Author discusses international relations
Emine Segvi Özdamar, Turkish-German author, actress and director, presented a reading of her novel “The Bridge of the Golden Horn” in a lecture titled “Turkey to Germany, A Passport for the World: Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s Literary Journey” on Monday in McKenna Hall.The Department of German and Russian Languages organized the event, which included a reading of Özdamar’s novel and a question-and-answer portion about her presentation of Turkish and German relations.Özdamar said the novel focuses on the journey of a young Turkish woman in 1960s Germany.“It’s a developmental novel about this young Turkish woman who comes to Germany and how she becomes an adult.” Özdamar said. “It is intertwined with her love for the theatre and the role that her love for the theatre plays in her development.”Although Özdamar said her own migration to East Berlin differed from her main character’s, she could still easily relate to the character’s journey.“The late 1960s and 1970s were characterized by the influx of Turkish migrant workers in Germany, who later formed a permanent minority group,” Özdamar said. “Frequent clashes between Turks and Germans existed mainly due to the guest worker status of Turks in the country.”“The general cultural exchange between Germany and Turkey was hindered by the fact that the migrant workers who went from Turkey to Germany were proletarians. The migrant workers were seen by the intellectuals in Germany as a population who gave the wrong impression of what Turkish culture was like in Germany.”Osamar said Turkish elite had difficulties with accepting the impact of Turkish proletariats.“It took a long time for the elite in Turkey to accept the products of Turkish migrant literature as something that enriched Turkish culture,” Özdamar said.Özdamar also said the Social Democratic movement within Turkey was key to the growth and influence of Turkish language and culture.“The left wing political movement in Turkey was a very necessary movement for unification and rights of women,” Özdamar said. “It was also a movement that did a lot for the development of the Turkish language.”Özdamar said the conflicts between German and Turkish language during the 1960s still influence German and Turkish culture today“We always say we lose our mother tongue when we go abroad,” Özdamar said. “It is possible to lose our mother tongue at home as well.”Tags: author, department of german and russian languages, emine segvi ozdamar, germany, the bridge of the golden horn, turkey, turkish-german author
Vision problems may be a sign of advancing years. But your eyesight need not dim as thecandles on your birthday cake get brighter. Sometimes it’s just a matter of taste.The American Foundation for the Blind says almost everyone over 65 suffers some degreeof vision loss.”But a healthy diet that tastes good can help preserve your eyesight,” saysGail Hanula. She’sa nutrition and health specialist with the University of Georgia Extension Service.You know you need to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes. But why?The vitamin A value of carrots has long been known, Hanula says. The first sign ofvitamin A deficiency can be night blindness, the inability to see in dim light or adapt todarkness.”Our food supply in the United States is rich in vitamin A,” she says.”You can find it in animal foods, such as liver and milk fat. Dark yellow and leafygreen vegetables contain betacarotene. The body can convert this to vitamin A. And manyfoods, such as nonfat dairy products, are fortified with vitamin A.”The most common U.S. causes of blindness are cataracts and macular degeneration, Hanulasays. About 18 percent of 65- to 74-year-olds and 46 percent of those over 75 havecataracts.Macular degeneration, the breakdown of a tiny part of the eye vital to keen vision,affects about 25 percent of Americans over 65.”Scientists are studying the role of antioxidants in the diet, including vitaminC, vitamin E and carotenoids,” Hanula says. “Oxidative damage from the sun canlead to both of these conditions.”Vitamin C seems to reduce cataract risk the most. Vitamin E may also play a role.”A large clinical study reported that multivitamin supplements decreased onecommon type of cataract by 35 percent in those 65-74 years old,” Hanula says.”But vitamin supplements cannot replace all of the substances found in food.”Betacarotene is only one of many carotenoids found in food. Two others — lutein andzeaxanthin — are known to lower the risk of macular degeneration.”In one study,” Hanula says, “those with the highest carotenoid intakehad 43 percent lower risk for macular degeneration. Those with the highest intake oflutein and zeaxanthin had 57 percent less risk.”Collard, turnip and mustard greens are rich in these two carotenoids, she says.Eating your fruits and vegetables can offer a big payback. Studies have shown up to afivefold decrease in cataract risk for people who eat three and a half servings a day offruits and vegetables.”But only one in three American adults, and one in five children, actually eatthis many servings,” Hanula says.In the 1994 Nationwide Survey of What and Where Our Children Eat, seven of 10 childrenunder age 5 ate some fruit or fruit juice on any one day. But eating fruit declines aschildren get older. And fewer than 16 percent reported eating the nutrient-packed darkgreen or deep yellow vegetables.”Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables — at least five servings a day,”Hanula says. “It’sthe best way to make sure your body gets all the nutrients it needs for good health,including good vision.”To learn more about good nutrition, call your county Extension Service agent.
Georgia summers can be tough on landscape plants. That’s why the University of Georgia Trial Gardens wait until the end of the summer to release its annual list of best-performing varieties. Each year the gardens’ staff recognizes the plants that best weathered Georgia’s heat and humidity with the Trial Gardens’ Classic City Awards. This year, after a soggy start to the summer and a very dry end, the staff selected 12 plants that were tougher than most, said Brandon Coker, manager of the gardens.In addition to being a place to showcase new plants for the gardening public, the gardens serve an important purpose in the research and development of new ornamental varieties.The facility provides variable, real-world conditions for testing new varieties developed by commercial nurseries and academic breeders. This testing provides third-party, verified data for consumers, retailers and plant breeders.Trial plants are planted every spring and are watched carefully throughout the summer to determine which plants will make the cut and be sold to Southeastern gardeners the following season.Each summer presents its own unique challenges, and this year, the season provided a mix of abundant rain followed by almost no rain at all. “This year we had heat quick in the season, and then during the month of May, it rained 18 days straight. I just knew everything was going to die, and we would be left with just a bunch of weeds in the garden,” Coker said. “But thankfully, these plants were so strong, the vast majority pulled through fine.” The staff did have to be diligent about watering the plants during the second half of the summer. When searching for Classic City Award winners, Coker said he looks for plants that can still wow him, and the gardens’ visitors, between bloom cycles. “Some of the standout groupings of plants this year were coleus, calibrachoa, salvia and geranium,” Coker said. “Each of those four groups had an assortment of very high ratings. But in the end, the plants that we choose to win the Classic City Awards are the plants that give us the most beauty over our very long growing season.”For full descriptions of this year’s Classic City Award winners and information on next year’s trials, visit ugatrial.hort.uga.edu. This year’s award winners include:Begonia ‘Canary Wings,’ Ball Ingenuity‘Canary Wings’ is a novel shade-loving begonia that brought bright and vibrant color to shady spots with chartreuse leaves and bright red flowers. It’s an exceptional plant for both containers and in-ground plantings.Calibrachoa Superbells ‘Holy Smokes!,’ Proven WinnersWith white petals and what seems to be watercolor-like purple/blue swatches and yellow centers, ‘Holy Smokes!’ looked great all summer. It maintained a mounding habit throughout spring and summer that made it without a doubt one of the showiest flowering plants in the gardens.Calibrachoa Lia ‘White,’ DanzigerThe Calibrachoa Lia ‘White’ sets the bar for other calibrachoas with its nearly perfect shape as it has been in full bloom for months. Medium-sized pure white petals with yellow throats make a great addition to containers or hanging baskets and helps all the other colors pop. Echinacea Sombrero ‘Tres Amigos,’ Darwin PerennialsIn the gardens, Echinacea Sombrero ‘Tres Amigos’ transitioned through three distinct colors that emerged from peachy-coral to rose and finished with a hint of burgundy. These colors look like something from a book or movie, but they are real. The plants perform well in full sun and can take drier soil conditions.Euphorbia Crystal White, Green Fuse BotanicalsEuphorbia is a well-known landscape plant, especially in hot parts of the country where it thrives. Crystal White has a desirable shape that’s about half the size of other popular varieties on the market. Only about a foot tall it packs a punch with flower production and has very tight branching. The plant first bloomed in April and was still in full bloom in early September.Gaillardia SpinTop, ‘Red Starburst,’ Dummen OrangeThe flowers on Gaillardia SpinTop ‘Red Starburst’ exude color with their red centers that burst into a red/orange and finish with bright yellow tips. This plant would make an excellent border plant or container planting.Impatiens New Guinea Harmony Radiance ‘Hot Pink,’ DanzigerHot pink is a vast understatement; something more like ‘Hot Hot Hot Pink’ is better suited to Impatiens New Guinea Harmony Radiance ‘Hot Pink.’ This plant was grown in a location getting no more than four hours of sun in the morning, and it is thriving. This plant will light up the dark corners of mature landscapes with exceptional color. Pelargonium Calliope ‘Large Rose Mega Splash,’ Syngenta FlowersThis plant is a showy pink geranium with rose starbursts at the center of the flowers. In containers, hanging baskets or in-ground plantings, ‘Large Rose Mega Splash’ produces flowers non-stop through the Georgia summer heat. It bested all of the geraniums this year, and it has maintained excellent disease resistance.Petunia Dekko ‘Star Coral,’ Syngenta Flowers‘Star Coral’ topped the gardens’ list of petunias this year simply because it has bloomed the longest and had the best overall shape. The hot pink coral-colored blooms have a touch of white in the petals that gives them a dramatic coloration.Portulaca Hot Shots ‘Tangerine Glow,’ Green Fuse BotanicalThe Portulaca Hot Shots ‘Tangerine Glow’ is in a league of its own in terms of overall interest. The gardens’ planting of ‘Tangerine Glow’ took over an area 6 foot long by 3 foot wide, displaying bright tangerine blooms with scorching yellow centers that open in the morning and close in the afternoon.Salvia Skyscraper ‘Pink,’ SelectaThis salvia produced flowers with pale magenta calyx followed by a bright pink corolla that emerged to tower over the lush dark green foliage on this unique cultivar.Solenostemon ColorBlaze ‘Torchlight,’ Proven Winners‘Torchlight’ has superior qualities in every way, from its lush storybook like green with red and hot pink-veined leaves to its seemingly indestructible growth habit. This plant is also very responsive to trimming. Every time the gardens’ staff pruned the plants, the new leaves came back with increased color.
Vermont Business Magazine is pleased to announce the promotion of Mary DiLorenzo Picher to Advertising Director. Picher will remain the General Manager of the magazine and will take on the added responsibility of Advertising Director. She will be responsible for managing the sales department. Picher has been with the magazine since 1999.Steve Rapoport has been named Sales Manager at Vermont Business Magazine and Vermont Sales Manager of Biz New England (The New England Business Publications Network). Biz New England consists of eight business publications throughout New England. Rapoport will continue to serve his advertising clients in Addison, Rutland and Bennington counties.Nino Abbott has joined the magazine as an account executive. Abbott will handle accounts in Washington and Lamoille counties. Abbott comes to us from IBM Corporation where he was a Customer Service Representative. Abbott has experience in advertising sales with WVNY-TV22 and WEZF-92.9 Radio.Christopher Badami joins the magazine as an account executive. Badami will be responsible for sales in the Chittenden County area. Badami most recently worked at IBM Corporation as a Lead Contract Administrator. Before IBM, Badami worked for a web design firm as a Corporate Sales Consultant.
Forget to put your client’s address in the judgment? March 1, 2004 Regular News Practice Tips: Forget to put your client’s address in the judgment?
James W. Martin A recent decision of the Second District Court of Appeal reminds Florida lawyers what happens when a lawyer fails to put the client’s address in a final judgment: Recording a certified copy does not make it a lien on real property. Even including the attorney’s address in the judgment does not help. It must be the client’s address.In Tomalo v. Kingsley Displays, Inc., 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 19266;29 Fla. L. Weekly D 12 (Fla. 2d DCA Case No. 2D02-5702, December 19, 2003), the judgment did not include Kingsley’s address, but it did include Kingsley’s name followed by “c/o” and the address of its lawyer. The court said that this did not satisfy the requirement of F.S. §55.10(1). This statute is the one that says a lien on real property is created when a certified copy of the judgment is recorded in the county in which the land is located. The statute also states that, “A judgment…does not become a lien on real estate unless the address of the person. . . is contained in the judgment. . . or an affidavit with such address is simultaneously recorded.” The court held that the statute specifically required the judgment holder’s address, so the attorney’s address did not satisfy the statute.The court cited similar cases reaching similar results in the First and Fourth districts ( Hott Interiors, Inc. v. Fostock, 721 So. 2d 1236, 1238 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), and Robinson v. Sterling Door & Window Co., 698 So. 2d 570, 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)). Thus, it appears that this simple error of not including the client’s address in a judgment is one that is common throughout the state and is one that has potentially serious consequences.In the Tomalo case, Kingsley’s judgment was recorded a year before Tomalo’s judgment, but the court found that Kingsley’s judgment did not create a valid lien on real property due to its failure to include Kingsley’s address, so Tomalo won. We can all learn from that lesson: Put your client’s name and address on the judgment, not just your address. James W. Martin is a corporate, real estate, and probate lawyer in St. Petersburg, who has written for the Florida Bar Journal and News , ALI-ABA Practical Lawyer, and West Publishing, and has more information on his Web site, www.jamesmartinpa.com.
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The Bali provincial administration is preparing to welcome foreign visitors in September following months of international travel restrictions because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.Bali Governor I Wayan Koster has announced a three-step plan to reopen activity in compliance with “new normal” policies. The approach entails reopening the region’s popular tourist destinations to international visitors on Sept. 11.Local tourists will be able to visit the island’s famous vacation spots starting on Jul. 9, Koster said. “To that end, we must surrender ourselves and pray so that we will be graced [with good fortune],” he said after participating in a local religious ceremony on Sunday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.Koster said on Thursday that he had closed tourist destinations in Bali until further notice through a regulation.However, the regulation did not stop several regions from reopening access to popular beaches, including Canggu Beach and Labuan Sait Beach in Badung regency, to foreign surfers.Tourism in Bali has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of foreign tourist arrivals fell to nearly zero in the weeks following the first reported coronavirus cases in the country.As of Sunday, Bali had confirmed 1,849 COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths linked to the illness.Topics :
Advertisement Roma sporting director Monchi set for reunion with Unai Emery this summer Metro Sport ReporterSaturday 23 Feb 2019 9:06 amShare this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messengerShare this with Share this article via emailShare this article via flipboardCopy link1.5kShares Advertisement Comment
Emery wants to work with a younger squad, while Mislintat signed several older players (Getty)There was experience added too through Steven Nonzi and Javier Pastore, though Monchi’s primary brief is finding stars of the future: last season, for example, he unearthed Cengiz Under and Lorenzo Pellegrini.Arsenal are hoping he can replicate that formula at the Emirates, and they won’t have to pay any compensation fee for the sporting director given that his contract expires this summer.More: Arsenal FCArsenal flop Denis Suarez delivers verdict on Thomas Partey and Lucas Torreira movesThomas Partey debut? Ian Wright picks his Arsenal starting XI vs Manchester CityArsene Wenger explains why Mikel Arteta is ‘lucky’ to be managing Arsenal The 50-year-old built a three-time Europa League-winning squad for Emery at Sevilla (AP)Roma sporting director Monchi will leave the Italian club this summer and join old pal Unai Emery at Arsenal, according to reports in Spain.The Gunners have been on the hunt for a new transfer guru to oversee their recruitment following Sven Milsintat’s departure, with both Monchi and Ajax chief Marc Overmars the frontrunners for the position.But now Marca report that it is the Roma man who will take over at Arsenal when his contract with the Serie A side expires on June 30. Monchi will be given full control of Arsenal’s recruitment, working under Raul Sanllehi (Getty)Emery knows the 50-year-old well from their time together at Sevilla, with Monchi overseeing the construction of a squad that won the Europa League in three straight seasons.AdvertisementAdvertisementADVERTISEMENTMonchi will be given full control and plans to return Arsenal to their roots of signing and developing young players with huge potential, something he is a master at and which was lost slightly under Mislintat’s watch.More: FootballRio Ferdinand urges Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to drop Manchester United starChelsea defender Fikayo Tomori reveals why he made U-turn over transfer deadline day moveMikel Arteta rates Thomas Partey’s chances of making his Arsenal debut vs Man CityThe German was responsible for signing the likes of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sokratis and Stephan Lichtsteiner, all of whom are 29 or older, while it was Emery who pushed for Matteo Guendouzi’s arrival.While Mislintat was buying experience, Monchi brought some supremely talented teenagers to Rome in the form of Justin Kluivert and Nicolo Zaniolo – the latter bagging a Champions League brace against Porto last week.
Mercer is to acquire US-based investment consulting Summit Strategies Group as well as the investment and alternatives consulting operations of Canada’s Pavilion Financial Corporation, it announced today.Pavilion advises on assets worth $685bn (€602bn), Mercer said. The transaction will also see Mercer acquire the Winnipeg-headquartered firm’s wealth management operations. Rich Nuzum, president of Mercer’s global wealth business, said the company intended to use the Pavilion brand for investment consulting services provided to the institutional not-for-profit and insurance client sectors. Nuzum said: “Pavilion is a leading global investment services firm with great leadership talent supporting strong consulting and research capabilities, particularly for alternative investments. ”In the US, Pavilion is a leading specialist in the defined contribution, endowment and foundation, healthcare and insurance sectors.” The group also has offices in London and Singapore.Based in the US state of Missouri, Summit had around $160bn under advisement as at the end of December 2017. Nuzum highlighted Summit’s work in the not-for-profit segment “providing notable alternatives capabilities to hospitals and foundations”. It also provides consulting and fiduciary services to a range of institutional clients.Steve Holmes, founder of Summit, added: “We believe that having a global research footprint and a robust technology platform will better position us to support our clients. We’re excited to join Mercer and be able to bring their research capabilities and spectrum of holistic offerings to our clients.”Mercer has signed definitive agreements for both deals, according to a statement. Both transactions were expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year.