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Posted to Action, Ideas, Systems on December 20th, 2011 by Christine McLaren
Besselink passes on the tools to replicate his One Day a Dream School project around the world
Whether you're trying to change the shape of our cities or of our economic system, on a global scale, good ideas are not enough.
Anyone who has read Malcom Gladwell's The Tipping Point is familiar with the conundrum—the critical mass necessary to tip an idea, product, or even a disease into a mainstream event is a complex phenomenon to engineer.
Marketing teams have known it for eons, as have politicians, corporations, and inventors.
But when it comes to finding solutions to contemporary problems, would-be change makers often struggle with the necessary legwork to getting initiatives truly off the ground; with the creative action that must follow creative thought.
I had a conversation about just this with Thieu Besselink close to the BMW Guggenheim Lab's opening in New York. We had been talking about the role the Lab might play in bringing new ideas into reality on both a local and an international scale.
But the conversation stuck with me as I watched the progression of other movements big and small that managed to find a foothold around the world.
From the Arab Spring to the victorious end of the eight-year battle for legalized drug injection sites that started in Vancouver and are now spreading across Canada, somewhere along the way somebody, or somebodies, took the necessary steps to bring an idea into reality.
"I don't think that we have a problem coming up with solutions," Besselink told me. "There are enough ideas. The problem is getting those ideas done or shared, and then committed to, so that people are actually going to realize them."
A Learning Lab student calls citizens to arms to clean up Amsterdam during a garbage strike
Founder of the Learning Lab, professor at the University of Amsterdam and creative director of the River Institute, Besselink specializes in helping people learn to navigate the complexity and chaos of the relatively new global society in which we live.
Where problems occur on a global scale but are felt first on a community or personal level, he looks at how those levels interconnect and how to take initiative within them to make change.
At the Learning Lab, a "think tank for social change" which will expand next year to work with MIT on a new institute in Berlin, Besselink designs learning environments that necessarily involve creation. This means the creation of meaning for the individual, the creation of relationships with others who are invested in similar passions, and the creation of actual outcomes. He is also taking this a step further with the Urban College Project—a university designed, built, and run entirely by the students. (See some fantastic videos on Learning Lab projects, including a full-scale documentary on the Pioneer Lab, on his website, or watch his TEDx talk.)
"I see a lot of movements trying to convince people that they should care. There's a massive amount of people campaigning and shouting at people that they should care," he said.
"But it is not enough to just have discussions. It is not enough to just hear a lot of people's opinions or have lectures about things. You actually have to have a process by which people can start getting committed to it, form relationships, and make real decisions and real alliances with one another and the resources to get it happening."
Armed only with coordinates, Learning Lab students found their own way to their first class—in another country
In a way it's a humble lesson.
In a time where we are overwhelmed by ideas, and truly amazing projects dedicated to discussing them—from the TED Talks to Pecha Kucha nights, from GOOD Ideas for Cities to the Lab itself—it's important to remember that while there is a certain glory in producing sexy ideas, it is the follow-through and facilitation of those ideas that will make real change come about. (Side note: it's this exact crux that has recently spurred journalism colleagues of mine to leave the industry in favor of constructing actual solutions to the problems they have been writing about for years.)
Of course no one expects one person, or even one organization, to do all this themselves, which is perhaps why Besselink sees the role of connecting people equally as important as the role of producing ideas.
"The main problems of the next 100 years are going to be those between organizations, between fields, between disciplines… the complexity is so high that we can never find solutions in one organization. It will have to be between levels: government, business, and civil society, but also between the different disciplines of art, science, and so on," he said.
"Rather than looking at the projects and the ideas, look at how they are related. How are the people and the organizations related? How can we create better and stronger relationships, and ones across different countries? Whenever you have anything change on whatever level, it's all about the relationships."
Students prototype systemic intervention projects
When I asked him how the Lab can best facilitate real, decisive change in the world of urban problem solving, he was both hopeful and challenging about its future.
"The Lab with its position has a very powerful platform and a strong visibility," he said. "It can use that to influence the way that people think about urban development, but also it can show what works or what doesn't work, and how things work, and who works. By offering this platform and showing these examples it can be very powerful."
The key, he said, will be for the Lab to pursue the creative action to follow the creative thought—to set out to fuse connections and alliances between fields, and between the pioneers working on similar issues across the globe, rather than simply hoping the ideas that are incubated in the Lab will settle and germinate.
"I think we really live in a time where we cannot understand the world in which we live by looking at it. We have to go into it, try to create something, and, as we change the world in which we live, we start to understand it by the way it reacts to us. The only way you can do that is by creating environments of experiment, which is what the Lab is really supposed to be," Besselink said.
"I hope it will really continue to do that; that it will not give that up and become some kind of talking place, or exchanging-of-ideas place, or presentations place—we have a lot of those already—but that it will really become a place where people come to work."
Universities need better teaching
29 juni 2011 - Wat betekent excellentie in het onderwijs? Twee experts op dit gebied van het Derek Bok Center van Harvard kwamen naar de Roosevelt Academy (RA) in Middelburg om dit te laten zien. De belangrijkste les: de juiste filosofie is essentieel in het opleiden van excellente studenten.
One of the speakers, Michael Burke, Head of the Academic Core Department at RA, stressed that universities had to catch up in terms of focusing on quality teaching versus research. Currently, "teaching is extraordinarily undervalued, while research is overvalued". Universities would often push their academic staff to publish research papers instead of preparing classes properly. Their institutions look for reputational gain by being more visible in the research world while students are only second priority.
"Teaching? Only if got time…"
By shifting their focus to students, universities could create more sustainable prestige. Those students that are educated in an excellent way will always be connected to their former school and serve as ambassadors of their alma mater. Consequently, Burke calls upon universities to draw lessons from the Veerman report and allocate more resources towards excellent teaching.
Right now, a professor who asks to put greater emphasis on teaching would hear "Teaching? Only if you got time…" as a response from their faculties. This phenomenon is even more aggravated by the fact that "university teachers are the only ones who aren't taught how to teach". The regular training of professors does not include any didactic or pedagogic education per se which, after all, is mandatory for elementary and high school teachers.
This would result in a teaching attitude where professors facing students ask themselves in every class: "How do I get my notes here to your notes there - with as little brain interaction as possible?" Such an approach, however, would degrade professors to "talking textbooks". Instead, Burke calls for teaching to be understood as "a conversation with students, not a performance".
Orchestration of Learning Experiences
Terry Aladjem, lecturer at Harvard, concurred with this view and emphasized that teachers should understand themselves as "creators of learning experiences". By using 'reverse-engineering', teachers should ask themselves "not what they want students to know, but what they want them to do with that knowledge later on." Accordingly, course syllabi would become less an enumeration of topics deemed important by the academic world and more an "orchestration of events to achieve the goal of true learning".
This philosophy already sets in at the level of course design. In "syllabus workshops" Harvard would bring together both representatives from the "teaching and learning community" in order to let students have a say in what they are going to learn. René Diekstra, lecturer at RA and Haagse Hogeschool, added that such feedback from student to teacher is seen as most impactful according to a wide range of studies. Essential for establishing such a relationship between student and teacher is building an "atmosphere of safety" where students are invited to "co-construct the course together with the professor".
Putting it into Practice
All these aspects refer to a fundamentally different way of teaching. Thieu Besslink, creator of the Learning Lab at the University of Amsterdam, Free University and Amsterdam University College, put this new philosophy into practice. During the Day of Excellence, Besselink stressed that to make these new approaches work universities had to give teachers more leeway in trying out new concepts.
In his opening speech, Hans Adriaansens, dean of RA, stressed a similar point that it is finally also the responsibility of the universities themselves to offer the right context for excellent teaching. "If you throw Messi, Cruyff and me in a swimming pool, you will see that they also won't be able to play better soccer than me because this is not the right place where they can show their talent." It would require a "supportive organizational context" for students and teachers to excel.
A new Lab in September
"Life is forwardly lived, but backwardly understood. "
—S. Kierkegaard
This september we embark with a new group of students on a creative enquiry. Follow their adventures and learnings on the Life Stream or come to the public events follow us on @learninglabNL
This is the invitation we did:
The Learning Lab is a laboratory, an experimental space of development, in which we go on an expedition to understand how we "become who we are", as Nietzsche would have it, and how we learn to not only study but also design our world with creativity, sincerity, and sharpness.
In a combination of science, creativity, and leadership learning the Lab challenges you to explore and act upon the how, what and why of our unique impact in the world.
In this Lab you are no longer a student, but are asked to become a pioneer both in your own life, interests, and in the world. You will be looking for the source of your creativity and use it. You are asked to find what matters to you and what matters to your surroundings, and to create whatever it is that connects the two. In the process we discover what drives us, what our talents are, and what we want to take leadership in.
We live in a time where leading a valuable initiative to a meaningful end (whether that is scientific, artistic, entrepreneurial, or social) is rarely something that can be done within one discipline or alone. The challenges in every scientific discipline, in our personal lives, and society at large are so new that they cannot be met with the same ways we have been working with. Instead, that knowledge and those initiatives that are going to make the difference in our not yet sustainable world will exist between people and across fields and disciplines. The overvalued idea of leadership, so often associated with an outdated self-centeredness, is now required to convene people and perspectives around a common quest from which a collective intelligence can come forth.
What this requires is a deeper self-knowledge, fine tuned observation skills, creativity, and stronger sense of personal initiative, but above all the capacity to navigate the chaos, complexity, and uncertainty that come with a deep learning and development process of which the outcome is uncertain.
An overnight session
Students worked on their projects on Friday night instead of a night out in the city. To heighten our senses and feed our inspiration we spent the night at the MIX academy, an art academy in the centre of Amsterdam. There
At some point we looked like an exhausted rock band after a concert
Student's Collumn
Terwijl de lichten langzaam aangaan klim ik het podium en ga aan de debattafel zitten. Ik kijk opzij en zie ex-minister Cees Veerman zitten die het rapport heeft geschreven over de toekomst van het hoger onderwijs. Links naast mij zit Godelieve Spaas, organisatieadviseur en coach bij grote bedrijven en verre landen. Ik slik even maar voordat ik echt zenuwachtig kan worden begint een documentaire op negen enorme schermen in de grote zaal van Pakhuis de Zwijger.
Het is een documentaire over het ongelofelijke avontuur dat ik samen met twintig andere honoursstudenten ben begonnen. Een documentaire over ons. Over the LearningLab. Over mij. Over Thieu Besselink: mentor, vriend, allerbeste niet-docent, organisator, facilitator en coach die ons de vier meest enerverende maanden van ons leven heeft bezorgd. Na het verschijnen van de titel hoor ik mijn stem in een opname uit een interview met Radio 2:
"(...) want ik volg nu een heel raar vak aan de UvA" - "Een heel raar vak?" "Ja, want je zit namelijk niet in de collegebanken maar je gaat de wereld in."
De documentaire vliegt in 55 minuten langs alle avonturen die we hebben meegemaakt. Ik herinner mij de allereerste keer dat ik Thieu zag op de voorlichtingsavond van de honourscursussen van 2010. Ik begreep geen snars van zijn verhaal over 'pioneers', 'creative research' 'learning journey' en 'following the spark'. Maar één ding wist ik wel. Hier moest ik bij zijn. Ik had geen flauw idee wat we tijdens het vak Pioneering in Leadership Learning zouden doen maar het was duidelijk dat dit vak verre van normaal was en afweek van alle traditionele vormen van college.
De documentaire komt langs onze intakegesprekken. Je ziet ons tijdens de eerste sessie op de Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats met zaklampen in het donker dwalen. Je volgt onze ontmoetingen met directeuren, designers, vernieuwers, kunstenaars en schrijvers om de innerlijke reis, de huidige tijd, en onze rol daarin te leren kennen. De documentaire volgt ons in een theater met een sessie over rollen en communicatie, in de trein naar de wereldwaterstofconferentie in Essen. Je ziet ons huilen, lachen, ruziemaken en verliefd worden. Je ziet ons projecten doen en actie ondernemen, in plaats van er alleen over te dromen, denken en praten. Je volgt de oprichting van maatschappelijke initiatieven nemen zoals een platform voor 'good deeds', Geeds en een taxiservice op waterstof. Projecten die de wereld gaan veranderen en die we zelf vanaf de grond af aan hebben opgebouwd, met bloed, zweet, enthousiasme, geluk, ruzie en tranen.
Ons event heeft een druk programma. Nog voordat iedereen is bijgekomen van de bomvolle documentaire, begin ik aan het debat onder leiding van PG Kroeger, hoofdredacteur van Science Guide die ons kritische vragen stelt over de toekomst van het hoger onderwijs. Vanuit de zaal zie ik alle mensen zitten die op een of andere manier met de LearningLab zijn verbonden. Allemaal mensen die stuk voor stuk pionieren in hun vakgebied. Die de maatschappij veranderen door hun ideeën en geloven in de enorme kracht van de LearningLab.
De avond vliegt voorbij. De vier uur lijkt haast vier kwartier. Afgelopen vier maanden lijken wel vier jaar. We hebben zoveel mensen ontmoet, bijeenkomsten georganiseerd en veranderingen doorgemaakt in ons leven. Aan het eind van het event ben ik doodop maar tegelijkertijd barstensvol energie. Klaar om van de rest van mijn leven een geweldig avontuur te maken. Wereld, ik kom eraan!
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The Bombay Sandwich then? Or to put it as the menu does in here, the Almost-Famous-Bombay-Sandwich. Plain toasted white bread, chilli and coriander chutney, a mountain of chopped vegetables and, wait for this one, potato. Oh, and topping it all, dollops of tomato ketchup.
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Now, a quick rewind. To limber up for this visit I gazed at the very pretty Italian fixed-gear push bikes at Rig Bike Shop diagonally across the road mourning the fact Im far too old to ever ride one then stuck my head into somewhere called Luke Monaghans Velodromo Cafe right beside that. I pulled my head back out from there rather sharpish on account of the fact I felt I had just wandered into someones uber-trendy living room. One for a bolder day perhaps.
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Having just returned from a wedding in Corfu, it has struck me that the way people tie the not all over the world is very very different. What ultimately ends in the joining of two adults in physical and spiritual union takes on many guises. Some do it on beaches, some in churches. Some in Vegas others in on gold course. As England moves into a bust wedding season here is a short video post from Laos that show how they prepare for a big day.
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INDIANAPOLIS–Henderson on March 7 held a press conference at the NTEA Work Truck Show detailing the brine solution mixing technology it gained last Oct. when the company acquired BrineXtreme, a North American manufacturer of roadway anti-icing technology and equipment.
Henderson feels that brine solutions − a water salt mixture is more cost-effective, quicker acting and less labor-intensive than other anti-icing technologies. The company says its brine solution technology uses 30 to 80 percent less rock salt, stays on roadways longer and puts less salt back into the ground water during melt/runoff.
Henderson's BrineXtreme system produces a solution containing 3.3 pounds of salt with a freeze point of minus 6 degrees Fahrenheit for about 10 cents a gallon and allows users to treat roads for about $4 a lane mile.
The system is upgradable and can be controlled by iPad or other hand-held devices and is crafted from high-quality, durable components for an estimated 20 year lifespan.
Jack Roberts is executive editor of trucks/truck equipment for Randall-Reilly, the parent company of Better Roads.
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Malzahn, Red Wolves Add John Thompson As Defensive Coordinator
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Arkansas State's coaching staff is again complete.
John Thompson, a 29-year veteran coordinator and assistant, is joining the Red Wolves' staff. Thompson is a native of Forrest City and has been working as defensive coordinator at Georgia State.
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Thompson has worked 25 seasons as a coordinator and was also the head coach at East Carolina for two years. Recognized as a top defensive mind, Thompson has worked as defensive coordinator or co-coordinator at Southeastern Conference schools Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina and LSU, as well as at Memphis, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State.
As a defensive coordinator, Thompson has seen more than 40 of his defensive players drafted by, or sign with, National Football League teams. Forty of his defenders earned all-conference honors, five were named all-America, and one, former Northwestern State linebacker Gary Reasons, has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
"We are excited to add another coach to our staff who has strong ties to the state of Arkansas," said Malzahn. "Coach Thompson is not only well respected for the great success he's enjoyed at the highest level of college football, but also as a person of tremendous character. We are happy to welcome him to our Arkansas State family."
A high school quarterback, Thompson was inducted into the Forrest City High School Hall of Fame in 2006. His playing career also includes two seasons as a defensive back at Central Arkansas. He earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from UCA in 1978.
Thompson and his wife, Charleen, have two sons, Cabe and Hays.
ASU hired Thompson to replace Keith Patterson who left for West Virginia. Thompson and the Red Wolves begin spring practice on March 12.


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The University of California, Davis, has "whitewashed" the case of the UC, Davis police using pepper spray on peaceful student protesters last year, according to a spokesperson for the United National Antiwar Coalition, the largest anti-war coalition in the U.S.
Joe Iosbaker told the U.S. Desk on Thursday that the image of a UC, Davis police officer pepper spraying seated students with their arms locked went around the world and became a symbol "of police abuse not just to the Occupy movement but for the whole worldwide protest movement."
"Now, the university has whitewashed that case. It's shocking," added Iosbaker.
On Wednesday, The Yolo County District Attorney's office announced in a statement that no criminal charges would be brought against the UC, Davis police officers who doused students with pepper spray during a campus protest last November.
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Hawaiian Airlines set its all-time passenger record in 2011. The airline carried 8,666,319 passengers for the year, the most of any year in the company's 83-year history.
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The company said Monday it transported 2.9% more passengers last year than in 2010, when 8.4 million people flew on Hawaiian aircraft.
The percentage of seats occupied, however, dropped. Hawaiian says 84.3% of its seats were filled during the year, down from 85.5% in 2010.
A record number people also flew the airline in December— more than 740,000.
Last year Hawaiian launched flights to Seoul and to Osaka, Japan and added more flights to the U.S. West Coast. The Honolulu-based company plans to start flying to New York in June.
And in news from last week, Hawaiian says it has reached a deal with Orbitz in which the online travel agency will power vacation and hotel packages sold via Hawaiian's website.
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PARIS, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Thandie Newton, Famke Janssen, Gene Simmons, Eli Roth, Christophe Lambert, Clotilde Courau, Mark Strong, Max Irons, Caterina Murino, Tom Riley, Lennie James, are just some of the stars who will be attending MIPTV 2013, organised by Reed MIDEM and running 8-11 April in Cannes, France.
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International star and BAFTA award-winning British actress Thandie Newton ( Crash, Beloved, Mission: Impossible II, ER) will fly down to the French Riviera to present Entertainment One (eOne)'s much-anticipated series Rogue, co-produced with Greenroom Entertainment. Newton accompanies the series creator, writer and supervising producer Matthew Parkhill ( The Caller, Dot the I) and its executive producer and co-director Nick Hamm ( Killing Bono, The Hole). Larger-than-life rock legend Gene Simmons will support the eOne team at MIPTV.Dutch-born Hollywood screen favorite Famke Janssen ( X-Men, Goldeneye, Taken, Nip/Tuck) will grace the Croisette and present Gaumont International Television's new thriller Hemlock Grove to international buyers and press. Janssen will be escorted by the series' executive producer and renowned actor/director Eli Roth ( Inglorious Basterds, Hostel, Grindhouse) and Swedish actor Bill Skarsgard ( Anna Karenina, Simon and the Oaks). Hemlock Grove will premiere on Netflix in April. French stars Christophe Lambert ( Highlander, The Sicilian, Greystoke, NCIS: Los Angeles ) and Clotilde Courau ( La Vie en Rose, Map of the Human Heart, Modern Love) will present France Televisions' next big event La Source . Sold internationally by Newen Distribution, the spy mini-series is directed by renowned French director Xavier Durringer and actors Edouard Montoute ( Femme Fatale) and Flore Bonaventura ( Commissaire Magellan) will join the team at MIPTV. Starz's much-awaited new series Da Vinci's Demons will have its World Premiere TV Screening at MIPTV on Monday 8 April, in the presence of its writer, executive producer and co-director, David S. Goyer — co-writer of critically-acclaimed blockbusters The Dark Knight trilogy and Man of Steel — as well as British actors Tom Riley ( Monroe, Arcadia, Bouquet of Barbed Wire), Laura Haddock ( The Inbetweeners Movie, Upstairs, Downstairs, Missing), Lara Pulver ( True Blood, Spooks), and Blake Ritson ( Rock'n Rolla, Hyde Park on Hudson). Following the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci during his early years in Renaissance Florence, Da Vinci's Demons is produced by Adjacent Productions for Starz and is being sold internationally by BBC Worldwide at MIPTV. Co-produced by Endemol Studios and AMC Studios, Low Winter Sun is a contemporary story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption, in which the line between cops and criminals is blurred. British actors Mark Strong ( Zero Dark Thirty, John Carter, Sherlock Holmes ) and Lennie James ( Snatch, The Walking Dead, Hung) will walk the MIPTV red carpet alongside the series writer and executive producer Chris Mundy ( Hell On Wheels, Criminal Minds). Also with Endemol, TV host, comedian and best-selling author Steve Harvey will bring the hit US syndicated daytime series The Steve Harvey Show to Cannes. The show is being distributed internationally by Endemol Worldwide Distribution. Based on Homer's epic poem and starring Italian actress Caterina Murino ( Casino Royale, L'enquete corse), the newly-scripted series The Odyssey brings a twist to Greek mythology's great story and reveals its darkest side. Presented by 100% Distribution and Studio Hamburg, and produced by Makingprod and GMT Studio, the new European co-production (Arte, Rai, RTP) is being sold internationally by 100% Distribution International. The first episode of Starz's The White Queen will be premiered at MIPTV in the presence of British actor Max Irons ( The Host, Red Riding Hood ) and the series' author, British novelist Philippa Gregory ( The Other Boleyn Girl, A Respectable Trade). Her compatriot Anthony Horowitz ( Midsomer Murders, Injustice) created and wrote ITV's Foyle's War, presented at MIPTV by All3Media International, in the company of English actress Honeysuckle Weeks ( My Brother Tom, The Bill). American writer and executive producer Edward Allen Bernero ( Criminal Minds, Third Watch) will shed light on Tandem Communications' crime series Crossing Lines, alongside actors Tom Wlaschiha ( Game of Thrones) and Gabriella Pession ( Ferdinando and Carolina). Former French tennis champion and co-founder of documentary production company 2L Prod, Henri Leconte will present his new round-the-world travelling series Looking For… And the man who free fell to Earth — from 39 km high on 14 October 2012, under the supervision of Red Bull Media House —, Felix Baumgartner will land on the MIPTV 2013 Opening Party red carpet on Monday 8 April. For more information about MIPTV, please download the MIPTV Highlights Calendar. Times and locations of all MIPTV events can also be found on the MIPTV Events Calendar. Press events not to be missed :
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Another $10 premium burger joint is now open in Orange County -- only this eatery offers a twist to dining.
Burger Parlor by veteran Los Angeles and New York chef Joseph Mahon is a "restaurant within a restaurant"Â -- something the industry calls a pop-up eatery. Though Burger Parlor is using existing restaurant space, it doesn't plan to roam around the county like traditional pop-up restaurants in Los Angeles.
The restaurant lists its permanent address at 108 W. Wilshire Ave. -- inside Rialto, a breakfast and lunch only cafe in downtown Fullerton. It is open Wednesday through Saturday only from 6-11 p.m.
"Check for the neon signs in Rialto Cafe,"Â Burger Parlor states on its website about its "hidden" location, which opened earlier this month.
Mahon, who has worked with Daniel Boulud, Andrew Carmellini and David Myers, is best known for his time spent at the now shuttered French bistro Bastide in West Hollywood.
At the Burger Parlor, he will use hormone-free products, fresh-ground Angus beef and freshly baked buns.
"The Burger Parlor is keen on preserving the tradition of this American treasure through a chef's perspective. Come in and taste what people are talking about," the parlor states as its mission.
His chef-driven menu features about 10 gourmet burgers ranging in price from $8 to $11. A few notable burger creations: The Staten Island meatball burger, The Mahon pastrami and Angus beef burger and The Lasorda pork sausage burger.
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The good news is that the payday loan industry appears to be shrinking nationally, as the interest payments in the 33 states that allow these bloodthirsty loans have fallen from $6.8 billion in 2007 to $3.3 billion in 2011, a new study by consumer groups found.
But the bad news is that this industry—whose short-term loans have outrageous interest rates that are disguised as fees—is still sucking billions from poor people. And the ripple effect of payments is depleting hundreds of millions from local economies, undermining job creation and pushing people into bankrupcty, the Insight Center for Community Economic Development study found.
"It is a good thing that it has dropped," said author Tim Lohrentz, speaking of the fall in interest payments since 2007. "It's a bit counterintuitive. The cost of doing business has become higher for payday lenders. A lot have gone out of business or have consolidated operation. This drop is more about the supply, not the demand, for the loans."
Lohrentz's study, sponsored by the Center for Responsible Lending, comes as state and federal regulators are looking at more regulation of payday loans. These are small, short-term loans that average about $375 whose interest rates would exceed 300 percent if they were annualized like credit cards. Borrowers in Calfornia, for example, pay a $45 "fee" for a $255 loan, Lohrentz said, explaining how the industry works.
Every state allows consumer loans, but 33 states allow loans with rates that higher than 36 percent, he said. Payday loan payments typically are due within two weeks and can be taken directly from paychecks or bank accounts. Some states, like Washington, have capped interest rates on these loans at 36 percent. Others have limited how many times an individual can take out one of these loans annually.
Many payday loans companies are national firms that specialize in the loans, but in recent years Wall Street's institutional investors and large banks have also put multi-millions into these businesses. These investors include Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Ltd., The Vanguard Group, Bank of New York Mellon Corp., JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and even the California Public Employees Reirement System (CALPERS).
The Insight Center's study sought to measure how these "debt traps" affect the lives of borrowers and local economies, including job creation. Its study had four surprising findings showing how payday loans perpetuate the cycle of hardship and poverty.
1. Millions not spent locally. The study noted that in 2011, the total interest payments made by borrowers in 33 states was $3.3 billion, with California, Texas, Mississippi, Illinois and Alabama paying the most interest. But then it looked at how much of the interest payments were being diverted from local economies and concluded that "the payday lending industry had a negative impact of $774 million in 2011."
2. Kills local job creation. The study found that payday lending drains $2.5 million from local economies daily. "In addition, we estimate that more than 38 people lose their jobs each day due to the economic drain of payday lending. Far from creating economic opportunity, payday lending creates impoverished households and endangers local economies." All told, the study said that the loans have led to the "loss of more than 14,000 jobs" in 33 states.
3. Pushes people into bankruptcy. The study found that "payday lending caused an estimated 56,250 Chapter 13 bankruptcies in 2011," adding that "with an average cost of $3,000 per bankruptcy [in legal fees], these bankruptcies cost the economy an additional $169 million."
4. Total local losses about $1 billion. The economic impact of loan payments that divert money that otherwise could be spent locally ($774 million), and bankruptcy fees tied to payday loans ($169 million) "brought the total loss to nearly $1 billion," the study said. These costs do not reflect the emotional pressures and trauma that come from living under a worsening cloud of debt.
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The Inn at Perry Cabin has been sold and, as a result, Offshore Sailing School will not be operating out of this location in 2014. All other locations offer the same courses listed below - in Florida, New Jersey, New York, the British Virgin Islands and our newest location at gorgeous Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, British Virgin Islands. Please call 888-454-7015 for more details.
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During the first two days you are immersed in our comprehensive Learn to Sail course, which takes you through intermediate sailing knowledge and skills on lively Colgate 26 sailboats. Maximum four people taught per instructor per boat. You may also choose to do your cruising lessons while living aboard. Packages include:
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Learn on the award-winning Colgate 26 sport boat, designed by our founder Steve Colgate and famed yacht architect Jim Taylor. This is the most comprehensive, best known course to get you thoroughly ready for sailing mid-sized sailboats. Three full days or five half-day schedules are available.
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This weekend course allows you to refresh your big boat skills while staying at this beautiful resort. You get lots of experience handling our Jeanneau 439, relearning the skills you need for bareboat chartering. Packages include two nights and room tax at Belmond The Inn at Perry Cabin, and eight hours of instruction on the Chesapeake Bay aboard the Jeanneau 439.
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This two-day mini-vacation is a great introduction to sailing. You'll learn in two three-hour sessions - six hours total over two days, allowing free time to explore the area and relax. Packages include your six hours of instruction and two nights with room tax at the resort.
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Financial support of the College's endowment builds a lasting legacy for current and future students at
the Valley. Endowed gifts have a significant impact on LVC's programs and resources—they fund scholarships,
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The gift opportunities described in the links below represent some of the College's most pressing needs. These
types of gifts are exemplary, and for the donor, often very personal in nature. We hope this list will spark some ideas of your own. If you would like to discuss your legacy at Lebanon Valley College, please contact Jamie N. Cecil, director of development, at email@example.com or 717-867-6228.
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It is worth remembering that while the media often focus on how the latest story or international incident will affect elections, what regular people care about most has remained unchanged for years. From Gallup: The number one problem according to Americans is unemployment followed closely by government dysfunction and the poor economy. Issues like immigration [...]
It Is Still All About the Economy, Jobs, and Dysfunction
|By: Jon Walker Thursday March 13, 2014 9:02 am
Unemployment Seen as America's Top Problem
|By: Jon Walker Tuesday February 18, 2014 6:53 am
Americans now see unemployment as the nation's top problem. It has recently jumped to number one according to Gallup: This is a rather depressing statement about where the country is almost six years after the financial meltdown. We are still in one of the longest periods economic trouble. The poll also reflects that Congressional Republican [...]
Jobs and the Economy: Issues Regular People Actually Care About
|By: Jon Walker Monday April 15, 2013 1:13 pm
While it seems Congress has forgotten that we have been suffering with unacceptably high unemployment for years regular Americans have not. Once again the top concern for Americans is the economy followed a close second by unemployment. From Gallup: The issues that Washington is currently focused on (immigration, gun control, deficit reduction) all barely rank [...]
Another Day, Another Poll Showing America Losing Faith in Its Government
|By: Jon Walker Wednesday September 28, 2011 7:38 am
Trust in the federal government has now reached an all time record low according to CNN's polling. The previous low was set back in 1994. From CNN: A CNN/ORC International Poll released Wednesday morning indicates that only 15 percent of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what's right just about always [...]
Allowing High Unemployment Is a Choice Our Government Is Making
|By: Jon Walker Thursday September 22, 2011 9:59 am
Official unemployment is at 9.1 percent, and the American people think unemployment is the most important problem in the country. That is why it is important for regular people to know that high employment is not solely dictated by some "invisible hand of the market." It can be greatly affected by the policy choices made [...]
Most See Unemployment as America's Top Problem
|By: Jon Walker Thursday September 15, 2011 1:55 pm
A large plurality of Americans, 39 percent, say unemployment is the most important problem facing the country today. "Unemployment" recently managed to take the top spot away from the issue of "the economy in general" in Gallup's polling. While I think it is noteworthy unemployment as an issue has gone up steadily, I personally find [...]
Our Sadly Diminished Expectations
|By: Jon Walker Friday September 9, 2011 3:11 pm
Official unemployment has been stuck around 9 percent for 16 months, and recent signs indicate our economic growth has stalled. And for over two years now, the American people have called jobs/economy the top problem in this country. In this environment, many people on the left are happy that a Democratic president asked Congress to [...]
Remember When a Possible 9 Percent Unemployment Was Considered a Huge Crisis?
|By: Jon Walker Wednesday August 24, 2011 11:32 am
The latest long term budget projections from the Congressional Budget Office assume that unemployment will be very high for years to come. From the CBO: CBO expects that the recovery will continue but that real (inflation-adjusted) GDP will stay well below the economy's potential—a level that corresponds to a high rate of use of labor [...]
The Federal Deficit Isn't a Top Concern for Regular Voters
|By: Jon Walker Thursday June 16, 2011 8:32 am
One would think given that the level of deficit hysteria in Washington has reached such a fevered pitch that the American electorate was clamoring for our elected officials to make the federal debt their only priority. The reality according to Gallup is the opposite. The American people are almost exclusively worried about the economy and [...]
Imagine If the Unemployed Helped Run the Fed
|By: Jon Walker Tuesday May 3, 2011 3:46 pm
Imagine if five of the 12 voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee were selected exclusively by unemployed Americans, instead of the current system of having them chosen by rich bank executives. This could be done. Currently five of the voting members on the FOMC, which sets monetary policy, are presidents of one of [...]


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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Royal Street Easter Eggs, Chapter 4--All New!
First off, I'm over at the fabulous Wicked Little Pixie blog today, with a pop quiz about New Orleans. Nah, doesn't matter how many you get right or wrong...you're still eligible to win a swag pack and signed book or poster from moi! Head over HERE to check it out and leave a comment.
Welcome to the weekly annotations for Royal Street. On Wednesdays, until we get the Preternatura Book Club started back up, I'm annotating one chapter a week from Royal Street. If you've read it, you can cross-check the annotations with the book. If you haven't, well, I hope it will at least be an interesting behind-the-scenes look at post-Katrina New Orleans and what personal things got pulled into the novel.
Unlike chapters 1-3, chapter four isn't available online. (Funny, the publisher seems to want people to buy it!) So I'll be referring to page numbers and paragraphs and lines from the print version of the book. After today, these notes will be archived under the "Easter Eggs" tab, above.
About 9,500 citizens and 550 soldiers and journalists, including NBC's Brian Williams, rode out the storm in the Superdome. The roof was peeled back like a layer of onion, allowing water to stream onto the Saints' playing field and force people into the stands.
Once the flooding began, not only were people not allowed to leave the Dome, but first-responders started dropping rescued citizens off, swelling the Dome "population" to about 20,000. There was no electricity, no food, no medicines for the sick, no air circulation, the restrooms stopped working early on. People filled the Dome for up to a week before help arrived. You can read more about it HERE. Later, at least this many people took refuge at the Morial Convention Center.
Page 36, paragraphs 2-3. DJ has trouble verbalizing a prayer, and this is something I remember well from my own experience. Trying to go to bed that Sunday in the hotel in Shreveport, surrounded by other rooms full of evacuees and National Guardsmen with detector dogs waiting for the storm to come in so they could go to New Orleans and search for bodies. I couldn't in good conscience pray for it to go somewhere else, so 'please' was about all I could come up with. There was no sleep that night.
Page 37, full paragraphs 2-3. These were the images I remember, among the first to be shown on Monday morning as we waited for news. I remember feeling relieved, so relieved, that the storm hadn't hit NOLA directly, and thinking, it's just a little wind damage and we can handle that. I thought we'd go home Tuesday morning 8/30.
Page 38, paragraph 1. Peter Jaco was a great-great-etcetera-uncle. Dig the beard! This is Civil-War era Tennessee.
Page 39, first full paragraph. The Lower Ninth Ward, a predominantly African American neighborhood east of the city, was utterly devastated by the flooding. It got a lot of media attention, at least in part because it made good TV and it was not that far from the Quarter. It led to a lot of misconceptions about the flooding of the city--that the Lower Nine took the bulk of the hit. Not true. Eighty percent of the city was underwater, as well as most of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. Below are shots of the Lower Nine and of Chalmette, a predominantly Caucasian area just east of there. The post-K flooding was no respecter of race, class, or income.
Page 40, fifth full graph. There were a number of politicians and so-called "religious leaders" who 1) said New Orleans deserved what it got because it was a stupid place to build a city in the first place, or 2) New Orleans shouldn't be rebuilt because it's sinful and a waste of money. When you're watching the place you love and call home die in front of you, when a week has passed with no assistance having shown up from your government, this kind of crap is hard to hear. I stand with author Tom Piazza, who in his book Why New Orleans Matters, says: "At one point, early on, some public figures asked whether it 'made sense' to rebuild New Orleans. Would you let your own mother die because it didn't make financial sense to spend the money to treat her, or because you were too busy to spend the time to heal her sick spirit?" Yeah, what he said.
That's it for this week! Really and truly, once we get past the next chapter or two, these posts won't be so depressing!
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Enjoy the weekly annotations and photos for Royal Street. Look forward to more. Ah, the book club - soon? I really like the book club reads as they get books off my TBR pile to actually read.ReplyDelete
I definitely want to start the book club back up as soon as my schedule calms down a little. I have a lull in June and July, so that seems like a good time to start something up. Be thinking of ideas!ReplyDelete
Just seeing some of those photos puts me right back to seeing the images on TV live and wondering, what the hell's the holdup with rescue operations?ReplyDelete
Crazy stuff.
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Institute for Child Development (ICD) is a trusted name in the field of Child Development and Childhood Disability. It is the brainchild of a group of Professionals working with children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Neuromuscular Diseases. It is the only Pediatric Habilitation Centre in Delhi, India which works exclusively for High Risks Infants, Children with Brain Injury, Delayed Milestones and Developmental Disabilities. The specialized developmental pediatric Centre works as out patient Department and provides holistic Management.
The organization has five different projects to cater the need of children with delayed milestones or childhood disabilities. Children in the age group of 0-18 years are the regular beneficiaries. The five programs are as:
Centre Based Intervention Project
- Home Based Intervention Project (In Delhi and NCR only)
- Community Based Intervention Project (10 Km radius from ICD)
- Regular School Based Intervention Project (In Delhi and NCR only)
- Outreach Project-Associated Centre (Initially in North India, East India and North-East India only)
1. Centre Based Intervention Project
This is a project for those children who require intensive management. Children who are less than 3 years old are main beneficiaries. Children who get specialized treatment like Botox injection, Orthopedic surgery, Intrathecal Baclofen pump, Rhizotomy, HBOT, Stem Cell Therapy are also eligible for this project. The centre based projects has three program to cater the needs of all varieties of needy children
Early Intervention Program
Age Group: 0-6 years
The Early Intervention Program has been divided into two streams
Children who does not attend any school (0-3 Years)
Children who attend schools (3-6 Years)
Potential Achievement Program
Age Group: 6-13 years
Under this Program, we encourage every child to attend school to attain functional literacy. If a severely affected child is unable to attend any regular school we encourage parents to go for Home Schooling.
Adulthood Transient Program
Age Group: 13-18 years
Under this program, the children continue to attend school and attend our facility for Remedial Education and maintenance therapy
2. Home Based Intervention Project
When a specific child is unable to attend our centre or our associated centre due to some unavoidable reasons, we provide the child home based services. We have observed that a large number of children are unable to attend our centre due to
- Long distance
- Transport problem
- Unavailability of attendant / assistance
- Heavy traffics on the way
- Multiple disability / severe to profound disability
- Old or ill parents
- Financially weak
Presently, a team of 30 professionals are providing home visits to more than 50 children.
The team is comprised of Pediatric physiotherapist, occupational therapist, Special educators, and Speech therapists.
3. Community Based Intervention Project
ICD has been running a CBR project in south Delhi. Presently, we are providing our CBR services to person with disability in South Delhi only. Based on ICD location, ICD has taken only 10 km radius for the year 2014-2015.
4. Regular School Based Intervention Project
ICD has started a project where ICD technical staffs help regular school to include children with disability in the mainstream. The specific professional's team visits the specific school regularly to help and coordinate with school teachers. Remedial education sessions are provided in case of need.
5. Associated Centre
After a long interval, ICD has started again to help new centre by associating technically. New Centres are welcome to get our technical support.
ICD has been following the Eclectic Approach in the form of Combination Therapy which is popularly known as C-therapy. C-therapy is the amalgamation of the world best result oriented treatment systems. The component of the program varies according to the need of the specific child. Generally the program consists of standard therapy, experimental therapy and exploratory therapy.
The organization has been well known for its genuine guidance and quality services. The ongoing results have enabled the organization to become world leader in the field of childhood disability. ICD is considered the premier centre in India for treatments like Botox therapy, Intra –thecal baclofen therapy, Advance Orthopedic Surgeries, Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), Stem cell therapy and Laser Acupuncture.


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'Biodiversity - Who cares?' exhibition now at Cardiff
We've just finished setting up the exhibition 'Biodiversity - Who Cares?' in the Main Hall at National Museum Cardiff. It's been a great opportunity for us to show off some more of the beautiful botanical models from our stored collections. The models have been skilfully crafted from beeswax, but you might mistake them for real plants when you first look at them. With around 1000 models in the collection to choose from, our only problem has been deciding which ones to display!
The exhibition has been created by the BioSyB Dept as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity. The exhibition looks at some of the ways in which we can help reduce the loss of biodiversity. Look out for this touring exhibition at other Amgueddfa Cymru venues during the rest of the year.
Annette Townsend
Ffotograffau Hanesyddol (Esmee Ffairburn)
Linking Natural Science Collections in Wales
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Health Information Management classes, for on-campus students, are based in the Tunheim Classroom Building (TCB) on the DSU campus in Madison, SD. We also provide online classes through distance education through the cooperation of DSU's Office of Extended Programs. Other face-to-face classes are offered at the University Centers in Sioux Falls, Pierre, and Rapid City, SD.
The Office of Extended Programs has very useful information for new students. They strongly encourage these students to read the Orientation for New Online or Transfer Students. They also strongly encourage these students to watch an online video and review the Tips for Online Learning.


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Special Edition for 105th National Day Celebration
Monday, December 22, 2014
thank you for the comprehensive coverage of the event.
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"Gleaming amber spheres, polished cedar and mahogany, sweet parchment, inks of frankincense ash, and soft plumes of incense."
The "Scholars' Tower" perfume oil is presented in a 5ml amber apothecary vial, and is available as follows:
(Note that the books and artwork will ship separately from the perfume.) If you've already pledged but would like to also purchase the Scholars' Tower perfume oil, you can either switch your pledge, or contact me through Kickstarter about adding it to your order. Deepest thanks to Elizabeth Barrial and Brian Constantine at Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab for their help and for collaborating with me on this!
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Now here's something refreshing. The BBC is evaluating its liberal use of online videos to ensure that it's able to provide quality content that adds to news stories. Pete Clifton, head of BBC News Interactive, told a London conference audience that simply uploading lots of news video clips without context, will lead to less people watching online videos.
His team conducted a trial to evaluate their use of news videos. They discovered that video should be used to compliment a story, not replace it. Likewise, stand alone videos had much less appeal than those embedded alongside written stories.


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I just submitted my app online and received a message stating that my app is being reviewed and I will hear back from them within 5 business days. They also emailed a link to check the status which states:
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We have received your application, and it is currently being processed."
Does anyone have any experience with their review/underwriting process? Also, should I follow up my online app with a phone call?
I just was contacted by one of their sales reps via email. They needed me to fill out a form with my vehicle info.
She also stated it can take up to 5 business days for their credit dept. to approve/deny an app.
I'll report back on progress....
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I just received my company credit cards for my business in August. The first statement came almost immediately and reflected a $0.00 balance. I received September, 2012 statement and it showed I owed $6.00 from the previous billing, a $10.00 late charge and $6.00 for current month's billing. I have not even used any of the 3 cards yet and have been assessed $22.00.
I contacted customer service and they were not willing to cancel the $10.00 late charge or any other assistance. I cancelled my account during the course of this call. The fee is $2.00 per card per month. I only have one vehicle so why was I issued 3 cards?
This program may work for you and your business but keep an eye on the billing!
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Find a Local Pink Pistols Chapter
We have some definitely active chapters, some that have fallen out of contact, and some that are unfortunately closed. We will do our best to get you connected with the active chapter in your area. If you don't see one, consider getting together with your friends and starting one!
United States, Alphabetical by State
Active Chapters
Huntsville, AL
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Los Angeles, CA (Friendly Group Gays with Guns)
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Sacramento, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
Central Coast Pink Pistols, San Luis Obispo Region, CA
Atlanta, GA
South Central Indiana, IN
Michigan (Lansing Regional)
Twin Cities, MN (Minneapolis–Saint Paul Regional)
New York City, NY
Asheville, NC
Cleveland Area (OH) - CLE
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Portland, OR
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These Chapters have been inactive a long time, or have fallen out of touch. If you have contact with someone from one of these chapters, or are the contact person from one of these chapters, PLEASE contact national as soon as possible so we can reconnect with you and get you back on the chapter list properly!
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