According to ATA, The American Tinnitus Association, 45 million Americans are struggling with tinnitus. In Germany the “Deutsche Tinnitus-Liga” estimates that 19 million Germans have experienced tinnitus, and that 2,7 million Germans have persistent tinnitus, of which 1 million have very severe tinnitus. The British Tinnitus Association estimates that 10% of the UK population suffers from tinnitus. Read more about the prevalence of tinnitus.
There's no known cure for tinnitus. Current treatments generally involve masking the sound or learning to ignore it. A research team led by Dr. Michael Kilgard at the University of Texas at Dallas and Dr. Navzer Engineer at MicroTransponder, Inc. set out to see if they could develop a way to reverse tinnitus by essentially resetting the brain's auditory system. Their work was funded in part by NIH’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
Tinnitus affects every layer of society, and there has been increasing support for awareness. Recently, musicians who are affected by tinnitus have come together to create awareness for the disorder. Artists including Chris Martin of Coldplay and Black Eyed Peas have created a compilation album to help raise funds towards finding a cure for tinnitus. In the United States, the Department of Defense has invested millions of dollars into investigations of tinnitus sound therapies. In addition, the American Tinnitus Association makes efforts to lobby the US government to provide support for tinnitus sufferers.
Tinnitus is not a disease in and of itself, but rather a symptom of some other underlying health condition. In most cases, tinnitus is a sensorineural reaction in the brain to damage in the ear and auditory system. While tinnitus is often associated with hearing loss, there are roughly 200 different health disorders that can generate tinnitus as a symptom. Below is a list of some of the most commonly reported catalysts for tinnitus.
If you are living with tinnitus, contact the Sound Relief Hearing Center. We are the tinnitus experts you need to experience the best possible outcome with your tinnitus treatment. To learn more about us, please browse our website or give us a call at 720-259-9962. You can also schedule an appointment online to meet with one of our tinnitus specialists. We look forward to hearing from you!
Tinnitus retraining therapy is a form of treatment that tries to retrain the nerve pathways associated with hearing that may allow the brain to get used to the abnormal sounds. Habituation allows the brain to ignore the tinnitus noise signal, and it allows the person to become unaware that it is present unless they specifically concentrate on the noise. This treatment involves counseling and wearing a sound generator. Audiologists and otolaryngologists often work together in offering this treatment.
Approximately 50 million Americans have some form of tinnitus. For most people, the sensation usually lasts only a few minutes at a time. About 12 million people have constant or recurring tinnitus that interferes with their daily life so much that they seek professional treatment. For these individuals, tinnitus may result in a loss of sleep, interfere with concentration, and create negative emotional reactions such as despair, frustration, and depression.
Steven Doerr, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Doerr received his undergraduate degree in Spanish from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He graduated with his Medical Degree from the University Of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado in 1998 and completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine from Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, Colorado in 2002, where he also served as Chief Resident.
It is possible that the most common cause of pulsatile tinnitus is sigmoid sinus diverticulum and dehiscence, which can be collectively referred to as sinus wall abnormalities or SSWA. The sigmoid sinus is a blood carrying channel on the side of the brain that receives blood from veins within the brain. The blood eventually exits through the internal jugular vein. Sigmoid sinus diverticulum refers to the formation of small sac-like pouches (diverticula) that protrude through the wall of the sigmoid sinus into the mastoid bone behind the ear. Dehiscence refers to absence of part of the bone that surrounds the sigmoid sinus in the mastoid. It is unknown whether these conditions represent different parts of one disease process or spectrum, or whether they are two distinct conditions. These abnormalities cause pressure, blood flow, and noise changes within the sigmoid sinus, which ultimately results in pulsatile tinnitus. Narrowing of the blood vessel that leads into the sigmoid sinus, known as the transverse sinus, has also been associated with pulsatile tinnitus.
Hearing loss often accompanies tinnitus, so a hearing aid can hit two birds with one stone. In addition to amplifying sound, the device can camouflage the ringing in your ears by boosting other soft sounds in your environment. If you experience hearing loss in addition to your tinnitus, discuss the potential benefits of a hearing aid that may assist with both conditions at the same time.
It’s the same mechanism that’s happening in people who feel a phantom limb sensation after losing a limb, explains Susan Shore, PhD, a professor of otolaryngology, molecular physiology, and biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. With tinnitus the loss of hearing causes specific brain neurons to increase their activity as a way of compensating, she explains. “These neurons also synchronize their activity as they would if there were a sound there, but there is no external sound,” she adds.
^ Jump up to: a b Schecklmann, Martin; Vielsmeier, Veronika; Steffens, Thomas; Landgrebe, Michael; Langguth, Berthold; Kleinjung, Tobias; Andersson, Gerhard (18 April 2012). "Relationship between Audiometric Slope and Tinnitus Pitch in Tinnitus Patients: Insights into the Mechanisms of Tinnitus Generation". PLOS One. 7 (4): e34878. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...734878S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034878. PMC 3329543. PMID 22529949.
Try meditation and relaxation techniques. Stress can aggravate tinnitus, so take deep breaths and relax if you start to feel anxious, worried, or overwhelmed. Count to 4 as you breathe in slowly, hold your breath for a 4 count, then count to 4 as you slowly exhale. Continue to control your breathing for 1 to 2 minutes, or until you feel at ease.[10]
Tinnitus is believed to be caused by inner ear cell damage. Cilia in your inner ear move in relation to the pressure of sound waves. This triggers these cells to release an electrical signal through a nerve from your ear (auditory nerve) to your brain. Your brain interprets these signals as sound. If the hairs inside your inner ear are bent or broken, they can "leak" random electrical impulses to your brain, causing tinnitus.
If you have tinnitus you also may suffer from anxiety, depression, or insomnia. Discuss treatments with your doctor. While tinnitus cannot always be cured, there are many treatments available for you to make it easier to live with tinnitus. See your doctor if tinnitus is accompanied by dizziness, fever, or headache; as this may signal a more serious condition.
However, the multidisciplinary approach based on CBT is not a “cure for tinnitus”, as implied in some papers, but rather a system for managing its symptoms and effects on people’s lives. The differences in outcomes between the treatment and usual care groups were quite small, with the multidisciplinary approach giving a small improvement in quality of life compared with usual care, and moderate improvements in tinnitus severity and impairment. Also, less than 70% of participants completed the trial to 12 months, and this could have affected the reliability of the study’s overall results. Furthermore, as the patients in the study were only followed for 12 months, it is uncertain whether this approach can help in the longer term.
Various techniques can help make tinnitus tolerable, although the ability to tolerate it varies from person to person. Many people find that background sound helps mask the tinnitus and helps them fall asleep. Some people play background music. Other people use a tinnitus masker, which is a device worn like a hearing aid that produces a constant level of neutral sounds. For the profoundly deaf, an implant in the cochlea (the organ of hearing) may reduce tinnitus but is only done for people with severe to profound hearing loss in both ears. If these standard techniques are not helpful, people may want to seek treatment in clinics that specialize in the treatment of tinnitus.
Additional conditions that can cause pulsatile tinnitus include arterial bruit, abnormal passages or connections between the blood vessels of the outermost layer of the membrane (dura) that covers the brain and spinal cord (dural arteriovenous shunts), or conditions that cause increased pressure within the skull such as idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri). Sigmoid sinus dehiscence may be associated with pseudotumor, but this connection has not been firmly established. It possible that cases of pulsatile tinnitus associated with pseudotumor may be caused by an undiagnosed SSWA. Head trauma, surgery, middle ear conductive hearing loss, and certain tumors can also cause pulsatile tinnitus. Obstructions within in the vessels that connect the heart and brain can also cause pulsatile tinnitus.
Most people develop tinnitus as a symptom of hearing loss. When you lose hearing, your brain undergoes changes in the way it processes sound frequencies. A hearing aid is a small electronic device that uses a microphone, amplifier, and speaker to increase the volume of external noises. This can mollify neuroplastic changes in the brain’s ability to process sound.
Tinnitus is when people think they hear something in their ears but there is actually no sound. People with tinnitus actually do "hear" noises that range from a whistle to a crackling noise to a roar. It can happen only occasionally, can occur for a period of days then take a break before recurring again, or it can be constant. The sound can vary in pitch from quiet to unbearably loud, or it can stay the same.
Although mitochondrial DNA variants are thought to predispose to hearing loss, a study of polish individuals by Lechowicz et al, reported that "there are no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of tinnitus and its characteristic features between HL patients with known HL mtDNA variants and the general Polish population." This would argue against mitochondrial DNA variants as a cause of tinnitus, but the situation might be different in other ethnic groups.
Often people bring in very long lists of medications that have been reported, once or twice, to be associated with tinnitus. This unfortunate behavior makes it very hard to care for these patients -- as it puts one into an impossible situation where the patient is in great distress but is also unwilling to attempt any treatment. Specialists who care for patients with ear disease, usually know very well which drugs are problems (such as those noted above), and which ones are nearly always safe.
Can an iPhone app truly relieve tinnitus? Believe it or not, the answer is yes. The ReSound LiNX2 app utilizes a combination of sound therapy and relaxation exercises to reduce the severity of tinnitus. The convenient app can be used in combination with hearing instruments, which are small but strong. This groundbreaking program transforms your iPhone into a remote control for your hearing aid.
Schecklmann et al (2014) suggested that tinnitus is associated with alterations in motor cortex excitability, by pooling several studies, and reported that there are differences in intracortical inhibition, intra-cortical facilitation, and cortical silent period. We doubt that this means that motor cortex excitability causes tinnitus, but rather we suspect that these findings reflect features of brain organization that may predispose certain persons to develop tinnitus over someone else.
Tinnitus is a symptom, not a disease. Most cases are due to damage to the microscopic endings of the sensory nerve in the inner ear, commonly from exposure to loud noise (as from amplified music or gunfire). Other causes include allergy, high or low blood pressure, a tumor, diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, and head or neck injury. In addition, some drugs, including aspirin and other anti-inflammatories, antibiotics, sedatives, and antidepressants can also cause tinnitus. If so, changing drugs or lowering the dosage usually helps.
You don’t need to enroll in an eight-week program to get started with mindfulness training. Participants in the MBTSR program all received a copy of the groundbreaking book “Full Catastrophe Living” by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Kabat-Zinn’s book is the premier manual for practicing mindfulness in daily life. You will learn about, and be encouraged to practice, meditation and breathing techniques that can help draw your focus away from tinnitus.
Tinnitus is commonly thought of as a symptom of adulthood, and is often overlooked in children. Children with hearing loss have a high incidence of tinnitus, even though they do not express the condition or its effect on their lives.[100] Children do not generally report tinnitus spontaneously and their complaints may not be taken seriously.[101] Among those children who do complain of tinnitus, there is an increased likelihood of associated otological or neurological pathology such as migraine, juvenile Meniere’s disease or chronic suppurative otitis media.[102] Its reported prevalence varies from 12% to 36% in children with normal hearing thresholds and up to 66% in children with a hearing loss and approximately 3–10% of children have been reported to be troubled by tinnitus.[103]
Tinnitus matching is helpful to identify the frequency and intensity of the tinnitus. This is a simple procedure in which the audiologist adjusts a sound until a patient indicates that it is the same as their tinnitus. Most patients match their tinnitus to the region of their hearing loss (Konig et al, 2006; Mahboubi et al, 2012). Unfortunately, the "gap detection test", does not work to confirm tinnitus in humabs (Boyen et al, 2015).
Therefore, the Department of Defense and Congress have taken an interest in furthering tinnitus research, adding it to a list of researchable conditions that impact the military. Both American Tinnitus Association and the Department of Defense fund tinnitus research. New research developments are reported in journals such as Tinnitus Today and the International Tinnitus Journal.
Age-Related Hearing Loss: Also known as presbycusis, age-related hearing loss results from the cumulative effect of aging on hearing. This permanent, progressive, and sensorineural condition is most pronounced at higher frequencies. It commonly impacts people over the age of 50, as all people begin to lose approximately 0.5% of the inner ear’s hair cells annually starting at age 40.
The latest news about tinnitus treatment comes from a UK study showing that Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) significantly helps reduce the severity of the disorder. The researchers reported that, among the 75 patients being studied, both relaxation therapy and MBCT worked to alleviate symptoms as well as reducing psychological distress, anxiety and depression related to the disorder. MBCT led to greater reductions in tinnitus severity and the improvements lasted longer.
The results were calculated using a measure called “effect size”, which is a way of quantifying the size of the difference between the two groups. For the difference in quality of life scores between groups, the effect size was calculated to be 0.24. This can be interpreted as a “small” effect. In other words, treatment including CBT gave a small improvement in quality of life compared with usual care.
Pulsatile tinnitus is generally caused by abnormalities or disorders affecting the blood vessels (vascular disorders), especially the blood vessels near or around the ears. Such abnormalities or disorders can cause a change in the blood flow through the affected blood vessels. The blood vessels could be weakened from damage caused by hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis). For example, abnormalities affecting the carotid artery, the main artery serving the brain, can be associated with pulsatile tinnitus. A rare cause of pulsatile tinnitus is a disorder known as fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), a condition characterized by abnormal development of the arterial wall. When the carotid artery is affected by FMD, pulsatile tinnitus can develop.
Dr. Julie Prutsman’s team of audiologists offer a higher standard of expertise. She has been deeply involved with tinnitus for more than 15 years, long before effective treatments had been developed beyond hearing aids and maskers. Dr. Julie also studied under one of the industry’s most respected and leading medical experts, Dr. Pawel Jastreboff, and she has personally trained each and every one of her doctors.
Tinnitus is a ringing, buzzing, hissing, swishing, clicking, or other type of noise that seems to originate in the ear or head. Most of us will experience tinnitus or sounds in the ears at some time or another. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), about 10% of adults in the U.S. - nearly 25 million Americans - have experienced tinnitus lasting at least five minutes in the past year. Tinnitus is identified more frequently in white individuals, and the prevalence of tinnitus in the U.S. is almost twice as frequent in the South as in the Northeast.
The use of sound therapy by either hearing aids or tinnitus maskers helps the brain ignore the specific tinnitus frequency. Although these methods are poorly supported by evidence, there are no negative effects.[3][90][91][92] There is some tentative evidence supporting tinnitus retraining therapy.[3][93] There is little evidence supporting the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation.[3][94] It is thus not recommended.[73] As of 2017 there was limited evidence as to whether neurofeedback is or is not helpful.[95]
The similarities between chronic pain and tinnitus have led researchers to develop a mindfulness-based tinnitus stress reduction (MBTSR) program. The results of a pilot study, which were published in The Hearing Journal, found that participants of an eight-week MBTSR program experienced significantly altered perceptions of their tinnitus. This included a reduction in depression and anxiety.
Don't give up on things unless you are sure they are having some effect, especially if it's something you enjoy; or you could end up feeling miserable and deprived for no reason. Do not give up several things at once, or you will not know which one was affecting your tinnitus. If you decide to limit these things and fancy the occasional treat, maybe try using the other strategies (such as relaxation) for those times when your tinnitus is a bit louder. For more details, see our information on Food, drink and tinnitus.
Technology and portable music devices also contribute to noise pollution, especially in younger people. Keep the volume of your phone, MP3 players or iPod on the lower end when listening to headphones, and don’t play very loud noises for long durations of time. To aid in tinnitus treatment, look out for changes in your ability to hear if you’re frequently exposed to loud noises, limit use of headphones or consider wearing earplugs.
It is important to note that existing hearing loss is sometimes not directly observable by the patient, who may not perceive any lost frequencies. But this this does not mean that hearing damage has not been done. A trained audiologist or other hearing health professional can perform sensitive audiometric tests to precisely measure the true extent of hearing loss.
The diagnosis of tinnitus is usually based on the person's description.[3] A number of questionnaires exist that may help to assess how much tinnitus is interfering with a person's life.[3] The diagnosis is commonly supported by an audiogram and a neurological examination.[1][3] If certain problems are found, medical imaging, such as with MRI, may be performed.[3] Other tests are suitable when tinnitus occurs with the same rhythm as the heartbeat.[3] Rarely, the sound may be heard by someone else using a stethoscope, in which case it is known as objective tinnitus.[3] Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions, which are sounds produced normally by the inner ear, may also occasionally result in tinnitus.[6]
Almost every ENT, audiology practice, and hearing aid dispenser who claims to offer tinnitus treatment only offers one solution: hearing aids. While amplification may help some, only 50% of people living with tinnitus experience hearing loss that affects their understanding of speech, which means hearing aids are ineffective. At Sound Relief, we offer only evidence-based options like sound therapy and have seen countless patients experience life-changing results.


Approach & Philosophy
Peter Welford
Judy Corbett
The Gwydir Press
Gwydir Castle Gardens
The historic gardens at Gwydir Castle are amongst the very few in Wales accorded Grade 1 listed status. They represent an important example of the formal Renaissance garden of the Tudor and Stuart periods, with later overlays and plantings from the nineteenth century. As well as two fine 16th century garden arches and associated walls and terraces, there are many fine early trees, including fourteen pre-1700 yews and three surviving Cedars of Lebanon from the original twelve said to have been planted in honour of King Charles I’s wedding to the French Princess, Henrietta Maria in 1625.
The Old Dutch Garden is famous for its huge yew trees and fountain, while the Knot Garden, in the Courtyard, was laid out in 1828 by Sir Charles Barry, the famous architect, in the form of a Tudor Rose.
The fine wisteria, which adorns the Hall Range was planted in 1828, the same year that peacocks are claimed to have been introduced to the gardens. Gwydir’s sweeping views and formal vistas make it one of the most romantic gardens in Wales.
View of the Solar Tower from the Lower Lawns (top left); the restored Dutch Garden Terraces (top right), completed in 2015, and the Little Yew Avenue (right), planted in 1995. Below: Senses Garden with Mercury Fountain and Sir John Wynn’s Arch (left); the Knot Garden (centre), and the new fountain sequence to the Dutch Garden Terraces (right).
The Senses Garden was laid out in 2000 as a millennial project on a site which had been used as a dump for rubble and debris after the 1921 fire.
Gwydir Castle - Llanrwst - Conwy - LL26 0PN - Tel: 01492 641687- Email: info@gwydircastle.co.uk
© Gwydir Castle 2019| Web Design by


OECD Home EconomyFor Good Measure - Advancing Research on Well-being Metrics Beyond GDP - en
For Good Measure
Advancing Research on Well-being Metrics Beyond GDP
The 2009 Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (“Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi” Commission) concluded that we should move away from over-reliance on GDP when assessing a country’s health, towards a broader dashboard of indicators that would reflect concerns such as the distribution of well-being and sustainability in all of its dimensions. This book includes contributions from members of the OECD-hosted High Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, the successor of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission, and their co-authors on the latest research in this field. These contributions look at key issues raised by the 2009 Commission that deserved more attention, such as how to better include the environment and sustainability in our measurement system, and how to improve the measurement of different types of inequalities, of economic insecurity, of subjective well-being and of trust.A companion volume Beyond GDP: Measuring What Counts for Economic and Social Performance presents an overview by the co-chairs of the High Level Expert Group, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Martine Durand of the progress accomplished since the 2009 report, of the work conducted by the Group over the past five years, and of what still needs to be done.
Sustainable Development Goals and the measurement of economic and social progress
Measuring the distribution of household income, consumption and wealth
Horizontal inequalities
Inequality of opportunity
Distributional national accounts
Understanding subjective well-being
Economic security
Measuring sustainability
Trust and social capital


Sellers Finished Just off the Podium in Fourth in the Jaguar I-pace Etrophy in the Berlin E-prix; Legge Gained Three Positions to Finish Sixth
Rahal and Sato Look Forward to Returning to the Detroit Grand Prix — A Track Where Each Has Had Success
Sato Finished Third in the Indy 500; Rahal and King Encountered Different Problems
Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, during driver introductions
103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500
RACE NOTES/QUOTES – May 26, 2019
SATO FINISHED THIRD IN THE INDY 500: RAHAL AND KING ENCOUNTERED DIFFERENT PROBLEMS
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 United Rentals Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I just got a killer run, and I was lifting to just manage my gap. You pull out, and you get to this point, and you can see him squeezing me inside, turns into me, and there is nothing you can do. As all of us know, with 20 to go, 22 to go, it’s the time. You have to give every opportunity to go for it. I think Sebastien (Bourdais) knows that, which is probably why he hasn’t said much to me. But, yeah, it was disappointing. The United Rentals car was just heating up. It seemed like Alex (Rossi) and I were the only two who were really able to pass there at the end. I was feeling good about things. Hadn’t changed much, just trying to march to the front. I’m just very disappointed. It’s another year you get to sit and think about this. I respect Sebastien a lot. I don’t respect that move. I do respect him as a driver tremendously, and I’m sure he feels the same right now. At those speeds, that’s how you kill somebody. And I’m just not a fan of squeezing people and putting people in those positions. It’s not necessary.”
FAST FACTS: After starting 17th and steadily moving to the front, Rahal had been biding his time until the final 50 laps to turn the heat up. He was passing Bourdais for fifth on Lap 178 when Bourdais squeezed him down on the track and the two made contact which set off a multi-car crash that collected a total of five cars. He started 17th for his 12th Indy 500 and retired in 27th place. His best qualifying position in the Indy 500 is fourth in 2009 with Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing and best finish is third with Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing in 2011 after he led six laps. He ran in the top-five in seven of his 10 previous races here. Detailed Indy 500 information available upon request. Has SIX IndyCar Series wins (2008 – St. Pete street course; 2015 – Fontana Super Speedway, Mid-Ohio road course; 2016 – Texas Super Speedway; 2017 Detroit Race 1, Detroit Race 2) and THREE poles (2009 – St. Pete street course, Kansas oval; 2017 – Detroit Race 1 street) and his highest series season-ending standing is fourth place in 2015… He dropped from seventh in series standings to 12th with 123 points.
TAKUMA SATO, No. 30 Mi-Jack / Panasonic Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “It was an amazing job from the team really, once we went laps down, I know the Indy 500 can be a miracle, but after that there was a long period of no yellows. I think we spent more than 100 laps to get back on the lead lap, but you know we just put our head down and did the job. Just brilliant strategy, I feel, and we got back to the lead lap. But before that, huge congratulations to Simon. What a big win as an outstanding performance winning the GP and everything. Alex and I tried everything we’ve got. If you have the last seven laps, we were just all over the place. Power sliding, we were just, I don’t know, we had a lot of understeer. It was a great battle but just a shame we were not quite there yet. Huge credit to the team. What a comeback after being a lap down.”
FAST FACTS: Sato was in 11th place when the pit cycle began and he moved up to lead Lap 36 before he mafde his first stop on Lap 37. The right rear tire changer had trouble putting the tire on and, after a delay, Sato returned to the track but came back to the pits on Lap 40 to check for a possible loose wheel. He dropped to 31st place and lost a lap to the leaders. He got back on the lead lap on Lap 141 during a caution and cycled back into the lead on Lap 176 of 200. On Lap 170 he had moved to fifth place. After the final restart, Sato passed both Josef Newgarden and Ed Carpenter in the closing laps to take the checkered flag in third after starting 14th for his 10th Indy 500 in 2019 and third with RLL. In 2012 with RLL, he was alongside eventual winner Franchitti in Turn 1 on the final lap but his race ended due to contact after he was squeezed down on the apron and lost control of his race car. Prior to his 2017 win with Andretti from his best start of fourth place, his highest finish was 13th in 2013 and 2015 – both with A.J. Foyt Racing… Has FOUR IndyCar Series wins (2013 – Long Beach street course, 2017 – Indy 500 oval, 2018 – Portland road, 2019 – Barber road ) and EIGHT poles (2011 Iowa oval, Edmonton street; 2013 Houston Race 1 street; 2014 St. Pete street, Detroit Race 2 street; 2017 Detroit Race 2, Pocono oval; 2019 Barber road). He remained fifth in series standings with 203 points. Leader Pagenaud has 250.
JORDAN KING, No. 42 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I’m thinking about Chachi (Chris Minot) obviously. I’m really disappointed in myself for the team, really for everybody. I think we had a pretty strong car. We were looking quite strong and making progress and looking at how the race finished, I think we could’ve been in the top 10, so that’s quite hard to swallow. First bit of call is to check that everything’s okay at the hospital. It’s not good, it’s not what you want to do (injure a crewman). It’s not. I don’t even know what to say. I’m really disappointed in myself and for everyone involved. We could have had a good race but didn’t, so that’s that.”
FAST FACTS: King started 26th and had been running 21st before his second pit stop on Lap 69. King lost control of the car and slid into the rear tire was set out to be put on and into the path of Chris Minot, chief mechanic for the entry and outside front tire changer. Minot was attended to in the infield care center before being transported to IU Health Methodist Hospital. King later served a drive through penalty on Lap 80 while running in 20th place, two laps down. He went on to finish 24th. It was his first oval race and first Indianapolis 500… Competed in 11 road and street course races with Ed Carpenter Racing with a best start of fourth at St. Pete in his debut and a best finish of 11th at Toronto. He participated in a 2018 pre-season test at the Phoenix International Raceway oval before the season-opener at St. Petersburg but that was his only oval experience.
TEAM STATEMENT ON CHRIS “CHACHI” MINOT’S CONDITION FOLLOWING THE PIT LANE ACCIDENT: “We were relieved to hear that Chris was in good spirits before surgery on his left leg. He will be held overnight at IU Health Methodist Hospital. He has been a member of this team for almost 10 years and is a big asset. We have no doubt that he will come back stronger.”
NEXT UP: The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix doubleheaders will take place on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2.
Sellers Was Unable to Fight for the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY Title in Race 1 After a Qualifying Crash Sidelined Him; Legge Finished Fourth


blogger, brand strategy, coach, events, mentor, speaker, storyteller
crushing close to home
It's Woman Crush Wednesday. I am featuring someone a little more close to home this week. As you may remember, the goal of this series is to feature women who are pushing the boundaries and following their purpose with hustle, grit and grace.
Right now I can think of no one better fitting that category than the curator of The Written Runway. This blog/site was started as a way to share a love of fashion and make it tangible off the runway for people in their every day lives.
The muse is Ambyr, a FIDM graduate, stylist, social media expert, writer and overall fashion junkie. You can learn all about her at the site. What I am going to write about is why she is my crush this week and why you should crush on her too.
In today's world it is sadly difficult to find people who truly do hustle. I am talking about the type of person who isn't just chasing money, they aren't asking for other people to do all of the hard work. The people I am talking about dig in with both hands and those hands get dirty. They do whatever it takes to follow their purpose. It is not always easy. In fact most of the time it is actually very hard, but this type of person keeps after it anyway. That is the type of woman Ambyr is.
She grew up in a farm/wine town in Oregon. It was a small upbringing but Ambyr never was small. From her earliest moments she always had a fire to her. She would demand things that other kids were too afraid to ask for. It was almost as if she knew that if she didn't speak up from the start then she never would. So she did.
Ambyr was always one to be on the edge of fashion trends from her earliest days. So as she graduated high school and was deciding which direction to go nobody was surprised to see her choose to go to California. While in there she graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). She did this on her own, while holding down a full time job and living over an hour away from the school. It wasn't easy. There were many tears shed, many nights of little to no sleep. But she persevered.
Once she graduated, she found the real world to be a lot less kinder than expected. Jobs in fashion look very glamorous on screen and in print, but the reality is often much different. Lots of girls with dreams of fashion come to Los Angeles. In my experience, a lot of those girls do NOT come from humble beginnings. Yes, some most certainly do, but a lot of the girls I saw around Ambyr at this time were being taken care of financially by parents and family members. They were able to take these jobs for very little pay where as oftentimes other girls can't.
Here is the thing about that though. Those girls may have been willing to accept a lower salary but the employers had to accept a lower quality of work. Ambyr on the other hand had to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. Yet her energy level and work ethic never faltered. She was able to work with a number of different celebrity stylists and learn from experts in her field. She earned a reputation as a hard working, passionate and kind person who would treat your business as if it was her own.
If that wasn't enough, at this time she also started her own blog/website, The Written Runway. This was a way for her to interact with the world of fashion on her own terms, through her own brand. Blogs are very popular, many people do them, HECK, you're reading mine right now. Her's is different though. She could have monetized her site in many ways that would help her financially but she has been very particular with who she wants to partner with. She doesn't want to dilute her message. She wants to provide an honest commentary on how she sees fashion.
Luckily for her, people have noticed. in 2013 she moved to Washington DC where she was able to secure opportunities with a number of people in the industry and build up her skill set even more. Working with Fashion Group International, TAA PR, The Vogue Bloggers Network, The Independent Fashion Blogger Association as well as many more.
FORTITUDE:
mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously:
— dictionary.com
She is my WCW because quit isn't in her vocabulary. She isn't where she wants to be yet, and as a young person that can be very demotivating, but it's almost as if she can see something in the distance and so she keeps running. FORTITUDE, I think that's what they call it. and a crush is definitely what I have.
Oh, and did I mention that Ambyr is my sister? I might have failed to mention it before on purpose. I didn't want you to think I was biased. My guess is after reading this and check out her site, that is not a concern you will have.
Today I am at the Women in Sports & Events (WISE) Synposium so stay tuned to hear all about it Friday,
Tagged: woman crush wednesday, wcw, sisers, The Written Runway, fashion, Fashion Group International, Vogue Blogger Network, Independent Fashion Bloggers, FIDM, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, stylist, maximizesocialbusiness.com, social media expert
Newer Postwomen in sports and events
Older Postpower of a smile


Ouseph breezes into quarter-finals at London Grand Prix
03 October 2013 / 18:40
Rajiv Ouseph hailed a triumph for experience over youth as his bid to reach at least the men’s singles semi-finals at the London Grand Prix gathered pace.
The 27-year-old is seeded fourth in the Copper Box at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and made it two wins in two days with victory over Taipei’s Hsu Jui Ting.
Ouseph, who beat Ukrainian Vitaly Konov after a bye into the second round, defeated his younger third-round opponent 21-14, 21-12 in 34 minutes.
He will now face Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia in the last eight and is getting increasingly confident he can enjoy success at the inaugural London Grand Prix.
“I was probably a bit more comfortable in the hall than I was on Wednesday and I think his game style suited mine,” said Ouseph, who failed to make it past the group stages at the London 2012 Olympics last summer.
“He is quite young, so he made a few mistakes that he wouldn’t have made if he was older. So I managed to capitalise on those and it was comfortable in the end so I was quite happy.
“The conditions change day to day, so every day you need to get used to the arena as quickly as you can so you’re comfortable and playing your own game.
“I’m probably favourite to win, but I’ve played him [Zulkiffli] before and it was a three-game match, so we’ll see how it goes.”


As Victoria’s Secret struggles, fashion show will no longer be on network TV
By Tim Feran tferan@dispatch.com
The Victoria’s Secret fashion show has reached the end of the runway — at least on network television.
In a note to employees on Friday, L Brands founder and chairman Leslie H. Wexner announced that “we have decided to re-think the traditional Victoria’s Secret fashion show. Going forward we don’t believe network television is the right fit.
“In 2019 and beyond, we’re focusing on developing exciting and dynamic content and a new kind of event — delivered to our customers on platforms that she’s glued to ... and in ways that will push the boundaries of fashion in the global digital age.”
The annual event was launched in 1995 and features elaborate costumed lingerie worn by the brand’s “Angels,” several dozen fashion models who walk a runway in the costumes. But the first few shows were not aired on national television, and in 1999 and 2000 were streamed online. The show made its network television debut in 2001.
The move is part of Columbus, Ohio-based L Brands’ ongoing work to reinvigorate its Victoria’s Secret business, Wexner said in the note.
“Fashion is a business of change. We must evolve and change to grow,” he said. “For the past few months, we’ve said that we are taking a fresh look at every aspect of our business — from merchandising, marketing and brand positioning, to our real estate portfolio, digital business and cost structure ... literally everything. We have made enormous progress in a very short time, and are looking forward to a successful fall and holiday with an elevated, fashion-forward assortment.”
Wexner concluded by saying that John Mehas, who was hired as Victoria’s Secret CEO late last year, is “re-birthing the brand.”
Wall Street analysts have pummeled L Brands recently, in particular calling attention to Victoria’s Secret and Pink’s poor performance.
Submit Engagement / Wedding
CarsTexoma.com
Van Alstyne Leader
Anna Melissa Tribune
Prosper Press
Texas Newspapers
Herald Democrat ~ 603 S. Sam Rayburn Fwy., Sherman, TX 75090 ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service
Best of Texoma
Grayson Magazine


State moves 1st degree felons out of county jail
Nov 28, 2007 | 6532 views | 0 | 1184 | |
Several attempted escapes from county jail facilities throughout the state have had an impact on state inmates in the San Juan County jail. Approximately 25 state inmates with first degree felony convictions have been moved from the jail in Monticello in the past month. They have been replaced by inmates with less serious convictions.
The transfer of inmates came after escape attempts from the Daggett and Beaver county jails. An internal review showed that there may be security issues at the county jails, so the state corrections officials ordered the transfer of all first degree felons back to state facilities.
On September 23, two convicted murderers escaped from the Daggett County jail. They were captured nearly a week later in Wyoming.
On October 28, a convicted rapist escaped from the Beaver County jail for several hours.
The transfer of state inmates from the San Juan County jail has had an impact on the programs offered at the facility. San Juan County has one of only two treatment programs for sex offenders.
In addition, San Juan County has one of two programs in county jails that offer college-level courses through Utah State University. The transfer of inmates came after the beginning of a new semester and took roughly half of the students who were enrolled in the program. Registration timeframes will keep enrollment low through the remainder of the school year.
San Juan County is pursuing a possible expansion that could triple the number of state inmates in the jail.


The Flipside of Dominick Hide
An oft bandied around paradox about time travel is the 'Grandfather paradox'. This questions the effects of a time traveller going back in time and killing their Grandfather. Headaches then begin to form whilst trying to figure out how this could happen if the protagonist was, in theory, never born due to their Grandfather's untimely demise.
The Flipside of Dominick Hide eschews this and, instead, looks at the great-great-great-Grandmother paradox. This curious postulation features a time traveller going back in time to kick-start his own lineage with their great-great-great-Grandmother. Child's play for any theoretical physicist.
Transmission: 09/12/1980
The Flipside of Dominik Hide was a 90 minute sci fi drama broadcast on BBC1 on 9th December 1980 at 9.35pm. Part of the Play For Today series, the show was cooked up by Alan Gibson and Jeremy Paul - the blueprints of the show being inspired by the Alan Gibson's fascination with flying saucers in the 1950s.
A fresh faced Peter Firth took on the mantle of Dominick with the delectably beautiful Caroline Langrishe playing Jane. The great Patrick Magee featured in a supporting role as Caleb. Filming for the play started on 10th May 1980 and wrapped on 4th June 1980.
In 2130, time travel is possible and any period before the Time Barrier was broken is known as the 'flipside'. This has led to the employment of time travellers whose mission is to travel back to the flipside and observe the mechanics of past societies.
Dominick Hide has been tasked with observing transport systems in London, 1980. Tracing his family history has led to Dominick discovering that he has a distant ancestor, also called Dominick, living in this same era and location.
Against strict instructions, Dominick begins to land and search for his great-great-grandfather in London, 1980. Any slight change Dominick makes to the past could buckle the future, but his yearning compels him to continue.
Compared to the ordered and steady society of 2130, the London of 1980 is noisy and chaotic. Finding himself in Portobello Market on a particularly busy day, Dominick befriends a small group of pals who vow to help find his distant relative 'Dominick' whilst he takes on the name 'Gilbey' - influenced by a quick glance at a bottle of gin.
Whilst the search for 'Dominick' continues, Jane and Dominick become increasingly attracted to each other. A romance fuelled by the difference between their backgrounds and outlooks. Jane eventually falls pregnant with Dominick's child and at this time, Dominick's superior - Caleb Line - reveals that this is the ancestor Dominick has been searching for.
Due to a one in a million genetic time mutation, Dominick is his own great-great-great Grandfather - a fact that Caleb has long known and why he has allowed Dominick to land on the flipside.
Dominick returns to London, 1980 one more time to set Jane and his son up for life with details on how to win the next week's football pools. Returning to the future, Dominick proceeds to have a child with his 2130 'wife', Ava.
The Flipside of Dominick Hide attained viewing figures of 5.3 million and a respectable reaction index of 75 - compared to an average Play For Today score of 59. The Radio Times letter editor claimed that "No other single new BBC tv play in 1980 attracted so much correspondence " - highlighting the public's affection for the show.
The success of the show led to a sequel in 1982 entitled Another Flip for Dominick. A DVD containing both plays was released in 2005 accompanied by a very detailed viewing notes booklet.
Curious British Telly first discovered Dominick a few months back and was thoroughly charmed by the production. The originality of the core concept is clever and well written - the divides between the two time periods are highlighted subtly, but leave a powerful question about the values of freedom over security.
Peter Firth, Caroline Langrishe, Sylvia Coleridge and Patrick Magee all put in terrific performances and capture the essence of their characters perfectly. Some of the acting does fall below par - Pippa Guard came across a little wooden and Timothy Davies was a bit too hammy, but this could also be down to poor characterisation on the writers' part. On the whole, though, there are more hits than misses which is impressive for the era.
One other area of the play which impressed was the music. The theme tune being a soulful number entitled You'd Better Believe It Babe by the band Meal Ticket which is echoed throughout. Also present, in the 2130 scenes, are wonderful medieval muzak takes on the Beatles songs: Yesterday and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
All in all, this is a fantastic play which comes across with charm and innocence whilst balancing the genres of comedy, sci fi and drama. We thoroughly advise picking up the DVD.
Radio Times 06 - 12 December 1980
At 26 Peter Firth has come a long way from the time he was ‘the boy in Equus’. After some notable achievements in films and television, and a good deal of foreign travel, he returns to television in Tuesday’s play as a very different sort of traveller – one who specialises in time-warp. He tells Benedict Nightingale why this part particularly appeals to him.
What Peter Firth ruefully calls his ‘damaged-cherub face’ was looking strangely phosphorescent when we met at his imposing pad in London W9. Perhaps it was a natural charisma, perhaps a blend of exhilaration and exhaustion, the result of the arrival of a son and heir within the past week. The birth had occurred at home, in defiance of medical scruple, and had brought with it a still unresolved problem. What was the ‘small person’, as he’s still known, to be called?
‘I keep coming up with names I think are all right, then I tell my wife, and they just seem to fall to pieces,’ said Peter. ‘I hope one will suggest itself when his character begins to form. We’ve got to register him some times.’
Up the stairs, puffing and contentedly grunting in his mother’s arms, went Timothy, Tristram or Tyrone; and Peter ambled through the house, into the big communal garden through which Nicholas, Nigel or Norbert will one day no doubt make his way to school. That is not a prospect that altogether pleases his father.
He is a warm, enthusiastic, outgoing young man; but he cannot speak about his education without resentment. Understandably so. He spent his schooldays in the D stream of a large comprehensive, never was encouraged to read literature or even taught to punctuate properly, and left with no qualifications whatever.
‘I felt cheated, frustrated. They were always telling me I was stupid, so I believed I was stupid and became stupid, and even now I feel stupid inside. I keep waiting for someone to tumble me as a fake and fraud – tell me I can’t really act. I was stamped as a second-class citizen, educated to be factory fodder. It’s hard to get over that.’
That was in Bradford, where Peter’s parent ran a pub in a rough, rowdy neighbourhood. His main occupations seem to have been hanging around on street corners and, just occasionally, getting into trouble with the police and putting in an appearance at juvenile court. But a girl he fancied went to drama classes and one Saturday he followed her there, arriving late and having to hammer on the door. If no one had answered he probably would have mooched off, never to return. As it was, the door opened, he was allowed in and someone even offered him a ‘scholarship’, meaning the two pounds ten shillings course fee he didn’t have.
‘Luck, chance, fortune, the line is this thin,’ says Peter, indicating with thumb and forefinger the tiny gap between success and disaster in his life. The point was re-emphasised when Yorkshire TV came to the drama class recruiting schoolboy walk ons: it was ‘you, you and you’, and he was one of the three.
From that came a part in a serial called The Flaxton Boys, and from that a leading part in another – Here Comes the Double-Deckers. At age 15 Peter was in London, beginning to lose his thick Yorkshire accent, and being paid for what he found he liked best: acting.
He never went formally to drama school, and doesn’t regret the omission, because he feels there’s no substitute for ‘the real thing’.
The real thing was St Francis’s youngest disciple in the movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon. It was also the boy with an overwhelming and finally destructive passion for horses in Peter Shaffer’s play, Equus.
‘I had ten auditions over two months for that part,’ he recalls, ‘the last time before the whole National Theatre board, Laurence Olivier and all. I had to get on the stage of the Old Vic, get astride a table, and mime an orgasm; and I had this awful moment, thinking to myself, this is insane, what am I doing? Then I went into the pub next door, my nerves absolutely shattered, and someone came in and told me: you’ve done it.’
He recreated the part in New York, and then in a film version, and found himself internationally acclaimed at the age of 20. It wasn’t an experience he altogether liked. For one thing, he found it difficult to appear on chat shows, smile on demand at press photographers, go lobbying for an Oscar in Hollywood, and do all the other things expected of showbiz celebrities in America. For another, ten months on Broadway proved too long.
‘If you’re going to take your clothes off you’ve got to believe in the part and the play to keep sane. And after a while I started to have doubts, get analytical, feel I couldn’t do it. It was worst on the matinees, when the blue-rinsed brigade was there for a day out. I felt like a circus sideshow: come and see the naked boy. It became a nightmare.’
If Peter had pursued success more relentlessly, he might not now be mainly remembered as ‘the boy in Equus’ and, on occasions be obliged to audition for roles which would once have been thrust upon him. But he preferred to go his own way, rejecting tempting offers, indulging his enthusiasm for travel (‘one way of making up for the education I never had’), and enjoying what he wryly calls the decadent, leisured life in New York City.
There were notable achievements over the years – among them Dorian Gray in a television adaptation of the Oscar Wilde novel, the title part in Tony Richardson’s movie, Joseph Andrews – but there’s no doubt his career was becalmed when Roman Polanski lured him back to Europe from America to play Angel Clare in Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
This movie, already a considerable success on the continent, arrives in Britain next January. Meanwhile, the important even in Peter’s professional life is his return to British Television in The Flipside of Dom Hide, in which he plays a prim young pilot who time warps his flying saucer from the future to the London on 1980.
‘The nice thing about acting is that you can live out your schoolboy fantasies, and one of mine is to go back in time. So for this part I tried to imagine what it was like being in London in 1830, with all the gin palaces, debauchery, filth in the streets. Someone who came back to our era would probably feel the same – that we were decadent by his standards.’
The naïve and confused attempts of its time travelling Candide to come to terms with our world give a strong comic slant to the play; and that, too, appealed to Peter when he first read the script.
‘Serious drama takes its toll,’ he says, remembering those fearful matinees in New York. ‘It is so gruelling, so wearying. I’d like to do more comedy. You get an instant gratification, a wonderful feeling of rapport, an immediate reward for your efforts.’
Peter would like to return to the stage, provided the play doesn’t run too long; but it’s clear his heart belongs to the camera.
‘It’s very real to me, not an inanimate object at all. You can feel when it’s happy and when it’s not. You can see it glow, and get bored. You can move it, and make it laugh. Yes, I love it.’
Posted by Telly Viewer at 11/24/2012
The Pig Attraction


Video›
Why Drake's latest album 'Scorpion' is so long
Noah Friedman,Jordan BowmanAug 28, 2018, 02:59 IST
Drake's latest album, "Scorpion" has broken several records on the Billboard charts. With 25 tracks, "Scorpion" follows a trend of hip-hop albums with huge tracklists. We explored the changes in the Billboard charts that have led to the increase in album lengths in the past few years. Following is a transcript of the video.
Drake's latest album, "Scorpion," debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and had one of the biggest weeks ever for a hip-hop album. But to listen to the entire project, you're going to have to dedicate a lot of time. It's Drake's longest album. It's 25 tracks and has a running time of one hour and 30 minutes. But Drake isn't the only artist with a bloated album. The deluxe edition of Chris Brown's latest was a 57-track behemoth that ran for a solid three hours and 18 minutes. That's longer than "The Two Towers." Migos followed a similar path with "Culture II," which had nearly twice the amount of tracks as their previous album, "Culture." But these lengthier albums aren't just a coincidence. It might just be a response to the way we consume music.
To understand, you're going to have to look at streaming services. Spotify and Apple Music have completely changed the music industry. In 2017, 54% of music consumption came from streaming platforms, and streaming generated $3.9 billion. But the Billboard charts have had a hard time trying to figure out how to count streams in an industry that was once dominated by physical album sales. In 2014, people sat around, debated, deliberated, and ultimately decided on a way to quantify streaming music: 1,500 streamed songs counted as one album sale. Previously, Billboard didn't take streaming into account. It only counted the sales of full albums.
This caused a huge shakeup in the music industry. Record labels and artists quickly realized that more tracks equals more streams, and that ultimately equals more money. Artists like Eminem, Post Malone, and Future all held top stops on the hip-hop charts in 2017, with albums that averaged at least 18 tracks. Suddenly an individual track could help an artist reach number one on the Billboard charts without selling any physical albums, which was hugely beneficial for hip-hop, because streaming made up 89% of hip-hop consumption in 2017.
That's one of the reasons Drake might have added "Hotline Bling" onto "Views." By adding that one track, Drake almost guaranteed his album would go platinum. It had 400 million streams that converted to 267,000 streaming albums before "Views" was even released. So if an artist has a massive hit like "One Dance" or "God's Plan," it can help turn an album into a hit. Streaming listeners quickly pluck their favorite tracks from albums, put them on playlists, and then reject the leftovers. In 2015, a research company found that 60% of streaming service listeners only listen to albums a few times, because they're discovering so much new music. So the more tracks you have, the higher chance you have of making a song that lands on a playlist.
But it didn't always work this way. Music was once dominated by different physical formats. Vinyl, cassettes, and CDs all had restrictions that dictated an album's length. But no matter how long or short an album was, if one album was purchased that meant one unit was sold. But that same rule doesn't apply anymore. Streaming is the dominant format, which means the 25 tracks on "Scorpion" make a lot more sense. You could argue that Drake is a prolific artist who enjoys making long albums, or he's an incredible businessman who understands his audience's habits. But no matter how you feel about streaming, it's completely altered the way we listen to music and the way music is made, for better or for worse. Artists are still trying to experiment and find their footing on these new platforms. Kanye West took the opposite approach from Drake, releasing a bunch of albums that were only seven tracks long. Some have argued that the shorter length helps with the album's replay value, although you'll need to listen to Kanye's album a lot more times to reach 1,500 streams.
Next StoryThis London-based food truck only sells cheese sandwiches - here's how they're made
APPLY NOW: INSIDER is hiring a producer for Insider Productions
How to add link shortcuts to Business Insider and INSIDER on your iPhone or iPad
APPLY NOW: Business Insider is hiring a video assignment editor for Business Insider Today
Netflix's 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' is filling out its cast with actors from 'The Haunting of Hill House'
The US Air Force is warning people to stay away from Area 51 after a viral Facebook joke to storm the base and 'see them aliens'
Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and 9 others with the best odds to win the Open Championship at Royal Portrush
US stocks end mixed as earnings season kicks off
In a stark reversal, Citi's revved-up credit-card business helped it beat earnings - and it may be pivotal in proving Wall Street doubters wrong
This London-based food truck only sells cheese sandwiches - here's how they're made
An aerospace company reintroduced its precision helicopter with two crossing motors
An environmental group is testing giant floating pipes to clean up oceans
This 'aquadrone' swims through the water to collect waste
1Why Drake's latest album 'Scorpion' is so long
2This London-based food truck only sells cheese sandwiches - here's how they're made
3An aerospace company reintroduced its precision helicopter with two crossing motors
4An environmental group is testing giant floating pipes to clean up oceans
5This 'aquadrone' swims through the water to collect waste


What are the laws governing acupuncture in Pennsylvania?
These are the Pennsylvania laws governing the use of acupuncture and oriental medicine. (Source)
§ 18.11. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(i) The stimulation of certain points on or near the surface of the body by the insertion of needles to prevent or alleviate the perception of pain or to normalize physiological functions, including pain control, for the treatment of certain diseases or dysfunctions of the body.
(ii) The term also includes the use of supplemental techniques.
Acupuncture educational program—Training and instruction in acupuncture or supplemental acupuncture techniques offered by a degree-granting institution authorized by the Department of Education that leads to a master’s degree, master’s level certificate or diploma or first professional degree, that meets the relevant and appropriate requirements of 22 Pa. Code (relating to education) and 24 Pa.C.S. Chapter 65 (relating to private colleges, universities and seminaries) and that meets or exceeds the standards required for acupuncture or Oriental medicine programs established by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
Acupuncture examination—An examination offered or recognized by the Board to test whether an individual has accumulated sufficient academic knowledge with respect to the practice of acupuncture and herbal therapy to qualify for the privilege of practicing as an acupuncturist or as a practitioner of Oriental medicine. The Board recognizes the NCCAOM component examinations in acupuncture and sterilization procedures as the examination for registration as an acupuncturist and the NCCAOM examination component in Chinese herbology as the examination for registration as a practitioner of Oriental medicine.
Acupuncture medical program—An academic or clinical program of study in acupuncture which has been given category I continuing medical education credit by an institution accredited or recognized by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education to conduct category I continuing medical education courses.
Acupuncturist—An individual registered to practice acupuncture by the Board.
Chinese herbology—The study of the use of herbs in the Oriental medicine tradition.
Herbal therapy—The application of Chinese herbology to the treatment of acupuncture patients.
NCCAOM—The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Practitioner of Oriental medicine—An acupuncturist who is registered by the Board to use herbal therapy.
Supplemental techniques—The use of traditional and modern Oriental therapeutics, heat therapy, moxibustion, electrical and low level laser stimulation, acupressure and other forms of massage, herbal therapy and counseling that includes the therapeutic use of foods and supplements and lifestyle modifications.
The provisions of this § 18.11 amended under section 3 of the Acupuncture Registration Act (63 P. S. § 1803); and section 8 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P. S. § 422.8).
The provisions of this § 18.11 adopted January 2, 1987, effective immediately and applies retroactively to December 31, 1986, 17 Pa.B. 24; amended May 19, 1989, effective May 20, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 2161; amended April 13, 2007, effective April 14, 2007, 37 Pa.B. 1644. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (222904) to (222905).
§ 18.15a. Scope of practice of acupuncturists and practitioners of Oriental medicine.
(a) An acupuncturist may practice acupuncture and use supplemental techniques but may not use herbal therapy.
(b) A practitioner of Oriental medicine may practice acupuncture and use supplemental techniques including herbal therapy.
(c) This subsection does not limit the scope of practice of a medical doctor who is registered as an acupuncturist.
The provisions of this § 18.15a issued under section 3 of the Acupuncture Registration Act (63 P. S. § 1803).
The provisions of this § 18.15a adopted April 13, 2007, effective April 14, 2007, 37 Pa.B. 1644.
Category: Oriental Medicine
← FAQs


Experts gather in Tallinn for the conference on cyber conflict
400 experts from all over the world gather in Tallinn, Estonia from 6-8 June for the fourth International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) organised by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. The conference topic, Military and Paramilitary Activities in Cyberspace, is disserted from the aspects of law and policy, strategy and technology.
The topic of the fourth conference was chosen to reflect the ever-changing nature of cyberspace. “The number of cyber conflicts keeps rising and it is important to understand who the actors in these events are, how to classify these events and participants, and how to interpret such events,” commented Colonel Ilmar Tamm, Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. “One of the aims of our conferences is to bring together people from different areas and give them more insight to the other aspects of cyber,” he added.
Speakers and participants come from a wide range of disciplines, from law professors to politicians, from IT experts to strategists. Among the speakers in Law & Policy Track are Professor Dr Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg who will talk about territorial sovereignty and neutrality in cyberspace, Michael N. Schmitt who will talk about the meaning of an armed attack in cyberspace, and Jason Healey who will talk about the political considerations in regard of neutrality and cyberspace. Technical Track will contain a mix of practitioner and researcher presentations and discussions, among them Professor Thomas M. Chen’s “A Game Theoretic View of Stuxnet and Its Implications”, Felix Lindner’s “Preparing a Military Cyber Attack” and Ilias Chantzos’ “Cyber Attack Case Study”. Strategy Breakout Session will view the cyber conflict from the conceptual perspective and among the speakers are Dr Samuel Liles (“Applying Traditional Military Principles to Cyber Warfare”), Jeff Bardin (“Iran and Cyber”) and Timothy L. Thomas (“The Three Faces of the Cyber Dragon”). On Friday, a high level cyber attack scenario discussion will take place where a round of experts walks the listeners through the key points of a realistic cyber attack scenario.
The conference main event takes place from 6-8 June, but one day earlier on 5 June, number of workshops takes place. The workshops vary from introductory course in computers and networks, designed especially for law and policy experts, to advanced malware analysis aimed at computer forensics investigators and incident responders.
CyCon 2012 is supported by IEEE, Cisco, Gamma International and Microsoft.
NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence is one of many NATO Centres of Excellence. Its mission is to enhance the capability, cooperation and information sharing among NATO, its member nations and partners in cyber defence by virtue of education, research and development, lessons learned and consultation.


Prisoner of the state
An afternoon with writer-activist CK Raut during his trial at the Special Court
| Kathmandu | October 16, 2014
GYANU ADHIKARI October 16, 2014
@saatdobato
When I got to the Special Court, the hearing was already under way in the case of Government of Nepal v. CK Raut. The defendant is a man who is being prosecuted for his writings denouncing discrimination against the Madhesis and advocating for swaraj (self-rule)—an individual with ideas powerful enough for the Nepali state to feel threatened. The government accuses him of “crime against the state” and has charged him under a law created during the monarchy to stifle dissent. If he is found guilty, Raut will be sentenced “for life,” which means 20 years in jail.
I took a seat in the middle row and listened as each side made its case.
“He has a website where he publishes separatist information,” the government prosecutor said in his closing statement, “we can also prosecute him for cybercrime under Electronic Transaction Act because the published material is still there.”
In the front of the court, three judges sat at the bench, identically dressed in daura, suruwal, and topi. The chief judge at the center asked,
“Others have written similar things, but why should we only prosecute CK Raut, and that too years after he first published his views?”
The government lawyer argued that many crimes might be happening as we speak, but might not be noticed by the police. “Those we notice, we must prosecute,” he said. The judge then asked if the government knew anything about the publisher or whether the government lawyer had read his books.
“That type of literature should be banned,” the government lawyer replied, resting his case after several moments of rambling. He did not answer the question.
It was now the defense’s turn. With his voice cracking, advocate Sunil Kushwah argued that Raut was merely exercising his fundamental right of freedom of expression, which is inscribed in the Interim Constitution.
“The state should return his confiscated goods and respect the dignity of the individual and the freedom of expression,” Kushwah concluded.
The hearing was over by noon. For five hours we waited as the Special Court deliberated over whether Raut should be released on bail as his lawyers had pleaded.
It was only then that I noticed CK Raut sitting in the last row, the backbench corner, with his back to the wall, surrounded by Madhesi friends. He was not handcuffed. Two policemen sat in the next bench, one in front, and two diagonally. Raut had long, wavy hair and sported a moustache. His dark blazer contrasted with his white shirt. He could easily have been one of the lawyers in the room. He was smiling, displaying a row of teeth the color of his shirt. He looked healthy.
“This is your time to interview him,” a friend murmured, nudging me forward. I collected myself and crossed the room. As I approached, I stuck out my hand and eagerly switched on my recorder. Raut shook my hand politely. It was surreal, facing a man who had been jailed for speaking his mind. For a moment, I faltered, unsure what to ask. I had to remind myself why he was there.
“Why do you think Madhes should secede?”
“The police have told me not to do interviews,” he said.
I asked him about his family, whether he was allowed to talk to them on the phone. He said he wasn’t. Raut looked over my shoulder; there were a few other people in the room he wanted to speak with. He asked someone to come and sit next to him. I moved away and decided I might be better off talking to people who knew him personally.
The hours passed slowly. As we waited for the court order, everyone in the room must’ve read the same copy of Kantipur that was passed around to kill the time. I watched as Raut flipped through it. He then read the printout of the law under which he was being prosecuted.
“One good thing is that by the time he gets out, Doc Sa’p will be a law expert,” someone joked. (Most people call Raut “doctor” in reference to his Cambridge PhD.) Raut was sarcastic throughout the day when he talked about his case, with flashes of seriousness when he spoke of the Madhes movement and politics.
Some people left, others arrived. Except for the police, I noticed that I was the only non-Madhesi in Raut’s corner. The police simply sat and looked on as he spoke. At one point a lawyer came and whispered in his ear. At another point two policemen followed him to the toilet.
Three hours later, as I was talking to someone who had known Raut since he was a young man (Raut was the youngest son of working class parents and was stubborn, the man confided), Raut came over and stood behind us. He leaned forward, his hands spread over the back of the bench.
“What do you think of the Nepali Congress proposal on federalism?” I asked him.
“It’s dishonest,” he said, “federalism could be a positive step toward ending discrimination, but that’s not going to happen.”
“Do you think the current government will take steps to end discrimination against Madhesis?”
“No,” he said sternly, “the discriminatory character of the state will not end. This government is moving in the opposite direction. We have given them time to change, but there has been no change. The problem is that of an entrenched Pahadi attitude that thinks, mistakenly, that a country’s boundaries are unalterable. But countries break, just as families break when two brothers can’t stay under the same roof.”
In his written statement to the court Raut doesn’t come off has a radical separatist. He has said that his writings are intended for “social, political transformation and political rights.”
I asked for his thoughts on why he was arrested at this time, a few months before the deadline for constitution. He had been putting forth the same views for years before the police decided to arrest him.
Raut thought his arrest was a kind of “testing tool” of a section of Nepal that doesn’t want a constitution.
“They will keep me in jail for the next six months or so under different pretexts—until the deadline for the Constituent Assembly passes,” he said. “You heard earlier the way the government lawyer was invoking the Electronic Transaction Act. That was a message. Even if they let me out on bail on this subversion case, I’ll be re-arrested, either under Public Offense or this Electronic Act he brought up.”
He then asked me not to talk about his family in the media. “There is a hatred against me out there,” he said, “that’s part of the reason there’re so many police around me.”
At 5 pm, a government official entered and asked Raut to come to the registrar’s office. Raut’s men and the trailing police officers followed. A few-minutes wait and the registrar arrived, sat on his swiveling chair, and addressed the audience of fifteen men and a lone woman, who looked like a reporter.
“For Doc Sa’p, the bail has been set at 50,000 rupees,” he said.
Many faces in the room lit up, but Raut remained passive. His eyes were on the registrar; his fingers were on his lips. He was thinking.
“Ok, let’s all go now, come on,” the press officer of the court said, “you can read the court order later.”
“Perhaps it’s better for everyone to listen to the order,” I suggested.
While the registrar read the order from the bench of three judges—Mohan Raman Bhattarai, Bhupendra Rai, and Narendra Siwakoti—he was frequently interrupted by phone calls, which he took, grunting out information we all already knew.
“Yes. Bail is 50,000. He can pay and go. Yes, 50,000. The judges were so and so . . .”
He turned to the defendant.
“Given that the defendant refuses the allegation that he ran a campaign to break Nepal from Mechi to Mahakali, south of the Chure Hills to the no man’s land . . . but given that it cannot be said that no crime against the state has been committed . . . and keeping in mind the freedom of expression . . . based on Muluki Ain . . . a bail amount has been set.”
As the registrar read, Raut looked irritated and fidgety. He clearly disapproved of the order.
“We can go today? Now? Sure? He won’t be re-arrested?” one of his friends asked, incredulous. Nobody expected this order.
“Let me think for a few days . . .” I heard Raut say to his lawyer, “This is a trick, I’ll get arrested as soon as I post the bail.”
By now, the press officer was keen to get everyone out of the registrar’s office. “You can carry on your discussions outside,” he said. Everyone then flocked to the corridor. Raut was led to a bench where he sat, surrounded by supporters.
“You don’t want to get out?” I asked him.
“It’s better to be in a big pond than a small one,” he replied, meaning, presumably, that it was better to be in jail in Kathmandu than a jail in Biratnagar.
“Why do you think they will re-arrest you?”
“This is a mayajal. I will not pay the bail and stay here.” I had heard Raut say earlier in the day that he was like a fish on a hook. If they thought he was too much trouble, they would just pull the string tighter.
The Special Court order on Government of Nepal v. CK Raut. Gyanu Adhikari/The Record
A jovial police inspector walked into the crowd. I had chatted to him earlier in the day about his stay in Kapilvastu, constantly amazed by his views about the people he was supposed to serve and protect. He laughed easily and spoke alternately in Nepali and Hindi. It seemed that the easy laugh was a part of the arsenal he carried, just like his camouflage shirt or his gun.
“Is it true that the police will arrest him again if he pays the bail?” I asked him.
“That is so,” he said, grinning from ear to ear. “The order you just heard said nothing about the Biratnagar case. We’ll have to take him there.”
For a moment, inside the registrar’s office, I’d assumed that Raut had refused to pay the bail because he thought it would be better for his movement if he stayed in jail. Whether he’s inside or outside, all he wants is for the movement go on, someone had told me earlier in the afternoon. So at first it seemed the man refused his freedom for the sake of his movement. But that was not true. Raut was not free to go. The law had not spoken. The bail was a bait, and Raut didn’t bite. All that had transpired that rainy afternoon was one more gimmick by the state, which knows that it must release Raut eventually, but carries on because it can. For now.
Cover photo: CK Raut/ckraut.com
Gyanu Adhikari
The Attention Merchants shows how the media is misused for profit and power
The goal is to get your attention, then show you advertisements.
Why many Nepalis are converting to Christianity
How two journalists broke Nepal’s biggest tax scam story
Earlier this month, two journalists from the Kantipur daily came out with an explosive story on the largest ever case of tax fraud in Nepal. In collaboration with the Centre for Investigative Journalism, Krishna Acharya and Krishna Gyawali had investigated how the Tax Settlement Commission had abused the law to give tax exemptions of over […]
The curious case of the Mustang incident
In 1960 a Nepali officer was shot by Chinese soldiers along the border, causing a heated diplomatic dispute. Decades later, the details of the case are still contentious
What we talk about when we talk about history
Yogesh Raj explains why history shouldn't be about scoring political points
A Separation Foretold
ITISHA GIRI
Frustrated by the issue of citizenship, a woman reflects on her relationship with Nepal. ::::: You must know that loving you is not an instinct. It does not come into being through stirrings of the heart. It is the type of love that can only be taught. And I was always a good teacher. I […]
Interview: “Fewer but more intense rainy days behind the flood crisis”
Monsoon mayhem
Manisha Koirala’s life lessons from surviving cancer
ABHA LAL
"Healed" lacks the self-knowledge and introspection that characterizes a good memoir


Formerly Amelia Swan
Romance Author. Vegan. Yogi.
Wrestling With Summer
Length: Novel
Will Summer’s past stop her from giving her heart to a professional wrestler?
Summer Sullivan is in a slump. Her friends-with-benefits relationship with yoga teacher Drew is going nowhere, and she’s behind schedule on preparing for her upcoming art show. When she hears that a professional wrestler is scheduled to speak at the private school where she works, she’s convinced things have gone from bad to worse. After growing up with a father who changed from a loving family man to a womanizing, heavy-drinking deadbeat while he worked as a wrestler, Summer has wanted nothing to do with the industry.
But Ryan Steele isn’t like the wrestlers from Summer’s past. With boyish good looks and a lean physique, he doesn’t look like the big, bulky wrestlers she used to know. And with his kind heart and romantic tendencies, Ryan doesn’t act like them either.
It doesn’t take long before Summer is smitten with the charming wrestler, but even though
Summer wants to be with Ryan, memories of her past keep getting in the way of their happiness. Will she be able to give Ryan a fair chance or will she let her misconceptions about wrestling stand in the way?
Category: New adult romance
Re-release coming soon
Publisher: Hearts Desire Press
Hailey Sommers is only home from New York for a few months. So when she reconnects with the one guy she can't forget, will she be able to walk away...again?
Hailey can't wait to get back to New York City. There she's a hip children's book author with a healthy social life. Being back in her hometown of Medford only reminds her of the less-than-cool girl she used to be. Until she runs into Cody, her old partner-in-crime in high school art and the boy she lusted after all four years.
Cody West has everything he could want in Medford, except Hailey. When she left for the big city, there was a hold in his life no other girl could fill. But he's not sure he wants to open himself to the pain if she leaves again.
A chance encounter at the town coffee shop reignites the chemistry between the pair and is almost enough to make Hailey forget how much she wants to return to the city she's grown to love. Almost. Wanting it all, Hailey plans to bring Cody back to New York with her. The only catch is that she's not sure he'll agree...


FAVORITE RACING CARS, PART III.
Monday, October 8, 2018 at 09:48AM
Editor's Note: We hope you've enjoyed these "Favorite Racing Cars Part I & Part II" columns as much as we have. In the midst of writing this series, however, Peter realized that he could devote the entirety of "Fumes" to this subject indefinitely. He is not going to do that (I don't think), but a "Part III" seemed in order, so here we go. -WG
Detroit. I hope you've all enjoyed these "Favorite Racing Cars Part I & Part II" columns as much as I have putting them together. In the midst of writing last week's column, however, I realized that I could devote the entirety of "Fumes" to this subject indefinitely. I am not going to do that (I don't think), but a "Part III" seemed in order, so here we go.
Designed by Vittorio Jano for Lancia in 1954, the Lancia D50 Grand Prix entry pioneered many significant innovations. For example, the engine acted as a stressed chassis member and it was also mounted off-center, which allowed for a lower overall height; and the pannier fuel cells were used for better aerodynamic performance and more balanced weight distribution. The D50 made its debut at the end of the 1954 Grand Prix season with two-time World Champion and Italian driving great Alberto Ascari behind the wheel. It was blistering fast right out of the box, but because the Lancia family was facing severe financial trouble, the Lancia family sold their controlling share in the Lancia company, and the assets of its racing team - Scuderia Lancia - were granted to Scuderia Ferrari. Although Ferrari continued to develop the car, many of Jano's most innovative design characteristics were removed. The car was first renamed as the "Lancia-Ferrari D50" but that was quickly dropped in favor of "Ferrari D50". Juan Manuel Fangio (above) won the 1956 World Championship driving the D50 for Ferrari. The D50s were entered in fourteen World Championship F1 Grands Prix, winning five.
(RM Sotheby's)
The Jaguar D-Type is one of the most iconic racing cars ever built. Originally produced between 1954 and 1957, the Jaguar bristled with technical innovation heavily influenced by the aviation business. It featured monocoque construction and a sophisticated approach to aerodynamic efficiency. The Jaguar D-Type won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1955, 1956 and 1957. Jaguar is now producing 25 "continuation" D-Types, which will be priced at $1.4 million. I expect the prices for these continuation models to soar, especially since original D-Types now go for over $20 million.
(Grand Prix History)
The Lotus 25 revolutionized the design of open-wheel racing cars and fundamentally changed the sport. The mid-engined Lotus 25 was not the first racing car with a monocoque chassis, but its visionary design by Colin Chapman combined with the brilliance of Jimmy Clark resulted in phenomenal success. Clark won seven out of ten races and his first World Championship with the Lotus 25 in 1963.
(Ford Racing Archives)
Jimmy Clark (with Colin Chapman) in the Lotus 38-Ford during practice for the 1965 Indianapolis 500. He would win the race handily.
(Autosport)
Speaking of iconic racing machines, Mario Andretti won his World Championship in 1978 with the beautiful and highly innovative Lotus 79-Ford.
Parnelli Jones in the all-wheel-drive No. 40 STP-Paxton Turbocar machine dominated the 1967 Indianapolis 500 at will. Jones coasted to a stop with three laps to go because of a $6.00 transmission bearing failure. Innovation courtesy of Andy Granatelli, a man who never got enough credit for his vision.
Graham Hill in the No. 70 STP Lotus 56 Turbine machine at Indianapolis in 1968. Colin Chapman took the turbine power idea to heart and came up with a visionary car design of his own for the 1968 Indianapolis 500.
Mario Andretti's No. 11 Ford Fairlane "stock car" with which he stunned the NASCAR establishment by winning the 1967 Daytona 500. The 60s NASCAR machines were brutal, purposeful but beautiful in their own right.
I may have already mentioned this car, but Jackie Stewart's 1971 Carl Haas Racing L&M Lola T260 Chevrolet remains one of my favorite Can-Am machines of all time. I watched Stewart manhandle this evil handling machine, wringing every last drop of speed out of it while giving Team McLaren fits. It may have not been the prettiest of machines, but in Stewart's hands it was magnificent.
Yes, another chapter of "Favorite Racing Cars" has come to a close. I could go on and I probably will in another chapter, because there are so many pivotal - and memorable - racing machines that writing about them never gets old.
And that's the High-Octane Truth for this week.
(Dave Friedman photo)
Las Vegas, Nevada, 1966. Talk about an all-star lineup. Early laps of the Stardust Grand Prix Can-Am race with John Surtees (No. 7 Team Surtees Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet); Jim Hall (No. 66 Chaparral 2E Chevrolet); Parnelli Jones (No. 98 John Mecom Racing Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet); Phil Hill (No. 65 Chaparral 2E Chevrolet); Jackie Stewart (No. 43 John Mecom Racing Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet); George Follmer (No. 16 Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet); Bruce McLaren (No. 4 McLaren Elva Mark II B Chevrolet); Chris Amon (No. 5 McLaren Elva Mark II Chevrolet) and Mark Donohue (No. 6 Penske Racing Sunoco Special Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet). Results: 1. Surtees 2. McLaren 3. Donohue.


Home ⇒ Arts & Entertainment ⇒ Review: Gilmore Girls-A Year in the Life
Dec 13, 2016 Christina Hedwall 710 0 0
As many fans are aware, “Gilmore Girls” released a 4-part mini-series on Netflix over the holiday weekend with each episode exploring a different season. Each episode was written by the creator the series, Amy Sherman-Palladino, who also directed two of the episodes, and her husband Daniel Palladino directed the other two. This mini-series gave fans a year’s worth of new information about the lives of Lorelai and Rory that, let’s face it, we have all been missing.
From the beginning of the first episode titled “Winter” to the last four words of the final episode titled “Fall,” viewers experience a sense of nostalgia for the previous seven seasons and hope for what could come after this mini-series. The series explores what life has been like for Rory after graduating from Yale and a few years after, where viewers meet a new boyfriend and run into the old ones (yes, ALL of them). We also get a glimpse of Lorelai and Luke’s relationship, which is still as amazing and tension-filled as ever.
Arguably the best part of any of the episodes is the premier of Kirk’s second short film, as well as his strong presence in each episode. In addition to Kirk, the Stars Hollow cast included Taylor, Babett, Ms. Patty and Caesar. The show also provided an excellent showing of Paris Gellar as a working mom, which has taken nothing away from her strong personality. She is as difficult and neurotic as ever, yet it is still clear that so much has changed since we last saw her.
One of the most noticeable and saddening aspects about this mini-series is the absence of Edward Herrman, who played Richard Gilmore in the previous 7 season. Herrman passed away on December 31, 2014 from brain cancer, before production of the reprisal began, but his presence is severely missed throughout the four episodes. Emily, Richard’s wife, struggles to cope with his death, as does Rory and Lorelai. His death becomes a source of conflict between Emily and Lorelai that continues to tear away at their already cracked relationship.
This series causes the viewers to reminisce about what was and hope for what is to come, allowing fans and newbies alike to formulate new opinions and speculate whether there will be more episodes in the future. Whether new episodes are released or not, it is important to remember that we were just handed a year of Gilmore Girls on a silver platter. None of the cast and crew were certain they would ever reprise their roles, but they did and, hopefully, they will again.
To Narnia and Back: A Lyceum Production
Shakespeare’s Most Famous Comedy: Coming to a Theatre Near You
Sundance: “Best Week of My Life”
‘Jurors’ Provides Suspense by the Dozen
Vanguard Newspaper Strives to Restore Visibility
Christmas Myths
About Christina Hedwall
Christina Hedwall was the Arts & Entertainment section editor for the 2015-2016 school year. She is now currently the Broadcast Director for theVoice's student broadcast network. She is looking forward to graduating in May of 2017 and pursuing a Juris Doctorate degree in the fall of 2017.


Improving quality, increasing impact: The Youth Programme Quality Intervention UK-Wide Pilot
The Centre for Youth Impact has received over £607,000 of National Lottery funding through the Big Lottery Fund to lead a three and a half year (Apr 2018- Sep 2021) test and learn project for a ground-breaking quality improvement initiative. The Youth Programme Quality Intervention (YPQI) was developed in the US, and has never before been piloted in the UK. Through extensive research, the YPQI has been shown to improve outcomes for young people, to create a sustainable and supportive culture of organisational reflection and improvement, and to refocus evaluation on the quality of relationships and setting. This pilot project will test the YPQI in all four nations of the UK, to learn from its impact on culture and practice, and assess its applicability to different policy and practice contexts. It will build the foundations for wider roll-out, through establishing a community of practice and cohort of trained coaches. It will translate the YPQI for the UK context. It is an exciting and potentially transformative opportunity for the UK youth sector.
Quality improvement and impact measurement in the youth sector
The drive to measure, demonstrate and prove impact is strong within the UK youth sector, though it has evolved at different ‘speeds’ across the four nations. Regardless, a uniting feature is a policy narrative that connects sustainability and funding to evidence of impact, which has led to an over-focus on the measurement of outcomes in isolation in an effort to prove impact at the expense of improving services. Refocusing on the quality of practice would create the opportunity for two profound shifts: firstly, it would direct energies to the improvement and observation of quality alongside the monitoring of outcomes, and secondly, as a consequence, it would create the potential for the observation of quality to become predictive of outcomes for young people.
At the same time, there has been a concerted development of quality standards across the UK youth sector, which although welcome, have a different focus to the YPQI. Indeed, the systematic and embedded reflection on continuous improvement that is at the centre of the YPQI approach is both different and complementary to formal quality assurance processes.
The Youth Programme Quality Intervention (YPQI)
The YPQI is a systematic approach to quality improvement, developed in the States during the 1990s. It is based around an observational assessment tool, the Program Quality Assessment, and training in Youth Work Methods from qualified coaches. It follows an assess-plan-improve sequence to help youth organisations focus on and improve the quality of their provision.
The YPQI looks at quality in four domains of practice: safety, support, interaction and engagement, which together create a set of key developmental experiences for young people. The assessment of quality is based on observation, by peers and youth work managers. The YPQI creates a context where quality improvement is prioritised, provides technical support for providers to improve, and builds capacity within providers to put continuous quality improvement into practice. It has been subjected to an experimental trial, which highlighted its positive impact on the quality of provision, and thus outcomes for young people[1].
[1] See Smith, C et al (2009) Managing for Positive Youth Development: Linking Management Practices to Instructional Performances in Out-of-school Time Organizations.; and Smith, C. et al (2012) Continuous quality improvement in afterschool settings: Impact findings from the Youth Program Quality Intervention study; both Washington, DC: The Forum for Youth Investment.
The UK pilot plan
The UK pilot is being led by the Centre for Youth Impact in partnership with the David P Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality. The pilot will work with its first wave of organisations in England (starting Autumn 2018), followed by Scotland and Wales (starting Spring 2019) and finally in Northern Ireland (starting Autumn 2019). We will be working with partners in each country to help support and guide the pilot. Alongside the piloting of the YPQI itself there will be substantial research and evaluation that aims to understand both the experience and success of the approach in different contexts and assess the link between the quality framework and positive outcomes for young people.
The Centre for Youth Impact will work with partner organisations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to recruit and support pilot organisations and build the infrastructure for further roll-out beyond this project. Specifically, the goals of the pilot are to:
Explore the applicability of the model to informal and non-formal youth provision in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;
Test the potential of the model to make a measurable improvement to the quality of informal and non-formal youth provision;
Assist participating organisations in developing a culture of continuous quality improvement;
Learn about the support delivery organisations need – and how best to provide this support – to improve the quality of their provision; and
Demonstrate that the YPQI can assist a diverse group of providers in improving the quality of their provision.
The ultimate goal of the pilot is to both increase the availability of high-quality provision for young people in the different countries of the UK, and to develop an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the quality of practice and outcomes for young people.
For more information please contact Matthew Hill at matthew.hill@youthimpact.uk.
Our monthly newsletter collects news, events, research and blogs from the Centre, our networks and practitioners and organisations around the world. Sign-up, and read our previous newsletters, here.
Centre Thoughts
Listening Fund
YIF
YPQI


IMPORTANT: You are using an older version of Other that may not be supported in the future. Upgrade Now
Welcome to myUMBC
Institutional Group • 2268 people
Use Your Analytics Background for a Career in Investments
T. Rowe Price Presentation - Investments Business Unit
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 · Noon - 1 PM
The Commons : 318
Undergraduate and Graduate students! Join us for a workshop with Chris Brown of T. Rowe Price. He will be highlighting the Fixed Income team within the firm’s Investments Business Unit, and provide insight into how to apply your analytical and quantitative skillset within the investment management industry, which is increasingly driven by data analytics.
This is a great opportunity for those with any quantitative background such as math, computer science, engineering, and financial economics to obtain an inside look into this industry.
Presenter Background:
Christopher Brown is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. He is also a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division at T. Rowe Price. Mr. Brown is the head of the Securitized Products team, the co-portfolio manager of the Total Return Strategy, and a member of the portfolio strategy team for U.S. taxable bond strategies.
Mr. Brown has 17 years of investment experience, 12 of which have been with T. Rowe Price. Before assuming his current role, Mr. Brown was an associate portfolio manager on the U.S. Taxable Bond team and a portfolio investment strategist on the Fixed Income Quantitative team. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price in 2005, he was a fixed income analyst and trader at Riggs Investment Advisors, Inc., in Washington, D.C. Before this, he was an investment analyst for Cambridge Associates LLC in Arlington, Virginia.
Mr. Brown earned a B.A. in economics from Washington & Lee University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Bank of America Summer Webcast Series - Ask a Recruiter #3
Sep 18 at Noon
Aug 21 at 6 PM
Bank of America Summer Webcast Series - GBAM
Jul 31 at 6 PM
Jul 24 at Noon
Bank of America Summer Webcast Series - Global Transaction
© 2019 UMBC Directory Use of Student Data Equal Opportunity Safety Resources
Diagnostic Info: 1.6.22.3 - 5161 - production - prod1 - general-public