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Market Overview
For the Greater Charleston Office Market, past predictions do come true. In previous reports, we anticipated that office vacancies would go lower and rents would rise. From the 4th Quarter of 2004, the overall office vacancy has decreased from 12.94% to 9.18% and the overall Class "A" office market rental rate has increased from $20.11 per square foot annually to $20.81. In addition, a recently published national report by Colliers International indicated that The Charleston region is one of the top ten job growth markets in the United States. With these trends and indicators, now is the time to grow the market. The current relative shortage of office space should give rise to new development in the area: however, the combination of lender pre-leasing requirements, increasing costs of land and construction and continued population growth will drive rental rates higher.
Downtown Charleston
"Consistent" is the best way to describe the Downtown Charleston office market. It continues to absorb existing product while adding new projects to the growing office base. Limited new developments being brought on line are the 68,000 square foot 100 Calhoun Street Building and the 40,000 square foot expansion of 40 Calhoun Street. For the near future, the vacancy will remain stable at 10.16% overall but will lower over the next 15 months. The conversion of "B" and "C" office properties to residential condos is diminishing the supply of office product, and the long lead-time for approvals for downtown developments will further keep vacancies stabilized and put pressure on rents. The current top of the market for quoted office rents is pushing $30.00 per square foot on an annual full service basis, with an average Class "A" rate of $25.33 and an overall average rate of $21.23.
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Ellie Voutsinas hands out digital prints of stickers, business cards, flyers and cupcakes with digital printed logos of 'Pastels & Promenade' logo to passers-bys.
Along with group members Ali Fattahi, Tak Po Chu, Deborah Lewis and Harleen Sign, she created Pastels & Promenade, a business prints on food items with a special inkjet printer.
Her booth was set up alongside those of 100 other students and their 25 potential businesses showcased at the Heidelberg Centre on March 25 for the annual Graphic Communications Management Business Plan Expo.
"It's an opportunity to showcase all of their ideas, but also a chance to vocalize and verbalize to people that are there," said Diana Brown, the fourth year business-management instructor and an expo coordinator.
In September, students in the fourth-year course teamed up to create a business of their choice relating to their industry. "It can be print, design-based, branding, or technology," said Brown.
Like other booths, Voutsinas' presentation was interactive. Her group's booth had some examples of printed food, posters, buttons and stickers, as well as some copies of their their business plan.
"We, as a group, tried to come up with a service or need for consumers in the industry," said Voutsinas. "We came up with printing on the desserts because we saw a niche market for speciality items for celebrity events, but a lack of resources."
Voutsinas' group focused on the technological concept of food printing, which is, "not to be confused with 3D printing," according to her.
"We do direct-to-surface inkjet style, there's no need for a middle surface or to do any transferring."
Students were given a mock start-up fund of $15,000 each, and were free to create any business of their choice. They needed to satisfy a need in the marketplace, by thinking about why their business offering stands out.
"In the course of the three years leading up, (students) would have taken accounting, management, HR, premedia, printing, binding, in collaboration with their internship," said their instructor, Brown.
"They have a good understanding of theory and come back to launch on paper an idea based on their practical as well as theoretical experiences in GCM."
Another showcase at the event was Fold it, a cardboard furniture retailer, that produces and cuts cardboard furniture for people across Toronto.
"Right now sustainability is a hot trend, where everyone wants to be green, disposable and economically friendly," said founder Arnold Chan.
Paper Plane Planners, another business, offers a wide variety of day planners. The group felt that there was a gap in marketplace in terms of planners.
"Our target demographic is women ages 18 to 28, and we just found that there was not a lot of options," said group member Lauren Riihimaki.
The GCM Business Expo isn't the end for the students' business plans.
"A lot of students will run with their business plans [following graduation]," said Brown, who graduated from the program eight years ago. Her fourth-year group launched their business last year.

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Cardiff-based Vox Pictures was founded by industry veterans Adrian Bate and Pip Broughton in 2013. It was at this time, when the company was in its fledgling days, that Pip first spoke to experienced writer Matthew Hall about pitching drama ideas for the small screen. One of the ideas Matthew came back with was Un Bore Mercher/Keeping Faith, the hit Welsh noir thriller which earned the company six BAFTA Cymru Awards nominations last year, three of which they went on to win.
Un Bore Mercher won audiences over with its honest portrayal of a woman - Faith (played by Eve Myles), a dedicated mother of three - trying to figure out what's happened to her husband after he seemingly disappears one day. The eight-part series was filmed in Wales and first broadcast in Welsh on S4C. It later became the first BBC Wales/S4C-produced drama to go out on primetime BBC One, where it reached a nationwide audience and became one of last year's most talked about TV programmes.
Pact caught up with Adrian and Pip to find out how they kept faith (excuse the pun) in the project – which took almost five years to make it to our screens, what the show's success has meant to their young indie, and to try to get some clues about what's in store for series two…
When Matthew first shared with you the idea for Keeping Faith, what did you see in it that made you believe it was a project worth sticking with?
PB – Matthew and I were looking for a female led show with popular appeal. We wanted to make a project that had intimacy and authenticity, that was essentially warm at heart and was bereft of cynicism. Keeping Faith was that show. It was easy to pitch: 'What would you do if the person you loved, who you thought you knew better than anyone, kissed you goodbye one morning and never returned?' It was a universal story, addictive and relatable.
S4C were the first broadcaster to come on board back in 2013, but it sounds like it was a long slog to get others on board and to move the project forward after that. How did you manage that difficult period, particularly as a fledgling indie?
AB – There were a lot of meetings in noisy coffee bars for about a year before we did an 'umbrella deal' with Objective Media who let us use a corner of their office whilst we shot our first feature film, Just Jim with Craig Roberts. That gave us the confidence to open our office in Cardiff and start to build the infrastructure that can and does support Keeping Faith.
PB – Sure it was difficult and frustrating, particularly some of the 'no's that simply didn't appreciate the punch of the premise but the upside was we had eight scripts ready to go by the time we started shooting.
You filmed the programme both in Welsh and English. Can you tell us about what sort of impact that had on production and budgets? And why it was done.
AB – I was wary of shooting back-to-back in two languages but we were lucky to be able to talk to the pathfinder producers of Hinterland, so managed to avoid a lot of the pitfalls. The budgeting is a fairly mechanical process, we knew we needed more time and resources in certain areas so we made sure we had these covered. The budget still had a sizable shortfall despite having two broadcasters committed (S4C and BBC Wales) so we needed the help of the deficit financier Nevision and the Welsh Government. The biggest learning curve was post. Originally we thought that the edited shows would (more or less) shadow each other but in reality each episode has it's own rhythm and uniqueness so it really was like delivering a 16-part series (not to mention the International eight hour version as well!).
The show was the highest-rated series on BBC Wales for more than 25 years and became the most downloaded non-network show on BBC iPlayer of all time. Were you at all surprised by the level of its success, and why do you think it resonated so well with audiences?
AB – I think we always felt confident that the quality of storytelling and performance would resonate with the audience – and so it proved to be when it delivered the highest drama audience for BBC Wales for 25 years. What did take us by surprise was the impact that it had on iPlayer which in turn was driven by social media. Never again will I under-rate the chain reaction of social media and how it can now make or break a show.
PB – Audiences like something different. Keeping Faith has a different look with lots of colour, a hyper-real acting style and a heavy use of song. I was encouraged by the execs to be free, to deliver a highly authored show with a distinctive feel. Creative freedom breeds originality and this is rare nowadays. Also the audiences simply fell in love with Eve's Faith, her imperfection, her couldn't-care-less attitude to other people's opinions yet her pure passion for justice and what is right.
Had you anticipated that the show would reach an audience beyond the UK too? And how much do you think about the global audience when developing your ideas?
AB – Keeping Faith is not procedural, it's not a crime driven show, it's not a lot of the things that we are being constantly assured makes a series globally successful. What it does do superbly well is tell an emotionally driven story, mainly from a woman's point of view (Faith's) that makes the audience wonder what they would do if their partner just 'disappeared' one day. It recognises that life is fragile and Faith's life is shattered in a heartbeat. Then it's about survival and the primitive need to protect family. Strong universal themes that have proven popular both inside and outside the UK.
PB – It's a universal story for a universal audience. Yes, it has a very specific setting, on a stunning coastline in a small rural community, but the themes are love and betrayal, so speak to everyone.
Pip, you directed the series, which had a high proportion of women working on it behind the scenes. The on-screen portrayal of Faith has also been rightly praised, with Eve Myles' performance winning her a BAFTA Cymru Award. How important is it to you as a company to strive for on- and off-screen diversity?
PB – Diversity has been important to me all my working career, be it running theatres or directing/producing television drama. It's important to Vox. We named the company Vox because we want to grow and nurture creative voices and give new voices a chance. The identity of Keeping Faith is strongly female. How often do you see a police interview scene where all four of the characters are women? Bloody great.
As a Pact member, which services do you use and value the most?
AB – having the initial meeting with Pact always signifies to me that the production is probably going to happen! In the case of Keeping Faith it was a complex process because of the need to create hybrid agreements that would reflect the complexity of having S4C as the primary broadcaster, followed by a 'geo locked' BBC Wales transmission and eventual Network Transmission on BBC1 whilst delivering a fully cleared version for international distribution. I know that there is a lot more we could be doing with Pact and hope to form closer ties next year.
What do you think are the biggest strengths of the production sector in Wales at the moment, and what more could be done by the Welsh Government and others to encourage further growth?
AB – Obviously the Welsh Government is doing something right because of the explosion of production in Wales, but at the same time it's encouraging and worrying. Vox has been established in Cardiff for four years now and this is where we plan our long term growth. The commercial support the Welsh Government can offer is just that – commercial. Its business model is more suited to theatrical films rather than TV, so I hope that the system can evolve to be more sympathetic to TV and to help establish longer term relationships with companies as well as specific production related support. The production sector in Wales also needs to focus on the threat of a skills 'drought' if and when too many productions go into production simultaneously.
If there was one thing you could change about the industry right now – that would help your business most - what would it be?
AB - Diversity. I feel there is so much 'shop front' discussion and short term fix schemes which just 'band aid' the problem. And as recently identified, there seem to be specific problems to be solved regionally. I do believe solutions can be found with a medium to long term strategy, but it needs genuine commitment and stability within the sector to achieve it.
Vox Pictures is now five years old. Are you where you imagined you would be at this stage when you set the company up, and where do you hope to be in another five years' time?
AB – I don't think anyone really expects to be where they thought they would be after five years, so predicting the next five years is just as precarious. The bottom line would be 'doing good work' in an industry which is changing so unbelievably fast. This year we have produced a successful TV series for two broadcasters, a film poem for BBC2 and a feature film that will be released next year. I hope we will continue to produce a diverse range of productions that give a voice (Vox) to an equally diverse audience.
PB – In five years time, mmmm, I hope we will be making audacious and distinctive work with the best talent. I hope we will be trusted by commissioners and talent alike. I hope we will still be having fun. I hope we won't have given up.
Finally, can you share any secrets with us about what we can look forward to in Season 2 of Keeping Faith??
PB – It takes place 18 months after Season 1 and many of the characters are the same, but they all bear the scars of the events of Season 1. Eve is sensational.
Pact would like to thank Adrian and Pip for taking part in this interview, and Vox Production Assistant Amy Jones for helping to faciliatate it.


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Archive for August 2018
Science Policy Around the Web – August 31, 2018
By: Jennifer Patterson-West, Ph.D
Public Health
Record High Number of STD Infections in U.S., As Prevention Funding Declines
This week at the biennial 2018 National STD Prevention Conference sexual health professionals, including scientists and clinician, discussed new prospects to improve the health of our communities at a time when STD rates are on the rise.
The United States has the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in the industrial world. Preliminary data indicates that nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were diagnosed in 2017. These numbers reflect an increase in gonorrhea cases by 67% and syphilis by 76% over the past 4 years.
The director of the Center of Disease Control (CDC)'s division of STD prevention, Dr. Gail Bolan warns that "we've been sliding backwards" in our efforts to control STDs. A major challenge in mitigating the spread of STDs is that the majority of individuals that carry the disease display no symptoms and remain unaware that they are infected. For this reason, annual testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea is recommended for sexually active women under the age of 25 and males with male partners. Patients are strongly encouraged to request STD testing because not all doctors will habitually offer these tests.
David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD directors, notes that congenital transmission of syphilis is diagnosed in a thousand babies annually despite the virtual eradication of HIV transmission from mother to child. The continued occurrence of congenital syphilis, which can cause birth defects or result in stillbirth, is shocking due to the fact that syphilis can be effectively treated by antibiotics if caught early.
David Harvey emphasizes that a key factor in this growing health crisis is a roughly 40 percent drop in funding for the prevention and control of STDs over the past 15 years. Taking into account that more than 50 percent of all Americans will contract an STD in their lifetime, the prevalence of STDs in the U.S. is a health crisis that needs to be addressed before our current methods of treatment are no longer effective. For instance, 4 percent of Neisseria gonorrhoeae patient samples are now resistant to antibiotic treatment. This Illustrates the need for new treatment options and the increased engagement with the public to encourage testing and the use of preventative measures.
(Richard Harris, NPR)
The Environment
Will More Logging Save Western Forests from Wildfires?
According to the National Interagency Fire Center there have already been 38,832 wildfires this year. Approximately 90 percent of these are human-caused due to negligence or intentional acts.
Given suitable environmental conditions, something as inane as the sparks from a flat tire has the potential to cause a catastrophe. These circumstances are what caused the Carr Fire in Redding, California that burned over 200,000 and destroyed more than a thousand homes.
Recent disasters have people looking for preventative measures to minimize the occurrence and spread of wildfires. In response, the Trump administration is promoting the expansion of logging in western states. The administration emphasizes that environmental regulations are magnifying this issue. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) proposed a bill, Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act, to accelerate forest management projects by reducing legal appeals.
However, forest and industrial experts counter that a sustainable solution is actually more involved and expensive then the simple expansion of logging. Bill Oliver, a retired forest official, stresses that the forests are too dense and that bushes and small diameter trees that fuel mega fires are what need to be cleared. Conversely, it is the larger trees that are coveted by the timber industry and consumers.
However, one of California wood producer's Sierra Pacific industry is investing in upgrading systems to use smaller diameter wood to produce commercial products, such as particle board. Dan Tomascheski, the vice president of Forest Resources for Sierra Pacific Industries, asserts that industry will need reassurances that use of public lands will not be a short-term initiative.
The Forest service affirms that nationwide there are approximately 80 million acres of forest lands at high risk of major fires with only two million have been treated thus far. Despite the potential benefit of forest management project, Forest management consultant Rich Armstrong emphasizes that budget cuts for wildfire mitigation and other forest programs are the biggest enemy to forest management. A separate fund to pay for wildfire suppression has recently been passed in congress due to bi-partisan efforts and will go into effect next year.
(Kirk Siegler, NPR)
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Science Policy Around the Web – August 28, 2018
By: Patrick Wright, Ph.D
The Opioid Epidemic
Tapered to Zero: In Radical Move, Oregon's Medicaid Program Weighs Cutting Off Chronic Pain Patients from Opioids
Oregon is considering legislation that would end insurance coverage of opioids for chronic pain patients enrolled in the state's Medicaid program in an effort to battle the opioid abuse and overdoses. In 2016, 42,000 Americans died from drug overdoses involving opioids. As of 2016, Oregon's overdose rate was roughly half the national average, with its prescriber rates slightly higher than the country's as of 2015. Medicaid patient enrollees are prescribed opioids at a disproportionately high rate and are subsequently at a higher risk for overdose than the general public.
"We believe Oregonians in chronic pain deserve safe and effective pain management. And at the same time, we're concerned about overdose and death, and we believe pain patients have been put at higher risk with regard to overprescribing." said Dr. Dana Hargunani, Chief Medical Officer of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). While other states have worked to improve their drug monitoring programs and have limited first-time opioid prescriptions for acute pain at 3,5, or 7 days, none have gone as far as to remove patients who have not exhibited signs of addiction or abuse. Unfortunately, there is currently not enough evidence on either side to know the most effective, safest approach to managing this issue; long-term opioid therapy has both benefits and risks.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states there is insufficient evidence to draw any conclusion. Its guidelines state that physicians must weigh managing the original pain symptoms warranting opioid treatment against the symptoms of withdrawal that will occur coincident with treatment cessation if the patient is opioid dependent. Specifically, it says: "Tapering plans should be individualized and should minimize symptoms of opioid withdrawal while maximizing pain treatment with nonpharmacologic therapies and nonopioid medications". Beginning in 2020, opioid doses for Oregon's Medicaid patient populations would be tapered to zero over 12 months under the new policy.
The proposed policy is not strictly black-and-white, however. "It is important to note that this policy would not be universal. If doctor/patient felt that the taper was inappropriate because of the specific circumstances and comorbidities for that patient, and exception could be requested and made by the plans," noted an OHA spokeswoman. There are also disease-specific exclusion criteria, including cancer pain, sickle cell disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. Also, the proposal would include coverage for alternative, non-pharmacological therapies including acupuncture and chiropractic care, despite the evidence for the effectiveness of these approaches as opioid-surrogates being limited.
Many chronic pain patients and Medicaid enrollees in Oregon are protesting the proposal. Laura Dolph, a Medicaid enrollee in Oregon and chronic pain sufferer on an opiate regimen via her physicians, would be directly affected by this policy. Laura has suffered from chronic pain for decades due to porphyria and a back injury from a 1999 car crash. When she previously did not have access to legally prescribed opiates, she turned to illicit drugs. Her daughter, Heather Steinmann, said of her opiate use "When it's been monitored, she's been doing great" and her prior issues with illegal drug use were "all because her pain medications were cut off, and she went to street drugs. That's how I view it. If you don't have one, then you go to the other." One of Laura's previous physicians responsible for prescribing her opiates for pain management said "I was able to taper her down significantly on both [opiates and benzodiazepines] to minimize harm. But I felt like the greater harm would have been if I'd completely taken away her opiates without anything else to give her. I think she probably would have died." There is also limited scientific evidence outlining the potential positive results of such a plan as a weapon against the opioid epidemic. "What is notably missing is any review of any literature regarding the centerpiece of their proposed policy: Forced opioid taper to zero for all persons" said Dr. Stefan Kertesz, a pain and addiction specialist at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Policies such as this proposed by Oregon are a response and consequence to years of over-prescription of opioids for pain management due to inaccurate portrayals of the potential harm of opioids early on. There is an ongoing federal case National Prescription Opiate Litigation (MDL 2804) in the United States District Court of the Northern District Ohio in which hundreds of cities and states are suing manufacturers and distributors, alleging that "manufacturers of prescription opioids grossly misrepresented the risks of long-term use of those drugs for persons with chronic pain, and distributors failed to properly monitor suspicious orders of those prescription drugs—all of which contributed to the current opioid epidemic".
(Lev Facher, StatNews)
The Opioid Epidemic
In San Francisco, Opioid Addiction Treatment Offered on the Streets
This past May, Mayor Mark Farrell of San Francisco announced a plan to spend $6 million over the next two years on a first-in-the-nation public health program in which city health workers provide homeless people with opioid use disorder with buprenorphine prescriptions which they can fill the same day. This program is partly in response to the increase in the number of people injecting drugs in public spaces in the city. Most of the money will go toward funding 10 physicians as part of the Department of Public Health's Street Medicine Team. Mayor Farrell emphasized, "The opioid crisis plaguing our country is alive and visible on the streets of San Francisco. The status quo is simply unacceptable. I am creating this program to directly address drug addiction on our streets—to meet these individuals where they are and get them the help they need, and to ensure that our streets remain safe for all our residents".
This approach is to complement more conventional, clinic-based opioid treatment and outreach methods. A study by Amos Irwin and colleagues included a cost-benefit analysis of potential supervised injection facility (SIF) in San Francisco and found there would be a $2.33 in savings for each dollar spent on a SIF, providing a total annual net saving of $3.5 million for a single 13-booth SIF while reducing the number of total hospital stays and HIV and Hepatitis C cases. Nevertheless, offering these buprenorphine prescriptions in situ, on the streets rather than in a clinic, might help patients bypasses visiting clinics themselves and dealing with appointment scheduling and attendance. The people approached on the streets also tend to be longer-term users compared to those at needle exchange sites, which tend to skew younger and with a shorter history of using. Dr. Barry Zevin, the medical director for Street Medicine and Shelter Health in San Francisco noted, "These vulnerable and complex patients care about their health, but they have suffered from stigma that makes it difficult for them to access the health care system."
Buprenorphine is the first medication to treat opioid dependency that is permitted for prescription and dispensation outside of a structured clinic. It is a partial opioid agonist approved for clinical use in October 2002 by the Food and Drug Administration. In its capacity as an agonist, it does produce opioid-analogous effects such as euphoria, but in weaker form than that of full opiates. Importantly, however, it helps to lower the potential for misuse, diminishes the effects of physical dependency to opioids such as withdrawal symptoms, and reduces the risk of overdose. It is a form of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to help users of opiates to reduce or quit.
Thus far, at the end of a yearlong pilot that ended in November 2017, 20 of the 95 participants were still taking buprenorphine under the care of the street medicine team. With the $6 million investment, more than 250 patients will have access to buprenorphine. However, there are an estimated 22,500 active injection drug users in the city as of 2015, half of whom report using heroin. This program is one component of many in the city's plan to combat the opioid crises. San Francisco Health Director Barbara Garcia stated "Homeless people who use drugs are especially vulnerable, and our system of care needs to adapt. By going directly to them with compassionate outreach and expertise, we are able to help a group that we were missing by relying on a more traditional structure of clinic visits that does not work for everyone."
(Abby Goodnough, The New York Times)
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Science Policy Around the Web – August 24, 2018
By: Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD
Public Health
Doing time on drugs: Jails are slow to dispense meds that curb inmates' cravings
According to a National Inmate Survey conducted between 2007 and 2009, one in five local jail and state prison inmates across the country have used heroin or opioids, in part because of criminalization of drug use and addiction. In 2010, about 2 million adults were incarcerated in local jails and state prisons. A population of about 400,000 inmates could stand to benefit from opioid interventions. However, only 220 of 3,000 jails nationwide offer naltrexone — a drug that blocks the effects of opioids and can reduce cravings — to inmates. And only about 20 jails offer methadone or buprenorphine — drugs that diminish withdrawal symptoms and reduce cravings.
These medications have been found to increase the likelihood that a person will remain in treatment for drug addiction, which is associated with reduced risk of criminal activities and greater likelihood of employment. Treatment of inmates can also reduce the number of overdose deaths within inmate populations, as well as among people released from jail or prison. Rhode Island has adopted a new program offering its prisoners medication to treat opioid-use disorders. Last year, the number of overdose deaths across Rhode Island plunged by 61 percent among people newly released from jail or prison. In addition, medication can stave off the effects of withdrawal, which is particularly beneficial for opioid users who are newly incarcerated and are forced to quit use cold turkey.
Despite the benefits of medication-assisted treatment, it hasn't been widely adopted and access remains limited within the criminal justice system. A long-standing belief prevails that abstinence is the cure to overcoming addiction. As a result, medications are stigmatized as a treatment option, despite the body of evidence that points to their efficacy. Methadone and buprenorphine are themselves opioids, though they do not produce the euphoric highs when taken as prescribed, which further reinforces the stigma. In addition, because misuse of these drugs can cause mild opioid-like effects, misuse and illicit sales in jail and prison remains a concern.
Nevertheless, a number of stakeholders in the medical and criminal justice communities, including the American Medical Association, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and the American Correctional Association, have released statements supporting the use of medications in jail and prison populations.
(Anna Gorman, The Washington Post)
U.S. Policy
Here are 10 topics senators could ask Trump's science adviser nominee to address
Earlier this month, President Trump nominated meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier to serve as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and act as science adviser to the President. Droegemeier appeared before the Senate on Thursday to begin his confirmation process, which stands to end the longest vacancy in the 42-year history of the OSTP. A well-respected, extreme-weather scientist, Droegemeier stepped down from his post as vice president for research and emeritus professor of meteorology at The University of Oklahoma. His nomination has been largely praised by the scientific community and previously served as vice-chair of the governing board of the U.S. National Science Foundation.
During his confirmation hearing, he is likely to receive questions ranging from concerns around deepening budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific research to concerns around the place of scientific evidence in federal decision making. His position on the role of human activity in climate change will likely also be called into question, particularly in light of comments he made in a 2014 talk at the South Central Climate Center in which he said: "The evidence suggests that [climate change] is human-induced, that is, there's a strong human signal. But we don't know everything about the nitrogen cycle, about all the carbon cycling, and about carbon sequestration … I'm very skeptical of people who take that almost deeply ideological position and say we absolutely know the answer. No, we don't." He may also face questions regarding the growing movement around combating sexual harassment in STEM fields and the impact of restricting entry of foreign students on research progress in the United States.
OSTP is charged with coordinating federal science policy throughout the executive branch and providing scientific and technological analysis and judgment for the President. Given his track record, Droegemeier is likely to pass through confirmation. Former OSTP Director John Holdren told Science: "I expect he'll be energetic in defending the R&D budget and climate change research in particular."
(Jeffrey Mervis, Science)
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Science Policy Around the Web – August 16, 2018
By: Sarah Hawes, Ph.D.
Scientific Discoveries
Ambitious 'Human Cell Atlas' Aims To Catalog Every Type Of Cell In The Body
You've no doubt heard of the Human Genome Project – a 15-year long endeavor to sequence the total human genome, fueled by 3 billion dollars and completed in 2003. But have you heard of the Human Cell Atlas Consortium? MIT biology professor and member of the Broad Institute Aviv Regev has led this collective of hundreds of international scientists since its foundation in 2016.
Just as the intent of the Human Genome Project was to sequence all our genetic material, the intent of the Consortium is to identify every single type of cell in the human body so that they can be investigated and understood independently, and in the complex context of cell-cell interactions, and their role in our physiology. This is a huge endeavor. We currently lack even a rough estimate of how many cell types exist. "People guess anything from the thousands to the tens of thousands. I'm not guessing," Regev says. "I would rather actually get the measurements done and have a precise answer."
And how does one delineate cell types in a meaningful way, to take these measurements? This is done by determining which genetic material a cell activates, i.e. which genes it mobilizes from quietly bundled DNA to RNA, and from there into a meaningful protein product to carry out the particular cellular functions defining a heart cell, or a lung cell, or a glial cell in the brain. The technology enabling description of a cells' genetic character is called single-cell RNA sequencing.
In 2014, Aviv Regev, together with Steve McCarrol, and David Weitz at Harvard, improved on this process to substantially speed it up. "All of a sudden, we moved from something that was very laborious and we could do maybe a few dozen or a few hundred, to something where we could do many, many thousands in a 15- to 20-minute experiment," Regev says. "We said, 'That's at the right scale that we could actually do the human body.' And this is what they have set out to do.
Today, after just two years and 200 million in NIH funding, the Human Cell Atlas Consortium is beginning to bear fruit.
The first major Human Cell Atlas finding was published this month and simultaneously confirmed by a separate lab at Harvard Medical School. Both papers are published in the journal Nature, and report the definition of a new cell type in the windpipe which is responsible for creating a faulty protein linked to cystic fibrosis. Previously it was believed that the faulty protein originated in common cells lining the windpipe. Discovery of the new and rarer cells, dubbed 'pulmonary ionocytes,' will improve scientists' ability to target faulty protein production by targeting the pulmonary ionocytes, thereby speeding up the development of treatments for cystic fibrosis.
A second consortium-related discovery appeared last week in the journal Science, in which British consortium members published the finding that childhood kidney cancer begins in a cell type which is distinct from the cells giving rise to kidney cancer in adults.
"We knew the lessons from the Human Genome Project were [that] rallying together the entire community would really let you get a full answer to a question. And that full answer will empower everyone to do better and faster and higher-resolution biology," says Regev. Together, cataloguing all human cell types is predicted to take just another five to ten years. Discoveries building off this catalogue will dramatically enhance medical progress globally, and in perpetuity.
(Karen Weintraub, NPR)
Science and Innovation
It's 'Shark Tank' For Global Health Inventions
A fascinating program to bolster innovation in global health, and particularly for impoverished mothers and children, is coming from a union between government agencies in the US, Norway, Korea, and the UK together with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This program, called Saving Lives At Birth: A Grand Challenge For Development, hosted a special conference in Washington, D.C. last week to empower global health inventors with the gift of pitch.
Nearly 500 applicants were winnowed down to ten participants, each of which presented global health innovations before a panel of judges rating them not on their science, but on their business plan – including target market, competition and revenue model.
Prior to presenting, each participant worked with consultants to enhance their slides and speeches. Rachele Haber-Thomson, one of the consultants, explained that many participants came from academia or non-profits. She said that while they knew how to write a grant, they needed help to capture the attention of investors looking for compact, business-savvy strategies.
Presentations were compact, seven-minute pitches on practical advances – describing a health problem, a solution, and convincing details on its implementation – all before taking questions from judges on feasibility, marketing, etc. The advances presented included an oxygen concentrator powered by running water, a medicine pouch to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to infant, a new subcutaneous contraceptive, and a system to generate disinfectant from salt and water. The winning pitch came from Gradian Health Systems, and was for a network of mobile medical training centers to enhance quality of care in areas with few physicians.
The prize for a winning pitch was not funding (though the audience included potential backers). Each participant had already been awarded $250,000 to $2 million from Saving Lives At Birth to develop their ideas prior to the conference. Instead of direct funding, the winner was given a choice between competing in a similar sales-pitch show-down in Berlin or else receiving free business-consulting.
As Sofia Stafford of USAID and Saving Lives At Birth puts it, "if these global health projects want to scale up, they need to know how to communicate their vision, grab investors' interest and attract more funds." Bearing this in mind, the July conference invokes the proverb "give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime." Saving Lives At Birth does both.
(Vicky Hallett, NPR)
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Science Policy Around the Web – August 10, 2018
By: Leopold Kong, PhD
The Scientific Workforce
Top US biomedical institute settles gender-discrimination lawsuits
In a joint statement on August 7, 2018, senior cancer researchers Katherine Jones and Victoria Ludblad agreed to drop all charges against the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California for sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. The statement reads: "[…] productive conversations have led to a resolution of all claims between these parties that will enable us to put our disagreements behind us." However, the settlement does not impact similar allegations against Salk by a third plaintiff, molecular biologist Beverly Emerson, whose contract was not renewed in 2018. Her lawyer said, "Dr. Emerson intends to proceed until justice is fully achieved."
All three lawsuits were initiated in July 2017, alleging several discriminatory practices at Salk. These include being excluded from retreats and social events with opportunities to network with donors, being assigned smaller lab spaces than male colleagues, being allocated fewer lab staff than male colleagues, and being paid less than male colleagues. The lawsuits also singled out Salk faculty member Inder Verma, a renowned geneticist who also served as the editor-in-chief of the prestigious research journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Lundblad's suit alleged that Verma made "overtly derogatory comments" about women. Furthermore, in reports going back to 1976, eight women alleged that Verma "grabbed their breasts, pinched their buttocks, forcibly kissed them, propositioned them, and repeatedly commented on their physical attributes in professional settings." "It was on everybody's mouth that he was a harasser," said molecular and cell biologist Monica Zoppè, who claimed she was forcibly kissed by Verma when she was a postdoctoral scientist in his lab. Although Verma issued a statement to Nature that he had never used his position to take advantage of others, he resigned from the Salk earlier this year.
"Gender discrimination is everywhere," says Christine Williams, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin. "But what makes the experience unique among scientists is their almost unflappable belief in objectivity and meritocracy." To change the situation, some universities have become more transparent about salaries, promotions and funding. In the United Kingdom, Athena SWAN (Scientific Women's Academic Network) program collects information from over 140 institutions and rank them in terms of how well they attract and advance women. "There has been so much progress," Nancy Hopkins, a molecular biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told Nature, "but the progress is uneven."
(Amy Maxmen, Nature)
Vector-borne diseases
Dengue rates plummet in Australian city after release of modified mosquitoes
In 2016, there were over 2000 cases of dengue fever in Australia, reaching a 20-year high. The mosquito that spreads dengue, Aedes aegypti, can also carry the zika virus, and there were 59 confirmed cases of zika in Australia that same year. When left untreated, dengue fever has a mortality rate of over 20%. Since October 2014, researchers have been testing a new strategy to combat mosquito-borne diseases in Townsville, Australia. Over many months, the researchers released around 4 million Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying a strain of the Wolbachia bacteria that blocks the transmission of dengue, zika and other disease-causing viruses. Wolbachia are bacteria that can live inside insect cells, and are estimated to infect more than 60% of all insect species. One strain of Wolbachia is known to have the ability to halve the adult lifespan of Aedes aegypti and stimulate the mosquito's immune system to make it more effective against disease causing viruses such as dengue. Wolbachia may also compete with disease causing viruses for the limited resources inside the mosquito. According to the recently posted results in Gates Open Research, in the 44 months after the release of the mosquitoes, there were only 4 locally acquired dengue cases compared with 54 locally acquired cases over the 44 preceding months. Similar studies with Wolbachia are ongoing in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Bello and Meddlin, Colombia, where dengue is a major health burden. Earlier this year, Wolbachia carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were released in Vietnam and Pacific islands such as Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati.
(Ewen Callaway, Nature)
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Science Policy Around the Web – August 3, 2018
By: Cindo O. Nicholson, Ph.D.
Drug Control
D.C. has had more than 300 synthetic marijuana overdoses in 2 weeks
A synthetic marijuana (cannabinoids) known as K2 is suspected to be the cause of more than 300 overdoses in Washington D.C. What is happening in D.C. is a microcosm for what is occurring in multiple states across the country. Recently, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has posted a statement on reports of deaths and severe illnesses from the use of synthetic cannabinoids.
Synthetic cannabinoids are different from natural marijuana. Synthetic cannabinoids are designed to stimulate the same receptors stimulated by natural marijuana. However, the contents of synthetic cannabinoids are not consistent; each batch can differ in the concentrations of active ingredients and there are even variations within batches. Furthermore, there can be other toxic ingredients like brodifacoum which is a vitamin K antagonist and a compound used in rat poisons. It is believed that that brodifacoum is added to synthetic cannabinoids in order to extend the duration of euphoria or "high". However, brodifacoum's antagonism of vitamin K can cause severe bleeding.
The components and concentration of active ingredients in these synthetic products are not regulated, unlike drugs sold in the pharmacy. The FDA has worked with the Drug Enforcement Agency in the past to put several of these synthetic cannabinoids into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. However, producers of these substances have counteracted these efforts by changing how they're distributed and by changing the chemical structure of these substances just enough to circumvent state and federal requirements.
Consumers of synthetic marijuana need to be mindful that these drugs are not the same as natural marijuana, and the contents of these drugs could contain toxic substances like brodifacoum that can cause severe illness or death. While there are public health laboratories with the expertise to isolate and classify new ingredients that show up in these synthetic compounds, it is a challenge for law enforcement to make the new ingredient illegal on the sole basis that it fits into a class of chemicals that are hazardous to human health.
(Marisa Peñaloza, NPR)
Clinical Trials
Controversial US ketamine trial sparks ethics complaints
The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen has filed a complaint to the U.S. government because of two clinical studies where ketamine was administered to patients without their consent. Both clinical studies were conducted in Minneapolis, Minnesota by researchers at the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC). In both studies, agitated patients were administered either ketamine or another sedative by paramedics.
In the first study, the HCMC conducted a previous trial to compare the ketamine to the sedative haloperidol and found that the percentage of patients that developed respiratory issues requiring a breathing tube after ketamine administration (39%) was almost 10 times the percentage of patients administered haloperidol that needed a breathing tube (4%). These findings were published in the journal Clinical Toxicology.
In June 2017, the HCMC proceeded with a second clinical trial where the administration of ketamine to agitated patients was compared to the drug midazolam. This trial was halted in June 2018 when it was reported that Minneapolis police encouraged paramedics to use ketamine on troublesome patients, some of whom were already physically restrained. Many of these patients breathing and heart rate stopped and had to be resuscitated at the hospital. The HCMC released a statement on its website denying that paramedics involved in the study could be directed by the police in this manner. Furthermore, the hospital states that paramedics were instructed that using ketamine or another sedative on a patient has to be a medical decision.
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) ethics guidance for clinical trials on occasion allows trials to proceed without patient consent if it is known that there is minimal risk to the patient (The 21st Century Cures Act, 2016). The HCMC found from their first study that patients sedated with ketamine had a greater risk of serious respiratory complications, but their Institutional Review Board (IRB, an internal ethics oversight body) allowed a second clinical trial without requiring patient consent. The HCMC has responded to Public Citizen's complaints and intends to participate in both internal and independent reviews of their study.
(Sara Reardon, Nature)
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Introduction: Laser Cut Phone Stand Multi-tool
In this instructable I will show you how to make a laser cut phone stand. Its small and portable and easy to use, plus it has some additional features. Its simple to make and very customizable to fit your needs.
For this project you will need:
A Laser Cutter
A computer with AutoCAD
Wood Glue
The original idea for this project came from aescobar ortega. Below is a link to her project:
Step 1: Design
The first step in making the phone stand is to design it. My design is very straightforward. There is a ruler at the top, indents on the two sides to wrap headphones around, the holes to make it lighter, and the space for the phone to go. The space where the phone goes must be very close to the thickness of the individual phone so its not universal but it easily allows for it to be customized to any phone with or without a case.
Step 2: Convert to Dxf File
The next step is to convert the design file into a dxf file. What you do is go to save as and on the bottom of the window and change the file type to dxf and then save it.
Step 3: Cutting the Phone Stand
For the next step you have to print out your dxf file with the laser cutter. For my design I had to change the power and speed of the laser for my ruler so the wood was marked and not cut all the way through. I didn't do that the first time through and you can see the difference between the two. Also mirror the image and cut it both ways so that you can glue the two halves together and get the ruler on both sides
Step 4: Finishing Touches
To finish up the phone stand the two mirror images need to be glues together with wood glue and then sanded down. As you can see by the images, sanding the wood improves the way it looks greatly. For the last step just add it onto a key ring or a key chain and your done. Enjoy your custom phone stand.
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
How long has that been there?
The big home study is Friday the 24(tomorrow) we have cleaned the house from top to bottom form the bed room to the laundry room. Wile doing such a detailed cleaning I found myself asking how long has that been there. I even put up some new light fixture here and there .I know the home study is not all about the house but like they say in one of my favorite movies "A Christmas Story" Moments before zero hour even the most profound scoffers don't take any chances.
The person doing our home study called today to see if we can move the home study up from 4:00 to 2:00 sounds good to me lets get this thing over with. I'm hoping it is rather uneventful but we will have to see.
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How to Find a Remodeling Contractor
You should do checkup for your house all the time for it to be strong. By doing this, the house will last for long. If there are weaknesses that are noticed, remodeling will be necessary. You need to remodel the house for it to look decent. You can add more facilities in your home when remodeling it. As time goes, new models are being invented. One can consider remodeling their house to include such models and facilities. You need to get the best contractor to get the best services. The following tips will help you find the best remodeling contractor.
When looking for a remodeling contractor, you need to ensure that you define what you need. You need to know all the advancements that you need in the house. You will get a remodeling contractor who can offer such services and hence benefit a lot. You will have your home looking the way you desire. You need to ensure that you explain to the contractor all what you need. You need to do this for you to have someone who can do what you want.
It will be easy for you to find the best contractor who can remodel your home by looking at the references. You need to do this to easily find the best remodeling contractor. All you need to do is to ensure that the references that you get are reliable. You will need to confirm if the references are right in order to avoid making mistakes. It is important that you ask some questions for you to know if you have the right remodeling contractor. You will have the best remodeling contractor who you need by doing this.
If you need to have the best remodeling contractor you will need to do research. There is a lot that you will get to know when doing this research. You will need to take time and know more about the remodeling contractors that are available. You need to do this for you to have the best that you need. You will have the best remodeling contractor if you take time to observe a number of things. You should do this for you to benefit in many ways.
For you to be sure that you have the best remodeling contractor, you need to get a local one. You will have the chance of calling them back if you need more changes. For you to save on time, it is important that you hire someone who you can call back easily. You should consider hiring a local remodeling contractor in order to have their services easily. Get to learn a lot about the local contractors. You will get many rewards from this.
Getting Down To Basics with Remodeling


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Gemstone Charm Bracelet
SKU: BT297G-MOON-18ky
Sweet and simple "c a g e" collection bracelet with bezel set 5mm Turquoise Cabochon, Blue Sapphire, or Moonstone charm on fine cable chain with sliding ball for adjustable length - 7.5" total.
Each piece of Anne Sportun Fine Jewellery is carefully handmade by our team of goldsmiths, ensuring both the beauty and integrity of the piece. As a result, items not on hand at time of order will ship approximately 4-6 weeks after the receipt of your order. You will receive confirmation of shipment date.
*All items not in stock, will be made to order and shipped in 4-6 weeks. Most items are made to order.


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Dickson Calling to Stop Adani - 22 Nov
Since Labor committed to vetoing the $1Billion NAIF loan to Adani, we have a real opportunity to take a momentous step to STOP ADANI!
Everyday up until the election, GetUp and Stop Adani volunteers will be making calls into marginal LNP state electorates in Queensland, convincing people to put the Liberals last.
GetUp is aiming to make *100,000 calls*, with *a big chunk* of these made through calling events organised by GetUp Action Groups, like us, and Stop Adani groups in homes, libraries, wherever there is phone reception!
Bring a charged phone and a smile and join us to make calls and Stop Adani!
November 22, 2017 at 6pm - 8pm
To get full location details please RSVP to this event.
The Alf Shaw Centre
Strathpine, Queensland, Australia
The Alf Shaw Centre
Strathpine, Queensland, Australia
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|Home > Food Processors' Use of Contracts to Purchase Agricultural Inputs: Evidence from a Pennsylvania Survey
Using data from a survey of Pennsylvania food processors, we investigate what firm-level characteristics make a processor more or less likely to buy agricultural inputs and ingredients though contracts. We find that over 20 percent of Pennsylvania processors use contracts, and over 44 percent of agricultural inputs (based on value) are purchased under contract. We also analyze the two related questions of what firm attributes, attitudes, or other factors make a firm more likely to use contracts at all, and what factors lead a processor who does contract to use them more intensively.


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Coco Birthday Shirt and Tutu
Shown is a black shirt with a Tutu that is hot pink and turquiose tulle on a red ribbon
This item is not a licensed product; all character images used are free and not being sold. We do not sell or claim ownership over the character clip art or graphic, they belong to their respective copyright holders.
Perfect for the birthday girl who is a Coco fan; name and age are customizable
Onesie/Shirt are a cotton shirt, desgin is printable vinyl with professional grade printer and heat press is used for the design
6 months, 12 months, 18 months will be a onesie, 2T and above will be a shirt
In the options you will choose either a basic tee or a girls fitted. Sizing Specs and shirt details available in the pictures. Please make sure to check the size specs to ensure proper fit.
Need Long sleeve? Click on this link and add to your cart: https://www.etsy.com/BandBBabytalk/listing/569322202/
Matching Family Shirt available: https://www.etsy.com/BandB8Inc/listing/603584899/
Production is 3- 5 business days, Shipping is 2-5 days via USPS Priority, if you need prior to the estimated shipping please contact us as we can accommodate most date requests.
Please provide name and age in "notes to seller" when checking out
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We can accommodate almost any custom or personalization requests. For questions please message us
Onesies and shirts: please see sizing specs in the listing photos or message us. As we do not provide refunds or exchanges, please ensure you order the correct size.
Tutus: All of our tutus are made with ribbon vs elastic to prevent sizing issues. Length for tutus are as follows (please note this is prepoof length):
newborn to 3 months 6"
6 months 8"
12months to 2T 9"
5T, Small, Medium 12"
Large, XL 13"
Shirts: first wash, wash inside out on cold, tumble dry low heat or hang dry. After first wash follow care instructions on shirt
Tutus: Hang or lay flat to prevent wrinkle. Use wash cloth and water to clean any spots
Any other items-Message us with questions
We use both heat transfers and vinyl in our shop. Heat transfer images you see on your computer screen can appear to be very cartoon like. All of shirts are printed with the highest of color and quality, however it is impossible to get the same cartoon appearance as it is a flat image and not a 3D cartoon image. We gaurantee that the brightness is extrmely high as we use a commercial grade photo printer. If you have questions or would like additional pictures please do not hesitate to message us.
This time of year production on time can vary on items. Please check on the production time for the item you are interested in, which is in business days (Monday to Friday) and Shipping. If you are unsure, never hesitate to message us.
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We strongly encourage the purchase of Priority shipping vs First Class. First Class does not carry insurance. If the item is damaged in transit, you would not be able to file a claim for a refund. Though we understand the frustrations that can come along with damaged items we cannot be responsible for damage by the postal system. If an item with Priority Shipping does arrived damaged please do not throw out the package or any contents as you will need this information for the claim. Please feel free to contact us in assistance for filing any damage claims for Priority Shipped items.
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We recently welcomed our second intake of students for the increasingly popular Digital Lighting Artist Program, where students learn how to use Katana and develop the technical and artistic skills needed to become professional Lighting TD's! All 7 students are enjoying the rare opportunity to be … Read More
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Events relevant to our Lighting Program activities.
7th Annual Vancouver Digital Career Fair
The Vancouver Economic Commission shared that over 3,500 job seekers registered for its career fair, with 35 digital studios and companies in attendance and over 500 positions to be filled! In addition to the Province of British Columbia and EY Canada, Netflix helped sponsor the event. Visual … Read More
Atomic Fiction Visits Lost Boys
We recently had the privilege of hosting guests from Atomic Fiction, visiting Vancouver from Montreal! Staff and students were able to meet Carl Walters: Vice President / Head of Studio, Seth Hill: VFX Supervisor, Stéphanie Angrignon: Creative Talent Recruiter, and Paolo Pazzia: Marketing … Read More
Digital Lighting (Katana) Program – Graduation Ceremony
A brave, hard-working, and wonderfully talented batch of Lost Boys transitions into their next big life adventure! With great discipline and dedication you have all refined your technical and creative craft to a higher level of achievement. We wish you all the best in your future careers! … Read More
Lost Boys – Industry Relations – Foundry/Katana
We had yet another facility/curriculum show and tell, this time with our friends from the Foundry software. Jordan Thistlewood | Senior Product Manager at Foundry & Ollie Brummell | Product Designer - Katana & Mari toured the school with faculty then settle into our screening lounge to show current … Read More


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Marvel Shares Plot for Upcoming Original Comic Series 'STARBOY'
Written by The Weeknd himself.
First teased last October at Comic-con, The Weeknd links up with Marvel to share the narrative of an original comic series based on the double-platinum album name Starboy.
The series follows fictitious city "Alphatron" in midst of a crime wave thanks to the terrorizing cannibal Jack "The Chef" Smiley. Dissatisfied with murdering and eating his victims, "The Chef" has strategically combined all crime organizations to expand his operations in the city. "Alphatron" is in a state of emergency as the police get targeted as victims. Enter The Weeknd, who has been translated into the comic hero "Starboy," and comes to save the day.
On the partnership, the singer says, "Marvel is the pinnacle of success in their field and I've been a lifelong fan of their work. To be able to partner with them is a dream come true." Written by Abel Tesfaye himself, alongside La Mar Taylor and Christos Gage, the Marvel original story is slated to release June 13.
Preview the official poster below and tell us your thoughts. This isn't the first time hip-hop has mingled with the comic world; Chance the Rapper has been mentioned in the new Spiderman comics previously. Peep the Spidey reference below, and, for more entertainment, Marvel also dropped the new Deadpool 2 trailer.
.@chancetherapper is mentioned in the new Spiderman comic book. He really is on a new level (via @ThePhlashGordon) pic.twitter.com/7Zkd4bDv2M
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Wednesday, 5 March 2008
John Locke said that 'to love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.' But a man need not be Jesting Pilate to wonder: how can truth have a sake?
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Resort Flight Check-In Manager PMI
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- Palma de Mallorca
- Salary
- Excellent
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- 28 Jun 2019
- Closing date
- 28 Jul 2019
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- Jet2.com
- Industry
- Hospitality, Travel & transport, Airline, General, Tourism
- Job function
- Customer service
- Job level
- Management
- Hours
- Full time
- Contract
- Contract
- Listing type
- Job vacancy
At Jet2.com and Jet2holidays we are all Customer Helpers responsible for creating memories and ensuring our customers Have a Lovely Holiday.
After another exciting year of growth for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, we have a great opportunity for a Resort Flight Check In Manager to join our Team in Majorca on a Full Time Fixed Term contract. This role will be will responsible for the day to day management and operational performance of the customer baggage and flight check-in process between Resort and the Airport in accordance with Company policy and relevant legislation.
Reporting to the Regional Manager - Jet2holidays, the Resort Flight Check-In Manager will be responsible for:
- Leading the customer facing Resort Flight Check-In Teams.
- The On Time Performance of our Resort Flight Check-In Service
- Ensuring the Jet2holidays Resort Flight Check In procedures and logistics are handled in accordance with all legal and Company requirements.
- Management of colleague rosters and reporting all payroll information accurately and in a timely manner.
- Management of our local office and attendance at weekly meetings with hoteliers, agents and airport staff.
The successful candidate will:
- Have proven experience in a managerial role with a solid background in leading and motivating teams in a customer environment.
- Fluent in English and a good level of Spanish.
- Preferrably have a full driving licence and your own vehicle.
- Previous experience within the Airline or Travel industry is desirable, although this is not essential.


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Garage Door Cable Repair & Replacement
At CO Garage Pros we are the pros in repairing your garage door cables! If they start to thread on you or look rusted then it's time to replace them. We will repair all Garage Door Cables and Tracks no matter what condition they may be in.
We Fix:
- Snapped or Broken Cables
- Loose Cables
- Cables that have come off of the drum
CO Garage Pros has the largest inventory of all types of Garage Door Cables and Tracks and all of our techs keep them handy for every job! When we send a tech to your location you won't have to worry about any tools or products because every technician carries it all! Call Today and we will give you a free quote for any problem you might have and send out a highly specialized technician to your location within minutes!
Garage Door Track Repair & Replacement
If you have a Garage Door Track that is crooked or falling off, then give us a call so we can send out a tech to replace or even repair the tracks that are on your old garage doors.
Does Your Garage Door Look Like This? We Can Help!
Tracking Services:
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Factors to consider when hiring Renovation Services
Renovations will always be done by most people to their homes. You will always get that the renovations are a necessity when the state your home is in is not a good state. However, when you are selling your home, one of the conditions is always home renovation. Lack of renovations will never make your home to be approved for any listing. The renovation is always supposed to increase the aesthetic value of your home. Some people always do the renovations on their own. However, the best alternative for your home will always be to hire renovation services. There are a couple of renovation services and you will always face a challenge in your selection. However, this article will give you an insight on some factors that will guide you in your choice.
One needs to take a look at the experience of the renovation services. You will always be able to tell their success record from the number of years they have been operational. The experience will always reveal the competency of the renovation company. With such experience, the company must have had similar clients to you. You will always be guaranteed of quality services with such renovation services since they will always know what to do to improve the value of your home.
One should always put into consideration the kind of reputation the renovation services have. Most people will always believe what other people have to say other than what the company has to say for itself. Fact is, the renovation services' past clients will never have anything to gain or lose by stating the services they had experienced. However, the company is always there to make profits and will always say anything to improve its image. Always refrain from companies with a bad reputation.
One should always take note of whether the renovation services are insured for the job they are doing. You always need to ensure that the insurance is authentic. You may decide to call the alleged insurance company and verify whether they are in business with the renovation services. Having a valid insurance will always save you from the charges that are in regards to liabilities. Accidents and damages that may occur during the renovation may attribute to such liabilities.
One should always look at the credentials that the renovation services have presented. Company label should be checked when the contractors come in with any transportation. Never let them in before checking their company identification to be sure that they are the same people you had contacted. These are some of the factors one needs to take note of when choosing renovation services.
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Netflix Developing 'The Chronicles of Narnia' Films, TV Series
According to the report, the multi-year deal has been made between Netflix and The C.S. Lewis Company. The studio will develop Lewis' iconic story into a full-on Narnia universe comprised of both films and TV series. All of the titles made will be Netfix productions made with Mark Gordon of Entertainment One alongside Douglas Gresham and Vincent Sieber. The trio of producers will oversee the universe's development, and the report confirms Netflix has acquired all seven Narnia book penned by Lewis. – Megan Peters, ComicBook.com https://ift.tt/2y6GZCY


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Caroline International (in association with SoulMusic Records) is proud to present the 2015 reissue of SHAKE IT WELL, the 1977 ABC Records album by legendary soul music group, The Dramatics, an expanded edition including the single edit of the title track, a U.S. R&B top 10 hit and the slow jam classics "My Ship Won't Sail Without You" and "Ocean Of Thoughts And Dreams" (also a U.S. R&B top 20 charted single). SHAKE IT WELL was fourth album The Dramatics recorded for ABC Records, following five years at Volt Records.
Formed in Detroit in 1966, The Dramatics enjoyed some local success with recordings for Wingate and Sport labels before producer/songwriter brought the group to Stax Records in 1969 where he had been working with Carla Thomas and Johnnie Taylor. While their initial single for the Stax imprint, Volt Records made little impact, a return to the label in 1971 yielded success with the now-classics "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" and "In The Rain," both written and produced by one of Davis' associates, Tony Hester.


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Parking and Safety Tips for the 2015 #JUCO World Series Games #GVCopBeat
Popcorn, baseball and the summer sun–what an exciting time for Grand Junction. The 2015 JUCO World Series is about to begin, and the fun shouldn't be ruined because of parking issues. With all of the excitement, it is important to remember the following tips if you are planning on attending. There will be a surplus of cars in and around Suplizio Field during the JUCO games and this summer. To keep this event fun and safe:
- Get there early– parking is on a first come, first served basis, so get to the stadium early if you want to park in the Lincoln Park parking lot.
- Please be considerate– make sure your vehicle is between the lines and only take up one space.
- If the sign says no parking, don't park there.
- If you choose to park on a nearby neighborhood street, make sure you aren't blocking a driveway or fire hydrant. Residents need to be able to safely enter and exit their driveways.
- As each night game ends, all lanes in the Lincoln Park parking lot will become exit only lanes- no cars will be allowed into the parking lot. That means parents need to make arrangements to pick up kids at a nearby location away from the stadium.
- Pedestrians- make sure to use designated crosswalks. Traffic control devices will be set up along North Ave to prevent people from crossing in the middle of the street.
- Make eye contact with drivers before crossing the street. That way you know if the drivers are aware of your presence before you step into the roadway.


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We Will Return Free And Qualitative Education To Ekiti—Adeyeye
Afenifere Chieftain and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Prince Dayo Adeyeye has promised to make education free and qualitative in the State if he becomes the State governor next year.
The governorship aspirant, who described as a deceit, claim by the present government in the State that education was free, assured that; "We won't deceive you with a free education programme in which your children will be paying as much as N20,000 per term in secondary schools."
He said; "By the grace of God, the PDP government to be ran by me from next year will apart from not charging tuition fees, also provide textbooks and instructional materials as was done during the immediate past PDP government in the State.
"We will also give scholarship to our tertiary schools students up to PhD level so that our indigent students can have opportunity of being educated.
"When I was Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), we provided school furniture and then, our pupils stopped carrying their own desk to school. We are going to do the same when we become governor."
While also describing as needless, the controversial Competency Test introduced by the State Government for teachers, Adeyeye said; "To our teachers, we won't burden you with 'tipatikuuku' (forced) competency test. Rather, we will train you and use the performance of your students as a yardstick for your competency."
Adeyeye, who also maintained his stand on the capability of Ekiti State to fund more than three universities, said "if a State like Kano can be funding three universities, there is no excuse under the sun for any government to merge three universities into one."
He promised to establish more tertiary institutions in the State, saying; "Here in Ekiti, education is our industry and we are going to make an industry out of it by using it to develop our State and its people.
"I can assure that we have the resources to fund universities and we are going to create more universities and polytechnic.
"Those who said Ekiti cannot fund more than one university are the same people that are wasting our resources on their own personal investments in Ghana, and that is why we are saying it loudly here that in 2014; 'Ghana Must Go' in Ekiti."


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Chisaki uses Tsumugu as her "sea slug", confessing that she likes Hikari; Manaka overhears, but Chisaki tells her to forget about it. Akari breaks up with Itaru and tells Miuna she'll "go away somewhere"; that night Akari calls Hikari in a panic saying Miuna has run away. Hikari and his friends search for and eventually find her, and after a cookout, he stays with Miuna through the night. When Akari finds them sleeping outside the store where she works, she tearfully embraces Miuna, ensuring her she's not going anywhere.
Ahh, little kids…hardly ever properly expressing how they really feel. How can they? They're kids…they're still trying to figure out what feelings even are. Fixing the Miuna issue is a matter of Hikari telling his big sister to leave things to him, and creating the right conditions to get her to open up about what's truly bothering her. It's pretty obvious she doesn't really hate "Aka-chan"; her problem is she loves her, but when terms like "new mom" come up, she can't help but think about how she lost her old mom, and how much it hurt. An increasingly layered Hikari admits that he's often thought as Miuna has, but choosing to never love anyone ever is simply replacing one kind of pain with another. It's running away.
This was a very moving episode with lot of tears involved, especially any scene involving Akari. This was fine with us, as we thought Nazuka Kaori delivered a passionate, compelling performance (we can't remember hearing Eureka's seiyu getting so worked up – she was so reserved in Amnesia – but it was nice). She admits to Itaru she loves him and Miuna too, but calls herself a "greedy child" who wants wants everyone to be happy and to have everything work out. But giving up on them wouldn't be any more 'adult'; it'd just be more running away. Both she and Miuna, the actual child in this, want the same thing: to be together and happy – not as mother and daughter, but as Akari and Muino. Thanks to Hikari, of all people, they're on their way. Nice job, Hikari! Inspired by the reunion, maybe now he'll see to his own troubles…
Rating: 9 (Superior)
Stray Observations:
- Oh yeah, Manaka now totally knows Chisaki likes Hikari more than just a childhood friend! Chisaki tells her to forget, but she can't, and now every time she sees Chisaki around Hikari, it's in that new light. It troubles her and will continue to trouble her, but wasn't the primary focus of this episode.
- Chisaki used Tsumugu as her sea slug, Miura used Hikari as hers, and Manaka wonders what she'd ask a real red one next time she comes across one. Mana, just use Kaname or something!
- Hikari and Akari have an awesome dad. Obviously he'd probably hoped she'd marry a sea-dweller, but he tells Lord Uroko his daughter's life is hers to do with what she pleases. Besides, her marrying a sea dude she doesn't love isn't going to solve all the problems Shioshishio is going through.
- Miuna has to kill the mood by brining up "dolicons." She just had to get that barb in, didn't she! Still, it's a nice detail that she notices Hikari smells like her mother and Aka-chan, which comforts her.
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If you think college students can't plan ahead for future investments, then you better think again. As early as now, students are advised to think big while they are still mentally and physically stable. Financially? Well, we can always find a way where finances are not a hindrance to reaching your goals. Real estate investment in the Philippines is known to be ideal for future goals. That means college students can definitely join the real estate world.
Yes, as a college student, there are a lot of things you need to consider for you to graduate – assignments, projects and other activities that involve your time, effort and most importantly, money. How can they even save money for their future investments? Again, money is not an issue when you just know how to save money effectively. Moreover, being discipline when it comes to money is, of course, a must!
1.Where does your money go?
First things first, you cannot save effectively when you do not know where your money go. As a college student, it is important for you to know what and how you spend your money. Knowing such allows you to develop better spending habits.
2. Make a budget
As we all know, the budget may be a little bit tricky. You have to carefully estimate your monthly income and expenses. Right budgeting will determine how much you spend and save for a particular budget.
3. Live like a college student
Just because you have a dream to reach, that does not mean you are not going to live like a college student. Although it may be difficult for you, try not to spend too much money you do not have yet.
4. Don't abuse credit
Credit cards are useful. However, you should not abuse and use it all the times. If you are not mindful of it, credit is a dangerous thing when it comes to financial matters. As a college student, only charge what you can truly afford to pay off each month. Moreover, make sure that it fits your monthly budget.
5. Nothing is impossible
Because there are a lot of things that you need for your school, you may think that saving may be impossible for you to do. However, if you are just determined enough to reach your dream home, then you will be able to do it.
6. Keep it safe
When it comes to money matters, it is important for you to keep it safe. Make sure that to keep receipts, student loan documents, and another financial statement. Moreover, students are also advised to open a bank account to make sure the money will be safe whenever and wherever they are.
7. But do you need it?
This is an important question to ask whenever you want to buy something. The moment you decide to buy a particular thing, you also have to think about what are you going to do with it, or is it necessary for you to have that thing at home or in school? Knowing such will also give you an idea whether to buy it or not.
8. Keep score
Unless you are still living with your parents, it is important for you to pay your bills and other fees on time. Delaying such will only lead you to pay its interest. Moreover, paying your bills on time is a big factor in having a good credit score.
9. Be a cheapskate
Whether you realize it or not, many colleges offer lots of free or cheap activities on campus. This will give you an opportunity to socialize other college students without the need to spend a lot of money.
10. Extra cash
Another way to help you with your budgeting is to have some extra income. Just make sure that your studies will not be affected, you can find an extra job for you to earn a little extra spending money.
Just because you are still a college student, that does not mean you cannot prepare yourself for your future goals. There are a lot of advantages of being a college student. Not to mention places that give discount by simply for being a student. Moreover, you should have a clear plan on how you can achieve your dream home.


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The Science behind Game Of Thrones
Dragons that breathe fire and WhiteWalkers and Giants!There are such a variety of legendary animals and creatures in Game of Thrones that help make it a standout amongst the most fantastical shows on TV at this moment.
Nonetheless, is everything about Game of Thrones total fiction? That is to say, these creatures and beasts clearly don't exist IRL, however shouldn't something be said about the ways the characters demonstration or the results of some of the battles? Could we utilize genuine science to help clarify them?
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Cory came to Rabbit Creek Church in August 2010, from Tyler, Texas where he had served as Associate Pastor for five years. Prior to that he served in Christian Camping for eight years in Louisiana, New Mexico, Maryland and Arkansas.
Cory graduated from Louisiana College and studied at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Wayland Baptist University.
Cory and his wife Lori, have been married since 1996. They have four children: Aubrey, Heather, Asher and Ella. These "Forever" four children are joined by a varying but always amazing group of foster children who deepen their experience of family, grace and constantly teach them more about the truth of our Heavenly Father's love.
Cory loves cooking, camping, coffee and is an admitted technology "geek." Among his favorite authors are Brennan Manning, Stu Webber, Donald Miller, Peter Rollins, Henri Nouwen and Phillip Yancy. Favorite bands include Needtobreate, John Mayer, Over the Rhine and the Gray Havens.
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