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Not really something to be proud of.
As a 1.2 billion people strong nation's premier institute, if you can only make it too the list and get nowhere near the top is more of a testimony of how pathetic the nation is.....IISc and Indian STEM institutions need great leadership...And I havent seen this kind of leadership at all. While these systems cant even make use of great Indians like Venkatesh "Venky" Narayanamurti etc. who have been Deans, VCs etc. at places like Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, UIUC, Michigan etc.
It doesnt matter where we are, but how fast we are moving forward and it sickens me to see how slowly the IISc or IITs or other STEM institutions move....even slower than their foreign counterparts...utterly disgusting...
- August 25, 2011 at 1:26 AM
it is time for iisc/iits to stop worrying about rankings and start doing good quality and honest research. i also agree with the anonymous post above.
i hope 15-20 years down the line india will be a major scientific powerhouse making a significant contribution to the world scientific output, and research will be conducted at a much larger scale in terms of both quantitiy and quality in india
i also believe that for india to make a better impact in science, research has to move out of the iisc/iits and the other few government institutions where it is currently trapped in and india has to have a MUCH, MUCH larger workforce employed in research and product development.
- August 25, 2011 at 7:46 AM
Before others get carried away by the bashing blanket and/or bleak speculations, one should not ignore giving some credit to our educational institutes as per the same report that says: "Separate lists for the top 100 universities in specialised fields were also released. IISc secured a rank of 76-100 in the top 100 engineering and technology universities, and a rank of 49 in Chemistry."
- August 25, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Ankur Kulkarni said...
My personal view: For too long Indian institutions have been following the idea that their size, scale and scope should be driven solely by the needs of the country, in particular, by the educational needs of the population. While educational institutions have social obligations based on the society in which they are set, their true "dharma" I think is to evolve themselves based on the state of knowledge in the world. In fact social needs should be seen mainly as a means to achieve knowledge goals and not as ends in themselves.
Today the expansion in Indian education is happening only because of the demographics. Whereas it should have been happening much earlier, simply because there is so much knowledge out there that our institutions need to absorb. Only when institutional growth is guided by the rate at which knowledge is produced, and not by the immediate needs of the country, can true excellence can be achieved. Until then our institutions will remain stunted in development.
It is not that this idea is foreign to us: Nalanda university was huge, much larger than IIXs, at time when the population was a tiny fraction of what it is today, and it had all kinds of disciplines included in it. Yet somewhere we have stopped thinking in those terms in modern India.
- August 25, 2011 at 11:32 AM
Hello Giri Sir,, I have completed my Btech in ECE and planning to go for MTech next year. Sir i would like to ask you if it is possible to switch over to CSE for MTech. The point is that i am more interested in the CSE subjects and want to do my PG in it. So is it possible to switch over?? Waiting for your reply...
- August 25, 2011 at 11:33 AM
@ shri ankur kulkarni,
very well said.
- August 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- Himanshu Shekhar said...
While these rankings do highlight the scope of improvement, let us also remember that most rankings use parameters that are unfair towards Indian Universities.
1) IIT/ IISc do not have large social sciences program except small support departments. When they rank you as a comprehensive University, all these factors come into account. ACWU ranking considers the social sciences citation index as one of the metrics.
2) Many Rankings such as those by US News have criterion for number of foreign faculty/students etc. on which we lose out.
3) IITs/IISc do not have a medical school/clinical research.
4) Size of IITs and IISc is much smaller that major research Universities. To put things into perspective, the number of faculty in ECE in Georgia Tech exceeds 150. Same is true of many asian powerhouses. The rankings do not consider institutional size.
While it remains true that we need to bootstrap ourselves, things have been changing for the better.
- August 25, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- Paresh Mathur said...
I would have to agree with Himanshu here, Indian Universities are just not cut out perform well in those rankings. I am not saying that papers published and patents awarded are bad metrics. But my concern is that ranking systems seek out multidisciplinary institutes. While in India most of the institutes are anything but. Not all of the major IITs/IISc have a very highly regarded Management program, while IIMs are just for management. And medical is not siding with anything else. We have some very competent Engineering, science, management and medical institutes, nobody can deny that, but what we lack are unified universities. A university for the ranking systems employed have to have every freaking department that can exist. It's not how it works here and we take a big hit for that.
- August 25, 2011 at 11:24 PM
have to agree with ankur here. forget about keeping pace with the current international expanding knowledge base, india cannot even keep pace with the educational needs of her population.
iit/iisc maybe graduating around 5000 students every year out of which maybe 500 are phd every year. iit/iisc may have around 1000 profs engaged in research.
forget about making significant impact in science/engineering/math, can iits/iisc make india a strong scientific nation with such abysmally low numbers in a country of 1.2 billion?
i think not
- August 26, 2011 at 1:57 AM
BTW the rankings are called ARWU....anyone who is remotely in academia at UG, PG or professional level know these rankings.....cant believe Deccan Herald got it wrong and Giri didnt even realize that. Please dont tell me this is the first time you are hearing of these rankings.
- August 26, 2011 at 7:20 AM
The rankings are also called as ACWU. Look at
But ARWU is standard.
- August 26, 2011 at 7:42 AM
- Giri@iisc said...
Sorry, it should have indeed read as ARWU.
- August 26, 2011 at 2:39 PM
In iisc, we don't care about rankings. we care about h-index, usually known as hech-yeendex, on campus.
h (or hech) signifies your height, or, how tall you stand in the community of people who refer back to you...kinda like a banyan tree with shoots.
had never heard of it, till i joined this obnoxious island of mosquitoes and stray dogs in the middle of the traffic jam capital of the world, named after boiled beans.
- August 26, 2011 at 11:17 PM
- Paresh Mathur said...
@anon at August 26, 2011 11:17 PM
You make it sound like it is a bad thing. I don't think it is.
- August 27, 2011 at 10:52 AM


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SAN DIEGO -- Catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib) in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) reduced arrhythmia recurrence compared with treatment with amiodarone.
Ablation also reduced hospitalization rates and mortality compared with amiodarone treatment, reported Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, of Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues.
The AATAC-AF in Heart Failure trial findings were presented at a late-breaking clinical trial session at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting.
Knowing the effects of ablation in the heart failure patient population is valuable since it has not been widely studied, said panel discussant John Jarcho MD, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Since Afib makes heart failure worse and vice versa, patients with left ventricular dysfunction are a particularly difficult group of patients to manage, he added.
The trial is an important one for the heart failure community, especially since as many as half of patients with advanced heart failure have Afib, Clyde Yancy, MD, chief of the division of medicine-cardiology at Northwestern University in Chicago, told MedPage Today.
"There are no large studies using ablative therapies in patients who have established heart failure with very reduced ejection fractions and concomitant atrial fibrillation," Yancy said. "We know from experience that heart failure sometimes behaves differently with either drugs or devices."
The trial included 203 patients over the age of 18 who had persistent Afib, New York Heart Association class II or III heart failure, a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less, and a dual chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy device.
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The main goal of the ablation procedure was pulmonary vein antrum isolation. Additional linear lesions, ablation of complex fractionated electrogram, and elimination of non-pulmonary vein triggers were advised but performed according to the preference of the operator.
In the ablation arm, a second ablation was allowed in the 3-month blanking period.
The two groups did not differ in their left atrium size, left ventricular ejection fraction, or median Afib duration. Patients were followed for 2 years.
The primary endpoint was recurrence of Afib. Long-term procedural success was defined as freedom of Afib, atrial flutter, or atrial tachycardia of greater than 30 seconds off antiarrhythmic drugs.
At 26 months, a significantly greater number of patients in the ablation arm compared with the amiodarone arm had freedom from recurrence of Afib (70% versus 34%, P< 0.001).
This translated to a hazard ratio of 2.5 for patients on amiodarone therapy compared with ablation (95% CI 1.5-4.3, P<0.001).
There was a higher success rate in patients who underwent pulmonary vein isolation in addition to ablation of non-pulmonary vein triggers (78.8% versus 36.4%, P<0.001).
A particular strength of the study was how recurrence of Afib was monitored, Jarcho pointed out, explaining that because only patients with indwelling devices were enrolled, researchers had a higher degree of accuracy in recognizing when Afib was occurring.
But the trial's findings should be generalizable to heart failure patients without implanted devices, Jarcho and Di Biase agreed.
A total of 10.4% patients in the amiodarone group discontinued the medication due to adverse side effects, including thyroid toxicity, pulmonary toxicity, and liver dysfunction.
Secondary endpoints were all-cause mortality and hospitalization rate over 2 years, both of which were significantly lower in the ablation group (18% versus 8%, P=0.037 and 57% versus 31%, P<0.001, respectively).
Patients who were free from recurrence showed significant improvements in left ventricular ejection fraction (improvement of 9.6% versus 4.2%, P<0.001), as well as 6-minute walk distance and quality of life measures.
The trial was too small to make conclusions about whether restoring sinus rhythm improves cardiac function in heart failure patients, cautioned Kim Eagle, MD, director of the Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
"But there was some signal here that raises the question of whether it's possible," Eagle told MedPage Today. "It makes me want to see another larger trial."
Di Biase disclosed relevant relationships with Biosense Webster, St. Jude Medical, Atricure, Biotronik, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and Epi EP.
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Funny story about this backyard art gallery... The other day I was shooting on the street with my friend Serena when an odd old man approached us and asked if we wanted to take pictures in his outdoor art gallery. Against my better judgement and because of this man's age and size, we decided to check it out. To our surprise, this really was a backyard art gallery and a really awesome one at that. Filled with splatter painted canvas and heart shaped messages, the man was a truly lovely artist, simply wanting to share his work. He had some GREAT stories to tell.
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Other writers who will sit down with Bill Moyers, a believing Baptist, during the next seven weeks include David Grossman, Colin McGinn, and Will Power. They will talk for at least half an hour, in compound sentences instead of sound bites, simpers, and snarls, without trying to sell us anything. Already, the Book of Job has come up thrice (I'm God and you're not!). So has William Blake (To Nobodaddy and The Doors of Perception). Prayer is spoken of as though it's more purposeful than dreams and more respectable than paranoid delusions. Gandhi, Prometheus, Joan of Arc, the Grand Inquisitor, George Herbert, Joseph Conrad, Mel Brooks, Gnosticism, and the Patriot Act are all mentioned in swift passing. Skepticism, doubt, critical thinking, and freedom of expression, without which there can be no freedom of religion, are not for an instant relinquished even by the faithful. And not even the faithful want to kill anybody.
Moyers seems to have interviewed most of these writers at the recent PEN Festival of International Literature in New York, where there was a standing-room-only panel on the subject, so we also see bits of Rushdie reading from The Satanic Verses and of Winterson doing a stand-up act. But mostly we are sitting still, and so are they, for an actual conversation between intelligent adults, about serious subjects, in which viewers are assumed to be interested parties to the proceedings instead of morons needing to be pandered to.


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Discussion in 'Games' started by Abulia, Nov 7, 2006.
Anyone here affected?
Yeah, better retailers will get the business now.
Did BestBuy take any money up front?
If they did that's cheeky, sitting on people's money, earn some interest, hand it back.
If not, then with any luck they get a kick up the ar** from negative publicity.
Bestbuys online shipping rates are some of the most inconsistent as well as most ludicrous as well - just my 2 cents
Wow, this is shocking....there will be some very upset people.
I don't think BB charges your card until they ship.
At least that's what their online store said about my WoW BC:CE that I have on pre-order. Here's hoping that doesn't get cancelled!
Not good. Bad Best Buy, Bad!
Hope no Best Buy pre-orders made their way on eBay. If some did, some seller are about to feel the wrath of tech junkies willing to shell out 1K+ for a launch day console. *gulp*
I didnt even know that bestbuy was taking preorders.
same - did they take store preorders?
I heard you had to go around some stuff, like you couldn't just go to bestbuy.com and there was 'ORDER PS3 NOW!', it was kind of burried in the site as I saw people passing out links on another forum saying that it was hard to get. Dunno if that was just hearsay or not though.
but you do get a $10 coupon for the huge let down, lol.. thats sucks for whomever thought they had one..
Businessweek is running an article on it, one of those "poor kid whose father wants to make him happy and will wait in line despite his bad back because Best Buy cancelled their pre-order" stories. I think it was pretty heavy-handed, but it got the point across. And I think this is a lousy PR move by best buy; the backlash is going to hurt them. 10.00 for cancelling the pre-order? come on. And the PS3 is out soon, so it's not like the people who used Best Buy to pre-order can jump to another retailer. Poor form.
I ordered a 20GB model (don't care about Wifi), and got it canceled Tuesday morning. I did get a $10 coupon though, so that's sort of like half a game right there.
I'm not too upset as I've got a HUUUUUGE backlog of other games to play. By the time I get through it, it'll be 1H '07, and you'll be able to walk into a store and get a PS3 (probably).
You won't be saying that when you've ran out of HDD space for all the game installations! *not saves
Doesn't matter as the hard drive is user upgradeable, and plus I can just delete off the temp files.
Be sure to look out for overpriced Sony-branded HDD's!


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After independence from the USSR. was declared in August 1991, Estonia continued to be administered by its president and its elected parliament. Among the many initiatives of the new government were preparation of a constitution, including the protection of minority group rights; proposed negotiations with Russia over territory lost during border adjustments following the Soviet occupation of 1940; and the development of legislation that would assist in the conversion to a market economy.
A new constitution, based largely on the 1938 document that provided the basis for Estonia's pre-Soviet government structure, was approved by voters in a June 1992 referendum and came into effect in early July. Guaranteeing the preservation of the Estonian nation and its culture, this document established a unicameral legislature, the Riigikogu (state assembly), consisting of 101 members who are directly elected through proportional representation to four-year terms. The president, who serves as the head of state and supreme commander of the armed forces, is elected to not more than two consecutive five-year terms by the Riigikogu. (The first election under the new constitution was to have been an exception to this rule. It was to have been decided by a direct vote, but, when no candidate received the mandated majority of the popular vote, the election was decided by the Riigikogu.) Executive power rests with the prime minister, who is nominated by the president, and the Council of Ministers. The government is responsible for implementing domestic and foreign policies and for coordinating the work of government institutions.
Estonia is divided into 15 counties (maakonnad), which are divided into 255 parishes (vallad). In addition to parish governments, there are administrative bodies for 48 towns and 6 independent municipalities. The parishes are further divided into villages (kulad) and townships (asulad).
Political parties
Estonia's government approved a multiparty system in 1990 and was no longer under the domination of the Communist Party of Estonia, which previously had controlled all aspects of political life.
At the forefront of the many political groups formed in the postindependence period was the Estonian Popular Front, founded in 1988. under the leadership of Edgar Savisaar and Marju Lauristin and dedicated to a fundamental restructuring of Estonian society. It was soon joined by a wide variety of political parties from across the political spectrum, including a number of single-issue parties. Shifting coalitions of these parties, however, have come to dominate not only the formation of governments in the Riigikogu but also the slates organised to contest elections. Among the most important of these coalitions are the generally conservative Coalition and Rural People's Union, which includes many former Communists; the centre-right Estonian Reform Party; the anticommunist Pro Patria-Estonian National Independence Party Bloc; the Moderates; and Our Home Is Estonia, which represents the interests of ethnic Russians.
Judicial system
The judiciary comprises rural, city, administrative, and criminal courts, regional and appellate courts, and the National Court, which is the court of final appeal. A legal chancellor is appointed by the Riigikogu to provide guidance on constitutional matters.
A law enacted in 1993 restructured education in Estonia and raised the level of compulsory attendance to age 17 or completion of the 9th grade. Education is conducted primarily in Estonian, but Russian continues to be the language of instruction in a number of schools.
Higher education, which under the 1993 law was restructured along Western lines, is both public and private. Notable institutions include Tartu University (founded 1632) and Tallinn Technical University (founded 1918). Scientific research has been centred at the Estonian Academy of Sciences, founded in 1938.
Health and welfare
During the Soviet period health care was available free of charge and was administered by the executive branch of government. After independence a new law on health insurance (1992) established a decentralised system of medical funding under the aegis of the Riigikogu that operated primarily on the county and municipal level.
The economic and social welfare of the population improved following the post-World War II period of reconstruction, largely as a result of substantial Soviet investment in industry and agriculture, comparatively higher levels of labour productivity, and access to undervalued natural resources and industrial raw materials. In addition, very low rates of net natural population increase during the Soviet period suggest a tendency among the population to trade increased family size for material benefits. Thus, on the eve of independence Estonians could boast of having the highest monthly salaries and the highest per capita housing allocation in the Soviet Union.
In the immediate post independence period social welfare and the standard of living declined as a result of the economic upheaval caused by the transition to a market economy.


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Romeo and Juliet's death was the result of love and hate. Even though the families hated eachother, and were almost distined by generation to keep hating, that was broken by love. If the Capulets hadn't been so concerned about who Juliet married, love could have naturally taken it's path . Rome and Juliet commited suicide because they truly loved eachother, and they hated to be away from one another. Maybe if there had been less rivalry between the families and less love between the children, all would have turned out differently. Then again, without the drama, there wouldn't have been this love story to tell. "For never was a story of more woe." (5.3.309)
The lifelong battle of the families should have continued but "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny" (prologue line 3), "And the continuance of their parents' rage" (prologue line 10), Romeo and Juliet had to make their families realize how pointless the fighting was.
The families couldn't stop them from loving, nor could they stop them from dying for love, so at least a lesson was learned.
Juliet felt pressured to marry Paris. This was her parent's fault to put weight on her shoulders to meet their demands, because after she fell in love with Romeo, she was cornered in a wall with no choices. Juliet tried to convince her mom, "O sweet mother, cast me not away! Delay this marriage..." (3.5.200), but when that failed, she had to do anything in order to continue her love for Romeo. "The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love" (prologue line 9), was not so fearful to Juliet. Love made up her mind for her.
The family grudge ended in a tragedy, and that was unfortunate because it was preventable. Although it was just a sad miscommunication, it cost them their life. In the end, their love for each other was stronger than the hate of their families.
I think that the conflict of the families was pitiful, because it took so long for a someone to come along and try and stop the fighting. The fact that death had to be the outcome of warfare must have broken the family's hearts, but hopefully it broke their fighting habits too. I think it showed the families that if they truly loved each other and were strong as a family, they should have accepted each others decisions. An important lesson was learned that love is the ultimate cure for hate.


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DAVID Gold has revealed that he is more optimistic about Blues' chances of having a successful season than he was before the campaign began.
The chairman felt Blues would be right up against it as Premier League new boys and the amounts of cash splashed out by most other teams.
But Gold said that the performances have, by and large, impressed him so far.
And should Blues not become unhinged by Carson Yeung's proposed takeover, he said he was confident that relegation, at least, could be avoided.
"When you first come up into the Premier League you are at a disadvantage because of the huge overhaul you have to undergo," said the chairman. "The changes you have to make in the first season are drastic, it's about 80 or 90 per cent of players.
"Usually, when you are established, you make a few tweaks. Maybe add a player here, drop a player there. Your team stays much the same.
"So we have had that to contend with and then we saw the huge amounts of money that was going around in the summer.
"We knew that would make it difficult for us to compete as well. I think when Steve Bruce first started to bring players in, especially in certain areas, we all thought 'how's this going to work?'
"We seemed to have too many people for one position. Defensively, I think we were all a little concerned about how we would cope as well. But I take my hat off to Steve. He has brought it all together and it is fair to say that we are a competitive team at the highest level.
"We have eight points from nine games. Of course we would have liked a lot more, but you look at it and say 'OK'.
"What is encouraging for me is the way we have played. The fact we should have won against Manchester United, we got something with an outstanding defensive action at Liverpool, we gave Chelsea a real run for their money.
"We were unlucky against Sunderland. With these types of performances behind us, personally I am optimistic of us doing better than perhaps I originally thought."
Gold added: "Certainly, I think expectations were lowered coming into this season, compared to others we have had at the highest level.
"If we can just maintain our level of performances and work hard, then I'm quite sure we can be looking at 16 points after 16 games, in keeping with the sort of rough average [one point-a-game] we have to target, and then go on from there.
"The takeover, as the board have made it clear, cannot have an adverse effect on what is happening on the pitch. We need stability and continuity to give Steve and the players every chance to continue the good work they have done so far."


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Secure cloud hosting provider AIS Network today announced its new Azure Managed Services product offering for government at the 2014 Commonwealth of Virginia's Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS), the state's preeminent forum for collaboration and participation in government technology.
AISN is a Virginia SWaM-certified small business and the preeminent cloud hosting provider for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"AISN is delighted to resell Microsoft Azure and offer managed services around the Azure platform," said AISN CEO Jay Atkinson.
"Within our home state of Virginia, we serve numerous state and local government customers who are actively uncovering new cloud hosting solutions to ensure the best performance and achieve a cost savings. In some cases, leveraging the Azure platform is their best solution to accomplish that goal. AISN is well positioned to ensure that their migration to Azure is successful and that their mission-critical data stays secure, private and protected," he said.
Two years ago, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency selected AISN as a contracted supplier of IT hosting services to Virginia state agencies and other eligible public entities, including Virginia counties, cities, towns, educational institutions and public safety providers. From complex websites such as http://www.Virginia.gov to big data, AISN's hosting experts deliver customized hosting solutions for government agencies and commercial enterprises seeking the highest levels of compliance and responsiveness.
AISN is a sponsor of COVITS, which is being held in Richmond, Va., this week at the Hilton Richmond Hotel at Short Pump.
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AIS Network takes Virginia state and local government to the cloud. AISN is the high compliance, secure cloud hosting expert serving the Commonwealth of Virginia and large international enterprises in the health care, pharmaceutical, government and financial industries. When our clients' highly regulated data, applications, payment portals and websites are simply too critical or complex to entrust to a commodity hosting provider, they call us for help. We engineer, customize and manage high-performance, secure cloud and disaster recovery solutions. Our clients never worry about whether their IT environment can pass a HIPAA, PCI, FISMA, SOX or other compliance audit, because we pass ours 100% of the time. We value highly giving our clients all of the personalized attention that they deserve, while also helping them to audit their infrastructure, reduce their IT compliance risk, avoid costly regulatory mistakes and lower costs for their business and their customers. AISN is a Virginia SWaM-certified small business (#697064). Visit http://www.aisn.net/egov.
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Australian automotive designers have been in hot demand with Mercedes-Benz, the latest car maker to talk up those who've formerly worked for Ford and Holden locally.
Speaking at the international reveal of the Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster, AMG designer Vitalis Enns said Australian clay modellers had played a key role in the $350,000-plus two-seater.
"I have a lot of Australian modellers," said Siberian-born Enns, joking about the Australian accent.
He said experienced Australian and English clay modellers did some of the best work in the industry.
Enns said the craftsmanship exhibited by Australians was world class, something that made them popular.
Enns keeps in touch with Ford Australia designer Todd Willing, the man who created the striking exterior of the radical Ford GT supercar.
"The car industry is very small, so we know each other," said Enns, adding that Australian and English designers could only stay in Germany for six months at a time, so they typically worked in short stints.
He also said the design fraternity was becoming more international given the ease with which people could live and work in various parts of the world. As such it was typically the older Australian clay modellers that were sought after, with younger modellers sourced from a broader pool.
So, in an era of computers and 3D design why is clay modelling important?
"For me it's the most important bit [of car design]," says Enns. "In a clay model you put the soul in a car … this is where the car gets born."
While computers help fast track design, Enns said seeing a car as a full size model was a crucial part of the design process.
"I don't sell a sketch to a customer, I don't sell a sketch to a board member," he said.
While the local car manufacturing industry shuts down this year, Australia will continue to support a vibrant design and engineering industry. Ford will have a team of more than 1000 people working on the next generation Ranger and Everest, among other models.
Many senior General Motors designers - including design chief Mike Simcoe - once worked at Holden's design studios in Melbourne.
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It was my husband's 32nd birthday this week and what better way to say 'Happy Birthday' to your loved one than making him a heart shaped birthday cake. The writing leaves a bit to be desired, but surely I can improve that when getting more practice. The inside of the cake is quite fabulous though with its raspberry, vanilla and chocolate layers held together by creme patisserie.
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Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai are the only locations, based on the latest available data, where the cities' prime markets have not outperformed the mainstream housing market in the wider country or territory.
London, Paris and St Petersburg are the only cities where prime property prices have reached their pre-recession peak. A number of the Asian cities tracked have yet to experience a decline during this cycle and continue to follow an upward trend.
Liam Bailey, Head of Residential Research at Knight Frank, said: "One of the most noticeable outcomes from the recent global recession was the divergence between property performance in the mainstream markets (generally weak) and the prime or luxury markets (generally much better).
"The Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index has tracked this process, which until recently seemed to be strengthening – with improving conditions in the luxury global city markets set against renewed price falls in the mass markets, especially in the US, the UK and most of Europe.
"Our latest results confirm that annual price growth in prime city markets has slowed rapidly (from nearly 14% in Q2 2010 to barely 7% in Q2 2011). With growing concerns over sovereign debt and even for the outlook of the global economy, it seems likely that this process will continue – with still lower growth in the world's prime city markets a likelihood.
"I think it would be wrong to become too fixated on the downside risks to the market we track in this index. The fact is that prime residential markets have acted as 'safe-havens' for investors over the past two years – with growing demand for property in London, New York and other key global cities as economic and geo-political concerns have pushed investors to look for stable locations for their wealth.
"In these important global markets the biggest risks seem to be concentrated for the time being in Asia – with the ongoing process of managed market cooling being buffeted by rapid supply growth – the outcome of this process is likely to determine how healthy the Prime Global Cities Index is looking a year from now."
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MPs' Libor report scathing
The influential Treasury Select Committee has concluded ex-Barclays boss Bob Diamond was "highly selective" when he gave evidence to MPs on the Libor fixing scandal, and criticised the Bank of England and the FSA for their "failings" on the matter.
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Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond's evidence to MPs last month was "highly selective," according to a report released by an influential Parliamentary committee today.
The Treasury Select Committee concluded that the evidence given by Mr Diamond on the Libor fixing scandal had fallen well short of parliamentary standards.
The MPs' report reveals the initial findings of an investigation into the circumstances that surrounded the fixing of Libor - the London Interbank Offer Rate - which sets inter-bank lending prices.
The report also concluded that "it is high unlikely Barclays was the only bank attempting this".
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LIPITOR 20mg TABLETS
ATORVASTATIN 20mg TABLETS
(atorvastatin calcium)
Your medicine is known with either of the above names but will be
referred to as Lipitor throughout the following leaflet.
Information for other strengths of Lipitor (10mg, 40mg and 80mg)
also may be present in this leaflet.
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this
medicine because it contains important information for you.
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist
or nurse.
This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it
on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are
the same as yours.
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this
leaflet. See section 4.
Also tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have a muscle weakness
that is constant. Additional tests and medicines may be needed to
diagnose and treat this.
While you are on this medicine your doctor will monitor you closely
if you have diabetes or are at risk of developing diabetes. You are
likely to be at risk of developing diabetes if you have high levels of
sugars and fats in your blood, are overweight and have high blood
Other medicines and Lipitor
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken
or might take any other medicines. There are some medicines that
may change the effect of Lipitor or their effect may be changed by
Lipitor. This type of interaction could make one or both of the
medicines less effective. Alternatively it could increase the risk or
severity of side-effects, including the important muscle wasting
condition known as rhabdomyolysis described in section 4:
Medicines used to alter the way your immune system
works, e.g. ciclosporin
Certain antibiotics or antifungal medicines, e.g.
erythromycin, clarithromycin, telithromycin, ketoconazole,
itraconazole, voriconazole, fluconazole, posaconazole,
rifampin, fusidic acid
Other medicines to regulate lipid levels, e.g. gemfibrozil,
other fibrates, colestipol
Some calcium channel blockers used for angina or high
blood pressure, e.g. amlodipine, diltiazem; medicines to
regulate your heart rhythm e.g. digoxin, verapamil,
Medicines used in the treatment of HIV e.g. ritonavir,
lopinavir, atazanavir, indinavir, darunavir, the combination
of tipranavir/ritonavir etc.
Some medicines used in the treatment of hepatitis C e.g.
Other medicines known to interact with Lipitor include
ezetimibe (which lowers cholesterol), warfarin (which
reduces blood clotting), oral contraceptives, stiripentol (an
anti-convulsant for epilepsy), cimetidine (used for heartburn
and peptic ulcers), phenazone (a painkiller), colchicine
(used to treat gout), antacids (indigestion products
containing aluminium or magnesium) and boceprevir (used
to treat liver disease such as hepatitis C)
Medicines obtained without a prescription: St John's Wort
If you need to take oral fusidic acid to treat a bacterial
infection you will need to temporarily stop using this
medicine. Your doctor will tell you when it is safe to restart
Lipitor. Taking Lipitor with fusidic acid may rarely lead to
muscle weakness, tenderness or pain (rhabdomyolysis).
See more information regarding rhabdomyolysis in section
What is in this leaflet
1. What Lipitor is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Lipitor
3. How to take Lipitor
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Lipitor
6. Contents of the pack and other information
Lipitor belongs to a group of medicines known as statins, which are
lipid (fat) regulating medicines.
Lipitor is used to lower lipids known as cholesterol and triglycerides
in the blood when a low fat diet and life style changes on their own
have failed. If you are at an increased risk of heart disease, Lipitor
can also be used to reduce such risk even if your cholesterol levels
are normal. You should maintain a standard cholesterol lowering
diet during treatment.
Do not take Lipitor:
if you are allergic to atorvastatin or any of the other
ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
if you have or have ever had a disease which affects the
if you have had any unexplained abnormal blood tests for
liver function
if you are a woman able to have children and not using
reliable contraception
if you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant
if you are breast-feeding
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before taking Lipitor:
if you have severe respiratory failure
if you are taking or have taken in the last 7 days a medicine
called fusidic acid, (a medicine for bacterial infection) orally
or by injection. The combination of fusidic acid and Lipitor
can lead to serious muscle problems (rhabdomyolysis).
if you have had a previous stroke with bleeding into the
brain, or have small pockets of fluid in the brain from
previous strokes
Lipitor with food and drink
See section 3 for instructions on how to take Lipitor. Please note
the following:
Grapefruit juice
Do not take more than one or two small glasses of grapefruit juice
per day because large quantities of grapefruit juice can change the
effects of Lipitor.
Avoid drinking too much alcohol while taking this medicine. See
section 2 "Warnings and precautions" for details.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Do not take Lipitor if you are pregnant, or if you are trying to
become pregnant.
Do not take Lipitor if you are able to become pregnant unless you
use reliable contraceptive measures.
Do not take Lipitor if you are breast-feeding. The safety of Lipitor
during pregnancy and breast-feeding has not yet been proven. Ask
your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
Driving and using machines
Normally this medicine does not affect your ability to drive or
operate machines. However, do not drive if this medicine affects
your ability to drive. Do not use any tools or machines if your ability
to use them is affected by this medicine.
if you have kidney problems
if you have an under-active thyroid gland (hypothyroidism)
if you have had repeated or unexplained muscle aches or
pains, a personal history or family history of muscle
if you have had previous muscular problems during
treatment with other lipid-lowering medicines (e.g. other 'statin' or '-fibrate' medicines)
if you regularly drink a large amount of alcohol
if you have a history of liver disease
if you are older than 70 years
Before starting treatment, your doctor will place you on a lowcholesterol diet, which you should maintain also during therapy with
If any of these apply to you, your doctor will need to carry out a
blood test before and possibly during your Lipitor treatment to
predict your risk of muscle related side effects. The risk of muscle
related side effects e.g. rhabdomyolysis is known to increase when
certain medicines are taken at the same time (see section 2 "Other
medicines and Lipitor").
Lipitor contains lactose
If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to
some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal
The usual starting dose of Lipitor is 10 mg once a day in adults and
children aged 10 years or older. This may be increased if necessary
by your doctor until you are taking the amount you need. Your
doctor will adapt the dose at intervals of 4 weeks or more. The
maximum dose of Lipitor is 80 mg once a day.
Lipitor tablets should be swallowed whole with a drink of water, and
can be taken at any time of day, with or without food. However, try
to take your tablet at the same time every day.
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has
told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
The duration of treatment with Lipitor is determined by your
Please ask your doctor if you think that the effect of Lipitor is too
strong or too weak.
If you take more Lipitor than you should
Very rare: may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people
an allergic reaction – symptoms may include sudden wheezing
and chest pain or tightness, swelling of the eyelids, face, lips,
mouth, tongue or throat, difficulty breathing, collapse
hearing loss
gynecomastia (breast enlargement in men).
Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data:
Muscle weakness that is constant.
Possible side effects reported with some statins (medicines of the
same type):
Sexual difficulties
If you forget to take Lipitor
If you forget to take a dose, just take your next scheduled dose at
the correct time. Do not take a double dose to make up for a
forgotten dose.
Breathing problems including persistent cough and/or shortness
of breath or fever
Diabetes. This is more likely if you have high levels of sugars
and fats in your blood, are overweight and have high blood
pressure. Your doctor will monitor you while you are taking this
If you accidently take too many Lipitor tablets (more than your usual
daily dose), contact your doctor or nearest hospital for advice.
If you stop taking Lipitor
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine or
wish to stop your treatment, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although
not everybody gets them.
If you experience any of the following serious side effects, stop
taking your tablets and tell your doctor immediately or go to
the nearest hospital accident and emergency department.
Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people
Serious allergic reaction which causes swelling of the face,
tongue and throat that can cause great difficulty in breathing.
Serious illness with severe peeling and swelling of the skin,
blistering of the skin, mouth, eyes, genitals and fever. Skin rash
with pink-red blotches especially on palms of hands or soles of
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I need 500 lbs. of sugar!
For nearly a year and a half I have been experimenting with making sculpture out of sugar and candy during a long term residency at the Vermont Studio Center. These experiments will culminate on May 2, when I leave for a 5 week residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). During those 5 weeks, I will build a new body of work in the tradition of Rebecca Horn's body extensions, combining rock candy and hard candy in wearable body modification forms that reference organic growths. Walking a fine line between the beautiful and the grotesque, the seductive sugar and candy will simultaneously be repulsive, much like Marilyn Minter's paintings.
So why do I need the money? Growing sugar crystals takes an incredible amount of sugar. The pieces are grown in a super saturated sugar solution in 10, 25 and 50 gallon aquariums—filling a 10 gallon tank requires nearly 75 lbs of sugar! And while sugar may be relatively cheap, thats a lot of sugar! Over the last year, I have used close to 400 lbs. of sugar to run small experiments and will need just as much or more to build this new body of work. During the residency, I am planning to use an average of 100 lbs. per week. Your typical 5 lb. bag of sugar costs about $5 including shipping, so think of it as lending a bag of sugar to your neighbor or bringing one to a housewarming party. Your donations are lbs. of sugar delivered to my doorstep.
Anything raised beyond the goal will go towards all the other materials required to complete the work like wool, fabric dye, rubber for mold making, etc., and the transportation of the finished pieces. During the residency, I will write regular blog entries documenting the process of creating the pieces and film a time-lapse video of the crystals growing on one of the pieces in the tank.
Please view my website and blog to see more samples of the rock candy and hard candy work that I have been developing over the last year. During the duration of the pledge drive, I will be creating prototypes in fabric and adding them to the blog and in the updates section of Kickstarter.
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I just wanted to annouce that tomorrow, the Rhode Island School of Design's Museum of Fine Art is hosting a great panel review, and have included me on their roster. I am so excited! Here are the details:
Children's books today meet a high standard of excellence, and the best are nationally acclaimed. Several RISD alumni author/illustrators—Caldecott medal and honors winners among them—join a panel moderated by assistant director James Brayton Hall to discuss the inspiration and hard work that brought them success. Authors include Christopher Bing (BFA 1983), Kelly Murphy (BFA 1999), Marjorie Priceman (BFA 1981), Alexander Stadler (BFA 1990), and David Wiesner (BFA 1978). Free with Museum admission. Afterward, begin your holiday shopping at a book signing with the authors at risd|works!
Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center
Street: 224 Benefit Street
City: Providence, RI
For more information, feel free to check out the Museum's website! Hope to see you there, I'll be the nervous one!
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January 2019 - Happy new year
It was quite a busy year and we have now appointed Andy MacSwayed, an architect to oversee what we do next, with regards to the cabin.
The site is being redeveloped as we speak (hopefull!) so there should be lots to write about soon.
Owing to retirement I will be doing less and Srivati will take over more and more ...BUT... watch this space!
Summer - feedback: I never really no what to include as we havent had poor feedback for years and it seems gratuitous! Your thoughts please?:
I just wanted to express my heartfelt thanks for allowing me to stop at Danaloka this past week. I had an extraordinary week which will live with me for a very long time indeed. I always feel when I go on retreat my practice deepens and my commitment to the Buddhist path is strengthened, but going on my first solitary took my engagement with the teachings to a whole new level, especially in terms of helping me hone my meditation practice.
Just wanted to say thank you so much for allowing me to stay at Danaloka a few weeks ago....it was a wonderful experience! I managed to get a bit lost on the way in but made it in the end, I did a little dance when I walked in because I loved it so much :)
Danaloka is a truly magical place - I feel like I have discovered a hidden treasure. I reached a point of burnout and needed to find some green, some quiet and solitude asap. It is 30 minutes from central London but you feel a million miles away. I was blessed with beautiful weather whilst I was there and spent 5 days in the cabins pretty garden and the surrounding forest. It was a little surreal and 'disneyesque' to watch squirrels rabbits and deer running around mere metres away whilst sitting reading a book and having breakfast. The cabin is peaceful and rustic and you get a real sense of healing from the place especially as it is full of the books, relics and stories of those that have stayed there before you. But the garden is the special part - it has the most wonderful energy and I have never felt stillness before they way I did there. I will most certainly be back - thank you x
I've just spent a magical weekend at Danaloka, it was my first solitary and could not have been more perfect. The cabin is cozy and has such a wonderful energy, I knew as soon as I stepped inside I was in for a wonderful experience. The facilities are basic but that is definitely part of the charm and adds to the experience. I especially enjoyed having bucket baths in the courtyard with pouring piping hot water over me outdoors in very cold weather was exhilarating and liberating - I left with a new appreciation of just how little we actually need to survive and be happy.
Danaloka had been suggested to me by a friend as a solitary retreat location, for some much-needed time away. Booking was friendly and straightforward with Srivati and Peter and I was looking forward to the week.
The location is a delight; I was there in November which felt the perfect time of year to enjoy the ancient woodland. To be able to watch and enjoy so much wildlife and the leaves fall from the trees was a joy. Most mornings I awoke to sightings of deer, stag and even a horse! I had the fortune of coming across a herd of about 50 deer, which felt like a real privilege.
The cabin itself is fairly basic but comfortable and had all I needed for the week. I enjoyed the sense of shared resource and having a look at the visitors book of those before me (some names I recognised!). It isn't silent- it isn't completely remote- yet the energy of the cabin and surrounding area is incredibly still, so the odd 'human noise' from around didn't effect my sense of solitude at all.
I'd really like to thank Peter personally as well; unfortunately we missed my train home due to an unexpected situation for Peter delaying him and I was struck with his generous and caring response when this happened. Peter seems to embody the spirit of Danaloka and I wish him well with the plans for expansion. I'd happily recommend Danaloka to others, and hope to revisit in the future.
Erika Narkiewicz November 2017
I am delighted to report that the first stage is done the tool shed has been relocated
We now have some rough sketches of what the rebuilt cabin might look like! It includes a meditation room with a beautiful view over the woods, bedroom, new bathroom and refurbished kitchen! Sincere thanks to Kevin Gooch for his input!
Since 2002 Danaloka has been a shared resource available for individual retreats and couples or small groups needing to find some space and simplicity. The cabin is warm, comfortable and well equipped, with mains electricity and running hot water! (After 10 years of walking 100 yards to fetch water it still seems like a luxury!)
There is currently a log burner and other heating and with very good windows and insulation it keeps the cabin snug and warm but to get an idea of what it's like to stay there have a look at the Feedback comments by clicking above.
I recently spent six days at Danaloka as part of my study leave as an Anglican Priest, I found it a wonderful creative and reflective experience, not without challenges, but overall extremely positive.
"There is something very special about Danaloka. I spent a week's solitary there 20-27 October and found the conditions there really conducive to meditation, study and reflection. The natural surroundings are beautiful and just looking out at the forest and going for a wander among the trees cannot but help one to feel connected to nature and also connect with oneself inwardly. While there in October I saw deer in the forest several times and the natural timidity of these creatures makes you respect the impact you have on the environment and encourages you you to tread lightly. I also saw deer from the windows of the cabin as they wandered into the Danaloka garden early in the morning. It is quite something to be settling down on your meditation cushions and pausing - because you can't help be captivated by the beauty - to look in wonder at a small herd of deer nuzzling around a few feet away from you. The fact that this kind of experience of nature is available so near to London is kind of a unique selling point. Peter was really helpful with the booking arrangements and with picking me up and dropping me off at Stratford for a very reasonable fee. This helped me a lot as I had my baggage and week's food in tow. Thanks again for everything. I recommend Danaloka highly."All the best - Patrick - Oct 2017
I spent four weeks on solitary at Danaloka in February and appreciated it hugely. The cabin is comfortable and cozy. There were times when everything outside was really sodden, but the cabin stayed miraculously dry. Although it's not deep in the country, the woods and its four-legged and winged inhabitants are lovely, and I went on a short circular walk every day which was almost entirely in the woodland. Early spring there is a magical time - a lot of birdsong, and the forest floor becoming green with primroses and snowdrops. And Peter couldn't have been more helpful in all the practicalities and in his concern that I should be comfortable.Vimalavajri 2017
'What can i say? like a week spent in a ryokan poem. the simple and beautiful life in a cabin by the woods, delightfully alone, within an hour's travel from london - it really does feel like a world away. It was my first solitary retreat, and i loved it. Waking up on my first morning to make coffee and watch a whole herd of deer in the garden, who kept me company in the woods all week. The birds. cooking and eating simple tasty food, and gazing into the woods at the vivid autumn colours, in the trees and coating the forest floor. something about the positive atmosphere of the cabin, with it's shrine in the centre of the room, did wonders for my meditation practice- but I wish i'd spent more time on the sofa, next to the fire, watching those trees and dreaming...
It's hard to believe this place is inside the M25 especially when wild deer wander freely and walk almost past the cabin on a daily basis. 200 acres of protected ancient broadleaf woodland, streams and pasture and having very few people around, have helped to make this a haven for wildlife. Helped by the avoidance of anything remotely likely to cause disturbance as well, of course!
The cabin really is set in a magical spot, 1.6 miles from the main road and at the end of a private and gated track. It's not the Highlands or North Wales but, as a compromise between travel time and seclusion, it's earned a good reputation.
'... there's been a burning longing in my chest for such a spot, for longer than I can remember and when I reached Danaloka I literally cried with joyful relief!' 7/17 anon
'When I arrived a deer was snacking on the grass outside the small gate...what a great welcome!' July 2017 LBC woman.
BUILDING: Working with a local builder I am delighted to say the planned cabin rebuild is looking good for 2018. We are just awaiting planning consent.
Do we have an architect amongst you to help with a suggested interior layout? If so please contact me by email
Also volunteers would be marvellous!
Here's some more of the recent feedback.
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I just wanted to stop by and say hello. My Name is Michele and I went from a normal day to the next being told I have type 1 diabeies almost 3 years ago.
Hope everyone had a Happy New Year
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Welcome to DC we are all in this together, like you I went from thinking I was just tired on a normal day to T1 within a week only 4 months ago. I rely on this site for support the friends and family you will find here are not only wonderful, real people, but we can all relate. Blessings for the New Year!
WELCOME to DC Michelle. Sorry you qualify for inclusion in our "little" family, but since you do, I am glad you are here!
Most of us here have diabetes of one type or another or have a loved one or friend who has diabetes. So HERE you are STILL NORMAL (whatever "normal" means)
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I pray that you will have a wonderful and blessed 2012. I suspect that you will should you continue coming to DC, as I have been for more than 3 years, (nearly every day lately).
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Between the Bugaboos and Mount Gimli, our knees needed a break from all the long approaches. After a welcome trip to the Lussier Hot Springs, we spent the next week doing some single pitch climbing in BC and Montana. It doesn't get much more convenient than being able to belay out of your car, which could be done quite easily at Stone Hill, Montana.
It seems 99% of people that climb there don't venture very far from the road, and if you hike for more than 5 minutes you can enjoy some excellent climbing without seeing another soul.
As well as enjoy some excellent views of Lake Koocanusa.
Unfortunately on our first night camping in the area, we were treated to the sounds of something rummaging under the hood of our car. In the morning, this was what we found.
Eventually we spied the guilty party hiding out in front of the radiator.
The next 2 days were filled with fun games of 'how to get a pack rat out of your car'. No amount of poking, prodding, driving around or makeshift traps seemed to do the trick. I finally just waited him out, and when he left in the middle of the night to do whatever it is that pack rats do, I moved the car to a wide open field down the road. Our vehicle was once again rodent free!
We also spent a couple of days at Lakit Lake in British Columbia, enjoying some fun climbing with excellent free camping beside the lake.
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Laniel Chapman
West Columbia, SC - A memorial service for Vester Laniel Chapman, 86, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at First Baptist Church of Belton. The family will receive friends Tuesday, October 31, 2017 from 12:30 until 1:45 p.m. at the church. A visitation will be held Monday, October 30, 2017 from 5:30 until 7:00 p.m. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, Columbia. Burial will be private in M.J. "Dolly" Cooper Cemetery, in Anderson.
Mr. Chapman, formerly of Belton, S.C. passed away Friday, October 27, 2017 at Laurel Crest Assisted Living in West Columbia. Born in Pelzer, S.C. on September 17, 1931, he was a son of the late Vester Chapman and Ruth Idella Martin Chapman.
Laniel was a 1957 graduate of Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN, where he received a BS Degree. He went to graduate school at the University of Georgia and graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1961 with a JD Degree. He served in the United States National Guard for five years and in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1955. Laniel ran a private law practice from 1962 until 2016 and was a senior partner at Chapman & Yon, LLP in Anderson. He was admitted to the United States District Court, District of South Carolina; Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; and United States Supreme Court. Mr. Chapman was a member of First Baptist Church of Belton, where he served as a Deacon.
Laniel held many elected offices during his career. He served as an Assistant Solicitor from 1968-1972 and Solicitor from 1972-1977 for the Tenth Judicial Circuit. He served as President of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association and Anderson County Bar Association, and the American Board of Trial Advocates, South Carolina Chapter. He was elected Highway Commissioner for District 10 for South Carolina Department of Highway and Public Transportation in 1990, serving as the Chairman from 1993-1994.
Laniel was also a member of many organizations including the American Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, Anderson County Bar Association where he served as President, American Trial Lawyers Association, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and Southern Trial Lawyers Association. He was a member of South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Association of South Carolina Claimant Attorneys for Workers Compensation where he was on the Executive Committee and was a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Mr. Chapman participated in many civic activities, serving on the Anderson Area Medical Center Foundation Board, was a Chairman of the Anderson County Courthouse Authority, the Wachovia Bank Board of Directors, the Belton Lions Club, and the Anderson Rotary Club. He was a member of the Carson-Newman College Advisory Board, a Trustee of Carson-Newman College, a founding member of Carson-Newman VIP Golf Tournament and received the Carson Newman College Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2004. Laniel was a member of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Board, an Executive Committee member of Anderson College Board of Trustees, and a founding member of Anderson University VIP Golf Tournament. He served as a member of Anderson University Foundation Board, a member of Anderson University Board of Visitors, and a member of Anderson University Board of Trustees. Laniel was Chairman of G. Ross Anderson, Jr. Moot Court Fundraiser for the University of South Carolina School of Law, and Chairman of the G. Ross Anderson, Jr. Scholarship Committee for Anderson University. He was also a member of the South Carolina Migratory Waterfowl Commission and a President of Ducks Unlimited for Anderson County.
Mr. Chapman received the Annie Denmark Award in 2001 and was named an Honorary Doctor of Laws in 2003, both awarded by Anderson University. The Honorable Jim Hodges, Governor of South Carolina, honored Mr. Chapman with the prestigious Order of the Palmetto in 2003.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Vivian B. Chapman; daughters, Lisa C. Robinson (Jon) and Gina C. Earle (Bill); grandchildren, Elizabeth D. Brittain (Preston), Chapman D. Archer (Jordan), Lauren R. Dunbar, Catherine S. Dunbar, Vivian Alexandria Williams, and Jones Hampton Williams; two great-grandsons, Preston Dunbar Brittain and Andrew Magnus Brittain; sister, Dr. Patsy C. Smith (Dr. Sidney P. Smith, Jr.); nephews, Dr. Sidney P. Smith III (Colleen) and Dr. Shanon D. Smith (Shelley); and numerous cousins.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Belton, 105 Brown Avenue, Belton, SC 29627; or Anderson University, V. Laniel Chapman Scholarship Fund, 316 Boulevard, Anderson, SC 29621.
Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com.