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With CID Awards quickly approaching, we've finialised our judging panel and asked some of them what they're most looking forward to
With all of our attention on CID Awards 2013 set to take place on Monday, September 16 at JW Marriott Marquis, it was time to sort out the details. And there is a lot to tend to in the weeks leading up to the ceremony. With numerous great projects thrown into the ring, it's time the judges start taking a serious look at the many creative nominated projects.
At CID, we wanted to make sure our all-star judging panel would provide unique perspectives from various angles in the industry. From designers to fair directors, we hoped to ensure a group of winners that resulted from well-rounded and educated opinions.
The panel of judges stands strong at 10 and involves: Cyril Zammit, fair director, Design Days Dubai; Dariush Zandi, architect and owner, Total Arts; Marcos Bish, managing director, Summertown; Linsey Thomas, interior design teaching fellow, Hariott Watt University; Pallavi Dean, design director, Pallavi Dean Interiors; Tara Rogers, co-founder and managing partner, Mojo Group; Alan McCready, managing director of Middle East operations, ISG; Sarka Olivova, senior designer, Preciosa; Khalid Shafar, head designer, Khalid Shafar; Paul McElroy, partner, Kinnersley Kent Design; and Rima Alsammarae, editor, Commercial Interior Design.
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Cyril Zammit
Fair director, Design Days Dubai
Tell us about yourself?
With a base in marketing and cultural management, I had the chance to work for various companies abroad. Born and raised in France, my positions brought me to Prague, London, Montreux, Zurich, Abu Dhabi and now Dubai. I always enjoyed meeting cultural players as they tend to influence our daily life from an aesthetical point of view. In 2011, I was asked by Ben Floyd, co-founder of Art Dubai, to bring rare and collectible design to Dubai. In March 2012, we launched Design Days Dubai, the only fair in the Middle East and South Asia, dedicated to limited edition pieces.
Is this your first time judging?
I was asked to be part of a panel of judges in the past. The exercise is interesting because you have a clear view of what the regional talents are. It easily differentiates the way the designers want to embellish our environment and sometimes where they felt less creative or bold and simply reinterpret an existing idea.
What are you looking forward to seeing?
I hope to see great design where a true identity can be immediately spotted. I would probably have no mercy for any "deja-vu" feeling as our globalised world is often creating an average middle-range taste that limits creativity. I hope the contestants will fully appreciate that the Middle East offers them the (almost unique) chance to work on a carte blanche basis, where everything is possible.
What are you looking for in winning projects?
Design at its excellence where aesthetics meets function, where creativity meets engineering. The constestants are creating a space for one to feel and live in an engaging environment. Therefore they have to demonstrate their talents in space management and attention to details. One of my favourite rules in design is to hide complexity behind simplicity.
To learn more about Cyril, visit
Pallavi Dean
Design director, Pallavi Dean Interiors
Tell us about yourself?
I am the design director of the boutique interior design firm Pallavi Dean Interiors founded in 2011. The firm specialises in commercial and hospitality projects and has recently completed event facilities for the Intercontinental Hotel in Festival City and the commercial headquarters for telecommunications company Tunisiana.
I was born in India, raised in Dubai and spent years working in London; my designs reflect these eclectic influences. My portfolio includes a string of high profile projects in the Middle East, North Africa and the UK, across hospitality, commercial, retail and residential design.
I am an architecture graduate and a LEED Accredited Professional. An active member of the UAE design community, writing for industry publications, assisting with key trade events and mentoring students, I have also been a professor of interior design at the American University of Sharjah. My work was recognised in 2010 when I won the Middle East Young Interior Designer of the Year award.
Is this your first time judging?
No, I was a judge last year as well. I have also served on the judging panel for competitions held by INDEX.
What are you looking forward to seeing?
Designs that are holistic–interiors that respect their context and culture while creating real value for their clients.
What are you looking for in winning projects?
I am looking for work that will help shape the design identity for the region, as well as designers that are innovative and sensitive to user requirements and have a proven track record of built work.
To learn more about Pallavi, visit
Dariush Zandi
Architect and owner, Total Arts
Tell us about yourself?
I come from an architectural and artistic background. I'm a photographer and author of books and a regular contributor to media and I lecture on current issues in these fields. I have founded and manage an art center with several artistic, creative and cultural outlets in Al Qouz, Dubai.
Is this your first time judging?
It is my second time for CID. I have judged for 2012 CID award, 2011 Index Majlis competition, and the 2010 Cityscape architectural award, among others.
What are you looking forward to seeing?
To judge a very few but highly creative designs created with honesty to serve their end user's need in the simplest fashion. I personally cherish a down to earth, creative use of ordinary, everyday and available local materials, resources in naturally landscaped atmosphere.
What are you looking for in winning projects?
I ask questions like: how creatively the design issues have been addressed, how materials fit into the space and how environmentally sound are they? Whether the furniture is in harmony with each other and the built environment and how cohesive are the textures, and colors? I look at proportions especially the punctuation of surfaces, like doors, windows, skylights and the way they are treated, and how they relate to the next-door space, and in this regard how cleverly fluid are the finishes, such as the way they transmit light, air, nature, privacy and our physical and psychological being.
To learn more about Dariush, visit
Marcos Bish
Managing director, Summertown
Tell us about yourself?
I am one of the original founding partners of Summertown Interiors, which we co-founded in 1997. Since its inception we have seen Summertown develop into one of the UAE's leading fit out contractors, respected for its exceptional client service, project excellence, green credentials and sound business principles.
I was always a passionate advocate of sustainability long before the issue became "fashionable," and I aim to educate and inspire other organisations to adopt similar green principles.
Is this your first time judging?
I am honoured to have been invited to be a judge for the second time at the Commercial Interior Design Awards.
What are you looking forward to seeing?
The calibre of design work in the region just keeps getting better and better and my expectations this year are that we will see just that. I am also looking forward to seeing how sustainability is being embraced by the design community–as we see more and more green projects now coming to fruition in the UAE.
What are you looking for in winning projects?
As a fit out contractor, the quality of work must start first and foremost with a foundation of superior design. Exceptional designers understand how to conceptualise their work within the possibilities of project execution, while still pushing design boundaries, honouring a client's brief and respecting the local environment.
To learn more about Marcos, visit www.summertown.ae.
Sarka Olivova
Senior designer, Preciosa
Tell us about yourself?
I am from Czech Republic. After my studies in lighting design, I began working with Preciosa as a lighting designer. Preciosa's head designer, Mr. Jaroslav Bejvl Jr, became on of the top 50 most influential designers in the Middle East. His work is very inspiring and he always aims to create something new, which is not such an easy task nowadays.
I have been working with Preciosa for more than seven years. I really enjoy my work because every day is different, [and allows me to] work on [new] designs for customers, from modern lighting design to classical ligting design.
For me, it is really nice to see how the chandeliers or lighting objects are manufactured, from the first design to final form.
Is this your first time judging?
Yes, it is my first time being a judge. It is a real honour for me. And not only for me, but for the whole company.
What are you looking forward to seeing?
I am looking forward to meeting new people who work in a similar branch as I. It is a really great opportunity to see creative designs that bring to life a little bit of freshness – it also means trying to revive my own ideas. For me, nature is very important; it is an endless source of inspiration.
What are you looking for in winning project?
I would like to see something fresh. Fresh is for me something that can´t be a new design [per se], but it can be an old design in combination with new ideas. It must catch my eyes or my attention at first sight – like love.
To learn more about Šárka, visit www.preciosa.com.


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There is a lot of buzz about the "autonomous" supply chain these days. The topic came up recently at a conference I recently attended where a topic of discussion was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain decision machine, let's take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. I've heard the driverless vehicle used as an analogy for the autonomous supply chain. However, orchestrating the value network where goods, information and currency pulse between facilities and organizations, following the path of least resistance may prove to be considerably more complex than driving a vehicle. Most sixteen-year-olds can successfully drive a car, but you may not want to entrust your global value network to them.
Before you can have an autonomous supply chain, you need to accelerate what I call the Detect, Diagnose, Decide cycle. In fact, as you accelerate the cycle you may learn just how much autonomy may be possible and/or wise.
Detect, Diagnose, Decide
The work of managing the value network has always been to detect challenges and opportunities, diagnose the causes, and decide what to do next –
- Detect (and/or anticipate) market requirements and the challenges in meeting them
- Diagnose the causes of the challenges, both incidental and systematic
- Decide the next best action within the constraints of time and capital in relevant time
The Detect, Diagnose, Decide cycle used to take a month. Computing power, better software, and availability of data shortened it to a week. Routine, narrowly defined, short-term changes are now addressed even more quickly under a steady state – and a lot of controlled automation is not only possible in this case, but obligatory. However, no business remains in a steady state, and changes from that state require critical decisions which add or destroy significant value.
Data Is the Double-edged Sword
The universe of data is exploding exponentially from networks of organizations, people and things. Yet, many companies are choking on their own ERP data, as they struggle to make decisions on incomplete, incorrect and disparate data. So, while the need for the Detect, Diagnose, Decide cycle to keep pace grows more ever more imperative, some organizations struggle to do anything but watch. The winners will be those who can capitalize on the opportunities that the data explosion affords by making better decisions through advanced analytics (see Figure 1). The time required just to collect, clean, and synchronize data for analysis remains the fundamental barrier to a better detection, diagnosis and decisions in the value network.
A consolidated data store which can connect to source systems and on which data can be programmatically "wrangled" into a supra data set would be helpful in the extreme. While this may seem like an almost insurmountable challenge, this capability exists today. For example, the Opalytics Cloud Platform enables you to use Python to automatically validate, reconcile and synchronize data from various sources, forming the foundation of a better Detect, Diagnose, Decide cycle.
Thanks for taking a moment to stop by. As we enter this weekend, remember that life is short, so we should live it well.
I'll be back next week with Part 2.


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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Recall last winter, when the Royals sought to fortify their rather young pitching staff by prying one Rick Sutcliffe away from that strong-armed dynasty, the Cubs?
A devotee of fresh air and wide-open spaces, Sutcliffe maintains a mansion locally, with sufficent acres for numerous animals. That didn`t deter the Royals from tendering the best of all offers to free-agent Sutcliffe, who bypassed the hometown angle out of loyalty to Chicago. He also thought the Cubs represented a surer World Series entry.


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Even though everyone wants a white smile, sometimes due to certain factors, yellow smiles appear. Although these yellow smiles are not entirely unusual these days, people are still conscious of their smiles and will not be comfortable giving yellow smiles. No matter how white you would want your teeth to appear, several home remedies can help you achieve this. The best hammond dentist office offers professional services to their clients. They include the following among others.
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Strawberries can help whiten teeth because they contain the malic acid enzyme and vitamin C. The malic acid helps to remove the stains, while vitamin C washes away the plaque.
Eat lots of strawberries occasionally, while chewing them thoroughly helps you achieve white teeth. You may as well mash a few strawberries and brush your teeth with the mixture.
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The chemical reaction of soda with the citrus of lemon juice has a brightening effect. Brush your teeth with this solution just once a week. Continuous use may damage your enamel.
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Oil pulling just entails taking one table spoon of pure, organic oil and swishing it around in your mouth for 15-20 minutes. After this, move the oil around your mouth through sipping, sucking, and pulling through the teeth. Then, spit out the oil, thoroughly rinse your mouth.
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Celery, carrots, apples, etc. are excellent for teeth. These crunchy fruits and vegetables act as a toothbrush to your teeth. Chewing them removes excess food and bacteria from your teeth. It also brushes away stains from your teeth. Apples contain malic acid, the one in strawberries, that removes surface stains, thus whitening teeth.
f) Food grade hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is an effective teeth whitening remedy. It prevents the growth of bacteria, can help to avoid infections. It also prevents bad breath that comes from bacteria. Washing some food-grade hydrogen peroxide around your mouth for a few seconds then spitting will help you get white teeth.
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Chrissy Teigen has debuted the first picture of newborn daughter Luna.
Chrissy and musician husband John Legend welcomed their first child together last Thursday (14Apr16). Following Luna's birth, both the couple have been relatively quiet on their social media pages. However, on Tuesday (19Apr16), Chrissy delighted fans as she shared an adorable snap of the family's new addition.
In the picture, a make-up free Chrissy, dressed in a black bra and leggings, cradles Luna, who is wearing just a diaper, and draped in a cream muslin. The 30-year-old beams with happiness as she gazes at her daughter, with her hand placed tenderly on the baby's head.
The couple's French bulldog Pippa is seen in the foreground, looking entirely unconcerned by the new arrival.
"Hi my lulu!" Chrissy captioned the adorable picture.
Chrissy's mother Vilailuck Teigen also shared a picture of herself holding her new granddaughter in the same setting, writing "Lulu and me" with several baby and heart emojis.
The stunning star previously revealed she wouldn't be following in the footsteps of her peers by posting shots of her baby's feet or back, and if she was going to share a social network shot, it would be a full picture.
"I'm not going to do sneaky back shots of her or anything," she told People. "It's important for me and John to protect some bits of us, but it's hard to say. I didn't think I would be the person sharing bump photos, so who knows. I could be totally wrong here."
Chrissy and All of Me singer John had tried unsuccessfully to conceive naturally before undergoing IVF in a bid to fall pregnant. Now they have safely welcomed a beautiful daughter into the world, they are apparently "walking on air".
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Urban Design After the Age of Oil
In October 1958 the Rockefeller Foundation sponsored a small conference on urban design at the University of Pennsylvania, attended by Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, Louis Kahn, I.M. Pei, Kevin Lynch and other notable architects, planners and journalists. It sparked a revolution in urban planning and changed the face of our cities.
Fifty years later, planners, architects and yes, even bloggers have gathered in Philadelphia again to look at the issues that will affect our communities in the next fifty years: Re-imaginging cities after the age of oil.
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GPLv3 contains two sections dealing with technologies that restrict user's ability to use software as they choose. In Section 3, GPLv3 specifies that no software covered by the license will be covered by laws that prevent circumvention of digital rights management (DRM) technologies. In other words, if software is released under the GPL, then cracking any DRM it includes is legal. Since, to date, DRM schemes have all been cracked sooner or later, this provision alone neutralizes them.
Yet Section 6 goes even further by stating that, if any technologies that restrict software are used, then the source code for them must be distributed along with the source code for the rest of the program. This provision covers both DRM technologies, which requires authentication by legitimate users, and what the FSF refers to as TiVoization -- the use of hardware controls to prevent modified versions of the software from running. So-called because the TiVo was one of the first examples of the technology, TiVoization is described by Peter Brown as circumventing GPL2 "in spirit, not technically." According to Brown, the provision against it is needed to further the FSF's goal of empowering all computer users. "The Preamble is pretty clear that the purpose of the GPL is to protect user's freedoms," he says.
However, Linus Torvalds takes a different view, one that is shared by many kernel developers and no doubt many other developers in the FOSS community. While Torvalds has softened his criticism of GPLv3 in recent months, provisions against TiVoization -- a term that Torvalds refuses to use, calling it unfair -- remain his major reason for rejecting the new version of the license.
In an interview with Forbes magazine in March 2006, Torvalds explains why he prefers GPLv2 to GPLv3. "To me, the GPL really boils down to 'I give out code, I want you to do the same,'" Torvalds says. "For example, the GPLv2 in no way limits your use of the software. If you're a mad scientist, you can use GPLv2'd software for your evil plans to take over the world ('Sharks with lasers on their heads!!'), and the GPLv2 just says that you have to give source code back. And that's OK by me. I like sharks with lasers. I just want the mad scientists of the world to pay me back in kind. I made source code available to them, they have to make their changes to it available to me. After that, they can fry me with their shark-mounted lasers all they want."
On the Linux kernel developer's mailing list, Torvalds has recently re-stated this position in an often heated and abusive exchange with Alexandre Oliva, one of the directors of the FSFLA, a Latin America-based organization with close but unofficial ties with the FSF. The choice of license for the kernel, Torvalds says at one point in the discussion, is "about keeping me happy. That's my primary (only) motivation for a license....I want to be able to use other people's improvements."
For Brown, this position summarizes the basic distinction between the open source and free software philosophies. Advocates of the two philosophies have much in common, including the same licenses, and the terms are often used interchangeably, especially by those outside the communities. Nor do they represent two separate views so much as opposite ends of a spectrum of opinions. However, essentially, the open source philosophy is mostly concerned with the quality of software produced by the licenses, while the free software philosophy sees the licenses as a means to ensuring the rights of computer users.
"When we talk about computer users' freedom, we mean computer users -- not computer programmers, not the most powerful people in society," Brown says. "And certainly in the software community, those with the most power are the developers. So it's understandable that they wouldn't see [TiVoization] as a problem. They want the freedom to lock down computer users."
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National Association of Educators in Practice Conference 2017
National Association of Educators in Practice
Friday, 21 April 2017 from 08:45 to 16:15 (BST)
Event Details
Making the Case for Practice Education
In the current changing landscape, as demands for health and social care education increase and priorities change, new challenges and opportunities present themselves. Now, perhaps more than ever, we need to ensure that practice education remains high on the agenda, evidencing innovation and quality as well as responsiveness to changes in practice and future needs.
The themes for the conference this year are:
- Working in partnership to build placement capacity
- Assessment for learning in practice in a shifting landscape
- Research in practice education
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How do I submit an abstract for this conference?
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Friday, 21 April 2017 from 08:45 to 16:15 (BST)
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The National Assocation of Educators is Practice is a support network for educators in practice across the Allied Health Professions, Midwifery, Nursing and all Health and Social Care Professions
NAEP's vision is to have a health and social care workforce in which individual practitioners fully understand the value of education for learners, patients, carers and other health care practitioners.
Our mission is to ensure that professional education is grounded in practice through providing the best possible support network for educators in practice across the Allied Health Professions, Midwifery, Nursing and all Health and Social Care Professions.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Shivaji Bhonsle, also known as Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj (February 19, 1630 - April 3, 1680) was the founder of the Maratha empire in western India in 1674.
Using guerrilla tactics superbly suited to the rugged mountains and valleys of the region, he annexed a portion of the then dominant Mughal empire. He is still considered a hero in the present-day state of Maharashtra, and stories of his exploits have entered into folklore. He was one of the pioneers of commando actions, though the term is modern.
Shivajiraje was born in 1630, in the Shivneri Fort, 60 km north of Pune. His father, Shahaji raje, was a jagirdar of the sultan of Bijapur in present-day Karnataka. His mother was Jijabai, the daughter of Lakhuji Jadhav from Sindkhedraja in present-day Buldhana district of Maharashtra, one of the most influential amongst the Yadav (respected kshatreeya) rulers.
When the Mughals and Adilshah completed their conquest of the Nizamshahi kingdom of Ahmednagar in 1636, Shahaji was forced to leave the region around Pune. He was inducted by Adilshah and offered a distant jagir, present-day Banglore, so as to dispel from his mind any ambitions he may have entertained about political independence with the help of the rugged, mountainous terrain in and around Pune. But his old land tenures and holdings in the Pune and Supe parganas were allowed to be retained. Shahaji appointed the young Shivaji under the care of his mother Jijabai to manage the Pune holdings, while management of Supe was entrusted to his brother-in-law Mohite. A select staff was appointed to assist Shivaji in the administration and included Dadaji Konddev, Sonopant, Kanhoji Jedhe, Baji Pasalkar , among others. He assumed administrative responsibility and gave himself an official seal in Sanskrit.
With the inevitable interlacing of of popular lore and history in as inspiring a career as Shivaji's, it is not very easy to pinpoint persons or circumstances that may have influenced him. Nevertheless, it would not be incorrect to surmise that his parents, and advisors like Dadaji Konddev, must have made an indelible imprint on his impressionable mind. Shahaji's failed attempts at political independence, his exceptional military capabilities and achievements, his knowledge of Sanskrit, Hindu ethos and patronage of the arts, his war strategies and peacetime diplomacy, all must have inspired him. His mother, having lost her father and three brothers to a heinous plot hatched by the Nizamshah, had enough bitter experience of wayward and callous alien rule to instill in Shivaji's mind a natural love for self-determination and aversion for external political domination. Her piety and commitment to indigenous culture made him peerless (as confirmed by even otherwise inimical chroniclers, Khafi Khan especially) in his tolerant attitude towards other religions and treatment of women and non-combatants. Dadaji Konddev, was a trusted employee who oversaw Shivaji's education and training, while managing the household according to Shahaji's orders. All of these factors must have contributed towards making of the unique personality.
In 1646, when Shivaji was 16, he carried out his first military action by capturing Torna fort, in Bijapur territory. By 1647, he had captured Kondana and Rajgad forts and had complete control of the Pune region. And by 1659 Shivaji had captured some forts in the Western Ghats and along the Konkan coast. Afzal Khan, Bijapur's finest general, was sent to destroy him.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the death of Eric Garner in police custody having dominated the headlines on Staten Island and beyond, a citywide poll out Tuesday found that borough residents are no fans of Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton.
A Quinnipiac University survey showed de Blasio had an overall 50 to 32 percent job approval rating with voters across the five boroughs.
But on the Island, 58 percent disapproved of the job de Blasio is doing, with 25 percent approving.
It was the only borough where the mayor's disapproval rating was higher than his approval number.
The poll also showed an overall racial divide among de Blasio's supporters, with black voters in the city approving of the job he's doing 65 to 15 percent, Hispanic approval at 55 to 27 percent, and white approval at a negative 36 to 45 percent.
"He's had his ups and his downs over the summer, but there's almost no change in his job approval," said Quinnipiac poll director Maurice Carroll. "White voters are negative; black voters are overwhelmingly positive."
De Blasio had a 51 to 28 percent approval rating in the last Quinnipiac poll, on June 11.
De Blasio and NYPD Commissioner William Bratton have been under the microscope following Garner's death after a confrontation with police in Tompkinsville.
Rev. Sharpton led a rally for Garner on the Island on Saturday.
While 53 percent of city voters said that de Blasio has strong leadership skills, 65 percent of Islanders said he does not. And 61 percent of Islanders said de Blasio does not understand their problems, versus 53 percent of citywide voters who said he does.
Sixty-six percent of city residents said that de Blasio is honest and trustworthy, but Islanders were split on the question, with 45 percent saying yes, and 44 percent saying no.
While 55 percent of city voters approved of the way de Blasio is handling black/white relations, 56 percent of Islanders disapproved.
Voters overall were divided on the way the mayor is handling relations between the police and the community, with 46 percent approving and 44 percent disapproving. On the Island, 65 percent disapproved.
"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio gets positive marks on honesty, empathy and leadership. He's only so-so on most issues, except for a big plus on race relations," said Carroll.
Island voters also disapproved of how de Blasio is handling crime (63 percent), taxes (52 percent) and schools (60 percent).
On Rev. Sharpton, 49 percent of city voters said he is a positive force, and 40 percent say he is a negative force. On the Island, 71 percent said Rev. Sharpton is a negative force, and 64 percent said he has too much influence with de Blasio.
And 59 percent of Islanders said that Rev. Sharpton should not have gotten equal seating with Bratton at a City Hall roundtable meeting on Garner's death.
Twenty percent said Rev. Sharpton was the most influential black leader in the city.
Voters said 54 to 25 percent that Bratton has more influence with the mayor than Rev. Sharpton, with all races agreeing. But 51 percent of Islanders said it was Rev. Sharpton who has more influence.
City voters approve 48 to 35 percent of the job Bratton is doing, down from 57 to 19 percent in June and lower than any approval rating for former Police Commissioner Ray Kelly during his 12 years in office.
On the Island, 50 percent approve of the job Bratton is doing.
Quinnipiac polled 1,021 city voters from Aug. 20 to 25. The Garner rally was held Aug. 23.
It is not clear how many Island voters were part of the poll.


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GAME-CHANGER encourages competition while offering fun, entertainment and a challenge for the players. The game is easy to understand, tests your accuracy and it could also help to improve motor skills and hand-eye coordination for children and adults alike. Ideal for sports fans, it is producible in design variations for home and commercial use. Additionally, a prototype is available, and it is patent-pending.
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At the Pop Health Forum last fall, Cleveland Clinic Chief Experience Officer Dr. Adrienne Boissy talked about her definition of patient engagement, and how much bigger it is than just apps. At the Personal and Digital Connected Health event at HIMSS today, Boissy expanded on those ideas, giving several specific examples of how Cleveland Clinic is realizing those ideas. "Patients should be...
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Millennials are more likely than baby boomers to crowdsource their choice of physician, both online and in-person with friends, according to a new 3,000-person survey from Nuance. "We know a huge number of patients today are looking up symptoms and health information online, so it's just a matter of time until they shop for physicians and communicate grievances that way, too," Dr. Tony Oliva, ...
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Suitable for: All
This workshop is designed to introduce you to the techniques available to develop a more systematic search strategy for a literature review. You will learn about:
* formulating a focused question
* identifying important concepts within the question
* identifying search terms to describe those concepts
* 'sensitivity' and 'specificity'
* preparation of the search strategy using Boolean operators, truncation, and other key features of strategy development
* literature search methodology
* approaches to verifying the performance of the strategy
It will offer you hands-on learning, and will be particularly helpful for developing your literature review. You will be encouraged to relate the techniques directly to your research topic and there will be opportunities to discuss specific issues encountered. In order to make this possible, attendees are asked to provide some basic information in advance. Please choose the version relevant to your subject.
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Locale™ Office
Herman Miller
2013 -
Locale is an intelligent office furniture system that previewed at NeoCon 2013 as part of Herman Miller's Living Office™.
Locale enables the creation of dynamic, high-performance work neighborhoods within open-plan environments. A composition of Locale elements encourages the free and intuitive shift from individual work to collaborative and social activities, and drives serendipitous interaction.
The subtle curvature of Locale's surfaces signals openness, invites interaction, and generously accommodates multiple collaborators, work styles and tools. People move and change positions naturally around cantilevered surfaces.
With the addition of height adjustability, a push of a paddle allows an individual to sit down for focused work or stand up to collaborate with colleagues.
Adjustability is not limited to surface height—mobile tables, screens, and easels can be utilized as the need arises.
By easing physical and experiential transitions, Locale's consistent and thoughtful design vocabulary contributes to a more seamless total experience of work.
"We often talk about how social networks behave given current technology, where close relationships are not based on physical proximity, but instead on similarity of purpose or interest. You might make an alliance in a social network with someone who is very far away but very close to you in other ways. They are great spatial condensers in this respect. Locale is a physical manifestation of this principle, where the most relevant participants are kept close and communication is fast and frequent." Kim Colin
"One could argue that collaboration is a buzzword right now, that somehow it might go away, but we think this is unimaginable. People are empowered by digital networks, but the most ambitious businesses still need productive, collaborative physical spaces that are comfortable." Sam Hecht
iF Gold Award 2016
Good Design Award, Australia, 2015
Best of the Best, Büro Magazine, Germany, 2015
IDEA Gold Award, USA, 2014
Metropolis Award, USA, 2014
HIP Award, Chicago, 2014
Best of NeoCon Silver Award, Chicago, 2013
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Tronco seating
Mattiazzi SpA
2016 -
Tronco is unlike our previous Mattiazzi designs that often have displayed a sculptural softness achieved by robotically removing material. Instead, its character is formed from solid planks of wood in what appears as very elementary construction, yet its simplicity is the result of iterative experimentation and a high regard for material honesty. It is made with the same extraordinary level of attention to detail that Mattiazzi is now known for. With Tronco, we are interested in the frisson between solid panel construction and the truly skilled craft of its making.
It has surprisingly natural comfort and works well in multiples, and not just alone. Its form is modest enough so that it takes on the appearance of 'texture' when shown in numbers. It lifts the atmosphere of interior spaces that
many chairs, whether it is a dining hall or a chapel and creates a terrain of its own in any architecture. It can stack 10-high on its own trolley and is connectable in long rows using a plastic connector. A range of coloured stains help to bring out the ash grain. The Tronco table is similarly made and chamfered at the edges so that it can join easily with others. With one or many, Tronco evokes solidity rather than frame.
Designforum Wien, Austria, 2016
Salone del Mobile, 2016
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Run Collection
Emeco, USA
2016 -
Run is a collection of tables, benches, shelving, and accessories – inspired by the collective, congenial atmosphere around public furniture like canteen tables, park benches, and library shelves. These typologies have the ability to feel natural for one to use and for many to share. Its materiality is recycled aluminium and Amish produced Ash wood that satisfies a multitude of uses at home, for hospitality or in the workplace. They are pure utility – resilient in material and timeless in form. It is made from simple, uniform planks and is specified simply by length of material, either aluminium, ash or cedar wood. The furniture can be used indoors or out and is available in 2440, 1830, 1220 and 830mm lengths, with corresponding Benches. Shelves are available in lengths of 1830mm.
For the Table and Shelf, specially designed accessories (Platform, End and Bookend) help to delineate spatial and functional divisions along a plank, and the gap between planks is seen as a benefit for passing through electrical cables. Benches have the option of a felt pad for added comfort. Run Tables are also available in standing or seated heights, allowing for different activities like communal eating or meeting. The projects entirety acknowledges the benefits of being around others. Welcoming, useful, resilient, and simple.
ICFF Best Collection, 2016
Wallpaper Best Design, 2017
Further Reading
Viaduct Interview
Domus Magazine
Run by Juriann Booij
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Emeco, US
Coexistence, UK
Plex Lounge Seating
Herman Miller
2016 -
Plex is a modular soft-seating program that allows the ease of flexible grouping with a compact seat that's designed for individual comfort. After extensive research and development, Plex is designed to support Office, Education and Healthcare settings. It is smaller than comparable soft-seats allowing greater planning density.
Plex consists of a series of units that each provide comfort and usefulness and can be combined with other units to make additional settings - a simple hook allows the flexibility to re-arrange settings, turning a communal gathering area into a lecture theater. It is engineered using Herman Miller's extensive knowledge of ergonomics, anthropometrics and comfort, and uses super-seat technology in its webbing - a strectched rubber membrane that adjusts to whatever posture you may take.
The seats can stay static with its wooden or plastic feet, move freely around with its wheels, or swivel with its swivel-base. Extra privacy for spaces where concentration and privacy are required, can use the Plex Club Seat height adjustable headrest. Stitching details have been designed to accommodate almost any fabric. Plex also has power. Both USB and mains can be integrated during specification, or added at a later date. And a lightweight height-adjustable Side Table is part of the collection.
Metropolis Likes Award, 2016
HIP Award, 2016
Further Reading
Plex Catalogue
Plex Animation
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Tubo Chair
TOG, Brasil
2014 —
TOG is an innovative furniture company that plans to build a community, combining industry with craftsmanship, technology and humanity. The company is the brainchild of Brazilian industrial group Grendene, with Philippe Starck as its Creative Director.
The foundation of TOG is to create a virtuous and unique sales system where the customer has the freedom to enjoy the distinguished design piece 'naked' - as proposed by the company and designer - or to apply their own personal mix of finishes and colors through a large platform of local craftsman. In the case of Tubo, we set out to create an advanced and economically viable recycled PET molding process, by working with the source of the raw material itself, that can then be freely customised.
The collection consists of chair with a variety of bases, along with working tables and mobile shelving. The chairs themselves are made from molded PET that is created from a raw blanket material formed from recycled platic bottles that would normally find their way into the waste stream. After a year of testing and analysis, a steel tool was developed that economically 'polymerises' and seals the PET into a semi-rigid shell. The shell is then supported by a spring steel exoskeleton that allows for comfort and movement.
Icon Award nomination 2014
Milan 2014 Best In Show, Metropolis Magazin
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK—A new season of Master Gardener Environmental & Community Stewardship classes will be starting soon at the Middlesex County EARTH Center.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will be offering both daytime and evening programs based on interest. Orientation will be held on Thursday, September 10th at 6:30 PM for the evening class and Friday, Sept. 11 at 9:30 a.m. for the Friday morning class. Middlesex County is currently the only county that offers the Master Gardeners course in the evenings. Pre-registration for the course is required.
Master Gardeners are community volunteers, trained in earth-friendly gardening and environmental principles. There are 60-70 hours of classroom instruction including practical field experiences and field trips.
Topics covered include: sound gardening techniques; composting; creative methods of conserving resources; and horticulture therapy. The program also requires participants to volunteer a minimum of 60 hours of service towards Extension projects, activities and events. In addition to classroom and volunteer time, there is mandatory attendance for gardening days and events several Saturdays during the growing season, to fulfill the educational requirements of the program. Classes will be held once a week during the winter and spring seasons. The program fee (to cover the cost of supplies, instructional materials and speakers) varies depending on day or evening classes.
The Master Gardener program will be offered at the EARTH Center, found in Davidson's Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. If you are interested, call the EARTH Center at 732-398-5262.
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Machine learning not ready for the cloud, yet
Organizations with sophisticated machine learning systems usually have built them themselves, survey shows.
Service technology -- from SOA to cloud to IT service management -- promises many "-ilities": greater agility, flexibility, and reusability. Joe McKendrick explores the challenges and opportunities.
Organizations with sophisticated machine learning systems usually have built them themselves, survey shows.
For reliable applications, the web giant relies on 'site reliability engineering': DevOps with an engineering foundation.
Some pointers from the folks at Amazon Web Services.
There is a direct correlation between digital readiness and AI readiness. However, few companies are well ahead in either area, McKinsey study asserts.
With greater attention to user experience (UX) design comes greater debate over its ROI. Can this even be measured?
Developer advocates sing the praises of Kubernetes. What's in it for enterprises?
Time for more artificial intelligence in distributed ledger technologies, researchers urge.
Latest CloudFoundry survey finds business leaders have high hopes for continuous integration/continuous delivery. In addition, multi-platform rules, and containers cross the chasm.
'It breaks my heart to see the ideas we wrote about in the Agile Manifesto used to make developers' lives worse, instead of better,' a co-author of the 2001 Agile Manifesto laments.
Embedded machine learning technology is increasingly being incorporated into rich, predictive user interactions.
Most enterprise systems and assets are on-premises, requiring skills and foresight for cloud moves.
User experience design evolves through five distinct stages, from a separate team or area of the organization to becoming part of everyone's job
Many chief financial officers as well as CIOs are gasping at the unexpected expenses seen in their monthly cloud bills, survey finds.
Design, lean and agile have different modus operandi. With software releases now required by the hour, they need to be brought together to bring out the best in people..
"It is time that we re-balance the discussion from being driven by the creators and the sellers of artificial intelligence to being balanced with the user perspective."
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"Bathhouse will be a hit anywhere it goes!" -Broadwayworld.com
Bathhouse: the Musical! is an American musical with music and lyrics by Tim Evanicki and Esther Daack.. The show follows the story of Billy, a wide-eyed youth venturing into a bathhouse for the very first time. He's looking for love, but soon realizes that the other patrons are looking for something… a little more temporary. With some guidance, Billy soon learns the ins and outs of bathhouse etiquette.
Bathhouse: the Musical! premiered at the Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival in Orlando, Florida in June 2006. before the show found a home at the Foolight Theater in the same city. From there, the show's success blossomed to include productions in four countries on two continents on both sides of the Atlantic.
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2006 Orland0, FL - Air-o-dynamic production*
*Winner, Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival Patron's Pick
2006 Orlando, FL - Parliament house Presents
2007 Atlanta, ga - Theatre decatur
2008 syracuse, ny - rarely done productions*
*Winner, Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) Award, Best Original Work
2008 us national tour - downstairs cabaret theatre
2009 London, UK - Above the stag theatre
2009 Tampa, FL - Arts on 9th
2010 Montreal, canada - village scene productions
2010-2011 Paris, France - philanthropic productions
*Released a dance remix of "Steam," available on iTunes. Visit our Store page to purchase!
2012 Montreal, ottawa, Quebec City, Canada - Village Scene Productions
2014 London, uk - above the stag theatre*
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Watches show the current time, and are useful for gauging how much time is left before sunrise or sunset. They can commonly be found in residential areas. Press "O" to bring up the watch, or double tap "O" to have it stay on your screen.
When playing with others, it's possible for your game time to not be correct. A watch can help identify if your time is out of sync: if the time on your watch doesn't match what others have, someone is desynchronized. It can be fixed by just reconnecting to the server. Usually this doesn't matter, but sometimes it can still be daytime for some players, but night for others.
It's possible to find north using a watch. This video explains how to do so.
You can only fit 10 watches into a tent. My dreams of filling an enemy's tent with watches have died :(
you can use the watch also as a compass http://www.onebag.com/popups/wcompass.html
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. faces its most precarious moment in the Middle East in years, with the dangers to U.S. interests growing as a tense standoff drags on between tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's embattled regime, according to analysts and former officials.
President Barack Obama and his aides are hoping for what they call an "orderly transition," with a smooth exit for Mubarak and a handover of power to a transitional government that organizes new, fair elections.
The massive protests planned for Tuesday could in theory lead to this scenario for the most populous Arab country. The grimmer scenario is a lengthy crisis that debilitates Egypt further and ends in a military coup, anarchy or general chaos.
"I think there's a lot to be scared about . . . more to be scared about than to be thrilled about," said retired U.S. diplomat David Mack, now with the Middle East Institute. If things go badly wrong, "you could have Somalia on the Mediterranean."
"The longer the situation wends on, the more dangerous it becomes for American foreign policy," said J. Scott Carpenter, who was a State Department official dealing with Muslim democracy issues under former President George W. Bush.
The State Department Monday sent former ambassador Frank Wisner to Cairo to urge Mubarak's government to embrace political overhauls.
"At this point, we clearly recognize what happens in Egypt will have broad ramifications" in the Middle East, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told McClatchy. But what those ramifications will be aren't clear, he said, because "we don't know the end of the story."
Speaking privately, because of diplomatic sensitivities, a senior U.S. official acknowledged that Washington's efforts to revive the stalled Arab-Israeli peace process could be hurt. "Some of the participants are probably going to be distracted for a bit," he said.
The surprise Egyptian crisis comes atop a host of other developments that have challenged U.S. standing in the region. Iran has expanded its influence, and its proxy, Hezbollah, has chosen Lebanon's next prime minister. Iraq teeters between stability and renewed violence.
But Egypt and its military have long been a major lever of U.S. influence in the Muslim Middle East. The country has been a key counterterrorism ally, quietly supported a tough position on Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, and even assisted with U.S. military deployments to support the 2003 invasion of Iraq, despite opposing the war itself.
While a fundamentalist takeover in Cairo seems unlikely, "there's a possibility that whatever new government emerges in Egypt will distance itself somewhat from the United States" and from Israel, said Michele Dunne, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Dunne was one of several academics who met with White House officials Monday morning to discuss Egypt policy.
Obama finds himself in the painful position of trying to align the United States with Egyptians' demands for democratic overhauls, while trying to encourage Mubarak to leave — without actually saying so.
"The history of the 20th Century is littered with cases where we got out in front" of popular protests, said a senior U.S. diplomat, explaining the White House's caution. "The Hungarian uprising is probably the most notorious result," said the diplomat, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly. The U.S. encouraged a 1956 anti-communist revolt in Hungary, but was powerless to stop the Soviet army from crushing it.
The "ideal scenario," Dunne said, is one in which the U.S. assists the transition to democracy for both Tunisia — whose autocratic leader was ousted two weeks ago, sparking the latest unrest — and for Egypt.
Washington could also use the opportunity to pressure other allies in the region — such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan — to embrace the political overhauls they've resisted, she said.
Dunne said she and her colleagues counseled White House advisors that "they don't want to be out in front of events . . . (but) they also should be very careful not to be saying anything that suggests the United States is propping up Mubarak."
A turning point in the crisis could come early Tuesday, with opposition leaders promising to bring one million people into the streets of Egypt's cities.
While the upheaval in Egypt itself was a surprise, even after the ouster of longtime Tunisian leader Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, few experts expect other leaders across the Middle East to fall like dominoes.
And if the confrontation in Cairo devolves into chaos, strongman leaders in countries such as Algeria, Libya, Sudan and Syria are even less likely to embrace a political opening, said Mack, the former U.S. diplomat who served in Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon and elsewhere.
"I don't think it's a 'Berlin Wall' moment for the rest of the region, regardless of what happens," said Carpenter, referring to the toppling of Eastern European governments following the 1989 opening of the Berlin Wall.
The region's monarchies, such as those in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Morocco, may be in a stronger position than republics like Libya and Syria, whose legitimacy "rests on a more narrow basis," he said.
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Egypt's military says it won't use force on "our great people'
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Opponents of President Barack Obama's health-care law are gearing up for a new round of attacks, this time targeting the legislation's insurance exchanges that would expand coverage to millions of Americans.
Heritage Action for America, the advocacy arm of the Heritage Foundation, and the Tea Party-aligned group FreedomWorks will push Congress to cut off funding for the exchanges in the debate later this year over raising the debt ceiling, the Washington-based groups said. The chairman of the advocacy group Restore America's Voice, Ken Hoagland, said he plans to warn people through advertising about the "dysfunctional" exchanges.
While opposition to the health-care program is nothing new, the tactics are changing. Rather than focusing on repealing the law in Congress and the courts, two avenues that have failed so far, the groups are aiming to prevent the cornerstone of the legislation, the insurance exchanges, from succeeding. Their goal is to limit enrollments, drive up costs, and make it easier to roll back all or part of the law later.
"If you're committed to making sure Obamacare doesn't go into effect, you have to focus on the expansion and on the exchanges," said Dan Holler, a spokesman for Heritage Action. "Once you have people under a program, it's really hard to change that system no matter how badly it needs change."
Democratic supporters of the health-care law said critics are afraid that the measure will be a success and therefore are out to prevent it.
'Sabotage' effort
"The message is they want to sabotage an effort that will allow people to get affordable health insurance, all for politics," said Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.
House Republicans have voted 37 times to repeal all or part of the health-care law.
"House Republicans remain committed to full repeal of government-centered Obamacare, and to ensuring working families have access to quality patient-centered health-care options," said Rory Cooper, a spokesman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.
The insurance exchanges, which will go online in October to provide coverage starting Jan. 1, are designed as Internet marketplaces where people can compare prices for insurance and find out if they qualify for subsidies or Medicaid. Having effective exchanges will be important so people can comply with the law's mandate that all Americans get insurance or pay a fee.
Managing cost
By creating a large pool of individual buyers, the exchanges are intended to lower the cost of coverage by spreading the risk for insurance companies. Opponents predict that if there isn't a large enough group or mostly high-cost sick patients sign up, insurance plans won't be affordable, said Josh Withrow, legislative affairs manager for FreedomWorks.
"If enough people don't get in to these exchanges, it's essentially going to be to be unfundable," said Withrow. "They need the healthy people in the exchanges."
The opposition is likely to focus on people in about 20 states, including Texas and Florida, where the governors opposed the law and refused to set up their own state-run exchanges, said Robert Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard University.
In those states, the local government won't be actively educating the public and helping people through the process.
"They won't campaign against a federal law, they are just going to say that this isn't going to work out for you," Blendon said. "They are going to say, 'Don't participate in Obamacare.'"
Communities' role
The negative campaigning could also discourage businesses, religious and civic groups from encouraging people to sign up, Blendon said. "In an environment where there is a lot of negativity around the law, businesses and civic groups won't do that."
In Massachusetts, that type of community support was important for getting 98 percent of residents insured after the state passed its own health-care law in 2006, said Jonathan Gruber, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Boston Red Sox set up insurance education booths at games and hosted health-insurance events. Gruber said there was no serious opposition to the Massachusetts law.
Supporters of the law are seeking to counter the negative campaigning with their own efforts to drive consumers to the exchanges.
Grassroots effort
A nonprofit group called Enroll America is trying to raise money to finance a grassroots effort to make sure people are aware of how to get coverage. The group was started by Ron Pollack, the executive director of the consumer advocacy group Families USA, in 2010 as a coalition of health insurers, drug companies and other organizations. Its president, Anne Filipic, is a former White House aide.
"People and families are going to be making decisions on enrolling based on their own personal and family circumstances, not politics," said Pollack, adding that he expects Tea Party members to join once they see the health-care subsidies they can receive. "There just won't be an effective effort to stop people from getting enrolled."
Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, which is implementing the law, has been trying to raise money for Enroll America from companies and organizations since March. Her solicitations have raised scrutiny from some members of Congress who said it may be a conflict of interest.
HHS spokeswoman Joanne Peters declined to comment, referring inquiries to Pollack. A White House spokeswoman, Tara McGuinness, didn't respond to requests for comment.
'Educate consumers'
Van Hollen said people need information about the exchanges.
"When you set up something new, it's important to educate consumers about steps that they should be taking," he said. "Republicans are trying to deny people that information."
Heritage Action for America and FreedomWorks are also working to block funding for the exchanges as part of the vote on raising the debt ceiling, which could take place in September. The once-routine act has become a vehicle for congressional Republicans to demand spending cuts and policy changes they can't get through the normal legislative process.
In advance of that vote, FreedomWorks plans to ask its millions of activists to contact their lawmakers and demand that defunding the exchanges be the price for raising the debt ceiling. FreedomWorks says it has 2 million e-mails and another 4 million connected to its Facebook page, though some might be duplicates.
Congress has already rejected requests from the president for more than $1 billion in funding to implement the exchanges.
"The average person will begin feeling the pain that policy wonks and health experts have been warning about for three years," said Hoagland of Restore America's Voice. "This is all coming to roost very soon. Implementation itself will be the most powerful argument for full repeal."
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On a chilly Thursday night at Symphony Hall, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performed a concert led by music director Robert Spano with Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen as guest soloist. The ASO will offer an early-evening, shortened version of the program as a "Casual Fridays" concert tonight at 6:30 p.m. The complete program, as heard on Thursday, will be performed again on Saturday at 8 p.m. Both will take place at Symphony Hall.
The concert opened with Beethoven's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4. This was Pohjonen's third appearance as soloist with the ASO, though only his second as part of a subscription concert at Symphony Hall. In July 2009, Pohjonen made his ASO debut at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre, the expansive outdoor venue in Alpharetta, with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 as part of an all-Beethoven program led by guest conductor Hugh Wolff. Pohjonen returned in January 2013 for a subscription series performance of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5, conducted by Spano.
Granted that Beethoven is a far cry from Prokofiev in compositional style, but just as with his previous ASO appearance, Pohjonen's performance was crisp and clear, unflappable, confident in execution. While its opening five bars of solo piano quietly invoke a song-like mood for the orchestra's entry, overall, the solo part is filled with florid figuration that demand dexterity. It is the most lyrical of all of Beethoven's five piano concertos, and is a staple of the repertoire.
Spano and the ASO deftly underscored Pohjonen's playing, in a way that was passionate but not overbearing. Together they seemed to balance the classical and emerging romantic aspects of this middle-period work, allowing the effervescent runs of Pohjonen's piano parts, ranging the keyboard's gamut, to stand out and sparkle effortlessly without undue force.
Pohjonen returned to the stage for an encore with equal floridness, if at a more modest scale: "Sommerfugl" ("Butterfly") — the first of Edvard Grieg's four Lyric Pieces, Book III (Op. 43) for solo piano.
For the second half of the program, Spano and the ASO offered up an inspiring, if at times less than perfect, performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1. It is the most immediately accessible of Mahler's symphonies. Yet, given how much Mahler's music is now seen as a late-Romantic harbinger of the coming modern era, it is a striking thought that this work had its premiere only four years after Brahms' Symphony No. 4. Mahler would come to make multiple major revisions to this symphony over the next half-dozen years before it took its final form.
The symphony opens slowly, with an eerie, gossamer "A" played as harmonics in the strings, barely heard, except for the lowest third of the contrabasses — simply because they play the lowest "A" available on the instrument, so a harmonic is not possible. Fans of popular culture may sense evocation to the opening of the Star Trek theme, but that is only a momentary mental spookiness, as the music immediately moves in a different direction, with fanfares in the distance.
The second movement, a scherzo in the manner of a ländler, a popular folk-dance in German lands, takes the momentum of the piece forward. The third movement, perhaps the work's most famous, is a funeral march based on the round "Bruder Martin" ("Frère Jacques") in a minor key — something actually not of Mahler's innovation but the way the tune was commonly sung in Austria at the time. Mahler brings into the mix a small Bohemian wind band, recalling imagery of the folkloric "Hunter's Funeral" where such a band accompanies a procession of animals bearing the hunter's body to its grave.
It was, however, the stormily agitated final movement which clinched the deal, giving the audience a darkly roiling, energized ride in F minor before climaxing in a full-bodied, triumphant D major. Despite a few pockmarks along the way, the hour-long work proved a fine sonic adventure. Whether one preferred the Beethoven concerto or the Mahler symphony is likely a matter of individual temperament, but together they made for a rather well-balanced program.


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June 30, 1864
Action on Four-Mile Creek, at Deep Bottom, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.
Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, occupies New Market, VA, on his way to invade the North.
Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco's Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE.
Copyright © 1993, 1994 by Ronald A. Mosocco
Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- Wilson-Kautz Raid Wikipedia Map: June 22 – July 1, 1864
- Number 53. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain Garrett Nowlan, One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry
- Number 81. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain John B. Vande Wiele, Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, including operations June 12-August 5
- Number 156. Petersburg Campaign Report of Brigadier General Lewis A. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding Second Brigade, of operations June 12-July 9
- NP: July 11, 1864 New York Daily News: From General Foster's Command
- LT: July 3, 1864 Philip W. Pringle
- NP: June 23, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 3
- NP: July 2, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Situation at Petersburg, June 28-30
- NP: July 2, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 29-July 1
- NP: July 4, 1864 Richmond Examiner: War News, June 30-July 4
- NP: July 5, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Situation at Petersburg, June 28-July 3
- NP: July 9, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Why Wilson and Kautz Escaped, June 30
- MOLLUS MN V4: Personal Experience; A Side Light on the Wilson Raid, June, 1864 by Edmund M. Pope
- 150 Years Ago Today: The Action at Four-Mile Creek: June 30-July 1, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 30, 1864
- CLARK NC: Wilmington North Carolina Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg
- DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- NP: July 16, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: Co. D, 32nd MA at Petersburg, Late June to Early July 1864
- NP: July 24, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 16th NYHA at Fort Magruder
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50 Extreme & Bizarre Bags
It seems you can make a bag out of (or to look like) anything! An armadillo? Ground beef? Skunk fur? What I really can't get my head around is why there's a stall somewhere in the world selling hollowed out toads as handbags. Despite the zippable reptilian skin, golden chain strap, and dead toad eyes to keep an eye on your belongings, this bag is only for witches, wizards and Marilyn Manson. See these and a total of 50 of the most unusual bags seen anywhere.
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Slightly more morbid than the stuffed dogs has handbags that Macy's is selling this Christmas.
U G L Y ! I can't stretch that as far as the list. :p
That frog purse up there? Yeah my dad has a cell phone pouch just like that.
le sigh, it's embarassing
le sigh, it's embarassing
The toad purses are a goodluck item in the Philippines. Similar to rabbits' feet here in North America.
Blue monster bag for me. Or possibly the used soccer ball or the zipper purse.


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Mod Flowers
Spring flowers are beautiful, and your child can cut her way into making a fun collage of mod-style flowers that will dazzle and delight! Clothing designers have created organic flowing flower patterns since the 1950s that are still popular today. Your child can use these colorful fabrics for inspiration to cut herself some funky flowers.
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What You Need:
- Scrap paper
- Pencil
- Colorful construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- White paper
What You Do:
- Take a closer look at the flowing flower designs of the 1950s and '60s by researching online or at your local library. One popular designer, Marimekko, has been creating colorful textiles since 1950, and is still going strong today. The mod style hit the scene in England during the late 1950s with music and fashion being its driving force.
- Offer your child some scrap paper and pencil to create a few sketches of organic flowing flowers. Organic shapes do not have edges and are often influenced by natural things.
- Now your child can get out some flashy construction paper and start cutting out organic flower shapes using her sketches as needed. She can cut shapes for petals and others for the center for her flowers.
- Invite your child to select one color to use as the background for her mod flowers and get out the glue to get things sticking.
- She can adhere her flowers to the paper with a thin layer of glue, encouraging fine motor and design skills.
- Display her finished flower creation in a sunny spot, encouraging everyone to think flowery thoughts!


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It might sound like a strange concept, but starter pets can be a great way of introducing animal care into your home.
What Is A "Starter" Pet?
Not meant in any way to be derogatory, a starter pet should be considered the kind of pet that has all the benefits of pet ownership – but doesn't take as much time, effort, or expense, to care for.
Everyone loves dogs and cats; a huge number of homes tend to have at least one of these animals. However, there's no doubt that they take a lot of energy and a lot of money to care for. It's also a huge time investment, with dogs – on average – living for at least 10 years, and cats potentially double that with the right care.
A starter pet is meant to be a way of learning about caring, how to schedule your time for doing so, and adapting your lifestyle to suit.
Which Animals Make Good Starter Pets?
It could be said that any animal that isn't a cat or a dog makes for a good entry point into pet ownership. However, there are a couple that are often overlooked to consider –
You don't need a huge amount of space for a chicken; a medium size back garden will usually be sufficient, if you have room for a chicken house and a decent run. Not only are chickens fun fowl to care for, they can also be a source of eggs. If you buy a rooster, you could even end up with fertile eggs, which you can nurture with the help of incubators like those found on TheChickenHub.com. This is incredibly rewarding, as you're there from the moment they break through the shell and look into the world for the first time!
Hamsters and rats are the classic pets for kids. These mischievous little creatures can be a lot of fun and the costs of sustaining them are fairly cheap. You'll need a good size cage and a good food source, as well as a few toys – YourPetHamster.com has some great ideas for engaging little hamster brains.
Do They Really Prepare You For Larger Pet Ownership?
Oh yes. To begin with, you get into the habit of considering another creature. You establish feeding routines, caring for them, and ensuring they are comfortable. If you've never had a pet before (or it's been awhile), then these are habits that you will need to pick up.
Cats and dogs don't deal well with being left alone. They are prone to separation anxiety, which can mean you have to completely alter your schedule for them. This isn't true of starter pets; you might need to make small adjustments, but it won't be the wholesale changes that cats and dogs require. If you struggle to make these adjustments, that's a good sign that you aren't ready for the commitment of large pet ownership.
Which, of course, is fine. There's plenty of fun, enjoyment, and love to enjoy with smaller starter pets – so why not make the leap into a whole new world of pet parenthood?Posted in categories: Vet School Diary
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It is so nice to read that you had an amazing time and liked beer and pretzels!
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