For years, Selim, a director at the Department of Homeland Security, built relationships with Muslim community leaders as part of the federal government's programs to combat violent extremism. The idea was for the federal government to support local initiatives to prevent children and young adults from being recruited and radicalized by violent extremist groups, such as ISIS.
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So far, Megan's character has been introduced through flashbacks that showed her serving in the Army and being romantically linked to Owen's (Kevin McKidd) best friend, Nathan (Martin Henderson). After finding out that Nathan cheated on her, Megan took off in a helicopter that went missing, and she was presumed dead. However, the season 13 finale revealed that Megan is still alive. Her presence in season 14 could provide tension for Nathan, who has a developing relationship with Meredith (Ellen Pompeo).
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Greys Anatomy is digging into Dr. Andrew DeLucas backstory -- and that means meeting one of his immediate family members.
Giacomo Gianniotti revealed that in the 14th season of ABCs hit medical drama, viewers will be introduced to DeLucas sister, who will be walking the halls of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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We are bringing my sister [in] as a new character. She is going to be a new presence at the hospital. She comes from Italy, as my character is Italian, and you get to see us exchanging some blows in Italian, which will be very interesting,Gianniotti told ET, who has played DeLuca since season 11, at the Disney/ABC cocktail party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday.
Gianniotti wouldnt divulge DeLucas sisters medical expertise or the reason driving her to settle in Seattle, Washington, but offered this telling nugget.
Her profession, although we cant disclose it, is a very interesting one, he hinted. Its going to keep a lot of the doctors on their toes, make some doctors uncomfortable [and] some people will be glad about [her coming on]. Shell stir things up with a European background and take on medicine.
The 28-year-old actor, who was born in Rome, expressed excitement over the opportunity to dust off his Italian for the small screen: Its great!
RELATED: 'Grey's Anatomy' Recasts Owen's Sister With Abigail Spencer
Gianniotti revealed that the part is already cast and played coy about the actress who plays her. I cant wait for you guys to meet her. Shes lovely. Shes going to be a great new addition to the show, he said, staying mum on when viewers will first meet her, though its expected to be a multi-episode arc.
But despite the secrecy, Gianniotti promised that the new season will see more of DeLucas layers being peeled back.
This season, were definitely going to get to know DeLuca a lot better. The writers have told me that theyre fleshing him out a lot, he assured.
Greys Anatomy kicks off season 14 with a two-hour premiere Thursday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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What makes a modern marketing leader? Received wisdom suggests they need to be strategic and empathetic visionaries, natural storytellers with an endless curiosity and insatiable desire to learn. Not a lot to ask.
From being a whizz with data to a customer champion and motivator of diverse and inclusive teams, marketing leaders are also required to deliver stellar results across an ever expanding list of channels.
In order to discover the attributes, responsibilities and core skills most important to being a leader in the field of marketing and in business more widely Marketing Week has carried out an in-depth study encompassing both qualitative and quantitive research to reveal the Anatomy of a Leader.
The high turnover of CMOs compared to their C-suite colleagues is symptomatic of confusion over what a marketing leaders key attributes and areas of experience need to be, according to Mimi Turner. Formerly head of strategy at Vice and marketing director at The Lad Bible, Turner believes marketers are, as a result, in danger of suffering a crisis of identity.
When I first came back from maternity leave after my eldest was born, I had the odd feeling that my life had become a play where I had to play all the parts. I was constantly rushing off stage for a costume change so that I could come on as another character, she explains.
I remain convinced that most marketers dont really understand gross margin and variable costs and live in a bullshit bubble.
Being a CMO has become a bit like that. Different stakeholders, different demands, different skill sets. If these combine with unrealistic expectations and lack of support, it can make the role challenging.
Given the shrinking length of CMO tenure, marketing leaders need to make their impact felt on a business faster than ever.
Head of creative excellence at Bacardi, Zara Mirza, says: The average CMO role is less than two years, so you need to make an impact quickly and for that to land a lot faster than previously. Connected to that you need to be resilient, because if you are at the forefront of change, you are pushing against the machine.
READ MORE:Russell Parsons The modern marketing leaders might not be who you think
Representing the bridge between a business and its customers, marketers are at a very real risk of being pulled in a number of directions in their pursuit for success. However, it might be time marketers refocused their priorities, according to Marketing Weeks Anatomy of a Leaderresearch.
Our survey of more than 600 marketers divided sets of skills into responsibilities and attributes, finding thatsales and commercial awareness (74%) is considered the most important responsibility marketers must master to become leaders.
This is followed by knowledge of campaign planning and strategy (64%), market research (51%), innovation and new product development (45%), and financial reporting (38%).
The importance of being sales savvy and commercial resonates with Peugeot marketing director, Mark Pickles, who believes the gap between sales and marketing is now almost non-existent.
The days of building the perfect mix of the four P [product, price, promotion, place]and then throwing it over to the sales team are dead. With real-time optimisation, fast-moving competitive markets and spiralling levels of consumer insight, the whole funnel from awareness right through to action is firmly in the control of the marketing leader, says Pickles.
READ MORE: The big debate Are the 4Ps of marketing still relevant?
Being commercially savvy is just as important today as it was decades ago, rather it is the speed of delivery that has changed, suggests IBMs UK CMO Lisa Gilbert. She argues that to keep pace marketers need to understand that waiting for perfection will not win the game.
Its about being perfect enough, putting your product or service out into the market and responding quickly to your clients to make it better and better, says Gilbert.
Britvic CMO Matt Barwell, however, believes commercial awareness on its own is not enough; it must be paired with great execution and the desireto put innovation into action.
The ability to lead and deliver great innovation through an organisation requires a host of skills that tends to stretch the core capabilities of an organisation. So the ability to imagine, inspire and align teams of people are key in this space.
Already high on the list of requirements, the need for sales and commercial awareness is also growing in importance, according to 82% of marketers. Knowledge of innovation and new product development (82%), data science and mathematics (73%) and psychology (63%) are also rising up the agenda for the modern marketing leader.
Despite fully supporting the concept that sales and commercial awareness are crucial skills for marketers, Marketing Week columnist Mark Ritson is adamant this is an area of expertise the entire industry must improve on.
Having an appreciation of the challenges faced in areas such as procurement and supply chain helps us collaborate better.
Marketers are more and more off the commercial pace. We arse about with fanciful terms like purpose, while the rest of the organisation raises its eyebrows and worries about Q3 numbers. I remain convinced that most marketers dont really understand gross margin and variable costs and live in a bullshit bubble, says Ritson.
Strong commercial awareness combined with the ability to demonstrate the difference marketing makes to the bottom line is the foundation for success, says Marketing Week columnist and chair of The Pool, Tanya Joseph, who was also architect of the award-winning This Girl Can campaign while at Sport England.
READ MORE:Tanya Joseph on the future of This Girl Can and Sport Englands strategy for 2016
She recognises that as marketers are gaining a larger share of voice at senior levels they are becoming better at demonstrating their return on investment.
We were really good at selling product, but not good at selling ourselves. Now were much better at demonstrating [our impact] because were using commercial language. We can show that I did this and this drove sales, and as a result were getting more respect, says Joseph.
The research indicates a clear shift away from thefunctional aspects of the role the further marketersclimb up the career ladder.
Of those surveyed, 28% believe knowledge of copywriting has become less important for marketing leaders, followed by a knowledge of design (19%), procurement (15%) and supply chain and distribution (14%).
This makes sense to Ritson, who believes marketers should hire good creative people for copywriting, rather than thinking they can do the job themselves.
Peugeots Pickles agrees, explaining that such skills are now relatively straightforward to buy in or subcontract, whereas the responsibility for identifying, predicting and delivering on consumer needs cannot be farmed out.
The technical skills a modern marketer needs are more about interpretation, direction setting and opportunity identification. In my framework, the marketing leader determines the who, why, where and when, and the execution of duties (the what and how) can be placed in the hands of professionals with those specific skills, he adds.
Outsourcing functional skills is not the approach at IBM, where the team have started to bring some specific skills back in-house to reduce time to market.
In a world where social and digital are kings and queens, responding and iterating on content in real time with experts who know the brand inside and out is a model we are testing at the moment, explains Gilbert.
The decline in importance of technical skills is a problem for Barwell, who believes design, in particular, is growing in importance as brands need to maintain a consistent visual image across a widening number of touchpoints.
At Britvic, the launch of any new product involves procurement, supply chain, innovation and insight all working closely with the brand team to create a product that is visually consistent.
The technical skills a modern marketer needs are more about interpretation, direction setting and opportunity identification.
For marketing leaders, having an appreciation of the challenges faced in areas such as procurement and supply chain helps us collaborate better with our colleagues to develop innovative solutions. Given the current macro-economic environment, the importance of these areas, if anything, is becoming more important, adds Barwell.
READ MORE:How procurement can help rather than hinder innovation
LinkedIn CMO Shannon Stubo is also concerned by this apparent shift away from skills such as copywriting. Im surprised that the ability to tell a compelling story wasnt highlighted in the research and that over a quarter of those surveyed thought copywriting was less important, she says.
As the lines between marketing, communications and sales becomes increasingly blurred, brands need to be more inspiring, accessible and human. In a B2B world in particular, content marketing sits at the heart of storytelling.
Tanya Joseph recognises that while these functional aspects are essential foundation skills, as marketers become more senior they naturally do less of this kind of work. However, she believes it is the CMOs responsibility to understand these fundamental skills in order to guide the wider team.
If you dont understand the principles of procurement, for example, then youre losing control of a lot of your business to people who might be procurement experts, but dont necessarily understand marketing, says Joseph.
She explains that new leaders in particular need to learn when to be hands-on and when to delegate these functional responsibilities, which can be challenging as often they are promoted because they excel at the functional aspects of the role.
The shift away from functional skills to focus on sales and commerciality underlines how important it is for leaders to build on their knowledge of the fundamental elements of marketing in order to deliver astrategic vision that will directly impact on the bottom line.
Marketing Week will be publishing more findings from the Anatomy of a Leader research throughout August.
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From sales and commercial awareness to campaign planning and innovation, what are the key skills modern marketing leaders need?
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The work on the repair of a gene in human eggs, reported in the journal Nature, is an important scientific achievement. It made use of Crispr (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) technology to make a single specific change in the three billion units of the human genome. The work is indeed a stunning application of Crispr, with some elegant and surprising results and the publicity is good for my science but it is not likely to change the way reproductive medical genetics is practised and it raises no new ethical problems.
The claims made for the work, amplified by the media, will raise expectations in families carrying genes with severe medical effects and has already excited the critics who fear that geneticists are busy undermining our society. So let us first look at what has been achieved in the science, and then tease out some of the implications.
Medical genetic disorders cause a great deal of suffering and affect about one person in 25. Genetic engineering and DNA sequencing invented in the 1970s led to a revolution in genetics. Mutant genes causing many genetic disorders have been identified. Advances in human embryology led to in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in 1978, leading to the birth of more than five million children and untold happiness in their families. The question arose whether IVF could be useful in dealing with medical genetic cases.
By the early 1990s geneticists could detect mutant genes in single cells taken from IVF embryos without harming the embryos. This led to the gradual introduction of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Today parents who are concerned that they may conceive a child with a significant genetic disorder can produce embryos by IVF, these may be tested for the genetic defect and one or more unaffected embryos can then be implanted.
PGD requires a specific probe for each genetic mutation. Some mutations are common, such as F508 in cystic fibrosis, but for many families the mutations have to be analysed and specific probes prepared and tested. As many people know, IVF is itself complex PGD adds another level of complexity, meaning that the number of successful clinical cases dealt with worldwide to date is still only a few thousand. PGD is in its infancy.
So what will be the clinical impact of the new method on PGD? In their experiments, biologist Shoukhrat Mitalipov and his fellow researchers treated 58 embryos in which about 50 per cent carried the normal and half the mutant gene. After treatment they found that 42 (or 72 per cent) carried two normal genes. The mutant gene had been repaired in an estimated 13 out of 29 embryos. Crucially, not all embryos were repaired, nor was it possible to say that Crispr did not cause other unintended, off-target damage to other genes. The embryos were not implanted.
The authors suggest that repair by Crispr will increase the efficiency of PGD. In fact it will have almost no practical effect on PGD services, for two reasons. First, not all of the defective genes are repaired, so after Crispr the embryos still have to be screened by standard PGD to avoid implanting mutant genes. Second, repairing is much more complicated than the current method, which is already complicated. Two Swedish commentators who work in the field note dryly: Embryo genetic testing [PGD] during IVF remains the standard way to prevent the transmission of inherited diseases in human embryos.
In contrast to its use in reproductive medical genetics, use of Crispr in repairing genes in body tissues is a really promising approach to treating genetic disorders after birth, but that is another story.
What do we really need to do in developing PGD? The technical priority is to make IVF itself more efficient. Then we need to refine the current methods of PGD and apply them routinely to a much wider range of genetic mutations. The social priority is to provide PGD on national health services to all couples faced with a high chance of conceiving a child with a major genetic disorder.
Now what about the ethics? Since PGD, which is a medical procedure, is well accepted in international medicine there is nothing new on that front. If in the past, like the Catholic Church, you opposed IVF (and PGD), or the wishes of parents to avoid having children with genetic disorders, this work will not change opinions, and should not increase your concerns.
It is possible that the Crispr techniques of changing genes will be used for non-medical purposes in reproduction, for example to alter genetic qualities which have nothing to do with health. In the UK, such use is regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and might be made illegal (as for example is the non-medical use of PGD for sex selection). But it may be more difficult to make all applications illegal for example, parents might wish to have a child with blue instead of brown eyes, and if so is foolishness something we should make illegal?
One thing is clear. It is long past time that we put into effect the recommendations of the Irish Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction of 2005 dealing with these issues, which are not new, and are well known to the Government. IVF is not regulated in Ireland, nor is PGD, making it difficult for pioneers in the field such as Dr John Waterstone of Cork Fertility to provide a service that is badly needed in Ireland.
David McConnell is fellow emeritus of the Smurfit institute of genetics at Trinity College Dublin. He is a former chairman of The Irish Times Trust.
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25 YEARS AGO 1992
The Ticonderoga High School cafeteria was recently jam-packed with people who came to argue the fate of Moses-Ludington Hospital.
About 300 hospital supporters attended the unification meeting, called by Dr. William Brennan, DDS.
Moses-Ludington is slated to go out of business at the end of the year unless a solution to a cash shortfall can be found.
Local officials are working on a plan to give the medical center the $920,000 in property taxes that an Aug. 4 subsidy referendum would have provided had it been successful.
When Dan Jerry announced that he and his wife, Laurie, were opening Plattsburghs first personal computer shop in 1980, some people said he was crazy.
Today, U-Compute has not only become a highly successful business but also brought the computer age to the North Country, and they call him a visionary.
Now, Dan plans to open Captain Computer Tutor, a one-week computer course that will take place aboard a luxury sailboat chartered off the Florida Keys.
A group of local women will be testing the market for an indoor skating arena in Plattsburgh. Roller skating will now be available at the Crete Memorial Civic Center.
Sheila Prophitt, Donna Trombley, Talisa Brunet and Maryanne Dubrey will be voluntarily running the activity at the Crete.
After building some skills in the Education for Gainful Employment program, the women have become determined to make their mark in the businessworld.
50 YEARS AGO 1967
Dr. Robert Francoeur, a geneticist from Farleigh Dickinson University, told an audience at Plattsburgh State University College that the basic question before the world today is: Has the scientist gone too far has he created an inhuman world?
Francoeur did not answer the question. Instead, he told of some of the recent advances in embryology that could change the world, including using a miniature TV camera to transmit color pictures from inside the womb.
The result of Justice Harold Sodens reapportionment plan will be realized when 10 Clinton County legislators will be elected to do away with the town-based system of government.
Party committees had to reorganize quickly this month from town committees to area committees.
The theory behind the restructuring is to have the lawmakers represent equal population areas, not town-based political subdivisions with widely disparate populations.
An authority on atmospheric electricity will discuss The Mysteries of Atmosphere Electricity: Thunderstorms, Tornadoes and Volcanoes at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center field station on Whiteface Mountain.
Dr. Bernard Vonnegut, now a senior scientist at Albany State University College, was the first person to suggest using silver iodide as a cloud-seeding agent.
75 YEARS AGO 1942
Experiments with both the jet and spray system of combating incendiary bombs were conducted recently in Trinity Park by the Plattsburgh Fire Department in connection with the class for auxiliary firemen.
According to Carl B. Getman, civilian protection coordinator, the jet proved to be the most efficient and rapid method of controlling and extinguishing the bombs.
Plattsburghs three-day salvage-collection campaign will begin with collections scheduled in Wards 1 and 2.
Boy and Girl Scouts will canvass every home, distributing cards to remind the residents that collections of their salvage will be made later in the day.
Those donating salvage metals, rags or rubber have been asked to place the articles near the curb before 5 p.m.
One hundred tons of salvage of all types is the goal of the drive.
Ive just caught the biggest thing that ever was taken alive out of Lake Champlain, is the statement that was recently credited to Police Sgt. Elmer E. Gray about a fish he caught.
So large was the beast that Gray required a block and tackle to lift it from his boat to the shore.
Dont ask us where he put it.
Also note that there is no certainty as to the authenticity of the fish involved in this yarn, but we feel sure there was a fish story.
100 YEARS AGO 1917
Three young girls under 18 years of age were recently taken by Chief of Police Senecal from Fraternity Hall in Plattsburgh during a dance being held there.
Their case will be brought into City Court.
A determined effort is being made by the local authorities to enforce the law relative to young girls attending public dances.
That Clinton County is recognized as a seed potato section is again evidenced by the fact that 30 large commercial potato growers from Suffolk and Nassau counties are visiting to find their source of seed potatoes for the 1918 planting.
In this potato party will be two Farm Bureau managers and also a number of farmers representing farmer organizations that annually buy many carloads of seed potatoes.
At an early morning hour, people residing in the neighborhood at the junction of Broad and Beekman streets in Plattsburgh were aroused by the moans of a man lying in the road.
Beside him was burning a small automobile lamp.Nothing else could be seen in the road.
While a householder was dressing to go out and investigate, an automobile came along and picked up the man, lamp and anything else that might have been in the road.
Who the man was or what befell him is not known.
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Boys Town Allergy, Asthma Immunology & Pediatric Pulmonology Welcomes New Physician
Brian T. Kelly, M.D., M.A. joined Boys Town Allergy, Asthma & Immunology on August 1, 2017 from St. Paul Allergy and Asthma in Minnesota. He received his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. In addition, Dr. Kelly completed a fellowship in allergy/clinical immunology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is board certified in pediatrics and allergy/immunology. He is accepting new patients at Boys Town Pediatrics Lakeside Clinic located at 16929 Frances Street, Suite 101.
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GREENSBURG Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve . . . but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15
Over the past few years I have noticed a trend with human behavior that I find unsettling. I will say that I dont expect everyone to share the same values that I was raised with or that I subscribe to.
Just the other day I am sitting in a parking lot waiting on my wife when I hear a commotion about four parking aisles over. It appeared to be a mom with a child in her arms under two years of age and a little girl about six years old. I heard this mom yelling loudly: Get in the #%$ &%$! car. It was obvious this woman did not have time to buckle her little one in a car seat as she drove off as soon as she entered the vehicle.
I have observed other behaviors like this one in recent times and I find it disturbing. It leads one to think that respect and appropriate behavior has not been taught in the homes of many of those who are now parents.
Dont get me wrong, I know, first hand, how difficult children can be at times. They have a tendency to push a parents buttons. Granted, its tough raising kids. Always has been, always will be. They dont come with a personalized manual but, we do have the Bible as a guide. Todays scripture passage from Joshua is a good example of making a determination of setting the course for a family.
It seems apparent there are those who decide to not serve the Lord. Who do you choose to allow into your life? With Christ we find a relationship that will steer us on a course of life that helps us to stay away from the evil way.
Thats not to suggest everything will be perfect and smooth but, when we make a decision to follow Our Lord it sure gives us a resource to find strength in troubling times. Lets face it readers, there are times when something comes along that you have to just, offer it up.
Life isnt easy. My heart goes out to people like this mom I told you about. It was clear that she had not learned some parenting skills that could turn a bad situation into one that is more livable.
If there are any pastors who read this column, how well are you doing with providing some resource for parents? If you are a parent, are you searching for ways to better handle those hot times with your children?
For those of you who are older ladies, heres what the book of Titus says about what you can provide to society.
Titus 2:3 says: the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things
It seems clear that those of us who are older and have life experience certainly have something to offer to the younger people. I know, it seems that we beat our heads against the wall but, know that presenting Christ through your living will be seen and eventually understood.
Remember hearing this? Your life is the only Bible some people will ever read.