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On a patch of barren savannah in eastern Colombia, a settlement called Oasis has sprung to life in five years. Hundreds of oil workers and truck drivers relax on a February evening in some 40 hotels, bars, eateries and brothels made mostly of corrugated metal sheets.
On a nearby dirt road, tanker trucks form a line stretching 4 kilometers, waiting to fill up with heavy crude from the Rubiales field — a hub of Colombia's oil boom, Bloomberg Markets magazine will report in its July issue.
Oasis owes its existence to Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (PRE), Colombia's No. 2 oil company, which was founded by four Venezuelans in 2008.
As then-President Hugo Chavez was seizing revenue and limiting investments of oil companies in Venezuela, the four countrymen were enticed by changes in neighboring Colombia. Former President Alvaro Uribe was easing restrictions on foreign investors and escalating the government assault on Marxist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
So the entrepreneurs targeted Rubiales, which Colombian state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETL) managed yet had barely exploited, and created a company that transformed the field into the nation's biggest source of crude.
In 2009, as Bogota-based Pacific Rubiales and other companies ramped up production, Colombia vaulted past Argentina to become South America's No. 3 oil producer, behind Venezuela and Brazil.
Huge Deposits
By the first quarter of this year, Pacific Rubiales had boosted output sevenfold to the equivalent of 126,000 barrels of oil a day. The company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization soared eightfold to $1.88 billion in 2012 from 2008.
"The Venezuelans found huge deposits of heavy oil in Colombia where others hadn't," says Houston-based Bob Fryklund, vice president of energy consulting firm IHS CERA and a former ConocoPhillips executive in Brazil. "They exploited something that was off Ecopetrol's radar. When you are smaller and more nimble, you take more risks."
Investors have poured into shares of Pacific Rubiales (PRE). New York-based BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset manager; Capital Group Cos. in Los Angeles; and New York-based Lazard Asset Management LLC, part of publicly traded Lazard Ltd., are the biggest shareholders.
Labor Battle
The shares of Pacific Rubiales surged 197 percent to C$21.77 on June 10 from Feb. 6, 2008, when the producer was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. That compares with a 6.5 percent decline for the Standard & Poor's Global Oil Index during the same period.
Pacific Rubiales announced June 3 that it was increasing its quarterly dividend to 16.5 U.S. cents per common share from 11 cents.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Ronald Pantin now faces the challenge of maintaining Pacific Rubiales's torrid growth. The producer has been embroiled in a labor battle with the Union Sindical Obrera, or USO. The union filed a lawsuit on May 30 against the company with the Colombian Attorney General's office, says Mauricio Rodriguez, a lawyer providing legal assistance to the union. The suit alleges that Pacific Rubiales violated the right of free association by busting the local branch of the USO, Rodriguez says.
A spokesman for Pacific Rubiales declined to comment on the lawsuit. In February Pantin denied the USO's allegation of union busting, saying his company complies with all of Colombia's laws.
Rubiales Field
The company is also confronting the possible loss to Ecopetrol of its namesake field, which accounts for 60 percent of today's production, when its license expires in 2016.
Ecopetrol currently cedes operation of the field to Pacific Rubiales. A spokesperson for Pacific Rubiales said in April that executives from the two companies are holding meetings to analyze the drilling rights situation.
"Rubiales isn't only the biggest field in Colombia," says Pantin, 63, who's wearing a black-leather jacket, jeans and an open-collar blue shirt at his company's headquarters. "Not even in Venezuela is there a field with its size. Rubiales is the secret to Colombia's oil success."
The Pacific Rubiales founders began to plot their departure from Venezuela more than a decade ago. Pantin was head of the services unit at state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA in 2000.
Chavez's Agenda
At the time, Chavez was beginning to siphon revenue from the company to pay for his anti-poverty programs, says Eric Lee, an oil analyst at Citigroup Inc. in New York. Pantin, who says he opposed Chavez's use of the company to promote his political agenda, left PDVSA in 2000.
After Chavez survived an attempted overthrow in 2002, thousands of PDVSA employees staged a four-month strike and called for his resignation. Chavez fired 18,000 of the striking workers in 2003. Today, some 60 Venezuelans, many of whom were dismissed or forced out by Chavez from PDVSA, work at Pacific Rubiales.
After 14 years in office, Chavez died of cancer on March 5. His hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, narrowly won the presidential election on April 14.
In 2003, three Pacific Rubiales co-founders — Jose Francisco Arata, Serafino Iacono and Miguel De la Campa — seized the opportunity created by Uribe to invest in Colombia. After taking office in 2002, Uribe waged war on the 18,000-member FARC, a major cocaine trafficker, according to the National Colombian Police Service. He deployed soldiers on the roads and even placed an army battalion inside Rubiales, diminishing the rebels' capacity to sabotage oil equipment.
Colombian Opportunity
From 2003 to 2012, Colombia's murder rate fell 43 percent to 32 per 100,000 people, according to data published by the Ministry of National Defense.
The Colombian leader also stripped Ecopetrol of its regulatory powers in 2003 and transferred them to his newly created National Hydrocarbons Agency. The agency changed the way producers acquired drilling rights and paid royalties.
"We decided to invest in Colombia after the creation of the regulator," says Arata, who is president of Pacific Rubiales. Juan Manuel Santos, who succeeded Uribe as president in 2010, is continuing to encourage foreign investment in the oil industry and signed a free-trade agreement with the European Union and Peru in June 2012.
Arata, De la Campa and Iacono founded Pacific Stratus Energy Ltd., a predecessor to Pacific Rubiales, in 2004 to begin exploring Colombia for crude. The partners, who had very little money, initially raised funds in Canada because the capital markets in Colombia were undeveloped at the time, says Manfred Kruger, who was chairman of Pacific Stratus and later head of investor relations at Pacific Rubiales.
Pacific Rubiales
Arata, who had worked with Pantin at PDVSA, hired geophysicists and other exploration experts who had left or been fired from the Venezuelan oil giant.
The founders concluded that Colombia's eastern Llanos basin, home of the Rubiales field, probably held large reserves because of its geological similarities to Venezuela's Orinoco basin, where PDVSA operates. By 2005, Pacific Stratus had raised $10 million from investors to buy its first Colombian oil block.
The Venezuelans took control of Rubiales, which was producing only the equivalent of 24,784 barrels of oil a day in 2007, through two acquisitions. Arata, Iacono and De la Campa teamed up with Pantin, an expert in oil production, to buy small, Toronto-listed Consolidated AGX Resources Corp. They renamed it Petro Rubiales Energy Corp., and Pantin was brought on board as a partner to run the company.
Lawsuit Filed
Using funds from investors, Petro Rubiales then paid $245 million to acquire 75 percent of Rubiales Energy Holdings Ltd., which operated the Rubiales, Quifa and Piriri fields in partnership with Ecopetrol. In January 2008, the four men merged their two companies to form Pacific Rubiales.
After three years of rapid growth at Pacific Rubiales, the USO, Colombia's largest oil union, organized protests in the field for higher wages and better working conditions. Moises Baron, a senior USO secretary, says the company fired or declined to renew the contracts for union workers.
It then rehired those who had joined a smaller and more company-friendly federation called UTEN. Baron says Pacific Rubiales violated labor laws related to a free-trade agreement between Colombia and the U.S.
"The doors to our fields are always open to USO," said Alejandro Jimenez, head of corporate social responsibility at Pacific Rubiales, before the filing of the May 30 suit. "They are free to exercise all their union activities." Jimenez denied that Pacific Rubiales violated labor laws.
Global Expansion
Ian Macqueen, an oil equity analyst at CIBC World Markets in Calgary, says he's convinced that Ecopetrol will take over production in Rubiales after Pacific Rubiales's license expires, stripping Pantin of the cornerstone of his company. Ecopetrol owns 60 percent of the Rubiales license and gets the same percentage of the production under its contract with Pacific Rubiales.
Pantin says he's confident that his company will retain the license after 2016 because of its success drilling in the Rubiales field.
"We have a special relationship with Ecopetrol," Pantin says. "Our growth came with them as our partner."
With the scheduled loss of Rubiales approaching, Pantin has targeted an adjacent area called CPE-6 as a major source of future production. Environmental regulators, in response to concerns from 37 rancher families, are requiring that Pacific Rubiales limit the number of roads it builds and restrict its use of water in the area. The environmental issues have delayed the granting of the drilling license to the company for more than a year.
Brazilian Discovery
Pantin is also hunting for oil outside Colombia in a bid to turn his upstart company into a global producer. He has spent $1.07 billion since last year to buy companies and oil-and-gas blocks in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana, Papua New Guinea and Peru.
Investors are concerned about whether the onshore driller has the expertise to tap reserves offshore for the first time in countries such as Brazil and Guyana.
"The company has been a real success story — such a success that they're branching out into other areas that are away from their core competencies, which leads some of us to worry," says Russ Dallen, a fixed-income investor at Caracas Capital Markets, which owns more than $5 million of Pacific Rubiales securities.
Pacific Rubiales's joint venture with Karoon (PRE) Gas Australia Ltd. to drill in Brazilian waters paid off in January when the companies discovered an undisclosed amount of oil. They announced a second discovery in May.
Doubling Production
"If I may be a bit arrogant, we call it the Pacific effect, because we go to a new area, we enter, and we discover," Pantin says.
The four Venezuelans have ambitions to more than double oil and gas production by 2015. For that to happen, they'll have to find several more deposits, continuing a hot streak that made Pacific Rubiales, as of May, the best-performing major oil stock in Latin America during the previous five years.


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Car rally fashions on the field
It was my pleasure to be one of the judges at the Centenary of Canberra Car Rally for the fashion on the field parade along with Nathan and Mel from Librarian Chic. It was a tough decision picking the overall … Continue reading
Royal Daimler at the Car Rally
The Centenary of Canberra Car Rally was a great outing for the Museum's Royal Daimler Project. On Sunday 20 October Chris, Laster, Kathi and I were on the lawns of Old Parliament House with the virtual Royal Daimler, our mascot … Continue reading
Spinning with the Royal Daimler
A Virtual Concourse D'elegance for the Museum's Royal Daimler This Sunday, 20 October, the National Museum of Australia's Royal Daimler will make a virtual appearance at the Centenary of Canberra Car Rally on the lawns of Old Parliament House. The … Continue reading
Once in a hundred year event
Three weeks to go till the Centenary of Canberra Car Rally. This unique event, organised by the National Trust in the ACT, includes a scenic drive from Jervis Bay/Nowra to Canberra on Saturday 19 October and a motorcade along Northbourne … Continue reading

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This project will relocate the existing park-and-ride facility (located on Parcel 1) in order to increase the supply of auto parking and bus loading capacity, and improve the environment for passengers and the public. The project will also provide a location for future rail service, should a rail proposal move forward. The new facility (to be located on Parcel 2) will have replacement auto parking (248 auto spaces) and bus functions (13 bays with engineered ramp access). Measure C funds would provide for approxi ...more


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New resource for schools: long-term weather data from Rothamsted
Rothamsted Research, as part of its initiative for schools, has released some meteorological data as both open access mean data and as password-protected raw data.
Long-term camera data encourages people to engage in citizen science initiative
At a workshop in Kincraig, North East Scotland, ECN's Jan Dick presented the results of a four-year mammal recording study using heat-triggered cameras. The day was designed as part of a drive in citizen science to collect data for a mammalian atlas of North East Scotland, due for publication in late 2015.
Access selected ECN sites and other European ecosystem research facilities via ExpeER project
Researchers can apply for funds to support research visits to any of 31 European facilities, including some long-term ecosystem research sites. Two ECN sites are included in the scheme.
Rothamsted Research publishes booklet on 20 years of ECN measurements
A new booklet by Tony Scott, the ECN Site Manager at Rothamsted, provides a brief overview of the physical and chemical measurements that are routinely measured at the site, as part of the Long-term Experiments National Capability (LTE-NC) and the United Kingdom Environmental Change Network (ECN).
ECN is featured in NERC's Planet Earth magazine & website
The Summer 2014 issue of Planet Earth, NERC's quarterly magazine, carries an article on the first 20 years of observation and research at ECN terrestrial sites.


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The Veterinary Clinical Investigations Center (VCIC) is a center within the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine focusing on the implementation of high-quality clinical trials for client-owned companion animals.
Under the leadership of Michael DiGregorio, the center is staffed with full-time nurses certified in Good Clinical Practice, whose effort is devoted to all aspects of clinical trial implementation, from study set-up and recruitment to data collection, data management and study closeout. The VCIC is involved in the coordination and implementation of industry, foundation and government funded studies including FDA- and USDA-regulated studies.
All studies are conducted to the level of GCP / VICH GL9 regardless of whether or not data will be submitted to a regulatory agency.
The VCIC has been active in the successful completion of both single center and multi-center trials. Past studies have focused on a broad spectrum of conditions including acute and chronic pain, infectious disease, obesity, sepsis and trauma, and have involved many hospital services including oncology, cardiology, dermatology, neurology, endocrinology, interventional radiology and internal medicine.
The VCIC matches an investigator from the faculty and staff at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, who has the expertise needed for a given sponsored study, and then facilitates the efficient start-up, high quality data collection and successful completion of that study.
For research involving investigational compounds including blinded, placebo-controlled studies, the VCIC works collaboratively with the Investigational Drug Service (IDS) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The IDS is a research-only pharmacy that can provide 21CFR11 inventory monitoring, compounding and dispensing of investigational medications.
A successful companion animal trial begins with the ability to recruit the number of animals necessary to deliver meaningful results. The VCIC has a successful recruitment program, which utilizes print, Internet and radio advertising, as well as listserv and flyer recruitment through our network of over 3,000 referring veterinary practices.
When a trial requires more animals with a specific condition than would normally be presented in the 34,000 pets that come to Ryan Hospital annually, the VCIC has a proven record for targeted recruitment of animals at over 400 percent above baseline presentation rate.
The VCIC documents which recruitment modalities are most effective for a given target population and can guide sponsors on the most efficient means to enroll the desired number of animals in a specified period of time for a given study.


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Playing to Tribeca Film Festival audiences this year, Panos Cosmatos' Beyond the Black Rainbow is a surreal journey that – on a visual level – recalls the works of Stanley Kubrick or Ken Russell's Altered States and injects it with a bold, synth-fueled akin to Tangerine Dream. And it's not "check your brain at the door" genre fodder, by any means.
Cosmatos weaves a deliberately paced period tale (it's set in 1983) – starring Michael Rogers and Eva Allan – that plays on telekinesis, science and spirituality while focusing on a young, imprisoned girl named Elena (Allan) who is being studied by Dr. Barry Nyle (Rogers) in a "futuristic" facility. Genre-savvy fans will notice Cosmatos' various influences, but that won't deter them from being absorbed into Beyond the Black Rainbow's hypnotic glow. It's a film that challenges the viewer, however, Cosmatos delivers a handful of sinister rewards.
ShockTillYouDrop.com spoke to the writer-director about his feature directorial debut while he was in New York. You can read the interview here!


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This I believe … my mother loved me. I believe she had a pure soul. I know that she wanted me to be happy and good. I know that my belief in this guides me. This might seem like a side step, placing one's life so firmly within the beliefs of someone else. Yet, I don't particularly believe in God. I have never felt comfortable in a church setting and was relieved when I finally gave up on the notion. I like the thought of abstract principles; of universal love, service to others, and obligation to a greater good, but I like my simple, comfortable, private life too. I'm firmly average in my philosophies.
So it surprised me one day, that after a slightly uncomfortable conversation about life, morals, religions, and their meanings, I realized that I do believe. It is a different kind of belief, but still a core belief as solid and as strong as pure steel. What's more, it was faith. Not trivial acceptance or acknowledgement, but the deep soul binding, pillar and foundations of true faith. I have faith because of her. My mother: who died many years ago, and who raised me with so much intention and so much concern. Not raised perfect, not by any means, but filled with the concepts of self-worth, curiosity, right and wrong…forgiveness, understanding. When she first died I fretted terribly on her missing voice at my future wedding, at my imaginary children never meeting this person, this soul. A decade later, I wept when I realized my life had moved so far ahead I could no longer predict her advice or even hear her voice. To this day I carry the image of her hands within me like a talisman.
But I'm still here and I'm still alive and I know now that I have belief. I know that with all its inherent doubts and questions, my life has meaning because of her, because I knew her, because she knew me. I have accepted that my loss of her taught me sadness, and with that strength and I now use her love and care of me to remind me what hopes and dreams are about.
So I say, "Is it not faith which holds you close in your darkest moments?" And it is in my darkest moments that her faith in me wraps me close and sings to me such sweet songs, and I remember a pure soul who wished me to be happy and good and I let this guide me.
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There doesn't seem to be any way to control how Jaangle parses the song information when a collection is created.
I am running Windows OS.
I organize my music in genre folders with sub-folders for each individual CD/Album.
Each sub-folder in a genre category is named with the artist name followed by a dash character (-) and then the CD/Album name.
Inside of a sub-folder, each SONG has the artist name, CD/Album name, track number and song name.
Now given the above, Jaangle makes a real mess out of parsing the music! Jaangle seems to want to organize by CD/Album name. Sometimes it seems able to identify the CD/ALbum name and get the songs listed correctly underneath. Other times, it fails at this task and then assigns the tile [unknown] and puts a lot of tracks under it (one unknown entry has 332 tracks under it!).
I would like to be able to make Jaangle follow my organization structure by listing by artist name and then CD/Album name with the songs under this construct. This control would have to be set when Collections are created, I would think.
Is there any hope for giving the user control over how CD/Album/Song information is parsed in Jaangle or would that be too sophisticated for the intended audience?


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#327 – Crushon March 6, 2012 at 12:00 am
Dear diary, I tried throwing rock and poking him with a stick but he just ignores me. He's been like this all winter. Even that one time when I started a fire and burned all those CDs of his favorite band in front of him.


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Been holed up over here, not interacting much online this week before tonight. Got busy with Christmas shopping (nearly all of which is completed now) and otherwise laying low. Had a good bit on my mind lately and am keeping much of it to myself. Recorded a few videos back in November and early December that I've yet to edit and upload. May get around to it eventually. Especially since I've now hit the 6-month mark in quitting drinking. Yay me. Though I haven't missed it much, nor the bar patrons I used to waste time with. Cravings still come and go, as they perhaps always will, but nothing overwhelming.
Haven't been to the gym this entire past week. Was pretty darn cold out, so I got lazy after finishing work. Plus my knees are strained. And the left ankle's weak again. Maybe it's developing arthritis…
Took my car into to Sears auto shop last week and it wound up taking them over 2.5 hours to just put my snow tires on, even with the appointment booked days in advance and me standing around waiting with a friend to get my car back. That shop's gone to hell. After they messed up my car's rack during a previous unrelated job, I no longer trust them to do anything more than mount my tires, and they can barely even do that right, come to find out. Probably should re-tighten my lugnuts just to be on the safe side.
That's been my main gripe lately. Otherwise I had been in a pretty decent mood. Kind of unusual for Christmas time, having not been in the spirit the last several years. Though now that I'm feeling somewhat chipper I've noticed that practically everybody else out roaming around town seem to be pissed off. Bunch of grumps in the grocery store, at Target, in traffic, at the UPS store, etc. To that I say that folks should take a break off of celebrating the holidays then. We're not mandated to do so. If it stresses you out so severely, then say to hell with it for a year or two. Maybe only sends cards for a change. Doesn't make much sense to wear ourselves ragged over a holiday, especially since it's become little more than a commercial ploy these days.
Audiobooks that I've been listening to lately are Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance (as already mentioned elsewhere on this blog); The Quest For Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell (HIGHLY recommend that one!); The Running Man by Stephen King; three books in Lois McMasters Bujold's Vorkosigan series: Shards of Honor, Barrayar, and The Warrior's Apprentice; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (narrated by Alison Larkin — she sounded like a chipmunk, causing me to miss nearly every third word, but I'd already listened to the story long ago — not sure why I felt the desire to re-listen to this); The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains by Robert H. Lustig; Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday; and currently I am listening to Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It by Marc Goodman (and loving it — would definitely recommend it to others, though I doubt most people I know could sit through it since its information is rather alarming for those unfamiliar with current technological threats and those on the horizon — think "internet of things").
What else? Purchased a bunch of baking supplies and am planning to share brownies and cookies with some of my clients and friends this season. Been putting together little treat bags for some special animals in my life. Finally ordered Grandma some cookies Saturday morning (with free shipping — woohoo! Having already spent over $50 at UPS this week.). Bought lots of thick, warm socks since those are always needed in the winter. Pretty pricey too.
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Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer.
Born in Copenhagen, Abrahamsen first got to know music through playing the French horn at school. He went on to study music theory at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.[1] His music is inspired by his mentors Per Nørgård and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, who were two of his composition teachers, and in the 1980s he became close both personally and stylistically (partly through another period of study) to György Ligeti.
Abrahamsen is considered to have been part of a trend called the "New Simplicity", which arose in the mid-1960s as a reaction against the complexity and perceived aridity of the Central European avant-garde.[2][3] Abrahamsen's first works conformed to the tenets of this movement, particularly the circle around the Darmstadt School. For Abrahamsen this meant adopting an almost naive simplicity of expression, as in his orchestral piece Skum ("Foam", 1970). His style soon altered and developed, at first through a personal dialogue with Romanticism (audible in works such as the orchestral Nacht und Trompeten -"Night and Trumpets", 1981)), and later—after a hiatus of around a decade in which he composed little and released nothing—into something entirely personal, combining a modernist stringency and economy into a larger individual musical universe.[1] Notable works since his return to composition include a piano concerto written for his wife Anne-Marie Abildskov, and the extended chamber work Schnee ("Snow"), where the paring-down of material appears to reach a new extreme.
Abrahamsen's let me tell you, a song cycle for soprano and orchestra based on the novella of the same name by Paul Griffiths, was premiered on 20 December 2013 by the Berlin Philharmonic, with soprano soloist Barbara Hannigan (to whom the work is dedicated), conducted by Andris Nelsons.[4] Franz Welser-Möst led the Cleveland Orchestra in the U.S. premiere in January 2016.[5] Abrahamsen won the $100,000 2016 Grawemeyer Award for this work.[6]
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra gave the British premiere of the song cycle in 2014.[7] The same year CBSO co-commissioned from Abrahamsen a concerto for piano left hand. Left, Alone received its world premiere in Cologne in January 2016, performed by pianist Alexandre Tharaud, for whom the concerto was composed. Four months later, Tharaud gave the British premiere for the CBSO, conducted by Ilan Volkov.[8][9] Abrahamsen has written that being "born with a right hand that is not fully functional" has given him "a close relationship with the works written for the left hand by Ravel and others."[10]
Selected works[edit]
- Rundt Og Imellem (1971, 76), for brass quintet
- String Quartet No. 1, 10 Preludes (1973, orchestral version in 2010)
- Winternacht (1976–78), for ensemble
- Walden (1978), for wind quintet
- String Quartet No. 2 (1981)
- Nacht und Trompeten (1981), for chamber orchestra
- Märchenbilder (1984), for ensemble
- Lied in Fall (1987), for cello and 13 instruments
- Hymne for cello or viola solo (1990)
- Piano Concerto (1999/2000)
- Schnee (2006–08), for large ensemble
- String Quartet No. 3 (2008)
- Double Concerto (2011), for violin, piano and strings
- String Quartet No. 4 (2012)
- let me tell you (2013), for soprano and orchestra
- Left, alone (2015), for piano left-hand and orchestra
- ^ a b Anders Beyer, "Abrahamsen, Hans", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- ^ Michelsen, Thomas (2008). "Hans Abrahamsen". Chester Music Ltd. Novello & Company Ltd. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ^ anon (2010). "Hans Abrahamsen". Dacapo Records. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ^ Krekeler, Elmar (30 December 2013). "Dirigent Andris Nelsons, ein Genie in Flammen". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Lewis, Zachary (15 January 2016). "Cleveland Orchestra rallies around thrilling matchup of Shostakovich and Abrahamsen". cleveland.com. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Huizenga, Tom (25 November 2015). "Hans Abrahamsen Wins The Grawemeyer Award For Music". NPR. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "CBSO/Nelsons, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Review by Andrew Clements, 19 June 2014". theguardian.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "CBSO event listing, Abrahamsen & Mahler, 28 April 2016". cbso.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "CBSO/Volkov, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Review by Andrew Clements, 1 May 2016". theguardian.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Programme note, Hans Abrahamsen, 2015". musicsalesclassical.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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Kevin: I've been reading Fifty Shades of Grey, and my first thought was, "This is surprisingly not horrible," and my second thought was, "Oh my god, I have been reading this for two hours." I'm not really the target audience for a romance book — especially one about BDSM — but its sudden popularity piqued my interest. This thing could be the new Girl with the Dragon Tattoo! And it's about dominance and submission! And clearly it has my attention. All of my attention.
But I wanted to ask you about Fifty Shades because I know you've read it, and you've read a lot of other romance novels. How does it compare? The fact that my pretentious ass is enjoying such lowbrow lit makes me think it's especially good for the genre, or am I not giving romance novels enough credit? I feel a bit like the book's virginal heroine Ana Steele — it's my first time and it seems good, but I have no frame of reference.
Juliet: I think the mark of a good book is that it pulls you into the story and compels you to keep turning those pages, and Shades of Grey definitely does that. Is it The Great Gatsby or Freedom? Of course not. I've read plenty of romance novels that were silly and trite, but I've also read some romance novels with believable, memorable plots and writing as good as any bestselling author in a more "respectable" genre.
I personally thought Grey was pretty good. It wasn't the best or most affecting romance novel, but it certainly wasn't poorly written. I found myself really caring about the relationship between Ana and Christian. While it's true that the men in romance novels tend to have super-rare-to-the-point-of-ridiculous occupations (duke, highland chieftain, Navy SEAL, cowboy), I think about the characters in science fiction, or even literary fiction, as a comparison. I mean, how often do you come across a shapeshifter, a bounty hunter, or an architect? About as often as you come across a Navy SEAL, right?
One thing I will say — and this has already been noted all over the place, but it's worth repeating — is that Grey is not your average romance novel in terms of the sex. It's dirty and kinky and highly unorthodox, as romance novels go. As I was reading I wondered if this book would awaken a whole new generation of doms and subs, like The Feminine Mystique awakened a generation of feminists. Tell me what you thought about the sex, and I will silently judge you based on your answer.
Kevin: So the book can be divided into two types of scenes: sex and not sex. To my surprise, the not-sex scenes were actually pretty compelling. Ana Steele and Christian Grey have some pretty decent chemistry, and their insecurities about each other come across as earnest, even relatable. Sure, there are a lot of things that could be better — the long, emotional email exchanges are particularly tedious — but E.L. James does a lot of winking at the reader, revealing a level of wit and self-awareness that keeps Fifty Shades charming enough. (At one point, Ana asks Christian how he would like his eggs, to which he replies, "Thoroughly whisked and beaten.")
The sex scenes are what I find the least satisfying. At first, I'll admit they had my undivided attention. But Ana and Christian are CONSTANTLY FUCKING, and by the third or fourth coital encounter, it felt monotonous. The descriptions are detailed, but don't leave much to the imagination.
But perhaps the biggest disappointment for me was the dominance and submission stuff. As someone who is predisposed to what Christian Grey would call "vanilla sex," I was curious to learn about its appeal. Sure, there's a lot of spanking and bondage, but there's little in the way of convincing the reader why it's fun. A lot of the descriptions go something like: And then he spanked me, and it hurt. But I liked it. Which left me wondering why she liked it. At one point, Ana looks up the Wikipedia entry for "Submissive," and the joyless sex scenes made me wonder if E.L. James's research was similarly as shallow.
I don't know how much you know about dom/sub (wait don't tell me (actually, tell me (never mind, don't tell me))), but as someone who has even a vague inkling of what these things are about, Fifty Shades didn't show me anything I didn't already know, or couldn't have assumed. Is anyone going to find this shocking or revelatory?
Juliet: It's interesting that you call out the email exchanges as tedious — I thought the emails added a much-needed dose of humor to this otherwise serious story. (But hello, haven't they ever heard of texting? To me it seemed odd that they would email rather than text, but maybe that's a generational thing.)
I agree that the sex scenes get a little tiresome about halfway through. Lots of romance books have sex scenes that go on for pages, but other romance books tend to be a little bit more, well, romantic about the sex, and they leave a little bit more to the imagination , where I felt that Grey was almost clinical. And OH MY GOD THEY DO IT LIKE SIX TIMES A DAY. Does this supposed billionaire ever actually work?
As for the BDSM… I don't think I'm revealing too much about myself by saying that I didn't think it was particularly shocking. For one thing it seemed that the sex scenes were more frequently vanilla than not, and for another, there are a ton of romance authors who dabble in bondage themes nowadays — Maya Banks being one notable example, and she is a bestselling author. This stuff is hardly on the fringe anymore. I think the shock and taboo is mainly originating from readers who have never read a romance novel before and are just now discovering that these books are not all swashbuckling Fabios and heart-warming hand-holding with an HEA at the end (that's Happily Ever After to the uninitiated).
One thing about the book that has been extra controversial is the dom/sub contract that Christian is constantly haranguing Ana to sign. In a nutshell, the contract outlines the parameters of their dom/sub relationship — what is allowed in the bedroom and what isn't, how Grey expects Ana to behave as the sub, etc. I am on the fence about this contract. SPOILER ALERT: they basically throw it out at the end of the first book and Christian decides to try to be more "normal" for Ana's sake, which seems totally unrealistic to me, believing as I do that our sexual tastes are genetically, not socially, determined, but regardless, a huge proportion of the book is devoted to discussing the contract before they reach that point. I suppose the contract is an integral part of Christian's sexual proclivities, and to each his own, but the feminist in me was like "WHAAAAT? HE WANTS HER TO WORK OUT? OH HELL NO." But some women have said that the contract is sexy, because we women spend so much time considering the needs of others and the contract is a way that Christian is considering Ana's needs and investing in the relationship. But I wonder about your perspective on the contract, as a dude and as a non-romance reader.
Kevin: Before the first sex scene, Christian Grey says, "Firstly, I don't make love. I fuck… hard. Secondly, there's a lot more paperwork to do, and thirdly, you don't yet know what you're in for." (It's like E.L. James was at her desk thinking, Nothing gets people hot like PAPERWORK.) But regardless of whether the humor here is deliberate or not, I couldn't stop laughing. When I realized that this scene was entirely serious, I laughed even harder. It wasn't until I understood that whether or not Ana would sign the contract constituted the entire conflict of this super-long book, I stopped laughing. And then I trudged through the remaining four million pages of Fifty Shades.
But the most thought-provoking idea here is this nature vs. nurture thing. Christian Grey talks about how he's been into BDSM relationships since the first time he ever had sex; Ana's first sexual experience is also as a sub for Grey, and that's where she learns to love it. I almost get the impression that the message is that if neither Grey nor Ana hadn't been subs first, they might never have gotten into the lifestyle. AGREE OR DISAGREE?
Juliet: As I mentioned earlier, I believe that our sexual proclivities are ingrained — we're born liking the things we do. If Ana truly hated being a sub, deep in her psyche, she would have run in the other direction at the first mention of that obnoxious contract. I think her predisposition toward BDSM was always there inside her — she just didn't have the experience to name it.
Kevin: While I was looking up "BDSM" on Wikipedia, I came across the entry for Fifty Shades. You probably already knew this, but the book actually started as Twilight fan fiction. I've never read Twilight, but I know enough about it to see the glaring similarities: the clumsy virgin, her two suitors — one tall and white, the other ethnic, well-meaning, and an eventual loser (Fifty Shades's Jacob is named "José Rodriguez") — the Washington setting, the constant lip-biting (I don't know if it's in Twilight, but Kristen Stewart sure does it a lot).
Juliet: There are some obvious lingering parallels with Twilight, sure. I think it's an interesting footnote, but it's hardly the whole story anymore. Moreover, I'll say that I really enjoyed the story, setting aside the kinky sex, whereas I couldn't honestly say that I liked Twilight. Will I read the other two books in the trilogy? Maybe. Probably. Will you?
Kevin: I'm glad I read Fifty Shades. But I don't think I could bear two more of these. I was intrigued for the first quarter of the book; the rest of it just felt like a test of endurance. I have to hand it to E.L. James, though — Fifty Shades succeeded in pushing me to my "hard limits."
Juliet: If nothing else, now you can make semi-knowledgeable bondage jokes. Congratulations.


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Stephen Colbert's daughter is not impressed
Grammy nominee (for best comedy album) Stephen Colbert got some good laughs early in the show with jokes about Susan Boyle and Lady Gaga and by using an iPad to read off the song of the year nominees. The real star of the bit, though, was his teenage daughter, who was not at all excited by his nomination, his knowledge of the likes of Jeff Beck -- or even the iPad. (Although when he actually won the award, she looked very happy for her dad. Aww.) -- Rick Porter, Zap2it
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"A million dollar retirement account puts you in the Top 5% of savers. If you can't retire with more money than 95% of the population, then when can you retire?"
heh heh...
without the rest of the details.....
I assume a a lot of 25 year olds don't have 100K in savings. Are you counting them?
Or 30 or 40 year olds?
You only approach those kinds of figures after 30-40 years of savings for many folks......or those with high income who can stash the cash year after year.
Only 2 or 3 wake up one morning, and decide that is the day they will win the lottery (and do) to have that big a nest egg..
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Good news for Luxembourg from Brazil
Business between Brazil and Luxembourg will be easier in the future. Luxembourg has been removed from a so-called Grey List and holding companies will no longer be subject to restrictions from the Brazilian Tax Authorities. In an interview with LFF, Guilherme Bezerril, Head of the Latin America desk at SGG, speaks about this new situation and the consequences for Luxembourg holding companies. SGG is a Luxembourg based companyoffering global expertise in the fields of Corporate, Family Office and Fund's services.
Luxembourg has been removed from the Brazilian List of Privileged Tax Regimes. How will this help to promote Luxembourg products and services?
It will enormously help promoting Luxembourg products and services, becausecoming off the so-called Grey List, means that Luxembourg Holding Companies will no longer be subject to restrictions from the Brazilian Tax Authorities, which aimed to penalise countries or dependencies deemed to have too favorable tax treatment and preferential tax regimes.
In technical terms, that means that Luxembourg Holding Companies, from 28th March 2011 onwards, are no longer subject to any restrictions concerning "Thin Capitalization" and "Transfer Pricing" rules, that is, the partial loss of deductibility for Brazilian tax purposes of interest and other expenses on the part of the Brazilian counterpart in transactions of payments of interest on loans, remittances of capital gains or services rendered by them to the applicable foreign holding, subsidiaries or affiliated companies.
Moreover, this is a comparative advantage to Luxembourg given the fact that other countries such as The Netherlands, Spain, USA, Denmark, Uruguay and Malta remain on the Grey List (each for a specified reason), and thus continue to be subject to unfavourable tax treatment in Brazil.
Why is it now easier to do business with Brazil?
It is easier because now there are no more uncertainties as to the tax treatment that the Brazilian Tax authorities would adopt in transactions by and between Luxembourg-based holding companies or other companies, and their Brazilian counterparts (whether parents or subsidiaries).
The ruling refers to "Holding 29's" – the famous 1929 holding company structure that no longer exists in Luxembourg - and to Luxembourg companies in general that function in a holding capacity. Does this mean that there are no longer any Luxembourg companies on Brazilian grey lists?
As above explained, it really means that Luxembourg is not listed at all. Historically, due to the Tax Exemption regime of the Holding Companies of the law of 1929 (the "H29s"), which existed in Luxembourg and were abolished for good at the end of 2010, Luxembourg had been listed in Brazil's Grey List (the one that includes countries that do not tax income or tax it at a rate below 20% as well as countries where domestic legislation does not allow access to information concerning the ownership structure of corporations or their ownership). These were also known as Tax Haven countries.
It is without a doubt that the inclusion of Luxembourg in that List was caused solely by the existence of the H29s (this was explicitly stated in the legal text).
For an unknown reason, while the text of IN 1037 of June 2010 took Luxembourg out of the Black list, it established under a new art.2 the definition of countries with Privileged Tax regimes and included Luxembourg there, but this time referred generally to Luxemburg holding companies (and not solely to the H29s).
Fortunately this doubt has been cleared by the elimination of Luxembourg from both art.1 & art.2 of the legal text as per the Declaratory Act RFB No. 3 of March 25th. 2011.
During a road show in October 2010 in Brazil, Finance Minister Luc Frieden claimed that Holding 29's were extinguished and asked his Brazilian counterpart to remove Luxembourg from the IN 1037 list, as had happened for countries such as the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark. Why wasn't there a level playing field?
It is difficult to say why the Brazilian Tax authorities responded on a different time scale and in a different manner to different European countries. The answer may be that with regard to the different countries that had filed a complaint, they did not have full information and/or understanding of the tax regime applying to holding structures ror the applicable regime of exchange of information concerning ownership structures (that they would expect to be in line with OCDE standards). Luxembourg waited 9 months for a reaction from the Brazilian Tax Authorities, the fact of the matter is that it has obtained the best possible response.
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Avatar Reality Inc., a new development entity dedicated to the advancement of online community building, today announced it will provide a sneak preview of its upcoming massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW), Blue Mars, at the 2008 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Booth 418 in the West Hall Career Pavilion.
Set in Terraformed Mars in the year 2177 AD, Blue Mars will feature stunning graphics, realistic characters and endless gaming attractions that will allow players to build and simulate real-life scenarios by creating personalized characters, or avatars. The MMVW will launch in a public beta version at the end of 2008.
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For more information on Blue Mars and the Third Party Development Program at GDC, please visit Avatar Reality at Booth 418 in the West Hall Career Pavilion.
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Founded in December of 2006, Avatar Reality Inc. is developing a new massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW), called Blue Mars, featuring stunning graphics, realistic characters and endless social bonding opportunities. The Honolulu-based company consists of multiple well-known and award-winning game developers including Henk Rogers, founder of Blue Planet Software, Blue Lava Wireless and The Tetris Company, and Kazuyuki Hashimoto, former vice president of technology, New Platforms at Electronic Arts (EA) and chief technical officer of Square USA.


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LGBT Month is hosted by Cayce at Fighting Dreamer and Laura at Laura Plus Books. It runs throughout April and it's here to celebrate LGBT readers, LGBT authors and of course LGBT books!
Introducing… LGBT Month! Throughout the month of April, Laura and Cayce decided that we should celebrate the LGBT+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) through our love of books.
This event has no real rules. All you have to do is read and share LGBT+ books. At least one book or one post! Try to spread the acceptance of LGBT+. You don't need to have ablog. You can have a YouTube channel, you can review books on Goodreads and/or you can use the hashtag #LGBTApril on Twitter!
Different things we'll be doing during April are reviews, giveaways, guest posts, discussions, everything! We really hope you can too! There will also be Twitter parties! At the beginning of each week, we'll post a Linky. There, you can link-up all your different posts. You can read all the things other people are posting too.
Also, there will be a READ-ALONG! It's not compulsory for you to read it but it'll be a lot more fun if you do. There are no set rules on how you have to read it, as long as you read it April with us. And… you get to vote on which book you want to read! If it's too hard for you to vote for 1, you can for for 2 but don't go crazy and vote for all of them.
For those of you that follow me on Twitter, you may already know that I am building up quite a collection of books featuring LGBT characters. I will list some of those on my shelf below, and its down to you to help me decide which ones I should read first! Also if you think I am missing any, please let me know so I can add to my wishlist.
I'm also looking for film suggestions. I've already seen Brokeback Mountain, The Birdcage, Perks of Being a Wallflower and Philadelphia. But what else have I missed? I need your help!
Now for the book list:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moscowitz
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez
The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle
Sprout by Dale Peck
I Am J by Cris Beam
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Today thanks to one of my favorite artists and fellow blogger, Alicia Tormey (encaustics MASTER, no joke), I clicked on her blog, got inspired, and then clicked on my own blog! Whoa. And so, here I type to you (or really just me, 'cuz I am the only one that is listening right now).
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Brackenwood Gallery Show Opening
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Monday, March 26, 2012
I've Had a Baby Girl!
Introducing my newest and best creation yet!
Avery Lynn Phillips
Soooo, yeeeaaaah.... uuuuhm, I've been gone from this blog for a while. I apologize to all my followers. And thank you to those that have reached out to me to find out what I have been up to during my pregnancy.
I am on a bit of "maternity leave" at the moment from my art career and plan to return very soon... once I can get back into a routine at the studio. I am hoping this cute little girlie will be accompanying me as my assistant! (wink)
I DO have a solo show planned this year in October, at the Brackenwood Gallery in Langley, WA, and look forward to all the new work that I will be producing here in the near future... I feel new techniques and directions on the horizon. This likely will be my only show this year involving my larger paintings.
Until then I have been pouring my creative energy into photography and digital art! Can you believe it? My newest medium of choice - NO TOXIC FUMES to deal with in the studio! Due to my lack of time and ease ability of uploading artwork directly from my iPhone... I mainly have been using Facebook for my social media addiction. So for the time being, please follow me on Facebook for my latest updates on art, baby, and more!
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
My Stolen Jewelry FOUND today in Seattle!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Getting Lots of Press
Our St. Patrick's Day Art Walk was a blast! Feature artists Jennifer Phillips and Lisa Lamoreaux brought an enchanting show full of wonder and whimsy.
Every piece of art seemed to sing along with the roving pipe band that walked the downtown streets of Edmonds. A sense of merriment enraptured all of us as we toasted the night away with a glass of champagne and good friends by our side decked out in green.
If you haven't seen Jennifer and Lisa's show yet, come on down to the gallery! These pieces will sweep you away to a lovely place.
We can't wait to see you at our next big party on Saturday, April 9th from 6-9pm as we unveil Patty Forte Linna's show "Passion," a look into the life and passions of couture fashion designer Luly Yang.
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Georgetown in Williamson County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Georgetown High School Building
Erected 1988 by the Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 9098.)
Location. 30° 38.029′ N, 97° 40.345′ W. Marker is in Georgetown, Texas, in Williamson County. Marker is on E. University Ave. (State Highway 29) near S. Ash Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 507 E University Ave, Georgetown TX 78626, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Original Site of Southwestern University (within shouting distance of this marker); Negro Fine Arts School (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); First United Methodist Church of Georgetown (about 400 feet away); George Irvine House (about 500 G.W. Riley House (about 600 feet away); Burcham House (about 600 feet away); W.C. Vaden House (about 700 feet away); W.Y. Penn Home (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Georgetown.
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1. Georgetown High School Building - Williamson County Historical Commission. (Submitted on March 10, 2018, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas.)
2. Historical Marker Application. Includes photos from around 1982 (Submitted on March 10, 2018, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas.)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2018. This page originally submitted on December 8, 2007, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,080 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 8, 2007, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas. 3, 4. submitted on June 1, 2008, by Buildingshsu of Austin, Texas. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.


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Thompson Awarded Biodesign FellowshipSecond-year surgery resident Jonathan Thompson, MD, has been awarded a one-year fellowship in the University of Missouri's Biodesign and Innovation Program. Thompson will work with an engineer and business professional to simulate the biodesign phases used in developing medical devices. The team will also develop a plan to bring their medical technology to the health care market. For more information, visit mubiodesign.com.
Henney Participates in National Health Care ForumJane Henney, MD, professor of medicine, attended a recent health care forum in Washington, DC, that brought together public policy, academia, business and medical experts with key legislators to discuss the future of the U.S. health care system. The forum was part of an ongoing effort by the 110th Congress to improve the nation's health. It provided an opportunity for members and experts to step back from the day-to-day health care debate and discuss ways to advance the system.FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
REMINDER: Dean's Scholars Applications Due FridayApplications for the 2008 Dean's Scholars in Clinical Research Program are due by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1. Sponsored by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training, the program works to foster the career development of promising junior faculty in clinical research, defined as patient-oriented, translational, epidemiological, outcomes and health services research. Dean's Scholars are eligible to receive up to $50,000 annually for one to three years to cover expenses for biostatistical and informatics support, grants administration and clinical research training courses. Three awardees will be announced Friday, March 21. Funding will begin Tuesday, July 1. For more information, contact Susan Swearingen at (513) 558-7540, or visit med.research.uc.edu/cctst/dean.EVENTS
Conference Early Registration Due FridayUC and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will host a research ethics conference from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Vernon Manor Hotel. The conference will feature presentations and small group discussions on a variety of topics, including communication of ethical issues, research with vulnerable populations, exception from informed consent and the interface between regulatory and ethical issues of clinical and translational research. The event is open to anyone interested in the ethical aspects of clinical and translational research. The cost is $25 before Friday, Feb. 1, and $40 thereafter. Registrations are due Friday, Feb. 15. For more information or to register, contact Kathy Henderson at (513) 558-0890 or Donna Wuest at (513) 636-7584, or visit med.research.uc.edu/cctst.
Schwartz CenterRoundsUC, in conjunction with University Hospital, will host a series of monthly lunch rounds for multidisciplinary caregivers to discuss their experiences, thoughts and feelings about difficult cases. The Schwartz Center Rounds will be held the second Tuesday of each month at noon in Medical Sciences Building Room 7051. Over 26,000 clinicians at 129 sites in 26 states participate in these interactive discussions each month. It is believed that the UC-UH series is the first of its kind in Ohio. Developed by the national Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, the Schwartz Center Rounds format, including the lunch, are offered at no cost to participating organizations. For more information on the UC-UH series, contact Walter Merrill, MD, at (513) 584-3278. For information on the Kenneth B. Schwartz Foundation, visit www.theschwartzcenter.org.
Free Bariatric Surgery Information SessionsUC Surgeons will hold two free information sessions in February for individuals interested in learning more about weight-loss surgery options. The first session is at 7 pm. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Christ Hospital. The second will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at University Pointe in West Chester. Registration is required by calling (513) 475-7770. For more information, visit surgery.uc.edu.Health Policy Forum Feb. 14Jack Billi, MD, of the University of Michigan, will discuss "What Is the Role of the Academic Health Center in Transforming the Local Healthcare Market?" at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, on the Stetson Building Fourth Floor. The event is part of the Health Policy Forums, sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Health. Billi, associate dean for clinical affairs and associate vice president for medical affairs, leads the Michigan Quality System, the university's unified approach to improve quality, safety, efficiency, appropriateness and service using "lean tools and philosophy." An expert in health services delivery and the use of community consortia for quality improvement, Billi is active on statewide and regional groups affecting quality of care, pay-for-performance and public reporting. All are invited to attend. For more information, e-mail email@example.com.
Cosmetic Surgeons Host Free PresentationThe UC cosmetic surgery group will host a free presentation, "Look Great at Any Age," at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at University Pointe in West Chester. Cosmetic surgeons David Hom, MD, and Jesse Taylor, MD, will offer personalized advice on the smartest cosmetic enhancements—both invasive and noninvasive—to keep skin looking refreshed and attractive during each stage of life. Reservations are required by calling (513) 475-8881. For more information, visit surgery.uc.edu.
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Iraq Committed to Recovery of Stolen AssetsApr 9, 2014
Under the patronage of the Prime Minister, the Commission of Integrity in partnership with UNDP-Iraq Anti-Corruption Programme launched the Second Forum on Anti-Corruption in Baghdad on 9th April 2014. This Forum specifically focused on 'Recovery of Stolen Assets". The Forum was opened by H.E. Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and attended by the Iraqi Vice President, the Iraqi Council of Ministers, Iraqi parliamentarians, high officials from 22 countries, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League.
In his opening speech, SRSG Mr. Nickolay Mladenov stated "The UN is taking accountability, transparency and anti-corruption very seriously at both the international level and within the region." "UNDP will continue to stand by the people of Iraq and their government in their fight against corruption".
The Forum facilitated discussions on lesson learnt and reviewed regional and international initiatives regarding asset recovery. The forum explored cooperation which included a breakout meeting of the Arab Network which Iraq is a member. During the Forum the Government of Iraq in partnership with the Commission of Integrity and UNDP launched a new three year initiative to recover stolen assets and increase cooperation with law enforcement authorities in other countries to detect, trace, confiscate and recover stolen assets in response to the growing demands to address corruption in Iraq.
Transparency International in 2013 reported that the anti-corruption oversight agencies estimate $18 Billion USD was lost 2003-2008. A study by Global Financial Integrity, based on International Monetary Fund and World Bank data estimates $65 Billion USD in illicit funds left Iraq during 2001-2010. The estimates vary dramatically though point to the need to recover assets and continue work in accountability, transparency and fighting corruption.
Iraq has taken several steps to address accountability, transparency and fighting corruption including acceding to the United Nations Convention against Corruption on 17 March 2008 which in Chapter V Article 51 states "the return of assets pursuant to that chapter is a fundamental principle of the Convention and States Parties shall afford one another the widest measure of cooperation and assistance in this regard". Iraq adopted a National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2010-2014 which is considered good practice and covers all public institutions. Additionally, the Iraq National Development Plan 2013-2017 included transparency as a basic principle and Integrity, Transparency, Accountability and Fighting Corruption as Sector 4-34.Contact
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