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The nose is equipped with in-built air filters which are mainly fleshy structures present in the form of three pairs to help in filtering, moistening, and warming up the inhaled air. These fleshy pairs present inside the nose are known as turbinates.
Presence of healthy turbinates is very important for the good health of every person. However, if turbinates swell up, or gets displaced, or become enlarged then it might lead to nasal pathway obstruction as well as many other troubles like breathing, pain, and blockage etc.
Although, some sort of allergies or infections usually triggers enlargement of these turbinates1, However, in a few cases, weather or temperature changes or medications, pregnancy or thyroid hormone changes, fatigue, and even stress can also cause chronic irritation of turbinates making them swell up. Troubled turbinates further cause obstruction and nasal congestion which ultimately increases pressure sensation inside the nose and all over the face.
There are no fixed symptoms of turbinate swelling but mostly its common symptoms include headaches, facial pain, tiredness, and fatigue along with irregular or poor sleeping patterns. Snoring or sleeping issues are also caused by swelling of turbinates and blockage of the nasal path. The enlargement of turbinates even affects the mouth by making it dry and even causing dryness in the throat. Turbinate swelling can easily block up the sinus drainage which can trigger all sinus symptoms and the condition might even become so severe in few cases that it might require sinus surgery along with a turbinate reduction to relieve all the unwanted symptoms.
What Causes Turbinates to Swell?
Mostly issues with turbinates vary from one person to another. However, mild breathing issues resolve on its own with time while on the medical treatment. There are some reversible causes or turbinates which reappear again and again with time and sometimes medical treatment helps in resolving it and sometimes it might not. Some of the causes of turbinate enlargement which is not easy to reverse without surgery include:
- Chronic infections
- Severe allergies
- Anatomical structural issues of the nose
- Some effects of the medications
- People with septoplasty are usually recommended for turbinate reduction to rectify deviated septum. Since the deviation of septum causes a compression pressure over the turbinates and even cause breathing troubles.
- Crucial weather alteration effects etc.
Why Turbinate Reduction is Necessary Post Swelling of Turbinates?
The main cause of turbinate swelling is allergy or infection but medications can help to eliminate and to cure such infections or allergies. However, there are certain cases in which the real cause is sometimes not known and hence the turbinates need to be treated by reduction. Even in other cases as well when the turbinates swell so much that it imposes an obstruction than the only resolution left is a turbinate reduction.
Although, it is always recommended that medical treatment for managing turbinates must be tried first before reaching out for any surgical procedure. Medical treatment options like taking antihistamines, corticosteroids, and decongestants etc. are suggested while treating stuffy nose and preventing rhinitis. But such medical treatments usually provide a temporary relief from the symptoms instead of causing side effects like drowsiness, burning sensation, and reoccurrence of nasal congestion after stopping the therapy.
Surgical measures for turbinate reduction is recommended by the doctors only if turbinates do not respond towards the medications or if long term medication therapy causes side effects. Few other surgical options including steroid injections and laser turbinate reduction etc. are also available besides the turbinate reduction surgery procedure. In severe cases of turbinate reduction, submucous section or partial resection is required and in rare cases, septum surgery is also accompanied in order to improve the breathing capability of the patient.
Turbinate reduction helps in mainly opening up the blocked airway nasal passage and hence relieves all related symptoms.
How Long Does It Take to Recover From Turbinate Reduction?
Recovery time or a healing period after any particular surgery is different for every individual. Since it is dependent upon how a person's body reacts towards medicines and adopts changes along with precautions. Similarly recovery period for turbinate reduction also varies specifically from person to person and for less invasive reduction the healing is quick with early recovery. It might take nearly 3 to 4 weeks for the new scar tissue to heal inside the nose, whereas in a detailed invasive reduction surgery of turbinate longer recovery period of unto 6 months can be noticed in a few people. Initially a few weeks after the invasive turbinate reduction surgery, nostrils are properly packed up with gauze to keep tissues intact and promote healing at once place. So the overall recovery period might vary significantly between 3 to 6 months in invasive surgery.
A doctor prescribes a few medications to help with pain. So, the recommended pain medications are to be taken at the same dosage until it is suggested to reduce. Since post-surgery pain management is mandatory to keep the person relaxed which further promotes early healing, several precautions are also suggested to prevent excessive bleeding and avoid swelling by avoiding extensive strenuous exercise and even avoiding nose blow out for a few weeks post-surgery. Keeping the head little elevated during sleep and other activities like changing clothes or fastening them up carefully are certain things to be followed to avoid any irritation in the nose and keeping it safe. Similarly, several other small things need to be taken care of in order to avoid any complication post turbinate reduction and this even avoids longer recovery periods.
The swelled up turbinates or enlarged turbinates require immediate treatment, and initially medications are the first line of treatment for the same. If that does not work to produce effective results than only turbinate reduction surgery is recommended by the doctor. Selecting the type of turbinate reduction is something which must be done by the doctor as per the need of the patient. Further, measures must be taken to follow all instructions to minimize the recovery period and promote healing without leading into any complication just because of carelessness.
- Clark DW, Del Signore AG, Raithatha R, Senior BA. Nasal airway obstruction: prevalence and anatomic contributors. Ear Nose Throat J. 2018 Jun. 97 (6):173-6.


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When level design goes awry
Exploring Dusk and the thrill of the surreal.
Years ago, I interviewed a level designer who had originally trained as an architect, which these days is not an uncommon career trajectory. I asked him about the benefits his skillset brought to 3D level design. He talked about how it helped with approaching scale and structural integrity and creating a rational space.
Then I asked him about what the personal benefits of creating virtual building were. "If you design a building in a game and it falls down," came his simple response, "it cannot kill anyone, and you don't go to prison."
It was a pragmatic reply from a pragmatic person. But underneath it is another meaning - you can build anything you want. In virtual 3D space, the laws of physics don't apply unless you tell them to, and that means you can design any structure that you like.
This thought has always stuck with because games, especially big-budget games, generally don't do this. Instead, they use all that white space to create believable worlds. Rolling mountain ranges, grid-based cities, sun-dappled forests, quaint English villages. They've become incredibly good at this - I don't want to trivialise the remarkable talent of today's visual artists and designers. But a side-effect of this constant push to make games spatially believable is that they struggle when it comes to representing the unbelievable.
If you want an example of this, you need look no further than the Floating Islands phenomenon. It's as if there's been a tacit agreement amongst level designers that any psychedelic, hallucinogenic, or otherwise surreal experience in a video-game is best represented by jumping between some floating islands. I've played almost identical sequences in multiple games, ranging from the Scarecrow scenes in Batman to the encounter with Scorpion in Spider-Man, from the Outsider sections of Dishonored to most of The Evil Within 2.
Every time I see this trope, I wonder why the designer in question opted for this approach. Level designers rarely have a blank canvas to work with, so when they do, why do I keep seeing variations of these almost identical themes? I don't think it's laziness, because the idea of a lazy game developer is something of an oxymoron. No, I think it's because modern level designers are so used to thinking in rigid structural forms that it's difficult to suddenly change that way of thinking when those forms no longer apply.
As a result, they latch onto the most immediate metaphor. What clearer way to represent a character's fragmenting reality than to literally break up the ground beneath their feet? This undoubtedly gets the point across, but it does so in the dullest vessel imaginable. They're tedious to look at and to navigate - a forward facing platform sequence that would struggle to qualify as a puzzle. Moreover, it's just deflating.
There are better ways to represent this stuff, and one game that demonstrates how is Dusk. Oh boy, let me talk about Dusk. Released as 2018 was dying like a gut-shot demon, Dusk is first-person shooter inspired by early-3D 90s examples of the form - particularly Quake, but also games like Hexen, Half-Life and (yes I know it's not a shooter) Thief.
Dusk features all the things you'd expect a 90s shooter to have: pacey movement, splattery giblets, and character models that look like they've been beaten into shape with a ball-peen hammer. Indeed, Dusk deliberately imitates the look of Quake-era shooters, stripping back decades of visual sheen to reveal the raw, aliased geometry beneath, and building its world out of simple, abstract shapes.
In itself, this is nothing special. But Dusk then takes these basic building blocks and runs wild with them. The first of Dusk's three episodes is designed to set the tone, which is inspired by backwoods American horror movies like The Hills Have Eyes and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's a spooky, atmospheric nostalgia trip that plays all the classic hits, from "Secret Door That Looks Like a Wall." to "Spinning Key That Triggers Enemy Spawn".
What you don't know at this point is that Dusk has barely started. From the second episode onward, Dusk gradually unspools its own spatial logic, ceasing to imitate the conventions established in the nineties, and beginning to evolve beyond them. Take Escher Labs, the name of which alone should give you some idea of what lies ahead. It starts off as a nod to Half-Life's Black Mesa, with sensibly tiled corridors leading to various scientific labs. But as you explore the level layout shifts and warps. Walls becomes floors and floors become ceilings, while entire rooms are laid on their side and stacked end on end, connected by webs of staircases.
Escher Labs is admittedly playing off another majestic example of virtual surrealism, Thief: The Dark Project's mission The Sword. But this isn't a simple homage; it uses this dual tribute as a jumping off point to go in an entirely different direction. Indeed, the combination of influences is highly symbolic, pushing away the logical layouts of Half-Life in favour of the extraordinary strangeness of Thief.
From this point onward, Dusk begins to play a whole new set of tunes, such as "What Happened to the Floor?" "Why is Gravity Backwards?" and my personal favourite "Where the Fuck is Up?" The second episode takes you from deep inside the belly of an infernal meat-grinder up to the rusting, skybound facilities of Neobabel, which are connected to Earth via a stratosphere-piercing lift on the roof of a giant, arena-like reactor room.
The third episode, meanwhile, descends into outright cosmic horror, transporting you to a Hexen-like medieval realm. Highlights here include the City of Shadows, an impossible gothic townscape where the buildings seem to tumble over one another like an urban magma flow, while the vertical maze of Fire and Ice has as an almost biblical sense of scale to it, a shooting range designed by Dante. Toward the end of the game, the level design folds in on itself entirely, returning to earlier concepts and ideas, but twisting and merging them together into nightmarish corruptions of what you've previously witnessed. It's astonishingly good.
It's easy to dismiss this as simply an "old-skool" approach to level design, where the emphasis was on creating a space that was interesting to navigate rather than convincing to look at. But it's important to remember that those games were themselves pushing the cutting edge of 3D graphics technology. Dusk, on the other hand, makes a deliberate effort to advance a style that those games created out of necessity.
This is why I think it's important as a modern game, not merely a throwback. It imagines an alternate timeline where the industry prioritised spatial design over visual design, where instead of making games like Half Life and Call of Duty and post-DMA Grand Theft Auto, which increasingly codified virtual worlds in a realistic visual language, it made games like Dusk which sought not to immerse players in a virtual place, but to challenge them with it. It's a world world that doesn't blow mind because it looked so real, but because it defies everything you intuit about how the world works.


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17 Americans Attend First Tour Operators Convention in Iran
TEHRAN – Seventeen American tour operators and media were amongst a group of 120 tour operators and travel media from 48 countries who attended the first international tour operators convention organised by the Iranian tourism industry late last month.
They found a country which is completely different from that which they read about in the newspapers. Mr Esfandyar Mashayi, Vice President of Iran and Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, said the convention was designed to provide the "best opportunity for cooperation, coordination and familiarity with the truths and facts on Iran of today and yesterday."
The operators came from many parts of Europe, North America and Japan. They included traditional markets like the UK, France and Germany, as well as potential new markets like Russia, South Africa, Georgia and Armenia. In Asia, tour operators were invited from India, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Hong Kong. This columnist was the only travel industry journalist from ASEAN invited on the trip.
The American travel industry contingent hailed the fact that throughout the trip, they were all treated with courtesy and hospitality. Although some of them chose to bear name-tags identifying themselves as citizens of other nationalities, others had no problem being seen as Americans.
The convention was intended to help Iran show the world the reality of life in the country in spite of the economic sanctions and enhance the process of diversifying its income sources for a population of 66 million people.
The event was held in the Tehran convention centre originally built for the Organisation of Islamic Conference summit in 1997. After a day of speeches outlining tourism development policies and future plans, the visitors were taken on a whirlwind tour of Kish Island, Shiraz and Isfahan.
Visas on arrivals were arranged for those who had come at short notice, as many of them had. Special charters were used for internal flights. Guests saw a country that was pretty much operating as normal. In spite of fuel rationing, traffic in Tehran was as chaotic as ever.
The trip encountered a number of logistical glitches were encountered, mainly involving sudden, unexplained changes in programmes and schedules. In a debriefing session later, the visitors offered the hosts tips and recommendations on ways to improve their planning and organisation procedures.
The impact of sanctions is clearly visible, both for better and worse. There are no Starbucks, Marriotts, McDonalds or any of the otherwise ubiquitous "brand" signage. On the other hand, Internet availability is restricted and Thai mobile phones may encounter network problems.
International credit cards are not accepted anywhere although efforts are underway to bypass this through some kind of local arrangement, perhaps a topping up scheme, with a local bank. Credit cards and ATM machines for local citizens are freely available.
According Dr. Harsh Varma, Director, Department of Development Assistance, UN World Tourism Organisation. "Iranian tourism has recorded an impressive growth over the last few years culminating in 2.1 million international arrivals in 2007. All trends clearly indicate that this growth will continue in the coming years as well."
He added, "The heritage of the ancient Persian Empire and the highly influential role which Iran played in the development of the ancient Silk Road lends the country with a compelling attractiveness. Iran is also advantageously located on the borders of Asia and the Middle East, and a short-haul distance from major source European source markets."
Iran is becoming popular with globe-trotters who have completed the traditional been-there, done-that circuit and want to see something new.
Asked what he felt to be the biggest problem related to promoting tourism to Iran, Akbar Ghamkhar, chairman of the Tehran Tour and Travel Agencies Association said, "The propaganda."
Inspite of the vilification of the country in the international media, he said, "98% of the visitors tell us that what they see and experience in the country has no bearing on reality. In fact, he said, they find the country to be safer than their own countries back home."
Mr Shirish Trivedi of Carlson Wagonlits Travel in the US said he lived in Shiraz as an engineer for Westinghouse in the the pre-revolution period. Evacuated only a few days before the ousting of the former Shah, Mr Trivedi said he had found that little had changed, and heaped praise on the Iranians for their hospitality and friendliness.
Mr Arvind Dhar, MD of Travcare, Johannesburg, South Africa, said he saw potential for pilgrimage trips to the various Islamic shrines by the Muslim population in South Africa with side visits to the many other world heritage sites.
A Chinese travel agent said Iran would boom for Chinese visitors once it gains approved destination status. She said that at the moment most of the visitors were business travellers.
Angela Ng, MD of Blue Sky Travel Services, in Hong Kong said that as a new destination and potential new revenue source, it was important to offer Iran to clients. However, she said the dress code restrictions and other factors such as curbs on alcohol would have to be properly explained in advance.


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Still this sounds rad none the less.
This Thursday, in Fringe Forum director Richard Mockler and composer Craig Mills will screen and discuss Wild Things, a documentary exploring the contentious issue of wild dogs, through the work of ANU PhD student Amanda Stuart and her Canberra public artwork, bush pack nil tenure.
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He was 89, born in Denison, Texas, and died at Norwalk Meadows Dec. 12. He was the owner of Dixon Crane Service, Inc.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah Dixon; and a son, Steve Dixon.
Burial will follow at Forest Lawn in Long Beach. Arrangements are by the Miller-Mies Mortuary of Downey.
She was 84, born in New York, N.Y., and was a member of St. Raymond's Church of Downey.
Survivors include five children and their spouses, Phil Presicci and wife Bonnie of Downey, Angelo Presicci of San Francisco, Marie Reinald and husband Bob of Riverside, Richard Presicci and wife Elizabeth of Ashland, Oregon, Lydia Trinone and husband Charles of Huntington Beach; brothers Salvatore and Emilio; sisters Martha and Repuldina, all of New York; eight grandchildren, and one married-in grandchild.
Father Steve Davoren officiated. Burial followed at All Souls Cemetery in Long Beach. Arrangements were by the Miller-Mies Mortuary of Downey.
She was 85, born Jan. 26, 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died at Whittier Hospital Dec. 14.
Survivors include her sons, James (Lois) of Escondido, William (Patricia) of Texas, Thomas (Joann) of Missouri and Robert of Texas; a brother, John Flerlage of Chicago; nine grandchildren, 13-great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Charlene Roche of Downey.
The Rev. John B. Toay officiated. After cremation, interment will take place in Sunland Memorial Park in Sun City, Arizona.
He was 84 born in Tooele, Utah, Aug. 12, 1914, and died Dec. 12 in Downey Commmunity Hospital.
He was a former resident of South Gate, and was a veteran of the U..S. Army in World War II, serving in the European and African Theaters with the 2012th Ord. Maint. Company.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; his children, Louis (Pat) Ambrose of Carmichael; Robert (Linda) Ambrose of Walnut Creek; Richard (Rosalie) Barber of Cerritos, Diane Cunningham of Cherry Valley, and Kathleen (Rick) Hart of Cerritos; 21 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren; sisters Josephine Erickson and Anne Hansen of Utah, and Frances Vidmar of Goleta.
Arrangements are by the Downey Zrelak Family Mortuary.
She was 97, born Jan. 13, 1901 in Charlestown, Indiana.
She taught school in Indiana for 17 years prior to her marriage, and received an Indiana State Life License to teach elementary grades. She was a homemaker after marriage, but also volunteered in Downey schools during the 1940s and 1950s. She also helped with the family lumber company business, Clearwater Lumber Co. Inc., in Paramount, founded by her husband, John H. Peterson in the 1930s. Following his death in 1961 she and her two children continued with the business for 14 years before selling it.
She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Downey, where she taught Sunday school. She was a member of the Green Tree Tavern Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in Charlestown, Indiana, a member of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem-Gethsemane Shrine No. 79, a Million Dollar Club Member of the Downey Community Hospital Memorial Trust Fund, a financial supporter of the Historical Landmarks of Indiana and the Clark's Grant Historical Society in Indiana. She made numerous contributions over the years, including one room of the Downs House, a historical home in Charlestown, Indiana, which now bears her name.
Survivors include her son, John H. Peterson, Jr.; a daughter-in-law Ingrid; a daughter, Betty Bewak; son-in-law Robert; grandchildren John H. Peterson III, Jenni Peterson, Andrea Bewak and Monica Bewak.
The Rev. David Q. Hall officiated. A private family burial service was held at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood. Arrangements were by the Miller-Mies Mortuary of Downey.
She was 92, born Sept. 7, 1906 in Wellsville, Utah, and was a longtime resident of Downey prior to her move six years ago.
She was a longtime teacher at Imperial Elementary, and was an active member of the 3rd Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Survivors include sons, Charles Adams of Santa Maria, Joseph Adams of Bellflower, Henry Adams of Wildomar; a daughter, Linda Norman of Chino; 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Visitation will be tonight (Friday, Dec. 18) from 5 to 9 p.m., and tomorrow prior to the services at the Allen-English & Estrada Funeral Service, Bell Gardens. The funeral services at the church will be followed by burial at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
He was 42, born Oct. 20, 1956 at Downey Community Hospital.
He underwent a serious brain operation in 1990 from which he never fully recovered.
He attended Jordan Elementary School, Starbuck Junior High, and Lowell High School, and played freshman football and baseball at Lowell. He was the catcher on the Leffingwell Majors Little League team that won the Whittier City Championship in 1968. He won the Los Compadres award at Lowell High in the field of science and math. Brian continued his studies at U.C. Irvine in chemistry and taught freshman chemistry at the University of Illinois before pursuing a doctorate in chemistry at U.C. Berkeley.
Following graduation from U.C. Berkeley, he worked at Hewlett-Packard. An accomplished hunter and fisherman he was a member of the Boy Scouts at Friends Church. He enjoyed the John Muir Trail, hiking throughout the High Sierras.
Survivors include his daughter, Kristen of Portland, Ore.; his mother and father, Jan and Don Raine of Whittier; a sister, Ellen Burkhart of Orinda; his grandfather, Charles Raine and his aunt, Patricia Clark, both of Downey; and his uncle, Gene Raine of Huntington Beach.
The Rev. Gary Beard of the United Methodist Church of Downey officiated.
Arrangements were by the Downey Zrelak Family Mortuary.
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2012 Jereh Annual Meeting was grandly held on the last day of 2012, themed by "Jereh in the World, the World of Jereh". Over 2,500 employees from all Jereh subsidiaries together with their family members gathered in Yantai to celebrate the harvest year of 2012 and welcome the New Year.
David Sun, Chairman and CEO of Jereh Group delivered a speech in the meeting to overview Jereh's work in 2012 and summarize the performance and awards Jereh has achieved in the whole year. Meanwhile, David also pointed out the existing problems Jereh faces and put forward expectations for every department and division in 2013. During the past year, Jereh keeps the high growth rate with several business indicators exceeding the annual target. David hopes every person in Jereh could keep up the good working attitude and make more progress in the New Year.
At the Annual Meeting, Jereh also awarded the excellent employees and teams for their good performance during the past year.
After the awarding ceremony, talented Jereh people gave us wonderful performances by singing, dancing, instrument playing, magic show, short play, etc. to celebrate the coming New Year.
Chairman David Sun Delivered a Speech
Winners of "Golden Prize" for 10 Years' Service
Winners of "Golden Prize" for 5 Years' Service
2012 Excellent Employees
Chorus the Song of Jereh
Folk Song Singing and Dancing
Short Play Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow


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Flat bottom for stability and ease of use. Measures approximately: 9 1/2" (L) x 4 3/4" (H) x 4 1/2 (D). The item "Coach Leather Travel Kit Toiletry Shave Bag NWT $175 Black F58542" is in sale since Friday, August 11, 2017. This item is in the category "Clothing, Shoes & Accessories\Men\Men's Accessories\Bags".
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The story of TreeDependent started 10 years ago when the GreenDependent team first planted trees to partly compensate for the carbon footprint of our monthly event, the Gödöllő Climate Club. In the following years, GreenDependent got more and more into tree planting, at the beginning to take responsibility for and compensate the carbon footprint of its own events and training programmes. It was in 2015 that we first planted trees and calculated the carbon emissions related to an event organised not by GreenDependent: a Climate KIC organised event on carbon footprint. Since then every year we work together with an increasing number of organizations, companies and individuals to calculate the carbon emissions of their activities and help take responsibility for it through planting native fruit trees.
In the sping of 2020 we are organizing the planting of 2093 trees to compensate for the carbon footprint of activities such as international conferences, annual Christmas celebration, business lunches, training events, webshop order post deliveries, air flights, etc. But some organizations decided to simply donate for the purpose of planting, and there is also a company that wanted one tree planted for each of its employees that took on a green challenge. And last but not least, one company decided to have trees planted as a celebration of the introduction of its new ethical investment service.
The tree plantings in the spring of 2020 can happen thanks to responsibility-taking and financing by Allison Advertising, ALTEO Plc., Bolive Branding Agency, CIB Bank, E.ON Hungary, Foxpost, GreenDependent Institute, Veronika Kiss, K&H Bank, Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary, Kristof and Edina Vadovics, VUUW Works, and Agnes Zolyomi.


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Summer Reading Camp
Reading Camp
The Summer Reading Camp motivates the participants to develop a greater appreciation for reading and learning.
Tenth consecutive year
The program combines readings and academic presentations in the morning with competitive games and sports in the afternoon. High school and college staff members serve as role models and mentors for the participants.
Learning and having fun at the Summer Camp!
Entering 5th & 6th boys: July 5 - July 14
Entering 7th & 8th boys: July 17 - July 28
Entering 5th & 6th Grades
Wednesday July 5 to Friday July 14.
Meets Monday thru Friday from 10:30 to 3:30
Entering 7th & 8th Grades
Monday July 17 to Friday July 28.
Meets Monday thru Friday from 10:30 to 3:30
There is no cost for the program. We only request $70 to cover the cost of providing midday lunch. We prefer if paid in advance to facilitate things. Payable to Kingsland Foundation, by cash, check, credit card or ZELLE: email@example.com or 305-710-2167.
The program will take place only if there are a minimum of 8 participants registered by Sunday June 13. There are a maximum of 12 spots.
Please Note
Like other years if possible we will have an activity day for the boys in Roseaire Retreat. Transportation to and from Roseaire will be arranged later (for those living in Miami area one option is to send your boys with two staff members by TRI-RAIL). Details will be given when this activity is confirmed.
Everyone will be required to sign a release of general liability. > > > > > > > > > >
Volunteer Staff for the Summer Reading Camp 2023
Full-time Senior Staff
Danny Montoto, Florida International University
Full-time Junior Staff
For 7&8 Camp: Luca Tinsley
For 5&6 Camp: Matias Barbosa
Part-time Presenters / Assistants
Sergio Gonzalez, Universidad de Navarra
Amir Lima, Miami Dade College;


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- Maintains healthy estrogen-to-progesterone balance
- Helps reduce the severity of symptoms associated with recurrent breast pain (cyclical mastalgia)
- Supports the production of desirable estrogen metabolism
- Provides factors for BPA detoxification
- Helps support estrogen metabolism by promoting a higher good estrogen (2-hydroxyestrone) to bad estrogen (16-hydroestrone) ratio
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One of the hottest debates raging among central bankers – insofar as central bankers rage, which admittedly is not very much – is over negative interest rates. There are different views among central bankers about what's best once policy rates hit zero, known as the zero bound. If they want to loosen monetary policy even further, what's best? Keep going and lower rates until they're negative? Or other extraordinary measures, such as quantitative easing (QE), which brings down interest rates at the longer end of the yield curve? Or targeted lending programs? Or some other exotic measures?
At the moment, it's an argument over just a few basis points. After all, those G10 central banks that still have positive rates are only at 0.25% at most. It would only take a 26-bps move to send rates negative – hardly dramatic.
And yet, there seems to be something significant about negative rates. It's seen as a much more significant step than the 26 bps (or less) would imply – a step through the looking glass into a different world. Never mind that they've been in use since 2012, when Denmark became the first central bank in the world to implement negative policy rates. Since then the European Central Bank (ECB), Hungary, Sweden's Riksbank, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) have all had negative rates at one point or another.
What are the views of the central banks that currently don't have negative rates?
US: Not under consideration; unlikely Although the markets are now discounting the possibility of negative rates in the US, most Fed officials have rejected the idea. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke strongly against the idea in a webcast appearance last week, saying negative rates are "not something that we are looking at." Other Fed officials have echoed his view. Fed Vice Chair Clarida for example yesterday said that the Committee at large did not favor them and pointed to the minutes of the October 2019 FOMC meeting, where "All participants judged that negative interest rates currently did not appear to be an attractive monetary policy tool in the United States."
Although the Fed staff concluded in 2011 that negative rates would be possible, and former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said in 2016 that "negative interest rates appear to have both modest benefits and manageable costs," there are several reasons why they aren't under consideration:
- It's not clear if it's legal for the Fed to impose negative rates.
- Unique features of the US financial system, particularly the widespread use of money market funds (about $4tn in assets), make negative rates problematic.
- The experience of Europe and Japan don't provide conclusive proof of the benefits of such a radical departure from traditional practice;
- The US financial system relies more on the corporate bond markets whereas the European and Japanese systems rely more on bank lending. Central bank purchases of bonds therefore have a stronger monetary impact in the US, while measures to prod banks to lend are more effective in Europe and Japan.
Last but definitely not least,
- The dollar's central role in the global monetary system makes it a different matter altogether for the US to undertake this step
A week ago the market was discounting the possibility of the Fed dipping its toes into negative territory, but the consensus now is that zero is indeed the lower bound.
Canada: Not under consideration The Bank of Canada said that its current policy rate, 0.25%, is "its effective lower bound." Its last statement said that it "stands ready to adjust the scale or duration of its programs if necessary," but no mention was made of lowering rates any further. Asked about the issue, Bank of Canada Gov. Poloz recently said, "We don't like the idea." Poloz's successor, Tiff Macklem, agrees. He said recently that negative rates were too disruptive for an already disrupted financial system and added that he was comfortable with 0.25% being as low as the bank would go.
Australia: Extraordinarily unlikely The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Cash Rate is at 0.25% and the Board has pledged not to increase it until conditions have improved substantially. RBA Gov. Lowe said "we are likely to be at this level of interest rates for an extended period." While this does not constitute an outright rejection of negative rates, Gov. Lowe said it was "extraordinarily unlikely" that the RBA would use that tool. They would first increase their bond purchases, which in fact they have been scaling back recently.
New Zealand: Possible but definitely not imminent. When the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) cut the Official Cash Rate (OCR) to 0.25% on 16 March, the Monetary Policy Committee said the rate "will remain at this level for at least the next 12 months." That means no move lower as well as no move higher. However, RBNZ Gov. Orr has made it clear that a cut is still a possibility. "We don't want to go negative at this point; we're prepared to if we have to but not until a lot later," he said. "It's got to jump the hurdles. It's got to be seen as necessary. It's got to be seen to be effective, efficient and operationally capable." By "operationally capable," Orr means that banks' systems have to be able to handle negative rates. Deputy Gov. Bascand said the central bank wants banks to be ready for negative rates by the end of the year. The question for RBNZ is whether economic conditions next March will warrant negative rates.
UK: Neither ruled out nor ruled in, whatever that means The Bank of England is the biggest question mark. BoE Gov. Bailey said earlier this week that negative rates are "under active review," although what that means is unclear. He said just a week ago said that negative rates are "not something we are currently planning for or contemplating." However, over the weekend BoE Chief Economist Haldane was quoted as saying that the Bank was looking at negative rates, followed a day later by Monetary Policy Committee member Tenreyro saying that they're not ruling out negative rates. Then Bailey changed his tune. "Given what we've done in past few weeks, it should come as no surprise to learn that of course, we're keeping the tools under active review in the current situation." But he added that although just because they weren't ruling things out, "that doesn't mean we rule things in, either."
The market sees a small chance of bank rate coming down below zero.
This week's issue of three-year gilts at a slightly negative rate (-0.003%) suggests that the market does indeed believe negative rates are a possibility in the UK.
Sweden: Not ruled out The Riksbank's repo rate, its policy rate, was negative from February 2015 until December 2019, when the Executive Board returned it back to zero. At the latest monetary policy meeting on 27 April, the Board decided to keep the rate unchanged at zero, but the minutes noted that "they did not want to rule out the possibility of the repo rate being cut later on to stimulate demand in the recovery phase, and thereby safeguard price stability."
Norway: Unlikely Norges Bank cut rates to zero on 8 May, the first time ever. While they did not rule out negative rates, Gov. Olsen said, "In the Committee's current assessment of the outlook and balance of risks, the policy rate will most likely remain at today's level for some time ahead. We do not envisage making further policy rate cuts." He expressed skepticism about the utility of negative rates and in particular their impact on financial markets.
As for the three major central banks that do have negative rates currently – the ECB, SNB and BoJ – they've shown no inclination to change rates in either direction. That is, while they haven't necessarily given up on negative rates, neither have they take the opportunity to lower rates further. The last such move was in September 2019, when the ECB cut its deposit rate by 10 bps to -0.50. All three have defended their policies, but if we look at what they do, not what they say, it appears that negative rates are like salt on food: just because a little is good doesn't mean more is better.
Investment implications: watch GBP, NZD & SEK
Who better to ask about the impact of negative interest rates on the exchange rate than Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the SNB, who had the distinction of implementing the lowest interest rates in history? The SNB cut rates to zero in August 2011, -0.25% in December 2014, and a record-setting -0.75% in January 2015. In a speech in October 2016, Jordan said:
…although negative nominal rates are often perceived as unnatural, the laws of economics are not inverted once the zero lower bound is breached. In principle, taking a policy rate into negative territory has a similar effect to cutting a policy rate in positive territory. In Switzerland, the negative interest rate has its main impact via the exchange rate channel. Together with the SNB's willingness to intervene on the foreign exchange market as necessary, the negative interest rate policy has prevented further Swiss franc appreciation and has generally helped to reduce pressure on the currency.
Academic research generally bears out that conclusion: negative rates affect the exchange rate exactly as the laws of economics would suggest. It's not like physics, where approaching absolute zero causes materials to behave weirdly. One study of the question found that "negative interest rates seem to have little effect on observable exchange rate behavior." That is to say, a cut in rates from 0% to -0.25% would be expected to weaken the exchange rate more or less like a cut from 0.50% to 0.25%. Nor do exchange rates become more or less volatile when rates go negative.
In that case, if any of the central banks currently teetering on the edge do decide to take the plunge, we can expect their currencies to weaken, but not because there's anything special about negative rates, just that negative rates are lower than positive rates. They therefore present a near-term risk to GBP and a medium-term risk to NZD and SEK.
Next week's schedule: EC fund proposal, inflation data, Beige Book
The European Commission is expected to reveal its proposal for the EU Recovery Fund on Wednesday. It's expected to build on Monday's joint French-German proposal for a EUR 500bn fund financed by joint issuance and distributed as grants. The French-German proposal is a bold move that crosses a previous red line in Europe: joint fiscal responsibility. If it passes – which is by no means certain – it would reduce the risk of a slump in peripheral Europe, notably Italy, and increase the likelihood of a synchronized recovery across the Continent. Over time it would reduce the pressure on national budgets and the ECB and increase the likelihood of some kind of enhanced pan-European fiscal capacity.
Jean Monnet, sometimes called "the father of Europe," once said, "Europe will be forged in crises, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises." This looks like one of those times, if the problem finally brings fiscal integration to match the monetary unification of the Eurozone.
As for next week's data, the main point of interest next week will be the inflation data from Germany & the EU, Japan, and the US. These figures are likely to corroborate the data that we saw this week from Canada and the UK of slowing inflation around the world.
Germany inflation Thursday is expected to fall below 1%, while the headline rate for the whole EU (Fri) is forecast to move up just one tic to +0.4% yoy, i.e. almost nothing.
We saw this morning that core nationwide prices in Japan slipped into deflation in April (-0.2% yoy). Now the market expects deflation in Tokyo for May (Fri) to be at least the same.
Finally, the US personal consumption expenditure (PCE) deflator (Fri), the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, is expected to show the second consecutive mom decline. The forecast fall of -0.7% would be the second-steepest on record, after -1.1% in November 2008 (data back to 1959). Meanwhile the core PCE deflator, which is what the Fed looks most closely at, is forecast to slow to just +1.1% yoy, about half the Fed's target.
The PCE deflators are part of the US personal income & spending data. These are expected to be off the charts.
Other US data of note out during the week include Conference Board consumer confidence (Tue), Richmond Fed index and the Beige Book (Wed), durable goods orders (Thu), and advance goods trade balance (Fri).
Of course the weekly jobless claims and, more importantly nowadays, the continuing claims will be the stars of the week, as usual.
In addition to the Tokyo CPI figures on Friday, Japan has its usual end-of-month data dump, including employment data and industrial production.
The unemployment rate is only rising slowly, but the job-offers-to-applicants ratio is falling much more rapidly than it rose. That's a truer picture of the employment situation.
Meanwhile, after the steep 3.7% mom fall in March, Japan industrial production is expected to fall an even steeper 5.0% mom in April. The decline no doubt goes along with the 22% yoy fall in exports during the month.
Finally, some excitement in Canada. Bank of Canada Gov. Poloz will sing his swan song on Monday, his last speech before he leaves the central bank on 2 June. And on Friday, the country releases Q1 GDP.
Monday is a holiday in the US and Britain.


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Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022-2026 - annex 6: what works - evidence review
This annex to the second tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026 summarises the latest evidence on what works in tackling child poverty.
Executive summary
Tackling child poverty is one of the Scottish Government's national missions. An estimated 24% of children in Scotland, or 240,000 children each year, were living in relative poverty after housing costs the years from 2017 to 2020.
There is a considerable way to go to reach the national targets. The target for relative child poverty is to reduce it to 18% by 2023 and to 10% by 2030.
Many families continue to face significant challenges due to poverty. The aim of this publication is to summarise the latest evidence on what works in tackling child poverty and to inform the second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan (2022-2026).
Searches were carried out across the three key drivers of child poverty to identify policies or approaches that could impact positively on: income from employment; income from social security and benefits in kind; and costs of living. In addition, the search covered each of the six priority family types who are at higher risk of poverty.
What's currently working well, and what should the Scottish Government and partners continue and do more of?
There is wide consensus across national stakeholders and supported by other international approaches that, to tackle child poverty, the following needs to continue to take place:
- Having clear targets supported by policies that directly impact on poverty rates
- Tackling poverty across all three drivers (income from employment, cost of living and income from social security and benefits in kind)
- Having a combination of various policies that support families most in need, and recognising that there is no single way to experience poverty, but a wide range of unique experiences.
Specifically on the three drivers of poverty, evidence supports continuation of many aspects of current policy:
- Enabling and supporting parents to increase their income through paid work and earnings is an important part of tackling child poverty, and employment policies should continue to push the child poverty reduction agenda.
- The current Social Security provision in Scotland is valued by families and is effective at increasing many families' incomes.
- Good quality, affordable childcare is crucial in supporting some parents to enter or maintain employment, and can be an important facilitator in increasing household income and helping to lift families out of poverty. The recent Early Leaning and Childcare expansion is welcomed and valued.
Are there policies, actions or approaches that the Scottish Government and partners should stop doing, or do differently?
In order to tackle child poverty, a combination of universal and targeted policies is recommended by the evidence. A case by case assessment should be made, balancing societal needs, barriers and government resources, to decide whether a universal or a targeted approach should be taken for any given policy.
Across the wide range of policies available, clearer targeting strategies can be developed with the aim of reaching and supporting those most at risk of poverty.
While the current Social Security system in Scotland is valued, many families do not claim the benefits that they are entitled to. The current value of the benefits package available for families is also not always sufficient by itself to keep all of those who do out of poverty. More action is needed to increase take-up and maximise eligibility.
A significant element of the social security system is managed by the UK Department for Work and Pensions. Therefore any proposed changes to benefits delivered at UK level would mean, for the Scottish Government, lobbying for either the changes themselves, or for further devolution of powers in these areas.
The evidence highlights potential areas for improvement in the service design and delivery at a UK level. This includes restrictions on benefit eligibility, payment timing and accuracy, payment consistency, fewer sanctions, policy values and staff attitudes, information provision and communication channels.
The flexible 'Scottish choices' on Universal Credit have had some positive impacts for recipients. Although, for some, this has come with operational difficulties, and many recipients decide not to take up the flexibility, e.g. they would rather receive a larger payment every four weeks or not to have their rent paid directly to their landlord.
While current employment policies are a step in the right direction, more is needed. Employability services which acknowledge and support the complexity of parents' lives, are flexible, rooted in the local community, and individually tailored to parents' needs are more likely to be successful.
To address current high levels of in-work poverty, research suggests that further action is required. Recommendations include to improve the quality and flexibility of available employment and ensure childcare availability and flexibility that matches job requirements. Evidence also highlights the need to address structural barriers such as discrimination (unfair treatment) and undervaluation (being paid less for equally demanding job), particularly for women, disabled people and people from minority ethnic groups.
Affordable childcare can play an important part in supporting families to enter or maintain employment. While the recent early learning and childcare expansion is welcomed and valued, affordable school age childcare is needed along with increased flexibility in opening hours and booking systems. However, it is important to be aware that there is inconclusive evidence on whether more hours of childcare are beneficial for children's outcomes.
What new policies, actions or approaches should the Scottish Government consider implementing?
There is a need for an individual, holistic approach, within a framework of understanding structural barriers, in order to maximise the effectiveness of policies and avoid perpetuating stereotyping and stigma. Clear targeting strategies that identify and support priority families is crucial.
Getting out of poverty is a very complex journey. There are two key complicating factors. First, from an individual perspective, the system is not always clear and it is mostly not a straightforward task to manage the range of support and benefits available. It is help in navigating the system which is therefore probably the most useful for most people in this respect. Secondly, the ability of service providers to offer a 'no wrong door' approach. That is, ensuring a comprehensive advice and support network across the full system.
There are some suggestions of issues to consider when overcoming these barriers, mainly:
- Improvements in the take-up of means-tested or targeted benefits by creating simple and accessible forms and automation of payments where appropriate, supported by an approachable advice service.
- Minimising friction in accessing services by reducing barriers. For example, through supporting access to digital devices or electricity for charging them.
- Maximising flexible access to services to support those in employment with irregular hours.
Additional policies for employability could include equal parental leave policies and proactively advertising jobs as flexible when they could be worked flexibly.
There are some policy approaches around social security that Scotland could consider expanding. One is on further embedding advice and support around social security in places and services that families already use, such as GP practices or schools. Another is about maximising eligibility of benefits, particularly those that are used as passported benefits to other support.
Finally, for some parents, financial pressures are made worse by the lack of child maintenance paid by their child's other, non-resident, parent. Research shows that child maintenance does help reduce poverty for parents who receive it, and that it currently decreases poverty among single mother families more than it increases poverty among fathers paying support. One potential alternative system can be found in Finland, where the government provides child support, up to a guaranteed amount, if payments are not received from non-resident parents. This appears to have a greater poverty-reduction effect than the UK system.
What lessons from the COVID-19 response could be applied to tackling child poverty in the future?
The emergency response to the pandemic put an unprecedented level of pressure on the whole public sector, and raised questions around the way it operates and engages with others. Evidence points towards some key lessons that could help future work to tackle child poverty.
Flexible support to local authorities. Local authorities were able to provide emergency response fast by being allowed greater flexibility. This allowed local areas to respond to crisis and get help to where it was most needed. Lessons can be learned around the flexibility and paperwork attached to some funds or spend.
Cash-first. Cash-first responses can work, as shown through the quick response to minimise food insecurity during the pandemic. It provided flexibility, dignity, safety and convenience, whereas vouchers could be unsuitable in some situations and food parcels may be less able to meet individual needs and preferences.
Flexible working. The need to quickly move to home working demonstrated that more flexible working patterns could be embedded across the labour market to allow for a more diverse workforce. However, not all sectors or job types allow for this type of flexibility. Care should be taken to not further entrench inequalities by creating a two-tier system where office workers experience increased flexibility while those in lower paid jobs do not.
Trusted sector-based approach. In order to provide support to where it was needed fast, a range of different channels were used across digital and traditional mediums. People tended to seek advice from places and organisations where they had an existing relationship or which they trusted. Going forwards, consideration can be given to emphasising provision of advice through services people already use, such as schools, nurseries, childcare providers, healthcare settings, communities of worship or third sector organisations.
Automation of payments. Minimising friction is key for increasing take-up of benefits. One way is through automating more benefits. A significant part of the financial support provided to low income families during the pandemic was directly transferred to people – without the need for filling out forms.
Use of digital channels. For many families, greater access to services and support through digital channels have been helpful in increasing their accessibility. However, digital access and literacy is not yet universal. Further work is required around improving digital infrastructure for families in poverty.
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Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office investigate rollover crash on I-94 eastbound
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a rollover crash that happened on I-94 eastbound near N. 35th Street in Milwaukee.
The accident took place at approximately 6:15 p.m. on Friday, July 3rd.
Authorities say two people inside a silver car rolled over into a grassy area off the roadway. It is unclear if the car struck another vehicle.
Both victims were complaining of arm pain but are not believed to be suffering any serious injuries.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office needed to shut down one lane while they work on the crash.
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KSU Joins AGREC, a Global Education and Research Collaborative of Metro Atlanta Colleges and Universities
Posted February 26, 2021
The Atlanta Global Research and Education Collaborative (AGREC) is delighted to announce that Kennesaw State University is now a member of our collaborative.
AGREC, launched in Fall 2020, aims to connect the region's international assets through an emphasis on supporting "global at home" projects that serve students, faculty, and community partners and define the metropolitan area as a hub for global education and research.
The Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC) — a partnership of Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University — houses the collaborative, which includes Emory University's Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives, Spelman College and Agnes Scott College. KSU now also becomes an AGREC member.
"We are delighted to have joined AGREC, which affords our faculty and their students new opportunities to actively engage in and contribute to globally-related research and education projects through its collaborative networks in the region," said Dr. Binbin Jiang, Executive Director of the Division of Global Affairs and Professor of International Education, Leadership & Research a Kennesaw State University.
Grant Program Funds Global Engagement Research and Education Projects including KSU faculty
As part of its programs, AGREC offers grants to support collaborative, interdisciplinary, and cross-university research and education projects with a focus on global engagement. The 2020-2021 grant program, "Connecting Globally While Grounded at Home," placed significant focus on programs' potential to develop new and sustainable relationships among partners such as universities, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and community groups, as well as their impact on Atlanta communities.
Six projects funded under the current grant program will explore a wide range of global issues and also provide training to the Greater Atlanta region students:
- Savings Lives in the Refugee Community: A Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of Stop the Bleed
- Water quality monitoring network for highly impacted urban headwaters in metro Atlanta
- Advancing a Community-Based Participatory Research Model for Metropolitan Regional Immigrant Integration and Receptivity through the One Region Initiative
- The Global Communities Internship Program
- Atlanta-area migrant communities and climate change: characterizing drivers of migration, exposure risks, and health vulnerabilities
- Growing Intercultural Competence for Peace and Mediation: Piloting an Atlanta-Based Global Community of Practice for Hyperlocal Case Studies and Education
Project teams consist of faculty from the five AGREC member institutions who are also joined by colleagues from Kennesaw State University, Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Morehouse College, and Georgia Piedmont Technical College.
Two of the funded projects, "Advancing a Community-Based Participatory Research Model for Metropolitan Regional Immigrant Integration and Receptivity through the One Region Initiative" and "Growing Intercultural Competence for Peace and Mediation" also include KSU faculty as team members.
The project teams are also collaborating with a variety of organizations and community partners, including the Grady Emergency Medical Services, Somali American Community Center, South River Watershed Alliance, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Welcoming America, Clarkston Community Center Foundation Inc., Cosmo Health Center, Re'Generation Movement, and TRENDS Global.
"AGREC seeks to raise the profile of Atlanta region, making greater Atlanta a hub for global education and research. A key goal is to build and strengthen collaborative networks of multi-institutional scholars and practitioners to support global research and education initiatives in the region. The project teams currently funded through AGREC are already collaborating with KSU faculty and we are delighted to welcome KSU as a formal member of the Collaborative. We plan to further grow AGREC and invite other universities to join this initiative," said Anna Westerstahl Stenport, AGSC founding co- and chair of Georgia Tech's School of Modern Languages.
More information about currently funded projects and the Academic Year 2021-22 grant program, including the call for proposals and online application form is available on the AGREC website.
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The Bisnow 35! Part 3
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Scott Jenkins |
James Iker, JBG
JBG Managing Director Iker is responsible for acquisitions and debt placement. The 34-year-old Wharton MBA has worked on big deals likeL'Enfant Plaza, the Wardman Park hotel, the White Flint Marriott and others. An Oklahoma native, this"bright young financial mind" is an avid traveler and just returned from Greenland.
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Mitch Yentis, Duball, LLC
VP Yentis is a 10-year industry vet specializing in acquisitions, development and finance. This 34-year-old Columbia MBA has worked on over $1 billion worth of Duball's acquisitions like Lionsgatein Bethesda and properties at Rockville Town Center. A Miami Hurricane at heart, Yentis is the father of two young girls and is a board member of the Hebrew Home.
Two to watch:
Erica A. Leatham, Stark, Meyers, Eisler & Leatham
This 32-year-old former mega-firm lawyer recently set up her own practice specializing in land use and has represented major clients like Lerner Enterprises.
Michael Segal, LandAmerica Commercial Services
Segal is a relative newcomer to the local scene after moving down from Philly but has already established himself a closer of big deals. And he has succeeded despite the fact that his father is Earl the Pearl Segal, a notorious member of the Bisnow advisory board.


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Catella has established a new company, Catella Residential Investment Management GmbH (CRIM). CRIM will be wholly owned by Catella Property Fund Management AB and focus on managing European residential real estate funds.
Since January 2016 Catella Real Estate AG built up a strong team of residential portfolio managers in Berlin, led by Xavier Jongen and Michael Keune. The team manages two mutual property funds and three special property funds. The total invested capital in the five funds amounts to EUR 1.3 billion and so far the funds have made investments in 8 countries in Europe; Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, France, UK, Poland and Austria.
The decision to establish CRIM is another step in Catella's ambition to build and develop strong and specialized competence centres that manage European residential real estate funds. The whole Berlin team in Catella Real Estate AG, consisting of 18 employees, has moved to CRIM to focus fully on further developing the residential fund management offering. Xavier Jongen and Michael Keune will be managing directors of CRIM. Catella Real Estate AG will continue managing the back office for all residential funds managed by CRIM.
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For a camcorder that is quite a lot.
To give you an idea. One movie (i.e. Harry Potter lenght) is anything from 700 Mb to probably around 1.5 Gb
One MP3 (music file), depending on the lenght is only a few Megabite, like for example, 3 Mb (range varies)
I don't know technically, but its heaps. My sister has a 32gb ipod touch and she has like 20+ movies and 2000 songs and like a billion pictures on it with room to spare.
Oh okay, So yeah it will hold a lot of video. I have an 8gb camera and it can hold 75 minutes of video so you can probably get hours of video lol. 32gb is really good.
Quite alot, what do you need it for? If I knew the details of why you need 32GB I can determine if it's enough for a specific purpose?
What is it for? If it's for music it might not be enough, depending on how many albums you're trying to put on there.
Its a camcorder that has 32 gb
its for a camcorder


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The first thing I noticed when I arrived in the U.S. was the accents. It was surreal…it felt like I was on a movie set! Three years later, I don't notice them anymore, however, it has certainly made me more conscious of the way I speak and what I say. As I find my words becoming infected with an American accent, I am reminded of how important communication is. We talk to people every day – it is a vital part of our lives, and yet, I often find myself struggling to communicate effectively with people.
A conversation with a stranger is simple: learn their name, learn something about them, wish them well. Sometimes you might need something from them, such as assistance at a checkout or directions. It is conversations with acquaintances or even friends, however, that I find difficult. There are many possible reasons for this: we are all subject to the human desire to be accepted and we don't want to be ridiculed by someone for a simple, snap judgment that is based on limited information. We want to be seen as 'nice people'. Still, no matter what excuses we come up with to not have deep conversations with people—whether it be to maintain a good impression or to protect ourselves from judgment and rejection—it is still necessary to have these conversations. Human connection requires it. We require shared experiences that discourage us from focusing solely on ourselves and sharing shows us that no one really has it figured out, we're all flawed and learning as we go.
Conversations are one of the few ways that we can really get to know another person. Through communication, we discover better ways to serve one another. That is why it's so important that we learn how to communicate in a way that doesn't shut people down. Here are some things I have learned and practice to help me engage in better conversations…after all, conversing is an art form that can be learned!
Body Language
When we communicate, we pick up on more non-verbal cues than we realize. Something as simple as changing how we stand when we converse can have a huge impact. An open stance can help the other person feel more at ease. You can achieve this by keeping your arms relaxed by your side or on your lap and not having them cross your body.
Another way you can communicate is by mirroring the stance or position of the other person. If the other person is leaning to one side in their chair, do the same. If they cross their legs, do the same. If the other person has their arms crossing their body—a sign of defensiveness and protection—you can help put them at ease by first mirroring their body language and then gradually opening out into a relaxed, attentive listening position.
A third way of connecting with people is making eye contact. This shows assertiveness and confidence, but it needs to be used carefully as it can also be seen as aggressive if overused. Still, glancing into someone's eyes can help stimulate connection between people. I appreciate how simple these physical techniques are because they allow you to reflect the other person's state without taking it on as your own.
Listening is so important for good communication. The hard part about trying to listen to someone is that we only hear our own interpretation of what they said. A good way to communicate while listening is to clarify what they are saying through reflection. Sometimes it is as simple as repeating what they have said to make sure that you understand it. Psychologists are taught 'active listening' which has a similar premise – to be actively aware of the other person's points.
A final thing that I have learned about conversations is that validating the human experience leads to a deeper connection. All people want to be heard, known and understood. And it's up to us to provide that human warmth and connection, something that you can't get from your favourite plant, pet rock, your cat or even man's best friend. Validating someone doesn't mean you have to have gone through the same experience. It doesn't mean that you have to like, affirm or agree with their interpretation of their experience. It just means that you confirm that their experience is something that occurs within a human spectrum and that they are not alone.
I have found these help me focus on the important parts of communication and help put the other person at ease. After all, you only have power over one side of the discussion. We can approach nearly any subject, especially important topics, if we do so with kindness and warmth. To recap, these are the simple things you can do to help focus your attention on the other person and remain warm and open during a conversation:
Body language
• Maintain a relaxed body posture
• Mirror the body language of the other person
• Make good eye contact
• Seek regular clarification
• Reflect and repeat back what the other person has said to you.
• Remember that the other person longs to be heard
• Be warm and open rather than critical
• Confirmed that the other person's experience is real and important to them.
We may make mistakes in every conversation that we have, but there's good news: we have the rest of our lives to practice!! My goal has always been similar with every person I've met: get to know them and have an interaction in which they feel valued in some way. I encourage you to give some of these suggestions a go and see if you notice a difference in your conversations. Hopefully, with practice, we will all grow to be better communicators and find more ways to serve our neighbours!


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Our new partner 'Nordic Tech Tools' is responsible for making Upclimber a success in the market – and they are now accepting preorder.
Mounting windows faster and more efficient while benefitting the working environment. That's the promise behind our Upclimber-system.
It is currently being demonstrated and tested at a couple of building sites. We have done so before, but this time with a crucial difference: We are now accepting preorder.
After a thorough search, we've found the perfect partner to help us make the system successful on the market: Nordic Tech Tools. A young business who is just as ambitious about Upclimber as we are.
Nordic Tech Tools has just been formed as a business committed to promoting and selling Upclimber. And they have proven the first glimpse of success: The first sales have already been made.
For now, the sales are still preorders, but the first batch of Upclimbers is on its way. If everything goes as planned, the first system will be up and running at a building site at the beginning of the new year.
We have sky-high expectations for this partnership and hope to partner with Nordic Tech Tools for production and distribution of coming inventions as well.


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Alternative Heating Sources – Kerosene
It's been a while since we have had cold temperatures like these. In an attempt to stay warm you might be tempted to utilize alternative or supplementary heating sources. Heaters come in many varieties, such as kerosene, wood burning stoves and fireplaces, and electric ceramic to name a few.
All of these different heating sources have dangers. Always use caution with any heating source and be sure to follow manufactures directions and precautions. Never try to alter a heating device and only use the type of fuel recommended by the manufacturer. Also never use a stove, range or other cooking device as a supplemental heater.
Be sure to have an evacuation plan for your home and make sure everyone is aware of it. I recommend practicing a fire escape plan as a precautionary measure, as well.
As always, be sure your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are in good working order. They are more important in the winter especially when utilizing alternative heating sources.
If you are looking for ways to supplement the heating in your home here is a nice article on familyhandyman.com. The article mentions some not commonly thought of heating alternatives like toe-kick heaters, ceiling fan heaters and cove heaters to name a few which would be great for do-it-yourselfers. If you have questions or would like installation help with a project give Bryant Heating and Cooling a call.


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Iraq elections: outgoing Prime Minister al-Maliki closer to a third term
Baghdad (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's party is on its way to get a majority in April's parliamentary elections, but with less support than expected, which will prevent him from forming a majority government.
Iraq's electoral commission said that the State of Law party of outgoing Prime Minister Maliki took 92 of the 328 seats in the Council of Representatives (lower house). Its two main Shia rivals, Ammar al-Hakim's Muwatin and the Ahrar movement loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr, followed with a combined 57 seats.
Although the 63-year-old Maliki wants a third term, he faces strong resistance within his party and opposition from other parties, who want fresh new blood to renew the country's leadership, especially since he has failed so far to stop the violence that has left more than 3,500 people dead this year.
More than 9,000 candidates and 276 political entities contested the elections on 30 April, the first since the withdrawal of US troops in 2011.
On Monday, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced that 62 per cent of the 22 million eligible voters had cast ballots.
The preliminary results showed State of Law in the lead in 10 of the 18 provinces, with a combined total of 92 seats, followed by Muwatin with 29 and Ahrar with 28. Two smaller parties of Sadr supporters won six seats.
The Mutahidoun bloc led by the Sunni Arab Speaker of Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi ended up with 23 seats, former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Wataniya list won 21, and Sunni Arab Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq's Arabiya list got 10 seats.
Although the election was deemed credible, state-run Iraqiya TV quoted the chairman of the IHEC as saying on Monday that it had annulled the results of 300 polling stations for reported violations, and that more than 1,000 electoral workers had been dismissed for ballot rigging.
There was also no voting in a third of the western province of Anbar, where Sunni tribesmen and militants linked to the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) control the city of Falluja and parts of Ramadi.
Negotiations to form the new government will take some time; after the last election in 2010, it took more than ten months to get a government.
Nevertheless, Maliki appears set to succeed himself. So far, he has proved himself capable enough to maintain US backing whilst developing strong ties with Iran, despite growing opposition among Sunnis in western Iraq and Kurds in the north.
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