WACO, Texas — Maxi Homberg is an All-American The Pepperdine junior joined elite company as the 52nd Wave to earn Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American honors with his second-round NCAA Singles Championship win in Waco Homberg routed Denver junior Raffaello Papajcik 6-3 setting up a round of 16 match with TCU's Lui Maxted tomorrow at 10 a.m With the win, Homberg is the first Wave to win multiple NCAA Tournament matches since Alex Sarkissian made his run to the 2014 finals. Homberg is also the third German-born Pepperdine All-American to play for Adam Schaechterle and Tassilo Schmid; the others are Adrian Oetzbach and Tim Zeitvogel there was a bit of pressure with having the chance to become an All-American," Homberg told Cracked Racquets afterward "I was a little bit nervous in the beginning but I have been working hard over the past month I felt comfortable with my forehand dominating him in the backhand corner I felt like I could come into the rallies really well." Homberg and Papajcik traded breaks several times in the first set The sixth game was the turning point: Homberg won the first three points then broke the Denver junior on a nine-hit rally that featured several excellent forehands from the Wave he consolidated the break to take a 4-3 lead at the changeover before getting a bit of a reprieve in his next return game Papajcik double-faulted twice — including on break point — then Homberg consolidated the break with a love hold to win the first set 6-3 Homberg broke Papajcik to begin the second set and held on deuce point in the second game The match was played on serve for the next two games before Homberg won another break point in the fifth game to take a 4-1 lead Homberg won yet another deuce point to consolidate the break for a 5-1 lead The Denver junior held serve in the seventh game then won the first three points in the next game en route to breaking Homberg for the final time of the match Homberg strung together a slew of several good rallies and pieced together a 40-0 lead Homberg gradually zig-zagged his way up to the net Homberg watched Papajcik's return sail long before celebrating becoming Pepperdine's latest All-American All NCAA matches will be livestreamed via ESPN+ and will have color commentary from Cracked Racquets Pertinent links can be found on the women's tennis team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Jacqueline &#8220;Jackie&#8221; (Homberg) Salvatore, age 83, a longtime resident of Mentor and Painesville, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2025 at Heather Knoll Rehabilitation Center, Tallmadge, OH, with her family by her side. 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View Obituary & Service Information The family of Jacqueline "Jackie" (Homberg) Salvatore created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories © 2025 Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home & Cremation Center Made with love by funeralOne There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting MALIBU, Calif. — Making his first NCAA Singles Championship appearance, Pepperdine men's tennis junior Maxi Homberg will face Oklahoma's #110 Jordan Hasson in the first round on Tuesday MALIBU, Calif. — Making his first NCAA Singles Championship appearance, Pepperdine men's tennis junior Maxi Homberg will face Oklahoma's #110 Jordan Hasson in the first round on Tuesday 103 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles poll Homberg will give Pepperdine representation in the last four consecutive NCAA Singles Championships Homberg punched his ticket to the postseason earlier this month by winning the ITA West Sectionals singles title which was held in Malibu at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center Homberg's run at sectionals featured very little drama — aside from a three-set win over Arizona's Zoran Ludoski in the second round He beat eventual NCAA qualifier Emon van Loben Sels of UCLA 6-2 6-1 win over Nevada's Youssef Kadiri in the title match Homberg has a 2-3 record this year over players in the NCAA singles draw Homberg is the latest German Wave to make the postseason under head coach Adam Schaechterle and assistant coach Tassilo Schmid Homberg joined elite company with Adrian Oetzbach (Velbert) and Tim Zeitvogel (Baden-Baden) both of whom went on to become doubles All-Americans Homberg has a 6-5 overall record this fall and 39 career wins Thanks for visiting SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Calif. — In the wake of picking up a top-40 singles win last weekend, Pepperdine men's tennis junior Maxi Homberg was named the West Coast Conference Singles Player of the Week on Tuesday Playing atop the Pepperdine lineup for the first time in his career #36 Homberg upset #31 Noah Zamora of UC Irvine 6-3 Homberg's win was not only his first of the season but also the highest-ranked singles win of his career thus far This award is the first of the season for Pepperdine and the second of Homberg's career the match between two top-40 players on Pepperdine's opening day was close Homberg and Zamora traded 6-3 victories to force a third set which featured five deciding points in the final set alone Both players held serve in the third set until Homberg turned the tide in the eighth game which Zamora fended off by winning a long rally to force the fifth deciding point of the set Homberg broke Zamora with a forehand return that Zamora sent long A post shared by Pepperdine Men's Tennis (@pepptennis) Thanks for visiting SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Calif. — After clinching the doubles point against #39 Vanderbilt at home on Sunday, the Pepperdine doubles team of Linus Carlsson Halldin and Maxi Homberg were named the West Coast Conference Doubles Team of the Week on Tuesday This is the first time Carlsson Halldin and Homberg have won the WCC Doubles Team of the Week award this season. So far, four different Waves have earned six WCC weekly awards (Aleksa Pisaric and Lasse Poertner are the others) 72 team in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association polls Carlsson Halldin and Homberg clinched the doubles point with their 6-4 win over Pablo Martinez-Gomez and Danil Panarin on Sunday morning The Waves broke the Commodores in the third game then the match was played on serve from that point forward — in part due to Carlsson Halldin's excellent serving After Vanderbilt held serve on match point in the ninth game which Homberg clinched on an overhead at the net Carlsson Halldin and Homberg have an 8-3 record in dual match play and a 9-4 record in 2024-25 Their eight dual match wins rank second on the team The Waves will host #47 Middle Tennessee State today at 3:30 p.m for the UTR Sports Collegiate Championships at the BNP Pepperdine's first match in that tournament will be against #14 Baylor on Friday All updates can be found on the men's tennis team's schedule page at pepperdinewaves.com Thanks for visiting SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Pepperdine men's tennis team was picked second in the West Coast Conference preseason polls, plus Maxi Homberg and Edward Winter made the all-conference team Judging by the poll results, the WCC title race will be a close one again. Head coach Adam Schaechterle's squad had 44 points in the polls — a mere four points behind defending tournament champion San Diego Pepperdine and USD split the regular-season title last year and the two rivals have won all but two regular-season and conference tournament championships in over five decades of WCC men's tennis Optimism in Malibu is justified. Returning six players from last season's NCAA Tournament team, Pepperdine will aim for its fifth consecutive postseason appearance this year. The 2024-25 squad also boasts the nation's second-ranked recruiting class according to the Tennis Recruiting Network Pepperdine accounted for two of the WCC's six-person all-conference preseason team; the Waves trailed only San Diego As one of college tennis' best young players, sophomore Edward Winter is expected to lead the Waves for the second straight season The Australian earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southwest Region Rookie of the Year honors last year and was the WCC's Freshman of the Year after being in the ITA's top 60 singles rankings all season Few players were as battle-tested as Winter: The freshman faced off against 18 ranked opponents and had six wins over ranked foes — all while playing at the top spot in the lineup Pepperdine's newest All-American, Maxi Homberg rounds out the Waves' preseason team honorees Germany put together a productive fall season in which he earned ITA All-American honors reached the round of 16 in the NCAA Singles Tournament and finished the fall ranked #36 in the national polls Homberg has been a known commodity in the WCC ever since his freshman year when he clinched the Waves' 4-0 sweep over San Diego in the 2022 conference championship match Winter and the Waves begin dual match play at home on Saturday All pertinent information can be found on the men's tennis team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com Thanks for visiting WACO, Texas — Maxi Homberg is not afraid to grind out a long rally Oklahoma's Jordan Hasson learned this the hard way on Tuesday night WACO, Texas — Maxi Homberg is not afraid to grind out a long rally After fighting off two break points up 2-1 in the second set Three forehands from the Pepperdine junior set up a backhand Although the tension rose in the longest rally of the match firing off of backhands and forehands on both sides of the court before returning to his backhand on the ad side Homberg knew he had Hasson right where he wanted him Homberg capped off the minute-long rally with a forehand pass that Hasson returned long Winning that long rally was paramount for Homberg 6-4 in his first-ever NCAA Singles Championship match at Baylor University on Tuesday night "I felt like if I could hold serve in that game it would be a turning point," Homberg said but I was just trying to focus on the basics Homberg won nearly every long rally of the match Relying on his athleticism along the baseline and versatility with his forehand and backhand the Pepperdine junior went up a break early in the first set then responded well to Hasson in an entertaining second set The win was Homberg's third consecutive straight-set win of the fall Early nerves were apparent in the battle between two first-time NCAA Singles Championship competitors Germany went up a break in the second game then Homberg broke back to put the match on serve Homberg settled into the match and served with confidence as he consolidated the break with an ace to take a 4-1 lead Homberg fought off two break points to force a deciding point After persevering through the longest point of the match "I felt like he couldn't hurt me," Homberg said "I thought it would be important to focus on the right shots and determine when I could be aggressive Hasson held serve in the fourth game to regain momentum before the penultimate changeover Homberg needed to win one final deuce point Homberg moved everywhere along the baseline on intermediate rallies then won an 11-hit rally to hold on deuce point A post shared by Pepperdine Men's Tennis (@pepptennis) Thanks for visiting — Despite taking the doubles point against the #9 Mississippi State Bulldogs the Pepperdine men's tennis team couldn't quite pull off the upset at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kickoff Weekend the Bulldogs stormed back in singles by winning four first sets that shifted momentum away from the Waves After winning two first-set tiebreakers on courts one and five Although #36 Homberg and Poertner pushed their matches to third sets on courts two and four Mississippi State clinched the match on court two with #103 Benito Sanchez Martinez's three-set victory the Waves were battling in the third set in all remaining matches Mississippi State improved to 6-0 with the win They will face #22 NC State tomorrow with a ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships on the line wraps up the ITA Kickoff Weekend with a match against LSU tomorrow at 8 a.m All schedule updates can be found on the men's tennis team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com Thanks for visiting TULSA, Okla. — Pepperdine men's tennis players Maxi Homberg and Chris Papa completed their stints at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships TULSA, Okla. — Pepperdine men's tennis players Maxi Homberg and Chris Papa completed their stints at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships Homberg and Papa won their first-round doubles match against Arkansas' Jakub Vrba and Benedikt Emesz 6-4 three-set match to Duke's 88th-ranked duo of Sam Landau and Andreja Petrovic 6-4 The latter match was Homberg and Papa's second against a nationally ranked team this season In the first round of the qualifying singles draw #103 Homberg outlasted Mehdi Benchakroun of UCF 6-7 (4) Despite being down a break early in the third set Homberg rallied back for his first singles win of fall play #103 Homberg's run in the qualifying draw ended with a straight-set loss to #64 Miguel Perez Pena of Georgia on Tuesday That match was Homberg's third against a nationally ranked singles opponent in the fall season so far the Waves head to the Milwaukee Tennis Classic which starts Friday and runs through Sunday Thanks for visiting devoted father of Michele Lee and Cheryl Lynn Homberg Family and friends will honor Bobby's life at the family owned Evans Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services-Parkville Interment 10/5/2007 9:00am at Parkwood Cemetery Bistro by the Tracks has earned a place of distinction on my handy-dandy spreadsheet it’s become the first restaurant brand of any type that I’ve officially reviewed for a third time My first visit was to the Bearden spot where Harvest is now There was also an unofficial trip with friends to the Happy Holler site The Grub Spouse and I dropped in at the newest Bistro venue I was curious to see if The Orangery’s spacious European-courtyard aesthetics were still in play and I was surprised to see that BBTT’s owners pretty much wiped the slate clean and started over The entrance and bar are in similar locations but now the dining area is confined to a single modestly-sized space to the left of the host’s stand The grayscale color palette and curated art pieces on the wall created an elegant setting for a menu that appears to evolve from season to season First courses include East Coast crudo (raw fish Italian style) We thought the hand-rolled tortellini ($14) sounded good The pasta is filled with melted grana Padano cheese and plated in a kale pesto broth with Meyer lemon Second-course options include a couple of salads as well as baby beets We decided to skip those and move ahead to the entrees Among the selections are pasture-raised chicken and dumplings The Spouse ordered the Heritage Farms pork tenderloin ($38) — pork belly served with fried rice (I should mention that the chef does like to work Asian influences into the fare here and there.) I got one of the specials that’s on the menu every day (There’s also a catch of the day and a pricey steak-for-two option.) I ordered my beef medium rare and the steak cuts come with potatoes and onions on the side gold potatoes and smoked-cheddar buttermilk biscuits Our server mentioned one that wasn’t listed on the menu — fried okra I took some time to appreciate the dining room aesthetics (and the bottled beer I had ordered) while we waited for our courses to start arriving The three pieces of cheesy tortellini were delish and the small bites of mushroom and squash on the side added a lot as did the lemony bite of the green kale/pesto broth we formed similar opinions of both entrees The Wagyu steak practically melted in my mouth and was so good which were accented by cooked ringlets of onion there was a lot for my palate to be excited about It was a tasty take on a Southern favorite for sure We unknowingly had saved the best for last pecan sponge and a selection of house-made ice creams and sorbets to try the Smokey pecan chocolate bar ($12) It features layers of chocolate Nutella ice cream Nutella mousse and smoked chocolate ganache in a graham cracker and pecan crust We split this rich slab of decadence and were so happy about it Each layer was a distinctively chocolatey treat — so much so that The Spouse and I elevated this bar to our list of top five desserts anywhere If we hadn’t had our fill of apps and entrees we would have gladly sprung the extra $12 for separate servings The former Bistro by the Tracks at 1123 N. Central St. in Happy Holler is now The Marlowe. Randy Burleson owns both The Marlowe and Bistro by the Tracks. From upscale atmosphere to top-notch service to expertly chef-crafted food, the new Homberg site is firing on all cylinders. Hours: 5 to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays This familiar name in Knoxville fine dining has returned to Bearden with an exceptional concept operating in the former Orangery location. Volume 9 - 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00346 This article is part of the Research TopicFrontiers in Animal OrientationView all 16 articles immature animals form marching hopper bands while adults take off and form huge swarms of millions of animals At low population densities animals are solitarious Numerous studies aimed at predicting locust infestations showed that migrations both as hopper bands and as adults are largely downwind following seasonal shifts of the tropical convergence zone taking the animals to areas of rainfall Only a few studies provided evidence for active orientation mechanisms including the involvement of a sun compass This scarcity of evidence stands in contrast to recent neurobiological data showing sophisticated neuronal adaptations suited for sky compass navigation These include a special dorsal eye region with photoreceptors suited to analyze the polarization pattern of the sky and a system of topographically arranged sky compass neurons in the central complex of the brain demonstrated polarotaxis in tethered flying animals The discrepancy of these findings call for more rigorous field studies on active orientation mechanisms in locusts It remains to be shown how locusts use their internal sky compass during mass migrations and what role it plays to guide solitarious locusts in their natural habitat Eggs are laid in pods of around 80–150 eggs in moist sand or soil at a depth of about 10–15 cm Egg development is highly dependent on the presence of free soil water which is absorbed during embryonic development successful breeding implies close association between egg laying and rainfall As a further adaptation to seasonal changes in rainfall sexual maturation can be delayed for as much as 6 months until seasonal rains have been encountered Figure 1. (A–C) Seasonal breeding areas (shaded gray) and major movements of desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) swarms (arrows). Adapted from Roffey and Magor (2003) with kind permission The migratory behavior of the desert locust has been studied intensely over more than a century in an effort to forecast locust infestations. Desert locusts are the record holder in swarm size (up to several billion animals in a single swarm) and travelling distance (up to 5000 km) and have caused most devastating damage to crops across North Africa (Uvarov, 1977) who found no evidence for preferred compass directions based on re-analysis of the evaluated flight tracks of Baker justify to reevaluate the role of visual signals as orientation cues during nighttime flights suggesting some form of active orientation and the authors interpreted this as a thermal reaction to reflected heat from the mirror rather than a sun compass response Kennedy’s experiments have never been repeated or extended the effects of sun-derived celestial cues on migratory directions such as the polarization pattern of the sky or the sky chromatic contrast have never been tested in the field In contrast to rather weak direct evidence for sun compass orientation of locusts in the field behavioral experiments in the laboratory as well as neurobiological studies provide strong support for the ability of locusts to navigate using a sky compass Especially the ability to detect the plane of dorsally presented polarized light strongly suggests that locusts can detect the sky polarization pattern and use it—together with other sun-derived celestial signals—as a compass for spatial orientation but the nature of these signals has still to be uncovered a time compensated sky compass would be essential to maintain it for maximum efficiency in distance coverage it will be important in the future to more clearly investigate the role of different celestial cues on navigation direction in both solitarious and gregarious larva and adults in the field Text and figures were compiled by the author The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest Keram Pfeiffer for helpful comments on the manuscript Untersuchungen zur Phototaxis und 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'The number 510 is a reference to the earth’s total surface area: 510 million square kilometres That indicates our focus: to help Red Cross societies worldwide to accelerate and improve humanitarian aid,' explains Van den Homberg The other two working days he supervises research at the UT We are working on both anticipation of natural disasters and mitigation of them through natural solutions.' Van den Homberg is working on digital calculation models to interpret big data from natural disasters around the world we look at the course and humanitarian impact of floods Van den Homberg and his team train models that predict the effect of upcoming weather based on its expected severity and how the local communities are doing 'The Red Cross on the ground uses these forecasts to make early preparations if necessary by providing materials to strengthen houses or offering money to bring livestock to safety 'We work closely with meteorological institutes around the world the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and National Disaster Management Authorities We convert predictions into expected humanitarian impact We sometimes summarise that as 'Don't look at what the weather will be An essential part of Van den Homberg's work consists of collecting risk and impact data He supplements this with the help of AI techniques 'We let AI analyse reports of previous disasters online By combining eyewitness accounts with meteorological and official impact data from that moment the expected course of how a natural disaster will unfold can be easily deduced.' Van den Homberg and his team can use this to draw conclusions for the next 'Large Language Models work very well with commonly used languages such as English and French poor and vulnerable people in these areas are not always well-connected digitally That's why our local volunteers are so important.' 'I think the first aid workers who help out in disasters are probably well known we needed specialists in data science or who understand geographic information systems People with a commercial background who are used to analysing large amounts of data and want to do something for their fellow human beings The scientific analyses are not oblivious to reality 'We don't want to develop tunnel vision for our models In addition to looking at data from satellites and information from previous disasters we listen very carefully to local knowledge If farmers in Malawi indicate that they expect drought because they noticed a shift in wind directions we will of course take that into account.' Many of the international students Van den Homberg works with come from vulnerable areas themselves 'I am continually in close contact with local Red Cross units but to get a complete picture of the situation and to coordinate solutions I also have to experience the situation on the ground you really experience how important this work is.' The second and growing part of his focus is in so-called nature-based solutions the Red Cross tries to make adjustments to the landscape to mitigate the effects of natural disasters 'We distinguish between green and grey solutions One green solution is to plant mangrove forests Research shows that a mangrove forest can reduce a tidal wave from six meters to just two meters high You can imagine how much that helps people who live on the coast.' Another solution is to plant fruit trees on slopes that are prone to erosion 'The roots hold the soil,' explains Van den Homberg 'Here the challenge is often that people live in poverty and cut down the forests because they need wood for cooking and can cause mudslides and landslides during severe weather conditions the newly planted forests gain lasting economic value But we will have to explain this to local communities.' Van den Homberg also sees the effect of climate change around the world on a daily basis 'We are getting more and more unprecendented events events that are so rare that we have never experienced them before Belgium and the south of the Netherlands of 2021 happened unexpectedly in the summer while they are normally expected in the winter A warning for heavy rainfall was issued early on but some meteorologists did not believe the predicted values at first Local authorities and residents also could not imagine what that would mean in practice and assumed that it could not be worse than in 2001 and 2016 Van den Homberg also expects extreme weather conditions to follow each other in short periods of time 'And not just far from our beds,' he knows we will probably experience more heat waves here He also warns against long-term climate migration 'Areas that had tough living conditions to begin with People then have no choice but to find somewhere better That in turn puts pressure on the people who already live there So it is not just altruistic to help people in need far outside the Netherlands but necessary to alleviate the challenges of tomorrow.' The Princess Margriet Chair is a collaboration between the University of Twente and the Red Cross This chair is affiliated with the Faculty of Geo-Information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) the chair was dedicated to Princess Margriet because of her many years of commitment to the Red Cross and disaster prevention in general Met één been in de faculteit ITC en het andere in het Rode Kruis zit hoogleraar Marc van den Homberg met zijn Prinses Margrietleerstoel in het episch centrum van wereldwijde rampenbestrijding Onlangs hield hij zijn oratie in het bijzijn van onder andere Prinses Margriet en Pieter van Vollenhoven ‘De gevolgen van natuurrampen voorspellen en verzachten.’ Bij ITC bestaan zorgen over een NASA-programma waarmee de faculteit samenwerkt Trump wil namelijk geen ontwikkelingshulpprogramma’s meer ondersteunen there are concerns about a NASA program with which the faculty collaborates Trump no longer wants to support development aid programs Decaan Freek van der Meer ervoer de aankondiging van de reorganisatie bij zijn faculteit ITC als ‘emotioneel en heftig’ Maar hij zegt ook verantwoordelijkheid te willen nemen Dean Freek van der Meer experienced the announcement of the reorganisation at his ITC faculty as 'emotional and intense' But he also says he wants to take responsibility De faculteit ITC kondigde woensdagmiddag een reorganisatie af Twintig arbeidsplaatsen zullen daarbij verdwijnen Na overheidsbezuinigingen valt een gat van grofweg 3 miljoen euro niet te dichten voor de faculteit The ITC faculty announced a reorganisation on Wednesday afternoon A gap of roughly 3 million euros cannot be closed by the faculty With the magazine ROOTS we want to connect students and companies We do this by bringing stories of starters on the labor market They talk about living and working in the region companies come into the spotlight of students and students get an idea of the life that awaits them and what opportunities there are in the region 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 page you're looking for does not exist Please try our site search feature to find what you are looking for MALIBU, Calif. — Following a productive fall campaign, Pepperdine men's tennis players Edward Winter and Maxi Homberg made the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings of the fall season The Waves' underclassmen doubles team of Winter (Adelaide Homberg and Winter posted a 9-3 record in a promising fall season. The duo was the ITA Southwest Regional doubles runner-up, then they made the quarterfinals at the ITA National Fall Championships — the best doubles showing of any team at fall nationals under head coach Adam Schaechterle Playing against tough competition all fall Winter had an 8-4 record in singles matches for the Waves 5 newcomer/freshman in the nation was tested early and often as seven of his matches were against nationally ranked opponents 31 Gavin Young of Michigan to open The Malibu Showdown plus a quarterfinal run at the ITA Southwest Regional Winter is the second-highest-ranked freshman in the nation The Waves will be back in action in January as the team aims to not only defend their West Coast Conference Tournament title but also win a match in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive year Thanks for visiting MALIBU, Calif. — In a matchup between two Pepperdine doubles teams, Edward Winter and Maxi Homberg punched their tickets to the ITA Fall National Championships with a 7-5 Homberg (Freising, Germany) and Winter (Adelaide, Australia) squared off against their teammates Linus Carlsson Halldin (Stockholm, Sweden) and George Davis (London Although both semifinalists earn berths to the ITA Fall National Championships the Waves will face Arizona's Colton Smith and Jay Friend in the finals on Monday With the win, Pepperdine has sent doubles teams in the ITA Fall National Championships in back-to-back years. Last year, Daniel De Jonge and Tim Zeitvogel made the round of 16 at ITAs en route to becoming NCAA All-Americans in the spring Playing as doubles partners for the first time this season Homberg and Winter have a perfect 7-0 record all four Waves competed in consolation matches on Sunday afternoon Both Davis and Carlsson Halldin wrapped up the tournament with wins 7-5 win over Arizona sophomore Nick Padgham for his third singles win of the tournament Carlsson Halldin also notched his third victory of the tournament with a 6-4 6-2 win against Arizona freshman Sasha Rozin Homberg fell to Lambert Ruland of San Diego and Winter fought valiantly in a three-setter against #50 Gustaf Strom of Arizona FOLLOW: Follow @PeppTennis on Facebook and X for immediate updates Go to pepperdinewaves.com for all information Thanks for visiting SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Pepperdine men's tennis players Maxi Homberg and Edward Winter saw their run in the ITA National Fall Championships come to an end in the doubles quarterfinals on Friday 6-3 to Old Dominion brothers Connor and Codie Van Schalkwyk at Barnes Tennis Center the duo went 9-2 this fall and went further than any Pepperdine men's doubles team has gone before in the ITA's premier fall event yet the Van Schalkwyk brothers broke the Waves at 2-1 then consolidated the break to go up three games to one The match was played on serve for the next three games then the Waves nearly broke the Van Schalkwyks on deuce point in the eighth game the Van Schalkwyks went up a break early before Pepperdine got on the board in the third game Winter and Homberg broke the Van Schalkwyks to tie the second set at two games apiece a lost deuce point was the pivotal moment in the second set yet the Old Dominion duo won on deuce point to tie the second set 3-3 the Van Schalkwyks wouldn't look back in their 6-4 Over in the consolation draw, Linus Carlsson Halldin and George Davis faced their toughest competition of the fall season in the No 6 ranked Hunter Heck and Karlis Ozolins of Illinois the Waves competed at the Hagedorn Hidden Dual Playing against Arizona for the second time this fall the Waves notched two wins in singles and another in doubles Winter picked up another ranked singles win with a 6-2 Sweden) and Davis (London England) won 6-2 over Hoeyerall and Christensen Thanks for visiting SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Pepperdine men's tennis doubles team of Maxi Homberg and Edward Winter reached the second round of the ITA National Fall Championships with a straight-set victory at Barnes Tennis Center on Wednesday SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Pepperdine men's tennis doubles team of Maxi Homberg and Edward Winter reached the second round of the ITA National Fall Championships with a straight-set victory at Barnes Tennis Center on Wednesday Homberg (Freising, Germany) and Winter (Adelaide, Australia) picked up their eighth win of the year over Mississippi's Nikola Slavic and Lukas Engelhardt with a 6-1, 7-6 (6), straight-set victory. Elsewhere in doubles, Linus Carlsson Halldin (Stockholm, Sweden) and George Davis (London England) tried mounting a second-set comeback against Wake Forest's Dhakshineswar Suresh and Holden Koons Homberg and Winter will face off against UCF's Lleyton Cronje and Santiago Giamichelle tomorrow at 3 p.m Carlsson Halldin and Davis will face Washburn's Santiago Rendon and Tim Hammes in the consolation draw tomorrow at 6 p.m Homberg and Winter got off to a solid start in the first set then rattled off six-straight points to quickly go up 3-0 Mississippi got on the board with an ace in the next set but the Waves held serve and broke the Rebels once more en route to a 6-1 first-set win Both teams played on serve until Pepperdine broke Mississippi on a deuce point to go up 5-4 But Slavic and Engelhardt broke back in the next game then fell behind 5-3 when the Rebels broke the Waves on a double fault Pepperdine would win the next two points to tie the score at five-all then Winter's overhead smash at the service line punched Pepperdine's ticket to the second round Carlsson Halldin and Davis fell behind to Wake Forest's Dhakshineswar Suresh and Holden Koons by dropping the first set 6-3 Staring at a 4-2 deficit in the second set the Waves staged a furious comeback with a critical hold then a breakpoint winner in the next game to knot the set at four games apiece capping off the hold with an ace to take a 5-4 lead the match would play on serve for the next three games to force a tiebreak Thanks for visiting Welcome to IPE. 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Read our policy IPE magazine July/August 2023 By 2023-01-09T15:03:00+00:00 Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (VBL) Germany’s supplementary pension provider for public sector employees has appointed Angelika Stein-Homberg as its new chair who retired at the end of last year after serving on the board of VBL for 25 years Stein-Homberg is a lawyer and has been responsible at VBL for customer management and legal processes since 2014 as full-time director and president representative In addition to her new responsibilities as chair Stein-Homberg will continue to carry out her previous duties until all members of VBL’s executive board are appointed VBL has continued working to digitise the process for pension applications and to strengthen communication with stakeholders through digital offering in the past years the major challenges facing the pension fund were the development of voluntary insurance and a system that has changed in 2002 when the entire pension system was turned into a new company pension architecture based on a points model Peters conducted a strategic realignment of the pension fund as essential building blocks for the future of VBL “Richard Peters made a significant contribution to the development of the VBL into a future-oriented digital and professional service provider,” said Stein-Homberg adding that the scheme will continue to work towards further digitisation and professionalisation of pension management VBL has assets under management of €30.12bn catering for close to five million members Copyright © 1997–2025 IPE International Publishers Limited Site powered by Webvision Cloud I would run on this horribly tiny track at the health club near my house There was a guy who ran around the same time as me and we started talking and he said I seemed like a decent runner and that I should run a marathon I won the 2011 Indianapolis Marathon in October but it is still pretty awesome to say I won a marathon I had been a runner in high school so naturally I felt that running would be an easy way for me to lose the weight Being a father of two can sometimes make it hard to fit in a run I have made a habit of running home from my youngest daughters softball practices and games My oldest daughter has been a runner for a few years now and running with her is a great way to bond and they are always my favorite runs of the week and website in this browser for the next time I comment Chicago's premier active sport publication If you're from the Midwest and looking for running Metrics details A Correction to this article was published on 05 August 2022 This article has been updated Understanding the common dimension of mental disorders (such as anxiety and drug addiction) might contribute to the construction of biological frameworks (Research Domain Criteria One common dimension at the behavioral level observed across these disorders is a generalization Testing generalization in serotonin transporter (5-HTT) knockout (KO) rats an animal model showing depression/anxiety-like behaviors and drug addiction-like behaviors could therefore provide more insights into this framework We tested the outcome and stimulus generalization in wild-type (WT) and 5-HTT KO rats Using a newly established touchscreen-based task subjects directly responded to visual stimuli (Gabor patch images) We measured the response time and outcome in a precise manner We found that 5-HTT KO rats processed visual information faster than WT rats during outcome generalization WT rats gradually responded faster to the stimuli as the sessions progressed while 5-HTT KO rats responded faster than WT in the initial sessions and did not change significantly as the sessions progressed may be less able to update changes in information KO 5-HTT modulates information processing when the environment changes These findings indicate that serotonin affects RT in rats during information processing we could provide more insights into constructing generalization as one of the dimensions in the biological framework of RDoc The visual CS and GS used in the experiment were presented on a touchscreen so that subjects could directly respond to the stimuli and the RT could be measured in a precise manner A A representative rat in an operant chamber equipped with a touchscreen B A high-reward (HR) trial and a low-reward (LR) trial sequence in the stage of instrumental learning The rat was allowed to touch the stimulus of white and black gratings (phase one) which was followed by the random presentation of a reporter image “靈” on either the left or the right side of the screen (phase two) the rat was allowed to touch this single reporter image leading to the delivery of one sucrose pellet for LR and two sucrose pellets for HR trials (phase three) C A HR and an LR trial sequence in the stage of discrimination learning the rat was allowed to touch the 65° grating stimulus (phase one) two reporter images were presented on the left and right side of the screen simultaneously (phase two) A correct response (reporter image on the right screen was touched) produced two sucrose pellets (phase three) the rat was allowed to touch the 25° grating stimulus (phase one) A correct response (reporter image on the left screen was touched) produced one sucrose pellet (phase three) An incorrect response initiated a correction trial for both LR and HR trials Correction trial is the same type of trial as the previous trial during which the subject responded incorrectly D A representation of all the stimulus images during the generalization phase The degrees of LR and HR stimuli are 25° and 65° Each vertical line represents one session and the horizontal line represents the timeline The dash horizontal lines denoting the sessions between the two vertical lines are the same Solid lines between two vertical lines denoting the two sessions represented by the lines took place on two consecutive days Blue lines represent sessions during instrumental conditioning and discrimination Light-blue vertical lines represent the sessions that the ratio of correct response is below the criteria (90% correct trials per session for instrumental conditioning 70% correct trials per session for discrimination) Dark-blue vertical lines represent the sessions that rats reached the criteria Yellow vertical lines represent sessions during stimulus generalization where ψ represents the proportion toward HR responses α and β are two free parameters that denote the location (threshold) and slope of the psychometric function separately and λ accounts for stimulus-independent lapses and was fixed to 0.01 x denotes the grating orientation difference between left and right stimuli F is a cumulative Gaussian distribution that is given by The contrast was set to sum-to-zero (deviation coding) Significant effects were calculated by 95% credible intervals (CrI) and the estimate (E) of the effect was given The effect size and 95% confidence intervals obtained from bootstrapping are plotted on separate axes beneath the individual data points mean ± standard deviations are shown as vertical gapped lines The number of sessions the rats needed to reach the learning criterion There was no difference in the number of sessions needed between WT and KO rats The number of sessions the rats needed to reach the learning criterion or quit There was no difference in the number of sessions needed between them The instrumental learning rate was not significantly different between KO and WT rats The discrimination learning rate was not significantly different between KO and WT rats Mean percentage with 95% confidence intervals of correct responses across all learning sessions The stimulus discrimination accuracy increased significantly as learning progressed in both WT and KO There was no significant difference in correct responses across all learning sessions between KO and WT rats Mean with 95% confidence intervals of response time across all learning sessions The response time decreased significantly as learning progressed in both WT and KO rats Genotypes were not significantly different indicating that the evidence supporting the hypothesis of no genotype difference was weak we concluded that both KO and WT rats could learn to discriminate the LR and HR stimuli The training session’s effect on discrimination accuracy and RT was further analyzed. As shown in Fig. 2E the discrimination accuracy increased significantly (E = 0.05 This test was not significantly different between KO and WT rats (E = −0.17 and no significant genotype*session interaction effect was found (E = 0.01 This indicates that both KO and WT rats learned to discriminate the stimuli with similar accuracy The average RT of each session for touching the stimuli across the whole training session was also analyzed, which is presented in Fig. 2F No other significant differences were found in this test (genotype: E = −0.22 This indicates that KO and WT rats processed the signal of CS similarly we conclude that KO and WT rats might acquire the ability to discriminate the LR and HR stimuli similarly B Discrimination performance without a change in reward contingencies Percentage of correct responses across the last three sessions The discrimination accuracy stayed similar as the session progressed in both WT and KO rats There was no significant difference in correct responses across the last three sessions between them The response time stayed similar as the session progressed in both KO and WT rats There was no significant difference in RT across the sessions between them D Discrimination performance when probabilistic reward contingencies were reduced (outcome generalization) Percentage of correct responses across sessions No significant difference between KO and WT rats and no significant difference across sessions The RT was significantly lower in KO than WT rats There was no significant effect of the sessions Note: WT (N = 7); KO (N = 8); the points between solid lines represent the mean of the group; the dots represent individual data; the hills represent the probability distribution of the individual data; the range of the colored box represents the interquartile range; the vertical line in the colored box represents the group median; the range of colored box with whiskers on both sides represents the minimum and maximum data range; data outside the whiskers are outliers denoted by the symbol ⧫ No other significant effects were observed (session: E = 0.03 The data indicate that KO rats responded to the stimuli faster than WT rats when the reward outcome was less predictable Percentage of correct responses across sessions to LR and LR stimuli Rats showed a significantly higher generalization accuracy to the HR-conditioned stimulus than to the LR-conditioned stimulus in both WT and KO rats The percentage of incorrect responses to near-LR and near-HR stimuli Rats made significantly fewer generalization errors in response to the near-HR generalization stimulus than the near-LR generalization stimulus but not genotype effects Percentage of responses to interpret the ambiguous stimulus as LR or HR Rats displayed a significantly higher generalization bias to HR in response to ambiguous stimuli but there was no significant genotype effect WT and KO rats had similar generalization curves Error bars: mean with 95% confidence intervals E–J Response time (RT) during generalization E Interaction (session and genotype) effect on RT The response time between the genotype of KO and WT rats to each session across all stimuli There was a significant interaction difference between genotype and session across all stimuli There was a significant genotype*session interaction for the RT assessed across three sessions The main effect of genotype or session was not significant The RT in KO and WT rats across three sessions There was a significant interaction effect between genotype and session The RT between KO and WT rats across three sessions There was no significant interaction effect between genotype and session The point between solid lines is the mean of the group; the dots represent individual data; the hills represent the probability distribution of the individual data; the range of the colored box represents the interquartile range; the vertical line in the colored box represents the group median; the range of colored box with whiskers on both sides represents the minimum and maximum data range; data outside the whiskers are outliers denoted by the symbol ⧫ The results indicate that generalization accuracy and that both KO and WT displayed a bias to HR when responding to ambiguous stimuli generalization curves were similar between KO and WT rats To further examine the interaction effect between genotype and session on RT under each stimulus analysis of RT function on each stimulus was modeled there was a significant interaction effect between genotype and session (E = 0.74 No other significant effects were found (genotype: E = −0.47 We concluded that when processing the information from the HR and LR CS and ambiguous generalization stimulus during generalization KO rats may have a faster RT than WT rats at the initial sessions Our study found that 5-HTT KO rats responded faster to the stimulus than WT rats during outcome generalization where reward contingencies were probabilistically reduced WT rats appeased to increase response speed to the stimuli as the sessions progressed while 5-HTT KO rats responded faster than WT rats in the initial sessions KO rats did not change response speed significantly but might tend to decrease during the stage of stimulus generalization no significant differences in response accuracy and the generalization curves were observed between KO and WT rats it might be beneficial to understand what other possible molecular mechanisms drive the individual differences in WT rats in a big sample size The current study investigated the pattern of information processing in 5-HTT KO rats when the environment changes in two aspects the features of the stimulus itself and the outcome predicted by the stimulus 5-HTT KO rats processed the perceptual information faster than WT rats KO rats responded to the stimuli faster than WT rats initially WT rats appeared to increase their response speed We conclude that not only stimulus generalization but also outcome generalization can serve as a basic dimension of disorders A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02098-3 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems: ICD-10 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5®) Prevalence of anxiety disorders and their comorbidity with mood and addictive disorders Comorbidity of depressive and anxiety disorders: challenges in diagnosis and assessment A solution to dependency: using multilevel analysis to accommodate nested data Toward the future of psychiatric diagnosis: the seven pillars of RDoC Research domain criteria (RDoC): toward a new classification framework for research on mental disorders Measures of stimulus generalization in drug discrimination experiments whereas the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor impairs generalization in patients with major depressive disorder The role of serotonin in drug use and addiction Neural circuits and mechanisms involved in fear generalization: Implications for the pathophysiology and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder Reward and punishment-based compound cue learning and generalization in opiate dependency Cognitive bias under adverse and rewarding conditions: a systematic review of rodent studies The history of generalized anxiety disorder as a diagnostic category Individual differences in cocaine addiction: maladaptive behavioural traits Dopamine regulates stimulus generalization in the human hippocampus Norbury, A., Robbins, T. 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published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01162-0 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Harrison Homberg watched the University School of Jackson football team and had an itch It intensified after the first week of the season after USJ’s 28-27 loss to Chester County I wish I was on the field right now,” he said More:  Associated Press Tennessee high school football rankings He needed to feel the thumping hits from defensive backs He needed to feel the joy of playing with his teammates He called coach Michael Stroup after the loss and let him know he wanted to return “I called Coach Stroup the next day and I asked him if it's not too late to join the football team and I'm willing to do anything for the team,” Homberg said “Willing to work for a position and no I haven't been here for the summer and (the) rest of the guys have worked and earned positions but I just want to contribute to the team and anything I can do.” Homberg hadn’t played football since his freshman year after primarily focusing on basketball has returned to the gridiron and immediately made an impact for the Bruins He’s scored three touchdowns – two receiving and one kickoff return – since returning in Week 2 Stroup arrived in mid-May after leaving Scotts Hill for USJ He inherited quarterback Jacob Buie and wide receiver Ryan Miller But coaches and players kept talking about a basketball player who hadn’t played football in two years “I had heard through the coaches and the players that he was a part of the team as a freshman and that he excelled at football,” Stroup said but the conversation between him and Stroup remained open Players on the team kept asking Homberg to join the kids pretty much stayed on him,” Stroup said he chose not to come out the previous two years under the last two guys.” One of the reasons was Homberg wanted to focus solely on basketball He saw an opportunity his junior year to get significant playing time he almost returned to the football field the same year Former USJ coach Rusty Bradley was in his ear constantly about playing But he was about to enter a critical point in his aspiring basketball career but that was also my junior year in basketball and we didn't have a lot of seniors so I was more focused on basketball,” he said But my junior year was difficult for me.” It wasn’t a hard decision to make this season He’ll be playing basketball again once the season starts but he’s focusing on football right now Homberg was nervous before his first practice back But he did remember how to put on his pads “You can tell he's an athlete just the way he moves around and carries himself,” Stroup said “It's like he's been doing it the past two years It's like he hasn’t missed a beat.” Homberg once again got to experience what it felt like to play the game the kickoff return for a touchdown last week against First Assembly Christian He realized how much he loves playing football “I just missed playing and I saw them and I missed playing with my brothers,” Homberg said “I just missed the joy and the excitement and playing.”​​​​​​ Reach Luis Torres at ltorres1@jacksonsun.com and follow him on Twitter @LFTorresIII Rich Homberg became president and CEO of Detroit Public Television in 2008, at the height of the Motor City’s recession While Detroit was on the verge of financial collapse he kept apprehensive metro Detroiters’ spirits high with strategic and compelling programming capturing the untold stories of community members that needed to be heard DPTV has one of the most diverse audience of any PBS station Homberg takes action by deeply immersing the station Give Detroit: You’re originally from Florence Why do you have such a strong connection to Detroit Rich Homberg: There are only a handful of cities that compare to Detroit when it comes to the importance of the news and information business we always say that Detroit is the most important city in America If you want to understand the 20th and 21st century issues concerning race but Detroit always seems worth the effort and investment We start our day understanding the informational needs that we have to address in this town While metro Detroit has many prominent commercial television and radio stations we’re the only nonprofit public television station in the area our role is different than any other media outlet; we have to do things that no one else is doing which means stepping outside of our offices and in front of folks to understand how we should represent issues concerning education the better we can move to address those needs In a time when the media is under constant scrutiny how do you maintain trust among DPTV viewers Media is being challenged at every level, but DPTV has programming standards that are unmovable. We want our viewers to understand that we always strive to deliver balanced and deeper content, while having a service mindset. Factually, PBS is often cited as the most trusted brand in America American Black Journal or Detroit Performs DPTV’s Roadshows are not simple broadcasts but an internal leadership opportunity that helps us identify understand and connect with a community that needs to be addressed From discussing the future job market in Detroit and to Brightmoor’s preschool readiness and parenting issues it’s a process that not only involves producers and talent Figuring out what is important to broadcast With our Great Lakes bureau and the launch of our early childhood 24/7 channel we’re trying to be very focused on a tight group of things DPTV has one of the most diverse audiences of any PBS station How do you unite the many different metro Detroiters through DPTV we’re halfway where we need to be to fully address our entire metro Detroit audience but the next step for us is to figure out how we can effectively embrace and pull in every community at a new level Our world is changing and people want to be heard and appreciated How do you plan to build for the future of Detroit through DPTV Embracing every single platform is critical because the way people watch TV is changing The amount of local content that’s produced to serve audiences is shrinking and national trends suggest what direction we must take which includes bringing in a new generation of voices We want the public to discover what they need and want from a public television station and then we reload and double down and return to the next level of content What does it mean you to be receiving the Neal Shine Award for Media Commitment Just to be mentioned in the same breath as Neal Shine is quite an honor Dan Halpert and he has been with the station well over 30 years a highly trusted and committed public broadcaster nominated me is at least as important as the award What are you looking forward to at the Association of Fundraising Professionals Awards Ceremony on November 8 So much of what is pushing Detroit forward is credited in part to the philanthropists being honored at this ceremony, because philanthropy has been a critical driver of Detroit’s future there’s somebody at home who had to deal with the late nights and the too-many weekends and all the additional hours it takes to work in this arena For more information, visit dptv.org Related: AFP Interview Series: Nominee William Davidson Foundation Book a visit Dr Marc van den Homberg focuses on how humanitarian data and information management can improve preparedness and response to both natural disasters and complex emergencies Marc worked with Dalberg for UN OCHA and Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a vision for and the feasibility of an entity to improve the use of data across the humanitarian ecosystem With Leiden University and The GovLab (New York University) Marc performed a gap analysis on the data policies for UN OCHA's main ICT systems and processes Marc founded within TNO the ICT for Development (ICT4D) team with which he implemented pro-poor ICT innovations in developing countries through multi-stakeholder projects He is a technical team member of the NATO HFM 248 Research and Technology Group on Social Media and IT for Disaster and Crisis Response focusing on social media for humanitarian crises and participated in Trident Juncture’s social media analysis capabilities technical demonstration Marc has multiple short and medium term field experiences in Africa (Burundi Marc participated in innovative multidisciplinary field-research on the response to Typhoon Haiyan and was an international observer for the Dibrugarh Emergency Management Exercise on invitation by the National Disaster Management Authority of India He piloted and is working on scaling up with several stakeholders a digitally inclusive people-centered flood early warning system in Bangladesh collecting and collating data to create actionable information so that the affected communities can protect their lives and livelihoods and responding organizations can take well-informed decisions In order to push forward the effectiveness of the interdependent dealing of civilian and military actors with a crisis Marc initiated a study and pilot into a multi-stage collaboration network for early integration of multiple perspectives on emerging and future crises tested a comprehensive approach serious game and performed a comparative study on the different ways Dutch actors prepare themselves to interact in a crisis Marc is a reserve officer of the Dutch 1 Civil Military Interaction Command and registered interpreter French He was liaison officer in exercise Common Effort where sixteen national and international organizations explored their optimal position in the civil-military interaction spectrum and participated during one month in a military assistance exercise in Burkina Faso EU External Action Service and UN OCHA on supporting humanitarian action and civil-military coordination of external crises Marc holds the disaster management certificate from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Marc started his career at the R&D department of the incumbent operator in the Netherlands and was for over five years in a management role with TNO Germany and the US and currently lives in France Email: marcjchr@gmail.com MEI is not able to assist with contact requests media@mei.edu 202-785-1141 x241 events@mei.edu 202-785-1141 x202 development@mei.edu 202-785-1141 x2505 mej@mei.edu 202-785-1141 x210 artsculture@mei.edu 202-785-1141 x2509 communications@mei.edu 202-785-1141 © 2018 Middle East Institute All Rights Reserved | Accessibility Policy | Built by Social Driver (Marc) van den Homberg is the new professor at the Princess Margriet Chair offered in 2018 by the Red Cross and the University of Twente to Princess Margriet in honour of her 75th birthday aims to make better use of knowledge on natural disasters and climate change for disaster prevention and to measure and improve the impact of humanitarian aid in the field of disaster prevention The Princess Margriet Chair is attached to the Faculty of Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) at the University of Twente Marc is the scientific lead of 510, an initiative of The Netherlands Red Cross He has helped shape the growth of 510 from its inception in 2016 by developing and implementing an applied research agenda tailored to the needs of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and establishing close collaborations with universities and knowledge institutes This has led to evidence and peer review of products and services -that the Netherlands Red Cross has introduced into the Movement- aiming to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of humanitarian action Marc led and co-founded the ICT for Development (ICT4D) team within TNO Marc holds a PhD in physics from Delft University of Technology Van den Homberg focuses on the topic of “Data for disaster resilience”: enhancing the quality of risk and impact data forecasting models to predict the impact of a natural disaster to trigger anticipatory action (preparedness) and selecting monitoring and building evidence for nature-based solutions (prevention) “The unique collaboration with the University of Twente enables The Netherlands Red Cross to underpin its humanitarian activities with scientific insight and to better measure and monitor its programmes for resilience and nature-based community solutions” “Through its collaboration with the Red Cross the University of Twente can have its scientific research contribute directly to societal impact Students are also highly motivated to apply their research to the vulnerable communities hit hardest by extreme weather new innovations can be created by working together; innovations that are sorely needed given the increase in humanitarian crises” the Princess Margriet chair was held by Prof Dr M.C who was appointed last year as the new chief director and also chief science officer of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) Van Aalst will remain at the University of Twente as a part-time professor February 1, 2024 by Pepperdine Men’s Tennis began their season with a 4-3 win Jan. 28, at home over Georgia Tech The Waves are the second ranked team in the WCC and started off the competition strong with the undefeated Yellow Jackets “We focused on what we should do and the energy we bring and the way we want to compete,” senior Pietro Fellin said The Waves fell in doubles but put up a fight despite a slow start. Freshman Ed Winters and sophomore Maxi Homberg along with the majority of the Waves lost their initial sets “I feel like we didn’t have the energy in the beginning Assistant Coach Tassilo Schmid spoke with Winters and Homberg and they regained confidence but ended their match 2-6 Graduate students Chris Papa and Tyler Davis also lost 4-6 on the third court despite their energy The match to watch was with Fellin and sophomore Linus Carlsson Halldin who traded sets with their opponents up until the end All eyes were on them it ended at 4-5 due to the doubles being decided in favor of the Yellow Jackets the Waves came back for a redemption in singles as they won 4-3 overall Homberg and Fellin set the tone early by dominating their Yellow Jacket opponents in two sets each “I focused on what I should do and not [on] him and after that it was smooth sailing,” Fellin said Homberg did not even allow his opponent to score in the second set of 6-0 “I’m really happy with how I played,” Homberg said “I was more focused on the team and took the pressure off myself.” Papa came out strong in his match and quickly dominated 6-2 but he finished the second set 5-4 for another win for the Waves had a slow start and did not score until deep into second He quickly made changes and scored six points unanswered from his hornet opponent The day came down to courts 1 and 8 as both Halldin and freshman Zach Stephens battled in three sets After a tough loss of 1-6 in the first set Halldin redeemed himself in the second in an even match The Yellow Jacket led strongly in the third and Halldin lost 3-6 in the end Stephens had an equal match with his opponent and started his first set down 4-6 He came back to clinch the win of 6-4 for the waves in the second and third Fellin and Homberg brought energy to the courts at Pepperdine and I think our team culture is really good,” Homberg said The next Waves match is at home Feb. 2, at 2 p.m., against Arizona State Follow the Graphic on X: @PeppGraphic Email Megan Harkey: megan.harkey@pepperdine.edu