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I used Bugaboo's Hween Brat Wizard digi to make this step card. I designed the step card in SCAL and cut the pieces on my Cricut; I also used my Cricut to cut the Spooky Tree (Paper Dolls cartridge) and Candy Charms (Doodle Charms).
I used May Arts' white, silk-crush ribbon for the TP on the tree!
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So, evolution-wise, this would not be selected against. Furthermore, even if it did occur in our ancestors, it is at such a low frequency that it does not affect the overall survival of the population.
Downham C, Visser E, Vickers M, Counsell C. Season of infectious mononucleosis as a risk factor for multiple sclerosis: A UK primary care case-control study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2017 Oct;17:103-106.
BACKGROUND:Infectious mononucleosis (IM) and vitamin D deficiency are both risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS).
OBJECTIVE:We wished to establish if IM in the winter months when vitamin D levels are low may be a greater risk factor for MS than IM in the summer months.
METHODS:We identified all patients with MS diagnosed aged 16-60 in a large primary care database in the United Kingdom and matched each by age, sex, general practice and observation period with up to six controls. We identified a coded diagnosis of IM prior to the index date (date of diagnosis). Logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratio for prior IM exposure in cases versus controls and for winter versus summer exposure in cases and controls with prior IM exposure.
RESULTS:Based on 9247 cases and 55,033 matched controls (246 and 846 with prior IM respectively), IM was associated with the development of MS (OR 1.77, 95%CI 1.53-2.05) but there was no evidence that IM in the winter as opposed to summer was associated with developing MS (OR 1.09, 95%CI 0.72-1.66).
CONCLUSION: We found no evidence that the season of IM influences the risk of subsequent MS.

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Aguilera Talks Follow-up Plans
Sonicnet talked to Christina Aguilera about her plans on her follow-up album to her self titled 1999 debut as she admits to wanting time taken to get it done right. Aguilera says, "[I want] to really dig in and take my time with it, I haven't actually had a second album yet. I did the Latin album and my Christmas album – side projects all within themselves – but I'm really excited to be writing my next album, collaborating with other people and going to a different place with it. It's going to a more personal place."
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As expected, the D.C. Council voted 11-2 in favor of same-sex marriage in the District Tuesday afternoon. It was the second of two required votes on the bill.
Mayor Adrian Fenty has said he will sign the bill.
The historic vote is of particular importance because it puts the same-sex marriage issue in front of Congress. Same-sex marriages would begin in the city as early as March, as soon as the bill passes a period of congressional review. Congress is not expected to alter the law.
The bill sponsored by openly gay Councilman David Catania had been expected to pass easily. Ten of the 13 council members supported its introduction. Only Councilman Marion Barry, Ward 8, and Councilwoman Yvette Alexander, Ward 7, voted against it Tuesday. Both have said their vote reflects the wishes of their constituents. Catania expressed regret that these colleagues would not be voting with him but noted their support of GLBT issues in the past.
Even with the dissent of Alexander and Barry, Tuesday's vote was a very cheerful, cordial event, with council members thanking and congratulating each other and patting each other on the back. First on the roll, Councilwoman Mary Cheh playfully voted "I do." Councilman Jim Graham did likewise. Later, Barry voted "I don't."
The packed council chamber erupted into applause and cheers following the vote.
"I'm not voting no against the GLBT community," Barry said before the vote. "I'm voting no against this particular act."
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Alexander again expressed the need for an open dialogue about same-sex marriage in her ward even after the passage of the bill. She also commended Catania's efforts to see this bill pass.
Councilman Harry Thomas also stressed the importance of equality education in the city.
Both Catania and Graham expressed great pride in being part of the vote, especially since sodomy was still a crime in the city as recently as 1992, when Councilman Jack Evans helped get that law overturned.
The Archdiocese of Washington has said the law could jeopardize its funding of D.C. social services to the poor and homeless, citing potential lawsuits against organizations and individuals for refusal to support same-sex marriage when such support would compromise Catholic beliefs, such as employee benefits, adoptions and use of church halls for events for same-sex married couples.
"Religious organizations such as Catholic Charities could be denied licenses or certification by the government, denied the right to offer adoption and foster care services, or no longer be able to partner with the city to provide social services for the needy," the archdiocese has said.
The Catholic Church wanted to be exempted from having to pay spousal benefits to any gay employees -- as the church doesn't recognize gay marriage -- and didn't want to be required to handle adoptions by gay couples.
Councilman Phil Mendelson said he has talked with the archdiocese about the bill but failed to reach language agreeable to both sides. He noted that Catholic Charities has continued successful operations in states where same-sex marriage has been legalized.
The archdiocese released a statement saying it remains committed to serving the poor.
"The Archdiocese of Washington and Catholic Charities are deeply committed to serving those in need, regardless of race, creed, gender, ethnic origin or sexual orientation," read the statement. "This commitment is integral to our Catholic faith and will remain unchanged into the future."
Earlier this year, the council set the table for allowing same-sex marriages when it passed a bill recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states. Massachusetts, Iowa, Vermont and Connecticut already allow same-sex marriage. New Hampshire will join them Jan. 1.
Gay marriage supporters have had less success elsewhere recently. Maine voters overturned the state's same-sex marriage law last month. Earlier this month, the New York State Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed gay couples to marry. And New Jersey's legislature, which had been working on a same-sex marriage bill, postponed a recent vote when the measure appeared headed for defeat.
Tuesday's vote in the District followed months of discussion, including two marathon council hearings at which some 250 witnesses testified. Most testified in support of the law. One man proposed to his partner during his testimony.
Congress has 30 working days to reject it, but that has happened just three times in the past 25 years and appears unlikely in this.
Still, opponents plan to try. Members of a group called Stand4Marriage, led by local pastor Bishop Harry Jackson, have met with members of Congress to urge them to oppose the bill.
Attorney Cleta Mitchell said that after Fenty signs the bill and it goes to Congress, the group will ask a district elections board to put a referendum on the ballot asking voters to overturn it. She said in a statement before the vote that the law is a "decision for the people, not a dozen people at city hall."
The group Mitchell represents made a similar request this summer, when the city passed the law recognizing gay marriages legally performed in other states. The board declined to put the issue on the ballot, saying that would violate a city human rights law.
The group also has a lawsuit pending from earlier this year, when it tried to get an initiative on the ballot asking voters to define marriage as between a man and a woman. The elections board again cited the human rights law in saying no. A hearing in that case is scheduled for February.


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Venue: Hotel Fort Canning
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The goal of the conference is to bring together active researchers from the various disciplines to showcase their state-of-the-art research results and hopefully to forge new cross-disciplinary interactions among the participants. The conference provides a unique opportunity for in-depth technical discussions and exchange of ideas in mathematical and computational sciences, as well as explores the potential of their applications in natural and social sciences, engineering and technology and industry and finance. The objectives of this conference are: •to provide a forum for researchers, educators, students, contributors, users of mathematical knowledge and industries to exchange ideas and communicate and discuss research findings and new advancement in mathematics and statistics; •to explore possible avenues to foster academic and student exchange, as well as scientific activities; •to promote and encourage exchange of ideas on recent discoveries in the field of mathematics, statistics and mathematical education.


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Are you ready for the future? It has become a frequent question but it is still an important one. Even more so when you are dealing with mission critical communications.
Being prepared for whatever comes next and being ready for the unknown is really the essence of a successful mission critical organisation - be it Police, Fire and Rescue or Emergency Medical Services. Public Safety agencies need to be ready for whatever tomorrow brings. And this applies as much to their critical communications network and devices as to anything else they rely on.
We all know that the evolution to mission critical mobile broadband technology is on the horizon. For some this journey has already started. Just take a look at the ESN project in the UK and FirstNet in the USA. But we know there will challenges on this road to the future. It is not necessarily going to be a simple changeover from an LMR to an LTE network - we know that it will need to be an evolution and not a revolution.
Today most public safety organisations have an LMR network, be it TETRA or P25. These LMR networks will be around for at least another fifteen years or more - delivering mission critical voice communications. And it is conceivable that they will be around for a lot longer than that as not all organisations will fully migrate from LMR to mobile broadband. Some will run parallel voice and data networks for quite a while and some may even stick with LMR for good.
Inevitably public safety organisations will start using mobile broadband for some of their communication needs, primarily data communications. We have already seen this with police forces using commercial 3G and 4G networks for mobile data applications to improve their operational efficiency using applications like Pronto in the UK or SceneDoc in the USA. Increasingly public safety agencies are turning to MVNOs making use of commercial networks to quickly provide the coverage and capacity they need for these applications, whilst temporarily accepting the risks associated with lower resilience and cyber-security. Eventually mobile broadband networks dedicated to public safety will be deployed in some but not all places.
One thing is for sure though – there will be different network models deployed around the world – from parallel voice and data networks, and MVNOs to dedicated Public Safety LTE networks. But there are mission critical challenges yet to be met by mobile broadband technology such as Direct Mode Operation and Air-to-Ground communications as well as items like resilience, disaster recovery and security. In time technology will answer most if not all of these challenges - but this is where TETRA will have a part to play for a long time to come.
This is why we designed and built DIMETRA X Core – our new, fully scalable TETRA system - taking all the experience we have built up over the past 20 years from the 1,000 Dimetra systems we have deployed – so that mission critical networks can be ready for the future today.
Over the next few years LMR and mobile broadband networks are going to converge and operate as collaborative networks as the first step in this evolution to the mission critical mobile broadband. And this is where DIMETRA X Core comes in. With its smart interfaces and support of Intelligent Middleware and WAVE technology it has been designed to work alongside and collaborate with an LTE network.
The march to the future also brings with it other challenges such as ever increasing cyber security threats and the growing need for cross border collaboration. Designed to be on the leading edge of mission critical communications, DIMETRA X Core has the capability for an Inter System Interface (ISI) to enable cross-border communications and an advanced set of protective, cyber-security measures.
Public Safety organisations need to be more flexible with their resources to respond to the challenges presented by unpredictable and increasingly extreme situations in our fast-changing world. Which is why DIMETRA X Core's software defined core is designed to allow customers to quickly and easily add new features and additional capacity to their mission critical communications system as circumstances change.
Dimetra X Core allows customers to not only embrace the future potential of mission critical mobile broadband but also respond to the changes the future brings as they happen - it also maximises the value derived from their existing TETRA network so they can continue being ready for the future, today.
Steen Petersen is Director - Tetra Infrastructure Customer Solutions
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Critical Communications MENA 2017, 25-26 September 2017, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
CCMENA is now in its 5th year and this year's event will again draw critical communications professionals from across the region.
We are a gold sponsor of the event and you will find us exhibiting on Booth B6 as well as presenting during the two-day, free-to-attend, conference.
Our focus this year is Mobilising Intelligence...
We know that data has the potential to create safer cities, thriving communities, and more efficient and effective operations. But the power of the data is unleashed when it's converted into actionable intelligence, and is in the hands of those who need it, when they need it, so they can make the best informed decisions when and where it matters most. To do this, you need mobility. Mobile Intelligence harnesses data by unifying applications, networks, devices and services to transform critical operations and work processes.
Let me bring you up to speed with what you can expect in more detail...
Our conference speakers will be contributing to some very topical discussions:
In the exhibition, on stand B6, as well as having industry experts on-hand to answer your questions, we will be showing a set of solutions that are critical elements of our mobile intelligence framework: a set of software and services, platforms and devices that span multiple networks and enable communication interoperability, seamless information sharing and collaboration. Here are some highlights:
I look forward to seeing you there.
If you can't make it to the show or you want to keep up-to-date with our news and activity around CCMENA you can bookmark our microsite – www.motorolasolutions.com/ccmena or catch up with our YouTube Playlist
Patrick Fitting is Senior Sales Director, Middle East & Central Asia for Motorola Solutions
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It makes much sense that Dr John Ng, Honorary President of Eagles Mediation and Counselling Centre (EMCC), wrote Managing Parent-teen Conflict in two versions -one for parents and the other for teens. Both booklets deal with the same issue, beginning with who you are -either a father or a teen.
More importantly, they bring together a meeting of minds and hearts –that of fathers and teens.
On the cover of the parents' version are several questions, the most important of which is: "Why Can't We Get Along?" And, the booklet answers it well by getting you, as a dad, to consider:
a. Your perspective of conflict and how it affects the way you manage it.
b. The factors that lead to conflicts between you and your teenager.
c. What you can do to manage parent-teen conflict.
d. How to practise eight golden rules in managing parent-teen conflict.
Dr Ng, an expert in mediation and conflict management, as well as father of three teenage children, covers these topics in his characteristic logical, measured and pragmatic approach. He also keeps it real by saying that fathers will struggle to understand where their teens are coming from. As Dr Ng writes in the teen version of the booklet:
My 14-year-old daughter has to remind me often. "Remember, I am a teenager, not an adult!"
I have to constantly remind myself that my kids have as much pressure as adults today.
To attract teenage readers, their version is much more colourful, with plenty of visuals to get them thinking about how they relate to their parents. More significantly, it provides teens with ways to get to know their parents, and really love and respect them.
Contact EMCC at firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like a copy.
About the Author: The Dads for Life Resource Team comprises local content writers and experts, including psychologists, counsellors, educators and social service professionals, dedicated to developing useful resources for dads.
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Rio could mark beginning of the end for Olympic movement
Summer Olympics shaping up to be the latest international disaster of 2016.
Summer Olympics shaping up to be the latest international disaster of 2016.
Britain is stripping itself of a layer of government – the European parliament – faceless bureaucrats in a foreign country administering nonsensical legislation.
With Brexit, UK citizens condemn themselves to marginalized existence, says politics prof and British ex-pat.
Vast and impressive music line up attracts large crowds to 43rd edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Steinbach's Gay Straight Alliance members are concerned about a potential backlash to the upcoming LGBT parade.
MP criticized for not participating in upcoming Pride events in Steinbach.
Upsides to historic vote hard to find.
Former paper mill employee admits to dumping toxic chemicals near Grassy Narrows First Nation, a community still fighting to prevent their water from being poisoned.
Las Vegas hockey team should be a "can't miss" for success.
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Surpanakha by Hariharan Iyer. A brilliant book on politics, revenge , money games and strength of common people standing up for people we love. This week,we bring you a conversation with the author -
Which one character did you think of first in the book?
Zarina. You know why? There are a couple of things, which inspired me to write Surpanakha. One of them involved Zarina.
What was the inspiration behind the story?
A couple of years ago, a law intern alleged that a retired judged behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner with her. Celebrity lawyers took up her case. Media hounded the judge. He was forced to resign from a strategic post retirement job. Thereafter when the police registered a case and wanted the victim to testify, she vanished. We don't know what happened. Was there pressure on her not to testify? Or was it decided that the purpose had been achieved? Neither the celebrity lawyers nor media felt obliged to explain their position to the masses.
Secondly, a series of articles by an IIM professor on the mushrooming NGOs and their questionable sources of funds forced me to think. Around the same time there were reports that well-known personalities who were running foreign funded NGOs were using the funds for buying branded jewelry, clothing and shoes! It made me wonder what the underlying motivation could be for floating such NGOs.
Both the above gave rise to a lot of what ifs in me and pushed me into the realm of fiction. And the novel was born. I would, however, like to clarify that it is not a real life story. Now you can understand why I thought of Zarina first.
Which character's personality/ manners resembles a real life person you know?
Mythili. And who is Mythili? A housewife who displayed extraordinary courage while dealing with a grave challenge to her husband's career. I know of a couple of women who have shown this kind of courage.
What was the hardest thing for you to do while working on this book?
My first draft was 105,000 words. I gave the manuscript to a couple of beta readers and their near unanimous response was 'The book is interesting, but cut down the size.' And that was an unenviable job. Every word I had written appeared to be significant. Every word I deleted cried for its continuance. And indecisive period of 10 days. Finally I cut down around 15,000 words!
What are you working on next?
My next book. It deals with an aspiring young girl who wants to pursue medicine, but the reservation laws of the country would not allow her to do so. What does she do—curse her fate and choose another discipline to pursue like her elder brother did a few years earlier or fight back?
What was your first step into writing and how far have you come from there?
I took to writing a couple of years ago. I blogged on media and current affairs for a year at valadyviews.blogspot.com and contributed articles to The Hoot, an online media watch portal before hitting on the idea for this novel.
Who is your favorite author in the Indian fiction scene at the moment?
S.L. Bhyrappa. He is a Kannada writer. Many of his novels have been translated into other languages. I like his Aavarana the most.


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You know what I am thinking today? I'm thinking about a very uncomfortable word, a word that ensues emotion – the kind of emotion that looks back at you in the mirror and you don't want to admit it's your reflection. The word? Inadequacy.
I've realized recently that I spend more time allowing myself to feel inadequate than I do capable. I easily convince myself that I am unable to match the gravitas of what others have or who they are. I can't walk with the silk robe and be crowned the queen….I'm just the servant….a mere commoner.
The problem is I shouldn't be the servant in my own life. I should rise to the occasion of being me. I am the only me there will ever be. You are the only you there will ever be. There is something to be said about that. And yet, I spend countless hours comparing myself to a few, several, well, everyone! That woman over there – she is tech savvy – far more adequate to fill that position. That lady to my left, she has connections. I will never be able to achieve her accomplishments. She's arrived. I can only sit back and watch as her life has meaning and impact.
My co-worker….Her charisma is beyond explanation. It is an 8th wonder of the world. There is not a person alive that would not be struck by her apparent captivating nature. And, so, I, in my lonely servant state, fall deeper into my inadequacy.
Today I am too fat. Tomorrow I will be too poor. Yesterday I was too introverted. Last week, I was too anxious. There is always something that becomes a roadblock for me to feel like I am not enough…enough in my own eyes and more importantly enough in God's eyes. Not only is the barrier thick and heavy that allows me to feel this way, but it hinders me from casting a wider net when it comes to my hopes and goals. I can't even be satisfied with the mediocrity that I feel is my life right now, let alone dream big. The thing is – I do have dreams. You have dreams. Somehow, someway, they have fallen beyond our reach.
Inadequacy is synonymous with deficiency. If I feel I am not good enough, not capable, than I am accepting a "false fact." My mind believes it to be true, but the reality is false. I am not incapable of something, I am simply representing myself as deficient. I have bought into the lie that I am sub-par…that I have stopped halfway up Mt. Everest with no more lung capacity. The truth, the hard truth, the bad news is that I lack the courage and focus to be the best version of myself. The good news? Deficiency can be remedied. You see, deficiency comes from there being a problem with the way something is made. And, I know that I am made in the image of God….no problems there. I am His daughter – from dust to royalty with a snap of His holy hand. I just have to dissolve the buy-in that I lack what it takes to be something the Lord himself created.
Accepting a heavy veil of being inadequate is something I don't want to tolerate anymore. It is time to challenge myself to get up and tackle what scares me or makes me wither back into my "I-Don't-Want-To Face-It-Cave." It is time to look back in the mirror and read my own lips – "I am the only me that this world has. I can't spend every waking moment convinced others are better than me or that I don't deserve to be better than who I am currently am." I am a work in progress. It is time to take my finger off the pause button. Time to stop trying to rewind or fast forward my life. I need to simply let it play.
There is joy in being me. I have things to offer. Though buried deep down at times, I have initiative. I can't give up when things get tight. So, I want to tame this beast known as inadequacy and scream as loud as I possibly can that I am not just another face in the crowd. I am not just a conqueror. According to scripture, I am more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus.
The transformation from inadequacy to relevant to full blown passionate pursuer of my very best self, starts with this simple prayer: "God, I want to see myself through your eyes." I want to encourage you today. Don't waste another moment in comparison to anyone or anything because God has a very customized story for your life and for mine. Don't settle for being less. The reason? Because He is more….more than all your fears, failures, and frustrations.
Farrell Boone is a native Texan who has been living the Nashville, TN life with her husband, Rob, for the past 8 years. She is mommy to the outspoken, beautiful, sassy, and hilarious 3 year old known as Emme. Farrell is an educator, writer, terrible house cleaner, football watcher, sweet tea drinker, and an overall sensitive soul. You can connect with Farrell via email: email@example.com or Facebook: Farrell Boone.


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There's an interesting article by Indi Young over at Adaptive Path: Six Steps to Better Interviews and Simplified Task Analysis.
I wrote about this topic a few months ago, but it is where we designers do (or should do) our most important work. Overall she makes good points. One in particular is:
My last interviewing tip is to dispense with a list of interview questions. Reading questions in the order you wrote them is almost never in step with the current topic of conversation, so it's tough to keep natural interaction going.
Stock things to ask (other than some basic demographic information gathering) usually accomplishes nothing other than to irritate your interviewee. If you are able to meet with multiple people over a long time period, say over a few days or even a week, you might want to build a list of questions to cover with subsequent interviewees. This is good to help test if what one or two people said about an issue is really limited to them, or is symptomatic of some of the problems you are trying to overcome with your design work.
The other point (point #3: "Ask why") she brings up is something I also agree with, but I think it requires a bit of fleshing out:
The repetition of the word "why†drives most of us crazy, so I'm not recommending such a simple approach for your interviews. But keep the concept in mind.
The quote above is something to focus on, and I just hope that people don't skip over it. Asking "Why," too much will irritate your interviewees. There is a difference between questioning someone and asking them questions. "Why," falls on the side of the former. However, root cause analysis is why you are there. Keep the concept in mind, as she states, but as better examples than "Why," try things like:
- What makes you say that?
- Can you give me another example?
- What causes that?
- What's that pine-fresh scent I smell?
Another tactic you might use is "restating." This usually work the best for me because in these situations I may be the design SME, but I am not the SME for what I am designing. That title belongs to the interviewee and rightly so. Restating is a way to get accurate information, build your understanding of the system, and make your interviewee feel like they really know something and only they can give you the information you need.
But these tips are just a beginning. If you want to do it right, the User and Task Analysis book by Hackos and Reddish is still at the top of the must-read list for this kind of thing. It's 70$US, but should be in the library of every designer who practices UCD.
My, but it does feel good to be pontificating again.


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Nigeria's Public - Private Partnerships Successes and Failures
Since 1999 the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) has supported the Nigerian government in facilitating private sector infrastructure investments in the port, water, and energy sectors. PPIAF commissioned an independent impact assessment in February 2016 to review past technical assistance; identify and validate legal, institutional, and policy reform outcomes encouraging private participation in infrastructure; and assess impacts of public- private partnership (PPP) projects. The port sector showed measurable satisfactory results for efficiency and income gains. The water and energy sectors, however, fell short at the regulatory level, with success and failure tied to stakeholder engagement and a functioning institutional framework having well-identified and coordinated public and private stakeholders.


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Portland: A Lot of People Have Lived Here
A Digital Exhibit by The Oregon Encyclopedia and the Oregon History Project
Call it the Clearing, Stumptown, City of Roses, P-Town, PDX, Ripcity, Bridgetown, or Little Beirut—Portland answers to them all.
The city sits on the Willamette River, both sleepy and overwrought, dominating Oregon in population and voting trends. Obama loved it, George H.W. did not, Teddy Roosevelt slept here, and the Queen of Romania stopped by for dinner.
"Although of a different order, the history of the modern city should be no less interesting than that of an ancient metropolis like Jerusalem or Athens. It treats no less of human endeavor, and no less segregates and epitomizes human life. If that in which men busy themselves, and that which they produce is anywhere, or at any time, calculated to attract attention and demand investigation and analysis, why not here in Oregon, on the banks of the Willamette, as well as five to ten thousand miles away, in Spain or in Turkey?"
—Harvey Scott, History of Portland, 1890
If Scott's Portland is the Spain or Turkey of North America, the Oregon Historical Society is especially pleased to present many of its wonders in the hundreds of digital pages on The Oregon Encyclopedia and Oregon History Project. The history of Portland has "attracted the attention" of the state's historians, scholars, writers, and other experts, and they share what they know. Follow the links below.
Portland, with a 2010 population of 583,776 within its city limits and 2,226,009 in the seven-county metropolitan area, was platted on the west bank of the Willamette River in 1845 on lands utilized by the Multnomah Chinooks. The area received its first few dozen English-speaking settlers in 1846. Maine native Francis Pettygrove, one of its first proprietors, chose the name. During the 1850s, Portland would pass Oregon City to become the largest city in Oregon, a position it has held ever since. The metropolitan area is twenty-third in size in the United States.
During its first three decades, Portland depended on trade by water. Its first substantial growth came when the California Gold Rush created a huge market for Oregon wheat and lumber, much of it shipped from Portland by river and ocean to San Francisco. Willamette River steamboats brought farm products from the state's agricultural heartland, while steamer links connected by portage railroads on the Columbia River allowed Portland merchants to supply miners in Idaho and Montana. The Oregon Steam Navigation Company, which had consolidated and monopolized the Columbia River trade by 1860, was the basis for several sizable fortunes.


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Marketing strategies in property business can be a hassle. Well, it is not easy to find the best strategy to promote your property business. There is always trial and error phase.
Besides, property marketing can cause some problems even if it's effective in promoting your property value. However, there are unfixable problems. The point is, you need to find the right ways to fix every problem in property marketing implementation. One of the most common problems rising from property marketing is inconsistency of the result.
Sometimes, the marketing strategy works just fine and sometimes it result badly. Instead of keep changing different strategies, you might as well try to figure out the real problem first.
The best ways to fix your property marketing hassles
There are many kinds of hassle when it comes to property marketing. It is true that finding the right strategy to promote your business is challenging.
Besides, the problems that come along with it is sometime frustrating for property business owner and investors. Keep in mind that in building property business, you are not only required to work hard but also work smart.
It means you need to find the most effective ways to solve every problems and hassles in your business. Here are some tips for it:
- One of the biggest problems in marketing is wrong target. It is such a waste if you make the most extravagant campaign and deliver it to the wrong target. The result won't be satisfying for sure. That is why you need to fix this hassle by knowing the right target. When you deliver your campaign to random target, the result won't be better than when you shoot it to the right target because your campaign has high potential to meet your target's needs.
- Try to stay consistent. Remember that any kind of strategy won't be successful overnight, there is always time in for the process. It is recommended to stay in using one strategy for period of time until you get the result. This is when you need your patience the most. The result may not be satisfying for the first or second attempt. However, you may get better result with your consistency which can come from the seventh or eighth attempt.
- The most common problem in property marketing is unrealistic expectation. Well, it is good to be a dreamer and optimistic. However, you need to keep in mind that property business uses more logic than feeling. Thus, the number is countable. It is important that you get as many leads as possible so you can hit your expected conversion. Just make sure that your expectation is in check.
- The next best way to fix property marketing problem is by following up diligently. No matter how difficult you find the time to do it, you need to be willing to give answer and assurance to your clients. Make sure you can answer any calls since they can be a good potential for you to converse leads to deals.


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Action Centered Leadership is a model developed by John Adair in the 1960's. The model is a simple template which can be used to guide us in the management and leadership of any team. Action Centred Leadership is sometimes referred to as The 3 Circles Model. Adair's Action Centred Leadership model comprises of three elements which are represented as three overlapping circles.
This model proposes that there are three fundamental components to management and leadership:
The overlapping circles show that these three elements can overlap, that elements of managing individuals will overlap with managing the group, that elements of managing the group will overlap with achieving tasks, and that elements of achieving tasks will overlap with managing individuals.
One of the key strengths of the Action Centred Leadership model is that it is simple and therefore easy to remember.
The model proposes that to be a good manager or leader you must have command of, and make use of, all three aspects of the model. Obviously as the model is so simple you will need to adapt it as necessary to you own situation – perhaps putting more effort and time into team management than the management of individuals, for example.
An important point about the model is that it anyone can use it regardless of the position within an organization.
The model becomes simple to use once you realize that Adair provided a list of the things managers and leaders must do for each of the three core management elements.
Managers and leaders have many demands on their time. You can think of Action Centred Leadership as being a compass to help you determine where and how to spend your time so you can build a high-performance team, which delivers the right things in with the right behaviours. The Action Centred Leadership model can be applied at all levels, from CEO through program managers and project managers, and on to team leaders.
Mintzberg's Managerial Roles
Trait Theory of Leadership
Transactional Leadership
The 5 Levels of Leadership: Book Summary
Three Levels of Leadership Model
Blake Mouton Managerial Grid
Bureaucratic Theory (Max Weber)
Path-Goal Theory of Leadership


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Triviality is in the eye of the beholder; though, there are some aspects of certain information which almost all can agree upon to be insignificant; but in this universe of informational overload, it is often the small, precise and extended bits which make up for the connecting bridges of relevance.
For the culinary sophisticate, the fact that an octopus has four pairs of arms makes for a greater feast, and if one were to pause and consider that the loss of an arm in its flight from a fisherman's net might be insignificant from a human standpoint, the capacity to survive in the treachery of the undersea world may depend upon that lost tentacle.
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In the rush to quickly put together a Federal Disability Retirement application, it is easy to fill out and answer the Standard Forms, especially SF 3112A, the Applicant's Statement of Disability, attach a compendium of medical reports and records, and hope for the best. But it is often just as much the attention to detail — the minutiae of the little things, the world of microcosmic bits and floating information in the body of office notes and progress reports, like insignificant algae which forms as a film upon the pond's surface, which results in the basis of a denial by a scrutinizing OPM Specialist.
Like the tentacle found in the fisherman's net, it is only the keen eye which can tell which of the four pairs of arms it came from, except of course for the octopus, who well knows from the sensation of pain from which it derives.
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American University of Beirut
The American University of Beirut (AUB) (Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت)[2] is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university in Beirut, Lebanon.[3] It is one of the most prestigious universities in the Middle East, securing the top spot in the Arab region in the 2018 QS World University Rankings.[4]
الجامعة الأميركيّة في بيروت
Former name
|Syrian Protestant College (1866-1920)
|Ut vitam abundantius habeant (Latin)
Motto in English
|That they may have life and have it more abundantly
Academic affiliations
|Fadlo R. Khuri, MD
|Muhamad Harajli, PhD
Academic staff
|1,200 instructional faculty[1]
Administrative staff
|9,408 (2019)[1]
|7,782 (2019)[1]
|1,626 (2019)[1]
|Urban, 61-acre (250,000 m2); and a 247-acre (1.00 km2) research farm in Beqaa Valley
|University Press
|AUB Press
|Student Newspaper
|Red • White
The American University of Beirut is governed by a private, autonomous Board of Trustees and offers programs leading to bachelor's, master's, MD and PhD degrees. It collaborates with many universities around the world, notably with Columbia University, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of Paris. The current president is Fadlo R. Khuri, MD.
The American University of Beirut (AUB) has an operating budget of $423 million[5] with an endowment of approximately $605 million.[6] The campus is composed of 64 buildings, including the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC, formerly known as AUH – American University Hospital)[7] (420 beds), four libraries, three museums and seven dormitories. Almost one-fifth of AUB's students attended secondary school or university outside Lebanon before coming to AUB. AUB graduates reside in more than 120 countries worldwide. The language of instruction is English. Degrees awarded at the university are officially registered with the New York Board of Regents.
On January 23, 1862, W. M. Thomson proposed to a meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions that a college of higher learning, that would include medical training, should be established in Beirut with Dr. Daniel Bliss as its president.[8] On April 24, 1863, while Bliss was raising money for the new college in the United States and England, the State of New York granted a charter for the Syrian Protestant College. The college, which was renamed the American University of Beirut in 1920, opened with a class of 16 students on December 3, 1866. Bliss served as its first president, from 1866 until 1902.[9] In the beginning Arabic was used as the language of instruction because it was the common language of the ethnic groups of the region, and prospective students needed to be fluent in Ottoman Turkish or in French as well as in English. In 1887 the language of instruction became English.[10]
AUB alumni have had a broad and significant impact on the region and the world for many years. For example, 19 AUB alumni were delegates to the signing of the United Nations Charter in 1945—more than any other university in the world. AUB graduates continue to serve in leadership positions as presidents of their countries, prime ministers, members of parliament, ambassadors, governors of central banks, presidents and deans of colleges and universities, leading academics, businesspeople, scientists, engineers, doctors, teachers, and nurses. They work in governments, the private sector, and in nongovernmental organizations.
During the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) AUB pursued various means to preserve the continuity of studies, including enrollment agreements with universities in the United States. On January 18, 1984, AUB President Malcolm H. Kerr was murdered.
On March 21, 2008, the Board of Trustees selected Peter Dorman to be AUB's 15th president. He succeeded John Waterbury who was president of AUB from 1998 to 2008. Dorman is an international scholar in the field of Egyptology and formerly chaired the University of Chicago's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
On March 19, 2015, the Board of Trustees formally approved the nomination of Fadlo R. Khuri, MD,[11] as the next president. He was officially inaugurated as AUB's 16th president on January 25, 2016.[12]
University presidents
The list of University presidents since its establishment:[13]
- Daniel Bliss (1866–1902)
- Howard S. Bliss (1902–1920)
- Bayard Dodge (1923–1948)
- Stephen B.L. Penrose, Jr. (1948–1954)
- John Paul Leonard (1957–1961)
- Norman Burns (1961–1965)
- Samuel B. Kirkwood (1965–1976)
- Harold E. Hoelscher (1977–1981)
- Malcolm H. Kerr (1981–1984)
- Calvin Plimpton (1984–1987)
- Frederic P. Herter (1987–1993)
- Robert M. Haddad (1993–1996)
- David S. Dodge (1996–1997)
- John Waterbury (1997–2008)
- Peter F. Dorman (2008–June 2015)
- Fadlo R. Khuri (September 2015–Present)
The 61-acre (250,000 m2) American University of Beirut campus is on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on one side and bordering Bliss Street on the other. Based in one of Lebanon's few geographic locations, AUB's campus in Ras Beirut consists of 64 buildings, seven dormitories and several libraries. In addition, the university also houses the Charles W. Hostler Student Center, an Archaeological Museum as well as the widely renowned Natural History Museum. Students also benefit from a range of recreational and research facilities, such as the 247 acre research farm and educational complex hosted by the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences' AREC (Advancing Research Enabling Communities Center) in Beqaa, Lebanon.[14]
- FAFS, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences[15]
- FAS, Faculty of Arts and Sciences[16]
- FHS, Faculty of Health Sciences[17]
- FM, Faculty of Medicine[18]
- HSON, Rafic Hariri School of Nursing[19]
- MSFEA, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture[20]
- OSB, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business[21]
In fall 2018, there were over 9,000 students enrolled at AUB: 7,180 undergraduates and 1,922 graduate students.[22]
AUB offers 141 undergraduate/graduate programs and 36 certificates and diplomas. In 2007, the American University of Beirut reintroduced PhD programs. Currently, it offers doctoral programs in the following fields:[23]
- Arab and Middle Eastern History
- Arabic Language and Literature
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Sciences
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
- Epidemiology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nursing
- Theoretical Physics
AUB also includes dozens of research centers and institute that sponsor and promote research in a variety of fields.[24]
Medical Center
The AUB Medical Center (AUBMC) is the private, not-for-profit teaching center of the Faculty of Medicine. AUBMC, which is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCIA) on hospital accreditation, includes a 420-bed hospital and offers comprehensive tertiary/quaternary medical care and referral services in a wide range of specialties and medical, nursing, and paramedical training programs at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
Throughout its history, the AUB Medical Center, which was formerly known as the American University Hospital (AUH), has played a critical role in caring for the victims of regional and local conflicts.[25] It provided care for the sick and wounded during World War I and World War II, the Lebanese Civil War,[26] the Palestinian conflict, and the invasion of Iraq. In recent years, it has provided care for a number of Syrian refugees at the Medical Center in Beirut, at partner hospitals, and at mobile clinics.[27]
Since 1905, AUB's medical services have included a nursing school. In 2008, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) invited AUB's Rafic Hariri School of Nursing to become a full member, making it the first member of the AACN outside the United States. The American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program awarded AUBMC its prestigious Magnet designation on June 23, 2009. AUBMC is the first healthcare institution in the Middle East and the third in the world outside the United States to receive this award.[28]
On April 4, 2011, AUB announced the AUBMC 2020 Vision,[29] which includes the construction of a state-of-the-art medical complex consisting of 12 buildings that would increase bed capacity to almost 600. In his inaugural address in January 2016,[30] AUB President Fadlo R. Khuri, MD, outlined Health 2025 affirming the University's commitment to be the regional leader and a key global partner in addressing global health challenges.
AUBMC now includes the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing Building, the Pierre Abu Khater Outpatient Building, the Wassef and Souad Sawwaf Building, the Medical Administration Building, the Halim and Aida Daniel Academic and Clinical Center, and the Inpatient and Outpatient hospital buildings.
The University is also home to several Clinical and Research Centers of Excellence such as the Mamdouha El-Sayed Bobst Breast Unit, the Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute, the Abu-Haidar Neuroscience Institute, the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon (affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee), the Moufid Farra Heart and Vascular Outpatient Center, the Nehme and Therese Tohme Multiple Sclerosis Center, and the Ahmad and Jamila Bizri Neuro Outpatient Center. They address health issues endemic to the Arab region such as cancer, heart and vascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, multiple sclerosis, blood disorders, and mental illness.
As part of the AUBMC 2020 vision, AUBMC held a groundbreaking ceremony for its New Medical Center Expansion Under the Patronage of HE President Michel Aoun in May 2019.[31]
University museums and collections
There are three museums at AUB: the Archaeological Museum, the Geology Museum, and the Natural History Museum.
The Archaeological Museum is the third oldest museum in the Near East. Its collection includes more than 16,000 objects and 10,000 coins and features pottery, prehistoric flint tools, bronze figurines, Phoenician and classical sculptures and bas-reliefs, Egyptian alabaster vases from Byblos, hairpins, and musical instruments. The museum has conducted excavations in Lebanon and Syria.[32] The Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum organizes lectures, exhibits, and activities for children.[33]
The Geology Museum includes rocks, minerals, and fossils from around the world.[34] It is an important resource for AUB students and researchers and for students from other universities and schools in Lebanon.
The Natural History Museum houses a unique collection that represents the biodiversity of the area.[35] It is especially well known for the Post Herbarium, which includes 63,000 specimens.[36]
AUB's Archives and Special Collections includes important documents related to the founding of the Syrian Protestant College in 1866 and also many materials (documents, maps, photographs, etc.) of interest to scholars of Lebanon and the region including the Beirut Codex,[37] a New Testament in Syriac, dating back to the 9th or 10th century; the E. W. Blatchford Collection[38] (photographs of the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa taken between 1880 and 1900); and political and cultural posters dating back to the 1940s.[39]
The American University of Beirut has embarked upon a new initiative (AUB Art Galleries and Collections) to play an active role in promoting fine and contemporary art in the region. The very first step taken in this new direction coincided with the generous donation of Dr. Samir Saleeby to AUB. The Rose and Shaheen Saleeby Collection includes paintings by artists of different generations, ranging from Khalil Saleeby (1870-1928) and Cesar Gemayal (1898-1958) to Omar Onsi (1901-1969) and Saliba Douaihy (1912-1994). It also features works by Haidar Hamaoui (b. 1937), Chucrallah Fattouh (b. 1956), and Robert Khoury (b. 1923). The Saleeby donation is the cornerstone upon which AUB will establish a comprehensive collection of modern and contemporary art from the region. The new initiative commenced with the launching of new art spaces located in and around AUB campus: the Rose and Shaheen Saleeby Museum in Sidani Street and the Byblos Bank Art Gallery, in Ada Dodge Hall (on campus).[40]
University Libraries
The university libraries include:
- Nami Jafet Memorial Library
- Engineering and Architecture Library
- Saab Medical Library[41] serves the AUB Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing, in addition to the entire AUB campus.
- Science and Agriculture Library.
The Agricultural Research and Education Center (AREC) in the Beqaa Valley also includes an annex to the Science and Agriculture Library.
The University Libraries are home to a rich collection[42] that consists of:
- Print titles: 412,775 (books); 5,776 (periodicals)
- Print volumes: 505,548 (books); 162,727 (periodicals)
- Electronic titles (including open access): 1,098,491 (books); 138,430 (periodicals)
- Databases (paid subscriptions): 262
- Print books purchased/added: 7,243 titles / 8,380 volumes
- Gift/Exchange books added: 4,136 titles / 5,048 volumes
- Manuscripts: 1,373 titles / 1,408 volumes
- Maps: 1,684 titles / 2,027 volumes
- University archives: 940 linear feet / 2,720 archival boxes
- Microform items: 11,487 titles / 33,265 volumes
- Film and video titles: 3,544 titles / 4,629 volumes
- Audio recordings: 456 titles / 740 volumes
Although many library resources are accessible remotely from on and off campus, the libraries themselves are equipped with e-classrooms, computer labs, and wireless connectivity. Trained and experienced library staff conduct classes and workshops throughout the year to introduce and train users to take advantage of the libraries' collections, information resources, and innovative technologies.
AUB Press
The American University of Beirut (AUB) has been publishing since its inception as the Syrian Protestant College (SPC). The earliest publication held in AUB's Nami Jafet Memorial Library was published in 1881; a study in Arabic on the management of disease, written by Dr. John Wortabet, professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the medical school of the Syrian Protestant College.[43]
At the time, the SPC had no university press nor a centralized publication office. The earliest publications of the college were published in the name of the college by the American Mission Press, which was founded in Malta in 1822, moved to Beirut in 1832, and operated until 1965. Other publishers produced books for AUB, including the Franciscan Press in Jerusalem and the Catholic Press in Beirut.
In 1969, a formal centralized publications office was created, the Office of Publications. By 2001, a decision was made to publish books in the name of the AUB Press rather than the more general American University of Beirut name. In 2004, organizational changes at AUB resulted in the split of the Office of University Publications into two separate offices. The Office of University Publications, which became the Office of Communications, came under the jurisdiction of the Office of Development and External Relations while the AUB Press, focused on publishing academic research as books, was placed under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Provost.
On January 16, 2017, AUB President Fadlo R. Khuri announced BOLDLY AUB: The Campaign to Lead, Innovate, and Serve[44] during an event on campus in Beirut, Lebanon.[45][46] The New York launch was on March 16, 2017.[47] The goals of the five-year $650 million Campaign are to enrich the educational and research experience of students and faculty; serve the healthcare needs of the region; prioritize innovation and entrepreneurship; engage with communities in the region to achieve real impact; and secure the University's long-term sustainability.
In January 2017, AUB also announced the largest gift in its history from the Semaan Foundation to name the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. AUB has received major gifts in support of the BOLDLY AUB Campaign as well from the Dar Group (to design a Medical Center and develop a Campus Master Plan) and from Jamal Daniel and the Levant Foundation for an expansion of the Medical Center.[48]
AUB was granted institutional accreditation in June 2004 by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The University's accreditation was reaffirmed in 2009 and again in 2016 and 2019.[49]
In September 2006, the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited the Graduate Public Health Program in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS). The program was reaccredited in 2012 for seven years. The AUB Graduate Public Health Program is the first CEPH-accredited public health program outside the North American continent and the only CEPH-accredited public health program in the Arab world, Asia, and Africa.[50]
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredited AUB's Rafic Hariri School of Nursing's BSN and MSN programs on October 13, 2007. The accreditation was reaffirmed in 2012.[51]
In April 2009, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB). The accreditation was reaffirmed in 2014. AACSB is the leading international accrediting agency for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting. Less than five percent of business schools worldwide have earned AACSB International accreditation.[52]
The Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut received accreditation for its undergraduate BE civil engineering, BE computer and communications engineering, BE in electrical and computer engineering, and BE in mechanical engineering programs from the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2008. The accreditation was reaffirmed in 2016. The undergraduate program in chemical engineering was accredited in 2013.
The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences' undergraduate Nutrition and Dietetics Coordinated Program (NDCP) was accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) in 2013. It was reaccredited in 2017.[53]
Notable alumni
AUB has 64,417 living alumni. They reside in more than 115 countries.[54]
AUB's "notable alumni" include the nineteen AUB graduates or former students who were delegates to the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco in 1945.[55] They are listed below:
- Angela Jurdak Khoury (BA 1937, MA 1938), member of the Lebanon delegation
- Abdul Majid Abbas (former student 1934), member of the Iraq delegation
- Ahmad Abdul Jabbar (BA 1943), member of the Saudi Arabia delegation
- Mohammad Ibrahim Adham (former student 1939), member of the Iraq delegation
- Naim Al-Antaki (former student 1924), member of the Syria delegation
- Darwish Al-Haidari (former student 1927), member of the Iraq delegation
- Fares Al-Khouri (BA 1897), member of the Syria delegation
- Nazem Al-Koudsi (former student 1920), member of the Syria delegation
- Abdul Jabbar Chalabi (former student 1926), member of the Iraq delegation
- Ghassem Ghani (MD 1919), member of the Iran delegation
- Salih Mahdi Haidar (former student 1933) member of the Iraq delegation
- Raja D. Hawrani (former student 1925), member of the Syria delegation
- Toufik Huneidi (former student 1940), member of the Syria delegation
- Fadhel Jamali (BA 1927), member of the Iraq delegation
- Hashim Jawad (BA 1932), member of the Iraq delegation
- Majid Khadduri (BA 1932), member of the Iraq delegation
- Sobhi Mahmassani (former student 1924), member of the Lebanon delegation
- Charles Habib Malik (BA 1927), member of the Lebanon delegation
- Farid Zeineddine (BA 1925), member of the Syria delegation
During its 150th celebration in 2016, the University identified a number of "History Makers" – men and women who have distinguished themselves in the areas of Leading, Innovating, and Serving by their accomplishments as scholars, politicians, artists, and in many other fields as well.[56] Excluded from consideration were current trustees, faculty, staff, and students as well as living Arab politicians. Many of these History Makers are also AUB alumni. These "notable alumni," which included some of the people who attended the San Francisco conference in 1945, are listed below:
- Angela Jurdak Khoury (1915-2011), BA 1937, AUB, MA 1938, Lebanese diplomat;
- Gebran Bassil (MS 1993), Leader of the Free Patriotic Movement
- Reem Acra, BBA 1982, fashion designer;
- Yusuf Aftimus (1866-1952), BA 1885, civil engineer and architect;
- Ghada Al-Samman, MA Theater 1965, writer;
- Ayah Bdeir, BE Computer and Communications Engineering 2004, founder and CEO of littleBits;
- Emile Bustani (1907-1963), BS 1929, MA 1932, member of the Lebanese Parliament;
- Souhail Samad, MS Economics, multi-unit district manager of Staples Canada;
- Muhanad Manna, BA Political Studies, 2007, Jordan
- Huguette Caland, Former Student (1964-1968), painter and sculptor;
- Wadad Makdisi Cortas (1909-1979), BA 1930, principal of Ahliah School for Girls;
- Samih Darwazah (1930-2015), BSc Pharmacy 1954, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 2014, founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals;
- Ismael El Azhari (1900-1969), BS Mathematics 1930, prime minister (1954–56) and president (1965-69) of Sudan;
- Faris El Khoury (1877-1962), BA 1897, prime minister (1944–45, 1954–55), and speaker of Parliament of Syria;
- Ali Ghandour, Former Student (1950), former CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines;
- Ashraf Ghani (BA 1973, MA Political Studies 1977), president of Afghanistan;
- Habib Haddad, BE Computer and Communications Engineering 2002, entrepreneur and investor;
- Zaha Hadid (1950-2016), Former Student (1968-1969), Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 2006, architect;
- George Hatem (1910-1988), MD 1931, known as Ma Haide, doctor and public health official;
- Khalil Hawi (1919-1982), BA Teaching of Arabic 1951, MA Teaching of Arabic 1955, poet;
- Habib Hazim (1920-2012), BA 1945, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All The East (1979-2012);
- Philip Khuri Hitti (1886-1978), BA 1908, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 1969, historian;
- Ray R. Irani, BS Chemistry 1953, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 2013, former chairman and chief executive of Occidental Petroleum Corporation;
- Malcolm H. Kerr (1931-1984), MA Middle East Area Program 1955, former AUB president, scholar of Middle East and Arab history;
- Said Khoury (1923-2014), Former Student 1940-42, 1943–44, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 2006, entrepreneur and philanthropist;
- Sami Makarem (1931-2012), BA Literature and Philosophy 1954, MA Arabic Literature 1957, Lebanese scholar;
- Clovis Maksoud (1926-2016), BA 1948, diplomat and journalist;
- Charles Malik (1906-1987), BA Mathematics and Physics 1927, scholar;
- Anissa Rawdah Najjar (1913-2016), BA Sociology 1936, women's and human rights activist;
- Emily Nasrallah, BA Education 1958, writer and women's rights activist;
- Samir Makdissi, BS Economics 1968, Former Minister of Lebanese Economy (1994-1996);
- Salwa Nassar (1912-1967), BA 1935, nuclear physicist;
- Zaki Nassif (1918-2004), Former Student 1936-41, composer and singer;
- Hassib Sabbagh (1920-2010), BA General 1941, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 2003, entrepreneur and philanthropist;
- Saeb Salam (1905-2000), Lebanese politician;
- Riad Salameh, BS Economics 1973, Lebanese banker;
- Ali Akbar Salehi, BS Physics 1971, Iranian diplomat;
- Kamal Salibi (1929-2011), BA History 1949, historian;
- Raja Shehadeh, BA English Literature 1973, writer and lawyer;
- Ghassan Tueni (1926-2012), BA 1945, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 2005, Lebanese journalist, politician, and statesman;
- Constantine K. Zurayk (1909-2000), BA History 1928, historian;
- Lamia Moubayed Bissat (1988-1990), MS Agricultural Economics, civil servant, President of Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan;
Also notable is:
- Mohammed Dajani Daoudi (born 1946), Palestinian professor and peace activist
See also
- The American University in Cairo (AUC)
- Alumni of the American University of Beirut
- American University (disambiguation) for a list of similarly-named institutions
- American University of Sharjah (AUS)
- American University of Kurdistan (AUK)
- American University of Iraq - Sulaimani (AUI)
- Education in the Ottoman Empire
- "Facts and Figures". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "American University of Beirut". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "American University of Beirut (AUB)". Top Universities. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- "AUB - About Us - Facts and Figures". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- American University of Beirut, Facts and Figures 2018
- "AUBMC - American University of Beirut Medical Center". www.aubmc.org.lb.
- Dodge, Bayard (1958) The American University of Beirut – A brief history. Khayat's Beirut. p. 10
- "Rev. H. H. Jessup Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. 1910-04-29.
- Strauss, Johann. "Language and power in the late Ottoman Empire" (Chapter 7). In: Murphey, Rhoads (editor). Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule (Volume 18 of Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies). Routledge, 7 July 2016. ISBN 1317118448, 9781317118442. Google Books PT194.
- "AUB - 2015 - AUB appoints its 16th president, Fadlo R. Khuri, MD". website.aub.edu.lb.
- "American University of Beirut - Presidential Inauguration - Home". website.aub.edu.lb.
- "History of the Office". website.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- "Campus". Uniandi. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- "Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Faculty of Arts and Sciences". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Faculty of Health Sciences". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Faculty of Medicine". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Rafic Hariri School of Nursing". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Welcome to the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "AUB website, Facts and Figures".
- "Majors and Programs". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Research Hub". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Tuesday, May 2, 2017". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Aramco World, AUB - The Family Looks Ahead, January/February 1991". Archive.aramcoworld.com.
- "AUB - 2014 - Syrian refugee relief crisis evokes community-wide response at AUB". website.aub.edu.lb.
- "American University of Beirut - News - AUB Medical Center designated first". website.aub.edu.lb.
- "American University of Beirut - News - AUBMC reveals ambitious 2020 Vision for expansion and continued regional leadership". website.aub.edu.lb.
- "Presidential Inauguration Ceremony Speech" (PDF). www.aub.edu.lb. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- "AUBMC holds a groundbreaking ceremony for its New Medical Center Expansion Under the Patronage of H.E. President Michel Aoun". AUBMC.
- "Field Work and Publications". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Society of the Friends the Museum". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Geology Museum". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Natural History Museum". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 159, Issue 2, 1 February 2009, Pages 315–321". Academic.oup.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- "American University of Beirut, Archives and Special Collections". Aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- "American University of Beirut, Archives and Special Collections". Web.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- "American University of Beirut, Archives and Special Collections". Web.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- "Mission". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Home". web.aub.edu.lb.
- "Facts & Figures, 2018-2019". www.aub.edu.lb.
- ورتبات, يوحنا (1881). كفاية العوام في حفظ الصحة وتدبير الأسقام: وهو مجموع فوائد عامة تتعلق بحفظ الصحة وتدبير المرض عند غياب الطبيب [Kifāyat al-ʻawamm fī hịfẓ al-sahḥạh wa-tadbīr al-asqām]. بيروت: المدرسة السورية الكلية.
- "AUB Campaign".
- "AUB - 2017 - Boldly AUB campaign to safeguard more abundant future". website.aub.edu.lb.
- American University of Beirut (2017-01-16), BOLDLY AUB: The Campaign to Lead, Innovate, and Serve, YouTube, retrieved 2017-09-17
- "AUB – 2017 – Launch of Boldly AUB Campaign in North America". Aub.edu.lb. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- "Support for the American University of Beirut Medical Center". Thelevantfoundation.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- "Accreditation and Reaccreditation". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Faculty of Health Sciences | CEPH Accreditation". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Accreditation". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Program Accreditation". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "Facts and Figures". www.aub.edu.lb.
- "AUB - 2013 - AUB remembers alumni who participated in establishment of the UN Charter in 1945". website.aub.edu.lb.
- "AUB 150th website, History Makers". 150.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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When the dress code to a fragrance launch is 'Little Black Dress' it's pretty obvious that the fragrance will have something to do with a little black dress. But the Guerlain team outdid themselves this time round. From the super-secret, grand unveiling of their fragrance from under a black sheet to the pop-up menus, placemats and even scrumptious sugary sweet cupcakes!
Yes, Guerlain have relaunched their 2009 limited edition and exclusive La Petite Robe Noire fragrance by their in-house perfumer Thierry Wasser.
La Petite Robe Noire is cheeky, flirty and oh so sexy – like ever woman's little black dress should be. It smells divine enough to eat, and here's why… The top notes open with black cherry and an exquisite blend of almond, berries and bergamont. Rose then blooms into the heart notes – Bulgarian rose essence and Turkish rose absolute. The deliciously sweet yet smoky base notes of liquorice, black tea, anise and smoked lapsang leaves round out at La Petite Robe Noire. Yum!
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A structure in Octave is a map between a number of fields represented and
their values. The Standard Template Library
map class is used,
with the pair consisting of a
std::string and an Octave
Cell variable.
A simple example demonstrating the use of structures within oct-files is
#include <octave/oct.h> #include <octave/ov-struct.h> DEFUN_DLD (structdemo, args, , "Struct Demo") { octave_value retval; int nargin = args.length (); if (args.length () == 2) { octave_scalar_map arg0 = args(0).scalar_map_value (); //octave_map arg0 = args(0).map_value (); if (! error_state) { std::string arg1 = args(1).string_value (); if (! error_state) { octave_value tmp = arg0.contents (arg1); //octave_value tmp = arg0.contents (arg1)(0); if (tmp.is_defined ()) { octave_scalar_map st; st.assign ("selected", tmp); retval = octave_value (st); } else error ("structdemo: struct does not have a field named '%s'\n", arg1.c_str ()); } else error ("structdemo: ARG2 must be a character string"); } else error ("structdemo: ARG1 must be a struct"); } else print_usage (); return retval; }
An example of its use is
x.a = 1; x.b = "test"; x.c = [1, 2]; structdemo (x, "b") ⇒ selected = test
The example above specifically uses the
octave_scalar_map class which
is for representing a single struct. For structure arrays the
octave_map class is used instead. The commented code shows how the
demo could be modified to handle a structure array. In that case the
contents method returns a
Cell which may have more than one
element. Therefore, to obtain the underlying
octave_value in
this single-struct example we write
octave_value tmp = arg0.contents (arg1)(0);
where the trailing (0) is the () operator on the
Cell object. If
this were a true structure array with multiple elements we could iterate
over the elements using the () operator.
Structures are a relatively complex data container and there are more
functions available in oct-map.h which make coding with them easier
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BJ's Wholesale Club was started in 1984 by the retail chain Zayre in Massachusetts. The letters in the name are the initials of the wife, Barbara Jane, and daughter, Beverly Jean, of the first president, Mervyn Weich.
In 1988 Zayre Corporation sold the Zayre nameplate to rival chain Ames, and TJX Companies was formed. In 1989 TJX spun off their warehouse division, including BJ's, to form Waban, Inc.
In August 1997 Waban, Inc. spun off BJ's to form an independent company. The new company was named BJ's Wholesale Club and was headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts and Waban renamed itself HomeBase, Inc.
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Today BJ's has 219 stores in 15 states with 25,000 employees. BJ's had $15.4 billion in revenue in 2020.


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Jordan Peele's directorial debut, Get Out, is a masterful psychological thriller. There's mind-bending hypnotism, perfectly-timed scares — and, perhaps most importantly, historical context around the role white women have played in upholding racist systems. Get Out follows Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a Black photographer who's meeting his white girlfriend, Rose's (Allison Williams), family for the first time.
From the outset, Rose is framed as an ideal liberal girlfriend who doesn't acknowledge race. Her colorblindness is so entrenched that when Chris asks her if she's told her parents he's black, she tells him her father would've voted for Barack Obama if he ran for a third term.
Rose's liberal ethos continues when the couple hits a deer — a symbolic buck — on their way to her family's secluded home. When the police arrive, Rose defends Chris when the officer asks him for his license, although he wasn't driving. She feigns embarrassment when her father uses black colloquialisms, like "my man," when conversing with Chris, and outwardly groans when she learns they're visiting during the "whitest" annual gathering at her parents' estate.
Rose doubles down on her efforts to comfort Chris as strange things begin happening at her family's house. For instance, she apologizes profusely when her mother, Missy Armitage (Catherine Keener), hypnotizes Chris without his consent. When he notices the strange behavior of her family's black servants, Rose assures him that they're not being abused.
It is soon revealed that Rose lured Chris to her family's home on false pretenses: The Armitage family's business is hypnotizing Black people in order to sell their bodies to the highest white bidder. Rose's neurosurgeon father, Dean (Bradley Whitford), transplants white people's brains into Black bodies. Chris is the next Black man on the auction block. During that annual gathering Rose claimed she didn't want to attend, Chris is sold to a blind art dealer who desires his eyes as well as his artistic vision.
Rose helps her family trap Chris when he attempts to escape after he discovers that she's pulled a similar trick on several other Black men and at least one Black woman, including the two servants who've made Chris uncomfortable throughout the movie.
Rose is central to the horror. She's a culpable catalyst of racism, not an accessory or a victim.
Historically, white women have been complicit in upholding white supremacy, and Get Out is an allegory for that legacy. Recently, historian Timothy B. Tyson discovered that Mamie Till-Mobley, the white woman who accused then 14-year-old Emmett Till of whistling at her, lied. Her lie led to Till being kidnapped from his home, mutilated, fatally shot, and thrown into a river.
Till's death is central to the arch of the Civil Rights Movement, but unfortunately, it isn't an anomaly. Protecting the supposed purity and sanctity of white women led many Black boys and men to their deaths during Jim Crow, as photography professor Shawn Michelle Smith concluded in her book, Photography on the Color Line.
"The figure of a threatened or raped white woman, evoked as the innocent victim of a 'terrible crime,' was conjured in attempts to justify lynching as the 'understandable' retribution of white fathers, brothers, and lovers," Smith wrote.
The idea that Black people were inherently savage and committed to raping white women fueled lynching in the Jim Crow South, according to Dr. Lisa Lindquist-Dorr, a history professor at the University of Alabama.
"The myth insisted that black men were driven to assault white women, and that, as a deterrent, 'black beast rapists' should pay with their lives," she wrote in her book White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960.
This warped idea about black men's sexuality led to the lynching of almost 4,000 Black people between 1877 and 1950, according to the Equal Justice Initiative.
White women weren't just the justification for racial violence. Often, they, like Rose, championed white supremacy at the expense of marginalized groups. The suffragette movement is an ideal example of how white women have prioritized racial solidarity.
Many suffragettes, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Carrie Chapman Catt, advocated for lynching and promoted voting rights as a way to strengthen the toehold of white supremacy. In fact, as the New York Times highlights, Catt notoriously said, "white supremacy will be strengthened, not weakened, by women's suffrage."
The suffragette movement's leaders were so committed to racial purity that they prevented black suffragettes, like acclaimed journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, from participating in their March on Washington in 1913. Wells-Barnett wanted the ending of lynching to be central to the suffragettes, but her white counterparts, like Francis Willard, disagreed.
Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, even said: "You have put the ballot in the hands of your black men, thus making them political superiors of white women. Never before in the history of the world have men made former slaves the political masters of their former mistresses!"
Rose brings this historical legacy full circle by not only positioning Chris to be auctioned off, but also by befriending a black woman for the same purpose. The movie reveals that the creepy maid is really Rose's grandmother embedded in a Black woman's body.
The preservation of whiteness is Rose's goal, as it seems to be for too many white women. This can be seen in the 53 percent of white women who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Although the then-candidate admitted to touching women's genitals without their consent, called Mexican men rapists, asked for a "total shutdown" of Muslims entering the US, and campaigned on a promise to defund Planned Parenthood and limit access to abortion, a majority of white women still voted for him.
This allegiance to someone exhibiting xenophobic, misogynistic, and racist qualities shows that a disturbing majority of white women are OK with voting against the rights of Muslim women, women who only earn minimum wage, women who need to have an abortion, refugee women, immigrant women, or women who rely on subsidized healthcare. For them, equality is about making white women equal to white men, not giving all marginalized people equal footing.
This lack of regard for intersectionality — or the post-racialism that Rose and her family display in the movie — shows up contemporarily outside of politics. Meryl Streep ignored that historical context as well when she wore a shirt that read "I'd rather be a rebel than a slave," as if enslaved people had a choice.
White liberal racism is purposefully subtle, but it's no less harmful.
"It's not a version of racism we see depicted frequently," Williams tells Vulture. "That is the much more subversive version of the story, and thus I think is much scarier, because it's harder to run from. It's harder to talk yourself out of."
In choosing to make Rose a villain opposed to a savior, Peele intentionally made Get Out scarier. Racism is even scarier than horror movies, and white women have starring roles.


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Editor's note: Welcome to National Treasures, where we'll be featuring many of the amazing vintage motorcycles on display at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa. Of course, nothing beats viewing the museum's amazing vintage motorcycle collection with your own eyes, so be sure to visit the National Motorcycle Museum website and plan your trip today.
This 1939 BMW R12 is one of several classic BMW motorcycles on display
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This 1939 BMW R12 featured a new 750cc engine that was the largest and most powerful engine produced by BMW up to that time. Two versions of the engine were built: a 16 HP side valve and a 28 HP overhead valve.
The front suspension on the R12 was a trailing link unit with stamped metal forward-sweeping forks and linkage rods to a leaf spring, which extended over the front fender.
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Prison officer accused of taking bribes
NEWARK – A corrections officer is accused of taking thousands of dollars to smuggle illegal drugs and tobacco products into a federal prison in Burlington County.
Paul Anton Wright, 32, of Berlin allegedly accepted bribes to deliver synthetic marijuana and suboxone, a narcotic used to treat opioid addiction, to inmates at FCI Fort Dix, said the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey.
Wright has admitted to depositing cash payments into his bank account "to fund his gambling activities in Atlantic City," according to a criminal complaint.
Wright allegedly received the contraband and cash between February and December 2015 from two people outside the low-security prison, the federal prosecutor's office said Thursday.
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It alleged an inmate's relative paid almost $7,000, while the relative of another inmate's girlfriend also paid several thousand dollars.
The girlfriend's relative, whose name was not disclosed, is cooperating with investigators under a non-prosecution agreement, according to the complaint.
Investigators also are being assisted by an unnamed inmate who participated in the scheme, the complaint says.
Wright was arrested Thursday morning and charged with accepting bribes and agreeing to accept bribes, said the federal prosecutor's office.
He was released on $100,000 bond after a hearing in federal court in Newark.
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In almost every interview on Ender's Game he has given Harrison Ford has pointed out how the relevance of this movie for today's audiences hinges in part on its comment on current drone warfare. Some commenters have been equally persistent in claiming to see no connection between the two. Obviously, in the book there are actual pilots steering the ships while drone ships are generally just remote-controlled machines. But to point this out as the sole reason for negating Ford's argument is a little too simplistic. After all, in both cases the decisions (and therefore the moral deliberations) are made by those who do not truly experience the horrors of war first-hand.
Now, Slate has published an interesting little article shedding light on what Ender's story truly tells us about drone warfare. The article focuses not just on the game-like nature of drone attacks but also on the psychological effects on the decision maker.
[A] recent study has suggested that PTSD in drone pilots might be minimized by humanizing the drone interface. … [But] it is questionable whether we should wish to … help our soldiers kill with fewer psychological consequences. … War should be horrible and traumatic because otherwise it threatens to become merely a game, or merely a job, and the consequences of warfare where only one side stands to lose are inhumane and unacceptable.
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Leang Seckon: The Buffalo Boy Who Became King
Leang Seckon was born in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, in the early 1970s at the onset of the American bombings of Indochina and grew up during the rise of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.
A 2002 graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, his works have appeared as illustrations throughout Cambodia and the United States. Noted exhibitions include the artist's participation in the 2012 Shanghai Biennale, and the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8) held at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia, in 2015, 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale in Japan in 2009, the ASEAN New Zero Contemporary Art Exchange, Yangon, Myanmar, also in 2009, and his Rubbish Project (2008) a public project in Phnom Penh. He has exhibited widely in his home country as well throughout Asia. In 2010 Rossi & Rossi hosted his first solo exhibition in Europe.
Leang Seckon is a leading Cambodian artist of international fame. Naima Morelli visited him in his house/studio in Phnom Penh and discovered a deeply human and wise spirit.
"When I was young, I mostly liked to be alone. I loved to climb trees because I could see everything from there. I felt free like a bird and I could sing," the artist Leang Seckon told me, sitting on a wobbly chair amidst his paintings. "When I had to take important decisions, I would always climb a tree. Things didn't look quite as unfathomable from such a high-up perspective."
The image of Leang Seckon I had seen before I actually met him was mostly of an aristocratic artist dressed as a Khmer king from ancient times, looking golden and shining. This was how he appeared during his performances at the Rossi and Rossi Gallery in London. But when we actually met, I was faced, instead, with a friendly, unassuming man in a T-shirt, shorts and plastic flip-flops.
These two contrasting dimensions of the regal and the mundane are found both in Leang's work and his persona. If he was wearing his everyday attire, his strong features and brows would make him look almost surly. However, looking more deeply, I saw that his face was just like the calm and charismatic figures of the kings who are carved into the rock in the Bayon temple.
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