Installation view of CAN YILDIRIM and LALIN MERCAN’s "superanxiety" at Kiralik Depo 2025. Courtesy the artists and Kiralik Depo superanxietyKiralık DepoIstanbulJan 25–Mar 2 colored pencil and heavy gel medium on paper polyurethane cast chicken foot sculpture antipsychotic-antidepressant dust, pearl beads Installation view of CAN YILDIRIM and LALIN MERCAN’s "superanxiety" at Kiralik Depo Subscribe to ArtAsiaPacific’s free weekly newsletter with all the latest news, reviews, and perspectives, directly to your inbox each Monday. How can we critically reassess the process of heritage-making and how do we invent new ways to preserve marginalized pasts A showcase of the artist’s distinctive storytelling methods The curated sequel to a show about an imaginary romance Examining informal networks of resistance in times of war info@aapmag.com Lalin's thesis revisits an early example of so-called "debt trap diplomacy." Flaherty says her scholarship offers "a deeper account that gives a much better understanding." The daughter and granddaughter of physicians Natalia Lalin entered Princeton with a strong affinity for service and an intention to major in neuroscience But after taking a wide swath of courses during her first year — including mathematics the Freshman Seminar “Sentencing and Punishment” — she began to reimagine her academic path with an eye toward public policy coursework at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) where she networked with Princeton alumni in Washington The experience taught her that giving back comes in many forms — not just medicine — and she returned to the University as a SPIA major and there are so many other opportunities that you can engage in “I wanted to do that in an area that I was most passionate about Lalin deepened her exploration of public service She served as a research assistant with SPIA’s Bridging Divides Initiative where she investigated political violence and election monitoring How international institutions can better manage global challenges,” about the challenges that international institutions face and how they might become more effective "That launched me more into the human- and civil-rights sphere,” Lalin says and the structural barriers women face with respect to High Court and Supreme Court appointments in the country’s public law sphere Lalin began by interning in the civil society division of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women — U.N Women — where she worked to connect youth activists from the world to the U.N she went to the Division on Civil Rights at the New Jersey Attorney General’s office where she investigated cases of housing discrimination she studied abroad at the University of Cambridge she chose to research the effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Sri Lanka the homeland of her father and her maternal grandparents China has been loaning large sums of money to Sri Lanka and other countries stirring American fears that it could be used as a military foothold in the Indian Ocean “That was criticized in the very early days of BRI as an example of its dark side,” says Lalin’s thesis adviser a visiting professor of public and international affairs. “And then the scholarship moved on to other countries But what Natalia is doing is returning to this original story Lalin plans to work for two years as a legal analyst at a law firm long-term goal would be to be an ambassador,” she says Lalin traveled to Sri Lanka at the end of last summer to conduct interviews with key stakeholders and also gleaned insights from ordinary Sri Lankans she encountered between the formal interviews 'It's actually not [just] the People’s Republic of China,’” Lalin said “‘We need to hold our own [Sri Lankan] politicians accountable.’” “My thesis puts forth that the primary onus is on the People’s Republic of China,” she said economics and other aspects of sovereignty These include facilitating foreign interference in domestic affairs environmental degradation disproportionately affecting poorer communities Flaherty said that supports the conventional wisdom about BRI which holds that the policy exploits developing countries by offering loans for infrastructure projects that they cannot pay — so-called "debt trap diplomacy." Sri Lanka is often cited as a prime example of this narrative because it ostensibly lost control of an entire port as collateral for unpaid loans He praised Lalin for adding nuance to that narrative. Natalia's in-country interviews reveal a far more complex story," he said conventional accounts of the Hambantota story are not entirely accurate. At the same time Natalia nonetheless demonstrates other ways that the influence of BRI has negative effects in Sri Lanka Lalin’s thesis notes that despite warnings from the International Monetary Fund the Sri Lankan government instituted tax cuts that hurt the country’s overall GDP at a time when its economy was already in decline It also issued an import ban on non-organic fertilizers hoping to enhance domestic production; when that didn’t happen crops failed and a food shortage followed. which were supposed to restore the country after its war as they plummeted Sri Lanka into financial ruin,” she writes Sri Lanka was ill-prepared to face the polycrisis that came with the 2020s from a global pandemic and huge drop-off in tourism to an increase in oil and gas prices as a result of the Russia-Ukraine War.” "A lot of students would’ve gone in there just trying to undermine the conventional story and then come out 180 degrees opposite," Flaherty said "What Natalia did was undermine the conventional story but also come up with a deeper account that gives a much better understanding." Flaherty brought his own experience to bear on the critical role of senior thesis adviser a professor of history who specialized in American colonial and revolutionary history and the early republic and taught at Princeton for 30 years "A Region Converted: A History of Early Princeton 1683-1813," garnered three awards presented at Commencement As he worked with Lalin over the course of this academic year he said that having written a thesis of his own made him "appreciate how substantial and important" the thesis experience is at Princeton “I want to continue working in the human rights space,” Lalin says long-term goal would be to be an ambassador,” possibly to Sri Lanka The senior thesis has been a rite of passage at Princeton for 100 years Students pursue original research and scholarship in close collaboration with a faculty member NEWSPAPER SECTION: Business Mid-sized developer Lalin Property Plc remains cautious in terms of its investments focusing on maintaining liquidity and managing stock as the economy continues to slow this year while government measures have yet to generate a multiplier effect Company chairman Chaiyan Charakarul said this year remains another challenging year for the real estate sector as there are still no positive factors to support growth "Although the tourism sector is expected to continue expanding it is not sufficient to drive overall economic growth as tourism typically contributes only 12% to the country's GDP," he said He said the economic slowdown which began in the middle of last year is expected to persist for another 12 months due to the lack of government spending last year to stimulate the economy leading the company to halt new project launches the company launched only eight new projects worth 5 billion baht down from its initial plan of 12 projects worth 8 billion baht The four postponed projects have been rescheduled for this year It plans to launch 6-8 new projects worth a combined 4-5 billion baht in 2025 and aims to achieve 5 billion baht in presales and 4.05 billion baht in revenue by year-end presales fell short of the 6.5-billion-baht target all projects will be developed on its existing land bank while the company will reassess market conditions before proceeding with the remainder in the second half "Liquidity is crucial at the moment," said Mr Chaiyan "Our goal this year is to have more cash inflow than outflow as the economy is unlikely to improve next year." the company's debt-to-equity ratio stood at 0.79 times with a credit line of 2 billion baht from bank loans It also has finished goods and housing units under construction worth roughly 1 billion baht the government should extend property measures including the reduction of transfer and mortgage fees as the 10,000-baht cash handouts have not generated the expected multiplier effect on the economy "We are concerned about the government's stability in remaining in office until the end of the year we may consider revising our launch plan." 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Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.987296 Lalin River is a first-level tributary of the right bank of Songhua River High-quality corn production bases irrigated by the Lalin River are famous throughout the country the hydrological regimes changed severely due to expansion of the irrigation area To investigate the variation of the hydrological situation we analyzed the daily runoff data at the Caijiagou Hydrological Station from 1954 to 2015 by using the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) and the range of variability approach (RVA) The results showed a severe decreasing trend of the average monthly flow during the water level with regular and high periods with a negative slope of −2.924 in August and −2.518 in September The increasing trend of low pulse and fall rate of flow and the decreasing trend of the rising rate of flow demonstrate that water resources are drying up the annual maximum value decreased significantly in slopes of −7.9 The flow reversals’ average value is 65 to 50 times/year from 1954 to 2015 the hydrological alteration of the basin decreased 50% after 1978 To investigate the influencing factors for the hydrological alteration we analyzed the variation in land cover and land use between 1978 and 2015 The results showed that the area of paddy fields in 2015 was 1.5 times that of 1978 and the water consumption in paddy fields accounts for 80.8% of the total water resources the wetland area of the basin in 2015 was only 53% of 1978 and the wetland area of the two wetland nature reserves at the mouth of the Lalin River in 2015 was about 53% of 1978 the meteorological condition in the LRB shows a warming and drying tendency The air temperature has shown an intensively increased tendency and precipitation decreased in the last 50 years This indicates that the hydrological situation in the Lalin River Basin has changed considerably under the dual influence of human activities and global warming taking the construction time of the water conservancy project as an impact and analyzing the hydrological changes before and after the construction of the water conservancy project There were changes in water consumption along with this program although there is no record for this human activity testing the variation of hydrological alteration before and after 1978 will help understand the water resource variation in the LRB Location of the Lalin River basin (A) and the distribution of river systems and meteor-hydrological stations in the LRB (B) investigation of the hydrological regime variation provides critical evidence for the local ecosystem The Caijiagou hydrological station is located in the lower reaches of the Lalin River In the upper reaches of the Caijiagou hydrological station there are many reservoirs and other structures used for agricultural irrigation and urban water supply The hydrological regime change of the Caijiagou hydrological station is the result of the comprehensive influence of society and agriculture in the upper and middle reaches of the Lalin River which can reflect the comprehensive change of the hydrological regime of Lalin River we analyze the hydrology of Lalin River in the Caijiagou hydrological station For investigating the influence caused by hydrological variation we conducted the IHA method to quantitatively analyze how much the water resources changed in the LRB This study will highlight the principle of hydrologic change in Lalin River basin during the last 50 years The IHA is evaluated for implying essential water resources for the ecosystem this work innovatively investigates the influence of human activities as selecting the Reform and Opening in China from 1978 to analyze the range of variability of the hydrologic regime along with a variation of the hydrological regime changes of land cover and meteorological variation were investigated The Caijiagou hydrological station (CHS) is located in the lower reaches of Lalin River (Figure 1) The daily river discharge of the CHS from 1954 to 2015 was collected by the Ministry of Water Conservancy of China There are numerous reservoirs and other river-blocking structures built in the upper reaches of the CHS for agricultural irrigation and urban water supply the hydrological variation in the CHS involves comprehensive social The meteorological data from 1951 to 2013 were downloaded from the National Earth System Science Data Center Although no article records the role of land use and land cover and hydrological change we compared the differences between land use and land cover in the LRB Degression of wetland and increase of paddy fields in the LRB from 1978 to 2015 (A) The topographic maps in 1:100,000 under the national standard in the 1950s and Landsat TM remote sensing images with a resolution of 30 m in 1978 and 2015 were selected in this study. The land use and coverage in the LRB reference and the land use classification system of LU 2000 (Liu, 1997; Liu et al., 2002) were taken into consideration the land-use classification system is composed of six primary types and 12 secondary types The land-use classification system of the study area will locate paddy fields medium-cover grasslands and low-cover grasslands we estimated the IHA to assess the hydrological regime alteration The IHA method evaluates the degree of river eco-hydrological changes and their impact on the ecosystem based on the daily hydrological data of the river The indicator system and the corresponding ecosystem impact list are in the following table Five types of indicators related to ecosystem influence were selected including 33 hydrological indicators such as monthly average flow indicators Based on the evaluation of IHA, the RVA was estimated to compare pre and post impacts of the hydrological alteration. Here, we use the original IHA and RVA estimation following Richter et al. (1997). We conducted the IHA and RVA using the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) software version 7.1, which is developed by The Nature Conservancy (The Nature Conservancy, 2009) To quantitatively evaluate the degree of change in the basin after impact, the range of variability approach (RVA) (Liu et al., 2002) was estimated as follows: we considered anthropogenic activity from 1978 as the impact The degree of hydrological alteration of IHA indicators is defined as follows: when: Di and Do are between 0 and 33% the degree of hydrological alteration of IHA indicators is unaltered or shows low alteration; when it is 34–67% it is moderately altered; and when it is 68–100% Under the characteristics of temperate continental monsoon climate, the LRB with four distinct seasons is shown in Figures 3 and 4 River discharge significantly varied in the dry season the average monthly runoff was between 4 and 52 m3/s mainly concentrated between 4 and 30 m3/s Runoff with high amplitude was shown in 1968 and 1980 The average monthly runoff in January is between 0 and 19 m3/s most of which is between 2 and 11 m3/s the monthly average runoff varied from 0 to 16 m3/s mainly concentrated in 1–10 m3/s Discharge variations of the Caijiagou hydrological station from 1953 to 2015 Trend and variation of monthly (A) average discharge from January to December (significance level p values are less than 0.05 for all months) and (B) seasonal and annual (p < 0.05) tendency (DJF: December The monthly average in March is between 0 and 52 m3/s the average monthly flow was between 10 and 280 m3/s the flow rate was higher than the average values The amplitude of discharge changes obviously in May with an average monthly runoff between 0 and 320 m3/s there was no significant flow from 1989 to 2004 A significant decreased tendency in river discharge is shown in summer and autumn (Figure 4A). The average monthly runoff in June is between 0 and 360 m3/s. High-flow years were frequently observed before 1983. However, after 1983, the flow rate changed slightly, and there was no large runoff. Only marginally more substantial flow rates occurred in 1988, 2005, and 2011 (Figure 4B) the monthly average runoff varied between 0 and 750 m3/s and the basic flow from 1995 to 2015 was relatively less and only a slightly larger flow occurred in a few years The monthly runoff in August mainly concentrated between 50 and 350 m3/s and only slightly larger runoff occurred in 1994 and 2002 For autumn, the monthly average runoff in September is between 20 and 560 m3/s, where 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1987 had larger runoffs (Figure 4A) Relatively large values were observed before the 1960s; on the contrary and only a few years had a slightly larger runoff The monthly average runoff in October is between 20 and 300 m3/s high discharge values were observed in 1993 the runoffs were almost stable at between 20 and 60 m3/s with a decreasing trend the monthly average runoff varied between 10 and 60 m3/s TABLE 1. IHA parameters and the impact on ecosystems (Richter and Thomas, 2007; Ge et al., 2018) and 90-day minimum and maximum flow trends (p < 0.05 for all items) Notably, the decrease in the maximum flow rate is much larger than the increase in the minimum flow rate (Figure 5) and 7 days all had larger flow rates in 1957 while the flow rate on the 30th day and 90th day changed greatly and the average flow rate on the 30th day was larger in 1956 The 90th day maximum daily average discharge occurred in 1957 The number of days with zero flow was the same It is known that the highest discharge value is observed in the wet season and the lowest in the dry season (Chang, 2022). The results demonstrate the timing of the extreme values in the LRB changes following a remarkable pattern. For example, the lowest flow rate generally occurs from December to March. However, in 1993, 2010, 2013, and 2014, the annual 1-day maximum flow was observed in May (Figure 5 The delayed dry signal is indicating that there was no snowfall or meager snowfall in the previous year’s winter the highest flow rate appeared in the 200th to 270th days the highest flow rate appeared between the 120th and 240th days which is basically between the 110th and 250th days The aforementioned results show that the extreme daily values before and after the 1970s show different overall patterns Temporal variation of extreme daily values from 1954 to 2016 (p < 0.05) Variation tendencies of the frequency and duration are consistent with the notion that the hydrological condition in the LRB is getting dryer. In terms of low flow (Figure 7A) the frequency was not more than twice a year from the 1950s to the 1990s the number of low-flow frequencies has increased indicating a significant increasing tendency The average duration of low flow is different from the frequency of low flow every year The duration of low flow varied between 20 and 90 days before the 1990s the duration of low flow was around 10–20 days Frequency and duration of high (B) and low (A) flow The amplitude of variation for high-flow frequency fluctuates wildly each year, ranging from one to nine times, with an average of about four times, and sustaining between two and six times (Figure 7B) Nine major flood peaks were observed in 1969 whereas only one flood peak was observed in 1961 most of the years are within 20 days there was a longer duration of 190 days in 1961 and 170 days in 1972 and 30 days shows that the runoff in 1961 was significant and the longer duration was consistent with the findings of the conclusion The mean value of the continuous increase rate of flow varies between 0.5 and 11.5 m3/s (Figure 8) the range of changes before the 1990s is relatively large The continuous growth rate of flow is basically between 1 and 11.5 m3/s the most considerable flow rate was observed in 1980 Only a significant change was seen in 2013 The mean value of the continuous flow reduction rate varied from −8 to 0 m3/s the constant flow reduction rate changed notably there was a significant reduction rate in 1960 the reduction rate was stable between −3 and 0 m3/s and only a noticeable reduction rate appeared in 2014 Variation of change rate and frequency of river discharge we also found that the flow rates of rising/fall vary between 50 and 85 times/year from the 1950s to the 1990s and 70–100 times/year from the 1990s to 2000 only 30–65 times per year occurred There were more flow rates of rising/fall from the 1990s to 2000 because the low flow lasted longer during 1990–2000 and a slight increase in runoff can cause flow reversals the number of annual flow reversals shows a decreasing trend The average value is from 65 to 50 times/year which reduces the number of flow reversals by 15 times the phenomenon of flow equalization in the LRB is more pronounced RVA analysis results showed the comparison of discharge in 1953–1978 (pre-impact) and 1979–2015 (post-impact). Figure 9 indicates that the alteration for the index of May and the number of reversals denote moderate alteration The basin’s degree of hydrological alteration overall is 50% the hydrological regime of the LRB has undertaken drastic changes after 1978 Hydrologic alteration of the RVA for CHS (the number represents the IHA indicator and the total represents the overall degree of change) These variations emphasized that the water resources of the LRB have undergone drastic changes from 1953 to 2015 The amplitude of the monthly variations for the post-impact fell below half of the pre-impact in May Variation of RVA for the LRB before and after 1979 the duration of the high-annual flow showed obvious results The downward trend of the average duration has dropped from about 35 days to less than 10 days the runoff required by the wetlands in the LRB showed a decreasing trend from April to October The degree of hydrological alteration of the basin is 50% The substantial runoff and its duration were reduced reducing the number of floods entering the flooded wetlands These variations imply that the wetlands did not have sufficient water sources The utilization of water resources in the LRB critically dominates the ecosystem in this region Replenishment of aquatic plants and aquatic animals has all undergone significant changes Map of the land-use area change in the Lalin River Estuary Wetland Nature Reserve Variation of hydrological regimes may cause fatal effects for aquatic creatures The normal spawning time and reproductive behavior significantly impact the size and structure of the population fish generally spawn from April to June in the Lalin River which requires a certain amount of peak flow stimulation According to the analysis of changes in the monthly average flow of hydrological regimes only 14 years have large flows from April to June and the remaining 49 years have medium or small flows There were only large flows in June in 1956 there was an extremely low-flow phenomenon and no small flood peaks occurred in May in 1993 the required hydrological conditions for fish spawning were not available which would disturb the fish’s survival and health In addition, even more alarmingly, the meteorological condition in the LRB shows a warming up and drying up tendency (Figure 12). Under global warming, the air temperature observed from the surrounding locations (Figure 1) shows an intensively increased tendency in the last 50 years (Duan et al., 2019) which reduced river discharge in the Lalin River although the observed evaporation values were only available before 2000 they increased as the basin accelerated water resource loss hydrological regimes may worsen for the LRB the hydrological situation in the LRB has changed considerably under the dual influence of human activities and the global warming situation The average value of meteorological stations was plotted as black circle and is regressed as a black line showing the linear variation tendency (the significance level This study revealed the significant hydrological variation of the LRB We analyzed daily runoff with the IHA at the CHS from 1954 to 2015 The results showed that the average monthly flow during the water level with regular and high periods showed a decreasing trend The magnitude of the maximum flow decreased significantly The annual maximum flow decreased significantly and slightly increased on the yearly minimum flow The hydrological alteration of the basin is 50% (moderate) before and after 1978 the LRB is drying up regarding the increasing trend of low pulse and fall rate of flow and the decreasing trend of the rising rate of flow the wetland ecosystem is undergoing severe changes due to reduction of peak discharge affecting fish spawning and fish resources The changes in land use and land cover are evidence of draft changes that occurred in the LRB many reservoirs have been built to regulate water resources for paddy field irrigation under the development of the society and economy and water conservancy projects consume water resources These changes will significantly impact the hydrological regime and there is a great potential to affect the water-related ecological environment it is hard to identify how much the meteorological variation and human activities 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She had done everything she possibly could to prep for the experience at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business She knew every nuance of the case study that would be taught that day like the back of her hand and backgrounds of each student in the class to ensure a solid night’s sleep before waking up at 6 a.m the expectations for teaching at the Darden School are extraordinarily high It is well known for having the best MBA teaching faculty in the world So Anik arrived 15 minutes before the start of the class to acclimate herself to the tiered classroom “I was absolutely scared,” recalls Anik I didn’t know if I would be able to teach them well I didn’t know if I would like them or if they would like me “I remember incredible kindness and a welcoming embrace,” she says “There was a lot of energy on their part and they were nervous as well And I just relaxed and moved through the experience Just how magical it was wouldn’t become apparent until a few months after the quarter ended The dean of faculty stopped her in the hall and asked her to come to his office to read a letter he had received was signed by 69 students in her first class “It said I was okay,” she says “I did fine in the classroom and they enjoyed it It was a tiny gesture that went a very long way That was five long years ago and it probably feels like a lifetime the 35-year-old Anik has established herself as one of the most beloved and sought-after professors at Darden in the words of Darden Dean Scott Beardsley “off the charts.” In the five core and three elective courses she has taught at Darden Anik’s teaching effectiveness score on student evaluations is a remarkable 4.99 on a five-point scale For bringing all of herself to the job and doing so with compassion and caring, Anik is Poets&Quants‘ MBA Professor of the Year for 2019. She is only the third professor to earn the honor which was given last year to Stanford’s Jennifer Aaker and the year before to UVA Darden’s Greg Fairchild HER PARENTS ADVISED HER TO ‘GO AND DO OTHER THINGS IN THE WORLD’ How this pixieish young professor with closely cropped hair went from being a jittery young faculty member to a superstar professor is a fascinating story that involves her deep desire to develop meaningful relationships with students as well as her unusual dedication to teaching particularly for a young professor who is also under great pressure to do exemplary academic research in her field to win tenure She has been able to excel at teaching even while performing at an exceptional level on research ranking within the top 10% of authors on the Social Science Research Network Anik was literally pushed out of the house by her parents who recognized that in her home country she would never be able to achieve her full potential “They really pushed me to move,” she recalls ‘Turkey is not going to do well in the next 15 to 20 years Go and do other things in the world.'” for the first time to do her undergraduate studies at Brandeis University Anik was all of 19 years of age when she felt the first inkling that perhaps she would like to devote her life to teaching she was a research lab assistant for a marketing professor at the London Business School When she ultimately graduated from Brandeis with high honors Anik immediately landed in the doctorate program at Harvard Business School where she brought her social science skills to the field of marketing with a dissertation on experiments in social networks she moved to Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business as a postdoctoral fellow working closely with Dan Ariely at The Center for Advanced Hindsight until 2015 when she was hired by Darden REHEARSING IN EMPTY CLASSROOMS WITH A COLLEAGUE THE NIGHT BEFORE CLASS Before walking into that first Darden class she had never taught a full course before a group of highly discerning MBA students she had served as a course assistant for the first-year required course in marketing Anik delivered a lecture on motivation and incentives for a second-year MBA elective But now it was showtime–and she performed as if this was her destiny But what looked easy in class was a function of hours upon hours of work Anik would borrow an empty classroom the night before a class and rehearse with Luca Cian another outstanding newbie prof whose expertise is also in marketing She would be on the phone at all hours with a senior professor or Cian to make sure she was prepared for every possible angle that could come up in a case discussion she would compare notes with Cian to see what worked and what could be done better we spent more time with each other than we did with our own families,” she says As one of 31 new faculty hires at Darden in the past five years Anik has found a highly supportive culture of colleagues devoted to their students “Senior faculty would come in and knock on the door and say Is there anything we can do?’ It allows you to open up and to flourish “Our faculty has become more international than ever before We are bringing a very diverse set of junior faculty from around the world Diversity comes in many different shapes and forms The goal is that we bring that knowledge and experience to the classroom aspiring to ask and answer the questions of tomorrow our values and our transformation of experiences I try to be energetic and different in ways of thinking But we are all deviants who come together under one roof with one goal It’s a diversity of the mind and diversity of the soul.” Our Partner Sites: Poets&Quants for Execs | Poets&Quants for Undergrads | Tipping the Scales | We See Genius Website Design By: Yellowfarmstudios.com KQED Live Events PRX Podcast Garage Events Events Around the Bay Area Member Benefits with KQED Live Videos from KQED LiveWatch recordings of recent KQED Live events Featured That's My WordAn ongoing exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9 Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift Best known for her work with The Seshen, Lalin St. Juste is releasing a solo EP that reflects on the grief and beauty of changing her life so that she could live in her truth. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)In the short film that accompanies The Seshen‘s 2020 album The dreamlike music video sequence shows her crashing through a ceiling she fretfully yanks a door open and runs through a series of empty rooms a group of friends revive her with their healing touch—a visualization of the spiritual nourishment sisterhood and community can offer Juste admits that it overlapped with a time of turmoil in her life After years of identifying as queer and bisexual she suddenly awakened to the realization that “lesbian” more accurately describes how she feels inside and presented a set of daunting complications her work with The Seshen revolved around her artistic partnership with her now-ex-husband the way she had arranged her life no longer aligned with her truth “The origin story of The Seshen is our love—we would talk about the fact that we met [while studying abroad] in Ghana That’s been part of the identity and the narrative of The Seshen,” says St but here’s a moment that things have changed.” After a year of grieving and healing while concerts were canceled during pandemic restrictions she released her self-produced first single “scar,” from her forthcoming EP She began writing the EP’s four tracks during a residency at the Oakland music incubator Zoo Labs which gave her the resources and space to process this huge life shift through music “I want to practice sharing who I am in a bigger way,” she says And I think I needed this big transformation to actually kick me into gear so that I could develop myself as a songwriter and producer.” In “scar,” a quiet hum grounds the downtempo track in a self-reflective mood that stands apart from The Seshen’s big Snappy snares and soaring synths underscore St Juste’s optimism about the terrifying After a cathartic crescendo of layered vocals a moment of calm acceptance arrives: “It’s OK let your heart break,” she repeats to herself in a half-whisper “It’s accepting the realities of it this is what it means to grow: it’s to feel the growing pains of it all But what you find in your own scar tissue is a beautiful world of all those experiences and it’s what makes us who we are.” and they haven’t slowed down on songwriting or performing with The Seshen “As difficult as everything has been we’re both really committed to the friendship because that’s been the basis of our relationship from the beginning,” Ehara says The expansive band, which also includes drummer Chris Thalmann, keyboard and synth player Mahesh Rao, percussionist Mirza Kopelman and sequencer Kumar Butler, is getting ready to embark on a Northwestern tour next week that concludes with a hometown show at the New Parish in Oakland on Nov which commissioned a variety of artists to compose location-specific works Listeners will be able to hear the pieces at different Bay Area landmarks in late October via an app Juste takes a lot of solo walks near bodies of water to gather her thoughts “I have this really deep connection to the power of water It’s a place I go to grieve and to celebrate,” she says noting water’s role in her ancestors’ passage from West Africa to Haiti Her piece for Translocality explores the history of the one of the places she frequents: Sutro Baths, the ruins near San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. In her research, she learned about an unsung civil rights hero, a Black man named John Harris who in 1897 sued Adolph Sutro for discrimination when he was denied access to the baths Harris’ lawsuit helped reinforce a new California law that granted equal access to public spaces “I’m hoping to create some discomfort and some sense of dissonance I think that’s what we need in order to confront these memories—not even just memories These are current things that are happening,” St “Black lives are at threat every single day … You’re fighting for your space where the demographics have changed so much Taking an unflinching look at those hard truths and finding a way to create beauty from them “All these are steps in the direction of me fulfilling more of my destiny in terms of being more out in every possible way Lalin Anik joined the Darden School of Business in 2015 and has been honored for extraordinary teaching several times since Poets & Quants has named Lalin Anik of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business as its “MBA Professor of the Year.” Anik joined the school ahead of the 2015-16 academic year and quickly became an integral member of the community She has been nominated multiple times for the University’s Outstanding Faculty Awards received the Faculty Diversity Award in 2017 and 2019 and was selected as a faculty marshal for graduation by the Class of 2019 A skilled facilitator of the case method in the classroom with what Darden Dean Scott Beardsley described as “off the charts” student evaluations Anik told Poets & Quants she was exceptionally nervous before her first day in the Darden classroom According to the award announcement and a video from Poets & Quants: to ensure a solid night’s sleep before waking up at 6 a.m I didn’t know if I would like them or if they would like me “I remember incredible kindness and a welcoming embrace,” she says “There was a lot of energy on their part and they were nervous as well adviser and even teammate on basketball and soccer teams What makes Anik unique is her relationships with students “I think what makes Lalin so special is just her ability to connect with you not just as a professor to pupil but as a person to person,” says Alexander Gregorio who is earning both an MBA and law degree at the University of Virginia “You’re not feeling like you’re talking to someone who’s a subject matter expert You’re talking with someone who wants to learn from you as much as you want to learn from her.” “I try to teach my students that marketing is about empathy,” she believes “It’s about empathy with your customer and the same is true of teaching How can you contribute to their learning and their experience So it is always shifting your focus from yourself to others.” The publication also quotes from a number of student evaluations testifying to her impact in and out of the classroom “Lalin is one of the most amazing people on this planet,” one student wrote “She makes it very clear that she cares about every one of us and that has had a huge positive impact on our section “She does a spectacular job of challenging all students individually meeting them where they are to ensure they’re comfortable but still pushing them out of their comfort zone,” another said “She cares about all her students and wants to get to know us on a personal level.” Poets & Quants has named an MBA Professor of the Year three times, twice to a Darden professor. In 2017, the publication bestowed the honor on Professor Greg Fairchild Read the full story on Poets & Quants and explore a sampling of Anik’s research on Darden Ideas to Action Sophie Zunz /content/meet-uvas-latest-mba-professor-year-lalin-anik Embed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/news/2022/04/13/red-line-death-lalin-family-mbta"></iframe> The MBTA has kept largely quiet about the incident, citing the ongoing probe, but for the family of 39-year-old Robinson Lalin, it’s been a little too quiet. “They have not reached out,” said Lalin's nephew, Kelvin Lalin. “No contact, which is very frustrating. So what, he’s just ... an animal? He’s a human being. We’ve got nothing so far.” A small memorial for Robinson Lalin at the Broadway MBTA Red Line station. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Days after the fatal incident, Kelvin took the Red Line to Broadway Station, the site of his uncle's last moments. He said he wanted to understand what happened. “I could just feel his fear,” said Kelvin. “He was just here a few days ago and now he is not here because this just literally, just happened to him right here.” A spokesman for the T did not confirm whether the agency has reached out to the family, saying only that "the NTSB is heading up an investigation that will lead to an explanation." According to the Suffolk district attorney’s office, Lalin's arm got stuck in the door of the train. He was dragged to a gruesome death. It is still unclear why the door did not reopen to release Lalin as it is supposed to. inside his mother's home in Grove Hall an attorney with the Boston law firm Breakstone White and Gluck has worked on cases against the T He said he is unaware of any instance when the agency has reached out to offer sympathy to an injured party ‘I’m sorry that I was negligent and that someone suffered injury,' you're not making an admission,” he said our sympathies,’ there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.” The train operator has been taken off duty pending the investigation The agency also confirmed that the train car involved in the incident is more than 50 years old T General Manager Steve Poftak said the train has been impounded and he’s confident that other older cars in the system are in good condition if we find anything we will immediately course correct," said Poftak "We believe the rest of the fleet is safe.” The entranceway of the Broadway MBTA Red Line station. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Lalin's family has started a GoFundMe campaign to cover the cost of a closed casket wake and funeral for the man who was more like a brother than an uncle to Kelvin. “I’m just numb right now,” he said. "I’m going to miss him. I can’t even see him before I bury him … Man, it really sucks.” A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board said a typical investigation can take 12-24 months. However, a preliminary report may be available in about a month. Darryl C. Murphy HostDarryl C Murphy is the host of WBUR's daily news and culture podcast The proposal for the Lalín Town Hall moves between precision and probability building an antimonumental structure in which each one can recognize the changing forms starting from personal references so that collective identification – one of the main objectives of architecture when it deals with public spaces and buildings – occurs thanks to the diversity of personal interpretations: it is a ‘technological fortress’ The design proposes a group of circular volumes of different heights and diameters configuring an open and non-hierarchical structure in which users can establish a variety of formal associations almost a mathematical field that establishes behavior systems and underscores the dialogue with the environment instead of an indifferent autism choosing a scattered scheme rather than a compact one is to generate a non-hierarchical structure in both architectural and social terms The complex adapts its staggered section to a sloping site The floor plan is conceived as a group of circular forms of different sizes that surround a public plaza from which one accesses the complementary facilities on one side – radio bank – and the Town Hall premises proper on the other the different rooms are inscribed within reinforced concrete cylinders among which emerges a free-flowing communication space Due to its resemblance to the circular Celtic towns of the northern part of the Peninsula the complex is defined as a ‘technological fortress’ with a staggered section in order to adapt to the topography of the plot are the areas assigned to the different political groups a section for citizen services and a police station which is reached through a large circular staircase and whose presence is physically and symbolically marked The project is laid out around a one-story circular public space to a volume containing an auxiliary program and to the lobby of the main building on the other the project makes an intensive use of reinforced concrete – present in solid slabs retaining walls and screens – and of glass which is used in different forms depending on its location in the project: transparent opaque dark green and transparent dark green placed on a structure of galvanized steel that is anchored to the reinforced concrete The result is a mosaic of different tones and intensities which permits different levels of interaction among users The facades have different types of glass surfaces fixed with aluminum profiles to a steel structure the program is distributed in several concrete cylinders that are lit along their perimeter Colaboradores CollaboratorsAndrés Regueiro Carlos Martínez de Albornoz (concurso competition); Andrés Regueiro Carlos Cerezo (proyecto project); Sancho Páramo (aparejador quantity surveyor) Consultores ConsultantsAlfonso Gómez Gaite (estructuras structural engineering); Quicler-López ingenieros (instalaciones mechanical engineering) there arent any match using your search terms By Karen Dybis | July 19 Some of the most significant relationships in people’s lives start in unexpected ways—meeting in a coffee shop or randomly sitting together at a communal office table That last example is how Jenny Klatt and Stephanie Wynne Lalin found each other Placed together in the product development section at Judith Ripka In 2007, they founded their own jewelry brand, Jemma Wynne with the intention of creating innovative jewelry influenced by Klatt’s background in fashion and art history and Wynne Lalin’s knowledge of design and science but they share a passion for jewelry and its craftsmanship has always had a curiosity about how things are made She double-majored in graphic design and psychology at American University who grew up in New Jersey as the only daughter in a family with three sons and art history at the University of Pennsylvania when she found jewelry Klatt had tried her hand at everything artistic her mother fostered her interest in art through classes in painting and mosaics she started her own hand-beaded jewelry business Klatt had an internship at Judith Ripka for two summers and after graduating in 2005 she took a full-time job at the company “I worked for the head of product development and was responsible for getting all first samples made and approved before they moved onto production,” Klatt says “I spent my days working closely with our in-house factory as well as other outside vendors and learned all the ins and outs of fine jewelry-making and I am so thankful that I had that opportunity.” Wynne Lalin came to Judith Ripka through a friend whose mother was the president of the company Wynne Lalin says she learned all about the jewelry industry in those early years “They had an in-house factory with wax carvers all overseen by a master goldsmith that taught us at every chance he got It was an amazing experience that I will always be grateful for,” she says The duo’s friendship blossomed into a business partnership with their first collaboration on jewelry—delicate They didn’t see bracelets like that in the marketplace so they were excited develop them and Klatt edited them until they were perfect “It was my entrepreneurial spirit and my deep love for creating beautiful things that led me to partner with Stephanie and start our own brand,” Klatt says We still work on all creative ideas together but Stephanie works on the day-to-day design and product development and I focus on running the business side of things.” Jemma Wynne‘s latest collection, Escalator is a retro tribute to chunky gold bracelets from the 1940s something Wynne Lalin says they’ve always loved “We wanted to challenge ourselves to create a collection that while also maintaining a textural and gold-heavy look,” Wynne Lalin says “The beautifully formed steps of the links are reminiscent of the steps in an escalator We loved the idea that an escalator is continuous and could represent constant evolution.” Such evolution is reflected in how their relationship has deepened and they’ve grown as individuals over time The Escalator collection was years in the making “I love looking at the pieces knowing how complex the construction is but also that they capture that simplicity in the design elements and have that effortless fluidity to them,” says Klatt “I also love the deeper meaning behind the pieces They focus on the concept of elevation and the continuous evolution of the self and that is something that resonates with me in how I try to lead my life on a daily basis.” Top: Jenny Klatt and Stephanie Wynne Lalin are business partners and best friends, who established the Jemma Wynne brand out of their mutual love of well-crafted jewelry Follow me on Instagram and Twitter By Rob Bates May 05 By Annie Davidson Watson May 05 By Brittany Siminitz May 05 By Karen Dybis May 05 2025 © RX USA. 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Subscribe | Login Being a professor can often go beyond classroom teaching and research That’s exactly what the dozen of nominations for Lalin Anik described — a business professor that goes out of her way to connect with students and cares deeply about their general well-being and growth “Lalin brings humanity to the teaching of marketing and management,” one nomination said Another: “Lalin is an incredible professor who goes above and beyond to connect to her students and the greater Darden community.” Anik got her roots as a professor when Nader Tavassoli — at the time a marketing professor at London Business School — hired her as a 19-year-old to establish the behavioral laboratory at LBS Anik says she has been on the B-school prof path and landed at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business in 2015 where she now teaches a core Marketing course and Deviant Marketing and highly skilled professor at the Darden Business School,” one student said “Her classes are transformative and inspiring and delivering the best educational experience a business school student could have.” Education: Doctorate of Business Administration in Marketing from Harvard Business School; BA in Psychology from Brandeis University List of current MBA courses you currently teach: Deviant Marketing I knew I wanted to be a business school professor when… who is a marketing professor at London Business School hired me to set up the behavioral laboratory at LBS quite young to shoulder the startup of a new lab his trust and generosity that year took me to London To be trusted with such a big responsibility made me learn and grow quickly I had prior research experience in various fields from doing marine biology work and tracking the migration patterns of the Atlantic Blue Crabs to working the 2am-2pm shift at a sleep hospital I knew I liked research but I was not sure of the field until I worked with Nader I was inspired by the questions he asked and the intellectual and creative freedom he had I remember thinking “I want his job.” Well What are you currently researching and what is the most significant discovery you’ve made from it I am interested in the impact of social connection (from friends and family to strangers and co-workers) on consumer behavior and consumer welfare I specifically explore novel ways to form social connections by shifting consumers’ focus from themselves (“How can I use my resources to benefit myself?”) to others (“How can I use my resources to benefit others?”) My work suggests that when people are generous with their resources (e.g. they reap benefits both personally and professionally we ran a series of field studies around the world and explored the impact of providing employees and teammates with prosocial bonuses a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself When we gave employees of an Australian bank the opportunity to donate their bonuses to charity they were more satisfied with their jobs and overall happier We then collaborated with sports teams in Canada and pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium We found that prosocial bonuses in the form of expenditures on teammates lead to better performance It is nearly impossible to measure the return on investment in corporate social responsibility we were able to measure the dollar impact on the bottom line every $10 spent prosocially led to an 11% increase in winning percentage compared to a two percent decrease in winning for teams where members spent on themselves These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses – shifting the focus from the self to others – can produce measurable benefits for individuals If I weren’t a business school professor… It would be a tough choice between a professional athlete and a shuttle bus driver in Istanbul both of which I have dreamt of being for a significant part of my life What do you think makes you stand out as a professor That is hard to answer but I can share what I aspire to do as a professor I approach teaching as my opportunity to instill students with the resilience and hope that no matter how hard the world might push against them there is something within them that is stronger—something better I strive to create spaces for them to explore this force within their minds and hearts to ask big and interesting questions so that they can live happier and healthier lives and make the world a better place for others One word that describes my first-time teaching: Here’s what I wish someone would’ve told me about being a business school professor: They say that having a child is like having your heart go walking outside your body I admire my grad school advisor Mike Norton the most not only because he is brilliant creative and humble but he deeply cares about others and the way he nurtured me as his student still guides my path and shapes the way I approach research and teaching What do you enjoy most about teaching business students Teaching business students involves constantly learning The dynamism of collaborating with students keeps the mind young Learning with them does not only happen in an intellectual sense students have invited me to be a part of their journey and have welcomed me into their lives When I see their brilliance wrapped in kindness it is deeply touching Making them feel comfortable with uncertainty and helping them realize that everything will be alright in the end describe your least favorite type of student: and fire… Any of those will get me excited about waking up every morning my partner and I plan to split this summer between Poland destinations may change but one thing stays constant: my quest for water I used to swim competitively for almost two decades when my summers were spent in the pool I get antsy to find a swimming hole or a spot to fish (so that I can swim after) I would say visiting them gives me the most joy Hard to pick a single book but the words of Brian Andreas and Nazım Hikmet Ran have all moved me at different points in my life What is your favorite movie and/or television show and what is it about the film or program that you enjoy so much I have been a fan of “University Challenge” a British academic quiz show that first aired in 1962 Teams of four representing British universities compete against each other to answer questions on a range of subjects I am blown away by the knowledge that contestants have and reminded of the extent of knowledge left to pursue in the world Favorite type of music and/or favorite artist: the first names that pop up are Sezen Aksu the business school of the future would have much more of this… companies and organizations today need to do a better job at doing what Caring about and contributing to the wellbeing and welfare of humanity and of the Earth “Professor Anik stands tall with her kindness intelligence and dedication to the Darden student body She asks very deep and interesting questions that get us think and grow not only professionally but also personally I believe she is among the top faculty in the world with her presence “Lalin is a professor who not only encourages students to be successful in the classroom but also pushes us to think more deeply about our lives and what success means to us there I have learned a lot about myself and am in the midst of breaking out of a shell that I built around myself and how being vulnerable can pave the way for true connections “Lalin is a treasure in and a boon to the Darden community She is a constant source of energy and enthusiasm both inside the classroom and out she holds them accountable for thinking deeply–pushing us to go beyond the surface and to respond to questions on the spot/under pressure Lalin brings her research to the classroom in an exciting way as well she taught a case on a charitable organization with which she’d worked closely since her post-doc years She shared key research learnings and even brought in a practitioner from the organization to engage in the discussion with us Her passion for the research ventures she pursues is apparent she supports many student clubs and committees and is an ever-present participant in Darden Cup events Lalin has a special ability to connect one-on-one with those around her I approached her (after hearing a presentation she’d given) at a time when I was struggling to find my footing She went beyond hearing me–she genuinely listened and went further by providing support The intentionality that I’ve seen Lalin bring to each of her everyday life encounters is truly remarkable and selflessness in seeing and responding to those around her The Darden community is undoubtedly better for having Lalin in it.” DON’T MISS: MEET ALL OF POETS&QUANTS’ BEST 40 UNDER 40 PROFESSORS OF 2019 University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Lalin Anik penned a new blog in Brand Equity an initiative of The Economic Times of India on how marketers who want to achieve “coolness” for their brands must first understand what “cool” really is According to Anik’s “general theory of coolness:” Anik breaks down those three traits of coolness in the blog and summarizes with the challenges of staying cool The tough thing about coolness is it’s ephemeral dependent on new generations and on what is happening in the world The challenge for marketers looking to imbue product with coolness is that by its very definition coolness must grow organically or at least be perceived that way Only the most nuanced and creative marketing will still allow a product to be perceived as autonomous Starbucks created a whole culture around the ritual of getting your morning coffee and many people are choosing local or niche brands instead Adidas has all of the ingredients to maintain its cool over time placing stripes on world-class athletes while also instilling the consumer with nostalgia The Originals heritage line appeals to both Baby Boomers and vintage-loving hipsters There are other brands that are perceived to be cool because they operate in product and cultural categories that are appealing by nature The challenge these brands face is keeping up with ever-changing trends and fads while still being perceived as autonomous Read the full blog on Brand Equity The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research thought leadership and business publishing area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville Q&A: How Long Until the Super Bowl Is a Streaming-Only Viewing Event Alumnus Examine Personal and Professional Change at TEDx Charlottesville UVA Darden Professor Joins Effort to Mentor Girls in STEM Education ‘Cold Calling is Dead’ and More Digital Marketing Insights from the Theory + Practice Marketing Conference Sign up for our newsletters to have Darden news delivered directly to your inbox Select the news you’d like to receive below Sahomi Santana stepped off the Red Line at Broadway Station just after midnight on April 10 thinking of home and bed after a night out with friends As she walked along the length of the train toward the exit she recalls catching a glimpse of a man wearing a puffy coat standing inside the train staring through the doors as though he’d meant to get off but realized it too late A flicker of pity flashed through her mind as she passed Santana heard the train doors snap open and almost as quickly snap shut again She looked up and saw the man had stepped out of the train and now stood on the platform A student at University of Massachusetts Boston was already an inveterate T rider who had experienced all kinds of mishaps: trains inexplicably going dark a Red Line derailment that sent a train crashing into the platform where she was waiting She had freed limbs and backpacks from subway doors but the doors always opened with a little tugging She heard the hiss of the train’s brakes releasing “Hey!” the man yelled and banged the side of the train with his free hand both of them frantically shouting and pounding on the train to get the attention of the driver fearing the gap between the platform and moving train The man jogged awkwardly alongside the train Then he ran and stumbled as the train gained speed Authorities later found the man’s grotesquely twisted body near the tracks 75 feet inside the tunnel They found his name on an ID card in his wallet: 39-year-old Robinson Lalin As news of the horror he suffered quickly spread many T riders were struck by the thought that it could have been anyone any of the hundreds of thousands of riders who board and disembark the T every day Just as disturbing was the number of things that had to go wrong Red Line car doors are designed to reopen if they are obstructed A fail-safe mechanism is supposed to prevent the train from moving unless all doors are completely closed Train operators are required to visually confirm that passengers are clear by looking down the length of the train and at a video monitor on the station wall maintenance workers are supposed to regularly scour each train car for mechanical failures that might endanger passengers None of those things appears to have worked as they should have Federal investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board, who continue to piece together what went wrong, have so far revealed that the door mechanism meant to prevent the train from moving failed One in particular looms over the incident: Why were these Red Line cars still on the tracks The car Lalin was riding, No. 1510, was among 68 Red Line cars — about a third of the entire Red Line fleet — that are now more than half a century old. Their expected retirement date, 1994 and they are the second-oldest heavy rail cars the Globe could find still in use by any transit system in the United States The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority maintains that its Red Line cars and all of their components agency spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said that the Red Line’s cars “make hundreds of daily trips carrying tens of thousands of riders every day without incident,” and that the agency’s maintenance personnel “work around the clock” to keep the fleet operating in a state-of-good-repair while regular inspections “include the testing and maintaining of door components.” Pesaturo said the car Lalin was riding in had a complete inspection just two weeks before the April 10 tragedy and the test did not identify the short circuit issue which contributed to the incident,” he said But experts said the risk of failures escalates as cars age agency reports repeatedly warned that the aging Red Line fleet was increasingly vulnerable to breakdowns and malfunctions the T repeatedly postponed replacing the cars or failed to prioritize day-to-day maintenance When political will to approve funding for a new fleet finally jelled in 2014 the bid process appeared more designed to score political points than to ensure fastest delivery of new train cars a failure to understand the financial responsibility of maintaining and operating a safe system,” said Larry Salci a former executive at rail car manufacturing companies and transit agency head 1510 has at last been taken out of service the world was transfixed by black and white television coverage of the first moon landing and a brand new Brutalist Boston City Hall had just opened dubbed “Silverbirds,” were billed as state of the art A news release heralded the marvel of air conditioning and the fail-safe feature to protect passengers that prevented the train from moving when doors remained ajar The industry standard for the life of such cars is 25 years — a span that reached until what must have then seemed the far-off year of 1994 The T seemed mindful of the abuse and repetitive wear its Red Line cars endured eventually traversing as many as 30,000 miles per year doors opening and closing tens of thousands of times And as the cars approached what was then presumed to be the halfway point of their lives in the mid 1980s with all new parts intended to keep them safe until their retirement the cars could be safely used beyond that time as long as they were meticulously maintained and upgraded But another overhaul on the scale of the 1980s renovation would never come And the T didn’t get around to the detailed design preparations needed for a replacement fleet for another 14 years When the MBTA finally started working on its request for bids to replace the cars, in 2008, it took more than five years to finally release said former secretary of transportation Jim Aloisi “Buying new Red Line trains was not top of the agenda,” said Aloisi who served under Governor Deval Patrick in 2009 “There was a lot on the plate and having a fiscal crisis crowded out any meaningful action on Red Line trains.” The T was so concerned about the ramshackle condition of the two lines that it hired an outside consulting firm around 2011 to identify the most critical maintenance and repairs necessary to keep the cars safely running until they could be fully replaced the Red Line’s Silverbird cars had traveled an average of 2.1 million miles per car and carried 242,000 riders on a typical work day “It is STV’s opinion and strong recommendation that the fleet replacement should occur without delay,” it wrote in its report to the T obtained by the Globe “Due to the age and current condition of the [cars] this fleet should be decommissioned and replaced as soon as possible.” The MBTA proposed a $101 million rehab that would get seven to 10 more years of service out of the cars while replacements were being built but the T didn’t start on those repairs for several years As T officials put it in a report presented at public meetings that year the subway cars were “suffering from a combination of life expired components and the situation is worsening each year these cars remain in service.” did not keep up with the urgency of those words Consistently facing pressure to cut operating costs the T made a move that might now be considered fateful the agency eliminated train attendants on the Red Line The T had already eliminated the positions on the Orange and Blue Lines in previous years following a national trend and touted that using just one operator on Red Line trains would save the agency about $1.6 million each year the stars looked to be aligned to fund replacement cars The T had finished design specification work for 152 new Orange Line cars and 132 new Red Line cars And both the Legislature and the Patrick administration appeared committed Patrick and the Legislature decided to include a requirement that the trains be assembled in Massachusetts The new requirement was politically irresistible likely in economically downtrodden Springfield softening a long hardened grudge about a statewide sales tax funding the T with no tangible benefit to subway-less areas beyond Boston But the requirement guaranteed more delays in replacing the old cars Instead of allowing the production of new cars at an existing factory it forced the winning bidder to first build a new factory and train a new workforce in Massachusetts before production could even begin “Using a gimmick like ‘We’re going to build it in Springfield’ prevents you from getting the things online as quickly as possible,” Aloisi said but that’s when you have to take the politics out of the equation We’re suffering because that didn’t happen.” When it came time to choose the winning company later that year the MBTA went with the riskiest option: the cheapest bidder — one that had never built a factory or assembled a train car in the United States in 2016 the new Baker administration doubled down ordering 120 more Red Line cars from the company calculating that it would take less time than starting another procurement from scratch By the time the COVID-19 pandemic hit China in late 2019 CRRC was already months behind on its delivery schedule The restrictions that swept the globe in the months that followed only made it harder to catch up After years constructing the factory and gearing up for production, the first six Red Line cars didn’t go into service until December 2020, months behind schedule. CRRC was supposed to deliver four cars per month after that, according to its contract, but the T said in September that it had received just 12 1510 that Lalin was riding in would have likely already been replaced by the time he was killed CRRC is expected to deliver the final new Red Line car “around the summer of 2025,” spokesperson Pesaturo said To keep its half-century old subway cars in service in the meantime 1510 is unclear; the MBTA declined to provide the Globe with maintenance and inspection documents The agency’s fleet management plans say Red Line Silverbirds are brought in for preventative maintenance every 8,500 miles — but this is the same maintenance schedule the cars have been on since at least 2010 Some experts question whether that’s frequent enough for cars that are now significantly older “Your maintenance schedule has to be accelerated,” said Carl Berkowitz 1510 was taken out of service for most of 2021 apparently so worn out that it needed extensive repairs to its propulsion system The notes give no indication of other work that might have been done to the car including to the doors and their safety mechanisms The only clue to the role insufficient maintenance may have played in the incident is a notice the Federal Transit Administration issued to transit agencies across the country six months after Lalin’s death The notice cited a recent incident in an unspecified city involving faulty wiring in a train door that “allowed propulsion power to be applied to the train while the doors were not fully closed.” Inspections had failed to spot the problem admonishing agencies to perform thorough maintenance inspections of doors the MBTA said it inspected all Red Line cars “MBTA personnel found all components performed as designed and did not identify any additional instances of the circuitry problem the incident car experienced,” Pesaturo said via e-mail The MBTA suspended the driver of the train after the incident and put her on unpaid leave in June “pending final disciplinary action,” Pesaturo said at the time She did not respond to Globe attempts to reach her Kenia Lalin swears she sometimes still hears the sound of her brother’s footsteps on the floor of his bedroom above her living room in Roxbury as she has on the 10th of every month since his death she lit a candle on a table where a framed photo of Robinson rests along with a glass of water to say he was going to see his girlfriend in Cambridge and would be home late Two transit police officers wanted to know if she had a husband or a son with the last name “Lalin.” What the officers told her next tore her world apart Lalin’s son and daughter came from New York has begun wearing a small framed photo of his uncle around his neck An evidence bag with the contents of Robinson’s pockets at the time of his death — a few dollars and a small rock with a Bible verse painted on it – offers little help He thought that might give him answers about how the uncle he’d seen just days earlier was suddenly gone But the medical examiner warned against it; Robinson was unrecognizable He and Kenia remember the gregarious man Robinson was coordinating gatherings at his sister’s house to watch football on Sundays when Kenia made his favorite machuca fish soup he wrapped each in an embrace and said “te quiero” — “I love you,” as if it were the last time he would see them All that remains is the box of ashes Kelvin picked up from the funeral home Santana screamed as she watched the train disappear into the tunnel and shakily dialed 911 Her mind rebelled; she suddenly couldn’t hear anything She looked for anyone who had seen what she had seen Maybe he had been able to free his arm and land in one of the nooks in the tunnel walls that maintenance workers use A police officer walking by dashed her hopes she recalls the officer saying: “He’s definitely dead.” The police drove her to a nearby station and she did her best to recount exactly what had happened covered in soot from pounding on the train proof of what she’d seen that jolted her back to reality She said she never heard from the T again. No phone call or e-mail or word of sympathy. The T never held a press conference about the incident and did not answer questions from the public Santana missed two weeks of college classes she was so distracted she failed two classes racking up Lyft and Uber bills and spending hours waiting for buses instead searching for clues about how this tragedy happened She says she sees a long pattern of preventable T failures over the course of her life and she asks why nothing was ever done to stop them And she wonders: “Why do we have to wait for someone to die to investigate?” Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information Beyoncé dropping her latest album and creating an internet sensation A young hipster grabbing cold brew coffee from the corner shop or scouring the internet for the perfect pair of shoes All of these are examples of the power of “cool” – that indescribable mystique that holds so much cultural capital University of Virginia Darden School of Business professor Lalin Anik can help Anik, whose research focuses on marketing and consumer behavior, wanted to understand more about what makes a product cool and how brands capitalize on that. Along with Darden graduate Johnny Miles and Ryan Hauser, an MBA candidate at the Yale School of Management, she authored an article, “A General Theory of Coolness,” and a case study on the topic, both through Darden Business Publishing Bond and a partnership with Heineken that swapped the superspy’s signature martini for the Dutch beer in the 2012 franchise film “James Bond could be seen as an archetype of cool,” Anik said “I was curious about how characters or brands like that create coolness and if a partnership with Heineken – which does not really fit the Bond image – could change that.” The Heineken partnership does not appear to have hurt “Skyfall” too much It hit more than $1 billion in global ticket sales and was one of the highest-grossing films in the history of Sony Pictures We identified three traits that are indispensable to coolness: autonomy arguably the most important dimension of coolness refers to a lack of conformity or conventionality – being seen as independent or rebellious Authenticity is simply being seen as true to one’s personality or Attitude refers to that catch-22 of being cool without seeming as though you are trying to be cool a fourth trait – association – is not essential to coolness That refers to association with a particularly cool brand place or person – such as a celebrity spokesperson There are certain norms that consumers see as illegitimate and breaking those norms can work in a company’s favor businesslike tone of airline messaging by being animated and funny while staying squarely within safety regulations and other norms that consumers are understandably concerned about the product needs to be at least as functional as the mainstream norm but they are impractical to hold and carry Band-Aids or table salt to be “cool” – we just need those products to function well brands should avoid excessively threatening consumer identity Products that diverge too much from the norm could be seen as too embarrassing or rebellious a company selling one-piece rompers for men; Redneck Boot Sandals which combine flip flops and cowboy boots; or Topshop’s clear plastic jeans These types of cringe-worthy products that are wildly but unnecessarily creative remind us that not all marketing is good marketing Adidas is one of those iconic brands that has all of the ingredients to maintain its cool over time They are placing their stripes on world-class athletes while also instilling the consumer with nostalgia Their Originals heritage line appeals to both Baby Boomers and vintage-loving hipsters is an example of a franchise that is seen as perennially cool thanks to that fourth factor of coolness – association It’s important to understand that coolness can change That’s the tough thing about it for companies – it’s ephemeral and dependent on new generations and on what is happening in the world Starbucks really taught people how to drink coffee and created this whole culture around the ritual of getting your morning coffee suffered from a failure of authenticity in 2005 when they had to pay damages to surfer Rob Havassy after using more than 300 knockoffs of his signed boards to decorate their stores They were trying to claim the coolness of surfing culture but were ultimately called out and criticized as deceitful and inauthentic Chevrolet’s press release made up of emojis and TXT Cellar Wines’ wines with Gen Y-inspired names like “LOL!! Reisling” are all examples of brands pandering to what they see as millennial language These moves are often seen as forced or inauthentic and millennials – who have grown up with the internet – are quick to spot this and reject it This story originally appeared on UVA Today this song that I've written about her — and now it's taking on a life of its own." wrote the song "Distant Heart" in memory of a friend "She struggled with a lot of darkness and addiction and trauma and things like that," she says I watched her struggle to be resilient with it." Juste says that its meaning has multiplied "Now it's taking on a life of its own," she says but it's going to have all these different stories for different people there's also just so much joy and so much light that gets carried in that song and in that music." Become an NPR sponsor A small memorial for Robinson Lalin at the Broadway MBTA Red Line station (Jesse Costa/WBUR)A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board found the Red Line train that caught the arm of a passenger and dragged him to his death had a fault in the door control system that allowed the train to move while the door was obstructed on April 10th at Broadway Station after 39-year-old Robinson Lalin tried to exit the six-car train "In the attempt to exit the train, the passenger’s right arm was trapped in the door," the report released Monday morning said. "The train departed the station, dragging the passenger along the platform about 105 feet and onto the surface below, near the tracks." The report noted that MBTA trains are equipped with safety features that should prevent them from moving if something is obstructing a door. Investigators inspected and tested the railcar involved in the incident and found "a fault in a local door control system that enabled the train to move with the door obstructed." After the fault was identified, the T quickly began a fleet inspection to look for the problem in other railcars. The T reported no similar faults were found during its search. The NTSB investigation included an examination and test of train equipment, a review of security footage and an observation of the T's train operations, as well as interviews. In a statement following the release of the preliminary report, the MBTA clarified that the fault in the door control system was due to “a short circuit in the wiring.” The agency said its workers perform regularly scheduled "preventative maintenance" and are “supplementing existing door inspection protocols with additional testing to prevent this issue from occurring again.” The train car involved in the incident is among 24 Red Line cars first put into service more than 50 years ago. According to the T, the cars and their components, including the doors, are inspected and tested every 8,500 miles. Preventative maintenance and repairs are also scheduled when necessary, the agency said. After the release of the preliminary NTSB findings, Kelvin Lalin, the nephew of the man killed, blamed the T for his uncle's death. "The MBTA killed my uncle," he said. “This could have definitely been avoided.” Lalin said he wants to see justice for his uncle. “I wouldn't want any family to go through what we’re going through,” Lalin said. The NTSB investigation is ongoing, the agency said in its preliminary report. Future efforts will focus on "the MBTA’s passenger train equipment and operating procedures." Along with the NTSB, transit police and the MBTA Safety Department are still investigating the incident. The T is in the process of replacing its entire Red Line fleet. The effort, expected to be completed in 2024, includes 252 new vehicles with wider doors, new audio and visual door open and close warnings, and onboard diagnostics for operators and maintenance staff. This article was originally published on May 02, 2022. elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations Ever since it invented the skid steer loader in 1960 Road trips through the heart of Eastern Washington’s one-horse towns are among the most treasured memories of my childhood Farmers in coastal Dalmatia cited their success at the World Olive Oil Competition in their call for more investment in the sector is home to award-winning olive oil producers who recently celebrated their success at the 2023 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition and Tomislav Čudina among the Gold Award winners These producers have overcome challenges such as drought to produce high-quality olive oil with local authorities and the community supporting their efforts to improve olive oil quality and production in the region Situated on the scenic Dalmatian coastline the small municipality of Pakoštane is home to one of the highest concentrations of award-winning producers in Croatia Benefiting from the area’s unique geography and climate, producers enjoyed unprecedented success at the 2023 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition and came together recently to celebrate Among the newly-anointed NYIOOC winners at the festivity were Ante Vulin, Vinko Lalin and Tomislav Čudina, each of whom won Gold Awards for their extra virgin olive oil at the world’s largest olive oil quality competition in New York Meanwhile, Lalin of OPG Lalin and his daughter Danijela earned a Gold Award for their Dalma Premium brand The Lalin family said they were delighted with the award the brand’s third gold medal this year after it was also awarded at two local competitions.“This is the success of our whole family,” Danijela Lalin said Vulin and Vinko Lalin are former business partners who cofounded a tourism company in 2000 While both men started growing olives independently in the late 1980s they renewed their efforts to produce high-quality olive oil in recent years Today, Vulin has 980 olive trees, of which 500 are fully mature. In the extremely demanding 2022/23 crop year he produced 3,000 liters of extra virgin olive oil using traditional methods “The biggest challenges were overcoming the drought preserving healthy fruits and processing them in time,” he said Lalin also produced 3,000 liters of extra virgin olive oil with 300 trees who has been growing olives since he inherited the land from his grandfather in 2012 and planted 61 olive trees Čudina bought more land and planted 240 olive trees I plan to plant another 500 olive trees,” he said The NYIOOC judges said Čudina’s Olea Viola brand Pakoštane’s winning producers decided to celebrate their success with the local community organizing an event at the local Karaba Winery a local olive oil competition; Danijela Vulin Pakošatane’s tourist board director; and about 30 other well-known olive growers from the region the third-highest total of awards for any country but in terms of the percentage of success with regard to the number of samples he lamented that the success of local olive oil producers in Dalmatia is “not recognized by tourist boards county authorities or relevant agricultural ministry departments” as it has been in Istria “It’s time for the tourists who visit us to finally find out that our olive oil is the best product they can take home with them,” Vulin said Pakoštane receives about 1 million overnight stays annually Vulin said if every tourist bought one liter of extra virgin olive oil Producers at the event added that support for olive groves is also missing from the local governments Vulin cited the mayor’s six-year-old effort to educate local olive growers about evaluating olive oil quality and milling best practices as why they consider Pakoštane the exception we encourage new knowledge,” said Kurtov “The goal is to educate olive growers to restore old trees and continue to plant new olive groves and improve quality year after year.” There are more than 150,000 olive trees in Pakoštane municipality “I am especially happy that more and more young people are choosing to grow olives,” Kurtov said five or six other growers in Pakoštane said they want to enter the 2024 NYIOOC More articles on: agritourism, Croatia, NYIOOC World Triumphant Producer Reveals Potential of Frosinone Frosinone is not widely known for olive oil production Al Piglio hopes to change that with its World Competition win Acclaimed Producer Prepares for Fruitful Harvest in Tunisia The award-winning French-Tunisian olive oil producers behind the Parcelle 26 brand focus on quality in the groves and at the mill Innovation and Sustainability Yield Winning Results for GangaLupo the responsible use of resources and innovation underpin the success of the Apulian Coratina monovarietal Croatian Producers Share Secrets Behind Their Award-Winning Success The small southeastern European country produced just 3,500 tons of olive oil in the 2023/24 crop year but earned 80 awards from 97 entries at the World Competition Record Olive Oil Prices Drive Food Inflation in Greece A study from the National Bank of Greece found that record olive oil prices were responsible for almost 50 percent of the increase in total food inflation Bank of Spain Attributes Ongoing Inflation to Soaring Olive Oil Prices The bank’s statements come as the government announced plans to continue its Value-Added Tax markdown on most foods Dry Heat Followed by Torrential Rain Curb Croatian Yields The extreme weather swings from summer to autumn in Croatia resulted in low levels of oil accumulation but did not compromise quality Calabrian Cooperative Emphasizes Quality While Building Economies of Scale Seventeen olive oil producers have joined to promote Carolea extra virgin olive oils while driving down farming and milling costs a French court jailed anti-Semitic activist Hervé Lalin for two posts on the internet that defamed the Jewish people and one that denied the Holocaust Lalin released a YouTube video entitled “The Jews Lalin published an online book titled “Anti-Semitism Without Complexity or Taboo” which denied the Nazi Holocaust—a criminal offense in France Lalin has been sent to prison for anti-Semitic acts before he was sentenced to five months in jail due to the content of numerous passages in his book “Understand Judaism- Understand Anti-Semitism” The offender has now begun a 17-month jail sentence at the Fleury-Mérogis prison near Paris Read more: https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/09/21/french-court-jails-neo-nazi-apologist-and-holocaust-denier-for-antisemitic-messages/ The National Transportation Safety Board should release its preliminary report into the horrific accident that killed a Boston man at the MBTA’s Broadway station on April 10 as quickly as possible 39 — the victim who died — deserves to know more this tragedy also highlights the need for more compassionate outreach to grieving families by state and federal authorities And that includes a protocol for relatives to privately access surveillance video that might be hard to watch but could make it easier to process what happened to their loved one So far, the NTSB investigation has produced only one nugget of information for public consumption: that Lalin was exiting an inbound Red Line train when he somehow got stuck in the door It is still very early in the investigation and there is no new information available for release at this time,” NTSB investigator Keith Holloway told the Globe editorial board via e-mail “The next release of information will come in the form of a preliminary report which may possibly be issued within the next couple of weeks.” MBTA general manager Steve Poftak addressed the accident publicly for the first time at the April 28 MBTA board of directors meeting expressing “my condolences and condolences on behalf of the entire MBTA.” Poftak also told board members what the T has been saying since the accident: that the agency has been directed by the NTSB not to release any information about it until the NTSB investigation is complete Kelvin Lalin also said the family would like to see surveillance video, which the NTSB has already reviewed. According to Holloway, the NTSB has an office called Transportations Disaster Assistance that provides investigative information to families of victims. Lalin said he was contacted for the first time by that federal agency on Thursday. Again, it shouldn’t be that hard, or take that long. Poftak told board members that the T is also conducting its own internal review of the accident and will ultimately share all its findings with the public. Right now, everything is on hold until the NTSB completes its job. While this accident took the life of one man, the public has a major interest in the still-mysterious circumstances of his death. As Stacy Thompson, executive director of Livable Streets, told the Globe shortly after the accident, “It should be really, really hard for someone to get hurt, or die, getting on or off the T.” In this case, someone did. His family deserves to know how and why and so does the public, as soon as possible. Federal investigators said Monday that a door safety system failed on a Red Line train (pictured) allowing the train to depart Broadway Station on April 10 while passenger Robinson Lalin was trapped in the door A Red Line train's door safety system failed when a passenger became trapped in a fatal accident last month the National Transportation Safety Board said the rider -- whom the T previously identified as Robinson Lalin -- was attempting to exit a Red Line train at Broadway Station around 12:30 a.m on April 10 when his right arm got caught in a closing door MBTA trains are designed not to move when any passenger door is obstructed but when NTSB investigators examined the car where Lalin became trapped they found a "fault in a local door control system that enabled the train to move with the door obstructed." The train departed Broadway fatally dragging Lalin more than 100 feet along the platform and the ground near the tracks "The MBTA immediately initiated a fleet inspection looking for the identified fault in other railcars to prevent reoccurrence," NTSB wrote in its report "The MBTA reported that no other similar faults were found during the inspection." A T spokesperson said the federal agency's findings "confirmed the MBTA's initial assessment of a short circuit in the car's wiring that allowed the train to begin moving while Mr Lalin was attempting to exit through the closing doors." the door systems throughout out (sic) the Red Line fleet were tested for this specific problem and MBTA personnel found all components performed as designed and did not identify any additional instances of the circuitry problem the incident car experienced," the spokesperson said in a statement the problem with the incident car could not be duplicated in any of the other Red Line cars of the same make and model." The train car involved in the accident was part of the "Type 1" series which started running in 1969 and 1970 and were rebuilt between 1985 and 1988 The current Red Line fleet has 70 other Type 1 cars The T is in the midst of a years-long project to replace the entire Red and Orange Line fleets with new vehicles Some new trains for both lines are already in service the MBTA now expects delivery of the final Orange Line cars by April 2023 and the final Red Line cars by September 2024 NTSB officials said the agency's investigation is ongoing and will focus on "the MBTA's passenger train equipment and operating procedures." Workers at the T will also perform additional tests on top of "existing door inspection protocols," the T said an independent panel concluded that "safety is not the priority at the T" after a months-long review insufficient maintenance staff and a lack of trust in leadership as key factors the MBTA has hired hundreds of additional safety-related workers and continued a Baker-era trend of increasing annual capital spending though the agency continues to face major operating budget pressure and expects a shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars to hit next year Download this week's Reporter print issue or subscribe today to "Dorchester's Hometown Weekly Newspaper!" Just $50 for 52 Issues in the continental US Download this week's Reporter print issue or subscribe today to "Dorchester's Hometown Weekly Newspaper!" Just $60 for 52 Issues in the continental US 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 man who was dragged to death by a Red Line train last April after his arm got stuck in the car door A complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday by the Lalin family alleges his death was “caused by the carelessness and negligence of the defendant MBTA,” including the train operator’s failure to check that the doors were clear of passengers before moving forward and the T’s failure to “properly inspect and monitor the subway cars and station,” according to the complaint are named in the lawsuit as co-representatives for Robinson’s estate The family is seeking an undisclosed amount of money and cites economic damages as a result of Lalin’s death said in a statement he hopes the lawsuit will bring justice for Lalin’s family “and some much-needed accountability for the MBTA.” “The culture of MBTA’s management for decades has been to not apologize and not reach out to the people hurt or killed by the MBTA’s negligence,” he said together with a new administration and new leadership at the T may work to change that culture and make the T safe for everyone.” MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo declined to comment on the complaint but said the agency has “extended its deepest condolences to [Lalin’s] loved ones.” He added that the T is “committed to making safety and reliability improvements to the services it provides.” “MBTA vehicle maintenance personnel work tirelessly to keep the rapid transit fleet operating in a state-of-good-repair and regularly scheduled inspections of subway cars include the testing and maintenance of door components,” Pesaturo said in a statement “MBTA trains make thousands of daily trips carrying hundreds of thousands of riders every day without incident.” His body was found near the tracks 75 feet inside the tunnel according to a police report obtained by the Globe Kelvin Lalin urged T riders to use caution and we should all be worried every day we ride the T because it has proven that it does not have our back as riders and it is not to be depended on,” he said “The T issues are very serious and we must stand up and come together to address it for our friends Federal investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board, who continue to look into Lalin’s death, have so far said that the car’s door mechanism designed to prevent the train from moving while the doors are open failed A final NTSB report about the tragedy could come in the summer An MBTA spokesperson said the car involved was inspected two weeks before Lalin’s death and the test did not identify a door problem the doors on all other Red Line cars were tested for this problem Another failure appears to have been on the part of the train operator Train operators are responsible for visually confirming that passengers are clear of the doors since the MBTA eliminated train attendants on the Red Line 1511 were removed from service after the tragedy An MBTA spokesperson said last month the agency does not plan to return the cars to the tracks and has been taking parts from them to support keeping other Red Line cars in service The old cars would have likely already been replaced if the MBTA’s new Red and Orange Line car project had met its delivery deadlines The MBTA has received only 12 of 252 new Red Line cars it ordered from CRRC the Chinese manufacturing firm assembling the new cars in Springfield Taylor Dolven can be reached at taylor.dolven@globe.com. 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It’s a question virtually everyone asks and is asked every day and the response is typically boiled down to a one-word answer like “fine” that leads to a quick and meaningless interaction But what if we changed that question to “What is in your heart?” University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Lalin Anik researched and filmed the result, which she shared with a packed house in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the annual TEDx Charlottesville event 11 November A series of random individuals Anik filmed in Charlottesville all paused in various states of befuddlement when she asked the more personal question Anik said her research shows that the average interaction is five times longer than one following the question Another typical question that results in perfunctory responses and interactions is “What do you do for a living?” Most people respond with a short description of their job which Anik said puts them and the ensuing conversation in a box that can give participants a belief there’s nothing new to learn about other people “What gets you up in the morning?” Her video interviews showed respondents taking a deep dive into a wide array of topics While Anik acknowledged the average person doesn’t want to have a long discussion with every person they meet she argued it’s important to change the questions with at least a few people each day Not only can the deeper conversations be more meaningful for the person who asked them but it can also help others relieve pressure by discussing issues that were secretly weighing on them Anik’s research exploring the multifaceted influence of social connection and power of novel interactions has been put into practice by a number of companies and organizations Anik learned the power of changing questions at an early age with her family in her native Turkey She recalled a woman in Istanbul who smoked heavily in her dark The woman eventually developed cancer and died without ever telling her family about her disease because “It’s OK to reach into the darkness and bring it to the light,” Anik said before receiving a standing ovation Jerry Peng (MBA ’03) had a very successful career in banking with Goldman Sachs in China he couldn’t help but dream about living in Charlottesville and somehow commuting to work in China The poor air and water quality in China’s major cities as well as concerns about ethics in the banking industry also weighed heavily on his thoughts about the future Then he encountered a team of “grassroots investors and entrepreneurs” in Shandong which he said was investing everything it had into developing a new technology to convert post-harvest straw into high quality paper products “They lightened my heart from the very first moment we met,” he said Human deforestation has cut forests from 16 million square kilometers to nearly six million square kilometers as of 2012 and he feared the trend would only get worse “Healthy forests are the lungs to the earth Seeing the value of the entrepreneurs’ technology to stop deforestation caused by the paper industry he said none of the company’s top leaders had the sort of top business education like the one he received at Darden which he believed was necessary to build global scale So he left his job at Goldman Sachs and joined China’s Tranlin Paper Co searching for the perfect location for a major paper product manufacturing facility Terry McAuliffe to announce a $2 billion investment to build the facility in Chesterfield County and create 2,000 jobs Peng serves as chairman and CEO of the company now known as Vastly which has broken ground on the facility and continues to pursue a sustainable future for paper products despite what he called a challenging road that produces surprises almost every day “It’s scary to many people and this is all new technology So it’s been constantly a test of my faith.” Developing a sustainable product loop the company calls the “Vastly golden circle” has energized Peng with purpose in his new career He said he hopes Vastly is showing other industries and companies they can also be sustainable and that life as a green entrepreneur is “not just hard work Photo courtesy of TEDx Charlottesville. 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The entranceway of the Broadway MBTA Red Line station (Jesse Costa/WBUR)A short circuit on a Red Line train prevented a failsafe from triggering and allowed the vehicle to leave the station while a passenger was trapped in a door federal investigators concluded while describing a pair of other missteps in the fatal incident The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday deemed the short circuit the "probable cause" of the April 10 Red Line trains like the one involved in the incident are equipped with interlock circuits that disable propulsion if any passenger door is open But an NTSB investigation of the vehicle in question found that protruding wire strands touching a mounting screw created a short circuit effectively allowing the train to move before its doors fully closed "Under normal operating conditions, the passenger door interlock circuit would have prevented train propulsion if a door obstruction was detected or the doors were open," the agency wrote in a 10-page report the short circuit that bypassed the passenger door interlock circuit allowed the train to proceed even with the passenger's upper body obstructing the .. The agency tested its entire Red Line fleet within 72 hours of Lalin's death and found no similar issues An MBTA spokesperson said similar tests performed on all Orange Blue and Green Line vehicles did not identify another instance of the problem Investigators determined the short circuit occurred some time after the master controller was rebuilt in 2017 The NTSB said that at the time of the incident the MBTA's preventative maintenance did not include an inspection procedure to examine the door interlock circuit's functionality the T updated its maintenance process to include testing to ensure trains could not begin travel while doors were open The agency also implemented a new electrical isolation method on the relevant terminal boards to ensure "protruding wires do not unintentionally complete a short circuit," the NTSB wrote The report, which builds on the NTSB's preliminary findings issued in May 2022 said Lalin and several other passengers boarded a Red Line train at Broadway Station just before 12:30 a.m Lalin attempted to disembark while the train was departing when the doors closed on his "upper body on his right side." He ran alongside the train while trapped in the door then collided with a wall at the end of the platform and was killed A small memorial for Robinson Lalin at the Broadway MBTA Red Line station (Jesse Costa/WBUR)MBTA departure policy requires operators to stick their heads outside of the operating cab and make sure the platform is clear before departing and to check that pilot lights are off which indicates that passenger doors have closed The NTSB found that the operator of the train in question conducted a visual inspection of the platform but pulled her head back into the cab before the pilot lights above the malfunctioning door turned off An MBTA spokesperson said the operator no longer works for the T but did not answer a follow-up question if the operator resigned or was terminated The NTSB also found a 19-foot "blind spot" in a camera view of the station platform which blocked sight of the door in which Lalin became trapped If the operator was using a monitor with that camera feed to check the platform "it was unlikely that she would have seen [Lalin] stuck in the doors," investigators said MBTA officials in the wake of the accident began conducting regular audits of those cameras and monitors referred to as single-person train operation (SPTO) cameras T spokesperson Lisa Battiston said the agency has upgraded and replaced 31 of 55 monitors with "larger focusing first on those in "the most critical locations." "This includes upgrading and replacing both SPTO monitors at Broadway station," Battiston said "The MBTA has also been implementing a Legacy Camera Replacement project funded by a Department of Homeland Security grant the MBTA has also improved communications between motor persons and the team responsible for maintaining the cameras and monitors to ensure that any issues are resolved quickly." MBTA officials previously said the train car involved in Lalin's death was part of the "Type 1" series which began operations in 1969 and 1970 and were then rebuilt between 1985 and 1988 All 1500 series MBTA rail cars are set to be retired by March 2024 The fatal incident triggered a flurry of new scrutiny on the MBTA and its myriad woes the Federal Transit Administration launched a nearly unprecedented safety investigation that resulted in a string of federal corrective action orders Work remains ongoing to address those problems and build out the T's safety-related workforce Lalin's family in March filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the MBTA "The MBTA would once again like to extend its deepest condolences to the Lalin family regarding this heartbreaking incident," Battiston said in a lengthy statement Tuesday "The safety and well-being of every MBTA rider is of the utmost importance The MBTA has been working aggressively to improve safety at all levels and has been advancing safety-related objectives with billions of dollars in infrastructure and vehicle investments in recent years." Matchmaking brings intrinsic happiness to the matchmaker Lalin Anik can be reached for additional comment at lalin.anik@duke.edu or (617) 980-9607; Michael Norton can be reached at mnorton@hbs.edu or (617) 308-4692. A video about the research can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzyJybwAPZE&feature=youtu.be Copy and paste the URL below to share this page Duke Today is produced jointly by University Communications and Marketing and the Office of Communication Services (OCS) Articles are produced by staff and faculty across the university and health system to comprise a one-stop-shop for news from around Duke Geoffrey Mock of University Communications is the editor of the 'News' edition Leanora Minai of OCS is the editor of the 'Working@Duke' edition Danijala Lalin hopes to use her success at the NYIOOC to build an agricultural brand and inspire other young farmers to do the same entered the 2022 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition and earned a Gold Award for her family farm’s Dalma Oleum Premium brand Lalin’s success has made her a role model for young olive growers in Pakoštane a municipality well-suited for agriculture and tourism due to its location near the Adriatic Sea and several national parks “Since this is the world’s largest review of the best oils our expectations were not high,” she said However, her results at the competition exceeded her expectations as her family farm earned a Gold Award for its Dalma Oleum Premium brand, a medium Levantinka “Being among the best in the competition of 1,244 oils from 28 countries is a great achievement,” Lalin told Olive Oil Times She pointed out that this is a joint success of the Lalin family farm who planted the first olives as a hobby in 1992 Indigenous varieties Oblica (70 percent) and Levantinka (15 percent) predominate with some imported varieties such as Leccino Lalin said the family decided to submit their Levantinka monovarietal because the olives had been harvested at the perfect time “My father and I stayed in the olive groves every day so that we wouldn’t miss the ‘optimal’ time for the harvest,” she said so they decided to start the first harvest on October 12 when the ratio of fruitiness and spiciness in the fruit was most pronounced who is also an award-winning olive grower The family harvested about 9,000 kilograms of fruit and produced about 1,300 kilograms of oil which is more than a good result compared to last season Due to several unfavorable circumstances the olive yield in Croatia was reduced by an average of 50 to 70 percent The Lalin family partially attributed their success to providing the trees with proper nutrition and protection while watering them several times during the dry summer with water from Vrana Lake she is also a teacher at a local kindergarten and the owner of the Dalma Oleum souvenir shop In addition to oils in various packages of varying sizes the souvenir shop offers its own brandies as well as local products from other family farms Lalin did not hide her pleasure in winning at the NYIOOC but she said she could always do even better “We are expanding production,” she said “We will continue to raise new plantations We have already received praise for the new design.” Lalin said she wants to create a local brand that will be recognizable in the near future and we will continue with the new design of olive oil boxes,” she said Along with their extra virgin olive oil the family is preparing new labels for home-made liqueurs and brandies (made from herbs marmalades) and creating gift packages The family’s goal is to begin building up an online presence focusing more on e‑commerce and branding on social media “It is a long process because if you want to do something well and you should have time for that,” Lalin said “Since I still work as a kindergarten teacher I think it is important to have a goal and not give up After winning the award with many other Dalmatian producers at the world’s largest olive oil quality competition Lalin has become a role model for other young olive growers in Pakoštane There are already more than 150,000 olive trees in the municipality of Pakoštane, and most of the 1,700 families living here own at least some olive trees. Other local producers, including Ante Vulin also earned a Gold Award at the NYIOOC Pakoštane is well-suited for tourism and agriculture The city is located in the center of the 1,000-kilometer-long Adriatic coast and is ideally positioned between the Adriatic Sea and Lake Vrana Pakoštane is surrounded by four Croatian national parks (Kornati Paklenica and Plitvice Lakes) and two natural parks (Telašćica and Vrana Lake) The soil and climate are ideal for the production of all Mediterranean specialties More articles on: Croatia, NYIOOC World, NYIOOC World 2022 A Croatian Olive Grower's Journey from Ancestral Roots to Award-Winning Groves Krešimir Uroda cultivated an award-winning olive grove in Dalmatia He's now creating a new tourist destination on Makirina Hill Monte do Camelo Wins Big with Sustainably Grown Native Varieties The small-scale Portuguese producers earned a Silver Award at the 2024 NYIOOC for a Galega monovarietal The company focuses on growing native olives sustainably Italy’s Severe Drought Damages Olive Trees Ahead of Harvest The country's major olive-growing regions are hit by heatwaves and drought Production is anticipated to fall to historic lows First-Time Winners Describe Perks of World Competition Awards regional promotion and motivation to keep improving are some benefits described by first-time NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition winners Native Varieties and Centenarian Trees: The Winning Formula for Olivian Groves the Peloponnese producer achieved award-winning quality by relying on traditional and modern practices Drought and Ill-Timed Rain Lead to Poor Harvest in Uruguay Officials estimate production will be 72 percent below the five-year average after an historic drought and a rainy harvest Olive Oil Export Ban Sours Table Olive Sales in Turkey While table olive exports soared in the first five months of the 2023/24 campaign the ban on olive oil exports is blamed for holding the sector back The 1,000-Member Co-Op Taking on The Challenging Terrain of Northern Portugal The members of the Agricultural Cooperative of Olive Growers of Murça farm the rugged terrain working together to produce award-winning extra virgin olive oil You will also start receiving the Star's free morning newsletter Eduardo “Lalin” Sanchez explains the lengthy process of creating his brand of raicilla at his distillery Eduardo “Lalin” Sanchez surveys a field of his distillery’s hand-planted blue agave Eduardo “Lalin” Sanchez takes visitors to his Hacienda Don Lalin distillery on a guided tour of the nearby agave fields in San Sebastian del Oeste A shot of West Mexico’s very own distilled spirit is enjoyed in the fields of agave from which it has been produced A bottle of Hacienda Don Lalin’s raicilla stands in front of a young green agave plant that will eventually be used to create the spirit A young girl and her dog in the colonial town of San Sebastian del Oeste where Eduardo “Lalin” Sanchez runs his raicilla distillery The distilled spirit made from the agave plant embodies its native mountain region east of Puerto Vallarta SAN SEBASTIAN DEL OESTE, MEXICO-About 15 minutes outbound from the Hacienda Don Lalin distillery our 10-passenger tour van begins to experience some trouble The dirt roads of the mountain region east of Puerto Vallarta have been subjected to an overnight downpour and the wheels are spinning helplessly in the slick Lizards napping on a nearby fence open their eyes to watch skeptically as we stop-and-start higher into the mountains in search of a singular plant in a sea of green Related story:5 things to do in Puerto Vallarta Opening what seems like a gateway to nowhere our guide Eduardo “Lalin” Sanchez manoeuvres the vehicle beyond one more enclosure and steers our lot through another stretch of mud with a bear-like push His imposing stature is juxtaposed by a wide smile sun-beaten plain that we’ve finally found what we’ve been looking for on this half-day trip from Puerto Vallarta: agave maximiliana pulling out a round of plastic shot glasses and a bottle of the distilled spirit drawn from the succulent plants that now surround us hits its audience with a remarkably smoky flavour and flows down smoothly leaving behind a glowing fire in the belly and a hint of citrus on the tongue Planted by hand alongside a landscape of oak trees at the 1,500 metres of elevation provided by the region the agave harvested here is said to retain the soul of West Mexico — where raicilla finds its origins I love to taste my raicilla and I love to get drunk with it,” says Sanchez with a chuckle He’s the proud grandson of an accomplish mezcal maker And if you do the whole process in the right away The undertaking begins only when the agave plant has reached at least seven years of maturity at which point the centre is baked for three days on charcoal produced by white and red oak trees the agave is “smashed like grapes,” juice is pulled from within wood containers and regional spring water is added for a double distillation The traditions of Mexican spirit-making are imperative to Sanchez’s craft and he thanks the surrounding region for providing flavour to his libation “Mountain agave is different because here it’s a little cooler,” says Sanchez pouring another round as wasps buzz closer to inspect this curious brand of honey You can feel all this on your tongue the moment you taste it.” our group motors back to Sanchez’s distillery with a greater ease the glaring sun having dried the soil within our time spent upon it Close to our destination we pass the main square of San Sebastian del Oeste is gorgeously quiet save for the occasional gust of light wind and the slow stride of a local Rows of cut stone haciendas and the centuries-old Church of Saint Sebastian indicate we are far removed from the bustle of Puerto Vallarta’s resort centre he offers one more sip of his prized concoction before we head back into the city but dances increasingly in rhythm with the landscape we’ve been introduced to Sanchez nods with approval and leaves us with a final phrase “You can feel everything in the mountains.” Liz Beddall was hosted by the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board which did not review or approve this story Get there: I flew direct to Puerto Vallarta from Toronto via WestJet (westjet.com) with a total flight time of four hours and 40 minutes Get around: While many hotels offer free shuttles to tourist destinations visitors may benefit from a rental car to explore the city beyond its resorts Stay: I stayed at the Casa Velas (hotelcasavelas.com) a pristine adults-only resort boasting a luxury spa an entourage of resident peacocks and an 18-hole golf course be sure to ask about the “purse rental menu” to borrow high-end purses for free Do a shot of raicilla in the mountains: Bus tours to San Sebastian del Oeste and Hacienda Don Lalin (find it on Facebook) can be organized by request via your Puerto Vallarta hotel concierge Eat: Hungry visitors to Puerto Vallarta should schedule an evening excursion to the city’s electric Food Park (foodparkpv.com) A variety of gourmet food trucks in the open-air arena offer everything from sushi to tacos to chili dogs to ceviche and of course Enjoy live music and performances while chowing down on your eclectic feast Do your research: visitpuertovallarta.com, vallartainfo.com Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account Subscribe | Login Lalin Anik was all of 19 years of age when she felt the first inkling that perhaps she would like to devote her life to teaching Fast forward 15 years later and Anik is an undisputed master in the classroom, one of the true superstar business professors in the world. And that is saying something because she is at a school–the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business–that can rightly boast of having the best MBA faculty in the world Anik was named as one of the “2019 Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors” by Poets&Quants She also received the Faculty Diversity Award at Darden in 2019 and 2017 was selected as the Faculty Marshal by the MBA Class of 2019 and has been nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Award multiple times Her student evaluations are off the charts more often than not perfect 5.0 scores on teaching effectiveness for both her core marketing course and her innovative second-year elective what makes Anik unique is her relationships with students “I think what makes Lalin so special is just her ability to connect with you not just on a professor to pupil but as a person to person,” says Alexander Gregorio “You’re not feeling like you’re talking to someone who’s a subject matter expert You’re talking with someone who wants to learn from you as much as you want to learn from her.” who has helped to recruit 31 new faculty members to Darden in five years both her willingness to have courageous conversations on difficult topics she also just brings a lot of joy everywhere she goes.” Poets&Quants’ Founder and Editor-in-Chief John A Byrne recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Lalin for an interview on the campus of the University of Virginia (see video above) An edited transcript of their conversation follows: you came to Darden in 2015 after earning your doctorate at the Harvard Business School and doing a postdoc fellowship at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business What makes Darden different than those schools and others the intentionality and the intimacy in that community a smaller student body than the comparable schools that you mentioned High touch iamong the faculty as well as between the faculty and staff We’re constantly interacting and we go deeper than sort of surface level interactions Byrne: And Darden is a school that is known for having the best MBA teaching faculty in the world walking into that core marketing class for the first time And I prepared for it as if going into a big event and I still keep the same rituals around that kind of training for my teaching You were voted Faculty Marshal at graduation which is the highest honor that a professor at Darden can get from students What do you think it is about you or your teaching style or maybe even the empathy you show in a classroom that makes students so connect with you So when I walk into the classroom on the first day I can ask the right questions or I can ask questions that will be challenging for different people I’m learning with them and I’m guiding them but there’s this interaction that happens that we open up so I practice with them a couple of times a week There’s Darden Clubs organized around sports What do you hope that your students gain from your courses Anik: What I hope my students gain from my classes is that they have an intuition about marketing how they can bring this value to human life I approach it as I am teaching them how to think So that you can move towards finding the answers so that you can ask more and deeper questions that they can ask both specific and broad questions to answer the big problems in the world Byrne: How does your being a woman affect the way you teach the way you fit into the culture at Darden Darden has reached the highest number of female students in our history: 40% of our student body It’s incredible that we’re making these strides it is important for me that in and outside of classroom I set an example about how women in business can be If I can inspire my students to think outside the box and to not get stuck in the stereotypes of how a woman should be this is a woman’s place…If I can get them to break out of that box I think that’s part of my job and I’d be very happy Byrne: And you’re one of 31 new faculty at Darden in the past five years What does that bring to the Darden culture Anik: We aspire to ask and to answer the questions of tomorrow They relate to different geographies in the world in our transformational learning experiences starting with faculty and with our students thank you so much for spending your time with us DON’T MISS: DARDEN DEAN ON MBA DEMAND, SCHOLARSHIPS & THE VALUE OF THE MBA Almost two days after a 39-year-old Boston man died after he got trapped in the door of a Red Line subway car the MBTA declined to answer basic questions about what happened Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority spokesman Joe Pesaturo declined to say if Robinson Lalin was getting on or off the train He declined to say if the T suspects the car which was put into service more than 50 years ago He declined to say if officials think the operator — who is no longer driving trains as the investigation continues — might be at fault The lack of information left Lalin’s family to describe a nightmarish turn of events “He ended up being dragged to the end of the platform where his arm was detached and his body smashed against the wall, breaking all of his bones,” Lalin’s nephew, Kelvin Lalin, told reporters in an interview broadcast by WCVB-TV “We can’t even have an open casket,” he told The Boston Globe Monday night Lalin’s death is the latest in a recent series of safety incidents on the MBTA system causing transit advocates to issue urgent warnings about the need for more funding and oversight of the sprawling system really hard for someone to get hurt or die getting on or off the T,” said Stacy Thompson executive director of LivableStreets Alliance “The alarm bells should have gone off six months ago.” said the administration’s investments in the MBTA have increased every year since the winter storms of 2015 adding it’s “premature to comment on the nature of the incident until the investigation is complete.” T General Manager Steve Poftak did not respond to interview requests and MBTA Transit Police are investigating the death and said Monday the investigation remains active A spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R Hayden said via e-mail Monday that investigators don’t believe foul play factored into the tragedy Lalin was dragged a short distance by an inbound train at the Broadway T Station at about 12:30 a.m. had been taken “off duty while the investigation advances.” In an interview with the Globe Monday evening said he and his uncle spent a lot of time playing basketball and running while growing up in Boston Kelvin said the family has been sharing memories over their group chat which had previously been a place to share jokes and memes and he’s the only one not responding because he’s gone,” Kelvin said Kelvin said he last saw his uncle on Wednesday when the two ran into each other at a local intersection “And then Sunday I get the call from my mother.” Kelvin said Robinson Lalin used the T frequently Questions abound about how exactly he became trapped in the door of the Red Line car and how he died Doors on the T’s subway trains are meant to open if something is blocking them and operators are supposed to move forward only when the doors are closed The train car involved in the incident was put into service in 1969 or 1970 “We are driving around these trains that are 50 years old; that’s insane,” said Yonah Freemark a senior research associate at the Urban Institute “I think it speaks to the massive upgrades in our infrastructure that we absolutely need to make — yesterday We have severely underinvested in our public transportation system; we have allowed these systems to degrade over time.” The MBTA is in the process of replacing its older Red Line cars with new models but has delayed the project repeatedly. It awarded a contract to the Chinese-owned CRRC to build 252 Red Line cars and 152 Orange Line cars and in Springfield by 2024 and 2022, respectively. Only eight new Red Line cars so far have been completed, according to TransitHistory.org Pesaturo did not respond to a request for an update on the Red Line car replacement project In 2018, the MBTA included a proposed pilot program for platform screen doors on a draft list of projects the agency was targeting for 2040 The doors keep people from getting on the tracks and allow the trains to move faster as they enter and exit stations unobstructed Pesaturo said the MBTA does not have existing plans to install the barriers and has not done a cost estimate The Metropolitan Transit Authority said in February it will try the platform screen doors at three of its New York City subway stations after a woman was pushed to her death in front of a train at the Times Square subway station The doors are common on transit systems in Europe and Asia and at US airports “The US is slow on the uptake on things related to public transportation,” said Freemark “This is yet another example of that phenomenon.” Lalin’s death marked the latest in a recent series of incidents in which MBTA equipment has harmed or inconvenienced passengers In January, a commuter rail train struck a woman’s car when the crossing gates and flashing lights meant to keep cars off the tracks in Wilmington did not activate in time In September last year, a Red Line train derailed and hit the platform at Broadway station with 47 passengers on board The derailment came two days after an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom Former Suffolk district attorney Rachael Rollins launched an investigation into the crash and a potential “lack of oversight or negligence” at the MBTA in January shortly before she left office to become the US attorney for Massachusetts As the safety incidents mounted last fall, the MBTA went without direct board oversight for more than three months after its former board disbanded The new seven-person board of directors met for the first time in October Transit advocates are concerned the MBTA’s new board is not taking a strong enough oversight role as the T grapples with its safety record and faces an impending financial crisis “We have to stop pretending that the problem doesn’t exist,” Thompson said Globe correspondent Nick Stoico and John R Ellement of the Globe Staff contributed to this report Taylor Dolven can be reached at taylor.dolven@globe.com. 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Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Sign In Subscribe Now choirs are rebuilding after a rough couple of years and Nelson’s choirs are no different this rebuild includes a redefinition of their identity Lalin was a young adult group created as an off-shoot of the youth choir Corazón Malaika Horswill has been conducting Corazón which has meant an opportunity for Lalin to find its own niche we were still taking small steps to transition out of the restrictions that kept choirs from singing together at all,” says Girvan “We held our membership to 20 committed singers who encouraged each other and forged a beautiful connection through the season.” Lalin is full to capacity at 40 singers who rehearse weekly “The joy at each rehearsal is palpable,” says Girvan we are pouring out our souls as an act of resilience and to remind each other of the power in community.” And now Lalin is ready and excited to share that power with an audience. 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Cheriton School of Computer Science Department of Pure Mathematics Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Provide website feedback acquiring and turning a 200-year-old mansion into a multi award-winning boutique hotel or launching a smart shopper mobile application there’s one underlying thread in all the endeavours of serial entrepreneur Lalin Jinasena: fresh In July 2014, the young CEO of Lalin Michael Jinasena & Co, which comprises companies he built up himself as well as companies built up by his father Nihal Jinasena under Jinasena Group, unveiled Lalin Fine Art Photography Gallery at Raffles Hotel Arcade it is this latest one that gives the public an intimate look at the creative pursuits of the Sri Lanka native who resides in Singapore and Colombo One of the newest additions to Singapore’s art scene the gallery casts light on Lalin’s childhood passion which has grown into a 25-year journey of documenting the earth’s most inspiring sights and we used to visit wildlife reserves in Sri Lanka around six times a year I was around eight years old when I asked him to teach me about photography He gave me his Nikon FE2 Camera and taught me the basics as there were so many in the wild and they were my favourite animals to photograph. He shared a very honest critique of my work He would tell me the positives and the negatives I gained a deeper appreciation for photography and acquired an eye for detail I continued to teach myself different techniques by trial and error What are your favourite subjects today? I love photographing wildlife – leopards and elephants are incredible to capture The people I meet during my travel are also fascinating I love beautiful landscapes but my current obsession is beautiful cloud formations What’s your signature photographic style I shoot a lot of silhouettes by photographing directly at the sun I enjoy indulging in different types of photography because I wasn't formally trained and enjoy the freedom to experiment with light There are inspiring photographs which are created Most inspiring photographs happen naturally It is a lot to do with being at the right place at the right time and the foresight to recognise that a special moment is about to happen and being ready to capture it The inspiration in a photograph could be just a look getting into that situation or location where you can capture great images does take a certain amount of planning and travelling It's hard to get inspiring images in your backyard How far or to what extent have you gone for that perfect shot? I had a hut in one of the jungles in Sri Lanka where I used to spend a lot of time on my own When I found out there was a giant crocodile in the river next to where I was living ready to photograph the crocodile storming out of the river and catching the goat setting up of “perfect photography moments" rarely works out and to the goat’s fortune the crocodile never showed up I would have regretted had that goat been eaten on my account so I was glad that the shot didn't work out I have spent days in hiding waiting for birds to come to a nest I once came across a nest of a Paradise Flycatchers a magnificent reddish brown bird with a tail about 3 feet long so I set myself up below its nest and waited for days and my luck doubled when the female also joined so you could say I captured two birds with one shot Any near-death or life changing moments? I've had a leopard walk below the tree in which I had a tree-hut in the jungle and could easily have climbed up the tree to get to me I only had a knife and some fire crackers to defend myself I also walked up to a huge wild elephant once while wandering through the jungle I didn't see it until I turned a corner and saw it standing not more than 10 feet away People are regularly killed by wild elephants in Sri Lanka because they are unaware of the presence of the animals which are quite silent as they rest in the bush The elephant could have reached me in two strides and easily killed me I found myself hanging entirely outside of window of a hotel in Venice with only one foot locked onto a chair to stop me from plunging into the Grand Canal The outcome of that was one of my favourite black and whites of a group of gondolas against the setting sun in Venice Gondolas in Venice shot against the setting sun If you could pick one photo as your favourite It is of two lions I photographed in the Serengeti The male was walking for many miles through the tall grass a female came forward and knelt down on the ground and looked up The male walked up to the lioness and stopped They stared into each other's eyes for many seconds It was one of the most poignant moments I have witnessed in the wild I often wonder what was communicated in that look; to me it looked a lot like Love Lalin Jinasena's favourite photograph titled Love Does the use of digital imaging software to edit photos render a photographer’s work less authentic/valuable which helps me to get close-ups of animals without having to risk life and limb as I did before sandpaper and all kinds of tools to achieve the piece they envision photographers did use various techniques like dodging and burning photographs during the printing stage to get certain desired effects The value in the photograph is in the finished product what it communicates and what it makes viewers feel While photography is appreciated as a branch of art some say it will always be a lesser medium than painting I believe this was the thinking many years ago Fine Art Photography is today valued very close The investment value of photography has been keeping par with paintings as well 10 What do you hope to achieve with your new gallery? I wanted to create an outlet to showcase my work and as my wife and I have made Singapore our home I felt this is the perfect place to start off Raffles has created a lovely art enclave at the Seah Street side of its arcade Singapore does not have many photography galleries and as this is one of the fastest-growing art fields in the West I hope more photographers will be motivated to open galleries and showcase their work in Singapore. The idea is to give visitors a broad view of the variety of photos I have I will be showcasing specific collections and will also be launching new ones which I am currently working on All of my work is available in limited edition of only 100 prints worldwide and available in loose print or framed/mounted in various finishes The photos can be printed in various sizes too so it is ideal for people decorating their home or office For collectors looking to enhance their art collections and investments the artist's proof prints as well as some studio proofs (limited to only five) are available I have created a slightly more modern interior for the gallery (the designer inside me couldn't resist) with hues of red enhanced by subtle red lighting as the backdrop and black stands on which the prints are mounted I picked an enchanting lounge-selection of music to complement the mood of the photographs There’s a private viewing used for displaying prints to our VIP collectors and customers I have also created a line of silk scarves with a few of my photographs printed on them and a small open edition prints which are ideal as gifts and for decorating Our art consultants and gallery assistants will help customers find the prints of their choice and to decide on framing and mounting options and also mount the prints on an acrylic face which enhance the beauty of the prints and make them pop out My complete collections are available at www.lalingallery.com so customers can select an image and our art consultants will make arrangements to have them printed How do your professional pursuits as a designer hotelier and entrepreneur influence your passion for photography? Photography has been a passion all my life and it gives me immense joy It has gone hand-in-hand with my professions My hotel Casa Colombo has my photographs of Sri Lankan portraits in each room I also love to photograph architecture and forms and shapes that inspire me Photography and design have played a symbiotic relationship in my life Capturing the lines of the Goiden Gate Bridge against the sky when are we likely to find you on a “photo journey”? I always take my cameras with me when I travel so I usually have a little more hand luggage than most other passengers You never know when you will see something stunning so it's always good to have a camera ready. I found some stilt fishermen and captured some really great images the very wave which hit me and my camera split seconds after I took the photograph While I was soaked and my camera worse for wear the photograph made it all worthwhile. Abbas: 45 Years in Photography 2010 at 12:02 pm ETIn a thrilling three-game match at the Forest Hills High School gym Tuesday afternoon the Van Buren Vee Bees (3-1) edged the Rangers (4-1) two games to one after a thrilling third game complete with multiple comebacks from the home squad The final line had Van Buren topping Forest Hills 25-17 Forest Hills bounced back to win the second only to see the third game slip away three times ultimately finishing 26-24 in favor of Martin Van Buren High School The Hero: Van Buren's Madhuri Sharma had six service points and six kills Her ability to stifle several Forest Hills rallies is what made the difference in the long run Honorable mention goes to Forest Hills' Tatiana Moore who took advantage of her serve and pushed the Rangers from down six points into a 24-24 tie in the third game of the match Her play even garnered praise from Van Buren head coach Bill Lalin "It took a lot of guts for her to serve the way she did when our team had 24," Lalin said The Turning Point: In the course of one of the most exciting matches either coach could remember there were dozens of small momentum shifts in the course of the afternoon While both teams were jockeying for advantage the entire final game the Vee Bees were the group who looked most in control from the start and always forced the Rangers to keep coming back The Quote: Both coaches were overwhelmed by the back and forth nature of the game — Lalin so much so that he walked over to the Forest Hills team huddle afterwards and professed his admiration for the Rangers themselves you're still the best team in this division," Lalin said to a stunned Forest Hills squad The Bottom Line: What happened at the Forest Hills gym on Oct Two talented teams came together and put on a show that forced even two other teams within the division to stop and marvel the Rangers seemed to be playing too much on their heels to complete what would have been a stunning comeback the date of the next meeting between Martin Van Buren and Forest Hills After the show both teams put on in the Forest Hills gym on Tuesday TEAMS……………........G1………G2..........G3 -- F Forest Hills…………….17……….25............24 -- 1 Van Buren.........…....25……...13............26 -- 2 Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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