(KATV) — A total amount of $1 million was donated to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff from the estate of Hildegard Karlin leading to the establishment of a new endowment Arthur and Hildegard Karlin Scholarship Fund." Arthur Karlin was a member of the UAPB Accounting Faculty The Karlin's gift will be used to support faculty and student travel it is one of the largest individual estate gifts to the institution "The extraordinary generosity of the late Dr Arthur and Hildegard Karlin reflects a deep and lasting belief in the transformative power of education," Dr "This $1 million gift will not only open doors for our students and faculty but it also affirms the legacy and excellence of UAPB as one of Arkansas' premier HBCUs." UAPB vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement shared the importance of the Karlin gift to UAPB and the region "The size and nature of the Karlin donation to UAPB represents a significant confirmation of the great work that this university has made in providing a quality education," said Cotton "It also serves a reminder to others of the impact that each one of us can all make in supporting UAPB as we think about our individual giving and building the next generation of scholars." highlighted the importance of the gift's impact "having flexible funding is essential as we equip our students to navigate and lead in an ever-evolving global economy - particularly in such high-demand fields like accounting and finance." "We are profoundly grateful for this investment in our future and we will honor the Karlin legacy by continuing to empower the next generation of scholars and leaders." The Karlin's efforts in philanthropy has reached more than a dozen charities and individuals Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application  She fought a hard battle with dementia and is at peace she lost her mother and went to live with her aunt and uncle  She lived on a ranch outside of Pawhuska Oklahoma until her dad remarried and the family was reunited Billy and Bonnie Jueschke introduced Rae to Karl V  They dated and were married on September 19th of 1954 Texas when Karl went to work for Phillips Petroleum Company  Four children were born of this union  Rae was an excellent housewife and was active in her children's lives  Baking cookies and attending school activities  She was an avid reader and quilter and made many beautiful quilts for her children and grandchildren Karl's job took them to Norway in 1977 Rae loved to travel to many countries overseas They were blessed with nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren  Rae will be greeted in Heaven by her parents Karl; son-in-law Dale Florer; grandsons Joshua Karlin Jarrod Florer; great granddaughter Faith Florer; and brother David Herard Those left to cherish her memory are children Mike Karlin (Ruthie) Julie Espinoza (Joe); grandchildren Gabe Karlin and Tristan Espinoza; great grandchildren Michael Karlin and Aspen Willems; and sister Franc Ann Johnson The family would like to thank Guided by Faith of Amarillo for their loving care of Rae over the last year: Norma  Also to Minton-Chatwell for always taking care of us in our time of need  Rae was a registered Osage Indian of the Osage Indian Nation in Pawhuska Memorials may be made to your favorite charity in lieu of flowers Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors She had a heart of gold and always there with a hug © 2025 Hamilton's Funeral and After Life Services Foreign Affairs has been the leading forum for serious discussion of American foreign policy and global affairs The magazine has featured contributions from many leading international affairs experts MARA KARLIN is a Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and the author of The Inheritance: America’s Military After Two Decades of War Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy Mara Karlin and its own peculiar preconceptions,” the defense theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote in the early nineteenth century There is no doubt that Clausewitz was right And yet it is surprisingly difficult to characterize war at any given moment in time; doing so becomes easier only with hindsight Harder still is predicting what kind of war the future might bring the new shape it takes almost always comes as a surprise For most of the second half of the twentieth century, American strategic planners faced a fairly static challenge: a Cold War in which superpower conflict was kept on ice by nuclear deterrence turning hot only in proxy fights that were costly but containable The collapse of the Soviet Union brought that era to an end war became a matter of assembling coalitions to intervene in discrete conflicts when bad actors invaded their neighbors After the shock of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 attention shifted to terrorist organizations The resulting “war on terror” pushed thinking about state-on-state conflict onto the sidelines War was a major feature of the post-9/11 period But it was a highly circumscribed phenomenon often limited in scale and waged in remote locations against shadowy adversaries the prospect of a major war among states was a lower priority for American military thinkers and planners the context was usually a potential contest with China that would materialize only in the far-off future Then, in 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine The result has been the largest land war in Europe since World War II And although forces under Russian and Ukrainian command are the only troops fighting on the ground the war has reshaped geopolitics by drawing in dozens of other countries The United States and its NATO allies have offered unprecedented financial and materiel support to Ukraine; meanwhile and North Korea have all assisted Russia in crucial ways Less than two years after Russia’s invasion Hamas carried out its brutal October 7 terrorist attack on Israel provoking a highly lethal and destructive Israeli assault on Gaza The conflict quickly widened into a complex regional affair involving multiple states and a number of capable nonstate actors In both Ukraine and the Middle East what has become clear is that the relatively narrow scope that defined war during the post-9/11 era has dramatically widened An era of limited war has ended; an age of comprehensive conflict has begun what the world is witnessing today is akin to what theorists in the past have called “total war,” in which combatants draw on vast resources prioritize warfare over all other state activities and reshape their economies and those of other countries But owing to new technologies and the deep links of the globalized economy today’s wars are not merely a repeat of older conflicts Washington must convince Beijing that doing so wouldn’t be worth it and that China might not win the resulting war But to make deterrence credible in an age of comprehensive conflict the United States needs to show that it is prepared for a different kind of war—drawing on the lessons of today’s big wars to prevent an even bigger one tomorrow there was a growing consensus among many experts about how conflict would reconfigure itself in the years ahead waged through cooperation between people and intelligent machines and heavily reliant on autonomous tools such as drones Space and cyberspace would be increasingly important Conventional conflict would involve a surge in “anti-access/area-denial” capabilities—tools and techniques that would limit the reach and maneuverability of militaries beyond their shores but they would prove limited compared with the existential perils of the past Some of these predictions have been borne out; others have been turned on their heads Artificial intelligence has in fact further enabled the proliferation and utility of uncrewed systems both in the air and under the water Drones have indeed transformed battlefields—and the need for counterdrone capabilities has skyrocketed most recently by Ukraine’s reliance on the Starlink satellite network for Internet connectivity On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly made veiled threats to use his country’s nuclear weapons and has even stationed some of them in Belarus China’s historic modernization and diversification of its nuclear capabilities have ignited alarm over the possibility that a conventional conflict could escalate to the most extreme level The expansion and improvement of China’s arsenal has also transformed and complicated the dynamics of nuclear deterrence since what was historically a bipolar challenge between the United States and Russia is now tripolar What few, if any, defense theorists foresaw was the broadening of war that the past few years has witnessed, as the array of features that shape conflict expanded. What theorists call “the continuum of conflict” has changed. In an earlier era, one might have seen the terrorism and insurgency of Hamas and the Houthis as inhabiting the low end of the spectrum the armies waging conventional warfare in Ukraine as residing in the middle and the nuclear threats shaping Russia’s war and China’s growing arsenal as sitting at the high end there is no sense of mutual exclusivity; the continuum has returned but also collapsed “robot dogs” patrol the ground and autonomous drones launch missiles from the sky amid trench warfare that looks like World War I—all under the specter of nuclear weapons combatants have combined sophisticated air and missile defense systems with individual shooting attacks by armed men riding motorcycles Chinese and Philippine forces face off over a sole dilapidated ship while the skies and seas surrounding Taiwan get squeezed by threatening maneuvers from China’s air force and navy Safeguarding freedom of navigation has historically been a top mission of the U.S But its inability to ensure the security of the Red Sea has called into question whether it would be able to fulfill that mission in an increasingly turbulent Indo-Pacific The plural character of conflict also underscores the risk of being lured by today’s weapon of choice which might turn out to be a flash in the pan more countries now have greater access to capital and more R & D capacity allowing them to respond more quickly and adeptly to new weapons and technologies by developing countermeasures This exacerbates a familiar dynamic that the military scholar J Fuller described as “the constant tactical factor”—the reality that “every improvement in weapons has eventually been met by a counter-improvement which has rendered the improvement obsolete.” For example defense experts hailed the efficacy of Ukraine’s precision-guided munitions as a game-changer in the war against Russia some of those weapons’ limitations had become clear when electronic jamming by the Russian military severely restricted their ability to find targets on the battlefield Another feature of the age of comprehensive conflict is a transformation in the demography of war: the cast of characters has become increasingly diverse The post-9/11 wars demonstrated the outsize impact of terrorist groups many policymakers wished they could go back to the traditional focus on state militaries—particularly given the enormous investments some states were making in their defenses They should have been careful what they wished for: state militaries are back but nonstate groups have hardly left the stage The current security environment offers the misfortune of dealing with both multiple state militaries are increasingly fighting or enmeshed with surprisingly influential nonstate actors Although in essence still a relatively small rebel movement the Houthis are nevertheless responsible for the most intense set of sea engagements the U.S the Houthis are also punching above their weight in the air by manufacturing and deploying their own drones Kyiv’s regular forces are fighting alongside cadres of international volunteers in numbers likely not seen since the Spanish Civil War And to augment Russia’s traditional forces the Kremlin has incorporated mercenaries from the Wagner paramilitary company and sent tens of thousands of convicts to war—a practice that Ukraine’s military recently started copying the task of building partner forces becomes even more complex than during the post-9/11 wars programs to build the Afghan and Iraqi militaries focused on countering terrorist and insurgent threats with the aim of enabling friendly regimes to exert sovereignty over their territories To help build up Ukraine’s forces for their fight against another state military the United States and its allies have had to relearn how to teach The Pentagon has also had to build a new kind of coalition convening more than 50 countries from across the world to coordinate materiel donations to Ukraine through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group—the most complex and most rapid effort ever undertaken to stand up a single country’s military I noted in these pages that although the United States had been building militaries in fragile states since World War II The Pentagon’s new system has demonstrated that it can move so quickly that materiel support for Ukraine has at times been delivered within days The system has surged in ways that many experts (including me) thought impossible the technical aspect of equipping militaries has improved Army’s use of artificial intelligence has made it much easier for Ukraine’s military to be able to see and understand the battlefield Lessons from the rapid delivery of assistance to Ukraine have also been applied to the Israel-Hamas war; within days of the October 7 attacks U.S.-supplied air defense capabilities and munitions were in Israel to protect its skies and help it respond But even though Washington has now demonstrated that it can build a foreign military with alacrity the question will always remain as to whether it should The cost of transferring valuable equipment to a partner involves considerations of the U.S military’s own readiness levels and combat credibility such assistance is not merely a technical effort but a political exercise and the system has occasionally slowed down as it wrestles with dilemmas regarding the full implications of U.S Washington has spent inordinate time debating where and under what circumstances Ukraine should use U.S but given the destructive abilities of the rivals that Washington is now facing or preparing to confront the stakes of solving it correctly are much higher than during the post-9/11 era The role of defense industrial bases in rival countries has also shaped the new contours of war-making In the dozens of countries supporting Ukraine domestic defense industries have not been able to keep up with the demand Russia’s defense industrial base has been revived after speculations about its demise proved to be greatly exaggerated Although China’s support to Russia appears to exclude lethal assistance it has nevertheless involved Beijing’s providing Moscow with critical technologies And both Iran and North Korea have supported their defense industries by selling munitions and other wares to Moscow The United States is not the only power to have recognized the value (both on the battlefield and back home) of supplying partner forces and building up their capacities; its adversaries have Understanding the new diversity of warfighters and the increased complexity of their relationships to one another will be crucial in any future conflict in the Indo-Pacific Lessons from Ukraine have informed the Biden administration’s turbocharged effort to strengthen Taiwan which received foreign military financing for the first time in 2023 strategists should consider how future state-on-state warfare might be combined with insurgency They should also think through how a panoply of actors on and off the battlefield including nonstate groups and commercial entities regional coalition building will be critical to any support Washington supplies to Taiwan in the face of Chinese aggression Although the number of countries that support Taiwan’s military remains slim Washington’s European allies seem increasingly willing to acknowledge Taipei’s outsize relevance for regional security and stability Chinese support for Russia’s destabilizing war has disabused most European leaders of the false notion that Beijing values stability above all else This evolution in European views was reflected by the “strategic concept” NATO released in 2022 which noted that China’s “coercive policies” challenge the alliance’s “interests During the two decades of the post-9/11 era the concept of deterrence was rarely invoked in Washington since the idea seemed largely irrelevant to conflicts against nonstate actors such as al Qaeda and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) foreign policy and national security boils down to the challenge of deterrence which is one key to managing escalation—the task that broadly shapes Washington’s policy in both Ukraine and the Middle East traditional approaches to deterrence have regained relevance One is deterrence by denial—the act of making it difficult for an enemy to achieve its intended objective Denial can quell escalation even if it fails to prevent an initial act of aggression Israel was unable to stop Iran’s first major conventional attack on Israeli territory earlier this year but it largely denied Iran the benefits it hoped to gain Israel’s military repulsed almost all of the hundreds of Iranian missiles and drones thanks to its sophisticated air and missile defense systems and the collaboration of the United States and countries across the Middle East and Europe (Shoddy Iranian equipment also played a role.) The limited repercussions of the attack enabled Israel to wait nearly a week to respond and to do so in a more limited way than would have been likely had Iran’s operation been more successful The United States and Israel may have spent around ten times more in responding to Iran’s attack than Iran did in launching it the Houthis have used relatively inexpensive and small-scale tools to attack ships in the Red Sea dozens of times disrupting a major shipping route and imposing massive costs on the global economy Navy ships have frequently depleted their magazines without significantly reducing the threat Accounting for the extended deployments the navy has undertaken in the Middle East for deterrence purposes including confronting the Houthis by using munitions to counter their attacks and strike their assets in Yemen rebuilding and recovering ship readiness after this fight with a small local militia amid broader regional hostilities will wind up costing the navy at least $1 billion over the next several years Another traditional means of deterrence that has resurfaced is punishment which requires threatening an adversary with severe consequences if it takes certain actions Putin’s saber rattling brought the potential for nuclear weapons use to its highest point since the Cold War During one especially fraught period in October 2022 President Joe Biden and his team worried there was a 50 percent chance that Putin would employ his nuclear arsenal senior American leaders made stern and timely warnings of “catastrophic” consequences if Moscow made good on its threats as did a broader effort to persuade key Asian and European countries to publicly and prospectively condemn any role for nuclear weapons in Ukraine Tugging Putin down the escalation ladder required a baseline understanding of how he viewed threats serious attention to the signals and noise being sent across the entire U.S and active feedback loops to ensure those assessments were accurate—all paired with robust diplomatic engagements with its many moving parts and elevated risks has revived an understanding of how signaling works in a crisis The Biden administration postponed a routine intercontinental ballistic missile test soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to demonstrate how responsible nuclear powers act in times of potential escalation This test could have inadvertently conveyed to Putin an inaccurate signal with respect to future U.S policy at a sensitive time—particularly as his invasion of Ukraine was stumbling scores of countries were coming together to support Kyiv and Ukraine’s military was fighting doggedly The United States wanted to ensure that Putin picked up the right signals about U.S intentions and didn’t get distracted by the noise that a missile test might have introduced Signaling has also been crucial to preventing escalation in the Middle East During three key moments—the immediate wake of Hamas’s October 7 attacks in 2023 Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel in April and the days following Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July—a calibrated mix of deft diplomacy and crystal-clear public messaging prevented a massive regional conflict Biden sent a message to Iran’s supreme leader Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin deployed two aircraft carriers plus additional aircraft to the Middle East to make clear that Iran should not escalate by directly entering the conflict capabilities such as air defense was also critical to preventing further escalation after Iran’s large-scale attack on Israel in April partnerships with countries across the Middle East and Europe the limits of those capabilities would have become clear since the efficacy of those capabilities benefited from the cooperation and participation of these countries Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked the Qatari prime minister and the Jordanian foreign minister including by publicly announcing the deployment of a nuclear-powered submarine to the Middle East there are drawbacks to relying too heavily and for too long on military force in pursuit of deterrence military assets in the Middle East for deterrence purposes has been the right approach; through September Hezbollah had largely kept its attacks on Israel below a certain threshold rather than overwhelmingly intervening in support of Hamas the deterrent value of military buildups abates and they grow susceptible to the sunk cost fallacy—that is adversaries become accustomed to factoring in the threat such buildups pose rather than fearing them There are also costs to military readiness which may create an opening for adversaries to question the credibility of threats because they know that Washington cannot indefinitely sustain a bulked-up presence And there are opportunity costs to consider military must juggle multiple threats around the world while pacing itself for a long-term competition with China Bolstering deterrence in the Middle East over the last year has been important and resources Washington has devoted to Indo-Pacific security As the United States grapples with the challenges of deterrence on the battlefields of Europe and the Middle East it is doing so with one eye on the Indo-Pacific where China’s modernized military is undermining regional security the Pentagon’s approach will rely on another form of deterrence National Defense Strategy dubbed “deterrence by resilience”—that is and recover quickly from disruption.” Resilience is the ration­ale behind the ongoing dispersal of U.S which will allow American forces to absorb an attack and continue fighting This effort has involved gaining access to four military bases in the Philippines; advancing new U.S Army capabilities in Japan; forging several major initiatives with Australia including increased submarine port visits and aircraft rotations and Australian investment in basing upgrades; and securing a defense cooperation agreement with Papua New Guinea that will allow for U.S assistance in upgrading the country’s military increasing its interoperability with the U.S submarine with the ability to fire a nuclear-armed ballistic missile made a port call to South Korea and an American B-52 bomber capable of deploying a nuclear weapon landed there military assets dispersed across the region (alongside those of allied and partner militaries) complicates Chinese planning this approach turns Thomas Schelling’s deterrence theory upside down Schelling stressed the utility of certainty in signaling What Washington is doing with its military in the Indo-Pacific creates several potential pathways to preclude Chinese efforts to overturn the status quo increases the complexity of those contingencies and induces uncertainty about which may be the most relevant It’s true that it will be difficult to know whether any particular U.S partner will prove willing to use or allow the use of military assets from its territory in a conflict although the United States may not have full clarity about what role specific allies and partners will play should a conflict erupt Adding further complexity to the picture is the way that in recent years diplomacy has brought countries within the Indo-Pacific together and created connections between regions The former is illustrated by the historic U.S.-brokered progress between Japan and South Korea which has yielded more than 60 meetings and military engagements between them and the United States since 2023; the latter is represented by the creation of AUKUS a major military partnership joining Australia Less formal but meaningful relationships have formed A grouping nicknamed “the Squad” is composed of Australia and the United States; their defense ministers have met a few times and their militaries ran maritime patrols in the South China Sea earlier this year and the Western Hemisphere participated in RIMPAC 2024 a U.S.-led military exercise held in the Indo-Pacific these campaigns demonstrate a modernized approach to collaborating with allies and partners in the service of deterrence They are increasingly integrated by design and thus require a huge amount of work The transformation of export control systems to enable the AUKUS partnership took countless hours of collaboration among all three countries and involved scaling major bureaucratic hurdles even though the arrangement involved two long-standing U.S Expanded partnerships of this sort can be unwieldy and adversaries and competitors will do what they can to fracture them partners may take ill-considered risks when facing rivals if they believe they hold an insurance policy in the form of American support And deeper collaboration among Washington and its friends could be interpreted in a way that inadvertently escalates a competitor’s perceptions of insecurity these tighter relationships are a net positive and scale of collaboration makes the challenge tougher for those who seek to upend the security environment Prevailing in an era of comprehensive conflict requires a sense of urgency and vigilance and The circumscribed struggles of the post-9/11 era are gone and today’s wars are increasingly whole-of-society phenomena Focusing on boutique capabilities is shortsighted; both newer and older systems remain relevant Participants on and off the battlefield proliferate Actions and activities rarely affect just one domain; spillage seems unavoidable understanding this new kind of total war will be essential to preparing for contingencies in the Indo-Pacific The United States must continue expanding and diversifying its military posture in the region prevailing in conflict will mean gaining access to more bases in more places Washington’s military support for Taiwan will be crucial The United States must keep improving the speed at which it can deliver assistance to Taiwan and use more realistic conflict scenarios to inform what equipment it sends This aid should continue alongside efforts to encourage meaningful personnel and organizational reform of Taiwan’s military which would involve prioritizing and sufficiently resourcing training (including by preparing troops for more realistic scenarios) and further investing in asymmetric platforms and operational concepts alliances and partnerships in the region will require serious and steadfast attention Some relationships are ripe for revitalization relations with India have moved slowly since the two countries announced a strategic partnership nearly 20 years ago But clashes between China and India since 2020 have fundamentally reshaped the trajectory of New Delhi’s approach to Beijing; India now recognizes that this is a tense competition Today’s global security environment is the most complex since the end of the Cold War Learning from wars that others wage can be difficult but it is ultimately better than learning those lessons directly The destruction and loss of life in Ukraine and the Middle East have been heartbreaking In addition to helping its allies prevail in those conflicts and fostering peace Washington should get ready to fight the kind of total war that has ripped apart those places—which is the best way to avoid one Subscribe to Foreign Affairs to get unlimited access Already a subscriber? Sign In Erik Lin-Greenberg Michael C. Horowitz Margaret MacMillan Anton Grushetskyi and Volodymyr Paniotto Richard Haass William H. Hill Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay Tong Zhao Zongyuan Zoe Liu Anne Neuberger Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage * Note that when you provide your email address, the Foreign Affairs Privacy Policy and Terms of Use will apply to your newsletter subscription Published by The Council on Foreign Relations Privacy Policy Terms of Use From the publishers of  Foreign Affairs This website uses cookies to improve your experience You can opt-out of certain cookies using the cookie management page * Note that when you provide your email address, the Foreign Affairs Privacy Policy and Terms of Use will apply to your newsletter subscription — The city of Lenexa announced Wednesday that longtime City Council member Joe Karlin died Tuesday at his home was surrounded by family at the time of his death Former Lenexa Mayor Mike Boehm appointed Karlin to the city council in 2009 to fill the term of Jane Klein Voters elected Karlin to the Ward 1 seat in 2013 and he was re-elected in 2017 and 2021 He also served five years on the Lenexa Planning Commission “We extend our deepest condolences to the family friends and loved ones of Council Member Karlin,” Lenexa Mayor Julie Sayers said in a statement from the city we have appreciated that Joe was steadfast in his commitment to servant leadership a long-term steward of the vision of our community and a friend to all of us and dedication to our mission of transparent Karlin moved to Lenexa in 1992 and operated a small business with expertise in banking He also worked for 14 years in management for U.S Central Credit Union and three years for Deloitte & Touche Karlin represented the city on the United Community Services of Johnson County’s Drug and Alcoholism Council was an active member of the Lenexa Chamber of Commerce and graduated from Leadership Lenexa Karlin was co-founder and executive director of the Tom Karlin Foundation The foundation works to improve the lives of teenagers and to reduce suicides through awareness and education “Joe Karlin was a statesman,” Boehm said in the statement from the city “Throughout his appointed and elected service to the City of Lenexa considered the views of everyone and sought common ground on issues before the Planning Commission and City Council Joe kept a watchful eye on decisions impacting his ward yet reviewed those decisions in the context of what was good for the city at-large.” The city code mandates vacancies on the council be filled by mayoral appointment subject to confirmation by the city council No date has been set on when the city will release information on how to apply to fill Karlin's council seat Report a typo The Trump Administration requested a dismissal or transfer of a lawsuit seeking to tighten the safety requirements for the abortion pill mifepristone on procedural grounds, which still leaves the administration's position on the case's merits unclear. Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss FDA Commissioner Martin Makary’s decision to have one of his assistants lead negotiations for Novavax’s delayed COVID-19 vaccine review, as well as some recent missed review deadlines, which may be the result of recent FDA cuts. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary's remarks that his special assistant Tracy Beth Høeg will "be involved in other approval procedures" besides Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine application could be a dramatic change in operations, potentially making the approval system unpredictable. The mood at the World Vaccines Congress in Washington, D.C. was bleak given Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rise to lead the Trump Administration’s Health and Human Services Department, but vaccine lawyers offered an optimistic outlook and ideas for countering his vaccine agenda. In an unusual move, Tracy Beth Høeg, a special assistant to FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, is leading the continued negotiations on Novavax’s delayed COVID-19 vaccine approval. Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss the most recent senior staff departures at the FDA and their impact on the agency, as well as Commissioner Martin Makary’s plans for a new approval pathway and a combined adverse event database as outlined in an interview with a podcast host. a Norstella company Pharma Intelligence UK Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 13787459 whose registered PhD is a professor at Johns Hopkins University-School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution She served in national security roles for six U.S she served as assistant secretary of defense for strategy leading the development and implementation of the 2022 National Defense Strategy She advised the secretary of defense on forces force posture in Asia and AUKUS implementation she led DoD’s relations with nearly 150 countries Karlin was on the defense policy team for the Biden-Harris transition Karlin wrote two books on military history and defense policy and is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal PWH Distinguished Visiting Fellow Mara Karlin shares her perspective on some of the biggest national security threats facing the United States today and how the security landscape has changed since the post-9/11 “forever wars.” This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) recently announced a $1 million gift provided to the university from the estate of Hildegard Karlin The multilevel gift establishes a new endowment Arthur and Hildegard Karlin Scholarship Fund” in Accounting which is part of a broader bequest from Dr Arthur and Hildegard Karlin to various charities and recipients focuses on providing educational and research support to expand opportunities for UAPB students and faculty and strengthening learning experiences in accounting fields of study Included in the broader intent of the gift is funding that supports faculty and student travel the award highlights the University’s growing impact and strong reputation for advancing educational access and promoting social mobility “The extraordinary generosity of the late Dr Arthur and Hildegard Karlin reflects a deep and lasting belief in the transformative power of education,” Dr “This $1 million gift will not only open doors for our students and faculty but it also affirms the legacy and excellence of UAPB as one of Arkansas’ premier HBCUs.” Stewart also emphasized the importance of the gift’s adaptable nature “having flexible funding is essential as we equip our students to navigate and lead in an ever-evolving global economy—particularly in such high-demand fields like accounting and finance We are profoundly grateful for this investment in our future and we will honor the Karlin legacy by continuing to empower the next generation of scholars and leaders.” is one of the largest individual estate gifts to Arkansas’ largest and oldest HBCU emphasized the importance of the Karlin gift to the university and the region.  He and UAPB Director of Donor Relations worked with Relyance Bank in managing the gift process “The size and nature of the Karlin donation to UAPB represents a significant confirmation of the great work that this university has made in providing a quality education It also serves a reminder to others of the impact that each one of us can all make in supporting UAPB as we think about our individual giving and building the next generation of scholars.” Relyance Bank managing executive for the Karlin Estate indicates that the generosity of the Karlins continues to point to a well-lived life “I am very pleased to be able to facilitate the Karlins’ generosity to UAPB,” said Cummings “As we move forward with awarding the gift Relyance Bank remains committed to working with the University in making a difference in the lives of UAPB students and faculty.” The Karlins’ philanthropic support has extended to more than a dozen charities and individuals Arthur Karlin previously served as a member of the UAPB Accounting Faculty Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email TrendingCommercialAustinAKarlin to spend $20M on IBM lab build-out as tech downsizesBig Blue leased 50K square feet of lab space ahead of its office move Listen to this article00:001xKey PointsAI Generated.✨This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff IBM’s space at Parmer Impact Lab in Austin is getting a $20 million build-out Karlin Real Estate plans to customize the tech giant’s 47,000-square-foot space The cost works out to $425 per square foot IBM inked the deal to lease 50,000 square feet of lab space at 12829 Parmer Ridge Drive in January less than a year after forming its regional hub near the Domain CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield brokered the deal Work on the space is expected to start next January and be completed in November 2026 $1 billion master-planned technology and office campus developed by Karlin Tech companies have been shedding Austin office space since the pandemic SIGN UPBig Blue occupies 800,000 square feet of office space between two buildings at the Domain It’s moving to a new Hines development in the Domain IBM will occupy 320,000 square feet of the 500,000-square-foot complex Hines Domain Northside will consist of two 14-story office buildings Meanwhile, Google plans to finally move employees into the downtown “Sail Tower” by the end of the year The building has sat empty since its delivery in 2022 Though Google is leasing the whole 35-story, 804,000-square-foot building, it’s long been rumored that the tech giant is subleasing part of its Sail Tower space when developer Trammell Crow Company sold it to Atlanta-based Cousins Properties for $521.8 million Michelson was raised in Philadelphia by his grandmother which inspired Michelson to become an orthopedic spinal surgeon He holds 955 patents related to orthopedic surgery He became a billionaire in 2005 thanks to a $1.35 billion settlement with medical manufacturing giant Medtronic following an extended legal battle over his patents He invested the payout into Karlin Asset Management an investment firm which currently handles more than $1.5 billion in venture capital the venture capital and private equity assets did well while the real estate portfolio saw values drop somewhat which now includes three foundations and two nonprofits His latest cause is spearheading the development of the California Center for Immunology and Immunotherapy one of two centers at an emerging UCLA research park at the former Westside Pavilion; in August he announced he has committed $100 million in personal funds toward the effort part of a $120 million donation commitment to the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Charitable Giving: In conjunction with his $100 million gift for the immunology institute the Michelsons announced another $20 million from their 20MM Foundation to go toward research grants to young scientists engaged in immunology research That brings the total donation to the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine to $120 million the largest single gift ever from the Michelsons Michelson and his wife Alya signed the Giving Pledge a campaign launched by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett encouraging centimillionaires and billionaires to contribute the majority of their fortunes to philanthropic causes who was born in Russia but grew up near Lviv in western Ukraine has helped find housing for refugees left homeless by the ongoing war in that country Key dates◆ 1995: Michelson founded the Gary Karlin Michelson which was later renamed the Michelson Medical Research Foundation ◆ 2005: Michelson became a billionaire after a $1.35 billion settlement with Medtronic over his patents Michelson holds 955 patents related to orthopedic surgery Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative Irvin "Irv" Karlin of Hays passed away peacefully on April 7 after fighting a courageous battle against brain cancer They recently celebrated 65 years of marriage Irv served his country as a captain in the United States Army fighting in the European Theater he was one of the cofounders of Prudential Loan and Investment He was appointed by Governor Robert Docking to the Kansas Council of Advisors on Consumer Credit and served on this committee from 1974-1976 Irv gave fifteen years of service to the City of Hays Zoning Board and Board of Zoning Appeals He was a founding committee member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish and was an active supporter of St Joseph's Military Academy and Thomas More Prep-Marian where he served in various volunteer capacities over many years Irv received the Points of Light award from TMP-Marian in 1997 received the Outstanding Alumni Award in 2002 Irv's memberships included the American Legion He was a Life Member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1325 Irv prided himself for bringing windmill fast-pitch softball to Ellis County and enjoyed his many years on the mound Marie; daughters Judy Haas and husband Mike Mary Beth Karlin and partner Mike McKinnon He also leaves behind adoring grandchildren Lisa (Haas) Flynn and husband John as well as great-grandchildren Noah and Hannah Flynn Other survivors include siblings Lauraine Kluge He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Gerald Karlin A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M on Monday April 13th at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Joseph's Cemetery with Military Honors by the Hays American Legion and VFW Visitation will be on Sunday 5:00 P.M.- 8:00 PM A parish Vigil Service will be held Sunday at 6:30 followed by a combined Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella Rosary Service all at the funeral chapel Irv requested memorial donations to Thomas More Prep-Marian or to Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Condolences may be sent to the family at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com Kansas to Celestin and Josephine (Staab) Karlin Omar was a farmer and stockman and worked at area sale barns as well as for Hilt Janitorial Service Jerry Karlin (Cindy) of Hays; four sisters Patty Kreutzer of Hays and Gerri Weber (Les) of Ellis; step children Curtis Keil (Debra) of Garden City and Dale Keil of Russell; 3 step grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews 2017 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hays Arrangements in care of Brock's-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays Severin Cemetery Fund or the Senior Companion Program Condolences may be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to keithleyfuneralhomes@gmail.com Navigating the nuanced differences of adult versus pediatric palliative care delivery can be a challenging feat for seriously ill youths as they age and transition between these two realms Pediatric patients often experience burdensome care transitions as they reach adulthood associate clinical professor University of California Los Angeles’ (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine Karlin is also medical director of the UCLA-Motion Picture Television Fund Palliative Care program Young adult and adolescent patients who receive pediatric palliative care support throughout on in their illness trajectories may have better outcomes compared to others, Karlin said at the Annual Assembly of Hospice & Palliative Care an event by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Access to palliative care can help support a patient and their family through several iterations of physical emotional and financial changes as they enter the adult health care space identity formation and also family changes might be going on” Karlin said during the assembly “All of these are going to make it challenging to manage a chronic disease and a lot of these processes around identity formation can be delayed or distorted because of the demands of an illness The idea of adolescents with a chronic illness is the capacity of a system enterprise or person to maintain its core purpose or integrity in the face of dramatically changed circumstances.” Palliative care providers play an important role in helping patients transition into adulthood The interdisciplinary teams are a core part of ensuring patients receive goal-concordant care and understand all of their options Key points to highlight with patients include examining the differences between pediatric and adult palliative services Adult patients may receive curative treatments alongside palliative care services but the scope of coverage can be more limited for some patients with lower symptom burdens Moving into the adult care setting also comes with challenges around preparing patients to make more autonomous decisions This involves more goals-of-care discussions that place patients in decision-making roles as they reach adulthood while also balancing the integration of support from their parents “We can be that bridge that provides continuity transitioning between the pediatric and adult patients,” Karlin said “We can shift our focus to helping young adult patients thrive in the face of illness.[It’s] advocating for an interdisciplinary team that can really provide that level of support How do we start at this stage to encourage ownership over medications and in other small ways build some independence by giving control to our young adult patients?” Medically fragile and complex youths age in vastly different ways than their healthy peers depending on their conditions palliative care clinical nurse specialist at UCLA Health Seriously ill children spend a significant portion of their time in hospitals health clinics and facilities as they address and manage their symptoms which can lead to negative mental health impacts A lifetime of growing up in a fragmented health care system can have some patients developing mistrust fears and anxiety in seeking out treatments Palliative care providers have the communication skills to engage patients in conversations discussing sensitive topics and help them navigate decisions that align with their values and goals Among the most challenging elements for pediatric patients is transitioning to a new care team in the adult care setting Having transition plans in place that help acclimate a patient and interdisciplinary teams can be a vital step in care continuity This involves strong communication and collaboration across both adult and pediatric clinicians social workers and spiritual care providers Collaborative pediatric and adult palliative care partnerships are a significant part of ensuring quality of life and ongoing management of a patients’ physical “We have to help them address all of these things and that means partnering with the pediatric colleagues who have been doing this up to this point now,” Meyer said during the assembly that they learn that as much as we can … we will help control these symptoms We as clinicians need to adjust our thinking They need tools to help them make their plans senior reporter for Hospice News and Palliative Care News is a word nerd and a hunter of facts with reporting roots sprouting in 2006 She is passionate about writing with an impactful purpose and developed an interest in health care coverage in 2015 Hospice News is the leading source for news and information covering the hospice industry Hospice News is part of the Aging Media Network By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more 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2 using the HAM-A scale after weeks 1 and 12 Karlin said phase 3 offers the opportunity to learn how long the effect of MM120 has on patients with GAD we’ll have the opportunity to characterize a response out to a full year after treatment.” Karlin also discussed what other information the extension phase will bring in including potential full remission within the year-long study period and characterizing both patients who experience initial positive response but do not sustain it and patients who respond only after multiple doses Read more about the trial here Dr Karlin is the chief medical officer of MindMed and a fellow of the APA April in Review: Updates on the Psychiatric Treatment Pipeline Here's to a Psychedelic Revolution Cybin Announces Partnership With Osmind to Advance Clinical-Stage Psychiatry Programs 5 Personality Traits of Olympic Athletes Reflections on 50 Years in Psychiatry: An Interview with Jesse H. 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Sign In Icon Honors Missouri Supreme Court to decide forum for trampoline park injury case People gather outside the Missouri Supreme Court building on Tuesday a new president and keynote speaker James Clayborne Jr President Trump’s pick to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital At the heart of the dispute is the question of what constitutes a medically documented Following a challenge of a ballot measure that passed in November that requires paid sick leave and raises the[...] The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a voter-approved ballot measure gradually raising the state's min[...] A federal judge grants summary judgment to Bi-State Development Agency in an ADA and ERISA case we shine a spotlight on law firms that have not merely survived but thrived[...] 27 years after the first WJA recog­nition program we continue to honor wom­en attorneys in w[...] Missouri Lawyers Media is proud to present the 2025 ICON Awards celebrating the impressive careers [...] This latest edition of THE POWER LIST highlights the most powerful health care law attorneys in Miss[...] We are pleased to continue to highlight Women Who Lead in our community by offering a special advert[...] Missouri Lawyers Media has selected Mary Fox the outgoing Missouri Public Defender Director Missouri law firms saw a slight decrease in the number of new partners last year Missouri Lawyers Media provides 24/7 legal news coverage and events honoring top legal professionals Get our free MLM e-alerts & breaking news notifications Subscribe for access to the latest digital and special editions We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze how you use this website and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns Newcity Design by | July 5, 2024 Bringing to the spotlight hundreds of rare and historically significant pieces from the seventeenth century to today, all sourced from prominent Chicago collections, “Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective,” on view at the Driehaus Museum, moves through a captivating timeline of stylistic periods and thematic categories Brought to life by jewelry historian and author Elyse Zorn Karlin the exhibition includes pieces from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and creations from Chicago’s Kalo Shop an Arts and Crafts emporium founded in 1900 by six graduates of the Art Institute of Chicago Photo by Brian Griffin / Griffin Imaging Studios, Courtesy of The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, 2024 How does “Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective” build upon your previous work, including the “Maker and Muse” exhibition, and what new insights or themes does it explore regarding the history and artistry of jewelry? Louis Comfort Tiffany, Arts and Crafts Gold and Opal Necklace, c. 1900 Can you share some insights into the most historically significant pieces in the exhibition and their stories? Photo: Brian Griffin / Griffin Imaging Studios, Courtesy of The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, 2024 What unique challenges did you face in curating the exhibition given the wide range of periods and styles represented? With so many pieces from such a wide time span, the work was in identifying the correct time period and style for each piece. Again, there are over two-hundred pieces! It was a lot. Some, like Art Nouveau and Jugendstil, are quite similar in style. To be perfectly honest, the biggest challenge was figuring out which pieces to omit from the exhibition. We just had too many.  How does “Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective” highlight the contributions of Chicago artists and craftspeople to the broader world of decorative arts and jewelry? Adolf Schneider, King Ludwig II pocket watch and seal, c. 1885. Richard H. Driehaus Museum Collection, image courtesy the Driehaus Museum. Photo: John A. Faier What can visitors learn about the evolution of jewelry design from the seventeenth century to the present by exploring this exhibition? Frederick James Partridge for Liberty & Company it’s hard to have one favorite—especially across 220 pieces But the two I’ll mention I’ve chosen because of the materials used There’s an Art Deco pendant designed by Jean Després in 1930 Shagreen saw its heyday in the Art Deco period where it was used as a covering for writing desks Després often hand-hammered his metal surfaces much as Arts and Crafts movement artists did The bleached-horn tiara I mentioned was designed by Fred Partridge in 1900 for Liberty & Co It’s either made of cow or ox horn and represents ears of corn set with moonstones to simulate dew drops The horn is heated to shape it and allow the insetting of stones This is one of only a few tiaras Partridge made Partridge was a noted jeweler of the British Arts and Crafts movement and notable for having been in the first generation of British Arts and Crafts jewelers to have received formal training as a jeweler “Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective” is on view at the Driehaus Museum through September 22 Contact: hello@rigouvasia.com Website: www.rigouvasia.com 2025 6:00 AMThis Is How You Get a Chinese EV Into the United StatesWhile almost no Chinese EVs are legally sold in the US these are the workarounds that could allow eager enthusiasts to get them onto American roads—at a price.Electric vehicles parked in the Hangzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hangzhou China.Photograph: Getty ImagesSave this storySaveSave this storySaveMost of us expect our ecommerce orders to show up at our doorsteps but John Karlin had to drive eight hours from Oklahoma City to Freeport to pick up his order: a Chinese electric car Karlin, a registered nurse and quality process analyst, read in the summer of 2021 that a tiny $5,000 EV—the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV—was outselling Tesla’s Model 3 in the Chinese market “I saw an article saying the most popular EV in the world is the Hongguang Mini EV And why can't I have one?” Karlin says he had studied all the requirements to bring this car to the US placed an order from a Chinese auto exporter on Alibaba a more premium model called the Wuling Macaron Karlin was nervous when he got to the customs He believes he was the first American to import this vehicle model to the US and he had to navigate uncharted territories to make it happen he breezed through the various processes of getting his car and then towed it all the way back to Oklahoma City and drive it every day to work at the hospital The China-made Wuling Hongguang Macaron costs less than $8,000 there are almost no Chinese electric cars sold in the US the US has become an outlier in the world as affordable Chinese EVs have quickly taken over markets in Europe have explored the possibilities to enter the US market—this is one of the largest auto markets in the world after all—yet plans have been deterred by economic calculations and rising tariffs such as the 25 percent tariffs announced in March on any cars imported to the US But they’ve been almost nonexistent in the US since 1988 when Congress passed a law essentially forbidding the import of any foreign cars unless they go through a lengthy and costly process to prove they meet US safety and emission standards The law was passed when Japanese and European automakers were significantly squeezing the US auto market which sounds familiar to Chinese EV brands’ market advantage today the law requires vehicles to pass a crash test before the model can be admitted and it has to be initiated by a registered importer approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) so it’s basically impossible for an individual looking to ship a single car to the US The major exception to this rule is that any vehicle that’s more than 25 years old is fair game and exempt from the approval process 25 years means nothing is needed,” says Derek Weldon which facilitates imports for the mature US market for used Japanese cars for this exact reason While these cars often face difficulties getting insured or repaired they can usually be registered in the US with no obstacles Since China’s EV boom mostly took place in the last decade none of these electric cars could have entered through this exception “It would be impossible to import a new or used Chinese vehicle into the US unless it was built before the year 2000 a time before any Chinese EVs were made,” Weldon says there are some methods people can adopt to get a Chinese car legally into the United States albeit temporarily or under significant restrictions What Karlin found out in 2021 was that some states have separate safety regulations for low- and medium-speed vehicles that don’t go on highways these vehicles are street-legal golf carts or farm vehicles but he discovered that the tiny Wuling Macaron could be slotted into this category too “The Macaron has backup cameras; it has backup alarms that it's so much more safe than just a regular low-speed or medium-speed vehicle,” Karlin says He was able to register his Macaron provided that his car wouldn’t go above 35 miles per hour (hence no highway access) and he could satisfy that requirement by asking the exporter to hard-lock a speed cap for his vehicle Since he was only using it to drive to work or grocery shopping in the urban center Karlin says he didn't see such a limited top speed as a problem Another exception is that non-American citizens can bring their foreign vehicle to the country temporarily without getting an American license plate a Los Angeles–based company that’s exploring the nascent market for Chinese vehicle imports Cao has helped facilitate some newer and larger Chinese cars to be shipped to the US temporarily For a car to be brought into the US through this route it has to leave the country within 12 months and cannot change hands in the duration China has its own rules for exporting cars for personal use it only allows a vehicle to leave the country for six months and requires the owner to pay a hefty deposit it means that this specific vehicle would usually only be able to stay in the US for about three months—making it only suitable for test drives for car enthusiasts rather than everyday use “you can drive around with a Chinese license plate They will print out a certificate of temporary importation which you just need to stick to the windshield,” Cao says The same rule applies to Mexican citizens coming to the US. And since Chinese EVs have become ubiquitous in Mexico and many people living on the border regularly commute between the two countries Cao says it’s become easy enough to spot a Chinese EV in Los Angeles these days Cao claims to see Chinese brands such as BYD The last way is going through a car manufacturer which is allowed to bring in foreign vehicles for research and NIO have operations in the US and could legally bring in their own vehicles Vehicles imported this way have to bear manufacturer plates and can’t be sold to individuals. However, since such vehicles are allowed on public roads, some companies could allow their employees, or even influencers Cao says BYD has a number of its Chinese models at the company’s Pasadena design center “Several times I’ve seen their employees driving the cars home I even saw [one] parked where I live,” he says all automakers globally buy competitive vehicles for benchmarking if the vehicle is purchased in the same country are disposed of,” Ford spokeperson Marty Gunsberg told WIRED “We have nothing to share on the status of these vehicles,” says Gunsberg getting a car from China to the US is going to cost a lot more than their original price in the home market Weldon says while his company doesn’t import cars from China a comparable price to import a car from Japan to the US is usually between $105 to $130 per cubic meter which means an average car could cost somewhere between $1,000 to $2,500 in shipping alone Then there’s the price to hire a customs agent to process it and pay an insurer that’s willing to take the uncommon vehicle (which is often harder than expected) before it can finally go on the road legally Karlin ran the numbers for his Macaron and found that he spent about $13,000 in total while the car itself was priced below $8,000 so it can theoretically be imported to the US—if a buyer is prepared to jump through the right hoops But money may not be the biggest problem. The Biden administration also implemented a ban on importing Chinese “connected vehicles” in January. It’d be hard to find a Chinese EV these days that doesn't have the features associated with Bluetooth, cellular, or satellite connections, so it effectively bars the import of any newer Chinese cars. Karlin says his Macaron has been followed by police cars, but never pulled over. After going to two different tag agencies to register his car, the state of Oklahoma requested to re-audit his paperwork, which they did and he passed just fine. As for the car itself, which had gone through such lengths to be US legal, Karlin loved it. He enjoyed the EV’s innovative design, which is very different from the American cars he’s experienced, with nice little touches like putting a USB port behind the rearview mirror so a dashcam can easily be plugged in. And the Macaron’s minuscule size proved super helpful when trying to find spots in busy hospital parking lots, and U-turns on narrow roads were a breeze. Karlin drove the Macaron for 12 months before a US company offered to buy the vehicle from him for research. The CEO of the buyer company came to meet him in Oklahoma City, and as they sat in the car together, “I could see he's smiling. I can see the wheels turning in his head as he's realizing this and that, and looking at these different features and materials,” he says. Cao has been to a few car enthusiasts gatherings in the US where a Chinese media company has brought along the EVs they temporarily imported. He says the American participants really liked the Chinese cars and often wanted to know how to get one. “For those who are rich enough and have the connections, they probably are thinking about importing a few and experiencing it themselves.” You Might Also Like …In your inbox: Will Knight's AI Lab explores advances in AI The Trump tariffs are how everything works now Big Story: If Anthropic succeeds a nation of benevolent AI geniuses could be born Scientists claim to have brought back the dire wolf Special Edition: The most dangerous hackers you’ve never heard of It’s time to keep the stuff you already have running longer.Boone AshworthWired CouponsWayfair Coupons10% Off Wayfair Promo Code with sign-up $50 Off In-Person Tax Prep When You Switch From Your Tax Current Provider Exclusive: Up To 50% Off 6 Boxes With Factor Promo Code It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking Get Pollstar News and more delivered right to your inbox with Pollstar Daily Pulse By signing up, you agree to Pollstar’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use fans of electronic music flock to Rothbury Michigan’s Sherwood Forest for Electric Forest flying in from all over the country and making the hour drive from Grand Rapids Ticketholders will set up camp before the June 20-23 festival officially opens and festivities planned through late Sun- day night The festival is produced by AEG and Insomniac This year features performances by Pretty Lights The festival is keeping with its jam band roots with The String Cheese Incident returning once again for two sets “I’m excited for some of the unique moments we have,” Alicia Karlin VP of global touring and talent at AEG Presents who serves as the talent buyer for the festival we’ve got Everything Always with John Summit and Dom Dolla we’ve got GIGANTIC NGHTMRE — Big Gigantic has played the festival many We always like to incorporate a lot of different world sounds and I’m pretty excited about all those coming.” Electric Forest remains a favorite festival among dance music artists those performing each year will block out the entire weekend from their touring calendar so they can also attend as fans While Karlin doesn’t start plotting out the lineup for next year’s festival until she’s already gotten through the current one (she’ll start doing a deep dive in August) artists who are skipping a year already anticipate putting the festival on their calendar “The relationships I have over the years with different artists and different agents and different managers and just having a lot of trust in what we’re doing in terms of the production and the programming allows us to have something really special,” Karlin says “We have so many stages and a lot of counter-programming that we’re working through You have to have a really great relationship with people who trust you and that you will put their artists in the best light earning that trust to know that if someone might usually only want to play after a certain time of night they know they’re going to have a great crowd based on the overall picture of the show.” For those who haven’t yet broken through to the lineup Electric Forest’s campgrounds are filled with RVs that throw late-night renegade parties after the main headliner has finished and the festival grounds have shut down for the night Those parties can launch careers of aspiring artists the most recent of which happened for bass music trio Levity who hopped on a party at last year’s festival and found virality on social media and this year they’ll be attending the festival once again – this time The festival features 10 stages with more than 200 artists Karlin aims to avoid back-to-back bookings leaving artists off one year in order to give someone else a chance While there are exceptions (String Cheese Incident performs several sets each year and has done so since the festival’s founding String Cheese Incident is managed by Madison House) the majority of artists return every two or three years Karlin notes her favorite part of working with the festival year after year has been seeing artists move up the lineup as their career steadily grows and she always ensures to leave space for developing artists “There’s something really special; there’s so many artists that have played that you’ve seen them move their way up to headline,” Karlin says “That’s part of the experience and part of the culture that I think the fans really love — being there for the journey of people’s career.” Some of Electric Forest’s organizers are already on site having gotten there last month to start on the festival’s build It takes over a month to get everything ready for attendees with the builds on production starting much sooner than that About a month afterward is when the last person leaves the grounds the whole event with parts of the crew spending two months on-site year after year “You can feel the passion the team spends year-round curating every element of the show,” Karlin says “All the fan programs that contribute to making it really unique We have a huge dedicated space to perform- ing artists as well it’s just very different than anything else that people see around.” Commentary With MM120 in phase 3 in the MindMed trial what place do psychedelics hold in psychiatry The following 40 weeks will be an extension period; participants will be eligible for open-label treatment with MM120 ODT based on symptom severity This is part 2 of a 2 part video series. You can watch part 1 here The “DIY” Psychiatry Movement: A Potential Threat to Patient Welfare and Wellbeing Transneural Therapeutics: A New Company to Develop Novel Neuroplastogens The September 2024 crop report is in the books and again USDA put this year's U.S corn yield at a record 183.6 bushels per acre (bpa) up 0.3 bpa from their prior projection and above the year ago former all-time high of 177.3 bpa USDA in addition to the farmer survey and satellite imagery data used actual field measurements and were able to furnish both plant and ear population data for 10 top corn producing states Based on the harvested acreage and yield figures USDA was able to produce a 10-state weighted average for both ears per acre and yield The crop production report and accompanying briefing that contains a number of slides shows a 10-state ear count of 28,950 ears per acre and a weighed yield of 192.5 bpa In this chart we have gone a step further and plotted the 10-state objective corn ear population in ears per acre on the left-hand axis harvested acreage and yields figures for the 10 states we report on the right-hand axis the implied 10-state corn ear weight in lbs/ear The figures in the yellow boxes are the 10-state objective yield which is a record 192.5 bpa topping the prior record of 183.4 bpa in 2021 Post-report there has been commentary that the USDA's 10-state ear count of 28,950 is below last year's 29,350 coming in actually 2.1% below the 2004-2024 trend the final 10-state corn ear count has been lower than the September figure by an average of 144 ears per acre ranging from down 50 to as much as down 250 ears/acre in 2018 This has some speculating about perhaps a lower U.S corn yield down the road in subsequent crop reports a record 10-state objective yield of 192.5 bpa and fewer ears must mean a heavier ear weight and that is the case Our calculations work out to an average 10-state ear weight of 0.372 lbs/ear topping the prior record of 0.359 lbs/ear seen in 2016 With dry weather over the past 30 days some talk of reduced grain fill that could result in a lower ear weight in the Oct Nov and Jan 2025 reports so we will have to wait and see that good rainfall for most of the summer and perhaps more importantly cooler than normal temperatures in these 10 states responsible for the heavier ear weights in this season's U.S Please correct the following errors and try again: A violent riot ensued on Wednesday in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem when a group of extremists attacked the car of Karlin-Stolin Rebbe with teargas as he left his granddaughter's Sheva Brachot celebration The incident began when the group of extremists blocked the Grand Rabbi's Chevy on Ezra Street who accuse the Rabbi of encouraging haredi enlistment in the IDF Members of the Karlin court who were present were infuriated and a violent confrontation ensued "It was a shocking scene," one eyewitness recounted "A group of extremists just blocked the Rebbe and began to spray teargas at the car This is not the first time groups of extremists harassed the Karliner Rebbe extremists attempted to disrupt an event at the court's central study hall on Avinoam Yellin Street In the latest episode of “Lamplighters,” producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Moshe Bleich shliach at Wellesley Weston Chabad in suburban Boston In the latest episode of “Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Shluchim On The Jewish Frontier,” reporter and producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Moshe Bleich But it was a bracha from the Lubavticher Rebbe delivered four decades before he even knew about it Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Shluchim On The Jewish Frontier is producing a series of moving sound-rich and often surprising stories of Chabad shluchim and the people they inspire in every corner of the world.  Listen and subscribe at www.Lubavitch.com/podcast and on all major podcast platforms To pitch a story for our podcast about Chabad emissaries or for dedication/sponsorship opportunities email us at [email protected] Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment