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The shift in the market from technology to services is not only gathering pace but also becoming inevitable.
I have a friend in the UK who is probably more of an idol to me than a friend. He has been publishing financial research on the UK software and services market for more than a decade. He's widely recognised for his controversial predictions and stinging criticism of certain sectors of the market and, more significantly, for his dogged attention to detail - and his uncanny accuracy.
For the past three years Goldman Sachs has hosted a European computer-services conference. My friend, Richard Holway, was invited to speak to Goldman's clients as the guest luncheon keynote this year. Holway measures IT-services companies on the strength of their financials - period. A few years back he started what has become an extremely popular award for the most "boring" companies in the UK market.
A Holway Boring Award has simply one criterion: uninterrupted earnings-per-share growth for 10 years. While we were chatting at a cocktail party at the conference, I witnessed European IT-services CEOs begging Richard to include Europe in his pool of eligible companies. (Many Europeans still do not consider the UK to be part of Europe.) This behaviour inspired us to speculate on who might be eligible for a Boring Award in the US. After a cursory inventory of the usual suspects, it became very clear that few IT-services companies would make the cut.
Because of Richard's reputation for accuracy, I thought I might share some of his predictions. For the most part, Richard firmly believes that in the battle between software and services, services will prevail.
In fact, he has a standing wager with several UK executives over the future of Microsoft's revenue streams: "Microsoft will derive less than 50 per cent of its revenues from product licences by the year 2002." He made this prediction in 1997.
And he has an even bolder prediction: "If your longer-term business plan does not incorporate earning nothing from product licences in exchange for services revenues, your company will not survive." His views on the hardware market are even more heretical. One of Holway's presentation slides features clip art of an electric guitar with the words: "Money for nothing and PCs for free."
Now, Richard does not wish to be misunderstood. He's not suggesting that software and hardware are irrelevant. "That's ridiculous," he scoffs. He is simply pointing out that the way traditional product companies have charged for their products in the past will transform into some type of a services- related transaction in the future.
I believe he's onto something. Not very long ago I had the opportunity to corner Ted Waite, CEO of computer maker Gateway, with this notion. He bristled at the idea of free PCs but confided, "We'll compete on solutions in the future." (In other words, not on product specs or unit shipments.)I've been blathering for a while now about the unmistakable shift in the balance of market power from technology products to services. GartnerGroup has even been publishing "services is king" for a year or so.
Though investors are currently seduced by the promise of Internet stocks, it might be time to sneak a few "boring" companies into high-tech portfolios.
Whereas most Internet stocks have failed to make a profit (even once), if you had invested in Richard's UK-based Boring Award winners in 1989, you'd have realised a 4700-per cent return on your dreadfully dull investment. Do the Brits know something we don't?
Susan Scrupski is president of IT Services Advisory LLC. E-mail her at email@example.com


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Over 2500 years ago, the philosopher Plato complained that humans had disturbed the hills in Greece. What would he say today?
It is well known that in order to understand our world today we have to look back in time and observe the collection of events that lead to the current landscape of the world. A question that intrigues us at the YMP is: How was humanity able to create the big sustainability challenges that we face today?
It seems that since long ago some people were able to observe and express detrimental causes of certain human activities. But it also seems that people have not been able to listen or do things differently. Why? Very likely people are not always prepared to listen, people not always understand the importance of an observation or fact. In some cases, there is something limiting us to do something. It can be our societal context. The aim of education for sustainable development is to equip us with tools and skills that help us listen, understand, and act. At the YMP we focus on helping youth find out by themselves what is needed and what it takes to make things happen.
A short story of the connection between society and nature, the subtle disregard to a keen observation, and its consequences reflected today
All organisms have an effect on their environment. As a species, humans have had a large and widespread impact on the natural environment. Environmental disturbance by humans is nothing new. Over 2500 years ago, the famous philosopher Plato complained that humans had disturbed the hills in Greece. The forests had been chopped down and when it rained the soil was washed away by rainwater, which drained into the rivers. It became very difficult to grow things in the ground. What is new is the rapid increase of impacts as population grows and the accumulated effects.
Humans have changed the environment to suit our "improved" lifestyles. While adapting nature to our needs, we have damaged our natural environment in many different ways. Of course our ancestors did not mean to damage their surroundings and we did not know about many of the problems we have been causing until a few decades ago.
Today we know more! And we are aware of the resulting challenges we are facing. Namely climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, the steep transition to low-carbon energy sources, socio-economic inequalities including poverty, lack of health care, and issues of human rights among other challenges.
What is the next step?
Keep reading about sustainable development challenges on the YMP Programme.
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Our drivers go through hard-and-fast training processes. We at Rydehere will ensure that all drivers are quality controlled and that only the best of the best drive for you. Professionalism is the only way to go.
Now, to ensure that our drivers are reliable, each and every driver will go through a strict safety check. This will indeed maintain a safe place in the work environment.
After all, customer safety is vital. There are a few safety rules and regulations that all drivers ought to go through. Their driver's license, proof of birth, their residence, and the basic education papers will be thoroughly checked. As well as driving history and we insure that the vehicle you're in has an updated inspection and insurance.
Moreover, we will try to ensure a 100% positive work environment for the drivers. We understand that sitting behind the wheel can be a tedious task and as such, the job at Rydehere is open to your time preference. It is the teams job here to ensure that your work timings are prioritized.
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Our referral program will indeed help bring income within the city. The income will be distributed amongst the drivers, Ryders and website managers. The income will help in the circulation of money within the city.
To make sure that each city is flourishing in terms of cash income and circulation, make sure to spread the word about our services and join Rydehere to automatically become a part of our referral program. Is it not amazing that our referral program absolutely free and ensures that you will be paid, if followed exactly?
The referral fee is a great initiative by our team which will for sure excite you. We hope that this program will be loved by our Ryders in the future and that such programs will encourage you to join with us.
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Despite it's popularity with some professional baseball players, chewing tobacco is still not a healthy habit and is a carcinogenic substance, leading to potential complications such as verrucous carcinoma. According to the American Cancer Society, this type of squamous cell carcinoma accounts for less than 5 percent of all oral cancers.
What Is Verrucous Carcinoma?
What Is It?
Verrucous carcinoma is a rare type of cancer with external lesions that appear cauliflower-like, typically developing at a site of chronic irritation or inflammation. The oral cavity is the most common site for this type of tumor, as well as other areas such as the larynx, nasal cavity and throat. Smoking and chewing tobacco are significant risk factors for this type of cancer, and alcohol consumption can also compound these effects. The tumors that form in the oral cavity may cause hoarseness, difficulty swallowing and a sore throat.
Inflammation appears to play a role, too, as verrucous carcinoma often develops on sites of chronic inflammation or scarring. Patients with oral ulcerative areas and chronic candidiasis can develop verrucous carcinomas, as well as those who smoke, chew tobacco or consume alcohol and who have poor dental hygiene or ill-fitting dentures.
What to Expect
Luckily, this particular carcinoma is slow-growing. Nonetheless, you should visit your dentist if you start noticing this type of growth.
During the oral cancer screening portion of your exam, your dentist can determine if you carry any of these cancerous lesions. No matter what the diagnosis, make sure to follow up with proper oral hygiene at home, too. Using a fluoride toothpaste twice a day, alongside daily flossing, can help you make great oral health a priority — something that affects your overall health, as well.
Above all, avoiding tobacco in any form and at all costs is the most important thing you can do to keep your body healthy and free from advanced disease.
About the author: Diana Tosuni-O'Neill is a licensed registered dental hygienist in New York and New Jersey with over 25 years of clinical experience in dental hygiene practice. She was employed for over 15 years with the team dentist for the sports teams the New York Giants, the Brooklyn Nets and the New Jersey Devils. Diana is also an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and a Group Fitness Instructor. Her passion for the dental and fitness fields spans over two decades. She is also a freelance writer specializing in oral health care. She enjoys traveling, gardening, decorating and her fitness workouts. Diana presently resides outside Manhattan with her two children.


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Organise Your Overwhelm
Do you ever just have sooooooooooo many projects going on at the same time?
Your brain just wont let you pick one thing to focus on without going around in 100 circles first?
This video is showing you an extremely simple way to organise your overwhelm.
I wish this idea would have presented itself to me years ago. It's so simple. I did buy a whiteboard specifically for this purpose, but I couldn't be bothered to keep getting up and down and changing it at the speed that I work.
I already track most of my business data, systems and progress in google sheets so why don't I just create one for ALL THE THINGS? And colour code it with what's most important and what's not?
It straightened out my mind instantly. I made a video about it. I hope it might help you too.
Did you like this video? Please leave me a comment if you did xo


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The one-of-a-kind flavors of New Orleans can be enjoyed by all with this quick and easy vegetarian recipe. A medley of fresh vegetables is combined with Zatarain's Jambalaya Mix for a lighter but no less flavorful take on one of the legendary dishes in New Orleans.
How to Make It
Step 1
Bring water and tomatoes to boil in large saucepan. Add Jambalaya Mix, onion, bell pepper and carrot; mix well. Return to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 minutes.
Step 2
Stir in broccoli and zucchini; mix well. Cover and cook 10 minutes longer or until rice and vegetables are tender. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Sprinkle with green onions.


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Events & Tickets
WALLCAST® Concert
SoundScape Park
You're invited to NWS's 100th WALLCAST® concert -- the first to be in 4K from start to finish!
Since winning the Grand Prix prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition and being awarded Gramophone's 2016 Artist of the Year, pianist Daniil Trifonov has catapulted to global fame as "without question the most astounding pianist of our age" (The Times). Trifonov makes his NWS debut alongside MTT, performing fellow Russian pianist Alexander Scriabin's only Concerto. Hector Berlioz's dramatic symphony is a stirring portrayal of Shakespeare's tragic love story. New Conducting Fellow Chad Goodman takes the New World Center podium for the first time for Ludwig van Beethoven's Egmont Overture.
Knight Foundation and New World Symphony: Reimagining Classical Music in the Digital Age.
WALLCAST® concerts are free. No tickets required. Document your WALLCAST® concert experience using #WALLCAST on social media!
WALLCAST® Concert Club: Click here to learn about the free WALLCAST® Concert Club. Join today!
Mobile Program: Text WALLCAST to 50155 and receive a link to the mobile program.
Pre-Concert Chat: Join NWS Fellows for a free Pre-Concert Chat in SoundScape Park! These half-hour chats begin one hour prior to the performance.
Restrooms: There are always restrooms available in the south-east corner of SoundScape Park. Restrooms inside the New World Center will be open to WALLCAST® Concert Club members at the beginning of the second half of the concert until 10 minutes before the end of the performance.
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WALLCAST® Concert Sponsors
WALLCAST® concerts are made possible with support from Hitachi, Knight Foundation, Sarah Arison and Thomas Wilhelm, Chanin and Adam Carlin, Susan D. Kronick and Edward Manno Shumsky, Will Osborne and Karen Bechtel, and William Strong. Knight Foundation and New World Symphony: Reimagining Classical Music in the Digital Age.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Approx. Duration: 9 minutes
Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Mr. Goodman
Alexander Scriabin
Approx. Duration: 28 minutes
Concerto in F-sharp minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 20
Allegro moderato
Mr. Trifonov
Hector Berlioz
Approx. Duration: 45 minutes
Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic Symphony, Op. 17
Love Scene
Queen Mab Scherzo
Romeo Alone – Festivities at Capulet's
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Approximate duration: 9 minutes
Beethoven longed to be an opera composer, and yet it proved to be the most frustrating aspect of his career. In the period when his only opera, Leonore, sat dormant—it was soon revised for the second time and reintroduced as Fidelio—Beethoven agreed to provide incidental music for an 1810 revival of Egmont, a play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The drama, set in the 16th century, followed the tribulations of the Count of Egmont, who was convicted of treason and executed after he protested the Spanish occupation in his native Flanders. It was timely fare for Vienna, still reeling from the French occupation in 1809, and it gave Beethoven a chance to vent some of his resentment toward Napoleon while advancing his prospects in Vienna's theater scene.
The Overture to Egmont begins with a severe introduction in the key of F minor, its slow and deliberate phrases punctuated by stout chords. A pulsing accompaniment ratchets up the tension, and then the strings pivot to the fast body of the Overture, reusing a rising and falling motive to unify the two sections. The minor-key drama gives way at the end to major-key triumph in an accelerated tempo, with piccolo, trumpets and timpani reinforcing the militaristic tone.
Alexander Scriabin
Concerto in F-sharp minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 20
Approximate duration: 28 minutes
The Piano Concerto that Alexander Scriabin drafted at the age of 24 (a task that only took a matter of days) represented a fascinating detour in the career of this most mystifying Russian composer. After studying alongside Rachmaninoff at the Moscow Conservatory, Scriabin got his professional start writing and performing solo piano music indebted to Chopin and Liszt. A Russian publisher took Scriabin under his wing, arranging for his Paris recital debut and instigating the creation of the Concerto, but the temperamental young composer was a nightmare to work with, perpetually missing deadlines, overspending against his advance payments, and burning bridges with influential colleagues like Rimsky-Korsakov, who was called in to help with the Concerto when Scriabin foundered in his first attempt at orchestration.
Scriabin eventually finished the score and performed it in Moscow and elsewhere, but ultimately he was not fated to ride original concertos to international stardom like his old classmate Rachmaninoff. Instead Scriabin became increasingly mystical in his philosophical outlook and radical in his musical approach, as heard in the final piano sonatas and the esoteric symphonic works that occupied the latter portion of his short, strained life. And yet Scriabin always stood by his youthful and relatively conservative Concerto, keeping it in his repertoire to the end and never rehashing the intuitive orchestration even after he honed his symphonic voice.
The Concerto uses the traditional sonata form for its first movement, but the material has none of the heroism found in model piano concertos from Beethoven to Tchaikovsky. With its lyrical first theme, abundant rubato (in which tempos flex freely) and petite dimensions that make it shorter than both movements that follow, this Allegro statement is uncommonly poetic within the tradition of formal concertos.
After muted strings introduce the gentle theme of the slow movement, the piano begins a diverse series of variations, starting with effervescent arpeggios that encircle the solo clarinet's innocent restatement of the melody.
The opening music of the finale, with its dancing pulse in a three-beat meter, recalls Chopin and his signature Polonaises. The contrasting material is the real showstopper, though, exhibiting a soaring lyricism to rival Rachmaninoff and delivering this Concerto out of the tension of F-sharp minor and into the radiance of F-sharp major. Scriabin was one of those rare individuals who experienced the world with synesthesia—a cross-wiring of the senses that, in his case, gave each musical key its own distinct visual hue—such that the ending key of this Concerto appeared to him as bright blue.
Hector Berlioz
Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic Symphony, Op. 17
Approximate duration: 45 minutes
The French composer Hector Berlioz became fascinated with Shakespeare in 1827, when a British troupe performed Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet in Paris. Despite knowing barely any English, Berlioz found the plays captivating—especially the contributions of a beautiful Irish actress, Harriet Smithson, who played the roles of Ophelia and Juliet. (His obsession with Smithson fueled the Symphonie fantastique in 1830, and they later ended up in a brief, stormy marriage.)
Berlioz was a talented writer himself with a passion for literature that often bubbled over into his music, and he was eager to engage with Shakespeare in some way. The opportunity came in 1838, when the aging superstar violinist Niccolò Paganini offered Berlioz a gift of 20,000 francs—enough to pay off his debts and clear space for a substantial composition. He decided to create a choral symphony, following the model of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, but Berlioz added a twist by incorporating Romeo and Juliet to accentuate the dramatic elements of the symphony, just as his Symphonie fantastique had taken the programmatic concept of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony to a new degree of theatricality.
In a preface to the score, Berlioz illuminated his approach to the choral symphony. While two choruses represent the rival Montague and Capulet families, and three soloists sing minor roles, the central relationship between Romeo and Juliet unfolds in the orchestra, rather than voices. As he explained, "The very sublimity of this love made its depiction so dangerous for the composer that he needed to allow his imagination a freedom which the literal meaning of the words sung would have denied him. Hence the resort to instrumental language, a language which is richer, more varied, less finite, and through its very imprecision incomparably more powerful in such a situation."
This Suite begins with the symphony's introduction, representing, according to Berlioz' annotations, "Combat—Tumult—Intervention of the prince." A contrapuntal opening captures the skirmish between the rival families, and stentorian brass instruments herald the peacemaking prince of Verona. Later that night, "In the garden of the Capulets, serene and deserted," comes the story's central love scene, blooming patiently in warm orchestral hues. Part II of the Symphony ends with a mischievous Scherzo, based on Mercutio's description of the fairy queen Mab.
Jumping back to the beginning of Part II, a forlorn unison line depicts Romeo Alone. The music brightens with "distant sounds from the concert and the ball," until it reaches the festive flair of the "Great banquet at the Capulets," where the disguised Romeo falls for Juliet.
-- © 2019 Aaron Grad
Aaron Grad is a composer, guitarist and writer based in Seattle. Besides providing program notes for the New World Symphony, he has been the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's program annotator since 2005 and also contributes notes to the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Seattle Symphony.
Welcome to Keynotes, NWS's new program-based podcast! NWS audiences can now soak up musical clips and commentary for an upcoming performance while on the road, in the kitchen or at work -- wherever life takes you! Keynotes will be available for select concerts throughout the season. Let us set the stage for your concert experience by sharing noteworthy moments guided by NWS's program note annotator Aaron Grad. Audio clips provided by Naxos of America, Inc.
For Aaron's full program notes, click here.
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy; Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony; and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra. In addition to these posts, he maintains an active presence guest conducting with the major orchestras of Europe and the United States.
Born in Los Angeles, Mr. Tilson Thomas is the third generation of his family to follow an artistic career. His grandparents, Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, were founding members of the Yiddish Theater in America. His father, Ted Thomas, was a producer in the Mercury Theater Company in New York before moving to Los Angeles where he worked in films and television. His mother, Roberta Thomas, was the head of research for Columbia Pictures.
Mr. Tilson Thomas began his formal studies at the University of Southern California where he studied piano with John Crown and conducting and composition with Ingolf Dahl. At age 19 he was named Music Director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra. He worked with Stravinsky, Boulez, Stockhausen and Copland on premieres of their compositions at Los Angeles' Monday Evening Concerts. During this same period he was the pianist and conductor for Gregor Piatigorsky and Jascha Heifetz.
In 1969, after winning the Koussevitzky Prize at Tanglewood, he was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. That year he also made his New York debut with the Boston Symphony and gained international recognition after replacing Music Director William Steinberg in mid-concert. He was later appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra where he remained until 1974. He was Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic from 1971 to 1979 and a Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1981 to 1985. His guest conducting includes appearances with the major orchestras of Europe and the United States.
His recorded repertoire of more than 120 discs includes works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Prokofiev and Stravinsky as well as his pioneering work with the music of Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Steve Reich, John Cage, Ingolf Dahl, Morton Feldman, George Gershwin, John McLaughlin and Elvis Costello. He also recorded the complete orchestral works of Gustav Mahler with the San Francisco Symphony.
Mr. Tilson Thomas' television work includes a series with the London Symphony Orchestra for BBC Television, the television broadcasts of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts from 1971 to 1977 and numerous productions on PBS' Great Performances. Mr. Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony produced a multi-tiered media project, Keeping Score, which includes a television series, web sites, radio programs and programs in schools.
In 1990 Mr. Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony were presented in a series of benefit concerts for UNICEF in the United States, featuring Audrey Hepburn as narrator of From the Diary of Anne Frank, composed by Mr. Tilson Thomas and commissioned by UNICEF. This piece has since been translated and performed in many languages worldwide. In August 1995 he led the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in the premiere of his composition Showa/Shoah, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Thomas Hampson premiered his settings of poetry by Walt Whitman, Renée Fleming premiered his settings of the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the San Francisco Symphony premiered his concerto for contrabassoon entitled Urban Legend. As a Carnegie Hall Perspectives Artist from 2003 to 2005, he had an evening devoted to his own compositions which included Island Music for four marimbas and percussion, Notturno for solo flute and strings and a new setting of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. Other compositions include Street Song for brass instruments and Agnegram, an overture for orchestra.
Among his many honors and awards, Mr. Tilson Thomas is a Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France, was Musical America's Musician of the Year and Conductor of the Year, Gramophone Magazine's Artist of the Year and has been profiled on CBS's 60 Minutes and ABC's Nightline. He has won 11 Grammy Awards for his recordings. In 2008 he received the Peabody Award for his radio series for SFS Media, The MTT Files. In 2010 President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the United States Government.
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov (dan-EEL TREE-fon-ov), Musical America's 2019 Artist of the Year, has made a spectacular ascent in the classical world as a solo artist, concerto collaborator, chamber musician and composer. An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, he recently added a first Grammy Award to his string of honors, winning Best Instrumental Solo Album of 2018 for his Liszt collection, Transcendental. The Times (London) calls him "without question the most astounding pianist of our age."
This fall brings the Deutsche Grammophon release of Mr. Trifonov's Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival, following Destination Rachmaninov: Departure and the Grammy-nominated Rachmaninov: Variations, both also recorded with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. As 2019-20 Artist-in-Residence of the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Trifonov joins the orchestra for concertos in New York and Europe, and gives the New York premiere of his own Piano Quintet. His upcoming highlights also include collaborations with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Symphony and San Francisco Symphony; Bach-themed solo recitals in New York, Chicago, Boston and Europe; and a return to Carnegie Hall with fellow pianist Sergei Babayan.
Mr. Trifonov recently undertook four major season-long residencies: at New York's Carnegie Hall and Vienna's Musikverein, and with the London Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic. Other recent highlights include launching the New York Philharmonic's 2018-19 season, headlining the gala finale of the Chicago Symphony's 125th anniversary celebrations, and collaborating with such preeminent ensembles as The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, London Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He regularly gives solo recitals at venues including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Boston's Celebrity Series, London's Barbican and Royal Festival Hall, Paris' Théâtre des Champs Élysées and Salle Pleyel, Brussels' Palais des Beaux-Arts, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Berlin's Philharmonie, Zurich's Tonhalle, Vienna's Musikverein, Barcelona's Palau de la Música, Tokyo's Suntory Hall and Opera City, the Seoul Arts Center and Melbourne's Recital Centre.
In 2010-11 Mr. Trifonov took First Prize in Tel Aviv's Rubinstein Competition, Third Prize in Warsaw's Chopin Competition and First Prize and Grand Prix in Moscow's Tchaikovsky Competition. Having won Italy's Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist in 2013, three years later he was named Gramophone's Artist of the Year. Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, he attended Moscow's Gnessin School of Music, before pursuing piano and composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Chad Goodman, conductor
Recognized as "an entrepreneur bringing innovation to classical music" (Forbes), Chad Goodman leads an active and diverse conducting career.
The Conducting Fellow of the New World Symphony, Mr. Goodman will work closely with Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas and take the podium on 13 programs during the 2019-20 Season. Since 2018 he has served as an Assistant Conductor to the San Francisco Symphony, assisting Esa-Pekka Salonen, Manfred Honeck, Daniel Harding, Pablo Heras-Casado, Simone Young and James Gaffigan, among others.
As Founder and Artistic Director of Elevate Ensemble, Mr. Goodman's "courageous" and "ambitious" (San Francisco Classical Voice) vision for concert programming resulted in the pairing of music from Bay Area composers with underappreciated gems of the 20th and 21st centuries. Under his leadership, Elevate Ensemble established a Composer-in-Residence program, served as Ensemble-in-Residence at San Francisco State University, and commissioned 15 works from Bay Area composers.
Mr. Goodman has previously served as Music Director of the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Peninsula Symphony. He has been a Conducting Fellow at the Atlantic Music Festival, a cover conductor for the San Francisco Ballet and has collaborated with composer Mason Bates on his electronica-classical music project, Mercury Soul.
A driving force in the new music scene, Mr. Goodman has conducted the premieres of more than 50 works. In addition to his performing career, he has taught young musicians the business and entrepreneurial skills needed to successfully navigate the world as a working musician in his workshop "You Just Earned a Music Degree. Now What?"
Mr. Goodman holds a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a master of music degree from San Francisco State University. His mentors include Michael Tilson Thomas, Alasdair Neale, Cyrus Ginwala and Martin Seggelke.


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Following the grass cutting on Wednesday 21st March, there has been significant damage to the surface of the footpath on the north side of Primfose Hill as you go up the hill from opposite Knoll Drive towards the pedestrian crossing. There is also damage to other areas of the same footpath as you go down the hill towards the Coventry Road junction.
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I Think I'll Do Upper Body Today (Female subtitle- I think I'll just run today)
Interesting fact. Most people go to the gym and immediately do the exercises they like. If you're a man, that means bench press and curls. If you're a woman it means hopping on the treadmill for a long slow walk or a long slow run. I think this might be the reason most people look so bad. They are always going to work on the stuff they can't see or don't like to do tomorrow but, tomorrow never comes.
As a college strength and conditioning coach I encountered the same problem early in my career. As a result I came to the early realization that Monday would always be lower body day. This was done for one simple reason. Every day I was forced to do battle with human nature. Athletes are no different than the average gym-goer. They want to do what they like. I was like the parent who needed to say, "no TV until your homework is done". When we first began developing training programs for athletes, our athletes were just like the folks described above. Athletes who were not on a program would wander into the weightroom, do a couple of sets of bench presses and then wander over to the curl bar for a few sets. After this, they would simply leave. My solution to this problem was simple. The first day of every week was always a lower body day. This meant that athletes would return the next day to do the stuff they really wanted to do. A simple but effective solution.
The solution for a fitness person is even simpler. Perform a full body every workout every time you go to the gym. Do your lower body and pulling exercises ( like chin-ups) first. Save the bench press and curls for last. If you just did a squat or squat variation, a pull-up variation and then benched and curled the result will be a vast improvement in your physique. The average persons work ethic in the gym is the equivalent to going to a restaurant, ordering dessert, getting too full from dessert and skipping the meal. Lots of empty calories and none of the stuff you need.
The truth is that training is much like nutrition. Ever notice that everything that is good for you doesn't taste very good. In addition, all the stuff that tastes great is fattening. Exercise is the same way. Most of the exercises that are best for you are the ones that are least popular and seem to hurt the most. Have you ever noticed the popularity of exercises where you sit or lie down. The whole machine concept is based on appealing to the lowest common denominator of human nature. You can exercise while seated on a padded chair. Just remember, if it seems to good to be true, it probably is.
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[…] I Think I'll Do Upper Body Today (Female subtitle- I think I'll just run today)….by Michael Boyle. Where guys like to bench and women hit the treadmill, elliptical, or bike. […]
It is funny when you design a workout that doesn't have a chest exercise directly prescribed. The athlete's reactions are priceless. Like allowing your son to borrow the car, but telling him he has to fill it with gas first. (I don't have kids but it is an expression my father used on me when I was baffled by a situation.) Maybe a decent plan would be to stretch what you see in the mirror, and strengthen what you can't see! Is "pre-hab" really more baby sitting because of the lack of thought or athlete education? Are we really that narcissistic by nature to continue to avoid proper training recommendations? Move it or lose it. Move it too much, and you won't be able to use it either. Oh, and by the way, the "seated" or "lying" exercises are "easy" comment by the author… You get out of it what you put into it. Machine, seated, and/or lying exercises are just another tool in the toolbox. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between athletes training on machines vs. traditional in a well rounded, well thought out program. Too many "professionals" have egos and want to fit in with the "cool trend" instead of just sticking to "hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." Our profession needs to stop with the "machines are bad" or "functional training is where it's at", etc., type remarks. I believe it is Mike Boyle who said that squatting may be bad in an article on here, and even said that HIT may have some "truths". Yep, I was at that NSCA presentation. Well a good alternative for those who can't squat would be the leg press. A seated exercise that an educated and motivated athlete won't be able to stand up from at the completion of one set. Well not true if you push your body hard enough. But I will leave that rationale to your imagination. Using the right tools for the job is key to helping athletes reach their potential. It all works when used in moderation! Sorry for the rant…


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Opinions of Monday, 20 May 2013
Columnist: Ofosu–Appiah, Ben
Stop, Look and Listen Ghanaians: Otumfuo Speaks, "Don't Commit National Suicide".
We have had some wise counseling coming from Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the just ended National commission for Civic Education's Annual Democratic lectures. The increased, excessive, and obsessive politicization of national issues by Ghanaians is driving us to the political abyss. The development and the national interest of Ghana should be our number one priority not the well being of the political party one belongs to. He said there was the need for a national consensus on fundamental issues in the country, suggesting the enactment of a legislation that would forbid governments from abandoning projects initiated by their predecessor. Words of wisdom. If only we will pay attention and listen.
The Otumfuo mentioned that the polarized political atmosphere has given rise to a new profession of serial callers, Say it Loud (Ghanaweb) resident praise singers and attack dogs, propagandists and communicators, and foot soldiers to whom good is bad if it is about the other party, and bad is good it it's about their own party. If this culture is allowed to fester (I am afraid it is festering), it will stifle honest intellectual and political discourse and it will be dangerous and threatening to the survival of our democracy. He said these serial callers are foisting on the nation a new culture of insult and abuse in the name of free speech and accountability. This must be a twisted form of accountability.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu said freedom of speech has never meant freedom to insult or defame without just cause. "In the most liberal environment, every citizen is entitled to the protection of his honour and integrity, and the citizen does not lose that right because he offers to serve his nation,"
The Asantehene rightly mentioned that, this culture of impunity has pushed Ghana to the age of howlers. The louder you can shout and the more derisive and dishonest you can be, the more attention you can command. So there is this senseless rush to the microphone after each Supreme Court sitting to spew out derogatory comments about the other side by those who are supposed to know better. The General secretaries of the two leading political parties have been a very bad example to all neutral political observers who truly have the interest of Ghana at heart. The media houses in Ghana today have contributed to this poisoned culture of abuse and spewing of malicious political gossips and use of abusive language on air. The large number of so called political talk shows in Ghana defies common sense. I sometimes wonder if politics is all that there is to talk about. From the morning to midnight all that you hear on radio and TV are these cacophony of noises on air which has no structure, no organization, no logic in it and proffers no solutions. It is jumbled, nonsensical, and just people going at each other and using unprintable words against each other on air.
We don't have class in Ghanaian politics anymore all we got is crass. How come people in political office, people who aspire to be in that office, people who call themselves leaders can go on air, on national TV and go that low? Do they need anyone to remind them that one's political opponent isn't his/her enemy? But don't just blame the politicians alone, blame the Radio stations, and the TV stations that give them the platform to insult each other. In fact political discussions in Ghana are very amateurish and organized in a crass way, it belongs to the gutters for sure. The program producers on Radio and TV plus the presenters and moderators are far below average in their skills. They are what mediocrity is defined. I don't call these shows discussion.......they are senseless quarreling and throwing of abusive language here and there. It's a shame they do not put their air time to better use instead of this crass shows.
There appears to be no rules, or if any there are, they are not enforced. People interject and interrupt each other at will, and it degenerates into a senseless arguments where people shout themselves hoarse and it goes on forever and ....God knows what. It is in a way a reflection of our undisciplined national life. Even high schools debating club/society debates are better organized and students are more disciplined. Of course the moderators a these high school debates always do a better job.
Political parties and the media are vital institutions that should play a critical role in our democratic development but as things stand now they seem to be rather pulling us back. Today, you cannot criticize your own political party without being called names including a traitor and some more unpalatable ones. In the minds of some people, one must NEVER disagree or criticize his own party even if it is abundantly clear that what the party is doing is illegal, senseless, and affront to human dignity. This is what the Asantehene referred to as bad is good if it is about your own party and good is bad it is about the other party.
Second only to the political discussion programs on air in terms of its annoyance and lack of solutions is the senseless religious services that take away precious man hours that could go into productive venture. Prayer, thanksgiving and fasting are no substitutes for hard work and visionary leadership. What makes countries prosperous are hard work, dedication and commitment towards a better tomorrow, creative thinking and visionary leadership. We are in the 21st century and manna will never fall from heaven. No amount of prayers, thanksgiving, fasting will put a state of the art hospital in Accra and equip it. It requires planning, creative thinking, critical assessment of our priorities, then the will to carry through.
Do we have to blame God for our failure to build hospitals, roads, upgrade our infrastructure, modernize our railway system to ease the burden on our roads? Do we have to blame God for scheming 10% off contracts, for running down Ghana Airways, for shortchanging Ghanaians on almost every contract? We can pray all we can but if we don't punish wrong doing and shame perpetrators, the next bunch of thieves are just lurking around the corner because they know they can get away with it. Religion is the opium of the masses and easy and convenience excuse for laziness. Religion is second only to corruption and tribalism as our biggest threat to socio economic development. WE DO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS WHEN OUR LEADERS STRESS RELIGION OVER HARD WORK AS A WAY FORWARD. God never build bridges and roads !!!! No. No, He never did !!!!
As the Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II concluded, in view of the enormous economic challenges facing the nation, the huge infrastructural deficit, huge public wage bill, collapsed National Health Insurance, rising inflation coupled with a rising cost of living, lack of basic necessities like good drinking water and uninterrupted electricity supply just to mention a few, there is a need for visionary leadership and consensus building to move the nation forward. He said although people might belong to different political persuasions, the true meaning of democracy was for them to forge unity in diversity to address their common problems. Otumfuo admonished Ghanaians to be guided by the warning at intersections:
Stop, Look and Listen – and reflect on the shortcomings of the country's democratic dispensation in order to make amends. Ghana is at the crossroads and as it is with all prudent road users, before you cross, it is imperative you stop, look, and listen. What a brilliant and timely speech. Thank you sir.
Ben Ofosu–Appiah,
Tokyo, JAPAN.The writer is a senior socio- political and economic analyst and a policy strategist. He welcomes your comments; firstname.lastname@example.com
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What Is the Difference between Leucine and Isoleucine?
Leucine and isoleucine are two distinct amino acids, substances occurring naturally in the foods humans eat that are the main components of dietary protein. Both are considered essential amino acids, meaning that the body cannot manufacture these compounds on its own and therefore they must be consumed in food. Also, both leucine and isoleucine are readily available in many protein-rich plant and animal foods like walnuts, almonds, soybeans, eggs, meat, and milk and are popular in supplement form as well. It is important to note the two have different chemical formulas, are derived from different source compounds, require the action of different enzymes to be synthesized, and have slightly different functions in the body.
Isoleucine is only manufactured by plants and some microorganisms, a process involving the conversion of pyruvic acid and involving alpha-ketoglutaric acid as an intermediary. Pyruvic acid is a substance made naturally as a part of the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats, while alpha-ketoglutaric acid is another metabolic compound. Both facilitate aerobic respiration in the cells. Leucine, while also synthesized by microorganisms and plants and involving the metabolism of pyruvic acid, requires the involvement of different intermediary substances, namely alpha-ketoisovaleric acid.
Leucine and isoleucine also differ in the enzymes required to facilitate their synthesis in plants. To create isoleucine from pyruvic acid, four enzymes, or substances that jumpstart chemical reactions, are needed: acetolactate synthase, acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase, dihydroxy acid dehydratase, and valine aminotransferase. By contrast, leucine synthesis requires the first three in addition to alpha-isopropylmalate synthase, alpha-isopropylmalate isomerase, and leucine aminotransferase.
Plant foods that synthesize a large amount of leucine include soy, peanuts, wheat germ, and almonds. Plant foods that are dense with isoleucine include soy and seaweed. Animals farmed for food tend to consume a lot of amino-acid-containing plant foods, including corn, wheat, and soy. Likewise, farmed fish are fed seaweed. For this reason, plenty of leucine and isoleucine are transferred to animal foods eaten by humans, including eggs, poultry, beef, lamb, and fish.
These two amino acids also perform slightly different functions in the human body once consumed. Along with the amino acid valine, leucine and isoleucine are known as branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), meaning that they have an extra carbon-based side chain in their molecular structure. BCAAs are associated with tissue growth and repair, making them popular as a supplement with bodybuilders and other weightlifters. In addition, both are stored by the body in the liver, in muscle, and in stored body fat. Only leucine, however, has been shown to encourage the manufacture of protein in muscle cells, which is necessary to muscle hypertrophy, or growth.


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You have the right to request that we communicate with you about health matters in a certain way or at a certain location. For example, you can ask that we only contact you at work or by mail. To request confidential communications, you must make your request in writing to the Health Information Management Department or for services rendered by an NMC Physician Practice or Clinic, to the practice or clinic. We will not ask you the reason for your request. We will accommodate all reasonable requests. Your request must specify how or where you wish to be contacted. Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice. You have the right to a paper copy of this notice. You may ask us to give you a copy of the current notice at any time. You may obtain a copy of this notice at our website, www.nmcinc.org. To obtain a paper copy of this notice, contact the Health Information Management Department, Northwestern Medical Center, 133 Fairfield Street, St. Albans, VT 05478. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE We reserve the right to change this notice. We reserve the right to make the revised changed notice effective for health information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current notice in all Hospital facilities as well as on the Hospital website and reissue the JNPP to all patients obtaining services. The notice will contain the effective date, centered on the top of the front page. COMPLAINTS If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with the Hospital or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. To file a complaint with the hospital, contact: the Privacy Officer at Northwestern Medical Center at (802) 524-5911. All complaints must be submitted in writing. Complaint forms are available at each location. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services can be contacted through their regional office at Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government Center, J.F. Kennedy Federal Building - Room 1875, Boston, Massachusetts 02203, voice phone (617) 565-1340, fax (617) 565-3809, TDD (617) 565-1343. OTHER USES OF HEALTH INFORMATION Other uses and disclosures of health information not covered by this notice or the laws that apply to us will be made only with your written permission. If you provide us permission to use or disclose health information about you, you may revoke that permission, in writing, at any time. If you revoke your permission, we will no longer use or disclose health information about you for the reasons covered by your written authorization. You understand that we are unable to take back any disclosures we have already made with your permission, and that we are required to retain our records of the services that we provided to you.


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Single Dive
Cost:€40,00 per person
About this experience
Single Dive
The Single Dive is ideal to get you straight in the water in Malta.
Whether you're a certified diver wanting to make a dive while you're here in Malta or you're wanting to do an extra dive after a Try Dive, this is the perfect option! If you would just like to do some diving around Malta, there are so many dive sites to choose from. It doesn't even matter if you don't have a buddy, let one of our experienced instructors guide you around some of the best diving in the Mediterranean.
What's included?
Our Single dive package includes the following:
- A PADI Instructor who is a certified Dive Guide
- Local Hotel Collection (if required)
- Cylinders for your dives including Air or Nitrox
If you require equipment rentals, the following items are charged at €5 each:
- Mask & Snorkel
- Wetsuit Boots
- Fins
- BCD or Wing
- Regulators
If you require 4 or more of the above items you will be charged a maximum of €15/day. All charges for scuba equipment rentals are charged locally to allow for those last-minute dive equipment purchases.
What do I need to bring?
Please ensure that you bring the following items:
- Swimming suit
- A towel
- money to buy yourself some food
- Your Scuba Diving Certification and Logbook
Fitness to dive
Before anyone gets in the water, we need to ensure that every participant is fit to dive. The way we do this is by getting each participant to read and complete the PADI Medical Statement.
You will need to learn some important safety rules regarding breathing and equalisation while scuba diving from the PADI Instructor. Scuba diving and the use of scuba equipment without proper supervision or instruction can result in serious injury or death. You must be instructed in its use under the direct supervision of a qualified instructor. Please answer the following questions in the link below on your past and present medical history with a YES or NO. If you are not sure, answer YES. If any of these items apply to you, we must request that you consult with a doctor prior to your scuba diving experience.
Let us know if you answer YES and we will supply you with a PADI Medical Statement and Guidelines for Recreational Scuba Diver's Physical Examination to take to your doctor.
Please note: You will not be able to take part in any in-water activities without confirming your fitness to dive.
Day 1
- Arrive: 08:30am
- Depart: 09:00am
- Scuba Diving: Complete 1 dive in one day
Meeting Points
If you do not choose pick-up, you can start the experience here:
NDS Malta Dive Centre
Triq San Geraldu, San Pawl il-Baħar SPB 3341, MT
Pick-up starts 10 minute before departure. We offer pick-up to the following places for this experience:
- Hotel Santana
- Salini Resort & Spa
- San Antonio Hotel & Spa
Cancellation policy
- We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is cancelled 1 day or less before event
- We will charge a cancellation fee of 50% if booking is cancelled 2 days or less before event
- We will charge a cancellation fee of 0% if booking is cancelled 3 days or less before event
Your Host
If you're thinking of coming to Malta, have any questions, or just want to chat - please get in touch using our details below.
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Summer studio logo template, this logo will suit your photography and art gallery project.
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- Logo file in Adobe Illustrator CS formats (Ai).
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- Logo in horizontal position.
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- The Logo title is 100% editable.
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- You don't need to download or install any fonts.
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Jumper Charly is a cosy Jersey Jumper with a turtleneck. The Jumper is wide shaped. The front is printed with an Orang-Utan, who is vomiting chocolate. The Print is a statement against the whole palm oil industry. If you buy one, RAMONAERB donates 10 Euro for the organisation www.orang-utans-in-not.org. With your purchase, we can help the Orang-Utans to keep them alive.
– For every sold piece, RAMONAERB donates 10 Euro for the organisation www.orang-utans-in-not.org
– Made in Germany
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Had he survived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, Jimi Hendrix – the man who gave birth to a whole new way of hearing music – would have been 65 today. 65. Damn, can you imagine that? The guy who brought us Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love would would have reached retirement age.
In terms of pure music (please forgive the grim nature of this thought), it might have been fortuitous that Jimi passed away when he did. Looking at the careers of superstars that survived the 60s (Grace Slick, Bob Dylan, or to a lesser degree Elvis), one wonders if Jimi's untimely death might have saved the world from a slow descent into disco, then New Wave, and possibly a trainwreck of bizarre eccentricity. Imagine how much differently the world would remember Michael Jackson had he passed away just after releasing Thriller.
Also, it's American Thanksgiving, or alternatively, it's Don't-Buy-Anything Eve. Remember not to buy anything tomorrow. As if. Try anyway. Maybe even just think about not buying stuff tomorrow. Think of it as Be-Kind-To-Your-Credit-Card Day or something – at least for as long as it takes you to climb over all the other shoppers to get at all that crap you've been brainwashed into thinking you need.
Anyway, happy birthday Jimmy James. You were missed. I wonder what you would have thought of the world today.


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Jet Propulsion/Axial turbines
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An axial turbine operates in the reverse of an axial compressor. A set of static guide vanes or nozzle vanes accelerates and adds swirl to the fluid and directs it to the next row of turbine blades mounted on a turbine rotor.
In an Impulse turbine the pressure drop happens entirely in the nozzle vanes. In a reaction turbine the pressure drop is split between the nozzle vanes and the turbine rotor. The proportion of pressure drop in the turbine rotor is called the degree of reaction.
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Get your Minku Leather Goods at their Exclusive Pop-Up Store in Lagos | Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th December 2013
Join Minku Leather Goods next weekend as they showcase their newest creations via a pop-up store in Lagos.
Minku is a family-run Nigerian leather goods company specializing in bags for men and women. Each bag is designed and handmade by Minku founder and artisan, Kunmi Otitoju. Last year, the collection was modeled by musician Nneka.
Be sure to be there to get your signature Minku leather goods.
Date: Saturday 28th (Opening Ceremony) & Sunday 29th December 2013
Time: 11AM – 7PM (Saturday) | 11AM – 6PM (Sunday)
Venue: The Farm City (Waterfront) between Lekki Post Office and The Pavilion, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos
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School-Based Program Can Change Kids' Lives
Dec. 4 -- WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 HealthDay News) -- Urban kids who took part in a social development program in elementary school had improved mental health, sexual health, and educational and economic success as young adults, a new study finds.
Crime, drug use, teen pregnancy, school dropouts and mental health problems are among the challenges faced by many children and families who live in cities, noted study author J. David Hawkins and colleagues at the University of Washington, Seattle.
"Public schools, available to all children in the United States beginning at age 5 or 6 years, are a potentially powerful setting for preventive intervention," wrote the researchers. They examined the long-term impact of a prevention program, called the Seattle Social Development Project.
When the project was launched in 1981, it included some first-grade students in elementary schools. It eventually expanded to 15 elementary schools in diverse neighborhoods. Parents, teachers and students received special instruction in areas such as behavior management, refusal, social skills, and academic development.
"The objective of the intervention was to improve the skills of teachers, parents and children to increase positive functioning in school and decrease problems related to mental health, risky sexual behavior, substance abuse and criminal behavior," the team explained.
The study included 598 individuals who at age 27 completed a 15-year follow-up on the success (or not) of the program. The participants -- including 146 who began the program in grade one, 251 who started it in grades five or six, and 201 in a control group who didn't take part in the program -- filled out a self-assessment of their school, work and community life, mental health, sexual behavior, substance use and crime.
Those who received the full intervention reported improved functioning in almost all areas assessed by the study, but there were no differences in rates of substance abuse or crime. Compared with the control group, those who took part in the program:
The study was published in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
More information
The American Academy of Pediatrics has more about children's mental and behavioral health.
SOURCE: JAMA/Archives journals, news release, Dec. 1, 2008