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Andy Patrick CV
AP Curriculum Vitae Current Position 2013-2016 Principal, Andy Patrick Consulting, San Francisco, CA The consulting practice is focused on strategic planning across all functions of technology start-ups including branding, product development, social media, marketing and sales, revenue growth, organizational development, online product vision, funding, partnerships and business development strategies. Client projects have included: - creating and implementing a partnership program for the largest live online learning platform in the creative industry; - development of a launch plan and funding strategy for an app; - creation of a product road map for an industry-leading SaaS platform; - revamping the business model and marketing plan for an online platform; - comprehensive branding, product development and business modeling for a crowdfunding platform; - mentoring four CEOs. This work leverages twenty years of experience in leadership positions in the Internet, e-commerce, entrepreneurial, photography and creative professional sectors. Career History 2005-2013 Co-Founder, President & CEO, liveBooks, Inc., San Francisco, CA Within one year of launch, liveBooks created a paradigm shift for how creative professionals market themselves. Became the world’s leader in the design and development of online portfolio websites for professional photographers. Responsible for establishing the overall vision and leadership across all functions of the organization including people, branding, marketing, business development, product strategy and technology. Actively involved in establishing an office in Romania. Interviewed and hired over thirty employees in Romania and an additional forty employees in the United States. Profitable in year three on revenues of $4.6M, and in 2008 successfully led a business model transition to SaaS, attracting $7M in outside funding to bridge the transition. -
The West's Limited Legacy
Number 118 • Mar / Apr 2012 • $8.95 Jacob Heilbrunn Beinart’s Woeful Warning John Campbell Struggle in Nigeria Symposium Wilson’s Ghost David M. Shribman The Varied Life of Ike www.nationalinterest.org Gian P. Gentile Who Lost Vietnam? Afghanistan Past and Future: THE NATIONAL INTEREST The West’s Limited Legacy ◊ NUMBER118 ◊ MAR / APR 2012 A Stubborn Land by Michael Hart Britain’s Afghan Agony by Seth G. Jones a) more oil b) more natural gas c) more wind d) more solar e) more biofuels f) energy efficiency g) all of the above To enhance America’s energy and economic security, we must secure more of the energy we consume. That means expanding the use of wind, solar and biofuels, as well as opening new offshore areas to oil and gas production. Through efficiency and increased domestic production, we can reduce the flow of dollars overseas and invest those funds at home to create new jobs and billions in new government revenue. BP is the nation’s largest energy investor, and we’d like to do more. Learn more at bp.com/us. beyoned p troleum® © 2009 BP Products North America Inc. Untitled-1 1 8/7/09 2:34:08 PM Client: BP Safety: 6” x 9” Mechanical Scale: 100% Campaign: BP Energy Security Trim: 7” x 10” Format: Full Page 4/C Ad #: BP-09-1N R2 Bleed: 7.5” x 10.5” Printer: Ad Title: Tickmark - More of the above (with copy) Media Vendor / Publication: Version/Revision #: V2 The National Interest / Foreign Affairs Date Modified: March 31, 2009 Operator: rt/AC/rt Schawk Docket #:886691-05 Number 118 . -
Download Our 2018 Report (11.3 MB PDF)
OUR DREAM OUR VISION OUR SOLUTION To benefit the community at large by To encourage a healthy To create an interdisciplinary fostering greater social harmony and exchange of ideas inspired Iranian Studies degree offered IRANIAN STUDIES AT USC progress through an accurate and objective by academia across by USC with support from the understanding of Iran and Iranian Culture. Southern California cultures. Farhang Foundation community. TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW 38 Iran Through Books at the 2016 L.A. Times Festival of Books The Iranian Studies Initiative has brought together a 6 Why Iranian Studies? 39 Iranian Music Workshop (Tasnif) by Kourosh Taghavi 7 Why Now? 40 Maryama Band: Secret Diaries of a Middle Eastern Mermaid forward-thinking university and a vibrant community. 8 Why Farhang Foundation? 41 A Tribute to Abbas Kiarostami 9 Why USC? 42 Photographic Self-Representation in Iran: A Lecture It has energized and invigorated our program and by Prof. Ali Behdad ACCOMPLISHMENTS 43 Fifth Annual PACSA Celebration Night with Musical 10 Timeline Guest Karmandan allowed us to imagine new horizons for Iranian 12 Class Schedule 44 The Intersection of Past & Present in Iranian Art: A Lecture by Dr. Linda Komaroff 13 Student Enrollment 45 Creative Writing Workshop: Hossein Abkenar Studies at USC and beyond. The commitment and 14 Project Phases 46 USC Iranian Studies Major Program Signing Celebration 15 Meet Two of Our Seniors 48 Iran Through Books at the 2017 L.A. Times Festival of Books dedication of those involved bodes well for the future. EVENTS -
UNICEF Turkey Humanitarian Situation Report February 2019
UNICEF Turkey Humanitarian Situation Report February 2019 TURKEY CO Humanitarian Situation Report #30 © UNICEF/Yurtsever 1 – 28 FEBRUARY 2019 SITUATION IN NUMBERS February 2019 Highlights • In February, UNICEF supported the Turkish government’s efforts to 1,684,739 children affected out of prevent and address child marriage, with a focus on capacity building. Approximately 460 staff and service providers from the government, 4,007,934 armed forces, women’s shelters and violence prevention centres were people affected trained on how to better identify and respond to child marriage cases. UNICEF 2018 Appeal • UNICEF also focused on expanding access to non-formal education for US $239.7 million out-of-school refugee children. Nearly 1,100 children registered for the Accelerated Learning Programme and more than 400 registered for Funding Status Turkish language courses. Outreach campaigns also identified 10,500 in millions of USD children (40% of whom were out of school) and referred them to relevant education opportunities. $2 (1%) • UNICEF Turkey is 46% funded (as of 15 March 2019) under the 2019 3RP appeal (including carry-over from the previous year), with only US $2 $108.3 $239.7 (45%) million received in 2019. US $10 million is urgently required to fund $129.4 required (55%) essential interventions for vulnerable refugee children in education and child protection. Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs Turkey remains home to the largest registered refugee population in the world. Over 4 million refugees and asylum-seekers are registered in Turkey, Funds received Carry-forward amount Gap of whom nearly 1.7 million are children.1 More than 3.6 million Syrians – including over 1.5 million children – are under temporary protection, 96 per cent of whom live in host communities across the country. -
Caucasus Strategic Perspectives
HIGHLIGHT OF JOURNAL The role of ideology in mass atrocities: The case of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan Vugar Gurbanov CAUCASUS STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES Volume 1 • Issue 2 • Winter 2020 Armenia and Azerbaijan: CAUCASUS Between Failed Peace and War STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES - ARTICLES COMMENTARIES Geopolitics and the Second Karabakh War The Gordian Knot of the Armenia–Azerbaijan Damjan Krnjevic Miskovic Conflict and the Second Karabakh War: Conclusions and Reflections Western Blind Spot in the South Caucasus: Esmira Jafarova Chronicle of a War Foretold Robert M. Cutler Turkey’s Presence, Involvement and Engagement in the Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict: A Reflection on Volume 1 • Issue 2 Winter 2020 Economic Potential of the Liberated Azerbaijani–Turkish Relations Territories of Azerbaijan: A Brief Overview Ayça Ergun Rovshan Ibrahimov Violations of International Humanitarian Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict: Law by Armenia in the Second Karabakh war The Failure of Multilateral Diplomacy Nizami Safarov and Najiba Mustafayeva Murad Muradov Ukrainian Discourse on the Assessing Damage Caused by Illegal Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict Activities of Armenia to Azerbaijan in the Liberated Anna Korzeniowska-Bihun (Formerly Occupied) Territories Javid Alyarli and Arzu Abbasova International Response to the Second Karabakh War Nina Miholjcic BOOK REVIEW SERIES: Exculpation of Armenian terrorism under guise of the ‘Armenian martyr’ reviewed by Murad Muradov Sama Baghirova “The Light that Failed: A Reckoning” (authored by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes) JOURNALISTIC DISPATCH * reviewed by Mahammad Mammadov Dispatch from the Conflict Zone during “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Azerbaijan’s Patriotic War Rules the World” (authored by Anu Bradford) Elmira Musazadeh Volume 1 • Issue 2 • Winter 2020 Armenia and Azerbaijan: Between Failed Peace and War CAUCASUS STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES Vol. -
Annenberg Space for Photography Announces Upcoming Iris Nights Lecture Series and Skylight Studios Installation for New Exhibition
ANNENBERG SPACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ANNOUNCES UPCOMING IRIS NIGHTS LECTURE SERIES AND SKYLIGHT STUDIOS INSTALLATION FOR NEW EXHIBITION April 23 – August 21, 2016 LOS ANGELES, CA (April 21, 2016)— The Annenberg Space for Photography has announced a series of special events and programming presented in conjunction with the exhibition REFUGEE, on view at the Photography Space from April 23 through August 21, 2016. For REFUGEE, the Annenberg Foundation commissioned five internationally acclaimed photographers—Lynsey Addario, Omar Victor Diop, Graciela Iturbide, Martin Schoeller and Tom Stoddart—to document the lives of the forcibly displaced on five continents. The programming includes a livestreamed panel discussion featuring REFUGEE exhibition photographers, the popular IRIS Nights Lecture Series and the New Americans installation at Skylight Studios. LIVESTREAM OF CRISIS IN FOCUS PANEL DISCUSSION In Crisis in Focus, three of REFUGEE’s photographers will discuss their experiences while on assignment for the exhibition. Lynsey Addario will discuss documenting the Rohingya people — a disenfranchised Muslim population in the predominantly Buddhist nation of Myanmar. Omar Victor Diop will share his experiences photographing refugees from the Central African Republic who were forced to flee to Cameroon. Martin Schoeller will describe working with refugees who have recently resettled in the U.S. UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly Clements will open the discussion with a brief overview of the crisis, and NPR's Eleanor Beardsley will moderate the panel. REFUGEE photographer Tom Stoddart and the exhibition documentary filmmakers from Tiger Nest Films will also participate in a Q & A following the panel. Crisis in Focus will be livestreamed Friday, April 22 at 12:45PM PT. -
500 Most Influential Muslims of 2009
THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS = 2009 first edition - 2009 THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD = 2009 first edition (1M) - 2009 Chief Editors Prof John Esposito and Prof Ibrahim Kalin Edited and Prepared by Ed Marques, Usra Ghazi Designed by Salam Almoghraby Consultants Dr Hamza Abed al Karim Hammad, Siti Sarah Muwahidah With thanks to Omar Edaibat, Usma Farman, Dalal Hisham Jebril, Hamza Jilani, Szonja Ludvig, Adel Rayan, Mohammad Husni Naghawi and Mosaic Network, UK. all photos copyright of reuters except where stated All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without the prior consent of the publisher. © the royal islamic strategic studies centre, 2009 أ �� ة � � ن ة � �ش� ة الم�م��لك�� ا �ل� ر د ��ة�� ا ل�ها �مة�� ة � � � أ ة � ة ة � � ن ة �� ا �ل� ���د ا �ل�د �ى د ا � � ال�مك� �� ا �ل� ل�ط� �� ر م أ ة ع ر ن و ة (2009/9/4068) ة � � ن � � � ة �ة ن ن ة � ن ن � � ّ ن � ن ن ة�����ح�م� ال�م�أ ��ل� كل� �م� ال�م��س�أ � ���� ا ��لها �ل� ���� �ع ن م�حة� � �م�ط��ه�� � �ل� ���ه�� �ه�� ا ال�م�ط��� �ل و أ �ل و وة وة � أ أوى و ة نأر ن � أ ة ���ة ة � � ن ة � ة � ة ن � . �ع� ر ا �ةى د ا �ر � الم ك��ن �� ا �ل�و ل�ط�ة�� ا �و ا �ةى ن��ه�� �ح �ل�و�مة�� ا �ر�ى ISBN 978-9957-428-37-2 املركز امللكي للبحوث والدراسات اﻹسﻻمية )مبدأ( the royal islamic strategic studies centre The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Edmund A. -
Webographie Pp
Reza Philanthrope, idéaliste, humaniste, architecte dans l’âme et célèbre photojournaliste notamment pour le National Geographic, Reza parcourt le monde depuis plus de trente ans. «Le monde est mon champ de vision. De la guerre à la paix, de l’ineffable aux instants de poésie, mes images se veulent des témoignages de notre humanité sur les routes du monde.» Reza Sommaire Webographie pp. 01 - 04 Bibliographie : réseau des bibliothèques de Toulouse pp. 05 - 07 Webographie Reza : site officiel http://reza.photo/#1 La photographie pour changer le monde | Reza (A écouter): Philanthrope, idéaliste, humaniste, architecte dans l’âme et célèbre photojournaliste, Reza parcourt le monde depuis plus de trente ans. Ses témoignages visuels sont diffusés dans les médias internationaux, mais aussi sous forme de livres, d’expositions et de documentaires.Plus qu’un photographe, Reza met l’éducation visuelle informelle des jeunes et des femmes de sociétés civiles fragilisées au service d’un monde meilleur, formant les populations aux métiers de l'information et de la communication, et menant des actions de formation au langage de l'image sous différentes formes (concrète et virtuelle) à l’international, à travers son association Les Ateliers Reza.Reza expose dans le monde entier. Il vit à Paris depuis 38 ans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrYwAP95V_k Novembre 2020 1 Parvaz, l'envol de Reza (A écouter): Dans les années 70, le jeune lycéen iranien Reza dénonce une injustice dans le journal de son établissement. Convoqué au commissariat, il est interrogé et même frappé pour avoir osé dire la vérité. Le journal s'appelle Parvaz ("L'Envol"). -
For the Knots in Our Throats
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The Off C Al Journal of the Azerba Jan Med Cal Assoc at On
ISSN: 2413-9122 e-ISSN: 2518-7295 Volume 4 No. 1, October 2020 The Offcal Journal of the Azerbajan Medcal Assocaton AMAJ Azerbaıjan Medıcal Assocıatıon Journal www.amaj.az MD Publshng AMAJ Azerbaıjan Medıcal Assocıatıon Journal Official Journal of the Azerbaijan Medical Association Volume 4 • No. 1 • October 2020 Nephrology Pediatrics Original Article Case Report Intermittent fasting in Ramadan in patients on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Still Confuses Minds: A maintenance hemodialysis: Relation to malnutrition, Case With All Three Components of the Triad inflammation, body composition and quality of life Fazil Rajabov · Erkin Rahimov · Zaur Akhmadov - 25 Mohammed Kamal Nassar · Eman Nagy · Ghada El- Kannishy · Nagy Sayed-Ahmed - 1 Periodontology DOI Review For information about DOIs and to resolve them, please visit A Prevailing Approach in Periodontal Plastic www.doi.org Surgery: Tunnel Technique Hikmat Bakhishov - 6 The Cover: Khudafarin bridges Two Khudafarin bridges (Azerbaijani: Xudafərin körpüləri) Psychology and Psychiatry connecting the northern and southern banks of the Aras River are magnificent historical architectural monuments, Original Article which are located on the border of Azerbaijan and Iran. Khudafarin bridges are the most significant examples of Missed opportunities in the assessment and the national architecture of Azerbaijan. The magnificent management of suicidal youth in a developing historical architectural monuments with the 11-arches and country 15-arches were built on natural large boulders and rocks in the Khudaferin canyon at ancient times (7th-13th centuries). Naseema Vawda · Enver Karim - 13 Connecting the northern and southern banks of the Aras River, bridges served as a major junction of the historical Biochemistry Great Silk Road. -
Syria Crisis January 2019 Humanitarian Results
voucher voucher Syria Crisis -supported -supported e- Issa - January 2019 Humanitarian 22 22 January 2019 in the Syrian Arab Results 6, Mouhammed, 3, 6, Mouhammed, and Zakaria, 6, are happy © UNICEF/UN0280484/Al © Rasha, to feel warm after wearing the winter clothes they bought through programme. UNICEF Republic. JANUARY 2019: SYRIA, JORDAN, LEBANON, IRAQ, TURKEY AND EGYPT SITUATION IN NUMBERS Highlights In Syria 5 million In Syria, the escalation of violence in Hajin in Deir-ez-Zor Governorate has led to the # of children affected displacement of over 25,000 people to Al Hol camp (since December 2018 until end of January 2019), which currently hosts some 35,000 people and has largely surpassed its maximum capacity. The majority of the displaced are women, children and elderly 11.7 million people, who endured a difficult journey of 300 kilometers with limited food, water and # of people affected shelter, often reaching the camp in critical health conditions. Due to ongoing insecurity and proximity to areas of active conflict, humanitarian access in the Hajin area remains (HNO summary, 2019) severely restricted, however, UNICEF is in discussions to establish a reception area to deliver life-saving assistance en route to Al Hol camp. Outside Syria As a result of the full operation of the water and wastewater networks in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan by end of 2018 (reaching all 78,668 residents, including 44,240 Over 2.5 million children), UNICEF water trucking has been reduced by 99.7 per cent in addition to (2,558,670) operational costs by 75 per cent. -
5Th WORLD FORUM on INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE Baku, Azerbaijan: 2-3 May, 2019
5th WORLD FORUM ON INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE Baku, Azerbaijan: 2-3 May, 2019 Building dialogue into action against discrimination, inequality and violent conflict PROGRAMME Wednesday, 01 May 2019 Time Event Venue 09:00-21:00 Accreditation Baku Convention Center (BCC) 12:00-13:00 Press Conference BCC (Room A8) - Vasif Eyvazzade, Deputy Head of Administration and Head of International cooperation and innovative development department of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Ann-Belinda Preis, Chief Intercultural Dialogue Section, UNESCO - Yahya Pallavicini, ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador, President of COREIS, Rome- Italy - Michael Hardy, Professor and Executive Director of Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University - Miguel Silva, Global Education Programme Manager at the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe - Anna Pavlyuchenko, Member States and Donor Liaison Officer, UNAOC 09:30-18:00 3rd Academic Forum on ‘Interreligious Dialogue and the BCC (Room A5) Governance of Religious Diversity’ Opening remarks: - Sevda Mammadaliyeva, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Deputy Chair of the National Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan for UNESCO - Ann-Belinda Preis, Chief Intercultural Dialogue Section, UNESCO - Fethi Mansouri, Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation and Convenor of the UNESCO UniTwin Network on Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding (IDIU), Melbourne Closing remarks - Nada Al-Nashif, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences (UNESCO) Org: UNESCO Thursday, 02 May 2019 Time Event Venue 07:45-08:45 Departure from the hotels to the Forum’s venue 08:00-09:00 Collection of ID/badges and security screening 09:30-11:00 Official Opening Ceremony of the Forum Heydar Aliyev “Building dialogue into action against discrimination, inequality Center and violence” (next to BCC) Opening remarks: - H.E.