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PARIS (AP) — Bye, New York! Ciao, Milan! And bonjour, Paris.
The world's largest traveling circus of fashion editors, models, buyers and journalists has descended on the French capital, clutching their metro maps and city guides, to cap fashion season for nine days of intensive ready-to-wear.
And this fall-winter 2013-14 is the biggest to date, with some 99 "on-calendar" shows that see the week almost tearing at the seams, starting earlier and finishing later than ever.
"There are 12 shows a day. Twenty-two different nationalities this season. With new top designers at work," says Didier Grumbach, president of the French Fashion Federation. "It's an impressive mix, an energy that sets Paris apart from what's going on elsewhere."
Tuesday — day one — saw collections dominated by three up-and-coming Belgian designers: Veronique Branquinho, Cedric Charlier and Anthony Vaccarello, who dressed actress Charlotte Gainsbourg at last Friday's Cesar film awards.
The similarities start and end with their nationalities; all three threw together strong but highly individual collections.
If Branquinho was elegance, Charlier was edgy architecture, and Vaccarello was retro sex-appeal.
In other shows of the day, Le Moine Tricote spiced up the bread-and-butter knitwear with woven fabric.
Wednesday's shows include Guy Laroche, Damir Doma and London's enfant terrible, Gareth Pugh.
The no-holds-barred sex appeal for Anthony Vaccarello is not for the faint-hearted.
The third Belgian designer to show on Paris fashion week's first day served up a black-and-white ode to the early '80s in a show that featured micro skirts, chainmail, a lot of skin and lashings of sensual leather.
Strong retro shoulders, asymmetrical, diagonally cut skirts, upturned lapels and cowl collars set the fashion time dial firmly back to the era of the New Romantics.
This was fused with the innate sexiness of his variations on the Little Black Dress.
The best look was a black kimono-style top, which billowed in great contrast to the tight, bright shiny black mini.
Subtle this was not, but then, subtle isn't glam-loving Vaccarello's thing.
It was the modern bohemian woman on parade.
Veronique Branquinho mixed and matched eclectic references, from wooden African bracelets to Obi-style dresses with belts.
The soundtrack included Marilyn Monroe's sultry "One Silver Dollar" from the Western "River of No Return," which played as cowboy boots and denim studs peppered the looks.
Stetson cowboy hats in Shetland went too far, but overall it was a strong collection for the up-and-coming designer — reined in only by its feminine silhouette proportions and textural contrasts that unified the show.
The graceful, slouchy style, now a Branquinho signature, was seen on several of the dropped waist looks, often in beige and fawn.
Fall-winter sees bright-eyed designer Alice Lemoine brimming with ideas.
First of all, in the unique presentation of her Le Moine Tricote collection via three different mediums in three different rooms: there were edgy photos, vintage-looking video projections, and the clothes themselves on mannequins.
Second of all, there were new ideas in the direction of the up-and-comer's knitwear line itself, which saw the repertoire this season spun out to include stricter woven fabrics. They provided a subtle but welcome contrast to the more feminine thick-knit tailored jackets in black, beige and gray.
The strongest piece in the show was a fantastic black mid-length coat dress that had pockets, a lapel and sleeves in billowing wool to imitate fur.
Despite sporty flashes, the collection overall remained thoroughly feminine, thanks to the natural roundness of the thick-knit silhouettes.
This season, ladylike is the name of the game.
Architecture, "art brut" and Dutch Master Brueghel were all inspirations behind Cedric Charlier's diverse show.
The first pieces, among the collection's best, mixed up sharp geometric paneling alongside oversize coats with fluid, rounded shoulders.
Ensembles were made up of several layers, like square navy skirts on top of knee-length leggings with a rectangular bib form hanging down.
There were also some great structured sheaths in silky navy and black leather.
It's a far cry from the more fluid looks seen in Charlier's last collection.
The designer said medieval painter Brueghel inspired the bright colors of some of the prints and patterns, as did an early 20th century movement called "art brut" that celebrated art from shunned circles, like mental asylums.
It was an interesting idea that worked on the more simple silhouettes.
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The Kata are the heart and sole of Uechi Ryu. We really have nothing else to go on to learn what Uechi Ryu is.
Kata should never be done simply to get them done and they should never be done in a superficial manner.
Kata are indeed a tool but they are more than that because they are the map, the guidance, the navigational system to our style.
Indeed we may need to study before we can read the map. We may need help interpreting it.
But Uechi Ryu Kata are Uechi Ryu.
So to learn Uechi Ryu we must base that learning in our Kata.
Engage and engage with total intent!!!
Do you think kata had something to do with the fact that most of the peasants were illiterate?
Then again, i think its cool rick, how you come up with countless new techniques through the kata, which makes it far better then just reading in a book, since i could do the same one day.
But that said, do you think that the kata was made for being open to inerpretation and innovation or was originally made because no one could read?


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The joy of eating green: Ten things you should know about saving money and eating healthier
You're famished. The potato chips look good. The glazed doughnuts look even better. And that chocolate candy bar? To die for.
Bring 'em on!
No, wait a minute. Let's get real, let's get green and let's get healthy. And let's save some money.
Nutritionist Amy Block Joy, Cooperative Extension specialist emeritus, teaches a University of California, Davis, freshman class on "Eating Green" and we asked her for the 10 best ways to save money and eat healthier.
Joy, who holds a doctorate in nutritional sciences from UC Berkeley, specializes in nutrition and health disparities of diverse populations and nutritional ecology, as well as workplace ethics.
Her advice needs to be posted on every refrigerator in the country. (Along with that shopping list!)
- Shop with a list: Using a list will keep you focused on meal planning and reduce the temptation to buy unneeded items.
- Don't shop when you're hungry: Temptation is high when you're hungry. Eat first and you'll be less inclined to spend extra dollars on those food items placed near the check-out stand that are high in calories and fat and low in nutrition. That would be snacks! Try shopping after a meal and you will find yourself less tempted by those chocolate-covered pretzels!
- Read the nutrition facts label: When shopping for the healthiest foods, you should read the nutrition fact labels to check out fat, calories, fiber, carbohydrates and sodium. Aim for low-fat, high-fiber foods that have essential vitamins and minerals. For example, if you want the best source of fiber - buy fresh oranges and eat them raw rather than selecting orange juice. However, if you want juice, be sure that you are getting real juice. And, some juices are now fortified with calcium - a big plus for increasing your calcium intake if you are not drinking milk.
- Read the ingredient lists: The ingredient list will provide important clues on products that you'll want to include in your diet. One of them is to look for whole grains. The information on the product may make you think the product is "natural" but what does that really mean? Not much because the phrase you want to look for is the "USDA organic" label. With so many choices of breads these days, you'll want to find ones that have whole grains and fiber. Find the information by reading the label (compare fiber amounts) and ingredients (look for "whole" grains).
- Compare prices: Supermarkets provide price-comparison information located by their products. You can compare the "unit" costs so that you'll be able to determine the lowest cost of the product. Two words of caution: products "on sale" may not be the best bargains.
- Shop the perimeter of the store: Marketing experts have placed the healthiest foods at the farthest corners of the store so that the shopper has to stroll through the other items before finding fruits and vegetables, protein sources (poultry, meats), dairy products and cereal products.
- Think protein: Buy meat and poultry on sale and use these foods to make stews, soups and chili. This way you can stretch these more expensive food sources. Beans are a great source of protein and are low fat and high in fiber.
- Plan meals ahead: The best way to save money is to plan your meals in advance. Buying unprocessed foods will improve your health and also save money. It costs to add preservatives, food additives and packaging of products that you, the consumer, are paying for. It's much cheaper to buy rice in bulk rather than already prepared rice products. Brown rice contains more fiber than white rice.
- Cook! Your grandmother was right. Food prepared from scratch will taste better, be healthier and save money. Research has shown that cooking not only saves money but improves nutrition.
- Enjoy! Food is meant to be a pleasant happy experience. Don't forget to enjoy it!
So, the next time you're racing out the door on your way to the supermarket, be sure to eat first so you're not tempted by foods that you know aren't good for you.
And that shopping list? You can also key that in on your cell phone so neither the list, nor your phone, will get left behind.
Meanwhile, we all ought to follow Amy Block Joy's great advice on saving money, eating green, and being healthier.
As I wrote on one of my college essays, "We have a choice in the matter and it matters that we have a choice."
The produce aisle is a good place to "go green and eat healthier." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Grocery stores usually place fruits and vegetables around the perimeter. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Broccoli--a food everyone should love. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cultivating California
In the late 1800s, University of California researchers discovered how to remove salts from the soils of the Central Valley, turning it into one of the most productive agricultural regions.
UC researchers continue to play a key role in agriculture today, keeping California the nation's leading agricultural state, from dairies in Tulare to nut farms in Newberry Springs.
A new brochure highlights the breadth of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' impact. UC guidelines have helped farmers boost broccoli production. UC scientists have developed sweet-tasting citrus and strawberries to meet consumer demands. UC certifies more than 95 percent of wine grapevines grown in the state, providing a reliable supply of high-quality vines for California's multibillion-dollar wine industry. Whether it's managing invasive pests, promoting nutrition or sustaining small farmers, ANR serves California's communities with a focus on advising, educating and searching for solutions.
For more information, read the Cultivating California brochure.
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Survey identifies 19 produce candidates for a farm-to-WIC program
A new federal voucher that gives low-income women access to a range of fruits and vegetables could provide unique new marketing opportunities for California growers.
In 2009, the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) began distributing monthly cash vouchers to low-income women with children to buy fruits and vegetables. The program reaches almost half of the infants and one-quarter of children under 5 years old in the United States.
A team of UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) researchers and nutrition advisors has been exploring the possibility of developing a farm-to-WIC program that would link these low-income consumers with local growers. The purpose of such a program would be to increase the consumption of a wide variety of fresh produce, with a focus on locally grown produce when available.
UCCE conducted a survey of produce preferences and buying habits among WIC participants in Tulare, Alameda and Riverside counties in 2010. The full study is published in the January-March 2012 issue of California Agriculture journal.
Based on the results, the UCCE team developed a list of 19 produce items to promote in a possible new farm-to-WIC program. They are:
Although mustard greens and collards were not popular across all sites, the advisors gauged a potential market in Alameda County, so these were retained. Based on write-in responses, oranges were also added.
In California, which has the nation's largest WIC program, 82 local agencies serve about 1.43 million participants at 623 local centers, and WIC participants can redeem their monthly vouchers at 4,000 grocery stores statewide. About 40 percent shop at WIC-only stores, which stock and sell only WIC-authorized foods.
Stocking produce is relatively new to WIC-only stores; before rollout of new WIC food packages in October 2009, these stores were only required to stock limited amounts of fresh carrots. In the survey, most WIC participants (58 percent to 72.3 percent) responded that their preferred stores offered many choices, but fewer participants (18.5 percent to 41 percent) rated the produce quality as "excellent." Key factors determining purchase decisions were produce quality and freshness, and nutrient value (vitamins and minerals). Cost was relatively less important, possibly because WIC participants procure the produce with the vouchers.
The list has served as a starting point for discussions with growers and WIC vendors.
"The survey showed that WIC participants were interested in purchasing fresh produce with better quality and more variety," wrote lead author Lucia L. Kaiser, Cooperative Extension specialist in the UC Davis Department of Nutrition, and co-authors, in California Agriculture. "Some WIC participants that we surveyed said they avoided shopping at WIC-only stores in part because these interests were not met."
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Cruciferous vegetables help fight cancer
The role fresh vegetables play in maintaining good health is no secret. But, according to a University of California scientist, eating from a particular group of vegetables can help protect the body from lethal illnesses like cancer.
These extraordinary vegetables are in the cruciferous family - including broccoli, kale, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.
UC Berkeley toxicology professor Len Bjeldanes says cruciferous vegetables are good sources of the natural chemical compound diindolilmentano, or DIM. DIM suppressed harmful cells in studies with rats and Bjeldanes believes it can have the same effect in combating cancer in humans.
"We were really surprised to see that we've got about an 80 percent reduction in the amount of virus that could proliferate in those animals when we gave them the combination with DIM," said Bjeldanes, who is conducting the experiments with colleague Gary Firestone, a molecular biologist. "This is really a very strong indication that this is helping the body deal with these immune insults, like in this case a virus."
Bjeldanes said prostate cancer is sensitive to androgen, a male hormone.
"This makes our finding that cruciferous plants contain an anti-androgen important," he said. "DIM is the first example of a naturally occurring anti-androgen from plants that we know of. So this is quite remarkable."
DIM may also play a role in suppressing breast cancer.
"We had been studying for some time the effects of the vegetables on mammary and breast cancer and there's a fair amount of information that says indeed, they are in fact protective of mammary and breast cancer," he said.
The scientists will next determine whether protective effects of DIM found in experiments with rats will manifest themselves in human studies.
Bejeldanes cautions that eating cruciferous vegetables is not a miracle cure for cancer. But he encourages people to include vegetables rich in DIM in their diets. The vegetables will give a boost to the body's immune system, enabling it to defend against all manner of illnesses.
"These are chemicals that are important in activating the immune response and help the body fight the bad guys, like bacteria or viruses," he said.
To get the most immune-boosting compounds from broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, nutrition experts suggest eating them raw, in salads, or lightly steamed. Boiling the vegetables destroys more than half the nutrients.
(Original article by Alberto Hauffen. Adapted to English by Jeannette Warnert.)
Romanesco cauliflower is one of the more unusual cruciferous vegetables.
Love those greens
Remember when George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, declared he didn't like broccoli and declined to eat it?
"I do not like broccoli," said Bush, who served as President from 1989 to 1993. "And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."
Well, all the broccoli-haters out there need to come up with some different anti-broccoli strategies.
Mom was right all along. Broccoli, Brussels sprouts and other cruciferous vegetables in the Brassica family (such as kale, cabbage and collard greens) are good for you.
Especially broccoli and Brussels sprouts, which have anticancer effects and other health benefits, researchers say.
Researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute have discovered that a substance in broccoli and Brussels sprouts can block the proliferation of cancer cells.
The substance is indole-3-carbinol (I3C).
In research published June 29 in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, the scientists said they discovered a connection between I3C and a molecule called Cdc25A, essential for cell division and proliferation. The research showed that I3C "causes the destruction of that molecule and thereby blocks the growth of breast cancer cells."
Cdc25A, they said, occurs at abnormally high levels in cancers of the breast, prostate, liver, esophagus, endometrium and colon, and in non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and in other diseases such as Alzheimer's.
"I3C can have striking effects on cancer cells," said study leader Xianghong Zou, assistant professor of pathology at The Ohio State University Medical Center. A better understanding of this mechanism, he said, "may lead to the use of this dietary supplement as an effective and safe strategy for treating a variety of cancers and other human diseases associated with the overexpression of Cdc25A." (See online news story.)
Grocery stores and farmers' markets need to stock more broccoli and Brussels sprouts this week.
So, how do you prepare these greens? Here are the traditional ways, ala the Betty Crocker cookbook:
Broccoli: For a pound and a half: Remove large leaves and ends of tough stalks. If thick, gash stem several times. Boil 10 to 15 minutes. Serve buttered, with salt and pepper. Vary with oregano and lemon juice, Hollandaise sauce, or grated cheese.
Brussel Sprouts: For a pound and a half: Remove discolored leaves and stem ends. Leave whole. Boil 8 to10 minutes. Serve buttered, with salt and pepper. Vary with garlic salt, basil, dill, caraway, savory or cumin.
The cookbook, Country Cooking…California Style, published by the California Farm Bureau Women, includes several recipes for broccoli and one for Brussels sprouts. After all, California grows more of these two vegetables than any other state in the country.
Here are two Country Cooking recipes:
Walnut Broccoli
3 heads broccoli, chopped
1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons flour
1-1/2 teaspoons powdered chicken stock base
2 cups milk
2/3 cup water
6 tablespoons butter
2/3 package seasoned stuffing
2/3 cup walnuts, chopped
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cook broccoli just under tender. Drain and put in flat 2-quart casserole. Melt 1/2 cup butter, blend in flour and cook gently over low heat. Add chicken stock base. Gradually add milk, cooking until smooth and thick; pour over broccoli. Heat water and 6 tablespoons butter until melted. Pour over stuffing mix and toss; add nuts. Top broccoli with stuffing. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. The amount of water used with stuffing mix may have to be adjusted to make a moist combination. Serves 12.
Coastal Brussels Sprouts Piquant
3 cups Brussels sprouts
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup water
2 teaspoons horseradish
2 tablespoons grated onion
1/2 cup bread crumbs
Preheat over to 375 degrees. Cook sprouts in rapidly boiling water until barely tender. Drain and transfer to shallow casserole. Combine mayonnaise, water, horseradish and onion. Pour over sprouts. Top with bread crumbs. Bake 20 minutes. Serves four.
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The airlines are a weird industry in a lot of ways. One of them is in the area of competition. If you pay any attention to the advertising or the talking heads on TV, you would think that the airlines are hyper-competitive in every respect, such as price, frequent flyer programs, providing the worst service for the most money. And they are. Sort of.
The exception is when it comes to what they actually do: the flying, and specifically, the pilots. That isn't to say that pilots are not a competitive bunch. We are. But when it comes to flying, safety is involved, and we don't mess around with that. If you ever need proof, just spend a few minutes listening to air traffic control in a busy sector when the weather is bad (log on to LiveATC.net when the Northeast is getting hammered, and listen to chaos). Pilots will readily pass along pilot reports about the rides, turbulence, breaks in a line, or wind shear on final.
There are areas in which pilots will look for bragging rights, and in many cases, it's obvious who the bragging rights belong to. Once you are in the industry, you become immersed in the details of what makes one company better or worse to work for than another, and you begin to understand some of what the public doesn't. Airline work rules, pay, schedules, domiciles, commuting—even the vagaries of the chief pilots and what they like to enforce—take on a different meaning once you have begun the lifestyle. Figuring out who gets paid more is easy, but figuring out which work rules are better isn't always as obvious. But in the end, it becomes pretty clear pretty soon which airlines are run well and are a joy to work for versus those that are looked down upon.
But when it comes to the two guys in the front actually doing their job during the course of a flight or a day, there isn't really any competition. Part of that is because the airlines operate their flights in much the same manner. But more importantly, nobody is going to deliberately compromise the safety of another. When a line of thunderstorms exists that runs from Canada to Mexico, everyone tries to help each other find the best place to jump the line. There is no thought of, "Well, let's trick these guys into going into a Level 6!" It simply doesn't happen. Instead, the updates are a live feed of what's a good idea and what isn't.
The best example I can think of is bad weather over a major hub, especially at night. If holding is in effect or if delays are piling up, pilots usually want two pieces of information. First, in rain, they want to know what kind of wind shear or convective activity to expect. Second, in snow, they want to know what the braking action is. And sometimes, it just takes one flight to voice that funny gut feeling that others already have. "We're going to divert for fuel/weather," is one call that usually triggers a chain reaction. Once one crew makes it, everyone seems to like the idea. But with wind shear or snowy or icy runways, the pireps become a lifeline of critical information.
When it comes to safety, cooperation trumps competition…every time.—By Chip Wright


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Provide department's Mission Statement (if extant) and a statement of the department's overall goals and objectives. B. Briefly describe the academic programs housed in the department and any interdisciplinary programs to which the department is a major contributor. If one or more of the department's academic programs have goals and objectives not listed above, include them here. II. Curriculum A. Describe whether the department's academic program(s) is/are typical of your discipline(s), and if they are distinctive in some ways. B. Briefly summarize how the curriculum and instruction of your department reflects the contemporary emphases and trends of your discipline(s). C. State the minimum total (including general education, major, and minor) number of credits required to earn the baccalaureate degree(s) in your academic program(s), providing justification if the minimum total exceeds 120 credits. Explain any significant difference between the minimum total number of credits stated and the credits at time of graduation reported in Table 1 of the Unit Data Sheet. APR Self Study Guidelines – UW-L 1 III. Assessment of Student Learning & Degree of Program Success 1. State the student learning outcomes for the department. If applicable, state separate learning outcomes for any additional academic programs or graduate programs housed in the department. (Student learning outcomes are best stated in the form of the subject matter, cognitive development, and skills the students will demonstrate upon completion of the program (e.g., "Upon completion of the program, students will be able to …"). a. Department's may choose to provide a table or matrix to demonstrate how individual courses relate to these student learning outcomes. 2. Provide assessment data collected during the review period used to determine the level of success in the program for students' achieving the desired outcomes. 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text: Dr John Round In 'People' Academic staffHonorary staffDoctoral researchers Back to 'School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences' School of Geography, Earth and Environmental SciencesSenior Lecturer in Human Geography Contact details Telephone+44 (0)121 41 45530Fax+44 (0)121 41 email@example.com View my research portal AddressSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK John Round is a socio-economic geographer whose main research interest is concerned with how people/households develop tactics to cope with marginality in all its forms. His PhD examined how senior citizens survive in the Russian far north east city of Magadan in the face of extreme economic marginalization and hostile climatic conditions. After this he researched the experiences of middle aged men in St Petersburg in relation to changing notions of work in the early post-Soviet period. From this he developed an interested in informal economic practices as a coping tactic to economic exclusion and this led to a large scale project, funded by the ESRC, exploring the nature and role of the informal economy in Moscow and Kyiv concluding that informality is an integral part of the post-Soviet everyday. John's research is influenced by the work of Lefebvre in relation to (non)theories of the everyday and state/society relationships and de Certeau with regard to the construction, and difference between, the strategies and tactics of everyday life. He is currently working on a major long-term project, supported by the Open Society Foundation, to explore the everyday experiences of labour migrants in Moscow and Kazan from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. This project, undertaken alongside Dr Irina Kuznetsova from Kazan Federal University and Professor Sergei Sergei Ryazantsev, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, examines the problems labour migrants face in Russia and the impact of migration on those remaining at 'home'. It is particularly interested in how migrants access social welfare, such as health services; the precarious nature of their employment; problems with registration and housing and interactions with the state. He is currently spending most of his time at the National Research University, Higher School of Economics in Moscow, where he is part of the Faculty of Sociology and the Centre of Advanced Studies. He recently completed a five month fellowship at the University of Hokkaido and will be undertaking a fellowship in 2014 at the University of Helsinki. Qualifications PhD Geography 'The Social Costs of Transition. A Case Study of Magadan Oblast' (University of Birmingham, Geography) 2003 MSc World Space Economy (University of Birmingham, Geography) 1998 BA Geography (University of Liverpool) 1995 Biography John joined the school in 2007 as a Lecturer in Human Geography and became a Senior Lecturer in 2010. Since 2011 he has spent most of his time as an Associate Professor at the National Research University, Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He has also spent five months at the University of Hokkaido as a senior visiting research fellow during 2012 and will undertake a similar position at the University of Helsinki during 2014. Previous to moving to the University of Birmingham he held a similar post, and an ESRC postdoctoral fellowship, at the University of Leicester. Prior to this he completed a PhD in 2003 entitled 'The social costs of Transition: A case study of Magadan Oblast', in the University of Birmingham's School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. This followed an MSc in Human Geography in 1998, from the same school, and a BA in Human Geography from the University of Liverpool in 1995. Teaching While currently spending most of his time in Moscow John contributes to the following modules in GEES; Berlin Field Trip GM333 Post-Socialist Transformation: Moscow GM406 Critical Globalisations Postgraduate supervision John has contributed to the supervision of the following students; Rebecca Morris (2009) 'Bloody geographies: relating, connecting, giving and caring in blood. Donation and transfusion' Paul Richardson (2010) The Southern Kuril Islands and their Role in Defining and Contesting Contemporary Russian Identity Katsiaryna Padvalkava (2012) 'The challenges of retirement in Belarus' Arshad Isakjee (2013) 'Under The Microscope: Identity, Politics and Governance of Young Muslims in Birmingham' Darren Roberts (completing revisions, 2013) 'Analysing the reciprocal relationships between music, place, and power: an examination of local music practices in Birmingham, UK' Current PhD students Thom Davies (to be submitted 2013) 'Social Fallout: marginalized communities and state-society relations in post-Chernobyl Ukraine' Olga Verbilovich (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) 'The construction of disability in Russia' Ivan Klimov (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) 'The experience of higher education in Russia' Research My main research areas are currently; 'The everyday experiences of Central Asian Migrants in Russia' (supported by the Open Society Foundation). This research looks at the everyday experiences of labour migrants from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan employ in Moscow and Kazan. This includes the formal/informal nature of their work, their exploitation by enterprises and the state and the entrepreneurial behavior that some migrants develop. It also looks at how migrants organize themselves through informal networks and more formal diaspora organizations in order to find work and to provide protection. Furthermore, it examines the role of remittances and the economic impact of the migration on the donor countries. 'Entrepreneurship in Russia: motivations, barriers and opportunities'. This project looks at the current experiences of entrepreneurs in Russia, looking at motivations for entrepreneurship, the challenges they face and their tactics to negate them, the benefits of such economic behavior and their future goals. Particular emphasis is given to such activities within the creative economy sphere and the creation of new economic spaces within Moscow. The research to date has shown that places within Moscow that appear to stimulate creative economic activity are exclusionary due to extremely high prices. Russia's high levels of informality (such as cash in hand work, corruption etc.) provides many challenges to entrepreneurs thus the project looks at how they provide barriers to enterprise growth and state attempts to combat the issue. The research also has a comparative regional element as it examines the above issues in Moscow, which was the lowest ranked city in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Survey in Russia, and Tatarstan which was one of the highest ranked regions. 'The nature of 'political' protest in Russia'. This research examines the nature of the current protests in Moscow, and why protests are not occurring in other Russian cities. It reveals that often the motivation for protest is concerned more with the urban and economic environment for those who could be classed as 'middle class' rather than broader notions of social justice. For example, there is frustration that they cannot buy property in Moscow due to the extremely high prices or they cannot set up their own enterprises due to the city's high levels of informality. This marginalisation from the urban in Moscow leads to great frustration as it is Russia's only city that can offer an international style lifestyle to this group The above projects are alongside my long running interest in the coping tactics of households in Russia. This explores the practices that people employ to cope with economic and social marginalisation; how they approach state/society interactions; the nature of corruption and rent-seeking in everyday life; access to health care and education and the nature of (non)protest in Russia. Other activities International Editor for The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Academic Lead for International Laboratory for Comparative Urban Studies: Kazan Federal University I am currently acting as an international expert on the 'Пересматривая социальную политику на постсоветском пространстве: идеологии, акторы и культуры' (Revision of Social Policy in Post-Soviet Space: ideologies, actors and cultures) seminar series run by the Saratov Centre for Social Policy and Gender Research, 2010 – 2013. The aim of this course is to support the teaching development of young Russian academics, especially in the context of research led teaching. Part of this role also includes running classes on publishing in English language journals. I am a member of the ESRC's peer review council. I also fulfil similar roles for the Russian Federal government's humanities research fund and for the Ministry of Science for the government of Kazakhstan. I am the International Academic Advisor for the EU Centre VOICES at Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. I am the academic lead for the CARUS (Central Asia to Russia migration) migration network which brings together Russian academics, policy makers and NGOs working on labour migration issues. Publications Books Williams, C., Round, J. and Rodgers, P. (2013) The role of informal economies in the post-Soviet world: the end of transition? Routledge, Oxford. Дж. Раунда и И.Б. Кузнецовой-Моренко (Под ред) (2013) Новые вызовы городского развития: глобальное и локальное. Коллективная монография. Под ред.. - Казань: Издательство Казанского университета. Prokrovsky, N. and Round, J. (Eds.) (2011) Virtualization of inter-university and academic communication: Methods, structure, communities, Higher School of Economics Publishing House, Moscow. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters Round, J. (2013) Transformações urbanas de Moscou: Em direção a uma cidade do mundo pós-soviético. In Veloso, S, Erthal Abdenur, A. and Esteves, P. (Eds.) As Cidades e os BRICS, Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas, Rio de Janeiro. Round, J. and Kuznetsova, I. (2013, forthcoming) Russia's move towards protest: why now and challenges for the future. Social Movement Studies. Kuznetsova, I. and Round, J. (2013, forthcoming) Communities and Social Work in Russia: The role of religious welfare provision in everyday life in Russia's Tatarstan region. International social work. Round, J. and Williams, C. (2012) Coping with the social costs of 'transition': everyday life in post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine. In White, S. and Moore, C. (Eds.). Post-Soviet Politics. Sage Publications, London. Williams, C., Nadin, S., Rodgers, P. and Round, J. (2012) Rethinking the nature of community economies: some lessons from post-Soviet Ukraine. Community Development journal47 (2): 216-231. Round, J. (2012) Russia's forgotten middle-aged men. In Salmenniemi, S. (Ed.) Rethinking Class in Russia. Ashgate, London. pp. 241 – 257. Williams, C., Round, J. and Rodgers, P. (2011) Explaining the normality of informal employment in Ukraine: A product of exit or exclusion? American Journal of Economics and Sociology. Williams, C. and Round J (2011) Beyond competing theories of the hidden economy: Some lessons from Moscow. Journal of Economic Studies 38(2): 171–185. Round, J., Williams, C. and Rodgers, P. (2010) The Role of Domestic Food Production in Everyday Life in post-Soviet Ukraine. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Vol. 100, No. 5, pp. 1197 – 1211. Раунд, Дж. Уильямс, K, and Роджерс, П. (2010) Повседневные тактики и пространства власти в повседневной жизни: роль неформальных экономик в постсоветской Украине и аспекты социальной политики. Журнал исследований социальной политики. Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 405 – 424. Williams, C. and Round, J. (2010) Explaining Participation in Undeclared Work. European Societies. Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 391 – 418. Round, J. and Williams, C. (2010) Coping with the social costs of 'transition': everyday life in post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine. European Urban and Regional Studies. Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 183 –196. Moran, D. and Round, J. (2010)"A Riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma": Teaching post-socialist transformation to UK students in Moscow.Journal of Geography in Higher Education. Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 265 – 282. Williams, C. and Round, J. (2010) 'Spatial variations in the character of off-the-books entrepreneurship: some lessons from a study of contrasting districts of Moscow'. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 287 – 300. Round, J. (2009) The boundaries between informal and formal work. Beyond Current Horizons: Work and Employment. Report written for Futurelab and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Available at http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/the-boundaries-between-informal-and-formal-work/ Williams, C. and Round, J. (2009) Explaining participation in off-the-books entrepreneurship in Ukraine: a gendered evaluation. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 497 – 513. Round, J. and Rodgers, P. (2009) 'The Problems of Corruption in Post-Soviet Ukraine's Higher Education Sector'. International Journal of Sociology, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 80 – 95. Williams, C., Round, J. and Rodgers, P. (2009) Evaluating the Motives of Informal Entrepreneurs: Some Lessons From Ukraine. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp 59 – 71. Round, J. (2009) Transitional economies. In Kitchin, R. and Thrift, N. (Eds.) International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography. Elsevier, Oxford. pp. 355 – 360. Williams, C. and Round, J. (2008) 'The Prevalence and Impacts of 'Envelope Wages' in East-Central Europe', Journal of East-West Business, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 299 – 323. Round, J., Williams, C and Rodgers, P. (2008) Everyday Tactics and Spaces of Power: the role of informal economies in post-Soviet Ukraine. Social and Cultural Geography, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 171 – 185. Round, J., Williams, C. and Rodgers, P. (2008) Corruption in the post-Soviet workplace: the experiences of recent graduates in post-Soviet Ukraine. Work, Employment and Society, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 149 – 166. Williams, C. Round. J. and Rodgers, P. (2008) Explaining the off-the-books enterprise culture of Ukraine. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. Williams, C. and Round, J. (2008) Gender variations in the nature of undeclared work: evidence from Ukraine. Sociological Research Online, Vol. 13, No. 4. <http://www.socresonline.org.uk/13/4/7.html> Round, J. (2008) 'Surviving the Gulag: the social and cultural legacies of Stalin's forced labour system'. In Boren, T. (Ed.) Kring Beringia: Expeditioner Och Folk. Svenska Sällskapet För Anthropologi Och Geografi (Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography), Stockholm. pp. 42 – 64. Round, J. (2008) The importance of place in everyday life in post-Soviet Russia. In Kay, R. (Ed.) Trans-National Issues, Local Concerns and Meanings of Post-Socialism: Insights from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and Beyond. University Press of America, Lanham. pp. 125 – 140. Round. J. (2008) The economic marginalisation of post-Soviet Russia's elderly population and the failure of state ageing policy. In Goodman, R and Harper, S. Ageing in Asia: Asia's Position in the New Global Demography. Routledge, Oxford. pp 68 – 84 (reprint of Oxford Development Studies article). Williams, C. and Round, J. (2008) A critical evaluation of romantic depictions of the informal economy. Review of Social Economy. Vol. 66, No. 5, pp 297 – 323. Rodgers, P., Round. J. And Williams, C. (2008) Workplace crime and the informal economy in Ukraine: employee and employer perspectives. International Journal of Social Economics. Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 666 – 678. Williams, C. and Round, J. (2008) Re-theorising the nature of informal employment: some lessons from Ukraine. International Sociology, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 367 – 388. Round. J. (2008) Demographic Transformations. In Daniels, P., M. Bradshaw., D. Shaw. and J. Sidaway (Eds.) An Introduction to Human Geography: Issues for the 21st Century. Prentice Hall, London.View all publications in research portal


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(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - U.S. heavyweights Asma Sharif (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE / +78kg) and Kirk Hoffmann (Colorado Springs , Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center / +100kg) each lost in the preliminary rounds of the first day of competition at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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3. Ivis Duenas (CUB)
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5. Melissa Mojica (PUR)
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Among FSI's 2014 advoacy priorities for 2014 is "improving" BDs' primary regulator, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority," said David Bellaire, FSI's executive vice president and general counsel, at the briefing. FSI not only wants to see "greater efficiency" in FINRA exams and in the arbitration process, but it wants to see the self-regulator use cost-benefit analysis in rulemaking.
"Our members are deeply frustrated on a variety of fronts; they feel the compliance burden is real and has consequences for their clients," added Brown.
"Later this year, FSI will publish a white paper proposing a number of improvements to FINRA's arbitration system," Bellaire said.
Added Brown: There needs to be "greater transparency in FINRA's finances and cost-benefit analysis."
FINRA CEO Richard Ketchum told lawmakers in a Jan. 6 letter that the self-regulator is now developing rule changes that would prohibit settlements conditioned on an investor's agreement not to oppose the expungement of brokers' black marks from FINRA's BrokerCheck.
Ketchum told Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, that "while the suggestion to include such conditions in exchange for additional compensation does not always originate with the brokerage firm or broker, this practice may interfere with arbitrators' ability to independently determine the appropriateness of expungement and make the requisite affirmative finding."
Other priorities include building relationships with members of Congress and other policymakers, Bellaire said. "Being an election year, members of Congress will be more open to meeting with our members."
Also on FSI's agenda will be to continue to expand its efforts and outreach to state legislatures and regulators, Bellaire said, as well as to ensure that the anticipated reproposal later this year of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule doesn't "limit investor access to advice."
FSI has been a staunch opponent of DOL's fiduciary rule, but Bellaire says that he believes DOL has been listening to FSI's concerns. "I don't think DOL has much choice in not listening to us" as members of Congress have the same concerns.
Two potential outcomes of a reproposal that would satisfy FSI, Bellaire said, would either be no proposal or "one that is very narrowly drawn."
Mike Mungenast, CEO and President of ProEquities Inc. and FSI's 2014 chairman, said at the media briefing that FSI "couldn't have gotten to where we are without the 37,000 advisor members," and that FSI would like to see that number reach 40,000 soon. "I'd like to see [FSI] deepen our engagement of advisors, get them more on board and engaged."
Indeed, FSI's "accelerated growth" in the past few years is "not by accident," Brown added, as FSI has a five-year strategy focused on resource growth and membership engagement.
In FSI's second decade, "we have strong momentum, but lots of challenges," Brown said. "Our members need change now, as the regulatory environment is challenging." FSI will work "for a lot of incremental change, small steps this year that will lay the foundation for coming years."
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It's here! Sort of… The paperback edition, published through Acumen (a subsidiary of Equinox), has produced the volume on their website for pre-order starting now! And what an attractive volume it is:
I'm quite happy with the relief of the Egyptian carpenter, making wondrous things in his shop, as an example of some of the motifs one may locate in the Jesus narratives; such a conceptual and engaging visual is perfect for our volume.
I am also thrilled to see the price significantly reduced! While the hardback fetched for $110, this volume in paperback is available at a list price of $33.00, with a reduced (discounted) price of only $26.00! Pre-order your copy today and spread the word!
UPDATE: Apparently the Acumen group has not yet set up the Amazon page so attempts to pre-order the volume may not work yet. Sometime in the next few weeks, the volume should be available. I'll update this page when it is available.
UPDATE #2: It's finally available for preorder now!
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During its May meeting, the Hope College Alumni Association Board of Directors elected its officers for 2010-11 and 2011-12, and appointed three new members.
Bob Bieri, a 1983 graduate from Holland who previously served as vice president, has been elected president. Lisa Bos, a 1997 graduate from Washington, D.C., has been elected vice president. Kat Campbell, a 1999 graduate from Greensboro, N.C., has been re-elected to a second two-year term as secretary.
The board's new members are: Andrea Converse, a Hope junior from Lowell, as Junior Class Representative; Tom Kyros, a 1989 graduate from Grand Rapids, as a West Michigan Representative; and Nancy Clair Otterstrom, a 1978 graduate from Bethel, Conn., as a Northeast Representative.
Colleen Leikert, a 2010 graduate from Ludington who was formerly Senior Class Representative, was appointed representative of the most recent graduating class. Senior Colton Wright of Tecumseh, formerly Junior Class Representative, was appointed Senior Class Representative. Mark Van Genderen, a 1990 graduate from Cedarburg, Wis., whose term as president concluded, will continue to serve on the board as immediate past-president.
The board members who have concluded their service to the board are: Nancy Bassman, a 1972 graduate from Scotch Plains, N.J.; Brett Kingma, a 2009 graduate from Grand Rapids; and Carol MacGregor, a 1960 graduate from Norcross, Ga.
° Andrea Converse is majoring in communication and management, and minoring in organizational leadership and music. She has been extensively involved in campus life, her activities including serving as a resident assistant, participating in Dance Marathon as a member of the leadership team and singing in the Chapel Choir. She has consistently been named to the college's dean's list, and was recently named to the Hope College Baker Scholars, an elite group of business students who plan a career in business or future graduate business studies. Her work experience includes positions at Hope, Windmill Island, Egypt Valley Country Club and St. Patrick Parish in Ada. Converse is the daughter of Gregory and Marsha Converse of Lowell. She is a 2008 graduate of Lowell High School.
° Tom Kyros is an attorney at Varnum LLP in downtown Grand Rapids. His practice focuses on the design and implementation of sophisticated estate plans, active and ongoing administration of trust accounts, estate taxation, charitable gift planning, and guardianship/conservatorship services. He also serves as a member of the firm's management committee. He is an active speaker on sophisticated estate planning topics, and has presented on numerous occasions for Michigan's Institute of Continuing Legal Education. His involvement in the community has included serving as president of the West Michigan Planned Giving Group, and as a member of the Spectrum Health Foundation and the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Foundation, in addition to participating in the college's Alumni Calling Program and attending Hope events. Kyros majored in economics at Hope, where his activities as a student included serving as president of Student Congress, the Pi Sigma Alpha political science honorary society, contributing to the "Inklings" editorial journal and participating in the London May Term. He earned his J.D. at Northwestern University School of Law. He and his wife, Sally (Conway), who is also a 1989 Hope graduate, have three children and live in East Grand Rapids.
° Nancy Clair Otterstrom is director of global grants and contracts administration for The International Rescue Committee, an organization that helps provide lifesaving care and assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. She was previously director of grants management for Save the Children and had also been an assistant marketing manager for Coca Cola USA. She has been an active volunteer on behalf of the college, participating in the Career Resource Network and helping secure interviews for Hope students considering careers in international development. She has also been active in attending and helping plan alumni events in the New York City area. Otterstrom majored in psychology at Hope, where her activities included the Chapel Choir. She and her husband, Peter, have a daughter, Ryan, who is a senior at Hope.


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Quote:Nightmares and Dreamscapes - Lisle Engle - re-recording mixer on all episodes except 2,4 and 8. This covers 3 child profiles for what that's worth.I also have her a re-recording mixer for Night Watch 024543237488, although I never touched that profile so I can't say it's right or wrong.She's not on my profile for Vanilla Sky either, but I also never audited taht myself so I can't say for sure.I did audit the entire Nightmares and Dreamscapes set, parent and children, so I know those are absolutely correct.
Quote:Well I think he's (it's a he, not a she ) credited as Sound Effects Editor in Vanilla Sky (at least according to IMDb.com). I will check soon!