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Economic developers call for Charlotte to focus on manufacturing
To find and keep its edge in the global marketplace, the Charlotte region should focus on attracting manufacturers and building up the base of skilled workers who can create products, economic development experts said Wednesday.
Speaking at Central Piedmont Community College's fourth annual Global Competitiveness Summit, business leaders said the region is ascendant but needs to bolster science, technology, math and engineering education to ensure its long-term health.
"You are in pretty stiff competition," said Jennifer McNelly, president of the Manufacturing Institute. "What keeps CEOs up at night is 'Where am I going to find the talent?'"
Manufacturing was a major emphasis for the speakers, who said attracting such jobs to the region will create more long-term prosperity than a service economy. North Carolina is trying to lure its first automobile plant, widely seen as a top priority for the state, in large part because of the networks of suppliers that accompany such plants.
"We have a real opportunity. There are several major automobile manufacturers that are in the picture needing North American plants," said N.C. Commerce Secretary John Skvarla. "Those folks are going to make a decision, and then we're going to run dry for 10 years. We've got to land one."
Other topics the speakers discussed included:
▪ The growing urban-rural divide in North Carolina: The state legislature is considering changes that would shift sales tax revenue from urban to rural areas, and reduce the amount of tax incentives available to lure jobs to Mecklenburg, Wake and Durham counties.
"That is a form of competition," said Trevor Fuller, chairman of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. He said the state's urban areas need to make the case for why they should continue receiving the same share of revenue they do now.
▪ Whether cities should subsidize sports arenas: Bruce Katz, director of the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program, didn't draw any applause with the assertion that local governments shouldn't pay for sports arenas.
"We shouldn't subsidize a stadium. We should invest in what matters," said Katz, such as efforts to develop an area's manufacturing base. Charlotte has subsidized the city's sports arenas, including the Panthers' stadium, the shared arena of the Hornets and Checkers, and the Knights' baseball stadium, with tens of millions of dollars. Katz said he knew his view would be unpopular but insisted, "You can't build an economy on beer and hot dogs."
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Archive for August, 2010
Summer Update
August 22, 2010 1 comment
Hey All,
Long time no see huh? Well, I have been keeping busy since I sent you something but hopefully this all will make up for it. And if that doesn't work, I just posted some fresh pictures of my travels in vietnam onto facebook, so go ahead and take a look at those and I will explain that all later on here.
First things first. Since my last post, I have visited Siem Reap province, worked with the brand new volunteers who arrived almost a month ago now, hosted some of them as they visited my village, and took a vacation to Vietnam for two weeks. All of that has added up to keeping busy and the majority of my summer flying by. In a few weeks, my mom will also be visiting for a bit, so in reality, I haven't had much trouble with finding things to do this summer. Anyway, my visit up to Siem Reap was a productive one (its where Angkor Wat is located) and I worked for a fancy school up there. It was a real trip because they teach the kids that go there both Cambodian standards and U.S. standards, and the whole thing is funded by the guy who owns the Hyatt chain of hotels. It is impressive to say the least. After that, I got a chance to be one of the volunteers selected to be involved with the training of the new group of peace corps members to enter the country. I was excited because I remember how those first volunteers impacted my service, and knew that there would be a lot of questions being asked of me and my experience. Spent a week doing that and had a blast, although it was more work than I expected and sort of a whirlwind as well.
After that, I went back to my village for a bit and relaxed until it was time to go back to Phnom Penh so I could say goodbye to my ex-girlfriend Eddie. She was getting ready to go back to the States as she had already finished her two year committment in Cambodia. Saying adios was difficult for the both of us, but I was glad I got the chance to go and be with her some. A few days later, a few of the new peace corps trainees got an opportunity to come visit me in my village, where I showed them around and overall we had a good time, capped out with a short visit south to go see Kampot town.
Quickly after that visit, I went back to Phnom Penh again to get ready to visit Vietnam, so I had to get my visa all set up since I would be traveling by bus. The plan we fulfilled was to go to Ho Chi Minh City and catch an overnight bus up the coast to Nha Trang, a beach up about 10 hours away from there. My buddy Philip joined me on the trip, and we were able to catch some sleep on that bus and when we awoke it was perfect cause the sun was rising over the beach. Spent a few days there, went on a snorkeling trip, and then proceeded to the mountain town of Dalat. Getting there it was beautiful, zig-zagging through the mountains, but the town itself was a bit underwhelming. We spent really only one night there before taking off for our next destination, Mui Ne, another beach town. Mui Ne is considerably smaller than Nha Trang but still had its niceties. We ate some awesome seafood there three nights in a row. Was really good to unwind and slow down on the beach for the time we were there. Next we traveled further back south to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and I spent a day walking around the city, going to some historical sites like the War Remnants Museum and the Reunification Palace. Both were a little upsetting in their own ways, but it was important to go see them to me.
Now, I am heading back to Phnom Penh and then back to my village for a few weeks until my mom comes to visit. I am really excited for her to come by and see how I live and also so I can see her obviously. After being here over a year, I still miss everyone a lot and I hope everyone is well. Take care people, hope to talk to you soon.
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Chip the Chimpanzee Banana Monkey Rug PDF Crochet Pattern
FORMAT: PDF, 17 pages, 7.9 MB (mobile devices friendly). Language - English. The pattern is written row-by-row using US crochet terms. It also includes many diagrams, step-by-step photos, and a conversion chart to UK terms. Easy to follow.
SKILLS: Chain, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, crab stitch, front post single crochet, blocking, working in rows and in the round, increasing, decreasing, sewing.
GAUGE: 9 dc X 4 rows = 4" X 4" (10 X 10 cm), working with hook 9 mm (M/N) & 3 strands of worsted weight yarn held together.
- Red Heart Super Saver Yarn (or any other similar weight yarn); Qty: 2 skeins of Buff; 2 skeins of Cornmeal; 1 skein of Coffee; a small amount of Warm Brown.
- 9 mm (M/N)
- Tapestry needle
- Non-Slip Shelf Liner & Velcro hooks (optional for Non-Slip lining)
Approximately 35" (88.9 cm) from the top down & 36" (91.4 cm) across. Your finished size may vary slightly depending on the materials used & your tension.
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Lava Beds National Monument Poster
Lava Beds National Monument Poster
This Lava Beds National Monument Poster is a unique tribute to the WPA posters that were created in the 1930's and 1940's. The WPA posters were originally constructed as a government initiative to generate interest in the national parks and improve park attendance.
We have designed WPA Style National Monument Posters featuring several National Monuments to celebrate America's diverse natural beauty and to encourage you to reflect on the rich history and immense beauty that each National Monument has to offer. We hope to inspire you to find your park, monument, memorial or historic site and travel to the stunning landscapes which make America so great. Collect them all as you visit each national monument and commemorate your unforgettable experience.
At the Lava Beds National Monument visitors can explore more than 500 lava tube caves, created over the last half-million years by volcanic eruptions.
Lava Beds National Monument is a land of turmoil, both geological and historical. Over the last half-million years, volcanic eruptions on the Medicine Lake shield volcano created an incredibly rugged landscape punctuated by cinder cones, lava flows, spatter cones, lava tube caves, and pit craters. These lava tube caves, of which there are more than 500 in the Monument, are a favorite underground destination for visitors to explore.
- Our WPA Style National Park Posters are printed with Archival Inks on the highest quality 232 GSM Acid-Free Archival Matte Paper giving this print a truly smooth and non-reflective surface perfect in any lighting conditions and perfect to commemorate your unforgettable experience in each unique National Park.
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We are well into the month of August and I am savoring the summer months! It is the last weekend for #NSale and I decided to share details to my recent Nordstrom purchases and details to my latest Instagram snaps! Also, I am sharing like items that I love.
Bug and White Tank Similar here | Earrings | pants
Earrings are from ilymix.com & use code: 'cutebrandik20' to get 20% off your jewelry and sunglasses.
BohoBetty USA Gray Bracelet | BaubleBar Tassel Bracelet
Get 20% off any BohoBetty.com Bracelets using code: 'CUTEBRANDIK20'
#NSale Items Shorts | Similar Tank | ilymix shades |
Shop this watch here | Shop JORD
Red Lace Up Shoes | Red Shirt from Nordstrom | Subscribe to Rocksbox
Use Code: 'BRANDIRBFF4' for a free month subscription to Rocksbox. These necklaces are from my last box. Pay $19/month and you will get 3 pieces of designer jewelry to barrow. If you like what they send you then you can buy the items at a discount price. I kept the Kendra Scott necklace and payed $30.00 for it. Send the box back as many times as you like and make a wish list. You will be assigned a stylist who will pick the jewelry for you. I am expecting my new box any day. You can cancel anytime.
Headbands of Hope | My Headband | Nordstrom Darling Top
Use Code 'RenkalHOPE' for $1.00 off your headband purchase. Buy a headband for a good cause. When you buy a headband one is given to a young girl with cancer. Go to www.headbandsofhope.com to make a difference.
Shop all items and similar items in the pictures below. Don't forget that today is the last day for the Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale!!
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Fahema and Daniel
It's so nice to be able to "click" with the couple we meet. On this incredibly special day we started off stopping by Daniels house, at which time we woke him out of bed (lol). He was already so excited to get this day going he didn't have a problem being wide awake. he just kept saying "I can't believe this day is here, I'm so excited!"
Fahema was absolutely glowing! You couldn't help but be excited for her. She has one of the most genuine smiles I've seen. Being able to see both sides on the morning of their big day really is a pleasure. We get to see and hear how happy each person is and why they are so connected.
Cheers to you both! We look forward to sharing many more fun times together with you guys!


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Andrew Browning on "The Panic of 1819: The First Great Depression"
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Author Andrew Browning will speak on his new book on the first nationwide financial crash, which ushered in the first Great Depression and introduced the world to the business cycle – the pattern of booms and busts that we have come to know so well.
Matthew Fink on "The Unlikely Reformer: Carter Glass and Financial Regulation"
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Join us for a lunchtime program with author Matt Fink on Carter Glass, whose record and legacy remain relevant today.
Damien Cregeau on "James Swan: Patriot Soldier, Forgotten Financier and International Man of Mystery"
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Learn about the fascinating life of Colonel James Swan, the man who single-handedly bailed out the US debt to France following the American Revolution in this well-illustrated presentation by historian Damien Cregeau.
Kim Phillips-Fein on "Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics"
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Pulitzer Prize finalist Kim Phillips-Fein speaks on her timely and riveting new book on New York City's financial crisis of 1975.
Howard Marks on "Mastering the Market Cycle"
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
One of the most successful Wall Street investors of all time provides practical insight and keen analysis on how to understand, track and react to the ups and downs of the stock market. Watch the video of this program.
Roy Germano on "Outsourcing Welfare: How the Money Immigrants Send Home Contributes to Stability in Developing Countries"
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Join us for a lunchtime program with professor and author Roy Germano. Please note: This program will be held on the 5th Floor of 48 Wall Street.
William Hogeland on "The Hamilton Scheme: Enemies and Allies in the Creation of an American Economy"
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Join us on the anniversary of Alexander Hamilton's death for a program with historian and author William Hogeland, a contributor to the new book, Historians on Hamilton.
Lawrence Cunningham on "The Warren Buffett Shareholder"
Monday, April 23, 2018
The Museum of American Finance and the Fordham University Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis host an evening with Warren Buffett's writer and editor of choice, Lawrence Cunningham, on his new book about what makes Buffett's shareholders tick and what happens at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.
George Robb on "Ladies of the Ticker"
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Long overlooked in histories of finance, women played an essential role in areas such as banking and the stock market during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Yet their presence sparked ongoing controversy. Hetty Green's golden touch brought her millions, but she outraged critics with her rejection of domesticity. Progressives like Victoria Woodhull, meanwhile, saw financial acumen as more important for women than the vote. Author and professor George Robb sheds a light on the financial methods, accomplishments and careers of three generations of women.
"The Blockchain and the Future of Everything" Fireside Chat and Panel Discussion
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
The Museum and the Fordham University Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis host a balanced perspective on the potential and pitfalls of blockchain technology and the future of crypto investment. The program begins with a fireside chat with Ethereum Co-Founder Joseph Lubin and Michael Casey of MIT Digital Currency Labs and Chair of the CoinDesk Advisory Board. A panel follows addressing the broad applications of blockchain technology and its transformative potential, and exploring cases and existing projects that utilize decentralized economic models. Participants include Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss (Gemini), Joshua Brown (Ritholtz Wealth Management) and Paul Vigna (The Wall Street Journal).
Diana Henriques on "A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History"
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Award-winning author and investigative reporter Diana Henriques discusses her new book about the Crash of 1987.
2018 Gala Honoring Ken Griffin and Timothy Geithner
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
The Museum honored Timothy Geithner and Ken Griffin at its 2018 Gala on February 6 at Cipriani Wall Street.
Andrew Lo on "Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought"
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Award-winning MIT professor and author Andrew Lo discusses his latest book, Adaptive Markets, in this program presented in partnership with the Fordham University Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis and Bloomberg for Education.
Dr. Richard Sylla on "Hamilton on Fiscal Responsibility"
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Noted Alexander Hamilton scholar and chairman of the Museum of American Finance, Dr. Richard Sylla, speaks about Hamilton's stance on fiscal responsibility on the anniversary of Hamilton's birth.
Ken Winans on "What They Don't Teach at Harvard: History as an Investment Tool"
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Author Ken Winans speaks about his book, Investment Atlas II, and time-tested tools to improve investment performance and reduce losses in future bull and bear markets.
Sidney Rocke on "Mutilated Currency: Redeeming Cash and Fighting Scams"
Friday, November 10, 2017
Sidney Rocke, the Chief Counsel for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), discusses how the government handles mutilated US currency that has been burned, buried or attacked by animals.
John Herzog on "A Billion to One"
Friday, October 20, 2017
The Museum's Founder and Chairman Emeritus, John Herzog, discusses his new book about the legendary Wall Street firm his family founded.
John Wasik on "Lightning Strikes: Nikola Tesla, New York Finance and the History of Everything"
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Author John Wasik will speak about his book and how Tesla's relationships with Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan, Wall Street and emerging technology in the early 20th Century shaped our modern era.
Mihir Desai on "The Wisdom of Finance"
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Award-winning Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai discusses his new book, based on his now-famous "last lecture" to the graduating Harvard MBA class.
Joel Tillinghast on "Big Money Thinks Small"
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Veteran Fidelity fund manager Joel Tillinghast his new book about biases, blind spots and smarter investing.


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3 Artists We Haven't Heard From in a While
I'm not saying these artists aren't touring. In fact, I know they are because I've seen two of them within the last year. But I haven't gotten a new album from any of them in at least 4 years. They've released new songs unattached to any album, cover albums, and greatest hits albums, but I need more! Here are three artists I haven't heard from in a while.
Gary Allan
Last Album Release: January 2013
Gary Allan's last album came out in January of 2013, four and a half years ago. I've heard everything from his studio is jerking him around to he just can't decide what to put on the album. Just choose ten and release it!
In 2015, he released the single Hangover Tonight which did not sound like classic Gary. It seemed that he was allowing someone to tell him what to record or that he was just trying to fit into the pop/bro country that is plaguing the radio. He even had Chris Stapleton sing backup vocals on the track, who was riding high off the success of his debut solo album Traveller at the time.
After Hangover Tonight failed to break into the top 40, he followed it with his next single Do You Wish it Was Me? Possibly even a further step away from classic Gary, this track failed to crack the top 50, let alone 40.
However, we seem to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, as just earlier this year, Allan released a new single titled Mess Me Up, which sounds so classic Gary that it hurts. Currently, it is doing better than Do You Wish it Was Me?, but is still struggling to find traction on the radio. But hearing this new song makes me hopeful that we will be getting Gary Allan's tenth studio album sooner than later.
Rodney Atkins
Last Album Release: October 2011
Not counting his Greatest Hits album in 2015, it has been almost six years since Rodney Atkins' last true album released. Some would say that it's because of his run-in with the law in 2011, but seeing as all charges against Atkins were cleared less than a year later, I don't think that can stop someone's career dead in their tracks.
Since his last album, Take a Back Road, Atkins has released two singles. Doin' It Right was his first, released in 2013, and failed to crack the top 50. I enjoy this song, as it is an upbeat message about how if you are failing at points in your life, you are doing life correctly because nothing comes easy.
Next, he released the single Eat Sleep Love You Repeat, which was also included on his Greatest Hits album. Doing a little better than Doin' It Right, it is still failing to make an impact on the radio. Last I heard about anything new coming out, Atkins said that he hoped to have his new album out by Spring..... of 2016.
Jamey Johnson
Last Album Release: September 2010
This is it. The Great White Buffalo. Not counting his tribute album to Hank Cochran, it has been seven. Yes, seven. Years. Johnson has come out with different explanations why, including how poorly songwriters get paid and that he has suffered a concussion which makes focusing on songwriting damn-near impossible.
The Guitar Song is a masterpiece album, and fans of Johnson have waited 7 long years to hear something new. I've seen him in concert 3 times since that cd came out, and he sticks to performing old songs he's written. He cowrote the song Kicked Outta Country with George Strait, which helps get across his point that country music is not doing him any favors. Jamey Johnson has put in his time. George Strait has put in decades and has over 60 #1 hits. Yet they have no pull on the radio anymore.
I don't know when we'll get something new from Jamey Johnson, but I hope it is soon.


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DOVER — Friday's mix of heavy, wet snow with rain and hail made for dangerous road conditions that resulted in numerous motor vehicle accidents throughout the day.
In addition to the fatal crash in Stratham, an accident on I-95 in York, Maine, seriously injured one man.
Maine State Police say a North Waterboro, Maine, man was critically hurt Friday morning when his pickup truck overturned on the Maine Turnpike. Troopers said 47-year-old Charles Waddell Jr. is being treated at Portsmouth Regional Hospital in New Hampshire.
Trooper Gavin Hager said Waddell lost control of his truck in the southbound lane about 6:30 a.m. when the truck vaulted the guard rail in the median, overturned at least twice, and came to rest in the northbound lane on its wheels. Waddell, who was not wearing his seat belt, suffered serious head injuries.
The majority of the other crashes in the region Friday morning did not result in any injury.
Dover Police Sgt. Mark Collopy said there were several motor vehicle accidents in the Garrison City, but all were minor.
"They've all been what we call 'non-investigative' accidents, where we help drivers exchange information," he said.
Rochester Police Capt. Paul Callaghan said there were nine minor motor vehicle accidents in the Lilac City as of 2 p.m. Friday, with none of them resulting in significant damage or serious injuries. Most were cars slipping off the roads, Callaghan said.
In Lebanon, Maine, Assistant Rescue Chief Jason Cole said there had been two vehicles off the road in Lebanon during the day Friday, but there were no major accidents. Cole said Town Hall closed up at 2 p.m. Friday because of the storm.
"Crews have been outside cleaning up the roads since 7 a.m., but the snow is coming down so fast that once the roads are clear, they just get covered right up again," Cole said.
Farmington, Milton and Barrington reported no major accidents on Friday, although road conditions in Barrington were described as "lousy" by police.
Portsmouth Police reported no major incidents related to the weather. Lt. Russell Russo said he was hopeful that would hold out through the remainder of the day.
Rollinsford Police Chief Bob Ducharme reported there were three accidents Friday, including a single-car rollover on Route 4 — which did substantial vehicular damage — and a three-vehicle collision at the intersection of Route 4 and Oak Street.
Ducharme said there were also two cars that slid off the road Friday, although no one was injured in any of the Rollinsford accidents or slide-offs and there were no passengers in any of the vehicles.
A late-morning motor vehicle accident slowed traffic for nearly an hour along Route 4 as crews worked to right a car back on its wheels.
Ducharme said emergency crews responded to the crash at 10:20 a.m.
A blue 2001 Subaru Forester operated by Patricia Scully, 52, of North Berwick, Maine, began to slide while traveling west, police said, before colliding with a snowbank in front of PE Glass at 497 Portland Ave., flipping over and coming to rest on its roof.
Ducharme said the car sustained heavy damage to the driver's side and windshield as well as minor damage to the passenger side. The car was towed away.
A second vehicle heading east also slid off the road in front of Alexander's Restaurant at 489 Portland Ave. The second incident was a result of the driver reacting to the first accident, said Ducharme, and occurred almost simultaneously. The driver of the second vehicle was uninjured and the car was returned to the road at about 11 a.m.
Rollinsford firefighters and a rescue crew from South Berwick, Maine also responded to the accident. Emergency crews cleared the scene at roughly 11:15 a.m.
Berwick and North Berwick, Maine, police departments reported a few slide-offs apiece, the largest being a tractor-trailer in North Berwick which nearly jackknifed before regaining control, according to North Berwick Police Chief Stephen Peasley.
In Somersworth a snow emergency and parking ban began at noon and carried through to 6 a.m. today. In the downtown business district the parking ban was enforced after 11 p.m. Friday.
Officers in Somersworth, as well as the Maine communities of South Berwick and Eliot, reported quiet days and no slide-offs or accidents.
AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist John Dlugoenski said the heaviest of the precipitation ended in time for the afternoon commute with a chance of light snow overnight. Average snowfall for the state is between 6-12 inches with lesser amounts to the south and along the coast and greater amounts toward the north and west.
Slick roads cause numerous area accidents
DOVER — Friday's mix of heavy, wet snow with rain and hail made for dangerous road conditions that resulted in numerous motor vehicle accidents throughout the day.


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Ground Beef and Savoy Cabbage Lo Mein
Total time: 25 minutes
Stir-fries cook quickly and are very flexible when it comes to ingredients. I always try for a mix of colors, textures and flavors... Savoy cabbage works in place of the more traditional bok choy.
Note: To measure pasta. 4oz (120gr) is about 1 1/4" (3cm) diameter bunch (make a circle with thumb and index finger - you want it a little bigger than an American quarter, about the size of a 2 euro coin)


text: Yesterday we went on an exploration day around Houston. Our first stop was LUNCH at a vegan cafe called Radical Eats! It felt like an enormous treat, I just kept saying "I'm so happy!" The food was amazing and you'd truly never know it is vegan. We had chips and salsa, spinach and "cheese" quesadillas, lasagna and salad with amazing balsamic vinaigrette, Thai soup a black bean tamale smothered in ancho chili sauce, prickly pear lemonade and a cinnamon roll. Ok yes, that is the strangest combo of food BUT we did one of my favorite things in ordering everything that looked and sounded good. We took home a full bag of leftovers PLUS cinnamon rolls for Cliff's birthday tomorrow!


text: Iowa State Archaeologist, John Doershuk, will participate as a speaker at an upcoming teach-in, co-hosted by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies; Office of the Provost; Public Policy Center; Office of Teaching, Learning and Technology; and Sustainability at Iowa. "Teaching Sustainability - In & Across Campus" is a one-day teach-in that will highlight existing examples of how sustainability is being threaded into UI courses. Review the full schedule here and register in advance for lunch.


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ZOFOMOMA, multimedia concert of the piano duet ZOFO
Herbst Palace Museum, Przędzalniana 72
Tickets: 8 PLN
The ZOFO duet, thanks to its contemporary repertoire and collaboration with many talented composers from all over the world, boldly marks a new path and begins to stand out from the other pianists who play music 'for four hands' .
This September, the Herbst Palace Museum we will be hosting the band and the guests will have a chance to hear and see most of the band's project called ZOFOMOMA, which in total will consist of 15 music pieces composed especially for ZOFO (the project's premiere is planned for 2018 and will take place in Los Angeles). During the concert at the Herbst Palace, 12 of the planned compositions will be presented. The authors of those compositions, who come from different cultural backgrounds, as the starting point all chose an inspirational piece of art which is characteristic for and represents the country of their origin. ZOFO takes its audiences on a 60-minute audio-visual journey around the world, where music is accompanied by images. As a result of this approach, we can recognise the Earth not as a geographically divided planet, but as a land of people expressing their diversity and originality through both music and visual arts, which in ZOFOMOMA, different though they are, complement one another forming an inseparable whole.
The band's name is an acronym for the twenty-finger orchestra (where ZO stands for 20 and FO stands for finger orchestra). Since 2009, when two acclaimed solo pianists Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi joined forces to form the duo of ZOFO, the group has constantly been delighting the audiences from New York's Carnegie Hall to Tokyo with their talent and original repertoire. Grammy-nominated and Steinway Artist Ensemble winners, ZOFO band focuses on compositions of contemporary musicians, working on a new musical piece with a different composer each year.
Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi believe that the piano duo is the most intimate medium, perfect for chamber music in which compositions of two musicians playing their individual parts come together and form a complex and most beautiful choreography written for the four-hands sound.
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ZOFOMOMA detailed program:
"Le Bassin d'Argenteuil", composer: Gilles Silvestrini (1961, France), artist: Claude Monet (courtesy Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
"The arrival of implacable gifts", composer: Carl Vine (1954, Australia), artist: James Gleeson (courtesy of Art Gallery of New South Wales)
"Dancing with the Torah at Mount Meron", composer: Avner Dorman (1975, Israel), artist: Reuven Rubin (courtesy Rubin Museum Tel Aviv)
"Fangor", composer: Paweł Mykietyn (1971, Poland), artist: Wojciech Fangor (title of painting: "SM 34", courtesy of Gallery Stefan Szydłowski)
"Untitled Skeleton", composer: Jonathan Russell (1979, USA), artist: Stormie Mills (London street art)
"Street Solace", composer I Wayan Gde Yudane (1964, Indonesia), artist: I Made Budhiana
"Holy Peaks of Chichibu at Spring Dawn", composer: Kenji Oh (1982, Japan), artist: Yokoyama Taikan (The Museum of the Imperial Collections )
"Wendung", composer: Cécile Marti (1973, Switzerland), artist: Verena Marti-Buchmann
"Inspector's Scrutiny", composer: Sahba Aminikia (1981, Iran), artist: Nicky Nodjoumi (Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York)
"Night Sea", composer: Samuel Carl Adams (1985, USA), artist: Agnes Martin, Night Sea, The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art © Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
"Paisaje", composer: Pablo Ortiz (1958, Argentina), artist: Eduardo Stupia
"Viajeros", composer: Keyla Orozco (1969, Cuba), artist: Douglas Pérez Castro (courtesy von Christierson Collection, London)
Promenade Theme: Keisuke Nakagoshi
ZOFOMOMA has been made possible through generous funding and support from the Van Dyke Family Foundation.


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9th Aug 05 Tuesday
Remember last week "Small Ville", guess that episode it's the best I ever watched.
Last night Gavel msg me, he told me that he'd be calling me at 9.30pm.
So I stay in bed waiting for his call.. Plug in my ear piece on the phone and set to auto-answer.
And again I fall asleep. Until 10.20pm there's a msg coming in, it was my frd.
Then I realize that I must've missed Gavel's call. So I msg him telling him I fall asleep.
Few minutes later, he called. We chat for quite a while. He suddenly hung up then called back.
He told me that his phone low batt. So I told him to hang up, we'll chat again.
After saying bye, I realize he was still there. 哈哈 So I say Bye.. taking my ear piece out again.
'Coz my phone didn't light up displaying Call Ended, so I know that he's still holding on.
Then I know that "Oh he didn't want to hang up", but have to!
唉 。。 Miss the show "America's next top model" again.
Today is National day, nothing much…


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eBay solution from CAM streamlines tyre retailers
Sales opportunities through eBay are realising business growth for tyre retailers. As a result, CAM is introducing a scalable cloud-based solution that will enable dealers to streamline the associated administration, eradicate errors and save time and labour for their eBay order processing.
CAM's solution integrates Cameo and its Online Tyre Catalogue (OTC) alongside a tailored eBay shop interface, which further strengthens the features list in the forthcoming major Cameo release. CAM achieved the eBay integration within eight weeks of receiving its first signed order and shapes up to play a pivotal sales management role for participating dealer customers.
Post-order from the consumer, the system operator is presented with a list of all completed eBay transactions awaiting despatch. The user is able to review and confirm the details of each sale before being guided through a seamless sales process of courier and delivery service level selection, and then onto generating the finished invoice. There is virtually no manual data entry during the process, since all product and customer data is pulled from the eBay website, passed directly to into selected courier's systems, and then into the finished customer invoice. Accuracy is improved and invoice processing time has been dramatically reduced.
The eBay integration also includes a 'pick list' feature which allows the operator to generate a picking list of all items that have been sold awaiting despatch. This allows warehouse staff to retrieve stock from the facility far more efficiently.
Mike Allen, managing director of CAM, says, "Processing high volumes of transactions generated by eBay can be laborious and time consuming, and mistakes can be made due to the high level of human intervention during transactions with considerable keying in of data, often from handwritten notes.
"Cameo's Derived Pricing capability delivers reliable accurate pricing directly to the sales desk, enabling retailers to quote confidently and professionally. CAM customers using the extension will no longer have to wade through 1000s of hard-copy invoices and manually update spreadsheets every week."


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For many centuries, the only humans in Germantown were ones who are now seldom remembered. Any of their living culture in the immediate area is long gone. But many traces of their lives have turned up, or been turned up, over the decades near the mouth of the Roeliff Jansen Kill—an area called the Ford Site.
As described in "Recent Contributions to Hudson Valley Prehistory: Memoir 22" by Robert E. Funk, State Archaeologist in Nov. 1976:
"The Ford Site, so named after its former owner, Floyd Ford, occupies five acres at the west end of a 25-acre, flat-topped tongue of land on the south side of the Roeliff Jansen Kill at its confluence with the Hudson River."
Freshly plowed fields where there were once berry patches and cornfields in the area, proved "highly productive of stone artifacts, and have been visited by collectors for many years, most notably Kenneth Mynter of Claverack, and the late James Shafer of Poughkeepsie."
Mynter and Shafer excavated a trench in 1955 and dug sporadically through 1960. Shafer's collection from the site was donated to the New York State Museum in 1957. The findings included numerous hand-carved points, scrapers, hammerstones, ovate knives, flint chips, fire-cracked stones, ceramic pot sherds and seven "basin-shaped hearths." The hearths contained charcoal-stained sand and, uncovered in one of the hearths were "a considerable amount of fish bones, including sturgeon plates."
This land today remains on private property off Sunset Circle, a dead-end town road with five homes, all built after Mynter and Shafer's excavations. At one point when I rented a cottage on the road, I took a stroll through the land, stopping for close looks at any upturned trees and fresh runoff areas. The owner of the cottage said when excavations were taking place for his larger house, artifacts turned up.
A few years back, a member of the Roe Jan Creek Boat Club found a point on land just off the stream.
Germantown resident John Kelly has a collection of about forty-five Native American artifacts—mainly projectile points and scrapers—that he found in the late 1980s during a time that he was working on a garage outside one of the Sunset Circle residences. A few months ago, he showed me his collection from the site. Pictures of his collection are below this article.
Some of the artifacts found at the Ford Site during the Mynter-Shafer digs provide evidence of human occupation during the Middle Woodland period (200 BC - 500 AD) while other artifacts excavated at a deeper level suggest Archaic visitations (8,000 BC -2,000 BC), according to Funk.
Funk concluded that the Ford site was "the scene of recurrent occupation by Indian groups over a long period of time, probably of more than 4,500 years' duration."
Largely because few subsistence remains were uncovered, "It is assumed to have been used mainly as a fall-winter hunting camp, and this is supported by the heavy predominance of projectile points in the collection … However, some groups may have resided on the site in the spring and summer, while fishing in the Hudson River or Roeliff Jansen Kill, as shown by the fish bones."
I'd love to hear of any other private collections or remembrances of finding things in or around the Ford Site.
(Addendum: Much of this article comes from part of a historic resources report drafted for Germantown's Waterfront Advisory Committee)


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Please come hear our school choirs, do some Christmas shopping and enjoy a few activities for the kids. A portion of all purchases (including those made at the restaurant) will benefit the OLG School Library. The more the merrier, so invite friends and family too! Click here to download a copy of the voucher.
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Sunday's referendum could provide needed impetus to Bolivia's beleaguered economic development, but at a cost
The memoranda presented below relate to the political and social turmoil affecting Bolivia. The first focuses on the upcoming July 18 natural gas referendum and its implications on President Mesa's political mandate and on his vocal indigenous opposition. The second broadens this analysis by examining the socio-economic problems that have engulfed Bolivia over the last several decades.
Judgment Day for President Mesa's Aggressive Agenda.
On July 18, the Bolivian electorate will decide the future of the country's immense natural gas resources in a much anticipated national referendum. The plebiscite will be the first chance for the Andean nation's populace to vocalize their support, or lack thereof, for journalist-turned-politician President Carlos Mesa. His ascension to the country's highest office came on the heels of violent domestic disturbances due to the harsh neo-liberal reforms of former President Sánchez de Lozada, whose increasingly authoritarian bent and growing reliance on the military led to his ouster in 2003. Lozada's policies helped to bring about the death of almost 120 protestors after he ordered the armed forces to suppress the popular discontent that led to his forced resignation. The referendum's outcome is of two-fold importance: not only to determine Bolivia's future economic development, but also to bolster President Mesa's fragile backing for his economic strategy.
Indigenous Struggle to Limit Foreign Exploitation.
Acting as a conciliatory figure, the non-partisan Mesa assumed the presidency promising to amend his predecessor's controversial privatization agenda, which caused increased social inequality and fermented widespread domestic unrest. This populist strategy, however, has increasingly been questioned by militant indigenous groups who see Mesa's fraternization with foreign multinational firms as a betrayal of his October 2003 pledges. Their mistrust is founded on the 500 year history of colonial and neo-colonial exploitation that has plundered the country's natural resources and has left the nation and its mainly indigenous population economically underdeveloped and mired in abject poverty. Championing the re-nationalization of the gas industry, these grass-roots organizations have highlighted the debatable merit of the financial decisions of the post-Lozada period with nation-wide industrial strikes, widespread road blockages, and anti-referendum demonstrations.
Through their objection to the upcoming referendum, these indigenous groups, ranging from Felipe Quispe's United Farm Workers Union of Bolivia (CSUTCB) to Jaime Solares' Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), are struggling to further their role in determining Bolivia's economic future. This strenghtened position, however, has been undermined due to consistent political in-fighting within the movement itself that has left the once united indigenous cause split and politically weakened. This costly development could cause grievous damage to a peaceful resolution of the natural gas dispute, hinder the controversial cultivation of coca leaves and raise doubts over the ultimate destiny of the indigenous community.
Mesa Attempts to Strengthen Fragile Popular Mandate
Due to the strength of these dissenting voices, President Mesa has modified his economic position, extolling the principles of the popular control over industrial development, but also stressing the benefit of foreign investment in certain key areas. His proposed strategy calls for government regulation of internal and external gas sales and heavy taxes on multinational corporations to fund domestic development programs, as well as the use of the gas issue as leverage with Chile to gain territorial access to a Pacific port. Through such pragmatic solutions, Mesa would have Bolivia emerging from its present quagmire to assert control over its economic and political future. "Bolivia is living through a very difficult moment," Mesa stated in a recent BusinessWeek interview. "Our task is to combine ever-greater [popular] participation with reconstruction of the relationship between society and the state." This movement towards social cohesion, however, will be undermined if Mesa cannot address the indigenous community's grievances over the nature and direction of the country's economic progress. President Mesa's predicted victory on July 18 will provide him with a strengthened mandate for his moderately progressive agenda that, as he sees it, will ultimately strive to open a doorway to sustained domestic development. The referendum's confusing and inherently biased language, however, is a concern that must be addressed to legitimize his victory and ensure the will of the people is upheld. Mesa would be unwise to not incorporate the aspirations of the more radical wing of the indigenous movement into his economic planning. Their skepticism is well merited by half of a millennium of double-dealing and betrayal that have left Bolivia's indigenous people suspicious of easy solutions for complex problems and of expecting charity from those they see as their traditional exploiters.


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An online men's lifestyle publication dedicated to connecting various voices of male culture in Style, Wellness, and Culture.
Empowering, and informing men through a variety of perspectives pushing the most realistic picture of the modern man - courageous, and liberated. BOND represents the creation of a platform that gives a diverse group of men an opportunity to share themselves, and their stories reviewing the wide ranging system of the day to day affairs that connect male culture - all from an accessible, and facetious standpoint.
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Igee Okafor is the Founder, and the Editor-In-Chief of BOND OFFICIAL. A destination for men, and women to learn, and create all round conversation about men's interests in today's culture.
Igee was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. After educational opportunities that allowed him to experience culture in places like Spain, and France, he moved to Hampton, Virginia to further the learning experience. In 2013, he moved to New York City to attend St. John's University where he studied Business, and Marketing.
With a keen interest, and enthusiasm for cultural endeavors that lie in cultural endeavors inclusive of music, fashion, travel, and food, Igee Okafor started contributing articles as an intern for Jones Magazine, and The Source in the spring of 2014. In 2015, he worked directly under co Owner of Nylon Media and CEO of Socialyte, Daniel Saynt. In continuing efforts to tackle digital marketing, Igee Okafor's work experience advanced in digital marketing all while maintaining his personal self titled lifestyle blog.
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Its been a bad week for Facebook and like many others I have been contemplating how I use it. I realise that what I get from it the most at the moment are the posts from the pages I 'like' rather than individual friends. Currently there are many many posts, films and photos about plastic pollution, it seems the more we become aware of it the worse it is getting, or maybe our global awareness has become part of that growth. Today there was a update about coffee pods…
but if you really want to find out how to recycle them here's a link
Today is five years since Rame Peninsula Beach Care , a small community organisation started with their first beach clean. On Facebook they have itemised everything they have done since then and its quite something when they work out all they have achieved in five years. The Rame Peninsula is the area in Cornwall that takes in Kingsand, Cawsand and Whitsand Bay, where we live, so I wanted to share the post with you.
Check the page out https://www.facebook.com/RamePeninsulaBeachCare/
This is what they have done…
1) Beach cleans
We have removed a total of 2,516 sacks of marine litter over the course of 91 organised beach cleans, involving a total of 3,481 volunteer hours. To put this into a financial context, if this work – all done for free by our wonderful volunteers – had been charged at the minimum wage, this would work out at a cost of £27,256.
2) Marine litter surveys
Our survey site at Polhawn is one of 19 sites around the UK being used to track the evolution of marine debris over a three-year period, providing baseline data to help drive future policy on this issue.
So far we have conducted 10 out of the total 12 surveys, and have counted and categorised a total of 57,078 pieces of plastic from just a 100m stretch of beach! Of these, more than half the pieces (29,674) have been unrecognisable broken fragments of various sizes, 9,610 pieces of fishing-related debris and 6,695 pieces of various kinds of disposable consumer litter such as bottles, takeaway packaging, etc.
More unusual finds have included a WWII anti-aircraft fuse, a credit card with 1993 expiry date and many pieces of Lego from the famous 1997 container ship spill off Land's End.
3) Marine wildlife stranding recordings and rescues
We rescued dozens of live guillemots and razorbills (and recorded scores more corpses) during the devastating PIB spill in April 2013, which killed over 4,000 seabirds in the worst marine life disaster in Cornwall since the Torrey Canyon.
Our volunteer recorders have also recorded scores of dead dolphins, porpoises and seals along our coastline, contributing crucial information about the threats facing marine mammals locally, which we hope can be used to help drive better policy to protect them. We have also helped to rescue several live seal pups, which went on to be rehabilitated and released, and helped with getting a number of specimens down to the University of Exeter for autopsy – including of course the world-famous giant bluefin tuna that washed up in Kingsand.
4) Bottle top chain
We coordinated the creation of the great Cornish bottle top chain, working with other beach cleaners in Cornwall and further afield to collect 65,000 bottle tops from our beaches over just three months. The chain was mostly strung together by the incredible Dave Smethurst (RIP) into a chain that stretched 1.1km long and was launched one crazy day at Tregonhawke beach. The chain has since been an incredible tool in campaigning and public awareness-raising – used both by us and loaned out to many other organisations, as well as being viewed by Prince Charles and used at the European Parliament at Strasbourg to lobby MEPs deciding on the EU's future plastics strategy.
5) Microplastics machine
Genius RPBC member Rob Arnold invented a microplastics separation machine that we've been able to use at Tregantle (one of the worst beaches in the south west for accumulating harmful microplastics – industrial pellets and pieces of plastics broken down to less than 5mm across). In general, microplastics are almost impossible to remove from the beach, but using Rob's machine (and an awful lot of elbow grease with armies of volunteers brushing the beach) we've been able to remove around 10 million pellets (nurdles) and hundreds of thousands of microplastic fragments just from the small area at the entrance to the beach.
6) Plastic bottle boat
We have done lots of talks, beach cleans and workshops with local schools, but the most exciting initiative saw us working with local boatbuilder Andy Fox and the children from Fourlanesend school to build 'Respect', a boat made from hundreds of waste plastic bottles collected by the pupils, who then got to sail their creation around Cawsand Bay. The boat was later displayed for several months at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth.
7) Artwork
Our amazingly talented local artists have used lots of the unrecyclable marine debris collected from our beaches to make some incredible, thought-provoking and awareness-raising pieces of art to help to reach a wider audience with the message about how plastics are affecting the oceans.
These artworks have been on display at venues such as the National Marine Aquarium, University of Exeter, the Telegraph Outdoor show in London, the Royal Geographical Society, Port Eliot Festival and the Cornish Seal Sanctuary. We held a marine plastic art show 'All Washed Up' in Kingsand in 2013 and are planning another one for the summer of 2018.
Fourteen local artists also used waste we'd collected to make trophies for 2016 Blue Marine Ocean Awards, held at an exclusive Mayfair club. The awards were presented to winners including Pharrell Williams, Selfridges and Oliver Letwin MP.
8) Cornish Plastic Pollution Coalition
Rame Peninsula Beach Care is a founder member and co-coordinator of the Cornish Plastic Pollution Coalition, a network that now brings together over 40 conservation and beach cleaning groups and marine science experts representing the interests of tens of thousands of people in Cornwall and beyond to campaign together on a range of plastic-related issues.
9) Biobeads
Since discovering that more than 50% of the industrial pellets on our beaches appear to be biobeads (a special type of pellet used in some wastewater treatment plants to filter sewage), we produced a report on this issue (on behalf of the CPPC), which has been used to inform the wastewater industry and NGOs working on the issue of microplastic losses, the Environment Agency (who are investigating), and to put pressure on South West Water, which is now putting in place a range of measures to try to further investigate and mitigate this problem. The report has also been presented at the European Commission in Brussels to stakeholders working on developing the EU's microplastics strategy.
10) Ocean Plastic conference
Back in 2014 we organised an Ocean Plastic Conference at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth. This packed-out event brought together leading scientists, campaigners and industry representatives from Cornwall and beyond.
11) Austrian volunteers
We have hosted three groups of Austrian volunteers, for a month each time. Our visitors from this land-locked central European country have helped us with beach cleans, learned lessons about plastic pollution to take back home, and worked with artist Liz Franklin to make fantastic marine debris artworks such as the 'Plenty more fish….?' mural, which has now become quite a village landmark, displayed on the side of the Manse on Garrett Street.
12) Films
We have worked with local filmmaker Bryony Stokes to bring the message about ocean plastic to a much wider audience by making several short films about our work – including The Big Pick (charting a project with the University of Exeter in which we removed 576,664 pieces of plastic from just one small cove at Tregantle in one day – which we then spent three weeks counting and sorting) and most recently Leave it All Behind – a short 'how-to' film following us as we staged our mass plastic packaging unwrap at Morrisons in Liskeard to protest against unnecessary plastics.
I think what they have done is just amazing and I hope that their enthusiasm and passion for plastic pollution will spread beyond the county.
The images above are some of the plastics that Rob Arnolds Plastics machine has caught including the lego flippers from the 1997 container spill. His facebook page documents this machine [no5 above] and you can read more about it and see more separated plastics here


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Jack & Jill Pre-School is based within Bewsey Barns Community Centre in Old Hall, Warrington and has been in the local community for over 35 years.
We provide a safe and stimulating learning environment for children aged 2 – 5 years and have recently been funded by The National Lottery to improve our facilities with an outdoor classroom and playcabin.
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And where was the R & B singer this weekend? Many people were asking the same question after Usher failed to show up for the One Love Manchester benefit concert that raised $3 million for victims of the arena bombing on the 22nd of May.
A statement was released last week saying Usher would take center stage along with Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Niall Horan, Pharrell Williams, Take That, and Katy Perry.
Imogen Heap, Liam Gallagher, The Black Eyed Peas, and Little Mix made surprise performances as well.
Although the R & B singer promoted the concert on his social media account, he wasn't on stage and didn't reveal the reason until today.
When the R & B legend reached out to his 6.5 million Instagram followers, the 'Crash' singer said, 'I would have loved to be there, but it was my son's first day at Camp Kudzu, one of the few summer camps for kids living with diabetes. This was an important day for him and for myself as a proud father. Stay strong UK.'
Despite Usher's absence, the concert was massively successful, and funds generated by the performance went straight to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund set up by the British Red Cross as well as the city council.
Ticketmaster was in a charitable mood as well, as they set aside 14,000 free tickets for the people who attended the May 22nd concert while the remainder of the tickets for the show sold out in six minutes!
One Love Manchester, in collaboration with other fundraising campaigns, went on to be one of the most successful charity events in recent memory with The British Red Cross confirming that $12 million in total had been raised since the arena bombing. It doesn't stop there! Ariana intends to re-release the single, 'One Last Time,' and all of the revenue generated will go towards the victims of the terror attack.


text: Share this: Seniors | Toddler and Preschool | Medicines Drugs for Dementia Treatment Options and Risks The Bottom Line A decline in cognitive function can occur with aging and, if it interferes with daily activities, it might be diagnosed as dementia. Several drugs can produce small improvements in dementia symptoms. Adverse effects of these drugs occur frequently, and evaluation in a healthcare facility is often necessary if a person takes too much. The Full Story Cognitive function refers to a person's ability to learn, remember, and reason. Many people experience some loss of cognitive function with aging. Dementia is the impairment of cognitive functioning severe enough to disrupt daily life and activities. The examples below illustrate some of the ways in which dementia differs from typical age-related changes: Alzheimer's or other dementias Typical age-related changes Memory loss that disrupts daily life – forgetting recently learned information or important dates, asking for the same information over and over, needing frequent reminders for things that one used to handle routinely. Sometimes forgetting names or appointments, but remembering them later. Difficulty in planning or solving problems – can have trouble following a familiar recipe, keeping track of bills, counting change, concentrating. Making occasional errors when balancing a checkbook. Difficulty completing familiar tasks – trouble driving to a familiar location, managing a budget, remembering rules of a favorite game. Occasionally needing help to use a microwave oven or functions on a cell phone. Confusion about time or place – losing track of dates, seasons, passage of time, one's location. Being confused about the day of the week, but figuring it out later. Trouble with words – difficulty participating in conversation or finding the right words. Sometimes having trouble finding the right word. Poor judgment – spending money unwisely, less attention to grooming and staying clean. Making a bad decision once in a while. Withdrawal from normal activities – avoiding social events, hobbies, sports, and other activities due to loss of cognitive functions such as conversational ability and memory of how to do things. Sometimes feeling the need to escape work, family, and social obligations. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease (AD), but dementia can occur also with Parkinson's disease (PD) and some other neurologic disorders. Currently, one in 10 Americans aged 65 years and older has Alzheimer's dementia, and people aged 75 years and older are at greatest risk. The symptoms of AD are associated with damage to neurons (nerve cells) in the brain that make acetylcholine (ACh), a neurotransmitter. These neurons are plentiful in areas of the brain associated with thinking and memory. When they are damaged, ACh levels fall and the cognitive function of those areas is reduced. What Are the Treatment Options? Medications to help curb the symptoms of AD first appeared 25 years ago. Tacrine (Cognex) was the first drug approved for dementia treatment. Tacrine acted by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which would normally break down ACh. This preserves ACh levels in the brain and results in better cognitive function. Tacrine is now off the market, but three newer AChE inhibitors are available: donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon), and galantamine (Razadyne). A fourth drug, memantine (Namenda), acts in a different way to reduce dementia symptoms. Memantine blocks a receptor in the brain (NMDA receptor) to interfere with the neurotransmitter glutamate. It is thought that over-excitation by glutamate might contribute to the death of neurons in AD. All four of these medications for dementia are available as generics. The three AChE inhibitors are about equally effective in treating mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. They produce small but measurable improvements in dementia symptoms, but do not stop or reverse the disease. They have also been used to treat cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD), but can occasionally cause worsening of PD symptoms such as tremor. Rivastigmine is the only AChE inhibitor approved to treat PD dementia. Memantine has been studied in patients with moderate to severe dementia and it has modest beneficial effects. There are no scientific studies that compare the effectiveness of memantine with the AChE inhibitors, so we don't know if one category of drugs works better than the other. Increasingly, some patients are taking an AChE inhibitor along with memantine. Research so far has not shown a clear benefit for taking a combination of AD drugs. The following table compares important features of the four individual AD medications, as well as a medication containing both memantine and donepezil. Current Medications for Dementia Generic name Forms available Category Notes Tacrine N/A AChE inhibitor Off the market Donepezil Oral tablets AChE inhibitor Most commonly prescribed AD drug; lowest risk for side effects of the AChE inhibitors Rivastigmine Oral capsules, transdermal patch AChE inhibitor Patch causes fewer GI side effects than the oral capsules Galantamine Oral tablets, liquid, extended-release capsules AChE inhibitor Derived from daffodil bulbs Memantine Oral tablets, liquid, extended-release capsules NMDA receptor blocker Fewer adverse effects than with AChE inhibitors Memantine/donepezil (Namzaric) Extended-release capsules NMDA receptor blocker/AChE inhibitor No evidence for consistent benefit of combination capsule, and not available as a generic Does Treatment Have a Downside? AChE inhibitors can cause gastrointestinal (GI) effects such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea – especially when the medication is first started or the dosage is increased. Taking with food can lessen the GI effects. The patch form of rivastigmine causes fewer GI side effects than the corresponding oral capsules. Slowed heart rate, faintness, falls, and hip fractures might occur less commonly when AChE inhibitors are taken. Memantine tends to have fewer side effects than the AChE inhibitors. Side effects reported for memantine include dizziness, confusion, agitation, insomnia, and hallucinations. When memantine is taken together with an AChE inhibitor drug, GI side effects of the AChE inhibitor seem to occur less frequently. The risks for adverse effects are increased if someone takes too much of an anti-dementia drug. The two patient groups most often affected are toddlers who take the medication unintentionally and people over 70 years of age who unintentionally take too much of their own medication. Children often get the medications from an adult's purse or open medication container. Dementia patients might take extra medicine if they don't recall already having taken their dose. The most common symptoms resulting from unintentional overdoses are vomiting, diarrhea, and drowsiness. About half of the overdoses reported to Poison Control are referred to an emergency room because of the risk for more serious symptoms such as lowered heart rate and mental changes that can last for several days. When it comes to avoiding toxicity from anti-dementia medicines, the best approach is prevention. Drugs should be stored in child-resistant containers, and small children must be closely supervised when visiting grandparents and others who might have inadequately "child-proofed" their homes. Daily pill organizers are handy, but they are not child-resistant. AD patients sometimes need help keeping track of medicines, so make sure that someone is available to assist them if necessary. If you have questions about an adverse reaction or possible overdose of one of the drugs for dementia, immediately check the webPOISONCONTROL® online tool or call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 for help 24 hours a day, every day. Leslie A. McCament-Mann, PhD, RPh Clinical Toxicologist For More Information 2019 Alzheimer's Association facts and figures. Chicago: Alzheimer's Association; 2019 [cited 10 May 2019]. Alzheimer's disease & related dementias. Bethesda (MD): National Institute on Aging; [updated 2019 Apr 30; cited 10 May 2019]. Medication safety. Chicago: Alzheimer's Association; 2019 [cited 12 May 2019]. Medications for memory. Chicago: Alzheimer's Association; 2019 [cited 10 May 2019]. References Buckley JS, Salpeter SR. A risk-benefit assessment of dementia medications: systematic review of the evidence. Drugs Aging 2015 Jun;32:453-67. Hansen RA, Gartlehner G, Webb AP, Morgan LC, Moore CG, Jonas DE. Efficacy and safety of donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Interv Aging 2008;3(2):211-25. McCain KR, Sawyer TS, Spiller HA. Evaluation of centrally acting cholinesterase inhibitor exposures in adults. Ann Pharmacother 2007 Oct;41(10):1632-7 Shi X, Lin X, Hu R, Sun N, Hao J, Gao C. Toxicological differences between NMDA receptor antagonists and cholinesterase inhibitors. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2016 Aug;31(5):405-12. Thornton S, Pcheinkova KL, Cantrell FL. Characteristics of pediatric exposures to antidementia drugs reported to a poison control system. J Pediatr 2016 May;172:147-50. Poisoned? Call 1-800-222-1222 or HELP ME online Prevention Tips Keep prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, and dietary supplements in child-resistant containers and away from children and pets. Grandparents and older relatives often have medications that are especially hazardous if taken incorrectly or by a child. Extra precautions are needed to reduce dosing errors and unintentional poisonings. Talk to your pharmacist and check the Alzheimer's Association website to find out about ways to ensure safe storage and use of drugs used for dementia. Ask your pharmacist about possible drug interactions and adverse effects of your medications. If you have questions about a possible problem, contact your physician or Poison Control for treatment advice. This Really Happened Case 1. An 84-year-old AD patient developed vomiting and diarrhea after receiving his first two doses of newly prescribed rivastigmine. He took a 4.5 mg rivastigmine capsule in the evening and another 4.5 mg capsule the next morning. The initial dosage for rivastigmine oral capsules is usually 1.5 mg twice a day, so he received three times the normal starting dosage. The vomiting and diarrhea resolved gradually over the next day, and his caregiver was advised to contact the patient's physician about the adverse effects and high dose that was prescribed. Case 2. An 89-year-old AD patient was seen in an emergency room because she was confused, agitated and delirious, and had slurred speech. Tests for stroke were negative. Four rivastigmine patches were discovered on her upper arm. She had been administering her own medication and did not know she needed to remove one patch before applying another. She was admitted to the hospital for observation and, once the patches were removed, her symptoms resolved within 24 hours. She did not suffer any of the GI side effects of rivastigmine, which is typical since the patch is known to cause fewer GI effects than the oral capsule formulation. Case 3. A 68-year-old woman called Poison Control after unintentionally taking an extra tablet of her memantine 10 mg when she got up during the night. She had taken her normal evening dose of memantine several hours earlier. She complained of dizziness. Minimal toxicity was expected from taking one extra dose, and the dizziness resolved by morning.


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Jossée MacInnis is an active clarinetist and chamber musician and holds the position of co-founder and artistic director of Ensemble Atlantica. She is passionate about collaboration and versatility. Working together with other musicians, whether it's creating new music or performing standard repertoire, is her greatest joy. Her interests and experience not only align with classical and contemporary music but also in jazz, klezmer and Middle Eastern music. She has worked with the Light of East Ensemble, a middle eastern chamber ensemble based in London, Ontario, and has participated in two sessions of the Toronto Creative Music Lab (2016 and 2017), which is a peer mentorship collaborative workshop for young performers and composers. She has also recently been accepted to participate in the Montreal Contemporary Music Lab, which runs in June 2018.
Jossée was raised in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and has earned her Bachelor of Music degree at Mount Allison University studying under Dr. James Kalyn, and her Master of Music degree at Western University under the tutelage of Dr. Jana Starling. Currently, Jossée has been accepted into the l'Université de Montréal for the graduate diploma of advanced professional studies in clarinet performance. She will be studying with clarinetist and member of both Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and Pentaédre, Martin Carpentier.
Raised in Edmundston, NB, composer and saxophonist Pascal Bard has been pursuing the performing arts through freelancing in jazz groups, rock bands and classical ensembles of all sorts. Pascal is as capable a composer as he is a performer and has recently been accepted into the Master's in Composition at the University of Montreal.
Prior to this, he completed his Bachelor's in Music Performance at L'Université de Moncton, studying saxophone with Dr. Jean-Guy Boisvert and Dr. James Kalyn, and composition with Dr. Richard Gibson. He also studied Saxophone Performance at Western University.
He has been part of the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, the Mount Allison University Symphonic Band and the Western University Wind Ensemble and has also been active as a chamber musician.
Monique Aubé is a flutist with a passion for new music. Recently, she has completed her Master's degree in Flute Performance, studying under Douglas Stewart. She performed in the world premiere of the new opera 'Footsteps in the Campbell House', and has created the Canadian premiere of 'Face Painting' for flute and piano, written by Chinese composer Yang Xinming and with pianist Jana Luksts. Previously, she has worked with composer André Cormier, performing and premiering two of his works at Le Hum contemporary music series with Ensemble Sisyphe as well as the Re:flux Music and Sound Art Festival with the Motion Ensemble. Monique has studied with flutists such as Mathieu Dufour, Jeffrey Khaner, Dianne Aitken, Camille Churchfield, Susan Hoeppner and Karin Aurell, among others.
Violist Sarah de Niverville performs and teaches in the Greater Toronto Area, specializing in chamber, contemporary and orchestral music.
Sarah is a founding member of contemporary music group Ensemble Atlantica, an ensemble focused on performing works by early career composers. In 2018, Sarah won a section viola position with the Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Previously, she was a four-time member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, acting as Co-Principal Viola for three summers. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, Sarah became the youngest core member of Symphony New Brunswick at age 23. Additionally, she has played with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, the Scarborough Philharmonic, the Guelph Symphony Orchestra, Galiano Ensemble, and contemporary music ensemble Sonic Lab. Outside of Canada, Sarah has performed in Portugal, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, China and Italy.
Sarah earned her Master of Music in Performance at the University of Victoria under the tutelage of Joanna Hood of the Lafayette String Quartet. She previously earned her Bachelor of Music in Performance from the Université de Moncton, studying with Nadia Francavilla and Isabelle Fournier.
Susan Dworkin is originally from Montreal, Quebec and has called Wolfville, Nova Scotia her home for the past 23 years. She is a music educator, voice and piano instructor and classical soprano. She founded and directed "Short-Order-Opera Society," for 13 years and is director of the Wolfville Community Chorus, now in its 17th year.
Susan was vocal instructor at Acadia University and for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board (Adult Continuing Education), and has been teaching privately for 27 years. She is a member of the Nova Scotia Registered Music Teacher's Association and National Association of Teachers of Singing. In addition to teaching, Susan has formidable experience as a concert artist and has performed in many solo recitals, operas, and concerts. She was chosen as a semi-finalist for Concours Jeunesse Musicale, held in Montreal in 2000, and the New York Young Artist's Competition in 2002. She has also had the privilege of singing at Carnegie Hall in New York. This is Susan's third year with Ensemble Atlantica.
Born in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, Francisco Barradas started violin lessons at the age of eight with the Mexican violin teacher Carlos Marrufo. In 2010, after finishing his undergraduate studies, Francisco became a member of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa, one of the leading orchestras in Mexico. Two years later Francisco was awarded with a Fulbright scholarship to pursue graduate studies in the United States. Franciscos' musical activities encompass a wide variety of collaborations. He usually performs with pianists, chamber music groups, and as a member of symphonic ensembles. Such activities have taken him to perform in Mexico, Canada, USA, Panama, Brazil, Italy, France, Monaco, Switzerland, and Germany.
Currently, he is member of Canadian chamber music groups Magisterra Solosists, Rebelheart Collective, and Ensemble Atlantica. Additionally, Francisco has participated in music summer festivals where he has taken master classes with professors such as Miriam Fried, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Rachel Barton Pine, Katalyn Sebestien, Kees Hülsmann, Nicholas Kitchen, and Scott St. John among others. Francisco holds a Master Degree in Violin Performance from Colorado State University where he studied with Dr. Ronald Francois, and a Bachelor of Music in violin performance from the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico where he studied with Professor Agnieszka Macklakiewicz. Currently, he is pursuing a DMA at the University of Western Ontario Don Wright Faculty of Music, where he studies with Professor Annette-Barbara Vogel.
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By Anne PerrySuper Thursday usually comes in October. For us, however, it comes today. MORE
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A MAJOR initiative to meet wider housing needs across Wiltshire has been agreed by council leaders.
Wiltshire Council has proposed a new independent housing company be set up, which will aim to purchase around 50 homes per year spread across the county and also a development company that will develop housing on council-owned land.
The housing company will be able to provide homes for a wider range of people than those in housing need on the council's housing register.
The model has already been used by other local authorities.
Wiltshire Council will provide £50m loan finance to the housing company with the money paid back over a number of years.
Councillor Richard Clewer, cabinet member for housing, said: "We have already made great strides in creating hundreds of affordable homes across the county. However, the private housing company provides more flexibility in offering homes to a wider range of people in the county. The housing company would help to meet this wider housing need and provide that greater scope to do more while generating a revenue return."


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Your Pet's Oral Health
It is estimated that 3 out of 4 dogs and cats over 3 years of age have some degree of periodontal disease.
Periodontal disease is the most common clinical condition in dogs and cats seen by veterinarians, and it is entirely preventable. Periodontal comes from the Greek peri, meaning around, andodous, meaning tooth. Periodontal disease is a bacterial infection of the tissue that surrounds the teeth.
Bad breath is NOT normal in healthy pets. Some signs that your pet may have dental disease include bad breath, trouble chewing, restlessness and weight loss.
Periodontal Disease begins as gingivitis, which is an inflammation of the gingiva, or gums, when bacteria in the mouth form a substance called plaque that sticks to the surface of the teeth. Subsequently, minerals in the saliva harden the plaque into dental calculus (tartar), which is firmly attached to the teeth. Tartar above the gum line is obvious to many owners, but is not of itself the cause of disease.The real problem develops as plaque and calculus spread under the gum line. You can see early stages of this irritation in the red line and slight rounding of the gum where it meets the tooth. Gingivitis is reversible if treated promptly. Left unchecked, the condition advances to periodontitis, affecting the periodontal ligament, causing permanent tooth damage and, ultimately, loss.
As periodontal infection advances Bacteria under the gum line secrete toxins, which contribute to the tissue damage if untreated. These bacteria also stimulate the animal's immune system. The initial changes cause white blood cells and inflammatory chemical signals to move into the periodontal space (between the gum or bone and the tooth). The function of the white blood cells is to destroy the bacterial invaders, but chemicals released by the overwhelmed white blood cells cause damage to the supporting tissues of the tooth. Instead of helping the problem, the patient's own protective system actually worsens the disease when there is severe build-up of plaque and tartar.
There is a wide range in the appearance and severity of periodontal disease, which often cannot be properly evaluated or treated without general anesthesia for veterinary patients. Effects within the oral cavity include damage to or loss of gum tissue and bone around the teeth, development of a hole ('fistula') from the oral cavity into the nasal passages causing nasal discharge, fractures of the jaw following weakening of the jaw bone, and bone infection ('osteomyelititis'). Bacteria from the mouth can enter the bloodstream and are carried around the body. Studies in dogs have shown that periodontal disease is associated with microscopic changes in the heart, liver, and kidneys.
Dog and cat teeth have the same basic structure. The crown, which is covered in enamel, is the part above the gum, or gingiva. Under the enamel is the dentin. The dentin extends below the gum line (gingiva) and forms the root of the tooth. The inner portion of the dentin is the pulp chamber, also called the root canal, which contains the blood and nerve supply for the tooth.
The photo on the right shows healthy teeth and gums
The teeth in these pictures below show different degrees of tartar buildup. The tooth in the picture to the left is in the early stages of tartar formation. The tooth in the picture to the right has severe tartar buildup. You can also see the red, swollen gum inflammation caused by gingivitis.
Dental Radiography
In some cases, often with older pets and those with more advanced dental disease, much of the problem lies beneath the gumline. In order to properly evaluate whether a tooth needs to be extracted, or can be saved, it is necessary to take x-rays of any teeth in question. Using our modern digital dental imaging system, our doctors can evaluate your pet's teeth quickly and accurately.
The Cleaning Process
A thorough dental cleaning requires the pet to be under general anesthesia. The process for a routine dental cleaning involves scaling and polishing the teeth. It is during this process that a more complete oral exam can also be performed, evaluating the condition of each tooth.
The technician in these two pictures is using an ultrasonic scaler which, through high frequency, removes tartar buildup and cleans above and below the gumline. Note in the upper picture the tartar buildup on the middle tooth and front canine tooth prior to scaling.
In this picture, you see the same teeth after ultrasonic scaling.
After scaling is completed, the teeth are polished with a special dental polisher and paste. This process smooths the enamel of the tooth.
Our Allenstown Veterinary Staff is Answering Your Questions About Your Pet's Dental Health
Most pet parents understand dental care is important for their animal's health. After all, clean teeth and gums can add years to your pet's life! But they may be unsure about the ins and outs of pet dentistry. We're answering your questions about this important part of pet wellness.
How Many Teeth Should My Dog or Cat Have?
There should be 42 dog teeth in an adult canine's mouth, and 30 cat teeth in an adult feline's mouth. Extra or missing teeth can be a sign of a problem (don't worry—we'll count them for you!).
Is Dental Disease Common in Pets?
It's estimated that over 70% of dogs and cats over 3 years of age have some form of dental disease. Like humans, dogs and cats are susceptible to a variety of conditions which can impair the integrity of their gums, teeth, and mouth. Common conditions we see include:
- Plaque and tartar build-up (this residue is home to millions of bacteria!)
- Tooth infection (abscess)
- Gum infection (periodontal disease)
- Impacted teeth (baby teeth which don't fall out)
- Jaw bone fractures and malocclusions
- Oral cysts and tumors
How Can I Tell if My Pet has Dental Disease?
You may not be able to tell. Pet dental disease doesn't always have symptoms, so it's important to bring your cat or dog in for a routine dental exam and cleaning.
That said, common signs of a dental health problem in your cat or dog may include:
- Bad breath
- Loose, missing, fractured, extra, or discolored teeth
- Bleeding, especially around the gums
- Lumps and bumps in the mouth
- Dropping food, chewing on one side of the mouth, or reluctance to eat (these signs may indicate tooth pain)
What Happens During a Pet Dental Exam?
We'll put your pet under general anesthesia. This allows us to do our job effectively and keeps your pet safe, comfortable, and calm. We'll inspect your pet's entire mouth and look for early warning signs of dental disease. We'll take digital whole mouth x-rays so we can evaluate what's happening beneath your pet's gum line. We'll also clean and polish your pet's teeth, removing bacteria-ridden plaque and tartar.
We'll also give you follow-up instructions, such as:
- How to brush your pet's teeth
- What to give your pet for "safe" chewing
- Whether your pet needs further intervention, such as surgery/surgical extractions, medication, or nutritional supplements
- For more detailed information about pet dental disease and treatment please visit this page (hyperlink).
Is Your Beloved Animal Companion Due for a Pet Dental Exam? Connect With our Veterinarians at Allenstown Animal Hospital for High-Quality Pet Dentistry!
Contact our animal hospital today to schedule an appointment with a veterinarian in Allenstown. First-time visits get 10% off their initial wellness exam, so don't hesitate to call! Our number is (603) 485-7133.