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FASTSIGNS Signs Franchise Development Agreement To Open First Center In Tracy, California
- New Location Will Be Owned and Operated by Local Military Veterans Danielle and Juan "Johnny" Miranda, Jr. -
FASTSIGNS International, Inc., franchisor of FASTSIGNS, the leading sign, graphics and visual communications franchise, announced today it signed a franchise development agreement to open the brand's first location in Tracy, California — part of FASTSIGNS' continued development throughout Northern California. The new location will be owned and operated by local military veterans and husband-and-wife team Danielle and Juan "Johnny" Miranda, Jr.
"Danielle and Johnny are ideal FASTSIGNS franchisees in that they have both the skill set and passion required to grow a successful business," said Mark Jameson, Executive Vice President of Franchise Support and Development. "We're thrilled they were able to take advantage of our VetFran program and join FASTSIGNS as we continue to expand our footprint throughout Northern California."
Danielle Miranda is a veteran of the U.S. Army and North Carolina Army National Guard, where she was a multimedia illustrator, and earned a bachelor's degree in mass communication and a master's degree in advertising. Her husband, Johnny, is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, with extensive operations, leadership, training, and mentoring experience.
"Our combined expertise in graphic design and leading teams made FASTSIGNS the perfect business opportunity for us," said Danielle. "As military veterans, we're both intensely focused on service, quality of work, and contributing to a bigger cause — whether that's helping customers meet their business goals or supporting the growth of the FASTSIGNS brand. We're looking forward to opening in Tracy and providing local business owners products that can help them advertise and market their business."
FASTSIGNS is continuing to target Northern and Southern California for franchise growth and currently has opportunities available in San Francisco, Stockton, Modesto, Berkeley, and San Leandro. FASTSIGNS is offering a special incentive nationwide for first responders, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, police officers, sheriffs, and firefighters, which includes a 50 percent reduction on the franchise fee — a savings of $24,875.
FASTSIGNS International, Inc. was ranked the #1 franchise opportunity in its category and 95 overall on Entrepreneur magazine's 2019 Franchise 500®, the world's first, best and most comprehensive franchise ranking. Acknowledged by entrepreneurs and franchisors as a top competitive tool of measurement, the Franchise 500® recognizes FASTSIGNS, the only sign, graphics, and visual communications franchise to be recognized in the top 100, for its exceptional performance in areas including financial strength and stability, growth rate, and brand power. FASTSIGNS was recently named to the 2019 America's Best Franchises to Buy list by Forbes magazine. FASTSIGNS also made Franchise Direct's list of the Top 100 Franchises 2019 and ranked #2 on this year's Franchise Gator Top 100 list, both ranking the best franchises for 2019. Franchise Business Review has recognized FASTSIGNS as one of the "Best of the Best" for franchisee satisfaction for the last 10 years, as well as naming FASTSIGNS to its "Innovative Franchises" list in 2017, and its Top 50 Franchises for Women and Top Service Franchise lists in 2019. In 2018, Franchise Business Review named FASTSIGNS a "Best-in-Category" franchise. This year, the Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) awarded FASTSIGNS International, Inc. the Franchisees' Choice Designation for the seventh consecutive year for its strong relationship with Canadian franchisees, as well as extensive franchisee training and support.
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THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT
1967, Janus Films, 120 min, France, Dir: Jacques Demy
Director Jacques Demy's love letter to American musicals, French cityscapes and romance in general is one of his greatest triumphs. The movie tells intersecting stories of a number of young dreamers - among them Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac and Danielle Darrieux - who continually miss meeting their ideal mates by mere city blocks - city blocks that are all authentic, as Demy matches realistic location shooting with sheer flights of musical fantasy. This odd but satisfying hybrid of dreams and reality is enhanced by Michel Legrand's score and Demy's typically precise color palette. With Gene Kelly and George Chakiris. In French with English subtitles.
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Perrine Bauduin
Ghislain Cloquet
Françoise Dorléac
1966, MGM Repertory, 111 min, Dir: Roman Polanski
One of director Roman Polanski’s most fascinating and criminally underrated films of the 1960s, CUL-DE-SAC is by turns a surreal black comedy, existential arthouse drama and twisted thriller set in an isolated mansion cut off from the mainland, where a hen-pecked husband (Donald Pleasence) and his domineering French wife (the lovely Francoise Dorleac) are surprised by two fleeing criminals (Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran).
Jack MacGowran
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Okay, this is a tutorial on the Superior Mesenteric Artery. We’re looking here at a view of the abdominal aorta with the inferior vena cava sitting to the right. You can see the celiac axis at the top. And just below it, you've got an artery coming off anteriorly and this is the superior mesenteric artery. Just a little bit further down coming off to the side, we've got the inferior mesenteric artery.
First, I'll talk a little bit about the relations of the superior mesenteric artery and then I'll talk about the branches.
The superior mesenteric artery supplies the midgut. The midgut is the section of the intestine which runs from just below the major duodenal papilla through two-thirds of the way across the transverse colon.
What we can see here is that just above the superior mesenteric artery is this celiac artery. The celiac artery lies at the level of the upper border of L1 lumbar vertebra and the superior mesenteric artery lies at the lower border of L1 lumbar vertebra.
Just underneath it, you can see this vein. This is the left renal vein. This runs underneath the superior mesenteric artery. And then you've got the superior mesenteric vein which runs alongside it just to the right of it.
And above the superior mesenteric artery is the splenic vein. The splenic vein is shown slightly out of place there. It should be shown a little bit further down because it crosses anteriorly in front of the superior mesenteric artery just about here.
I've just brought some viscera in and you could see the pancreas sitting on top of it. And again, this is shown slightly out of place. It should be shown a bit to the left of what is shown here. The neck of the pancreas actually sits anteriorly over the superior mesenteric artery.
Also at the level of L1, you've got the renal arteries. You can see these arteries coming off the side of the aorta just a bit behind the superior mesenteric artery.
And one thing to point out also is that the inferior part of the duodenum – so the duodenum has the C-shape. And the inferior part of the duodenum actually passes underneath the superior mesenteric artery.
The first branch that comes off the superior mesenteric artery is the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery. This anastomoses with a branch of the gastroduodenal artery which comes off the common hepatic artery of the celiac axis. If you watch the tutorial on the celiac axis, then you'll see how these arteries anastomose. The inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery is the first artery that branches off the superior mesenteric artery.
What I'm going to do now is I'm going to switch over to a diagram and show you the rest of the branches of the superior mesenteric artery.
We’re looking here at a view of the superior mesenteric artery. You’ve got the super mesenteric vein alongside it to the right. And you've got the pancreas sitting over on top of it. You can see how these vessels emerge just under the neck of the pancreas.
The first branch you can see here just after the superior mesenteric artery comes out from underneath the pancreas is the middle colic artery. I'll come back to talk about the middle colic artery in a moment, but first we'll look at the vessels that come off the left side of the SMA.
You’ve got jejunal vessels and ileal vessels. And there are lots of these as you can see. What you'll notice is as these arches or arcades, which are anastomosis between these vessels, so, the vessels join together to form these arches or arcades. You can see that there's a few sort of levels of these arcades.
If you've watched my tutorial on the peritoneal cavity, you'll know that the small intestine is intraperitoneal. The jejunal and the ileal vessels pass between the two sheets of the mesentery and supply the small intestine. You’ve got these anastomoses forming these arcades and you've got several of these arches. And just right at the end distally, you've got the straight vessels which supply the surface of the small intestine.
These straight vessels are called vasa recta. In Latin, 'vasa' means vessels and 'recta' means straight. You’ve got vasa recta in the kidney and it just means 'straight vessels'. The distal vessels are called vasa recta.
We’ve taken a look at the blood supply to the jejunum and the ileum. And next, we'll move distally and take a look at the next branch of the superior mesenteric artery.
This is called the ileocolic artery. This is the most distal branch of the SMA. And as you can see here, it has two branches. The ileocolic branch splits into a superior branch and an inferior branch.
the inferior branch is a bit more complicated because it has four branches, but if you think logically of the structures in the right ileac fossa, then you'll be able to remember the names of the structures that the ileocolic artery supplies.
The inferior branch has four branches. What’s in the right ileac fossa, you've got the distal ileum. That’s supplied by the ileal branch. You've got the cecum next, which comes off the ileum. That’s supplied by the cecal branch. And you've got the appendix which comes off here, so you've got the appendicular branch. And you've got the start of the ascending colon, so you've got a colic branch.
The ileocolic artery has a superior branch which ascends and supplies the ascending colon, but the inferior branches which supply the distal ileum, the cecum, the appendix and the start, the proximal ascending colon.
Moving on to the ascending branch, so the superior branch of the ileocolic artery (and this supplies the ascending colon), it anastomoses with the branch that comes off the next branch of the SMA.
If we look at the next branch coming off the superior mesenteric artery above the ileocolic artery, we've got the right colic artery. This name pretty much describes what this artery does. 'Colic' refers to colon and right means it's on the right side. The right side of the colon is the ascending colon. The right colic artery vascularizes the ascending colon.
And again, it's got two branches. You’ve got a descending branch which anastomosis with the superior branch of the ileocolic artery. And you've got an ascending branch, which ascends up and anastomoses with the artery above it, which I've mentioned at the start. The middle colic artery has a branch that anastomoses with the branch from the right colic artery.
It’s fairly simple. You've got a branch which goes up (so it's ascending) and you've got a branch which goes down (so descending).
The right colic artery supplies the ascending colon. Next, we've got the middle colic artery, which emerges on this SMA just after it passes through underneath the pancreas. Like the other two arteries, it splits into two branches. These are left and right branches because they don’t go up or down like the right colic branches or the ileocolic branches. They go left and right, so they're called left and right branches.
The right branch anastomoses with the ascending branch of the right colic artery and the left branch anastomoses with the branch that comes off the left colic artery. And the left colic artery, I'll come onto in a tutorial on the inferior mesenteric artery.
The middle colic artery supplies the proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon. Something to point out is that the transverse colon is an intraperitoneal structure. The branches of the middle colic artery pass into the transverse colon, so a transverse mesocolon which wraps around the transverse colon and tethers it to the back, to the posterior abdominal wall.
The right colon artery supplies the ascending colon, which you'll know is a retroperitoneal structure. The right colic artery goes retroperitoneal and supplies the ascending colon. But the middle colic artery works its way into the transverse mesocolon because it's an intraperitoneal structure.
I've talked a lot about how these different vessels anastomose. You’ve got anastomosis between the right colic, the middle colic and the left colic artery. And these arteries form a margin around the rim of the large intestine. These edges of the arcs of these anastomosing arteries are called the marginal artery. You’ve got this artery which lines the margin of the large intestine and it's called the marginal artery.
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Animal Metacognition: A Decade of Progress, Problems, and the Development of New Prospects
Michael J. Beran
Beran, M. J. (2019). Animal metacognition: A decade of progress, problems, and the development of new prospects. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 6(4), 223-229. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.06.04.01.2019
In 2009, a special issue of Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews offered a series of target articles by researchers and theorists who debated the claim that animals were capable of engaging in metacognition. That special issue outlined some of the crucial points of contention at that time, and it also pointed the way toward refinements in the approaches used in empirical work with animals. The papers in that special issue framed the debate about whether animals’ performances were better accounted for by learning mechanisms or first-order cognitive processes rather than metacognitive processes. In the decade since that special issue, substantial empirical and theoretical work has emerged on this question. This issue of Animal Behavior and Cognition presents some of that ongoing research and the new debate that it has generated. Proponents for and against claims that animals engage in metacognition offer their perspectives on existing data and what future research is needed to continue to move forward the exploration of animal metacognition. Research of the past decade has demonstrated a range of behavioral phenomena that cannot be accounted for by simply appealing to associative learning or monitoring external stimuli that serve as cues to evoke escape responses and other forms of metacognitive behaviors. However, there remain some important empirical and theoretical challenges to accepting that some animals are metacognitive (as was true also in 2009). These challenges should help frame the next decade of research, while at the same time being responsive to the full range of reported competencies shown by animals to date, and into the future.
Metacognition, Comparative psychology, Comparative cognition, Control, Monitoring
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Mario unleashed
JK (guest) - February 24, 2006, 21:35
This was kind of fun but where are all the monsters?????
Doe (guest) - February 25, 2006, 13:51
So many mistakes it's not even funny. Who chose these clips as the "best of google video" btw?
Ulf (guest) - February 25, 2006, 14:38
I did ;) But there will be a voting system in the near future.
Guest (guest) - March 1, 2006, 18:52
who cares about the mistakes, it was funny and cool anyway :)
Mrb (guest) - March 5, 2006, 12:23
It was NOT funny, not cool. Just pathetic
MrA (guest) - March 5, 2006, 13:05
Mrb - Your Pathetic and Funny
SoulEye (guest) - March 5, 2006, 18:38
Awesome stuff! Great fun! visit http://souleye.madtracker.net
Seb (guest) - March 7, 2006, 18:12
Ehm, kinda nice, but hey it wasn't that funny. Are they all drunk? :O
jocke (guest) - March 10, 2006, 10:20
Wow! that was GREAT! i've got the chills! my day is made
Mouu (guest) - March 23, 2006, 16:25
I think this is awsome! And who cares about the misstakes, imagine how long they must have practised for this!
Sally (guest) - March 24, 2006, 19:12
Have you ever tried to play one of those? I have, and I'm impressed, it's not easy!
Janne (guest) - April 1, 2006, 08:12
This was great.^^ so many memories. And all who complains can please try this themselves. And i have to agree with Sallys comment, try playing one of those yourselves "its not easy" hehe.
kf0ffis (guest) - April 1, 2006, 23:10
Man that just sux
Levitz (guest) - April 2, 2006, 02:29
Man that Pwnd
Magnus (guest) - April 2, 2006, 14:47
It was cool:)
Yoyo (guest) - April 3, 2006, 00:50
That was realy cool :D
faeryb - April 5, 2006, 03:56
that f*cking audience should been all killed instantly when the screamin began, ffs. Nice stuff anyway..
Enselic (guest) - April 5, 2006, 14:57
To apprieciate it you need to be of respectable age. Seems like there's a lot of kiddos visiting the site. Absolutley brilliant video.
Silkky (guest) - April 5, 2006, 21:31
Stop whining....This is really nice...Power to Mario!!
köttt (guest) - April 8, 2006, 11:59
haha asroliga låtar XD kände igen dom flesta :D haha awesoe sounds i almsot recognized them all :P
Dee (guest) - April 9, 2006, 21:56
badass... kickin it old school
pre (guest) - April 15, 2006, 07:39
ummm.... six and a half minuts of this??? are you kidding?
brainshake (guest) - May 13, 2006, 14:40
That was very impressive! If not for the mistakes, people would have claimed that it was , I bet. They were very good!
ktd (guest) - June 6, 2006, 18:16
who cares about the mistakes? that was freakin ridiculous! nobody here could have done it!
Teas (guest) - June 10, 2006, 16:30
good shit ;]
Stiny (guest) - July 7, 2006, 00:33
man, classic Mario music dude, thats the shit man. i need to find my NES lol.
Mario fan (guest) - August 14, 2006, 04:51
eww... good effort.
Deleted0001 - September 5, 2006, 19:02
Brody - November 12, 2006, 23:37
coco (guest) - December 14, 2006, 17:30
gett a life bitch
AM (guest) - December 14, 2006, 19:27
Man this was the coolest thing i'we seen to day:) practicly grew up on Mario on NES and SNES:p does'nt matter if they missed a few keys, it was grate anyway
Rycka - December 24, 2006, 15:12
mario rules
Cathyrine (guest) - March 1, 2007, 17:59
thats like hardcore xylophoning xD
Gerbil (guest) - April 3, 2007, 20:01
I notice the rest of bitching about mistakes, when 99% of you couldn't do it yourselves so I suggest you stfu. That is all.
The root of all evil?
Karate bloopers
Alex DePue can play the fiddle
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Home | Dealers | DHS Designs
DHS Designs
6521 Friel Road
Queenstown, Maryland 21658
Email: dhsdesigns@aol.com
Web: www.dhsdesigns.com
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 12pm-5pm
Extraordinary Antiques
DHS Designs is a nationally recognized source for extraordinary antiques -- from simple to rare, all are chosen with a singular aesthetic of beauty of form and richness of style. Owner Darryl Savage scours the continents for these remarkable pieces and has received acclaim for his innovative antique shop located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, as well as award-winning interior design show house rooms incorporating these pieces (such as Kips Bay in NYC and NSO in DC). In addition, DHS has produced dramatic antique show vignettes at such venerable shows as the New York Botanical Garden Antiques Show, Nashville Antiques & Garden Show, and Park Avenue Armory Antiques Show.
Darryl Savage
Mr. Savage's background in the field of interior design was a spin off from his career in the hospitality industry, where he managed his family's hotel business for fourteen years. It was here that he developed his sense of thinking on a grand scale, designing public spaces and searching for large gutsy pieces to make his statement. It is this aesthetic that carried through and ultimately brought national attention to the shops, the showhouses, and the antiques shows. His foray into the antiques business was a natural development fueled by his affinity for (and difficulty in finding) singularly notable pieces. He opened his first shop in 1989, and has continued to re-invent his place in the forefront of the world of international designers. His selection, with its unique character, has caught the attention of and is patronized by such top taste-makers as Easton/Moss, Thierry Despont, Michael Smith, and Bunny Williams.
Architectural Antiques Professionals
DHS Designs' spectacular architectural antiques have been featured in the designs of many fine newly built homes, as well as being integrated in design projects involving the reconstruction, restoration, or remodeling of existing properties. DHS' look has been touted in Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Town & Country, Southern Accents, Garden Design, Traditional Home, Veranda, and House Beautiful, where they received the 1995 award for "America's Ten Best Showhouse Rooms."
DHS has attracted some of the country's most talented and prestigious designers and architects. High profile customers range from well-known sports personalities to high ranking government officials, from titans of commerce to art academia. DHS Designs prides itself in being a leading source for the discerning design community.
Antiques Online
We invite you to browse our antique inventory online. A knowledgeable staff member can assist by phone at 410. 827.8167 or in person at our shop in Queenstown, Maryland. Additional information and photos are available upon request through e-mail or postal mail.
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Tag Archives: #REF2014
Delivering change through interdisciplinary research
December 18, 2014 Assessing Impact#REF2014, learning, research excellenceMark
by Mark Reed
The 2014 Research Excellence Framework 2014 (REF) results, published today, revealed that 90% of Birmingham City University’s submission was judged to have delivered ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ impact on society. This is evidence that the research landscape is rapidly changing and I believe that post-1992 Universities like BCU are ideally positioned to reap significant rewards from this new landscape in the years to come.
Essentially, the case for research funding in a time of economic austerity is based on the theory that research promotes competitiveness and growth. As research funders increasingly focus on demonstrating the value of research to society, there has been a rise in the number of directed research calls available to UK researchers. It is still possible to catch sight of blue skies as part of this research landscape, but they are increasingly being coloured by the rising sun of the impact agenda. Continue reading Delivering change through interdisciplinary research →
Good plan: Birmingham built environment research climbs University league tables
December 18, 2014 Assessing Impact#REF2014, ecosystem approach, knowledge exchange, learning, research excellence, spatial planning, sustainable citiesMark
Research from the Birmingham School of the Built Environment (BSBE) at Birmingham City University has made significant progress in University rankings published today.
Academics who were submitted to the Architecture, Built Environment and Planning panel have moved from the bottom quartile to the middle rank of planning schools in the UK, according to results published today as part of the Government’s Research Excellence Framework (REF), which is used to distribute funding to the best Universities. The group increased the number of publications graded as internationally significant or leading (3 or 4 out of 4 stars) rose from from 25% in the last assessment to 65% today.
One of the highlights of the School’s submission was a 3 star impact case study about the creation of new markets to enable companies to pay for restoring damaged peat bogs in return for the carbon that is saved. The Government launched a pilot UK Peatland Code last year based on this work in collaboration with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and water companies now regularly restore peat bogs to reduce water treatment costs. Also featured in the submission was a board game called “Rufopoly”, designed to raise awareness and support decisions in rural areas under pressure from housing development around cities. The training game has just received additional funding from the Government’s Economic and Social Research Council, and has now been played by policy-makers, businesses, voluntary bodies and schools across the UK, Sweden and the USA. Professors Mark Reed and Alister Scott who led the development of these case studies, also played a major role in the follow-up to the Government’s National Ecosystem Assessment, providing policy-makers and practitioners with tools to better take account of nature in their decisions, including the cultural values that communities share for the natural environment. Prof David Edwards from BSBE was also part of a highly scoring submission from the Business School, which included a 3-4 star impact case study based on his work on improving the health and safety of vibrating plant machinery.
Professor Peter Larkham, the School’s Associate Head (Research), welcomed this clear and externally-accredited evidence of the high quality and impact of their research in planning and the environment:
“This is a tremendous endorsement of our achievements in producing high-quality research which not only influences national and local government policy, and helps other agencies and property developers, but it demonstrates that our undergraduate and Masters courses are up-to-date, underpinned by the best research”.
Has Health and Safety Gone Mad?
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All Knowledge is Equal but Some Knowledge is More Equal than Others?
Environmental Values and Climate Change: New perspectives and challenges
The Financial Times discovers planning history
The Essence of an EcoHub
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How charming is the Higgs boson?
By CMS collaboration
Event display of a candidate event with an electron-positron pair consistent with a Z boson and two jets tagged as charm quarks
Event display of a candidate event with a dimuon pair consistent with a Z boson and two jets tagged as charm quarks
Feynman diagram of the signal process targeted in the analysis. Two interacting quarks contained in the colliding protons give rise to a virtual Z or W boson, that subsequently emits a Higgs boson. In turn, the Higgs boson should very rarely decay into a pair of charm quarks.
Representation of a collision recorded by the CMS detector that features a Z boson decays to an e+e- pair and two charm jets that could be from the Higgs boson. The red and blue towers represent the energy deposits in the CMS electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter, respectively, while the green lines represent the tracks of the charged particles as reconstructed by the CMS tracker. The yellow cones identify the jets assigned to charm quarks. The purple arrow indicates the missing momentum in the event carried out by undetectable particles such as neutrinos.
Figure 3: Representation of a collision recorded by the CMS detector that features a Z boson decays into neutrinos and a “fat” jet consistent with two charm jets, that could be from the Higgs boson. The red and blue towers represent the energy deposits in the CMS electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter, respectively, while the green lines represent the tracks of the charged particles as reconstructed by the CMS tracker. The yellow cones identify the jets created by charm quarks. The purple arrow indicates
Representation of a collision recorded by the CMS detector that features a Z boson decays to an e+e- pair and two charm jets that could be from the Higgs boson. The red and blue towers represent the energy deposits in the CMS electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter, respectively, while the green lines represent the tracks of the charged particles as reconstructed by the CMS tracker. The yellow cones identify the jets assigned to charm quarks. The purple arrow indicates the missing momentum in the event car
The CMS collaboration has carried out for the first time a direct search for a Higgs boson decaying into charm quarks, a vital step in understanding the Higgs particle and the Standard Model.
The discovery of a Higgs boson by both the ATLAS and CMS experiments in 2012 confirmed the electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism, the process through which elementary particles gain mass via interaction with the Brout-Englert-Higgs field. The mass of the Higgs boson is measured to be mH = 125.26±0.21 GeV, and its decays in γγ, ZZ, WW, bb, and ττ modes have been observed. All measured properties are within the uncertainties consistent with the predictions of the Standard Model.
Notwithstanding the progress since discovery seven years ago, there remains much to be learned about the properties of the Higgs particle. One of the highest priorities of the LHC physics program is the measurement of the couplings of the Higgs boson to other Standard Model particles. Physicists are still puzzled why the Standard Model has three generations of matter particles (also called fermions). Up to now, the coupling of the Higgs boson to quarks has directly been studied in connection to fermions from the third generation. In 2018, both the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations reported observations of the Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair. This result represented the first direct observation of the Higgs boson coupling to quarks. With the previous discovery of the Higgs boson decays to tau leptons and subsequently to bottom quarks, all the Higgs couplings to third-generation fermions have been measured and found statistically consistent with the predictions of the Standard Model. However, it is not possible to completely characterize the Higgs boson and its role in the Standard Model without assessing all its possible coupling to the known particles, including all other quarks.
It is of utmost importance to investigate whether the spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism is the unique source of mass generation in the Standard Model. The next goal in the characterization of the Higgs boson properties is the measurement of the coupling of the Higgs boson to second-generation quarks. The coupling can be significantly modified by new physics phenomena, beyond the Standard Model.
In the Standard Model, the coupling of the Higgs boson to any particle is proportional to the mass of the particle itself. With a mass of approximately 1.3 GeV, the charm quark is roughly 130 times lighter than the top quark and about three times less massive than the bottom quark. Given the moderate mass of the charm quark, the expected fraction of Higgs boson decays into charm quarks is predicted to be quite modest when compared to bottom quarks. Moreover, the experimental difficulties in identifying charm quarks at the LHC make this search a real challenge.
CMS physicists decided to use an analysis strategy that targets events in which the Higgs boson is produced in association with a W or a Z boson, as depicted in Figure 1. The most important background process at the LHC with a similar signature is the production of a Z boson in association with two additional charm quarks.
Figure 1: Feynman diagram of the signal process targeted in the analysis. Two interacting quarks contained in the colliding protons give rise to a virtual Z or W boson, that subsequently emits a Higgs boson. In turn, the Higgs boson should very rarely decay into a pair of charm quarks.
The approach exploits two different regimes of the Higgs boson transverse momentum. Depending on the transverse momentum of the Higgs boson, its decay products can be more or less collimated. Moreover, each quark will give rise to a cascade of particles called a jet, that provides information about the initial direction and momentum of the quark that originated it.
To search for the direct decay of the Higgs boson decaying to charm quarks, CMS physicists look for two different signatures: two separate charm quark jets, or for a unique "fat” jet of particles. Such a fat jet has a larger size and can contain both the charm and anti-charm quark from the Higgs boson. This distinction helps to identify all the possible scenarios accurately and maximizes the analysis sensitivity — figures 2 and 3 show how these two different topologies appear in the CMS detector.
Figure 2: Representation of a collision recorded by the CMS detector that features a Z boson decays to an e+e- pair and two charm jets that could be from the Higgs boson. The red and blue towers represent the energy deposits in the CMS electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter, respectively, while the green lines represent the tracks of the charged particles as reconstructed by the CMS tracker. The yellow cones identify the jets assigned to charm quarks. The purple arrow indicates the missing momentum in the event carried out by undetectable particles such as neutrinos.
Figure 3: Representation of a collision recorded by the CMS detector that features a Z boson decays into neutrinos and a “fat” jet consistent with two charm jets, that could be from the Higgs boson. The red and blue towers represent the energy deposits in the CMS electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter, respectively, while the green lines represent the tracks of the charged particles as reconstructed by the CMS tracker. The yellow cones identify the jets created by charm quarks. The purple arrow indicates the missing momentum in the event carried out by undetectable particles such as neutrinos.
Eventually, to recognize the selected jets as produced by charm quarks and discard those originated from other flavor quarks, dedicated algorithms based on advanced machine learning techniques have been deployed. In the case of jets from one charm quark, a Deep Neural Network is trained to identify jets of particles that originated from charm quarks. The neural network exploits information like the direction and energy of the jet, the information relative to the charged particle tracks inside the jet and the presence of vertices found displaced with respect to the origin of the jet of particles. Such displaced vertices are a sign of the possible presence of particles that contain charm quarks and that travel for a few tenths of a millimeter from the proton-proton collision point. The output of the charm quark identification algorithm is combined with other observables in another neural network to perform the final isolation of the signal from the background. In the “fat jet” topology, instead, a novel method based on a complex Deep Neural Network architecture is trained to directly distinguish Higgs bosons decaying into a couple of charm quarks from the main background processes. The double-charm neural network uses similar information but also uses the internal structure of the “fat” jet and global information on the collision, including on other particles that are present. The output of the final neural network is used for the final signal extraction.
The final results set limits on the coupling between the Higgs boson and charm quark, improving the previous analysis sensitivity to the charm decay of Higgs bosons by more than a factor four. We expect significant further improvements in the sensitivity to the decay of the Higgs boson to charm quarks after fully exploiting the available LHC Run-2 data. With the ongoing and foreseen detector and accelerator upgrades in LHC Run-3 and, after that, High Luminosity LHC.
Animation of a CMS event with two charm quark jets that could originate from a Higgs boson and a di-electron pair consistent with a Z boson
Read more about these results in the CMS Physics Analysis Summaries:
CMS-PAS-HIG-18-031: Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying to charm quarks
All CMS physics briefings
All CMS preliminary results
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Apr 22, 2018 - Aftermath: Destruction, America Transformed, American Marxism, Bounties for Patriots, Enemies of the Republic, Lincoln Revealed, Lincoln's Grand Army, Lincoln's Hessians, Looting the Conquered, Myth of Saving the Union, No Compromise, Northern Culture Laid Bare, Sherman's Legacy, Southern Unionists, Targeting Civilians Comments Off on German Forty-Eighters in Mississippi
German Forty-Eighters in Mississippi
Northern General Peter Osterhaus was born in Prussia, educated at the Berlin Military Academy and served as a Prussian officer, but later found himself on the losing side of the socialist revolutions of 1848. He then immigrated to the US and settled in Missouri where he raised a regiment of bounty-enriched German immigrants in June of 1861 to join Lincoln’s army — described by historian Ella Lonn (Foreigners in the Union Army, 1951) thusly: “The speech of almost every European nation might have been heard in the camps of the Army of the Potomac.” Osterhaus accompanied Sherman on his destructive path through Georgia and the Carolinas.
“Landed neighbors just across the river from the Davises on the Louisiana side included John Perkins, a member of Congress . . . and Mrs. Sarah Dorsey of Elkton Plantation, who also owned Beauvoir [in Mississippi] and befriended Jefferson Davis in his declining years. Adjoining the farms of these friends stood the old Bowie home, where Jim Bowie of Alamo fame and his brother Resin lived as boys.
The big mansion at “Hurricane” is beyond the memory of living persons. On June 2, 1862, Union soldiers advancing toward Vicksburg landed on Davis Bend at night and burned “Hurricane” to the ground.
[Older brother] Joseph E. Davis complained that General Peter J. Osterhaus ordered the burning and gave the family only thirty minutes’ notice to vacate the house. The red glare from the rocketing flames at the western end of the bend could be seen in Vicksburg, eighteen direct miles away.
The soldiers piled library books on the lawn and lit bonfires. They dumped sets of china and crystal on the grass and gleefully shattered them with muskets. Paintings cherished by the Davises were gathered and slashed with bayonets.
[Brother Joseph E. Davis on] March 1, 1866, wrote to President Andrew Johnson from Vicksburg, Mississippi, making application for the restoration of his property” “I took no part in the war. I did not bear arms. I was not a member of the legislature nor of the convention nor attended any meetings. I contributed nothing, subscribed nothing, [and] made no investments in Confederate bonds or securities.
Under the assurances that those would not be molested who [remained] quietly at home, I remained at my place until almost all of my property was carried off, my cotton burned and an order was received from Gen’l Osterhaus to burn my house, giving me and my family half an hour to get out . . .”
(Brierfield, Plantation Home of Jefferson Davis, Frank Edgar Everett, Jr., University of Mississippi, 1971, excerpts pp. 18-19)
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Aug 4, 2018 - Black Slaveowners, Bringing on the War, From Africa to America, New England History, New England's Slave Trade, Northern Culture Laid Bare, Race and the North, Slavery Comes to America Comments Off on New World African Slavery
New World African Slavery
One of the first slave owners in the Virginia colony was African, Anthony Johnson, an Angolan indentured servant who became free in 1621 and later a successful tobacco farmer in Maryland. Massachusetts was the first colony in British America to legislate regarding slave status, captured and enslaved Pequot men, women and children, and was an active participant in the transatlantic slave trade which populated the American South, especially, with Africans. This source book is available online at www.Amazon.com, and via free download from www.southernhistorians.org.
“In 1619 a ship arrived in Jamestown, Virginia colony with 20 indentured servants of African ancestry. Purchased by tobacco farmers, thus began the history of people of African ancestry living in what would become the United States of America.
But before long African laborers were purchased as bonded persons, slaves for life, and laws soon permitted owners to also own the children of their female slaves. Puritan Separatists began the northeastern colonies at Plymouth in 1620 and soon afterward joined the British and others in the trans-Atlantic slave trade business.
They sailed to African seaports, purchased Africans captured by rival tribes, brought them back across the Atlantic and sold them at New World seaports, including the 13 British colonies. Descendants of African ancestry living today are in the US are here, not Africa, because of this slave trade.
The 1810 census reported 1,304,151 people of noticeable African ancestry. Not all were slaves, for 97,284 were living in the Southern States as independent persons and 76,086 were living independently in the Northern States. Over the next 200 years, to 2010, the African American population grew 6,173 percent to 37,035,333. With few exceptions, these people are descended from the original 600,000.”
(Understanding the War Between the States, A Supplemental Booklet, Clyde N. Wilson, Howard White, et al, 2015, excerpts editor’s introduction, Chapter 10)
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ARENA legislator resigns, party now unable to block 2/3 majority votes
This morning (Thursday, April 4), right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party legislator Claudia Ramírez resigned from her party. ARENA is left with only 28 legislative seats and can no longer unilaterally block decisions that require a 2/3 majority vote, such as international loan approval, functionary elections and constitutional reforms. Ramírez cited a lack of direction and leadership in ARENA as her reasons for leaving. She told the press that the party’s current leadership is “taking ARENA to its funeral,” and that she will continue as an independent legislative representative.
Ramirez’s resignation highlights the major internal divisions that ARENA faces as its candidate for the February 2014 presidential elections, San Salvador Mayor Norman Quijano, is falling in the polls. Her decision is the third splintering of the party’s legislative group since ARENA lost the executive office after 20 consecutive years of governance in 2009 to the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party. Ramirez’s desertion also follows the March resignation of Francisco Lainez, a high-profile party leader, and a total shake-up of ARENA’s leadership in February of this year.
The Legislative Assembly now breaks down as follows: the FMLN with 31 seats, ARENA with 28, the Grand National Alliance (GANA) party with 11, the National Conciliation Party (PCN) with 7, the Christian Democrats (PDC) with 1, Democratic Change (CD) with 1, and an additional 5 independent legislators.
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For years, Hull’s Thornton Estate has only ever really received bad press. Building work began in the area shortly after World War II and ended in the 1970s upon the completion of the final tower blocks. Historically home to Hull’s Jewish community dating back to the late 19th century, positive stories coming out of the West Hull estate have been a rarity.
However, thanks to the Goodwin Development Trust, an 180 strong community-led social enterprise group of Thornton’s 5000 residents, the council estate has been transformed into a stunning visual art installation standing tall on the edge of the city centre.
As part of the ‘I Wish To Communicate With You’ Programme of over 60 community events throughout 2017, two tower blocks (soon to be more) have received a colourful makeover designed by Italian artist Silvio Palladino. Taking inspiration from Hull’s connection with the sea and the international maritime flags used to communicate with ships, each home has chosen their own coloured filter to create a stunning wall of light.
Image: Lewis Scott
The idea is so simple but turns an area which has usually been perceived as a fairly dangerous estate and blighted by bad press, into a warm and welcoming communal zone.
Personally, I wouldn’t usually choose to walk through the area by choice after dark. However, after getting some long camera shots from the top of Princess Quay, I felt I just had to get closer to get a true feel of what this meant to the community.
The area was pretty lively for the time of day. It was only the second night after the lights had been turned on, but residents were sat on their balconies in neighbouring buildings in the freezing cold amazed by the illuminated tower. There were seven or eight other photographers snapping away at the building, with residents high up in the blocks posing for the camera. Members of the Goodwin Development Trust showing members of the media around the area. Brilliant. Despite the physical cold, it was warming to see the area in a different light, quite literally.
Later in the year, neighbouring buildings such as William Booth House, Adelaide School, the Danish Church and the Hull Royal Infirmary will all follow suit, becoming technicolour all in the name of culture.
For me, the most impressive aspect isn’t the actual lighting, it’s the fact that almost every resident was willing to get involved. I couldn’t see any flats without pink, blue, yellow or green tints to them. But Hull being the UK City of Culture is all about inclusion, and not just events in the town centre. The Thornton Estate will gain a lasting legacy from this project, and the confidence of the area now will only grow throughout 2017 and onwards.
Words | Lewis Scott (lewisscott97) – Hull School of Art & Design Student
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Why the Hot Springs Movement is Gaining Steam in the United States
The ancient Greeks did it. So did the ancient and not-so-ancient Romans, Japanese, and Chinese. Heck, even some of the founding fathers of the United States did it too. But despite its illustrious past, the idea of taking the waters has never really caught on in the United States, until now. Hot springs could be on the verge of a major wellness moment.
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For centuries, many European and Asian cultures have viewed mineral-fed hot springs as a source of health, wellness, and healing. But according to the Global Wellness Institute, the sector is quite underdeveloped in North America, due to a lack of a historic bathing culture that is prevalent elsewhere. The times are changing, however, as more Americans are looking to nature for its power to calm and rejuvenate.
In the United States, hot springs have traditionally been seen in recreational terms rather than as a wellness endeavor, according to Vicky Nash, a tourism consultant who is dedicated to professionalizing the hot springs industry. Thanks to the efforts of Nash and a former U.S. senator, among others, hot springs are suddenly being reframed as wellness destinations across the country.
MOM-AND-POP OPERATIONS IN TRANSITION
According to Nash, about 28 states have hot springs in one form or another, although the majority are in the West and Southwest. Many of these waters are on public land, and a few are contained within fancy resort complexes. But for the most part, hot springs facilities are rustic mom-and-pop operations, solely offering a soak in the forms of mineral bathing and swimming. Some are a little more tricked-out, with extras like massage rooms and dining outlets.
Many of these smaller operations, long in need of a facelift, are in the process of changing hands. According to Nash, “A lot of the smaller hot springs facilities were established in the 1970s. Now those owners are selling, and new owners, including investment groups, are coming in with an interest of revamping them and getting them up to speed” for the growing wellness market.
That’s why many facilities, shuttered for years, are reopening, some with multimillion dollar investments. For example, a Phoenix-based couple, Mike and Cindy Watts, purchased the ailing Arizona Castle Hot Springs in 2014. The original facility was built at the end of the 19th century, but it was abandoned during the 1970s. Earlier this year, it reopened as a luxury healing center for the well-heeled. Some of the bungalows, complete with private outdoor tubs, list at $1,600 per night.
Mark Begich is another person betting on the business. The Alaskan businessman purchased Carson Hot Springs in the late 1990s. His company refurbished the property’s historic buildings, located just a few miles from Nevada’s state capitol. Also added were a restaurant and brewpub, making the facility more of a destination versus a pass-through. He, along with a group of investors, also owns Jemez Hot Springs and Cañon Del Rio Inn and Spa in Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
BUILDING A NETWORK
Begich, by the by, is not just your run-of-the-mill developer. He heads up Northern Compass Group, a business and strategic communications consultancy. And he happens to be a former U.S. senator (D-Alaska). After leaving the swamp in 2014, he jumped back into the hot springs arena. First, he purchased those New Mexico properties and now, he’s become the force behind the development of the brand-new (as of October 2019) Hot Springs Association.
Begich pointed out, “In rural areas, local-level mom-and-pop businesses are critical to the economy. In remote areas, developing these facilities brings in money from outside the community and creates jobs.” But for the most part, they have been left to their own devices By creating an association, individual operators will experience strength in numbers.
“There are so many layers of the business, but no one is coordinating information,” said Begich. Having an association to bring together hot springs operators across the United States “means these small businesses can pool resources, joining together to have purchasing and marketing power.”
Schawna Thoma is vice president of Begich’s Northern Compass Group. “Most hot springs are family-run, and people often feel isolated or intimidated about reaching out. We will serve as a network for these people, and offer tools and serve as an information resource.” The organization will allow small properties to band together to build awareness, while also doing less sexy things, like helping to negotiate water rights, share new technology, and develop affordable insurance programs. It will also start tracking visitor numbers and economic impact.
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR GROWTH
The latter, said Begich, will be of immense help to operators seeking loans. “Right now, hot springs are difficult to finance,” according to Begich, “because the classification is difficult. That’s why the data is critical; it’s for financiers to understand the business.” That understanding may lead to a simpler lending process.
Vicky Nash is another person bringing together resources for the hot springs community. She helped develop the Colorado Historic Hot Springs Loop, which links five hot springs destinations in the western part of the state. During its five years in existence, each of the five communities has experienced an increase in tourism.
Nash last year launched the Hot Springs Connection. It’s the first conference in the United States dedicated solely to the needs of hot springs operators. The conference, the second of which is scheduled for November, allow operators to exchange ideas and get educated on topics ranging from water sanitation to tourism marketing.
Now that the industry has its own trade association, its own annual conference, and, to a certain degree, a new generation of owners, hot springs may be destined to become the next hot thing in wellness tourism.
This article originally appeared on Skift. I am Skift's luxury editor and wellness correspondent.
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Employing Nature As a Wellness Tourism Asset
Forest Bathing:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/gallery/new-spa-treatments/index.html
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness Dr. Qing Li
nationalforests.org
https://skift.com/2017/04/18/isolation-is-the-next-big-thing-in-luxury-travel/
https://skift.com/2019/04/02/how-the-faroe-islands-became-an-un-destination/
https://skift.com/2019/04/09/how-one-canadian-province-uses-icebergs-to-attract-visitors/
Quiet:
https://skift.com/2017/08/01/the-canadian-nunnery-thats-become-a-wellness-retreat/
https://quietparks.org/about
Hot Springs:
visitidaho.org
www.hotspringsassociation.com
https://colorado.com/hotspringsloop
https://skift.com/2019/10/10/why-the-hot-springs-movement-is-gaining-steam-in-the-united-states/
Alternative Accommodations:
https://skift.com/2019/07/30/luxury-accommodations-head-outdoors-in-creative-ways/
https://skift.com/2019/04/16/when-luxury-goes-small/
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Dan July 20, 2011 Spain (2011)
I’m off to Spain for the 7th International Film Music Festival in Ubeda, Spain. Like last year, this year I’m a guest, talking for an hour or so about the work I do with La-La Land Records. (They’re all at Comic-Con this week, so I won’t be joining them like last year.) The flight to Dallas was fine, but for long-haul international flights, American Airlines really needs to step it up a notch. There was not only no in-flight WiFi …
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The problem with red-eye flights in general is that I can never seem to get any decent amount of sleep on them. I’ve been dealing with a stiff neck for the past week or so, so this flight was going to be rough either way. Compounding the situation was the brevity of the flight – it was only 3.5 hours, which was hardly enough time to get any reasonable amount of sleep. I probably only got 30 minutes of shut-eye. …
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After a nice dinner at Tender Greens, I was taken to LAX for my red-eye flight to Hartford, via Atlanta. I had pre-checked in from home, so I just needed to go through security. There was not much of a line, and after placing my carry-on bag, my laptop bag, my laptop, my jacket, my belt, my wallet, my shoes and my cellphone all through the X-ray machine, I was then directed to go through the new controversial full body …
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Dan October 6, 2010 New York City (2010)
I’m off to New York City today, for the first time in (I think) over six years. The weather here in Los Angeles is appropriately terrible; thunderstorms and pouring rain. In NYC, it’s raining right now as well, but the next few days are supposed to be gorgeous – sunny and in the high 60s/low 70s. I’ll be attending a book signing on Thursday, and a concert on Friday night; look for more details as they happen. I’ll also be …
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The flight from DC to LA was rather uneventful – the excitement was when I arrived in LA, and had a slew of messages wondering if I was on a flight that had been diverted to Denver. Turns out that the 5pm flight from Dulles to LAX encountered severe turbulence, people were injured, and the flight was diverted to Denver. Wow. The original flight I was supposed to take was the one before the diverted flight, and so I never had an …
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Traveling from LA to Madrid
I’m heading to Ubeda, Spain, to attend the 6th Annual Film Music Festival. While I had gone three years ago as a journalist covering the event for SoundtrackNet, this time I’m going as a panelist, and will be speaking about my work producing soundtracks with La-La Land Records. I’ll also be making some pretty big announcements there, about some of our upcoming releases! The two-leg flight started from LA and took me to Washington Dulles International Airport, and starting bright …
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Frankfurt to Los Angeles
Dan May 23, 2010 Poland (2010)
The flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles ended up taking off about 2.5 hours late. We did make up a little bit of time in the air, but still showed up pretty late. I had a window seat towards the front of economy class, and the guy next to me on the aisle seat was an older, heavier Italian man who didn’t really understand the concept of personal space. I did manage to get a little sleep, so I should …
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Los Angeles to Frankfurt to Krakow
I’m off to Poland for the 3rd Film Music Festival in Krakow, where I’ll be attending as a guest, and participating on three panels. In addition to the panels, I’ll be attending the concerts (Tan Dun, Shigeru Umebayashi), and am eagerly looking forward to the final night, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, with full orchestra/choir accompanying the film live synced to the picture. I’m flying Lufthansa Airlines, which I’ve never taken before. I have a layover in …
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Dan February 3, 2010 Boston
I’m heading to Boston today for a quick trip, to visit my new nephew (born last week!) and represent my sister and grandmother at the Brit Milah. Got a decent deal on the flights (using frequent flier miles), and I’m looking forward to it. I got to LAX pretty quickly (thanks Patrick!), and as I am doing all carry-on luggage, I zipped right through security and got to the gate about 50 min before boarding. Not too shabby! Update: Not …
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Flight to LA
Dan December 1, 2009 Boston
The flight to Boston was alright – the electrical outlet in my seat wasn’t active for most of the flight (they said that active power would “cycle” through different rows throughout the flight, but it only came on once and for only 15-minutes), so my laptop battery got pretty low. We hit a bit of bad turbulence over Colorado, and dropped about 1,000 feet in 30 seconds. Pretty exciting (and scary) stuff, but the rest of the flight was uneventful. …
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The purpose of this descriptive research was to examine quality of life among patients with traumatic brain injury and factors influencing the quality of life among these patients. The participants were 111 patients with traumatic brain injury and the family caregivers who accompanied them to the follow-up clinic at the Neurosurgical Clinic, Out-Patient Department, Chachoengsao Hospital, Chonburi Hospital and Rayong Hospital. Data were collected from January to March 2003. Statistical analysis used were descriptive statistics, Pearson's product moment correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. The majority of patients were male (79.3%) with an average age of 34.5 years. Traffic accidents were the leading cause of injury (89.2%). Forty-one percent of them were diagnosed with subdural hematoma, 69.4% had a post concussion period duration of less than 6 months, 30.7% were in level 6 of the GOSE, and 50.5% had communication problem. The family caregivers were female (88.3%) with an average age of 44.19 years. They were the parents or spouses of the patients. More than half of them (64.9%) had an average family income of less than 10,000 baht per month and only 27.0% had sufficient income with savings. The factors that were related to quality of life were disability level, capability of family caregiver and sufficient family financial status. The stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that disability level, capability of family caregiver, and sufficient family financial status could explain the variation in the quality of life among patients with traumatic brain injury by 74.8% (p < .01). In order to promote quality of life in patients with traumatic brain injury, effective care to foster recovery process, an intervention to promote family caregivers' capabilities, and a strategy to provide patients' family with essential resources are strongly recommended.
of, Family, Quality, DISABILITY, life, INJURY, CAREGIVER, BRAIN, TRAUMATIC
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Historical Significance Narrative -- RANCH USES Today
National Register Nomination for the D.H. Lawrence Ranch
SECTION 8: Narrative Statement of Significance, Continued
8. Ranch Uses
Over the years the University of New Mexico (UNM) has used the Lawrence Ranch in various educational capacities. The Department of Art and Art History has been offering its Annual Summer Art Workshops there since 1981. These workshops provide a variety of topics on regional art and nature designed to enhance experimental approaches of study. An annual Taos Summer Writers' Conference, developed by Prof. Sharon Oard Warner, Director of Creative Writing, began in 1999 and features various genres of writing instruction. Two merit‑based scholarships (for poetry and fiction) are given in connection with it, and the D.H. Lawrence Fellowship has now been reinstated. Poet Robert Creeley is among those who held a past fellowship with summer residence at the ranch. This fellowship, originally established in 1958 to "sustain a living tradition of artistic creation at the D.H. Lawrence Ranch" (UNM website) and to grant developing writers a month of scenic inspiration and solitude, was temporarily suspended in 1992 due to poor cabin conditions at nearby Kiowa Village and the lack of a dependable water supply. While conditions still make it unfeasible to house the fellowship recipient at the ranch, lodging will be provided in Taos. The English Department and Sigma Tau Delta (National English honor society) sometimes conduct one- and two‑day excursions to the ranch. Prof. Hugh Witemeyer of the English Department heads a committee of ranch supporters and has led both student groups and a UNM Regent's delegation to the ranch. Dr. Art Bachrach, professor (retired) and owner of a well‑known Taos bookshop, also conducts a tour of the ranch in connection with a summer enrichment course he teaches for Southern Methodist University's Taos branch. Currently, a survey of UNM department heads is being made to further incorporate the Lawrence Ranch into UNM curriculum, and the Taos Art Institute has expressed renewed interest in using it as a teaching center.
The ranch has also attracted Lawrence‑related festivals and conferences. The D.H. Lawrence Festival of 1970, held at the Kiowa Ranch conference center and organized by Ernest (E.W.) Tedlock and other UNM faculty, was attended by some two hundred scholars and students from as far away as England and France. Several personal acquaintances of Lawrence were among those present, including Helen Corke, Lawrence's inspiration for the heroine in The Trespasser (1912); David Garnett, son of editor/mentor Edward Garnett; Mrs. Enid Hopkin Hilton, a friend from Lawrence's Eastwood days; and, from the New Mexico years, writer Joseph Foster and ranch neighbors A.D. Hawk and Dorothy Brett.48 In 1980 the Taos Art Association sponsored a Lawrence Festival with Anthony Branch as director and actress Greer Garson as president. This gala event, honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Lawrence's death, drew such celebrities as Julie Harris and Elizabeth Taylor. Scheduled activities included a memorial service at the shrine and a discussion on the topic "The Influence of D.H. Lawrence on Living and Writing Today." The Seventh International Conference of the D.H. Lawrence Society of North America (in association with the Phoenix Rising Society) was held at Taos in 1998 with participants from fourteen countries.49 Based on the theme "D.H. Lawrence and New Worlds," it furnished scholarly papers in thirty‑eight sessions over a period of six days. Presentations were interspersed with other activities such as tours of the Lawrence Ranch, considered by many the central highlight.*
Narrative by Tina Ferris & Virginia Hyde
* Tours of the ranch were also included in the program of the 10th International D.H. Lawrence Conference held in Santa Fe, NM, in 2005. (T.F.)
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Ukarumpa Ukarumpa International School Papua New Guinea Wycliffe Partners
SIL began work in Papua New Guinea in 1956. In this same year, the primary campus was established as a government school. It is now operated exclusively by SIL. By the early 1960’s, the need for secondary education for the children of SIL members was clearly evident. Consequently, Ukarumpa High School was established in 1962, with five students and one teacher, as a supervised correspondence center. By 1970, grades 7 to 10 were fully staffed for all students, and grades 11 and 12 were available for American students. In 1976, grades 7 and 8 were incorporated into a separate “middle school” located on the high school campus. In 1996 the primary and secondary campuses were incorporated into one school to facilitate an articulated K-12 curriculum under the common name of Ukarumpa International School.
Facilities on the campus include 6 classrooms, 4 double classrooms, a computer lab, art room, assembly hall, library, audio-visual room, 2 Learning Assistance classrooms, and six classrooms for Mother Tongue Studies. The office facility includes a teacher workroom with computers, a staff kitchen, and a gathering area. In addition to play equipment, the large playground area has soccer and baseball fields and a large covered basketball court. Covered walkways allow students and staff to traverse the campus in the rain without getting wet.
Class Size/Teacher Ratios
Class sizes range from 12 – 25 students in a class, depending on the age of the students and the ebb and flow of the student population. Students and teachers come from a wide variety of countries
In addition to the core curriculum subjects (reading, writing, spelling, math, science, social studies and Bible), students at the UIS primary campus have weekly specialty classes such as computers, art, physical education, music, and library.
The campus consists of eight utility classrooms, two social studies rooms, five small MTS/Language study rooms, a double computer room, three well-equipped science classrooms/laboratories, one room each for home economics, shop, and art, an audio-visual room (seating about 90), and a library. The music block consists of a large rehearsal room with space for both vocal and instrumental practices, smaller individual practice rooms, offices, instrument storage space, and workshop space.
Other facilities include a teachers’ lounge/kitchen area, workroom for teachers with computers and individual desk space, offices, storerooms, a Mother Tongue Studies (MTS) library, grounds maintenance workshop, and a lounge for the senior class.
The campus has a sports oval, used for soccer, softball, track and field, etc.
There is also an outdoor basketball court, volleyball court and foursquare court. The school has access to tennis courts and an indoor basketball court close by.
Computers with screened internet access are available in the computer labs and in the library.
The campus has a significant resource of books, magazines, and reference series in the library. Study carrels and easy chairs make the library a pleasant place for students to study and read.
While class sizes vary from 6 to 20 students, average class size is one teacher for every 15 students.
Co-curricular activities offered at UIS include sports, student council, music (both vocal and instrumental), drama, and yearbook. Other clubs such as robotics are offered as facilitators are available.
This information was retrieved from the Ukarumpa International School website. Please visit the website for more details.
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Thomas Cosmades
WILL SHINE LIKE THE STARS FOREVER
BEIRUT, A COSMOPOLITAN CITY
From the time he left Istanbul twelve days before, with stops in several port cities, the ship embarked in Beirut. For Vahram, it had been much more than a pleasant Mediterranean cruise. It had been an opportunity to contact fellow-believers in every place, minister to them and to evangelize people of various backgrounds onboard ship. In spite of linguistic barriers God enabled him to reach people through Scriptures and through using the few phrases he had memorized beforehand.
The American Board in Istanbul had offered to send Vahram to NEST, Near East School of Theology in Beirut. At this stage of his Christian life and ministry, Vahram was already established on the teaching of the Bible. However, since he wanted to spend a while in Beirut, he accepted the offer. Vahram knew that some of the teaching at NEST had liberal elements in it. He started his brief study being aware of the school’s position. As he was praying earnestly about the period of his studies at NEST, the Lord appeared to him in a vision: "Don't be swayed by details." At the time he couldn't quite understand what this meant, but eventually he was to find out the essence of some of the teaching. Therefore, he couldn’t throw himself wholeheartedly into the lessons. The curriculum of the school was in English, however there was a provision made for Armenian students who didn’t know the language.
Vahram felt oppressed in Beirut. He discovered that this city which was fast becoming the 'Pearl of the Mediterranean' was a hedonistic centre for many who ran there for amusement. Indeed, the fast life of Beirut surpassed that of Istanbul. Every religion and creed under the sun was found in this city. This gave him a very special opportunity to spread God's message. The renowned city abounded with churches of all denominations. Every mission had its representation in this place. There was precise preaching of God’s Word from many a pulpit. There was also freedom to sell Scriptures, distribute literature and witness openly. Vahram was very happy for these favorable aspects. However, the uninhibited life-style of the people was not to his liking. It only motivated him to evangelize more fervently. He established contact with the Bible Society. Because he was a former employee of the Society they offered at discount all the Scriptures he could sell. This brought encouragement to Vahram, and he took full advantage of this offer, walking the streets and selling books — mostly Arabic — in his spare time. The Bible Society people later remarked that his sale of Scriptures in Lebanon surpassed that of all the other colporteurs. During his stay in Beirut, he sold one thousand one hundred copies of Bibles, New Testaments and portions. Like anyone engaged in spiritual warfare, he experienced similar feelings to those of Paul at Corinth; "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city" (Acts 18:9,10). The Lord revealed to Vahram three ways in which he could pursue his commission:
1. By prayer and fasting
2. By evangelizing, preaching and teaching
3. By frequent fellowship with believers.
He took Paul's encouragement to Timothy as his own motto: "And what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also" (II Timothy 2:2).
From the very beginning he discovered the teaching and way of belief at the seminary not in full harmony with what he had been taught from early on in his Christian life. The teaching was tilted toward the naturalistic. Among the students there were several who had the new birth experience. They, too, took this kind of teaching with a grain of salt. Perceiving that these contemporary thoughts were not in full harmony with the authoritative message of the Bible, Vahram continuously went back to the Word. He gave his testimony to teachers and students alike, stressing the necessity of the new birth. He would insist, "There is both heaven and hell" and lovingly invited each one to a clear-cut commitment to Christ.
After what turned out to be nine months at the theological seminary, he sensed the Lord leading him to move on to Syria. Along with his studies, he had been fully occupied in fellowshipping with other Christians, attending both church and house meetings, and selling books. For a long time he had wanted to go to Damascus, from where many standing invitations were before him. But he had no money. There were only two and a half Lebanese pounds in his pocket. How far could such a small amount take him? As he was contemplating this, a sister who was a cleaning woman appeared at the place he was staying. With reticence and bashfulness she handed him an envelope. That same day a completely unknown person to him came up to him, also with an envelope, saying, "This money is for you," and he pressed the gift into Vahram’s hand. These love-gifts were ample proof from the Lord that now was the time for him to set off on the road to Damascus.
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Friday Night at the Movies // Cowboys & Aliens
Cowboys & Aliens . It’s a movie, about cowboys, and it has aliens in it. There, that’s really all you need to know. If you are expecting ANYTHING other than that, then, well, maybe you should pick a different movie. This movie is exactly as advertised, you get Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford being badass cowboys, whose crappy Arizona Territory town gets attacked by aliens in 1873.
If this doesn’t appeal to you at least a little, you’re probably on the wrong site.
I’m going to try and do this review while being as spoiler free as possible. Bear with me.
First of all, there are three reasons why I picked this movie up. In order of importance they are:
1: Olivia Wilde
2: Aliens
3: Cowboys
Seriously, that’s a combination worth all of my monies. Which isn’t a lot, but still. You make a movie with those things, and you put heavy hitters Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard producing it and get it directed by Iron Man’s Jon Favreau and there’s pretty much no way that can be bad.
There are a lot of really negative things said in reviews about this movie. To those critics I say, you are taking a movie called Cowboys & Aliens way too seriously and I have no idea what you thought you were going to watch. That being said, yeah, it’s not a masterpiece. It is far better than anything the Asylum could churn out. A lot of people complain that there’s a lack of comedy. That the movie took itself too seriously. In this interview with Steve and Ron (yeah we’re pretty tight, I call them by their first names), they discuss how Ron contacted Spielberg about the project and wanting to rewrite the script and change the tone and why. I think that is what makes this film awesome. Yes, the concept of cowboys fighting aliens in the old west is ridiculous, but that’s only because no one has really done it before. To go the comedy route is what everyone would expect and I respect and admire their decision to play it straight as a classically styled western. Spielberg had set the project aside for a good period of time until Ron contacted him about it after a copy of the comic got dropped on his desk. There are a whole slew of those interviews with the cast and crew here.
Before I jump into my review, I just want to address a quote from a negatively scored review I found on Rotten Tomatoes.
James Bond – as a Sergio Leone style Man With No Name – and Indiana Jones team up to fight cave trolls from Lord of the Rings who’ve come to Earth in the Black Fortress from Krull.
That just described the best movie ever. You can’t describe something while name dropping Sergio Leone, James Bond, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings and Krull in the same sentence and then tell me something sucked. Sorry. You just can’t. I guess you just don’t like fun.
Daniel Craig of 007 fame stars as our titular cowboy. Upon awakening in the middle of the desert, with no idea how he got there or even who he is, he finds a strange device attached to his wrist that he promptly tries to break with a rock to no avail. After a few minutes a posse shows up and tries to take him into town thinking he might have a bounty on his head because of the “iron” strapped to his wrist. This is where we learn that our protagonist is kind of a badass. Now clothed, and armed he makes his way into the town of Absolution. Here we meet Doc, Ella and Percy Dolarhyde as our no name hero sets out to find out where he is and why. He helps in the arrest of Percy after wounding a sheriff’s deputy while being drunk and ignorant. Then gets thrown in jail himself. It seems our strange man from the west has a name,Jake Lonergon and is wanted, armed robbery and murder. The sheriff is fittin’ to send him off to the marshals and the hoosegow when the aliens show up and do what aliens do. Abduct the humans, of course!
You know, with space lassoes.
Harrison Ford’s character has already made a few appearances by this time. He’s the father of Percy and came into town to get his son out of jail just as the aliens show up. Woodrow Dolarhyde was a corporal in the Civil War and moved out west to be a rancher. To here him tell it, if it wasn’t for him there would be no Absolution. One of our first introductions to him he has one of his cowhands stretched between two horses. He’s not exactly a nice guy is what I’m saying. Well now some goddarn space varmints have done taken his son to God only knows where and he’s going to get him back. Jake has the only weapon that can stop the aliens so it’s only fitting that he gets pardoned for the time being and the townsfolk round themselves up a posse to get their loved ones back.
I’m not going to ruin the last half of the movie and tell you anything that happens. It’s pretty well written in the traditional sense, there are cowboys, and Native Americans doing Native American type stuff like helping Jake get his memories back using plants and/or fungi of a certain variety. All of the flashback scenes are done in this really beautiful over exposed style that really set them apart from the rest of the movie. Favreau is a master of action sequences and it shows here. A pretty great scene where aliens get shot with dozens of arrows and keep coming with the shafts sticking out of them was a highlight for me. As a huge VFX nerd (I’m moving to LA in a few months to pursue my dream.), the effects are done really well and the alien designs are top notch. There’s one particular kind of gross anatomical design that blew my mind and won me over that I won’t ruin for you.
Mr. or Mrs. Alien, I am also surprised someone lassoed you up and thought that was a good idea.
This is a fun movie, all in all. I can’t tell you what your expectations should be, honestly, if you’re thinking “Hey, I think I’d like to see that.” you’re halfway there. I loved it, personally, and do recommend it to anyone who is a fan of aliens, cowboys, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Craig or Han shooting an ugly alien first.
No argument here, really.
My advice is to give it a shot. It’s stupid good fun, there are some things that don’t get explained, but why are you over thinking a movie called Cowboys & Aliens? You get what you pay for with this movie. Favreau is no liar that’s for sure. Pick it up through Netflix or whatever, maybe you’ll like it enough to add it to your collection.
Here’s some more Olivia Wilde for you, because, why not?
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The jury is in. Dion Jordan Jersey . Manchester United Football Club finds David Moyes guilty of guiding them to their worst season in 25 years. Until now, none of us really knew what the clubs owners thought about the whole mess that has been the 2013/14 season. Make no mistake, despite his sacking, Moyes is far from the only reason for Uniteds dismal campaign, but his departure means he is the main culprit. In the end his final chapter, fittingly, took place at Goodison Park, a place of happiness for Moyes, his home as a football manager for 11 years, where he had been seen as the major architect for overachievement. On Sunday, marshaling a team in red, rather than blue, he was suddenly the architect of underachievement. Yes, the season had been poor and had exposed some players for what they were but, with less than a month remaining in the season, United were absolutely pathetic at Goodison Park, leaving many to ponder whether any signs of improvement would ever come under the first year manager. At Everton he was the big fish in the small pond, paid more money than any player and relied upon by owner Bill Kenwright to make average players good and good players, very good. His record against the leagues top clubs was poor but that was when the blame was placed on the players. They werent quite that good to topple the best of the rest, we were told. It was a resume that got the attention of others. Last April, Sir Alex Ferguson called his fellow Scotsman while he was out shopping with his wife and asked him to come to his house immediately. Moyes admitted later that he thought he wanted to speak to him about one of his Everton players. In the end, the only signing taking place was Moyes, handpicked by Ferguson to take over the monumental task that was Manchester United. A year on it is fair to say that Fergusons choice of Moyes can be put under the same category of many of his last few signings at the club. British, expensive and nowhere near a level that a club like United should strive for. Ferguson did many things right at Old Trafford but he is also made mistakes and the sacking of Moyes now means his hiring of him is one of the biggest he made. In Moyes he clearly saw traits he admired, traits he believed were similar to his own but the football club was at a much different stage than it was at when he took over in 1986. Uniteds first colossal error in a long-line of them in the past 12 months was not conducting a deep, thorough search for Fergusons successor. Within that search they needed to evaluate everything, including a look at their own results which showed, despite winning the Premier League last season, a decline in their status as a top club in European football, highlighted by how they performed against the big six clubs in England (Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham) and in European competitions. In the three seasons of 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, United played 70 of these big game matches. They won 45, drew 18 and lost 17 for a very impressive win percentage of 64 per cent. During this time they went to the Champions League final TWICE and lost in the quarter-finals on away goals to a team called Bayern Munich. Over the last three seasons (2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14) United have now played 70 of these big game matches. They have won 28, drew 16 and lost 26 for a very disappointing win percentage of 40 per cent. Their worst performance in the Champions League in the three previous seasons (QF) was now considered a success. Much of this was down to Ferguson. He ignored the warning signs when teams like Basel and Benfica humiliated them in the Champions League, sending them into the 2012 Europa League where they were given a tactical, technical masterclass in their own stadium by European lesser lights Ajax and Athletic Bilbao. During this era, Ferguson and his staff signed many average players, throwing the same 80 million pounds he received for Cristiano Ronaldo on Bebe, Ashley Young, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Shinji Kagawa and Wilfried Zaha. Domestically United bullied their way past far inferior teams in the Premier League but across Europe the elite got further and further away. This is what Moyes inherited and that was exactly why he was the wrong man for the job. When United struggled, much of the blame went towards the players initially. Gradually the pendulum of blame swung towards the manager but it took much longer than it would at most clubs and thats because outsiders were not sure what some insiders were starting to find out. By hiring Moyes, an unproven manager in big games and with no experience with genuine world class players, United were able to shield their manager from the usual tirade of criticism because no one quite knew just how good he was. If Jose Mourinho, for example, had been given the job and they failed, then the players were completely at fault. By going down the Moyes route, United took longer to identify their issues. In truth, they still may not know them all, completely. What Moyes has done for them is show them just how poor some of their players can be for long stretches of a season. This can never be solely blamed on a manager and United would be best served to use this season as evidence to move aside a number of players at the club. Some will say those players have let Moyes down but, ultimately, the game is about what they believe, not what fans or media believe and it was clear from a very early stage that they had very little faith in their manager to turn it all around. Once he lost the players, he lost his job. He departs a club at a crossroads in their journey towards success at the highest level. This past season they have lost too many football games. They lost their ruthless, attacking identity. They lost a spot in next years Champions League. In the process they were perilously close to losing their status as a genuine big club on the pitch. Instead, they chose to lose their manager. It is time for United to aim higher and grab world class talent when shopping for new players and, now, a new manager. Their naivety in those areas has led to this point and for a club like Manchester United there should be no lower point than what has happened this season. 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Toddrick Gotcher scored 17 points, while Robert Turner gave 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Red Raiders (11-9, 1-6 Big 12), who snapped a six-game losing streak. Monte Morris scored 20 points, Matt Thomas added 12 and Georges Niang gave 10 for the Cyclones (14-4, 4-2), who had won their previous two coming in. Texas Tech held a double-digit lead until Thomas hit a pair of free throws and Jameel McKay slammed the ball home to make it a 67-58 game with under five minutes to play. After Aaron Ross hit 1-of-2 from the line to give the Red Raiders a 72-62 advantage, Morris and Dustin Hogue were each fouled while making a basket, hitting the ensuing free throw to make it a four-point gave with 1 1/2 minutes left. Following a pair of free throws from Turner, Niang made a 3 to get Iowa State within three, but Gotcher followed with two from the line. Thomas then hit a bank shot with 22. Malik McDowell Jersey. 7 seconds to play, and a turnover from Ross gave Iowa State have a chance to tie the game. Morris, though, missed a 3-pointer, and Williams hit two free throws at the other end to seal the win. With the score close early in the first half, Gotcher hit three straight 3- pointers to kick off a 15-0 run that was capped on a Ross layup for a 23-8 lead with 11 1/2 minutes left in the first half. The Red Raiders maintained a healthy lead throughout the first half, but Thomas hit a pair of 3s to close the opening 20 minutes and cut the Cyclones deficit to 36-25 at the break. Iowa State used and 8-0 run early in the second half to cut its deficit to six, but Texas Tech responded with an 11-3 run and held a 50-36 advantage with 13 minutes to play. Game Notes Iowa State hosts Texas on Monday ... Texas Tech plays at Oklahoma on Wednesday ... The Cyclones still lead the series, 14-12, and the two schools will meet at Iowa State on Feb. 7. 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Operation ANZAC Spirit Poster Competition Launched
March 15, 2012Uncategorized
Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force
Encouraging students to learn about Anzac Day is the aim of Operation ANZAC Spirit – a competition for Year 7 and 8 students – launched today by the New Zealand Defence Force.15 March 2012
Encouraging students to learn about Anzac Day is the aim of Operation ANZAC Spirit – a competition for Year 7 and 8 students – launched today by the New Zealand Defence Force.
The competition asks students to design a poster based around this year’s Anzac Day theme – “Honouring the ANZAC spirit – in your local community”.
Prizes up for grabs include a fun-filled day out with the New Zealand Navy, Army, or Air Force.
Vice Chief of Defence Force Rear Admiral Jack Steer says an increasing number of young people are attending Anzac Day ceremonies.
“I encourage students in Year 7 and 8 to enter Operation ANZAC Spirit and to learn more what happens on Anzac Day in their community.
“It is sometimes difficult for younger generations to understand why we have a special day to remember those who fought for our country.
“Operation ANZAC Spirit is a great opportunity for young people to learn about why many individuals and families mark Anzac Day by attending their local service to commemorate and remember those who served, and those who continue to serve in New Zealand’s Navy, Army and Air Force.”
The competition will be judged by NZ Army Artist, Captain Matt Gauldie.
Operation ANZAC Spirit closes on Anzac Day (25 April). Winners will be announced at a prizegiving ceremony at Defence House on 9 May 2012.
For further information about Operation ANZAC Spirit please visit www.nzdf.mil.nz.
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Visual Neuroscience
Mitochondrial absorption of sho...
2019 , E007
Mitochondrial absorption of short wavelength light drives primate blue retinal cones into glycolysis which may increase their pace of aging
Jaimie Hoh Kam (a1), Tobias W. Weinrich (a1), Harpreet Sangha (a1), Michael B. Powner (a2), Robert Fosbury (a1) (a3) and Glen Jeffery (a1)...
1Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London EC1V9EL, UK
2Centre for Applied Vision Research, City, University of London, London EC1V 0HB, UK
3European Southern Observatory, 85748 Munich, Germany
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 June 2019
Photoreceptors have high energy demands and densely packed mitochondria through which light passes before phototransduction. Old world primates including humans have three cone photoreceptor types mediating color vision with short (S blue), medium (M green), and long (L red) wavelength sensitivities. However, S-cones are enigmatic. They comprise <10% of the total cone population, their responses saturate early, and they are susceptible in aging and disease. Here, we show that primate S-cones actually have few mitochondria and are fueled by glycolysis, not by mitochondrial respiration. Glycolysis has a limited ability to sustain activity, potentially explaining early S-cone saturation. Mitochondria act as optical filters showing reduced light transmission at 400–450 nm where S-cones are most sensitive (420 nm). This absorbance is likely to arise in a mitochondrial porphyrin that absorbs strongly in the Soret band. Hence, reducing mitochondria will improve S-cone sensitivity but result in increased glycolysis as an alternative energy source, potentially increasing diabetic vulnerability due to restricted glucose access. Further, glycolysis carries a price resulting in premature functional decline as seen in aged S-cones. Soret band absorption may also impact on mitochondrial rich M and L cones by reducing sensitivity at the lower end of their spectral sensitivity range resulting in increased differentiation from S-cone responses. These data add to the list of unique characteristic of S-cones and may also explain aspects of their vulnerability.
*Address correspondence to: Glen Jeffery, Email: g.jeffery@ucl.ac.uk
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Chapter 28 - Failure of ventilation
from Section III: - Organ dysfunction and management
By Darshan Pandit, Joyce Yeung
Edited by Fang Gao Smith, University of Warwick
Edited in association with Joyce Yeung
Book: Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine
Print publication: 22 April 2010, pp 226-231
Antibiotics should only be administered after microbiological specimens are taken, except in emergencies. Most antibiotics are removed from the body via the kidneys. Renal failure may cause the accumulation of a drug, or its metabolites. This is a particular problem with glycopeptides and aminoglycosides where toxic levels are associated with severe and permanent side effects such as ototoxicity and renal impairment. Organisms resistant to multiple antibiotics such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have emerged in healthcare environments and have proved difficult to control in many countries. Prophylaxis is recommended where a bacteraemia is expected, and the resultant infection may result in significant morbidity or mortality. The commonly used antibiotics on intensive care unit are: beta-lactams, carbapenems, aminoglycosides, glycopeptides, quinolones, macrolides, rifampicin, oxazolidinone and nitroimidazoles. The three major classes of anti-fungal drug are: azoles, polyenes, and echinocandins.
Chapter 30 - Respiratory weaning
By Darshan Pandit
Disorders of acid-base equilibrium are common in critically ill and injured patients. The presence of these disorders often signals severe underlying pathophysiology and, particularly in the case of metabolic acidosis, is a significant marker of adverse outcome. The traditional theory makes us believe that the hydrogen ion concentration (pH) in blood is mainly influenced by balance between the carbon dioxide and the bicarbonate ions in the blood. An acid load sufficient to reduce an unbuffered solution to a pH less than 2 only reduces the blood pH of an animal by 0.3 pH units. Disturbances of the acid-base equilibrium have their own morbidity and mortality. A blood pH less than normal (normal range 7.35-7.45) is called acidaemia; the underlying process causing acidaemia is called acidosis. Similarly, alkalaemia and alkalosis refer to a raised pH and the underlying process, respectively.
By Frances Aitchison, Prasad Bheemasenachar, John Bleasdale, Andrew Burtenshaw, John Clift, Neil Crooks, Fang Gao Smith, Nageena Hussain, Santhana Kannan, Zahid Khan, Anil Kumar, Edwin Mitchell, Randeep Mullhi, Nick Murphy, Darshan Pandit, Mamta Patel, Gavin Perkins, Ping Ng Khai, Elinor Powell, George Pulikal, Isma Quasim, Tara Quasim, Nick Sherwood, Angeline Simons, Harjot Singh, Richard Skone, Catherine Snelson, Roger Stedman, David Thickett, Yasser Tolba, Bill Tunnicliffe, Sandeep Walia, Tony Whitehouse, Joyce Yeung
Print publication: 22 April 2010, pp vii-viii
Chapter 29 - Failure of oxygenation
Fluid and electrolyte balance is an important everyday practice on the intensive care unit. The different types of fluids are crystalloids that include Hartmann's solution, normal (isotonic) saline, dextrose, and colloids that include albumin, starch and gelatins. The disorders of sodium concentration are nearly always caused by excess free water (hyponatraemia) or free water loss (hypernatraemia). The potassium balance is affected by hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia. The abnormalities in magnesium are caused by hypomagnesaemia and hypermagnesaemia. The abnormalities in phosphorous are caused by hypophosphataemia and hyperphosphataemia. The abnormalities in calcium are caused by hypocalcaemia and hypercalcaemia. Hypercalcaemia is not a common problem in intensive care. In 90% of cases, the underlying cause is hyper-parathyroidism or malignancy. Treatment is indicated when the hypercalcaemia is associated with adverse effects, or when the serum calcium is greater than 14 mg/dl (ionized calcium above 3.5 mmol/l).
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The Dihydroorotase Inhibitor 5-Aminoorotic Acid Inhibits the Metabolism in the Rat of the Cardioprotective Drug Dexrazoxane and Its One-Ring Open Metabolites
Patricia E. Schroeder, Daywin Patel and Brian B. Hasinoff
Drug Metabolism and Disposition September 2008, 36 (9) 1780-1785; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.108.021626
Patricia E. Schroeder
Daywin Patel
Brian B. Hasinoff
Dexrazoxane (ICRF-187) is clinically used as a doxorubicin cardioprotective agent and to prevent anthracycline extravasation injury. It may act by preventing iron-based oxygen free radical damage through the iron-chelating ability of its metabolite N,N′-[(1S)-1-methyl-1,2-ethanediyl]bis[(N-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)]glycine (ADR-925). Dexrazoxane undergoes an initial metabolism to its two one-ring open intermediates [N-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-N-[(1S)-2-(3,5-dioxo-1-piperazinyl)-1-methylethyl]glycine (B) and N-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-N-[(2S)-2-(3,5-dioxo-1-piperazinyl)propyl]glycine (C)] and is then further metabolized to its presumably active metal-chelating form ADR-925. We previously showed that the first ring opening reaction is catalyzed by dihydropyrimidinase and the second by dihydroorotase (DHOase), but not vice versa. To determine whether DHOase was important in the metabolism of dexrazoxane, its metabolism and that of B and C to ADR-925 were measured in rats that were pretreated with the DHOase inhibitor 5-aminoorotic acid. In rats pretreated with 5-aminoorotic acid the area-under-the-curve concentration of ADR-925 was reduced 5.3-fold. In rats treated with a mixture of B and C, the maximum concentration of ADR-925 in the plasma was significantly decreased in rats pretreated with 5-aminoorotic acid, which indicates that DHOase directly metabolized B and C. Both heart and liver tissue levels of ADR-925 in rats were also greatly reduced by pretreatment with 5-aminoorotic acid. Together these results indicate that the metabolism of dexrazoxane and of B and C is mediated by DHOase. These results provide a mechanistic basis for the antioxidant cardioprotective activity of dexrazoxane.
This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canada Research Chairs program, and a Canada Research Chair in Drug Development (B.B.H.). P.E.S. was supported by a Manitoba Health Research Council studentship and Canadian Institutes of Health Research studentship.
Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at http://dmd.aspetjournals.org.
doi:10.1124/dmd.108.021626.
ABBREVIATIONS: ADR-925, N,N′-[(1S)-1-methyl-1,2-ethanediyl]bis[(N-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)]glycine; B, N-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-N-[(1S)-2-(3,5-dioxo-1-piperazinyl)-1-methylethyl]glycine; C, N-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-N-[(2S)-2-(3,5-dioxo-1-piperazinyl)propyl]glycine; DHPase, dihydropyrimidine amidohydrolase or dihydropyrimidinase; DHOase, dihydroorotase; HPLC, high-pressure liquid chromatography; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; AUC5–120, area-under-the-curve of concentration-time data for dexrazoxane or ADR-925 from 5 to 120 min.
Received March 31, 2008.
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Ontogeny of Hepatic Sulfotransferases and Prediction of Age-Dependent Fractional Contribution of Sulfation in Acetaminophen Metabolism
Mayur K. Ladumor, Deepak Kumar Bhatt, Andrea Gaedigk, Sheena Sharma, Aarzoo Thakur, Robin E. Pearce, J. Steven Leeder, Michael B. Bolger, Saranjit Singh and Bhagwat Prasad
Drug Metabolism and Disposition August 2019, 47 (8) 818-831; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.119.086462
Mayur K. Ladumor
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, Punjab, India (M.K.L., S.Sh., A.T., S.Si.); Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (D.K.B., B.P.); Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutic Innovation, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri (A.G., R.E.P., J.S.L.); School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri (A.G., R.E.P., J.S.L.); and Simulations Plus, Inc., Lancaster, California (M.B.B.)
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Cytosolic sulfotransferases (SULTs), including SULT1A, SULT1B, SULT1E, and SULT2A isoforms, play noteworthy roles in xenobiotic and endobiotic metabolism. We quantified the protein abundances of SULT1A1, SULT1A3, SULT1B1, and SULT2A1 in human liver cytosol samples (n = 194) by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry proteomics. The data were analyzed for their associations by age, sex, genotype, and ethnicity of the donors. SULT1A1, SULT1B1, and SULT2A1 showed significant age-dependent protein abundance, whereas SULT1A3 was invariable across 0–70 years. The respective mean abundances of SULT1A1, SULT1B1, and SULT2A1 in neonatal samples was 24%, 19%, and 38% of the adult levels. Interestingly, unlike UDP-glucuronosyltransferases and cytochrome P450 enzymes, SULT1A1 and SULT2A1 showed the highest abundance during early childhood (1 to <6 years), which gradually decreased by approx. 40% in adolescents and adults. SULT1A3 and SULT1B1 abundances were significantly lower in African Americans compared with Caucasians. Multiple linear regression analysis further confirmed the association of SULT abundances by age, ethnicity, and genotype. To demonstrate clinical application of the characteristic SULT ontogeny profiles, we developed and validated a proteomics-informed physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of acetaminophen. The latter confirmed the higher fractional contribution of sulfation over glucuronidation in the metabolism of acetaminophen in children. The study thus highlights that the ontogeny-based age-dependent fractional contribution (fm) of individual drug-metabolizing enzymes has better potential in prediction of drug-drug interactions and the effect of genetic polymorphisms in the pediatric population.
Received January 19, 2019.
Accepted May 9, 2019.
The proteomics and genotyping work was funded by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R01.HD081299]. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders at the University of Maryland is funded by the National Institutes of Health [contract N01-HD-9-0011/HHSN275200900011C], and the Liver Tissue Cell Distribution System are funded by NIH [contract N01-DK-7- 0004/HHSN267200700004C]. Financial assistance for the Ph.D. fellowship to M.K.L. for PBPK modeling work was provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb [NIPER SP-215].
https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.119.086462.
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The meaning of this word is not well defined, above all because many use it inappropriately, but in general it indicates the character of protective feeling towards someone close to us.
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Home » Between Politics » Speech to the Auckland Rotary Club
Speech to the Auckland Rotary Club
Speech to the Auckland Rotary Club on 7 February 2011
When I was first invited to address you today it was suggested that I might talk about the issues I spoke about to the Orewa branch of the National Party in November last year.
In that speech, I noted that as the Government reached the second anniversary of its election there was much to be pleased about.
· The economy was out of recession.
· Unemployment was lower than in most other developed countries.
· Personal income tax had come down.
· We’d come into line with other developed countries by allowing employers to agree a probationary period of up to 90 days when hiring new employees.
But I also noted that I was deeply worried.
Some of my worries were quite specific.
For example, I was dismayed that the government had taken no action to reinstate youth minimum wages.
This despite National knowing that after Labour abolished youth rates, youth unemployment shot up by 12,000.1
Thanks to Labour’s action and National’s failure to reverse it, thousands and thousands of young people now leave school or training and quickly become demoralized.
These young people don’t have the skills to earn the minimum adult wage – but they’d be quite happy to take a job for a couple of dollars an hour less.
Maybe you can remember doing the same thing – you were thrilled to get a foot on the bottom rung of the job ladder, and it wasn’t long before you worked your way up.
But the Government says these teenagers have to find a boss who’s prepared to pay them an adult wage for no relevant experience and few skills.
Otherwise they have to go on the dole.
If they can’t get a job for $12.75 an hour, they’re not allowed to accept one for, say, $10. They have to go home and lie on the couch for $4.50!
In doing this, the Government has denied them the chance to support themselves. In effect, it’s said to them, “If the dole isn’t enough, maybe you should do some burglaries, deal in drugs, or get pregnant and live on the DPB.”
I worried that we’ve not put a stop to zoning laws which drive up the cost of urban land to ridiculous levels.
This despite knowing that New Zealanders face higher house prices relative to our incomes than people in most other countries.
And despite our being one of the least densely populated countries on earth.
I worried that John Key told New Zealanders before the election that we should be fast followers and not leaders in the race to reduce carbon emissions.
Yet after the election his government introduced an all-sectors Emissions Trading Scheme.
We weren’t being fast followers, or even slow followers, because none of our three largest trading partners – Australia, China, and the United States – showed any sign of doing the same, and still haven’t.
I went on to argue that I had two more big worries.
One was around economic issues. And the other was around the way the Government was dealing with Maori issues.
I expressed grave concern that these issues were simply not being dealt with.
So more than two months on, where are we now?
Well, the present situation seems rather bleaker than it was in November.
Some economists suggest we may have just experienced a double-dip recession. Even if we haven’t, the economy is barely growing.
Unemployment is almost back to the level of late 2009.
In the short term, we’re at risk from our very heavy reliance on the savings of foreigners.
For almost 40 years, since 1973, we’ve spent more on imports2 than we’ve earned from exports. The difference we’ve had to borrow from foreigners.
Now there’s nothing inherently dangerous about using the savings of foreigners to supplement our own savings. Not if that money is used to increase the productive capacity of our economy.
But it’s not being used for that. It’s being used to finance a spending binge off the back of over-inflated house and farm prices. We’re using it to buy things we haven’t earned.
And that is very risky.
Today, our net debt to foreigners is about 90% of GDP. That’s as bad as in some of the most debt-burdened European countries.
And on present policies, there’s little chance we’ll get that debt down by much.
Indeed, we keep spending more overseas than we earn, even with some of the best export prices in decades, and with local demand for imports reduced by recession.
The risk is that financial markets could become concerned at New Zealand’s vulnerability.
They could decide to stop lending to us – and they could do it quite suddenly.
Even worse, they could start demanding some repayment.
That would force a painful adjustment on all New Zealanders similar to that facing several European countries today.
In the longer term, the threats are of several kinds.
First, the ratio of government debt to the size of our economy is growing fast. To meet the gap between what it earns and what it spends, the government is now borrowing some $300 million every week.
Luckily, right now the ratio of government debt to GDP is not that high. In fact it’s one of the lowest in the developed world.
The reason for that is the prudence of the National Government of the nineties, and the Labour Government between 1999 and 2004.
But in its third term, the Clark Labour Government threw all prudence to the wind.
It embarked on a massive increase in government spending. And much of that was of very poor quality.
So what has this National Government done to reverse this wasteful spending?
Sadly, not much.
In fact, government spending as a share of GDP is now more than it was in any year of the last Labour Government, and the structural budget deficit is now bigger than it was under the Muldoon Government.
The Prime Minister has said this year’s Budget will aim to keep spending for new initiatives to some $800 million.
But of course this is on top of the increased spending built into the system for existing programmes – for education, health, New Zealand Super, KiwiSaver subsidies and so on – so this degree of restraint is trivial compared to the scale of the problem.
As a result, government debt is growing fast.
And the bad news is that if the government doesn’t show more restraint soon, that debt is going to get a lot worse.
Treasury predicts that on current policies the ratio of government debt to GDP will reach 220% by 2050.
How bad is that?
Well, in the late eighties and early nineties, both Labour and National Governments got the jitters when our public sector debt blew out beyond 50% of GDP.
Today, the United States is right to be deeply worried about a government debt-to-GDP ratio of almost 100%.
We just can’t afford to stay on our current track. For the sake of our children and grandchildren, we need to manage our economy better.
Secondly, over the last four decades we’ve gradually drifted off the international pace.
For much of our history, we enjoyed one of the highest living standards in the world. In the early twentieth century we were the highest.
By the early fifties, our living standards were still fourth or fifth in the world.
But today, we’ve fallen to near the bottom of the 30-nation group of developed countries.
Because of this, more and more New Zealanders have voted with their feet. They’ve left New Zealand. Most of them have gone to Australia, where they help to drive the Australian economy forward.
Only two days ago, the Weekend Herald reported that there was a net loss of almost 22,000 Kiwis to Australia last year. All the signs are that this exodus is going to get worse.3
Just before the 2008 election, John Key gave an excellent speech.
In it, he stressed how committed he was to doing something serious about reversing New Zealand’s economic decline relative to Australia.
He sounded genuinely concerned about the resulting exodus of hundreds of thousands of our children and grandchildren.
In the immediate aftermath of the 2008 election, the National Party reached a Confidence and Supply agreement with the ACT Party.
One of the key components of that arrangement was that the Government would aim to lift New Zealand’s living standards to the Australian level by 2025.
Well, promises are easy.
Helen Clark promised to lift New Zealand back into the top half of the OECD within 10 years.
But did her actions match her words? Did she manage to take us even part way up the ladder?
In nine years, she didn’t manage to lift New Zealand by a single rung.
She was careful to avoid being held to account for her broken promise. As time went by and our economy went nowhere, she even tried to pretend she’d never made it.
Not National.
To John Key’s credit, his arrangement with ACT called for the setting up of an advisory group to suggest the best ways to achieve that catching-Australia goal.
More than that, it required that group to report each year on progress towards the goal.
I have the privilege of chairing that group.
Last November, the 2025 Taskforce, as the advisory group is called, published its second report.
In our first report in 2009, we had estimated that on average Australian incomes were at least 35% above those in New Zealand.
Our second report did not put a precise number on the gap at the end of 2010. But no serious observer believes the gap got smaller over the last year.
The important question, of course, is not whether the gap narrowed over the last year.
It’s whether we’re putting in place policies which will help close the gap by 2025.
And make no mistake, closing the gap is a big challenge.
To close the gap within 15 years, New Zealand incomes will need to grow by about 2% faster than Australian incomes, on average, for that entire period.
On realistic assumptions about Australian growth, this implies that New Zealand incomes will need to grow at about 4% per annum for the same period.
Can it be done?
Pessimists argue it’s impossible. I don’t agree.
I’m absolutely sure it can be done. After all, for much of our history, standards of living in the two countries have been very similar.
But I’m equally certain it won’t be done on our present track. And nobody that I’ve spoken to thinks it will.
Treasury’s own projections suggest that New Zealand’s trend rate of growth is now just 2.7% a year.
Average incomes are growing even more slowly – well below what they’d need to grow by to bridge the trans-Tasman gap in living standards.
So there’s every prospect the gap will keep widening. And the wider it grows, the harder it will be for us to survive as an independent nation.
No, I’m not kidding. Yes, it’s that serious.
Now don’t get me wrong.
Governments don’t create one dollar of wealth. People and firms operating in vigorously competitive markets do.
But government policy choices affect the environment all of us face. Those choices affect the ability of this country and its people to reach their potential.
We need to get those choices right. And sometimes that means asking hard questions, and making tough calls.
But we owe it to ourselves, and to our children, and to our children’s children, to ask those questions, and make those calls.
New Zealand’s economic decline over the last half century is one of the steepest on record anywhere.
Reversing that decline won’t be easy.
To use a phrase sometimes used in another context, we dare not settle for the soft bigotry of low expectations that says “ah yes, but New Zealand is a nice place to live”.
But we need to transform our economic destiny too.
We need to give our people a reason to believe that we can once again offer a standard of living similar to that in other developed countries – as we had only 50 years ago.
In 1975, another National leader, Rob Muldoon, campaigned on “restoring New Zealand’s shattered economy”.
Sadly, he didn’t. By the time he’d finished with it, it was almost totally shattered.
This generation of political leaders must do better.
The third long-term threat to New Zealand is in race relations.
The Treaty of Waitangi guaranteed to all New Zealanders “the same rights and duties of citizenship as the people of England”. (Those are the words of the English translation of the Maori version of the Treaty.)
And the National Party campaigned in the last three elections on a commitment to one law for all New Zealanders.
But since being elected, they’ve moved time and time again in the opposite direction.
· The Government signed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Among other things, this says indigenous peoples have a right to “self-determination” and “autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs, as well as ways and means for financing their autonomous functions”.
· National no longer talks about its promise to abolish the racially based Maori electorates.
· To appease the Maori Party, the Government has introduced legislation to surrender Crown ownership of the foreshore and seabed.
They’ve done this against the wishes of the general public – and despite the fact that the Prime Minister gave a commitment that the new law would not go ahead if there was not widespread public support. At the moment, it appears that not even most Maori Party supporters support the proposed Bill.
· The Government is in a Confidence and Supply Agreement with the race-based Maori Party.
The Maori Party makes no secret of its desire to see the New Zealand constitution restructured.
They want it to be a partnership between Maori and non-Maori. A partnership that confers special privileges on Maori. A partnership in breach of the clear meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi.
· The Government supported legislation which has resulted in non-elected Maori representatives sitting on all the committees of the Auckland Council.
And why? Such an arrangement was clearly not required for Maori to be involved in decision-making in Auckland. The recent local body elections resulted in Maori members on the Council in roughly the same proportion as their share of the Auckland population.
Maori traditions are an important part of New Zealand culture and should be respected as such.
But for the life of me I can’t see why so many public events must begin with a prayer or lengthy speech in Maori, even if none of those present can understand it.
Nor can I fathom why some government agencies assume that all New Zealanders should respect the animist religious views of a tiny minority.
We must not, we’re told, have a barbeque on Mount Taranaki.
We must not build a highway where a taniwha might be offended.
We must not let pregnant or menstruating women visit the national museum.
We are now in the 21st century, when the vast majority of all New Zealanders, Maori and others, do not share these animist beliefs.
And what of the Treaty itself?
I’ve always believed that the Crown should pay compensation where it can be shown that it breached its commitment to protect the property rights of Maori.
I still believe that. Article II of the Treaty guarantees those rights.
But Article III of the same Treaty makes it crystal clear that all New Zealanders should have equal rights under the law.
It doesn’t matter whether those New Zealanders are of European, Maori, Pacific Island, Asian or other ancestry.
And it doesn’t matter whether they’re descended from those who arrived 700 years ago, or whether they became New Zealand citizens yesterday.
Article III makes it clear that all New Zealanders should have equal rights under the law, with no special privileges for any creed, or for any culture, or for any race.
Yesterday marked the 171st anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Treaty was not our constitution when it was signed. And it’s not our constitution today.
But it is a hugely significant document and I strongly disagree with those who wish we could forget it.
But it’s vital that we all know what it involved and what it did not involve.
Article I involved the Maori chiefs who signed it ceding sovereignty to the British Crown.
In other words, Article I made it very clear that New Zealand should be one nation, not two nations within the same boundaries.
Article II committed the Crown to protect the property rights of those who signed it.
And Article III made it clear that all citizens were to have the same rights and duties as the citizens of England.
There was no suggestion whatsoever of a partnership between two races.
There was no suggestion whatsoever that some citizens would have rights based on their race, or the date on which they or their ancestors arrived in New Zealand.
It was a mighty basis for starting a new country.
But today that country is in real trouble. If we’re going to get out of it, we – Maori and non-Maori alike – are going to need to focus all our energy on the serious economic challenges we face.
We just can’t afford to be distracted by revisionist theories about what those who signed the Treaty 171 years ago really meant.
Having said all that, I am enormously optimistic for our country.
We have a great country. A country of wide open spaces, of soaring mountains, of giant kauri forests, of magnificent fiords, with a benign climate.
A country rich in resources – fast-growing forests, rich dairy land, a vast fishery, plentiful water, large deposits of coal and iron sands.
A country which gave the world Ed Hillary, Peter Blake, Katherine Mansfield, Ernest Rutherford, Kiri Te Kanawa, Susan Devoy, Peter Snell, Archibald MacIndoe, Peter Jackson, Jane Campion, Roger Donaldson, Richard Hadlee, Dan Carter and William Pickering.
A country which was the first in the world to grant women the vote, and one of the first to grant all men the vote.
A country where we take it for granted that an election will be held roughly every three years, and that a government will be elected without bloodshed, with the army safely in its barracks.
We have no excuse for throwing it all away by failing to deal with the issues which so clearly threaten our future.
Don Brash
1 An estimate made by Eric Crampton, an economist at the University of Canterbury.
2 In this context, “imports” includes imports of goods, imports of services, and interest payments on the money we’ve borrowed previously.
3 Weekend Herald, 5 February 2011, page 1. The second report of the 2025 Taskforce suggested that, on plausible assumptions, we could lose more than 400,000 New Zealanders to Australia in the next 15 years.
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New IPFM report on Britain's Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP)
A new report by Martin Forwood, Gordon MacKerron and William Walker assesses the operational and political history, legacies and lessons of Britain's Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP), which is now undergoing a clean-out prior to its final shutdown.
In the first part of "Endless Trouble: Britain's Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP)" (PDF), Martin Forwood (who died in 2019) and Gordon MacKerron look at THORP's justification as part of Britain's plans for its nuclear energy program, technology development and economic growth, and the plant's actual operating experience after it was completed in 1992. The amount of domestic and foreign spent nuclear fuel that was treated, the plutonium separated, and the plant's economics, all proved to be far below what had been expected by its advocates. The failure of the Sellafield MOX Plant to produce mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel for nuclear power reactors using plutonium from THORP contributed to the UK now having the largest civilian plutonium stockpile in the world, which needs to be safely stored and managed. There is no clear path for disposition of this plutonium, which is expected to take a long time and be costly. THORP also has left a large and expensive decommissioning challenge and the need to find ways to manage the remaining spent nuclear fuel at the site.
In the Report's second part, written as a policy drama in three Acts, William Walker explores THORP as a political and bureaucratic project. He traces its history from the flawed Windscale Inquiry, the drawing up of entangling contracts and agreements with foreign utilities and governments, the UK Parliament and Government's continual submission to the industry's demands, the extraordinary attempts to ship plutonium to THORP's customers across the High Seas, to the project's closure and its operator, BNFL's, overthrow after decades of political struggle and wasted effort. He concludes "The trouble in THORP's case was that the technically incorrect decision was pursued by a frequently deluded, inefficient and self-serving technocracy, its power rooted in an alliance between sections of the state bureaucracy (notably the Department of Trade and Industry) and a state-owned industrial monopoly (BNFL)." He offers five broad admonitions to policy-makers responsible for embarking on large, costly and risky technological projects:
Early mistakes can have lasting consequences
Beware of presumptions to approve
Understand commitments
Create and defend diversity and flexibility
Think about extrication as well as engagement
The report includes a chronology of THORP from the start of plant design studies in 1974 to the beginning of the plant's shut down in late 2018.
Martin Forwood (1940-2019) was the campaign coordinator for Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (CORE) for many years, in which capacity he oversaw local campaigns against British nuclear policy on reprocessing and radioactive waste disposal.
Gordon MacKerron is Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, and a member of IPFM. He chaired the UK government's independent Committee on Radioactive Waste Management from 2003 to 2007.
William Walker is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and a former member of IPFM. He is the author of Nuclear Entrapment: THORP and the Politics of Commitment (Institute for Public Policy Research, London, 1999).
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Before 2005: No Existence of a GAL Program
Prior to 2005 (when the Wyoming Legislature created the Wyoming GAL Program in Session Law), each county was responsible for choosing, hiring, reimbursing, and supervising any GAL practicing in their county’s juvenile court. This duty was left to many different individuals, and varied from county to county. In some counties, the Judge was responsible, while in others the responsibility belonged to the county clerk.
What is historically obvious was the lack of standardization across the state. The quality of representation a child received in juvenile court in Wyoming depended largely upon the county in which the child resided. Similarly, as an attorney GAL, the rate of pay and worthiness of the GAL work as an attorney depended largely on the county in which the attorney practiced. In some counties an attorney was paid over $100.00 per hour, but in others, they weren’t paid at all. In some instances, a GAL was given a flat rate of $250.00 for the life of a case, even when it would last many, many years.
Other specifications would also vary in great degree from county to county. Some GALs were trained in the specialty of children’s law and juvenile court, but others were not. Some GALs met with their clients, others did not. Some GALs had relatively few clients, while others had over 200 clients—the list goes on. In an effort to address these disparities of representation and pay throughout Wyoming, the legislature created the GAL Program, appropriated $4,200,000 per biennium for the representation of child clients in juvenile court, and TPR or appellate proceedings arising from these juvenile court actions. The Program was placed at the Wyoming Supreme Court, in the judicial branch of government.
2005: GAL Program Created Under the Wyoming Supreme Court
Upon creation of the GAL Program beginning on July 1, 2005, the Wyoming Supreme Court set-up a reimbursement program for the Wyoming counties. The Program maintained a list of qualified GALs that each county could choose from when appointing a GAL for a juvenile court action in their county. If the county used a GAL from the approved list, then the county was able to bill the Supreme Court for 75% of the costs of those GAL legal services. The Supreme Court adopted Rule 106 to the District Court Rules, which set out basic standards of practice, qualifications for being placed on the qualified list of GALs, and caseload maximums. At the time, the caseload maximum was 65 cases per part-time attorney.
While the GAL Program saw many successes in its time at the Supreme Court, such as standards, caseload maximums, qualifications, pay standardization to $100.00 per hour, and increased training; there were still concerns that needed addressed. Counties and judges would waive the benefit of billing the program for the state match so that they could continue to appoint GALs who did not meet the qualifications set forth in Rule 106. Further, GALs were not supervised, so there was no way to ensure that they were meeting with clients or doing what was required of them as the client’s GAL. At the time, there existed no complaint process for children or other stakeholders to report concerns with the GAL’s representation. Aditionally, there were still attorneys who were above the caseload maximum in place and others who were over-charging for their services to an extreme. For these reasons and others, the Wyoming Legislature moved the GAL Program to the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) effective July 1, 2008.
2008: GAL Program Moved Under the Wyoming Office of the State Public Defender
Among the many changes made by the State Public Defender (SPD) when the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) took over the administration of the GAL Program, the first was hiring an attorney to run and oversee the Program. This allowed the Program to establish a supervisory role of the GALs and also provide robust case resources and assistance. The OPD adopted rules through the ABA rules process to govern the Program and the GALs, adopted policies, and changed the reimbursement method to the counties so that the Program paid the costs up-front, then billed the counties quarterly for the 25% match.
Beginning July 1, 2008, all GALs who represented children in juvenile court had to contract with the OPD instead of the counties in which they practiced. The GAL was then paid directly via the GAL Program and the program billed the counties for the 25% match. This allowed a greater connection between the state dollars and the legal representation, and it also gave the GAL Program a different role with attorney GALs. Some of the other major changes made at this time included changing the caseload standards; increasing the specificity of the representation standards in the rules; and taking over the case appointment process to ensure qualified and appropriate attorneys are assigned, caseloads are suitable, and attorneys are appointed in a timely manner, or before the shelter care hearing.
2012: GAL Program Codified
In the 2012 legislative budget session, a bill was introduced and passed that codified the Wyoming Guardians Ad Litem Program. The bill, Senate File 99-Enrolled Act 40, was sponsored by Senators Nicholas, Perkins, and Ross, and Representatives Gingery, Berger, and Lubnau. Governor Mead then signed the bill into law on on March 13, 2012.
There were five total sections of the bill. Section One set forth the Legislature’s intent to codify what it had previously created by session law. Section Two created Wyoming Statutes §§ 14-12-101 through 14-12-104, now known as the Wyoming Guardian ad Litem Program statutes. Section Three contained conforming amendments to include the PD and GAL contract attorneys under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act and the state self-insurance program; added the duty of administering the GAL Program to the statutory duties in the PD Act; added the GAL Program to the annual PD agency report; made clear that the PD Act does not apply to the GAL Program; and conformed Title 14 provisions for payment of GAL services to include the GAL Program. Section Four continued the same funding that was already authorized for the GAL Program. Finally, Section Five made the legislation effective immediately.
Our Vision: Ensuring Wyoming's children in juvenile court have competent, zealous, and effective guardian ad litem representation through the use of independent investigations, quality attorney-client relationships with children, and objective and informed recommendations to teams and courts.
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Petr Čech to retire from competitive
football at the end of this season
A glorious career of an excellent footballer is coming to an end. Goalkeeper Petr Čech will see out this season at Arsenal but will not add any more appearances at top level football after that. “I’ve thought about it long and hard, the decision has been brewing inside me for some time. And I’m convinced that this is the right time. This summer, it will be 20 years since I signed my first professional contract, and 15 years since I came to England. Every single day of my career I gave my all to be the best player I could be for my club, and that will not change in the upcoming weeks. I will stay focused and give all my strength to the game I love.”
The 36-year-old goalkeeper has become a legend in the Czech Republic and England alike. Having played for Viktoria Plzeň, Blšany, Sparta Prague, Rennes and Chelsea FC, he will conclude his fruitful footballing story at Arsenal. “I wanted to announce my decision early, to give the club and all the people involved ample time to react. One thing I can say for myself is that once I take such a decision, I’m not going to change it. Just as I felt it had been right for me to retire from the national team when I did – even though I was happy playing for my country – I feel it is right for me now too. I will miss playing football, of course, it’s been a huge part of my life for the past thirty years. But you have to know when to leave the scene.”
Petr Čech holds the record of keeping the most clean sheets in Premier League: at the moment, the number stands at 202. He has been more than prolific in his career, winning four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups, as well as one UEFA Champions League title and one UEFA Europa League title. He was awarded the Czech Footballer of the Year award nine times, and the Czech Football Press Best Player of the Year award twelve times. With 124 caps, he’s also a record holder for the Czech national team, with which he placed third at the 2004 UEFA European Championship. And even before that, in 2002, he became the champion at the U-21 European Championships.
This spring will be very hectic for the seasoned goalkeeper. “I will do my utmost to ensure that we finish the season with at least one of the trophies we’re playing for. That would be the perfect ending, the cherry on top. Any further plans I’ll only make after that. I know I there are several possibilities open for me, but I need time to properly think about them.”
Petr Čech’s retirement marks the end of an era for Czech football. The glorious generation of players that dominated European scene at the beginning of the 21st century is slowly moving from football pitches to different roles. “Petr Čech is exceptional. I’m proud to say I’ve been by his side since the very beginning and to this day I have nothing but admiration for the level of professionalism he shows in everything he does. Combined with his intelligence and a friendly disposition, it is no wonder that he’s one of the most successful and significant ambassadors of Czech sport. Petr’s success isn’t defined only by his titles and trophies; for me, his most important achievement is the long list of friends he made on the many levels of football he’s been through during his career. He is undeniably a global sports star, but he’ll always be the guy from Plzen who simply loves football. I’m sure that he’ll be just as successful in anything he chooses to do next, whatever it may be,” said Viktor Kolář from Sport Invest, the agency that has represented Petr Čech since the beginning of his career.
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Encyclopedia > Claude Monet
Claude-Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926), French impressionist painter.
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Monet was born in Paris, France. His family moved to Le Havre in Normandy when he was five. His father wanted him to go into the family grocery store business, but Claude Monet wanted to paint. Eug�ne Boudin[?], an artist who worked extensively on plein air paintings - quick sketches made in open air - at beaches in Normandy, taught him some painting techniques in 1856.
Monet had to serve in the army in Algeria. His aunt Lecadre agreed to get him out of the army if he took an art course at a university. He left the army, but he did not like the traditional painting styles the university taught.
In 1862 he studied art with Charles Gleyre[?] in Paris, where he met Pierre-Auguste Renoir with whom he founded the Impressionist movement. They painted together and maintained a lifelong friendship.
Monet could also use the studio and paint its models for a low cost. He painted Camille Doncieux[?], and later they were married. He painted Women in the Garden in the late 1860s. They moved to a house in Argenteuil[?], near the Seine River, after he and his wife had their first child. They lived there for six years until Camille died; he painted her on her death-bed. Monet then moved to a house in Giverny[?], Eure, in the Haute-Normandie, Region where he planted a large garden.
In 1872 Monet painted Impression: Sunrise (Impression: Soleil Levant - now in the Mus�e Marmottan, Paris), a landscape of Le Havre, which was hung in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. It is said that a hostile critic, from the title of this picture, used the name "Impressionists" by commenting that their paints were indeed "impressions" rather than finished works of art. By the third exhibition in 1876 the painters we know as the Impressionists were using the term about themselves.
Water Lily Pond
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He married Alice Hoschede[?] in 1892, whom he had an affair with while he was married to Camille.
In the 1880s and 1890s Monet painted a series of paintings of the Rouen Cathedral from different points of view and at different times of the day. Twenty views of the cathedral were exhibited at the Durand-Ruel gallery in 1895. He also made series-paintings of haystacks.
Monet was exceptionally fond of painting controlled nature - his own garden, his water lilies, his pond, and his bridge. His garden had a meadow with willows and a marsh. He also painted up and down the banks of the Seine. In 1914 Monet began a major new large series of the water lily scenes at the suggestion of his friend, the politician Georges Clemenceau.
He is interred in the Giverny Church Cemetery, Giverny[?], Eure, in the Haute-Normandie, Region of France.
Recent sales of a Monet painting exceeded US$22 million.
Monet page at Webmuseum (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/)
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Easy ride into last eight for Azlan
Low Wee Wern stretches to make a return in her match against Australia's Rachael Grinham yesterday. Rachael won 11-5, 11-4, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6. — Picture by Fariz Iswadi Ismail.
AZLAN Iskandar was hoping for a tough workout in the men's first round of the CIMB Kuala Lumpur Open yesterday but gladly accepted an express pass to the quarter-finals instead.
Sporting a new black-and-white tiger motif T-shirt, Azlan was braced for a difficult evening only for Pakistan's Farhan Mehboob of Pakistan to concede the match at 9-9 in the first game after rolling his ankle.
The unexpected turn of events allowed Azlan to sail into the last eight where he will be joined by Nafiizwan Adnan at the Berjaya Times Square glass court today.
But Ong Beng Hee was ousted in the first round by India's Saurav Ghosal 11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6 as a string of poor results continued for the 2008 KL Open winner.
Gregoire Marche joined Ghosal as surprise winners when the Frenchman outlasted Cameron Pilley of Australia 14-12, 11-8, 11-1 while 2007 KL Open champion Mohammed Abbas joined Beng Hee on the scrapheap after going down to South African Stephen Coppinger in five games.
Azlan was surprised Farhan conceded so easily after the players matched each other stroke for stroke but accepted his good fortune.
"It's unfortunate for Farhan as it was developing into a good fight until he said he hurt his ankle," said fourth seed Azlan, eyeing his third KL Open title.
"Usually you expect them to come back and give it a try but at least I'm through. To get to the final you need three good matches and the first match helps me get into the tournament.
"It's still going to be a hard week and the mental preparation has to be right," added Azlan, who goes on to meet another Pakistani in Aamir Atlas Khan in a re-match of their Asian Games individual and team final clashes.
Nafiizwan had more reason to celebrate as the World No 47 belied his lowly ranking to make the KL Open quarter-finals for the first time with an 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 win over qualifier Ali Farag of Egypt.
His reward is a meeting with Egyptian second seed Mohamed El Shorbagy, who ousted Australia's Aaron Frankcomb 11-5, 11-8, 11-7.
"I'm not quite happy with how I played as I thought I was bit off," said Nafiizwan. "It seemed like I was just ball-watching and not reacting enough.
"It's my first time reaching the glass court here so I'll definitely need to play better than today (yesterday) and be more aware and patient." -- DEVINDER SINGH
Shoaib to call it quits after World Cup
COLOMBO (Sri Lanka): Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar will retire from international cricket after the World Cup, bringing an end to one of the most colourful careers in the sport.
Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam has confirmed that the 35-year-old quick, nicknamed the 'Rawalpindi Express', will make a formal announcement at a news conference arranged for late yesterday.
Shoaib made his international debut in 1997 in a test match against the West Indies and is regarded as one of the fastest bowlers ever to play the game. But his career has been plagued by injuries and, more recently, off-field issues with the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Shoaib's teammates hugged him in the dressing room before captain Shahid Afridi also embraced the paceman as they walked onto the field for a training session at R. Premadasa Stadium.
Pakistan play defending champions Australia in Colombo tomorrow in the last match in Group A. Both teams have already qualified for the quarter-finals.
Shoaib played in 46 test matches and took 178 wickets while in 163 one-day internationals he captured 247 wickets.
Despite struggling with his fitness after knee surgery in Australia two years ago, Pakistan selectors picked him for the World Cup.
But his his performance has been mixed in the tournament.
Shoaib has taken only three wickets in the three 2011 World Cup matches and was rested for the games against Canada and Zimbabwe.
His last over in the 110-run loss to New Zealand went for 28 runs when Ross Taylor hit the paceman for three sixes and two fours.
Pakistan team management fined Shoaib for breaking a team curfew when the team played two World warm-up matches in Bangladesh last month. -- AP
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REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL IS PROUD TO JOIN THE 2019 WORLDPRIDE CELEBRATION WITH THE PREMIERE OF “SMILEY”
April 24, 2019 by repertorioblog
“SMILEY” will debut on Friday, June 14th, 2019 at Repertorio Español, located at 138 East 27th St. in Manhattan, New York.
The comedy is written by Guillem Clua and directed by Ismanuel Rodríguez. The cast includes Rafa Sánchez, Omar Nieves, and Edmi de Jesús.
Repertorio Español is proud to announce the premiere of “SMILEY”. After a very successful run in Spain, South America, Europe, Puerto Rico, and most recently at the renowned LGBTQ festival in New York City, “Fuerza Fest,” presented by the Hispanic Federation, this comedy will now grace the stage of the emblematic theater on 27th street to celebrate LOVE and the 2019 WorldPride in NYC.
In Puerto Rico, the production of SMILEY was honored with awards for best production, direction, lighting design, costume, and scenery at the “Festival del Tercer Amor”. The comedy was also granted Best Direction and Production on Tour by ATI for the performance in New York at FuerzaFest.
The comedy, which brilliantly presents how two opposite people can fall in love in the most natural way despite all the odds, will have a run of 7 performances in the month of June. With this debut, Repertorio Español reaffirms its commitment to the varied and ever-changing audience that has supported it for over 50 years.
A Japanese legend says that when two people are destined to be together, an invisible red thread tied to the little finger of the hand binds them from the day they are born. Alex and Bruno, make a strange couple, whose only commonality is that they are men, and that they have fallen in love. Their differences seem insurmountable, and their antagonistic personalities, whether they like it or not, are united by that red thread, however often they are bound to break it.
Performed in Spanish with English supertitles.
OPENING NIGHT: Friday, June 14, 2019 8:00 PM
Saturday, June 15, 2019 8:00 PM
Sunday, June 16, 2019 3:00 PM
Friday, June 28, 2019 8:00 PM
GUILLEN CLUA – PLAYWRIGHT
Guillem Clua is a playwright from Barcelona, Spain. He is considered one of the most innovative voices in the Spanish theater scene and part of a new generation of playwrights born in the seventies who are transforming the Catalan stage with their plays. Critics have described his work as multidisciplinary, eclectic, and very much concerned with narrative structure and plot. Storytelling is at the heart of his style, which combines elements of comedy, thriller and melodrama, a vibrant rhythm, and the unabashed influence of other media, such as television and cinema.
ISMANUEL RODRÍGUEZ – DIRECTOR
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, he studied a Bachelor of Arts in Drama (Theater Direction) from University of Kent at Canterbury. He also studied a Masters in Performing Arts from the University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. At the age of 7, he works at Sunshine s Café (WAPA TV). He was part of several movies since he was a child, such as Los Cuentos de Abelardo by Luis Molina. His first play was On Golden Pond, directed by Gilberto Valenzuela for Tablado Puertorriqueño. In Spain, he worked as Assistant Director in Divinas Palabras, directed by José Piris. He also assisted in the direction of Chekhov in the Garden, by the official company M. Chekhov for the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid. He is a founding member of Tantai Teatro PR, company with more than 11 years of trajectory, with which he directs some of his biggest hits: Agua a Cucharadas by Quiara Alegría Hudes (Puerto Rico and Festival ENCUENTRO in Los Angeles), Ingenio (Wit) by Margaret Edson, the immersive experience Construyendo a Verónica, 8 mujeres sospechosas, Pegados: un musical diferente, Elvira and Jouvet, Paris años 40, among others. He also directs La Cueva de Salamanca, winner of the Young New Creators contest in Madrid, and several shows and concerts in Puerto Rico for artists like Lissette, Yolandita and Silverio Pérez.
TICKETS AND GENERAL INFORMATION
By phone: 1-212.225.9999 | Online: repertorio.nyc
In person: 138 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016
(Between Lexington and Third Avenues. Subway: # 6 to 23rd Street, W or R to 28th Street)
Monday 8:00am-6pm | Tuesday – Friday 8am-8pm|Saturday 10am-8pm | Sunday 10am-7:00pm
Discounts available for seniors, military and students with valid identification.
Founded in 1968 by stage director René Buch and the late producer Gilberto Zaldívar, and joined by Robert Weber Federico in 1971, who now serves as Executive Producer, REPERTORIO has presented an unparalleled body of theater that promotes and divulges the rich heritage of Hispanic theater. Spanish masters like Calderón, Lope de Vega and García Lorca, renowned playwrights from Latin America and the growing body of American writers who capture the Latino experience in the U.S.—from Portland, LA, NYC, Washington DC, Texas, Washington Heights, Denver and Chicago– are all at home in REPERTORIO’s programming. As well, the company has presented acclaimed translations of plays by Edward Albee, Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Gian Carlo Menotti and Noel Coward.
The Company presents a rotating repertory of 13 different plays, musicals and dance concerts in over 300 performances every year. Its productions are seen by over 50,000 people annually at its home, the historic Gramercy Arts Theatre and on tour. Every year, approximately 20,000 students are introduced to the heritage of Spanish language theatre through its education program, ¡DIGNIDAD!
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It is with deep sorrow that Repertorio EspañoI announces the passing of one of its most memorable actors of its fifty years, Ricardo Barber.
December 18, 2018 by repertorioblog
Ricardo Barber, featured actor of Repertorio Español from 1981 until 2012, passed away suddenly in his home at New York’s Manhattan Plaza yesterday, Monday, December 17th 2018, in his 81st year.
Born in Placetas, Santa Clara, Cuba, Mr. Barber studied optometry and acting at Universidad de La Habana. After graduating in 1961, he formed part of the National Dramatic Group; then belonged to the theatre group La Rueda and later to Teatro Estudio (directed by legends, Raquel and Vicente Revuelta). In 1977, he began working in Madrid with Alonso Paso’s Compañía de Comedias; in 1981, he arrived in New York and immediately became a member of the repertory ensemble of Repertorio Español.
Repertorio’s Artistic Director, René Buch, praised Mr. Barber for his versatility, classic and contemporary, comic and dramatic: “He can do it all!” Mr. Buch directed the actor in some of his longest-running roles including in Gloria González’s “Café Con Leche,” Carmen Rivera’s “La Gringa,” as well as in Nilo Cruz’s “Anna in the Tropics.” Colombian Jorge Ali Triana directed Mr. Barber in dramatic roles as diverse as Don Quijote in “El Quijote,” and the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo in the “Feast of the Goat.” Brazil’s renowned director, Antunes Filho, directed Mr. Barber in Nelson Rodrigues’ Carioca comedy, “All Nudity Will Be Punished.”
Additionally, at Repertorio Mr. Barber performed in the classics of Calderón, Lope and García Lorca, contemporary Latin American works by Emilio Carballido, Roberto Cossa, José Ignacio Cabrujas, Ricardo Talesnik, and Abelardo Estorino, as well as adaptations of works by García Márquez and Vargas Llosa. In 1998, he, along with often-paired actress Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado, became the first actors in exile to return to Cuba to perform in Eduardo Machado’s “Broken Eggs,” the first time a play by a Cuban exile was presented in Cuba.
The actor retired in 2014, having garnered numerous awards throughout an illustrious career in Cuba, Spain and New York. Mr. Barber is survived by his sisters Rosa Barber and Violeta Barber, his nephew Luis Mallo and his wife Ana Nery Fragoso and his grandnephew Sergio Mallo.
Friends may attend a memorial service at Repertorio Español at 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington and 3rd Avenues on Thursday, December 20th, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
THE RETURN OF FLAMENCO STAR OLGA PERICET TO REPERTORIO THIS FALL
August 9, 2018 by repertorioblog
Photos by Paco Villalta
“Olga Pericet in a powerhouse performance… –The New York Times” –The New York Times
“Ms. Pericet, a brash flamenco dancer who can take on many personas in a single performance..” –The New York Times
“Expect to be surprised; besides being a fiery and technically accomplished performer, Pericet is a mercurial presence and a fearless experimenter.” –The New Yorker
After 3 years of critically acclaimed runs that The New York Times described as a “powerhouse performance,” Flamenco Star Olga Pericet will return to Repertorio Español in October 2018 with her new show “Focal Point”.
Pericet, who premiered “Flamenco Untitled” in 2015 at Repertorio, will return to the 27th Street theatre for three-weeks run from October 3rd to 21st. One of the most accomplished Flamenco dancers on the globe, she has garnered rave reviews from The New York Times, New York Magazine, and many more as well as MAX Award winner of the Performing Arts for Best Dancer in 2015 among many others.
Pericet will again be joined by renowned guitarist Antonia Jimenez, unique in that she is one of the few female flamenco guitarists in the industry as well as an extraordinarily accomplished Spanish guitarist in her own right. The show will also include interludes of songs and solos featuring renowned singers Inma “La Carbonera” and Miguel Lavi.
Executive Producer Robert Weber Federico stated: “We are beyond proud to herald the return of Pericet to Repertorio Español. Flamenco dance is one of the cornerstones of the 50-year trajectory of our theatre.”
OLGA PERICET – DANCER, BAILAORA & CHOREOGRAPHER
Olga Pericet is one of the most adventuresome artists in flamenco today, having studied at the Conservatory of Córdoba as well as a guest artist in prestigious dance companies like Nuevo Ballet Español and the Ballet Nacional de España, among many others. Her art has taken her across the globe to international festivals in Washington, New York, Miami, London, Sevilla, Madrid as well as in Netherlands, China, France and Australia just being a few. She currently tours with three shows, “A Thorn That Would Be A Rose”,” “Body Infinite” and her new production “Focal Point.” Her many awards include the Villa de Madrid Award for best dance performer (2006), the Pilar López National Flamenco Award, the MAX award for choreographing, the first prize in both choreography and music in the Flamenco and Spanish Dance Choreography Contest in Madrid (2004), Best Female Dance Performer nomination for the 15th Performing Arts MAX award (2012), MAX award for the Best Female Dancer for “Footprints” (2015) and the Critics Award of Festival de Jerez (2017).
OPENING NIGHT:
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 7:00 PM
Thursday, October 4, 2018 7:00 PM
Friday, October 5, 2018 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 6, 2018 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 7, 2018 3:00 PM
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 7:00 PM Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:00 PM
Friday, October 12, 2018 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 13, 2018 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 14, 2018 3:00 PM
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REPERTORIO ANNOUNCES AN ADAPTATION OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNER GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ “EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA”
January 10, 2018 by repertorioblog
(No One Writes to the Colonel)
Adapted by Jorge Alí Triana & Verónica Triana
Directed by Jorge Alí Triana
A new play directed by the renowned Colombian Director Jorge Alí Triana, starring Germán Jaramillo and Zulema Clares. The production marks the second work of Repertorio Español’s 50th Anniversary Season. Previews begin on February 23rd and the premiere will take place on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (full performance schedule follows.)
Friday, February 23, 2018, 11:00 AM
Friday, February 23, 2018, 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 25, 2018, 3:00 PM
Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 7:00 PM
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Performed in Spanish with English Subtitles.
The story covers a few months in the life of a colonel whose pension, delayed 15 years by an overwhelming bureaucracy, becomes an obsession. Reduced to penury despite his veteran status, the protagonist and his wife live in anticipation of his pay. But every Friday the only apparent contact with the outside world comes and goes with the same declaration from the postmaster, “Nothing for the colonel. No one writes to the colonel.
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GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ – PLAYWRIGHT
Born in 1928 in Aracataca, Colombia, he attended the National University of Bogotá and the University of Cartagena where he studied law. Turning to journalism in 1950, he began writing for the Colombian periodical El Espectador. He would go on to write non-fiction first in 1955 with The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor. That same year, he published his first fiction novel, Leaf Storm. Moving to Mexico City in 1958, he wrote his masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967 – sending him on a journey that would culminate in being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. Though his novels and short stories are numerous, some of them include: “No One Writes to the Colonel”, “Innocent Erendira”, “Autumn of the Patriarch”, “Love in the Time of Cholera”, “The General in His Labyrinth”, “Strange Pilgrims”, “Love and Other Demons”, “News of a Kidnapping” and “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”.
JORGE ALÍ TRIANA – DIRECTOR
Born in Colombia and is one of Latin America’s most successful film and theater directors. In New York and for Repertorio Español, Triana has garnered great accolades for his successful stagings of novels from Latin America’s master authors. In 2008 he directed Jorge Amado’s “Doña Flor and Her Two Husbands” for which El Diario expressed “Much was expected of this production and Triana (the director) and the cast have surpassed these expectations… they’ve given us – from beginning to end — a sensual feast and a joyful celebration for all of us to enjoy.” In 2003, Triana adapted and directed Mario Vargas Llosa’s “The Feast of the Goat” for which Bruce Weber from The New York Times stated that “the show makes eerily atmospheric pageantry…and vivid the wages of despotism, for a nation and for a man.” In 1999 Triana directed Gabriel García Márquez “Chronicle of a Death Foretold,” which The Village Voice called “Hypnotizing” and “Poetic.” Previously at Repertorio he directed “The Innocent Eréndira” also by García Márquez and “And the Carnival Erupted” an original play which Howard Kissel for the New York Daily News, declared that was “staged with marvelous theatricality and skill.” Other theater credits include “Romeo and Juliet” and “Richard III” by Shakespeare; “Fuenteovejuna” by Lope de Vega and “Death of a salesman” by Arthur Miller. Triana has collaborated with Gabriel García Márquez in various film and theater projects including “Tiempo de morir” (Time to Die) and “Edipo Alcalde” (Edipus the Mayor.) He has won numerous awards including the People’s Choice Award in Tolouse, France and the Golden Ombú Award for his film “I am Bolívar.” Triana has also received numerous ACE Awards (Association of Hispanic Theatre Critics). He is the founder of Bogotá’s Popular Theatre and currently directs at Repertorio Español as well as his own production company, Dramax, where the TV series “Commando Elite” is produced for the television channel RCN.
GERMÁN JARAMILLO – ACTOR
Was born in Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. He is an actor, known for “Our Lady of the Assassins”(2000), “Paraiso Travel” (2008) and “Narcos” (2015). His trajectory as an actor has won him awards including Colombia’s Actor of the Year on various occasions. He starred in the film “La virgen de los sicarios” (2000) for which he was nominated and won many international awards. Jaramillo is the co-founder of ID Studio Theater in New York, of which he is the Artistic Director. He is also the co-founder of the Teatro Libre de Bogotá (The Free Theatre of Bogotá) as well as of its School of Acting, where he worked as a resident actor, producer and director for more than 30 years and oversaw more than 40 productions. His credits with Repertorio include: “Blind Date”, “Doña Flor and her two husbands”, “Weeds Just Won’t Die”, “Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter” and, “Burundanga”.
ZULEMA CLARES – ACTRESS
Born in Cuba and holds a degree in Theater Techniques and Choral Direction from Cuba’s National Arts School. She has worked in theater, film, and television as an actress, playwright, and director. In 1996 she co-founded “Argos Theater” of Cuba and soon after she became one of the most acclaimed actresses of Cuban stage for her work in classics like “Strindberg”, “Brecht”, “Calderon de la Barca”, among others. She also worked as a teacher at Cuba’s National Arts School and made her debut as a theatrical director in 2001 with “Thanks Grandma”, which she also wrote and starred in. Her film credits include the leading roles of “The Nights of Constantinople”, “Three Times Two”, (Silver Zenith First Fiction Feature Film, Montreal 2004) and “Long Distance” (2008). She won the Best Actress Award at the 2001 Camaguey Theater Festival in Cuba and received multiples HOLA, ACE and ATI awards for her work at Repertorio Español. Zulema currently resides in New York. Her credits with Repertorio include: “The House of Bernarda Alba”, “The Feast of the Goat”, “Life is a Dream”, “Captain Pantoja and the Special Service”, “As Five Years Pass”, “Mariela in the Desert”, “Doña Flor and her two husbands”, “Love in the Time of Cholera”, “In the Time of the Butterflies”, “Cold Air”, “Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter”, “Miss 744890”, “Burundanga”, “La canción”, “In the name of Salomé”, “Blind Spot” and “Courage, Betrayal, and a Woman Scorned”.
THE RETURN OF SPANISH DANCE AND FLAMENCO STAR OLGA PERICET
July 18, 2017 by repertorioblog
“Olga Pericet expresses everything though her superb dancing and magnetic charm.” – El Mundo, España
“Ms. Pericet, a brash flamenco dancer who can take on many personas in a single performance.” – The New York Times
“A tiny powerhouse.” – The New Yorker
Repertorio Español is excited to announce the return of flamenco and Spanish dance to its intimate stage with the return of internationally renowned Olga Pericet. A versatile artist, magnetic dancer and untiring creator, Olga Pericet is one of the emerging names in contemporary Spanish dance. Her respect for tradition is an essential part of her creativity, although she maintains an unconformity of tone and a contemporary vision.
In this new solo concert, Ms. Pericet choreographs and dances to the sorrowful “Seguiriyas,” the exuberant “Bulerías” and melancholic “Alboreá y Romances.” Vocal and guitar solos feature guitarist Antonia Jiménez and singers Manuel Lago and Miguel Lavi.
With this new solo concert, Repertorio proudly continues the tradition of flamenco and Iberian regional dances in the theatre’s intimate setting, reaffirming the company’s standing not just as a theatre company, but as one of the most dynamic Hispanic performing arts institutions in New York City’s cultural landscape.
Photos by Michael Palma
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL PRESENTS THE WINNING PLAY OF THE 2015 METLIFE ‘NUESTRAS VOCES’ NATIONAL PLAYWRITING COMPETITION “BLIND SPOT”
June 21, 2017 by repertorioblog
Repertorio Español presents the premiere of “Blind Spot” (Punto ciego) by Gerardo Cárdenas and directed by José Zayas on Saturday, July 8th at 8PM.
In recent years, the military has tried to draw in immigrants with programs that allow enlistees to become citizens after basic training, attracting about 5,000 takers each year, according to the Defense Department. One out of every 13 sailors is foreign born, the highest proportion in any military branch, according to the Navy. The service regularly holds citizenship ceremonies aboard ships. At the same time, the proportion of racial and ethnic minorities in the military, mirroring the nation as a whole, has surged to 40 percent — nearly twice what it was 20 years ago.
The winning play of the 2015 MetLife “Nuestras Voces” National Playwriting Competition, “Blind Spot” tells the story of Ramón García, an undocumented immigrant seeking his own version of the American Dream: the hope for a new life given by citizenship papers after serving his country, and the happiness of being able to build a better future. He never saw an unexpected turn coming from a blind spot that would transform his life, and that of his family, into a bitter awakening and the realization of being a small piece in a huge political board.
“Blind Spot” will be presented in Spanish with captions in English and Spanish at Repertorio Español’s Gramercy Arts Theatre on 138 East 27th Street in Manhattan, New York.
Starring Pedro de León (Repertorio Español debut), Zulema Clares, Alfonso Rey, Gerardo Gudiño, Sandor Juan, Hannia Guillen and Gonzalo Trigueros (Repertorio Español debut).
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17th Medieval Dublin Symposium Recap
Thank you to everyone who came to the Medieval Dublin symposium on 16 May this year. We had a fantastic turnout and an excellent array of papers.
This year’s symposium featured a paper by Bernard Meehan, Head of Research Collections and Keeper of Manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin, on an exciting recent acquisition of a St Mary’s Abbey manuscript that has finally returned to Dublin after nearly 400 years abroad. A recent interview with Bernard Meehan, Seán Duffy and Jane Maxwell gives more detailed information about the manuscript for those of you who cannot wait for the publication of this symposium. The manuscript was produced in 1304 after a fire devastated the Abbey and many of the details in the manuscript showcase life inside the walls in the early fourteenth-century. The manuscript also contains an account of the Trojan War, detailed descriptions of the topography of Ireland and Geoffrey of Monouth’s ‘The History of the Kings of Britain’.
Seán Duffy, Jane Maxwell and Bernard Meehan in front of the St Mary’s Abbey manuscript
An excerpt from the manuscript
Other topics discussed at the symposium included investigations of the Columban legacy of Lambay (by Gabriel Cooney), and the results of excavations from suburban Dublin (by Paul Duffy) and Swords Castle gatehouse (by Mark Moraghan). The composition of Dublin’s late medieval urban society was explored by Brian Coleman and Hugh II de Lacy’s thirteenth-century rebellion was expertly explained by Daniel Brown. Dublin’s literary heritage was explored in papers on a so-called chason de geste of Brian Boru (Cathy Swift) and the story of a dragon terrorizing medieval Dubliners (Caoimhe Whelan).
We hope you all enjoyed the day and are looking forward to the published proceedings!
Friends of Medieval DublinEmail: friendsofmedievaldublin@gmail.com
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