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Charles Bernstein
Dr. Charles Bernstein, a graduate from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine, and the UCLA Division of Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program is Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Bingham Chair in Gastroenterology Research; and Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinical and Research Centre at the University of Manitoba. His main research interests are primarily related to IBD; in terms of optimizing management approaches; exploring predictors of clinical outcomes; and disease etiology.
Mingyan Cai
Prof. Mingyan Cai is a Surgical Endoscopist in Endoscopy Center, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University. She has MD and PhD degrees from Fudan University. She completed her General Surgery training in Shanghai, then finished specialist interventional endoscopy training under the direct mentoring of world-famous surgical endoscopist, Prof. Pinghong Zhou. Prof. Cai performs a wide range of advanced endoscopic procedures including ESD, EFTR, tunnel endoscopy (POEM, STER, etc), NOTES, EUS and ERCP.
Prof. Cai has been to Germany for clinical study training, Japan for magnifying endoscopy training and America for 3-month visiting professorship in University of Iowa tutoring POEM and ESD. Most recently, she finished Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program of Harvard University. She has published one monograph on ESD as the deputy editor and more than 20 papers in reputed journals. She's an international member of ASGE and an active member of WIGNAP (women in GI Network Asia-Pacific).
Ann Framp
Dr Ann Framp is the Clinical Program Coordinator for the Bachelor of Nursing Science at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Ann worked at Tauranga Public Hospital in the endoscopy unit for a period of 8 years and during this time, she was the President of the NZNO Gastroenterology Nurses Section. Ann has been teaching undergraduate nursing in the tertiary sector for 12 years. She completed her PhD in 2017. Her research is focused on the experience of a New Zealand Maori family who are predisposed to hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.
David Hewett
David G. Hewett is an Associate Professor at The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, and gastroenterologist at Brisbane Colonoscopy in Brisbane, Australia.
After graduating with honours from the University of Queensland, he undertook clinical and research training at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, before completing a post-doctoral fellowship with Professor Douglas Rex at Indiana University, USA where he developed advanced skills in the technical performance of colonoscopy.
Associate Professor Hewett's clinical interests include colorectal cancer screening and the technical performance of colonoscopy, including detection, advanced imaging and resection, and endoscopic training. His research focuses on improving the effectiveness of colonoscopy, and he has published widely on new colonoscopic techniques, technologies and methods of training.
Di JonesDi Jones is currently Nurse Unit Manager of the Endoscopy Unit at Logan Hospital in Queensland.
Di has 43 years experience in gastroenterological nursing as a clinician, researcher, educator and manager. Di has had extensive involvement in the Gastroenterological Nurses College of Australia (GENCA) and is a lifetime member of that organisation.
She also served as the President of the Society of International Gastroenterology Nurses and Endoscopy Associates (SIGNEA). Di is a co-author of "Infection Control in Endoscopy" and "Standards for Endoscopic Facilities" and was a member of the working party that developed the web-based course in endoscope reprocessing.
She is one of the GESA/GENCA infection control committee working party currently updating the infection control guidelines. Since 2011, Di has been involved with the ANZGITA training programs and is a current board member. Di was awarded the OAM in 2012 for services to nursing.
Simone Strasser
Associate Professor Simone Strasser is President of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia.
Nicholas Talley
Laureate Professor Nicholas Talley is a distinguished researcher, educator, clinician, academic leader and an international authority in the field of neurogastroenterology.
Jeremy Woodward
Jeremy Woodward was appointed as consultant gastroenterologist in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge in 2002. A PhD in cellular immunology combined with his interest in nutrition led to a career that includes the UK national intestinal and multivisceral transplant service in Cambridge and the recent establishment of Addenbrooke's as one of the two UK centres for refractory Coeliac Disease.
Lydia White
Lydia has specialised in IBD nursing for 12 years, initially in Oxford, where she worked as Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner in IBD. While there she completed her MSc and UK independent prescriber qualifications through Kings College, London and Oxford Brookes University.


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Keeping It Simple
This story appears in the August 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Michelle Boggs knows complexity. The co-founder and president of McKinley Marketing Partners Inc. has overseen the Alexandria, Virginia, marketing temp agency's growth from $800,000 to $12 million in sales in five years as it opened offices from coast to coast. She loves tackling problems, such as designing an in-house information system to track projects and billing. But sometimes even Boggs admits complexity can be too much.
"In a recent meeting we were discussing solutions to an issue, and we were going in five different directions as we brainstormed some ideas," says Boggs, 41. "They were all great, but they were all complicated. My comment was, 'Hey, guys, we need to keep this simple.' "
Bill Jensen agrees. The Morristown, New Jersey, consultant contends that companies need to drastically simplify the way they do things. "Simplicity begets innovation, creativity and speed," says Jensen, who has preached his gospel of simplicity to executives at such companies as Monsanto, Ford Motor Credit and Bank of America. Simplicity makes it easier to spot what's important in the stream of information assaulting all businesses today, he says. "The easier it is to figure out what's important," he adds, "the faster you get it done and the higher your quality is."
Mark Henricks is an Austin, Texas, writer who specializes in business topics and has written for Entrepreneur for 10 years.
Understanding Simplicity
Although complaints and musings about life's complications have been around since time began, the modern trend toward simplicity probably began no more than six years ago. That was when veteran entrepreneur Elaine St. James published a book called Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things That Really Matter (Hyperion). After appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show as an expert on simplification, St. James, of Santa Barbara, California, found enough interest in her ideas about cutting back on nonessentials that she has since written three more books. Her fifth book, Simplify Your Life At Work (Hyperion), is due out next January.
People know their lives and businesses are too complex, says St. James, pointing to the steady annual sales of 2.5 million copies that her books continue to rack up. "There are a lot of people out there who would really like to simplify their work lives, but they just don't know how to begin," she suggests. "One of the best ways for entrepreneurs to simplify their companies and lives is to engage in work that they truly enjoy and have a clear idea of what their priorities are."
|Trying to juggle duties at work and home? Read "Yin And Yang" to help you get your life in order.
Entrepreneurs may know more about simplification than they think, however, notes Jensen. "Every single company out there is already practicing it," he says. "The problem is, they're practicing it with their customers and not their work force. When we design a Web site, we think long and hard about what's linking to what and how the information flows. But we're not very disciplined about thinking about the needs of workers."
Jensen bases his concepts about simplicity on a seven-year study of attitudes and practices in nearly 500 companies. The research involved thousands of interviews with owners, managers and employees of those companies. Jensen says the thing that struck him about all the conversations was how committed most people were to doing a better job, and how much the overly complex management styles of most managers were keeping them from doing it. "I'm blown away by the possibilities of what the work force could do," he adds, "if we were just more disciplined about how we use our time and attention."
The Key To Simplification
The key to simplification is being clear about what you want and need from a situation, as opposed to trying to comprehend everything about a situation. When you focus your attention on the totality of information and options available, things get too complicated, Jensen says. If you instead clarify what you need to make a decision-or what workers need to do their jobs-then you reduce complexity, he says.
"We need to start asking more questions about clarity, about making sense and about understanding, and less about access to information," says Jensen. He presents five questions entrepreneurs can use to help simplify a decision, or help an employee simplify his or her job. Ask: How is this relevant to what I do? What, specifically, should I do? How will I be measured, and what are the consequences? What tools and support are available to me? What's in it for me and us? Answers, Jensen says, will help entrepreneurs cut through clutter to find the simpler subset of what's important. You can also use these questions to simplify tasks such as sorting through and deciding exactly what to answer in your in-boxes packed with e-mail, he says.
Jensen suggests you remember the five questions by tying them to the acronym CLEAR. The C stands for how something is connected to you. The L stands for a list of steps to take. The E stands for expectations of what success will look like. The A stands for ability, and reminds you to ask what tools and support are needed. Finally, the R stands for the return that will be given back in the form of money, recognition or some other kind of coin to the person, company or team.
If that's too complicated, then just try thinking about what you want and cutting out the rest, St. James advises. "The first step is to really be clear about what your business is and what your main focus is, and say no to as much else as you can," she says. "That way you'll be able to focus on the end product or service and make sure that the people that you have working for you have the same focus."
|Don't leave your employees on the outside looking in. Learn how to clue them in on your business decisions by reading "Give It Away."
Know Your Limits
Being simple isn't the same as being slow. "This is not 'Keep it simple, stupid,' " Jensen says. Simplifiers have to be careful not to appear condescending to employees. Instead, they need to keep the focus on trying to understand exactly what workers need, and how to provide it.
Not every worker needs you to simplify, Jensen cautions. "If you have a team of people who thrive on complexity, then you'd be overmanaging, investing in stuff they don't need," he says.
And, perhaps surprisingly, an investment in simplicity can be significant. "To create a simpler company is a major change effort," says Jensen. "Just like Six Sigma [see "Cutting Edge," May 1999] and everything else." Jensen estimates it would take two years and considerable training to completely simplify a company. "It involves designing structures, processes and tools that focus on the needs of the people actually doing the work, not just customers and the company."
However, he adds, an entrepreneur can get plenty of benefit by doing no more than simplifying his or her personal approach to business. And whether you practice it personally or roll it out companywide, net costs will be zero or less. "What we're doing is saving time," he says. "It costs zero time and zero dollars when you change how people use time."
The trend toward simplicity is growing, says St. James. She points to ad campaigns from companies such as Honda, Samsung and MCI Worldcom that stress the simplifying aspects of their products.
At this point, however, Jensen sees few companies actively simplifying the way they work with their own employees. "For the most part," he says, "it's not even on the radar screen."
Contact Sources
- The Jensen Group, (973) 539-5070, firstname.lastname@example.com
- McKinley Marketing Partners Inc., www.mckinleyinc.com.

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Neonatal abstinence syndrome is what happens when babies are exposed to drugs in the womb before birth. Babies can then go through drug withdrawal after birth.
Almost every drug and medicine passes from the mother's bloodstream through the placenta to her unborn baby. If the mother uses street drugs, it can also cause the unborn baby to become addicted. At birth, the baby continues to need the drug. But because the drug is no longer available, the baby goes through withdrawal.
Some drugs and medicines are more likely to cause the syndrome than others. But nearly all have some effect on the baby. These include:
Alcohol use also causes withdrawal in the baby. It also can cause another groups of problems called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Pregnant women who use drugs or drink alcohol put their unborn babies at risk for neonatal abstinence syndrome and other problems. Women who use drugs also may be less likely to get prenatal care. This can also increase the risks for both mother and baby.
Symptoms of the syndrome may vary depending on:
Symptoms of withdrawal may start as soon as 24 to 48 hours after birth. Or they may start as late as 5 to 10 days after birth.
The following are the most common symptoms of the syndrome. Symptoms may be slightly different for each baby. Symptoms of withdrawal in full-term babies may include:
Premature babies may have a lower risk for withdrawal symptoms or have less severe symptoms. They may also get better faster because they were exposed to less of the drug than full-term babies.
The symptoms of this problem may look like other health conditions. Make sure your child sees his or her healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
The diagnosis is made based on a history of substance abuse in the mother. An accurate report of the mother's drug use is important. This includes the time the last drug was taken. The healthcare provider may use a scoring system to help diagnose and pinpoint how serious the baby's withdrawal is. Points are assigned for certain signs and symptoms and the seriousness of each. This scoring may also help in planning treatment.
The healthcare provider may check meconium or urine samples if the provider suspects that the mother was using drugs. It can also be done if the baby shows symptoms of the syndrome.
Treatment will depend on your child's symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is.
Babies suffering from withdrawal are irritable. They often have a difficult time being comforted. Wrapping the baby snugly in a blanket may help give comfort. Babies also may need extra calories because of their increased activity. They may need a higher calorie formula. They may also need IV fluids if they are dehydrated or have severe vomiting or diarrhea.
Some babies may need medicines to treat severe withdrawal symptoms such as seizures. Medicines may also help relieve the discomfort and problems of withdrawal. Babies will usually be given a medicine that is in the same family of drugs as the drug the baby is withdrawing from. Once the signs of withdrawal are controlled, the amount of the medicine is slowly decreased. This helps wean the baby off the drug. Talk with your baby's healthcare provider to learn which treatments might work for your baby.
In addition to the problems of withdrawal after birth, complications in the baby may include:
Specific drugs can cause specific problems in the baby. These problems may include:
This syndrome is a very preventable problem. But it can only be prevented if the mother stops using drugs before pregnancy or as soon as she learns she is pregnant.
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your child's healthcare provider:
Vidant Health can connect you to health care professionals to help you understand your condition and guide you through the treatment process. Let's chat.


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Living Out of Dreams, Not Fear
E-newsletter Issue #103 | October 25, 2012
Hasan Davis was on the wrong track.
He was a juvenile offender. Two brothers were serving life sentences. Family members had died because of gang violence.
And many people were telling him he was bad.
"I was afraid that I was a failure. I was afraid that all those people were right. I was afraid that my kindergarten teacher made the right choice to lock me in the coat room to keep me away from the other kids," said Davis, now the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice and a 2012 CSG Toll Fellow.
"Young people hear so many voices and many of them are negative," Davis said. "You hear a few of those positive voices."
Two voices kept propping him up—those of his mother, Alice Lovelace, and Lorraine Wilson, the chief administrator of the Atlanta alternative school he attended.
He hoped they were right.
So he took a leap of faith—mainly because "I wanted desperately to see 19 either alive or not in jail," he said—and made a decision to make dramatic changes. He had heard about a small college in Berea, Ky., that strived to help poor and challenged students find their way.
He had a 1.67 grade point average and had gotten expelled from school in his senior year before earning a GED. His application was rejected. But those voices prompted him to make that extra effort; he called the admissions officer, who told him, again, that Berea College had no spot for him.
About an hour later, the admissions officer called him back and said the college would give him a chance, what turned out to be the first of many chances he'd need at Berea.
He was expelled from Berea College—twice. But he kept going back and graduated, finally, in 1992 as president of the student body and homecoming king.
Through it all, Davis began working with at-risk children trying to get them to see themselves differently.
"I found myself counseling and, at the same time, finding my own advice about going back and realizing that I had the opportunity to be a great role model to these kids," he said.
He would share his struggles with them, giving them reasons they, too, could overcome the challenges they faced.
He brought that background to Kentucky's Juvenile Justice agency and, with it, an attitude to make changes that benefit the youth in the system.
"A lot of people have perceptions about juvenile justice," Davis said. "A lot of people think the job is to hold kids back until they become adult criminals.
"Taking what I experienced from those who didn't have to, but chose to invest in my life, I thought this is the perfect opportunity to shape a system that is a child's caring system, not just a holding cell for whatever happens next."
The agency is starting to have a conversation about family engagement and about how important it is for the agency to serve the whole family, not just the child in the system.
"If we don't do anything to change that bigger system, even if we get a child that understands differently and processes their world differently, once you put them back in there, they default to the basic survival," Davis said.
Another big piece of changing the system involves removing young people who shouldn't be there.
"Young people should only come into my system long term if they are a threat to themselves or the community," he said.
Many young people are status offenders, he said, which means they haven't done anything wrong that would be considered a crime if an adult did it. Being put in the juvenile system doesn't help.
"If they aren't criminal minded, we don't have the system to fix them. But we do have the system to take kids who are delinquent, who are neglected, who are afraid and running from something, … we have a system that will very likely give them a new skill set and new social network that will probably draw them into becoming more criminal," he said.
He wants to give these children the same dreams his mother and the school administrator cultivated in him.
"The great thing about us as human beings is that we have the ability to live out of our dreams rather than out of our fears," he said, "which is very different from most other creatures on the planet that respond to what happened yesterday to decide what they do today.
"We can go completely the other direction."
Davis shares his aspiration to make sure young people understand that philosophy with his wife, Dreama, the director of external affairs at Berea College. She works with young people in some of Kentucky's poorest counties to build an educational aspiration, career- and college-readiness.
The two met while they were students at Berea and both attended the University of Kentucky College of Law. They have two sons, Malcolm, 13, and Christopher, 8.
He's happy he's found a way to give back, just like his mother taught him to do.
"Even when we struggled as a family on food stamps, moving from house to house, … there was still a sense that we still had so much because we were a family," he said. "Always watching her looking out for others and fighting for others. … There's a sense that there's a responsibility to be speaking out for those folks that don't have a voice, stand up for those folks that don't have the strength."
CSG Resources
Hasan Davis presentation at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's 2010 New Grantee Orientation
Also in this Issue:
- Tennessee's Higher Ed Funding Plan Rewards Success
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest to States
- Future of Transportation Funding Still a Concern
- Governor Touts Consensus on Energy Issues
- CSG to Unveil Transmission Line Siting Compact


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They come up on you slowly yet stealthily; but they mark you forever. The new age marketer knows a thing or two about the laws of the jungle...
One day in Manhattan, New York, 16,000 butterfly stickers appeared overnight across the city, forming a trail leading from Times Square to Central Park where a promotional event launching internet software package MSN 8 was taking place. This resulted in a major public outcry against the campaign, as it is illegal to advertise this way in New York. Microsoft immediately apologised to New York and agreed to remove the butterfly stickers. But it was worth the effort, for the campaign generated more that 168 news articles around the world! Not just the people on the streets of Manhattan, but world over, millions came to know about the new software package that was being launched by Microsoft.
Yahoo Personals Billboard Dating campaign put a woman on a Los Angeles billboard for three days. The woman spent three days atop the billboard, using a wireless internet connection and "Yahoo billboard Personals" to search for and schedule her dates. The campaign got so much of media coverage and free PR that it helped increase the number of visitors to the website. More than 6.4 million new visitors logged into the website. The company sure knew how to take dating to new heights.
In Australia, Vodafone painted their logo across the back of a person. At an appointed time, the man ran into a cricket pitch, where the game was on. Police ran behind the shirtless Vodafone man, so did all the cameras (which were telecasting the game across the world) and the eyes of the spectators. Vodafone had made sure that its logo was aired live around the world and all it cost them was $250 – the fine money that the police slapped on the streaker who ran into the pitch!
Welcome to the world of 'guerilla marketing'. All the above mentioned instances are examples of this form of marketing. It could be defined very broadly as an unconventional way of performing promotional activities. And as consumers are increasingly avoiding or ignoring traditional advertisements, considering the increasing clutter, 'guerilla marketing' is the way to go. All it requires is, lots of imagination, for it is ridiculously inexpensive!
There are anti-ad filters as TiVo and mainstream advertisers are finding it difficult to reach the target audiences efficiently. To succeed in business you need to understand marketing. It's said that most businesses fail because they don't understand marketing. However, even when you do marketing, it is not easy to reach the target audience. 'Guerilla marketing' helps to breakthrough this clutter. That's because just like guerrilla warfare, it catches the customers by surprise – thus making them remember the message (you can even call it a marketing 'stunt' if you deem fit) for a longer duration. In fact, 'guerrilla marketers' are even called 'Buzz Agents', precisely for the buzz they manage to create amidst consumers. They get people talking about the company and the brand.
When the Minnesota state officials wanted to boost tourism to a local resort town, they put a couple of canoes on some of the busiest streets of Chicago. The canoes had people wearing life vests and flannels as they pretended to fish and even row down the streets! Even a staid, jaded onlooker would have balked first and then smirked at the sight, and remembered it. Surely a novel way of fishing for more customers. The best part about 'guerrilla marketing' is that it delivers results quickly. And even if a plot backfires (as in the case of Microsoft) the company loses nothing, as every marketer knows there is no such thing as 'bad publicity', what matters is to get people talking about your 'stunt'.
Hit it where it hurts
All that an effective 'guerrilla marketing' campaign requires is time, energy and imagination – not big budgets. So it works wonderfully for small businesses that work under financial constraints. This way they can challenge big competitors too. That's exactly what Big Bazaar has done. It took on biggies like Shopper's Stop, Lifestyle and Westside with cheeky one-liner hoardings that did catch a lot of attention and got the buzz going. "Keep West – aSide. Make a smart choice!" Shoppers! Stop, Make a smart choice!" "Change your Lifestyle. Make a smart choice". These lines did stir-up competitors and gave shoppers something to smile...
Pepsi was still struggling for acceptance when Coke was riding high on the waves of success. Its biggest strength was its six and half ounce bottle. They used it in every ad and even trademarked it. Pepsi came out with a 12-ounce bottle for the same price. It had hit the bull's eye. Youngsters immediately switched to Pepsi. It was the perfect guerrilla attack. That year Coke spent $15 million in advertising, while Pepsi rejoiced, for it spent just $600,000. An intelligent 'guerrilla marketer' finds a weakness in competitor's strength and attacks!
Appear where no one expects you to!
A number of empty prams suddenly appeared on streets of Stockholm. As people passed them, they could hear a baby crying. When they leaned over to look at the baby, they saw some information written inside the pram which was, "Everyday 136,986 children are born who do not exist." It was an effort by UNICEF to raise awareness about how infants, particularly in small remote villages are not registered at birth – which make them officially non-existent and hence easy victims of child abuse. The campaign lasted for 3 days, but UNICEF was able to collect some 2,000 donors who were ready to support the campaign.
After the Jet-Air Sahara deal, Jet Airways came out with a hoarding that highlighted their changed uniforms, logo, et al. The headline read "We've changed". Within 36 hours, Kingfisher came up with bigger hoarding next to it, with a cheeky headline "We made them change." The element of surprise works wonders for all successful 'guerilla marketing' campaigns. They are highly creative and deliver almost instantaneous results.
Have fun
Think creative, think out of the box… sure, but a dash of humour always increases the effectiveness of campaigns. When Spiderman 2 was about to released in India, Contract ad agency created a campaign that shocked and amused male cinegoers. They saw a urinal placed high up, near the ceiling - one that only Spiderman could use! Next to it was a small poster that read "Coming soon Spiderman 2." A security glass company wanted to demonstrate the strength of its shatter-resistant coating. They treated a bus shelter's Adshel with the coating and filled it up with bank notes worth three million dollars (apparently). Almost every passerby ended up either kicking or punching the glass. Some even returned with their families. The company had spent hardly $6,000 Canadian dollars, yet countless magazines and newspapers around the world covered this story.
'Guerrilla marketing' is fast developing into a new tool for marketers to get quick and effective results, besides being a unique way of reaching out to customers. For success in the contemporary marketplace, you don't need to match budgets with the big players, instead you need to match wits. So if you are creative, innovative and ready for risks; and if you are looking for instant results, this is the place for you. Here there are no rules – the only thing that rules is – your imagination.


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Whaddup Gals!
Me good as usual! I won a couple of nail art contest past few weeks.
One of them was from Inglot (India) and other one was Revlon (India). Yay!!
I won a Nail Art Pen from Inglot and I am yet to receive my Revlon gift. Will keep y'all updated.
In the meanwhile the weather here has turned slightly pleasant in the mornings and evenings. Not cold, no..but I am still eager to pull out my woolies and start wearing them. So maybe this is what I would call the "Fall Season" for Mumbai. Hehe!
Anywho coming back to the subject..I had got some of these gorgeous smokey shades from Revlon when they launched their new shades sometime back. You can see the other one here (Muse). This is the second one. I still have an untried from this buy, hopefully will put up soon.
Base: Revlon's Mischievous (455)
Its a creme smokey grey-purple. Nice creme finish, slightly streaky..but 2 coats made it fine and opaque. Took more than 5-8 mins to dry.
Stamping plate: Konad M71
Stamping Colour: Konad Pastel Pink
Love this dainty lacey stamp from Konad.
Goin off to enjoy the weather! Ciao!
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Katie Couric's final day of anchoring "CBS Evening News" will be this Thursday
Couric announced her departure near the end of last night's broadcast, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"As some of you may already know I'm moving on from CBS News," Couric said. She mentioned that on her last day, she'll reflect on "some of the amazing stories we've covered over the past five years."
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Scott Pelley will officially take over the anchor desk June 6. Until then, rotating substitute anchors will fill in.
Ric Kaplan, who was Couric's executive producer at "CBS Evening News," recently left the network for ABC News, The Associated Press reported.
Couric has been mentioned to host a talk show for ABC daytime next year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. An announcement of that possible move could follow after Couric's CBS contract expires June 4.
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A year ago, there were reasonable doubts about Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier's future.
But after he piloted the Vikings to a 10-6 record and the playoffs, he earned the right to stay.
According to Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press, Frazier has agreed to a multi-year contract extension with the team.
The Vikings held off on talking about an extension (Frazier had one year left) until the end of the season, at which point they seemed eager to talk.
Frazier's calm approach was appropriate for a team with a young quarterback, which exceeded every fair expectation last year, and today he was rewarded for it.
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A serious accident at the intersection of Morenci Road and Munson Highway occurred Wednesday morning, the second crash at that location in less than a month. As in the July 15 incident, the collision Wednesday was caused by the failure to observe a stop sign.
Rural Fayette resident Jim Mynhier, 52, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Mynhier was a passenger in a westbound 2001 GMC pickup driven by Cris Johnson, 36, of rural Fayette. A 2008 26-foot box Kenworth delivery truck was southbound on Munson Highway and failed to stop at the intersection.
According to Michigan State Police Trooper Bill Strouse, Johnson apparently saw the truck entering the intersection and swerved into the south lane in an attempt to avoid contact.
The pickup slammed into the front corner of the delivery truck, then instantly side-slapped the truck and ended up facing south on the roadway.
Richard Perry, 65, driver of the delivery truck, escaped injury due to the height of the truck cab, Trooper Strouse said. Perry had just finished making a delivery of farm chemicals to Munson Agri-Services and was driving south out of Munson.
Perry works for the Bowling Green branch of Helena Chemical Company.
Johnson was transported by ambulance to Toledo Hospital where he was listed in stable condition. Life Flight medical helicopter personnel worked at the scene in an effort to save Mynhier's life. The accident was reported at 9:50 a.m. Aug. 11.
Perry will be cited in the accident after a prosecuting attorney determines the charge.


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Course: THEA 10.2/WGST 59.03/AMES 25: Unveiling the Harem Dancer
Instructor: Maral Yessayan
As part of the course Unveiling the Harem Dancer, the students were divided into working groups and asked to produce a video (2-5 minutes long) that creatively challenges stereotypes commonly associated with Arabs and Muslims. The course material for "Unveiling the Harem Dancer" focused on the role that visual media has historically played in creating a repertoire of images that sustain stereotypical descriptions of Arabs and Muslims. In response, I encouraged the students to use the same tool, i.e. the visual text, and capitalize on its ability to unsettle some of the stereotypes associated with Arabs and Muslims today. In my opinion, the projects were a great success. A focus on the visual medium seems to have enhanced the students' understanding of the extent to which societies rely on visual difference to perpetuate ethnic, religious, and cultural stereotypes. The videos allowed students to actively engage in a dialogue with the prevailing discourse about Arabs and Muslims, which in turn enabled them to participate in a cross-cultural dialogue promoting values of tolerance and coexistence.
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Video Quality Production (from Concept to Creation) – 80 points
Video Supporting Group Paper – 10 points
'Behind the Scenes' Group Presentation – 10 points
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Dee discusses Petco Park improvements, outreach to Mexico, payroll and more
PEORIA, Ariz. -- It's been seven months since Padres team president and CEO Mike Dee returned to San Diego following stints with both the Red Sox and the NFL's Dolphins.
To be sure, it's been a busy seven months for Dee, who worked for the team from 1995-2002.
"It's a dream come true," Dee said after he was hired. "I never got baseball out of my blood."
MLB.com recently asked Dee about his view of the franchise in regard to several areas -- improvements made to Petco Park, the payroll, the front office and even his thoughts on the team returning to brown as part of its uniform color scheme.
MLB.com: You were part of the group instrumental in having Petco Park built during your first tenure with the team. You certainly got a chance to watch quite a few games there last summer. What is your take now on the fan experience at Petco Park? What do you hear from fans about what they like most about the ballpark?
Dee: Based on my own interaction as well as more formal research we have recently conducted, it is clear that both Padres fans and visitors alike love Petco Park. What is enormously gratifying to me, and I am sure to all those who contributed to the ballpark design over 15 years ago, is why it is beloved. Many of the design elements that were prominent in those endless hours of design meetings are evident today -- the open-air design of the concourses, the iconic architecture, Western Metal Supply Building, the amazing sightlines in the seating bowl, the Park at the Park, to name a few. There was a concerted effort to design the ballpark to be pedestrian -- that is an environment that fans didn't need or want to stay nailed to their seat for three hours. We called it "the ballpark cruise" back then. I think that is certainly the case 10 years in as fans clearly embrace moving around during the course of the game. Of course, you have to also recognize what has happened to the East Village and all of downtown since 2004. Petco Park has clearly been "more than a ballpark" for San Diegans as our campaign proclaimed in 1998.
MLB.com: You've mentioned some capital improvements have been made to the ballpark this season. What can fans expect to see? I know you get the 'When is the new, huge video board coming in?' question a lot, so I'll give you a chance to answer that one as well.
Dee: Over the next five years, we will focus on a series of fan enhancements to the park -- some physical, others technological, and many under the category of deferred maintenance that will serve to gentrify the facility. For 2014, fans can look forward to a new sound system, a new larger high-definition video board at the Park at the Park, expanded concessions and food choices with a broad array of local San Diego favorites, new flooring throughout the main concourse area, and a new digital ticketing and rewards program that will enable fans to access content and consummate cashless transactions while in the ballpark. These initial enhancements require a significant seven-figure investment from our ownership group. Moving forward, we will do as much as we can as quickly as we can to continue to improve the fan experience and preserve Petco in "like-new" condition for years to come -- and yes, that includes a new main scoreboard and video board at some point. Hopefully that will be as soon as 2015, but we'll have to wait and see.
MLB.com: What are your thoughts about the Padres and Mexico? You originally scheduled an exhibition game with Mexico City that had to be canceled when Opening Day was moved. I heard the team nearly played an exhibition game in Tijuana this spring as well. Do you anticipate the Padres making a greater push into Mexico in the near future?
Dee: We are very focused on expanding our reach with Hispanic fans on both sides of the border. We know we have many "Compadres" in Tijuana and throughout Baja California who want the Padres to do more in their communities. I think this is an area where the team lost its way a little after moving to Petco Park. Our "Domingos Padres" program back in the late '90s was at the center of the outreach then and remains a reminder to many Hispanic fans over the age of 30 as to their original connection with the Padres.
MLB.com: The team added payroll this season and made two significant free-agent signings in pitchers Josh Johnson and Joaquin Benoit. For the Padres, the Draft is so important as far as getting an influx of talent into the system. But do you think the team can continue to increase payroll and be a player in free agency every year?
Dee: That is our goal as a mid-market team. We have said publicly that we will increase payroll as much as possible with the goal of competing year in and year out to play in October. That said, we will never be dependent on free agency. We have to draft well, develop consistently and do everything we can to hold on to our organizational talent in order to achieve our goals on the field. As we hope it will serve to do in 2014, free agency can add the key player or two that will make the difference when it is added to our homegrown core.
MLB.com: You're in a position where not everything you do will be popular with fans. Can you discuss what went into not having longtime public-address announcer Frank Anthony and radio broadcaster Andy Masur return in 2014 and how you're going about/have gone about filling those positions?
Dee: These are two different situations that should not be considered within the same answer. Andy was brought here to do full-time radio play-by-play six years ago. Prior to my arrival, management made the decision to only give long-term contracts to Ted Leitner and Bob Scanlan, which effectively sealed Andy's fate. When I arrived, I attempted to work something out with Andy where he would take on a modified role with social media and other digital programming but it was clear to Andy and to us that the role that was available was not a great fit given his desire to do more play-by-play. So in the end we parted ways. We wish him well in pursuing his dream of play-by-play. Andy's position was not replaced. As it relates to Frank, based on feedback and a sense that his voice had never reached the iconic status that Bruce Binkowski's had during the Jack Murphy/Qualcomm Stadium era, we decided to move in another direction. We will always respect the great tradition of the Padres as we are this year in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 1984 National League championship team and the 10th anniversary of Petco Park. Sometimes, however, it is necessary to start new traditions and we think that "the new voice of Petco Park" is an example of that. By the way, our fans will play a huge role in the selection of the new voice. Stay tuned.
MLB.com You have some history with Padres general manager Josh Byrnes going back to the time when both of you worked for the Red Sox. What do you like and appreciate most about the way he's gone about retooling the roster?
Dee: Josh is very bright. He has assembled an excellent and balanced staff. When I say "balanced," I am alluding to an appropriate blend between sabermetricians and old-school baseball guys who have an eye for young talent. A successful organization needs both to excel. Josh is not only a student of the game but also a student of the industry. He has a thorough understanding of all aspects of our organization. We have tremendous confidence in Josh and respect for his disciplined, yet aggressive approach to constructing this roster over the last three years. That said, with an increased payroll and an existing roster that is hopefully returning to good health, there is more attention on all of us this year as expectations are certainly higher.
MLB.com: What was your role in helping facilitate the recent deal between Fox Sports San Diego and Time Warner, which brought an end to the impasse that kept the Padres off Time Warner since 2011? What are your thoughts to getting this deal done and how it will impact your exposure locally moving forward?
Dee: Ron [Fowler, Padres executive chairman], Peter [Seidler, team lead investor] and I just tried to be the proverbial squeaky wheel throughout the process. We are grateful that it is now behind us and happy for our many patient fans who reside in Time Warner areas. It is a huge boost for increased exposure for our players throughout all of San Diego County.
MLB.com: Fans keep asking about bringing back the brown uniforms. What are your plans this season to honor the brown and could we eventually see a shift in uniforms to bring back the brown on more than just an occasional basis?
Dee: We are doing a lot of research on this subject at the moment. We don't have a definitive answer today but will soon. We will celebrate the brown and orange of 1984 in May when we take on the Cubs and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the National League champions.


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Early Nielsen ratings show the Oscar telecast earned a 26.6 rating and a 41 percent share of the TV audience, marking a 4 percent increase over last year's Bill Crystal-hosted affair.
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A new translation of the Bible into English has been published, I recently read. Unsurprisingly, it seeks both to engage readers and to promote clearer understanding of the text's actual meaning.
"The name Jesus Christ doesn't appear in The Voice, a new translation of the Bible," wrote Bob Smietana in the USA Today newspaper. Jesus Christ is instead rendered 'Jesus the Anointed One' or the 'liberating king'.
"That's a more accurate translation for modern American readers, says David Capes, lead scholar for The Voice... Capes says that many people, even those who've gone to church for years, don't realise that the word 'Christ' is a title."
Improving accuracy is surely a good thing to try to do when translating the Bible, one might think, whether or not scholars succeed in this. But not all agree. The attempt has sparked extreme reactions in some 'Bible-believing' Christians.
"In Rev. 22:19 God said if you took away the words of this book he would take away his part from the tree of life and from the Holy City which are written in this book. Quit changing the language," grimly warned one of the readers' comments under the piece.
"The word is forever settled in Heaven and this is just another version that is not inspired of God ! I'll stick with the old stuff. KJV only!" wrote another, referring to the King James ('Authorised') Version produced four centuries ago, an elegantly written though not always reliable translation.
Certain readers of the Huffington Post, which reproduced the article, were also indignant: supposedly "even though a Christian publisher has put it out there, it just goes to show that we are no match for being beguiled by the devil and his followers. Paul warns us about trying to stand alone against these adversaries in (Ephesians 6:10-17)."
To another "This article about the new version of the Bible has angered me. It is no surprise to see Satan's sinister plan behind all this depriving people now of Jesus' name. We are very close to the end of this system of things. He knows he does not have much time left!"
"The King James Bible -- Its [sic] the only true word of our Lord Jesus Christ", according to one of the comments, though Jesus almost certainly spoke Aramaic and the New Testament was in Greek.
Others who joined in the online discussion tried to explain the rationale for the new version, but it is unlikely that the most irate took much heed.
Even for more sophisticated readers, it is easy to assume that the most familiar interpretation of the most familiar passages in the most familiar translation reflects biblical truth. Any alternative reading may be met with suspicion, even hostility, and passages that might challenge key assumptions ignored or glossed over. (Those most hostile to Christianity sometimes mirror this, focusing on a few quotes which are morally questionable or objectionable and making out that this is typical of the Bible as a whole.)
Even Christians who are used to dealing with complex matters in the secular world may embrace such an approach, which allows them to escape from the uncertainties and dilemmas of the modern world, and be accepted in circles where conformity is regarded as a mark of godliness.
Meanwhile opportunists may cash in on this fervour, claiming to speak for God, while church leaders whose own views are different may shy away from challenging such narrowness for fear of the reaction. In turn, other Christians may downplay the value of the Bible.
This is, I think, one of the reasons why dialogue on topics such as sexuality or the nature of the atonement in an atmosphere of fellowship and mutual respect can be so difficult. Amid fear of being branded as a heretic or of failing to prevent a split, hearing what the living God might be saying to people today, and acting on it, can be hard.
It is probably impossible to read the Bible with a wholly open mind – and indeed tradition, reason and experience can enrich our understanding. At the same time, we may have something to learn from those whose beliefs may at first seem strange or distressing, and they may have something to gain from us if we can address their arguments thoughtfully.
We can attempt to be open-hearted, not assuming the worst of others whose beliefs are different from our own, and at the same time being willing to examine their arguments critically rather than stay silent to avoid being labelled as 'a tool of Satan'.
In a spirit of love, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, Christians can grow towards a greater knowledge of the truth. New translations, new interpretations of familiar biblical passages and careful attention to other sections which have previously been overlooked all have a part to play.
(c) Savi Hensman is a widely-published Christian commentator on politics, society, religion and LGBT issues. An Ekklesia associate, she works in the care and equalities sector


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I much prefer loose leaf tea to bags, I refuse to buy bagged tea. However, while looking at the Republic of Tea website I have seen some varieties that only come in bags that I feel I need to try.
But I don't want to be really disappointed. How do their bags fare?
Frankly I have never been too impressed with their teabags. Every time I buy a can I always end up regretting it.
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I order most often from Republic of Tea, and I've been just as happy with the bagged teas as I have been with their loose teas. I've tried probably thirty or forty different teas of theirs, and I've only had a couple I wasn't crazy about.
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Although that was back in the days before I understood things like fannings and water temperature and steep time, so I'd toss two bags into an 8oz cup and let it steep forever. Not the best way to go.
I was thoroughly addicted to their Good Hope Vanilla Red Tea Bags at one point. This was long before I got into loose leaf tea though. I can't remember exactly how I'd make it, but I think two bags was always a must.
It appears this particular blend is available in loose leaf as well, so I may need to give that a try sometime soon!


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Understanding and Bypassing Reset Protection
Smartphones are frequent theft targets. Manufacturers try to combat smartphone theft by implementing several security measures. The first security measure is "remote kill switch", a feature allowing legitimate owners to block, disable or erase a smartphone in a case it is stolen. Since Aug 12, 2014, the "kill switch" is mandatory in California in all new smartphones manufactured after July 1, 2015. Other jurisdictions followed, passing legislations with "kill switch" requirements to combat smartphone theft.
Long before legislations, the "remote kill switch" was used by companies to allow remotely erasing the phone's content. Apple's Find My iPhone, Microsoft's Find My Phone, BlackBerry Protect and Android Device Manager allowed locating, ringing, blocking or erasing the phone remotely. However, the "kill switch" was originally designed to only protect the phone owner's data, but could not help discourage theft. The criminal would simply erase the phone by performing factory reset, and resell the device. IMEI blacklisting aside, a simple factory reset would result in a clean, usable device, continuing to provide incentive for the criminals.
It took manufacturers much longer to implement true anti-theft protection in their core OS. In today's state, anti-theft protection is a combination of your familiar remote kill switch and factory reset protection.
Factory reset protection is a security method designed to make sure your smartphone becomes useless if the thief wipes your smartphone. If someone wipes and factory resets your device without providing your authentication credentials, a smartphone equipped with factory reset protection would cease to initialize, display a prominent message asking to enter previous owner's account credentials, and block further initialization attempts.
In theory, this sounds great. The implementation of the "kill switch" helped reduce smartphone theft by as much as 40 per cent. But is smartphone protection as secure as we think? Let's find out.Read more


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I have absolutely no experience working with GIS before. During a recent meeting, our client was bouncing around their complaints about how detailed our annual reliability reports were and openly admitted to just reading the covering letter and the introduction before skipping 500-odd pages to the recommendation section.
They are looking for a means to visually represent the mechanical and electrical health of plant machinery which is not a major issue as we build a web portal with WPF dashboards, guages etc. which they seemed impressed with. However, because each building is multi-story they wanted a 'Google Maps' type interface control to navigate between building levels and ultimately zoom from floor --> room --> plant machine --> machine component. Again this is achievable through WPF controls but to get it to work we have to build each individual map from scratch.
After searching the net... I ended up here. Most of the application resources I have stumbled across discuss working with existing SHP files and I am searching for resource that focuses on creating SHP files from scratch.


text: Tamil Murasu Tamilar Thirunaal Sirappu Malar You are here: Home Learn Collections Listing Tamil Murasu Tamilar Thirunaal Sirappu Malar Share this page Facebook Twitter Email G Sarangapany, titled Thamizhavel, arrived in Singapore in 1924. A believer of Periyar's principles, he played a key role in extending the Self-Respect Movement to Singapore and Malaya and became the agent for distribution of the movement's magazine Kudi Arasu in British Malaya. He later helped arrange Periyar's visits to Singapore and Malaya. He was an active writer and publisher in his own right. In 1929 he set up the Tamil magazine Munnetram, and Tamil Murasu in 1935. Through his writings he promoted the principles of the Tamil reform movement. He encouraged Tamils to make Singapore their home, helped them gain citizenship and championed for the cause of the Tamil language to be recognised as one of the national languages in Singapore. This is a collection of archival photographs, documents and personal artefacts from the collection of G.Sarangapany's immediate family, donated to the Indian Heritage Centre by his daughter Ms.Rajam Sarangapany. Date/Period 14 Jan 1956 Region Singapore Dimension Object size: Please refer to indivdual measurement Accession No. 2015-00090 Material Paper Collection of Indian Heritage Centre Credit Line Gift of Ms Rajam Sarangapany Category Documents and Paper Similar Items in the collection This is Malaysia Bukit Merah Tamilar Thirunaal Tamil Murasu, 17 March 1974 Tamilar Sirthiruthar Sangam 36th varuta pothukootam


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A quick study of Selena Gomez's well-rounded résumé, which includes a hit TV series, a chart-topping solo record and several high-profile movies, might leave some wondering if there are any weaknesses to be found in this 21-year-old multimedia star's repertoire.
Maybe. But it's definitely not her live show.
Gomez was terrific on Sunday night at the SAP Center in San Jose, captivating fans with a well-thought-out show that sparkled from start to finish. It was the kind of thoroughly entertaining outing, delivering equal amounts of pizazz and polish, that makes one think Gomez could have a real future in the music business.
The pop singer is certainly off to a good start. Her first solo world tour, which follows three jaunts as the leader of Selena Gomez and the Scene, is proving to be one of the season's top tickets. Gomez brought a capacity crowd of some 13,000 fans to the SAP Center.
Of course, it's one thing to sell out a show and quite another to make the fans want to come again. Yet it's hard to believe that anyone in the house on Sunday night felt like they didn't get their money's worth -- and then some. The show was one of the year's best pop music spectacles, far surpassing earlier outings from such veteran entertainers as Beyoncé and Lady Gaga in the Bay Area.
The 75-minute show was expertly paced and designed, featuring just the right amount of bells and whistles, wardrobe changes and video segments. There was nary a lull in the action. The set list was a nice mix of dance-pop ditties, moving midtempo numbers and ballads, highlighting both Gomez's solo debut -- "Stars Dance," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this summer -- and her Scene songbook.
Following a short video intro, the former star of Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place" appeared onstage in all white and immediately joined her dancers for a rousing version of "Bang Bang Bang." The music was propelled by a versatile live band, which spiced up the songs just enough to let us know we weren't listening to the radio.
The production was relatively straightforward, perfectly fitting for a young singer on her first solo tour. The main stage was split in two by a large staircase, which provided Gomez with a dramatic way make her entrance after each wardrobe change, and there was an "S"-shaped catwalk that led out to a smaller stage, decorated with a large "G" on it, in the crowd.
Gomez and crew worked the stages with energy and enthusiasm, cooking through such dance-pop offerings as "Round and Round" and "Like a Champion." Her vocals were spot-on throughout the night, whether she was belting out the memorable anthem "Love You Like a Love Song," crooning the gorgeous ballad "Love Will Remember" or convincingly covering Katy Perry's "Roar."
It was a family-friendly show, with no twerking or other Miley Cyrus-worthy moves that might have made the many parents with small children in attendance feel uncomfortable. Gomez seems to take her position as a role model seriously. It was great to hear the messages she delivered onstage to her fans.
"Every day, I'm told that I'm not good enough or sexy enough," said Gomez, who became a tabloid target while she was dating pop star Justin Bieber. "I have to tell you, the sexiest thing I know is class."
She certainly showed plenty of class on this night, coming across like a pro in all aspects of her game. One can only hope that Cyrus, Britney Spears and some of the other big-name pop stars catch Gomez's Stars Dance Tour. They might just learn something.