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The Age of Diminishing Endowments
Yale's president on campus politics and the future of higher education.
New Haven, Conn.
Richard Levin, the longest serving president in the Ivy League, had enjoyed a charmed run at Yale. In his first 15 years Yale's endowment notched up the best returns of any university's, and its innovative investment strategy became a model for many others. Mr. Levin rode the bull market to restore morale, launch a building spree, and strengthen the school in sciences and internationally. Yale dollars even spruced up shabby New Haven.
Then came the Great Recession. What went up so fast for elite universities -- Yale's endowment grew to $23 billion last summer from $3.1 billion in 1993, Mr. Levin's first year -- dropped like a stone. The impact was immediate: Mr. Levin announced a 5% spending cut in December (later adjusted to 7.5%), then froze faculty pay and most large capital projects. By the end of this month he says the endowment will be marked down by a quarter to around $17 billion. Harvard, the only university with a larger endowment, got caught out on arcane fare like interest rate swaps and now projects a 30% decline, to about $24 billion.
"We had a run that was historically unprecedented, and at the tail end of that it looked like we were getting too rich," Mr. Levin says, recalling that members of Congress were then starting to complain about rich private universities' "hoarding" money. "Well, that's quickly been amended," he deadpans.
University endowments once invested primarily in stocks and bonds. Yale's longtime chief investment officer, David Swensen, pioneered a new strategy that found better returns in less traditional vehicles like hedge funds, private equity partnerships and real estate. The Swensen approach produced a 16% average annual return the past decade through last June. But the steep and sudden drop has left schools heavily invested in assets that can't be quickly sold for cash.
An academic economist who sounds as if he knows his school's finances as well as anyone here, Mr. Levin defends the so-called Yale Model against emboldened critics. "We made huge excess returns on the way up. When it's all over and things stabilize I think we'll find the overall long-run performance [of the endowment] is better than if we didn't." But he acknowledges the downside. "The challenge for the Swensen strategy is in the area of liquidity. I think it is fair to say all of us, including Yale, didn't anticipate that." In response, universities are borrowing at unprecedented levels. Harvard recently tapped the bond market for $1.5 billion, Stanford and Princeton borrowed $1 billion each, and Yale $800 million "just to support our liquidity," says Mr. Levin.
So what does the dawn of the era of unplenty mean for the future of his university, and others? Mr. Levin, a youthful 62, finds some comfort in the numbers to downplay the impact on Yale.
Long ago, private universities designed "spending rules" for their endowments to support them less lavishly in flush years and more in the tough. That cushions the blow to the budget. "We'll spend 6.5% or 6.7% of our endowment next year when the endowment declines," he says. "That's the flip side of the spending of 3.8% we were spending when the endowment was rising very rapidly." While the endowment will provide some 43% of next year's budget, tuition -- once the principal source of income -- accounts for just 11% after financial aid. Yet if the investments don't rebound over the next few years, Yale and other schools in its league will have to rethink long-term priorities and expansion plans.
Universities weren't the only lavish spenders in the bubble years, and they dodged a bullet when only two years ago Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) tried to pass legislation to force them to shell out even more of their endowments to slow tuition increases. The current crisis vindicates relatively conservative endowment spending rules. "Managing university finances is very tricky business," Mr. Levin says. "We're nonprofits. We're not supposed to accumulate large surpluses."
Tuition is always a big issue. Earlier this year, smack in the midst of the recession, Yale raised it 3.2% to $47,500, including room and board. Mr. Levin is unapologetic. "If we are to maintain a 10-to-one ratio of students to faculty, if professors get average salary increases, we're going to go up faster than inflation" -- during his tenure, on average, a percentage point above inflation.
Four years of college at $200,000 strikes lots of people as indecent. "You're talking about sticker prices," Mr. Levin says. "The actual net price people pay, tuition minus financial aid, is basically not changed at all. If you look at the average net price for all of our students, it's actually declined over the last decade." That makes for an average cost of $18,000 per student per year now, compared to $19,000 a decade ago. Mr. Levin says the boom provoked "something of an arms race to give more financial aid," and opened private schools up to a larger -- and as a result stronger -- pool of students "that used to think that elite private schools were inaccessible to them." Yale may be "more affordable than ever," he says. But then Yale's president admits "this logic only applies to five schools" who offer "need blind" admissions.
Some schools may go belly-up because of the crisis. Ohio's Antioch College closed last year. "As always happens in a recession, we'll see some of the tuition-dependent institutions run into trouble," Mr. Levin says. "Sadly, it hits some schools that play an important social role like the historically black schools. And then state schools get hit. Though they don't get shut down, their budgets get starved."
As Mr. Levin points out, tuition at public schools has gone up faster than at private schools -- on average, 2.5% plus inflation -- to make up for state budget cuts. "They've not kept pace with the private institutions in terms of resources. That's very sad, because the great state universities here are really unique and fabulous institutions."
The financial pinch is forcing schools to impose hiring freezes and consider shuttering departments with lower enrollments -- say, French literature. This trend also calls into question America's long-held commitment to a liberal over a vocational higher education. Mr. Levin is quick to say "that's not a worry for flagship universities."
Rick Levin knows plenty about troubled institutions. In the early 1990s, Yale fit that bill. Its neglected and aging physical plant required urgent renovation. The budget was deep in the red. A faculty revolt helped force the resignation of senior administrators, who included prominent conservatives disliked on the liberal campus. In addition, Yale had the worst record of labor strife of virtually any school and found itself in one of America's most crime-ridden towns. (In 1991, a 19-year-old student named Christian Prince was gunned down near campus.)
The economic revival and endowment boom helped turn things around. But Mr. Levin also brought a vision: America's third-oldest university needed to shape up or lose its leading position. He focused on boosting science, sometimes neglected at a place renowned for its humanities, and taking the university global. He expanded ties with China. A tenth of Yale's undergraduate student body now comes from outside the U.S. When Mr. Levin took over, only 3% did.
As with other schools that might like to switch neighborhoods -- think of Penn, Columbia, the University of Chicago -- the economic downturn exposes Yale's New Haven handicap. In recent years, the city's largest employer and landowner tried to improve long-strained town-gown relations and gentrify the areas around campus. So when Mayor John DeStefano came with an emergency request to help cover New Haven's $29 million deficit, Yale in February increased its voluntary financial contribution to the city by 50%, to $7.6 million -- despite its own shortfall. (As a nonprofit, Yale pays little in taxes.) Financially, he says, "the city is in deep trouble."
Yale lives in fear of a return of the old New Haven. "The principal reason students didn't come here was the city," Mr. Levin says. "The downtown was . . . fairly grim. There were all the drug gangs running around. We felt from the start we had to make a serious commitment to be a good partner and a good neighbor. It's been good for both. We virtually developed the downtown with our resources. There's a lot of great restaurants. It's a destination. Even the New York Times has written about 'an irresistible' weekend destination. None of that could be said about New Haven in 1993."
There were stumbles too. Early in his term, controversy ensued after Mr. Levin returned a $20 million alumni gift intended to establish a new program for the study of Western Civilization. What the New Yorker called "the Bass grant fiasco" of 1995 upset a lot of alumni and became a national story about the culture war between left and right on campus. "Not a happy episode. I learned a lot from it," he says. "I should have found some way to satisfy the donor's generous intent." Cardinal rule for all university leaders: Thou shalt never upset an alumni giver.
On the touchy matter of ideological diversity on American campuses, he says, "I think we're beyond the culture wars -- certainly at Yale. I think we have a healthy coexistence between scholars devoted to the study of the traditional canon of Western civilization and those that are interested in more innovative approaches." Certainly, he continues, "university faculties as a group are left-of-center, part of that is a generational phenomenon." At the younger end, faculties are "less liberal," he says.
The quality of U.S. secondary schools, state funding cuts and now diminishing endowments are the perceived threats to America's global pre-eminence in higher education. "There are a lot of countries investing in making universities stronger, especially in Asia," Mr. Levin says. "And now Saudi Arabia, with its very huge investment to build a university of science and technology. There will be more competition for American universities. Europe, I think, has fallen by the wayside."
But, he adds, "Global education is not a zero-sum game. The rise of universities in Asia will be a benefit to the entire world. . . . [But] it will take a very long time to unseat the Oxfords, Harvards and Yales of the world from the top positions."
For all the anxiety about the future for universities, it's hard to think of American institutions that have been as durable, surviving revolution, war and depression. At Yale, they like the refrain, "Older than the Republic." In his corner office at Woodbridge Hall, Mr. Levin sits in the chair used by the school's seventh president, theologian Ezra Stiles. His tenure ended in 1785.
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Brussels, 9-11
March 2005
Curriculum Vitae
Catherine Adley
Catherine Adley is a lecturer in microbiology
at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Sher received
her primary degree from the national University of Ireland,Galway.
Her PhD thesis was a study of the Epidemiology of R-factors
resistance in Escherichia coli. Her research interests
include food pathogens, antibiotic resistance surveillance
and trends, environmental microbiology and biofilm formation,
as well as biotechnology education and awareness. Ms
Adley is a fellow of Institute of Biology London (UK).
She is a member of several committees, including Women
in Technology and Science Ireland. She has published
numerous books, including a number of titles on biotech
education and awareness, such as 'European GM
Regulation: An example of biopolitics at work'
Gilberto Antonelli
Gilberto Antonelli is currently professor of
economics at the University of Bologna in Italy.
He lectures in labour economics, the economics of local
systems, population, and human capital and labour markets
He also contributes to the Masters in innovation, development
and change and other masters courses at the University
of Bologna; He is chairman of the School of Development,
Innovation and Change and Chairman of the Commission
for International Relations, Faculty of Law, both at
the University of Bologna, he is also a former director
and chairman of the Research Institute on the Dynamics
of Economic Systems, part of the National Research Council
of Italy based in Milan.
He is a referee for several publications and he has
coordinated several national and international research
projects in his field.
Pierre Bismuth
Pierre Bismuth is a senior human resources
executive with Schlumberger. He has been with the international
oil services company for the last 30 years. He has worked
in Europe, Asia and America. He has been deeply involved
in making this company both nationality- and gender-diverse
in its staffing and global in its policies. As a practitioner,
Mr Bismuth participates in many task forces and conferences
and conducts seminars on diversity, the global policies
needed to support it, and cultural changes in international
companies. He chairs an expert group on this subject
for the European Commission. He consults with one of
the leading international advertising Group on the design
and implementation of a global HR function. Mr Bismuth
is a statistician economist by training and was a graduate
of France's Ecole Nationale de la Statistique
et des Etudes Economiques (ENSAE). At ENSAE, he currently
lectures on Global HR management.
Alfons Bora
Pierre Bismuth is a senior human resources
executive with Schlumberger. He has been with the international
oil services company for the last 30 years. He has worked
in Europe, Asia and America. He has been deeply involved
in making this company both nationality- and gender-diverse
in its staffing and global in its policies. As a practitioner,
Mr Bismuth participates in many task forces and conferences
and conducts seminars on diversity, the global policies
needed to support it, and cultural changes in international
companies. He chairs an expert group on this subject
for the European Commission. He consults with one of
the leading international advertising Group on the design
and implementation of a global HR function. Mr Bismuth
is a statistician economist by training and was a graduate
of France's Ecole Nationale de la Statistique
et des Etudes Economiques (ENSAE). At ENSAE, he currently
lectures on Global HR management.
Evelyn Breiteneder
Evelyn Breiteneder is the head of the AAC-Austrian
Academy Corpus, a research department of the Austrian
Academy of Sciences and part of the Austrian Digital
Heritage Initiative. She is the author of the 'Guidelines
of the Gallery of Research' and a member of Albena
Yaneva's expert team of The Gallery Of Research
(Galerie Der Forschung). Her main fields of interest
include journalism criticism, the work of the Viennese
satirist Karl Kraus, corpus research, digital media
and graphic design.
Massimiano Bucchi
Massimiano Bucchi teaches the sociology of
science at the University of Trento (IT) and is an Italian
member of the Public Communication of Science and Technology
International Scientific Committee. He has written five
books, including 'Science and the media'
(London and New York, Routledge, 1998) and 'Science
in society' (London and New York, Routledge, 2004),
and published many essays in international journals,
such as Nature, Science and Public Understanding of
Science. His main fields of interest include public
communication of science, science and technology in
the mass media, and the role of citizens in the governance
of techno-scientific issues.
Philippe Busquin
Formerly commissioner for research and the
Joint Research Centre, today Philippe Busquin represents
the Belgian Socialist Party in the European Parliament
(EP). He has degrees in physics and philosophy and postgraduate
studies in environmental ecology, all from Université
Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Between 1962 and 1977, he
was assistant lecturer in physics at ULB and taught
at Nivelles Teachers' Training College. He was
chairman of the board at IRE (Institut des Radioéléments).
In the 1980s, he entered Belgian politics, holding ministerial
posts in national education, home affairs, budget and
energy, economic affairs and social affairs. In the
1990s, among other roles, he was president of the Socialist
Party, minister of State, vice-president of the European
Socialist Party (ESP), mayor of Seneffe, a senator and
member of the EP.
Paul Caro
Paul Caro is a former director of research
at France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
(CNRS), where he worked for many years (1955-1989) as
a solid state chemist and spectroscopist specialised
in the field of 'rare earths' on a French
and international basis. In 1980, he became interested
in science popularisation (newspaper and magazine articles,
TV shows, broadcasts on public and private radios).
He has written extensively on science popularisation
through the media and exhibitions, given lectures on
these topics, and sat on many committees. Since 1990,
he has worked on several EU-backed studies on problems
connected with the public understanding of science.
He is a member of the International Committee of the
Portuguese educational initiative Ciência Viva
(Living Science). Paul Caro is a corresponding member
of the French Academy of Sciences and a member of the
French Academy of Technologies.
Bernard Chevassus-au-Louis
Bernard Chevassus-au-Louis, geneticist, PhD,
is currently president of the National Natural History
Museum in Paris. As a fish biologist, he developed new
methods for the genetic improvement of aquaculture species.
As a research manager, he had several responsibilities
in the agriculture and food sector: director-general
of the National Institute for Agricultural Research
(INRA), chairman of AFSSA (French Food Safety Agency)
and vice-chairman of CGB (the French Commission for
GMO assessment). He is engaged in many debates and prospective
studies on risk analysis and innovation.
Michel Claessens was born in 1958 in Brussels
(Belgium). He has a PhD in physical chemistry and his
research career covered organic physical chemistry,
radiology, biotechnology and the chemical industry.
He was a free-lance scientific journalist from 1980
until he joined the European Commission in 1994.
Within the European Commission he is currently acting
head of the Information and Communication Unit within
the Research Directorate-General. As a scientific journalist
and writer, Michel Claessens has published 250 articles
and 4 books on several aspects of modern science and
Lucija Čok
Lucija Čok is a professor of multilingualism
and interculturalism, a scientific counsellor in the
field of socio-linguistics, and rector of the University
of Primorska. In her research work, she has paid particular
attention to the social, psycho-linguistic and didactic
aspects of teaching and studying foreign languages.
She is a member of numerous expert boards that have
helped prepare research and education policy in Slovenia.
Ms Čok was also a member of several European Commission
High Assessment panels. Between 2000 and 2002, she was
a member of the Slovenian government. As the minister
of education, science and sport, she contributed to
the reform of the Slovenian education system, participated
in the national strategies to integrate Slovenia into
the European Research Area (ERA) and the European Higher
Education Area (EHEA).
Frédéric Courant is the writer,
chief editor and present of the TV science programme
C'est pas sorcier broadcast on France3
since 1993. He is also the writer and presenter of a
historical adventure programme entitled Quelle Aventure!
on the same channel. Mr Courant holds a post-graduate
degree in international law. From 1985 to 1989, he worked
as a journalist in the print press (l'Evénement
du Jeudi and Quotidien de Paris). From 1989, he was
chief editor of the channel Canal Santé for three
years. In 1992, he joined France 3 as chief editor and
presenter of Fractales. At France 3, he has
also appeared on C'est clair pour tout le
monde (1998) and C'est pas la mer à
boire (1999). From 1999 to 2000, he also edited and
presented a news analysis programme entitled Côté
Cinquième – C'est bien, c'est
mâle on French television channel Cinquième.
In September 2000, the programme was renamed Mise
au point.
Vladimir de Semir
Vladimir De Semir is a science journalist and
an associated professor of scientific journalism at
the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (ES). He is
also president of Public Communication of Science and
Technology, an international network, and a member of
the European Network of Science Communication Teachers.
Mr De Semir is the director of Quark Magazine and of
the Quiral Annual Report. He was also the founder and
editor of the Science and Medicine supplements of La
Vanguardia (1982-1997), one of Barcelona's
main newspapers. In 1994 he was granted the Scientific
Journalism Award by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas of Spain. He is a member of the European
Commission's Experts Committee on the Promotion of Scientific
Culture and the Public Understanding of Science.
Rainer Gerold
Dr Rainer Gerold is Director of the Research
DG's 'Science and Society' directorate.
He has been working for the European Commission's Directorate-General
for Science, Research and Development since 1982. Between
1982 and 1992 he was responsible for budget and personnel
and research contracts, before becoming the director
responsible for co-operation with third countries and
international organisations (1992-1998). In 1999-2000
he headed up the Life Sciences I directorate.
Dr Gerold studied law and economics at the University
of Bonn and obtained his PhD in international law. He
worked at the Oberlandesgericht (regional court of appeal)
in Cologne from 1965 to 1969 then, in 1970, he joined
the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology in
Bonn where he became assistant to the State Secretary
(1972-1974). In 1974 he moved to CERN in Geneva to take
up the position of assistant to the Director-General
as well as secretary of the CERN directorate. In 1978
he became administrative director of the GSF (National
Research Centre for Environment and Health) in Munich,
remaining there until 1982 when he moved to the European
Georg Gezelius
Georg Gezelius is currently studying natural
sciences at Norra Real Gymnasium in Stockholm (SE).
He hopes to do a master's degree in engineering
(in nanotechnology) at the University of Lund (SE).
Georg is here with the Swedish mirror site 'Vetenskap
och Allmänhet, VA!' and will be giving the
younger person's view on scientific dialogue and
communication. He has been actively involved with many
science and society events around Stockholm, including
'VA! Dialogues', where young people get
to ask researchers questions in public arenas, such
as parks and museums. Georg is very interested in music,
concerts and hanging out with friends. His projects,
so far, have concerned electromagnetic radiation and
its effects on DNA, and future uses of microwaves and
Claudine Hermann
Claudine Hermann (born 1945) is Professor of Physics at Ecole Polytechnique, the most renowned French engineering school. She is alumna of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Jeunes Filles and her PhD (1976) was in solid state physics. She was the first woman ever appointed Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (1992). Since then, in parallel with her activities in physics, she has been studying the situation of women scientists in Western Europe and promoting science for girls, by papers and conferences, in France and abroad. At the European Union, she was a member of the expert group that produced the 'ETAN report' on women in academia in Western Europe (2000) ; she has been a French member of the Women and Science ('Helsinki') group at DG Research since 1999. A co-founder and the first president of the Femmes et Sciences (Women and Science) association, she is now its vice-president.
Mark Holderness
Mark Holderness is director of agriculture
at CAB International, an intergovernmental technical
agency owned and driven by 40 Member Countries. Mr Holderness
began his working career in Papua New Guinea and has
worked in science related to international agricultural
development for 20 years. A Council Member of several
scientific societies, he is now also a Board Member
of the World Vegetable Centre. Originally a plant pathologist,
his interests cover a wide range of scientific areas
and are particularly concerned with knowledge and innovation
flows between science and society and their implications
for institutional structures and rural development.
He plays a leading role in the International Assessment
of the Role of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology
in Development.
Born in 1965, François Jacq went to
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1986-89) and Ecole Nationale
Supérieure des Mines de Paris (EMP,1989-92).
He obtained a degree in sociology at Ecole des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales (1991), and a PhD on the
history of science at EMP, in 1996, where he later became
research fellow and lecturer in sociology and the history
of science, the latter also at ESSEC (1993-1996). He
was head of the energy, transport and environment department
at the French Ministry of Research (1997-1999) and has
been CEO of the French Agency for Radioactive Waste
Management (Andra) since 2000.
Pierre-Benoît Joly
Pierre-Benoit Joly is a research director at
France's National Institute of Agronomic Research
(INRA). He holds a degree in agronomy (1982) and a PhD
in economics (1987). In January 2003, he became the
director of the Research Unit TSV (Social Transformations
related to Life Sciences and Life Forms).
He has participated in numerous European research projects.
He is currently a Member of the PRIME Network of Excellence
on Policies for Research and Innovation in Europe. He
has published about one hundred articles (more than
50 in refereed journals) and two books. He has also
coordinated five special issues of social sciences journals.
He has been a member of several boards at INRA. Since
2001, he has been the president of the Scientific Board
of the Scientific Interest Group (GIS), a kind of consortium
of scientific organisations, on 'Collective risks
and crisis situations'. He also teaches at the
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
and Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Cachan.
Zdenek Konopasek
Zdenek Konopasek is a research fellow at the
Centre for Theoretical Study, a transdisciplinary institute
for advanced studies belonging to the Charles University
in Prague and the Czech Academy of Sciences. He also
teaches qualitative research methods and contemporary
sociological theory. His recent research projects include
an interactionist and auto/biographical study of state
socialism ('Our lives as database: Doing a sociology
of ourselves – Czech social transitions in autobiographical
research dialogues', Praha, Karolinum, 2000),
and a study of relationships between scientific expertise
and democratic politics. He is founder and editor-in-chief
of Biograf, a Czech and Slovak journal for qualitative
Miha Kos
Miha Kos has been the director of and motivating
force behind the first Slovenian hands-on Science Centre
called 'Hiša eksperimentov', since
its very inception in 1996. He is also the chief editor
of a monthly magazine for curious young children, Petka.
In 1992, Mr Kos defended his PhD thesis on Nuclear magnetic
resonance imaging in the Earth's magnetic field.
In 1994, he conducted research work in Albuquerque (USA).
After returning to Slovenia, he came up with the idea
of establishing the first hands-on science centre in
Slovenia. Besides leading and coordinating the work
of the centre, he is active in the field of informal
education, popularisation of science and learning, building
new exhibits, writing scenarios for science shows on
stage. He has also written scenarios to promote science
TV shows.
Emmanuel Koukios
Professor Koukios teaches at the National Technical
University of Athens (EL). Currently, he is national
coordinator of the Technology Foresight Programme, General
Secretariat for Research and Technology. He is also
director of studies of 'Technoscope: an Advanced
Course on Technology Management and Strategy for Business
Executives'; co-editor of a book series 'Enterprises-Technology-Society',
publisher 'Ellinika Grammata', Athens; and
chair of the National Selection Committee for Patent
Prizes, Ministry of Development. His current research
interests include bio-resource technologies for non-food
market outlets; biological systems engineering (modelling,
design, operation) and management; and the strategic
intelligence of technical change (technology assessment,
evaluation, foresight).
Wilhelm Krull
Dr. Wilhelm Krull is the Secretary General
of the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany's largest private
funder of higher education and research. Before joining
the Volkswagen Foundation he worked at the headquarters
of the Max Planck Society in Munich (1993-1995) and
the Science Council in Cologne (1985-1993). From 1980
to 1984 Dr. Krull was a DAAD lecturer (German academic
exchange fellow) at the University of Oxford. He has
published extensively both in English and German on
research policy matters such us priority setting, evaluation,
and foresight. Dr. Krull is a founding member of EUROSCIENCE.
He has been, and still is, a member of various national
and international committees, advisory panels and boards.
Patrice Lanoy
Patrice Lanoy is physicist by origin and has
been a science journalist for over twenty years. Despite
excursions into general journalism the lure of science
and its ideas has always pulled him back. He has worked
for much of the general and specialized press in France,
such as the Agence France Presse where he covered Ariane
and space shuttle launches as well as the Chernobyl
disaster; and more recently as the science editor of
Le Figaro. He has also worked in television as a presenter,
editor and consultant for the main national and cable
channels – always a science communicator. He is
an author of several books, he was the president of
the French science journalist association, and in 1999
he was awarded the prize for 'culture scientifique'
by the French Academy of Sciences.
Eryl McNally
Eryl McNally has served as an elected councillor
at all levels in the United Kingdom (parish, district
and county) and was very active in community work, prior
to becoming an MEP in 1994. During her time in the European
Parliament, she served on the Industry, External Trade,
Research and Energy Committee. As Vice President of
STOA (Scientific and Technological Options Assessment
Panel) she was very involved with the Joint Research
Centre, another source of advice to the European Parliament.
Mrs McNally has a wide experience of the issues relating
to nuclear power, and her interest in energy issues
continues: she is Chair of the National Energy Foundation
Claus Madsen
Claus Madsen is head of the Public Affairs
Department of ESO, the European intergovernmental organisation
for Astronomy. He has organised numerous exhibitions,
produced films and given public lectures on astronomy.
He is co-author of a book entitled 'Exploring
the Southern Sky' (Springer Verlag, 1987).
He has coordinated ESO's activities during European
Science Weeks and has served on the Steering Committees
for EIROforum's educational programmes. He is
a member of the editorial board of the European Science
Education Journal and an honorary member of the European
Association for Astronomy Education. He has participated
in several European Commission expert panels, has published
articles on science communication and co-edited a book
on astronomy communication.
Between 2000-2005, he coordinated the relations between
ESO and the EU. He participates in several EIROforum
working groups on aspects of European science policy.
Ruben Maes
Ruben Maes works as a freelance journalist
and moderator of conferences and debates. He is also
a regular advisor for public participation projects.
The topics of the debates range from cultural policy
to international politics. His style can be characterised
as journalistic and he encourages the active involvement
of participants at conferences. In earlier years, Mr
Maes worked as a strategic advisor for government campaigns,
such as the one surrounding the enlargement of the European
Union. He currently works extensively in the Czech Republic,
where he contributes to efforts to improve the quality
of public debate and the involvement of young people
in Czech society. Ruben Maes lives in Amsterdam.
Jean-Paul Martin
Jean-Paul Martin has a scientific background: he holds
the qualification of 'docteur-ingénieur'
in automation and prepared a thesis at the LAAS laboratory
(Toulouse) of the CNRS. His professional activity is
in the area of information and communication technology:
he organises multi-site conferences for professionals.
He is also a board member of an association that aims
to promote the use of new technology in both professional
and civil life. He is interested in the practical application
of communications technology (video-conferencing and
real-time streaming) for disseminating knowledge, in
particular through the organisation of 'live'
events connecting the public with experts, whether academic
or scientific.
Camilla Modéer
Camilla Modéer is secretary-general of Vetenskap
och Allmänhet, VA (Public and Science). VA is a
Swedish non-profit association aimed at promoting dialogue,
openness and trust between the public and scientific
researchers. It wants to create dialogue in new arenas
around issues of interest to the public. Camilla has
a PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm
(SE) and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of
Engineering Sciences. Before VA, she was director of
R&D at the Federation of Swedish Industries, and
vice-president of the National Board of Universities
and Colleges. She has written numerous expert reports
and press articles, and often appeared on radio and
television. She has served on the boards of several
companies, universities, public agencies and EU committees.
Federico Neresini
Federico Neresini (PhD in sociology and social research,
1992) teaches social research methodology and science,
technology and society at the University of Padua, Italy.
His main research interests are in the area of the sociology
of science, in particular the public communication of
science and citizen participation in decision-making
processes related to techno-scientific issues. In recent
years, he has focused on biotechnology issues, with
specific attention to in vitro fertilisation and cloning.
His most recent publications include articles in Public
Understandings of Science, Medicina nei Secoli –Journal
of History of Medicine, Nature and Science and the book
Sociologia della Salute (ed. with M. Bucchi, Roma,
Helga Nowotny
Helga Nowotny has been a professor of the social studies
of science at ETH Zurich and director of 'Society
in Science: Branco Weiss Fellowship'. She is currently
chair of EURAB, the European Research Advisory Board
of the European Commission, and fellow at the Science
Centre Vienna (AT), and has been a member of the European
Research Council Expert Group (ERCEG). With law and
sociology degrees, she has held teaching and research
positions across Europe. She has been a director of
the Collegium Helveticum (1995-2002), received the 2003
Bernal Prize given by the Society for the Social Studies
of Science and won the Arthur Burkhardt Prize in 2002
for the Promotion of Science.
Catharina Ottestam
Catharina Ottestam is currently coordinating the Integrated
Project Ecotarget, an EU-funded project within the Sixth
Framework Programme. Catharina has a master of science
in mechanical engineering and has long experience as
project manager of large projects in the field of pulp
and papermaking. She works for STFI-Packforsk, one of
the worlds leading institutes for forest-based products,
such as paper and packages, located in Stockholm (SE).
One of her main passions is to communicate results and
ideas beyond the scientific community. She won a prize
for 'Most communicative presentation', elected
by journalists from all over Europe, at the conference
'Communicating Research' in Brussels (BE)
in 2004.
Alain Pompidou
Alain Pompidou has had a distinguished academic and
political career. From 1974 to 2004, he was professor
of histology, embryology and cytogenetics at the medical
faculty of the University of Paris. Until 2004, he was
director of the laboratory of the Cochin-St Vincent
de Paul-La Roche Guyon Hospital in Paris. He also served
on the committees of numerous organisations, including
the WHO, UNESCO and the European Commission. From 1990
to 1998, he was vice-president of the Human Genome Organisation's
(HUGO) Ethics Committee. Between 1986 and 1997, he acted
as special adviser to the French prime minister. Mr
Pompidou was a member of the European Parliament from
1989 to 1999. From 2000 to 2004, he was a member of
France's newly created Academy of Technologies. Since
2004, Mr Pompidou has been a member of UNESCO's World
Ethics Commission.
Janez Potočnik
Janez Potocnik is the commissioner responsible for science
and research and the Joint Research Centre. He has PhD
in economics and has worked as an economic analyst in
an agency before taking up a position as assistant director
at the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development
(IMAD) in his home country of Slovenia. From 1988 to
1993, he was senior researcher at the Institute for
Economic Research and returned to the IMAD as director
between 1993 and 2001. In 1998, he was head of the negotiating
team for Slovenia's accession to the EU. Then, in 2000,
he was acting director of the Government Office for
European Affairs, joined the prime minister's cabinet
in 2001 before taking up a post, in 2002, as minister
for European Affairs.
Elizabeth Rasekoala
Elizabeth Rasekoala is a chemical engineer with 18 years
work experience in industry, both in her native country
Nigeria, and currently in the United Kingdom. She is
the founder and director of the UK-based African-Caribbean
Network for Science and Technology, working to advance
race and gender equality in the scientific enterprise,
in the UK and internationally. Ms Rasekoala has written
and given presentations extensively on the issues related
to race and gender inequality in science, and is a member
of the American and UK Institutes of Chemical Engineering,
and the US and European educational research associations.
She has undertaken science education/communication consultancy
for the UK, South African, and Brazilian government
departments of science and technology.
Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn is Professor of environmental sociology
at the University of Stuttgart and Director of DIALOGIK,
a research institute for studying communication and
participatory processes in environmental policy making.
He also chairs the European Centre for Interdisciplinary
Risk Research, Governance and Sustainable Technology,
a research unit within the University of Stuttgart.
From 1993 to 2003, he directed the Centre of Technology
Assessment in Stuttgart, a public foundation that studies
the impacts of technological and social change. His
research interests cover risk, environmental policy,
conflict resolution, technology assessment, and energy
planning. His current research includes environmental
economics and sociology, risk issues, attitudes towards
technology, and social movements.
Stefano Rodotà
Born in Cosenza, Italy, in 1933, Stefano Rodotà
holds the Chair of civil law at La Sapienza University
in Rome. On the way to his current position he was an
elected Member (1979-1994) and Vice-President of the
Chamber of Deputies in the Italian parliament, he was
a MEP from 1983 to 1994 and a member of the parliamentary
assembly at the Council of Europe. He helped draft the
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Professor Rodotà has a life-long interest in
data protection matters, as President of the Italian
data protection authority, as Chairman of the European
data protection working party, and today, as a member
of the European Commission's group on ethics in
science and new technologies. He has lectured widely
and has authored many publications and books in his
research field.
Karen Siune
Karen Siune is Director of The Danish Centre for Studies
in Research and Research Policy at the University of
Aarhus, Denmark. She is chairperson of the Expert Advisory
Group to the Science and Society theme in the European
Research Area. She is responsible for several comparative
analyses of the interplay between science and society
and has published books and articles in this area of
research. Her main fields of interest are in science
policy, citizens' attitudes to science and science
Svein Sjøberg
Svein Sjøberg is a professor of science education
at Oslo University (NO), an honorary professor at Copenhagen
University's Centre for Science Education (DK)
and a professor at Bergen University's Department
of Physics (NO). He was educated as a nuclear physicist
and then did further studies in education. Mr Sjøberg
has been involved in curriculum reforms and producing
text books. He has twice won King Olav's gold medal
for scientific dissertations. Since 2002, he has been
the chair of International Organisation for Science
and Technology Education (IOSTE). He is also a member
of the Commission's Advisory Group on the Science
and Society Action Plan. His current research interests
include the social, cultural and ethical aspects of
science education; science education and development;
and gender and science education in developing countries.
He is also the organizer of two comparative projects
on pupils' interests, attitudes, etc. of importance
to science teaching and learning: SAS (Science and scientists)
and ROSE (The relevance of Science education.
Jan Staman
Jan Staman is Managing Director of the Rathenau Institute,
the Dutch organisation responsible for two related domains
in science and technology: technology assessment, the
evaluation of individual, mainly new technologies; and
the national science system assessment, the evaluation
of the Dutch science and technology world as a whole.
His special, personal interest is how ethical and societal
issues are processed in scientific and technological
practice, in politics and the creation of government
Isabelle Stengers
Isabelle Stengers, born in 1949, teaches philosophy
at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Her interests
centre on both the constructive adventure of modern
sciences and the problems born from the association
of this adventure with power and claims to rational
authority. She is working on the crucial challenge,
both political and cultural, of an active ecology that
incorporates our many diverging scientific practices
into a democratic and demanding environment, against
both the ideal of their sovereign autonomy and their
submission to social demands. She has written numerous
books, among which, in English, Order out of Chaos
(with I. Prigogine), A History of Chemistry
(with B. Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent), Power and
Invention. Situating Science, and The Invention of Modern
Lydia Sterrenberg
Lydia Sterrenberg is an expert in technology assessment
(TA) and works at the Netherlands Rathenau Institute.
This Institute advises the Dutch Parliament on the possibilities
and consequences of science and technology. She takes
care that developments are analysed, discussed with
stakeholders and that the results are presented to (and
ideally used by) politicians. At the Institute, she
is also involved in the development of new working and
communication methods, such as different forms of debate,
public panels, brief notes to the Parliament. She was
responsible for TAs on, among others, biotechnology,
livestock farming, water management and, recently, nuclear
energy. She has a preference for complex subjects and
issues that are, or are to be, on the political agenda.
Góran Sundqvist
Góran Sundqvist is an associate professor in
science and technology studies at Göteborg University,
where he conducts research on public participation and
the role of expertise in policy-making. He is currently
working on a project comparing the outcome of stakeholder
involvement in radioactive waste management issues in
five European countries. Among his recent publications
are 'The Bedrock of Opinion: Science, Technology
and Society in the Siting of High-Level Nuclear Waste'
(Kluwer, 2002) and (together with Rolf Lidskog) 'On
the Right Track? – Technology, Geology and Society
in Swedish Nuclear Waste Management' (Journal
of Risk Research, 2004). Sundqvist is also a member
of the advisory research council of the Swedish Radiation
Protection Authority.
Mario Telo
Mario Telo holds a Honorary Jean Monnet Chair for Political
Problems of European Union and he is the Director of
the Political Department of the Institute of European
Studies at the Free University of Brussels. He is a
lecturer and visiting professor in around 40 European,
US and Asian universities. His areas of expertise include:
international relations, political theory , regional
integration, and the history of European political thought
. He is the author or editor of some 21 books and more
than 100 scientific articles. Mario Telo sits on the
board of GARNET, a network of excellence focusing on
"Regionalism and global governance". He
is an advisor to: the Presidency of the European Council,
the European Parliament, the Belgian Parliament and
the European Commission.
Athanasios Tsafaris
Athanasios Tsaftaris teaches genetics at the Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki (EL), directs the Institute
of Biotechnology at the CERTH Research Centre and is
chairman of the board at the brand new Science Centre
and Technology Museum in Thessaloniki. He has served
on different committees, both in Greece, the EU (including
ELSA) and elsewhere. He is also the president of the
Greek Bioethics Committee for Research and Technology.
He has published several books and many essays in international
journals. His main fields of interest include research
in genetics, public communication of science, science
and technology in the mass media, and the role of public
participation in the governance of techno-scientific
Geertrui Van Overwalle
Geertrui Van Overwalle is professor of intellectual
property law at the Catholic University of Leuven, the
University of Brussels and the University of Liege (BE).
She has been visiting professor at the United Nations
University (2000-2003), the Renmin University of China
in Beijing (2001), and Monash University in Melbourne,
Australia (2003). Ms Van Overwalle is author of numerous
articles and various monographs relating to patent law
and biotechnology. Her main fields of research are:
patent law, plant breeder's rights law, patents and
biotechnology, IPR and biodiversity, IPR and ethics.
She was recently appointed as a member of the European
Commission's Expert Group on Biotechnological
Christoffel Waelkens
Christoffel Waelkens is professor of astronomy at the
University of Leuven (BE) and academic director of the
Interdisciplinary Centre for Space Studies at the same
university. His research in stellar astrophysics has
resulted in more than 200 publications in international
journals and conference proceedings. Between 1999 and
2002, he was chairman of the Programme Committee of
the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Mr Waelkens
has been a member of the Science Programme Committee
of the European Space Agency (ESA) since 1994. Since
1992, he has acted as coordinator for the popularisation
of science at the University of Leuven. He has written
one popular book and numerous broadly accessible papers
on astronomical subjects.
Gerd Wolf
Gerd Wolf began his career at the Max-Planck-Institute
for Physics and Astrophysics. He is Professor Emeritus
at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf
and Director of the Institute of Plasma-Physics at the
Jülich Research Centre. For a period, he was also
chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of
the Research Centre. He has published many scientific
papers in refereed international journals. Since 1998
he has been a member of the European Economic and Social
Committee (EESC), where he is mainly engaged in R&D-
and energy-policy. He has been rapporteur of the EESC's
opinions in on several topics, including: the European
Research Area, stem cell research, research as a profession,
basic research, the guidelines for R&D, and science
and society.
Albena Yaneva
Albena Yaneva completed her doctoral thesis on the ethnography
of art installation at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation,
Ecole des Mines de Paris. She has worked at the Max-Planck
Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, and
the Department of the History of Science at Harvard
University. She is currently the director of The Gallery
of Research/Galerie der Forschung of the Austrian Academy
of Sciences in Vienna.
Dr Yaneva has published articles in international journals
such as Social Studies of Science, The
Journal of Material Culture, Museum and Society.
Her main fields of interest include the anthropology
of art and architecture, and studies of science and
Ranga Yogeshwar
Ranga Yogeshwar is the head of the science department
of WDR German TV and oversees the production of various
popular science programs. He has produced and presented
some 700 programs, among them Kopfball, Quarks&Co
and Globus, and he has received a number of awards for
his work. Ranga holds a diploma in particle physics
from Aachen University (DE) and is a member of the curatorium
of various Max Planck Institutes as well as universities
and science organisations. His main fields of interest
include the popularization of science and the relations
between science&technology and culture. Ranga is
married and has four children.
Peteris Zilgalvis
Peteris Zilgalvis is deputy head of the Bioethics Department
of the Legal Affairs Directorate-General at the Council
of Europe. He is also secretary of the Working Parties
on Biomedical Research, on Biotechnology, and on Research
on Human Biological Materials.
A political science graduate, Mr Zilgalvis received
his JD from the University of Southern California Law
Centre in 1990. He has been a member of the California
State Bar since 1991. From 1993 to 1996, he was a regional
environmental specialist at the World Bank. He has also
held position at the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and the Latvian Environmental Protection Committee (now
the Ministry of Environment). He has acted as a consultant
on environmental law for the European Commission.
Mr Zilgalvis has written articles and papers on bioethics
and environmental law in specialist journals, as well
as magazines and newspapers. He sits on the board of
the Baltic Yearbook of International Law.

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There are a large number of high quality smallcap companies listed on London's AIM market. Using Stockopedia's screening technology I've tried to identify the ten most successful companies on AIM today. I've used a number of metrics* to define 'most sucessful'.
By adjusting the market capitalisation demand, I whittled 1,100 AIM companies down to just 10. The winners (in order of descending market capitalisation) are:
- Abcam (LON:ABC)
- Nichols (LON:NICL)
- Majestic Wine (LON:MJW)
- RWS Holdings (LON:RWS)
- Brooks Macdonald (LON:BRK)
- First Derivatives (LON:FDP)
- Next Fifteen Communications (LON:NFC)
- Portmeirion (LON:PMP)
- Judges Scientific (LON:JDG)
- Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW)
I've picked out five of my favourites.
You may be surprised to learn that a company specialising in tableware is one of the most successful companies in the UK today. Portmeirion has some fantastic assets: the ceramic brands Spode and Royal Worcester both date back to the late 18th century.
Chairman Dick Steele outlines the secrets of Portmeirion's success: "Our continuing investment in product development, our insistence on quality without compromise, our worldwide sales reach (75% of our sales come from outside the UK) and our prudent financial management. These factors all combine to deliver great brands."
Don't doubt the international stature of Portmeirion. Over 40% of sales are to the North American market. The company sells almost as much to South Korea as it does to the UK.
Portmeirion has never cut its dividend and has been paying out since 1988. EPS for 2012 is expected to be 8.1% higher than the 2011 figure and the dividend is forecast to rise 3.1%. That forecast dividend rise could prove conservative, the payout was raised 15% at the interim stage. Sales in the crucial H2 will determine the yield in 2013.
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Abcam plc is engaged in producing and marketing protein research tools. The Company offers products, such as primary antibodies, including monoclonals, polyclonals, conjugated primary antibodies, tags and cell markers, loading controls, flow cytometry antibodies and others; secondary antibodies, such as Alexa Fluor conjugated secondaries, alkaline phosphatase (AP), horseradish peroxidase (HRP), Biotin and others; immunoassay kits and reagents, such as lateral flow and dipstick assays, antibody arrays and others; cell and tissue imaging tools, such as fluorescent cell imaging and immunohistochemistry (IHC); cellular and biochemical assays, such as cell signaling, and cell damage and oxidative stress, and others; proteins and peptides, such as enzymes, signaling proteins and others; proteomics tools, cellular fractionation and others; lysates, such as cytoplasmic, membrane and others; multiplex micro ribonucleic acid (miRNA) assays, and agonists, activators, antagonists and inhibitors. more »
Nichols plc is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in international soft drinks business with sales in over 70 countries, selling products in both the Still and Carbonate categories. The Company's segments are Still and Carbonate. It offers Vimto brand, which is offered in the United Kingdom and around the world, in particular in the Middle East and Africa. Other brands in its portfolio include Feel Good, Panda, Starslush, Levi Roots and Sunkist. The Company is primarily engaged in the supply of soft drinks to the retail, wholesale, catering, licensed and leisure industries. The Company, through Nichols Dispense market division, focuses on the production and distribution of soft drinks that are dispensed and sold in pubs, bars and restaurants. Its subsidiaries include Beacon Drinks Limited, Ben Shaws Dispense Drinks Limited, Cabana Soft Drinks Limited, Dayla Liquid Packing Limited, Festival Drinks Limited, Vimto (Out of Home) Limited and Nichols Dispense (S.W.) Limited. more »
Majestic Wine plc is a wine retailer. The Company acts as a holding company for its subsidiaries. The Company is engaged in the retailing of wines, beers and spirits. The Company operates through four segments: Retail, Commercial, Naked Wines and Lay & Wheeler. The Retail segment is a customer based wine retailer, selling wine, beer and spirits from stores across the United Kingdom, and online, and also incorporates the Company's French business. The Commercial segment is a business-to-business wine retailer selling to pubs, restaurants and events. The Lay & Wheeler segment is a specialist in the wine market and also provides cellarage services to customers. The Naked Wines segment is a customer funded international online wine retailer. Its subsidiaries include Majestic Wine Warehouses Limited, Lay & Wheeler Limited, Les Celliers de Calais S.A.S., Majestic Wine Employee Share Ownership Trust Limited, Naked Wines International, Nakedwines.com Inc. and Vinotheque Holdings Limited. more »
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The proposed merger of A.G.Barr (LON:BAG) and Britvic (LON:BVIC) (albeit subject to MMC approval) shows the synergies that can be found in this sector, and I wouldn't be in the least surprised if larger groups are running the rule over Nichols and its products.
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Blackthorn Focus is pleased to report that Judges Scientific (LON:JDG), Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW), Portmeirion (LON:PMP), RWS Holdings (LON:RWS) and WYG (LON:WYG) will all be presenting at the forthcoming Blackthorn Focus event AIM Investor Focus 2013 on April 17th.
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I've received a notification of the next AIM Investor Focus event, which is scheduled for Wednesday 30 April in London. Management of the following companies will be presenting:
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Very interesting list there thanks.
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Written for a fifteenth-century Italian court society hooked on Arthurian romance but also attuned to current world events, Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato [Orlando in Love] charts a complex imaginary course in which characters from diverse cultures encounter one another in ways that range from armed conflict to friendship and love. Although knights and damsels from around the globe are gripped by a number of passions, such as erotic desire, anger, ambition, compassion, and the desire for glory or revenge, their actions are not based on either religious or ethnic differences. The narrative thereby breaks out of the polarization of Christians and Saracens typical of Carolingian epic, presenting a broader cosmopolitan vision o…
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It feels like we haven't seen much Watch Dogs in recent weeks, right? Take to heart that Watch Dogs has been keeping its eye on you. How? Why, with Chicago, Illinois' state of the art CTOS surveillance system. In Ubisoft's brand spanking new Watch Dogs gameplay trailer we get a firsthand look at what Chicago's CTOS system is and what it really means that Aiden Pearce has full access and control over it.
In today's trailer hacking is detailed in Watch Dogs. Hacking phones, changing the environment, turning off the lights, opening gates and such. While they never show the UI and exactly how the player actually interacts with the hacking network and tech features, they do show what plays out on-screen. I guess we can assume most hacking occurs simply at the press of a button? At no point is the screen cluttered by a myriad of menus, so everything must just be simple button combinations.
Something else I wanted to mention is just how crazy Watch Dogs seems right now, considering the huge NSA controversy going on in North America. Taking into account that President Obama is from Chicago, suddenly Watch Dogs seems like much more pointed social commentary than the developers may have initially intended.
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MORE than 120 young people from across Waltham Forest have been honoured for a variety of achievements with grants for their schools and colleges.
The youngsters, aged between 12 and 25, each received medallions and a cheque for £200 in recognition of their efforts at the Jack Petchey Foundation annual awards held at Walthamstow Assembly Hall.
The charity gives £33,300 in funding to schools in Waltham Forest every year, totalling more than £3.2million since 2000.
Among the winners were 17-year-old Amy Best, a pupil at Highams Park School.
She was nominated after rushing to aid of a man who collapsed with an aneurysm where she works part-time at Woodford Wells Cricket Club.
Amy was first on the scene to provide first aid but unfortunately the man later died.
She hopes to train as a paramedic when she finishes sixth form and the grant money has been spent on a first aid course for students at the school.
Another worthy winner was 15-year-old Shane Bellotti, from Brookfield House Special School in Highams Park.
Shane was nominated by staff for his caring and welcoming attitude towards other children at the school, including his decision to learn sign language so he could communicate with hearing impaired students.
The grant money was spent on fleece blankets for students in wheelchairs to stay warm in the playground and on a new school volleyball net.
Charity founder, Jack Petchey CBE, 87, said: "I am passionate about our awards scheme which enables young people to be recognised, valued and rewarded for their achievements and positive contributions to society."
Waltham Forest Mayor Cllr Richard Sweden added: "[The awards] are a great platform to affirm the good news stories about the young people in our borough".
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On Tap Today: Fireworks! (part 1)
There aren't many things in this life that you can count on, but you can always count on this: If it's Fourth of July Eve, there's a big boom in Milwaukee. The U.S. Bank Fireworks bring the ooohs and aaahs starting at 9:30 tonight off Veterans Park over Lake Michigan. You'll be able to see them all over town, even if you didn't camp out to get a front-row seat.
There's lots more where that came from; most of the Milwaukee area's municipal fireworks shows are tomorrow night. »Read Full Blog Post
R&B star Rico Love shares the love at homecoming
When Rico Love was just a boy growing up in Milwaukee, his mom would let him stay up late at night to watch "The Arsenio Hall Show." »Read Full Article
Quasimondo struggles with Lovecraft homage 'Love & Cthulhu'
Stephen King once toyed with writing a story about traveling inside the pillow on which H.P. Lovecraft laid his head each night, en route to creating the nightmarish tales that King rightly describes as "uniquely terrible in all of American literature."
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National: Sophomore Taylor Heinicke went 55-for-79 for a Division I record 730 yards and five touchdowns, as Old Dominion rallied from a 23-point, second-half deficit to beat visiting New Hampshire, 64-61.
Local: West Chester's Mike Mattei (Chestnut Hill Academy) threw for 318 yards and two scores in a 45-24 win at Kutztown.
* Penn State 24, Temple 13: For the first time in 3 years the Owls (1-2) didn't have a chance to win in the fourth quarter. They still haven't beaten the Nittany Lions (2-2) since 1941.
Steve Addazio's young team continues to search for an identity, as should have been anticipated in a transition year where you're replacing so many starters. PSU, despite the roster depletions, does have a motivated senior nucleus.


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Drew Duffie and Cole Madison got all the distractions out of the way before Monday's Region 2-AAAAA championship.
The two members of Greenbrier's golf team will try to help the Wolfpack win a title when they play at Jones Creek Golf Club. But first, they made their respective futures official.
On Wednesday afternoon, Duffie signed with Piedmont College, while Madison signed with Savannah State.
Augusta Prep's Ruthie Owens switched from singles to doubles last month. The move paid off.
The Lady Cavaliers senior teamed up with Harper Sims to claim the GISA Region 4-AAA doubles title Wednesday afternoon at Newman Tennis Center. Owens and Sims defeated teammates Grace McLeod and Avery Meeks, 6-1, 6-4, in the championship match.
The four Augusta Prep girls will be part of a large contingent from the school that play Monday and Tuesday in the singles and doubles GISA state championships in Macon, Ga.
Evans hopes to stay undefeated against region opponents when it plays in the Region 2-AAAAA semifinals.
On Wednesday, the Evans soccer team scored in the first three minutes of a 4-0 home win against Northside (Warner Robins) in the region quarterfinals.
Evans, which went 10-0 in region play in the regular season, will play host to Warner Robins at 6 p.m. Tuesday. In the other region semifinal, Lakeside will play at Houston County at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The Lady Panthers defeated Jones County, 3-0, in the quarterfinals.
With three wins in a row recently, Harlem's baseball team appears to be coming together at the right time.
The Bulldogs entered Tuesday's matchup with Jefferson County with an 11-9 overall record, 7-4 in Region 3-AA. Harlem is second in region standings behind Metter, a team it defeated Friday, 2-1.
The Bulldogs play Thomson at home at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday before starting region tournament play.
Augusta University is looking to win another collegiate disc golf championship with help of several Columbia County ties.
The National Collegiate Disc Golf Championship runs today through Saturday at the Hippodrome in North Augusta.
After opening ceremonies this morning, the first round will begin at noon. After an hour-long break, the second round will start at 3:30 p.m.
I'm not sure what year it happened, and I don't know whom to give credit.
Yet someone deserves kudos for our local schools having the foresight to take off the day after the Masters Tournament. No one wants to go back to school (or work) after such an exhausting week – or an exhausting vacation. Local officials around the Augusta area should just go ahead and make the Monday after Masters a local holiday.
Ruthie Owen likes to stay busy.
For her senior year at Augusta Prep, she played volleyball in the fall, basketball in the winter and is now playing tennis. She even did cheerleading for the first time during football season, though she admitted she didn't enjoy it as much as her other sports.
"It wasn't really my thing," she said, adding that she's not good at dancing. "It was an experience."
Vaughn Taylor walked off Augusta National Golf Club with mixed feelings Friday afternoon.
The Columbia County resident missed the Masters Tournament cut by one shot, leaving the competitive side of him disappointed. But who could've imagined he'd be in the first major of the year to start 2016?
One of the best pieces of advice came from my friend, Josh Katzowitz.
Josh is a football writer for CBS Sports. He's sort of a big deal. He just doesn't act like it, which is why so many people liked Josh when he worked as a prep writer for The Augusta Chronicle.
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Two senior ISIS commanders were killed in a U.S.-led coalition airstrike in the Iraqi city of Mosul, according to the Pentagon, NBC News reported.
Basim Muhammad Ahmad Sultan al-Bajari, the terror group's deputy minister of war, and Hatim Talib al-Hamduni, an ISIS military commander, were killed in the June 25 airstrike, the U.S. military said.
Al-Bajari, a former member of al Qaeda, oversaw the original offensive to capture Mosul in June 2014, the Pentagon said. Hatim Talib al-Hamduni was an ISIS military commander in Mosul and the head of military police for the self-proclaimed Ninawa state.
The airstrikes come as Iraqi forces claim to have freed the city of Fallujah from ISIS' grip.
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Billboard changes "Shake" up Top of the Charts
This week Billboard announced a change to its Hot 100 formula for chart methodology that now incorporates YouTube views alongside radio play, digital sales and online radio play. The result finds a song that rose to popularity due much to its own YouTube video falling to a chart newcomer that found success as the basis of the biggest current Internet meme. Take a look below to find out the full scoop and the jump back to find out which songs were the biggest hits this week in 2007, 1997, 1987 and 1977.
No. 1 hit Feb. 25, 2013 »Read Full Blog Post
Sunday brunch at Boerner ends until 2014; Pastiche in final week of lunch service
Brunch at Boerner: Bartolotta Catering has ended its Sunday buffet brunch at Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners.
The division of the Bartolotta Restaurant Group lost its catering contract with Milwaukee County for Boerner in May. The county instead awarded the contract, effective Jan. 1, to Zilli Hospitality, which offered a higher bid. »Read Full Blog Post


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Recent newspaper deals,put the true value on papers. If Lee were to,sell all their papers to local billionaires, the total revenue would be slightly more than what they owe, not counting pension obligations. This sobering fact has never been more obvious. Sell sell sell and go short, now. Final warning.
u think you know more than buffet, once turned around, berk will buy out this company, 6-8 a share, how will you feel then?
The risk/reward here is very compelling. This appears to be a great management team. The way they have taken costs out and right sized this business is impressive. Their presentation at a recent conference was impressive. I think they make it, and I think the stock is way undervalued.
did you see the newspaper is moving toward a digital segment
So, how'd that short strategy work out for you? Hope you covered before loosing everything.
did you see the newspaper is moving toward a digital segment
sales- $672.44 millions
debt- $847.38 millions
market cap $151.4 millions
employees 4900
08/28/2013- $0.19
now what?
is this for real or fantasy?
So, how'd that short strategy work out for you? Hope you covered before loosing everything.
I'd like to read other opinions rather than a just seeing a thumbs down.
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That post is an embarrasment to your good name. You need to look at what they've been achieving. And you need to have some opinion of how long they can keep squeezing costs, faster than their revenue shrinkage. (I tend to feel they can do it for at least the next 2-3 years....which probably could get the debt down to maybe a much more manageable $650-700 M or so.)
Lee is not MNI....anymore. They are "decoupling." imho.
Tim, please understand the tidal wave that is is headed to Missoula, and Carbondale and Tucson. The smart phone integration will have a drastic impact on time spent reading print. Tablet growth in smaller towns that .Lee serves will make it less likely that people will continue to subscribe to even small town papers. As Lee cuts cost, they also cut quality and head count, so the reporters that gather the local news are stretched thinner than ever, so less news, less readers due to less news, and the spiral continues.
Lee isn't immune to this, it's reality, and the reality is, Lee's near monopolistic position in local markets is gone. Advertising has become a commodity, and advertisers buy the lowest cpm possible at this point. Now, Lee will surely be able to stay around for several more years, and may be able to switch people from print to tablet subscriptions. What Lee loses in this transaction, as does every other publishing company, is the preprint, classified and ROP ad revenue that was the backbone of the industry for decades. Display ads and banner ads and intrusive ads have a horrible, dismal click through rate, and there are few other options most newspapers can maximize digitally. The ad business is all about search, and in the very near future will all be about mobile search and SEM, if it's not there already.
There are far too many companies providing good solid news online for the majority of people to pay too much for the e-version of their local paper. (Espn, USA today, yahoo, google news, Bloomberg, Examiner, and on and on and on
Sentiment: Strong Sell
You may be right, but I would like to see the math.


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Tanger Outlets Fifth Annual Fitness for Families The Tanger Outlet Center in Washington, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh is proud to sponsor its 5th Annual Fit For Families 5K Run/Walk. We're bringing our community together this fall to promote and encourage a healthy, happy lifestyle and fight breast cancer. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. This is a timed, 5K (3.1 mile) event that will take place at the Tanger Outlet Center. We look forward to seeing you in Washington, Pennsylvania. The first 350 pre-registered participants will receive a race pack which includes a commemorative race t-shirt, medal, Tanger shopping discounts and other goodies. Prizes will be awarded to division winners as well as the top male and top female winners. Event schedule and timesRace Time Sunday, October 6, 2013 9:00am
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FRANKLIN TWP. — The Franklin Township Board of Education voted Wednesday to move forward again with a feasibility report that analyzes what the education system would look like if Franklin and Elk townships' school districts were consolidated.
More than a year since the feasibility study was unveiled, the district is submitting a revised report to the Interim Gloucester County Executive Superintendent Robert Bumpus. This is the second time the study, unveiled to the public on June 10, 2010, will hit Bumpus's desk. But this time, the report includes appraisals of school buildings and grounds that the interim executive superintendent is permitted to request.
After last summer's debut of the report's findings, the school board voted to send the feasibility report to Bumpus's office, the next stop in the procedure that could — some day — have Delsea Regional School District, Elk Township School District and Franklin Township Public Schools consolidated into one district.
Bumpus had 90 days to review the study, and return an advisability report to Franklin's elementary school district — unless he needed more information.
"Mr. Bumpus is known to be very thorough," said Nick Christian, Franklin Township school board president. "It definitely put the thing off by a year."
The executive county superintendent — again — has 90 days to review the report, with the appraisal information, and return his recommendation to the school district as to which of the three school district consolidation options would be best for the three districts.
The first option is to dissolve Delsea Regional School District, and allow the Franklin Township Public Schools district and school board to take over as a pre-K-12 district. Elk Township would be a sending district for its students in grades 7 through 12.
The second option dissolves Delsea Regional, but will immediately form a new regional district that handles K-12 students from both Franklin and Elk.
Lastly is an expansion of Delsea Regional to include kindergarten through sixth grade, in addition to grades 7-12 that it currently handles.
After Bumpus's opinion is returned, the school district has 30 days to file a petition with the state to get one of the options on a ballot and out to voters. The consolidations question — which would be put out to Franklin Township and Elk voters — would need to pass in Franklin, plus have the majority of overall affirmative votes of all voters.
"It's a decision that rests in the community's hands," said Christian. "We (school board members) are committed to moving it forward."


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