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Victoria’s Secret Lingerie and its CEO -- Jan Singer, the former Spanx CEO and Nike executive who came in to run the L Brands division two years ago -- reportedly are parting ways.
The company is expected to share more details about Singer’s departure on Monday when L Brands releases its quarterly earnings, a source tells CNBC’s Lauren Thomas, who reports it’s not immediately clear who will replace her.
“That person will be tasked with improving the brand’s appearance to consumers. Female shoppers today are increasingly turned away by Victoria’s Secret overtly sexy image, which is reinforced by its annual fashion show. The brand was made famous for its brightly colored push-up bras, but more women now are searching for comfort and fit. A handful of bra and underwear upstarts, like ThirdLove and Adore Me, are gaining ground by being more inclusive,” Thomas writes.
L Brands founder, chairman and CEO Leslie Wexner “took charge of Victoria’s Secret more than two years ago and made big changes aimed at ensuring it doesn’t suffer the same fate as many other specialty brands. He changed leadership, shifted away from catalog mailings, exited the swimsuit business and doubled down on sports bras to address the rise of the so-called athleisure trend. He later hired Ms. Singer to help execute the strategy,” Khadeeja Safdar writes for the Wall Street Journal.
“Singer’s departure comes just a week after its witheringly reviewed annual runway extravaganza, and after a slew of store closures, rock-bottom price cuts, and a stock drop of over 40% for VS’s parent company in just the past year. Then there was the recent train-wreck of a Vogue interview with VS executives, who -- in defending the the brand’s decision to double down on its dated brand image -- managed to be offensive about transgender people and the plus-size industry, among others,” writes Sangeet a Singh-Kurtz for Quartz.
That interview was with Victoria Secret’s CMO, Ed Razek, and Monica Mitro, its executive vp, public relations. Razek later tweeted an apology for his remark “regarding the inclusion of transgender models.”
“Despite Razek's apology, notable LGBTQ and plus-size models -- including Gigi Gorgeous, Carmen Carrera and Tess Holliday, among others -- continue to publicly condemn Victoria's Secret,” Evan Real report s for the Hollywood Reporter.
“On Monday morning, internet personality Gorgeous shared a YouTube video titled ‘SHAME ON YOU Victoria's Secret,’ in which she describes how much the brand meant to her in the initial stages of her transition when she first started shopping for lingerie,” Real continues. “‘I just wanted to say that this is the last time that I'm going to be wearing a Victoria's Secret bra,’ she says in the video after removing her pink bra. ‘They definitely lost a customer in me.’”
But the brand has more fundamental problems than misguided comments.
“While Victoria’s Secret may be a brand worn by women, it’s always been designed for men,” Hazel Cills reminds us in Jezebel, recounting the story of founder Roy Raymond looking for lingerie for his wife in the late 1970s and finding nothing but “racks of terry-cloth robes and ugly floral-print nylon nightgowns” in department stores.
“Like so many retail brands in 2018, the brand has shuttered stores and reported falling sales over the past few years. But beyond the shoddily produced merchandise, Victoria’s Secret feels dated, with its inherent and unavoidable male gaze; the retro sense that their products are not really made for women,” Cills continues.
“It’s this gaze that primarily defined many other crumbling mall brands that once soared in the 1990s and 2000s. While a male-centric approach to fashion once made some brands cool and aspirational for customers, in 2018 it’s exclusionary to a fault.”
When the company reorganized two years ago amid fading relevance and slumping sales, Wexner split it into three parts: Victoria’s Secret Lingerie, Victoria’s Secret Pink and Victoria’s Secret Beauty. “The chain had previously been divided into two units, one focused on stores and the other on online sales,” Tim Feran writes for the Columbus Dispatch.
In August, the company revealed that Amy Hauk, who has been president of merchandising and product development at L Brands' prospering Bath & Body Works, would replace Denise Landman as CEO of Victoria’s Secret Pink at the end of the year, Feran reports. “Greg Unis, who joined L Brands in 2016 from Coach, continues to run Victoria’s Secret Beauty,” he writes.
“Wall Street analysts have questioned how the company can adapt to changing consumer tastes,” the WSJ’s Safdar points out, citing a recent Wells Fargo research note: ‘We are concerned that the fashion show is no longer resonating with consumers whose attitude has shifted toward more natural looks and relatable beauty.’”
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Commerce Bank purchased a new stake in shares of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:AMTD) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 3,967 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $210,000.
Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV grew its stake in TD Ameritrade by 4.5% in the second quarter. Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV now owns 21,270 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,165,000 after purchasing an additional 924 shares during the last quarter. SPC Financial Inc. grew its stake in TD Ameritrade by 3.0% in the second quarter. SPC Financial Inc. now owns 37,855 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,073,000 after purchasing an additional 1,095 shares during the last quarter. SNS Financial Group LLC grew its stake in TD Ameritrade by 3.2% in the second quarter. SNS Financial Group LLC now owns 37,685 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,064,000 after purchasing an additional 1,185 shares during the last quarter. First Mercantile Trust Co. grew its stake in TD Ameritrade by 38.5% in the second quarter. First Mercantile Trust Co. now owns 4,357 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $239,000 after purchasing an additional 1,211 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northpointe Capital LLC grew its stake in TD Ameritrade by 2.0% in the second quarter. Northpointe Capital LLC now owns 67,676 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $3,707,000 after purchasing an additional 1,329 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.21% of the company’s stock.
Shares of NASDAQ AMTD opened at $51.77 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.23. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $48.03 and a fifty-two week high of $63.01.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 6th will be issued a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 5th. This is an increase from TD Ameritrade’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. TD Ameritrade’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.93%.
In other TD Ameritrade news, EVP Peter J. Desilva purchased 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 21st. The stock was acquired at an average price of $56.73 per share, with a total value of $283,650.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the executive vice president now owns 24,000 shares in the company, valued at $1,361,520. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.44% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. BidaskClub lowered TD Ameritrade from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, August 10th. Citigroup lifted their target price on TD Ameritrade from $62.00 to $64.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 24th. UBS Group cut their target price on TD Ameritrade from $63.00 to $58.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 8th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on TD Ameritrade from $60.00 to $61.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 9th. Finally, Credit Suisse Group cut their target price on TD Ameritrade from $64.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. The stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $63.45.
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NO fewer than 10 prominent Muslim women organisations are set to team up for this year’s World Hijab Day.
The yearly event has become a potent tool to create global awareness about the victimisation of Muslim women who wear hijab in Nigeria and elsewhere.
The World Hijab Day was introduced in 2013 by Nazma Khan, a Bangladeshi Muslimah in New York, United States, and more than 140 countries, including Nigeria, have been using the platform for hijab advocacy, calling on governments to end the increasing assault on Muslim girls in their various schools.
This year’s edition tagged ‘Unity in Diversity’ is taking another dimension as several Muslim women’s organisations will be pooling resources to stage spectacular events simultaneously on Saturday, February 1, 2020, across Nigeria.
The organisations are Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Nasrul-lahi-li-Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN), Al-Mu’minaat (The Believing Women Organisation), the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) and Hijab Rights Advocacy Initiative (HRAI).
Other organisations that have endorsed the event and signed up to be part of the World Hijab Day 2020 with dedicated hashtag #LetsWalk are The Criterion, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC), Nigeria, Guild of Muslim Professionals (GMP) and Pristine Cactus Foundation.
It was gathered that this year’s edition will be declared open on Friday, January 31, with a world press conference by the coalition, which will have representatives of all the participating organisations.
The press briefing to herald the 2020 World Hijab Day will be held at at Bugudu Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa Ikeja, Lagos.
Other events which will hold at four major centres are expected to be attended by hundreds of thousands of Muslim ladies and students of secondary schools and tertiary institutions.
In Lagos, for instance, the hijab solidarity walk will take place simultaneously from Maryland to the open space of the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota. Another one will start from Roundabout Bus Stop, Otto and terminate at Cele Bus Stop, Ijanikin, Ojo.
In Ogun State, a similar walk will hold from Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School praying ground to Sango under-bridge in Otta.


I took several unplanned but much needed weeks off from writing and posting for this blog. I’ve had a lot going on (okay, mainly just my cat’s illness) so when I had free time I chose to spend it relaxing rather than writing. I also felt like I had a lack of inspiration and didn’t know what direction to go. The good news is that I have a new list of ideas and am excited to jump back in. I will, however, be switching to an every other week format posting on Mondays at 11am.
For this first post back, I actually want to share a segment from a podcast I listen to. Just Between Us is hosted by best friends, Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn. Allison and Gaby are both very open about their struggles with mental health, Allison has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Gaby has bipolar 2 (like me!). In this episode they interview Allison’s mother about what it was like to raise a child with a severe mental illness. Allison’s OCD started when she was just four years old, and as you will hear in the podcast, at onset her illness was extremely severe.
If you click on the cover art or episode title below you will be taken to a different website (Pocket Casts) where the episode will be queued to start at the time in the podcast that the interview begins. If you have your own podcast app you would prefer to use, you can start the episode at 24:11.
Moving In, Allison’s Mom and Weddings w/ Ruth Raskin
I’m curious what experience, if any, my readers have with childhood mental illness. Has it been hard to get treatment? What emotional toll did it take on the family? What advice would you give others?


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Pete Rock x Camp Lo – 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s Pt. 2
Two years after their first official project together, Pete Rock and Camp Lo link back up for a ill mixtape of movie styled proportions. With all original production from the Chocolate Boy Wonder and sharp intricate rhyme schemes from both Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba, this twenty plus track offering is captivating attention from Hip Hop fans old and new. With an evident musical chemistry and some well placed guest appearances, this drop is a impressive standout of bars and beats for a clean complimentary listen.
Here are the SOHH.com 5 Reasons to download 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s Pt. 2.
1. Pete Rocks
Bronx/Mount Vernon, NY native Pete Rock has a cemented legacy in Hip Hop culture as a deejay, emcee and producer. He’s mentioned among the greatest in the genre for his contributions with projects such as the Mecca and the Soul Brother LP with CL Smooth and his own solo album Soul Survivor which featured the talents of artists like Big Pun, Wu-Tang Clan, Common and numerous others. His pioneering sounds are jazz influenced, and Pete continues to leave a remarkable dent in the game. He stays relevant and has connected with artists of this current era like Mac Miller and Ab-Soul. Pete worked with Camp Lo one the first release of 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s and wanted to increase his input with the second edition. He spoke to DMV’sthemoveTV recently about some of the differences between both projects. “It was Cheeba’s idea who brought the idea 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s to the table. I was with it. When they brought it to me I loved the idea so I figured I’ll produce part two with some real beats. Not saying the first one – the first one was is beats I already made with them just rhyming over my instrumentals, but I said I want to get involved with them and produce something new and see how that turns out.” The first joint was acapella vocals placed on Pete’s production while the second installment was actually created with fresh material from scratch.
2. Back On 80 Blocks
80 Blocks From Tiffany’s is a documentary chronicling gang life in the Bronx, NY from the late 70’s. It was produced by Gary Weis and featured the day to day happenings between two homegrown gangs, the Savage Skulls and Savage Nomads. It touched on all the social ills plaguing the area at that time and included commentary from many figures in the neighborhood. Tiffany’s is a jewelry store in Manhattan that was eighty blocks away from the South Bronx. Camp Lo was raised in that area and came up with the creative idea after Sonny Cheeba peeped the documentary one night. The timeframe in which the documentary was made is also around the same period of the beginnings of Hip Hop. The mixtape features excerpts from the groundbreaking film as well. Check full visual below.
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The wonderful thing about this mixtape is it has a classic aesthetic to it and at the same time adds a touch of the new age flavor to it. Camp Lo is revered for their unique vintage style. On this project they mix it up with some of the artists from the newer generation and behind Pete Rock’s ageless and distinct sounds come out with music that has real grit and substance to it.
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Camp Lo are masters of wordplay and complex lyrics. Even after all these years, Cheeba and Suade still have that spark behind the mic since their beloved 1997 LP debut Uptown Saturday Night. Listeners will be flown through a true nostalgic well put together offering. The project is very cohesive and feels more like a home cooked meal in comparison to some of the fast-food thrown together releases that are widely accepted in today’s era.
The features on this project are very diverse and that definitely adds to it’s overall appeal. Appearances include Talib Kweli, Uncle Murda, M.O.P., Mac Miller, Ab-Soul, Tyler Woods and bars from Pete Rock as well. The man known as the Soul Brother #1 is responsible for all the beat bangers on this drop.

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I’ve seen this before on TV – the famous Liver Run, where two Rover SD1 police cars need to transfer a live human organ for transportation in a very limited amount of time. The journey takes place on 8 May 1987, and starts at Stansted Airport, and the traffic officer needs to drive the liver to Essex along some of the UK’s busiest roads in the centre of London, to Cromwell Hospital, Kensington.
It’s an amazing video that shows that traffic officers truly earn their money at times, and that the Rover SD1 could really cut-it in 1980s traffic. It’s amazing how the scenery has changed in the intervening years, though – and you’ll spot some lovely cars in the background, assuming you’re not transfixed by the SD1 doing its bit…
Enjoy the video as it’s replayed on ITV‘s Police, Camera, Action. I know I did.


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Shira Zelber-Sagi, PhD, RD, is a professor and head of the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa, Israel.
What recommendations should be given to patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to reduce the risk of liver fibrosis?
Reduction of liver fibrosis is the most important thing, because liver fibrosis is a component of NAFLD that is strongly related with increased morbidity and mortality.
There is no certain dietary recommendation to reduce fibrosis. This is no different than the recommendation to reduce steatosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); this is actually the same. So you would choose the Mediterranean diet [and] eat healthy, unprocessed food.
Reduction of sugar, because we know that sugar and fructose consumption are related [not only] to steatosis but also to fibrosis. So we would put a lot of focus on [that in the context of] fibrosis.
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Fibroids – What They Are and Common Misconceptions
July 1, 2023
In this post, we’ll explore what fibroids are, their causes, and some common misconceptions surrounding them.
What are fibroids? Fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomas, are noncancerous growths that develop in the uterus.
They are made up of muscle tissue and typically vary in size and location within the uterus.
Fibroids are quite common, affecting many women during their reproductive years.
In fact, research suggests that up to 70% of women may develop fibroids at some point in their lives.
Now, let’s discuss some of the causes of fibroids.
Although the exact cause of fibroids is still unknown, several factors may contribute to their development.
Hormones, particularly estrogen and progesterone, play a significant role. Genetic predisposition and family history can also increase the likelihood of developing fibroids.
Additionally, certain lifestyle factors, such as obesity and diet, may influence their growth.
Unfortunately, there are some misconceptions surrounding fibroids that we should address.
Fibroids are always cancerous.
This is false. Fibroids are almost always benign, meaning they are noncancerous. However, it’s essential to consult with a healthcare professional if you experience any symptoms or concerns.
Fibroids can turn into cancer.
While fibroids themselves do not turn into cancer, it is possible to have both fibroids and cancerous growths in the uterus simultaneously. That’s why proper medical evaluation is crucial for accurate diagnosis.
Only older women develop fibroids.
Actually, fibroids can develop at any age, but they are most common during the reproductive years, typically between the ages of 30 and 50.
Fibroids always cause symptoms.
Many women with fibroids experience no symptoms at all. However, when symptoms do occur, they can include heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, frequent urination, and reproductive issues.
It’s essential to consult with a healthcare professional if you suspect you have fibroids or experience any related symptoms.
To recap, fibroids are noncancerous growths in the uterus that commonly affect women during their reproductive years. Hormonal factors, genetics, and lifestyle may contribute to their development.
And finally, it’s important to address common misconceptions such as fibroids being cancerous or only affecting older women.
Hopefully, this post has provided you with valuable information about fibroids and helped dispel some misconceptions.
Remember, knowledge and awareness are key to making informed decisions about your health.
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Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown
Written by: Paula Danziger
Illustrated by: Tony Ross
A messy desk never bothered Amber before, but now that there is a treat involved from the "Deskarina" (the desk fairy), she may just change her mind to keep her desk clean. After being passed over for the special treat and watching the other students receive their award, Amber is going to give it a try and keep her desk clean.
Amber discovers that she can put her trash in the garbage can, instead of her desk. Now things are organized and easier to find. This is a cute imaginative book on a daily issue with students and their messy desks. This book made me laugh.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt until evenly mixed. Add peanut butter and butter. Using a mixer, blend on medium speed until crumbly, about 3 minutes. Add honey and milk. Mix until thoroughly combined. Mixture will be very thick.
Roll dough into balls about 1-inch in diameter. Using your thumb or finger, press an indentation into the center of each ball, and place 2 inches apart on baking sheet. Fill each cookie with jelly, jam or preserves. (A recycled plastic honey bear squirt bottle works well for this purpose.)
Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until edges are lightly browned. Let baked cookies cool 10 minutes, then remove to racks to cool completely. Store peanut butter and jelly cookies in an airtight container.
Yield: about 4 dozen cookies
Don't Forget The Milk!

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The bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative, launched by Republican Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fed Upton (R, MI) and Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D, CO), is turning into a high-tech town hall on biomedical innovation, with tech companies, patients’ groups, drug companies, and hospital systems all reflecting on barriers to innovation—and how to overcome them.
One persistent theme, so far, from the Energy and Commerce (E&C) hearings is that innovation is a team sport. Private industry can only reach its full potential with a steady flow of new scientific discoveries that it can translate into new technologies. Support for government investment increases when basic research delivers tangible benefits in the form of better health, longer lives, and high paying jobs generated by a robust biotechnology industry.
And both industry and academic researchers benefit from an FDA that can promote public health by embracing new tools that ensure that safe, effective new products are swiftly delivered to patients.
The E&C hearings have already generated a wealth of ideas for advancing “team-based” innovation – here are a few of the biggest ones:
- Update FDA regulations to harness the full potential of modern technologies to advance targeted treatments to patients. The current framework for FDA approval of new medicines was created in 1962. Today, according to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, it costs an average of $1.3 billion and as much as 15 years to develop a single new FDA-approved medicine. Only about 1 in 3 medicines that make it to market even recoup their R&D costs. The enormous regulatory uncertainty and sunk costs facing innovators translates into lost opportunities to use cutting-edge science to advance state-of-the-art care, while resulting in higher prices for FDA approved medicines. While the agency has moved admirably to speed up development for drugs for AIDS, cancer, and some orphan diseases, many other indications lag behind.
We need a new development paradigm that allows us to deliver customized cures to patients much faster and less expensively than is currently possible. One approach is to expand the FDA’s current accelerated approval pathway, where drugs are approved earlier in the development process, based on surrogate endpoints or “biomarkers” that give an early read on whether the drugs are reasonably likely to deliver clinical benefits later. Congress could require FDA to pilot an expanded system like this for every disease with serious unmet medical need, particularly in targeted groups of patients. In fact, this exact approach was recommended by President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in 2012.
- Make patients true partners in advancing medical research. Today, far too much data that could be used to advance personalized medicine is lost because health care systems can’t effectively share data, while providers are reluctant to pool data out of fear they will run afoul of federal regulations, such as HIPAA. Another research protection, the Common Rule, restricts researchers’ ability to go back and reanalyze data or tissue samples using new tools or diagnostics if they weren’t spelled out in the initial patient’s informed consent form. Patients must own and control their own health data, with appropriate privacy protections—but we should also allow broader informed consent forms that facilitate the pooling and ongoing analysis of de-identified clinical trial, outcomes data, and even data from the emerging field of wearable diagnostics. Enhanced data security and better research use of data can go hand in hand—ensuring patients directly benefit from their participation in medical research—helping to save lives now, as well as in the future.
- Ensure a stable, predictable source of funding for basic medical research. If you look at America’s most successful biotech hubs—from Boston to San Francisco—you see that NIH driven medical research at hospitals, universities, and academic medical centers creates the knowledge base that private industry uses to launch their search for new cures. Basic science, applied technology, and the profit motive work together to drive a virtuous cycle of medical innovation.
To sustain the industry’s pipeline of new products, NIH needs a predictable, sustainable source of funding, particularly to help young researchers launch their careers. Doubling the NIH’s budget again may not be in the cards (or even wise), but a predictable stream of funding would be immensely helpful. Pegging NIH funding to GDP growth would be one way of insuring steady funding, perhaps in tandem with additional reforms to ensure that NIH funded projects are, in fact, generating reproducible science.
- Develop robust incentives for innovators working on hard to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s. In addition to modernizing the FDA’s regulatory toolkit and supporting NIH’s critical research, policymakers must ensure that there are adequate market incentives to drive large, ongoing private investments in disease areas where the scientific hurdles are especially complex (like central nervous system disorders). For instance, proving that a drug or vaccine prevents Alzheimer’s might require clinical trials lasting decades—exhausting any product’s effective patent life. One simple solution would be to guarantee 12 or 15 years of patent life for any product that passed FDA approval for Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, or Parkinson’s. This would help encourage companies that have exited the CNS space—like AstraZeneca and Novartis—to get back into the fight. Innovators need to know that if they embrace the financial and scientific risks inherent in developing new treatments, their investments will be able to reap significant financial rewards when they finally do reach patients.
There is no single “home run” policy reform that would fix the challenges facing innovators overnight. But Congress can build a framework of smart, interlocking policies that can accelerate patient access to better treatments; enable a rapid learning, data-driven health care system; and incentivize companies to tackle the most complex diseases.
Taken together, these policies could enable a quantum leap in personalized medicine and ensure U.S leadership of the field for decades to come.


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The fabulous Icebreaker ensemble commissioned me for new works to feature on their all female composers programme ‘System Restart’, touring the UK in 2017.
(taken from the Icebreaker website) “Younger composers with talent and attitude are redefining music, and foremost amongst them an ever greater number of women – and this is being celebrated in Icebreaker’s major new programme featuring music by six fantastic, free, empowered, uncategorisable women composers of the new generation.
New music by Jobina Tinnemans, whose work includes music for table tennis players and hedge shearers, You Are Wolf’s Kerry Andrew, whose output includes an opera about swimming, American Elizabeth Kelly, and Australian Kate Moore is complemented by Linda Buckley‘s exquisite, soaring Azure, plus Anna Meredith‘s Orlok and Nautilus from her surging, joyful Moshi Moshi EP’s.”
22 February, Nottingham Lakeside Arts
2 March, Guildford International Festival
4 March, Reading Arts, South St Arts Centre
more dates TBA…
Icebreaker posted a short preview compilation of music featuring on the System Restart concert or other works by the same composers on SoundCloud.
posted 25 February 2016
The premiere concert of Icebreaker‘s ‘System Restart’ tour went great last Wednesday! Being famous for it, the Icebreaker ensemble performed solidly with verve and emotion. It was the first time I heard all the works together, a two hour programme of immersive music. I have been attending several high profile Contemporary Classical festivals across Europe last few years with the usual demographic and here is a concert of non-pretentious, adventurous music. Music that doesn’t underestimate its own audience by faffing about in the name of concept. Music with balls. Music that takes you to places. #SystemRestartTour
posted 13 February 2016
Icebreaker UK Tour commission
ICEBREAKER: “Can you write us something loud?”
#SystemRestartTour Starting February 22nd. Don’t miss.
posted 10 February 2016
One score down, two more to go – for the Icebreaker ensemble’s #SystemRestartTour
And spell check is convincing me I’ve got my name wrong.
posted 21 November 2016
After Iceland comes Icebreaker. A natural progression. (see what I did there?)
Today I’m starting on a new piece for the very exciting Icebreaker ensemble. You can find them here – http://www.icebreaker.org.uk

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Margaret McDermott Bridge
One of the newest signature bridges in Dallas is the Margaret McDermott Bridge which has slender steel arches supporting the bike paths on each side. The slender arches were not self-supporting until complete. We needed to detail and fabricated a significant amount of temporary steel to support the arches during construction. Some of these vertical members were later re-used during construction of the Las Vegas High Roller Observation Wheel, which Finnoe Design also supplied.


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- Find A Grave Memorial 101995007
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for Madeline Marie Kupfernagel Kessler (10 Oct 1903–7 Jun 1997), Find A Grave Memorial no. 101995007, citing Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery, Humble, Harris County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Rick Kauffman (contributor 47010205) .

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- Emin Amrullayev visits Baku Higher Oil School
- Seven students of Baku Higher Oil School gain employment at 'Azerikimya'
- New specialties opened at Baku Higher Oil School within MBA program
- Graduates of 'Business Education for Engineers' project awarded certificates
- Baku Higher Oil School hosts Graduation Ceremony of School of Project Management
- Baku Higher Oil School, YAP hold event dedicated to National Salvation Day
- Baku Higher Oil School launching next second higher education program
- Foreign students visit liberated regions
- The first in the republic: 'Baku Higher Oil School has no rivals'
- Baku Higher Oil School hosts meeting of its Academic Board
An official website of Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom) published an article dedicated the first graduation ceremony at the Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS). The article writes:
“The graduation ceremony took place at the new campus and was attended by students and their families as well as numerous local dignitaries, including representatives of the Oil and Gas industry. The new BHOS campus covers seven hectares, and includes comprehensive classroom teaching and laboratory facilities along with substantial investment in recreational facilities to enhance the student experience, including a 1000-seat sports stadium with an artificial pitch, swimming pools, tennis courts, volleyball, basketball, and track and field facilities. The impressive new campus was officially opened by the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, Ilham Aliyev, earlier this year. The opening event was attended by Professor John Ford, Senior Director of Studies in Heriot-Watt's Institute of Petroleum Engineering.
The University has been in a successful collaborative partnership with BHOS since 2013, offering the two dual award BEng degrees. A collaboration between the Schools of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, the project is a good example of joint working in a major international partnership. New postgraduate programmes are being introduced later this year.
The graduation was attended by a team of senior academic staff from Heriot-Watt and we extend congratulations to all the new graduates and staff on behalf of the University.”
The original text of the article can be found at https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/news/first-cohort-of-heriot-watt-graduates-at.htm


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Yes, it’s that time again! Time for me to take on a another month long writing challenge!! NaNoWriMo, did not work out for me. I didn’t make it past the first week, but I also did not have a plan. But this time, I’m a little more ready!
- I have a quiet time of day in which to write.
- I am using the The Poet’s Pad App to write my poems.
- I’m using prompts from Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides
- I’m not worried about editing. I’m just going to write.
- I’m going to have fun with it.
I’ll share a few pieces as I go along. Do me a favor, if you don’t see one poem a week – yell at me! It will help motivate me! 😀


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Nov 08, 2016 02:27 PM EST
"NCIS" Season 14 has announced the release of its latest episode "Home of the Brave," and it seemed to bring-in disappointment to its fans when it was not aired due to the Major League baseball game. It thus failed to air at its regular time slot. CBS was flooded with comments about this halt of excitement from fans, despite of the network's effort in making series of promotions for the whole week for all of the episodes of "NCIS" Season 14.
This sudden change of schedule was a decision that was made by the executives of CBS. It was decided since this all-time favorite sports event in America deserves no competition. This reason however is just made-up by "NCIS" fans who are not even interested in baseball. Viewers' excitement for the upcoming season is still continuing, even despite all of the issues surrounding its airing, according to Cinema Blend.
It can be reviewed from the past few episodes of the series that Tony Gonzalez was the main highlight, and the return of Special Agent Tony Francis is also not yet announced, according to Australian Network News. This time, CBS has released a teaser for its "Home of the Brave" episode. It will also be revealed that Torres have found out, from an episode in the next season, that one case was being looked into by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement thus it prompted him to violate the protocol.
Weatherly is said to be leaving "NCIS" since he was shooting for a lead role in a new show. Robert Wagner will be managing the property of Tony; thus the next season promises of interesting things to happen like conflicting parties will be fighting against each other to convince Robert about giving them the prize, which is Tony's apartment. Twists and turns will fill the "NCIS" Season 14 once it goes back into its usual airing time.
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Washington Defeats Tulane, 4-2
May 11, 2002
STANFORD, Calif. - The University of Washington (18-6) defeated Tulane University (18-8) 4-2 in the first round of the NCAA Men's Tennis Team Championships on Saturday morning at the Taube Tennis Center.
The Huskies will now advance to the second round of the NCAA Championships, and will face the Sacramento State/Stanford winner on Sunday at noon on The Farm.
'I'm happy we pulled through, because it was a very even match,' Washington head coach Matt Anger said. 'Five of the six singles matches could have gone either way.'The Huskies appeared to be on their way to an easy win as they picked up the first three points of the match.
Washington first clinched the doubles point thanks to an 8-5 victory from Chrostoph Palmanshofer (St. Georgen, Austria) and Peter Scharler (Salzburg, Austria) at No. 3.
Washington then picked up quick singles victories from Dillon Ruby (Westlake Village, CA) at No. 5 and Matt Hanlin (Birmingham, England) at No. 1 to move one point away from the win.
Tulane, however, came roaring back and cut the deficit on 3-2 on victories from Jorge Lievano (Bucaramanga, Colombia) at No. 4 and Mattias Westerberg (Lulea, Sweden) at No. 3. The Green Wave appeared they might complete the comeback, as it led 5-2 in the third set at No. 6 and was tied at 4-4 in the third set at No. 2.
Washington, however, did not lose another game. At No. 2, Huskies' freshman Alex Vlaksi broke serve to take a 5-4 lead and then held serve to clinch the match.
'We were right there today, and put ourselves in a position to win,' Tulane head coach Robert Klein said. 'Washington is a good team, and they were just better than we were today.'
#35 Washington 4, #32 Tulane 2
Doubles (Washington wins point)
No. 1 - #19 Michael Kogan/Victor Romero (T) d. Ari Strasberg/Alex Vlaski, 8-5
No. 2 - Matt Hanlin/Dillon Ruby (W) d. Hannu Piiroinen/Goran Vasiljevic, 8-3
No. 3 - Christoph Palmanshofer/Peter Scharler (W) d. Jorge Lievano/Mattias Westerberg, 8-5
Order of finish: #2, #1, #3
No. 1 - #49 Matt Hanlin (W) d. #20 Michael Kogan, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 - #29 Alex Vlaski (W) d. #56 Victor Romero, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 - Mattias Westerberg (T) d. Ari Strasberg, 7-6 (6), 6-3
No. 4 - Jorge Lievano (T) d. Christoph Palmanshofer, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
No. 5 - Dillon Ruby (W) d. Goran Vasiljevic, 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 - Hannu Piiroinen (T) v. Peter Scharler (W), suspended (6-4 Washington, 6-3 Tulane, 5-5)
Order of finish: #5, #1, #4, #3, #2
Records - #35 Washington 18-6, #32 Tulane 18-8.
Player and team rankings are courtesy of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and Omni Hotels.
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However, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine, have now developed an approach that enabled them to attain sustained in vivo expression of normal human alpha-1 antitrypsin at levels able to improve emphysema in mice.
What does HAAT stand for?
HAAT stands for Human Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (protein)
This definition appears somewhat frequently and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:
- Science, medicine, engineering, etc.
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We have 2 other meanings of HAAT in our Acronym Attic
- Hardware as a Service
- Heart of America Aquarium Society (Kansas City)
- Hebei Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China)
- Hollywood Academy of Arts and Science (charter school; Hollywood, FL)
- Honolulu-Asia Aging Study
- Hunter Area Assistance Scheme (Australia)
- High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare
- Handheld Antenna Array Testbed
- Height Above Average Terrain
- Human Activity Assistive Technology (psychological model)
- Hawaii Activities and Tours Association (Honolulu)
- Houston Area Air Traffic System
- Houston Area Apple Users Group
- Hanger and Analysis Update Program
- Heavy Antitank Assault Weapon
- Hungarian American Association of Washington (Seattle, WA)
- Health Action AIDS Week Coordinator
- High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapons Concept
- Hounslow Asian and African Youth Association (UK)
- HIV/AIDS Association of Zambia
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Stable therapeutic serum levels of human alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) after portal vein injection of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors.


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VISUAL CONTENT CREATOR
TOGETHER, WE’LL TELL YOUR BRAND STORY
It is an honour to authentically document stories about people and their businesses in the travel and lifestyle sector. I often find a shared connection with my clients, where the link between nature, the environment and sustainability is underpinning meaningful client experiences at the core of everything they do. With a degree in geography and the tools of photography, I am passionate about creating visual content that invites your clients to see the unique and inspiring products and services that you offer. In a market where your website and social media touch points are the window to everything you do, first impressions count. Making an investment in your imagery is key to you differentiating your brand and standing out.
MAKE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT
I’ve worked with clients who excel in travel and tourism industry, such as Airbnb hosts, hotels and holiday accommodation, lifestyle retailers, tour guides, chef and restaurateurs, wellness and fitness coaches, outdoor clothing and accessories specialists, florists, farmers and landowners. My work has been featured in international publications, magazines, books, blogs and newspapers. Understanding the story you want to tell through your visual content is at the core of our journey together and I am available for commissions across the UK, Iceland, Norway and the rest of the world!
STYLISH AESTHETIC WITH GROUND AND AERIAL COVERAGE
I offer a relaxed and documentary style of photography using light to my advantage coupled with post processing aesthetic that is warm, organic and full of texture which creates images that evoke feelings of authenticity and nostalgia. I provide both ground based photography using full frame Nikon dSLRs and aerial photography with my DJI Phantom 4 Pro. In the UK I hold a PfCO from the Civil Aviation Authority, which means I am a licenced to fly my drone for commercial projects.
CONTACT ME TO START OUR ADVENTURE
I’d love to know more about your requirements, so please do email me with an overview of what you’re looking for and I would happily share more information about Visual Content Creationt: email@example.com
I adore capturing the world around us. People know me as a light chaser or the 'aurora girl' as I am always distracted by awe-inspiring things happening in nature. I was born by the coast and am always drawn to the sea and this forms a big part of my work in Print Shop.
You can see the galleries to buy a piece for your home or office wall and if you have more bespoke requirements, please do jot them down in an email and I'll be happy to help create something beautiful for you: firstname.lastname@example.org

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Lebanon High grad Todd Wike takes on role as financial adviser to the NFL Players Association
Lebanon High grad Todd Wike is combining his football background with his skills as a financial adviser in a most interesting and exciting way.
The former Lebanon High standout and All-American offensive lineman at the University of Maryland was recently formally recognized by the National Football League Players Association Association as a Registered Player Financial Adviser.
According to a press release issued by Wike's employer, Potomac Financial Group in Calverton, MD., "The NFLPA Financial Advisors Registration Program designation is provided to a select group of qualified financial advisers that have met specific stringent eligibility criteria. With only 5 other NFLPA approved advisors in the state of Maryland and 123 nationwide, this exclusive recognition provides NFL players an additional level of defense from poor financial advice and investment fraud."
“I’m very excited to be partnering with the NFLPA membership, a recognition that’s truly a testament to the client-centric care and fiduciary integrity provided to every client by the entire Potomac Financial Group team,” Wike said in the press release. “As a former NFL player, I’ve experienced first-hand the unique financial challenges that confront today’s professional athlete. It’s truly fulfilling to have the opportunity to pay this experience forward and help athletes thrive financially off the field, allowing them to dedicate their time, energy and passion on their playing career and achieving their dreams.”
Following a stellar football and basketball career at Lebanon, Wike, a 1998 grad, went on to star on the offensive line for the Terrapins, earning a first team All-American nod from ESPN, and twice was named a first team All-ACC performer, as well as to the ACC All-Academic Team.
After his collegiate days, Wike spent time in training camp with the Oakland Raiders and played for the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe.
Wike has over 15 years of experience with Potomac, and. as Managing Partner of PFG, helps manage approximately $485 million in client assets,


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- Fully Adjustable Semi-Buckhorn With Diamond Insert Rear Sight
- Brass Bead Front Sight
- Black Ventilated Rubber Recoil Pad
- Sling Swivel Studs
- Transfer Bar Safety
- American Walnut Stock
When you think of Henry Rifles it immediately conjures up images of the iconic Henry Lever Action! It's a western classic and one of the most popular firearms in the world. The HENRY REPEATING ARMS Lever Action Shotgun is a lightweight multi round shotgun for hunters looking for simplicity and amazing accuracy! Infused with Henry's impeccable reputation for quality and precision, this shotgun was built for the hunter that knows "one shot, one kill" isn't just a bumper sticker.
It has a 20" barrel mounted to a strong steel receiver, attached to a beautiful American walnut stock. The receiver is drilled and tapped to accept Weaver 63B scope mounts (not included) and it comes with a fully adjustable Semi-Buckhorn with diamond insert rear sight matched to a brass bead front sight.
So whether you are out in the field hunting on horseback, or playing cowboy for the afternoon at the range make sure the Henry Lever Action Shotgun is by your side.
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OSA Concussion Protocol
What are the signs and symptoms of a concussion?
Symptoms of a concussion range from mild to severe and can last for or appear within hours, days, weeks, or even months. In some cases there may be no symptoms at all. If you suspect a concussion, or notice any of the symptoms listed below, contact your doctor immediately. In severe cases, proceed to an Urgent Care Centre or Emergency Room immediately.
OSA Emergency Protocol – Suspected Player Concussion
A player showing any signs/symptoms as listed on the Pocket Concussion Recognition Tool or as listed in this document must be removed from play immediately. All Coaches/Trainers are required to be familiar with the use of this tool and follow the Club’s protocol without question. The player is not to re-enter the game or practice. A Match official may communicate their concerns with other team players, or technical staff.
o In the event of a loss of consciousness call 911 for assistance immediately. Do not move the player unless absolutely necessary for safety reasons.
o Ensure that a member of the team staff stays with the player. o Notify any family members immediately if they are present.
o The player must be evaluated by a physician prior to returning to play. Documentation from the physician is required. Average recovery period is 10 -14 days, but can sometimes longer.
o Graduated “Return to Play process” as per Zurich Concussion guidelines (2012).
o Coaches must complete required injury report and submit to OSC within 24 hrs of the incident.
OSA Return to Play Stages Protocol
This is a multi-part process that requires supervision from the player’s health care provider at each stage.
Any recurrence of symptoms requires the player to return to the previous level. OSC Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Managers and Trainers are not authorized to oversee Return to Play processes.
- Limited activity – Physical and cognitive rest
- Light aerobic exercise – Walking, swimming, cycling
- Sport specific exercise – Light running skills, no heading
- Non contact training drills – Passing / movement
- Full contact practice – Normal training cycle
- Return to play – Normal game play
The OSA is committed to providing a safe environment for all players regardless of age and gender. It is, however, ultimately the responsibility of the teammate, technical staff or parent to ensure that appropriate professional care is provided to players in the event of injury. In the event of a concussion diagnosis, premature return to play can result in serious and sometimes permanent injury, particularly in the event of a second impact. Parents should seek ongoing medical evaluation for the benefit of the player’s long term health and safety.


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Why and How to Fix Your Seagate External Hard Drive Not Showing up?[With pictures]
Summary: In this article you can get the hidden truth under each situation of the Seagate external hard drive not showing up in Device Manager,Disk Management, and This PC.
We've noticed that not a few people question in the forums and Quora that "why does the Seagate external hard drive show in the Device Manager but vanish in the Disk Management?"
Ah, these dudes seem to be kind of naive. In fact, it is not the worst question because there is another situation that your Seagate external hard drive may even not show up in the Device Manager! This article writes you the most detailed solutions you've never learned, and may it be your long-life intellectual weapon. Now, let me uncover the mysterious veils of the Jabberwocky for you!
Part 1: How does a computer detect, recognize, and mount a Seagate external hard drive?
Why is an external hard drive not showing up?
This part is necessary to diagnose the problem of the Seagate external hard drive not showing up. Do you know what happened when your Seagate external hard drive is connected with your computer? Actually, during the crackle of electricity within milliseconds, the computer has completed three steps—detect, recognize, and mount, to show up your Seagate external hard drive.
Detect: The PC establishes a circuit path to your Seagate external hard drive, which means the drive is in charge now.
Recognize: The Windows PC sends out the control code to the Seagate external hard drive through the USB cable, and then establish a control path to drive, which means, the computer has found all information of the Seagate external hard drive. Click to see what if Seagate external hard drive is not working/recognized/showing up on Mac and the detailed process of how the macOS recognizes an Seagate external hard drive.
Mount: The Computer will locate and load all the partitions of your Seagate external hard drive and can do anything to your Seagate external hard drive, including copy, add, delete, change, and shift the files in it.
Part 2: Concrete analysis of Seagate external hard drive not showing up
2.1. The Seagate external hard drive shows up neither in the Device Manager nor in the Disk Management and This PC
The first situation of the Seagate external hard drive not showing up is that the Seagate external hard drive showing up neither in the Device Manager nor in the Disk Management and This PC with the Seagate external hard drive light off (SSD or HDD) and pin still (HDD). From above, we can diagnose that the "detect" period is all in all the criminal.
2.1.1. The USB port or the USB cable and the hard drive port are damaged
It's the commonest reason to fail the disk connection and meanwhile. First, uninstall the disk driver in the Device Management, restart your computer, and reconnect your Seagate external hard drive with the computer. If that doesn't work, you can take some other measures to solve this problem:
① Repair/change the USB port in the computer.
② Repair/change the USB cable.
③ Repair/change the port of the Seagate external drive.
④ Connect the Seagate external hard drive to another computer.
Considering the cost, "change" is the better choice than "repair".
2.1.2. Power supply is not enough
There are many kinds of Seagate external hard drives as far as the physical size. The 2.5-inch sized Seagate external hard drives, like the BarraCuda Hard Drive 5 TB ST5000LM000, usually used for the laptop, and the 3.5-inch sized Seagate external hard drive, like Desktop SATA HDD SED 1 TB ST1000DM004 usually used for the desktop computer, and also, there are some expansion external hard drives larger than 3.5 inch that demand more power supply.
The problem is that the 3.5-inch (or more than 3.5-inch) sized Seagate external hard drive have to be supplied with extra power because a single USB 2.0/3.0 port cannot supply enough power for the Seagate external hard drive. If the Seagate external hard drive works at unrated circulation, the Seagate external hard drive will light on with blinks and sound weird. Fortunately, each 3.5-inch sized Seagate external hard drive is equipped with a dependent power access. So, even if you have connected the Seagate external hard drive with the computer USB port, don't forget to connect the Seagate external hard drive with a family power strip.
2.2. The Seagate external hard drive only can be found in the Device Manager
The second situation of the Seagate external hard drive not showing up is that the disk only can be found in the Device Manager. When the Seagate external drive has been connected with the computer, the lower right corner shows up a prompt, the computer sounds you a beep and then nothing.
From what we have learned about how a computer detects, recognizes, and mounts a Seagate external hard drive, we can diagnose that this time, the "recognize" period is anyway bound to put the crucifix on its back. By the way, concerning the disk showing up, the Disk Management is usually dancing with This PC, which means the two operating system software (Disk Management and This PC) in the computer is synchronously to or not to show the disk information up. But, there is an exception that when the Seagate external hard drive letter is deleted, This PC will not dance with the Disk Management.
2.2.1. The USB port is not ready
(1) The USB port in the motherboard is not activated
Hey, guys, where do you think the USB ports are connected to? Of course, the motherboard!
Sometimes, even though you have installed the right Seagate hard drive driver, your computer is not able to detect the Seagate external hard drive, that's because there are some motherboard manufacturers who don't or forget to activate the USB port in the motherboard (especially for the old motherboards). You can simply follow the under steps to solve this problem:
① Restart/start up your computer, and frequently press the Deletebutton to enter the CMOS setting interface.
② PNP -> PCI CONFIGURATION, and press Enter.
③ Click the Assign IRQ For USB, and "Enable" it.
USB port activation is completed now!
(2) The Seagate external hard drive driver for the USB port on the computer is out-of-date
The old-fashioned driver can no longer be the Venus to lead the latecomers. Make sure that your USB port has been activated. And then, let's see how to how to update the driver of the USB port to the latest version!
① Press Win + R ➔ type "devmgmt.msc"➔ "OK".
② Double click the Universal Serial Bus controllers.
③ Right-click your target USB port, and click "Update driver".
④ The first selection is recommended.
⑤ Do as what the guide tells you…
If the first selection failed, then you need to seek for the right USB drivers of the motherboard's brand because the USB port is connected with and physically controlled by the motherboard.
① Click "Browse my computer for driver software".
② Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".
③ Click "Have Disk…"
④ "Browse" to find your unzipped driver files.
⑤ Select your target driver file, and "open" it.
All finished, enjoy your new USB port driver!
What if the external hard drive doesn't appear in Disk Management at all? Then, the first place you should check is Device Manager.
Note: When the Windows has told you "The best drivers for your device are already installed” but on the manufacturer's official website, there is a new driver version, just don't care about what the Windows said. Download and install the new driver version manually.
2.2.2. The MBR (Master Block Record) is lost
The MBR is quite important for the "recognize" period because it is the meta information to guide the computer to find the outline of the Seagate external hard drive. As an external hard drive is most of the time not play the role of the startup disk, you don't have to fix the MBR under the Recovery Mode. You can just press the Win + R, type “cmd”, and hit Enter to enter the command prompt. Here are the detailed steps to fix the MBR.
If you're not sure whether it is the MBR's loss that makes the Seagate external hard drive fail the connection, you may try the Seagate Bootable to check the health of the Seagate external hard drive and locate the problems.
However, if the MBR is dropped or broken physically, then there's no way to save your Seagate external hard drive. As far as what has been put in the Seagate external official website on warranty-and-replacements, the Seagate external hard drive can only be replaced instead of fixed, and you will receive the longer of your applicable product warranty period or two years. Make clear the replacement agreement and go to the Seagate external hard drive replacement page to replace your Seagate external hard drive!
2.3. The Seagate external hard drive only shows up in the Device Manager and Disk Management
The third situation of the Seagate external hard drive not showing up is that the disk only shows up in the Device Manager and Disk management.
2.3.1. The Seagate external hard drive has no drive letter
It is considered to be the commonest reason to make a Seagate external hard drive not show up in This PC. Frequently hot swapping, especially when your drive blinks constantly or the Seagate external hard drive is uninitialized can lead to drive letter lost.
Two methods can help you:
b. Initialize your Seagate external hard drive.
Note: If you use this method when your Seagate external hard drive is not the first time to be initialized and the Windows ask you to initialize it for normal use, then all the data is going to be lost, so don't forget the backup work. The iBoysoft Data Recovery may be a good idea for you.
(3) The Seagate hard drive letter is deleted by yourself. Click to see full steps to add a drive letter.
2.3.2. The Seagate external hard drive is attacked by the virus
Downloading the software crack to your computer or frequently connecting your Seagate external drive to other devices is vulnerable to virus disaster. You'd better as soon as possible to turn to the virus killer, like the Kaspersky or the McAfee for help, because the contemporary virus is almost impossible to be decoded by yourself.
Or you can pay the hacker a sum of money to remove the virus. If you have suffered from a soft virus, able to see the volume in This PC, and have the symptoms of files being hidden, filename being added with a weird suffix, or files being decoded with Jesus-forbidding password, you may have a try on reinstall the Windows OS to remove the virus. But, what worse is that if you are confronted with a fierce virus, for example, the latest version of the wannacry ransomware, then the volume of the Seagate external hard drive is impossible to be found in This PC, and the Windows OS reinstallation is likely to be vain.
2.3.3. The volume of your Seagate external hard drive is hidden
First, press Win + R and type "gpedit.msc"to check if you can enter the Local Group Policy Editor.
If nothing goes wrong, then click "OK" to enter the Local Group Policy Group. Here are the detailed steps:
① User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> File Explorer.
② Double click "Hide these specified drives in My Computer".
③ Turn the "Enabled" to "Not Configured" or "Disabled".
④ Click "Apply".
⑤ Click "OK" to finish.
Now the Seagate external hard drive volume is unhidden!
But, if the windows give you such a piece of error information,
just do as the following steps to solve this problem.
① Open your Notepad and type the following code into it.@echo off pushd "%~dp0"dir /b C:Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txtdir /b C:Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~3*.mum >>List.txtfor /f %%i in ('findstr /i . List.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"C:Windows\servicing\Packages\%%i"Pause
② Save it as xxx.cmd on your desktop. If you save as test.cmd, then it will be like this:
③ Right-click it, and Run as administrator.
④ When the process stops running, hit Enter to finish it.
⑤ Restart your computer.
Now you are 100% percent able to enter the Local Group Policy Editor!
2.3.4. The Seagate external hard drive has too many partitions
As the Seagate external hard drive is not a standard USB device. Anyway, it is just physically compatible with the USB port. Thus, you'd better limit your Seagate external hard drive to no more than two partitions. If you have divided your Seagate external hard drive into many partitions which made those partitions unseen in This PC, then you need to do as the following steps.
① Back up the NTFS data. (Copy the data to another PC if possible or turn to some data recovery software for help.)
② Select your target disk and delete all its partitions in the Disk Management.
③ Repartition it in no more than two partitions.
2.3.5. Your Windows/mac OS is not compatible with the Seagate external hard drive
As each Seagate external hard drive introduced in the product specs has its limitation on the OS version, I suggest you to update your Windows/mac operating system to the latest version.
Note: Windows operating systems before Windows 98, like Windows 95 and Windows 97, don't even support the USB devices. Each operating system is inbuilt with its own drivers. In a word, the incompatibility issues of the operating system can finally be changed into the driver issues. Attention, a higher version of the USB port can be compatible with a lower and the Seagate external hard drive driver of a higher Windows OS version can be compatible with a lower Windows OS, but in return, they are not workable.
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CHICAGO, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dramatically redefining the contextual scale of urban planning, the City Design Practice of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is winning international support in its urgent call for a 100-year vision to protect environmentally and revitalize economically the entire U.S.-Canada Great Lakes region, the world's largest source of surface fresh water.
The vast binational basin of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River – holding more than 20 percent of the earth's increasingly precious surface fresh water and sustaining a population of 50 million – has become a passionate public service cause for SOM's city design studio, and has inspired ecosystem-scale thinking across its global practice.
"The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale," said Philip Enquist, SOM partner in charge of urban design worldwide.
"Pioneer city planner Daniel Burnham saw this a century ago, and drew his 1909 Plan of Chicago in the context of the entire freshwater sea of Lake Michigan – with a surface area of 50,000 square kilometers. The earth's explosive, city-based population growth must be planned for now within even larger environmental frameworks. It is encouraging that our pro bono call for a shared Great Lakes vision is being enthusiastically embraced throughout this North American megalopolis," Enquist said.
Endorsed by 86 American and Canadian mayors, honored by the American Institute of Architects, and the keynote presentation at international conferences, the SOM city design studio's volunteer initiative – begun in 2009 as its contribution to the Burnham Plan Centennial – is helping to catalyze a shared regional vision among national, tribal, provincial and local governments, environmentalists, legal experts, public policy leaders, the media and the public.
SOM's call to vision intends to reverse environmental degradation throughout the basin defined by the 11,000-mile shoreline of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence and to revitalize its USD $2-trillion regional economy, sometimes called "the cradle of the carbon economy."
Presenting at the U.S. Seventh Circuit Bar Association Foundation's recent symposium on the Great Lakes at Chicago's Field Museum, Enquist urged his Canadian and American audience that "now is the time to halt degradation of this unique environment by redesigning our cities, our energy sources and our farming practices," and later added his studio's support for United Nations World Water Day on March 22.
He encouraged the audience of government, legal and public policy leaders to see the region as an all-connected whole – "without borders" between its nations, states, first nation reserves and tribal reservations and 15,000 municipalities.
Using the powerful graphics and design principles of its architectural and urban planning professional toolkit, SOM dramatically documents the damaging impacts on the Great Lakes of coal-fired power plants, invasive species like the Asian carp, and urban sewage overflows and agricultural runoff.
The SOM team has created and communicated eight strategic and positive "pieces of the vision:"
- Green cities and Great Lakes – restoring a healthy relationship between city and nature
- Bigger than a national park – envisioning a single, borderless region of natural and cultural heritage and a global example of international peace and environmental cooperation
- Great minds and Great Lakes – focusing the region's world-renowned research institutions on innovating a post-carbon economy
- Blue is the new green – achieving clean, drinkable, swimmable, fishable water – and ensuring its availability forever
- Tapping renewable energy – innovating beyond coal and oil to the region's abundant sources of eternal, renewable energy
- Achieving mobility – reducing carbon and synergizing economic capacity by connecting the region with high speed rail, walkable neighborhoods with transit, and adjoining communities via bikeways
- Leaders in new economies – focusing economic growth on environmentally sustainable industries and technologies to meet global water needs
- Commitment to local food – supporting healthier people and healthier land with a regional, sustainable food system
The leader of the world's most highly awarded urban design practice, Enquist said a shared regional vision will lead to a comprehensive plan, like the Burnham Plan, to guide decision making for the next 100 years in a largely self-sustaining region that traverses an area the equivalent of London to Marseille to Vienna to Warsaw.
SOM's binational Great Lakes public service initiative has been supported by Enquist and his partners and by untold hours of voluntary work by staff in the City Design Practice. The initiative was honored with a special award by AIA Chicago, and has been endorsed unanimously by the mayors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative. Complete details can be found on the initiative's blog site at http://thegreatlakescenturyblog.som.com.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban-planning firms in the world, with a 75-year reputation for design excellence and a portfolio that includes some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries. Since its inception, SOM has been a leader in the research and development of specialized technologies, new processes and innovative ideas, many of which have had a palpable and lasting impact on the design profession and the physical environment. The firm's longstanding leadership in design and building technology has been honored with more than 1,500 awards for quality, innovation, and management. The American Institute of Architects has recognized SOM twice with its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award—in 1962 and again in 1996. The firm maintains offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mumbai and Abu Dhabi.


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The aim of the current study was to gain a better understanding of the changes that occur in soil microbial community and in its functional diversity as a result of the use of nematocide and biocide inhibitors in natural ecosystems. Both inhibitors are known to have a great effect on the nematode community and total biota, playing an important role in soil food web and biota interactions. The experiment was set up in the Negev Desert using sixteen 1×1 m soil plots, to which two chemical inhibitors were applied: (a) a biocide, to eliminate the whole biotic community; and (b) a nematocide, to eliminate the nematode community in soil. In addition, water treatment was applied to the same soil plots, while untreated soil plots were used as control. Microbial functional diversity, together with abiotic parameters such as soil moisture and total organic carbon, was tested monthly in soil samples collected from the 0-10 and 10-20 cm soil layers. The results of the abiotic parameters showed similar patterns in the two soil layers regardless of the inhibitor treatments. An increase in soil water content followed rainfall patterns. Total organic carbon was low during the wet season and increased during the dry seasons. The Shannon-Weaver index value for microbial functional diversity was found to increase in spring after the wet season in both soil layers. In the upper soil layer, an increase was observed both in the inhibitor and water treatments. However, the increase in the water treatment lasted longer compared to the increase observed in the inhibitor-treated soil plots. In the 10-20 cm soil layer, a different pattern was observed: an increase in microbial functional diversity was observed in the inhibitor-treated soil plots, while an increase in the water-treated soil plots was seen at a later stage. Principal Component Analysis was also conducted, revealing different patterns between inhibitors and water treatments on both a temporal scale, when changes from a homogeneous to heterogeneous consumption pattern were observed, and in the nature of communities that proliferate in the soil. Differences were also observed in the microbial community between the upper 0-10 and the lower 10-20 cm soil layers, where an opposite pattern of substrate consumption was observed. This study emphasizes the important role the biotic component plays in the soil of an arid climate, studying the long-term effects of key species elimination on the microbial community in desert soil.
- Chemical inhibitors
- Microbial community
- Microbial functional diversity

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WRC Guy & Gals,
Because of a sleepless night I was awake by 4 am, still a bit too early to head out to Leesville, but my boat was already hitched up and ready to go as the previous two days of pulling it from the Lagoons, swapping motors and cleaning the inside had prepared it for the journey. Dressed and looking at my check list along with a quick look at the boat and trailer said we were ready ! Down to our local Speedway to grab a cup of the much needed Java and I hit the road at precisely 6:am ! The BITB* said it was just about a 2hr drive which would put me there just a bit after 8:00 allowing for any deviations along the way !
I arrived just a little after 8:00 to an overcast but beautiful lake as peaceful and serene as anyone could wish for ! I was the first one of our group to arrive followed shortly by Bob Korosa and Mike Seachrist. Bob had decided to do another one of his engine comparisons, this time with 7 1/2hp outboards. The contenders list consisted of Johnson & Evinrudes, a Wizard (ScottAtwater badge motor), a Scott McCulloch (shorty), a Martin 75, an Elgin 7 1/2, a 7 1/2 ScottAtwater, a Mercury KE4 and last but not least an OMC military version of the mid fifties Johnson and Evinrude 7 1/2, brought by Rex Jackson ! These engines were designed to be completely watertight so when dropped with the troops and their inflatables they could be started right up with no worries about having to dry them out !
I decided to launch my boat with my ScotAtwater 10hp and see if it would still preform like the last time I had it out ! A little stubborn taking about 6-7 pulls and it fired up. Out beyond the bouys I opened it up and was pleased that it still had what it takes to jump up on plane ! It’s not a rocket like some of the other 10’s out there but does the job nicely !
I greeted Bob & Mike and told Bob I had brought my little shorty 7 1/2 McCulloch to add to the run ! Bob said “lets start with it” ! Bob had brought his Alumacraft boat as the test launch so we mounted the McC on the transom and launched the boat. Bob suggested I be the operator for the single run then he would hop in for the two passenger run. I won’t say what the best speed was for either run as I don’t have any of the other times and speeds from the other engines.
Paul wood also brought his PennYan and he and Bill Mohat were out trying to see if Bill found the problem with the 9.8 Mercury that would only run for 20 minutes then die ! Bill had swaped the Mercury coils with OMC coils to correct the problem ! But it developed shifting problems during the test run !
By this time many of our other members had arrived and were busy getting their boats and motors ready for the first runs ! John and Bill Reed arrived along with Rick Whitman and Dan Curran. Bob and Dan pulled my shorty McC and installed the next motor to be run in the evaluation ! I don’t remember which motors were tested and recorded as Bob and Dan were changing motors faster than most people change their ?? I marveled watching Dan grab a 7 1/2 “58′ Johnson, balance it in the bottom of the boat from the dock, step down in and lower it onto the transom ! You are the MAN Dan !
A few more of our members arrived, Bob Joynt with the patina special and a 10 Evinrude. Tommy Kenepp and Bob Peters brought Tom’s boat with a 10 Johnson. John Hagerman brought his Peterborough and a 10 Evinrude along with his Wizard 7 1/2 and a 53 ScottAtwater to test run, unfortunately the Scott has a problem with the shifting so won’t be in the comparison !
I had the pleasure of meeting two new members that I corresponded with, Dave Johansson and Pete Schwartz who signed up with our club ! We also had another new member that wasn’t able to make the meet, Kelly Opal ! Kelly had sent me a very nice email saying he wouldn’t be able to make the meet but looked forward to maybe seeing us at the next meet ?
Another pleasure was seeing Anne McCoy come as promised, If you attended the sale of some of Cliff Martin’s motors put together by John Hagerman then you probably met Anne, Cliff’s daughter ! She brought some of the literature Cliff had accumulated over the years to offer to our members ! Thank you Anne ! I think you enjoyed meeting and sitting with Bill Mohat’s lovable dog Lilly !
Moving on thru the day we also enjoyed a sandwich at the new restaurant in the South Fork Marina ! Keith Ott the Marina owner has done and outstanding job of improving the whole area to include the restaurant. Michael Huff the restaurant manager and did a great job of suppling sandwich’s, hotdogs drinks and more to satisfy those of us that needed some munchies !
Back out to the boats, Bob and Dan with John Hagerman’s help were narrowing down the outboard comparison. While walking out to the dock I heard a weird noise up in the air, was it a bird, was it a plane, was it Superman ! No it was Bob Joynt flying his drone trying to harass us by giving buzz dives ! John Hagerman almost swatted the little pest out of the sky with his camera strap ! Bob I hope you got some nice video’s of Bob & Dan running the test comparisons ?
I didn’t mention earlier I was also greeted by Marty Belfi and his friend, Marty had also brought his boat with a 10 Johnson. Ryan Hollingsworth, and John Birchak also brought their boats to check out the area ! Ryan informed me he is trying to set up a dry meet at their new house sometime in November. They (He and Kelly his wife) always do a great job putting on a meet so stay tuned to the up and coming news. I’m pretty sure Bob Korosa will be doing a follow up to the 7 1/2 outboard comparison. All in all it was a great meet with wonderful members and new friends ! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did ?
See ya at the next meet !


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(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc C.N said it is pulling out of consumer banking in 11 markets, including Japan and Egypt, as the U.S. bank with the biggest international business looks to cut persistently high costs.
The third-largest U.S. bank, built with a series of acquisitions spanning back to the 1980s, has been trying to slim down since the financial crisis to be as profitable as rivals. It has shed hundreds of billions of dollars of bad assets.
The latest exits were the result of studies the bank began in early 2012 to figure out which countries were not profitable enough for retail banking. Getting results took a long time, partly because the bank did not have standardized accounting systems across all countries to compare the units’ profitability.
The deliberate pace at which Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat is fixing its business underscores how hard it is to fix a business as sprawling as Citigroup, which operates in more than 100 countries. Corbat told analysts that in shedding the poorly performing businesses the company is also taking a valuable step towards reducing complexity.
Continue reading Citi pulls out of consumer banking in 11 countries, profit jumps on Reuters
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What is the best type of lawn for Adelaide South Australia conditions?
I have full sun in the summer mounths but full shade in the winter months due to tall house. What type of lawn seed due you recommend for these conditions.Have just prepared soil and waiting it to heat up.Regards Steve
Yates do have a variety of lawn seed available to the home gardener. Couch and Kikuyu are considered to be warm season grass and do best when planted in a full sun position. The fact that the area where your lawn is situated is in full shade in the winter months, both of these grasses will struggle to do well. Yates do have a lawn seed under the Hortico brand called Tough & Drought Hardy. It contains a combination of lawn seed such as Annual Ryegrass, Perennial Ryegrass (which are both quick germinating, hard wearing, drought tolerant) Kentucky Bluegrass (a running grass type)Creeping Red Fescue (shade tolerant) and Unhulled Couch, also drought tolerant and hard wearing. Now that the weather and soils are warming up, late spring to mid summer is the time to be sowing this seed. When sowing the soil it is important to keep the seed moist at all times. It may require watering several times a day particularly if the weather is hot and windy. Avoid having people or pets walk on the area until the seed has germinated and the lawn is established. Good luck, I am sure you will have a beautiful lawn this summer.
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Resident Evil 7 Demo Files Reveal Plot Details, DLC Plans
Capcom released the Resident Evil 7 demo Beginning Hour on Steam this week, and now new information is known about the upcoming horror game. This is due to hackers who looked into the game’s files to learn more. New details include a possible returning character from the series’ past (although this seems unlikely), and the upcoming DLC plans.
The information that is making the most rounds online are files that indicate a character named Albert is in the game. That has naturally led to some people to guess that it’s a returning Albert Wesker, who was thought to be dead. Here are the files in question:
It’s worth noting that the NeoGAF poster that found these files says there is no relation to Wesker, and that it “sounds like it’s just his guns appear in the game.” Nobody can be for certain until the game is out next year, so don’t celebrate or mourn the return of Wesker just yet.
Other new details go into the game’s upcoming four DLC packs. According to the files, the first set of content will be a puzzle-based chapter. The second one revolves around some sort of card game, and the third DLC is a survival mode where the player has to take out waves of enemies. Finally, the fourth and final DLC is a story chapter that has three different endings that can be obtained.
There are more specific spoilers over at the NeoGAF thread (including a full outline of theorized events), so check that out if you just can’t wait to know what happens. Resident Evil 7 biohazard is set to release January 24, 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

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Twilight star Robert Pattinson gets blinded by photographers’ flashses as he leaves La Conversation restaurant on Thursday night in Los Angeles.
The 22-year-old British actor was also seen out with rocker Katy Perry earlier in the week, helping a friend celebrate a birthday. The duo was kind enough to stop and pose with a few fans after their dinner at Il Sole restaurant.
Summit Entertainment has already put a release date on Twilight‘s sequel, New Moon. The film is set to hit theaters in November 2009.


Social media platforms, including Twitter and YouTube, played a key role in the latest Scripps Visiting Artist event featuring acclaimed singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten on Friday, Feb. 19.
The School of Media Arts & Studies used a Twitter hashtag, #askoumdia, and live streamed the event through YouTube to engage audience members while Van Etten shared her experience in the music industry.
“Given the way our society works today, it’s a lot easier for students to sit in the audience and be a little bit more passive and ask their questions,” Kyle Snyder, a lecturer in the School of Media Arts & Studies said.
A Twitterfall projected on a screen behind Van Etten allowed audience members to view questions submitted using the #askoumdia hashtag in real time.
“I thought it was cool to see what other students were asking,” Megan Geldien, a junior studying early childhood education said. “It was some of the same things I was wondering during the talk.”
Snyder’s Live & Remote Music Recording class was assigned to operate much of the event technology. Audience microphones, microphones used by Van Etten and the event moderator, live stream video, tweets and Facebook messages were all managed by students.
“For my students, I hope that they take away the seemingly endless challenges of running a live event,” Snyder said. “Even though this isn’t the largest event in the world, when running an hour and a half live stream there are thousands of things that can go wrong right up until curtain.”
To view the archived version of the live streamed event, click here.
To view questions tweeted during the talk, search hashtag “#askoumdia” on Twitter.
Original article by Maygan Beeler
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HumanKind - A visual exploration of the human condition
Throughout history, every generation of theorists, scientists and artists has grappled with the ultimate quest: to understand and define the human condition.
Now our turn has come: We are looking for images that encompass the experiences of being human in a social, cultural, and personal context. Images that tell the story of what it means to be part of HumanKind - the bad, the good, the beautiful, the ugly, the exotic, the mundane, and everything in between.
Drawn from online submissions, 120 images will be selected and exhibited at The powerHouse Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
HumanKind - presented by the New York Photo Festival - will be on show from December 17 to January 20.
Submit your work