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Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Research Interests
Dr. Huffman is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Co-Director of the Einstein Healthy Aging Physiology Core, and Member of the Einstein Aging Center, Cancer Center, and Diabetes Research Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Huffman's research is focused on three areas:
1) The biology of aging: role of IGF-1 signaling
2) Central insulin and IGF-1 signaling
3) Role of obesity and aging on cancer risk
1) The biology of aging: role of IGF-1 signaling – I am primarily interested in understanding the interplay between endocrine and metabolic systems with aging and age-related diseases. There is a clear link between aging and metabolism across species. In mammalians, aging is characterized metabolically by accretion of visceral fat, insulin resistance, dyslipidemias and metabolic inflexibility. This dysregulation in metabolism has been linked to increased risk for numerous age-related diseases and accelerated aging. Likewise, growth factors and body size have been closely tied to lifespan. Indeed, dwarf mice live longer than normal mice, small dogs live longer than large dogs, and ponies live longer than thoroughbreds. This phenomenon is believed to be attributed to a reduction in growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) signaling, and less signaling through this axis has been has been linked to improved longevity in model organisms. Furthermore, in humans, high IGF-1 levels are associated with increased cancer risk, but are paradoxically linked with protection from cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis. Thus, the relevance of IGF-1 to aging in humans remains unclear.
Relevant to this paradox, we have recently uncovered novel, beneficial effects of centrally-acting IGF-1 on peripheral metabolism. Furthermore, we have found that as compared to central insulin treatment, central IGF-1 replacement in old, insulin-resistant rats, more effectively restores peripheral insulin action. This has led us to hypothesize that optimally modulating IGF-1 signaling to promote healthy aging and longevity in humans may require shifting the balance of IGF-1 from the periphery to the central nervous system (CNS) in order to maximize the 'good' effects of IGF-1, while minimizing its 'bad' effects on cancer in the periphery. We are currently testing this hypothesis in animal models using a combination of genetic and pharmacologic approaches, combined with several state-of-the-art strategies to evaluate healthy aging in these animals. We are specifically evaluating the potential of IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) antibodies, currently used in clinical trials to treat cancer, as a pharmacologic strategy to reduce peripheral (but not central) IGF-1R signaling in hopes that this may serve as a translational tool for treating some manifestations of aging in humans, thus "bridging the gap" between basic biological discovery and human therapeutic strategy.
2) Central insulin and IGF-1 signaling – A second area involves understanding the mechanism(s) whereby insulin and IGF-1 signaling in the brain control peripheral metabolism. Ongoing studies have uncovered novel similarities and differences between insulin and IGF-1 in regards to their ability to regulate glucose metabolism via the CNS. These studies involve tandem central infusion of peptides and/or inhibitors during a euglycemic clamp in awake, unstressed animals. These studies thus far seem to suggest a potentially important role for insulin receptor/IGF-1R hybrids in the brain. In addition, aged animals demonstrate central insulin resistance, but respond remarkably well to central IGF-1, suggesting that IGF-1 may be a better ligand in the brain than insulin for treating some manifestations of aging. Studies are also ongoing using BOLD-fMRI to assess the impact of central insulin and IGF-1 in the brain as well as with Dr. Young-Hwan Jo on the role of insulin, IGF-1, and their receptors, on electrical activity in specific neuronal populations.
3) Role of obesity and aging on cancer risk – A third area involves the role of aging, obesity and diet on cancer risk. In a pre-clinical model of prostate cancer, we have previously found that cancer risk was linked to energy balance and body mass, but independent of food intake. Likewise, using a surgical model of visceral fat removal, we have found that ablating visceral fat stores in male rats extended their longevity, thus uncoupling the effects of fat from nutrients on lifespan for the first time. More recently, we have found that visceral fat removal is protective from adenoma development and improved survival in a female model of intestinal cancer, providing the first causal evidence linking adiposity to this site-specific cancer. Future areas of interest in this area include studies uncovering the mechanisms behind this link, to determine how abdominal obesity and nutrient availability act independently during the various stages of tumor promotion and progression. We are particularly interested in interrogating the epigenetic changes that occur in specific intestinal stem cells with obesity and aging and how these might relate to later cancer risk. We are also employing parabiosis surgery between young and old animals to assess the role of systemic factors from young and old environments on this process.
Huffman DM, Altena TS, Mawhinney TP, and Thomas TR. Effect of n-3 fatty acids on free tryptophan and exercise fatigue. Eur J Appl Physiol 2004 92:584-91.
Huffman DM, Michaelson JL, Thomas TR. Chronic supplementation with fish oil increases fat oxidation during exercise in young men. J Exerc Physiol 2004 7(1):48-56.
Huffman DM, Landy NM, Potter E, Nagy TR, and Gower BA.Comparison of the Lunar DPX-L and Prodigy dual-energy X-ray absorptiometers for assessing total and regional body composition. Int J Body Comp Res 2005 3(1):25-30.
Huffman DM, Johnson MS, Watts A, Elgavish A, Eltoum IA, and Nagy TR. Cancer progression in the transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate mouse is related to energy balance, body mass, and body composition, but not food intake. Cancer Res 2007 67: 417-24.(Included in "Research Highlights" on issue cover)
Huffman DM, Grizzle WE,Bamman MM, Kim JS, Eltoum IA, Elgavish A, and Nagy TR. SIRT1 is significantly elevated in mouse and human prostate cancer. Cancer Res 2007 67: 6612-18.
Huffman DM, Moellering DM, Grizzle WE, Stockard CR, Johnson MS and Nagy TR. Effect of exercise and calorie restriction on biomarkers of aging in mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008 294(5): R1618-27. PMID: 18321952 (paper selected for media release by the journal)
Muzumdar RH, Allison DB, Huffman DM, Ma X, Atzmon G, Einstein F, Fishman S, McVei T, Keith SW, and Barzilai N. Visceral adipose tissue modulates mammalian longevity. Aging Cell 2008 7(3): 438-40. PMCID: PMC2504027
Einstein FH, Fishman S, Bauman J, Thompson RH, Huffman DM, Atzmon G, Barzilai N and Muzumdar RH. Enhanced activation of a 'nutrient-sensing' pathway with age contributes to insulin resistance. FASEB J 2008 Oct;22(10):3450-57. PMCID: PMC2537426
Huffman DM and Barzilai N. Role of visceral adipose tissue in aging. (Invited review) Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Aging: from Model Systems to Human Longevity. Biochemica et Biophysica Acta 2009 Oct; 1790(10):1117-23. PMCID: PMC2779572
Muzumdar RH, Huffman DM, Atzmon G, Buettner C, Budagov T, Cui L, Einstein F, Fishman S, Poduval A, Hwang D, Barzilai N and Cohen P. Humanin: A novel central regulator of peripheral insulin action. PLOS One 2009 Jul 22;4(7):e6334. PMCID: PMC2709436
Atzmon G, Cho M, Cawthon RM, Budagov T, Katz M, Yang X, Siegel G, Bergman A, Shaw JW, Huffman DM, Barzilai N and Suh Y. Telomere length and telomerase gene variation are associated with human longevity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A2010 107:1710-1717. PMCID: PMC2868292
Huffman DM*, Einstein FH*, Fishman S*, Atzmon G, Jerschow E, Heo HJ, Budagov T, Barzilai N, and Muzumdar RH. Aging per se increases the susceptibility to free fatty acid-induced insulin resistance. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 201065(8):800-808. PMCID: PMC2537426
Muzumdar RH, Huffman DM, Calvert JW, Jha S, Weinberg Y, Cui L, Nemkal A, Atzmon G, Klein L, Gundewar S, Yong S, Lavu M, Predmore BL and Lefer D. Acute humanin therapy attenuates myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury in mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol2010 30(10):1940-1948. PMCID: PMC2941397
Huffman DM and Calvert JW. Exercise to the rescue. J Physiol 2011 589(24): 5919-5920. PMCID: PMC3286671
Huffman DM. Editorial Comment to Inhibition of cortactin and SIRT1 expression attenuates migration and invasion of prostate cancer DU145 cells: Making sense of SIRT1 and prostate cancer. Int J Urol 2012 19(1) 79-80.
Barzilai N, Huffman DM, Muzumdar RH, and Bartke A. Perspectives in Diabetes: The Critical Role of Metabolic Pathways in Aging. Diabetes 2012 61(6): 1315-22. PMCID: PMC3357299
Huffman DM, Deelen J, Ye K, Bergman A, Slagboom EP, Barzilai N, and Atzmon G. Distinguishing between longevity and buffered-deleterious genotypes for exceptional human longevity: The case of the MTP gene. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2012 Nov;67(11):1153-60. PMCID: PMC3474468
Huffman DM, Augenlicht LH, Zhang XY, Lofrese JJ, Atzmon G, Chamberland JP and Mantzoros CS. Abdominal obesity, independently from caloric intake, accounts for the development of intestinal tumors in Apc1638N/+ female mice Cancer Prev Res 2013 Mar;6(3): 177-87. PMCID: PMC3595118 (featured press release by AACR)
Huffman DM, Farias-Quipildor G, Mao K, Zhang X, Wan J, Apontes P, Cohen P, Barzilai N. Central IGF-1 Restores Whole-Body Insulin Action in a Model of Age-Related Insulin Resistance and IGF-1 Decline Aging Cell. 2016 Feb;15(1):181-86.
Chusyd DE, Wang D, Huffman DM, Nagy TR. Relationships between rodent white adipose fat pads and human white adipose fat depots Front Nutr April 2016
Cobb LJ, Lee C, Xiao J, Yen K, Wong RG, Nakamura HK, Mehta HH, Gao Q, Ashur C, Huffman DM, Wan J, Muzumdar RH, Barzilai N, Cohen P. Naturally-occurring mitochondrial-derived peptides are age-dependent regulators of apoptosis, insulin sensitivity, and inflammatory markers Aging (accepted)
Huffman DM and Barzilai N. Animal Models of Visceral Obesity. Book Chapter from Abdominal Obesity and the Endocannabinoid System: From Basic Aspects to Clinical Management of Related Cardiometabolic Risk. Editor: Jean-Pierre Despres, PhD. Informa Healthcare.
Barzilai N, Huffman DM, Cohen P and Muzumdar RH. The role of IGF-1 and its partners in central and peripheral metabolism: Considerations for extending healthy lifespan. Book Chapter from Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions: IGFs: Local Repair and Survival Factors Throughout the Life Span. Springer Publishing.
Huffman DM and Barzilai N. Contribution of Adipose Tissue to Health-Span and Longevity. Book Chapter from Body Composition and Aging. Editor: Charles Mobbs, PhD, Karger Publishing. Interdiscip Top Gerontol. 2010;37:1-19.
Huffman DM. Exercise as a Calorie Restriction Mimetic: Implications for Improving Healthy Aging and Longevity. Book Chapter from Body Composition and Aging. Editor: Charles Mobbs, PhD, Karger Publishing. Interdiscip Top Gerontol. 2010;37:157-174.
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A powerful cold front was predicted to move into Southern Florida bringing strong winds 30 to 35 mph out of the Northwest yesterday, (Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005).
Lots of riders had been following the forecast for several days in advance. An experienced rider had just arrived at the beach at about 9:00 am. The launch was on the west coast of Florida. He noticed a line of black clouds moving in from the NW. He assumed that this was the leading edge of the long awaited cold front. He noticed four young guys out on the water ranging approximately 15 to 18 years old, on 12 to 15 m kites with a max. weight of about 150 lbs. They guys were out in approximate 12 mph winds, in sunny conditions and were somewhat underpowered.
The experienced rider walked up to another guy on the beach who apparently knew the riders on the water. He pointed out the black menacing cloud line moving in and suggested that he call his friends into shore to land/secure their kites. The guy blew off the warning, saying "they're good riders, they can handle it.â€

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|Boudreau was named the eighth head coach in team history on Nov. 30, 2011 and led the Ducks to a 27-23-8 record in 58 games last season, including a 24-15-6 mark in 2012 that ranked fifth in the Western Conference. All-time, Boudreau has compiled a 228-111-48 record in 387 career NHL games with Anaheim and Washington for a .651 win percentage. Since making his debut as a head coach with Washington on Nov. 23, 2007, Boudreau is tied with Detroit's Mike Babcock for the most standings points earned (504), while ranking second in wins (228, one behind Babcock).
On May 10, 2012, the Ducks signed Boudreau to a two-year contract extension through the 2014-15 season.
|He was named head coach by the Capitals on Dec. 26, 2007. His tremendously successful first season behind the bench in Washington landed the Capitals a playoff berth and earned Boudreau the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year. Boudreau led the Capitals on a remarkable comeback from 30th in the NHL when he took over on Thanksgiving Day to the Southeast Division championship. His record of 37-17-7 would be good for a 109-point pace in the course of a full season. The Capitals posted 17 come-from-behind victories under Boudreau and posted a 20-6-7 record in games decided by one goal. Boudreau was the fastest coach in club history to reach 20 wins (34 games) and 30 wins (53 games) and the first coach in NHL history to lead his team from 14th place at midseason to a playoff berth. It marked the 10th straight season that Boudreau has led his team to the playoffs.
Boudreau has coached championship teams in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the ECHL and has coached more than 1,000 games in the minor leagues. He led the Hershey Bears, Washington's AHL affiliate, to the Eastern Conference championship and the Calder Cup finals in each of his first two years in Hershey, winning the Calder Cup in 2006. Boudreau compiled a 103-45-11-16 record with the Bears (a .666 winning percentage), including an AHL-best 51-17-6-6 record (.713) last season. Seven current members of the Capitals played for Boudreau with the Bears. Boudreau compiled a 340-216-56-43 record in nine seasons as an AHL head coach. He spent four years with the Manchester Monarchs and two years with the Lowell Lock Monsters before joining the Bears. Before ascending to the AHL, he was the head coach and director of hockey operations for the Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL), where he won the 1999 Kelly Cup championship. After making his head-coaching debut in the Colonial Hockey League with the Muskegon Fury in 1992-93, Boudreau took over the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League (IHL) in 1993-94. The Komets advanced to the Turner Cup finals his first season at the controls, and Boudreau was named the 1993-94 IHL coach of the year. Boudreau played parts of eight seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks, recording 70 points in 141 NHL games. A third-round pick of the Leafs in the 1975 NHL draft, Boudreau enjoyed one of the best seasons ever by a Canadian junior player during 1974-75. He picked up 165 points for the Toronto Marlboros, a Canadian Hockey League record until Wayne Gretzky surpassed the mark during the 1977-78 season. An outstanding AHL player, Boudreau ranks 11th all-time in scoring in league history with 316 goals and 799 points. No AHL player in the 1980s notched more points than Boudreau, as he played for the New Brunswick Hawks, Baltimore Skipjacks, Nova Scotia Oilers, Springfield Indians and Newmarket Saints during that time. He won the 1987-88 John B. Sollenberger Trophy for leading the league in scoring and was also a member of the 1992 Calder Cup champion Adirondack Red Wings.


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(Two of the science experiments, I actually would not be brave enough to try at home, but watch them with your kids. They'll learn something and will probably love watching the explosions -- or maybe you're braver than I!)
1. Blow Up a Balloon with a Bottle and Pressure like Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas.
2. Exploding Color Science Experiment with things you already have at home: milk, cookie sheet, food coloring and liquid soap. Science Bob explains why this works.
|Cover a cookie sheet with milk.
|Add 6-8 drops of different food coloring drops, then add 5-7 drops of dish soap.
3. Exploding Art (using a salad spinner) from Putti Prapancha.
4. Catherine Wheel Firework Craft from NurtureStore.
5. Classic film canister rocket using water (5 ml/1 tsp and Alka Seltzer). (If you can find a film canister!) Science Bob explains it fully here. Ours never quite worked (I think we have the wrong type of film canister), but Wild Thing had fun watching water fuzz from Alka Seltzer and loved playing with the water dropper.
6. Baking Soda/Vinegar Bubble Bombs - When we tried it the first time, we used a large zip bag, but that didn't work so well. The second attempt with a smaller bag gave the desired pop effect - the bag starts flat and then fizzes, expands and pops. This is simple and quick - and a great way to use all of the extra milk bags I have!
7. Soda Pop Bottle Rocket - Watch this Video Tutorial. All you need is a soda pop bottle, water and a bike pump (maybe some tape). This is really cool!! We can't wait to try it.
8. Tea Bag Rocket - Watch this Video Tutorial. This requires a match or lighter, so this must be done with strict adult supervision and should not be done near curtains! (As the lit tea bag rocket will fly up in the air). This one is also really cool, but I'm waiting until my kids are a bit older to try it at home.
9. Exploding Pinata made by a 7th/8th grade science class. (This activity includes gun powder and is best for a classroom setting, not a great DIY at home activity. Your kids will love watching the pinata explode, though, and will learn about the science behind fireworks.)
10. Dry Ice Eruptions/Bottle Explosions from Joe Genius. (These are also better watched then done, but the dry ice in a water bottle could be done at home in the proper setting with adult supervision).
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2005 Monon Bell Stagby Tom Runge • November 11, 2005 Share:
The Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men and Indianapolis DePauw Alumni held their annual Monon Bell Stag at the Westin in downtown Indianapolis on Thursday, November 10, 2005. Over 150 alumni participated in the annual event which features awards and the traditional "roasts".
This year's event was organized mainly by Jon Pactor W'71, Mark Dinwiddie D'71, Brad Johnson W'71, and Jason Lee D'02. Many thanks to those guys for a fun evening.
The Spirit of the Monon Bell awards were presented to Wabash president Andy Ford H'03 and to Dr. Phil Eskew D'63. Both men received a standing ovation for their service to their Alma Maters and communities.
Wabash's director of Public Affairs Jim Amidon '87 provided an overview of what to expect at Saturday's game. Jim's sense is the game will be a great match-up between two very talented teams.
Wabash's roaster for the evening was Dr. Chris Carr '82 and roasting the Little Giants from DePauw was Mark Dinwiddie '71. Both men did a great job.
A good time was had by all.
Photo: Wabash president Andy Ford H'03 (l) receives the Spirit of the Monon Bell award from Mark Dinwiddie D'71.
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Savannah is a beautiful city full of historic buildings dating back to the mid-18th Century with a reputation for extremely friendly locals and a thriving cultural scene. There are cobbled streets, parks, and the city was the setting for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It's great for kids, and a wonderful introduction to the south of the United States of America. By opting for beach rentals or condos, you can also enjoy a low cost holiday with your family, cutting your accommodation costs considerably compared to hotel bills.
There is a huge variety of things to see and do in Savannah. There's a great beach not far away at Tybee Island, but the city itself also has a lot to offer. If you're keen on shopping, head straight to City Market up in the northwest of the Historic District. Shops, entertainment, dining and a complex of artists' studios at the Art Center, which could provide you with the ultimate holiday souvenir. To relax in a park with a picnic, head to Forsyth Park, still in the Historic District with a lovely ornate fountain. The bulk of the Historic District is on a bluff above the south bank of the Savannah river, and you can spend many hours simply wandering the attractive streets - don't waste time looking for the iconic bench from Forrest Gump, in Chippewa Square, however, it was just a prop. Or if you are feeling lazy, you can take Riverboat Cruises or a free ferry over to Hutchinson Island. There are also regular festivals in the town - a Savannah Film Festival, Savannah Music Festival, Sidewalk Arts Festival and a huge St Patrick's Day parade, among others!
With condos and holiday rental apartments available from around £800 a week for a family of four, Savannah gives visitors the opportunity to stay in magnificent historic buildings, with everything from carriage houses to mansions available to rent. Being able to make yourself completely at home in some of these historic buildings can add a new dimension to your holiday. You can feel less of a tourist and more of a temporary resident of this extraordinary modern city with a historic heart.
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Undaunted by volatility, Asian corporates are optimistic and eager to grow through acquisitions—both within the region and globally.
In fact, according to Dealogic, 2015 year-to-date M&A volumes in the Asia Pacific region have grown by 60% and are almost in line with those in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Businesses from China to Thailand in a wide range of industries view themselves overwhelmingly as net buyers, and say they take a longer, more strategic view when determining the success of any transaction and are not afraid to pay a premium for success.
Businesses surveyed by J.P. Morgan* viewed growth via acquisitions as key to their five-year strategies. They're relying on relationships with financial advisors to help drive good matchmaking, and they want to see senior management involvement and commitment from their counterparties to build confidence for successful transactions.
Chinese and Japanese corporates surveyed were very confident in the region's gross domestic product growth over a five-year period, while respondents in other Asian countries were more conservative.
While naming geographies with the most potential for growth over five years, survey respondents all cited Asia, followed by North America, EMEA, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.
Asian companies have continued appetite for intra-regional M&A going forward – where they name mainland China, Indonesia, India, and Vietnam most frequently as target markets – as well as international M&A opportunities. The U.S. was identified as a key focus area, with Germany, the UK and France also top of mind in terms of attractiveness over the next five years.
Though economic growth was indicated as the most significant driver of business, survey respondents cited changing consumption patterns, international expansion and corporate consolidation as M&A catalysts.
To meet the demands of this more consumer-driven economy, and bring their products to a broader range of customers, Asian companies are seeking value-added products, services, technologies and management skills in their acquisitions.
For most Asian corporates surveyed, M&A is viewed as a long-term value creation process, meaning transactions are considered successful or otherwise with an investment time horizon of more than five years.
Among buyers, 73% of Asian corporates said they would participate in an auction process; of those, more than 50% would need six months to prepare for it. Compared to the typical one or two months needed by U.S. companies, many Asian businesses—especially those new to the M&A process—are still working to evolve and adapt to meet international timelines, and need more lead time to put in place pre-approvals and manage internal processes to meet the stringent timelines of an auction situation.
In addition to sector credentials and geographic experience, survey respondents wanted to work with trusted advisors who are expected to help them identify potential targets across regions and industries.
As many Asian buyers are new to the M&A space, and have varying comfort levels with the process, they desire a higher level of engagement with a financial advisor. With the regulatory and organizational challenges of cross-border deals involving Asian corporations, that additional attention may be a key factor in helping to manage transactional complexities.
For Asian sellers, building relationships with an acquirer's senior management is the most important criteria in determining whether to proceed with a deal. Active involvement in due diligence, availability for face-to-face meetings and engagement throughout the acquisition process are all important components of building that connection to Asian corporates. For the surveyed companies, senior management participation and engagement demonstrates respect and reassurance of support for the transaction.
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the challenge
Not everyone in the United States has the same opportunities to be healthy. Factors outside of individual control, such as the quality of a community's air and the condition of its parks, affect everything from how likely we are to become chronically ill to how long we will live. Yet many institutions try to improve health by encouraging people to change their behavior -- listen to the doctor, exercise longer -- without looking at the context of their lives. America's vast health inequities and high rates of disease and death show that those efforts, however well intended, haven't produced the kind of large-scale, lasting change we need. Finding better solutions is possible. But it will require changing the way we think about and act on the problem.
why it matters
Healthy societies are strong societies. Their citizens are happier and more productive. Their quality of life is higher. Yet research shows that if some communities have significantly greater barriers to resources and opportunities than others, the whole society suffers -- even its wealthiest members. In few places are those barriers more persistent than in the United States. And the more we ignore them, the more our collective health and the strength of our democracy suffer for it. Just as a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, our society is better when everyone is vibrant and healthy.
what we can do
If we want our environments to support health for everyone, then we have to influence the decisions and policies that shape those environments. After all, it is policy that gives us or denies us efficient public transportation. It is policy that makes quality housing affordable or keeps it out of reach. Fortunately, we can affect policy in a number of ways: We can get better at articulating the changes we seek, and the systems and structures that must be in place to uphold them. We can get better at explaining how individuals and institutions share responsibility for making those changes. And we can get better at saying why it matters for everyone in society.


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For Governor-elect Peter Shumlin on this post election Wednesday in Vermont, the sun is shining and the mood is upbeat. The Democrat won a narrow race for the state's top spot and he will be greeted by a Legislature firmly in the control of his party on a scale Vermont has not seen since the domineering days of the Republican Party several decades ago.
But with such political dominance comes a need for restraint and humility. Shumlin's particular challenge will be to govern from the political middle, to keep the progressive wing of the party content to make progress step-by-step and to avoid over-reaching. Liberal supporters must be convinced that progress cannot be made on many of the social issues without first creating a vibrant economy.
Shumlin's more immediate task is to assemble a team and coalesce around an agenda that is ambitious, while remaining fiscally responsible. The first challenge is to deal with a $112 million fiscal deficit in the upcoming budget. The second is to pare down his list of pre-election priorities to those most important to Vermont's fiscal health and to his first two-year term.
As importantly, Shumlin must work to rebuild common cause among Vermont's electorate. This was a negative campaign that has split the state into more disparate factions — including those completely disgusted with state politics — than we are accustomed. Humility will help heal those wounds, as would a diverse cabinet that brings in unexpected points of view, particularly from within the business community regardless of political favor.
Shumlin's biggest challenge, perhaps, will be learning how to connect to Vermonters in that personal, neighbor-to-neighbor kind of way that puts people at ease. That's not to say that Shumlin is not a personable guy — he is, and those who know him best praise his integrity and generosity. But his public persona is more of the "mover-and-shaker political tactician who gets things done," as opposed to the "Mr. Smith goes to Washington" persona of Gov. Douglas or Mr. Dubie. One of the biggest worries opponents have of Shumlin, as noted in the campaign, is that "he gets things done." But that's not quite it; rather it's how he gets it done that creates a sense of unease and wariness.
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Ethical behaviour and sustainability are at the heart of the way the Group does business. There is no sustainable business without trust. And this trust is based above all on our ability to demonstrate our day-to-day commitment to responsible business management.
Since the Group's first Ethics Charter in 1996, great progress has been made in continually reinforcing our ethical pledge. Milestones include the publication of the Code of Ethics and its distribution to all Group employees in 2005 and again in 2009; the creation of a Sustainability Department, which is represented on the Group's executive committee; ratification of the UN Global Compact in 2008 and the creation of the Kering Foundation which fights violence against women. These are all demonstrations of our determination to make ethics and sustainability the cornerstones of our business activities. More recently, the strengthening of our governance in the area of sustainability and the adoption of ambitious and concrete objectives for the coming years again testify to our determination and the seriousness of our approach.
This third edition of our Code of Ethics provides the opportunity to restate our beliefs and the ethical principles that must take precedence wherever we operate. Structured by type of stakeholder, the Code of Ethics sets out the points of reference that must guide every individual's actions. These cover: respect for employees, gender equality in every aspect of professional life, fighting all forms of corruption and fraud, combating child labour, application of the major conventions of the International Labour Organisation, respect for the environment, listening to civil stakeholders and mobilising our workforce alongside local communities.
This update provides the opportunity to enrich the Code by including our Suppliers' Charter and by adopting the precautionary principle, particularly in the area of environmental protection. Lastly, this new version presents the development of the ethics organisation within the Group and possible avenues of recourse for employees who, whether victim or witness, suspect a failure to comply with one of the Group's ethical principles.
In ethical matters, what we believe and permit and what we discourage and forbid cannot be repeated often enough. In the face of new issues and new challenges, tenacity, vigilance and continuous improvement are the pillars of this pragmatic approach. At a time when our Group is completing its transformation by becoming a world leader in apparel and accessories in both the Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle markets and adopting its new name, Kering, it is essential to remind everyone that nothing can or should be done outside a precise and demanding ethical framework – the only possible guarantee of longevity and development.
I would like every one of us to adopt this Code of Ethics when performing our daily tasks. Only then can we embody the spirit of Kering.


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Lacy Robinson Receives Award
Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky recognizes nominal CEU milestones
March 8, 2012 - Frankfort, KY - The Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky recently honored Aurora's Senior Professional Development Trainer Lacy Robinson, CFSP for receiving 225 hours of continuing education credit. Of the 275 individuals enrolled in the association's Voluntary Continuing Education Program, Robinson is one of more than 60 who have received distinction for participating in more than 100 hours. Other recipients include Ronald Strong, Jerry Bennett, Frederica Congleton, Jerry Beyer, Quintin McGinnis, Doug Stanley, Jim Davis and Mike Stanley.
"I've come to appreciate that for me to be effective as a teacher, consulting funeral homes across the country on how to best communicate with families, that I also need to be a student, constantly striving to learn more and keep up with industry trends," Robinson said. "The best funeral professionals are those that acknowledge that industry trends, family dynamics and consumer preferences are continually changing and recognize continuing education's role in enabling them to best adapt to those changes."
FDAK's Voluntary Continuing Education Program encourages funeral service professionals to be as current as possible about new programs and changes that will make things easier for both them and those they serve. The program was created to recognize individuals who went above and beyond the four hours of required credit each year. There are currently 275 individuals enrolled in the program who receive awards for continuing education milestones.
"I enjoy attending classes and learning from the instructors and my colleagues, which allows me to be a better funeral director and to serve our families with the highest standards of care," said Mary Steele, FDAK's president elect who has completed 900 hours of continuing education. "The desire to continue attending educational offerings after meeting the required hours shows dedication and eagerness to better serve those families who entrust us with the care of their loved ones."
The awards are either in the form of a certificate or a plaque depending on the number of hours. Once an individual has reached 100 hours of continuing education they receive an engraved plaque and his or her name will also be placed on a plaque that hangs in the Kentucky Funeral Director Association's headquarters in Frankfort, Kentucky which currently boasts more than 60 names.
To learn more about Lacy Robinson and what she has learned as both a continuing education instructor and student or to book her for a presentation, call (859) 291-4302. For more information on Aurora, visit www.AuroraAdvantage.com.
About Lacy Robinson, CFSP
Lacy Robinson is a Kentucky licensed funeral director/embalmer and a certified member of the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. She is a graduate of Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky. holding a bachelor's degree in communications. She is also a graduate from Mid-America College of Funeral Service, Jeffersonville, Ind. As Senior Professional Development Trainer at Aurora Casket, Lacy specializes in helping funeral directors partner with families to create funerals that honor both their basic and personal needs at the time of loss. She presents continuing education programs at the local, state and national levels. Lacy serves on the Advisory Board to the Association of Women Funeral Professionals and is an active member of the Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky. She is a Certified Funeral Celebrant, Certified Wilson Learning Facilitator and member of the Bluegrass Toastmasters Group.
About Aurora
Founded in 1890, Aurora is the largest family-owned funeral service supplier. Aurora caskets are proudly made in the United States and Canada, with headquarters based in Aurora, Indiana. For more information about Aurora products and services, visit www.auroraadvantage.com.


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24 August 2011
Charles Spence interview Part 1
Professor Charles Spence is the head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory based at the Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University. He is interested in how people perceive the world around them. In particular, how our brains manage to process the information from each of our different senses (such as smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch) to form the extraordinarily rich multisensory experiences that fill our daily lives.
1.What was it that first peaked an interest for you in how our senses work?
A colleague who was living in a small flat where the sound on the TV was broken. He would use hifi to listen to his favourite programs. However, when sitting on the bed in the small flat, at the start of the movie, everything would sound fine once the theme tune had come on, but as soon as anyone started speaking there would be a sudden disconnect, the voices were coming from the loudspeakers on the side of the bed. The person could be seen from straight ahead (i,e a different direction). However, after a few seconds a very strange thing happened, the voice and lips would fuse again and it would seem like the person on screen really was making the speech sounds they were uttering.
It turns out that this broken bit of kit was actually giving rise to the ventriloquists dummy illusion. This goes on all the time at the cinema, and it provides and example of how our brains continuously try to bind the informations from the various senses.
I started my research on the senses 20 years ago looking at precisely this interaction between our eyes and ears. Over the intervening years I have slowly added extra senses to the list of ones we investigate. In a way it is only natural that someone interested in the senses ends up studying food and drink, as they constitute perhaps our most multisensory of experiences
2.What do you think has the most profound effect on taste?
I think that what we see has a far more profound effect on what we "taste" than any of us realize. Many studies now show that you can completely change a person's perception of the taste/flavour of a food or drink simply by changing its colour.
In many ways we really do taste with our eyes Sound too is very important if understood. In the case of drinks, we have conducted some fun research showing that people's perception of the carbonation in a drink comes as much from the ears as from what is going on in-mouth.
3.Is there a simple trick you can share with us to show how you can manipulate taste?
One of the one's i like is getting two glasses of tonic water. You then add half a teaspoon of salt to one of the two and ask people to predict which glass should now taste sweeter. The one without the salt right? Wrong. The addition of the salt actually interacts with the bitterness and hence you get a release of sweetness. Very counterintuitive, but a good example to illustrate how complex and interesting taste is.
Another example which helps to illustrate the notion of super additivity - our brain adding together two weakly effective stimuli in order to give rise to a more intense multi-sensory precept - comes from what happens when you chew a piece of mint gum until the mint flavour had just disappeared. Now roll it in some icing sugar and stick it back in your mouth. Miraculously the mint flavour should have returned, even though all you added was some odourless sugar!
4.How important can things like service and ambience be, on flavour perception?
I think this is hugely important, and once again often people don't realize and/or think about it enough. Everything from the brightness and colour of the lighting can influence how much people drink, how sweet they think it tastes and how much they are willing to pay for it. As soon as you start playing specific kinds of music, French vs German vs Italian say that can influence everything which kind of wine they order / purchase through to how ethnic the food or drink tastes.
We have just completed an experiment together with the fat duck development kitchen and a sonic design company in London, Condiment Junkie in which we gave people a bittersweet toffee and demonstrated that the strength of the bitter / sweet taste could be altered by the particular soundscape that people were hearing. We would love to try something similar in the cocktail sector.
5.Are there any simple everyday things that people can do in bars and restaurants to improve a customers experience?
Yes but where to begin. I am sure that there is a lot of interesting research to be done in terms of the glasses used to serve particular drinks in. We have, for example, just shown that people rate yoghurt as tasting better when it is served from a heavier rather than a lighter bowl. Could the same be true for cocktails.
Archive Cocktail - The WInk (2003)
50ml Gin
10ml triple sec
5ml gomme
drop of peychaud bitters
Rinse glass with absinthe
Shake and strain into rinsed glass
Garrnish with a wink to the customer. ;)
The Wink is a drink that was first made back in 2003. It is a sazerac style of drink with gin as the base, a subtle hint of anise from the absinthe rinse, an orange hint from both the dash of triple sec and the orange twist (which is discarded). The last ingredient is a drop of peychaud bitters. The garnish is a Wink...;)
Saying of the Week - Frozen Margarita
Bartender - "Err would you like juice or soda in it?"
Customer - "No thanks"
Random customers circa 2006
Flavour of the Week - Passion Flower
Also known as Passiflora, and often cultivated for their deliciously tasty fruits, or for the flower itself, Passiflora is also home to several very fragrant flowers.
It is thought that they originate from South or Central America, with many, nowdays, being cultivated in more tropical countries.
Some would argue that a true Passionflower Absolute for use in perfumes has not yet been achieved, however based on the sheer number of species it is defintetly possisble.
Flavour / Scent - Mild, sweet, light fragrant.
17 August 2011
TONY CONIGLIARO: PLUME from Thomas Whitehead on Vimeo.
Archive Cocktail - The White Gin Fizz (2006)
"The gin fizz is one of my all time favourite cocktails. In this version it has a a scoop of lemon sorbet in it which gives the drink a lovely smoothness, but also a sherbety fizziness which was exactly what I was looking for! I worked with an ice cream maker to get a sorbet with the right balance of flavour and egg white in it to use in the drink."
50ml Gin
25ml Lemon Juice
10ml Sugar
1 scoop lemon sorbet
Strain over ice and top with a dash of soda
Saying of the Week
Flavour of the Week - Cassia
Cassia oil, sometimes referred to as Chinese cinnamon is generally steam distiller from the leaves of Cinnamomum Cassia which are large slender trees that grow in Southeastern China and to a lesser extent Vietnan. Not to be confused with Ceylon Cinnamon Bark which is derived from a different species.
In the same was that the Ceylon Cinnamon is known for its Bark so the Cinnamomum Cassia is also home to aromatic and flavoursome bark.
Although similar in flavour to cinnamon it is much stronger and more concentrated meaning we need use much less of the product and still get a similar flavour.
Flavour - cinnamon, aromatic, spiced, eartthy
Thanks To Everyone Who Attended The Masterclass
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03 August 2011
Drink Factory Lab - Open Day / Masterclass
We are very excited about our first official Lab Masterclass / Open Day coming up on August 15th. Thanks to everyone who has booked in so far, we look forward to seeing all of you!
Dan Warner Interview
2. What are your 3 favorite drinks plus recipes; old, new and your own?
Old- I still love a Dry Martini- am currently drinking mine 5:1 with Lillet, no garnish.
New- The Flintlock at the Zetter Town House tastes like an Enid Blyton novel and I love it
Own- Almond Iced Tea- a really simple long drink that I just keep going back to- Beefeater 24, chilled green tea, orgeat syrup and a small dash of lemon juice
3.Tell us about a new flavor you have discovered recently?
4. If you could pass just one thing, on to an apprentice bartender what would it be?
5. What does the future hold for yourself and what do you see happening in the future in the industry?
6. What has been your biggest satisfaction from working behind the bar?
7. If you were to have a conversation with a cocktail, (and presuming it could talk back to you and tell you its past). Which cocktail would it be and why?
I'd want to chat with the ORIGINAL cocktail as discovered by Anistatia Miller & Jared Brown in a 1798 article. It was made with gin, orange liqueur, ginger syrup and bitters. I'd ask it where its been all these years?
8. What influences your drinks from outside the industry (i.e. art, fashion)?
9. If you where to break a bartending golden rule what would it be?
10. Outside of flavor and the craft of the cocktail what in your opinion effects the appreciation of cocktails the most?
11. If you where to champion a cocktail which would it be?
I think the Southside has some legs as an amazing vehicle for gin. It's a drink I serve to those folk that think they don't like gin. Without fail they love it and more often than not we discover that actually it's the tonic they don't like, not the gin!
I serve mine according to a recipe I was turned on to by friend and colleague Erick Castro from San Francisco; long, over ice and with the below recipe:
50ml Beefeater Gin
10ml lime juice
10ml lemon juice
15ml sugar syrup
5 mint leaves
Dash soda
Shake all ingredients except soda. Strain over ice. Top with soda. Garnish with a large mint sprig
Dave Wondrich - Meriton Latroon's Bantam Punch
"For we had not only the country drink called toddee, which is made of the juice of several trees, and punch, which is made of rack-lime, or lime-water, sugar, spices, and sometimes the addition of amber-grease, but we likewise drank great quantities of Persian wine, which is much like claret, and brought from that country in bottles."
SOURCE : Richard Head/Francis Kirkman, The English Rogue, Continued, in the Life of Meriton Latroon and Other Extravagants. Comprehending the Most Eminent Cheats of Most Trades and Professions. The Second Part, 1668
"In a mortar or small bowl, muddle a piece of ambergris the size of a grain of barley with an ounce of Indonesian gula jawa or other dark, funky sugar until it has been incorporated. Add 2 ounces Batavia arrack and muddle again until sugar has dissolved. Break up 5 ounces of gula jawa, put it in a two-quart jug with 6 ounces lime juice and muddle together until sugar has dissolved. Add the ambergris-sugar-arrack mixture and stir. Add the remains of the 750-milliliter bottle of Batavia arrack from which you have removed the 2 ounces to mix with the ambergris, stir again, and fi nish with 3 to 4 cups water, according to taste. Grate nutmeg over the top."
Flavour of the Week - Ambergris
See Dave Wondrich's above receipe for use of Ambergris....... from his brilliant Punch book...


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The Reality of Immigrant LivesComments
This open letter to John McCain and Jeff Flake was both touching and disturbing in a number of ways:
Thursday night I heard a banging knock at the door. I looked through the window and immigration agents asked me to open the door, conducting an "investigation." They asked for Maria, my mother, and as soon she stepped out they abruptly, forcefully pulled her out and handcuffed her in front of me and Angel, my 16 year old brother. They also detained my older brother for no cause. Angel pointed out to them that they needed to take her medications because of her cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure. They laughed in his face, then ignored him. I felt helpless. Under this horrific scenario I didn't know what else to do. I wanted to run and pull them both away from them but I couldn't.
I spent an entire night crying and lonely. At every corner of my house, my mother and brother's touches and memories were there. The most important people in my life had been taken from me.
At that point I remembered that I am also an immigrant rights advocate and that I have a national community and youth movement behind me. Within minutes I made calls, typed text messages, and signed on social media to tell friends what had just occurred. Pleading, I made a call to action. Almost immediately, community leaders and elected officials from Arizona, Florida, New York and Washington D.C. activated a national network of political power within the Latino community. The morning after, my brother was released from detention. Three hours later we learned that the bus taking her to the border had turned around and my mother was coming back home.
First, there's the fact that hundreds of thousands of people in this nation live in fear of every knock on the door. These people who have come to the United States to make their lives better, and to make our country better. So when you hear these individual stories, it's terrible.
But it gets more disturbing. Erika Andiola, the lead author on this letter, is an immigration activist. She knew what to do when her mother and brother were taken. She tapped into her network and got them freed. But there's one of two possibilities here. First, her mother and brother were taken without cause and about to be shipped to Mexico for no reason, violating their rights. Or second, the immigration system is so irrevocably broken that even if, under current law, these people could legally be shipped back to Mexico, the system is so arbitrary that a few phone calls can change the status of an individual.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of immigrants don't have activist family members like Andiola and they get shipped out of the country. It's stories like these, with cops rounding up people at home and work, which is why we need comprehensive immigration reform as soon as possible.
That leads us to what are at least some interesting words from Marco Rubio. If he's willing to basically accept the Obama immigration plan, then I think we are in good shape for something real happening. Although it should be noted that massive backlash from the Republican base could make that difficult in the House. But I do think something positive will happen. Part of me wants Obama to use this leverage to move the goalposts more toward immigrant rights. The back taxes thing is absurd–not only do most immigrants pay taxes, but they are ineligible for many services. Maybe the government should pay the immigrants for their wasted taxes. But in any case, the important thing is that something gets passed to give immigrants a path to citizenship.


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The Dorothy E Warner library has received $203,215 in grant money for the new building under construction in Milford.
The Dorothy E. Warner library has received $203,215 in grant money for the new building under construction in Milford.
The new $2.4 million library could open in late spring.
The grant will cover the lower level of the new base for the Pike County Public Library from engineering through completion, according to Rob Rohner, library board president.
Construction of the upper library should be done by the end of March, with inspections completed in early April. Once that is done, the board will order furniture, and the furniture company will deliver and set up the furniture, Rohner said.
The new grant money came from the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund, which has awarded more than $3.7 million to 15 public libraries.
The Pike library also announced this week a $10,000 donation from Thelma Flint, a member of the Friends of the Library. The money is earmarked for computer equipment and computer furniture.
Established in 1993, the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund supports improvements to Pennsylvania communities, including public libraries.
Through a competitive grant process, municipal applicants could qualify for up to $500,000 for a local library, which must be matched dollar-for-dollar.
The department received 28 applications, which were reviewed by a committee that evaluated priorities of the grant, including economically distressed communities, ADA compliance projects, energy efficiency, building additions and new construction.
Since the program's inception, more than $23.6 million in funding has been awarded to support 212 projects in 48 counties across the state.
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A full moon deprives people of sleep even when they are shielded from moonlight in a windowless lab, a new study suggests.
People snoozed less deeply within four nights of a full moon than during other parts of the lunar cycle, researchers report July 25 in Current Biology. The authors suggest that humans may have internal clocks that track the lunar cycle, much like circadian clocks that sync up with the rise and fall of the sun.
Christian Cajochen of the University of Basel in Switzerland and his colleagues reanalyzed sleep data they had collected over several years from 33 people who had each spent several days half-reclining in bed under constant dim light. Looking at only the second night of each participant's stay, the researchers found that around the full moon, participants took about five extra minutes to nod off, slept for about 20 minutes less each night and slept less deeply.
The team was surprised to uncover the lunar rhythm, and


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Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) September 16, 2013
On Tuesday morning, Sept. 17 (Constitution Day), Utah Governor Gary Herbert and Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell will join hundreds of school children, government employees, parents, teachers and citizen leaders in launching GettyReady. As a statewide civic education program, GettyReady is a non-profit coalition designed to encourage all of Utah to "learn and live" President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and celebrate its 150th Anniversary. The GettyReady launch will commence in Richfield, Utah, where Governor Herbert and Lieutenant Governor Bell will join the students of Red Hills Middle School at noon to introduce the program. At the same time, students from five campuses of the American Preparatory Academy charter school will gather on the steps of the capitol in Salt Lake City, where first grade students will recite The Gettysburg Address, which they memorized in Kindergarten last year.
The events will be followed by a series of activities organized by GettyReady throughout the coming year to celebrate American democracy and the 150th anniversary of the iconic speech on Nov. 19. GettyReady's mission is to share President Lincoln's historic message, encourage all Utahans to memorize the 272-word speech, understand its value in today's society and live by its lessons.
"In 1863, Abraham Lincoln stood amidst Gettysburg's honored dead and enlisted all Americans in the struggle to ensure a 'new birth of freedom,'" said Governor Herbert. "Today, seven score and ten years later, it is incumbent on every Utahan to answer that call and enlist in the struggle to ensure that the 'government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.'"
GettyReady founders John Adams (Managing Director of Salt Lake law firm Ray Quinney & Nebeker), Michael Dunn (Chief Marketing Officer of Surefoot in Park City), and Derek Marquis (Managing Director of BYU Broadcasting in Provo), were inspired to create the Utah venture after viewing a PBS pre-screening of filmmaker Ken Burns' upcoming PBS documentary The Address, about the powerful impact that memorizing, reciting and studying the Gettysburg Address has had on students at a Vermont school for learning disabled boys. A Public Service Announcement with Ken Burns about the GettyReady launch can be viewed at gettyready.org beginning September 17th.
"The youth chronicled in The Address and their powerful learning experiences inspired our organic, grassroots initiative to celebrate the strength of our democratic nation through the words and teachings of the Gettysburg Address," said Adams. "One of the most famous passages in Lincoln's speech addresses the 'unfinished work' of honoring those who sacrificed for our country. As we continue to strive for national unity and watch as other countries struggle to form fledgling democracies, Lincoln's message stands the test of time and continues to teach us that the issues we face today can also be solved with effective communication and respect. Civility and courage have long survived the 150 years since Gettysburg, and will carry our young people into their own time of leadership."
The GettyReady initiative includes a web site (gettyready.org) with classroom curriculums, teacher support materials and a social platform to serve as a repository for people to share their experiences with the project. The site, created by the Utah Education Network, will address what individual citizens can do to make a difference in their family, neighborhood, city and state.
"The Gettysburg Address deserves recognition as a seminal American text, and our schools and communities will be enriched by a lively, interactive celebration of its anniversary," said Lane Beattie (GettyReady Advisory Board member and President and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce). "In 1863, when Lincoln spoke to dedicate a national cemetery to honor the sacrifices of fallen Civil War soldiers, slavery and hatred still existed. In 1963, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke on the steps of Lincoln's Memorial, the American Civil Rights movement was in full swing. Now, in 2013, it is time to examine what concerns us today about our collective freedom and how we can treat all people with equality and respect."
For more information on GettyReady, its curriculum and a timeline, visit gettyready.org.
About GettyReady
GettyReady is a cooperative effort of citizen and government organizations, including a signature partnership with the Utah Commission on Civic and Character Education, Utah State Office of Education, the Utah Education Network, the Utah State Bar, Utah Bar Commission & Bar Committee on Civic Education as well as Utah PTA/PTSA groups.


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Now that you have added a broker to the Administration Console, you can proceed to connect to it.
Click on the broker's name in the Administration Console window's navigation pane and choose Connect to Broker from the Actions menu.
Alternatively, you can right-click on the broker's name and choose Connect to Broker from the pop-up context menu. In either case, the Connect to Broker dialog box ( Figure 2–5) will appear.
Enter the user name and password with which to connect to the broker.
The dialog box initially displays the default user name, admin . In a real-world environment, you should establish secure user names and passwords as soon as possible (see User Authentication); for this exercise, simply use the default value.
The password associated with the default user name is also admin; type it into the Password field in the dialog box. This will connect you to the broker with administrative privileges.
Click OK to connect to the broker and dismiss the dialog box.
Once you have connected to the broker, you can use the commands on the Actions menu (or the context menu) to perform the following operations on a selected broker:
Pause Broker temporarily suspends the operation of a running broker.
Resume Broker resumes the operation of a paused broker.
Restart Broker reinitializes and restarts a broker.
Shut Down Broker terminates the operation of a broker.
Query/Update Broker displays or modifies a broker's configuration properties.
Disconnect from Broker terminates the connection between a broker and the Administration Console.


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Village Hotel in Coventry is perfect for guests seeking a complete city break or visiting exciting historical sites and breathtaking countryside. Local attractions include Shakespeare's Stratford upon Avon, Warwick Castle, and Coventry Cathedral. The NEC is just 9 miles away, accessible from the nearby Canley Train Station which stops outside the NEC.
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