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COVID-19 Updates: uc.edu/publichealth
Information for Suppliers
General Information
The University of Cincinnati is a state institution with its own Board of Trustees. We competitively bid much of what we buy. Generally, bidding is conducted electronically (phone, fax, e-mail) for small dollar purchases, and in writing for larger requirements. Buyers will select prospective bidders in a number proportionate to each expenditure, ordinarily choosing firms that they evaluate as offering a maximum effort in competition and service. At thirty thousand dollars, advertisements are placed in two local newspapers. As a State institution, we are privileged to use State contracts. We also participate in joint purchase agreements with the State Universities Council, the City of Cincinnati, and others.
Making Sales Calls
We welcome visits by all sales representatives and offer these few hints for promotion of a successful call:
- We suggest that you visit Central Purchasing before calling upon any "user" department. Please phone or e-mail for an appointment to ensure that the proper Buyer is in the office and available.
- When calling upon the university's academic, medical, research or service departments, always visit their Business Manager unless requested to do otherwise.
- Make each call of maximum value to the university and to the firm you represent. Do you have any new products? Are there changes taking place in your industry? What is likely to happen to the price of your products within the next few months? What ideas can you give us that would save us money?
Register With Us
In order for a suppliers to be added to the university's vendor file the on-line vendor registration form must be submitted.
Note: This process merely registers the vendor with the university. It does not give the vendor an "approved" or "preferred" status, nor does it pre-empt the need for Central Purchasing to solicit bids depending on the dollar amount.
Bidding & Quotations
All bidders are expected to thoroughly review their quotations and to abide by the terms and conditions contained therein and on the purchase order or term contract that may result.
UC conducts two kinds of written bid openings:
- Informal Bids - These are date and time stamped upon receipt and tabulated after the due date. They are not opened in the presence of bidders.
- Formal Bids - Also called "sealed bids" - these are always accompanied by an identifying blue envelope in which (or with which) the bidder submits his/her quotation. Formal bids are advertised in local newspapers and are opened on an appointed day and hour. They are opened in the presence of anyone who wished to attend and may or may not be read aloud. Award decisions are not always announced at that time.
- Protest of Award - Any protest of an award should be made within 48 hours and directly to the Buyer. Verbal protests alone are insufficient and will not warrant further investigation. All letters of protest must contain a statement of the facts and reasons which form the basis of the protest. Vendors are assured that the lodging of any written protest will be promptly investigated and respectfully answered.
Late protests which will prejudice the university or the successful vendor will not be accepted.
The university operates a Central Receiving and Distribution Center for Suppliers convenience. Each contract will identify the address.
In the case of large shipments (truckloads or heavy items) or of equipment requiring your installation, delivery vehicles must stop at the Receiving Center to pick up a verifying Store's Clerk before proceeding to the final destination.
Avoiding Problems
- Never supply goods or services without a bona-fide purchase order.
- Never present any kind of contract, commitment, sales order, agreement or legal document to anyone outside this department for signature. Others are not authorized by our Board of Trustees to sign any form of purchase agreement and their signing it would only invalidate your document.
- Never loan equipment or perform design services with the expectation that you will receive an order without competition. We encourage you to communicate and demonstrate new equipment as it is added to your product line. However, in no case will a demonstration, explanation or loan of equipment be considered as obligatory on the university. Competitive bids will be obtained if the decision to purchase is made. You will receive an order if your bid is determined by the university to be lowest and best.
You should make a rental charge for any unit that remains in our possession on trial beyond thirty (30) days. We would suggest 1/60 the value of the unit if no rental charge has been established by your firm. Rental payments must be applicable to any subsequent purchase. (The university department must initiate a requisition for us to recognize and process this invoice for the trial period in excess of 30 days. Remember, if we decide to buy, competition will be obtained.)
This "no obligation assistance policy" must also be understood in advance with printers, business form providers and other vendors who offer advance design assistance as a normal adjunct to solicitation. Assistance provides exposure, not commitment.
When competitively bid, the university will not pay for printing overruns. Otherwise, overruns and underruns must be limited to 5 percent.
If this policy will cause a hardship for you in any way, please ask to see the Associate VP of Purchasing before a problem occurs.

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Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.
Jim Bishop
Winter is dead; spring is crazy; summer is cheerful and autumn is wise!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Of all the seasons, autumn offers the most to man and requires the least of him.
Hal Borland
I cannot write of things which even impassioned breath cannot utter. Autumn is coming with its days of gold, its days of reverie and of you—oh, such delightful hours that my heart burns within me at the anticipation.
Byron Caldwell Smith
In autumn, don't go to jewelers to see gold; go to the parks!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in the autumn.
Leo Tolstoy
Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of completion; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with Autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the substance of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?
Hal Borland
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus
I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it.
Lee Maynard
Autumn mornings: sunshine and crisp air, birds and calmness, year's end and day's beginnings.
Terri Guillemets
There ought to be a way to combine "autumn" and "morning" into one word, the combination of the two is special enough to be its own entity.
Terri Guillemets
We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Autumn is the hush before winter.
French Proverb
I am struck by the simplicity of light in the atmosphere in the autumn, as if the earth absorbed none, and out of this profusion of dazzling light came the autumnal tints.
Henry David Thoreau
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.
Edwin Way Teale
Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.
Samuel Butler
Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.
Chad Sugg
Autumn is the perfect time to take account of what we've done, what we didn't do, and what we'd like to do next year.
Unknown Author
Winter dies into the spring, to be born again in the autumn.
Terri Guillemets
Spring blossoms are fairy tales, autumn leaves are tragic dramas.
Mehmet Murat ildan
If spring betrays the summer, would autumn never arrive?
Terri Guillemets
A tangerine and russet cascade of kaleidoscopic leaves, creates a tapestry of autumn magic upon the emerald carpet of fading summer.
Judith A. Lindberg
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus
Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.
William Allingham
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
B. C. Forbes
Autumn's the mellow time.
William Allingham
A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
e. e. cummings
Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
Vernon Duke
No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Samuel Johnson
I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.
Thomas Hood
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.
Elizabeth Lawrence
Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn.
Marilyn Monroe
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Yoko Ono
Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.
William Cullen Bryant
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
L. M. Montgomery
Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.
Truman Capote
Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.
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ROC Spaces is a professional property management and brokerage service provider in Ethiopia brought to you by National Asset Management PLC. ROC Spaces exclusively oversees and manages Residential, Office and Commercial properties developed by Noah Real Estate PLC.
We assist you in establishment and management of your homeowner's association, as well as with day-to-day duties such as cleaning, security, lighter maintenance, leasing and brokerage.
We offer a high quality of service, competitively priced and performed consistently and timely.
We provide concierge service as well as 24-hours attended emergency line.
We employ adequately trained, friendly and professional team members and customer centric supervisors.
We have a track record of 5 successful years of execution that has brought us to the forefront as the largest real-estate developer in Ethiopia. We aim to bring you our equally professionally weighed service where we will provide a full-service brokerage both in the rental and selling of your property.
Our services include: property valuation, advertising of your home through multiple appropriate channels, schedule, prepare and attend open house or private showings, attend or represent you in agreement signing, collect deposit, rent or sale fee and transfer it to you, attend regular inspections, tend evictions if necessary, end of tenancy cleaning.
Our security service is customized to the property and surrounding area in order to provide a safe living and working environment free from theft, loitering and vandalism. We regularly use a combination of 24-hour security with CCTV surveillance of common areas, with more pronounced presence in part of the buildings deemed has higher-risk, ex entrances or parking exits
We provide regular common area cleaning including parking and green areas, periodic deep cleaning and exterior cleaning. Upon request, we also provide start and end of tenancy cleaning. We only use environmentally-safe and sustainable products and disposables.
Our main job is to protect your investment property. We tend to tickets in a timely manner. While our regular service is to provide light preventive maintenance, we also schedule annual maintenance inspections and help you put in place any needed maintenance.
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Styled for larger watches like today's chronograph watch, the brown oilskin chrono features padding all the way to the ends and a heavy watch buckle. The watch has sturdy stitching and heavy padding for comfort, style, and durability. This calfskin leather band includes a finish that is shiny and polished that wipes clean and looks new again. The band has a silver tone stainless steel buckle, perfect for chronograph watches. The heavy construction makes this leather watch band last longer.
- New genuine leather replacement watch strap
- Calfskin leather watchband measures 20mm wide and approximately 7 3/4" inches long (196.90 mm)
- This length would be suitable for a Men's Regular or a Ladies Long length watch band
- Includes two stainless replacement band pins
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- Buckle size is 18mm
- Sealed edge construction for water resistance
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IMMEDIATE OPENING for a Board Eligible Adult Psychiatrist to serve in the field with a GREAT PROGRAM that travels to the Geriatric population in the Los Angeles area that cannot travel to seek the care they need. While a fellowship is not required, a high level of compassion for the population will excel the incumbent to a new level of care for the underserved.
This is an EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY to work a LONG TERM locum tenens position with a well-established program throughout the entire L.A. county. Along with a GREAT RATE OF PAY, a flexible schedule allows for long weekends with NO CALL. Reliable transportation is required.
A successful candidate must be CA licensed with a full DEA and possess intermediate computer skills with the flexibility to meet the needs of the most vulnerable and underserved in the community. Spanish speaking is a plus, but not required. Early career psychiatrists are encouraged to apply!
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The dual degree programs at American College of Education provide an opportunity for graduates of specific ACE degree programs to earn a second degree in another ACE program. This applies exclusively to graduates of American College of Education.
The current opportunities are as follows:
- Graduate with an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, then earn an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
- Graduate with an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, then earn an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
- Graduate with an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, then earn an M.Ed. in Elementary Education
- Graduate with an M.Ed. in Elementary Education, then earn an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
- Graduate with an M.Ed. in STEM Leadership, then earn an M.Ed. in Integrated Curriculum
- Graduate with an M.Ed. in Integrated Curriculum, then earn an M.Ed. in STEM Leadership
By completing specific courses, including the Capstone Experience course for the second program, and any required internship requirement (M.Ed. in Educational Leadership), the student can earn a second master's degree.
Equivalency credit is granted only for courses that satisfy degree requirements in both programs. Equivalency credit can be applied to no more than two degrees; a graduate seeking a third master's degree at ACE must earn the full number of credits required of the degree through a degree plan approved by the department chair. After graduating from the first program, a graduate may apply for admission to the second degree by completing the standard admission process. Conferral of the second degree is dependent on fulfilling the graduation requirements set forth in the Catalog in effect at the time of admission to the second program. Once the coursework, including the Capstone Experience, is completed, the student may apply for graduation. The degree conferral fee will be assessed at the start of the final course of the second program. A degree audit will be completed and notification of graduation will be sent to the student from the Registration Office.
To see all ACE program options, requirements, tuition, and courses, visit the Programs page.


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This is our next generation V-LITE story. A considered collection of lightweight, instantly comfortable footwear with technology and performance where it matters.
- Consideration given to minimal usage of rubber, based on end use activity
- Lightweight midsole cushioning technology
- Consideration given to construction methods, components and materials to reduce weight and increase breathability and comfort wherever possible
You know that whenever you see the V-LITE logo, you can be assured that you have selected the lightest shoes in our collection.
Why V-LITE? Did you know an extra pound of weight on your feet is equivalent to nine pounds on your
back? Lightweight shoes can seriously help your performance.
V-LITE really makes a difference. In 1976, the world's first lightweight hiking boot was created, the Sierra Lite. Inspired by one simple principle – instant lightweight comfort. For 40 years this principle has remained at the heart of our company.


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To celebrate the London debut of our new show at Kingsway Hall Hotel we arranged a fantastic competition for Facebook fans. Hundreds of people entered for the chance to win two tickets to watch the show, an overnight stay at the hotel and a delicious breakfast the next morning. Our lucky winner was Katie Amar from Derby, who chose to make her mother as her plus one.
Here they are at their table where they are joined by a load of other guests – just like at a real wedding!
During the show they enjoy a 3-course meal and lots of interaction with the cast!
Katie said: "We had a great time and we loved the trip and the performance. The play was hilarious: my favourite part was waiting in the bar chatting to the best man whilst the wedding coordinator ran around like a headless chicken, I knew it would be good from the start! My second favourite part was the fact that such a small cast played so many different characters! The props on the table were fun and we made full use of them! I'd recommend the show to anyone looking for lots of laughs and a very interactive evening!"
Here's Katie and her mum meeting the cast after the show:
After a hugely successful London debut we're gearing up for Edinburgh Fringe. Come and see us at B'est Restaurant from 11-23 August if you're around! If not we'll be announcing some other performances around the UK very soon!


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We've fallen in Love!! Spring and Summer is almost here and we've got you covered! Make a splash in our new Ray of Sunshine One-Piece! The fabric is a spandex blend making it super flattering on everyone! Suits are fully lined with light removable padding on the bust.
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All over the world women have been trying to gain their independence from the patriarchal society they live in. Women of India are no exception to this struggle. They have been fighting for years to break through the conventional norms of an oppressive and suppressive culture. The Hindu women in India find this cultural lag especially difficult because their religion is one of the most goddess rich faiths in the world today. Trying to live in a society that worships goddesses but abuses their women is unbearable. The Hindu women of India are starting to break through their culturally suppressed norms and are gaining power and respect through the embodiment of the very goddesses their religion worships.
By examining goddesses and Indian, female politicians, a connection can be made as to why women of power are frequently associated with the embodiment of goddesses. First, this paper will discuss why the Hindu women in India must call upon the goddesses as a source of feminine strength.
Secondly, the Hindu deities Durga and Kali are analyzed for their significance and functions in Indian women's lives. Lastly, Durga and Kali are analyzed for their frequent personification of women in power, specifically, politician Indira Gandhi and political deviant, Phoolan Devi. Hindu goddesses are used as a source of empowerment for Indian women and are a means to represent female politicians in order to manifest the divine powers, making these women acceptable in society as well as maintaining their supremacy.
Women in India are one of the most suffering genders around the world. They face discrimination in both the public and the private realms. Men largely dominate aspects such as the financial dealings of a household, the work place and the religious sphere. Men dictate what sacred scriptures women can read and learned. However, it...


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Methods and Progress
Contributing studies
The International Consortium on Mammographic Density aims to pool mammography information from studies of populations with diverse breast cancer incidence rates. More than 20 studies are contributing data from 200 premenopausal and 200 postmenopausal women (age 35-69 years) from the general population. Each study is ideally providing:
- digitized or digital anonymized mammograms for each woman
- anonymized risk factor information (age, body mass index (BMI), age at menarche, parity, age at first birth, duration of breastfeeding, exogenous hormone use, age at menopause, family history of breast cancer, ethnicity, alcohol and tobacco consumption).
Countries included in this pooling project to date (coloured by their underlying country-level breast cancer incidence rate) are shown in the map below. The countries span populations with low (India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Kenya), medium (Mexico, Poland, Brazil), and high (North America, western Europe, Australia) breast cancer incidence rates (> 4-fold range in incidence rates). In addition to geographical differences, studies of migrants are included (e.g. Indian women in India and the United Kingdom, Japanese women in Japan and Hawaii, USA).
Mammographic density readings
International studies are challenging, as there is no established automated mammographic density measurement method. First, all mammographic films will be re-read, using the Cumulus software, by a core team of four readers to provide standardized mammographic density readings. In addition, various film formats will be pooled: digitized analogue, computed radiography digital, direct digital, and both raw and processed digital images. Calibration of density readings across film types is being studied.


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In Russian elections Sunday, 450 seats in the Duma, the country's lower house of parliament, are at stake. A party supported by President Vladimir Putin appears set to make a strong showing.
There are 23 parties competing in Sunday's election, ranging from small nationalist organizations to the Communist Party, which has about one third of the seats in the current Duma.
There is even a small group called the Automobile party, which takes aim at the problem of corruption by Russia's traffic police, often on the lookout for bribes.
Yet, one party stands out. It is known as United Russia, and it is openly backed by President Vladimir Putin, even though he is not officially a member.
United Russia is already one of the dominant parties in the outgoing Duma, and it is almost certain to increase its grip on the legislature in Sunday's vote because of the overwhelming power and popularity of Mr. Putin.
Opinion polls show United Russia could even have enough support from various other parties to wield overall control of the new Duma.
In contrast, two small liberal parties are in danger of falling below the five percent minimum vote required to have party seats in the new Duma.
Critics say all of this is due to new authoritarianism under Mr. Putin, and that the attempt to establish democracy in the so-called "new Russia" has faltered.
Mark Urnov is a political analyst with the Expertise Analysis Foundation in Moscow. He says Russians have always looked to a strong, decisive leader capable of bringing stability, especially to the economy.
"It's very important that the period of Putin's presidency was the period of our economic growth, and economic normalization," he said.
Russia has enjoyed strong economic growth in recent years, largely due to the high price of oil, the country's main export.
But in contrast to the political disarray of the final years under former President Boris Yeltsin, Mr. Putin seems to have restored a sense of confidence and optimism since he came to power four years ago.
Analysts say there is danger in the fact that so much depends on the decisions and ideas of just one man.
But for now, most Russians accept there is effectively no alternative to Mr. Putin, who is expected to easily win a second term in the presidential election to be held next March.


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Desley Robinson 'Lady D'
Name: Desley Robinson
Date of Birth 23/03/88
Residence/State: QLD
Trains out of: Logan Boxing Team
Years competing: 16 years
Years training: 16 years
Sponsor/s She Fitness Apparel, Keto Queen
How would you describe your training and nutritional methods?
I box every day and spar 1-2 times a week, I also do weight training every day. Between fights I work on strength so heavy sets and always to failure, As the fight gets closer I lighten my weights up and speed everything up working on fast twitch fibers.
While working on strength I ensure I eat an ample variety of carbs, fats and proteins which helps me re fuel and stay strong.
If I ever have to cut weight I strip everything back to plane jane; Lots of protein and green vegetables, sweet potato, minimal carbs (rice cakes are a must to keep me sane) and heaps of water.
I eat a lot of plane food as it is so I don't do fancy sugary sauces or toppings when I'm not fight prepping so food is made easier when I'm getting prepped for a fight. I use an air dryer for most foods as its easy and quick and makes tasty sweet potato chips
Favourite and Least favourites exercise?
Least favorite exercise would be ab bjke rides
Favorite exercise would be shoulder press
Favourite and Least favourite diet and cheat foods?
Favorite cheat meal is a burger you can't beat a good burger
Least fovorite food is sardines … give me tuna any day!!
Do you have a coach or PT, to what degree have they influenced you?
I've been a PT for 14 years, so I've coached myself for most of it. My partner is a body builder so I gain a lot of knowledge from him I would be lost without his knowledge and support,
What are your likes and dislikes about boxing?
I love every aspect of boxing it's the drive,dedication and pressure to achieve your goal by that date and prove the doubters wrong and prove to yourself you can do it. Plus when you win that's the best feeling of accomplishment. My only dislike is opponents pulling out on me last minute.
Who or what has been your biggest inspiration and why?
To be honest its everyday people , people you cross paths with, family, friends, it's the average joe really, It doesn't need to be someone famous the way I see it is everyone has a battle they are fighting or fought and everyone has overcome so many obstacles which gives others hope and confidence that they can do the same. I love seeing people achieve their goals and inspire others to so.
What is the appeal of this sport to you and why?
Boxing is a very disciplined sport, you need to be on you're a game the entire time. I Love the discipline, fitness and the fact 99% of boxers all have a story to tell of why they also do what they do . I enjoy the challenge of facing someone who thinks they can beat you and proving them wrong.
What is the biggest misconception people have about your competitive pursuits?
If you are pretty or have a straight nose you can't be a boxer.
Describe yourself in one word
What has been a most memorable competition experience you have had and why?
Winning my pro debut and having my son cheering me on alongside my partner
Any funny prep or comp experiences you would like to share?
Make sure you wear the right underwear at all times; I had to get my coach to pull a major wedge out between rounds in front of thousands of people. I tried with my gloves numerous times while in the ring and people were wondering what was going on.
What are your comp and BB aspirations for the next 2 to 5 years?
To win the Australian and Australasian title and climb the world ranks to number 1
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The Ten Commandments of an IRS audit
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Behold, the IRS audit. They are rare these days. Only one out of every 184 taxpayers experienced an IRS audit in 2017, and less than a quarter of these audits are conducted in person by the IRS.
For many, navigating an IRS audit looks as simple as parting the Red Sea. Fortunately, most IRS audits are done by mail and are much less intrusive than the dreaded audit where the taxpayer personally meets with the IRS at their office (called an "office" or "desk" audit) or at the taxpayer's home or place of business (called a "field" audit).
Nine out of 10 audits end in a change to the tax return. In mail audits, the additional amount owed averages around $6,790. For face-to-face audits, the cost is much higher — taxpayers owe an additional $77,309 on average from these audits. Mail audits are fairly simple — taxpayers simply need to respond timely, in writing, to prove a few line items on their return. For office and field audits, or if the taxpayer is disputing the IRS determination in an audit, they should ask a professional to intervene.
In the meantime, for the chosen few who must deal with an IRS audit, there are some do's and don'ts to follow to successfully navigate an IRS audit — the Ten Commandments in handling an IRS audit.


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August 3, 2017 —IPC®, has announced the 2-17 Subcommittee has voted to use the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) as the transport protocol for machine to machine communication as part of the Connected Factory Initiative (CFX).
AMQP is an open standard application layer protocol for message-oriented middleware, with toolkits available on all major platforms. It boasts a fully symmetrical communication and supports both publish/subscribe and request/response communication patterns. On top of that, its advanced security features are greater than both MQ Technology Telemetry Transport (MQTT) and Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). Overall, it is a robust and stable protocol with commercial critical messages delivered daily.
"Due to the dedicated work of our volunteers, we have managed to determine a transport protocol to be used to help us support Industry 4.0 requirements," said Nancy Jaster, Manager of Design Process at IPC. "AMQP can be used to solve issues today, as well as leveraged to take care of future needs."
The subcommittee will now begin the task of defining the "building blocks" for the data definition. This team will be led by Michael Ford, European Marketing Director at Aegis Software Corporation. There will be a face-to-face meeting for CFX at IPC's Standard Development Committee Meetings at the Rosemont Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill on Monday, September 18th. For more information on CFX, visit www.ipc.org.
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A new "dot-xxx" top-level domain name registry is being rolled out for the use of the adult entertainment industry. Trademark owners concerned that their trademarks may be used as a second-level domain name in this registry (e.g., yourmark.xxx) can take steps to block the registration of such domain names during a registry sunrise period that ends Oct. 28.
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1. Does my company need to register its trademarks for the sunrise period? No. But if you are concerned about your trademark being used in connection with adult entertainment services, doing so would be less expensive and more certain to block registration of the identical trademark than later using the Rapid Evaluation Service or filing a Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy complaint and should be seriously considered.
Especially if your trademark is well-known, has significant search engine visibility or has a denotation likely to make it desirable as a dot-xxx domain, it may be an attractive target for registration by someone else as a second-level domain name in the dot-xxx domain. Reservation or registration during the sunrise period would block the registration of a domain name that is identical to the reserved trademark. If you do not reserve the trademark during the Sunrise B period, you would still be able to challenge its registration and use under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy or Rapid Evaluation Service. However, you would then have a much higher burden of proof and cost: having to pay for arbitration and attorneys' fees to prove that you have rights in the trademark, that the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to your trademark, and that the trademark was registered as a domain name and used in bad faith.
Most registrars also allow you to subscribe to periodic e-mails about the sunrise and land-rush periods and other developments relating to the dot-xxx registry.
2. Where do I apply to block use of my trademark? ICM Registry is the owner of the dot-xxx registry, and as of Sept. 7, 2011, it began accepting both registration applications and blocking applications filed by a number of registrars. The list of registrars, including some of the most well-known, can be found at www.icmregistry.com/registrars.php.
3. What if I have a valuable trademark but it has not been registered? Only registered trademarks can be the basis for a blocking registration. If you do not have a federal or international trademark registration, you will still be able to challenge the registration of identical or confusingly similar domain names using the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy process.
4. Will a Sunrise B trademark reservation prevent the registration or use of dot-xxx domain names which are confusingly similar but not identical to our company's trademark? No. Sunrise B reservations will only block the registration of the identical term as a domain name. You will have to rely on actions brought under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy or trademark law to force the cancellation or transfer of domain names that are confusingly similar to your trademark, provided you can demonstrate that such domain names were registered and used in bad faith. However, as mentioned above, ICM Registry, the dot-xxx registry owner, is also developing a Rapid Evaluation Service procedure to give trademark owners an expeditious and strong tool to prevent registration of domain names confusingly similar to their trademarks. See www.icmregistry.com.
5. How long will a Sunrise B trademark reservation block registration in the dot-xxx domain? For the entire term of the registry agreement between ICANN and ICM " presently 10 years, provided that at the close of the sunrise period no conflicting applications by a Sunrise A (adult entertainment industry trademark owner) participant have been filed. If such a conflicting application has been filed, the Sunrise B trademark owner's recourse would be to file a Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy complaint. Note that the Sunrise A application will be given priority, although it will be given notice of the Sunrise B trademark registration and cannot claim that it had no knowledge of the Sunrise B owner's rights in a subsequent dispute.
6. Will information about the Sunrise B trademark reservation be made public? To a limited extent, yes. There will be a WHOIS record for the registered trademark. However, it will only identify the registrar for the blocking registration and not the owner of the registered trademark.
7. Will Sunrise B and A applications be given priority based on their date of filing for the sunrise process? No. All applications that qualify will be considered as having been filed at the same time. However, Sunrise A applications will be given preference over Sunrise B applications.
8. What will it cost to reserve trademarks in the dot-xxx registry during the Sunrise B period? The cost will vary according to the registrar service that is used, but estimates range from $200 to $425. A one-time fee covers the submission, processing and validation of a trademark. An additional fee would be charged to register the trademark as a second-level domain name in the dot-xxx registry.
9. What happens after the sunrise period closes? Two land-rush periods will follow. From Nov. 8 to Nov. 25, 2011, members of the adult entertainment community that did not qualify for Sunrise A registration will be able to file applications to register domain names in the dot-xxx domain. If more than one application is filed for the same dot-xxx domain, a mini-auction will be held between the competing applicants at the end of the land-rush period. Both the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy and Rapid Evaluation Service programs will be available to address concerns of trademark owners after registration of second-level domain names.
Beginning on Dec. 6, 2011, second-level dot-xxx domains will be available to both members of the community and nonmembers on a first-come first-served basis.
Attorney Michael R. Graham is a partner at at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, a commercial law firm in Chicago, and co-chair of the firm's Trademark Practice Group. For more than 20 years, Graham has provided clients with wide-ranging counsel to advance and protect their trademark, copyright and other commercial and creative intellectual property rights.


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Introduction to Acoustics, ME 560
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ME 559 – Fundamentals of Ocean Acoustics
Scientific interest in the underwater ambient acoustic environment began during the Second World War II. Initially, military interest led research but later a wide variety of civilian and commercial research began. This class will begin with an overview of general acoustics. The reminder of the course will focus on the particular features of the ocean environment that effect sound propagation as well as applications including sonar. The class is mathematical based but the goal of establishing this foundation is to support a physical understanding of the subject.
ME 560 – Introduction to Acoustics
The goals of this course include exposing students to mathematical foundations of acoustics. Topics include a brief introduction to one degree of freedom vibrations followed by an in-depth examination of the acoustic wave equation. This knowledge will then provide a foundation for the semester's remaining topics, which include: acoustic metrology, sound propagation, Matlab signal processing, reflection, and transmission.
ME 561: Acoustics & Wave Propagation
Vibrating systems; simple, damped, and driven oscillators; strings; bars; membranes and plates. Plane, cylindrical, and spherical waves in a fluid: transmission, refraction, reflection, and absorption. Radiation from point, line, and piston sources.
ME 563: Acoustics Media & Design
This applied course covers design and measurement related issues in acoustics. Topics include the acoustics of natural and artificial porous media like gravel, mineral wool, foams and grass. The course addresses the use and design of data acquisition systems, the design of sound absorbers materials as well as the design of apparatuses for measuring acoustic properties. Experimental topics includes, impedance tube measurements, room acoustic measurements and design topics includes, design of sound absorber materials, design of acoustic measurement apparatus: porosity, flow resistivity and tortuosity apparatus. Prerequisite: ENGR 222 or equivalent.
ME 565: Atmospheric Acoustics
ME 566: Advanced Vibrations and Structural Dynamics I
Free and forced vibrations of single degree of freedom systems under a variety of time dependent loads. Damping in structures. Unit impulse response functions. Frequency domain analysis. Free and forced vibrations of multi degree of freedom systems. Modal Analysis, eigenvalues, eigenvectors. Numerical integration, time history analysis, and modal analysis of MDOF systems. Introduction to vibration of continuous systems.
ME 568: Experimental Vibration and Acoustics
Properties of acoustic and vibration sensors and actuators, collection of large data sets using robotically positioned transducers, automated data acquisition and signal processing. Post-processing techniques including statistical analysis, reduction of multi-dimensional data sets, and image generation. Comparison of experimental results with theoretical predictions of acoustic and vibration behavior. Prerequisite: ME 392 or graduate status.
ME 573: Marine Bioacoustics
The course takes an interdisciplinary approach that links areas in ocean acoustics, marine biology, and environmental sciences. The topics covered ranging from physics of underwater sound, marine animal communication and hearing, acoustic methods in marine biology studies, digital signal processing, underwater noise impacts on marine animals, marine ambient noise and soundscape, and current hot topics in marine bioacoustics research. Students will be required to carry out a research project and to report their findings.
ME 660: Intermediate Acoustics
The course will cover issues related to linear acoustics that stem from an understanding of the acoustic wave equation. The topics include acoustic metrology, attenuation of sound, radiation and reception, wave-guides human hearing and transduction. These analytic concepts will be applied to applied topics including musical instruments, audio, and biomedical ultrasound. Prerequisite: Graduate student status.
ME 661: Acoustics Metrology
General topics in acoustics are covered from an experimental perspective. Students will collect data and use MATLAB to characterize the acoustic performance of transducers in air and underwater. The course will cover signal processing from a practical perspective. These topics will include digital filtering, calibration and digital data acquisitions.
ME 663: Transduction in Acoustics/Vibration
ME 664: Modal Analysis
Theoretical modal analysis. Random vibrations. Estimation of natural frequencies and mode shapes from experimental data. Experimental techniques for vibration measurements. Vibration sensors. Signal processing and data handling. Prerequisite: ME 666.
ME 666: Advanced Vibrations and Structural Dynamics II
Vibration of single degree of freedom systems. Multi-degrees of freedom systems. Introduction to modal analysis: natural frequencies and mode shapes. Distributed parameter systems: vibration of beams and plates. Analytical dynamics: LaGrange equations and Hamilton's principle. Prerequisites: ME 344 or Graduate Student Status.
ME 668: Active and Passive Vibration Control
Passive surface damping treatments: visco-elastic materials and sandwich structures. Active damping treatments. Application of optimal control techniques to vibration reduction. Adaptive control techniques. Magnetic damping treatments. Prerequisites: ME 507, ME 666.
ME 669: Nonlinear Vibration
This course includes derivation of nonlinear equations of motion for large amplitude mechanical vibrations (such as of beams and plates) but focuses on the analysis of the dynamics of nonlinear oscillators (such as Duffing, Van der Pol, and Mathieu/Hill equations). Topics considered include phase-plane analysis and stability, asymptotic and perturbation methods such as Lindstedt-Poincaré, multiple scales, and Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky, the harmonic balance method, external excitation, primary and secondary resonances; parametric excitation, Floquet theory, and multi-degree of freedom systems including nonlinear normal modes and center manifold theory.
ME 703: Advanced Problems in Vibration and Acoustics
Topics include longitudinal and transverse waves in solids: bars, plates, and cylindrical shells; dispersion and impedance. Sound radiated by vibrating structures, effect of fluid loading on structural vibrations, sound-induced vibrations and fluid/structure interactions.
ME 760: Advanced Topics in Acoustics
Research oriented course focused on sound environments. This course covers ocean and atmospheric acoustics as well as architectural acoustics. This course also includes topics related to nonlinear phenomenon such as shock wave propagation and parametric arrays. Prerequisite: ME 560
ME 761: Acoustic Imaging
This is a research oriented class covers several types of acoustic imaging including sonar, biomedical ultrasound and airborne side scanning synthetic aperture imaging. Students will be exposed to the theory as well as the hands-on applications. This class includes experimental as will have computations work.


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There, sheriff Tom Seiner was placed into lame duck status back in the February Primary. Running on his party ticket was Jerry Fricker; opposing him was coroner Roger Little.
Over the summer, Deputy Lloyd "Smokey" Cullison opted to run, and threw his hat in the ring as an Independent.
When Disclosure talked to him last month, Smokey said that, having worked for Seiner, whom he considered a fine sheriff, he wanted to continue on with that administration's way of doing things.
Apparently, the citizens of Hardin agreed, and of the 2,194 ballots cast, 949 of them voted for Smokey (who got his nickname after working for the Forestry Service a few decades back, appearing at area schools in a Smokey the Bear costume), solidly placing him in office. Fricker garnered 802 votes; Little, whom the more vocal of Hardin's residents declared for months was THE candidate to take the election, obtained only 424 votes.
Perhaps several hundred voters remembered the little incident a few years ago involving Little and another man, who allegedly threw Mark English and another boy into a basement hole of an abandoned house…bound and zipped up in the coroner's body bags…after the boys allegedly came across some pot plants being grown by the then-sheriff and coroner (shades of Raymond Martin…lotsa that going on in deep South Counties, just sayin).
So, congratulations to Hardin! Smokey is well-liked and will make a fine sheriff.
Check out juggalos gloating about the appointment of Lloyd "Smokey" Cullison – hopefully he will help stop the juggalo problem from spreading.
So what does this mean to the average juggalo?
When Disclosure talked to him last month, Smokey said that, having worked for Seiner, whom he considered a fine sheriff, he wanted to continue on with that administration's way of doing things.


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It's almost ironic watching the dawn of a new era of Atlanta Hawks basketball begin as the Hawks open training camp at the University of Georgia. The Hawks are in the midst of restructuring the roster from a veteran group that featured All Stars Paul Millsap and Dwight Howard to a youth movement with Dennis Schroeder and First Round Pick, John Collins.
One of the team's key cogs of the future and present, Taurean Prince, spent four years playing college basketball at Baylor University before the Hawks went against modern, conventional draft wisdom and made a senior the12th overall in the 2016 NBA Draft.
Prince isn't a normal second year player. Prince is already 23 years-old. Typically, that is considered young, but in the age of the one and done prospects, 18 and 19-year-olds are the usual picks by NBA General Managers look to add players who can contribute to their future.
The Hawks' willingness to take Prince as a fourth-year senior has paid off, giving them a head start on the maturation process for Prince. Entering the league as a mature 23-year-old, Prince was quickly able to adjust to Coach Mike Budenholzer's offense and expectations for players on the roster. Despite the Hawks completely rebuilding their roster, Prince gives the Hawks a young, mature piece to add to the young core that is being assembled.
Prince thinks four years of college was an advantage for him in his development. Many young NBA prospects enter the league and fail to contribute on the same level and fail to adjust, leading to a short stint in the Pros. Prince thinks his four years of experience and maturation process as a basketball player at Baylor was a benefit in comparison to the other prospects of last year's class.
"I think they're kind of unaware of what it really takes to be in the league and not only be there, but produce at the same time," Prince said. "I think a lot of guys are number two or number three draft picks and they're high and they come in here with the mindset of 'I'm that guy and I'm going to be alright.' Then they end up having a subpar 1st season. Then they say they'll pick it up the next season. To come in with a good mindset it will serve you well."
With the first practice of training camp in the books, Prince enters the 2017-18 campaign with experience and ready to contribute to Atlanta's roster in comparison to his rookie season, when he was learning the process of the NBA. Prince attributes his excitement to being more comfortable with Budenholzer's expectations as well as the unknown that surrounds the 2017-2018 Hawks.
"I'm even more excited," Prince said. "It's kind of a mystery to everybody else, but we have our blueprint laid down and we know what we want to do. I'm excited to see how well we execute it."
Prince, struggled in the early portion of the 2016-17 season to earn Budenholzer's trust to contribute at a consistent level nightly. However, as the playoff race approached, Prince was moved into the starting lineup including the Hawks' six game playoff series against the Washington Wizards. For Prince, between the experience of playing in a NBA Playoffs Series and gaining confidence in his game gives Hawks fans more of a reason to watch his development as a sophomore.
"I think I've become very comfortable throughout the playoffs and even more comfortable coming in knowing a lot of the things Bud wants and now I can take my leadership to the young guys," Prince said. "There's guys that don't even see the playoffs their 1st five or 10 years in the league. So, to be blessed enough to see the playoffs my first year and not only to see them, but be able to start all six games is a blessing and I just plan to take that over into this year."
Prince will be a player to watch in 2017, not only because he is in the 2nd year of his professional career now and improvement is natural from year one to year two, but year two in Budenholzer's system also seems to be the breakout point for players as evidences by Tim Hardaway Jr.'s jump last season and Kent Bazemore's emergence the year prior.
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by Sharon Rondeau
(Dec. 17, 2012) — A Freedom of Information Act request submitted by The Post & Email on December 15, 2012 to the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department regarding any 911 call made on behalf of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week has been denied.
On Saturday, it was reported that Clinton had suffered dehydration, fainting and then a concussion from a stomach flu, rendering her unable to testify on Thursday about the Benghazi, Libya terrorist attack and its aftermath as some in Congress had expected. Various news outlets reproduced a statement released by Philippe Reines, Clinton's long-time aide, which said that she would be "working from home" this week. No medical tests, evaluations, names of attending physicians or hospitalization were mentioned in the statement.
A concussion occurs from a bump or blow to the head, not from fainting alone, and can result in "temporary loss of brain function." According to WebMD, a concussion can be considered a traumatic brain injury which "can cause bruising, damage to the blood vessels, and injury to the nerves."
Fox News reported that the State Department said that Clinton's condition was "diagnosed" on Thursday, and an unidentified State Department "official" said that "The doctors did not determine the concussion to be 'severe.'"
The Obama regime has been known to "control the media" and tout transparency but fail to provide information to the public on the activities of government. Obama himself has been accused of committing election fraud twice, using a stolen Social Security number, posting two forged birth certificates to the public, and issuing a "stand down" order to military commanders who were ready to assist those massacred in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.
The Electoral College has reportedly re-elected Obama to a second term despite numerous criminal complaints, including treason, against his regime and him personally.
Along with United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, Clinton had insisted for several weeks that the Benghazi attack had been caused by protesters angry about an anti-Islamic video, but emails released to the press from the State Department revealed that within several hours, the White House, members of the FBI, State Department and CIA knew that a terrorist attack had been launched during which Amb. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
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Sent: Mon 12/17/12 3:32 PM
To: Redacted
December 17, 2012
Sharon Rondeau
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Re: FOIA Request No.121217-007
Dear Ms. Rondeau:
This letter is in response to your above listed FOIA request in which you request documents pertaining to:
(1) A transcript and audio recording of any call placed on behalf of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while in her office at the US State Department, sometime between December 10, 2012 and December 15, 2012.
After due consideration, your request is denied. Without admitting or denying the existence of such records, the release of any transcript and or audio made to the Office of Unified Communications/Metropolitan Police Department, would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Such records are exempt from disclosure under D.C. Official Code § 2-534 (a) (2).
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The appeal must be mailed to: The Mayor's Correspondence Unit, FOIA Appeal, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 316, Washington, D.C. 20004. Electronic versions of the same information can instead be e-mailed to The Mayor's Correspondence Unit at firstname.lastname@example.com. Further, a copy of all appeal materials must be forwarded to the Freedom of Information Officer of the involved agency, or to the agency head of that agency, if there is no designated Freedom of Information Officer there.
Failure to follow these administrative steps will result in delay in the processing and commencement of a response to your appeal to the Mayor.
Aliyyah Ferguson
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Office of the General Counsel
Metropolitan Police Department
Ms. Aliyyah Z. Ferguson
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Mambo Sawa Sawa — Things are Already Better
By: @RighteousPix
Last Thursday, as the International community commemorated the 17th anniversary of the Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda, we screened The Last Survivor at the University of Miami. The film was being shown as the final installment of a three-part series on diversity presented by the Hillel on-campus, and the composition of the audience certainly reflected the theme. The University of Miami is home to one of the most diverse student populations in the entire country, and students from all across the campus joined together to present The Last Survivor. Co-Sponsors included the University of Miami Citizens Board, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Invisible Children, African Students Union, United Black Students, Haitian Students Organization, Young Democrats, College Republicans, Masa Israel, the Council of International Students and Organizations, Ethics Society, Amnesty International, the Baptist Campus Ministry, and the University of Miami Hillel. I was even told that some of the UM football players were giving out flyers on the campus's main walkway. It was truly remarkable to hear of this massive on-campus collaboration because when we started making this film almost four years ago, we began with the hope that the film could be used to bring people together and spark important conversations. On April 7th, it most certainly did.
Often, when we think about an issue as massive in scale as genocide, it's overwhelming to grasp the enormity of the problem. How can ONE person begin to tackle such a global issue? I've heard so many people say, "What can I do? How can I really help? I'm over here and they're over there." It's one of the toughest hurdles to overcome in this line of work. That's why Thursday night's screening so was important. As the film drew to a close, Justin, a few students, and I made our way up to the stage to begin a very important dialogue about the idea of diversity and how it relates the central themes in the film.
Justin started the conversation by recounting some of his previous experiences as a refugee in Africa. Despite having nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep or live at times, Justin recalled always feeling a sense of community as he sought refuge in several African nations. "It didn't matter where you went or who you were: if you met someone new you had a conversation with them. You asked them who they were and where they were from. You made an effort to get to know them and share something with them. It didn't matter their color, race or background—we were all human beings." But Justin was surprised when he came to this country, the exact opposite was true. No one wanted to speak to him; no one wanted to get to know him. When he first moved into his new apartment, Justin often tried to say hello to the man living across the hall. He was never greeted in return. For a year he lived in his apartment and never had a real conversation with the man living five feet from his front door.
Justin urged the student audience to get to know the people living in their community—to get to know the other students on campus. He encouraged them to learn about where their classmates are from and talk about the lessons they have learned throughout their life. "You never know what you might learn from the people around you," he said. "And you can't imagine how much you might have in common."
The idea seems simple. But remember that genocide is rooted in prejudice, intolerance, and fear of someone who may appear to be different from you. How often do we look around at our fellow classmates, co-workers, and random people on the street and think to ourselves, "We don't have anything in common"? How do YOU treat people who appear to be different from you?
In the film, Jacqueline talks about how genocide is something that happens in a process. "People do not get up one day and want to kill their neighbors. People do not get up and want to kill their countryman. A genocide is something that happens in a process, and because of that there are opportunities for us to intervene…" Jacqueline teaches us that the crime of genocide is preventable, but that we must identify the early warning signs. She told us that in Rwanda, machetes were imported over two years before the genocide actually began. The Hutu extremists were using the public radio to dehumanize and demonize the Tustis, calling them cockroaches and less than human.
If this sounds familiar, it's because we've heard it before. In the 1930s and '40s, the Nazis began their campaign of dehumanization very early. Jews were called rats, accused of spreading disease across Europe. They were forced to wear the yellow Jude stars, pulled from their homes, forced to live in ghettos. Similarly, we learned from Adam that prior to Bashir's genocidal campaign in Sudan, all of the Darfuri students were forbidden from going to school, stripped of any chance of furthering their lives and amibitions. All of these horrible crimes followed a pattern that signaled overt discrimination and impending violence. In these cases, it ultimately led to genocide.
Each of these conflicts have their origins in the simple idea that someone decided that someone else is different than they are—that they don't deserve to be called a human being.
And so I'm brought back to Justin's story, to his tragic history of loss and destruction. He and so many others he loved were told that they were less than human; that they didn't deserve to live, simply because of the way they were born. And yet, throughout his life, Justin's greatest hope has been to expand his human family. His own personal experiences haven't prevented him from trying to reach out and connect with people who might appear to be different from him. His determination to reach a better place in his life has been bolstered by his insistence on inviting new people and new experiences in. Justin has a lot to teach us, and his lessons begin in our own towns, our own schools, our own communities.
The evening came to a close with Justin asking the audience to rise and join him in what has become one of his infamous calling cards: the singing of Mambo Sawa Sawa. This traditional Swahili song, with its hopeful lyrics and catchy melody, speaks to the faith that has allowed Justin to not only endure despite the most horrific of circumstances, but to thrive and move forward. "Things are already better!" the song declares. It is a song about hope, it is a song about community coming together to move forward.
What Justin has shared with us, and what we will forever be grateful for, is his faith that within each of us is the power to overcome, the power to recognize ourselves in one another, and the power to make things better. Once we each recognize this power, things are already better.
Mambo Sawa Sawa.
Learn more about Justin's Story here and visit thelastsurvivor.com to find a screening near you.