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One of the most highly anticipated new shows of the season is the Fox drama series Gotham. From executive producer/writer Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome) and with a beautifully cinematic pilot directed by Danny Cannon (the CSI franchise, Nikita), it is the origin story for a number of the characters in the Batman universe, including Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler and Poison Ivy, as it shows what made them the formidable adversaries that they eventually become. At its core, it is the story of Detective James Gordon's (Ben McKenzie) rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil, and it chronicles the birth of one of the most popular superheroes of our time.
During this recent interview to promote the new show, actor Ben McKenzie talked about how he got involved with Gotham, how being a law officer in the city of Gotham compares to the L.A. 'hood of Southland, why they opted not to go with the Jim Gordon moustache, how much of the stunt work he does himself, his favorite Batman villains, whether any of the non-human villains might appear, his favorite storyline so far, the show's powerful female characters, the initial acting challenges with the role, and why comic book movies and TV shows are so popular. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
Question: What attracted you to this? Were you a fan of this genre?
BEN McKENZIE: In all honesty, I worked with Bruno Heller, last year, on a pilot. Southland was ending, and we did a pilot for CBS that Warner Brothers produced, but it didn't go to series. So, Bruno called me in January or February of this year, and said, "I have a script that I've written. I'd like to send it to you. I've written the part of Jim Gordon with you in mind, and I'd like you to take a look." So, it started from that. As far as the attraction, the opportunity to work with Bruno again was on the top of the list. We had a very good time on the pilot, and we really see eye to eye on a lot of things. Our sensibilities are similar. It's exciting to be a part of this kind of mythology, that's been around for 75 years, but it's also a bit daunting. So, I would say it was both an attraction and a cause for a series of meetings to talk about exactly how this would work and how we wouldn't screw it up and how I wouldn't embarrass myself completely, and all those sorts of things. Bruno and Danny Cannon more or less assured me that, worst case, it would only mildly fail and it wouldn't be a huge disaster. So, that was pretty much how it all came to be. I'm a fan of Batman, but not a hardcore fan.
How does being a law officer in the city of Gotham compare to the L.A. 'hood of Southland?
McKENZIE: Well, that's a good question. The overall similarity is probably in the mentality of law enforcement officers. There's a sense of wanting to really uphold a sense of morality and make sure that the laws are enforced to the letter, whenever possible. I just got an email from the guy that did some of our tactical training on Southland, who was a cop in the LAPD, just congratulating me on Gotham. They captured a serial killer recently who was on the run in L.A., blowing people away with shotguns. There's bad stuff that happens in real life. In Gotham, it's more that we want to keep a sense of realism, but at the same time, it is fantastical and it is meant to be a little bit more approachable, in the sense that it's not so starkly drawn. In Southland it was so real that, at times, it could be quite frightening. We don't want to acknowledge that people terrible things to each other. In Gotham, we want to have a little bit more fun with it. We want to feel free to take a certain amount of liberty with tactical stuff and just give it more of a throwback to an old school gumshoe, noir conceit, with a little bit of cop tactics in it, if that makes any sense.
Jim Gordon is famous for, among other things, his moustache. Were there any conversations about making you grow out that facial hair in the first season, or are you leaving that aside for now?
McKENZIE: I had lengthy conversations with Bruno and Danny about all sorts of things, in meeting after meeting. And then, as soon as it hit the internet that I was doing it, it felt like all anyone wanted to talk about was whether I would have a moustache or not. I thought about ringing Bruno and being like, "Uh, one last thing . . ." We just literally never talked about it. And then, I brought it up to him and he said, "No, that would look ridiculous on you. We're not doing that." It's 20 years before he can grow into the maturity and wisdom that it takes to sport a moustache, and that's the line we're sticking to. Maybe 20 years from now, the moustache will feel earned. For the record, I can grow the moustache. If you think that I can't, you should watch Junebug. I'm not afraid of the moustache. I just don't feel it's appropriate for the image.
Do you feel that your work on Batman: Year One has translated to your work on Gotham, or offered you any additional insights into these characters?
McKENZIE: I don't know. I'd like to think so. I've always been a fan of Year One, even before I did the voice of Bruce and Batman, for it. It was an opportunity to re-read it, as an adult, and look more closely at it, in terms of how to interpret it on screen, albeit just with my voice and not my body. So, I would say that it certainly pulled me in a little bit closer. And then, when Gotham came about, Geoff Johns sent me a bunch of literature, including Gotham Central and Long Halloween. It certainly helps to understand what this is all coming out of, and what it's all coming out of is the comics that have evolved wildly over 75 years. You pick certain reference points, at least stylistically, and then you need to go out and do what you would do on any other job, which is to work on the script, and work with the directors and your fellow actors, to breathe those scenes to life, playing your beats and playing your objective. I'm not really doing anything different than I would do on any other job, except that that there's a certain heightened style to it.
You recently received a head injury during the filming of a fight scene, so I hope that you're okay.
McKENZIE: I am. Thank you very much.
How much of your own stunt work do you actually do yourself, and are stunts a major part of the show?
McKENZIE: I try to handle as much as I can, and as much as I feel comfortable with. We have a great stunt team, lead by Norman Douglas, our stunt coordinator. Stunts, or action, is a big part of the show. That being said, it's all coming from a central and aesthetic conceit of the world that we're portraying being more swift and brutal than it is operatic and grandiose. If Jim is in a fight, he wants to get it over with, as quickly as possible, and take out whoever he has to take out, as swiftly and efficiently as possible. So, it's more in brutal military fashion than it is kung-fu style acrobatic stuff. There hasn't been a lot of wirework yet. We may get to that point, but I would prefer that this guy is portrayed for what Bruno, Danny, and I agree he is, which is an old school hero. He is just a man who is completely fallible, who can't jump over buildings or fly though the air. He has to use what he's got, and he has to occasionally lose. I think that grounds it in more of a sense of reality. But with each passing episode, the fight scenes get more and more complicated, so we may end up there anyway. We'll see.
What's it like to work with Robin Lord Taylor, with his take on the Penguin?
McKENZIE: He's a phenomenally talented guy and an incredibly nice person. One story that would illustrate that is the scene where I'm walking him to the end of the pier, and I end up almost putting a bullet in his head, but instead push him off. We had to do take, after take, after take, to get it exactly right, and I kept grabbing him by the shirt collar, roughly, to make it look real. And after four hours of that, he finally very, very politely said, "Um, could you possibly get the collar a little bit more?" He opened up his shirt and his chest was just bright red from scratches everywhere. He's the sweetest villain I've ever possibly worked with, and I think that comes alive on screen. Obviously, he's playing more of a demented guy, but he's charming. I don't even know how to describe it. His charm comes through on screen, and you end up loving this little weasely henchman and almost root for him. I think it's a brilliant turn and it's largely unlike anything you've seen from the Penguin before. That's exactly what we'd like to do with all of the villains in this, is give them latitude to make it their own and to not feel as though they're doing some imitation of some other actor who's played a villain before.
Who is your favorite Batman villain?
McKENZIE: Because he's front and center in the pilot, I'm really excited for people to see what Robin is doing with the Penguin. I have a weird soft spot in my heart for Nygma. I've always liked The Riddler. I know that is a very unorthodox choice. A lot of people hate The Riddler, but I find The Riddler fascinating. And I think the Scarecrow is really cool.
Has there been any talk of including some of the less human enemies, like Killer Croc or Clayface?
McKENZIE: There has been no talk, thus far, that I am aware of, of the non-human Batman villains, but I'm not in the writers' room, obviously. I think we'll start with the humans, and then we'll branch out from there. It's early days. We're only eight episodes into shooting, so we've hopefully – knock on wood – got a long way to go, and we can bring those people, or non-people, in, if need be.
Do you have a favorite episode or storyline, so far?
McKENZIE: I'm not sure how much I can spoil, but we come to a place, around the seventh episode, where certain things come to a head and Jim is put in a situation where he has to take action. I haven't seen it cut together. We just shot it, but I'm pretty fond of that. Bruno wrote the pilot, the first episode back, and then the seventh episode, and I'm a big fan of whenever he writes the episodes directly. We have a great team of writers, but it all comes out of his demented mind, so I'm very excited about that. I've only seen the first three episodes, but they're really strong and they have different things going for them. What's nice is that, in the pilot, we've laid the groundwork for an enormous number of characters to spring out, and we've hopefully laid a foundation for a world in which you can walk down any alley in Gotham and encounter some bizarre human being who might become a villain or a hero, or might get killed immediately. That's a very exciting maze to walk through, and I think that presents us with bountiful opportunities for characters, as we go forward.
What's it like to work with David Mazouz, as Bruce Wayne?
McKENZIE: David is amazing. David is a really terrific actor. He listens, which is an incredibly hard thing to teach anyone, and it's something that I struggle with now, and that any actor struggles with. It's the hardest thing to do on camera. With all the chaos of a film set or TV set, it's hard to just listen to what the other actor is saying to you, and how they're saying it, in that moment, from take to take, and he does. He's terrific, and he couldn't be a nicer young man. He was obviously raised correctly. And he's perfect for Bruce, so that was easy, too. He's more calm than I am. I'm kind of blown away, sometimes.
Gotham has a lot of really excellent female characters in positions of power. What can you say about Gordon's relationships with his boss, Captain Sarah Essen (Zabryna Guevara) and with Fish Mooney?
McKENZIE: You're right, there are a lot of powerful characters in Gotham. What's great about Gotham is that we can portray a society that is similar to ours, but in which there is no understanding of racism or sexism. It's all just whoever is battling for power in a city that's completely fallen, and Fish Mooney is really good at it. She's an enforcer for Carmine. She's really tough and really smart, and she uses her sex appeal to get what she wants. Jada just kills it. She's just really, really strong and powerful and interesting and funny, at times. And then Captain Essen is stuck in a hard place because as captain of the GCPD, she has to answer to a number of different bosses, not just her superiors in the department, but in some senses, the mob themselves because they have such deep ties to the police department and to the mayor's office. That being said, she wants to catch whatever criminal we're chasing, in that particular week, and she wants to support her detectives. So, over time, Gordon earns her respect, her trust and her support. Eventually, you'll see, down the line, that she'll put herself out on a limb for him. Some of the first season is Jim figuring out which cops in the department he can trust and which ones he can't, and there are some surprising twists and turns in those relationships. Some people that you would think would be his enemies are actually kindred spirits, and he needs to assemble a team, going forward, that he can actually use to bring justice.
What were some of the initial acting challenges that you found, stepping into this role?
McKENZIE: The initial challenge is to not let the mythology, and the degree to which Batman and all of its mythology has permeated all aspects of pop culture and society, to overwhelm what is, at the end of the day, just an acting gig. It's a great acting gig. It's a little more public than others, but at the end of the day, its just a part that you play, in this case, in a TV show, and you have to treat it like any other. You have to look at the script. There is no Jim Gordon or Bruce Wayne or Batman, for that matter. There is only the script, and the actor that's playing the part. If you cast 1,000 different actors as Jim Gordon, you'd get 1,000 different Jim Gordons. As long as I was able to breathe, that was helpful. When it comes to understanding him and playing him, it was conversations with Bruno about who he is. There are a lot of plot mechanics in the pilot that have to get ironed out, in order to tell the story and to set up the world that we're setting up, and it has to happen awfully fast. But if we don't understand his point of view coming in to it, and we don't believe his point of view, we're going to have trouble.
So, a lot of what I was talking about with Bruno is that he can't come in completely naive and completely blown away by the corruption in Gotham. He can be idealistic, but he has to understand that people are capable of terrible, terrible things, because he's a war hero. He served overseas. He's seen terrible things, himself. So, as long as he understands how bad people can be to each other, and yet he rejects that and still believes in such a bizarre concept as right and wrong, it can all proceed from there. And then, as we go forward in the season, and in the show, in general, he can become more and more surrounded by the powers that be in Gotham, and his own moral compass can be thrown off. He will have to make deals with the devil, in order to get along in Gotham and to make progress. I think that journey is fascinating. But, we started with a sense of morality and a real sense of experience.
Why do you think comic books have really taken off, over the last few years, on television and in film?
McKENZIE: I don't know. I guess I would say, at this point, 75 years into Batman, comics have become American folklore. They're what we have, as a newer country, to pass down from generation to generation, and to evolve from generation to generation, and to fit the society in which we live. Batman is a really interesting example of that, in the sense that he is a vigilante fighting for justice in an unjust world. I think there's an awful lot of cynicism around us, so we can all relate to the idea of having this caped crusader out there, fighting for us and fighting for justice.
What makes this career rewarding for you?
McKENZIE: I need to be proud of what I'm making, and engaged in what I'm making. That was one of the things that I was concerned about, with something this big. There can be so many cooks in the kitchen that you can lose the throughline of a guy trying to clean up a city, and a guy trying to bring some sort of justice to an unjust world. So, what I hope for in my career is work that I'm proud of, friendships and working relationships with all sorts of people, and to make a little bit of money, so that I can provide for a family, eventually.
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At SBC we try to highlight ways of study and classes that might be of interest to a wider audience and coming up next term is the Creative Homiletics course.
Creative Homiletics, or Beyond the three points: Preaching to contemporary hearers
This class explores the new context which we are increasingly inhabiting. For the lack of better word, we sometimes call it 'postmodern', or describe it as being secular or pluralistic. One of its defining features is the way in which people hear and relate to sermons (or not!).
If you are looking for new ways to engage with your hearers then this module is for you. You will be introduced to some key tools which will help you to gain a better understanding of this new world, and will be offered opportunities to engage with different approaches to breaking open the Word to contemporary hearers. You will have the opportunity to experience examples of these approaches, to take part in practical workshops, to critique a particular approach, and to present a sermon in a style you would like to improve in.
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This class would be ideal for accredited ministers who want to diversify their sermon style; for lay preachers with some experience but want to develop further; or for church leaders who speak on a regular basis and want to be stretched.
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Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that, although the Welsh economy is now dominated by the service sector, manufacturing still contributes 32% towards Wales' GDP.
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One of Art Basel Week 2011's most recognizable public art series will return to town this December -- and no, it's not the traveling pink snails.
The Pop-Up Piano Miami project, which debuted around town during Basel week last year, is now seeking artist submissions for its new batch of painted pianos, which will be distributed around town for public playing once again at the end of 2012.
Last year, the pianos weren't just art pieces -- they were functioning instruments, as plenty of passersby in Wynwood, Midtown, and the Design District discovered when they sat down to relive the lessons of their youth. The Pop Up Pianos also hosted a series of free, local shows by local bands like Jacob Jeffries Band, Brendan O'Hara, and Suenalo. The pianos were painted, adorned, and otherwise altered by the likes of Miguel Paredes, Lebo, and Krave.
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This year, it's anyone's game -- with a few requirements, of course. Artists applying for a piano should be careful to use mediums that can withstand South Florida's tricky weather, as all pianos will be placed outdoors. No dirty business on the ivories; when Basel Week ends, all the pianos will be donated to charities for kids, so content must be child-appropriate. Other than that, any modifications artists make to the instruments are cool -- as long as the piano is still functional.
Interested artists must apply by Wednesday, September 5, at noon. Accepted artists will be announced Sept. 10, giving them just under two months to art-ify their pianos. Another concert series is in the works, but no word on which musicians will be tickling the ivories come December.
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As we begin Bee Season, the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee is a neat resource to help your student prepare. Spellers are given the definition of a word on screen. A recorded voice pronounces the word (multiple times if needed). Spellers can attempt to spell the word as many times as they like. After the first misspelling, Spelling Bee gives hints to help. Once a a word is spelled correctly (or the speller "gives up") a word map is displayed, given helpful hints to similar words and letter patterns. Try it out today!


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The other night on my way home from work, I was tired and exhausted. I didn't feel like going grocery shopping for dinner so I punted.
I stopped by the pizza parlor, grabbed three large pies. We ate one for dinner, then have been snacking on cold-pizza leftovers for the past two days.
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The other day at work, a co-worker asked me for some feedback on a particular problem they had at home.
Seems that he had decided to upgrade (actually a fresh install) a laptop from Windows XP to Windows 7. Only problem was the CDROM drive was in pretty bad shape, and all he had was optical install disks. So how could he get the upgrade on.
Although I supposed he could find an external USB-based CD/DVD-ROM drive to use, that seemed like an unnecessary purchase. He did have a working Windows desktop system, however, so the solution seemed quite simple: create a bootable USB drive with the installation media present. Boot the laptop from the USB drive and install away!
So here are three methods to accomplish that task; full-hands on, Windows tool, and automated utilities.
If you are game and want to learn a bit of the structure of creating such a tool, then this TechRepublic post is perfect: How do I ... create an installation flash drive for Windows 7? I noticed it doesn't have instructions to make the partition/device bootable via bootsect. BOOTSECT /NT60 <usb drive letter> (Where <usb drive letter> equals your USB device).
Microsoft has a nice and simple tool to assist you with the process: Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool. This guide How To Create Bootable Windows 7 USB To Install Windows 7 From USB Flash Drive (Using Windows 7 DVD/USB Tool) from Into Windows provides a nice walkthrough of the process.
Finally, there are some specialized utilities that give you a bit more control over the creation process. I particularly like these two:
- WinToFlash - Install Windows from usb - Home page
- Rufus - Create bootable USB drives
Piece of cake.
ForSec Bits
- EMET 3.5: The Value of Looking Through an Attacker's Eyes - ISC Diary - This was a fascinating post about the Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience 3.5 toolkit and how it can leverage additional anti-malware protection on systems. I'm not sure a site-wide deployment would make a lot of sense, but for workbench systems and testing it might be a smart move to consider.
- Hunting Down and Killing Ransomware - Mark's Blog. Mark Russinovich provides an excellent technical review on dealing with scareware/ransomware infections on a system.
- A picture worth a 1000 barcodes? - ISC Diary - be careful what you post!
- Adobe Security Bulletins Posted - Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) Blog
- Microsoft and Adobe close almost 40 holes - The H Security: News and Features. Time to patch Windows and Adobe holes again!
- Carving Station – RAR Files - M-unition. Mary Singh has a highly in-depth post coving file-carving from unallocated disk space. Not exactly light reading, Mary provides some excellent coverage on this topic.
- Freeware Release: Redline 1.7 - M-unition. New version released. download page
- TeamViewer 8 - Forensic Artifacts - Useful information on system artifacts left by TeamViewer 8 usage.
- You down with LNK? - SpiderLabs Anterior
Installing Stuff
- How to install Ubuntu on Acer's $199 C7 Chromebook - Ars Technica
- Installing Windows XP to SSD - TinyApps.org
- Repurpose PCs with Windows ThinPC - Anything about IT (via tip from TinyApps bloggist). See also AnandTech - Windows Thin PC: Windows, Slimmed Down
Tips for Techs
- No sound from Google Chrome: Adobe Flash issue and workaround - MarkWilson.it
- Easily Fix Or Delete Broken Desktop & Start Menu Shortcuts - AddictiveTips. Uses NirSoft tool ShortcutsMan for housecleaning.
- Free e-books for Windows administrators (updated) - 4sysops
- 150 Best Windows Apps Of Year 2012 - AddictiveTips
- Standalone Sysadmin - blog. TinyApps bloggist pointed me to Matt Simmon's great website a while ago. In addition to the great posts, Matt also provides a super-handy List of Subscribed Feeds covering all kinds of tech/sysadmin/forsec goodness. If you are new to RSS feeds and need a great "seed list" to get started with, look no further. Matt also provides a more current OPML file for use. Whew!
Network Monitoring
- PCAP Files Are Great Arn't They?? - SpiderLabs Anterior - fantastic examples of tshark-fu and other tricks for extracting great data-points out of PCAP files.
- Filtering with Message Analyzer - MessageAnalyzer Blog. It's been a while since we have seen much chatter regarding the replacement for Network Monitor. Paul E Long has some great tips for filtering in the new tool; especially useful for those used to filter use patterns in Network Monitor. More posts promised soon.
- Installing Wireshark 1.8.4 and WinPcap 4.1.2 on a Windows 8 System - Moon Support Weblog
Tools, Utilities, and Updates
- Updates: Autoruns v11.4, ProcDump v5.12, SDelete v1.61 - Sysinternals Site Discussion
- GMER 2.0 arrives - BetaNews review. Rootkit detection tool now adds support added for Windows 8 and x64 systems. GMER download pager
- JavaRa Definitions Updated - SingularLabs - Use these with JavaRa to help install/update/remove Java Runtime Environment installations on your systems.
- Dev Eject - version 1.0.26 beta - this is a fantastically clever tool that can not only help you eject removable devices from Windows, but it also can tell you specifically what is causing (locking) the device from ejection.
- Oracle VM VirtualBox - Now at version 4.2.6. Overview of significant changes: VirtualBox 4.2.6 delivers many fixes - BetaNews.
- TightVNC: What's New in TightVNC - Now at version 2.6.4. Download TightVNC
- DMDE (DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software) - free/$ versions - Interesting advanced file recovery tool. The free version is pretty limited but is a good place to start and play around with. Portable so no installation required. DMDE is a handy free data recovery tool for Windows experts - BetaNews review.
Firefox News
- Mozilla to Continue 64-Bit Windows Firefox Builds - Firefox Extension Guru's Blog
- Private windows coming to Firefox - Mozilla Links
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Elective induction of labor at or after 41 weeks' gestation lowered. Cesarean delivery risk by 22 percent. In addition-women whose labor was electively induced were half as likely to have meconium-stained amniotic fluid, which is sign of fetal intrauterine stress.
I have two children whom I delivered both in a cesarean way,at that time I was encouraged by one of my friends to try to submit myself an induced method of labor but I was a coward at that time and in my 3rd child I already try an induced method of labor and thanks God I successfully have a normal delivery.
I am grateful for this information so that other moms may have also enlightened.
Cesarean now a days is so expensive. The induced labor can help some pregnant women not to submit in a cesarean
Thanks to the modern technology.
I experienced an induced labor, and it was so painful that I thought I can not endure so,oh! I could not imagined , how I got out from that situation, that at that time I want to submit a cesarean way of delivering the baby.At last I deliver a healthy baby in a normal way.
Yes, induced labor may prevent for a cesarean way of delivering, but it depends upon the position of the child, it may or it may not!
In my case, since I am pregnant, I want to submit a cesarean method in delivering a baby but my doctor doesn't favor of my idea because she said that to make use of a cesarean way of delivering is when it is needed only.
I am pregnant, as of now I am confused what is an induced labor?
, how is its functioned in labor time? Is it really painful? I'm scared!
If it is advisable that the mother whose expected date lapses, she is to be induced and if ever it can help not to be cesarean delivery so it is must be a very good solution, so be it.
A mother must be submit herself to what is advise to her by her doctor if is for her own good, so that she may not endangered herself if induced is needed then submit yourself to this method so not to prevail the worst things that might happened.
It is painful, induced is a method to be taken, if the pregnant woman don't have the capacity to have a natural labor, even if it is painful but it is successive that make the fetus energetic to be delivered.
During my 2nd child's delivery, I experienced a labor which was so long it's length was almost 4days and I would like to sleep because of sleepless nights I had,My package Doctor do the last resort which is to induced me!after five seconds I had experienced a great pain that I didn't know what to do but I successfully delivered normally.
Induced as what I've experienced during my third child, is ..yes, painful but you can have an immediate delivery
and it may prevent a need for cesarean.
To have an induced labor may prevent need for cesarean, so therefore we can minimize the expenses supposedly may have expense of thousand if ever for a cesarean method. This may help and give a relief feeling for those who don't have enough money. Thanks to those who invented it!
Hi! I'm curious about this issue. I experience cesarean operation during my first pregnancy. I hope with this second pregnancy of mine, I could have just that induced labor so another cesarean operation might be prevented?
Induced labor, may prevent need for cesarean, why is it may happen that the woman may submit for cesarean if it can be done only for normal delivery through the help of induced method? Thanks for this invention!
The time for labor during pregnancy is the most crucial part.And the induced labor may help in shorten the pain because it hasten the delivery and may prevent for a need of cesarean to make it into normal delivery.
I had an induced labor during my first pregnancy but then it doesn't prevented me to have my cesarean operation because the position of my baby inside my womb is too difficult for the doctors to handle..taking him out of my womb base on a normal delivery would be much dangerous..so, they recommend a cesarean operation instead.
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The cats won't like this one bit.
When the tree bears fruit, does it ripen into babies?
And then Ridley will get your descendants to climb it.
One thing about a tree, it gives your dog something to pee on.
With my luck, I'll become a Weeping Willow. Well I am awfully messy and morose.
This could allow various politicians to continue to be an ash.
We're looking at something similar for a family member. The debate is whether the tree will go in the backyard for the dogs or the front where she would go to smoke.
I want to be reincarnated as a son of a birch.
So you become a bag of fertilizer? I suppose this would be appropriate for someone who in life was already a sack of....
When climbing me, please don't step on the crotch of the tree or I'll be out on a limb.
In Springtime, please don't tap me for sap, even if it's on your bucket list and you've been pining for syrup.
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Barbara Walters - I wonder what kind of tree would she become.
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In case you haven't heard of it, the NPS consists of a single loyalty question: "How likely is it that you will recommend [company] to your friend?" There are other versions of the question as well, but essentially you're inquiring whether they would recommend the company or not. The scale (which can also differ between uses) is a simple 0-10 scale, with 0 meaning "not at all likely" and 10 meaning "extremely likely." Based on their response, customers are grouped into categories of promoters (a 9 or 10 response), passives (a 7 or 8 response), and detractors (6 and below). To calculate the NPS, you subtract the proportion of detractors from the promoters. The more positive the NPS, the better. To learn more, you can read the book, "The Ultimate Question."
While I personally like the simplicity of the system, and we have used this question in our own research, we have never relied on only that question (or any other one question, for that matter).
The article's author, Bob Hayes, suggested using an aggregate of several general satisfaction questions to create an overall satisfaction index that is less prone to error. So, in addition to "how likely you are to recommend?" you would also ask "how satisfied are you overall?" "how likely are you to continue purchasing there?" and so on. Then you would take the average of those questions to create an aggregate score that will give a more precise measurement than any one question alone.
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Before you embark on bread making, buy an instant read thermometer. All bread is done at 200 degrees.
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Serves: 1 loaf or 20 rolls
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- 1 Tbsp melted butter
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp fresh dill, minced
- 3 to 3½ cups of all purpose flour
- Peel potato and cut into large pieces. Place in a saucepan, cover with water, bring to a boil and cook until soft. Drain and reserve the liquid. Mash potato and set aside.
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When do you guess will Garmin 650 have significant price drop?
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I have a Garmin Dakota 20 that I enjoy. I use it for walking, biking, and even some kayaking. But I'd like something with a bigger screen and a camera. The only trouble is my budget is about $200. Maybe $250 MAX. The Montana 650 looks like a very sweet machine. Do you guys think Garmin will release a new Montana in the next 12 months or so? And if so, do you think the 650 will drop to $250 or below? I believe the Montana released in June 2011 so I'd think it's about time for a new model.
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alanb 557 PointsYou can get a factory refurbished Montana 600 for 299.95 (factoryoutletstore.com). The 650 is $309.95. That is the best price I have seen. The Montana prices have stayed pretty static for over a year, which is probably an indication of their popularity.
Unless the Monterra becomes more popular, I look for the high Montana prices to hold steady.
Thanks alanb. I'm sure you're correct. If an item is popular there is no reason to drop the price or release a new model. I think the Montana is popular on those ATV-type vehicles called "side-by-sides" which are selling very well themselves.
A friend has a Montana. I will try to borrow it and if it's very cool I might just have to go for it. I have a feeling that a price drop might be coming if a new model is released, though.
If anyone is interested in trading their Montana for my Dakota 20 plus cash please drop me a line. I really only need one handheld.
Boyd 2009 PointsI think Garmin feels they already have released a new model - the Monterra. And it is even more expensive and very buggy. I got my Montana 600 3 years ago for $500 and the price has only dropped 10% in that time period. You never know what might happen, but I think you're dreaming if you want a new Montana 650 for less than $250 anytime over the next few years. JMHO.
You can use the site camelcamelcamel.com to track amazon prices. Sometimes they drop for no apparent reason then bounce back up. The key is to jump on a sale if you find one. There are a few annual sales that have been pretty good in the past. REI has one for Labor Day IIRC, then of course there's Black Friday and right around Christmas/New Years you can usually find some deals. This makes me miss GPSTracklog… Rich always let us know when there was a good sale. :(
Who knows, if they discontinue it the price could actually go up. I hear that people are selling the discontinued 60csx for ridiculous amounts these days.


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The Iron Mountain Conspiracy
When you speak about a shadow government, you have to tread lightly since no one can really pinpoint who is in the background dictating policy. We always tend to think of some noir-type of control, with shadowy figures in smoke-filled rooms meeting somewhere in Switzerland. While the romanticism can entertain the conspiracy minded, the shadow government conducts it's business openly with a few of the same players.
This way there can be meetings behind closed doors to discuss policies and ideas that are quite simply enabling continuity of world government instead of sovereign government that we believe we are a part of.
The Oliver Stone film 'JFK' suggests that a conspiracy involving criminal elements of our government, the CIA, the FBI, perhaps people associated with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all in the service of the military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned us about, might have conspired to kill John F. Kennedy because he was going to sharply change the direction of American foreign policy.
The people considered Kennedy a man of peace; however, a full and lasting peace achieved through peaceful means was a red flag for those who pocketed money from the business of war.
In terms of the military-industrial interests, there had to be a demand for their products and there had to be wars or 'police actions' for those products to be bought and sold. Thus, preparation for warfare and some form of warfare had to continue. Mind you, all of these proposed wars had to be done while carefully avoiding a nuclear exchange.
That was a dilemma. However, for those who were making decisions in the background, the new direction was simple: it was merely a old idea made new again. It was the ideal of a dawn of a new age, a world government that would enforce new international and worldwide law with a newly formed militarized police force that would put all of those great war mechanisms to good use.
Even before the end of World War II, the newly structured confrontation between the world of Communism and the West was the product of ex-Nazis who made deals with American intelligence in order to avoid hanging in The Hague. Nazi Intelligence operatives and scientists were brought to the United States in exchange for information they allegedly had about Russian plans to declare war on the United States.
One Nazi in particular was Reinhard Gehlen, Hitler's master spy who had built up an intelligence network in the Soviet Union. "Gehlen inflates Soviet military capabilities at a time when Russia is still rebuilding its devastated society, in order to inflate his own importance to the Americans (who might otherwise punish him). In 1948, Gehlen almost convinces the Americans that war is imminent, and the West should make a preemptive strike," writes Steve Kangas.
This alone was the reason the United States employed enormous intelligence agencies like the CIA that had the power, invisibly, to wage underground warfare, economic as well as military, anywhere – including methods of warfare never before imagined. These conflicts had to be tactically designed as to not trigger nuclear mutually assured destruction or else tremendous loss of life could occur, and there was always the much-desired pocketing of trillions of dollars made in the manufacturing of war equipment.
It was at this time that the plans for the New World Order were being proposed.
The New World Order had been the vision of the Nazis and most of what they envisioned was a golden age of peace after a long fought war to keep rogue nations in a collective and controlled under one government.
A world government.
During World War II and almost two decades after, there were American elitists that shared many of the views of the Nazis. Many of them were champions of a New World Order. CIA director Allen Dulles was one of the chief enablers of Nazi intelligence within the CIA.
Earlier, when Dulles was a leading diplomat and spy, he teamed up with his brother, John Foster Dulles, a Wall Street insider, and created a financial-intelligence apparatus to assist the Nazis. So Dulles had long-standing, friendly relations with Nazis.
Another family that had a long history with the Dulles family was the Prescott Bush family. Both were powerful families that held many beliefs in common. Both families hated Franklin Roosevelt's presidency to the point of organizing a coup to get him out of office.
They were both opposed to the United States entry into World War II; they both invested in Hitler's war effort against the United States, Both families were responsible for the grooming of Richard Nixon to try and beat Kennedy for President. Both had mutual financial and political involvement in the attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba in the Bay of Pigs fiasco.
"In 1961, the Kennedy administration ordered a "Top Secret" study to determine what problems the United States would face if the world moved from an era of war to a golden age of peace."
Wikipedia writes: "After the Bay of Pigs, Kennedy had fired CIA director Allen W. Dulles, Deputy Director Charles P. Cabell, and Deputy Director Richard Bissell, and turned his attention towards Vietnam. Kennedy had also stripped the CIA of responsibility for paramilitary operations like the Bay of Pigs and turned them over to the U.S. Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which, as Commander in Chief, Kennedy could more directly control."
By 1962 proposals to spark war were brought forward to the President for review. One such document was the Operation Northwoods document.
Operation Northwoods was simply a document that featured a number of proposed false flag operations where military intelligence and the CIA would attack American citizens and then blame the attacks on Cuba. Kennedy rejected the proposals.
Now here is where we delve into conspiracy territory.
By 1963, it was proposed that there needed to be a committee that would meet in secret to come up with alternatives to war, without bankrupting the military industrial complex. This was once again part of the 1961 proposal to rein in the Communists and go into an era of peace with them.
By 1963, the selection of specialists had been made.
"This study group consisted of 15 experts in various academic disciplines who were selected for their expertise in their various fields. The first and last meetings were in an underground nuclear survival retreat called Iron Mountain."
In 'Iron Mountain; A Hoax or Betrayal?', Paula Demers writes: "In 1963, the same year as the selection of specialists for this "Top Secret" study, President John F. Kennedy made an astounding statement. On November 13, while speaking at Columbus University, Pres. Kennedy stated, "The high office of the President of the United States of America has been used to foment a plot to destroy America's freedom, and before I leave office, I must inform the citizens of their plight! Ten days later, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed."
The Iron Mountain report was submitted to President Johnson in 1966. Johnson claimed that the plans that were discussed in the report would take a generation and a half to fully implement. The plan was abandoned.
The "Report from Iron Mountain" was leaked to the mainstream press in 1967. It argued that though world peace was a nice idea, the economy of war was such a vital part of global stability, it was difficult to come up with substitutes.
The report was literally a blueprint of proposed manufactured crises that the government could employ during peace time in order to keep the war and military busy and the people demanding for protection from threats. The report claimed that a gradual implementation of such crises would guarantee the need for basic social controls. There are those who believe that the proposals in the report have been employed for 45 years conditioning the American people for acceptance of a New World Order.
The very same New World Order supported and championed by the Dulles and Bush families.
The report detailed ways to create or manufacture crises that could be substitutes for war, literally a way to keep the military in business due to public demand over fear of being harmed or killed.
The report actually admits that war or crisis is a "general social release." According to the report:
"It provides 'the release and redistribution of undifferentiated tensions'. In other words it is a type of therapy. It is a 'generational stabilizer' that enables the "deteriorating older generation" to "maintain control of the younger, destroying it if necessary'. It clears ideology. It is a basis for international understanding. However, there are noted substitutions for war, that when gradually brought into society can have the same effect."
This is pointed out as a "silent weapon" strategy which in turn creates a form of war that has no exchange of gunfire or bombs.
According to the report, one of the silent weapons that a government can use on its people is a complete destabilization of the economy.
"Economic surrogates for war must meet principal criteria. They must be "wasteful," in the common sense of the word, and they must operate outside the normal supply-demand system." — Report from Iron Mountain
This leads to a failure of government social programs and could create a social war that has to be kept from escalating by a militarized police force.
In a speech given in July of 2008, Barack Obama stated that America could not continue to rely on the military in order to achieve the national security objectives his administration had set. He spoke of a civilian national security force that's "just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
Now we see a police force in America that is being gradually militarized. It is now normal to see police agencies around the country receive combat gear and military armored vehicles with immense firepower capabilities.
The Report from Iron Mountain also proposes that the United States be disarmed and it will be carried out in three stages. Internal security forces provided by the United Nations will honor and enforce a treaty that will be signed where guns must be surrendered by citizens in order to maintain peace.
The Iron Mountain report also states that in order for this to happen there will also have to be a focus on religious authority and their ability to convince their flocks to follow the law. However, there is also a section that states that if the religious authorities' rebel there would have to be a way to expose religious organizations as corrupt and this way there would be no agonizing over the moral obligations of a government to religious freedom.
"The solution of today's problems requires an approach which is ruthlessly candid, with no agonizing over religious, moral or cultural values." — Intelligence Operations Research — (Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars)
Another alternative to war, and a crisis that could spark a demand for government protection and unity with a World Government would be a manufactured "space menace."
"It has been hotly argued that such a menace would offer the "last, best hope of peace," by uniting mankind against the danger of destruction by "creatures" from other planets or from outer space. Experiments have been proposed to test the credibility of an out-of-our-world invasion threat; it is possible that a few of the more difficult-to-explain "flying saucer" incidents of recent years were in fact early experiments of this kind.
If so, they could hardly have been judged encouraging. We anticipate no difficulties in making a "need" for a giant super space program credible for economic purposes, even were there not ample precedent; extending it, for political purposes, to include features unfortunately associated with science fiction would obviously be a more dubious undertaking." – Report from Iron Mountain
Finally, another silent weapon in the quiver for government is an environmental doomsday scenario according to the report.
"Nevertheless, an effective political substitute for war would require "alternate enemies," some of which might seem equally far- fetched in the context of the current war system. It may be, for instance, that gross pollution of the environment can eventually replace the possibility of mass destruction by nuclear weapons as the principal apparent threat to the survival of the species.
Poisoning of the air, and of the principal sources of food and water supply, is already well advanced, and at first glance would seem promising in this respect; it constitutes a threat that can be dealt with only through social organization and political power.
But from present indications it will be a generation to a generation and a half before environmental pollution, however severe, will be sufficiently menacing, on a global scale, to offer a possible basis for a solution."—Report from Iron Mountain
"Report from Iron Mountain was on the New York Times bestseller list and was translated into fifteen different languages. Controversy exists concerning whether the book is the result of a hoax authored by Leonard Lewin or the real result of a secret government panel."
From Wikipedia's entry on The Report from Iron Mountain:
"U.S. News & World Report claimed in its November 20, 1967 issue to have confirmation of the reality of the report from an unnamed government official, who added that when President Johnson read the report, he 'hit the roof' and ordered it to be suppressed for all time. Additionally, sources were said to have revealed that orders were sent to U.S. embassies, instructing them to emphasize that the book had no relation to U.S. Government policy."
"On November 26, 1976, the report was reviewed in the book section of the Washington Post by Herschel McLandress, which was the pen name for Harvard professor John Kenneth Galbraith. Galbraith, who also had been a member of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations), said that he knew firsthand of the report's authenticity because he had been invited to participate in it. Although he was unable to be part of the official group, he was consulted from time to time and had been asked to keep the project a secret. Furthermore, while he doubted the wisdom of letting the public know about the report, he agreed totally with its conclusions."
However, there is a discrepancy and that is the New York Times reported that the Report on Iron Mountain was a clever hoax and should not be believed. However if it is a hoax then it most certainly feels like it is real because of what is happening today.
Keep in mind that both Kennedy and Johnson allegedly knew of the report and several other reports that were submitted as alternatives to war, alternatives that would be manufactured over time. Johnson believed that it would take at least a generation and a half to have full impact on the people.
Statistically, a generation is about 30 years. Add another 15 for the half and you get 45 years. The proposal was first created in 1961. Johnson received in 1966 and the public was aware of the report in 1967.
Proposals of a gradual bankrupting of the system, a three-stage disarming of the world, a manufactured environmental doomsday and the announcement of a "space menace" are all part of our lives today. It has been in our literature, our news stories, it is deeply rooted into the mass consciousness.
Kennedy rejected those proposals. He then spoke of the secret societal plans for a world government. He was assassinated in 1963.
If the proposals were taken seriously by world government advocates, and with 45 years to program the nation for these proposals to work, we can speculate that these manufactured crises are with us today – and that what was spoken of in 'Iron Mountain' a generation and a half ago is being used against us now.
Some have been fulfilled while others are still awaiting their fulfillment.


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As people reach their advanced years, their bodies require extra care and attention. Typically, this means maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including making good food choices and getting moderate exercise and plenty of sleep.
Family physicians play an important role in helping to guide older patients in making healthy decisions, which is why the Health is Primary(healthisprimary.org) campaign from Family Medicine for America's Health is focusing on healthy aging for September.
To support the campaign, Health is Primary created patient handouts on staying active,(healthisprimary.org) as well as on preventive services to improve brain and body health.(healthisprimary.org) Spanish versions are available for both materials.
Healthy Lifestyle Tips
George Taler, M.D., director of long-term care for MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., told AAFP News the most important lifestyle choices older patients can make should be easy and fun: "Exercise your body, your mind and your social circle."
Story highlights
- The Health is Primary campaign from Family Medicine for America's Health is focusing on healthy aging during the month of September.
- To support the campaign, Health is Primary created patient handouts on staying active, as well as on preventive services to improve brain and body health.
- George Taler, M.D., director of long-term care for MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., told AAFP News the most important lifestyle choices older patients can make should be easy and fun: "Exercise your body, your mind and your social circle."
"Regular exercise is perhaps the best 'tonic' and beats pills any day," said Taler, who also is a professor of clinical medicine, geriatrics and long-term care at Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Taler recommends older patients work out 30 minutes a day, either in a single session or during multiple sessions, using activities such as walking, bicycling, swimming and rowing -- which are easy on the joints while still working muscles.
"Patients should be slightly winded, but not uncomfortable," he said. "Pain is nature's way of telling you to slow down."
Late-onset hypertension and diabetes are most often correctable with weight loss, said Taler, but patients need to understand that they can't lose weight without exercise.
"Many patients who develop these conditions in their 50s or 60s can reverse the problem by losing 10 percent to 20 percent of their current weight," he noted.
In addition, Taler recommends that older patients
- read both for pleasure and to expand their understanding of the world;
- join volunteer organizations and clubs to do good work and learn new things;
- stay in touch with friends and relatives, and get together with them often, to keep life interesting and fresh; and
- travel if the opportunity is available.
Healthy Diet Tips
Taler said maintaining a healthy diet is helpful in boosting older patients' health, with a focus on portion control to maintain a healthy weight.
He recommends that patients eat meals slowly, with attention to tastes and textures, enjoying each bite until they have a sense of fullness and then stopping. Patients should adjust their portions to what satisfies their hunger, not what fills their plate.
"Your body is your best guide -- listen to it," Taler said. "The more natural and fresher the food, in general, the better it is for you."
Taler also recommends that older adults avoid saturated fats or eat them only in moderation, use olive or canola oils, and -- especially -- stay clear of refined sugars and products made with highly processed flour.
"But celebrate birthdays and holidays without guilt; just learn to cheat responsibly -- ask your doctor how," he said.
Preventive Tips
When it comes to addressing cognitive decline, Taler said although it may sound peculiar: "Good heart health leads to good brain health.
"If you work your mind like a muscle and open your heart to others, you will be healthier, stronger and happier," he explained.
The Health is Primary patient handout on preventive services for brain and body health suggests that older patients update vaccinations and get screened for various cancers, diabetes and cholesterol.
Vaccinations are the most cost-effective preventive services available, Taler noted, and patients should be encouraged to get all age-appropriate shots they're eligible to receive.
He also said screening for disease is important for patients with a family history of a particular disease or for those in an age group for which screening is recommended, but he pointed out that most screening recommendations come to an end long before patients reach the end of their lives.
"Generally, after age 75 or so, if you haven't developed any of the metabolic conditions that threaten your health, and if you have avoided the common cancers, then you are one of the lucky ones who could consider basking in your good fortune rather than hanging out in the doctor's office looking for trouble," Taler quipped.
Finally, Taler said older patients need to heed the advice the Monty Python comedy troupe once made famous. "Always look on the bright side of life," he said. "Happy people live longer and enjoy the ride."
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If you've been thinking of gifting an annual pass to a local theme park or attraction to a loved one (or yourself), here are some great local Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday deals you should be aware of.
Some deals run the entire weekend, some for one day only. They are marked when they are valid. Black Friday is November 25; Small Business Saturday is November 26, and Cyber Monday is November 28, 2016.


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Annual Island Lights Festival – Friday December 7th 4:30pm
The Chamber of Commerce Annual Island Lights Festival takes place Friday December 7th starting at 4:30p.m. this festive evening begins with caroling down Spring Street by the Island Chordsmen under the direction of Angel Michaels. At 5 p.m. the switch is flipped on the famous tree at Memorial Park, and this year features all new lights! Then join the Elementary School choir singing Christmas carols under the newly lit tree. Island Rec will lead an ornament-making workshop and there will be hot chocolate and cookies for all. Also that evening, we will announce the winners of the Island Lights business lights contest. Don't miss out on this wonderful annual event!


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Jessica Villing, Department of Philosophy Linguistics and Theory of Science is defending her thesis "Towards Dialogue Strategies for Cognitive Workload Management".
Although it has been shown that drivers are less distracted when using speech interfaces compared to traditional interfaces, using voice control instead of manual controls does not completely solve the problem with distracted drivers. The interaction with the dialogue system may itself add to the driver's cognitive workload and may therefore be a safety issue. The main purpose of this thesis is to learn more about in-vehicle dialogue during various types of cognitive workload, to use this knowledge to enable safe and non-distracting dialogue system interaction in vehicles. We do this by analysing a corpus of human-human in-vehicle dialogue to learn more about the dialogue strategies used by drivers and passengers during various types of workload. We discuss the types of cognitive workload that we believe are most important to consider when studying the multitasking activity of driving and interacting with a dialogue system, and suggest a method for distinguishing different types of workload by using information about the driver's workload and driving behaviour. We found that dialogue strategies such as interruptions – in the form of silent pauses and domain switches – are used in response to the driver's cognitive workload, as well as resumption of unfinished discussions. These behaviours are analysed in order to find strategies for preventing, or shortening the duration time of, high cognitive workload. We also indicate how these strategies can be implemented in in-vehicle dialogue systems.
Opponent: Associate Professor Andrew Kun, University of New Hampshire
Link to the dissertation: https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/40178
Date: 2015-10-15 13:15 - 16:00
Location: Lilla Hörsalen, Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6
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Lessons learned at EARMA 2017: about research managers and funding strategy
May 04 2017
Patrick de Boer and Andree Schram from the ttopstart academy were delighted to participate in last week's EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) congress organised in La Valetta, Malta. Here, we will share our four most important lessons learned.
No more lastminute.com.
It was obvious that researchers form no exception to the rule that time is always of the essence. This results in research managers receiving project proposals too little, too late. A way to circumvent this is to plan better, start earlier, and have a funding strategy in place. This should guide you through the next 3-5 years and would need to be based on your strengths and weaknesses. In our well attended presentation on Tuesday we presented the ttopstart Funding Model Canvas, a tool that can support you to develop competitive funding strategies. We have seen that universities and groups with a solid strategy indeed score better both in national and international funding schemes.
Research AND Innovation.
Although this is nothing new, it was clear that the voice for innovation is still growing louder. For research managers, this means that they have to motivate their researchers to put the focus more on the innovative character of their research and base their funding strategy on this. This strategy should involve all relevant stakeholders that can contribute to the innovation process (i.e. SMEs, larger companies, NGOs, etc.). Therefore, researchers should endeavour on collaborations outside of academia (also a key aspect on the ttopstart Funding Model Canvas). EARMA made clear that this is still a big barrier for academic researchers. Research managers seek ways to support and convince them in finding these collaborations and adjust their strategies to focus on innovation.
FP9 is closer than you think.
While we are still waiting for the last work programme of H2020 (FP8) to be finalised, many thoughts and discussions were already at the next framework. At the ttopstart academy we are thrilled by this as it creates awareness amongst researchers and that can help them both to strategise (see lesson 1). Moreover, the time to influence the shaping of FP9 (i.e. topics and programmes) is now. It is advised though to lobby targeted for specific topics, as this more likely to be picked up by the EC.
Yes, success rates are lower.
It is inevitable, success rates have decreased since previous frameworks. EARMA made clear that research managers are ready to deal with that and want to equip themselves and their researchers better. Similar to our best practices this means that amongst others researchers should be coached to not submit proposals to calls in which they do not fit (i.e. a consortium type of projects submitted to ERC). Or proposals that focus on challenges that can be solved at the national level (in which case EU collaboration is not needed).
We learned plenty at EARMA and were pleased with the opportunity to get familiar with many European research managers (grant officers).
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Are you interested in the funding model canvas, PRO-ACTIV or other services of ttopstart academy? Please do not hesitate to contact us.


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New Zealands first war stamp was issued to mark the fighting of New Zealand troops in the Boer War in South Africa. This stamp was issued on 7 December 1900.
When World War I started, the New Zealand Post Office over-printed a number of ½d stamps bearing a picture of King George V with the words "War Stamp". Many countries overprinted their stamps like this in wartime, either to get the peoples support for the war or to raise money to pay some of the costs of fighting the war. At the end of World War I the New Zealand Government decided that a special stamp set should be issued to celebrate the end of the war. These were called the Victory Stamps and on the 1½d was a picture of a Maori warrior, Maori carving and some native plants. Strangely, people in Great Britain were able to buy this before New Zealanders as the stamps were sold in London in November 1919 but were not sold in New Zealand until January 1920.
The next war stamps to be sold in New Zealand were ANZAC stamps issued in 1936 to mark the 21st anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops on Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey in April 1915. The stamps were sold for double their face value with the extra being used to help soldiers returning from the war.
Then, with the ending of World War II, a special Peace Issue of 11 stamps designed by famous New Zealand stamp designer James Berry was issued on 24 October 1946. These stamps included a tribute to the Army, the Navy and Merchant Navy, the Air Force, and to people who helped the war effort at home. Also included were stamps showing Parliament Buildings, St. Pauls Cathedral, and the Royal Family.


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No Tokens Journal [1]
No Tokens is a biannually published journal celebrating work that is felt in the spine. We are run entirely by women and non-binary individuals, dedicated to featuring the words and artwork of all voices of the past, present, and future. We are here to keep stories alive. We are here to make a physical object to hold in your hands. We are paying attention.


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Thursday's only. Starting in June and ending last Thursday in August.
Enjoy an all day experience at Dan Patch Stables!! Spend the day with the horses at our one day horse camps, children between the ages of 7-16 are welcome! Offered THURSDAYS ONLY starting in June.
Price is $100 per day; 10:00-4:00
Throughout the day, children will have hands on experience with our friendly horses and staff. Activities include, but not limited to…
- basic care of horses; grooming, feeding, bathing
- parts of the horse; parts of the saddle and riding gear
- arts and crafts
- safety; the do's and do nots of horse handling
- One Hour trail ride (this is why children must be over the age of 7)
We will only accept 4 children per day for the camps-
Bring a sack lunch or we will order pizza (from dominoes)
water and a snack will be provided!
For more information please contact Jessica,
Jessica : 262-745-2359 call or text