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The story of multinational lighting manufacturer OSRAM and compliance software leader AEB is a study in two companies coming together to optimize OSRAM's worldwide export control and trade compliance processes.
Since its founding in 1918, OSRAM has grown from regional
leader in the technologies of its day to a global high-tech player with 27 production
plants worldwide that sell products in 120 countries. From its stalwart incandescent
lamp to high-tech photonics products, OSRAM, like few other companies, has learned
to adapt to the changing markets around it in its more than 100-year history.
The high-tech group's portfolio now covers the entire
technological spectrum of visible and invisible light. This includes lighting
management systems, intelligent-networked lighting solutions and infrared and
laser light for sensors that serve as the basis for autonomous driving platforms
in cars or facial recognition systems in smartphones.
The perfect match
Considering its worldwide presence, the teaming of OSRAM, headquartered in Munich, Germany, and international compliance software provider AEB, based in Stuttgart, was a natural fit.
"Due to our global orientation, secure, efficient foreign trade processes and trade compliance are of great importance to OSRAM,’’ said Stefan Klingshirn, Export Control and Customs (ECC) specialist at OSRAM. ‘’For us, it is extremely important that on the one hand all legal requirements are complied with and on the other hand the operative business and its supply chain are not disturbed.’’
AEB and OSRAM worked together to create a new IT-based platform for its export control and trade compliance processes. This included a newly developed solution that gives the company convenient support during critical end-use testing.
Klingshirn is joined in ECC by Andrea Dites, Head of
Export Control Governance. The ECC unit and its employees are responsible for
the company’s customs and export control organization and ensuring that OSRAM implements
its compliance program and that it aligns with international export
OSRAM’s ECC team faced a major challenge in 2017. "The
provider of our former export control software had announced a version change
at the end of 2018," said Dites. "This would cause high costs and
administrative efforts that were comparable to the introduction of a new
At the same time, Dites said, the company realized that
the new release would not result in any improvements in maintenance costs or in
the quality of response and service in support.
In addition, the application was not integrated into the SAP® system, another
factor that made OSRAM want to look for a new compliance software solution.
"All in all,
there was great potential to make data exchange and our processes leaner and
more transparent through improved integration into our ERP systems and thus to
sustainably reduce the effort with new software," says Klingshirn.
"It was clear to us very quickly that we were now on the lookout for a new
High requirements, tight schedule
In the spring of 2017, OSRAM started selecting suppliers that could meet its very high requirements. The company was looking for a solution that would support sanctions list checks, export controls and the administration of export licenses. And not only for OSRAM’s European sites, but also internationally in more than 50 OSRAM companies worldwide.
"This meant that the software also had to support trade compliance checks for areas of law such as the USA, China, Mexico, Canada and Malaysia," says Dites, adding that a long list of criteria played a role in the ultimate selection.
"24/7 availability, technical and specialist support for our users and compatibility with the future SAP S/4HANA® system were also important for us," adds Klingshirn. "Due to an ambitious time schedule, we were also looking for a solution with low implementation effort that was easy to use and understand in order to keep the training effort as low as possible. After a conception phase at the end of 2017, the solution had to be implemented in the first half of 2018 and, after an integration and test phase, had to go live on October 1, 2018. ‘’
"What convinced us at AEB above all was that the
software could be deeply and seamlessly integrated into the five SAP® ERP
systems of our different regions and business units," explains Miroslaw
Kalinay, an IT project manager involved in the decision.
In addition, AEB was able to meet international
requirements and offer extensive options for sanctions list screening. In
addition, AEB software also covered the issue of sanctioned ownership, i.e.
checking whether an indirect provision ban exists. And the solutions from the
Stuttgart-based software company support OSRAM's IT strategy of moving away
from its own server landscape to applications from the cloud.
Sanction list review, export control and license management in use at OSRAM
Sanction list check: AEB software compares the addresses involved with the relevant prohibition lists within Finance (FI), Human Resources (HR), Materials Management (MM) and Sales (SD) in the respective OSRAM SAP® system. Only in the event of a hit do the employees notice the check activities. If one of the addresses can be found on one of the prohibition lists, the solution starts a predefined process, blocks the affected process, and sends an e-mail to the person responsible.
A special feature at OSRAM is that the company also checks indirect provision bans. These prohibit money or economic resources from flowing not to a company on a sanctions list itself, but to another company "controlled" by the listed company. In addition, the scope of the audit is enormous: OSRAM matches up to 1 million prohibition addresses due to its international presence.
Export control: With the Export Controls software, OSRAM checks the countries and goods involved in business transactions for existing bans and approval requirements. In addition to the legal areas DE/EU and US-EAR, this is also done for other legal areas such as Canada or Malaysia on the basis of so-called "manual restrictions": These also make it possible to store further worldwide as well as internal company-specific legal requirements along with different experts (e.g. value, country constellation, goods tariff number, coding, material number, customer etc.). These can be seamlessly integrated into the standard inspection, blocking and release process without programming effort.
Export licenses: OSRAM uses AEB's License Management software to check whether existing, deposited export licenses can be used for export control checks. If this is the case, the system automatically suggests a use. If licenses are subject to conditions, these conditions can also be managed in the AEB application. The advantage: You can configure approval types for all countries and industries yourself. And by recording the export licenses at a central point in the company, OSRAM keeps track of all existing licenses and license conditions to be complied with - for all locations and all legal areas.
All solutions are also implemented in the OSRAM SAP® systems. The integration is achieved exclusively through standard SAP® user exits and customer exits. This makes it easy to update both OSRAM's SAP® systems and the AEB software. All development objects created under ABAP® objects are generated in the AEB namespace. OSRAM also has the option of using Business Add-Ins (BAdI) to individually adapt your system. Central administration is also implemented. Users remain in the familiar SAP® software interface. Data is automatically transferred and, if required, stored in optical corporate archives via ArchiveLink.
Solutions in use worldwide
OSRAM and AEB drew up a plan for the international
introduction on the basis of the tight timetable.
the central logic of how processes run in a kind of copy template,"
explains Sebastian Rothe, project manager at AEB. "We developed and tested
these in the first months of 2018 and took them live at the beginning of April
for the OSRAM Opto Semiconductors division's first SAP® system."
As the implementation progressed, this template was rolled
out to a new region or area about every six weeks with only minor adjustments:
In June the SAP® systems for Europe and Asia were connected, in August it was
the turn of the NAFTA region and finally the central HR system.
This second project started in February 2018 and was
delivered for testing in August. Since the solution would not only be used by
OSRAM trade compliance experts worldwide, but also by many different employees,
both project partners paid great attention to user-friendliness during the new
"Information on the end use of our products is
usually only available to the local decentralized sales unit," explains
Dites. "Nevertheless, it is essential to ensure that we check the end-use
and use of our goods, document this check and ultimately act in compliance with
the law. That's why the software should be as easy and intuitive as possible to
use, both for us as a specialist department and, above all, for our colleagues
In order to achieve this, later users were already
involved in the development of the solution - especially when it came to
interface design. They tested numerous prototypes and gave feedback on the
designs, which were then corrected and refined until the final design of the
software was defined.
Compliance Screening from AEB
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"Although we put existing processes to the test in detail and made some adjustments to improve efficiency and effectiveness, we were able to keep to the tight schedule," says Klingshirn, with satisfaction.
In autumn 2018, the replacement of the existing solution and the switch to the AEB software took place on time. One reason why the tight schedule could be adhered to: The AEB project team was on site in Munich and thus close to OSRAM.
"This enabled us to always provide fast and direct project support," says AEB’s Rothe. The solution is now being used by experts at OSRAM's Munich headquarters as well as in the regional export control, customs and business unit teams.
What is the end-use and intended use check?
The statutory provisions stipulate that irrespective of the technical condition of the goods, i.e. also for non-listed goods, their final destination and intended use must be subject to export control. The provisions impose prohibitions on certain deliveries or, if corresponding knowledge/points of reference exist at the time of export, an obligation to obtain a permit.
"We have stored multilingual questionnaires in the software, which every sales employee worldwide must fill out for new customers or projects," said Dites, explaining how the solution works.
As a first step, the questionnaire contains the names and
addresses of the partners involved in a transaction. Based on this, an embargo
and sanctions list check is carried out directly. The sales representative then
has to answer a few brief questions, such as whether a possible delivery is
related to a military end-use. Depending on the countries involved, special
land notices may be added.
Immediately afterwards, the employee receives a risk
assessment; the completed questionnaires are stored centrally and can be retrieved
by the export control officers. If a warning is issued, a follow-up process is
triggered. An internal workflow ensures that the ECC makes an assessment and
later a release of the respective process.
In addition, the software helps to improve transparency by
making all checks available in a structured manner in one place and protecting
them from later changes. This also pays off in the case of external audits, for
example, when the necessary documents have to be made available.
A further advantage: The solution supports the approval process directly by making the completed questionnaires available as pdf
documents, which already have comment and approval fields.
"Risk Assessment is a great solution for me to
efficiently, transparently and securely manage end-use checking in export
control," says Dites, summarizing the benefits of the new software.
Millions of test procedures
Overall, the AEB solutions have also proven themselves at
OSRAM. They are now running completely in the private cloud of the ISO-27001-certified
AEB data center in Stuttgart. Redundant data storage and emergency plans ensure
the security of data and applications.
And the AEB data and content service ensures that OSRAM
has up-to-date, legally compliant software while at the same time requiring
little maintenance. If, for example, sanctions lists or embargo regulations
change, AEB automatically updates them in the corresponding solutions - without
the IT department at OSRAM having to worry about it.
"A special feature is certainly the size of the
installation and the volume at OSRAM," says AEB project manager Rothe.
"Every year, our solutions perform several million sanctions list and
export control checks. Despite these volumes, the software runs reliably and
with high performance, so that OSRAM benefits from greater transparency,
efficiency and security."
Klingshirn and Dites also draw a positive conclusion:
"It was a very entertaining project, which was a lot of fun thanks to its
dynamism, short decision paths, cooperation on an equal footing with partners
and the quickly coordinated team. In the end, with AEB, we now have the right
software support to meet our high trade compliance requirements.


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With the assistance of community partners, Lamar Community College proudly hosts this biannual educational opportunity that brings the American Frontier to life for visitors.
The Encampment was held most recently on September 29-30, 2017,on the Lamar Community College campus. This living history experience brought expert first-person historic interpreters to campus to create a walk through immersion into the 19th century. Attendees met and experience camps of Native Americans, fur trappers and traders, pioneer women, Civil War cavalry, artillery and infantry, a Mexican vaquero, chuck wagon cooks, buffalo hunter, soiled doves, and more.
The Encampment is a one of a kind celebration of the many different groups and cultures who called this part of the country home for one hundred years. The event illustrates what life was like on the Great Plains from 1800 – 1890, with attendees progressing through different periods in time. The event draws hundreds of attendees from Colorado and neighboring states. Unlike static museum displays, attendees interact with living historians by asking questions, joining in activities, and listening to the historians’ tales.
The Encampment will return in Fall of 2019 – mark your calendars!
The event is always free and open to all ages.
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With the assistance of community partners, Lamar Community College proudly hosts an educational opportunity that brings the American Frontier to life for visitors.
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During the month of July alone the Democrats grew the deficit an additional $181,000,000,000 (B-billion) for a single month.
According to TheHill;
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Panos Sakelis, pen name of Panos Sakellariades, is a Greek writer of supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, fantasy and theatrical plays.
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The Slut-Shaming Phenomenon: Understanding the Stereotype
1. Historical Context
The concept of slut-shaming has deep historical roots, perpetuated by patriarchal societies that have sought to control women’s bodies and sexuality. Throughout history, women who expressed their sexual desires openly were often ostracized and labeled as promiscuous.
2. Double Standards
One of the main issues with slut-shaming is the existence of double standards. Men are often celebrated for their sexual conquests, while women engaging in similar behavior are condemned. This disparity highlights societal biases against women’s sexual freedom.
3. Empowerment vs. Shame
Sexual liberation and empowerment are essential aspects of feminism. Embracing one’s sexuality can be a source of empowerment and self-confidence, allowing women to take control of their bodies and desires.
Debunking Myths About Slutty Girls
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Engaging in consensual sexual activities does not diminish a person’s worth. Both men and women have the right to make decisions about their bodies and engage in sexual activities as long as it is consensual and respectful.
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A person’s choice of clothing does not determine their character or worth. Wearing revealing outfits does not imply promiscuity, and it is essential to challenge the notion that provocative clothing invites judgment or harassment.
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Facing judgment and societal pressures, sexually liberated individuals demonstrate resilience and courage, inspiring others to stand up against oppression and discrimination.
Slut-shaming is a negative and retrograde habit that contributes to the maintenance of inequality and constricts individual liberty. It is vital to establish a culture that is more accepting and understanding of people of all sexual orientations to first acknowledge the variety of ways in which people express their sexuality. We can build a world in which every individual, regardless of their sexual orientation, is appreciated and celebrated for who they are by pushing back against harmful stereotypes, providing mutual support to one another, and cultivating empathy.


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players. He is also obviously inspired by the Gambian modern school touch in kora playing known as yeyengo.
Morikeba Kouyate was born and raised into a family of griots, or jalis, in Bounkiling Senegal. He began his training at the
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Super IP, parent company of SMSF administration software provider Class Super, has reported an 80 per cent increase in revenue for 2013.
Following its annual general meeting yesterday, Super IP reported net profit after tax of $951,000, with group revenues at $5.56 million. Its market share also increased to 6.2 per cent, up from 3.2 per cent.
“This set of results exceeded all of our financial objectives and has maintained our three-year average growth rate of 5 per cent per month,” said Class chief executive officer Rajarshi Ray.
In his AGM address, chairman Barry Lambert also confirmed Super IP has brought forward its planned IPO timetable to 2015, from a previously stated 2016.
“Given continued positive business performance and high levels of market interest, Super IP now plans to conduct an IPO as soon as practicably possible after 30 June 2015,” Mr Lambert said.
“The board has also agreed that in the event of an IPO… priority allocation will be given to current Class customers, based on their contribution to Class revenues.”
Super IP has also announced the appointment of new chief executive officer David Smith, as reported by SMSF Adviser yesterday.
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Most recipes using galette are sweets, and few people know that this cake also goes well with classic, savoury dishes. The dish is slightly similar to pizza, but it is prepared faster, the dough is crispy and delicious, and this dish looks really phenomenal 🙂
1 ½ cup of flour
¼ teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoon of sugar
½ cup of cold butter, cut into cubes
¼ cup of sour cream (i used 18%)
1 egg, beaten for egg wash before baking
2 pcs of medium-sized heirloom tomatoes
½ glass of fresh basil leaves
50 g grated cheddar cheddar cheese
salt and pepper
Whisk flour, salt and sugar in a big mixing bowl. Add the butter and mix thoroughly using by hand until it looks like bread crumbs. Add sour cream and mix until well combined. Form the dough into a ball and sprinkle with flour. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
By this time, cut the tomatoes into thin slices. Dry into a paper towel for 10 minutes. Place the pastry dough outside and allow it to sit for 5 minutes to soften. Flatten the dough into a floured surface. Put the cheese over the pastry leaving 1 inch space around the edges. Put some basil leaves on top of cheese. Arrange the tomatoes. Fold the edges up to reach the tomatoes. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper. Brush the pastry with egg wash. Bake into the oven preheated to 180°C for 25-30 minutes or until the pastry turns into golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving. Garnish with some basil leaves.

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While Pope Benedict is in the United States, I hope he notices a few things: Nancy Pelosi adeptly leading the House of Representatives. Hillary Clinton running an intelligent, competent presidential campaign. Over 24,000 female lay ministers serving U.S. Catholic parishes.
I hope the pope has the eyes to see the valuable contributions women make to our country's public life and to Catholicism's faith life.
Pope Benedict has promised more female leadership roles in Vatican offices, but no appointments have materialized yet. Next October, there will be an International Synod on the Word at the Vatican. I ask the pope to invite female biblical scholars to contribute their wisdom and experience at the Synod. Then maybe the worldwide Catholic Church will see what we in the United States already know: Women's voices are worth being heard, and their leadership is an indispensable part of our communal and faith life.
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“It’s hard to put a level on my music, like jazz of fusion”, says guitarist John Scofield. “It’s instrumental music that has one foot in the jazz tradition and the other in the popular traditions, especially rhythm and blues. You know, jazz musicians don’t live in a vacuum where they only hear jazz”. A veteran sideman (whose credits include, most notably three years touring and recording with Miles Davis), Scofield has developed a formidable career as a bandleader in his own right. Never quite fitting into the typical definition of jazz fusion, the guitarist has worked his favorite aspects of jazz, blues, rock and country into a personal style that is uncompromisingly original. His new Quartet embraces his musical loves and complements them with fresh exploration of jazz traditions.
The guitarist’s career has demonstrated a versatility as diverse as his musical influences. Raised in Wilton, Connecticut, in 1951, the young Scofield absorbed sounds and style from all sources; from The Beatles to John Coltrane. After attending the Berklee School of Music, he moved quickly into the public eye when he began playing with Gerry Mulligan in 1974. In years following, larger audiences heard Scofield in the fusionesque George Duke/Billy Cobham Band. As the guitarist performed as a sideman with prestigious bandleaders, he simultaneously launched his solo career in Europe. Scofield enjoyed immediate success in a variety of musical configurations, the most popular being a trio with Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum. His historic association with Miles Davis from ’82 to ’85 enlarged his personal profile enough for him to break away from sideman work and concentrate fully on own endeavours. His funk-oriented band with Dennis Chambers became one of the most popular electric/instru- mental bands in the recent years.


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☷ Collierville Tennessee - Assistant Chief Jeff Abeln celebrates 35 years of service to the Town of Collierville
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On April 11th , Chief Abeln was presented with his 35 - year pin by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen .
Jeff Abeln has served with the Collierville Police Department since 1987 . He rose through the ranks and was promoted to Assistant Chief in 2008 . Jeff is a graduate of the 197th session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico , VA and in 2013 he was invited back to the FBI Academy to attend the 73rd session of their Law Enforcement Executive Development School . He is an active member of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police where he serves on the Board of Directors , Professional Standards Committee , Ethics and Standards Committee , Legislative Committee and the Accreditation Review Committee . He is also an active member in the Memphis Metropolitan Association of Chiefs of Police .
Chief Abeln is an alumnus of Leadership Collierville and served in various positions including its President of the Board of Trustees in 2009 . Jeff has also served on the Main Street Collierville Board of Trustees , the Town of Collierville Environmental Commission , the Town Beautiful Commission , and the Special Olympics Torch Run Committee for Tennessee . Jeff is a past member of the Memphis/Shelby County Crime Commissions volunteer council for the Operation Safe Community . In 2011 , Jeff was awarded the H . R . Houston Leadership award for outstanding leadership and service to the community .
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As Peter Emanuel Goldman has graciously informed me, accounts of his death (as Mark Twain said of his own in 1897) have been greatly exaggerated. Read more
Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927–2001) was a latecomer to the movement known as the Japanese New Wave (like his French counterparts, he began as a film critic), preceded by Susumu Hani, Nagisa Oshima, and Shohei Imamura. Read more
These notes accompany a program of films by Ousmane Sembene screening on February 5, 6, and 7 in Theater 3.
Ousmane Sembene (1923–2007) of Senegal is considered “the father of African film,” and the two films in this program are among his earliest works. By the time he came to film, at age 40, he had a checkered past ranging from deep immersion in tribal religion to Communism, and from military service to being a longshoreman in Marseille. Read more
In his seminal study of Alfred Hitchcock, critic Robin Wood focuses on the director’s career-long apprehension that civilization rests precariously on a very thin layer of what we accept as reality, but which covers a foreboding, underlying chaos. Read more
These notes accompany screenings of a program celebrating the New Social Documentary and Television on January 22, 23, and 24 in Theater 3.
Documentary films had been there at the very beginning of cinema. Even before it occurred to filmmakers that they might create their own images, the example of still photography had paved the way for capturing the real world. Read more
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Made a difference … Diana Crow
Maui’s ranchers and farmers are waging war against the toxic fireweed that can kill livestock and consumes water and nutrients, cutting off the food supply from other plants.
Beginning in March, farmers and ranchers received more than 2,500 Madagascan fireweed moths and larvae that they had hoped would rid their pastures of the plant toxic to their animals if eaten. More larvae have been given out in past months.
Rather than just leaving the eradication efforts to the experts, farmers and ranchers have taken it upon themselves to help combat the non-native plant that has infested more than 400,000 acres of range land in the state. Most of the noxious plants are found on Maui and the Big Island.
“It’s the first time we have had this collaborative effort with the ranchers or the clients that are impacted. They have been great with working with us and driving it,” said Neil Reimer, plant pest control branch chief with the state Department of Agriculture, which is assisting the farmers and ranchers along with the University of Hawaii’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
A similar effort is underway on the Big Island.
While Reimer and the ranchers and farmers admit it’s still early to tell whether their efforts are working, they are committed to raising the moths that are described as “eating machines” when it comes to eating fireweed. The caterpillars eat everything green on the plant while leaving other plants alone.
Officials involved with the project said ranches and farmers who have taken the larvae and moths include Haleakala, Kaupo, Thompson, Ulupalakua, Diamond B and Niles-Perreira ranches, Maliko Estate Coffee, Anuhea Hog Farm, Naalae Beef, Santos Ranch and ZD Ranch along with Forest and Kim Starr.
Official lists could not be obtained from state agencies that cited privacy reasons. The Maui Cattlemen’s Association is also assisting in the program.
Diana Crow, a horticulturist with Ulupalakua Ranch, said approximately 1,000 caterpillars per month have been released from their rearing cages since May.
While, she too says its too early to say how the project is going, she has seen some bright spots.
Fireweed enclosed in field cages with the moth “looks ragged and sad and sometimes other desirable forage plants are able to out-compete the fireweed,” she said in an email.
Crow and fellow workers at Ulupalakua Ranch are seeing the moths around the ranch, even around their buildings.
Since there is no fireweed for the tiny hatchlings to feed on around the buildings, Crow takes a paintbrush and a cup to rescue them.
“At this early stage every single individual is important,” she said.
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Both of my parents had to go back to school to earn degrees in the US. They passed along the message that education would open doors to a better life. Luckily, I fell in love with being in school. One of my college professors, Tracie Stewart, got me involved in social science research. She is a great mentor and creative thinker. With her help I started researching the psychology of women from a social-psychological perspective. I wanted to further examine how psychology can change the status of women in society. I sought out a joint Women’s Studies and Social-Psychology program. At that time there were only two in the country. I was accepted to both but chose the University of Michigan because of the strength of their program. Although nowadays it is unusual not to do a post-doctoral program, I was able to get an academic position at Rutgers. There is a strong infrastructure here that supports research, lab space and start up funds. The strong social-psychology program at Rutgers, in particular Professor Laurie Rudman’s work on the psychology of women, drew me to Rutgers. As a New Jersey native, I have been impressed with the faculty at Rutgers for a long time. My sister had a positive college experience at Rutgers and I was able to take summer classes at Rutgers during high school. I am happy to return as a professor and teach to Rutgers’ diverse student body. I am proud of the graduates I have trained. I love helping students figure out what career path they want to take and offering support to help them achieve their goal. Yet I am addicted to not only teaching but learning. I am fortunate to be in academia, where bright people ask important questions about social justice and use research as a platform for activism. Academia has become another home to me, just like New Jersey and my family are homes to me.
Recently, my family has grown, and balancing work with taking care of my daughter has been difficult. Sometimes I feel as though I am not spending enough time at work or with her, a sentiment that is shared by many academics with children. It is also difficult to balance the number of publications with the quality of research. When the tenure clock is ticking there is a lot of pressure to produce a high number of publications. This can overshadow new, groundbreaking research that may take more time to complete. I’m looking forward to doing more quality and hopefully groundbreaking work at my own pace so that I can feel more confident as a mom and a scholar.
My experience of being multi-racial and having my foot in both worlds has allowed me to approach questions of race from a difference perspective. I am one of the few Puerto Rican scholars in social psychology. I believe this helps me contribute to the field because I may ask questions that others may not even think to ask. Currently, I conduct a lot of research on multi-racial populations and how people navigate multiple identities and the complexities between one’s ancestry and one’s lived race. My research on minority populations has affected where I want to do research. Rutgers, unlike many universities across the country, is truly a diverse environment. I love the way race, ethnicity, and culture is experienced here. You can walk down the street and see interracial couples and multi-racial kids and no one thinks it’s remarkable, because here it’s the norm. I am proud of the research I have done, and will continue to ask questions about race, gender, and social justice that others may be reluctant to ask.


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Walking vs. cycling?
I remember an episode in an old series, The West Wing, where White House staff had to meet with various proponents of renewable energy. The very same proponents advocated for the RE they thought should get the most attention, and therefore funding support from the government. They ended up criticising each other’s advocacies, even pointing to the flaws of each and basically putting each other’s proposals down. The POTUS (ably played by Martin Sheen) had to intervene and scolded these people for working against each other rather than working together to push a common RE agenda.
This is pretty much where we are now with many proponents of sustainable transport initiatives. People and certain groups would advocate for walking, cycling, BRT, rail transit, etc. as if these are exclusive from one another. The results have often been haphazard facilities such as entire pedestrian facilities being painted and designated as bikeways and regular bus services being mislabeled as BRT. I have some friends who insist that cycling is the way to go simply because they cycle between their homes and workplaces, not fully understanding that this mode is not for everyone especially with the various issues in urban sprawl affecting our choices of residence. Clearly, what is good for one person is not necessarily applicable to everyone else, and that is why we should have options for travel or commuting. These options would have to be integrated, complementary, affordable and people and environment-friendly.
The MMDA fenced off entire stretches of sidewalks and painted the pavement red to designate them as bikeways. This basically alienates pedestrians and while the wire mesh fence has its benefits from the perspective of safety, it also effectively constricts the space that cyclists and pedestrians have to share. Note also the trees and poles that pedestrians and cyclists would have to evade or risk injury.
Along EDSA, the same treatment of fences and coloured pavements was applied ahead of Temple Drive/Corinthian Gardens. The space is just too constrained for sharing given the trees and poles and then you have the smoke belching buses adding to the misery of people using these facilities.
While there have been some quick wins for pedestrians and cyclists, it seems to me that many if not all do not seem to be as sustainable as we want them to be. Many cases are classic for their being “pwede na yan.” There is no innovation in design or no design involved at all much like what we typically see as best or good practices abroad. Marikina still has the best examples so far for integrated bikeway and walkway design though there are many examples of good pedestrian facilities around including those in Makati and Bonifacio Global City (I tend to resist saying Taguig because that city practically has no say in how BGC is developed.). Quezon City (along Commonwealth) had a little promise and the UP Diliman campus but perhaps that can be realised with the rise of a new CBD in the North Triangle area. Of course, we look forward to developments in Iloilo City what with the bikeways being constructed along the long Diversion Road. Still, I believe that there should be a conscious effort not just from the private sector but from government agencies, especially the DPWH, to come up with new designs and guidelines that LGUs could refer to. That agency so far has not measured up to the expectations of many for it to take a lead in revitalising our roads so that facilities can be truly inclusive and environment-friendly.
Criminality along congested roads
There’s been a rash of criminality along congested roads in Metro Manila. Recently, there have been reports of hold-ups and snatching along Circumferential Road 5 near its junction with Kalayaan Avenue. The suspects are said to be youngsters, teenage boys or even street-smart children, who roam the area and keeping an eye on opportunities for snatching among the hundreds of vehicles crawling along C5 during the peak periods. They look for unlocked doors of cars or taxis and in many cases team-up to confuse the driver and/or the passenger(s). In some instances where they can’t find unlocked doors they supposedly create opportunities by banging the body of the vehicle and goading the driver to step out of the vehicle.
Vehicles at a standstill along C5 approaching the intersection with Kalayaan Ave – the center island is visible in the photo.
A few years ago, there was a feature on so-called “batang hamog” (roughly translated as children of the dew) opening doors of vehicles caught in traffic jams along EDSA. They snatch items like bags, cellphones or other items that they see through the vehicle’s windows as they loiter along the carriageway. CCTV footage from the MMDA show them to be quite quick in making their getaways. In some footage they are shown as climbing up the wall of the EDSA MRT, which is in the middle of EDSA, crossing the tracks and then climbing down on the other side, oblivious to the dangers of an oncoming train and the crash it might cause that could injure (even kill) many passengers.
A few weeks ago, a colleague and I saw some youths suspiciously scanning jeepneys caught in traffic near the Manila City Hall. My friend remarked that they might be searching for unwary passengers whom they can rob of their bags or jewelry. This modus operandi or mode of operation seems to be a favorite among snatchers in Metro Manila. I myself was almost a victim one time I was heading home on board a jeepney along Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong when a guy tried to make for my watch as the jeepney started to move. Fortunately, he failed as I reacted quickly and I saw a smirk on his face as our jeepney sped away.
Now, this kind of criminality is not something that our authorities cannot address. Surely, the Makati and Taguig police together with the MMDA can make a regular sweep of the length of C5 where these suspects are supposed to loiter given that the latter’s activities are quite predictable in time and modus operandi. It’s both frustrating and disappointing when officials make excuses on TV and radio interviews why they cannot catch or deter these criminals from harassing motorists and pedestrians. Hindi naman siguro talaga pwede magamit ang patrol car kapag ma-traffic at pinaka-epektibo ay magkaroon ng foot patrol sa lugar. They can have police and enforcers roam the same areas at the same times when there’s traffic congestion and therefore, a high likelihood that the suspects will be there.Those people aren’t supposed to be roaming the carriageway or loitering along the center island of C5 in the first place since to do that they would be jaywalking along a very busy road and risk being hit by a motor vehicle.
I believe police visibility is only effective if they are actually visible and when required, give chase of the suspects. The problem seems to be that the police and enforcers are usually just at the C5-Kalayaan intersection, focused on number-coding violators, and those who are supposed to be patrolling don’t want to leave the comfort of their vehicles. Surely again, we expect our law enforcers to be fit and ready to run after suspected criminals. After all, that’s what they are supposed to be doing in the first place. It would be nice to see them patrolling the area on foot and accosting people who are not supposed to be in the area.
Traffic congestion along Buendia (Gil Puyat Ave.)
The Makati CBD generates a very high number of trips owing to it being arguably the largest CBD in Metro Manila in terms of offices and workers. There are several other CBDs like Manila, Ortigas, Cubao, Eastwood, Filinvest City, and Bonifacio but they generate less traffic compared to Makati. There are several major roads in the area including four intersecting roads that practically define the CBD. These are Ayala Avenue, Gil Puyat Avenue (formerly but still popularly known as Buendia Avenue), Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas. Both Gil Puyat and Ayala Avenue are lined with offices along either side and are often congested due to the vehicle traffic generated by the CBD. Following are a few photos of Buendia Ave.
Traffic congestion along Gil Puyat Ave. as seen from the overpass from Kalayaan Ave. Even the sidewalk on the right side of the road is filled with pedestrians.
One can see many people walking along the narrow sidewalk along Buendia. Some buildings have been renovated and refitted but many remain as they were in the last decade or more. The building in the center of the photo has so many air-conditioning units jutting outside the windows that it is quite obvious the units were an afterthought. Other buildings would likely have centralized or more strategically positioned air-conditioning units.
Another look at the traffic jam along one of Makati’s main roads indicate a lengthy queue from the Buendia Ave.-Paseo De Roxas intersection. The junction is signalized but saturated during peak periods. I am not sure about the optimization of the signal settings but it should be synchronized with at least two other intersections: Buendia Ave.-Makati Ave. and Paseo de Roxas-Makati Ave.
The DPWH is proposing a grade separation project along Buendia that is supposed to alleviate congestion at the intersections with Paseo de Roxas and Makati Avenue. The plan is to have an underpass along the avenue that would allow vehicles to flow through and bypassing the two major intersections. At-grade would still be signalized intersections but minus substantial through traffic along Buendia. The downside of such a project, of course, would be the expected traffic congestion during the construction phase. With very limited alternate routes and restricted space (i.e., unlike the case of the Quezon Ave. underpass at Araneta Ave.), traffic management in the area will surely be a challenge for the combined forces of Makati and MMDA traffic enforcers.
Night time congestion along C-5
Traffic congestion along Circumferential Road 5 is experienced practically throughout the day with the worst congestion along the southbound direction during the mornings between the Riverbanks Road in Quezon City and Kalayaan Avenue in Makati City, and the northbound direction between Bonifacio Global City and Eastwood from noon to nighttime. The following photos taken by my wife as I fetched her one night from her office shows the traffic jam along C-5 as we turned from the flyover past Market! Market! towards the highway.
Congestion along the C-5 northbound is a regular thing during the weekdays from the afternoon to late at night. While apps like the MMDA’s Traffic Navigator and Waze allow us to have an idea of how congested C-5 is during such periods, the actual experience is much worse than what many of us can just imagine from the apps.
As far as the eye could see – congestion in the form of the taillights of vehicles along the northbound side of C-5 indicate just how many people are caught in traffic from Taguig all the way to Pasig and beyond. The giant billboards from Kalayaan Avenue to Pasig Boulevard including those seen along the bridge crossing the Pasig River. Most of these people are office workers coming from Makati and Global City and heading home to Quezon City, Pasig, and the towns of Rizal. After 7 PM, trucks add to the traffic
Many people are asking if there is a solution in sight for congestion along C-5. To be frank, there is none in the immediate future. There are proposals to introduce a public transport system along the corridor with one option being a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and another an elevated rail transit line. The BRT line is a recommendation of a Pre-FS for Metro Manila BRT conducted around 6 years ago though there was a proposal for a bus system (Philtrak) along the same corridor back in the late 80’s and pursued for some time during the 90’s. Not much have been done towards realizing any of these proposals. An efficient mass transit system along the corridor could encourage people to shift from private to public transport and help reduce vehicular traffic along C-5 considering that even as I write this post, vehicle ownership is increasing in Metro Manila and its environs and this could only mean more congestion along C-5 and other roads.
Daily penance: traffic congestion along C-5
People have been telling me about the traffic congestion along Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) and I am quick to reply that I know the feeling as I’m one of those who have driven or traveled along C-5 and experienced first hand the traffic congestion, which is worst during the mornings (southbound) and late afternoons and evenings (northbound). Midday traffic jams are not uncommon as C-5 is a truck route and large vehicles contribute to clogging especially at bottlenecks like the U-turns slots along the highway and bridge crossing the Pasig River. C-5 has been this way since its opening (or more appropriately the completion of missing links along the main alignment).
It will not get better. It will only get worse. I say so because of the annual increase in vehicle ownership, including motorcycles, in what is now termed as Mega Manila. I dare say so because of the backlog of public transport infrastructure in the metropolis (or megalopolis?). It is well established that efficient public transport infra and services are good incentives for people to commute rather than drive. This means there will be less vehicles on the road and therefore there will be less congestion as basically only those who really need to drive would be using their cars on a regular basis. Of course, it is not as easy at it seems considering trip making and mode choices are in reality complicated matters. But then the availability of viable, acceptable choices for travel, especially in the urban setting allows for people to have better mobility and more equitable use of the transport system than a car-oriented city. Until then, when we do have the public transport system that our cities require, it will be a daily penitensya for many of us traveling and not just along C-5.
Congestion along the southbound side of C-5 approaching the flyover crossing Ortigas Ave. The flyover can be seen in the horizon.
Congestion along C-5 southbound in the Bo. Ugong area approaching the junction with Lanuza Avenue. An overpass was proposed for construction along this section but now it doesn’t look like it will do any good considering the bottleneck is the Pasig Flyover and the bridge across Pasig River.
Congestion along C-5 southbound at the Pasig flyover. The flyover has 2 lanes per direction and vehicle breakdowns or road crashes have resulted in terrible traffic jams.
Congestion along C-5 northbound at the C-5/Kalayaan junction. The north U-turn flyover, one of two in the area, is shown in the photo. An underpass was initially proposed, designed and approved (with budget from a JBIC loan) at the junction. A previous MMDA Chair, however, didn’t agree and successfully maneuvered for the twin U-turn flyovers to be constructed instead.


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An optimal shape for internal friction measurements using a dual cantilevered beam is described. The new shape is analyzed by a finite element method, in order (a) to optimize its parameters to reduce parasitic interactions with the sample holder, and (b) to calculate the stress distribution in the vibrating sample. The numerical analysis shows that the interactions between the sample and its holder are much weaker for the new shape than for the classical flexural vibration of a simple cantilevered beam. The predictions of the numerical analysis are compared to experimental results on a niobium sample at low temperature.


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