Benedita’s leadership has been instrumental in the company’s growth since she joined in 2010 MIAMI – September 16, 2024 – Foundever™ a global leader in the customer experience (CX) industry is proud to announce that Benedita Miranda General Manager of the Multilingual Region at Foundever has been awarded as the Women’s Advocate Gold Winner in the third annual ISG Women in Digital Awards 2024 The winners were revealed in a virtual ceremony held on September 12 “I’m deeply honored and grateful to receive the Women’s Advocate award,” said Benedita “It’s such a privilege to work alongside so many talented people and to champion diversity and inclusion This recognition is a testament to the collective efforts of my incredible team more than half of whom are women who inspire me daily with their resilience To all the women out there breaking barriers and striving for equity push for progress and create a world where everyone can thrive.” she achieved a 20-fold increase in both revenue and workforce the business has consistently achieved growth “Thank you to the ISG Women in Digital Awards for this recognition and a heartfelt thank you to Foundever for giving me the platform to advocate for what I believe in emphasizing the company’s long-term history and strategy to support female talent Foundever is committed to encouraging an environment where women thrive across all functions Learn more about Foundever at foundever.com Foundever® is a global leader in the customer experience (CX) industry we’re the team behind the best experiences for +800 of the world’s leading and digital-first brands technology and expertise are designed to support operational needs for our clients and deliver a seamless experience to customers in the moments that matter.   Supporting +9 million customer conversations every day in +60 languages across 45 countries Foundever combines global strength and scale with the agile entrepreneurial approach of our founder-led culture enabling companies of all sizes and industries to transform their CX Sitel Group and SYKES are now Foundever.  Rebecca Sanders, Foundevermedia@foundever.com  Gabriel HedengrenCamarcofoundever@camarco.co.uk Metrics details After earning a medical degree from the University of Lisbon Benedita performed her PhD work with Maria de Sousa in Glasgow where she explored the regulatory function of T lymphocytes in immune responses She then moved to the Medical School of Nova University where she was appointed Professor of Immunology Benedita hypothesized the existence of regulatory mechanisms that maintain lymphocyte numbers laying down the foundations for her future work on T cell homeostasis Benedita moved to the Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris where she made major contributions to the understanding of T cell physiology Benedita interacted with phenomenal immunologists and postulated the existence of peripheral T cell tolerance mechanisms the dominant theory indicated that T cell tolerance was solely defined in the thymus during the differentiation of immature T cell precursors she joined forces with Harald von Boehmer at the Basel Institute of Immunology to investigate whether mature T cells can become tolerized in the periphery the efforts of Benedita and Harald culminated with the demonstration that peripheral tolerance to self-antigens occurs through the elimination of self-reactive T cells and through T cell clonal anergy This seminal work paved the way for multiple studies on peripheral T cell tolerance and had important implications for autoimmune disease research Reprints and permissions Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-021-01074-1 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science to attend the Kick-Off of the Walk&Talk Arts Biennial a project established in 2011 as an annual July event – but which now promises a more (!) long-lasting this made the experience even more (sensory and) familiar with the outlook and expectations of the Biennial’s programme to be held for the first time between September and November 2025 These three days mirrored a bit of what they promise to do in the coming year – rather than the two weeks of the Festival will have a different time span: two months of decreased intensity and extraversion (it is worth mentioning the need to relocate it outside of the high season) New ideas may emerge from these interactions but the web is ruptured and generates heterogeneous series evolving autonomously following their vanishing lines – which can always be rebuilt This issue of cultural institutionalisation through a rhizome-web is extremely important for the Biennial’s cohesion according to Jesse James – and the University’s example could act as a prelude to this endeavour of fertilising and articulating with other institutions and entities that work ‘from’ the Island willingness and conditions to reinstate artistic teaching at the University of the Azores This marginal and peripheral condition is where Walk&Talk acknowledges its abundance Back to the rhizome: this is also built on failures reversals and only occasionally many certainties Errancy is an integral component in processes which are not based on any structural or generative model in processes unconstrained by productivity outputs and this is another vital point of the Biennial which they were determined to emphasise Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy addressed this question on the launch day by sharing a popular South African expression (and philosophy): ‘Angazi usually uttered at the beginning of an answer: ‘How do I find my way to the beach but I’m sure you’ll get there if you keep going’ The respondent is unsure of what they know; or perhaps they are certain but do not know how to say it; or else they know This is essentially an expression that asserts the importance of experience improvisation and imagination as knowledge forms in their own right these are also ways of taking part and making culture out of leisure On this subject, it is worth mentioning Vaga – Espaço de Arte e Conhecimento and home of the Walk&Talk Biennial, as well as Associação Anda&Fala, an extension of the event when the Biennial is not running, but which is permanently involved with communities in the cultural sphere, as well as on a daily basis. They showed us the exhibition Corpos Magmáticos, from the New Wave Prize[8] curated by Marta Espiridião and featuring the work of Isabel Medeiros but who intermittently live between the islands and the mainland (Lisbon and Berlin) something that Joana Albuquerque ends up referring to as Um pau de dois bicos (a double-edged sword) they worked on a sort of communal exchange with the island The volcano became the central theme – the very entrance to the exhibition took place through a sensory experience that simulated a crater Sofia Rocha mimics the volcano’s digestive systems Isabel Medeiros works on memory and the processes involved in its preservation she understood that she needed to explore glass work – and from there she tried to encapsulate volcanic stones and old photographs - illustrating the meta-material clash of glass’s inability to support stone; as well as the proximity between conceptual and material memories Joana Albuquerque shows three works centred around the conflicting feelings between identity she cuts out large silhouettes that replicate the spaces occupied by resting bodies in the Pesqueiro area – a place central to both the Island and the Biennial stressing the importance of stillness over productivity it does not seem as if I have been outlining the essential features of an Art Biennial but of a socio-ecological project of participatory regeneration through arts and culture and I truly believe that this is what Walk&Talk intends as a Biennial most of the interventions were geared towards the city walls (and the walls of the museum and gallery) the relationship with the territory has grown more rooted the curatorial proposal is withdrawing from material exclusiveness to embrace a set of artistic-cultural inter-relational exercises between the different agencies that make up the Azorean identities Lisbon) has a degree in Art History (2019) and a master's degree in Aesthetics and Artistic Studies (2022) from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa with the dissertation ‘Graffiti: Considerations on the Aesthetics of Transgression in the Public Space of the City’ She is currently doing her PhD in Artistic Studies - Art and Mediations at the same institution centred on the potential for societal and collective liberation around transgressive (artistic) practices such as graffiti and political graffiti she also participates in the making of documentaries and organises workshops on practice and thought for young people entitled ‘The Deconstruction of the (Experience of the) City and the Construction of the Counter-Public Sphere: Transgressive Creative Writing is supervised by Cristina Pratas Cruzeiro and Joana Cunha Leal he writes about emerging artists and visual and performing arts exhibitions for independent magazines such as Umbigo and Sem Título Subscribe to the Newsletter (EN Version)! I accept the Privacy Policy Subscribe Umbigo 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 2014 Hiatus Vinho Verde comes from an in-between region in Portugal called "Entre-Douro-e-Minho." stand with longtime friend and collaborator Francisco Silva at the Casa da Lage vineyards The 2014 Hiatus Vinho Verde sells for $9.99 at Steve's There will be two tastings this weekend at the stores on University Avenue and Junction Road This 2014 Hiatus Vinho Verde is made on an estate in Portugal owned by Madisonian Benedita Sampaio e Mello Benedita Sampaio e Mello was raised in Lisbon and recently inherited her family estate in Portugal Her 2014 Hiatus Vinho Verde is now available at Steve's has been in Benedita Sampaio e Mello's family for generations her relatives have produced wine from five regional white grapes bottled as a light and refreshing vinho verde has become available for the first time in Madison Sampaio e Mello lives on Madison's west side for most of the year but spends summers and Christmas in Portugal Working with Robert Whitlock's Import Wines in Middleton, Sampaio e Mello brought 100 cases of her newly branded 2014 Hiatus Vinho Verde into the Madison market Most of them are available at Steve's on University Avenue for $9.99 with some at the Steve's on Junction Road and "by the glass" pours at Tornado Steakhouse and The winery's production is "very small," according to Sampaio e Mello producing only 15,000 bottles (1,250 cases) of white wine this year It can produce up to 60,000 liters of wine  "My only objective is that the vineyards or the wine gives me enough money to keep the house to repair the roof when needed," said Sampaio e Mello Sampaio e Mello was raised in Lisbon, Portgual. She came to Madison with her husband, Antonio Sampaio e Mello in 1995 when he took a position as a finance professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison The estate measures 12 hectares (about 30 acres) and has been passed from woman to woman from Sampaio e Mello's great-grandmother to her grandmother and her aunt "My grandmother gave it to my aunt thinking a woman should have something of her own which was the 1940s and '50s," said Sampaio e Mello "I have people who have been working with my family for generations The vines grow in a soil that's "soft and almost white, like dust," located in a region called "Entre-Douro-e-Minho." The land is south of the coastal Minho and west of the mountainous Douro (DOO-roh), a region known mostly for Port that has been growing in prestige Benedita's husband Antonio has his own vineyards there in Douro where he makes "a fabulous red and very good olive oil." His wine is not available in Madison yet but he too travels back and forth to oversee his vines The Baião estate grows five white grapes: avesso but they don't make it to the United States The people there like that; they grew up on that Sampaio e Mello chose to brand her wine "Hiatus" (not to be confused with Hiatus Cellars, a California wine project) because she wanted a name that evoked a pause something to encourage people to "stop and smell the roses "This is wine of no consequence," she said of her vinho verde "It's crisp and fresh and sassy — a good summer wine," Sampaio e Mello added And at only 10.5 percent alcohol by volume It's what we drink in Portugal in the summer Sampaio e Mello says she has "one foot on each continent" as she travels between her family's vineyards and her home in Madison Her children are grown with careers of their own but she hopes to pass the estate to one of them someday She has plans for another white wine to come next summer Sampaio e Mello will be pouring tastings of her wine at Steve's at 3618 University Ave and at the Steve's at 122 Junction Road from 11 a.m Become a Cap Times member today and enjoy great benefits Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device The Lincoln County News Serving Maine and Lincoln County for over 140 years accept the Community Partner Award from Midcoast Literacy’s Executive Director Daniel Burson Midcoast Literacy held its annual meeting and celebration in Bath on May 21 celebrating 53 years of providing free literacy services in Lincoln The festive picnic brought together board members and their families to mark the organization’s accomplishments in the past year “2022 was a year of recovery and growth for our organization,” said Midcoast Literacy Executive Director Daniel Burson “We are grateful for the incredible investments volunteers and donors have made this year helping us to fully bring back longtime programs and adapt to meet the needs of even more learners In 2022 we served a record of 142 children and adults with one-on-one tutoring and expect to be challenged to serve even more learners in the year ahead.” board Chair Julie Hendrickson thanked the staff and board of directors for their renewed focus on fundraising events in the past year and introduced new board members Julie Criscitiello The annual celebration included awards recognizing exceptional tutors and learners for their accomplishments over the past year The Outstanding Learner Award was given to English language learner Lazare Sonda who participates through Midcoast Literacy’s Workplace Literacy partnership with Wild Oats Bakery and Cafe accepts the Outstanding Tutor Award from Midcoast Literacy’s Executive Director Daniel Burson alongside learner Jeannette for students in Midcoast Literacy’s program for children ages 6-14 The fourth annual Newton Blakesley and Cyndy Lewis Outstanding Tutor Award named in honor of the dedicated work of former Midcoast Literacy board members Midcoast Literacy also recognized The Brunswick Welcome Center as their Community Partner of the Year a joint venture of the town of Brunswick and the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine partners with Midcoast Literacy to provide space for tutoring sessions and to host a monthly Conversation Cafe for English language learners Through a wide range of family literacy and adult literacy programs the dedicated staff and volunteers of Midcoast Literacy strive to help children and adults develop their literacy skills so they can succeed through all stages of life For more information about Midcoast Literacy’s free tutoring programs for adults and children, or to learn how to become a volunteer tutor or volunteer board member, email admin@midcoastlit.org or call 443-6384 To stay informed on local happenings, sign up for our newsletter! and goings-on in Lincoln County with our twice-weekly email newsletter “I’m an alien to New York."  “I fail and continue to fail every day.” These are the words spoken in "Halfway Through the Story of Our Life" and produced by Alexandra Zelman-Doring presented by Throes Theater the play paints a beautiful yet painful picture of three woman trying to discover who they are Their stories are set to music by three composers (Ana Milosavljevic dances and speaks in one or more languages   The actors use their real names and according to Zelman-Doring about 20 percent of the play is drawn from their real life experiences The first of the three women to come onto stage is Benedita Pereira Pereira gives a sensual performance of a young actor trying to make it in the throes of New York City Emma Meltzer is the second actor to tell the audience (or Meltzer nails the comedic satire of the script as she explains how she struggles with her “WASPy parent brain,” always getting in the way of her judgment is still and lifeless in the background for most of the play as her counterparts take center stage and when it is her turn she explains in anger and bitterness that she is “clogged” "Halfway Through the Story of Our Life" poses questions that often echo in the consciousness of young people everywhere With a limited set and background it moves swiftly like a dream Learn and Experience Skate School will be hosting one of the 10 stop opportunities to be qualified for the great World Rookie Tour Final in Innsbruck where you can run for a ticket participation to Simple Session and to Mystic Skate Cup Portugal is one of the next stops where you can conquer the opportunity to run in Austria at the great final of the World Rookie Tour Skateboarding for some incredible prizes such as invitations to some of the most prestigious world wide skate competitions as Simple Session and the Mystic Skate Cup Portugal’s stop will be held at SLX Benedita where riders will also be invited to experience some of the workshops held at the school Rookie Fest Portugal’s participants and winners will also receive many other gigs and prizes offered by our tour sponsors Screw Skateboards If you are skater and if your dream is to start a professional carrier Download here the event info IMPORTANT: QUALIFYING CRITERIA TO THE 2021 WORLD ROOKIE FEST SKATEBOARDING young rappers Willpack Danfa (left) and Seco Dabo reflect something of the colourful and eclectic fashion of Bissau a former Portuguese colony which still has strong cultural ties to other Portuguese-speaking nations from Angola to Brazil Its dress sense is influenced by anything from West African traditions to American hip-hop Reuters photographer Joe Penney shot a series of portraits of Willpack Danfa's friends and family in the crowded Mistra neighbourhood of Bissau Benedita Danfa braids the hair of her sister Satu Mistra resident Babucar Silla dances for the camera Rapper Willpack Danfa poses for a photograph in front of a wall painted with the word "thug" A woman poses for a photograph in the Mistra district of Bissau If you drive through the Mistra neighbourhood of Bissau - the charming ramshackle capital of Guinea-Bissau - signs of peoples’ love for American hip-hop are everywhere The local football pitch is named “California” after Tupac’s song “California Love.” Clothes reading “50 Cent” or “Thug Life” are commonplace and Rihanna’s latest hits blare out from rusty radios beneath the mango trees While a fondness for American hip-hop is shared throughout West Africa (Tupac is nearly everyone’s favourite rapper) Guinea-Bissau’s unique cultural influences give it its own distinctive style West African nation maintains strong cultural and economic links to other Portuguese-speaking countries including Angola and Brazil Guinea-Bissau’s fashion sense is a mix of hip-hop favouring bright colours (including lots of neon!) which stand out against the red earth and pale Bissau-Guineans seem far less conservative than their francophone neighbours Senegal and Guinea the semi-tropical climate and Portuguese creole give the country a Latin American feel Earlier this month I was covering the final day of presidential campaign rallies in Bissau and I was inspired by the general originality with which people dressed who was attending with some of his friends I went to Danfa’s house a few days later to shoot portraits of him his friends and family around the neighbourhood They were initially shy but nearly everyone got into it Sign in Join now, it's FREE! Pet Valu in Bradford held one of its kitten adoption events featuring three eight week old cuties from The Georgina Feral Cat Committee.  Pet Valu hosts the adoption event in hopes of the kittens finding their fur-ever homes.  Dennis and Benedita Wilkerson are one of two Bradford families who foster kittens from the committee.  There are four kittens part of the litter the Wilkersons are currently fostering but only three made an appearance at the Adopt-a-Thon event Digit the black and white tuxedo and Wiley the ginger were the three kittens The fourth kittne at home is also a tuxedo cat like Digit but was a little too frisky to come out of the house.  "It's fun watching them interact," said Dennis of the kittens.  "Wiley was the hissiest of the four but now he's just a cuddler," shared Benedita The couple has been fostering cats with the Georgina Feral Cat Committee for the past five years.They love cats and even have four of their own.  Feral cats can sometimes scare off potential adoptees especially kittens can be just as loveable as their non-feral counterparts.  They have a gentle nature to them once you give them time to accomodate to their new environment," explained Benedita Majority of the cats the committee rescues are kittens the better chance they have at warming up and being more socialized.  Benedita noted that adult feral cats are more "skiddish" in nature and may never come around to being a "lap cat" but can adjust well and live happily in a loving They enioy spending time with them and preparing them for their forever homes.  "We see the development of the personalities," said Benedita Benedita knits homemade blankets for each kitten The blankets go home with each kitten when they get adopted.  "It's kind of like a kid's reassurance blanket," she noted with a familiar scent to help them adjust to their new surroundings.  In order to adopt one of the furry friends an application must be filled out with a questionaire.  "People need to understand that this is a forever pet," said Benedita Return (TNR) approach to controlling the feral cat population.  Volunteers will work together to trap the cats then returned to their colony where they are taken care of by a conoly caretaker The cats ears are also tipped to help identify them as spayed/neutered.  The kittens found in the colonies are rescued socialized and eventually adopted out to families looking for a forever pet 125 cats and kittens have been adopted out to forever homes Two hundred cats have been spayed or neutered and 80 cats have been rehomed Supporters like Bradford's Pet Valu have donated hundreds of pounds of food and litter for the cats and kittens in foster care.  microchippng and a voucher for a spay/neutering at six months old.  To learn more about the Georgina Feral Cat Committee and how to adopt, check out their website here TDT | Manama      The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com The Portuguese community in Bahrain came together to celebrate their National Day at a festive gathering held at the Royal Golf Club in Riffa and members of the Portuguese community itself held at the Slice Restaurant within the Royal Riffa Golf Club featured a traditional cake-cutting ceremony a symbol of unity and shared joy on this important national occasion AnthropologieBy Meredith HolserNov 22 2024Meredith HolserAffiliate and Food WriterMeredith Holser is B+C's resident affiliate writer Meredith enjoys writing about a range of topics but she's adopted e-commerce writing in all its many facets and dreaming about having a yummy little treat Whether you're planning a chic dinner party or getting lit with your cousins these are the best finishing touches for a spirited gathering Get ready to impress your guests with our picks Our favorite holiday hosting necessities from Anthropologie: These adorable dessert plates are available in several different designs, all of which depict a different city pictured in holiday snow. 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