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Issue 6-August 2012
The Authority is committed to providing quality educational opportunities to its members. Over its 17-year history, the Authority's annual Educational Forum has sought to bring together both local government officials and subject matter experts in order to listen, learn, and interact with each other.
Welcome to the 17th Annual California JPIA Risk Management Educational Forum
California JPIA Offers Scholarships to Attend the 17th Annual Risk Management Educational Forum
The City of Rosemead Gives "Back" to Employees
SB 1021: More Changes Required for Retired Annuitant Contracts
Modifications to the Fair Employment Housing Act
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Welcome to the 17th Annual California JPIA Risk Management Educational Forum
by Jonathan Shull, CEO
The Authority is committed to providing quality educational opportunities to its members. Over its 17-year history, the Authority's annual Educational Forum has sought to bring together both local government officials and subject matter experts in order to listen, learn, and interact with each other.
The Executive Committee has approved waiving member Risk Management Educational Forum registration fees in recent years, largely to help those who would otherwise be unable to afford registration, but also to encourage greater overall participation by members. Given that many member agencies continue to impose restrictions on conferences and travel, the Executive Committee is pleased to announce the creation of a Risk Management Educational Forum Scholarship Fund. The purpose of the fund is to pay for Forum lodging for a limited number of member staff who can demonstrate significant need.
For 2012, the Authority has lined up an impressive masterpiece of speakers who understand today's challenges, and are centered on the theme: The Art of Risk Management. Our legal and risk management experts will be there to present educational sessions including:
- The Fine Art of Risk Management
- Innovative Risk Leadership
- Liability Update Lessons Learned
- Employment Law
- Advanced Workers' Compensation for Better Outcomes
- Success Stories in Risk Management
- The Elected Official's Role
By now you should have received information about 2012 Educational Forum. If you have yet to register, I encourage you to consider attending the Educational Forum, which will be held at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, November 7 – 9, 2012.
There is no cost for member registration. Non-members may attend for the discounted early registration fee of $350. Accommodations at the Mark Hopkins are $199/night.
For more information and to apply for the scholarship, click here.
For more information or to register for the forum, click here.
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California JPIA Offers Scholarships to Attend the 17th Annual Risk Management Educational Forum
Registration is open for the California JPIA's 17th Annual Risk Management Educational Forum: The Art of Risk Management, to be held November 7 – 9, 2012 at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco. While there is no cost for member registration, the California JPIA is awarding a limited number of lodging scholarships for the Educational Forum in San Francisco.
To assist members unable to attend the forum due to financial limitations within their agencies, the Executive Committee has approved offering scholarships in the amount of $450 to cover hotel accommodations at the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
This is a competitive process, where those receiving scholarships will be deemed to be most deserving based on their stated desire to attend and their otherwise inability to attend. To be eligible to receive a scholarship, applicants must also:
- Be an employee of a member agency of the California JPIA
- Have supervisor or management approval to attend the forum
- Attend the forum in its entirety
- Be able to pay for any other travel related costs
Scholarship applications must be received by September 6, 2012. Chosen recipients will be notified by email on or before September 20, 2012.
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Re: Members
The City of Rosemead Gives "Back" to Employees
In an ongoing effort to provide for and protect its employees, the City of Rosemead is the latest member agency to hold an Ergonomic and Biomechanic training workshop offered by the California JPIA. Ergonomics addresses comfort, health and safety in the workplace and employs the discipline of biomechanics to improve workplace design and function. The California JPIA assists its members with training for office and field environments, plus special areas such as child care centers and recreation centers.
"We decided it was important to conduct the training due to a rise in the number of workers' compensation injuries occurring from each of the respective departments," said Kelley Kim, the Human Resources Specialist for the City. "We asked the California JPIA to create a training workshop that was customized to the departments' needs."
Attended by over 65 city workers from the Public Works, Parks and Recreation, and Public Safety divisions, the process began with an advance visit from instructor Dr. Mario Dominguez. Dr. Dominguez evaluated the working environment and the tasks required in each job, and then created training stations to reflect the various required tasks. The interactive exercise consisted of instructing and coaching employees on safe and proper posture and techniques. Participants rotated between stations and received individual evaluation and feedback from Dr. Dominguez.
"Dr. Mario Dominguez was very informative and hands-on in developing a training that our staff members were able to relate and engage in," continued Kim. The feedback from staff members was very positive, so much so that they requested we conduct an ergonomics workshop two times a year."
Backsafe® is an injury prevention program that teaches employees how to perform their specific jobs in a biomechanically correct manner. Specialized videos, active stretching and customized, job-based "Obstacle Course" workshops, break workers' bad habits and replace them with proper body mechanics and self-management techniques.
What waits at the finish line of the challenge?
Reduced injuries, less absenteeism, minimized errors, maximized productivity, and healthier employees.
For more information about the Backsafe® program, contact your agency's assigned training specialist.
Legal Matters
SB 1021: More Changes Required for Retired Annuitant Contracts
by Kelly A. Trainer and Katy A. Suttorp, Burke Williams & Sorenson, LLP
Historically, many CalPERS contracting agencies were able to provide for a smooth transition after departures of upper managers by contracting with retired annuitants under Government Code section 21221(h). Section 21221(h) had previously provided for the appointment of a retired annuitant for a limited duration to a position that required specialized skills or during an emergency to prevent stoppage of public business. However, earlier this year, AB 1028 took effect, amending section 21221(h), limiting its application to only the interim appointment of a retired annuitant while recruitment for a permanent appointee was conducted. That recruitment would need to be for a position that required specialized skills or during an emergency to prevent stoppage of public business. In addition, AB 1028 made clear that the compensation received by the retired annuitant could not exceed the "maximum published pay schedule for the vacant position." Further, AB 1028 provided that the contracting agency "shall appoint a retired person only once under" section 21221(h). Finally, while section 21221(h) had always had a 12-month limitation on appointments, employers would often work around that by re-hiring employees under the related Government Code sections 21224 or 21229. AB 1028 now prevents employers from that practice.
Complicating matters further, on June 27, 2012, the Governor enacted SB 1021 entitled "Public Safety" taking effect immediately by its terms. Buried in legislation dealing with a variety of administrative matters such as establishing a $20 fee for attorneys wishing to appear by telephone in civil litigation, are significant changes to section 21221(h). Importantly, SB 1021 imposes three major changes on the content of contracts entered into with retired annuitants hired under section 21221(h).
First, the salary of the retired annuitant is now subject to a codified formula. Specifically, section 21221(h) provides that the salary "shall not exceed the maximum monthly base salary paid to other employees performing comparable duties as listed on a published pay schedule for the vacant position divided by 173.333 to equal an hourly rate.[1]
Second, the law now provides that a retired annuitant appointed pursuant to section 21221(h) "shall not receive any benefits, incentives, compensation in lieu of benefits, or any other forms of compensation in addition to the hourly rate.[2] CalPERS has yet to provide any additional guidance on the meaning of this provision, although CalPERS recently contacted some employers to advise of the passage of SB 1021 and of CalPERS' intent to issue a circular letter on the matter in the coming months. However, the plain language of the section states that a retired annuitant cannot receive any benefits, which would include many benefits that are commonly found in interim employment contracts, such as paid sick leave, cellular phone stipends, and automobile allowances.
Third, where section 21221(h) had previously permitted the governing body of an agency employing a retired annuitant to obtain approval of an extension of temporary employment beyond 960 hours in a fiscal year from CalPERS, SB 1021 has removed that possibility. Section 21221(h), now provides that a retired annuitant appointed under section 21221(h) shall not work more than a combined total of 960 hours in any fiscal year, regardless of whether he or she works for more than one agency.[3]
For those agencies that do not currently employ any retired annuitants under section 21221(h), these changes will need to be reflected in any future contracts. However, a number of agencies have contracts currently in effect that are now in conflict with section 21221(h) – particularly the provisions regarding salary determination and fringe benefits. Neither the language of the bill nor the committee analysis provides any guidance as to the applicability of SB 1021 or its consequences for a contract currently in place. Notably, the bill does not expressly provide for any grandfathering of preexisting contracts or for a reasonable time period to come into compliance with the new legislation. The consequences of violating section 21221(h) involve at minimum, loss or interruption of retirement benefits, and at worst, reinstatement of the retired annuitant to the CalPERS system, which carries a cost to both the retired annuitant and to the employing agency.
We would advise that agencies immediately review their contracts with retired annuitants to determine if there are provisions that may now place the status of the retired annuitant in jeopardy and consult experienced legal counsel.
[1] Public employers should be aware that SB 1021 also revised section 21224, which applies to the employment of a retired annuitant either during an emergency to prevent stoppage of public business or because the retired person has specialized skills needed in performing work of a limited duration. Retired annuitants employed under section 21224 are also subject to the same salary formula as those employed under section 21221(h).
[2] This prohibition was also added to section 21224.
[3] This hours limitation was also added to section 21224.
The Court Report
Modifications to the Fair Employment Housing Act
by Tammie Haller, Human Resources Manager
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits harassment and discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex (gender), sexual orientation, marital status, national origin (including language use restrictions), ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition (cancer/genetic characteristics), age (40 and above), pregnancy, denial of medical and family care leave, or pregnancy disability leave and/or retaliation for protesting illegal discrimination related to one of these categories or for reporting patient abuse in tax supported institutions.
On June 28 Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. modified the Fair Employment Housing Act by signing into law Senate Bill 1038. To eliminate duplication and maximize efficiency, SB 1038 will modernize and take enforcement of the FEHA to a new level by:
- Eliminating the Fair Employment and Housing Commission effective Jan. 1, 2013;
- Creating within the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) the Fair Employment and Housing Council, with seven members to be appointed by the governor, confirmed by the Senate, staffed and funded by the DFEH, to promulgate regulations. The DFEH Director will serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of the council;
- Allowing DFEH to file cases directly in court. Prior to filing a civil action, DFEH will require all parties to undergo mandatory dispute resolution in the department's internal dispute resolution division, free of charge to the parties;
- Authorizing courts to award DFEH reasonable attorney fees and costs, including expert witness fees if the department is successful in its litigation. The DFEH will use the attorney general's $170 per hour rate as its fee basis; and
- Creating a special fund for the deposit of awarded attorney fees and litigation costs, to be appropriated by the Legislature to offset the costs of the department.
For more information about the DFEH and the FEHA, click here.
Risk Management Solutions
BMX Bikes and Skate Parks
by Bob May, Senior Risk Consultant
Build it and they will come. When cities embarked on creating skate parks for skateboarders in their communities many did not contemplate that others would want to use it for activities other than skateboarding, thus fueling a debate over who should be allowed to utilize the facility. Recently, city officials have been struggling with the idea of permitting BMX bikes including scooters to utilize the skate park facilities. This has produced conflicts between the groups.
Under existing California law, cities enjoy certain immunities for unsupervised skate park facilities. These immunities remain as long as cities comply with the requirements of the California Health and Safety Code 115800 as it relates to the operation of skate parks. The code does not afford the same immunities for BMX bikes or scooters. When a city deviates from the statutory requirements the lines become blurred.
Skate parks are generally designed for single use purpose. The determination of use is vested with the design professional. There are separate inherent designs standards for each group that the design professional takes into consideration when designing a facility. Cities accommodating the use of the facility other than what it is designed for creates a liability for the cities and may erode the defined immunities. It creates the potential for a finding of dangerous condition of public property, per Government Code section 835. Permitting BMX bikes or scooters within the skate park could ultimately become an act of negligence against the city for allowing the use and creating the condition.
Recently, the cities of San Clemente and Moorpark made the decision to keep their skate parks as single use skate parks and not allow BMX bikes or scooters. Since, such use absent the proper design or controls would have the potential of resulting in significant injury to either rider. Most if not all riders absent sound supervision fail to wear proper protective equipment. The cities utilized one of the membership benefits of the Authority and made their decisions after consulting with their risk consultants. The decisions were based on liability and the eroding of governmental immunities.
Authority members who allow or are considering mixed use of their skate parks are encouraged to contact their agency's assigned risk consultant.
Risk Management Solutions
Outdoor Heat Exposure
by Bob May, Senior Risk Consultant
Working outside in Southern California this week and throughout the summer months is a tough assignment. With the blistering heat exacerbated by uncharacteristic humidity, imagine spending your day chipping away at concrete with a jackhammer, paving and sealing a street, or landscaping the city park.
Site workers on outdoor worksites must cope with the daily risk of heat illnesses ranging from heat rash, to heat cramps, to heat exhaustion and heat stroke. These conditions are more than uncomfortable — they can be life threatening.
Cal/OSHA currently offers a set of standards governing conditions in hot work environments they are: Training, Water, Shade, and Planning. Agencies are required to have a heat prevention program in place including having site managers familiarize themselves with the signs of heat illness and act quickly and decisively to protect their worksite team.
Following is from OSHA's webpage "Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor Workers." OSHA has developed this webpage to provide workers and employers useful, up-to-date information on occupational heat exposure.
For more information about OSHA's "Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor Workers, click here.
Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor Workers
HEAT ILLNESS CAN BE DEADLY. Every year, thousands of workers become sick from exposure to heat, and some even die. These illnesses and deaths are preventable.
This website is part of OSHA's nationwide outreach campaign to raise awareness among workers and employers about the hazards of working outdoors in hot weather. The educational resources page gives workers and employers' information about heat illnesses and how to prevent them. There are also training tools for employers to use and posters to display at their worksites. Many of the new resources target vulnerable workers with limited English proficiency. OSHA will continue to add information and tools to this page throughout the summer.
OSHA is also partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on weather service alerts. NOAA's Heat Watch page now includes worker safety precautions when extreme heat alerts are issued.
We invite you to join in this effort by helping to reach workers and employers in your community with the resources you will find on this site.
Who is affected? Workers exposed to hot and humid conditions are at risk of heat illness, especially those doing heavy work tasks or using bulky protective clothing and equipment. Some workers might be at greater risk than others if they have not built up a tolerance to hot conditions.
What is heat illness? The body normally cools itself by sweating. During hot weather, especially with high humidity, sweating isn't enough. Body temperature can rise to dangerous levels if precautions are not taken. Heat illnesses range from heat rash and heat cramps to heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Heat stroke can result in death and requires immediate medical attention.
How can heat illness be prevented? Remember three simple words: water, rest, shade. Drinking water often, taking breaks, and limiting time in the heat can help prevent heat illness. Employers should include these prevention steps in worksite training and plans.
Gradually build up to heavy work in hot conditions. This helps you build tolerance to the heat — or become acclimated. Employers should take steps that help workers become acclimated, especially workers who are new to working outdoors in the heat or have been away from work for a week or more. Gradually increase workloads and allow more frequent breaks during the first week of work.
Also, it's important to know and look out for the symptoms of heat illness in yourself and others during hot weather. Plan for an emergency and know what to do – acting quickly can save lives!< Back to Full Issue Print Article


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Governor Mutjavikua reacts after two road accidents claimed seven over weekend
The accident-prone B2 highway between Swakopmund and Usakos claimed a total of seven lives on Sunday in two separate accidents. Both incidents occurred between Usakos and Arandis and although they occurred a few hours apart, they were in the same stretch of road.
In what can be described as one of the most horrific accidents in the Erongo Region in recent times, five people died at the scene of a head-on collision on Sunday afternoon. According to information received a Toyota sedan and a Toyota Single Cab bakkie collided. In total there were eleven people involved in the accident, five of which, including a minor, passed away.
The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. Numerous attempts to get an incident report from the Namibian police yesterday remained fruitless. The names of the deceased are yet to be announced. It was understood the deceased are three men, a woman and a young girl. Of all injured survivors, two sustained serious injuries and were in a critical condition. They were transferred to Windhoek for specialist medical intervention and care. The remaining passengers sustained less serious and minor injuries respectively.
The second fatal accident occurred about 30 Kilometres outside Usakos on the way to Arandis on the same stretch of road. It is assumed that a SUV veered off the road for unknown reasons and overturned. A total of seven people were in the vehicle and it is understood that some occupants were thrown from the vehicle. According to reports a three year old died instantly at the scene of the incident, while the remaining occupants sustained critical, serious and less serious injuries. The namib times understands that one critically injured patient was rushed to the Usakos State Hospital, but unfortunately died in the hospital due to the nature of the injuries sustain-ed. The remaining seriously injured occupants were transferred to Windhoek for specialist intervention.
After the horrific weekend on the roads in the Erongo Region, Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua expressed his profound condolence to the family members. "I also wish to reiterate what I have said in the past. Drivers must be extra vigilant and extraordinary careful on the road between Karibib and Walvis Bay," he said. The Governor added that the road is congested and it will get more congested in the future. "Karibib is a branch-in-point of various corridors. Trucks combine there and congest the road. This gets even worse once drivers reach the Uranium belt," he said and referred to the road leading from Arandis to Walvis Bay.
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NEXT DESTINATION? We are here for a while
Not much happened in our lives today. We just kicked around the park and did some odd jobs that needed to be done. I got Sues curtain up today and it looks quite nice. We are going to try to make our deck look nice in the next week or so.
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We love art and our dogs are very found of theatre, where they spend a big part of their life. They enjoy watching the play, but they always try to get involved in action. Sometimes only vocally, but often they try to go on stage uninvited. Sometimes they are modeling in art projects and in fashion project. Here is a bit of their life in art.
Dharma, Ralph and Marcel Proust
Dharma and Ralph took part in the project "Practices in reading" – virtual magazine with essays, interviews and short film impressions about third part "A la recherche du temps perdus". The magazine (in polish) is available free in the link below and here are some pictures. Pictures and films were made by Paweł Czarnecki.
Apelu – Molly and pupps as fashion models
Irish Terries in my sisters fashion butique project: handmade woollen clothes from italian craftswoman. My dogs love wool so when photos are taken they are in woolheaven.
During rehersal, in wardrobes, on audience, and trying to mimic a part of decoration. If You wish to get more info about my theatre work, see the link below.


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Being an accounting of the recent and continuing pandemic and its various circumstances, from the perspective of an inhabitant of the regions lately called the Lost Quarter. Dates unknown.
Day One Hundred Sixty Two
It occurs to me that it has been some time since I wrote about the dread lord and really gave consideration to his continued presence in the Lost Quarter. That is not because his depredations have ceased or that I, or anyone really, has lowered their guard against him. It is just that those measures have become matter of fact, barely noticed, like slipping on shoes before going outside.
Of course autumn nears, as the chill that greets us each morning reminds, and with it will come schools reopening and a return to the indoors. I imagine we will all become hardier sitting upon patios and park benches as temperatures drop, but even the toughest among us will have to draw the line when the snow comes and winter with it.
What will happen then, when we can no longer wander outdoors as a distraction and a relief? Perhaps we as members of this great wintry dominion will embrace the cold as never before. We will spend time outside and find that it isn't really so bad. Though on those days when the temperature plummets near forty below, one can hardly linger.
Secluding ourselves will only last for so long, especially in those darkest months of winter. And so we will gather and mingle indoors, perhaps not in quite the numbers we did before, but still enough that the grippe reborn will find his way among us. If things go badly we will be back to where we started, trapped in our homes, waiting to see if the dread lord can slip through our defences.
It is exhausting to think about, as everything seems to be these days. And so instead we try to enjoy these last days of summer as best we can.


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Sometimes awesome upgrades cause me more work, although they are pretty awesome.
One of my new goals is to go to opening night at the gallery every time I have a piece in that show that is close enough for me to go to. Saturday was one of those nights for the Shades Of Red show at one of the local galleries and they have updated their art labeling system with QR code's so people can just scan them and poof they get right to the artist's website. Pretty cool stuff right? Yeah, I thought so too.
So, what's the problem? Well, my website has taken a bit of a back burner while I have been working on my book. Now I need to do some major updates. As they were talking about the updates to the modern gallery I'm standing there wondering how I am going to update my website to feature the photos currently on display. I'm so focused on thinking about my website that I let out a very unprofessional "huh" when they call my name and ask me to talk a bit about one of my photos that is in the front room of the gallery and is creating creating quite a buzz just before passing me the microphone. Thankfully I regained my composure quickly and managed to NOT sound like a complete idiot.
Lessons learned…
1. Always pay attention to what is going on.
2. Keep your website updated (last update was in September just before I went to the UK).
3. Be prepared to talk about each piece when I'm the featured artist in April. Some have nice stories. Some not so much. Some are boring like I just cleaned my lens and went to take some photos in my yard to make sure I got all the spots off. Beautiful photos, boring story. No deep meanings here. But I can tell you how I was feeling and what I was thinking when I took every photo.
For your viewing pleasure here is the photo creating the buzz. It's really gorgeous in person.
This photo is on the promotional flyer for the Shades of Red show (it's mine too)
I also have a third piece in this show it's an actual sunset when the Napa Valley was on fire. We were a few miles outside of the evacuation zone so we were ok, but the air was chunky.


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Group Members
Principal Investigator Professor Kirsi Pyhältö
Professor Kirsi Pyhältö is professor of educational sciences in the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oulu, and research director in the Centre for Research and Development of Higher Education at the University of Helsinki. She is expert in the area of researcher education and careers. Her research interest include doctoral education, supervision, researcher communities and post-doctoral careers. She as published over 50 articles and text-books on the area of doctoral education and researcher careers. Over the years Pyhältö has lead several externally funded research projects on the topic, in collaboration with her colleagues. Currently, she is conduction extensive comparative research on doctoral and post-doctoral experience among European early career researchers in collaboration with prof. Lynn McAlpine (University of Oxford) and prof. Montserrat Castello (University Ramon Llull). The project involves data collection from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, UK, and Spain. Pyhältö has been also involved in launching, developing and implementing training for doctoral supervisors in the University of Helsinki and Oulu. She is founding co-coordinator of EARLI Special Interest Group 24: Researcher Education and Careers.
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Jenna Vekkaila, PhD, is a lecturer in university pedagogy, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research interests include doctoral education and researcher training; learning, engagement, wellbeing and the scholarly community
Yusuke Sakurai, PhD is a project lecturer at the Center for International Exchange, the University of Tokyo, Japan. He received his PhD from the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests are students' learning experiences in higher education, international education, particularly international doctoral students' engagement and future self-visions.
Erika Löfström, PhD, works as Vice-Rector for Development with special focus on innovation in education Tallinn University and as research fellow at Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki. She is specialized in research ethics and academic integrity. In 2011-2016 her project "Teaching and Learning Academic Integrity in Social Sciences" was funded by the Academy of Finland, and she is currently (2016-2019) partner in the Horizon 2020 –funded project ENERI bringing together expertise and scholarship on research ethics and integrity. Her ethics and integrity projects involve research on ethical issues in doctoral training.
Viivi Virtanen, PhD, works as senior lecturer in higher education, at the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, at the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include doctoral education in STEM disciplines, especially in biological and environmental sciences. Further, her research focuses on qualitative investigations into early career researchers' engaging and disengaging experiences. Hence, she is particularly interested in factors influencing academic engagement, and the ways that the research results can inform educational development.
Jouni Peltonen, PhD, works as a university lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Oulu. His research interests are in the doctoral education, theory and philosophy of education, and both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Solveig Cornér, M.A.(Educ.), is a PhD student and belong to the Doctoral Programme in Psychology, Learning and Communication at the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. Her doctoral thesis concerns doctoral student supervision and the interrelation between the different elements of supervision and burnout in postgraduate education in both a Finnish and a Nordic context.
Auli Toom, PhD., Adjunct Professor, works at the Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research in the field of doctoral education focuses on the factors contributing to PhD process and on supervisory relationships.
National Collaborators
Sari Lindblom-Ylänne, PhD, is Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning. Her research interests include doctoral education. She has carried out research on international doctoral students' study engagement and factors affecting it.
Kai Hakkarainen, PhD, works as professor in the Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki. His research interests include studies doctoral education from the perspective of collective creativity of academic knowledge creation. Toward that end he collects interview data from leaders of scientific research communities representing natural and education sciences as well as doctoral students growing up in these communities. He is especially interested in examining how young students can be socialized to practices of international publication through article-based dissertations.
Kirsti Lonka, PhD, is professor of educational psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland. She is also Extraordinary Professor in Optentia Research Focus Area, North West University, South Africa. Her research interests in the area of doctoral education, include PhD students' academic writing, engagement and learning. She gives workshops on "How to help doctoral students to finish their theses" and "How to lead a research team". Her current research interest cover epistemologies, learning in the digital era and innovative practices in schools and higher education.
International Collaborators
Lynn McAlpine, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Higher Education Development at the University of Oxford and Professor Emerita at McGill University. Her research examines how doctoral students and PhD graduates prepare for and navigate their careers both in and outside the academy. She regularly draw on this research into the experiences of PhD students, postdocs, and pre-tenure academics (along with that of others) to help inform both institutional policy and individual practice.
Montserrat Castelló, PhD. is a Professor in Educational Psychology at Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona, Spain. Her research activity and publications focus on Academic Writing Strategies and identity of Early Career Researchers and she is especially interested in collaborative revision of academic activity and writing regulation in situated learning communities.
Juha Nieminen, MPsych, PhD, works as an educational developer at Karolinska Institutet. Much of his work focuses on doctoral education and the training of doctoral supervisors. His research interests include student learning and motivation, doctoral education and supervision, and the development of clinical skills
Søren S.E. Bengtsen, PhD, is Associate Professor at Centre for Teaching Development and Digital Media, Aarhus University, Denmark. His main areas of research include doctoral education and supervision, higher education, and educational philosophy. Dr. Bengtsen is the primary responsible researcher and developer within the area of doctoral education and supervision at the Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University. He has developed, and is running, the courses in doctoral supervision for doctoral supervisors and doctoral students at the Faculty of Arts, and he works in close collaboration with the Graduate School Arts around the links between the organisational infrastructure of the Graduate School and the doctoral pedagogy and curriculum in the PhD. Dr. Bengtsen has conducted observational and interview studies of doctoral supervision and its pedagogical and organisational implications at Aarhus University and the University of Oxford.
Liezel Frick, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum Studies and the director of the Centre for Higher and Adult Education at the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Her research interests are within the broader field of doctoral education, with a particular focus on aspects of doctoral creativity and originality, learning during the doctorate, and doctoral supervision. Liezel is a member of the International Doctoral Education Research Network (IDERN), as well as the Special Interest Group of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) on Researcher Education and Careers. In 2015 she received the Best African Accomplished Educational Researcher Award for 2013-2014 by the African Development Institute (ADI) and the Association for the Development of Education in South Africa (ADEA). She currently holds a South African National Research Foundation Y2 rating.


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The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 19 of 22 Previous Post Next Post…Read More
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We're into March and the weather continues to be as unpredictable as NHL hockey. Live music is still down the road and hopefully will see some growth when the weather gets better. Until then we have to satisfy ourselves with live streaming and new music releases from Canada's greatest undiscovered and perpetual talents.
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My first AirBnB guest has arrived. A Brooklyn girl from NYC. A very young (emphasis on the word "young"), freelance film producer who has one of her works showing at the Female Eye Film Festival. Jessica has never been to Toronto before although this is the second time one of her films has been selected to show. With only two full days, unfortunately she won't have an opportunity to really experience The Big Smoke. However, she was asking me if I knew any clubs with live music…..REALLY!!!


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Captains of Zaatari
Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2020
After fleeing the war in Syria, best friends Mahmoud and Fawzi have spent the last five years in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp. Though they both have little sense of what the future may hold for them, they focus their energy on their shared love—soccer. Despite the dire circumstances in the camp, the pair practice day in and day out, firmly believing that playing professional football is their ticket to freedom and a brighter future. When Aspire Academy, one of the world's leading sports academies, arrives to pick players for an international tournament in Qatar, the friends seize their chance.
The visiting scouts quickly identify Mahmoud as a promising talent and fly him to Doha, while Fawzi has an anxious delay due to a selection technicality. Reunited, the friends train hard for the most important day of their burgeoning careers—a televised match that will be watched by their families back in Za'atari thanks to a hastily erected satellite dish. A profoundly authentic and human story, 'Captains of Zaatari' highlights the real struggles faced by people uprooted and displaced by conflict. As Mahmoud himself succinctly proclaims at the post-match press conference, refugees don't need pity; they need opportunities.
About the Director
Farah Nabulsi is an Academy Award Nominated and BAFTA Award Winning Palestinian British filmmaker. She started working in the film industry as a writer and producer of short fiction films. These include 'Today They Took My Son', endorsed by British Director Ken Loach and screened at the United Nations. 'The Present', her directorial debut, which she also co-wrote and produced, premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2020 and won the coveted Audience Award for Best International Film. It went on to win over 40 International Film Festival Jury and Audience Awards, a BAFTA Award and an Oscar Nomination. 'The Present' was licensed internationally, including with Canal+ and Netflix Worldwide. Farah has been invited to serve as a jury member at a number of film festivals and as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Ali El Arabi is a documentary director and producer who has worked with Dream TV (Egypt), ZDF, Stern TV Germany, and National Geographic. In 2015 El Arabi set up Ambient Light—a Cairo-based production company that focuses on topics relevant to the MENA region, such as refugee displacement and women's and children's rights. His directorial debut, 'Captains of Zaatari', was at Sundance as an entry for the World Documentary Competition, and the film was named one of the best 15 films at Sundance by Variety.
- Director
- Ali El Arabi
- Screenwriter
- Farah Nabulsi, Hind Shoufani
- Producer
- Ali El Arabi
- Editor
- Menna El Shishini
- Co-Producer
- Michael Henrichs, Amjad Abu Alala, Aya Dowara
- Music
- Adam Benobaid
- Cinematographer
- Mahmoud Basher
- Sales Company
- Dogwoof Sales
- Distributor
- Film Clinic Indie Distribution
- Cast
- Saleh Bakri, Maryam Kanj


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Sometimes a show's worth its admission price alone just to enjoy the building is calls home. This much is true of Horslen and Risebero's production of Dickens' classic tale (possibly the one thousandth in the capital this month), albeit there is no traditional theatre to speak of; rather the history-entrenched, bygone-era grandeur of Middle Temple Hall. For the unacquainted, even the time-transportive walk to and from the hall is a pleasant surprise, and once inside, the building inspires awe and exudes warmth, interchanging with something ghastly and church-like when all the lights go out during this show's supernatural scenes, with the high ceiling lending a useful echo. As a staging device in itself it's a unique opportunity and the team makes good use of it.
The location throws up a few limitations of course: the hall isn't as big as it at first appears, thus a relatively small audience sits in rows mere feet from the action observing from the left, the right and straight ahead. This undoubtedly lends an air of intimacy – even if it does sometimes overlap into school play rehearsal.
What's more, the close proximity between cast and audience means any below par performances are magnified. Bell as Scrooge definitely makes the show with a high quality, textbook performance (you'd be forgiven for thinking he plays the role every year, so comfortable and confident is he in it) but he's let down somewhat by some of his colleagues.
Elliot Fitzpatrick as Scrooge's nephew Fred is endearingly smiley, and there are good efforts elsewhere to speak of, but none come close to matching Bell's charisma, or indeed the projection of his voice. Even in such close proximity a lot of the dialogue seems whispered and the singing thin – give or take a few sweetly harmonised carols – and all of it's drowned out by the very dodgy and clunky sound system providing the festive soundtrack, which sounds like a dusty old cassette from the 90s turned up so loud it made me jump every time it came on. I don't wish to state the obvious but live music would've been infinitely better-suited to the venue.
I'll get my few other complaints out the way quickly: some of the costumes were quite poor. The ghosts wear suspiciously homemade-looking, Blue Peter-esque chains; while the Ghost of Christmas Past's highly flammable white gown and matching wig looked abrasive to the touch, and better suited to a cheap and cheerful panto. Furthermore Katie Lovell isn't animated enough in the role: she's definitely graceful and delicate, but there's nothing imposing, otherworldly or bizarre about her performance. As a jolly Ghost of Christmas Present Tom Murphy's performance is 100% rooted in comedy, to the giggling approval of the rest of the audience (but not me per se…); the masked, cloaked individual as the mute Ghost of Christmas Future inevitably steals the show, and it was only upon his (her? its?) arrival that I realised how much my interest had been previously waning (at two and a half hours including interval, this one's a bit of a mission).
Actually, ignore that – it's the angelic Ewan Gutherie as Tiny Tim who steals the show, and his innocent delivery of the play's most immortal line is a suitably heartwarming standout moment. In hindsight and comparatively, it's interesting to observe that the other version of A Christmas Carol of note on in London at the moment – a one man show starring Simon Callow on excellent form – lacks a certain emotional punch not having a child on stage. It's probably unwise and unfair to draw comparisons beyond this – suffice it to say, like its competitor, Horslen and Risebero's production is definitely worth checking out, albeit for different reasons.


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California doesn't just boast warm climes, it offers warm architecture to match. The Mission Revival train station in Davis has everything you'd hope for in a Californian building: warm stucco walls, arcades along three sides, and accompanying palm trees.
But why Mission Revival? At the end of the nineteenth century, California architects began to look locally for inspiration rather than abroad or to the East Coast. The Spanish Colonial mission heritage of the Southwest was revived in the Mission Revival style, which mimicked the historic missions in the use of stucco walls, towers, and deep window and door openings. The Santa Fe Railway took on the Mission Revival style for their railway buildings and hotels, and the Southern Pacific followed suit. It was the Southern Pacific Architectural Bureau that designed the Davis train station and accompanying control tower in 1913.
Today the Davis station is still on an important route, sitting between San Francisco and Sacramento. It is a welcome sight coming out of the snowy Sierras to see the warm stucco building framed by palm trees, and its location in Davis's walkable downtown is small town perfection.
Sources and Further Reading:
Interested in train stations? I previously wrote about the Reno train station here. I've also written about Pullman, a rail company town, here, here, and here (what can I say? I love Pullman!).
The Davis train station on The Great American Stations.
There is a nice summary (with examples) of the Mission Revival style on the National Park Service website for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Visiting Davis? I recommend this compilation of historic buildings in the downtown area.
Check out the Davis station on Amtrak's route map.


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Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank said their merger talks had ended, with execution risks, restructuring costs and capital requirements dashing German attempts to create a mega-bank.
After nearly six weeks of talks, Germany's two largest banks announced today that high-level negotiations about a tie-up had ended.
"We have concluded that this transaction would not have created sufficient benefits to offset" the risks and costs, Deutsche Bank's chief executive Christian Sewing said in comments echoed by his Commerzbank counterpart Martin Zielke.
The prospect of a merger met fierce opposition from the workforce, with unions fearing 30,000 job losses, and concerns of investors and regulators.
German government officials, led by Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, have pushed for a tie-up to create a national banking champion and end questions over the future of both banks, which have struggled to recover since the financial crisis.
Shares in Commerzbank were 2.2% lower this morning, while Deutsche Bank's were up 4.4%.
The inability to craft a deal will increase pressure on Deutsche Bank to make more radical changes, such as cuts to its US investment bank that regulators and some major investors have been advocating.
Deutsche is already looking at a deal for its asset management unit.
"Deutsche Bank will continue to review all alternatives," Germany's largest bank said.
Employees of both banks immediately welcomed the news.
However, one senior manager at Commerzbank acknowledged the failure opens the door to further uncertainty as foreign competitors approach.
"It is clear that others will now come out of the woodwork with offers and ideas," the manager said.
Commerzbank's chief executive Martin Zielke has told employees that "the alternative of doing nothing is not an option".
Both Unicredit and ING Groep have expressed interest in Commerzbank, which is Germany's second biggest lender, sources have said.
Some major Deutsche Bank investors had questioned the deal's logic and were unwilling to step up with any extra cash to get it done, while credit ratings agencies had warned of risks.
The European Central Bank would have asked Deutsche Bank to raise fresh funds before it gave the go-ahead for a merger, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
And the ECB's single supervisory board had not received a formal application from the banks about a merger, another source had said.
Deutsche Bank today also published preliminary earnings in which it said it expects to post a first-quarter net profit of about €200m, beating analysts' expectations of €29m.


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Allow admin access to Power Platform through Partner Centre when the user also exists as a Guest User
Currently, Microsoft Partners access Dynamics 365 and other Power Apps administrative and development features through the Partner Centre > Customer > Service Management area. This allows Partner Developers to make changes in Dynamics or PowerApps as "Delegated Admin", equivalent to a global admi...
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Organize Solutions in Folders
It would be helpful to be able to organize solutions into folders in the Maker Portal. Even one layer of grouping would allow developers/makers to keep multiple projects/customizations separate, make things easier to find, and to avoid confusion among teams. Additionally, allowing role assignme...
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Tracing of PCF Controls
With the raising usage of PCF Controls in Model Driven and Canvas Apps, the usage of those Controls would be helpful to analyze
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Solution Duplicate Copies in Micorosft Power Platform
Solutions in MSFT - Need to create duplicate copies of Solution in same environment similar to cloning of the Power Automate Flows. To reuse the Solution as a Template for all the processes that are to be developed. As per what...
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Monthly Export Option
Right now we can export all the data of the different installations and products. a filter option for e.g. monthly reporting would be helpful to generate the data
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Tracing of Web Resource
Some of our ISV extensions are located in Web Resources as HTML code, like an Application. the usage of those Applications / Web Resources would be also helpful to improve the user experience
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Integration ISV Studio with Dynamics 365 for Sales
With having access to the Installation information of AppSource leads it would be a good improvement to get a link or other integration to the Dynamics 365 for Sales lead record. In case of a failure it's much easier to access the necessary contact data and follow up information through Sales mo...
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Janna's natural voice is warm, bright and enthusiastic lending itself incredibly well to any kind of narration. Her natural neutral British sound is particularly popular with corporate clients and is well-suited to an e-learning, telecommunications, TV documentary style. As a professional actress Janna is able to produce a diverse range of quirky character voices and has voiced animation. She also has a friendly Northern lilt that can be particularly preferable in a commercial setting.
Janna trained as an actor on the One Year Course at Drama Studio London in 2010 where she received excellent voice training. Radio classes were led by Voice over talent Peter Craze and Jilly Bond; this was where Janna first got to grips with performance for microphone, microphone technique and recording conditions. She has recently been consulting with Nick Clinch from Notable Voices on all things home studios to improve her professional development.
Janna has worked on several corporate projects. She has voiced character based e-learning and hosted/instructed on an e-learning online game. She has become the regular voice for Telecommunications company Blu-Wireless for internal video spots. She has voiced several characters for an animated feature release date TBC (under NDA).
Janna is also a confident singer and owns a home studio.


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Source: BES Engineering
Taiwan broke ground on its first artificial intelligence (AI) park in New Taipei City on August 13. When completed in 2023, the Tucheng AI Science Park will cover an area of 53,000 square meters and feature four 17-story buildings.
Expected to generate about 13,000 jobs, it will also boast the only sky track in an industrial district.
The US$462 million project aims to tap into Taiwan's software talent and create a space local startups and international AI manufacturers and service providers.


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"This prompt challenges you to find a poem, and then write a new poem that has the shape of the original, and in which every line starts with the first letter of the corresponding line in the original poem. If I used Roethke's poem as my model, for example, the first line would start with "I," the second line with "W," and the third line with "A." And I would try to make all my lines neither super-short nor overlong, but have about ten syllables. I would also have my poem take the form of four, seven-line stanzas. I have found this prompt particularly inspiring when I use a base poem that mixes long and short lines, or stanzas of different lengths. Any poem will do as a jumping-off point, but if you're having trouble finding one, perhaps you might consider Mary Szybist's "We Think We Do Not Have Medieval Eyes" or for something shorter, Natalie Shapero's "Pennsylvania."
I chose the poem it-is-enough-to-enter by Todd Boss from the Poetry Foundation website. I could have gone so many ways with this poem. Choosing which way was the toughest choice. I hope you enjoy the path I took.
My poem is titled –
It is NOT necessary
to be smart or popular to
have a kind heart and a listening
ear. There's no need
to experience poverty to do charity
and there's no need to die to understand the dying as there's
no need to lose to understand what losing feels like
Thank God! He did not chose you to experience such agony but
remember that He may have chosen you to be the
One to reach out to someone
who needs someone. You don't
have to know the intricacies of the human
brain or
understand the workings of
the human heart. You don't have to be a doctor or a psychic
to understand humanity and
it is not necessary that you have a solution.
It is enough
that you're willing to be there and all
you have to do is show you care
not by talking. You need
to pay attention to the words said
and listen to the words left unsaid.
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"The David Johnson Show" - The Veteran Talk Show - continues with a heartbreaking episode of loss and suicide with U.S. Army Veteran Cindy McNally and Marine Corps Veteran Andrew Farrer, both of who are currently involved with Irreverent Warriors, a non-profit organization that works to bring veterans together using humor and camaraderie to improve mental health and prevent veteran suicide.
In the first half of the episode, Cindy and Andrew share details about their military background and the trials they both faced in tackling life's challenges. The second half of the program covers their work with Irreverent Warriors, and how they create meaningful connections for Veterans through Silkies Hikes. These are amazing community events for active duty men and women and veterans to get together to hike, connect, promote community and raise awareness for suicide prevention and other traumas faced by vets.
Watch episode 2 of "The David Johnson Show" below or on our YouTube channel to see the amazing camaraderie that exists in the veteran community. Read more about Cindy and Andrew below the video clip.
Cindy McNally bio
Cindy McNally is President/CEO of Irreverent Warriors, designed for active-duty soldiers and veterans. She is also a founding member and past president of WilCo Blue Star Mothers, an organization with the mission to support other military parents.
Cindy came from a military family, having seen both her uncle (Marine in Vietnam) and father (36 years in Texas Army National Guard) serve their country well. She joined the Army in 1978, straight out of high school and into Fort Jackson. Her class was only the U.S. Army's 2nd class of co-ed basic training, and "they were still trying to figure things out then" remembers Cindy in the clip.
After two uneventful years as an admin clerk, she joined the Texas Army National Guard, where she received her commission and stayed on as a tack officer. She eventually met a Marine who became a fighter pilot and eventually married him. They were married 22 years, raising three children, and her husband flew for America Airlines for 21 years. Sadly, her husband had insurmountable psychological issues that resulted in him taking his own life in 2007. From this experience, she became deeply involved in helping veterans through her non-profit organizational work.
Andrew Farrer bio
Andrew Farrer, now active with Irreverent Warriors, joined the Marines at age 26, and served in 2005/2006 in Iraq, fighting in Al-Karmah and Ramadi. He received a Purple Heart in 2006, having received shrapnel in his foot during a patrol.
In the program, Andrew shares some of the duties of working in these pivotal wars. "We did posts, we did patrols, I fired my gun a lot, I cleaned it a lot, I walked a lot, and we lost a lot of guys in that time," remembers Andrew. Like Cindy's sad experience, Andrew also lost his father, a Lt. Commander in the Navy, to suicide while he was in boot camp.


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Dear Laney Community,
I've struggled to write something to you all that adequately articulates my anger and pain over the abhorrent act of excessive force and police brutality that killed George Floyd. While I am outraged, absolutely outraged, about the murder of George Floyd, I am also angry with the institutions and individuals who have suddenly found their voice (now that there are visuals), to denounce the appalling history of racist harassment, assault and violence that is rooted so deeply in the legacy of the United States.
The epidemic of police violence against Black people and other communities of color is not new. According to a police shooting database tracked by The Washington Post since January 1, 2015, 1,252 Black people have been shot and killed by the police—and these are just the ones we know of. And it should be no surprise to anyone that Black Americans are killed by police at a much higher rate than White Americans—more than twice—when they account for less than 13 percent of the population of the United States.
George Floyd sadly joins the list of too many who have lost their lives because there has been a lack of accountability, a lack of outrage, and a lack of taking responsibility to make true reform by listening to the voices in the community.
The epidemic of police violence against Black people and other communities of color is a product of white supremacist systems, structures and conditions that withhold access to basic human rights. It is only when we no longer condone — through action or inaction — the terror and intimidation seen in the laws, policies, and allocation of resources nationwide that we can see change.
These systems and structures also perpetuate othering and create the conditions for fissures in and among communities that detract from solidarity and action. When will we focus on what matters—racial injustice, reform of the criminal injustice system, economic injustice, LGBTQIA+ and human rights, voting rights, police brutality, environmental injustice, access to healthcare and a quality education? Of course, this is not an exhaustive list of areas where these dynamics influence outcomes.
Here in Oakland, a White child born in the Oakland Hills has a life expectancy of 85; whereas, a Black child born in West Oakland has a life expectancy of 70 — 15 fewer years. Data also says that 27 percent of Black families in California live below the poverty line ($24,399 annual household income) in comparison to 16 percent of all California families.
California Community Colleges serve 72 percent of all Black undergraduates with CSU and UC at nine (9) percent and three (3) percent respectively. Over 20 percent of our student community at Laney identify as Black/African-American, and that number doesn't include those who identify as multi-racial. But if we look at our success rates as a system, we must realize our role as well. Of Black students in California Community Colleges only:
- Three (3) percent transfer within two (2) years;
- 35 percent transfer within six (6) years; and
- 37 percent earn a certificate, degree or transfer within six (6) years.
However, recent research from the RP Group's Through the Gate Study shows that once Black students have achieved key milestones at or near the "transfer gate", 75 percent of them actually transfer—the highest of any ethnic group.
I continue to believe in the mission, vision and values of the California Community Colleges and the work we do here at Laney College. I've shared many times before that I believe our collective work is the antidote to these systems, structures and conditions, but we must be willing to continue to evaluate how our college struggles within this same context and remain committed to our own change and transformation—both individually and collectively.
As we each deal with the different emotions and needs that may arise, I want to encourage us to find ways for us to talk, share, heal, and design collective solutions. We are working together districtwide to create venues and spaces for these conversations. Please look out for more information.
I know this history, these systemic issues and these events continue to retraumatize many of you and want to encourage you to reach out and access our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that offers an array of resources to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
Let our collective uprising be a recommitment to ensuring access to a quality education that provides students and employees with the opportunity to be free from harm and assault, have access to economic security, and the emotional safety to learn and work.
Let us remember that justice is a verb, not a noun.
Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson
Laney College


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Jamey Johnson To Release Deluxe Vinyl Version Of 'The Guitar Song'
September 14, 2010 at 6:49 AM (PT)
MERCURY/NASHVILLE artist JAMEY JOHNSON's new two-disc collection, "The Guitar Song," hits stores TODAY (9/14), and next week fans can look for a deluxe version of the album, a three LP black-and-white vinyl set, to be released next TUESDAY (9/21). The vinyl album features a deluxe lyric and picture booklet, and it's available now to pre-order at AMAZON.com.
JOHNSON will also be featured in a 30-minute TV special entitled "The Guitar Song," which premieres on GAC-TV this SATURDAY (9/18) at 1:30p (ET). Fans who missed JAMEY's performance on CBS-TV's "Late Show With DAVID LETTERMAN" last week can click here to check it out.
For more info, see www.jameyjohnson.com.


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All the Queen's Men - Music for Elizabeth I (Sarum Consort, Mackay)Show recording details
Release Date: March 2011
Originally recorded in 2011
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I'm still making my way around the Ring of Kerry, but I simultaneously find myself halfway across Côte d'Ivoire.
I have to admit that this stretch of the Virtual African Loop has felt long. I don't know why that should be. It's not the largest country I'll have virtually crossed.
Maybe it's just that I've already picked out some recipes I'd like to try from Ghana, so I'm anxious to get there.
Soon, anyway.
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Fox News isn't known for taking criticism well. The conservative cable network is fiercely protective of its image and will respond harshly to public attacks, typically in the form of an all-hands-on-deck pushback against whoever dared slight them. Whenever the Obama White House, for example, offers an unflattering assessment of Fox's news coverage, the network will whip itself into journalistic high dudgeon, throw the criticism right back in the administration's face, complain that it is under assault by the president, and argue that Obama is merely chafing at the fact that Fox tells the HARD TRUTHS that the administration would rather avoid. "It's a lot easier for the president to demonize Fox News – which tells the truth – than it is for him to stress personal responsibility to the liberal precincts who don't want to hear it," Bill O'Reilly clucked this past May after Obama dinged Fox for its absurd and insulting coverage of poverty issues. When you attack Fox, you're inviting harsh blowback.
Unless, of course, you're Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, in which case the normally pugnacious network will unilaterally disarm and hasten to make peace with you. After last week's Fox-hosted Republican primary debate, in which the moderators pressed Trump on his financial and moral bankruptcies, The Donald embarked on a scorched-earth public relations campaign against the network generally and primetime host Megyn Kelly specifically. Trump doesn't take criticism well either, and he took the fight to Fox News chief Roger Ailes, vowing to never appear on Ailes' programs again and making a point to appear on just about every television network this past weekend except Fox News. And, as Joan Walsh writes this morning, Ailes quickly surrendered and pressed Trump for a ceasefire.
What happened that left Ailes so uncharacteristically unnerved? As reported by New York Magazine's Gabriel Sherman, Fox's audience was firmly in Trump's camp:
Ailes's diplomacy was the result of increasing concern inside Fox News that Trump could damage the network. Immediately following Thursday's debate, Fox was deluged with pro-Trump emails. The chatter on Twitter was equally in Trump's favor. "In the beginning, virtually 100 percent of the emails were against Megyn Kelly," one Fox source, who was briefed on the situation, told me. "Roger was not happy. Most of the Fox viewers were taking Trump's side."
This should not have come as a surprise to Ailes or anyone at Fox News, given that the network has been hyping Trump's political future for years. Fox News was unabashedly pro-Trump right up to the moment the debate started. Roger Ailes turned Donald Trump into someone Fox News viewers would love, so naturally when they tried to kill off this beloved character they'd created, the blowback was intense.
In response, Fox News – which had drawn heaps of praise from journalists for its hard-nosed confrontation with Trump – sanitized and scaled back its Trump coverage of the Republican frontrunner's sexist and insulting broadsides against Fox News employees. "After Trump started complaining," CNN's Brian Stelter wrote, "Fox dramatically ratcheted down its coverage of the candidate. The channel barely covered Trump's criticisms of the moderators Kelly, Chris Wallace and Bret Baier."
You're unlikely to see a better demonstration of where Fox News' priorities lie. The network provoked a confrontation with an influential and ambitious political figure – something you would expect a news outlet to do – but immediately backed off out of concern that keeping up pressure on Trump would hurt its brand and bottom line. Ask yourself this: when was the last time you saw the head of a news network negotiate with a public figure over how they should be covered? Because that's what Ailes did, and Trump clearly got the better of the agreement. The détente led to absurd moments like this one from last night, in which Trump attack dog Michael Cohen informed Sean Hannity that the Trump debate controversy is over, and Hannity happily agreed:
HANNITY: OK. Let's go to the controversy surrounding the debate. And there's been a lot of back and forth since the debate. But you have some news to tell us that it's kind of over.
COHEN: It is over. Mr. Trump and Roger Ailes spoke today. Mr. Trump has been assured by Roger Ailes that he's going to be treated fairly and equally, and the entire incident with Megyn Kelly is now over. Nothing else to report on that.
HANNITY: And I'll be talking to him tomorrow, which is -- we're looking forward to seeing him.
Megyn Kelly, for her part, issued her statement on the Trump fiasco last night, refusing to respond to Trump's grossly sexist remarks but also saying that she "will not apologize for doing good journalism." Fair enough. Roger Ailes and the rest of her colleagues are doing the apologizing for her.


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An underwater scene in oil on panel featured a trio of blue-skinned nymphs with seaweed hair, tentacle-like fingers and toes—and in one case, an extra limb sporting a fashionable platform shoe. One figure stretches a foot toward the rocky ocean floor; another drifts upward in pursuit of a school of sparkling jellyfish. Works on paper, incorporating delicate line drawing, rubber stamping, painting, and collage, depicted more hybrid beings, including a party-frocked Devi flirting with a muscled green demon and a giant dodo bird with the head of a woman squatting forlornly on a tropical island.
Banerjee's eye-popping sculptures, made from new, cheap, brightly colored materials, included the self-descriptive A Mad Woman, an Eternal Eve, a Monkey cheated leaped, from limb to limp in open air, curled a mischievous and bulbous melancholy in tail that sailed and with a single cough, a sudden drip, a curtain of bubbles, tears spilled to send land liquids, fertilizer, all fluid migrations leaking abroad and across (2012). In other words, belonging nowhere can also mean belonging everywhere.
A version of this story originally appeared in the September 2015 issue of ARTnews on page 81.


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The humble pine cone is more than a holiday decoration. It's an ancient form of tree sex. Flowers may be faster and showier, but the largest living things in the world? The oldest? They all reproduce with cones.
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Do pine cones have seeds?
"There are two different types of cones," says Bruce Baldwin, professor of plant biology at University of California, Berkeley. "There's seed cones and pollen cones. The pollen cones are relatively tiny. The seed cone gets to be much larger and takes three years to develop and release seeds so you can often see pine cones of three different stages of development on a single tree."
Why do pine cones open and close?
Early in their development, the scales open slightly for a short time to grant access to wind-borne pollen released from smaller pollen cones. After receiving the pollen, the female cones close back up until the seeds are fertilized and mature. Once they are, the scales reopen allowing the wind to disperse the winged seeds.
What are the oldest living trees?
Conifers are some of the oldest plants in the forest. And they were once much more diverse than they are today. But since the evolution of flowering plants, their diversity has plummeted. Today only about 0.3 percent of all the species of seed plants have cones. Flowering plants have taken over most of the warmer, wetter habitats, pushing out the evergreen conifers.
What are the tallest living trees?
The tallest (coast redwood), most massive (giant sequoia) and oldest living (bristlecone pine) individual organisms is the world are all conifers.
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