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Lolita licenses Merritt International to develop new lines of drinkware and tableware
Today, Designs by Lolita, Inc. (Lolita) announced it has licensed Merritt International (Merritt) to develop new lines of acrylic, melamine and shatterproof drinkware and tableware for the brand.
“I am thrilled to establish this partnership with Merritt,” said Lolita Healy, CEO and founder of Lolita. “Merritt’s exquisite and quality craftmanship, design and distribution channels will attract a whole new generation of customers and fans to the Lolita brand. We are so excited to offer durable, dishwasher safe tabletop and drinkware pieces that can be used day or night, indoors or outdoors – flexibility that is especially important as we all return to a sense of normalcy.”
The first product line with Merritt will be the What Is Your Moment collection, which will feature acrylic versions of Lolita’s best-selling, iconic and new designs, including holiday. The collection will include both stemless and stemmed wine glasses and serving pieces, such as appetizer plates, trays and platters, and bowls. New pieces and designs will be added to the collection over time, including margarita, mojito and martini glasses.
The collection’s packaging will appeal to today’s “get up and go” consumer, with a “gift to go” appeal – making it easy for customers to quickly pick up a gift for any occasion. Merritt’s products are also 100% food-safe and BPA-free, making it not only safe, but also functional and stylish for entertaining and celebrating.
“We are very excited to be collaborating with Lolita and her team in this new partnership,” said Eric Damer, owner of Merritt International. “When we first connected, we were both surprised at how much synergy there was between our two companies. Merritt’s business is primarily focused on outdoor entertaining and offering tableware collections that create a special moment amongst friends and family. Lolita’s creativity, style and on-trend designs make this collaboration a natural fit for both of us.”
The partnership between Lolita and Merritt was brokered by licensing agent Jack Morrow of Out of the Box, LLC based in Calabasas, California. Lolita’s first collection with Merritt is expected to launch in January 2022.
Designs by Lolita, Inc. empowers women to be their happiest selves by celebrating life’s special moments through positive designs. Since its founding in 2004, Designs by Lolita has created an empire of collectible glassware, with over 29 million products sold in more than 40 countries worldwide and 100,000 glassware collectors. For more information, visit designsbylolita.com.
Merritt Designs is a family-owned tableware company based in Los Angeles, California. Merritt was one of the first to push the evolution of acrylic drinkware and melamine tableware from lightweight plastic to high-end, heavy-weight tableware that is both unbreakable and elegant. They have achieved this by using innovative textures, intricate embossing and boutique shapes to give off the look of glass, pottery and wood. Their primary sales channels are outdoor patio, home, garden and gift stores; selling to a wide variety of independent and specialty stores across the United States and Canada. For more information, visit merrittusa.com.


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About twelve years ago, on Labor Day weekend, Chris Millis sat down in his Saratoga Springs home to write his first novel -- in three days. The attempt was part of the 23rd annual International 3-Day Novel Contest.
"I wanted to do it for a long time, and my wife went away for three days, so I decided I'd try."
He spent the entire week before mapping out an outline, which was allowed under contest rules. But when he sat down with his legal pad to begin writing, he threw the outline away and started writing an entirely new story.
"I just wrote it off my head," he says. "I said I'm just going to start with a guy who gets into trouble and see if I can get him out of trouble."
The book he ended up writing, Small Apartments, won the contest. It was published, and eventually the story was optioned for a film. Millis wrote the screenplay.
The resulting film -- also called Small Apartments -- was directed by Jonas Akerlund and stars Matt Lucas (Bridesmaids), Billy Crystal, Juno Temple, Rebel Wilson, James Marsden, James Caan, Rosie Perez and a bunch of other actors you'd recognize. The film premiered at SXSW last year, went into limited theatrical release earlier this month, and this week was released on DVD.
Next week, the film will screen in Saratoga.
Chris Millis never thought he'd be a writer. He started out as a cartoonist.
"I'd never really written anything before," he says. "I wrote sports for The Saratogian and for a newspaper briefly. I thought I'd be a political cartoonist."
He worked with John McPherson on the comic strip Close to Home. "I think I worked a lot harder finding my cartooning voice than I ever did as a writer. I don't know why it happened that way. I think I was lucky to find my voice as a writer so quickly."
After Small Apartments won the novel contest and was published, Millis decided to get an MFA in creative writing at Goddard College. One of his professors was Neil Landau, who wrote the screenplay for Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. "He's brilliant at structure and I met him at the perfect time in my life," -- as he was about to rework the screenplay for Small Apartments. "A friend lets me write at his cabin in Lake Placid. I went up there with the screenplay for Sideways -- I thought it had a great structure. Later it won an Academy Award, so I guess I picked the right screenplay to take with me."
Millis says Small Apartments is about "a lonely guy named Franklin Franklin who kills his landlord and tries to get away with it while avoiding his nosy neighbors. What he dreams about is going to Switzerland - it's this Utopia to him. It's a funny story but it's also beautiful."
So yep, in the the last twelve years, Chris Millis has had a few "Wait a minute... what? Really?" moments. Winning the contest, optioning his story, writing a screenplay, and finding and working with an impressive cast.
"I kept going 'What? OK. Billy Crystal is going to play Burt Walnut? Really? OK..."
On the set when Millis wandered over to Crystal, he asked what drew Crystal to the film. "He said, 'I don't know... I just read the script. You write good kid. You're funny.'"
In addition to its star-studded cast, Small Apartments includes a somewhat lesser known actor: Millis' high school buddy Scott Sheldon. "He was our high school class president. He's hilarious," says Millis. At the Saratoga premiere on March 1, the film is being introduced by another friend, former history teacher and high school class advisor Dave Patterson. And none of this is at all surprising once you talk to Millis, a seventh-generation Saratogian with a deep love for his city. "There's a great sense of community in Saratoga, and of all the travel I've done -- overseas and everything -- I've never found a town I like more than Saratoga."
Since Small Apartments, Millis has been working on developing some other indie films with "some interesting directors and stars attached," and he's also been doing some celebrity ghost writing. His second novel, which he took a couple of years to write -- God and California -- is due out this spring. He describes it as, "The story of a defrocked Catholic priest and and wounded Iraq war vet who travel across the country in a pink Cadillac breaking the ten commandments in order to provoke a conversation with god." God and California has already been optioned by Lionsgate Films and Goran Dukic has been tapped to direct.
Between a three-day writing contest and a film premiere at SXSW there were a lot of lessons -- from finding agents to forming relationships to getting a cast. "To live this kind of artistic life, you're always scrambling and looking to the next thing," says Chris. "One of the things you rarely do is take a moment to enjoy something and give yourself a little recognition for the moment that you've earned. You're never satisfied as a creative artist -- and that just does not compute with enjoying success. How do you actively enjoy something so you are satisfied with the attention you have given it. That is the lesson I'm trying to take heed of now. I'm looking forward to March 1, and I think there's going to be a lot of love in the room."
Tickets to the Saratoga Screening of Small Apartments, in the Saratoga Music Hall above City Hall are $7 in advance and $10 at the door. The film is also available through Amazon instant video and Netflix.
film still: Sony Pictures
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As fires raged throughout the state of California this past week, one of the casualties reported was Sean Penn’s trailer. Whether he was in town at the time isn’t known.
What a shame that such a fine actor’s humble abode was lost to one of the massive fires in Malibu. Every other big name out in Hollywood owns a lavish mansion. Here’s a guy who hangs his hat in a simple silver mobile home next to the sea.
Director of the new movie, “Into the Wild”, it’s a good thing Sean has millions in the bank and can replace that trailer within the blink of an eye!

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Best Bluetooth Speakers for Vinyl
If you are looking for a perfect speaker for vinyl, this is the right place where you have to click. If you are in a big crowd and also search for a great speaker then take a look at our list of best speakers for vinyl.
Here is a list of the top 10 best speakers for vinyl. Let’s get started. Enjoy!
1. JBL 360P Mk11 Bluetooth Speaker
The JBL’s 360P Mk11 active studio monitors are an ideal speaker for pairing i.e with a turntable. They provide a dimensional stereo image that enhances clarity and power with the help of JBL’s Image Control Waveguide.
These speakers produce impressive accuracy in the low frequencies and a smooth three-fold output. You will get a vast sweet point which minimizes the changes caused by moving around the room with the help of 360P Mk11.
This is a useful addition if your room is not perfectly audibly treated and it will also avoid common problems such as bass traps from occurring due to the shape and extent of your listening area.
The design of these JBL’s speakers means you don’t need to turn the volume to get a good overall balance. If you are a background listening lover and don’t want to disturb the neighbors, the featured slipstream low-frequency port will provide a detailed bass response at low volumes.
These speakers have a 6.5 inches woofer for bass reproduction, a 1-inch tweeter driver to power the high-end frequencies, and a maximum volume peak of 110dB. This volume is enough on your turntable at a gathering or outdoor party.
- Accurate bass reproduction at lower volumes
- Optimized response
- Sturdy housing
- Not solid both individually and as a pair
2. Edifier R1280T Bluetooth Speaker
The Edifier R1280T offers a standard speaker wire connection but it uses a remote control for volume. In spite of that, this speaker produces great sound for small spaces. The frequency response of this speaker is 75Hz to 18KHz.
I found that most music has crisp highs and mids. The bass of this Edifier doesn’t go deep, but it’s expected of small bookshelf speakers. It also possesses a standard 3.5mm input port along with the two sets of RCA inputs, a neat feature to connect more than one device.
The connectors are located on the back panel of these speakers along with the on/off switch. The cabinets are made of MDF (medium-density fibreboard) in a stylish wood finish. The included front grilles sport sparse, unique styling, and are capable of being taken apart.
These speakers are 2-way speakers with a 4-inches cone driver and a 13mm silk dome tweeter. In addition, the maximum power of the built-in amplifier is 21 W per channel.
- Remote control volume
- 2-years warranty
- Adjustable bass
- Low-priced speaker wire
- On/off switch on the back
3. PreSonus Eris E3.5 Bluetooth Speaker
The PreSonus Eris E3.5 speakers are an affordable option for you in terms of the record player. These strong, nearfield monitors are built around woven composite woofers. Due to which there is no issue of pumping out detailed low-frequencies without the risk of disturbance.
In the high-end, the Eris E3.5 uses silk-dome tweeters for a full-bodied managed output. Another great feature of this speaker is the audible tuning controls which allow you to cut out distorted frequencies much like an EQ unit.
This helps to prevent an unnecessary boom depending on the location of your turntable. The speakers certainly pack a punch in spite of being relatively small in size. These speakers retain their clarity even when they are pushed to their volume limit offering 50 watts of solid class AB simplification.
You can also go to the unity mode which controls the volume but compresses the audio to requite. The one thing that makes us love to listen to records through turntables is the small details you get to hear that don’t exist on digital mediums.
These speakers are outfitted with both unbalanced RCA and balanced TRS inputs so that it is easy to enjoy the sound of your favorite vinyl instantly.
- Easy to connect to the turntable
- Tweeters prevent harshness
- Solid low-end reproduction
- Slightly lacking in comfort/warmth
4. Sony SSCS5 Bluetooth Speaker
The Sony SSCS5 are considered as best speakers by the wide frequency response range of 53Hz to 50KHz. Due to this, the speakers provide airy sound signature capturing with accuracy all the important details.
As the SSCS5 are 3-way speakers, they have another advantage. They possess 3 drivers and 2 crossover points due to which separation of instruments becomes easy. You will also notice something while listening to vinyl albums.
These speakers have rich and colorful acoustics because they have rated 6-ohm impedance. The cabinet design of this speaker is responsible for improved audio quality. Another thing to notice in this speaker is Sony’s Hi-Res Audio feature.
The SSCS5 speakers are featured with fiber-reinforced woofers which offer extremely hardness and less distortion when reproducing lots of basses. This will be helpful when you are trying to drive more bass or when you are trying to enhance the breaking-in period of your turntable speakers.
- Better sound quality
- Good build quality
- Wide frequency response range
- Requires appropriate amplification
5. Kanto YU4 Powered Speakers
The Kanto YU4 Speakers are big, loud, and offer an impressive soundstage. They are useful if you lack amplification and have a plug-and-play turntable. They rock class D 70 W amplifiers and possess 1-inch silk dome tweeters that deliver crystal-clear audio.
These speakers are a bit more limited in terms of range. The frequency response of this speaker is 60 Hz to 20 kHz that may not be enough for records in the bass department. When we come to the design of this speaker, it really looks simple but well polished.
These speakers come in a variety of colors and measure 5.5×7.5×8.7-inches. I love the similarity of the Kanto YU4 speakers with both modern and vintage turntables. The integrated Bluetooth Technology of this speaker is great for streaming music and the quality of the vocal midrange seems to be perfect with the price range.
- Bluetooth technology
- 4-inches Kevlar drivers
- Remote included
- Poor low-end definition
6. Micca PB42X Bluetooth Speaker
The Micca PB42X speakers are highly precious speakers for home use. They deliver a rather clean, or natural, sound signature. But these speakers are not powerful to pair with your turntable.
However, these are active speakers. Therefore, it may be an ideal choice if you are looking to invest less in your radio setup. Instead of that, the frequency response range of 60 Hz to 20 kHz will be enough in the vinyl collection.
The ported enclosure design slightly increases the bass response and minimizes the disturbance while playing the speakers at higher volumes. The strong build is also helpful if you are low on table space too, not just price range.
- Active speakers
- Strong and lightweight build
- Good bass definition
- Average build quality
7. Edifier R1700BT Bluetooth Speaker
Edifier R1700BT speakers are best-powered bookshelf options. They are slick, modern, and come with multiple connectivity options. The letters B and T in their name stands for Bluetooth, due to which you can connect R1700s to your smartphone via Bluetooth.
These speakers are 2-way speakers i.e 4-inches woofer and ¾-inches silk dome tweeter. The woofer is not the biggest in the bookshelf class, offers a more-than-decent low end. The frequency range of this speaker range from 60 Hz to 20 kHz.
This speaker is also featured with a built-in amplifier that supplies four channels of amplification; one to each driver i.e 15 W for each tweeter and 18 W for each woofer. The stylish cabinets are made of MDF, with side-mounted bass controls and a rear-mounted connection panel.
Like other BT models, they are finished in black with wood side panels. Each speaker measures 9.84-inches tall, 6.1-inches wide, and 8.35-inches deep.
- Great connectivity options
- Four channels of the built-in amplifier
- Stylish design
- Bluetooth connection is always on
8. Mackie CRS-XBT Bluetooth Speaker
The Mackie CRS-XRT monitors are featured with modern features that are highly compatible with a turntable especially while listening to records in an intimate setting. You can listen to music at night without disturbing other people with a conveniently designed front-panel headphone output.
These speakers also feature built-in Bluetooth connectivity due to which you can use them for any device as well as a turntable. If we talk about outputs, you get an RCA to ⅛ inch cable.
These small speakers are featured by a single amplifier, but this does not destroy the quality of response they produce. The 5-inches low-frequency woofer gives you crisp bass, and the silk-domed high-frequency driver tweeter (0.75-inch) produces detailed transients in the high end.
The Mackie speakers are perfect for listening from your turntable as they are not capable of the volume of larger monitors.
- Accessible headphone output
- Equipped with necessary cables
- Front-panel volume control
- Not suitable for listening to high volumes
9. Polk Audio T15 Bluetooth Speaker
The T15 by Polk Audio is an ideal choice for buyers who want an all-in-one option. These mini-monitors are designed to work in a surround sound system, but I found they work well by themselves, too.
They can be mounted on the wall and are balanced sound-wise. But these speakers don’t come ready to use. You have to go to the store to pick up some quality speaker wire first, as well as a receiver or amplifier if you don’t have one already.
These speakers can handle 100 W of power. As these speakers are not active speakers so you have to supply your own amplifier. These speakers are two-way i.e a 5.25-inches cone driver and a ¾-inches silk dome tweeter.
The frequency response range is 65 Hz to 20,000 kHz and the nominal impedance is 8 ohm. These speakers are easy to drive and the sensitivity is reasonable at 89 dB. The MDF cabinets are 7-inches deep, 10.5-inches tall, and 6.5-inches wide.
The graceful black finish and grills will look cool in any environment.
- Balanced sound
- Wall mountable
- A bit bass shy
10. Audioengine A5+ Bluetooth Speaker
The Audioengine A5+ has powered speakers and don’t need an amplifier, making them perfect for vinyl lovers who are looking to set up a pure vinyl rig with a turntable and a pair of speakers.
These are two-way speakers i.e 5-inches Kevlar woofers and 3/4 -inches silk dome tweeters. The built-in amplifier is rated at 50 W per channel RMS, which is enough for a medium-sized room.
The frequency response range of this speaker is 50 Hz to 22 kHz. Each A5+ speaker is 10.5-inches tall, 9-inches deep, and 7-inches wide. The left speaker weighs 15.41 lbs and the right one 9.6 lbs.
It comes in various colors such as high-glow white, satin black, and solid carbonized bamboo.
- Active bookshelf speakers
- Full and rich sound
- 50 W RMS per channel
- Price a bit high
- Potential feedback issues at super-high volumes


Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I is a CoolRunner-II Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). Xilinx manufactures the series and has had it dedicated to chips optimized for higher performance, cost-effectiveness and low-power consumption.
For a detailed analysis of the Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I CPLD, read this article to the end.
What is a CPLD?
A Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) is one of the popular programmable logic devices. The others are Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), and Simple Programmable Logic Devices (SPLDs).
It is also made up of several Programmable Array Logic (PAL) structures, which are called macrocells. These are the “building block” or “central component” of the CPLD.
By default, the CPLD has all of the input pins pointing to the macrocell, while the macrocell has its dedicated output pin.
Introducing the Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I CPLD
Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I is a type of Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) designed by Xilinx and categorized under the CoolRunner-II series.
In the subsequent sections of this article, you will find out some of the device’s technical specifications, as well as the features.
Technical Attributes of Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I
Here are some of the technical attributes or components of the Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I CPLD:
1. Moisture Sensitivity Level
Moisture Sensitivity Level or MSL is the level of exposure the Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I CPLD is likely to be exposed to within a specific time. It is common if the device is exposed to ambient room conditions within this time, especially after it has been unveiled for use.
The rated MSL for Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I is 3 and this translates to 168 hours to be exposed to ambient room conditions from the time it is unveiled.
2. Type of Memory
Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I is a ROMless Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). This means that it doesn’t use the Random-Access Memory (RAM).
By default, when a programmable logic device is ROMless, it has to rely on an external memory. In that case, Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I sources data via external memory options, such as a hard drive, a flash drive or a Storage Device (SD) card.
3. Mounting Technology
Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I’s CPLD uses the Surface Mount Technology (SMT). The technology relies on Surface Mount Devices (SMDs), which are used to mount or place the required components atop the circuit.
4. Speed Grade
Speed grade, generally, is the delay or time it would likely take before the macrocell in the device can perform optimally. It is called in nanoseconds or ns.
The speed grade also marks or highlights the “minimum guaranteed performance of the device.” This is according to Xilinx. According to the manufacturer too, the rating doesn’t necessarily cover the maximum performance of the chip.
Another important fact to note about the Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I CPLD’s speed grade is that it is rated as 10. This means that it has a minimum delay of 10 nanoseconds to run through a macrocell.
In conclusion, Xilinx XC2C384-10TQ144I is one of the best Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs) you can invest your money in. For a guaranteed buying decision and professional advice, contact RayPCB.


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FT or FS: Canon 5DMKII
price lowered to 1,300 and 25 shipping to lower 48. I found a place to get the Fuji for 1,300 so all i want is a straight trade. under 3,700 shutter clicks on this body. PM me if interested or for pics. Screaming deal, I paid over 1,900 dollars for this body 5 months ago.

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text: Set on a dead end road, the house is situated on Steilacoom Lake. It has access to the lake and beach via a dock. There are kayaks, a motorboat and paddleboards supplied. Bicycles and golf clubs are also available. It is centrally located with I-5 only 5 minutes away. Mountains, lakes, rivers and the ocean are all within close proximity for outdoor fun. Shopping malls and nightlife are also nearby.

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I've come a long way, only to realise I'm not myself anymore. Haggling for perfection among conversations with unspoken words, unending waits and unfinished windows, I've forgotten myself somewhere along the way. I've fallen behind trying to keep up, observing life from a distance and living memory's dreams in lieu of reality. I've grown weary of myself, of these unclaimed emotions, these obsessions with reason and understanding, these vain lives inside lives, of all that ties me down to myself. This isn't what I wish to be, nor is it what I ought to be. I'm done confining myself to the question mark.
I want not what I know, I know not what I want. I wish to escape myself, to let myself go. I wish to lose myself so someday I'll be able to find myself again. Big words. Maybe, maybe not. The world won't change for me but I can for it. And maybe I will. Maybe give the heart precedence over the mind, for once. Maybe give in to the otherness of life. Be all I never was. Be all I never knew. All you never knew.
I want to be somebody else. Maybe I can, maybe I can't. I wouldn't know. But then again, weren't we all somebody else once?

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The Orchestre Super Mazembe was a very popular band in Nairobi (Kenya) in the 80’s, as known on the Lingala Kenyan scene as Les Mangelepa and Baba Gaston.
The band was formed in Zaire in 1967 by Mutonkole Longwa Didos, and was called “Super Vox” at the time, but changed its name to Orchestra Super Mazembe when the members moved to Nairobi in 1974.
The members decided to split in 1985, after more than 5 albums and several singles recorded.
Orchestre Super Mazembe – Samba
Have a nice sunday,

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Updated, 11:12 a.m.
Good morning on this sublime Tuesday.
The 2016 United States Open is here.
The tournament — which began yesterday and runs through Sept. 11 — serves up the world’s best tennis players at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.
The top seeds and favorites to win are Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic.
But with both players nursing injuries, the courts are wide open for the underdogs to impress.
Some wild cards to watch:
Madison Keys, the No. 8 seed, reached the semifinals at the Olympics, and she is the youngest American player in the top 10.
“She’s been circled as the next big thing for a long, long time, even though she’s pretty young,” Ben Rothenberg, who covers tennis for The New York Times, said of the 21-year-old Ms. Keys.
Or how about the No. 14 seed, the electric, infuriating Nick Kyrgios of Australia?
“He can be a bit of a tempest in a teapot in terms of personality — he’s unpredictable — but if everything goes correctly, there’s no one he can’t beat,” Mr. Rothenberg told us.
We also had high hopes for the No. 32 seed, Mónica Puig of Puerto Rico, who is known for her dangerous, two-handed backhand and made history at the Rio Olympics by winning Puerto Rico’s first gold medal.
But she lost her first-round match on Monday.
“Half the players will lose their first match and go home,” Mr. Rothenberg said. “If you have one hiccup it can be enough to crush your tournament hopes.”
Mother Nature is serving up some superb weather again.
A cool morning will gradually warm to a high of near 85.
Sun-filled skies. A slight breeze. Who cares if you can’t make it to Flushing Meadows? Throw on some sunscreen and have lunch in front of the nearest tennis courts.
In the News
• Anthony D. Weiner and Huma Abedin are to separate after his latest sexting scandal. [New York Times]
• With 19 residential towers under construction or recently finished, developers say they worry that Brooklyn’s rental boom will turn into a glut. [New York Times]
• Six candidates are running to replace Sheldon Silver in one of New York’s most ethnically diverse districts. [New York Times]
• The City University of New York is investigating whether a $500,000 donation to its flagship school was improperly diverted. [New York Times]
• The Police Department will hold a parade for the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. [DNAInfo]
• The hip-hop artist Sean “Diddy” Combs presided over the opening of a charter school he helped to organize in East Harlem. [PIX11]
• The state’s medical marijuana program will offer home delivery. [New York Times]
• A sinkhole partly swallowed an S.U.V. after a water main break on the Upper West Side. [New York Post]
• Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo caught a thresher shark over the weekend, upsetting conservationists. [Gothamist]
• Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “Blink and You Miss It”
• For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Tuesday Briefing.
Coming Up Today
• Take a tour of Gracie Mansion, which many of our mayors have called home, in Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan. 10 and 11 a.m. [Free, R.S.V.P. here]
• Learn about local white-tailed deer at Greenbelt Nature Center on Staten Island. 1 p.m. [Free]
• An event called Countdown to Totality offers a sneak preview of a particularly rare type of solar eclipse, at the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side. 7 p.m. [$15]
• Mets host Marlins, 7:10 p.m. (SNY). Yankees at Royals, 8:15 p.m. (YES).
• For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.
• Alternate-side parking: in effect until Labor Day.
A prize pool of $46.3 million is up for grabs at the United States Open this year, creating the largest payouts in the event’s history.
And unlike other major sports, such as soccer, tennis has become an exemplar for gender equality.
All four Grand Slam tournaments — the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the United States Open — now pay men and women equal prize money.
But it was not always that way.
The United States Open was a pioneer of the practice, giving out equal prize money starting in 1973.
It took time for the other major tournaments to catch up.
The Australian Open followed suit in 1984.
The French Open did not make the change until 2006, and Wimbledon evened things up only in 2007.
The American star Venus Williams played a pivotal part in closing that gap.
New York Today is a weekday roundup that stays live from 6 a.m. till late morning. You can receive it via email.
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Earlier this year, our Rose Capdevila, Lisa Lazard, Sandra Roper, and others published a piece over on The Conversation about sharenting - the practice of sharing images of your kids online. On Mother’s Day, social media feeds are often full of celebration. Facebook reported that in 2017, Mother’s Day “drove more posts in a single day than… Continue reading Sharenting: why mothers post about their children on social media
Paul Stenner is giving a keynote talk this week on transforming emotions at the affective media studies conference in Potsdam, Germany. Here's more about it... The affective and emotional lives of people is increasingly targeted for manipulation and control by a whole range of new media and technologies. Our moods are tracked, our sentiments analysed… Continue reading Transforming the way we feel?
In a blog prompted by a recent news story, Stephanie Taylor draws some connections to issues discussed in the new module Advancing social psychology (DD317). She asks how we can make society fairer and, in particular, how we can break the circularity of 'like' favouring 'like', for instance, when recruiters favour job candidates who are similar to… Continue reading Changing people by changing ideas?
Last month, several of the OU School of Psychology team attended the International Society for Theoretical Psychology conference in Tokyo, Japan. We thought you might like to see some of their pictures from the event and hear a bit about what they were presenting. Darren Langdridge was keynoting the event talking about his work on phenomenological… Continue reading OU psychologists talk theory in Tokyo
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The sprouting of seeds and crops on my grandmother’s farm had awakened the harvest season. The hedges curved in an ascending view facing the sky are lined up in an orderly manner on her farm. An aerial view of her big farm from the balcony of our duplex makes it seem like greenery with leaves looking like a canopy umbrella. The beautiful aerial view takes you on a journey to your ancestral root. On her farm are a plethora of hired laborers, men and women whose faces are covered with beads of sweats as they ransack the earth in the process of finding buried seeds pregnant with multiple crops. Baskets made of raffia are scattered on her farmland where harvested crops are kept. The joy that tags along the many hours of their hard work is unquantifiable. This undeniable joy sometimes takes the shape of a throaty laughter amongst the laborers. Sometimes, it takes a posture of native songs celebrating their industry which also retains a raw smell of undiluted culture. Sometimes, they hum in a choreography and some other time, they work in silence heaved with noise of rustling and metallic clangs.
Funnily, this doesn’t apply to only my grandmother’s farm. It spreads across other farms in my village. As the window of the harvest season is open, there is a reemphasis on the age long principle of sowing and reaping. The anticipation of every farmer soars during this season. The crowfeet at the edges of their eyes etch deeply as they smile broadly to the beat of the loud drum of satisfaction and reward of labor. The day long stance on the farm as they bury their hands and tools into the ground to uproot crops is never considered tedious by them. The joy of the harvest alone overshadows the slightest strain of stress.
In the evening as they leave for their homes after a long day of reaping the fruit of their labor, the content of the baskets that leaves their farmland summarizes their effort. The raffia of some baskets could be seen struggling with the harvested crops who would be threatening for freedom as it struggles with an overflowing abundance. Some other baskets are in the conflicting borderline of half empty and occasionally, others are seen almost empty. The path to the farmland drop fat with lessons of hard work and industry of human race as well as the insurmountable principle of benefit and compensation.
As the window of the harvest season draws closer, some seeds of crops are stored in anticipation for the next planting season. Farmers strategize on methodologies to apply for a more bountiful harvest. Nevertheless, the aerial view of the farm from my grandmother’s balcony remains priceless.
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If you died and went to 3-D TV heaven then I’m sure you would find the Samsung MSTV sitting right in front, in it’s various screen-size (22,32,42,46,55, 64 inches) avatars. Keeping with Sammy’s passion for Android, this TV is a pureblood Google Android baby. And what’s more, you get to sync all your gadgets and devices remotely and splurge on gaming fun! Hit the jump for details.
- Samsung MSTV is the first TV in the world consists in 2 parts
- The base serves as box.
- Just buy the screens that correspond to your requirements.
- There are dedicated screens such as screens specifically for video games (with deep blacks for better restitution of the image and 3D).
- Displays dedicated to the use of film and conventional screens.
- Once you have connected the screen, the box will automatically detect it.
- Compatible 4K2K (for screens over 40 inches) with 3D without glasses.
- The TV is entirely on Google’s Android system.
- You can find all your applications on your TV with the “SynchrTV” and you can use your smartphone as a controller to play your video games.
- If you do not have a smartphone or remote to control your TV, the touch screen will allow you a simple gesture to access functions or you can do so through the voice function.
- The TV is compatible “DPConnect” and hooks up your devices (video games, Blu-ray players, and others) to the TV wirelessly in less than a second.
- It features SmartTV applications, screens with cameras, the “Uprogram” which allows you to share your programs on your devices like your smartphone or tablet android etc.
- “No Edges”, so you can see the entire image on your screen.
- ActiveDeep3D+ allows you to see 3D images of high quality in a transparent screen without lag, enjoy 3D with Glasses or without glasses.
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...that I actually LOVED!This list has 5 films my parents couldn't let me live without seeing and it turns out they were right!
- The Life of Brian (1979)// My Mum couldn't decide whether this was suitable for me to watch (age 10) and I distinctly remember her saying "F*** it, it's funny" and that was that. It's by far my favourite of the Monty Python films and I loved the many subtle and not-so-subtle jokes throughout it. Whether or not I always look on the bright side, I know I'm going to have this song stuck in my head the rest of today!
- The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996)// I remember my Dad putting this on one weekend, after me disdaining that it sounded boring. Famous last words. This is one bad ass film about a woman with amnesia who starts to find out about her past. It's absolutely brilliant, and I well and truly ate my words!
- The 51st State (2001)//The culprit this time? My Stepdad, insisted I watch this about 10 years ago, purely to show the shots that were taken from Birkenhead side of the Mersey. It's a film about a drug dealer who flies to Liverpool to try and sell a formula for a brand new high. Lots of randomness and a shit load of Scouse accents, what is not to love?
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)// Okay, so picture me and my little brother (2 1/2 yrs younger so not that little) perusing our Fathers film collection when this comes out. Dad immediately says, YES you are watching that NOW! I pretty much ignored the first 15 mins or so, just picking up the odd detail, then ALL FRIGGING HELL BREAKS FREE.Like a stripper bar suddenly gets overrun with VAMPIRES. Dad conveniently didn't tell the two of us about this addition to the film and laughed, a lot at us.. Its mental and weird, but I loved this film! I'll admit I paid a lot more attention the second time round viewing...
- The Fifth Element (1997)// Saved the best til last. The FIFTH element for the FIFTH choice. Yep, I'm that cheesy! This film is one I will always rewatch, it includes ancient prophecies, orange hair, ruins and cool as' feck alien opera singers. Yep, ALL in one film. It's an absolute mish mash of a science fiction film but it also has genuinely funny moments and is a wee bit heartwarming.
I'm a little sad that of these 5 films I only have The Fifth Element in my personal collection. Shall remedy that shortly...
P.s. have you seen any of these 5? What would you put on this list?


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HMN Jerry Hopkins has an affinity for the Shenandoah National Park. Spending time there since he was a kid, he currently makes frequent trips to his adopted stretch of trail in the Park to keep it welcoming by clearing brush and obstacles which might impede travelers.
On a recent beautiful sunny spring day, he generously shared some of the history, ecology, geology, and general fun facts about the Park he has learned over the years, with members of the current basic training class and a few other HMNs. The group parked near Skyland and slowly made its way up the Stony Man Trail and back along the Passamaquoddy Trail, with frequent stops for readings and discussions. These ranged from the impacts of fuel needs of surrounding iron ore furnaces in the 1800s, chestnut blight in the early 1900s, the woolly adelgid hemlock parasite introduced in the mid-1900s, current emerald ash borer threats, and acid rain impacts, to George Washington’s army subsisting on rock tripe at Valley Forge and synchronized lightning bugs creating too much human attention in another part of the Park.
As a bonus, the group was treated to the extensive wildflower expertise of HMN Betty Forrest who at 82 can still ably navigate 5 miles of trail. She spent three years as a Shenandoah National Park ranger and knows the local flora well. Golden ragwort abundantly lined the trails but was not yet in bloom. Wild phlox was in bloom at the Stony Man summit within view of a wind blown, icy, rock-lined puddle.
George Freeman Pollock featured prominently in Jerry’s discussions along the Passamaquoddy Trail. Relying heavily on his wife Addie’s wealth, George Pollock created and financed much of Skyland before it became the cornerstone of Shenandoah National Park. He oversaw the establishment of the Passamaquoddy Trail including its name. The Passamaquoddy Indians, who lived in northeastern North America, are named for the pollock fish important in their lives.
Jerry’s work with trail maintenance for the Park is through its contract with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. The club provides volunteer service to help keep up all the Park’s trails. The Park also partners with the Shenandoah National Park Association, a membership driven nonprofit organization which helps fund educational opportunities throughout the Park. There are many member benefits to joining!
Check out the website of the Shenandoah National Park for comprehensive coverage of everything it has to offer.
– Adrie Voors, Cohort II, April 2018
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John R. Daly – Site Manager Evonik Birmingham, AL USA – has 25 years of experience in leadership and technical expert roles, in leading all aspects of pharmaceutical manufacturing (drug product and active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing) including EHS, Quality, Business Strategy, and P&L impact driving Revenue and EBITDA. His education includes a B.S. Chemical Engineering from Auburn University and a M.S. Chemical Engineering from the University of Alabama. John began his career with ABB Environmental Systems in Tuscaloosa, AL and then with Ciba-Geigy Specialty Chemicals (now known as BASF) in McIntosh, AL. He then transitioned into pharmaceuticals with Johnson & Johnson (Janssen Pharmaceuticals) in Athens, GA and Wilmington, DE in addition to assignments in Wisconsin, Ireland, Belgium, and Switzerland. John is now Site Manager for Evonik’s Birmingham Laboratories, focused on bioresorbable polymer supply for pharmaceuticals and medical devices and on parenteral (injectable) drug delivery services and manufacturing for other pharmaceutical companies. John’s experience spans pharmaceutical manufacturing, to new product development and introduction, to leadership positions with increasing levels of responsibility including site management roles with J&J and Evonik.

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Branding, logo, identity and development for Love Adorned in New York City. Love Adorned is a retail concept store that specializes in unique, high end contemporary and vintage jewelry, accessories, wellness and home products. Work with this company began in the initial concept stages with brand development and market research, expanding into logo and collateral design, identity design, brand expansion and digital management. Brand expansion includes the addition of the blog (design, art direction and content development), an e-commerce website and website redesign, private label product development and the opening of a second location in the Hampton’s chic Amagansett Square.
Logo design for “Love, Adorned” flagship store at 269 Elizabeth Street, far left. Updated “Summer” rendition of logo, top right. “Love, Adorned: East End” logo for Hamptons location in Amagansett Square, lower right. Initial branding concepts and collateral, below.
Layout, UI/UX Design and Global Styling for original and updated e-commerce website and accompanying blog. Alternate designs were also presented in white before the final version with a grey background was selected.
Graphic design, content development and art direction for the Love, Adorned Blog. Additional screen shots, below, complete list here.


Heat flux patterns for fracture A4 at a heliocentric distance of 2.0 AU and a plane angle η = 30° for one diurnal period of 12.4 h. The vertical lines at 0 h and 6.2 h indicate local morning and evening terminator. The coarse dotted grey line denotes the incident total solar irradiation, while the smaller black dotted line outlines the absorbed heat flux by the fracture floor. The grey continuous line shows the self-heating by infrared radiation, emitted from the fracture side walls, which impinges on the fracture floor: a positive value indicates a net heat flux direction towards the fracture floor. The grey dashed line illustrates the heat exchange with underlying nucleus layers through conductive and radiative transport. The black dashed line marks the local heat sink by sublimation phase change processes. For comparison, the dash-dotted line marks the sublimation pattern of a flat surface with identical thermophysical properties. The sublimation front is located directly at the surface of the fracture floor. Remarks: (1) the heat fluxes are related to 1 m2 sublimating fracture floor. Owing to the concave structure of geometry A4 and the decreasing width with depth, the fracture top sums up to 4 m2; (2) the fractured terrain absorbs about 4% more thermal energy than a flat surface because scattered irradiation is absorbed.
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Salary and Benefits
The objective of this one year fellowship is to achieve the highest level of training for fellows in:
- Advanced nasal and sinus disorders
- Facial plastic surgery, with an emphasis on rhinoplasty
Fellows should leave the training program comfortable to pursue these endeavors at an advanced level in either a private practice or academic setting.
Fellows will complete more than 300 cases per year in these disciplines, and perform them both at a major academic center (the largest teaching hospital in Chicago) and in the private practice setting at a well-equipped community hospital and state-of-the-art surgicenter.
The fellowship lasts for twelve months and fellows will receive well-rounded training in the medical, surgical and academic aspects of rhinology and facial plastic surgery.
The cornerstone of care for patients suffering from refractory chronic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis is medical therapy. Even patients requiring surgery demand long-term medical management.
Fellows will participate in an extremely busy clinical practice with significant independence but under the direct guidance of the program director at all times. Fellows will learn both evidence-based medicine as well as "off-label" use of many medications often required for refractory rhinosinusitis as few drugs are FDA-approved for chronic rhinosinusitis, i.e. they will learn both the "art and science of medicine."
They will also learn the clinical aspects of facial plastic surgery, including facial analysis, the art of dealing with both the "typical" facial plastics patient and the "difficult" patient, office-based procedures including BotoxTM, RestylaneTM, JuvidermTM, RadiesseTM, facial implants, aesthetic skin care and resurfacing, as well as the marketing and business aspects of medicine.
The fellows will receive extensive training in ENT allergy and learn both in situ and in vivo testing techniques, behavioral management, pharmacotherapy, and immunotherapy.
The fellows will work alongside a full-time allergy nurse and rotate for several full-time clinics with a general allergy practice at Rush University Medical Center.
Call will consist of only one week per month for the private practice only with no ER call duties, and the fellow will assist with one half-day weekend clinic per month.
The fellows will participate in well over 300 cases/year. The rhinologic cases will include a large number of primary and revision endoscopic sinus surgery, computer-guided surgery, septorhinoplasty, turbinoplasty, orbital decompression, sinonasal tumors, and anterior skull base surgery including CSF leaks. The program director receives referrals for challenging rhinologic cases from general Otolaryngologists within the Chicago metropolitan area.
The facial plastics cases are centered around primary and revision rhinoplasty (the "union" of rhinology and facial plastic surgery), but fellows will also be well-trained to perform blepharoplasty, facial implants, facial trauma, scar revision, facelift, browplasty and forehead lifts, local flaps and otoplasty.
Fellows will be expected to complete one clinical and one basic science research project per year, and will receive guidance from the program director and full-time basic science researchers to complete this mission. They will perform one intra-departmental grand rounds per year, will attend weekly departmental conferences, quarterly endoscopic sinus conferences with other Chicago-area rhinology experts, and will be allowed to attend national rhinology and/or facial plastics conferences at which they present research. Fellows will assist with the teaching and training of Rush ENT residents and medical students.
Salary and Benefits
Fellows will receive compensation at the PGY-6 level with full benefits including health care. They will receive 4 weeks of paid vacation. Salary and benefits will be articulated in the contemporaneous Rush Housestaff Agreement, which is renegotiated and improved each academic year. They will also receive travel and tuition to any national conference at which they present their research.

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It’s never too early to start planning so let’s get our next date in the diary to work around – we’ll Celebrate a Day in the Life of MedComms in 2018 on Wednesday 6 June. Please send me your thoughts, ideas, offers of support and so on at firstname.lastname@example.org. Let’s make our 7th annual celebration the biggest, best and boldest yet!
Once again we expect contributions from across the globe, from Auckland in New Zealand to San Francisco in the USA, providing great insights into the MedComms working day. So get ready to dust off your Twitter account and use hashtag #MedComms.
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Auroras - Time Lapse
Tonight, auroras were dancing over the moonlit landscape of Kvaløya outside Tromsø in Northern Norway - here is a short part of a video sequence I took during the night, covering about 1,5 hours.


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Who remembers mood rings??
Mood rings were invented in the 1970’s. They contain a thermochromic element, like liquid crystal, that changes color depending on the temperature. Mood rings were said to indicate the emotional state of the person wearing the ring, that is if you could remember what all the different colors meant. I used to sit in class making my hands super hot and then letting them cool down just to watch the colors change. What does this have to do with anything? I was walking around on my lunch break and I came across “Mood Struck”!! Thermochromic nail polish. I couldn’t have been more excited. I asked my co-worker if I sounded like an 8 year old, and his reply? “More like 16, but whatever…” Whatever. Hahahah. I got two colors, purple and a glittery light blue.
This purple turns to a blue shade when heated. Sorry my point and shoot camera is horrible with colors. I ran my middle finger under hot water to see the difference. You can’t really tell, but my thumb is darker than my middle finger. In person it is a much more obvious color change. Here is the glittery blue.And under water, again the color change isn’t obvious, but you can see one is darker than the other.That was fun, for like 5 minutes. But it is friday night and I have different color nails that will be changing throughout the night, so I covered it with another finding, Sally Hansen Crackle.Doesn’t quite crackle like OPI or China glaze does, but it could have been due to the texture of the nail lacquer underneath. I’ll do a comparison review later with Sephora by OPI Gold Blasted. I have it coming in the mail and it should be here next week.


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By René Dugas
"A impressive paintings so one can stay a record of the 1st rank for the historian of mechanics." — Louis de Broglie
In this masterful synthesis and summation of the technological know-how of mechanics, Rene Dugas, a number one pupil and educator on the famed Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, bargains with the evolution of the rules of common mechanics chronologically from their earliest roots in antiquity throughout the heart a while to the progressive advancements in relativistic mechanics, wave and quantum mechanics of the early twentieth century.
The current quantity is split into 5 elements: the 1st treats of the pioneers within the examine of mechanics, from its beginnings as much as and together with the 16th century; the second one part discusses the formation of classical mechanics, together with the enormously inventive and influential paintings of Galileo, Huygens and Newton. The 3rd half is dedicated to the eighteenth century, within which the association of mechanics reveals its climax within the achievements of Euler, d'Alembert and Lagrange. The fourth half is dedicated to classical mechanics after Lagrange. partially 5, the writer undertakes the relativistic revolutions in quantum and wave mechanics.
Writing with nice readability and sweep of imaginative and prescient, M. Dugas follows heavily the information of the nice innovators and the texts in their writings. the result's a very exact and goal account, specially thorough in its bills of mechanics in antiquity and the center a long time, and the real contributions of Jordanus of Nemore, Jean Buridan, Albert of Saxony, Nicole Oresme, Leonardo da Vinci, and lots of different key figures.
Erudite, complete, replete with penetrating insights, AHistory of Mechanics is an surprisingly skillful and wide-ranging examine that belongs within the library of someone drawn to the historical past of science.
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Controlling a system's vibrational habit, no matter if for lowering destructive vibrations or for boosting helpful varieties, is necessary to make sure secure and reasonably-priced operation in addition to longer structural and kit lifetimes. A similar factor is the impression of vibration on people and their atmosphere. reaching keep an eye on of vibration calls for thorough knowing of approach habit, and Vibration tracking, trying out, and Instrumentation presents a handy, thorough, and up to date resource of instruments, innovations, and information for instrumenting, experimenting, tracking, measuring, and examining vibration in quite a few mechanical and structural structures and environments.
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Dieses Grundlagenwerk der Thermodynamik erscheint schon nach kurzer Zeit in der 17. Auflage. Es wurden lediglich kleinere Korrekturen durchgeführt, da die sixteen. Auflage eine umfassende Neubearbeitung beinhaltete. Die Theorie der Thermodynamik wird systematisch entwickelt, wobei die zentrale Bedeutung der Bilanzierungen von Masse, Energie und Entropie in besonderer Weise herausgestellt wird.
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Booming Texas region could rival Dallas-Fort Worth as ‘next great U.S. metroplex,’ mayor says
Look out, Dallas-Fort Worth. Austin Mayor Steve Adler wants Austin-San Antonio to become the “next great U.S. metroplex.” Experts believe they're already well on their way toward that status.
In his last State of the City address as Austin’s mayor on August 25, Adler touched on the burgeoning notion that the Austin-San Antonio corridor — encompassing 13 counties across both metro areas — is evolving as a mega-region like DFW.
In alignment with that vision, Texas billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of Austin-based automaker Tesla, recently floated the idea of building a transportation tunnel between Austin and San Antonio. On Twitter, Musk noted that this futuristic tunnel would be the “fastest way” to travel “between one downtown and another with known physics.” The distance along I-35 between downtown Austin and downtown San Antonio is about 80 miles.
In the past, transportation advocates have pushed for a commuter rail line between the Austin and San Antonio areas, but the concept has never gained enough traction.
Calls for stepped-up transportation and cooperation between Austin and San Antonio come as the two adjacent regions become more neighborly.
Today, the Austin-San Antonio corridor is home to roughly 5 million people. As of the 2020 Census, 2.3 million people lived in the Austin metro area and almost 2.6 million people lived in the San Antonio area. The corridor’s population is expected to reach 6 to 7 million by 2030.
From 2010 to 2020, two of the country’s fastest-growing counties were the adjoining counties of Hays and Comal. At 53.4 percent, Hays County (part of the five-county Austin metro area and anchored by San Marcos) led growth among all U.S. counties during that period. Comal County, situated in the eight-county San Antonio metro area and anchored by New Braunfels, ranked third on that list with a growth rate of 48.9 percent.
This population growth is occurring as home prices continue to climb in the Austin and San Antonio areas. However, the San Antonio area remains a much more affordable place than neighboring Austin. In fact, San Antonio ranks among the top spots where both buyers and renters are seeking a refuge from skyrocketing prices for housing in Austin.
In July, the median home price in the San Antonio area was $341,600, compared with $515,000 in the Austin area. That’s a gap of $173,400.
“Austin is in the middle of a housing supply and housing affordability crisis. This is an existential challenge,” Adler said. “We are losing neighbors who can longer afford to live here. With their loss, we lose the diversity that is our biggest asset — our people.”
In November, Austin voters will decide on a $350 million bond program that would add affordable housing for low-income families and homeless people.
“We have quadrupled our investment in affordable housing units in the city since just 2014. And we have invested more in the last six years than in the city’s history up to that point,” Adler said. “And it’s still not enough.”
The Austin Board of Realtors has repeatedly sounded the alarm about the escalating cost and ongoing shortage of housing in the area.
“Although we’ve seen an uptick in inventory recently, we must focus on creating more supply to meet the increasingly high and sustained demand for housing. We must put housing first and use all the tools we have in the toolbox to address this issue,” says Cord Shiflet, president of the Austin Board of Realtors.
The same sentiment likely could be applied to the San Antonio area, especially if the population of the corridor exceeds 9 million by 2050, as former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros has indicated will happen.
In 2020, Cisneros wrote that nowhere else in the U.S. are two connected metro areas expanding so rapidly. As the two areas move closer to the mega-metro level, Cisneros believes Austin and San Antonio can “provide a 21st-century example” of regional collaboration, including the possibility that a single NFL, NHL, or Major League Baseball team could serve sports fans up and down the corridor.
“We can avoid the worst consequences of lack of planning and of erratic growth in the Austin-San Antonio region,” Cisneros wrote in a newspaper op-ed. “We can make wise investments, pursue inclusive growth, and assure environmental responsibility.”


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CJS is pleased to announce the next installment in our Fall Seminar Series. Please join us! Dr. Okuyama’s book is available on Amazon. Click HERE for abstract.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell (center) dedicated the Honouliuli National Monument on March 31, 2015, in ceremonies at the site and at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. She stressed that broad community support had encouraged President Obama’s February declaration. Dr. Joyce Chinen (right), Director of the UHM Center for Okinawan Studies and Professor of Sociology at UH West Oahu, researched Okinawan internees and POWs at Honouliuli in Social Process in Hawaii, Volume 45, 2014. UH West Oahu provides access to the rural site that will become the new national monument. Congratulations to the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i.
On March 30, 2015, Consul General of Japan in Honolulu, Toyoei Shigeeda, awarded 2015 Monbukagakusho Research Student Scholarships to two UHM students.
Daniel Allen will conduct research in Tourism Studies at Hokkaido University from April 2015 to March 2017. Daniel’s research will contribute to his M.A. thesis in Asian Studies at UHM.
Christian Bilgera will conduct research in Electrical Engineering at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology from April 2015 to March 2017. Christian completed his B.S. in Electrical Engineering at UHM and now seeks smarter power grid designs in Japan.
Supporters at the ceremony included Deputy Consul General Maruyama, past MEXT awardee UHM faculty Susan Hirate and Lonny Carlile, and MEXT screening committee members Mary Hammond (Dean, EWC) and Mary McDonald (CJS).
UHM appreciates the Government of Japan’s generous awards of two research scholarships this year. Best wishes to Daniel and Christian.
(left to right) Mary McDonald, Daniel Allen, Consul General Shigeeda, Christian Bilgera, and Mary Hammond
The 26th annual SPAS Graduate Student Conference, held March 18-20, 2015 in the Center for Korean Studies, attracted promising young scholars from across Asia and the United States. Among those researching Japan, two of UH’s own stood out for recognition.
2015 Seidensticker Prize for Best Papers on Japan
|“Historicizing the Hinmin: Social Discourse and Fiction in Turn-of-the-Century Japan”
Theatre & Dance, UHM
|“Thy Name is Woman: Performing the Feminine Ghost in Japanese Theatre and Cinema”
The Seidensticker Prize is awarded annually for the best paper on Japan. It began in Spring 2000 to honor Professor Edward Seidensticker, scholar and translator of Japanese literature, who spent his retirement from Columbia in the UH Mānoa Japanese Studies community. Congratulations to this year’s winners!


Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, is set to bring back its supernatural hit original series Black. The adaptation of the renowned CJ ENM Korean fantasy-thriller of the same name premieres its second season today, exclusively on Viu. With 45 million monthly active users* and with operations across Asia, the Middle East and South Africa, Viu has released nine Malaysian productions under the Viu Original banner.
This year the service features a number of returning Malaysian series, with Black Season 2 being the first set for release. The new 10-episode season will see the return of Kamal Adli, Siti Saleha, Nabila Huda, Zoey Rahman, and the rest of the impressive ensemble from Season 1.
The first season of the Viu Original series Black premiered in December 2019. Kamal Adli plays Black, a supernatural law enforcer who comes to earth in search of his rogue partner, and meets Sofia (played by Siti Saleha), a gifted but troubled young lady who has the power to foresee death.
The pair team up only to uncover a series of mysteries connected to their loved ones and their own shared past. The highly entertaining 8-episode programme garnered 2 local wins for Viu at the Asian Academy Creative Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Visual FX, and ended on a shocking cliffhanger that left audiences eagerly anticipating the series’ return.
In the new season, as Black’s hunt for his fugitive partner intensifies, his investigations lead back to a number of unsolved murder cases, including – most shockingly – his own. Horrifying secrets are unearthed with deadly repercussions. Spurred on by the spunky and compassionate Sofia, a once arrogant and self-serving Black finds himself fighting injustice and saving lives by her side.
Rediscovering a more human side to himself, Black will ultimately be brought to confront the truth that, against the laws of his people and his own very nature, he may just have done the impossible – and fallen in love.
The highly anticipated second season of Black is directed by Ghaz Abu Bakar and Sein Qudsi. Ghaz is the visionary filmmaker behind award-winning feature films such as Hantu Kapcai (2012) and the hugely successful first instalment of the Polis Evo franchise (2015). The series is produced by Independent Pictures, helmed by veteran producer Zurina Ramli.
The first episode of Black Season 2 is now available on Viu, with two new episodes to be released every week on Thursdays. Viu-ers can watch the thrilling series on the Viu app, which is available for free download on App Store, Google Play, and selected smart TVs, as well as on the web at www.viu.com.


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We incorrectly reported that U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor recently ran unopposed ("The Score," Cover Story, Dec. 27). Rather, the Republican won with 64 percent of the vote against Jim Nachman, a Democrat (34 percent), and Brad Blanton, an independent (2 percent).
We incorrectly reported that there were 83 homicides in Richmond in 2005 ("From 4 to 78, Numbers to Remember," Street Talk, Jan. 3). There were 86. Style regrets the errors.
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The 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize attracted nearly 4000 entries from 47 countries. Twenty-six “fresh and unexpected” stories by writers from eleven countries make up the shortlist.
After an initial sift by a team of international readers, the global judging panel, representing each of the five regions of the Commonwealth – Helon Habila (Africa), Firdous Azim (Asia), Pierre Mejlak (Canada and Europe) Olive Senior (Caribbean), and Patrick Holland (Pacific) – chose the shortlist.
Chair of the judges, South African novelist and playwright Gillian Slovo, said of this year’s shortlist:
“As a novelist accustomed to the luxury of the long form it has been a treat to discover writers who manage to crystallise such different experiences into so few words. The stories we have chosen for the shortlist are in turn comic, touching, poetic, mysterious but always fresh and unexpected.”
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By James B. Pealow, MBA, CMA, CAE
Author Jim Pealow is a key leader in the not-for-profit community, with more than 30 years of experience in industry, three levels of government, and associations. For several years, he has been contributing the popular “Learning Link” column to Association™ magazine, the official periodical of CSAE.
Learning Links is a collection of 32 of Jim’s articles from the past six years, featuring innovative ideas and practical solutions applied to trends, issues, challenges and opportunities for the not-for-profit community.
This publication provides a wealth of relevant and reliable information for any not-for-profit executive. In fact, several of the articles have already become part of the syllabus for the CAE® program.
- Performance measurement
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- Association taxes
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For years, the alternation between the L1 and the L2 was banned in language classes, since it was thought that this would impair the learning of the second language. In recent years, however, there has been a recognition of the validity of alternation. That is why this book aims at investigating the alternation of the L1 and L2 in CLIL and EMI contexts at three educational levels (primary, secondary, tertiary) in Italy. To do so a mixed-methods research approach was applied with a quantitative part (teacher questionnaire n=40) and a qualitative part (observation and transcriptions of lessons; number of words=47,353). The results of the study point at three main pedagogical implications, which highlight the originality of this research. The first implication is connected to the function of alternation between the L1 and the L2. Alternation played a mainly lexical role to explain specific lexis or at least to provide the students with lexis in both languages (English and Italian). Lexis in CLIL and EMI contexts is indeed crucial for both content and language learning. The second implication highlights the fact that despite the contextual differences that exist, the three educational levels (primary, secondary and tertiary) show a very similar use of alternation, thereby pointing at similarities more than differences. The third implication worth noting is the drive toward and preservation of multilingualism that comes from the use of alternation.
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The lives of Television Stars belong to a different world that matches neither the lifestyle nor the life waves of commoners. They go through a series of ups and downs, struggles, and success points within a short span. All these make their identity more memorable amongst fans.
How many of you remember the Television show “ Star Search?” I am sure many because legendary shows like these are unforgettable. However, this platform gave sharp, twisted turns to the careers of many participants. Various categories in the show gave prospective opportunities to contestants to work on their talents.
Regarding this, we have got one of the most demanded questions today – Who got his big break by becoming the first grand champion in the comedy category on “star search”? To answer it correctly, we not only have mentioned the specific name but also highlighted many other key facts about that “Star.”
- 1 Who Got His Big Break By Becoming The First Grand Champion In The Comedy Category On “Star Search”?
- 2 Frequently Asked Questions
- 3 The Bottom Words
Who Got His Big Break By Becoming The First Grand Champion In The Comedy Category On “Star Search”?
Do you remember Everyone Loves Raymond’s “Star” – Brad Garrett? I am sure many of you have, due to his fame and on-screen visibility. He was marked as one amongst a few future big names who earned immense recognition from Star Search.
Brad Garrett, in 1984, became the grand champion of “Star Search” from the comedy genre and won $100,000 as of the winning prize.
At several interviews, he mentioned that just before his participation had been working as a waiter at TGI Fridays. He won the championship in the very 1st year of Star Search and got massive work success in the same season. In spite of being just a newbie in the comedy industry at that time, he managed to win and attain colossal popularity.
Hats off to this living legend for his commendable performance and dedication!
In another interview with the media, Garrat stated that his on-stage competitor was highly skilled and was a “funny guy.” However, the public went for his tricks and vibrant stage attitude that he learned from his own.
Furthermore, at the age of 23, he took his career another step ahead by debuting on “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson.” Here also, he captured the attention of the audience to a great extent.
So it is evident that Brad Garrat came up from an ordinary background, although he elevated his career very early. Why? – Just because he had the zeal to achieve something incredible in his life backed by never-ending efforts.
Therefore, you see, the person behind the recent question is worth applauding!
Some More Exciting Facts About Brad Garrett
The present question will remain unfulfilled without some trivia about him. Thus, we thought of extending it more by adding other unique fast facts that we bet you have never encountered.
- Brad Henry Garrett was born on 14th April 1960. Apart from being a stand-up comedian and a reputed American Actor, he is also a professional poker player.
- Garrett only lasted two months at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) before leaving to pursue a career in comedy.
- He won Emmy nominations thrice as the title character Ray Romano‘s brother on Everybody Loves Raymond. Again in 2002, he starred as Jackie Gleason in the television film “Gleason,” for which he received an Emmy nomination and critical acclaim.
- In the early 1980s, Garrett made a name for himself as a stand-up comedian. He began starring in television and cinema in small and guest parts as a result of his breakthrough in the late 1980s.
Robert Barone on the CBS comedy “Everybody Loves Raymond” was his first significant role. The show first aired on September 13, 1996, and lasted nine seasons.
- And last but not least, he has a net worth of $50 million as an actor and comedian in the United States.
- Garrett is planning to share the stage with Rita Rudner, a seasoned comic who has been in a number of HBO specials. He has previously done a few performances with her and indicated an interest in doing them again in the future.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What Is Brad Garret Doing Now?
He returned to stand-up comedy after his stint as Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond, and he now performs on a regular basis. In 2012, he even launched his comedy club in Las Vegas. But, unfortunately, it seems that he does not open up much about his professional and personal lives to social media or any other channels.
Fans of Brad Garrett are exhilarated to see him get gigs, such as Romano in the 2017 film “The Big Sick.”
Q2. Is Brad Garret Dating Someone now?
On Tuesday, his assistant confirmed to Economic Times that this 61-year-old Star Search Comedy champion is engaged to 37 years old Isabella Quella. In December 2015, Garret proposed to Quella in New York City’s Winston Churchill Suite. Marc Cohn, a musician, played their favorite songs throughout their beautiful engagement.
Q3. What Is The Relationship Like Between Brad Garrett And Raymond?
Even after Everybody Loves Raymond concluded its nine-season run in 2005, Brad Garrett and Ray Romano sustained their relationship. The duo sometimes connects with each other at stand-up events or tours together.
The Bottom Words
There are not many regular fresh updates about Brad Garett now, but we hope he is doing great in his professional and personal life.
How helpful is the post to you about who got his big break by becoming the first grand champion in the comedy category on “star search”? Please let us know if you have any further questions in the comments section.
Furthermore, if you come across any other unusual perspectives about this famous Star Search winner, please do not hesitate to share them with us. We would be delighted to hear from you.

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Winning isn't everything in the game of basketball, but who wants to come in second? It takes dedication and discipline to be the best, and the Shohoku High hoops team wants to be just that. They have one last year to make their captain's dream of reaching the finals come true—will they do it?
Shohoku is down fifteen points against the Kings from Kainan, so whom do they turn to in an effort to get back in the black? Superstar Kaede Rukawa, of course. Rukawa's natural abilities help put some crucial points on the board, and a comeback seems possible, but when Captain Akagi twists his ankle on an opposing player's foot, Shohoku quickly finds itself without one of its biggest offensive and defensive forces. Can Sakuragi step into Akagi's shoes and keep Kainan from running away with the game?
About the Author
Takehiko Inoue is the creator of one of the most popular manga of all time, Slam Dunk, which has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. He followed that series up with two titles lauded by critics and fans alike—Vagabond, a fictional account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, and Real, a manga about wheelchair basketball. Inoue is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Tezuka Osamu Culture Award and the Media Arts Festival Award. In addition to his work on manga, Inoue has worked on television commercials, character designs for video games, and is the founder of a scholarship to foster Japanese basketball talent.


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The Battle of Perception Still Wages on Television
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: April 23, 2008
During those oh so many weeks before the Pennsylvania primary, television news commentators filled their face time by discussing the margin of victory Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would need to justify her continued, uphill fight for the Democratic presidential nomination.
On Tuesday, they showed that -- by golly -- they knew the answer all along: at least eight percentage points.
''There is no question anymore that she is going forward,'' said Jeffrey Toobin, a CNN commentator. ''With an eight-point victory, it's clear, she's going all the way to June.''
The nods up and down the dial could have shaken your television set.
There are times that matter more than others when it comes to the views of the opinionated political class that resides on cable news. Tuesday night was one of them.
With no set rules dictating when a candidate should drop out of a presidential nominating contest that has been fought this hard -- for this long -- without an unquestionably presumed winner, it is public perception that rules the day.
And while Mrs. Clinton's advisers knew she would most likely win on Tuesday, they also knew she would need a resounding chorus of instant analysts to say her victory was large enough to certify a sense that she still had at least the slightest chance to steal the nomination from Mr. Obama, that her candidacy was still credible.
In the open borders of election-night, television talk -- where pundits, paid campaign operatives and straight-news reporters mix comfortably in setting conventional wisdom for the next primary -- a struggle for perceptions was under way. It played out in the open, in real time.
On CNN, Paul Begala, a Clinton supporter, reported sometime after 10 p.m. that he had a late-breaking piece of news on his BlackBerry: Mrs. Clinton's campaign had raised $500,000 in a single hour, a new sign of vitality.
Jamal Simmons, an Obama supporter sitting nearby, acknowledged Mrs. Clinton had had a good night, but predicted that she would fall back down to earth in a matter of days.
But as the clock neared midnight, the new story line took hold with an even tighter grasp, strengthened by more complete results showing Mrs. Clinton's lead at 10 points.
Chris Matthews, the MSNBC host, saw more than one winner in the numbers: ''Another victory for cable television tonight,'' he said. ''The battle goes on.''
PHOTO: Former President Bill Clinton listened to his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Monday at a Philadelphia event. (PHOTOGRAPH BY BÉATRICE de GÉA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES)


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Jackson County Health Department officials began offering the "FluMist" nasal spray form of the swine flu vaccine today, at no charge to most patients.
There have been nine confirmed swine flu cases in Jackson County, so far, but none have required hospitalization.
But health officials are still encouraging everyone to take advantage of the voluntary service.
As you can see from this demonstration, getting the swine flu vaccine isn't so painful.
It's currently available to anyone between the ages of 2 to 49 years old.
The Jackson County Health Department is targeting their daycare population first.
"Because infants less than six months of age are not able to take the vaccine, it's not licensed for them, we're trying to cover them by covering others that are around them and care for them," says Nursing Director Julie McKinney.
The "FluMist" nasal spray is the first form of the swine flu vaccine available.
Health officials still recommend getting the vaccine even though it's not mandatory.
"You can receive the FluMist with a seasonal flu shot or either you can receive it by itself."
But McKinney says the vaccine is only the first step in protecting yourself against the swine flu.
"I think the best thing we can learn from all this flu is to wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands!"
They also encourage staying home if you're sick and using antiviral drugs properly.
The Jackson County Health Department plans to administer the vaccine to all public and private schools soon.
But they don't anticipate more than 50% will ask for it.
"Mainly because we have offered the flu vaccine for many years, the seasonal flu, which we had maybe 40% respond to that."
McKinney says they plan to offer the H1N1 vaccine service until January 2010.
The Health Department should receive the injectable form of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine in the next few weeks.
If you are in the Jackson County area and would like to make an appointment, please call (850)-526-2412.

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Bentley S1 Continental
The Bentley S1 was a luxury car produced by Bentley Motors Limited from 1955 through 1959. It marked Bentley parent, Rolls-Royce, reducing the differences between their Bentley and Roll-Royce models, with the S1 differing only in its radiator design and badging from the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I.
The models shared the 4.9 L (4887 cc/298 in³) straight-6 engine, with this being the last vehicle to use this engine. The bore was 95.25 mm (3.7 in) and the stroke was 114.3 mm (4.5 in). Twin SU carburetors were fitted, with upgraded models from 1957. A 4-speed automatic transmission was standard, with a 4-speed manual available as an option. Two wheelbases were produced: 123 in (3124 mm) and, from 1957, 127 in (3226 mm).
A somewhat sportier coachbuilt-only S1 Continental was introduced six months later.
S1: 3072 (145 with coachbuilt bodies)
S1 long wheelbase: 35 (12 with coachbuilt bodies)
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I'd been scouting behind enemy lines for nearly a day when they caught me.
This attack on our frontlines is not what it appears, <name>.
I'll give you all the details, but first let's find a way to get me out of here.
Only the overseers carry keys to these cages.
From what I recall, they're in the middle of the crater, in the thick of it.
See if you can get a key off of one of them.
The key, <name>. Did you get it?
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A woman fell to her death from a parking garage in Alhambra this morning, and authorities are investigating her death as suspicious.
Steve Scauzillo covers environment and transportation for the Southern California News Group. He has won two journalist of the year awards from the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club and is a recipient of the Aldo Leopold Award for Distinguished Editorial Writing on environmental issues. Steve studied biology/chemistry when attending East Meadow High School and Nassau College in New York (he actually loved botany!) and then majored in social ecology at UCI until switching to journalism. He also earned a master's degree in media from Cal State Fullerton. He has been an adjunct professor since 2005. Steve likes to take the train, subway and bicycle – sometimes all three – to assignments and the newsroom. He is married to Karen E. Klein, a former journalist with Los Angeles Daily News, L.A. Times, Bloomberg and the San Fernando Valley Business Journal and now vice president of content management for a bank. They have two grown sons, Andy and Matthew. They live in Pasadena. Steve recently watched all of “Star Trek” the remastered original season one on Amazon, so he has an inner nerd.
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Social media meme urges homeowners to put out buckets of water for wildlife in a fire, a practice discouraged by state and federal agencies.
High water usage from firefighters, plus power outages and the threat of a chlorine gas leak, have resulted in a boil-water order in Ventura.
A local politician says Trump is bending over backward to please the oil, gas and timber industries
Metro will spend $8 million to fix the bathrooms and add new ones at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.
Some on the new list are among the biggest projects on Metro’s wish list, many with completion dates decades in the future.
A real estate development and management firm is looking to grant holiday wishes.
After finally getting Metro to kill the 710 Freeway extension, South Pasadena is listing local road projects to be paid for by money reserved for the freeway tunnel.
The newest statistics for bicycle and pedestrians in Southern California are grim.
Some skilled hunters shoot their own Thanksgiving turkey, as the number of wild turkeys in California climb to more than 250,000.


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Psychiatry Clerkship Objectives
To demonstrate knowledge of psychiatry and the ability to apply this knowledge in compiling an appropriate differential diagnosis, making a diagnosis, and proposing treatment options
To work as part of a treatment team in the care of patients with psychiatric illnesses.
To perform a diagnostic evaluation/risk assessment to determine the need for in-patient admission or out-patient treatment; To (re)-assess as part of the initial in-patient History and Physical; To do a complete history including substance history, social history; To monitor patientís progress during in-patient or out-patient treatment; To assess patientís ability to give informed consent; To perform a Mental Status Exam and a Mini-Mental Status Exam
Diagnostic evaluations/risk assessment in the ER, out-patient, or other clinical settings In-patient History & Physicals; In-patient daily notes to monitor the patientís status and the ongoing treatment plan Out-patient notes to monitor the patientís status and the ongoing treatment plan Assessment of informed consent situations
To contribute to the optimal efficiency of the treatment team in coordinating and carrying out the treatment plan
Interpersonal & Communication Skills
To communicate clinical information clearly:
Practice Based Learning & Lifelong Learning/Improvement
To demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement in knowledge and clinical skills
To demonstrate awareness of ongoing professionalism issues that occur in the everyday practice of medicine. This includes:
Systems Based Practice Social and Community Context of Healthcare
To demonstrate an ability to effectively call on health care system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.
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