 16 antique flags from Zaricor's collection of 2,300 flags.
The other side of that same wall is the former location of the University's ROTC building. Thirty years ago, the University suspended Zaricor for protesting against the ROTC.
Both a flag enthusiast and former Vietnam War protestor, Zaricor has been involved with politics at the University both today and in years past.
Flags as Symbols
Zaricor first became interested in collecting flags when he witnessed a young man being beaten up for wearing a stars-and-stripes vest.
"I was in a pizza parlor that used to be on the corner of Skinker and Millbrook," said Zaricor. "I was in the restaurant with Irving Lewis Horowitz, then a professor, and we saw a kid get taken outside and beaten up because he had an American flag vest on. He was in a band and that was part of his get-up. One of the ladies who worked there was offended and called her boyfriend. He came over and took the guy outside and beat him up."
This strong reaction to the use of the American flag got Zaricor thinking about the power that flags hold as symbols and unifying agents.
"Flags symbolize a concept or an idea," said Zaricor. "They can talk to you."
Zaricor started with a small collection, which he hung in his apartment near campus. His collection continued to grow as he traveled the world and amassed flags from many nations.
Today, the collection has over 2,300 pieces, and Zaricor has established the Flag Foundation, which uses his collection as an education resource.
The flag display in Spin Alley, comprising 16 antique American flags, came about through a simple discussion of Zaricor's hobby.
"The idea of displaying the flags at the debate started with a conversation with former chancellor Bill Danforth," said Zaricor. "I told him I had just collected a very famous flag, what I thought to be one of the oldest 13-star flags in the country...From that idea, the bigger exhibit developed."
Henry Berger, associate professor of history at the University, also contributed to the idea.
The flags, which will not be displayed at any other presidential debate, are under the care of a professional curator during their time at the University.
A protesting past
Before Zaricor became a flag enthusiast, he was an extremely involved undergraduate student. He served as Student Union President from 1969-1970 and after finishing his term became involved with the protests against the ROTC and the Vietnam War.
"This was the background in which we were going to school," said Zaricor. "These flags on exhibit in Spin Alley are right on the other side of the wall [from] where the ROTC building was. We were having guerilla theatre. I was part of that-my participation was strictly nonviolent. Others got more violent."
Zaricor participated in many nonviolent aspects of the protest, including teach-ins in Busch 100 and marches from the Brookings Quad to the ROTC building. When he participated in a sit-in that blocked the ROTC parade, he was suspended from the University.
"The University was unique," said Zaricor. "It was a very progressive school in the Midwest in a conservative community. The Board of Trustees represented the military industrial complex-literally. [We had] McDonnell and Mallinckrodt. A lot of these guys knew Hoover and were very upset because the students were having demonstrations."
While protests still occur today, Zaricor sees a different mentality on campus than the one he knew thirty years ago.
"What's changed in America today is the mindset," he said. "We saw this in the '80s and '90s. Students are being taught to cooperate and to be nice. In the '60s and '70s the community was much more open-there was a lot of diversity and there was no feeling that parts of the University did not belong to the students. Everyone knew how to behave. When there were demonstrations, though, that was something else. Now you have a mentality that you have to stay in place."
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The Routledge Dance Studies Reader
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader has been expanded and updated, giving readers access to thirty-seven essential texts that address the social, political, cultural, and economic impact of globalization on embodiment and choreography.
These interdisciplinary essays in dance scholarship consider a broad range of dance forms in relation to historical, ethnographic, and interdisciplinary research methods including cultural studies, reconstruction, media studies, and popular culture.
This new third edition expands both its geographic and cultural focus to include recent research on dance from Southeast Asia, the People's Republic of China, indigenous dance, and new sections on market forces and mediatization.
Sections cover:
- Methods and approaches
- Practice and performance
- Dance as embodied ideology
- Dance on the market and in the media
- Formations of the field.
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader includes essays on concert dance (ballet, modern and postmodern dance, tap, kathak, and classical khmer dance), popular dance (salsa and hip-hop), site-specific performance, digital choreography, and lecture-performances. It is a vital resource for anyone interested in understanding dance from a global and contemporary perspective.
List of Contributors
1 Introduction
Yutian Wong and Jens Richard Giersdorf
Part I: Methods and Approaches
2 Dance History Source Materials
June Layson
3 Shifting Perspectives on Dance Ethnography
Theresa Jill Buckland
4 Dance Studies/Cultural Studies
Gay Morris
5 Dance and Gender: Formalism and Semiotics Reconsidered
Stephanie Jordan and Helen Thomas
6 An Introduction to Dance Analysis
Janet Adshead-Lansdale
7 At Home in the World? The Bharatanatyam Dancer As Transnational Interpreter
Janet O'Shea
8 Differentiating Phenomenology and Dance
Philippa Rothfield
9 Epilogue to an Epilogue: Historicizing the re- in Dance Reenactment
Mark Franko
Part II: Practice and Performance
10 Grasping Practice: Reflections on Practices of Knowing and Researching in Dance Education
Yvonne Hardt
11 I am a Dancer
Martha Graham
12 Reworking the Ballet: Stillness and Queerness in Swan Lake, 4 Acts
Vida Midgelow
13 Getting off the Orient Express
Shobana Jeyasingh
14 Hips, hip-notism, hip(g)nosis: The Mulata Performances of Ninon Sevilla
Melissa Blanco Borelli
15 Cabbages and Kings: Disability, Dance, and Some Timely Considerations
Adam Benjamin
16 Improvised Dance in the Reconstruction of THEM
Danielle Goldman
17 Staging Choreomusical Research
Stephanie Schroedter
18 Working Out Contemporaneity: Dance and Post-Fordism
Bojana Kunst
Part III: Dance as Embodied Ideology
19 In Pursuit of the Sylph: Ballet in the Romantic Period
Deborah Jowitt
20 Nijinsky: Modernism and Heterodox Representations of Masculinity
Ramsay Burt
21 From Interculturalism to Historicism: Reflections on Classical Indian Dance (2000/1)
Pallabi Chakravoty
22 Race in Motion: Modern Dance, Negro Dance, and Katherine Dunham
Susan Manning
23 Have They a Right?: Nineteenth-Century Indian Dance Practices and Federal Policy
Jacqueline Shea Murphy
24 Mediating Cambodian History, the Sacred, and the Earth
Toni Shapiro-Phim
25 Choreographing a Flexible Taiwan: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and Taiwan's Changing Identity
Yatin Lin
26 Dancing Salsa Wrong in Los Angeles
Cindy García
27 Identity Politics and Political Will: Jeni LeGon and Living in a Great Big Way
Nadine George-Graves
Part IV: Dance on the Market and in the Media
28 Beyoncé, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, and Choreographic Property
Anthea Kraut
29 "Selling Out" Post-Mao: Dance, Labor, and the Ethics of Fulfillment in Reform Era China
Emily Wilcox
30 So You Think You are Masculine? Dance Reality Television, Spectatorship, and Gender Nonconformity
Mark Broomfield
31 Wii Will Become Silhouettes . . .
Derek A. Burrill
32 "Complex Temporalities": Digitality and Emphemeral Tense in Adam H. Weinert's "The Reaccession of Ted Shawn"
Harmony Bench
Part V: Formations of the Field
33 Choreographing History
Susan Foster
34 Worlding Dance and Dancing out There in the World
Marta Elena Savigliano
35 Slamdancing with the Boundaries of Theory and Practice: The Legitimization of Popular Dance
Sherril Dodds
36 "This must be one of these performances where science meets the arts": Lecure Performance as Contemporary Dance
Maaike Bleeker
37 Dance Studies in the International Academy: Genealogy of a Disciplinary Formation
Jens Richard Giersdorf
Jens Richard Giersdorf is Professor of Dance Studies at Marymount Manhattan College, USA, and Vice President of Publication and Research for the Dance Studies Association. He is the author of The Body of the People: East German Dance since 1945 (2013) and co-editor of Choreographies of 21st Century Wars (2016) and the special issue of Dance Research Journal on Randy Martin (2017).
Yutian Wong is an Associate Professor in the School of Theatre and Dance at San Francisco State University, USA. She is the author of Choreographing Asian America (2010), editor of Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance (2016), and has published in Discourses in Dance and the Dance Research Journal.


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A day after news broke that LSU starting rotation pitcher Jaden Hill would be out for the rest of the season with a ulnar collateral ligament tear, which itself followed a three-game sweep at home to Vanderbilt to cement LSU's worst start to conference play since 1969, LSU got what they needed the most: a win.
The Tigers posted a pretty standard, by-the-numbers, uneventful 14-1 blowout win over the Cowboys Tuesday night, which is a welcome site for the Tigers.
"I thought we played a really good game, we got off to a good start early," LSU head coach Paul Mainieri said. "We got to have a little fun playing the game again. So, it was a nice lift for the team, they deserved it. I was happy that they got to win a ball game and enjoyed playing baseball."
With Hill out for the rest of the season, Tuesday night served as a de facto audition for the newly vacated spot in the weekend rotation. As such, Garrett Edwards and Will Hellmers both threw two innings.
Edwards allowed two hits but didn't allow a run while striking out three. Hellmers didn't allow a hit and also struck out three, but walked two Cowboys.
"Well I though Garrett Edwards threw well," Mainieri said. "Obviously I wanted to see how he'd look. Blake Money is certainly a candidate as well. (LSU pitching coach Alan Dunn) and I will talk about it tomorrow and come up with a little bit of a plan. But I'm sure we're going to take it one game at a time this weekend."
LSU (18-11) opened the scoring in the second inning where they scored a run on a two-out double from Giovanni DiGiacomo and then came back in the fourth inning to hang five runs on McNeese.
Jordan Thompson and Cade Doughty had back-to-back RBI singles following a leadoff single from Gavin Dugas and a Brody Drost hit-by-pitch, and DiGiacomo picked up his second RBI on the night with a groundout. Dylan Crews then came through with a two-RBI single to put LSU ahead 6-0.
Cade Doughty led the Tigers with a 4-for-5 night with four RBI and a run scored, including a two-RBI double in the fifth inning and another RBI double in the eighth inning.
Doughty's stellar performance came on a night where he was moved down to sixth in the lineup, but according to him that wasn't a factor in his offensive surge.
"I don't really think it changed my mindset at all," Doughty said. "I'm just going up there trying to execute and get a pitch to handle. I was able to do that tonight. Wherever they need me to be, I'll gladly be there and try to get the job done.
McNeese (14-14) avoided the shutout in the top of the sixth with a solo home run from Nate Fisbeck, but Hayden Travinski responded with a solo leadoff home run in the bottom half of the inning to get the run back.
The Tigers bust the game wide open in the eighth inning, batting around and scoring five runs off four hits, anchored by a Mitchell Sanford two-RBI triple.
"We came out and played a good ballgame," Mainieri said. "And that gets us ready and in a positive frame of mind to go to Lexington this weekend and get ready to take on the Wildcats."
"It's a win and a game in the correct column in the overall record. Let's get ready for an SEC series and see if we can put a dent in that SEC record."
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Warsaw has rejected even a thought about its alleged intention to establish military and political control over part of Ukraine. However, facts prove otherwise.
On April 28, Sergei Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, spoke about Poland's intentions to enter Western Ukraine to establish military and political control over "its historical territories."
The first stage of Poland's historical "reunification", as Naryshkin said, would be the deployment of Polish troops in Ukraine's western regions under the pretext of the need to defend them from Russian aggression. Poland discusses such an option with Washington, Naryshkin said with reference to intelligence data. Supposedly, Poland's mission will be conducted without NATO's mandate, albeit with the participation of "willing states".
Polish special services are now looking for "agreeable" representatives of the Ukrainian elite to form a Warsaw-oriented counterweight to nationalists, Naryshkin said.
Stanislaw Zarin, a spokesman for the Minister-Coordinator for Intelligence Services, responded by saying that Naryshkin's statements were not true to fact. According to Zarin, by making such claims, the Russian Federation wants to undermine cooperation between Poland and Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the dream to reunite with Eastern Outskirts — Vilna (Vilnius), Lviv, Grodno, which belonged to the country from 1918 to 1939, is still alive in the Polish society. Noteworthy, Poland discussed the annexation of Belarusian territories during the political crisis in Belarus in 2020-2021.
Apparently, Poland can not turn a blind eye on the question about the "outskirts" in Ukraine that include Galicia and Volhynia. This question has become of particular interest to Poland at the current stage of Russia's military operation, when it became clear that some regions of eastern Ukraine would become part of the Russian Federation after the goals of the special operation were achieved.
Suffice it to recall the recent initiative from the head of the Law and Justice party, Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, to send "NATO peacekeepers" (i.e. the Polish army) to Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky rejected such a suggestion.
The Americans understand that they need to join forces with Warsaw now or never. Otherwise, Russia may reach Ukraine's western regions and take control of the entire country. This will give Russia trump cards in post-war negotiations.
The Poles discuss the division of Ukraine as an agreement between Russia, Hungary and Poland. Poland's former Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in an interview with Politika that Hungary wanted to be prepared for a situation, in which Ukraine could collapse within a few days against the backdrop of Russia's massive military offensive. In this case, the Ukrainian Transcarpathia region will become part of Hungary.
"To what extent was Kaczynski involved in Orban's intrigues? We can only guess," Tusk said.
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, lawyer Roman Giertych, who is also an active supporter of Poland's "reunification" with historical territories, shared an interesting theory about the "Orban plan".
"Orban agreed on this plan with Putin at a meeting, he did the same with the Poles too," Giertych wrote on social media on March 17.
"Russia is building a puppet government in Kyiv. Eastern parts of Ukraine will join Russia, and the west of Ukraine and Transcarpathian Rus will form a separate, pro-Western entity under the tutelage of Hungary and Poland," the concept says.
We can only guess to which extent the Russian president is involved in this plan.
However, in his speech on February 21, before the start of the special operation, Vladimir Putin noted that the statehood of Ukraine was not historically consistent. Ukraine obtained its statehood from Bolsheviks, he said.
He came to conclusion that most of Ukraine is Russia's historical territory, whereas its western regions - formerly territories of Poland, Hungary and Romania — became part of Ukraine thanks to Joseph Stalin.
In today's hectic world, everything is possible. Ukraine is falling apart, and Poland, with Washington's approval, has all chances to have its historical lands back to punish the Ukrainian Nazis for the genocide of the Poles. We will soon see how feasible this may be.
As for Russia, analyst Alexander Nosovich believes that the scenario, in which Poland will take Galicia under its protectorate would be best for all regional players.
The Kremlin wants every region of Ukraine, after denazification, to hold a referendum to determine its future. Galicia and Volyn will have to make their choice too (or the choice will be made for them). Yet, it is better not to put the horse before the cart.
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Welcome to Pedigree Chunks! The Friday afternoon update feeding you with fresh meaty morsels from the world of media, created and collated by the litter of new grads here at PHD. Every Friday we will be bringing you innovative, entertaining and pioneering creative work we have encountered during the week.
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- In-game advertising more effective than TV?
The preliminary results from the Online Video Advertising Effectiveness study suggests that in-game advertising is more effective than TV marketing, delivering a 500% increase in consumer brand awareness. Over 2,000 consumers have participated in the study so far and over one million ad impressions have been used. The study is expected to conclude on 31st March.
Sounds great right? Well, the study has been conducted by NeoEdge Networks based in L.A, who are a digital media company who specialise in this type of computer game advertising.
- Wired UK launches time-sensitive digital campaign
Condé Nast has embarked on a digitally focused launch campaign for its new magazine Wired UK. The outdoor campaign will launch on the 30th March and use animated digital escalator panels, transvision LCD screens at British Rail stations nationwide and digital six-sheets in the London Underground.
The ad strapline changes according to the time of day: "The future is wide awake", "The future never sleeps".
The online campaign for the magazine includes RSS feed banners with live news content from the wired.co.uk website and a 3D MPU and expandable MPU. The Times, Evening Standard and GQ magazine will carry a 36-page sampler of the launch issue of Wired on Saturday 28 March.
- Iris Digital tries no advertising strategy
Iris Digital is experimenting with bypassing traditional media buying and using only social media conversations to promote a competition for football fans to win tickets to a Sony Ericsson VIP party. The Kiss The Cup competition will involve 25 people pressing their lips to a World Cup for as long as they can.
The strategy involves the agency seeking people out on Facebook, Twitter and football forums and blogs instead of buying targeted media. Tickets to the party can be won at a competition taking place at Lakeside shopping centre in Essex on Saturday.
- Bubblino!
Basically its a bubble machine that is synced to Twitter. Whenever your chosen word or phrase is mentioned…it blows bubbles! Genius. And serious contender for must have Christmas gift of 2009 if it ever gets sold commercially.
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Welfare for Pregnant Teens
When it comes to finding welfare for pregnant teens, some teens may not know where to begin looking for assistance. There are many state and federal welfare for pregnant teens programs available. Keep reading to learn more about welfare for pregnant teens.
There are many welfare programs available for pregnant teens that are offered through the state and federal government. Programs that offer welfare for pregnant teens can help a young mother decide what to do about her pregnancy as well as care for her child in the case that she decides to keep the baby. Teen pregnancy statistics show that many young mothers and pregnant teens seek the help of welfare programs that can help them raise their baby. Welfare for pregnant teens: Some pregnant teens do not choose to keep their baby and instead choose to put their unborn child up for adoption or they may decide to end the pregnancy through abortion. There are many programs that offer welfare for pregnant teens that include assistance in helping the pregnant teen in putting their child up for adoption. Some of these programs are government funded while others are private adoption agencies. It is best to find out what option works best for your situation. Other teens who choose to end the pregnancy often encounter many emotional and psychological issues associated with abortion. There are public health clinics like Planned Parenthood and other government agencies that provide counseling and support for those who have had an abortion. These programs are often government funded and serve as a type of welfare for pregnant teens. Medical expenses add up quickly when it comes to pregnancy between doctor visits, check ups, ultrasounds, and the delivery itself. Then there is always the medical costs that come with care for the baby like shots and check ups. Many pregnant teens do not have health insurance or are unable to pay for these medical expenses themselves especially in cases where their parents may not have enough money to pay for their daughter and her unborn baby. If the father of the baby is also a teen, it is likely that he does not have a sustainable income to help pay for the medical expenses accrued during pregnancy. That is when government programs like Medicaid come into play. Welfare for pregnant teens like Medicaid can help teens pay for their medical expenses if they can otherwise not afford to. There are also other government programs that help young teen mothers or parents who cannot afford health care for their child like the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP,) which helps pay for baby's and children's doctor visits and medical expenses. Welfare programs for after the baby is born: There are many options when it comes to welfare programs for pregnant teens as well as young mothers like the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. WIC offers education, nutrition and breastfeeding support for pregnant teens and young mothers who have children up to age 5. Pregnant women of any age can qualify for WIC programs as well as an infant or child up to age 5 or a breastfeeding mother of a baby that is less than 12 months old. WIC also works by assessing the medical and nutritional needs of the pregnant teen or young mother in order to determine what the WIC needs are to set which benefits are available. When it comes to welfare for pregnant teens programs, participants are often found to have longer, healthier pregnancies and fewer premature births and other health problems. It is important for pregnant teens and young mothers to do research on these programs offering welfare for pregnant teens in order to find the plan that works best in assisting them in whatever direction they choose to take with their teen pregnancy. Some teens may need parent's approval or assistance in getting on some of these welfare programs if they are under the age of 18. The best way to find out about welfare for pregnant teens is to check out websites and get information from program representatives about how to qualify for assistance and how to apply for the programs. Welfare for pregnant teens present young mothers who feel unprepared for motherhood, medical expenses and more with a viable list of options on how to have a successful pregnancy. Sources: http://www.fns.usda.gov, http://www.adoptionservices.org Related Article: Teen Mom Preparations >> |


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Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2 network, is preparing to launch an upgrade this month to boost its capacity for transactions per second.

Scheduled for launch around July 12, the "Quantum Leap" upgrade aims to elevate the network's throughput to over hundred transactions per second. This would mark a significant upswing from current levels, according to the team at StarkWare, a key network contributor.

Currently undergoing testing, Starknet version 12.0 awaits approval from the Starknet community through an ongoing vote. If it passes the community validation, the upgrade will be deployed to the mainnet. After a dedicated period of engineering by StarkWare, LambdaClass, and other participants within the Starknet ecosystem, the upgrade was first released on the Goerli testnet on July 3.

"Starknet's new version, Quantum Leap, is exactly what the name suggests – a leap in TPS, the likes of which nobody has yet achieved in the Ethereum ecosystem," said Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder of StarkWare.

Starknet, a decentralized Layer 2 network, utilizes a solution classified as a Zero Knowledge roll-up, which condenses multiple transactions on an off-chain layer and publishes them together on the Ethereum network. StarkWare was the original architect of Starknet, employing the Stark cryptographic proofs mechanism invented by the team. Today, StarkWare is among a collaborative group of contributors shaping Starknet's evolution, with the network's operations and roadmap now under the purview of the Starknet Foundation.

Enhancing Ethereum's scalability with Starknet

While the upgrade is expected to position Starknet at the top of the TPS leaderboards for Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions, it will also improve latency, with an expected time-to-inclusion of under 15 seconds under normal conditions. According to StarkWare, this is expected to help scale DeFi applications and the gaming niche by facilitating faster transactions and greater throughput for users.

The Starknet roadmap includes plans for version 13.0 later this year that aims to cut down transaction costs. Version 14, meanwhile, will introduce a system where developers can pay extra to prioritize transactions, thereby creating a marketplace for block space on the Layer 2 network.

Ben-Sasson added that a major focus for the Starknet network in the future will also be leveraging the account abstraction feature. The mechanism could enable innovative integrations within crypto apps, such as the use of two-factor authentication for signing crypto transactions and wallet recovery.

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Quantification of left ventricular regional myocardial function using MRI feature tracking in healthy children - a dual-center study
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance volume 15, Article number: O42 (2013)
Similar to speckle tracking echocardiography cardiac MR (CMR) feature tracking imaging (FTI) uses a 2-dimensional deforming analysis of the myocardium which allows quantitative evaluation of myocardial motion and contractility. This technique might provide important additional information in children, including those with congenital heart disease (CHD). Until now, there are no reference data from a healthy pediatric population. The availability of this type of data is a requirement for proper interpretation in pediatric heart disease. The aim of this study was to determine normal values of left ventricular (LV) longitudinal, circumferential and radial strain and strain rate in healthy children, using FTI in cardiovascular MR images.
Eighty children from 2 centers (mean age: 12±5.5 years, range: 1 to 17 years; 39 female; divided into 3 groups: 0-11y (n=24), 11-15y (n=32), 15-18y (n=24)) were examined at two different 1.5 T scanners (Siemens and GE) using a standard SSFP MRI protocol. LV longitudinal, circumferential and radial strain and strain rate were measured using FTI (2D CPA MR©, TomTec Imaging System, Fulda, Germany). FTI was applied to standard cine-images in the following orientations:3 LV short-axis slices (basal, middle, apical), 4- and 3-chamber views. The effects of age, gender, endo- and epicardial assessment, myocardial segments on strain and strain rate data were also evaluated.
The global longitudinal and circumferential strains (strain rate) were -18.9±4.3% (1.9±0.5) and -22.4±4.2% (2.0±0.6), respectively with higher values being observed at basal than at apical segments. Radial strain ranged from 28.6±9.3% (-2.1±0.5). For this parameter a decrease towards the apical segments was noted. Strain and strain rate measurements using FTI varied between endo- and epicardial assessment also, with regional differences (apical versus middle and basal), but not with age or gender. Strains measured on data acquired with 2 MRI scanners had good correlations. Inter- and intra-observer variability were low and acceptable (< 10%).
This study provides for the first time normal FTI values of LV function in a large cohort of healthy children. FTI offers additional data about regional and global cardiac function, using routinely acquired standard SSFP sequences and standard image orientations. FTI is feasible and provides fast and reproducible quantification of global and regional LV function. The FTI technique may prove helpful in the assessment of LV function in children with CHD and may provide additional outcome markers.
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Eichhorn, J.G., Buss, S., Foell, A. et al. Quantification of left ventricular regional myocardial function using MRI feature tracking in healthy children - a dual-center study. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 15 (Suppl 1), O42 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-15-S1-O42
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Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) or Bandung Insitute of Technology or Institute of Technology Bandung, was founded on March 2, 1959. The present ITB main campus is the site of earlier engineering schools in Indonesia. Although these institutions of higher learning had their own individual characteristics and missions, they left influence on developments leading to the establishment of ITB.
In 1920, Technische Hogeschool (TH) was established in Bandung, which for a short time, in the middle forties, became Kogyo Daigaku. Not long after the birth of the Republic of Indonesia in 1945, the campus housed the Technical Faculty (including a Fine Arts Department) of Universitas Indonesia, with the head office in Jakarta. In the early fifties, a Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, also part of Universitas Indonesia, was established on the campus.
In 1959, the present lnstitut Teknologi Bandung was founded by the Indonesian government as an institution of higher learning of science, technology, and fine arts, with a mission of education, research, and service to the community.
According to The Law (UU no 12 tahun 2012) and the government Act on 2012 (PP no 65 tahun 2012) The Decision on ITB as Legal Enterprise own by public (Badan Hukum) has opened a new path for ITB to become autonomous. The status of autonomy implies a freedom for the institution to manage its own bussiness in an effective and efficient way, and to be fully responsible for the planning and implementation of all program and activity, and the quality control for the attainment of its institutional objective. The institution has also freedom in deciding their measures and taking calculated risks in facing tight competition and intense pressures.


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His spokesman says one thing and NBC News, surprisingly, says another.
Whom to believe in a low-credibility battle like that?
A statement from Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s office says the Chicago Democrat is receiving "intensive medical treatment" for a "mood disorder."
The statement Wednesday gives no details about his location and comes a month after Jackson went on medical leave.
The statement says Jackson is at a residential treatment facility and is responding positively to treatment. It says he's expected to make a full recovery.
"Mood disorder"? Not so, says NBC:
NBC's Andrea Mitchell: Rep Jesse Jackson Jr is in a rehab facility in AZ suffering from alcoholism and addiction
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) July 11, 2012
Jackson's wife and aide denied it, but watch the clip below and you'll see that Mitchell doubled down on her claim for tonight's Nightly News. She's got his "friends and colleagues" — plural — as sources. Hard for me to believe they would have run with that if they weren't very, very confident about it. The only thing that gives me pause is that, if you were going to invent a phony medical excuse to explain a congressman's absence, "mood disorder" is an odd way to go. He could have claimed any sort of physical ailment and received no damage at all to his career, but by claiming something psychological, he risks voters being skittish about returning him to a position of power. That may be unfair, especially since he's getting treatment, but that's politics.
Of course, both explanations could be true. He has a bona fide mood disorder and he's been treating himself by hitting the bottle. Happens all the time. Maybe his office simply chose to emphasize the less scandalous part of the equation.
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Match: India vs England, Test Match 5 of 5
Date: 1st July 2022
Time: 03:30 PM IST
Venue: Edgbaston Stadium
Pitch Condition: The pitch is a balanced one and also batting-friendly so, it is going to be good for batting.
India vs England – The Squad
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh pant, Srikar Bharat, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardhul Takur, Umesh Yadav
England: Ben Strokes (C), Alex Lees, Harry Brook, Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Craig Overton, Jack Leach, James Anderson, Jamie Overton, Mathew Potts, Stuart Broad.
India vs England – Performance in the Past Matches
India currently leads the series (2-1) and will appear eager on maintaining a similar momentum when the series returns, which might help them perform at their best following their most recent game.
With 496 runs at an average of 33 and a strike rate of 42 from his last 8 games, Virat Kohli is India's top run-scorer. In addition, Rishabh Pant has scored 492 runs in his last 8 games. The top bowler for India was Jasprit Bumrah, who had an economy rate of 2.51 and a strike rate of 49 while taking 31 wickets in his previous 8 games. In his last 7 games, Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 29 wickets.
England played well in the last match against India but fell short to the dominant batting from India. They will demonstrate their battling spirit to win and level the series with India with a motivated current form.
Joe Root has scored the most runs for England from his last 10 games, with 918 runs at an average of 51 and a strike rate of 57. In his last 8 games, Jonny Bairstow has scored 814 runs. The top bowler for England was Jack Leach, who had 29 wickets from his previous 8 games while bowling at an economy rate of 2.50 and a strike rate of 78. Additionally, James Anderson has 19 wickets from his last 5 games.
Face to Face
Both teams have played 34 test series against each other so far. Out of these matches, England has won 19 while India has won only 11 series. 4 series ended up in a tie.
With reference to the last five matches between the two teams, India has won 3 while England has won 1. The last match between the two sides saw India defeating England by 157 runs.
All-rounders of both teams have scored the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
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Wicket-Keepers: Jonny Bairstow, Rishabh Pant.
Batsmen: Joe Root, Virat Kohli, Chetheshwar Pujara.
All-Rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin.
Bowlers: James Anderson, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Stuart Broad.
Captain: Joe Root.
Vice-Captain: Jonny Bairstow.
Wicket-Keepers: Jonny Bairstow, Rishabh Pant.
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FREDERICK, MD- Three semi-finalists have been selected for the 275th Anniversary County flag re-design contest. The three designs will now move forward to a public voting round beginning today, Friday, May 5, and ending Saturday, June 10, at 10 p.m., with the conclusion of the 275th Jubilee event.
The winner by highest vote will be announced on Flag Day, June 14, by County Executive Jessica Fitzwater via a media release.
The three designs, titles and narratives are available to view online at FrederickCountyMD.gov/275FlagContest. Voters may choose between the three new design options or the current county flag design, which was created as part of a similar contest held during the County's celebration of the Bicentennial.
To participate, you must currently live or work in Frederick County. One vote is permitted per person for the duration of the contest.
The three semi-final designs were selected by the County Flag Contest Selection Committee. The Committee reviewed 137 designs in total. The designs were evaluated based on three criteria: simplicity; color scheme; and narrative.
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Have you been following all the coverage about the fourth industrial revolution – Industry 4.0, as it's sometimes called? Big data, artificial intelligence and robotics will fundamentally change the way products are designed and built and how services are provided. They are already changing how we live and communicate.
Although it is difficult to accurately predict the future, it is clear that jobs in 2030 will be very different from the jobs of today. The technological changes in the workplace mean that education will have to change too, to take advantage of the possibilities of technology for education and to provide a workforce capable of exploiting rapidly evolving technologies.[#pullquote#]Technological changes in the workplace mean that education will have to change too[#endpullquote#]Graduates will need good digital skills and strong digital capabilities and they'll also need well-developed critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving abilities so they can adapt and make sense of their changing world. Moreover, students expect an education experience that reflects the way they live, communicate and learn – that is, driven and enhanced by digital tech.We're calling the education revolution that's needed to deliver this change Education 4.0. We're keen for the UK's universities and colleges to take the opportunity to lead the way and we want to work with them to co-create technological solutions so they can deliver a fulfilling and effective university experience for every student.So, what might Education 4.0 look like? Already, some universities are working on innovative approaches that suggest some answers.Rethinking staff and student rolesOne important theme in Education 4.0 is the need to rethink how teachers best support their students' learning, making the most of uniquely human online or face-to-face interactions, and allowing technology to support where it can. The way in which the digital and physical campuses blend and interact will also be key. We're already seeing a couple of large-scale moves in this direction, aiming to support students to become highly engaged, independent learners.Over the past five years, Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has been reconfiguring its learning spaces to enable teachers to adopt SCALE-UP approaches to learning and teaching. SCALE-UP is an approach to active learning in which groups of nine students work together around a circular table, using shared laptops (in groups of three) to solve problems and address questions, and then share their conclusions with other groups through the technology. Teachers are always present, moving around the room to observe progress, pose questions, offer guidance and intervene when groups or individuals hit difficulties.[#pullquote#]This combination of pedagogy and space seems to be very powerful[#endpullquote#]This combination of pedagogy and space seems to be very powerful and gets results: the approach has been shown in a number of evaluations, including NTU's own, to lead to improved student learning outcomes, including improved conceptual understanding and better problem-solving, as well as improved student satisfaction and lower failure rates. Download the Nottingham Trent University case studyThe University of Northampton is also transforming learning spaces to create learning environments that support its own brand of active blended learning. Northampton's approach is to expose students to a rich blend of learning experiences, including face-to-face teaching, online learning and active student engagement with course content. As Professor Ale Armellini explains: "What matters most is what learners do with content to achieve outcomes. Sense-making is key. Content is not king – context is."Excellent space design and quality teaching are both crucial elements in the mix. At Northampton, traditional-style lecture theatres are consigned to the past. Prof Armellini says this change has been well received and, while it hasn't been a cheap option, it is proving effective. Using smaller, interactive teaching spaces with flexible layouts, and equipped with technology that enables students and staff to connect to screens wirelessly for collaboration, is delivering high levels of student participation.Inevitably, new methods like these call for fresh thinking and the university is working with teaching staff to make sure they are equipped to work differently. They're being supported to identify gaps in their knowledge and skills and to brush up where necessary, enabling them to make creative use of digital resources and tools and to hand routine administrative and assessment tasks over to the technology. The result is more (and higher quality) contact time for students.[#pullquote#]Technology really can enhance the learning experience and support what students are calling for in their education.[#endpullquote#]Education 4.0 offers both students and staff the chance to have more meaningful face-to-face contact; technology really can enhance the learning experience and support what students are calling for in their education.Students at Northampton are generally responding very positively, when they understand the reasons for change. Perhaps surprisingly, quite a number are traditionalists who expect to sit in lecture halls, but they engage well with active learning when communication is effective, the learning pathways are clearly defined and their activities have a well-designed and articulated purpose. Download the University of Northampton case studyStudents as creators and communicators of knowledgeThe University of Edinburgh is giving its students opportunities to play a part on the world stage. The university has a mission to lead Scotland's development of a digitally literate workforce and it has formed a mutually beneficial partnership with Wikimedia as part of its strategy.In place of essays that may be read a couple of times and then forgotten, students studying many different subjects are taking part in 'editathons', creating new Wikipedia entries to disseminate knowledge widely.They're learning digital skills, engaging with the Wikimedia community and discovering how to write for a public audience. The thought of creating outputs that could have real impact and longevity encourages students to think carefully about what they produce and to take pride in it.[#pullquote#]The thought of creating outputs that could have real impact and longevity encourages students to think carefully about what they produce and to take pride in it.[#endpullquote#]For the university and for Wikimedia, this project has potential to further their respective public missions. For example, gender equality is important to both organisations, but Wikipedia's editors are predominantly male and less than 20% of its published biographies are about women.Both Wikimedia and the university are keen to address this and, at a specially themed 'women in science' editathon, a large cohort of predominantly female students created new biographies of notable women. This is a great example of the way in which universities can engage with the role of digital technology in society and develop their civic mission as we move into the era of education 4.0. Download the University of Edinburgh case studyStudent wellbeing is another important area to consider under Education 4.0. At the University of Oxford, Professor Helen Christian has found a cost-effective, easy-to-implement way to reduce stress while helping students achieve more.[#pullquote#]Student wellbeing is another important area to consider under Education 4.0[#endpullquote#]Students in medical sciences and biomedical sciences are taking part in live Q&A sessions using their mobile phones and polling software. Lectures in these subject areas often involve a large number of students but this technique enables lecturers to pose questions and receive answers in real time so the lesson can be adapted if there's a concept that people haven't grasped.Students can also ask their own questions anonymously, without embarrassment, and the full list of questions and the answers is saved automatically so that students have a resource to call on when they revise later. Prof Christian points out that real-time polling identifies problem areas of the curriculum before assessments rather than after, and this helps to reduce exam stress and burnout, ultimately boosting student success. Download the University of Oxford case studyFind out moreThese case studies give a snapshot of how some institutions are reshaping aspects of education to make the most of technology, so that human interaction and effort can be applied where it has most impact.You can read more about how all these institutions are rising to these challenges and there's more about our CEO's thoughts in his blog post on Education 4.0. In addition, Jisc's futurist, Martin Hamilton, has presented to the education select committee's inquiry on Industry 4.0.We'd love to hear views from our members and to have an opportunity to collaborate with them on developing new solutions. Get in touch at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In 2007 the Foxbar Angling Club obtained a modest amount of funding from Strathclyde Police and the Renfrewshire Wardens Service to enable them to hire some mini-buses and small coaches to take hard-to-reach children from the Foxbar area of Paisley on fishing trips.This was done over a period of about a year and included coarse, sea and fly fishing.
The idea was to provide local children with an opportunity to learn about fishing in a supportive and positive environment. Most probably hadn't had this kind of experience before. It provided an enjoyable learning experience with positive role models, with 'fishing' as the 'hook'! The project was delivered by experienced adults in the club. A local fishing tackle shop also provided training on how to use fishing gear and all participants completed water safety training.
The club has been involved in a range of initiatives over the years. For example, the Clyde and Western Region held a coaching event at Erskine introducing youngsters to sea angling. The event was supported by the St. Ninians and Foxbar angling clubs and Sea Angling Coaches from the SFSA Clyde and Western Region under the umbrella of "AFYD ":http://www.afyd.co.uk/ (Angling for Youth Development). From a sea angling perspective this is the first stage in developing a programme to introduce this aspect of fishing and encourage interest in the sport.
Successful strategies
Word of mouth is very effective publicity, and the queues at the mini-buses grew every week. Demand soon outstripped provision! Having club members willing to put in the time was key to being able to run the project. Securing disclosure and parents permission were also crucial. A lot of work was required to deliver the project, so Foxbar teamed up with other fishing clubs to do this in partnership. Fishing is naturally an appealing activity and can provide an invaluable, positive experience for children from more deprived areas who may benefit greatly. The idea of doing it came direct from club members and therefore they enjoyed making a difference.
"I have never seen so many youngsters being so enthusiastic about peeler crabs and rag worms! I think it was a great day out and even better when some fish were caught. It did rain on the day but it didn't deter anyone there as they were full of enthusiasm and desperate to catch a fish. Well done to all involved in organising the event. It is good to see people putting time in at grassroots level to develop interest in the sport of sea angling."
"All of the kids who came along wanted to go on the next fishing trip available."
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Fighting words —
"The Americans refused to perform a polygraph examination."
Russia's state-owned news service, TASS, has published an extraordinarily defamatory article about NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor. The publication claims that Auñón-Chancellor had an emotional breakdown in space, then damaged a Russian spacecraft in order to return early. This, of course, is a complete fabrication.
The context for the article is the recent, near-disastrous docking of the Russian Nauka science module with the International Space Station. The TASS article attempts to rebut criticism in US publications (including Ars Technica) that covered the incident and raised questions about the future of the Roscosmos-NASA partnership in space.
One of a dozen rebuttals in the TASS article concerns a 2018 incident—a 2 mm breach in the orbital module of the Soyuz MS-09 vehicle docked with the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, and NASA's Auñón-Chancellor had flown to the station inside this Soyuz in June. The leak was discovered in late August.
Left unchecked, the small hole would have depressurized the station in about two weeks. Fortunately, cosmonauts were able to patch the hole with epoxy, and the Soyuz spacecraft was deemed safe to fly its crew of three back to Earth.
Attention quickly turned to what had caused the hole to appear. A micrometeoroid strike was ruled out. Some Russian media reported that it had been caused by a manufacturing or testing defect, and this seems to be the most plausible theory. At the same time, however, sources in the Russian government started baseless rumors that perhaps a disgruntled NASA astronaut had drilled the hole.
To obtain more data, two Russian cosmonauts went on a dramatic spacewalk in December 2018 and used knives to cut through the exterior insulation on the Soyuz vehicle. They sampled the site where the hole had been and took high-definition images and GoPro video of the exterior of the leak site to help Russian investigators determine what had caused the hole. Prokopyev, Gerst, and Auñón-Chancellor then returned safely to Earth in the Soyuz at the end of December. If the Russians ever completed their investigation of the hole's cause, they never released it publicly.
In the report published Thursday, however, TASS reopens the case. The format of the story is such that journalist Mikhail Kotov interviews an anonymous "high-ranking official in the Russian space industry." Based upon the comments made by this person, the source is probably the head of the Russian space corporation, Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin.
Here is a translation of the relevant part of the article, completed by Rob Mitchell for Ars. The original article was published in the Russian language:
In order to establish what really happened in the "hole in the Soyuz" incident there were several space walks by Russian cosmonauts back in December 2018. They went to the orbital module of the ship (Soyuz) which had been damaged and performed necessary tests.
Bear in mind that this sort of damage could not have occurred on Earth, because the ship is tested in a vacuum chamber before launch. If there had been any hole the pressure in the ship would have fallen rapidly and it would not have passed the vacuum test. Thus Roscosmos excluded the scenario that Soyuz MS-09 was damaged on Earth.
Concerning the possibility of the hole having been caused while on orbit, it is necessary to take into account several circumstances, says my anonymous source. Firstly, the illness of the female astronaut, which is the first known incident of deep vein thrombosis in orbit, and the fact that Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor had suffered the condition was published in a scientific article only after she had returned to Earth. This could have provoked 'an acute psychological crisis', which could have led to attempts by various means to speed up her return to the planet, according to my anonymous source. Secondly, for some reason unknown to Roscosmos, the video camera at the junction of the Russian and American segments was not working at that time. Thirdly, the Americans refused to perform a polygraph examination, while the Russian cosmonauts were polygraphed. Fourthly, Russia never had an opportunity to study the tools and the drill which are aboard the ISS to see if there are any signs of metal shavings from the hull of our ship's orbital module.
Finally, and fifthly, of eight holes only one went all the way through the hull. The others were skips of the drill, which suggests drilling in weightless conditions without needed support. One hole was drilled in the framework (a transverse rib of the ship's hull), that is, whoever drilled it was not trained in the construction of the Soyuz MS.
There are a number of troubling aspects about this article, particularly as it relates to Dr. Auñón-Chancellor, who was the only female on board the station at the time. First, it publicly reveals her previously undisclosed health condition on orbit, which was successfully treated upon her return to Earth. Then, the TASS article says such a condition could have caused a "psychological crisis" that induced her to want to return to Earth early. The Russian theory here is that, apparently by damaging the Soyuz vehicle, Auñón-Chancellor would impel Russian and NASA authorities to allow her to fly back to Earth immediately.
Then the article asserts that a video camera that could have shown NASA astronauts entering the Russian segment of the space station—where the Soyuz vehicle was docked—may have been tampered with. The article also says NASA astronauts refused a polygraph test about the incident and that Russian cosmonauts were not allowed to assess US tools on the station that may have been used to drill into the ship's hull.
No one is perfect, of course. Astronauts are people, and all people have flaws. But the idea that a NASA astronaut snapped on orbit and decided to drill her way through a pressure module, with only vacuum on the other side, is preposterous.
Also, there is a very reasonable explanation for the hole. The TASS article dismisses the possibility that the problem happened on Earth, before launch. But this is almost certainly what happened. Most likely a technician accidentally damaged the Soyuz spacecraft and sought to cover up this error by applying a makeshift patch, perhaps some form of super glue. Such a patch would have held up during a vacuum chamber test on Earth but eventually failed during prolonged exposure on orbit. And going through repeated thermal cycles in and out of Earth's shadow wouldn't have done the patch any favors. Russia's engineers must know this.
NASA's response to the TASS story, via a space agency statement on Thursday evening, elicits more questions than answers regarding a major charge by a critical space station partner:
All the International Space Station partners are dedicated to mission safety and the welfare of the crew. The International Space Station partners all participate in multiple reviews prior to every major station activity to assess and ensure the safety of all crew members. The hole that was detected in late August 2018 by the space station crew was quickly sealed, restoring air-tight pressure to the station. Russian cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk that December to gather additional engineering data for Russian specialists on Earth and to look externally at the effectiveness of the internal repair. The Soyuz spacecraft was thoroughly checked and deemed safe for the crew to return to Earth, which it did, on Dec. 20, 2018.
To protect their privacy, the agency will not discuss medical information regarding crew members.
This statement does not exonerate Auñón-Chancellor. NASA's public relations folks apparently weighed whether they should stand up for their astronaut and respond to something obviously ridiculous or, for the sake of expediency, avoid getting into a pissing match with Roscosmos. They chose the latter.


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2020 was a challenging year. Businesses, families, and individuals are all affected by the worldwide pandemic that brought huge changes to our lives. For Yeastar, while striving to assist our customers in dealing with unprecedented challenges, we have also broadened our product portfolio and dived deeper into the unified communications trend. Here we would like to share some of our highlight moments in the past year and give you a 2021 sneak peek.
Adapt to the Remote Working Trend
No other time in recent decades like 2020 has made us realize how important it is to stay connected from anywhere – not only with people around us, but also with our team members, clients, partners, and so on. Quite a lot of businesses have been adapting to working from home mode, which boosts the demand for remote working tools.
Back in March 2020, we offered complimentary remote working solutions and helped over 7,000 organizations and companies around the globe stay connected and work remotely. With a suite of remote working-friendly products and services, including Yeastar Cloud PBX, Linkus UC Clients, Linkus Cloud Service, and Remote Management, our customers can rely on us in a work-from-anywhere and hybrid workforce era.
- 300% increase in Linkus usage
- 370% increase in LCS subscribers
- 200% increase in Cloud PBX deployment
Learn more about our work-from-anywhere solution here.
First Global Launch Event for the New P-Series PBX System
This year we have released a brand-new product, P-Series PBX System. After a beta release during which we had received over 500 applications and many valuable feedbacks, we held our very first online launch event in late October, in an effort to bring our partners and customers closer even in such an unprecedented time.
Targeting at SMEs that have higher expectations about business communications, P-Series PBX System is a "PBX-Plus-More" system that converges voice, mobility, presence, web application, collaboration, and more to perform beyond any average PBX system. With superior VoIP capabilities built right in, the P-Series also introduces UC clients, an economical call center solution, an intuitive operator panel, as well as optimal user and administrator experience. It is now available in over 70 countries, and we are very excited that our customers are speaking highly of it.
Major Product Upgrades
- Yeastar S-Series VoIP PBX, Cloud PBX, and K2 IP-PBX can fully integrate with Microsoft Teams, enabling Teams users to make and receive internal and external calls directly on the Teams App while enjoying a variety of advanced calling features. Users on Yeastar PBX System and Teams can seamlessly communicate with one another as regular extensions do.
- We have added the Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) feature to makes it possible for easy click-to-dial from your Linkus Desktop Client while still using a physical desk phone. You can also make other call operations like call transfer, hold, record, and more within simple clicks of the mouse on the computer user interface.
- The Contacts feature provides a free phone-system-native phone book in which you can easily keep details of your Company/Personal contacts, organize shared directory, sync to softphone and IP Phone*, benefit from caller ID match, and facilitate speed dial – all in one platform.
- The Hot Desking feature has also been supported to allows office workers to log in to a shared desk phone and use it like their own – with access to personal extension account, voicemails, contacts, and other settings. Your extension is whatever phone you're currently logged into.
Learn more about our product updates here.
642 Webinars and Online Training
Webinars and online training are always the important ways we share information with our partners and customers. Especially this year, online meetings make it easier and safer to self-study and improve skills without the need of traveling around. Altogether 642 webinars and online training activities were held in 2020, including webinars held by our training partners.
Here are the 5 most welcomed on-demand webinars that resonate with our audience in 2020.
- Get to Know Yeastar VoIP PBX Solutions
- Get to Know Yeastar PBX Highlight Features
- Get to Know Yeastar Remote Management
- Get to Know Linkus UC Solution
- Get to Know Yeastar VoIP Gateway
70+ Weekly Updated Videos
We've been committed to crafting our YouTube channel an informative, helpful, and interesting learning hub for not only Yeastar users but all industry players. In 2020, we have updated several new video series, such as "Working from Home", "What Is", "Troubleshooting", and a list of videos featuring the newly launched P-Series PBX System. Subscribe now to watch more. Here are some of the most-view videos released in the past year.
- What is NAT?
- Call Center Solution on Yeastar P-Series PBX System | Introduction
- Operator Panel on Yeastar P-Series PBX System | Introduction
- Troubleshooting – One Way Audio or No Audio on Remote Extension
- Microsoft Teams & Yeastar Integration Solution Introduction & Configuration Guide
Awards & Recognitions
- TMC, a global, integrated media company, awarded Yeastar S-Series VoIP PBX a 2020 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.
- Yeastar Linkus UC Clients was named as a 2020 TMCnet Teleworking Solutions Excellence Award winner presented by TMC.
- Yeastar Cloud & On-premises PBX won the Best-Product prizes – Reader's Choice ICT Product of the Year 2020 by Funkchau, one of the most renowned specialist magazines in the ICT industry.
- Yeastar won the Best Value Award for SME premises and hosted PBX in the report researched by Eastern Management Group, one of the most experienced communications technology research firms in the US.
- Eastern Management Group also awarded Yeastar of the Best Purchase Experience Award for SME hosted and premises PBX.
- We were shortlisted for the Best SME Telephony System of the year by Comms National Awards, which is the second time we entered this award.
- We were shortlisted for the Vendor Channel Marketing Team of the Year by the Comms Dealer Sales & Marketing Awards.
See more awards and recognitions we have received for our product excellence and for business performance.
What to Expect in 2021
The year 2020 has changed the way we work forever. Remote working is an inevitable trend; we'll see more demands for the cloud and unified communications solutions in the future. Any industry players must go on to catch up with the trend to stay relevant, for those who fail to do this may be phased out – also learned from exits of several traditional PBX manufacturers in the past few years.
For Yeastar, with changes there always come opportunities. In 2021, we are going to unveil more robust and future-proof offerings to equip SMEs and the agile workforce. Stay tuned for our P-Series PBX System! Awesome features including video conferencing, web-based calls, and enhanced service for remote access are around the corner and you can expect more in the following months.
We are looking forward to continuously building joint success with our partners in the years to come. From Yeastar Team, may you all have a happy and healthy new year!


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All credit to the Trojans. I was skeptical for reasons I'll outline in a moment, but that was a tremendous performance.
They made the Big Ten champ look silly once again. This time is was Penn State, but it might as well have been Ohio State, Illinois or Michigan.
The Trojans are the best big-game team in America, quite possibly in any sport. They embrace the pressure and thrive under the spotlight.
And once again we're left wondering whether the Trojans are the best team in the country. Would they win an eight/four-team playoff? Would they beat the Florida-Oklahoma winner under a Plus-One model thaty might eventually be adopted by the BCS honchos?
I thought that was the case last year — I thought the Trojans would have beaten LSU or Georgia. But I'm not so sure this year.
It's a topic worth addressing after the BCS concludes next week, that's for sure.
Anyhow, back to USC's performance in the Rose Bowl.
Kudos to:
* Pete Carroll, who got his team amped up for the Rose Bowl for the umpteenth time. I'm mildly surprised USC brought its A-game this time around because it seemed like the Trojans were quietly hoping for a trip to the Fiesta Bowl to face Texas.
Having played in, and stomped on, Big Ten teams in the Rose Bowl year after year, I thought they'd be bored and sloppy, and that Penn State might have a chance to win because of it.
I'm of the belief that Carroll's fun-loving, loose-ship approach benefits the Trojans on the big stage, because they're so relaxed, and hurts them on the small stage (ie: Oregon State and Stanford), because they're too relaxed (or lethargic/uninterested/lackadaisical).
* Mark Sanchez, who in the days leading up to the game talked about the possibility of jumping to the NFL.
That's often a sign of a player whose priorities aren't in order, but Sanchez was super sharp against Penn State, especially in the decisive second quarter – he played like a first-round pick. My guess is that this was his last college game.
He might not go ahead of Sam Bradford or Matthew Stafford, but he should be the third quarterback off the board in April.
* Steve Sarkisian, who has been criticized in this space for a so-so performance in charge of USC's offense the past few years.
While I still believe that's true — the Trojans' production, on the whole, has not matched their awesome talent – Sarkisian called a terrific game and had his unit executing magnificently.
Usually, it's fairly easy to predict when the Trojans will run and pass, use play-action, whatever. But there were several instances today in which they threw when they'd normally run.
That seemed to catch the Nittany Lions off guard and allowed Sanchez to get into a rhythm.
Again: Awesome performance by 'SC. The Trojans went to another level in the second quarter and Penn State couldn't follow.


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InHerSight asked recruiter Marjorie Kalomeris of MK Career Coaching to share advice on negotiating for the first time. These are her answers, in her own words. Are you a recruiter with job advice to share? Email our managing editor Beth Castle at firstname.lastname@example.com for consideration.
What's your elevator pitch?
Hi! I'm Marjorie Kalomeris, a tech recruiter and a career coach for women of color. I spent the first six years of my career in recruiting at LinkedIn, where I learned the art of negotiating offers from the best of the best in Silicon Valley. I have since relocated to Europe and have lived in both Ireland and the Netherlands. I've hired hundreds of people to work in tech. I now work for an Andreessen-Horowitz-backed Series D scaleup in Amsterdam called Optimizely. I started my own side-hustle this year, MK Career Coaching, since I'm extremely passionate about helping women of color get a foot in the door and find their dream job from anywhere in the world!
Let's talk about negotiating your salary. InHerSight data shows half of women have never done so before. Why is it important to negotiate?
Negotiating every single offer, starting with your very first offer, is extremely important. There are two reasons for this. First off, negotiation is a muscle, and it requires practice. Most people only encounter under a handful of high-stakes negotiations in their life, and they are largely unprepared when those conversations do arise. Second, and most important, is that each salary you accept becomes your jumping off point for your salary expectations in your next role. This can have huge compounding effects over time, and each missed opportunity to negotiate could be costing you tens of thousands of dollars, if not more, over the course of your life.
How should first-time negotiators prepare for the conversation?
Preparation and practice are key to feeling comfortable going into your first negotiation. Prepare by doing your research on the company to understand both the salary ranges and the other perks and benefits they offer. Each package is more than just the salary—what are the bonuses available? Do they offer other perks like a regular wellness/gym stipend? Do your due diligence to understand what life looks like for employees at the company you're negotiating with. I recommend practicing in two ways: First, write down what you want, how you're going to say it, and how you would respond to potential pushback from the recruiter. Second, grab a friend or someone you trust and practice actually saying the words! You're not so much looking for their feedback, as really getting comfortable with a real-life scenario.
What resources should women use to figure out salary information so they make a fair ask?
What a great question! Because you should never go into a negotiation without some information to frame your ask. Everyone will tell you to start with some basic Google searches and websites like Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Comparably, etc., but I find a lot of the information to be inconsistent and often misleading (ie., a sales role could only capture base salary, but not the commission structure). I find the best thing to do is to ask people. Ideally someone you know at the company, if that applies to you. Ask men and women if you can. If you don't have access to folks at the company, ask people who work at competitors in similar roles. Get around 5–10 data points, and then you have something tangible you can reference when the recruiter asks you your expectations, and then follows up with, How did you come to that number?
Read more: How to Ask Someone How Much Money They Make
What should women expect to happen when they negotiate? What's a normal amount of awkwardness or pushback?
Pushback is definitely normal, but remember, no respectable business is going to take away an offer due to negotiation, if done carefully and thoughtfully. A normal response could look like, You know, this offer is already at the higher end of what we would be able to offer.
Upon further probing and after you ask gently for more, you could hear something like, Okay, I'll have to check with our team and see what we can do. It's already high in our bands, but let me ask and come back to you.
And that's it! You wait to see what they say, and go from there. The worst that happens is that they come back and say no, and you still have an offer on the table.
If a salary bump is a no-go, what are some other things women can negotiate to make a job offer more appealing?
If you've asked for a salary bump and gotten a no, there are other things you can negotiate. Flexible working or remote working is one to ask about if it appeals to you, especially in this post-COVID era. Can you work remotely from a different setting for a few months a year? Permanently? Other levers to think about include asking about their internal bonus structure, equity, or potential sign-on bonuses. Although sign-ons can be exciting, remember that they are one shot and will not be repeated in future years, so try and negotiate for things that will increase your annual take-home pay and your quality of life at work. How about an education stipend to take an external course? This most likely comes from a different cost center, and could actually lead to a certificate that will move your career forward in the long run.
Read more: How to Expertly Negotiate Your Start Date
I negotiate every time, but I tend to find the process to be deflating—or de-energizing, perhaps—because I feel like I'm risking rejection from something I really want. For women out there who feel the same way, any good pointers on shifting that mindset?
This is an excellent question, because negotiation is deflating! We're not used to it, no one particularly enjoys it, and it can be a source of fear and frustration. So first off, acknowledge that it is extremely normal to be stressed out before going into a negotiation. The biggest mindset shift I can offer is for you to remember that any offer, no matter the outcome, is a cause for celebration. Both sides are (almost!) on the same team! The recruiter likely wants to make you happy, wants to make sure you accept, and ultimately wants to fill the role. So make it easy for them by offering up options, asking questions, and acting like you're on the same side of the table, because you are.


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Voice of Russia
August 31, 2011
Libya: Another country for NATO to take root in
John Robles
Interview conducted on August 27 with Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO website and mailing list and a contributing writer to Global Research.ca.
Can you shed a little light on the situation in Libya, in particular with NATO?
As you know, I'm in Chicago, not in Tripoli, so I'm observing events from afar. Yet there is an old Roman expression which says the game is best viewed by the spectator. So, what I have to say I think is trying to situate developments in Libya, whatever they are on the ground, within both a regional and an international context.
And, within that framework, we know that the African Union has refused recognition to the so-called Transitional National Council, consisting of what by all accounts is a fairly motley, heterogeneous grouping of anti-government forces in Libya, aided and abetted by major NATO powers like France, Britain, the U.S. and Italy and by Persian Gulf monarchies like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
So, the fact that the African continent, on which Libya is located, has collectively refused recognition to the new rebel regime is significant, as is the fact that the Russian Foreign Ministry has voiced its concerns and its opposition to any plans that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization may entertain for placing troops on the ground in Libya, ostensibly under the guise of a peacekeeping or stabilization force, but also more prominently voiced some concerns about the prospect of NATO military facilities being authorized by the forces opposed to Gaddafi.
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The layers that make up your car paint are relatively tough.
However, a lack of care will result in a dull and oxidised finish.
Car paint requires some TLC in order for it to look relatively fresh, even after a few years.
But what's a car owner to do when our beloved rides are subject to daily contamination?
In no particular order, here are five things you must avoid, or immediately clean when they touch your car.
Car paint nightmare #1: Bird poop
There's nothing more annoying that seeing bird droppings hit your freshly waxed paintwork.
Left untouched, the bird poop will seep into the pores of your car's paint.
As your paint cools, it "moulds" itself around the poop.
Baked by the sun, you'll end up with what seems like etchings, even after the bulk of the stain is removed.
Car paint nightmare# 2: Tree sap
Bird poop is hard to remove, but tree sap can prove even harder.
Depending on the tree species, the sap in question can be as sticky as glue.
Removing it, especially after it has been baked by the sun, may require a professional detailer.
Imagine what happens when other contaminants land on the tree sap stains.
The whole thing may seem impossible to clean.
Car paint nightmare #3: Paint
There's always something being constructed in Singapore.
It's impossible not to drive by road works or a building construction site.
However, the latter can be more dangerous than the tar and loose asphalt strewn around resurfaced roads.
One of our contributor's cars was actually hit by drops of paint from a construction site.
Luckily, when contacted, the contractor responsible offered to pay for the damages.
Car paint nightmare #4: Tipper trucks
Next to road works and work sites, tipper trucks are a bane to freshly waxed finishes.
No matter how they're cleaned, they always seem to drop soil, rocks and pebbles.
Beware of fully laden (or overladen) tipper trucks as they tend to "spit" out more of these things.
It gets even worse when it's raining and you follow one.
The road spray, mud and rocks are just awful.
Of course, it won't be as bad as a cement mixer dropping semi-dry or fully hardened bits of concrete!
Car paint nightmare #5: Careless passengers/motorists/riders
Often, we cannot choose who we park next to.
I always say a prayer after locking and leaving my own car.
I'm paranoid about coming back to ding- and scratched-filled doors due to inconsiderate drivers or passengers.
This is why you should be careful where you park.
A good tip is to avoid the lowest floors, spaces next to entrances/lift lobbies/escalators.
These are usually taken up by people in a hurry.
And some of these folks won't think twice about bumping your door with theirs.
We've even heard one of our ex-colleagues say that his estate's carpark is filled with entitled drivers.
These motorists tend to feel that certain carpark spaces are theirs.
And if they see other cars in "their space", they will not hesitate to ding or even key the car paint.