Thinking Inside the Box/
by Tony Moore
"In a lot of ways, I look at my decision to go to Dickinson as the best I've ever made," says Greg Zimmerman '83, citing his broad liberal-arts education as the secret to his success. Today he is senior vice president of Big Box Development at Simon Property Group, the world's largest real estate company, a position he finds both challenging and enjoyable.
Working with large-format retailers such as Dick's Sporting Goods, Barnes & Noble and Whole Foods and theatres such as AMC and Regal, Zimmerman shepherds retail development every step of the way—from finding the tenants, negotiating the deals, helping to design the space and working with Simon's construction department to making sure the market knows the retailers are coming. "We take the deals from cradle to grave," he says.
Doing a little of everything
Zimmerman's path began far beyond the confines of the shopping mall, at Dickinson. "I'm a real believer in a liberal-arts education and the environment in which Dickinson provides it," he says. "And I took advantage of everything the college offers: the small size, so I got to know my professors; I was in student government, in a fraternity, I studied abroad, played varsity baseball. I got to do a little of everything."
Doing a little of everything has carried over extensively to his professional career. "No two days are ever the same," he says of his day-to-day duties, which involve Simon's 170 regional malls throughout the United States. "You need to think on your feet, and you need to anticipate and solve problems. You need to understand finance, retail, construction and law, and you need to have great interpersonal skills. It's a challenge, because you're always dealing with millions of dollars."
Clinging to broadness
After graduating from Dickinson with a history degree, Zimmerman went to law school at the University of Pennsylvania and landed a job with a big law firm. By 1994, he was looking for a new challenge, and he soon joined The Rouse Company, a national real estate developer. In 1999, after Rouse purchased The Howard Hughes Corporation (the developer for what remained of the estate of Howard Hughes), Zimmerman moved to Las Vegas, where he merged the two companies' legal departments. Once the merger was complete, Rouse asked Zimmerman to move to the business side and build shopping centers.
When Zimmerman, a Harrisburg native and lifelong Penn State fan, isn't looking at a new commercial space to develop, he and his wife, Mira, who works for the NCAA, like to travel and attend Big Ten football games.
Penn State fan or not, he remains a loyal Dickinson supporter. Asked how often he finds that his education influences his career, he is quick to answer: "I don't want to be trite about it, but the answer is every day. I learned a lot in law school, but I put 80 to 90 percent of my skill set down to Dickinson. What I like to tell people is that in college they trained me to think broadly, and then in law school they trained me to think narrowly again. I try to cling to the broadness."


The Value of Intuition
Learning to trust your Intuition
The old TV show "Star Trek" has and episode where Spock is telling Kirk of a human flaw called intuition. Spock was all about analysis and logic, while Kirk often relied upon intuition to solve problems. Intuition is a complex human sense that isn't entirely understood or even believed to be real by some. Some call it mothers intuition or women's intuition. But I believe everyone has it even though some don't know how to properly cultivate it for their benefit.
Intuition vs. Analysis
A Rice University research team wanted to know if intuition was more effective than analysis. The team also set out to discover if the intuitive approach was better if a person had related knowledge of the matters surrounding their choice.
For the first study, subjects viewed videos of 13 basketball shots, then rated them in difficulty based on a numerical scale. There were two groups of subjects. One group (analytical) was allowed time-prior to the actual viewing-to ponder any details to be considered, such as the athlete's particular stance.
The other group was the intuitive group who did not have this time to reflect. Both groups had 10 seconds to give their rating. Their assessments were then compared to those of a basketball coach and his assistants.
Whether or not the analytical-group subjects had any basketball knowledge was irrelevant to how well they rated the shots. However, experience with basketball was indeed a relevant factor for the intuitive group. In summary, the most accurate ratings came from subjects with basketball skills in the intuition group.
The second study had subjects viewing 10 designer handbags and determining which were authentic and which were phony. The intuition group had five seconds to give their answer. The analytical group was allowed to look at details and then had half a minute to assess the handbags. The highest scores came from owners of at least three designer handbags-in the intuition group.
So what does any of this really prove?
Let's apply this to a somewhat risky situation. An adult is learning to ski for the first time. Too much analysis hampers their efforts: "I've never done this before," "I'm way off-balance," "I might fall," "If I fall I'll injure my knee," etc. As a result, it takes a good while for the analytical adult to actually be skiing.
However, put skis on a three-year-old for the first time, and what happens? It's not long before the preschooler is zipping past the adult, even though from a neuromuscular standpoint, the adult is far superior to the preschooler. What's going on? The preschooler's brain isn't developed enough to analyze. They have no fear.
Let's take this a step further: self-defense. Hannah is approached by a much bigger man intent on assaulting her. Immediately she's thinking, "I can't fight him off; he's a foot taller; he might have a knife; he'll strangle me with his big hands; his eyes look glazed-he's crazed on drugs..." She gets assaulted.
This same man approaches Kaytie, who's the same size as Hannah. Kaytie has no self-defense training, facing the same situation by this disgusting being, it doesn't register to Kaytie that he's bigger or that he might have a knife.
She's not logical. She doesn't analyze. She's pure raw emotion-and intuitively knows her desire to protect herself is far greater than his desire to violate her. She goes wild on him, resists and she flees.
This same principle can be applied to situations like getting into an elevator with a strange man. A woman should trust her intuition or gut feeling, rather than analyze: "I'll seem rude if I tell him I'll wait for the next elevator," "I must be imagining he's dangerous; after all, he's well-dressed."
Too much cerebral cortex can put women (and men) in danger. An animal in the wild relies upon gut instinct. We can learn from wild animals.
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Wishart reinforces need for 12-month support package for isles visitor economy
Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart has reinforced the need for a 12-month support package for Shetland's tourism and hospitality industries to help the sectors survive the impact of Covid-19. Ms Wishart made the case again to Tourism Secretary, Fergus Ewing during a Holyrood virtual question session.
Ms Wishart told parliament that Shetland has a shorter tourist season that mainland Scotland and that some in the industry have likened the prospect of a recovering from Covid-19 as "having to first survive three winters". Ms Wishart asked the Tourism Secretary if the government will consider a 12-month "bespoke" support package for Shetland to help the visitor economy survive until next year.
Ms Wishart previously raised the matter during a meeting of Holyrood's Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee in May.
Mr Ewing replied that he recognised the shorter tourism season in the Islands and that he had "sympathy with the general argument" for a 12-month package. Mr Ewing said that a case had been made to the UK Government for more tourism support.
Commenting, Ms Wishart said:
"It will be some time before the tourism and hospitality industries recover to pre-Covid-19 levels. Long-term and reliable support is crucial if businesses are to be able to survive and plan for the future.
"There are countless businesses in the tourism and hospitality sectors that haven't been able to get the financial support they need. Indeed, some businesses haven't had any support at all. The prospect of no more support being available when grant funding runs out is worrying.
"There has been real growth in Shetland's visitor industry in recent years. It is an important part of Shetland's economy and must be supported so that we can welcome visitors again when the time is right."


What is the Correct Role of an Emergency Manager?
This is Part One of a two part series. To read Part Two, see Related Articles after this piece and click on the link.
Adam Sutkus, Phyllis Cauley and Nicole Ugarte
So, what exactly should an emergency manager do? This was the question raised by the California Emergency Services Association (CESA) leadership in late 2010, in response to unprecedented changes in the field since 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession.
Facing increased expectations and fewer resources, the emergency management profession is forced to evolve to meet new, dynamic challenges. An informal but intense dialogue regarding the role of the emergency manager has been underway both in California and nationally. Since 2001, funding, expectations and attention to the field of emergency management and homeland security have increased dramatically, fundamentally altering the role of the local emergency manager. Until now there has not been a concerted effort to 'stop the presses' and allow emergency managers themselves the chance to reflect and redefine their field. In light of this development opportunity, the CESA, under the leadership of President Marsha Hovey, initiated a visioning and strategic planning process throughout 2010 to identify challenges and discuss solutions for the profession to continue to thrive.
To accomplish this effort, CESA requested the assistance of the Center for Collaborative Policy, California State University Sacramento (CCP) to serve as a neutral party and facilitator in this important dialogue. The mission of CCP is to build the capacity of public agencies, stakeholder groups, and the public to use collaborative strategies to improve policy outcomes. CCP has a track record of achieving successful program development and policy resolution using these techniques for large, multi-party efforts. Since 2005, CCP has managed a portfolio of key public policy projects for the emergency management and homeland security field. CCP retained its traditional role of a third-party neutral in this visioning and strategic planning effort for CESA.
The visioning effort for the CESA membership involved receiving feedback in a variety of ways. Prior to the 2010 CESA Annual Conference, participants provided initial data via an online survey to pinpoint trends and serve as a starting point for group discussions during the conference, where the in-person dialogue would take place.
In addition to the pre-conference survey, three separate group discussions convened during the conference itself, with each session building initially on the survey data, and then sequentially on the earlier dialogues held during the conference. Based on the survey responses, the discussions were framed around the following key questions:
The role of emergency managers and scope of their duties is not understood by key partners. How can this be reversed?
Currently, California does not have accepted norms or standards for the Emergency Management profession. Should this change, and by what method?
The best organizational location for an emergency manager has been under debate. What are the key attributes and characteristics of the emergency management position that allow one to do their job effectively, and why?
Management, strategy, policy, and global coordination are a necessary role for emergency managers; at the same time, tactical, operational actions need to take place as well. How can emergency managers best carry out these seemingly juxtaposed roles?
The first conference session was designed to share experiences and overall vision for the emergency management field. During the second session, participants built on themes identified in the previous session and sought to define the emergency management position and current trends and expectations. In the final session, participants revisited the overarching issues and ideas identified throughout the conference, and discussed the next steps to incorporate potential solutions into CESA's work effort for the upcoming year.
The dialogue and involvement among the CESA members through the survey and conference sessions was active, creative and robust. This exercise to understand the pressures on professionals in the field and recognize emerging trends definitely 'hit a nerve' and allowed for critical information to come forward that will influence discussions about the field for years to come. Several key findings emerged through the intensive dialogue, along with potential actions to address the issues:
Finding #1: Emergency managers' role and scope of duties need to be clarified and understood.
Emergency managers have tactical and policy level roles; both are key.
Core roles include, but are not limited to, building a prepared organization with sufficient capacity and knowledgeable staff; having all planning documents up-to-date and coordinated with partners; developing and implementing a training and exercise plan that encompasses staff, partners, and elected officials; having strong relationships with internal and external partners to understand each other's roles and capabilities and to foster collaboration; establishing a fully functional emergency operations center (people, systems); and engaging with the community.
Because emergency managers are many times carrying out the roles of grant manager and administrative assistant, as well as duties that are seen as belonging to other agencies with emergency management duties, they are not able to focus on critical functions. Examples of those critical functions include outreach and collaboration with partners; getting buy-in on the need for training and exercises; full engaging with their community; providing input on policy issues; and addressing areas of preparedness that sometimes languish (e.g., recovery planning; mentoring new emergency managers.)
Terminology is important. The term emergency "coordinator" or "planner" can take away from an accurate understanding of the functional role and scope of duties. Service delivery and the emergency manager's role in it should be a focal point.
One view expressed is that the local emergency manager is the chief advisors to the jurisdiction's chief executive with respect to organizing the jurisdiction's resources and cooperators to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of major emergencies and disasters. Each jurisdiction will make their own decisions, but they need a clear idea of what the expectations are.
There is not a true national view on the role and scope of duties for the emergency management role.
The potential actions to address this challenge centered on redefining the emergency manager's role in California (and nationally), through CESA leadership. Specifically, taking the information from this exercise and creating a standardized vision for the emergency management field and expectations for the role; defining and recommending the role of the emergency management discipline in relation to the executive function; focusing on an orientation template for new officials relative to their role and the emergency managers' role; and continuing the dialogue to transparently focus on the changing role of the emergency manager to influence statewide and national debate.
ASPA member Adam Sutkus is a managing senior mediator at the Center for Collaborative Policy at Sacramento State University, where he manages the project portfolio on Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Email: [email protected]
Phyllis Cauley is a subject matter expert in emergency management with CCP, following a long career in California Emergency Services.
Nicole Ugarte is an assistant facilitator at CCP and has worked on numerous emergency management policy projects, as well as land use, water issues and organizational development.
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Upon entering Magical Movements, there is a warm, inviting feeling. The 2,000+ square foot space includes a spacious mirrored dance studio, private dressing room, kitchen, rest rooms, and waiting area – complete with closed circuit television to view classes. Located on the Harrison/Mamaroneck border, we are easily accessible from many Westchester towns and cities. Parking is plentiful, and shops are within walking distance.
Linda Francica Laraqui, Director
Linda Francica Laraqui began her performing arts training at 7 years-old. She studied many dance forms, earned the lead in her elementary school musicals, played the piano, sang solos with the chorus, and choreographed for various school events. Linda continued her studies at Manhattanville College, majoring in Dance and Theatre. She performed in the realm of renowned choreographers, created several pieces of her own, and was president of the college's student dance organization. During this time, Linda danced on MTV's Direct Effect, studied voice, and appeared in a TV commercial. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, departmental and porfolio honors. Through the years, Linda has been awarded for her achievements in the performing arts. Before opening Magical Movements, Linda worked with children at studios, pre-schools, and artistic programs across Westchester County. With a childhood dream and the guidance of her entrepreneurial dad, she opened Magical Movements School of Dance in September 2003. Linda directs the studio, teaches on and off-site, and entertains at birthday parties. Linda founded The Shooting Stars, Magical Movements' preteen-teen performance company.
Angelina Bartolozzi, Former Instructor / Guest Teacher
Angelina danced for fifteen years with Maxine's Dance Studio LLC, where she was also a teacher on staff. She performed with the Vineland Regional Dance Company (VRDC) for ten years, and was a soloist with the company for four years. Angelina also choreographed four works for the VRDC. Her piece "Run" was chosen to close the Emerging Choreographers showcase performance at the Regional Dance America Northeast Festival in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2016, making her the youngest choreographer in the organization to do so. Additionally, Angelina has trained with Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and the Pennsylvania Ballet. She has been awarded many scholarships from numerous organizations, including the VRDC 2018 Jonathan Phelps scholarship, the 2017 Martha Godown Scholarship, and the Marie Bayuk Scholarship. She has also won awards at Regional Dance America Festivals and the Delaware Dance Festival. Angelina Angelina graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College with a double major in dance and arts management. She is an ACE Certified personal trainer, and a professional dancer at Palmetto City Ballet.
Julia Di Lorenzo, Former Instructor / Substitute
Julia Di Lorenzo has been studying dance since she was three years old. Alongside training in ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary dance, she studied the performing arts at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she just received her BFA in Drama. While at NYU, Julia studied Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and went on to teach ballet, tap, jazz, musical theatre, and Method Acting classes at the Young Actors at Strasberg program. During her time in college, she also danced with the Grant Chang Dance Company. Julia is so excited to be a part of the Magical Movements team, where once took class as a child!
Lori-Ann Fordunski, Instructor
Miss Lori-Ann Fordunski has been a dance instructor in Queens for the past six years. She has been dancing since she was three years-old. She participated on the award-winning Moves and Motions, New York, competitive dance team for over ten years. She attended the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, where she majored in a pre-conservatory dance program. She graduated with an Arts endorsed diploma in 2012. Lori attended the University at Albany, and graduated in 2016 with a Business degree in Management and Marketing. While at UAlbany, she participated in an organization called Dance Council. She choreographed and performed in many numbers. Lori ran for the Executive Board of Dance Council during her junior year, and was elected President during her senior year. Lori has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Opera House. She loves sharing her joy and passion for dance with her students. Lori is very excited to be teaching at Magical Movements!
Taylor Graustein, Substitute
Taylor Graustein began dancing at age 3 in her hometown of Harrison, NY. From Pre-K through high school, she studied all genres of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, hip hop, and musical theater. She trained with Danse Elite Senior Company in ballet, pointe, jazz, contemporary, and performed in yearly competitions and shows. Taylor has always been very involved with her dance community. She substitute taught children's classes, and was a counselor and instructor at summer dance camps. In Harrison's High School's Performing Arts program, Taylor served as dance company president, along with dance captain, and had various roles in Harrison's Metro Award Nominated Performances of A Chorus Line, Damn Yankees, and Guys & Dolls.
Taylor attended Wake Forest University, and trained with the university's dance team during her freshman year. She performed at ACC football and basketball games throughout the 2016-2017 season. Throughout the rest of her college career, Taylor took ballet and jazz classes in Wake Forest's Department of Theater and Dance with their acclaimed faculty. She graduated in May of 2020 with a Bachelors Degree in Communication and minors in Entrepreneurship and Psychology. Since graduation, she has been building her business — Benefiscent Candle Co. Taylor is excited to continue her passion for dance by teaching at Magical Movements!
Oksana Konobeyeva, Instructor
After graduating from the Novosibirsk Choreographic College in 1990, Oksana Konobeyeva won the First Prize at the Vaganova Prix Ballet Competition, and joined the Y. Grigorovitch Bolshoi Theatre Studio Company. She performed solo and principal roles in Swan Lake, La Fille Mal Gardée, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker and others. Among her teachers were Elena Ryabinkina, Rimma Karelskaya,Marina Semyonova, Michail Lavrovsky. Ms. Konobeyeva won the First Prize at the Luxembourg International Ballet Competition in 1995, and joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1996. She performed many parts in the company's repertoire, and some of her solo parts include: Shades Trio in La Bayadère, Flower Girl in Don Quixote, Spring in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella, Vitality Fairy and Jewels in Sleeping Beauty, solo in Harald Lander's Études and George Balanchine's Theme and Variations, and works by John Neumeier and Twyla Tharp. Ms. Konobeyeva toured with both companies all over Europe, Asia, and America. In 2002, she started teaching, got certified in Pilates Mat, and became an American Ballet Theatre Certified Teacher in Primary through Level 7. From 2011 to 2019, Ms. Konobeyeva taught at the Greenwich Ballet Academy. In her teaching, Ms. Konobeyeva emphasizes many details to provide students with a strong foundation. She is currently staging works from the original classical repertoire, coaching students for Youth America Grand Prix, and choreographing dances for students ages 6 & up.
Alison LeMoigne, Instructor
Alison LeMoigne has been dancing since the age 4 and has not stopped since! She began her dance training at New York Dance, where she studied ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical/contemporary, hip hop, and theatrical styles. In high school, she danced competitively with the Performers Edge Dance Academy competition team, performing solo, duet, and group routines at regional and national competitions throughout the tri-state area. Alison is a graduate of Providence College, where she spent four years as a member of the varsity dance team. She performed jazz, hip hop, and pom routines at nationally televised Big East Basketball games, most notably at the annual Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Alison and her dance team had the opportunity to attend NDA College Nationals in Daytona Beach, FL, where they competed in the Division 1 Jazz and Hip Hop categories, breaking the top 15 three years in a row. Alison can be seen as a backup dancer in Bracha Jaffe's music video "Stronger All As One", and has done various appearances with the artist. In 2021, she began working on film sets as a background actress for productions such as "And Just Like That" (HBO Max), "Three Sisters" (Showtime), and "Chang Can Dunk" (Disney+). Alison is honored to be the coach and choreographer of Magical Movements' dance company, the Shooting Stars!
Anna Nitardy, Instructor
Anna Nitardy is from Martha's Vineyard, where she trained at Rise Vineyard Performing Arts for 10 years. At Rise, Anna studied ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, acro, and hip hop dance. During her time at Rise she won many awards including American Dance Awards Dancer of the Year. Anna continued her time at Rise as a teacher of contemporary, jazz, and conditioning. She also studied at Walnut Hill School of the Arts, American Dance Festival, and Boston Conservatory. After graduating high school, Anna moved to New York and continued her dance training at the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance. After her first year at Purchase, she became a concentration in ballet, but continues to choreograph, teach, and train in all styles of dance.
Jennifer Silverman, Instructor
Jennifer Silverman, a Westchester County native, has been dancing for most of her life. Aside from studying jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, and modern, Jennifer also studied the performing arts at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, The Juilliard School, and The University of Miami. She has traveled from coast to coast, performing in such shows as Chicago (Velma Kelly), A Chorus Line (Sheila), In The Heights (Carla), Rent (Maureen), and Cirque Dreams (The Songstress). She has also performed on Celebrity Cruise Lines and at Woodloch Pines Resort as a principal singer/dancer. Jennifer has taught at various studios throughout Westchester County, and continues to perform and choreograph locally.
Gianna Vasquez, Instructor
Gianna Vasquez Bartolini grew up in the DC Metro area to an Italian-American father and a Salvadoran mother. When she wasn't reading, she was dancing, singing, and performing around the house, the neighborhood, and later on, in community and school productions.
After receiving a BFA in Dance Performance from the SUNY at Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, she went on to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, specializing in Integrated Musical Theatre.
Since 2015, Gianna has been based in NYC, performing and creating dance theatre works. She has also taught dance in various schools in the NYC Metro Area.
Alexi Zanadosky, Instructor
Alexi Zadanosky is a performing artist who teaches ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, musical theater, beginner pointe, lyrical for all ages. Also she specializes in private piano and vocal instruction and coaches musical theatre programs. She also performs in dinner shows and actively participates in local community events. Alexi has been teaching and performing for 5 years. Originally from New York City, she attended the American Musical Dramatic Academy for the performing arts obtaining an AOS in Musical Theatre. Afterward she relocated to Los Angeles and continued with AMDA getting her BFA in Musical Theatre and then MA in Theatre. She now lives in New York City once more realizing her passion for teaching the arts and encouraging students to follow their goals and dreams in the performing arts community. She strives to become a record label artist in the future. Alexi also spends much time reading and writing creative works, and is a bit of a film historian.
The Shooting Stars, Dance Company
The Shooting Stars were thrilled to perform at a New York Knicks Pre-game Show at Madison Square Garden. In 2015, they made their Manhattan debut opening for Captiva at the Hudson Guild Theater. They took master classes and performed at DanceFest 2012 – 2020 (Harman Stage, Palace Theatre). They open Magical Movements Annual Dance Concerts (Mamaroneck High School, Stepinac High School), and grace the stage at the It's Great to Live in Harrison Celebrations (Ma Riis Park). They perform to benefit various campaigns and foundations at Dance Works Fundraiser Showcases (Rye Country Day School, The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, Greenwich Academy). The Shooting Stars also entertained at Harlem Globetrotters & New York Liberty pre-game and half-time shows (Barclays Center & Westchester County Center). They are a group of girls who love to dance, are eager to be challenged, and shine at every performance.
In 2019, Magical Movements started a competition team! Chosen to participate in Performance Project, this group is working very hard to take it to another level. They recently competed in Sheer Elite International and NexStar Talent Competitions, placing first in their category, along with winning a judge's choice award, being named regional champions, and invited to nationals!
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Fri, 09/22/2017 - 11:41 -- News Editor
The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation into the EU's Batteries Directive, as part of a fundamental review of laws governing batteries in Europe.
Current legislation, which came into force in 2006, is based on data and the market situation that existed around the turn of the millennium— before lithium-ion technology had fully come into widespread use.
Now EC chiefs say it is time to consider how legislation can best be updated to consider advances in battery technologies and tackle topical issues facing industry today.
José Rizo-Martin, of the EC's environment directorate, launched the public consultation at last week's International Congress for Battery Recycling (ICBR) in Lisbon, organised by Switzerland-based ICM. The consultation period runs until 28 November 2017.
Rizo-Martin told the ICBR, which meets annually to discuss end-of-life issues relating to batteries, a review of the Batteries Directive was needed to address current and future challenges the industry is likely to face.
Before the 2006 Directive, lead-acid technology dominated the market, Rizo-Martin said. He said the Directive was based largely on the industry as it stood in the years 2000 to 2005.
"Today, the Directive has to meet the needs of many stakeholders, including consumers. Ideally, it can be made flexible enough to take account of new battery chemistries that don't yet exist," Rizo-Martin said.
According to Rizo-Martin, new EU legislation should tackle contradictions that exist between the Batteries Directive, the End of Life Vehicles Directive and REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Directive, "in the interests of better quality of legislation, better consumer information and above all no more waste batteries".
Rizo-Martin said existing EU laws class batteries by usage types at the time of issue. But he said the world had changed, new uses had emerged and battery manufacturers had enabled a new generation of ever-connected, wireless appliances that have revolutionised mobility, communications, energy, medical care and more.
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Paphos lawyer Emily Lemoniati has been fined for misconduct by the Cyprus Bar Association after breaching her client's instructions and the Association's code of professional ethics.
By: Staff Reporter
Published: Sunday 11th March 2012 • Filed Under
Filed Under: Legal Matters
Tags: Cyprus bar association • disciplinary board • Emily Lemoniati • guilty • judgement
THE Cyprus Bar Association (CBA) has this week fined Paphos lawyer Emily Lemoniati €1,000 for misconduct after she failed to register her clients' 2005 property sales agreement, then waited three years to amend, sign and file a new contract without her clients' instructions.
Lemoniati's clients, Scottish expats Andrew and Patricia McClay, complained to police in 2009 but it has taken the CBA's disciplinary board until now to reach a verdict on the two charges of "showing conduct contrary to the advocates' profession".
The first, according to board president and Attorney-general Petros Clerides, was for failing to register the sale agreement for the McClays' home, dated 25 October 2005.
The second was issued because, on or around 21 October 2008, Lemoniati used a power of attorney given by the McClays without their instruction, to issue a sales agreement of which they were not aware.
Board chairman Doros Ioannides said: "It is clear that the accused lawyer breached her clients' instructions and breached the code of professional ethics and therefore we find her guilty on the said charge."
He also said: "It is with great difficulty that we do not impose to Ms Lemoniati the highest sentence, that of the deprivation of her licence to perform her profession and we only impose a monetary fine that of €1,000."
It is unclear why Lemoniati delayed the registration of the original document.
Andrew McClay, who has since returned home to Scotland, said: "The guilty verdict is out there but the sentence is disappointing. I took her to court because she'd broken the law and forged the property contract… that fine is not really very much is it?"
However, a defiant Lemoniati fiercely denied any wrongdoing, adding that the McClays suffered no loss and that she was acting in her clients' interests all along by using her power of attorney.
She told the Sunday Mail: "I simply don't care (about the judgement) because I didn't steal money or do anything unethical. I registered the contract with a slight delay…of a few months… only to safeguard my client."
Her vehement denial also seems to have alarmed the board.
Ioannides wrote in the board's meeting minutes: "It is with great surprise that we have noticed that what Ms Lemoniati stated, does not constitute mitigation or any other apology towards the Disciplinary Board but rather stigmatises the persons who made the complaint and which in any case, the Disciplinary Board found her guilty."
He added: "What the Disciplinary Board expected from Ms Lemoniati, was at least to apologise to the complainants."
Instead, Lemoniati said she would now appeal the board's "unfair" decision and sue McClay for defamation, after he allegedly commented about her on a website based in the north.
McClay denied ever commenting on such a website about Lemoniati.
"It is not the intention of Mr McClay to get justice." Lemoniati said: "He just wanted to make a problem for me… He made comments on a north Cyprus website mocking me because I could not come (to a disciplinary board hearing) when I was pregnant… where is the respect?"
Her name now appears on several websites, such as: http://www.ripoffreport.com, whatswrongwithcyprus.eucy.info, bewarepaschalicyprus.com/ and several chat forums, where details of her previous conviction, imprisonment and subsequent presidential pardon for driving offences can be found.
Moreover, she claimed to have more than 15 people ready to testify against McClay: "This is ridiculous, this person is insane. Maybe he has a personal issue with me. He does not care about his wife… he has a mania about Emily Lemoniati, every morning he wakes up and his intention is Emily Lemoniati."
"I will chase him until the day he dies… no matter what. I'm going to make his life a nightmare."
Asked if he would continue to pursue Lemoniati, McClay said: "I don't think so. It seems like a complete waste of time and money and there's nothing to be gained. It's just more grief and hassle that we don't need."
"The guilty verdict is out there" he added.
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martyn benstead says:
I found out that my solicitor whom I used to buy my apartment was also the solicitor for the developer.
When I first meet her she told me she studied in the UK for her degree, but in the UK its not ethical to represent and buyer and seller, oh I forgot they make up they own laws in Cyprus to suit themselves.
andyp says:
@ Gavin Jones. Thanks but not hard.
They screw us and then blame us for pursuing them, forgetting that we trusted them and paid them to protect us, and then try to hide behind rather than uphold the law. Not this time.
"Why the good lawyers in Cyprus do not speak up and rid themselves of the likes of Emily Lemoniati does however concern me. I do not get that."
Because there are more bad ones than good, mob rule. The bad ones float to the top like the proverbial.
Gavin Jones says:
Andyp.
I will endeavour to reply to your final paragraph.
Firstly, Cyprus is a typical example of a society which, because of the size of its population, stifles any form of finger pointing. The principle reason for this? Family relationships and interwoven alliances going back generations. Anyone daring to override this arrangement is ostracised, has their property damaged or worse.
Secondly, the members of regulatory body of the legal profession, The Disciplinary Board of Advocates, are part of the unholy alliances as described above. Furthermore, it may well be that they all have proof of misdemeanours against one another and that if one of them is brought down, certain Board members will go down too.
Regrettably, I can't see the system changing any time soon.
In recent Italian history, two magistrates, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, took on not only the Sicilian mafia but also related corruption in government and the judiciary. Much headway was made but they both paid the ultimate price and were assassinated.
Are there any Cypriots out there who would be brave enough to clean up their own judicial system?
Finally, well done to you for sticking to your task in the Emily Lemoniati case. An inspiration to all the waverers out there.
Victims need to speak up.
For too long these small number of crooks have got away with "murder" and they rely on us saying nothing. They are cowards and simply spout their venom towards anyone who catches them out and more particularly uses the law to publicly name them in order to warn others.
They are neither ashamed nor sorry just hacked off that they are now in the public eye. We put our trust in them and paid them to protect us. They did not.
If you have a complaint file it. They will not change and grasp the reality that trust and respect is more important than money. They just want money and do not care how they get it.
jon frazer says:
The Disciplinary Board seems to saying that it is unable to mete out the punishment it would wish to in this case.
Now who, or what, is preventing that?
I ask that rhetorically, as it is obvious to me, at any rate.
This is clearly a case of nepotism, favouritism and corruption at the top. (Like previous interventions by the same party).
The EC website on corruption issues urges that the Commission is informed of such breaches; perhaps this case is one such.
Nigel Howarth says:
@James JH Lockhart – If people cannot be bothered to report these matters to the police and/or raise a complaint with the Cyprus Bar Association nothing will ever change.
I know of one person whose complaint was accepted by the Bar and he was invited to present his case in front of the Disciplinary Committee; he didn't turn up!
With no evidence, the Committee reject the complaint.
Denton Mackrell says:
A point not mentioned in this thread is the relationship between the Attorney General and the Disciplinary Board of Advocates (connected to the Cyprus Bar Association). Apparently, the AG is not only a member of the DBA but also chairs it. Indeed, decisions of the DBA are sent out by him on his AG letterhead,not that of the DBA or the CBA.
There is an inherent conflict of interest for an AG (or any law officer) to be so closely involved in the disciplinary committee of the lawyers' professional body. This conflict rears its head whenever a lawyer is charged, and especially if convicted, of an offence against the law. It happened when this Lemoniati person was convicted and jailed for a serious driving offence, with the AG demanding that the President pardoned her (which he did). How far did this same conflict of interest (i.e. protection of a wayward lawyer versus protection of the public) influence the AG's overarching decision on excessive leniency as chairman of the DBA in this latest Lemoniati case?
To maintain demonstrable impartiality in upholding the fair administration of justice, the AG should relinquish all involvement with the business of the DBA and the CBA. Won't happen though, will it! He'd rather maintain his all-powerful position and the parody of justice in Cyprus. Perhaps he is unaware that law students in various countries now use these weird judicial 'arrangements' in Cyprus as a 'how not to do it' case study.
James JH Lockhart says:
Is it not time to say enough,
The police as many who have found flatly refuse to involve themselves in criminal cases where a lawyer is involved.
This leads back to the Attorney General strange ruling that fraud was a civil offence. The AG is MIC in prosecutions so from that point on every policeman was hamstrung.
The CBA Leadership well Emily shown her contempt I am sure 95% of the 1920 plus members feel the same.
The majority of Cypriot lawyers are honest but the minority ie the corrupt & compliant run the CBA.
Maybe you used ask the CBA President Doros to come on the forum and reassure us all by answering questions. This Doros can show all that a Cypriot CBA president can be trusted.
C. Woodward.
Yes. By all means take Nigel's advice as you've nothing to lose.
However, nobody needs to tell you what the outcome is likely to be.
@C. Woodward – You should report the matter to the Cyprus Bar Association.
C. Woodward says:
Regrettably we suffered the doubly unfortunate experience of dealing with both MRI and Emily Lemoniati who's unprofessionalism and collusion with those in positions of authority has left us with unrecoverable debts.
Similiar to the McClays we have discovered through employing a new lawyer that she took the 'POA' as a means to do whatever she liked.
@Geo – At least in the UK you can search the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal decisions published by the Law Society Gazette. In Cyprus, the whole thing is kept under wraps.
Why is it in Cyprus that wrongdoing here is always compared to events in the U.K or elsewhere? It's almost like factoring in a certain volume of shoplifting into a supermarket's budget as being acceptable and shrugging one's shoulders over the loss.
Wrong. It's patently NOT the same in other countries and the U.K Law Society, although not perfect by any means, does not operate and deal with its wayward members like the discredited Cypriot Disciplinary Board of Advocates.
The case highlighted in this article is but one of many. The Board acts like a medieval guild, never dispenses justice to fit the crime and brings disgrace to its profession.
@stevem – I hope that you have reported this matter to the Police and the Cyprus Bar Association and have the evidence to substantiate what you say.
Also, there isn't a licence to 'do property stuff' as long a lawyer has a licence to practice – that's all that is needed.
stevem says:
Emily Lemoniati was our brief in our other problem investment, apparently she was a family lawyer and wasn't licensed to do property stuff. when we had problems we went back to find her (office was opposite APs old office) only to find she'd disappeared. We were told she had been jailed for fraud. Let me add that people who also had her was ripped off by giving her money so that she would register at land registry only not to do it a stole the money. she was also complicit in double selling one property. Taking money for conveyancing and not registering. Then taking money from another person and then registering them. THIS ALSO ALLOWED THE CONSTRUCTOR TO DOUBLE SELL AND TAKE TWO PAYMENTS FOR THE SAME PROPERTY….mmmm
The CBA is no different to the SRA in the UK, they are there to protect the Solicitors/Lawyers and not for the purpose of disciplining anyone.
The LCS was a good setup with Lawyers who actually independently investigated wrong doing and acted, so what happened? They were shut down and a toothless organistion of Non Lawyers called the Legal Ombudsman was setup. They have no legal training at all so how they assess correctly.
Its not just Cyprus.
John Swift says:
It seems to me that Emily Lemoniati is rather unstable from her comments, it is the duty of these sites to name and shame to protect others.
Quite frankly the Cyprus Bar Association (CBA) should be taking another look at her fitness to practice after her outbursts.
The Paphos lawyer involved in this squalid case, Emily Lemoniati, displays the arrogance, bluff and bluster more akin to a Middle Eastern dictator and she's a disgrace to her profession.
She delayed lodging a property sales contract by 3 years, citing this misdemeanour as being merely a "slight delay".
This is bad enough. Far worse is the verdict of the Disciplinary Board of Advocates, the regulatory body charged with protecting the public from its own members engaging in fraudulent and negligent acts. Its judgement is a lily-livered response to undisguised, blatant deception. Not only has it taken the Board years to deal with this case, the paltry €1,000.00 fine handed down to Ms. Lemoniati is a travesty and affront to natural justice. Presumably she's been allowed to continue practising despite being found guilty.
In most people's minds nothing less than being struck off would be the verdict which would be commensurate with her crime: for crime is what she's committed.
Matthew Ring says:
She sounds as unhinged as the establishment that fails to adequately censure anyone who evidently falls so short of the required professional standards of personal conduct.
There are a few omissions from today's CM article regarding our case which I would like to highlight but in respect of which I and the Board of Advocates have all the relevant paperwork, indeed some of it was sent to me by The Board.
By not registering our contract in 2005 the developer registered a 640.000.00 mortgage, or thereabouts, on our development and thus 10% was on the land my house stood. This mortgage charge was applied in 2006. During the trial we were informed that this mortgage had been cleared by the developer.
As part of lemoniati's defence, bearing in mind this was OUR lawyer,she advised the DBA in writing that she could not register the contract because——- the developer did not own the site at the time the contracts were signed. Sorry say that again.
To top it all we stuck to the agreed payment plan and it transpired that we paid out over 60k PRIOR to the developer actually buying the property.
The DBA, my new lawyers (whom I might add discovered most of this as I was blissfully unaware) and I have a copy of this letter so these facts cannot be challenged as she, in her wisdom, put them in writing.
Beggars belief.
Andrew McClay
What do you have to do to get struck off I wonder?
So all a dodgy lawyer has to do is put a 1000 euros from the money she obtained from the client, stick it in a bank account with say 5% interest and wait 7 years so she can pay the massive fine and have a good night out in the capital on the interest.
Robert Briggs says:
Fined €1,000? That is small change to these people!
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Nuclear domain 10 (ND10) components restrict herpesviral infection, and herpesviruses antagonize this restriction by a variety of strategies, including degradation or relocalization of ND10 proteins. the individual ND10 parts in infected cells by immunofluorescence and Western blotting. Knockout of the ND10 component DAXX markedly improved RRV illness, while knockout of PML or SP100 experienced a less pronounced effect. In line with these observations, RRV illness resulted in quick degradation of SP100, followed by degradation of PML and the loss of ND10 structures, whereas the protein levels Angpt2 of ATRX and DAXX remained constant. Notably, inhibition of the proteasome but not inhibition of gene manifestation prevented the loss of SP100 and PML in cells that did not support lytic replication, compatible with proteasomal degradation of these ND10 parts through the action of a viral tegument protein. Expression of the RRV FGARAT homolog ORF75 was sufficient to effect the loss of SP100 and PML in transfected or transduced cells, implicating ORF75 as the viral INNO-406 effector protein. IMPORTANCE Our findings highlight the antiviral role of ND10 and its individual components and further establish the viral FGARAT homologs of the gammaherpesviruses to be important viral effectors that counteract ND10-instituted intrinsic immunity. Surprisingly, even closely related viruses like KSHV INNO-406 and RRV evolved to use different strategies to evade ND10-mediated restriction. RRV first targets SP100 for degradation and then targets PML with a delayed kinetic, a strategy which clearly differs from that of other gammaherpesviruses. Despite efficient degradation of these two major ND10 components, RRV is still restricted by DAXX, another abundant ND10 component, as evidenced by a marked increase in RRV infection and replication upon knockout of DAXX. Taken together, our findings substantiate PML, INNO-406 SP100, and DAXX as key antiviral proteins, in that the first two are targeted for degradation by RRV and the last one still potently restricts replication of RRV. INTRODUCTION The rhesus monkey rhadinovirus (RRV) is a gamma-2-herpesvirus (rhadinovirus) naturally occurring in rhesus macaques (for 10 min) and then concentrated by overnight centrifugation at 4,750 and careful aspiration of the supernatant. The pellet was resuspended in the remaining liquid overnight. Filtration was omitted because of variable results with regard to virus retention in filter membranes. For infection experiments, the MOI was determined according to the YFP expression of the respective investigated cells after 2 days. KSHV BAC 16-GFP was prepared as described previously (12). MG132 was utilized at 10 M. For the tests whose email address details are demonstrated in Fig. 8 and ?and10,10, we added 5 mM l-cysteine and 1 mM l-arginine, once we were made aware that might mitigate the non-specific toxicity of proteasome inhibitors (17). Cycloheximide was utilized at 50 g/ml for SLK cells and human being foreskin fibroblasts (HFFs) with 100 g/ml for rhesus monkey fibroblasts, which needed higher concentrations. UV inactivation was accomplished as referred to previously (12). Open up in another windowpane FIG 8 ORF75 focuses on PML and SP100 for proteasome-dependent degradation. SLK cells were transduced with a clear lentiviral ORF75-Flag or vector. After 3 times, the cells had been either treated with MG132 or mock treated for 32 h and put through immunofluorescence analysis. Open up in another windowpane FIG 10 Degradation of PML and SP100 in RRV-infected rhesus monkey fibroblasts. (A) Rhesus monkey fibroblasts had been infected at an MOI of approximately 1 for 18 h or 24 h prior to analysis. Cycloheximide or MG132 was added to the infected cells where INNO-406 indicated. UV-Inactivation, inoculation with UV-inactivated RRV. The cells were harvested by trypsinization and boiled in SDS sample buffer, and the lysates were analyzed by 4 to 12% PAGE and Western blot analysis using the indicated antibodies. The numbers to the left of the gels are molecular weights (in thousands). (B) (Left) Exemplary microphotographs of rhesus monkey fibroblast nuclei after infection with RRV-YFP and immunofluorescent labeling of PML and SP100 (in merged channels, PML is pseudocolored in magenta and SP100 is pseudocolored in cyan). (Right) Quantitative analysis of SP100 and PML expression INNO-406 in nuclear dots in the context of RRV infection. Reductions in the number of PML/SP100 dots after virus treatment that reached significance compared with the values for the no-virus control are highlighted by asterisks (*, 0.05; ***, 0.001; ****, 0.0001). Bars represent means and standard deviation. Lentiviral expression constructs and transduction. cDNA of RRV ORF75 was amplified using the RRV BAC as the template and inserted in pLenti CMV BLAST DEST (706C1) in frame with a C-terminal Flag epitope by Gibson Assembly. pLenti CMV BLAST DEST (706C1) was a gift from Eric Campeau (Addgene plasmid number 17451). For production of contaminants, one 25-cm2 flask of around 80% confluent 293T cells was transfected with 0.7 g pMD2G (a vesicular stomatitis G glycoprotein expression build), 1.8 g psPAX2 (a Gag-Pol expression create), and 2.5 g pLenti CMV BLAST DEST (706C1) (the bare vector or an.
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Spine density in the hippocampus adjustments through the estrus routine and
Spine density in the hippocampus adjustments through the estrus routine and would depend on the experience of regional aromatase, the ultimate enzyme in estrogen synthesis. backbone denseness in the CA1 area from the hippocampus with fluctuations of serum estrogen amounts in intact feminine rats. Ovariectomy decreased backbone denseness in the hippocampus, and following estradiol (E2) substitution rescued this impact (Gould et al., 1990). These results resulted in INNO-406 the widely approved hypothesis the cyclic synapse turnover in the hippocampus is definitely controlled by gonadal estrogen (McEwen, 2002). Nevertheless, estrogen can be regarded as synthesized de novo in hippocampal neurons (Prange-Kiel et al., 2003; Kretz et al., 2004), and in man rats, the basal focus of E2 stated in the hippocampus is approximately six times greater than the focus in the serum (Hojo et al., 2004). Inhibition of the main element enzyme of E2 synthesis, aromatase, by its inhibitor, letrozole, shown the paracrine/autocrine rules of synapse development by E2 in the hippocampus (Kretz et al., 2004). Furthermore, the quantity of E2 synthesized in the hippocampus was lately been shown to be adequate to improve hippocampal long-term major depression (Mukai et al., 2006). Paracrine rules by E2 was also demonstrated in neurogenesis (Fester et al., 2006) and axon outgrowth (von Schassen et al., 2006). In hippocampal ethnicities, treatment with E2 at physiological dosages didn't induce any detectable impact, which implies that endogenous hippocampus-derived E2, instead of gonadal E2, is vital for hippocampal synaptogenesis (Kretz et al., 2004; Fester et al., 2006; von Schassen et al., 2006). Short-term treatment of severe pieces (from adult male rats) with E2 at a dosage of just one 1 nM, which approximately INNO-406 corresponds to Tmem9 physiological serum concentrations, simply induced a rise in slim however, not in adult spines (Mukai et al., 2007), though it was recommended that these slim spines can be viewed as to end up being the bases for brand-new backbone synapse development after a lot more than 24 h. These factors indicate that the idea of hippocampal backbone density being solely governed by gonadal estrogen is normally questionable. As a result of this, the cyclic adjustments in spine synapse thickness in the hippocampus stay to be described. Estrogen-regulated feedback systems working via the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis result in a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH)Cmediated cyclic discharge of E2 in the gonads. Within this context, it's INNO-406 important to say that GnRH can be with the capacity of regulating E2 synthesis straight, for example in ovarian granulosa cells, where it really is stimulatory at low dosages and inhibitory at high dosages (Parinaud et al., 1988; Janssens et al., 2000). Such as the ovaries, GnRH binding sites have already been showed in the hippocampus from the rat by autoradiography (Badr and Pelletier, 1987; Reubi et al., 1987; Jennes et al., 1988; Leblanc et al., 1988) and GnRH receptor (GnRH-R) mRNA appearance by in situ hybridization (Jennes and Woolums, 1994). These results recommend a common regulatory system of E2 synthesis in both ovaries as well as the hippocampus. Consistent with this, treatment of hippocampal pieces with GnRH, like treatment with E2 (Hojo et al., 2004), leads to predominantly excitatory results that are obstructed by the correct GnRH antagonists (Wong et al., 1990; Yang et al., 1999). This highly suggests a neuromodulatory function of GnRH in synaptic transmitting. The data provided within this paper confirm the hypothesis that GnRH straight regulates estrogen synthesis in the hippocampus in the same way to its legislation of E2 synthesis in ovarian cells. GnRH-induced E2 synthesis, subsequently, controls synapse development consistently. These results claim that cyclic GnRH discharge, instead of gonadal E2, is in charge of cyclic hippocampal synapse turnover. GnRH may thus synchronize gonadal and hippocampal E2 synthesis, which makes up about the relationship of hippocampal synaptogenesis using the gonadal routine. Outcomes GnRH regulates hippocampal E2 synthesis We assessed the result of GnRH on E2.
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HARWINTON-Kevin Moran, 64, of Harwinton died on May 9th at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born on October 19, 1954 in Waterbury, the youngest son of the late John and Ann (Zibell) Moran.
Kevin is survived by his wife, Joan (Healey) Moran, son John Moran and wife Katie Bentley of Upper Darby, PA and son Michael Moran and his wife Grace Meiners, recently of Seoul, South Korea. He also leaves behind his brother John Stephen, and wife Patricia of Watertown, brother Richard Moran, his wife Francine of Waterbury and many loving nieces and nephews.
Kevin was a member of the first graduating class of Holy Cross High School in 1972, and received his BA from SCSU.
Kevin was a talented musician; he worked professionally in many bands including, Haywood Brocket Blues Band, Shortcake, and Nutz. Music was always an essential part of Kevin's life.
He began working in the mortgage industry in 1985 with Connecticut National Bank, continuing to advance in his career throughout the years. At the time of his death he was the Senior Vice President, Regional Sales Manager of Webster Bank's Mortgage Division.
Kevin was committed to serving his community and dedicated 20 years to increasing access to affordable housing through his work with Waterbury and New Haven Neighborhood Housing Agencies. He was an active member and past President of Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association.
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New understanding of Mekong River incision
Mekong River. Photo credit: Gregory Wissink G'16, Ph.D.
An international team of earth scientists has linked the establishment of the Mekong River to a period of major intensification of the Asian monsoon during the middle Miocene, about 17 million years ago, findings that supplant the assumption that the river incised in response to tectonic causes. Their findings are the subject of a paper published in Nature Geoscience on Oct. 15.
Gregory Hoke, associate professor and associate chair of Earth sciences, and recent SU doctoral student Gregory Ruetenik, now a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin, co-authored the article with colleagues from China, France, Sweden, Australia, and the United States. Hoke's initial collaboration with first author Jungsheng Nie was co-editing a special volume on the growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic.
The Mekong River is the longest in Southeast Asia and the tenth largest worldwide in terms of water volume. Originating in the Tibetan Plateau, the Mekong runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The Chinese portion of the river (Lancang Jiang) occupies a spectacular canyon that is between 1-2 kilometers deep relative to the surrounding landscape.
"When the upper half of that river was established and at what point it incised the canyon it occupies today, as well as whether it was influenced by climate or by tectonics, has been debated by geologists for the last quarter century," says Hoke. "Our work establishes when major canyon incision began and identifies the most likely mechanism responsible for that incision: an intensification of the Asian monsoon during the warmest period over the last 23 million years, the Middle Miocene climate optimum."
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River incision is the natural process by which a river cuts downward into its bed, deepening the active channel. "In most cases, you can attribute incision to some sort of some change in the overall relief of a landscape, which is typically interpreted to be in response to a tectonic influence," says Hoke.
The standard interpretation for river incision of the Mekong and adjacent Yangtze basins had been a response to topographic growth of the Tibetan Plateau. However, a recent string of studies have determined that the southeastern margin of Tibet was already at or near modern elevations by 40 million years ago, throwing a monkey wrench into that hypothesis.
Using thermochronology of apatite minerals extracted from bedrock samples collected along the walls of the river canyon, the scientists were able to numerically model the cooling history of the rock as the river incised, which revealed synchronous downcutting at 15-17 million years along the entire river. Synchronous downcutting points towards a non-tectonic cause for incision. Ruetenik modeled whether or not a stronger monsoon was capable of achieving the magnitude of downcutting over the relatively short duration of the middle Miocene climate optimum using landscape models he developed during his SU doctoral study. According to Hoke, "This solves how river incision occurred in the absence of any clear pulse of plateau growth along the southeast margin of Tibet. In essence, an enhanced monsoon did a tremendous amount of work sawing through the landscape during the middle Miocene climate optimum."
Previously, Hoke studied buried river sands in cave deposits to reconstruct the incision history of the Yangtze river, the next river to the east of the Mekong. "We found a sequence of ages that look similar to those from the thermochrometers in the Mekong," he says of his findings, published in Geophysical Research Letters in 2016. He next hopes subsequent studies will be able to extend the results from this new Nature Geoscience paper to the three other big rivers that drain the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
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Junsheng Nie, Gregory Ruetenik, Kerry Gallagher, Gregory Hoke, Carmala N. Garzione, Weitao Wang, Daniel Stockli, Xiaofei Hu, Zhao Wang, Ying Wang, Thomas Stevens, Martin Danišík, Shanpin Liu. Rapid incision of the Mekong River in the middle Miocene linked to monsoonal precipitation. Nature Geoscience, 2018; DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0244-z
Note: The above post is reprinted from materials provided by Syracuse University. Original written by Renee Levy.
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Glastonbury 2022: KT Tunstall joins campaign alongside Sir Ringo Starr and The Waterboys to send postcards to Prime Minister for WaterAid
Edinburgh-born singer KT Tunstall has joined a host of famous faces to create special limited-edition postcards for this summer's music festivals on behalf of the charity WaterAid.
By Gary Flockhart
20th Jun 2022, 2:43pm - 2 min read
Updated 20th Jun 2022, 3:18pm
The limited-edition postcards will be officially launched at Glastonbury festival, which kicks of later this week.
Among the celebrities who created postcards are Beatles legend Ringo Starr, folk rock band The Waterboys, indie outfit Foals and designer Dame Zandra Rhodes.
The postcards feature designs that celebrate the power of water and highlight the importance of protecting our planet and people everywhere as part of WaterAid's Climate Fight campaign.
KT Tunstall has created a special postcard launching at Glastonbury, which celebrates the power of water and the importance of protecting our planet and people as part of WaterAid's Climate Fight campaign.
Festival-goers can pick up an exclusive postcard and send one to Boris Johnson calling for the government to take urgent action to tackle the climate crisis.
Across the world, one in ten people do not have clean water while one in five lack a decent toilet.
Tunstall, who featured water-themed lyrics on her postcard, said: "It's unacceptable that one in ten people have no clean water, and that these are the same people who are living on the frontline of the climate crisis.
"Water is so key to life, a lot of lyrics in my songs centre around it.
Ringo Starr has created a special postcard launching at Glastonbury, which highlights the importance of protecting our planet and people as part of WaterAid's Climate Fight campaign.
"My postcard design in support of WaterAid's climate campaign features every lyric I've been inspired to write about water.
"With clean water, communities can stay healthy now and in the future."
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Beatles drummer and long-term WaterAid supporter Starr designed a postcard showing him at a tap that's run dry.
The Waterboys have created a special postcard launching at Glastonbury, which celebrates the power of water and the importance of protecting our planet and people as part of WaterAid's Climate Fight campaign.
He said: "We all share one world, and we need to come together to protect it, and each other, as we face the threat of climate change.
"I have long supported WaterAid and believe that it is a basic right that every human being should have access to clean water. I've designed a special postcard for this summer's festivals, so people can join me in supporting this campaign for everyone to have clean water.
"Together we can create change. Peace and love. Ringo"
Dame Zandra Rhodes, who drew Mother Nature as part of her design, said: "I'm supporting WaterAid's Climate Fight campaign because I believe everyone everywhere should have clean water, whatever the weather.
"With clean water, women don't have to spend hours each day walking to rivers or springs, children can stay healthy and go to school, and communities can build resilience to the effects of climate change. Together, we can make change happen."
Rock band The Waterboys, who will be playing on the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury, drew a pair of hands scooping up water.
Lead singer Mike Scott said: "It's hard to imagine not having clean water on tap, but this is the reality for millions around the world.
"We are supporting WaterAid's Climate Fight to call for everyone to have the basics of clean water and decent toilets, so they are better able to cope with the effects of the climate crisis."
Foals created a postcard with the words 'The future is not what is used to be' from their song 'Black Gold'.
Lead singer and guitarist Yannis Philippakis said: "Climate change is already having a terrible impact across the planet, especially for the world's poorest people. That's why we're supporting WaterAid and joining Our Climate Fight."
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Eminem to Perform on Saturday Night Live
October 16th, 2013 by K104
Facebook.com/EminemNext month will see Eminem perform as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, NBC announced on Wednesday.
For Em, this will mark his sixth performance on the show, which will take place on November 2, just days before the "Rap God" emcee releases his upcoming album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, which includes the Rick Rubin-produced single "Berzerk," on November 5. Eminem has also been on the show in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, and most recently in 2010 alongside Lil Wayne.
In addition, Janelle Monáe to make her musical guest debut later this month on SNL. The funky singer is scheduled to hit the stage on October 26, where she'll showcase material off her sophomore album The Electric Lady, in stores now.
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