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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Why the Jews? Come to Think of It, Why the Palestinians? (Hint--the answer is the same)
"This history," he writes, "provides us with a nice example of what social scientists call an interrupted time series. Until 1800 Jews are excluded. Then, over about 70 years, the legal exclusions are lifted and the social exclusion eases. What happens?"
Historian Raphael Patai notes that "the suddenness with which Jews begin to appear is nothing short of astounding.... It seemed as if a huge reservoir of Jewish talent, hitherto damned up behind the wall of Talmudic learning, were suddenly released to spill over into all the fields of Gentile cultural activity."
In graphic form, Murray demonstrates how, in nearly every important human endeavor--biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, medicine, visual arts, literature, music and philosophy--Jews are staggeringly over-represented given their small numbers. In mathematics the actual-to-expected ratio is 12:1. In philosophy it is 14:1. In physics 9:1. In medicine and biology, 8:1. Remember, these ratios are not just measuring the raw numbers of doctors, scientists and artists, but the number of truly great and significant ones.
Do we have any idea why? Murray gets into some speculation, and there is no doubt some truth to what he writes--for example, the devotion to learning that has always been central to Jewish culture. Jews also have a much higher proportion of people with high IQs, but that introduces the possibility of environmental factors that I will discuss below, since IQ is influenced both by genetics and the environment. Jewish family units also tend to be quite strong, with fewer children growing up in broken homes. But here again, we're dealing with a chicken-egg problem, since psychoanalysts believe that the ability to have deep and fulfilling relationships as an adult is rooted in early attachment experiences.
So no one really knows why Jews produce this disproportionate excellence, even in the wake of having been perhaps the most persecuted group in human history. Therefore, we are free to speculate, which I will proceed to do.
You know the story about the tailor who met the pope? Someone asked him what the pope was like, and he responded, "Oh, about a 38 regular." As a psychologist inquiring into "what Jews were like," I naturally focus on their child-rearing practices--not now, but from the time of antiquity. Referring again to the book we were discussing yesterday, The Slaughter of Innocents: Child Abuse through the Ages and Today, Breiner devotes a chapter to some of the striking differences in child-rearing practices between the ancient Hebrews and some of their contemporaries. This chapter is fairly lengthy, so I will only have time to hit some of the highlights.
It is almost impossible for us to imagine the barbarity of the ancient world--very similar to how contemporary liberals find it impossible to comprehend the evil savagery of the Islamists with whom we are in a mortal struggle. As we mentioned yesterday, in all other ancient lands, the abuse of women and children, including infanticide, was common. Breiner notes, for example, that On, the King of the Swedes, sacrificed nine of his ten sons in the belief that it would prolong his life. Think about it. It was if the entire ancient world consisted of Palestinians who think that murdering children will lead to their own salvation.
Surely it is no coincidence, therefore, that the story of the Jews as a people begins with the motif of child sacrifice, and G-d intervening to stop it. What was that voice in Abraham's head? Whether it was G-d or just his "conscience," it was something new in human history. And even if you want to say it was his conscience, that just begs the question, for where did that come from?
In any event, the story of Abraham and Isaac allows us to assume that, up to that time, the ancient Hebrews were just as barbaric as any other ancient people. This biblical story preserves one of the truly shocking and unexpected "right turns" in human history--when something caused us to empathize with the sacrificial victim and lay down the knife. Not that it wasn't a struggle afterwards. The Bible chronicles many instances of backsliding and regression, which gives it even more of a ring of authenticity. The struggle against absuing children was (and is) very real.
But the benefits were obvious. For the first time in history, Jews were also able to intuit the one God. Not only that, but he was a loving God. Other primitive peoples lived in the psychological fragmentation of polytheism. In my opinion, they did not know God because they could not know God. Early childhood trauma leads to what is called "borderline personality structure," in which the mind is subject to vertical splitting and the inability to maintain psychological unity and coherence. Therefore, primitive polytheism was actually an indirect measure of child abuse. Note as well that the gods of ancient Greece and Rome were arbitrary, selfish, and narcissistic, and even got a kick out of lording it over the "little" humans. They were suspiciously simlar to abusive and uncaring parents.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the Hebrews began viewing themselves as having an intimate relationship with a benevolent God who took a deep and abiding interest in them, instead of having to live in fear of a multitude of arbitrary and self-absorbed gods.
Again, we are not comparing the ancient Hebrews to modern peoples but to their own contemporaries in the ancient world, and by that standard, they were moyels ahead of the pack. Marriage began to be viewed as a sacred institution composed of two individuals who were in the image and likeness of God. "He who marries for money shall have worthless children," says the Talmud. Here again, this cannot be separated from psychological issues. One will not be capable of a stable and loving marriage so long as one lives with the psychological fragmentation produced by vertical splitting. It is no coincidence that the "one loving God" was discovered at roughly the same time that it became possible to conceive of a monogamous, loving, companionate marriage between two equals.
Breiner speculates that this prevailing attitude--"to take care of and love one's wife so that she will care for and love one's children"--was "fundamental in determining why ancient child abuse and infanticide were rare among the ancient Hebrews." The Talmud stated that those who practiced pederasty were subject to stoning. In ancient Greece, pedophiles were subject to being lionized as immortal philosophers.
One of the most striking differences was in the attitude toward female children, which is one of the hinges of psychohistorical evolution. Unlike other ancient peoples, the Jews began cherishing and protecting female children. Many laws that we might now look upon as chauvinistic were, as reader Yesterday pointed out tomorrow--I mean Tamara pointed out yesterday--very advanced and innovative for their day. They were meant to protect women and girls, not to degrade them.
The Talmud has many laws about the proper treatment of infants and children. "A baby should be as well looked after as a king, high priest and learned man." Fathers were enjoined to educate their children under penalty of fines. Furthermore, the father was admonished not to envy his son or pupil, which is very wise, for envy of childhood innocence is one of the psychological bases of child abuse. While there were still laws "on the books" allowing for a rebellious child to be put to death, there is no record of that actually occurring. (In fact, being that I am hardly a Jewish scholar, it is possible that this was a figure of speech, a way to emphasize the importance of filial piety, of honoring one's parents.)
Again, it is easy to be historo-centric and view ancient Hebrews as barbaric by our standards, but the punishment meted out in Hebrew courts of law was lenient and humane by the standards of the day. So too their treatment of slaves, of captured enemies, of the poor, the oppressed, the widow, the stranger. They were the first people to achieve nearly 100% literacy, a development which had staggering implications for the way children were raised. In other words, it makes a huge difference if you happen to be raised by a literate mother capable of abstract thought vs. an illiterate mother capable only of concrete thought. Think of the contemporary Muslim Middle East, where female literacy continues to hover around 50%.
Tacitus, the renowned Roman historian who lived in the first century A.D., viewed the Hebrews as contemptible because "they considered it a crime among them to kill any child." Nothing has changed. To paraphrase Golda Meir, the Arabs will only begin to make psychohistorical progress when they love their own children as much as they hate Jewish children. The two attitudes are simply two sides of the same coin: Palestinians and other Arabs engage in systematic abuse of their own children, who then grow up to externalize their implacable hatred onto Israelis.
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- R. Sherman said...
"Gehenna," a synonym for "hell" originated in the Hebrew word for a valley south of Jerusalem where children were sacrificed to Moloch or Baal.
Gives you an idea of how the Jews thought of the practice.
- The Bunnies said...
I've studied Objectivism rather extensively, and I find it to be quite spiritual in spite of itself.
Although Rand spurns religion, she worships Man at his highest. She claims that there is nothing beyond what we can see and touch, yet she describes the sense of accomplishment attained trhough defeating external and internal demons in terms I find inspiringly vertical.
Her criticisms of the Left are spot-on, and after reading an interview with Chomsky, it struck me how he was the actual embodiment of Ellsworth Touhy of the Fountainhead.
Her description of money in the chapter entitled "The Aristocracy of Pull" is a brilliant description of how money and how we use and value it reflects the deepest part of who we are. Her ethical code in regards to sexuality (as written in Atlas Shrugs, not necessarily as reflected in her personal life) I find to be as healthy as any I've encountered.
I would argue that the flaws in Rand's philosophy stem from its fundamentalism, which you can see slowly developing as she wrote Atlas. She simply got too full of herself.
I have much more to say, but I'm at work so I can't. However, Rand has helped me substantially on my spiritual path. That may only mean that I'm of a lower order, but I've observed enough to think that's there's much that needs to be said that only she has said particularly well.
- Alan said...
My two cents on Rand:
1. She put together a very coherent philosophical argument for personalism - that the human person can never be a means to an end but possesses dignity and value as an end in himself/herself though...
2. Her understanding of religion was childish
3. Her understanding of the vertical was limited to "Reason" and, as such, if you substitute the spirit/soul/vertical for Reason in any of her writings, you can integrate her arguments quite nicely into a cosmos-view that fits with that espoused by Bob.
Personally, reading her novels are, IMHO, the best antidote to socialist thinking and should be read by everyone at the right stage in their lives - as long as they already have a sense of the vertical or know someone who can guide them as they are reading the material. I grew up in a climate where the people were just too much like the negative people depicted in Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and the books were enormously profitable for my development.
- The Bunnies said...
In regards to her criticism of religion, I find the "childish" accusation to be partly true.
What she criticized was that religion required "sacrifice", but so much depends on the definition of that term. One one hand, Jesus "sacrificed" Himself by going through all sorts of pain, etc., but I think that He not only helped out humanity, He gave everything to what He believed and became greater as a result.
Giving up something you enjoy simply because somebody tells you to is a bad thing, and I think that's the sacrifice to which Rand objected. However, if I want to get in shape, I can look at my forebearance of Twinkies as a sacrifice, or I can see it as the embracing of something better.
Some religions recommend forebearance for its own sake, or because a book tells us we should. I agree with Rand's criticism of this. However, sometimes "sacrifice" is actually quite beneficial, but Rand doesn't make this connection in regards to religion.
Religion sometimes tells me that it's not about me. True enough. But it is about Me, the I AM, and some religions don't get this quite straight. Rand assumed that none of them do, and that's where she becomes "childish."
PS Before I wrote my last post, there were two posts here on Objectivism that seem to have disappeared, so my comments on Rand were not a non-sequitur when I wrote them.
- Gagdad Bob said...
A note from the proprietor--
I am exercising a much heavier hand in deleting posts for a variety of infractions. For the record, it has nothing to do with rooting out dissent or criticism, but there is a certain tone that won't be tolerated any longer.
Really, it comes full circle to what Bob was saying: that the Jews were the first to look at the sacrifice of a higher life form - a human being - to appease an agry deity, and say, "Damn it, that's not how things work with a Deity!" They realized - or were told - that the Lord would be just as happy if they made a sacrifice that didn't waste human life, if they pledged something ELSE.
What the Jews realized is the same as what Ayn Rand was incapable of understanding about religion - that you can commit to a Higher Power without completely submerging in self-effacement.
- Alan said...
the bunnies: much better said than me :-)
Her use of the word "selfish" ties into this as well.
"doing what you want" has entirely different meanings for someone who is evolved spiritually vs. someone who isn't.
In other words, it is possible to exist in vertical and horizontal reality - in the spiritual and the tangible - simultaneously. Attaining a grasp of the former does NOT imply denial of the latter.
- Alan said...
"Attaining a grasp of the former does NOT imply denial of the latter."
In fact, this is what many of the original doctrinal battles were fought over in the early church with regard to the nature of Christ (e.g. arianism, gnosticism).
Word made flesh = vertical made horizontal. It could never work the other way around--the horizontal could never have become vertical on its own.
Good evening folks.
Well, since I haven't read Ayn Rand (except for Anthem)and the news of the day is rather grim, I will offer up a shameles plug for some amusing nonsense. The final episode of my ridiculous toyshelf epic is on line. You can view this little masterpiece here:
Sometimes a little silliness is a good thing.
Petey: "...the horizontal could never have become vertical on its own."
Or as someone else put it: "No one comes to the Father except through Me."
- Lisa said...
It's almost like the horizontal deepening into something vertical.
In his book Jesus and Muhammad, Mark Gabriel, a Muslim convert to Christianity, says that those in the Judeo-Christian tradition see themselves as "Children of God" while Muslims see themselves as "Slaves of Allah".
- The Bunnies said...
I've been trudging my way through the Old Testament (I'm about halfway through the Psalms). At first all the talk of sacrifice rituals of the ancient Hebrews struck me as somewhat pointless.
But although the ancient Hebrews sacrificed countless flawless bulls despite their harsh environment, Jews have ended up being incredibly prosperous.
In the purely horizontal/Randian sense, it makes no sense to take your best goat and simply get rid of it. On the other hand, those rituals were continuously training the ancient Israelites to recognize that your perfect goat really doesn't matter, what matters is the Source from whence it came.
I'm sure that there was plenty of complaining going on among the more horizontally-minded Israelites. But through sacrificing their short-term financial well-being, they learned that prosperity is in fact quite vertical.
So depending on your definition of sacrifice, what they did was either horrendously stupid or amazingly wise. Their future success for me is evidence of the latter.
When you say horizontally-minded Israelites, I can't help but remember Edward Robinson's performance in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
What was that line about? "Let us have a god that we can see!"
- NYC TAXI SHOTS said...
- Mr. Spog said...
Very interesting how putting Biblical events in the context of a history of spiritual evolution makes them so much more meaningful. Eric Voegelin and Christopher Dawson similarly set out to put great philosophical and religious books in their historical context. Shouldn't religion be taught in this way, rather than as eternal absolute truth?
- Jauhara said...
We need more Jews.


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Design Thinking is not just for design anymore!
What does it promise? Increased productivity, better connection to your users, amped up innovation!
Yes, there can be big strides gained, but also there is pain, and pitfalls. You should be looking for a partner who understands this way of development! If you're thinking of adopting Design Thinking, or just thinking about your product process in general, read on for a peek into the way we do it.
What does Design Thinking look like in a tech company?
If you are not familiar with Design Thinking, here it is: it is a process not for how you execute, but for how you decide and determine what you should be building in the first place.
It focuses on a tight, user-driven responses and feedback that, in theory, allows you to validate new feature ideas as quickly as possible before writing a single line of production code.
For a tech company like us, it means this:
- Empathize: the product team takes in user feedback
- Define: they put the knowledge of what the user wants into the problem pile
- Ideate: the product team and the engineering team together generate many valid ways and ideas about how these problems might be solved
- Prototype: product & engineering takes the best ideas and throws one or a number of prototypes together. We aren't keeping this code; it's purely for validation.
- Test: they put those prototypes in front of users and ask them if it solves their problem
- Implement: if yes, the engineering team builds the product for real world
The result is that new features are built in small pieces or sprints, which are then validated by users before the "real" development work is begun.
The major point is: everyone in the team including the client company is communicating. The client and their sales team is not telling the engineering team what to build based on a few conversations. And, the product developers aren't telling the sales team what to sell. The communication is free and open and must more useful resulting in products that users want to use.
Everyone talks to the user and works together to come up with a product strategy.
How to succeed with Design Thinking and agile engineering
The benefit of being agile is that it lets you break things up into smaller pieces so you can prioritize better. Design Thinking can be used to feed that agile implementation machine at both a micro and a macro level.
On the micro level, it serves to validate individual features. This type of methodology is in line with the agile framework, it helps us make sure we're always focusing on the highest priority projects when we do our sprint planning.
Big picture level, it helps to tie everything back in to the company vision, and reminds us to constantly re-evaluate what we're doing to serve our users better long-term.
Seemed like a natural enough fit to us.
The benefits are from the details
So what does it mean "Full Internal Process"—the six Design Thinking steps, and how to carrying those out with a "Design Thinking" methodology.
Empathize We encourage our client partners to have a place where anyone at the company can submit a user problem. These problems can come from direct user interviews, articles, forum topics, bug reports, personal experience…really anywhere you might discover true user problems.
Ideate : Anyone should be able to submit ideas for ways to solve established user problems. The guidelines should clearly state that all solutions should be told as a story from the perspective of the user. How will this help, what is the action performed, and what outcome is desired?
Define The product development team reviews the problem pile every week, commenting on what needs further validation or more review work. Based on this review, we assign one of three priorities to each item:
- Product backlog (high priority)
- icebox (low priority)
- rejection (flat-out 'no')
Prototype: The product strategy team goes through the backlog pile and divides up the prototypes we want to focus in the next version of the product mapping . The engineering team takes them and puts them into their product mapping and agile planning pipeline.
Test If everything checks out, and it's a great idea that's solving a real user problem, we convert it to an initiative that is slotted into the client's medium term roadmap/
Implement These strategy initiatives become our preliminary plan for what should be in the production pipeline over the next 3-6 months. We also go ahead and define KPIs around each initiative so we can measure success continually over time.
Are there Alternatives?
No, Design Thinking isn't perfect. But with new complete focus on the user, it's hard to imagine what would be a better strategy.
We find that this view of how to collect the next ideas is much better than gathering everyone in a room together once a month and let everyone shout ideas. There is also the old way of having a single VP of product engineering who tells all the developers what to do all the time, and make it so that very few people have input on the product process likely resulting in the users not being satisfied and the company losing market share!
A hybrid approach to this idea problem would be have everyone on the team allocate 10% of their time to doing user research and tinkering with new ideas. This might fuel the ideation part of the design thinking approach.
It's a classic problem—no system is without its flaws. But at least we have a system that seems to make sense.
In sum
We like Design Thinking and will probably keep promoting it's use with our clients and beyond with some additional experiments and tweaks.
Please share your ideas about how you are using design thinking! Have you found any edits to Design Thinking that make it work a little better for all businesses? We'd love to see how others are using it!


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There are many fastest trains on earth. These are the TGV train of France, the bullet train of Japan High-Speed Rail of China etc. among them I like the bullet train most. There are most reasons for my choice. Though the bullet train is not speeder than that TGV, it is magnetic. Bull it is speedier than the high-speed train service in China. There is no necessity of using electricity in the bullet train as it Runs with magnetic power. Huge Electricity is saved there.
It saves times of the busiest passengers in Japan. At first, it started operation in 1964 on the ultimate route. But at present, most major cities of Japan came under the network of the bullet train. It runs at the maximum speed of 300 km/h (186 m/h). it also plans to increases speed up to 320 km/h (199mph). In 2003, Japan set the world record for unconventional magnetic train sets. They play a very significant role in strengthening Japanese economy. They have brought about a Revolutionary change in the field of Communication of Japan.
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President Obama told the Democrats not to be apathetic. They were. If Republicans do win, the next two years will be fraught with the same nonsense the GOP has been pushing for the last ten years. They won. And it won't be an easy battle, as evidenced from the history of midterm elections for the last one-hundred years. There are already signs of this from the mouths of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell.
While Obama hasn't taken the latter approach yet, the Democratic Party did desert many of its own in the midterms when it was obvious they couldn't win.
Read more here.
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Friday, November 05, 2010
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There was panic in Mundika area of Busia County over a fire that erupted from the wheel of an oil tanker Monday morning.
According to the tanker's driver, one Hissani Abdi, smoke started billowing from the left side of the tanker truck. This prompted him to stop the truck and check the fire source.
Upon examining the section that was producing smoke, Abdi noticed a fire on the tires. He immediately attempted to put out the fire using a portable fire extinguisher in vain.
County fire engine
Fortunately, the Busia County fire engine arrived in minutes and contained the fire before any tragedy could occur. The driver commended the quick response by the County's fire engine that prevented a major incident.
Cooking oil to Rwanda
Abdi further confirmed that the tanker was carrying cooking oil from Mombasa to Rwanda's capital in Kigali. He noted that it could have possibly been a different story had he been carrying petroleum products.
"I thank God that I was not carrying petroleum products, the story could be different". Said Hissanna, the tanker driver.
Hissana said the tanker was carrying cooking oil to Kigali, Rwanda from the Port of Mombasa; "I thank God that I was not carrying petroleum products lest the story could be different".
Quick response
The Busia County disaster management officer, Mr Peter Oporia confirmed the incident. In his remarks after the fire was contained, Mr oporia commented the County's fire department for their timely response in previous fire incidence in the region.


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Garinger needs to give out candy to students to motivate them into participating in class like answering question, teachers could also give out candy to students for having good grades on homework and on tests.
Candy can motivate students because everybody likes candy. People like candy because they are sweet and tasty compared to other foods like vegetables that are bitter or tasteless.
Motivating students is important because some students are self motivated other need help like incentives like candy. other ways teachers can motivate students are...
- Giving prizes
- Give compliments
- Give treats
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So last week I read Anastasia's post about how CherryCulture was having a 20% off Back to School sale. Seeing as how I have never purchased NYX before (seeing as it is impossible to find within a 75 mile radius of me) I decided to spend a large chunk of change for some decent makeup. I have never bought NYX myself, but too many people say they are wonderful (especially their round lipsticks), I had to try them out (and at $2 each, without the discount, and free shipping... hehehe).
So, what did I get? Waaaayyy too much.
Round Lipgloss in Apricot
Jumbo Eyepencil in Yogurt
Powder Blush in Angel, Taupe, and Chocolate Moose
Mosaic Powder in Highlight
Cream Blush in Red Cheek
Mega Shine Lipgloss in Beige, Beige Pearl, Lollipop, and Smokey Look
Single Eyeshadow in White Pearl and Dune
Eyeshadow Trio in Beanie/Red Bronze/Red Bean
Runway Palettes in Versus and Strike a Pose
And the major fun: Round Lipsticks in Honey, Watermelon, Vitamin, B52, Harmonica, Penelope, Snow White, Pumpkin Pie, Hebe, Ceto, Poseidon, Opal, Bruised, Violet Ray, Almost Black, Iced Lavender
In the above picture, I tried to put everything in the order that I wrote down.
Since I live in California, the order took 3 days to get here, with their handling, which is awesome! I am totally buying more from them.
So, the only thing that came damaged is Iced Lavender, which I accept, since it is still usable. The tube is a little messed up, and it opens too easily, so no going in a bag for this one, but for how cheap it was, who really cares, hehe.
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Readying Congress Bhawan for PM visit
After former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the present incubment Manmohan Singh would be only the second Prime Minister to visit the Congress Bhawan. He would arrive at the Congress Bhawan at about 11.45 AM on December and would meet party leaders and workers. The state headquarter of the Congress is being readied for the occasion while the men in charge of the Prime Minister`s security already have taken stock of the arrangements.
The Centre has recently sanctioned Rs 921 crore towards flood relief and the dates have been announced for the Panchayat polls. The proposed visit of the PM has created lots of enthusiasm among the state unit leaders. Pradesh Congress Committee chief Niranjan Pattanaik said,"The Prime Minister has given Rs. 921 crore to the state for flood reliefs. His visit is important." Only time can tell to what extent Manmohan Singh`s visit would be helpful to the Congress party.


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12 May 2017 Author CHAMWE KAIRA
The loss-making national carrier, Air Namibia, is losing more than N$300 million per year on the Windhoek-Frankfurt route and not N$30 million as reported in the local media on Thursday, Public Enterprises Minister, Leon Jooste, has said.
Jooste told the Windhoek Observer that his ministry is worried about the loss on the route, which he said was unsustainable
"This is clearly unsustainable and a solution will have to be found as soon as possible," he said.
Jooste said he understands that Airbus is working with Air Namibia to study route feasibility, adding that the outcome of this process will determine whether Government will close or maintain the route.
"We (Government as shareholders) need a solution," he said.
Finance Minister, Calle Schlettwein, told the Windhoek Observer on Thursday that the finically troubled airline had defaulted on its payment on aircraft leasing agreements last and that the State "had helped the airline out".
He, however, could not give figures, saying he did not have them off the top of his head.
Schlettwein said Treasury had asked the Ministry of Works and Transport to investigate the possibility of discontinuing the Windhoek-Frankfurt route because of the huge losses being incurred.
He said the request was part of the process to rein in loss-making State-owned enterprises, adding that his ministry had identified the Windhoek-Frankfurt route as one of the biggest contributors to Air Namibia's losses.
Works Permanent Secretary, Willem Goeieman, said in an interview that they had received the request from Schlettwein and that his ministry would discuss the way forward with the Air Namibia management.
"We have to look at agreements, which have been signed by Air Namibia. We will respond to the minister in two weeks' time," he said.
Air Namibia staff are said to be unhappy with the proposal to cancel the Frankfurt route. Investigations by the Windhoek Observer this week revealed that management and staff feel that Jooste is overstepping his mandate. The staff accused the minister of taking over the day-to-day running of the airline.
Insiders told the Windhoek Observer that the plan to scrap the Windhoek-Frankfurt route was hatched by Jooste and was already foreseen by the airline's management following numerous meetings with the minister over the airline's operations.
Jooste, however, denied this, saying he only had two or three meetings with the airline's management where they discussed multiple issues related to strategy and commercial operations, but nothing else. Insiders say five meetings were held between the Air Namibia management and Jooste at which he was briefed about the current status of the airline and future plans.
"The default in payments is something that the Ministry of Finance has orchestrated itself to imply that the current management is failing," a source at the airline said.
"We do not even know who is in charge of Air Namibia now, whether it is the ministry of works or the ministry of public enterprise, as the latter has taken charge of the show while Alpheus !Naruseb is nowhere to be seen," the source said.
"If the Windhoek-Frankfurt route is scrapped, what will happen to the future of NWR, NTB and so many business sectors in the tourism industry?"
Air Namibia will receive N$486 million from Government in the 2017/18 financial year, which will increase to N$493,9 million in 2018/19 and N$497,7 million in 2019/20.
In the last seven years, Air Namibia has received N$4,2 billion from the Government in bailouts.


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I rarely cross over healthy eating habits into the drinking spectrum, but sometimes I am just looking for something light, refreshing and guilt free. Especially in the summer when calorie laden homemade margaritas sound divine (and are totally worth the splurge sometimes!), there are times when a low calorie option is preferable. I love frozen grapes, so when this recipe appeared in my inbox via Hungry Girl, I was certainly up for trying it.
Green Grape Frojito
10 mint leaves
2 no-calorie sweetener packets (like Splenda or Truvia)
2 limes, quartered, for a total of 8 wedges
1 1/2 cups green grapes, frozen
3 oz. rum
1 1/2 cups crushed ice or 8 – 12 ice cubes
* Evenly divide mint, sweetener, and half of the lime wedges between 2 glasses (2 lime wedges per glass).
* Muddle (a.k.a. mash) the contents of each glass.
* To a blender, add the frozen grapes, rum, ice, and 2 tbsp. water. Squeeze the juice from the remaining lime wedges into the blender. Discard these wedges.
* Blend at high speed until smooth. (If needed, turn off the blender, stir, and blend again.)
* Transfer grape mixture to the glasses, and stir well. Drink up and be refreshed!
1/2 of recipe (about 16 oz.): 192 calories, <0.5g fat, 4mg sodium, 26g carbs, 1.5g fiber, 18g sugars, 1g protein


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David Weeks Makes it Magic!
David Weeks is a member of The Magic Circle and a Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star (one of only 300 world-wide) who performs close-up and cabaret magic for restaurants and hotels; corporate events and product launches; weddings and christenings; bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs; children's birthday parties, adult birthday parties and un-birthday parties; medieval banquets and old-time music halls; fetes, fairs and summer balls.
In short…
…Magic for Everyone and for Every Occasion!
RESTAURANT MAGIC at…
The Criterion, Piccadilly Circus
Kennington Tandoori * London
The Indian Dinning Room * South London
Ken Lo's Memories of China, Chelsea Harbour
Bennihanna, Swiss Cottage * Deals, Chelsea Harbour
Old Drapery Stores, Hampshire * Tamasha, Bromley
Donna Ina, South London * Straits, Beckenham
Globe, Beckenham * Goodfriends, Sidcup
Harvester, various in South London
Chicago Pizza Pie Factory, London
Black Pepper * London
Frankies * London
Harry's Bar, Venice, Italy
Artistico, Kalymnos, Greece
EVENTS for CHARITIES, SCHOOLS and ASSOCIATIONS…
Royal National Lifeboat Association
POD * Save the Children * Cot Death Research
Kelsey Park School PTA * Bromley High School PTA
Allied Breweries Association * The Daisy Ball * Mercy Ships
Rotary International * Round Table * Variety Club of Great Britain
Software Computer Users Association * Sailing and Cruising Association
Holy Trinity School Westminster Abbey & Westminster Cathedral Choir Schools
Young Pavement Artists' Competition * Wokingham Chamber of Commerce
Telephone Managers' Association * St Olave's Musical Association
Forest Hill School * Gordonbrock School * Hitherfield School
Kilmorie School * Grove Vale School * St George's Hospital
TV and RADIO appearances…
Guest on The Adrian Love Show, Talkback Radio
Guest artist on Is it Magic?, Vane Pule's TV series, Malta Television
Featured artist on It's Magic, six-part radio series, BBC World Service
Performer & contributor to discussion on magical secrets, Biteback, BBC TV
PERFORMANCES for THE MAGIC CIRCLE at…
Magic Circle Dinners and Awards Banquets
'Meet the Magic Circle', 'The Magic Circle Christmas Show'
'Ali Bongo Saturday Show'
GALA DINNERS and BALLS at…
Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly
Hilton, Park Lane * Four Seasons, Park Lane
Dorchester, Park Lane * Grosvenor House, Park Lane
The Guildhall, London * Great Hall, Lincoln's Inn, London
Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street
Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
London Aquarium, Waterloo
Bearstead Golf Club, Maidstone
Leeds Castle, Kent * Wilton House, Wilts
Hanbury Manor, Herts * Shendish Manor, Herts
Penderley Manor, Herts * Baronial Hall, Maidenhead
Pennyhill Park Hotel, Surrey * Heathrow Park Hotel, Berks
Windsor Safari Park, Berks * Royal Ascot Golf Club, Surrey
Mapledurham House, Reading * Grand Hotel, Bristol
Hilton, Cobham * Elcot Park Resort Hotel, Berks
Arborfield Garrison * Sandhurst Military Academy
School of Ordnance, Blackdown Barracks
Larkhall Barracks * Tidworth Garrison
PARTIES, RECEPTIONS and DINNERS at…
St James's Palace, London
Sandford Springs Golf Club, Hants
Rossini, Reading * Caligulette, Bromley
Great Fosters, Egham * Epsom Playhouse, Surrey
Chilston Park, Maidstone * Renaissance Hotel, Reading
Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich * Hunsden Manor, Ross-on-Wye
Bisham Abbey, High Wycombe * Hog's Back Hotel, Farnham
Thistle Hotel, Brand's Hatch * Calverly Hotel, Tunbridge Wells
International Conference Centre (ICC), Birmingham
David Lloyd Sports Centre, Raynes Park
Bearwood Lakes Golf Club, Berks
Harper Collins * Publishers
MEDIEVAL BANQUETS for…
Prudential Insurance
International Telecommunications Corporation
Household Cavalry, Windsor * Royal Military School of Music
16th Regiment, Royal Artillery * 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery
42nd Survey Engineers * School of Military Survey
1st Parachute Regiment * 5th Airborne Division
1st Devon & Dorset Cavalry Regiment
FAMILY DAYS at…
Kennington Fair * The London Eye
Penshurst Place, Kent * Powderham Castle, Exeter
Sandown Race Course, Surrey * RAC Country Club, Epsom
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew * The Natural History Museum, London
Barbican Arts Centre, London * Horniman's Museum, London
Prince Philip Barracks, Herts * Pimlico Fair, London
Goddington & Norman Parks, Kent
CORPORATE and SOCIAL EVENTS for…
Ministry of Defence * Metropolitan Police
The Boat Show Excel London * Waterstones London
London Weekend Television * Cine Wessex Ltd * GPO
Thameslink * Sainsbury's * MacDonald's * Johnson Wax
Ford * Range Rover * Sony * Nokia * Apple Mac * PC World
Walker's Crisps * Dorling & Kindersley * The Really Useful Group
Integra * Oracle Software * Entec * Dataserv * BEA Systems
International Congress of Actuaries * Warburg's Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank * Standard Chartered Bank
Pharmacia Biotec * London Independent Hospital
Bromley Council * Founder's Liveried Company


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Sue had a unique problem with her jewellery making room, in that she was buried under masses of bead-filled plastic bags, couldn't find anything in the mess and had nowhere to display her creations for clients.
• First thing we had to do was clear everything off the pigeon hole-shelving and paint each compartment a different colour so the beads could then be stored in glass jars and grouped in colours on the appropriate shelf. Sue can now locate elusive beads much more quickly and doesn't have to trawl through thousands of plastic bags to find the right shade of blue.
• We then made her inexpensive jewellery display boards using caneite (compressed sugar cane) sheeting, which we covered in black felt (you could use velvet) and secured at the back with thumb tacks. Once pins are added to the front - the jewellery can be hung artistically, to great effect.
• The last job was attaching a dowel roller to the far side of her workbench using a small curtain rod holder. The dowel then holds spools of wire, ribbon and thread and ensures the spools stay in place and can be rolled in and out neatly and easily.
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Effective Web Advertising – The Things That Work Best
Are you currently searching for effective web advertising techniques that will produce recent results for you? Are you currently tired of purchasing e-books and studying about methods that don't work on all for you personally? There are a few advertising methods which you can use to obtain internet traffic and you will find a lot of methods that don't work. Here are the best methods and a few that you ought to avoid constantly.
Top Web Advertising Methods
1. Article Promotion – Extremely effective and free. This process will help you to create little traffic sources which will spread all over the net.
2. Ppc Advertising – If done properly this is among the best web advertising methods available. Make certain you choose very targeted keywords to invest in and your bids low so you don't drain your financial allowance.
3. Forum Marketing – An execllent free method since there are always individuals forums searching for information regarding the subject.
4. Classified advertising – Not really effective as it was once, but nonetheless an excellent source of traffic. The compensated ads always are more effective, but it's best to test both types.
Web Advertising Techniques to Avoid
1. Spamming or e-mail marketing – Unless of course you're creating a legitimate listing of prospects or customers, then you need to never bother delivering out an e-mail. It's a waste and price more than worth.
2. Spammy Search engine optimization strategies – Google, Yahoo, and MSN have caught on and also the best you'll do is grab yourself banned from their store permanently.
3. Other things that seem or appears sketchy. If it doesn't appear legitimate, it most likely isn't also it most likely is going to do you more damage than good. A few of these strategies work with a while, however they've horrible implications that you don't want when searching for effective web advertising.


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In 2012, I was hired by Raymond Interactive to lead the UX design work on several projects, including the redesign of the BforBank's website.
Following a major rebranding and new TV commercials, we redesigned both from an information architecture and visual design point of view.
I led the iA work on the content organization then designed the website's main screens in order to help Raymond's team to execute and finish the project. I also provided some guidelines to help make this design responsive and allow bforbank's endusers to view it on their mobile phones.


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River will take part again in an international youth tournament of world hierarchy. We are talking about the Weifang Cup International Youth Football Tournament 2018, which will be played in China from July, 27th to August, 5th.
A combination of players from the 1999/2000 category will be representing the Club. Most of the players from the 99 category were recently consecrated champions of the Fourth Division, the tournament organized by the AFA, so the quality and competitiveness of the team in the tournament is guaranteed. In addition, they play with River's style, with a great projection for the future.Teams of international prestige will take part in the tournament, such as Benfica of Portugal, Espanyol of Barcelona, Newcastle of England, Spartak of Russia, Santos Laguna of Mexico and also the Youth National Team of China. The rest of the contest will be integrated with the participation of local teams.The team will travel to China on July, 25th and will be formed by eighteen players and members of the coaching staff.GOALKEEPERSROJAS, Juan MartínMUTH, Ezequiel
DEFENDERSCHOCOBAR, Gabriel FabricioGALLARDO, Kevin GabrielRODRÍGUEZ VUOTTO, JuliánSÁNCHEZ, MatíasSALVARESCHI, BraianMARTíNEZ, Mateo Agustín
MIDFIELDERSCASTILLO, RodrigoLÓPEZ MUÑOZ, Hernán DaríoLUCCA, GiulianoLUQUE, Matías AgustínMOLINA, Javier OmarRODRIGO SILVA, Gonzalo Jorge AlbertoVEGA ALBORNOZ, Luciano Gastón
FRONTDE ARQUINO GREFE, CleitonITURRIA, Tomás LautaroMOLINA, Nicolás Martín
TECHNICAL BODYVIDAL, José Luis (technical director)PÉREZ SOLANO, Gustavo Enrique (physical trainer)VILLAGRÁN, Guillermo (doctor)
PROP-MANAGERFABRE, Juan Gabriel
DELEGATION PRESIDENTPÉREZ, Cristian
The tournament will have 12 participants, divided into three groups of four teams each. River will integrate Group C.
GROUP CDalian Yifang FCDesportivo BrazilBenficaRiver Plate
DATE 1Dalian Yifang FC vs. RiverDesportivo Brazil vs. Benfica
DATE 2River vs. BenficaDalian Yifang FC vs. Desportivo Brazil
DATE 3Desportivo Brazil vs. RiverBenfica vs. Dalian Yifang FC


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Men just don't understand, but we can't live without them and if we're honest with ourselves, we wouldn't want to, right? What am I talking about?
Recently, I lost the diamond from my engagement ring. Every woman whose ever been in love and has received one knows how special the ring is. It symbolizes the love he feels for you. When you lose you DH, as I did several years ago, the meaning of that ring amplifies by tens of thousands. It's the remaining physical reminder of his love.
When I realized I lost my diamond, my brother and son immediately answered my call for help to check the drains in the house. When we didn't find it, I was heartbroken and reduced to tears. My brother immediately said, "Don't worry. I'll buy you one twice as big." More tears came. While I appreciated his gesture to make me feel better, I fell deeper into depression because no one in my house (all guys) understood what I was feeling. Or at least that is what I thought, until I posted on Facebook. I never mentioned anything on social media about my DH's fight with cancer or when I lost him. In fact, I hadn't posted anything for more than six months afterwards, notta, nothing. After this experience I feel maybe I was wrong not to, because the overwhelming emotional support from my followers has been tremendous. Maybe I wouldn't have spent a year fighting depression if I'd opened up.
While trying to work on my next hero, this experience reminded that men do think, act and express their emotions differently. They look at the world as if it's black and white instead of through shades of gray. They express themselves differently, sometimes through jokes, or not at all. Their hearts are encased in armor while we carry ours exposed to all. They talk differently. If you'd want to read a great blog on this topic, look at Ruby Rita Henuber's blog GUY SPEAK http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/guy-speak-2/. She nails the subject.
I'm going to keep in mind the reactions I'm getting from men over my lost while I work sketch out my next hero. Do you have any examples of a good-hearted man just being a guy?
FYI: It's day 5 of my great diamond search and still no luck, but I'm not going to lose hope.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Thursday, May 31, 2018
What Do Writers Like To Do On Their Day Off?
First, I will say I don't think any writer takes a day off completely. We have characters in our heads that never take a day off, or if they do, another one takes over the chatting. It's like a senate filibuster taking place in the space between our ears and the only way to get them to shhh is to acknowledge them and give them your attention. I usually ask them questions they have to pondered like, "Why the h*ll would you kill off nice, old Mrs. Petty?" And "How did the rope used to kill her end up the copy of Hitchcock's novel Rope and does it have a meaning?" They need to have a damn good reason for their actions before talking to me again.
While they ponder, my writer's cap if off. So, what do I do with myself? My life is similar to yours. Today, I'm off of my day job also-- you know the one that brings in the small but steady paycheck-- I've got a long chore list: laundry, a bit of cleaning, grocery shopping with my elderly mother in addition family care and interaction.
So, what are you doing today? What are you enjoying reading? I'm always looking for a good book.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Happy Book Birthday!
From Genna:
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Sunday, April 15, 2018
Releases MAY 8, 2018
Thank you to all of the readers who continue to follow me here. It seems blogging has taken a backseat to social media, but I still like to read my favorite authors' posts.
I'm really excited to announce the up-coming release of my next book, Loved By Darkness. Loved By Darkness is the third stand-alone novel in my U.S. Marshal series C.U.F.F. Both my editor and a first reviewer has told me that this is the best story I've written. They feel it's an award-winner. I hope it wins your heart and that you will chat it up at work and social media.
Let me tell you a little about it. Many people ask where do you get your ideas. This one came to me while I was on vacation in St. Augustine visiting follow Ruby sister Rita Henuber two years. I'd over heard a conversation about a missing child and while we sat on the white sands watching the waves the opening of the story unfolded in my mind. As all stories tend to do, it changed as months went by. Why? Because of the characters. To the non-writer that might seem like a crazy notion, but they really do come to life in our minds and eventually they tell us what needs to happen next. Seriously, I'm not crazy. Just ask any writer.
Why did it take me two years? One reason was I was writing Perfect Fall for my Perfect Love Series. I'm not a writer who can be writing two novels at once. My characters demand my full attention. And second, a lot of research went into this story. I learned about sailing, how to stop a plane from taking off. I learned about psychological disorders, police procedurals involving the U.S, Marshals and much more. I don't want to tell you what because of spoilers. And finally, because I wanted this book to be the best I've ever done.
Loved By Darkness is up for pre-order at Amazon, B&N, I-Books and Kobo. Below are the links, if you'd prefer to copy and paste.
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Thank you again, Autumn
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Monday, February 12, 2018
My fingers are tingling and my mind is numb, sort of. But, I'm happy to disclose that LOVED BY DARKNESS, the 3rd book in the U.S. MARSHALS C.UF.F. series is completed and off to my editor. With in a few weeks, I should have to share with you a cover, a blurb, and a link to pre-order this May release. I think… No. I have no doubts that this story will WOW you.
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Published : Monday, October 22, 2018 | 5:23 AM
Local developer Morton Development Group has bought the iconic Artistry Theater Building in the Pasadena Playhouse District for $5.3 million and plans to redevelop the property to attract a dynamic group of quality tenants ranging from fitness, luxury home goods, office users and restaurants.
The building is at 600 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. The property sits immediately east of the Urth Caffé building.
The Artistry Theater Building was built in 1931 as a United Artists theater. It was a popular "preview house" that would show early-cut screenings of films for feedback from the public. Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock had screened their classics there in the early 1940s; Hitchcock had even gone so far as to reshoot the ending to "Suspicion" due to the audience response.
Andrew Berk, a South Pasadena resident who is a Principal at Avison Young, said he and Associate Chase Gordon represented the seller, Colorado Creative LLC.
"We're thrilled to help fill a gap in Pasadena's exceptionally dynamic retail main corridor," Berk said in a statement. "The historic marquee property has irreplaceable 'bones' and such incredible unique space inside. With this sale, we're excited to view the next great blockbuster here and know it will be an unbelievable tribute and gift to the architectural fabric of the theatre and Colorado Boulevard."
Berk said they focused on "just the right buyer," Morton Development, who not only "appreciated the next-generation opportunities for the bow-truss and vaulted building, but also had the experience and development knowledge to navigate the heavy permitting and construction requirements."
"We're pleased to be a part of the process in helping this iconic property get to its proper highest-and-best use within one of Pasadena's prime retail destinations," Gordon said. "The City of Pasadena, known worldwide as a retail and historic revitalization classic case study, has such a rich and important history and bringing this irreplaceable asset back into the urban fabric is significant to the community and all who visit here."
The two-story theater building is about 15,061 gross square feet that sits on 10,241 square feet of land. It is located in an exceptionally strong submarket where core assets of the theater's quality and age rarely go on the market. The building was renovated about twice since the 60s.
Its last tenant was Angels School Supply which vacated the building about three years ago.


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Persimmons are cool to just slice and eat because they are sweet and juicy, but like tomatoes, I'm not super nuts about them like I am about blueberries or raspberries. They are not a fruit I actively seek out but when they are ripe and ready to eat, I will buy them. I have to be in the mood for them like I have to be in the mood for tomatoes, although this summer I ate some super yummy fresh tomatoes quite often! Try slicing persimmons and eating them as is and see if you like them. They are a great fall fruit and can be used in many recipes.
Persimmon Chia Jam
2 ripe persimmons
4 tbsp of maple syrup
1 tbsp of chia seeds
4 tbsp of water
Slice the top off the persimmons and then cut them up into small pieces. Put the persimmons, water and maple syrup in your food processor and process on high. It will be watery but once you mix in the chia seeds, the seeds will soak up the excess moisture. Pour the jam in a bowl and hand mix in the chia seeds. Put in the fridge overnight and the next day, the mixture will be more jam-like. I spread this on bread along with peanut butter. Feel free to add cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice.
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Save the Date: Path to Leadership with Joyce Romano
Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Time: 2 – 4 p.m.
Location: West Campus, Special Events Center
You are invited to attend an Association of Valencia Women presentation on Path to Leadership, featuring Joyce Romano, vice president, educational partnerships, on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, as Joyce details her pathway to leadership.
In her 27 years at Valencia, Joyce has worked to improve the educational pathway for students from K-12 through community college and successful university transfer to bachelor's completion.
Over the years, her work at Valencia focused on the design and implementation of LifeMap, our developmental advising model and system; of Atlas, our learning community portal; and of the re-design of student services, which integrates student learning of educational processes to support their success. She has experience with diverse student populations and has designed and implemented programs for students from middle school through college graduation.
Joyce has a B.A. in Psychology from State University of New York-College at Cortland, an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Central Washington University, and an Ed.D. in Higher Education from the University of Kansas.
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The Florida Summit on Accelerating Transfer Success will take place on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 at the University of Central Florida. The Summit will bring faculty, staff, and administrators who have a professional connection and/or interest in how they, their department, and their institution contributes to Florida's transfer student population. Together, Florida International University (FIU), University of Central Florida (UCF) and University of South Florida (USF), member institutions of the Florida Consortium enroll more than 50% of students transferring from Florida's 28 state and community colleges. Also noteworthy, together, FIU, UCF, and USF serve more transfer students than the other 9 universities in the State University System of Florida combined.
Florida Summit on Accelerating Transfer Success Speakers include:
The Florida Summit on Accelerating Transfer Success is a great networking and professional development covering for seasoned advising professionals, deans, faculty, and senior executive administrative leaders from FIU, UCF, and USF as well as, leaders from community and state colleges in Florida.
For more information, contact Dr. Jason Dodge, Director of Academic Support Services, University of Central Florida at firstname.lastname@example.com.
CFEED to Help Provide Seamless Transitions Between Central Florida Educational Institutions
As a higher education institution, we know that data can help predict challenges in educational attainment and, more importantly, foster solutions to prevent those challenges or risk factors from preventing educational success. Until recently, however, most of that data was restricted to organizational silos — limiting its potential for big-picture analysis of students' performance in kindergarten through college. The Central Florida Education Ecosystem Database (CFEED) project, however, is changing the narrative.
Funded by the Helios Education Foundation, with CFEED, Orange County Public Schools, the School District of Osceola County, Valencia College and the University of Central Florida (UCF) will aggregate their data on all of their students (currently 389,000+ combined) to gain insights on student transition. The insights will be the basis for collaboration among educational partners to reduce barriers and encourage more seamless transitions between institutions in our educational ecosystem.
"CFEED's purpose is to provide insights on student success that will enable us to design and improve programs and practices so that more students experience success at Valencia and complete their associate degree," explained Joyce Romano, vice president, educational partnerships. "Working with the other CFEED partners, the actions based on insights are intended to increase the number of students that complete high school, continue to college and earn bachelor's degrees."
Faculty may also be able to gain insights into specific course success patterns or the characteristics of incoming K-12 students. As the system matures, faculty will be able to participate in the development of CFEED.
"In the future," she said, "we will be able to invite faculty and staff to engage with CFEED staff to shape research questions for inquiry and to consider what program or service changes are desired based on the insights we learn."
The project has a target implementation plan of 2020 and is currently being led by Joyce, Director Michael Holt, Research Analysis Rachael Russell and Administrative Assistant Angela Charles from Valencia as well as research analysts, database administrators and lead administrators from the other educational partners. Accenture is the technical provider to provide the platform and system for CFEED development.
To learn more about this project and its impact on Central Florida education, click here.
July 17, 2018
Education partners launch CFEED
Central Florida's leaders in education, with funding from Helios Education Foundation, launched the Central Florida Education Ecosystem Database (CFEED), a research project intended to increase student success by enhancing student learning, increase academic achievement, and ultimately outline a supportive, continuous pathway toward education success.
The collaboration, which engages Orange County Public Schools, the school district of Osceola County, Valencia College, and the University of Central Florida, launched CFEED to link partners, data, and highlight opportunities for student support all along the education ecosystem.
"The opportunity to understand how individual students experience the educational pathway from K-12 through to completion of a post-secondary credential will enable educators to design interventions that elevate student success at key transition points, and overall student completion," said Joyce Romano, Ph.D., vice president for educational partnerships, Valencia College.
CFEED in one example of innovation in education that centers on students success. Helios Education Foundation's commitment to the transformational power of education and the power of partnerships led the Foundation to launch its Florida Regional Student Success Initiative in 2017, which concentrates in the metropolitan areas of Tampa, Orlando, and Miami. We believe that every student, regardless of ZIP code, deserves a high-quality education.
Through our collaboration with partners in Central Florida, and statewide, we focus on preparing students for success in college, career, and life.
Helios furthers its work through strategic investing, building and reforming systems, public and political will building, and collaborating and convening all along the education continuum.
Learn how Helios Education Foundation is contributing its expertise and financial resources to better prepare Florida students for college and career.
Helios Education Foundation is dedicated to creating opportunities for individuals in Arizona and Florida to achieve a postsecondary education. The Foundation's work is driven by four fundamental beliefs in Community, Investment, Equity, and Partnership. Helios invests in programs and initiatives across the full education continuum – from early grade success through postsecondary education.
National Student Success Conference
The CFEED Vision Team (including Paul Luna – Helios Education Foundation, Dr. Sanford Shugart – Valencia College President, Dr. Barbara Jenkins – OCPS Superintendent, Dr. Dale Whittaker – UCF President and Dr. Ronald Fritz – SDOC) were the panel at the Closing Plenary Session for the National Student Success Conference. Paul Luna moderated this discussion between the Vision Team members on the CFEED Project. The inaugural conference was organized by the Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities. With this first conference being located in Tampa, Florida, the primary sponsoring university from the Florida Consortium was the University of South Florida.
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Brendan Richardson
Co-Founder & Chairman
Brendan Richardson has been involved in early-stage ventures as a venture capitalist, angel investor, board member, and startup advisor for 17 years. Richardson spent more than 13 years based in Silicon Valley and Geneva as an international venture capitalist investing in early-stage technology companies in Europe and the United States as a Partner with Vision Capital and Dominion Ventures. During his time at Vision Capital, he led or co-led investments into more than 12 successful startups, including three of the firm's top five returning deals. In 2007, he returned to Charlottesville, Va., to become a Director of Private Equity with Investure, a $7 billion consortium of university endowments and nonprofit foundations. Since then he's co-founded two local startups, PsiKick and Astraea. Since 2009, he has also taught the venture capital investing course at the McIntire School. His focus is on launching, supporting, and accelerating both high-impact startups and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Brendan co-founded HackCville with Spencer Ingram in 2012 and still serves on its Board of Directors as its chairman.


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Douglas M. Fambrough, III, Ph.D., co-founded Dicerna in 2007 and has served as the Company's chief executive officer since 2010. Prior to joining Dicerna as CEO, Dr. Fambrough specialized in financing innovative life science technology companies as a general partner with Oxford Bioscience Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm.
In 2003, Dr. Fambrough and two other investors founded Sirna Therapeutics, a first-generation RNA interference (RNAi) pioneer; he served on Sirna's Board of Directors until the company was acquired by Merck for $1.1 billion in 2006. Other investments include Solexa, developer of the dominant ultra-high-throughput DNA sequencing platform, acquired by Illumina for $600 million; and Cambrios Technologies, which invented and now markets biologically inspired electronic materials for touch screens and flat panel displays. Before joining Oxford, Dr. Fambrough was a genomic scientist at the Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research (now known as the Broad Institute).
Dr. Fambrough graduated from Cornell University and obtained his Ph.D. in genetics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Bob Brown, Ph.D., joined Dicerna as senior vice president, research in 2008. Prior to joining Dicerna, he had a long career at Genta, where he was vice president, research and technology and had more than 75 issued patents and patent applications.
While at Genta, Dr. Brown became one of the only R&D executives in the biotechnology industry to follow a systemically administered oligonucleotide therapeutic (Genasense™) from the research bench through Phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials and NDA review. He worked directly with clinicians and study investigators on trial design, execution and interpretation of results. In addition to his roles at Genta, Dr. Brown was co-founder and vice president of research and development at Oasis Biosciences.
Dr. Brown holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and B.S. degrees in chemistry and biology from the University of Washington.
Rob Ciappenelli joined Dicerna as chief commercial officer in 2019, with more than 28 years of experience working across various pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare consulting industries. Most recently, he was global head of commercial at Momenta Pharmaceuticals.
In that capacity, Mr. Ciappenelli managed a portfolio of 13 programs ranging from early development to partnered in-market products.
Prior to Momenta, he held several leadership positions at Shire Pharmaceuticals (now part of Takeda), across commercial operations and business planning including global franchise operations lead for Shire's Fabry (Replagal®) and Gaucher (Vpriv®) programs. Mr. Ciappenelli's pharmaceutical commercialization experience also includes various leadership positions at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, where he served as vice president of commercial operations, executive director of commercial services and sales training, and executive director of central nervous system marketing. His expertise spans rare disease, neurological disorders, and diseases of the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems.
Mr. Ciappenelli earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Jack Green joined Dicerna as chief financial officer in April 2016. Prior to Dicerna, he was chief financial officer of Verastem, Inc. Previously, Mr. Green served for over 15 years as chief financial officer of GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc. (formerly Genzyme Transgenics Corporation), which was spun out from Genzyme Corporation as a stand-alone public company.
Mr. Green is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over 30 years of financial management experience, including 20 within the biotechnology industry. He received a master's degree in business administration from Boston University Graduate School of Management and a bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross, where he majored in economics and accounting.
Jennifer Lockridge, Ph.D., is vice president of program development at Dicerna Pharmaceuticals and has 20 years of experience in the development of oligonucleotide therapeutics. Prior to joining Dicerna, Dr. Lockridge spent nine years consulting with multiple biotech and large pharmaceutical companies to provide direction and support for early development-stage oligonucleotide programs as well as pharmacology and pharmacokinetics expertise.
From 1996 to 2007, Dr. Lockridge was employed at Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). As director of project management at Sirna, she managed and was involved with all aspects of siRNA and ribozyme development programs. Dr. Lockridge received her Ph.D. in pharmacology from the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Ore., and pursued postdoctoral training at the FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson, Ark.
David Miller, Ph.D., is senior vice president, corporate operations/ alliance management at Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, which he joined in 2008. Over the course of his career, he has successfully combined leadership roles in both business and research capacities. He has been a member of five early-stage biotech companies, each of which has successfully transitioned to a public company.
At Dicerna, Dr. Miller has also served as vice president of research operations and of business development. Previously, he was senior director, business development at Synta Pharmaceuticals, where he had partnering responsibility for the company's oncology portfolio and played a lead role in a pharma partnership, valued at over $1 billion. Prior to Synta, he was director, business development at Altus Biologics, where his responsibilities included developing the drug delivery business and the partnering of several biological products. Dr. Miller was a founder and the head of research for EcoScience Corporation, an agricultural biotechnology company. He began his career at Genetics Institute. Dr. Miller is the inventor on six issued United States patents. He is a board member of EcoPesticides International, a New Mexico company, and serves on several public boards in his hometown of Winchester, Mass.
Dr. Miller holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology and biochemistry from Harvard University and a B.S. in biochemistry and biophysics from the University of California, Davis.
Regina DeTore Paglia is the senior vice president of human resources and has more than 25 years of experience in human resources management at numerous biopharmaceutical, biochemical, and managed care companies from early-stage start-up to full commercial operations.
Most recently, she was senior vice president of human resources at Paratek Pharmaceuticals, reporting directly to the chief executive officer and chairman as a member of the executive leadership team. Prior to that, she was vice president (2010-12) and senior vice president (2012-15) of human resources at Myriant Corporation, a biochemical company that is a subsidiary of PTTGC Global Chemical Company. From 2008 to 2010, Ms. Paglia was vice president of human resources at Mascoma Corporation, a biofuels company. She has also held several executive positions in human resources at Sepracor Pharmaceuticals and Tufts Health Plans.
Ms. Paglia is the 2018 recipient of the Bob Gatti HR Leadership Excellence Award of Distinction from the Human Resources Leadership Forum. She holds a bachelor's degree in business management and marketing from Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University in Beacon Hill, Mass., and a master's degree in human resources management from Framingham (Mass.) State College.
Ralf Rosskamp, M.D., joined Dicerna as chief medical officer in June 2017, and is responsible for leading the Company's clinical development, medical affairs and regulatory functions. Dr. Rosskamp has more than 20 years of research and development (R&D) experience spanning the entire drug development cycle, from pre-clinical through product commercialization.
Prior to joining Dicerna, Dr. Rosskamp was chief medical officer at Summit Therapeutics. In this role, he directed and oversaw all clinical development and medical activities for Summit's investigational therapies for the rare genetic disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the infectious disease caused by Clostridium difficile bacteria. Prior to Summit, Dr. Rosskamp held executive-level positions in clinical research and drug development at NPS Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Shire), Ikaria, Kos Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Abbott Laboratories), Aventis Pharmaceuticals (formerly Hoechst Marrion Roussel), and Hoechst AG.
Dr. Rosskamp has been responsible for numerous investigational new drug applications, the design and execution of clinical development programs, and new drug applications across multiple therapeutic areas including diabetes, cardiovascular, respiratory and orphan drugs. He was involved in the development of several approved products including Amaryl®, Lantus®, Apidra®, Simcor® and Natpara®.
Dr. Rosskamp is a member of the Board of Directors of Bioblast Pharma in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and published more than 50 scientific abstracts. Dr. Rosskamp is a pediatric endocrinologist with more than 15 years of experience in clinical medicine. He received his M.D. from the University of Bonn, Germany.
James B. Weissman joined Dicerna as chief business officer in January 2012. He has more than 30 years' experience in the life sciences industry, with extensive international management experience in biotech and pharmaceutical general management, product development, licensing, business development, marketing and M&A activities.
Prior to Dicerna, Mr. Weissman was vice president of business development at MannKind Corporation, responsible for leading the company's activities related to licensing, new products and strategic planning. Prior to MannKind, Mr. Weissman held leadership positions in both business development and marketing at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Tokyo, most recently as senior director of marketing. In that position, he was responsible for the sales, profit and strategic targets for the company's specialty products, including central nervous system (CNS), endocrinology, ophthalmology and oncology therapeutics and diversified portfolios. He is a board member of Receptor Life Sciences, a private company developing FDA-regulated oral and inhaled cannabinoid medicines.
Mr. Weissman holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bates College.


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It's a fallacy that my life revolves around off the wall naturalist activities and the subsequent updating of this blog. Other things in a busy schedule include work, subsidising off-spring, watching TV sport and listening to progressive rock/metal music- see not such a nerd after all ! So for obvious reasons this posting is a liitle late in making it to the digital super highway.
Talking of highways the Sunday before last (29 September) I visited the land of the internal combustion engine where the fantasy of a race track promising thousands of jobs sit bumper to bumper with the dualling of the Heads of the Valleys road. My usual parking spot for easy access to Garnlydan Reservoir was barred by earthworks, traffic cones and tattooed construction driving trucks that when revved belched copious amounts of air-borne particulates (PM 10s?). A fluorescent tabard wearing workman with discoloured safety helmet worn at a jaunty angle crossed the road in front driving a dumper that bounced in tune with the uneven terrain of upland rhos pasture. So displaced to a lay-by just past a blue roadside sign marked Powys I proceeded to make my way in full late summer sunshine across pylon dominated landscape to said waterbody.
En-route a stridulating meadow grasshopper was noted close to a chicane in the track but was barely audible between the noise of frequent drive-by bikers that seem to use the Llangattock road. Where a small quarry had developed a small pond black darter dragonflies were still on the wing, alighting on the dozen or so discarded tyres that now sit easy with carbon hungry aspirations of this area of Gwent. The reservoir itself was surprisingly low on water. Six wigeon flew in, possibly the same birds that were present at Beaufort Ponds earlier and a few gulls seemed unsettled mid water. Half a lap into a full circuit around the reservoir I put up three snipe. Fourteen lapwing then took flight moving around the reservoir set against the blue sky like an avian chequered flag and finally two redshank made it on to the podium.


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Daily News for February 15th, 2008.
The Guitar Hero saga continues, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith has been announced. It will arrive in June '08.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl was first place in sales again in its second week, having 251,789 copies sold, twice as many as the second place game. Super Smash Bros. Brawl sold one million copies faster than any Wii game before.
The newest patch for Warhawk, Warhawk v1.3, has been announced. There is no release date as of yet.
Pretty boring day.
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In the wake of the recent sexual harassment allegations leveled against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and the mismanagement of the Supreme Court Committee of Advisors which has seen the image of the national cricketing body take a severe beating over the last few days, former Indian cricketer and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President Sourav Ganguly has written a scathing letter to the BCCI Acting President CK Khanna, Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry.
In the letter to the BCCI office bearers, which was accessed by ANI, one of India's most successful captains, has gone onto to point out several instances that have caused major damage to the reputation of BCCI over the years.
In reference to the recent allegations of sexual allegations imposed against former BCCI CEO Rahul Johri, Sourav Ganguly has raised questions about the manner in which way the case was handled.
"I don't know how far it's true, but the recent reports of harassment has really made the BCCI look poor, more so the way it has been handled. The committee of COA from four has come down to two and now the two seems to be divided," he wrote.
Known to not mince his words, the former Indian opening batsman did not just stop there, he further questioned the new change in the rule which he has addressed in the past, that allows players to play domestic cricket midway through the season.
"Cricketing rules are changed in the middle of a season, which has never been heard off…decisions made in committees are turned around with complete disrespect," Ganguly wrote.
Ganguly also took the opportunity to shed some light during his time with the Cricket Advisory which comprised of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Ganguly himself. Referring to the fiasco which led to the sacking of Anil Kumble and appointment of Ravi Shastri as head coach of India.
"My experience in the matter of coach selection was appalling (the less said the better)…One of my friends who is involved in matters relating to functioning of board asked me who should they go to…had no answer…I had to ask who should I invite for an international game from a particular association as I did not know what was going on."
He concluded by saying that BCCI is an institution that was built with immense hard work and superb administration. However, the current state of affairs has caused damage to the image of the world's richest sports governing body. Sensing danger, Ganguly felt this needed to be looked into with immediate effect.
"Indian cricket with its massive following has been built over the years of hard work from superb administrators and greatest of cricketers who have managed to bring thousands of fans to the ground. I at the present moment, think it's in danger. Hope people are listening.''