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. On March 9–10, 2012 the Freestyle FIS World Cup (2011–12 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup) will be held in "slalombacken" close to the village centre. Åre has also always been the site for the alpine events, every time Sweden has bid for the organization of the Olympic Winter Games, including for the 1984 (1984 Winter Olympics), 1988 (1988 Winter Olympics), 1992 (1992 Winter Olympics), 1994 (1994 Winter Olympics), 1998 (1998 Winter Olympics), 2002 (2002 Winter Olympics) and 2022 Winter Olympics. This is because Åre has the only piste in Sweden suitable for top-level downhill races. Notable persons * Henrik Lundqvist - New York Rangers goaltender * Joel Lundqvist - Frölunda HC checking forward * Henrik Windstedt - winner of the 2008 ''Freeride World Tour'' * Lars-Börje Eriksson - Olympic alpine skiing bronze medalist Summer events Åre has since the 1990s become the largest mountainbike resort in Sweden. In 1999 it was the host for the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships and it hosted the Nordic Championships 2007. There are numerous graded biking trails down the mountain (Downhill cycling). The Åre Bikepark is open from 1 May until 15 October and is the host for the Mayhem Festival. During summer Åre can also sport hiking, paragliding, kayaking, and a golf course about 15 minutes form the village. In July every year there is a multisport (Multi-sport event) competition in Åre - ''Åre Extreme Challenge''. It counts as the Scandinavian championship in multisport. "One of the world's ten best ski-resorts" In 2008 Åre was appointed as one of the ten best ski-resorts in the world at the list from the magazine Condé Nast Traveller align center Åre kabinbana.JPG Åre cable car Åre torg.jpg Åre central square Transport The airport is situated 99 kilometres eastward, outside Östersund 's core, on the Frösön islet. Åre Östersund Airport is an international airport and the ninth biggest in Sweden with roughly 390 000 passengers 2005. The airport is one of few Swedish airports with incoming foreign charter traffic. The European route E14 runs through Åre from Trondheim via Östersund to Sundsvall, where it merges with the European route E45. Åre has similar railway communications. Mittnabotåget operates both the Norwegian Meråkerbanen from Trondheim to Storlien and the Swedish Mittbanan from Storlien via Östersund to Sundsvall. Östersund is connected to Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö through long distance X 2000 (high speed trains), InterCity and night train. Station åre.jpg Åre railway station Mittnabotåget regina.JPG Mittnabotåget Åre östersund flygplats.jpg Åre-Östersund Airport terminal Påstigning på flygfältet i Östersund.jpg Embarcation on the airport References
Brookings, South Dakota
continually updated information about other Major League games, including the score, hits, errors, outs, and an image of the field displaying the runners on base. A second-tier marquee scoreboard was also added along the bottom of the 300-level of the stadium stretching from foul pole to home plate to foul pole. The section of the second-tier scoreboard above home plate displays statistics for those unable to see the main scoreboard above the center-field wall. All of the scoreboards were designed
Novato, California
Part of Oakmont, a large residential development within the city limits of Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, California), is actually inside the Verizon service area, causing that portion to have Kenwood prefixes (Telephone prefix). The area code for Kenwood is 707 (Area code 707).
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Pembroke, Ontario
index.php ci_id 22857 la_id 1.htm publisher Hockey Canada date 2006-11-08 accessdate 2009-02-20 In the team's first season, Herter scored 38 points in 54 games as the Hounds won the Credential Cup as SJHL champions. After winning the Anavet Cup and Abbott Cup, the Hounds advanced to the 1988 Centennial Cup in Pembroke, Ontario. There, Herter scored two points in five tournament games
—including one goal in a 9–7 victory over the Thunder Bay Flyers—as the Hounds defeated the Halifax Lions (Weeks Crushers) 3–2 in the final game to win the national Junior A championship (Royal Bank Cup). Summary Photo by Ben Singer. Source:
year round, water skiers can be seen practicing their sport on the lakes around town. Spring training baseball Winter Haven was a Major League Baseball Spring Training baseball site for many years, first at Denison Stadium and later at the Chain of Lakes Ballpark. Many of the greatest baseball players in history played in Florida's Spring Training Grapefruit League, and passed through Winter Haven to play games, including Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays
, all of which provide access to the 5,500 square foot Hancock Stadium Club, which plays host to a variety of events outside of football games, including receptions, banquets, weddings, and private events. The stadium is also highlighted by the addition of a 26 ft x 47 ft Daktronics 15HD LED Video Display in the north endzone.
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Once again, people such as myself are the butt of Banksy's joke for a Better Out Than In piece (and once again I'm late posting about a piece). This may be my favorite work in the show so far. Banksy arranged for a man to sell original Banksy artworks on the street next to Central Park. The paintings weren't labeled as Banksy pieces in any way, and were available for $60 a piece (although one woman haggled a bit and snagged 2 for $60). The obvious comparison is to Joshua Bell playing in the DC Metro, though the parallels are not exact.
This piece by Banksy is great because, like so much of Better Out Than In, it's about the crowd that follows Banksy's work and the system in which Banksy exists. Jeffrey Deitch recently called Banksy a conceptual artist, and I think he is spot-on. This piece, and so many others in Better Out Than In, are not the physical art objects themselves but about the relationships that people have with the objects.
Most Vandalog readers will have heard people complain, or have complained themselves, about how mediocre Banksy pieces can get covered in plexiglass and preserved while masterpieces just around the corner by any other artist can get ignored or painted over. Even work by Banksy has been accidentally painted over when not identified as his work. For 99% of street art and graffiti, the vast majority of people see it without the context of "This is a work by Artist X, whose history is Y. It is important because Z," but fewer and fewer people see Banksy's work in that random way, as just another artist among thousands, as just another piece of visual information on a crowded streetscape. For a brief moment this past Saturday, Banksy was just another artist, not a media sensation. Any hey, for just another artist, $420 isn't bad for a day's work.
Of course, now I've got friends and relatives emailing me asking why the hell I didn't give them a heads up about this and asking how they can get a Banksy for $60 in order to quickly flip it and possibly make quite a few thousand dollars. But while the works at the stall were authentic, I wonder whether or not Pest Control will authenticate them. Without that authentication, even the people in the video can't really be trusted if they attempt to sell their "authentic" artworks. Those stencils would be easily enough to fake. But who really cares if the works are real or fake, so long as you're not paying more than $60 for them?
Speaking of street artists being unappreciated when their name isn't Banksy, here's our + 5. These five works that range from very big to quite tiny and are by Ludo, 616, UFO, Cane Morto edit: with Insurrectionize, Royce Bannon and Russell King:
Ludo in Paris. Photo by Carlos Ribeiro.
UFO in NYC. Photo by Hrag Vartanian.
616 in London. Photo by Alex Ellison.
Cane Morto and Insurrectionize in Bergen. Photo by svennevenn. Click to view large.
Russell King and Royce Bannon in Philadelphia. Photo by Ellen King.
Photos by Carlos Ribeiro, Hrag Vartanian, Alex Ellison, svennevenn and Ellen King

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Rebuilding the Mausoleum?
March 24, 2009 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment
First we hear about the Artemesion … now it's the Mausoleum the erstwhile wonder … the incipit from Hurriyet:
The mayor of Bodrum has announced that the city will build a model of King Mausolus' Mausoleum, which is considered seven wonders of the ancient world.
Bodrum Mayor Mazlum Ağan, who has held his post for two terms, is running again this month as the People's Republican Party, or CHP, candidate. Talking about his projects, Ağan said they will build a replica of King Mausolus' Mausoleum, which is currently on display at the British Museum.
Stating they would erect the mausoleum near the 2,500-year-old Ancient Theatre, Ağan said: "The place of King Mausolus' Mausoleum is being visited by thousands of tourists every year. However, they can only see remains of the mausoleum. For that reason, we will build a model mausoleum on a one-to-one scale of the original mausoleum."
When King goes to Bodrum
Exhibition: Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens
March 24, 2009 April 4, 2009 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment
Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens
December 10, 2008 – May 9, 2009
Onassis Cultural Center
Official website here (just general information).
The Glory That Was Greece From a Female Perspective (New York Times)
previous aggregation of links at our old rogueclassicism site (we've mentioned this exhibition before; the review below is new)
Greek Masterpieces Show Lives Of Women In Ancient Athens (Antiques and the Arts)
Major Exhibition of Greek Masterpieces Casts New Light on the Lives of Women in Ancient Athens (Art Daily)
Business Saving Classics at UIC?
March 24, 2009 March 24, 2009 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment
I thought we had mentioned the problems at UIC before, but I can't seem to find it. In any event, here's a very interesting item from the Chicago Flame:
In an effort to heighten student interest in the university's small but well-recognized Classics department, a recent alumnus has organized a team of 24 business students to launch a marketing campaign that promises to brand a new name for the studies.
Lorenzo Varela, coordinator of the project, responded immediately to the threat of elimination of the Classics department.
Beginning in the upcoming fall semester, Ancient Greek 101 will be suspended for an indefinite period of time. Meanwhile, Latin is not entirely suspended but will be "curtailed."
With not enough enrollment in the two languages and with the university facing severe budget cuts, the decision on whether or not to keep or cut the programs is a difficult one to make.
Varela, who graduated from UIC last fall with a degree in Entrepreneurship, began to recruit students from the College of Business Administration with the offer of internship credit for their work.
"My personal belief," Varela said, "is that this department applies to everybody – even the Business department. The skills they teach you, such as critical reasoning, interpreting and analyzing data, you know, you can use that for anything. It's so versatile. If only the program would have been more marketed or crossed with other majors, it could survive."
Along with representatives from the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), the marketing team hopes to raise both interest and enrollment for Ancient Greek 101 and Latin courses, and to encourage more students to major in the Classics.
Current initiatives include redesigning the department website, posting flyers to advertise the courses, creating a logo, and soliciting sponsorships from businesses in the Greek community.
In addition, the Classics department will sponsor "The Apology of Socrates," a one-man play by Yiannis Simonides, with the financial help of USG and the Greek community. The event will take place on March 30 in Lecture Center F3 at 4 p.m. While the play is intended to show Plato's relevance to students in the present time, how much interest it can raise remains uncertain.
"The bottom line is money," Jeff Melichar, a third-year English education and Classics double major said. "Unless there's an endowment or contribution from someone, it'll be hard to convince the higher-ups to keep the program at full strength. Fundraisers probably wouldn't help much either, but if we can just get one really generous millionaire to throw some money our way, things would improve a great deal."
Currently UIC is the only public university in Chicago to offer Ancient Greek and Latin. Alumni of the languages are reported to have greater success entering into Law and Medicine. They also report higher scores on standardized tests, such as the GRE and LSAT.
"If the Greek and Latin majors are suspended," said Nanno Marinatos, Professor and Director of Studies of Classics, "the entire Classics Department will wither away. No serious scholar will ever want to come to UIC to teach high-school level mythology and literature classes."
"Teaching Greek authors in the original is a way for faculty and students to maintain high-level performance at UIC which aspires to be a world-class university," Marinatos continued. "We wish to maintain a serious profile in the international community to which we belong and by which we are highly esteemed."
Business students to aide ailing Classics Department
Greek Fisherman Nets a Bronze
AP Photo via the Plain Dealer
Plenty of coverage of this one, but all the coverage is brief and apparently derived from an AP wire story. A fisherman working between Kos and Kalymnos hauled up his net and found it contained (as was later determined) a section of a bronze equestrian statue dating to the second century B.C.. The statue is currently undergoing conservation/restoration.
Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue (AP via Yahoo)
Greek Fisherman Catches 2,200-Year-Old Bronze Statue in Nets (Bloomberg)
Greek Fisherman Nets 2,200-Year-Old Bronze Statue (ABC)
Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue (PhysOrg)
Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue (Plain Dealer)
CONF: Teleology in the Ancient World
TELEOLOGY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
The Dispensation of Nature
Venue: The University of Exeter, 8-11 July, 2009
Organisers: Dr. Julius Rocca and Prof. Christopher Gill
An international conference which will discuss the ways teleological arguments were used in medicine and philosophy in antiquity, and how these arguments have continued to inform and influence current debate on evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. As well as examining philosophical contributions to the subject, especially Platonic and Aristotelian, a special aim of the conference is to show how ancient medical thinking on this topic relates to ancient philosophical ideas. Examining teleological methodologies in ancient medical thought from Hippocrates to Galen will offer a critical evaluation on the place of teleology within medical science, its cultural contexts, its account of human development, and teleological responses to competing explanatory theories of human structure and function.
Keynote speaker, Professor David Sedley, University of Cambridge: "Socrates' place in the history of teleology."
Other speakers: Elizabeth Craik, University of St. Andrews; John Dillon, Trinity College, Dublin; Rebecca Flemming, University of Cambridge; R. J. Hankinson, The University of Texas at Austin; M.R. Johnson, University of California, San Diego; Mariska Leunissen, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri; Staffan Müller-Wille, University of Exeter: Jan Opsomer, University of Cologne; Mark Schiefsky, Harvard University; Samuel Scolnicov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; R.W. Sharples, University College London; Harold Tarrant, University of Newcastle, Australia; Philip van der Eijk, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Accommodation in en-suite rooms in the University's newest hall of residence overlooking the Exe valley and near the main conference venue: accommodation and all meals during conference: £240; conference fee £30 (£15 for students); daily rates also available.
Bookings, with accommodation: by April 5 2009
Without accommodation: by June 14 2009.
For booking form, contact Prof. C. J. Gill
Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter,
Amory Building, Rennes Drive,
Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
C.J.Gill AT exeter.ac.uk
With financial support from the British Academy, the Classical Association, the Hellenic Society, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wellcome Trust, and the University of Exeter.


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Pope's new custom-made perfume will be heaven scent
Metro ReporterThursday 15 Mar 2012 9:09 am
The Pope is following in the footsteps of David Beckham and Nicole Kidman and getting his own fragrance.
Ringing endorsement: The Pope blesses the bell of the Eucharistic Congress in Ireland (Picture: AFP)
But Pope Benedict XVI's eau de cologne will not be gracing shelves, as it is just for him.
The as-yet unnamed scent is being made by Silvano Casoli, who said it would be based on Benedict's passion for the forests of his native Bavaria in Germany and his 'love of nature'.
She said she had signed a 'pact of secrecy' with the Pontiff but did reveal the cologne would evoke lime tree, verbena and grass.
Ms Casoli has previously made custom scents for a host of high-profile figures including Madonna, Sting and King Juan Carlos of Spain.
Her company in northern Italy also makes scents called Nuda – or Naked – and Cannabis.
The Nuda scent is described as being inspired by the 'smell that only a woman's skin emanates in a state of ecstasy'.
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David Beckham continues to be a style god as he graces Royal Box at Wimbledon


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Loggerhead sea turtle nesting on Outer Banks beach struck, killed by illegal driver, NPS says
FRISCO, N.C. - A loggerhead sea turtle nesting in the sand at Cape Hatteras National Seashore was killed after someone driving illegally on the beach ran her over, National Park Service officials say.
Loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, are found in the Atlantic ocean. Adults can be 3 feet long and weigh 350 pounds. They come ashore to build nests and lay eggs in the fall, Florida, Atlantic Ocean. (Photo by: Mark Conlin/VW PICS/UIG via Getty Imag
The turtle was found dead Tuesday morning around 5:30 a.m. on the beach near Frisco, North Carolina. Authorities believe the turtle was struck during a time when the area was closed to vehicles.
NPS officials say it appears that the turtle had begun to lay her eggs when she was struck. Fortunately, several intact eggs were found near the turtle's body and are thought to be viable. Loggerheads are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
"At this time of year, ocean-facing off road vehicle ramps are closed between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. for an important reason – to protect nesting sea turtles," said NPS Superintendent David Hallac. "It is very unfortunate that a vehicle appears to have disregarded the Seashore's regulations which has resulted in this turtle death.
The incident is currently under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the NPS tip line at 888-653-0009.


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Superman - Action Comics (2011-2016) Vol. 1: Superman and the Men of Steel
Superman - Action Comics (2011-2016)
Vol. 1: Superman and the Men of Steel
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DC Comics took a bold step and renumbered the longest-running monthly comic, Action Comics, to #1 for the first time since 1938 as part of the DC Comics--The New 52 event.
With this renumbering comes a new creative team featuring comics legend Grant Morrison and fan-favorite artist Rag Morales. While Morrison is no stranger to writing the Superman character, having won three Eisner Award's for his work on All-Star Superman, Action Comics will be something new for both old and new readers and present humanity's first encounters with Superman, before he became one of the World's Greatest Super Heroes. Set a few years in the past, it's a bold new take on a classic hero. Collects Action Comics #1-8
Andy Kubert Rags Morales
Essential Superman Pt. 1
Action Comics (2011-2016)
Watch as Superman goes from defender of the common man to the greatest hero the DC Universe has ever known! Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN) returns to the Man of Steel, joined by sensational artist Rags Morales (IDENTITY CRISIS), to bring you the story of Superman updated for the Modern Age.
The adventures of Superman begin here, written by the legendary George Perez (CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS)! The Man of Steel flies into the new DC Universe with a new status quo but a continued quest for truth and justice!
Batman/Superman (2013-2016)
The World's Greatest Superheroes team up for adventures across the entire DC Universe! Writer Greg Pak and artist Jae Lee team to tell the tales of the World's Finest, Superman and Batman.
Superman/Wonder Woman (2013-2016)
The relationship between The Man of Steel and the Warrior Princess is a tale of a romance that will shake the stars themselves. These two super-beings love each other, but not everyone shares their joy. Some fear it, some test it--and some will try to kill for it.
The Flash (2011-2016)
Barry Allen faces a bevy of bad guys in his constant race to protect the people of Central City! The Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series from the writer/artist team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato.


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The skyjacking's the limit – 'The Mystery of D.B. Cooper'
Nearly half-a-century ago, an event took place that has captivated and confounded people ever since. Something so outlandish, so unbelievable, so inscrutable that it can't help but be fascinating even now, almost 50 years since it happened.
All I have to say is a name: D.B. Cooper. If you know, you know. If you don't, well – he's the man who, back in 1971, executed what remains the only unsolved skyjacking in the history of American aviation. He leapt into the night carrying $200,000 dollars, the plane in the skies over Washington state … and was never seen again.
"The Mystery of D.B. Cooper" – written and directed by John Dower – is a documentary that offers its viewers a potential solution to its titular question. Or rather – four solutions. Dower's film features four primary subjects, each of whom shares the unshakeable belief that they know who D.B. Cooper was.
And they have four different answers.
In effect, this gives Dower four different narrators regarding who D.B. Cooper was and what sort of life he lived following his legendary crime. Each of the four have what they consider to be ironclad evidence of Cooper's identity. And the thing about it is … they all make pretty good cases.
Interspersed with it all is an account of the skyjacking itself, offered by the people who were there in the moment – the flight attendant who served as his messenger (and implied hostage), the pilot who was flying the plane – and recreated through some well-executed dramatizations. It's a thorough examination of the mystery – a mystery that remains undeniably fascinating even now, so many years later.
On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper walked into Portland International Airport and bought a ticket to Seattle, paying cash. He boarded the 727 and took a seat; he was reportedly quiet and polite. Shortly after takeoff, he handed a note to one of the flight attendants that said he had a bomb that he would detonate if his demands - $200,000 and four parachutes waiting in Seattle – were not met.
After circling for two hours and time taken to refuel, the plane took off from Seattle at just after 7:30 p.m., heading to Reno for another fuel stop before continuing to Mexico City. The hijacker didn't wait for the plane to arrive at his stated destination, instead lowering the stairs at the rear of the cabin at 8 p.m. Approximately 15 minutes later, he jumped from the plane at 10,000 feet, disappearing into the forested land on the border of Washington and Oregon. He was never found.
Other than a few bundles of cash turning up on a riverfront in 1980, no trace of Cooper was ever located. The case remains the only unresolved case of air piracy in American history.
In "The Mystery of D.B. Cooper," we meet people who believe that they knew D.B. Cooper in the time following his disappearance; Bower walks us through each of their stories – stories that, it cannot be stressed enough, are both incredible and relatively plausible.
Duane Weber was an insurance salesman who confessed to his wife Jo on his deathbed that he was D.B. Cooper. Jo learned that the man she knew had many secrets, including multiple identities and a criminal record; she also noted an old knee injury that he claimed was the result of jumping from a plane, as well as recurring nightmares revolving around fingerprints.
In addition, he took her on a tour of the Pacific Northwest in the late 1970s, making cryptic statements about "where Cooper walked out of the woods." She believes that he reclaimed the money and threw the damaged bundles away in an attempt to change the narrative.
Barbara Dayton was born Robert Dayton, transitioning to a woman in 1969 in what is believed to be the first gender reassignment surgery in Washington state. She was an avid pilot and skydiver who once confided in airfield owners Ron and Pat Foreman that she had been D.B. Cooper, following a photo that revealed the physical resemblance.
According to the Foremans, Dayton's family also noted the uncanny resemblance. All involved were sure that Barbara was possessed of both the necessary skills and the wild daring required to pull off such a feat.
L.D. Cooper disappeared around Christmastime in 1972, much to the confusion of his niece Marla. After years of vague responses whenever she asked about her uncle, in 1995, Marla's dad confirmed her suspicions that yes, L.D. was in hiding and that he was the legendary hijacker. This brought old memories to the forefront – memories that certainly made it seem as though L.D. was D.B.
Marla took – and passed – an FBI-administered polygraph test, though some argue that just because she believes her story to be true does not mean that it is. There are questions about L.D.'s capability to execute such a plan.
Lastly, we have Richard Floyd McCoy, a man who executed a nearly-identical skyjacking in April of 1972, mere months after D.B. Cooper's crime. This flight was a Denver-L.A. trip, with McCoy demanding $500,000 and bailing out over Provo, Utah. The similarities of the crimes – as well as McCoy's military background – made him a prime suspect.
McCoy's refusal to answer questions about the Cooper case (as well as his refusal to quietly go to prison – he escaped twice) leave him a subject of much interest, though he cannot confirm – he died in a shootout with federal agents following his second prison escape in the summer of 1972.
"The Mystery of D.B. Cooper" spends time on each of these four stories, engaging in a straightforward and honest way with all the people involved. Again – every one of these people clearly genuinely believes that their answer is the right one. Dower wisely stays out of the way, allowing each of these narratives to play out without judgment or bias. He treats all four theories with equal weight, never tipping his hand with regard to which story he himself might deem most credible.
(Personally, I lean toward McCoy – Occam's razor and all that – but the reality is that the three other folks give credible testimony. They all make their case.)
Americans love an outlaw and they love a mystery. D.B. Cooper gave us both. And "The Mystery of D.B. Cooper" gives us a fascinating look at the people who still, so many years later, insist on sharing their truth. Maybe the best part of the whole thing is this: Only one of them (if any) can be right, but it's easy to believe them all.
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Foxtel's Picnic at Hanging Rock world television premiere on Sunday 6 May 2018
Natalie Dormer stars as Mrs Appleyard in the six-part miniseriesFoxtel today revealed the world premiere airdate for its much-anticipated event drama series Picnic at Hanging Rock will be Sunday, 6 May at 8.30pm on the showcase channel and available to Foxtel customers On Demand*.
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a FremantleMedia Australia production made with key production investment from Screen Australia. The series was shot in Victoria, Australia with the significant assistance of the Victorian Government through Film Victoria and has already garnered global attention with – Amazon Prime Video in the US, BBC for the UK, Canal+ in France and SKY New Zealand's premium entertainment channel SoHo, all set to premiere this year.
The international spotlight will continue to focus on Picnic at Hanging Rock when it opens the prestigious 'Berlinale Series' of the Berlin International Film Festival next week featuring alongside six other dramas selected from around the world.
Brian Walsh, Foxtel's Executive Director of Television said "The fascination with Picnic at Hanging Rock continues to captivate people around the world and we are delighted to bring the world premiere of this iconic Australian story to Foxtel subscribers. It is a watershed moment for the talented creatives involved and testament to Foxtel's unwavering commitment to Australian storytelling. The reaction we have received from broadcasters and video platforms in many countries is an enormous boost of confidence for our local industry and paves the way for the Australian film and television community to take its skills and expertise to audiences around the globe," he said.
The six-part series, a re-imagining Joan Lindsay's iconic novel, stars acclaimed British actress Natalie Dormer along with Australian rising stars including Lily Sullivan, Samara Weaving, Madeleine Madden and Ruby Rees, whose debut screen performances will be seen by audiences throughout the world.
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a FremantleMedia Australia production for Foxtel. Executive producers are FremantleMedia Australia's Jo Porter and Anthony Ellis and Foxtel's Penny Win, script producer and establishing writer is Beatrix Christian, Writer Alice Addison, producer Brett Popplewell, directors are Larysa Kondracki, Michael Rymer and Amanda Brotchie. FremantleMedia International is distributing the series worldwide.
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A Look Back: NFA's Martin kept raising the bar
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Editor's note: The sports world as we know it shut down on March 12, 2020. The world-wide pandemic, which wreaked havoc on our everyday lives, brought forth major repercussions for sports - from youth to the pros. Still, the year produced some inspiring moments. "A Look Back" is a reminder that life always gives us little victories.
Paige Martin's highly decorated track and field career ended when the spring sports season was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. There was, however, a silver lining for the Norwich Free Academy senior, whose pole vaulting resume included the 2019 State Open title and two indoor State Open championships: she had earned a scholarship to the University of California.
"I always wanted to go to school on the West Coast," Martin told Bulletin reporter Larry Kelley. "UCLA was my dream school, but they had a coaching change so those plans did not follow though. But Cal is higher rated than UCLA and has a great pole vaulting legacy. Things worked out better than expected."
Martin defended her Class LL indoor pole vault state title with a record-breaking performance in 2020.
Wildcats pole vault coach Russ Versteeg was beaming that night last February in New Haven after watching Jack Bazinet capture his second straight indoor pole vault and Martin break the state indoor record when she cleared 12 feet, 3.5 inches. The previous record of 11-8 was set by Southington's Megan Biscoglio in 2018.
"We've got a bunch of really good kids and they work really hard," VerSteeg said. "My assistant coach Josh Fish (former NFA pole vaulter and Class of 2010) does a lot of work with the kids on the days I'm teaching in Boston. We start them with really simple stuff and we just keep progressing. It's what we saw tonight. Paige broke the meet record a couple of times and had a couple of good tries there at the end at the state record. We're really happy with what she is doing.″
From his Skyjumpers Club to coaching stints at East Lyme and NFA, VerSteeg has been a mentor for numerous Class LL and State Open champions. And Martin has been one of the best.
"We're really happy with what she is doing," VerSteeg said. "What's going on is she is just gradually gaining confidence. There's a willingness to grip a little higher on poles that are new and that just comes with that confidence that she has built over the years and over the course of this season. She is doing a great job right now."
After setting the indoor mark, Martin raised the bar and went after the overall state record of 12-9 and just missed on her three attempts at 12-9.5.
"I know I had the height for the overall record," Martin said. "That's the biggest pole I've jumped on all season. On the second attempt it was a new pole so my hips were a little weird at the top but for the third attempt I think I was really close."
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Sosei Heptares could potentially generate more than $1.2 billion through a collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceutical designed to discover, develop and commercialize small molecules and biologics designed to modulate G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets (pictured). [Sosei Heptares]
Takeda Pharmaceutical will partner with Sosei Heptares to discover, develop, and commercialize small molecules and biologics designed to modulate G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets, through a collaboration that could generate more than $1.2 billion for Sosei Heptares.
The companies said they will focus initial efforts on developing treatments against unspecified "high-priority" gastrointestinal GPCR targets to be nominated by Takeda, with the potential to expand into other therapeutic areas.
"The therapeutic approach presented through this collaboration provides an exciting avenue for discovery in gut inflammation and motility disorders," Gareth Hicks, PhD, head of Takeda's gastroenterology drug discovery unit, said in a statement. "We're eager to advance the identified targets through our research pipeline, in partnership with Sosei Heptares, to accelerate the development of new therapies for patients."
The partnership is intended to combine Sosei Heptares' GPCR-focused structure-based drug design capabilities with Takeda's drug discovery and development expertise across a range of therapeutic areas. Gastroenterology is one of Takeda's three main therapeutic areas of focus, along with oncology and neuroscience, though the pharma's pipeline also includes plasma-derived therapies, vaccines, and rare disease treatments.
According to Sosei Heptares, GPCRs form the largest human membrane protein family, with around 400 receptors, of which approximately 224 remain yet to be explored, offering broad untapped potential. Yet drug development has been complicated by the challenge of mapping the structure of GPCRs when isolated from the cell membrane, since GPCRs are unstable in isolation, often preventing structure determination.
Structure-based drug design
Sosei Heptares's StaR® SBDD (structure-based drug design) platform is designed to overcome these hurdles. The company says StaR is the only platform capable of removing the GPCR structure from the cell membrane while retaining its original three-dimensional integrity and enabling co-structure determination with multiple small molecules, including those with low affinity.
"We have succeeded in generating the world's first x-ray crystal structures of more than 15 receptors, and have also succeeded in elucidating over 200 structures for these receptors bound to drug molecules, a vital step in a viable SBDD process," Sosei Heptares stated on its website.
Sosei Heptares agreed to give Takeda exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize therapeutic agents for each novel target through pharmacological approaches the company said will be specified in the collaboration.
In return, Takeda agreed to pay Sosei Heptares up to $26 million in upfront and "near-term" payments, plus research funding over the term of the agreement, and potentially more than $1.2 billion in payments tied to achieving development, commercialization, and net sales-based milestones.
Sosei Heptares is also eligible to receive tiered royalties on net sales of any licensed products by Takeda resulting from the collaboration—the second such partnership inked over the past month by Sosei Heptares and a pharma giant. On July 16, Sosei Heptares and Genentech announced the launch of a GPCR-focused drug discovery alliance aimed "across a range of diseases," with the Roche subsidiary agreeing to pay Sosei Heptares $26 million upfront and near-term, plus potentially more than $1 billion in milestone payments.
In the case of Takeda, the collaboration arises from the companies' business relationship, in which Takeda's venture capital arm had been an early investor in Heptares, stated Malcolm Weir, PhD, executive VP and chief R&D officer of Sosei Heptares.
"Today's newly announced partnership is the culmination of recent discussions to identify new and exciting programs where our combined expertise can be directed towards challenging diseases and targets to deliver new medicines for patients," Weir added.
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Uber's Self-Driving Car Kills Pedestrian
A Self-Driving Uber car struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona on March 18th, 2018, as she walked her bicycle across the street. The vehicle, in a test run of it's autonomous function, was driving 40 MPH in a 45 zone, when the 49 year old woman was hit. The pedestrian had crossed four of the road's five lanes when she was hit by the computer-controlled vehicle. There was a driver at the wheel in the Uber. While the woman was not crossing at a crosswalk, neither the car nor the driver acted upon the pedestrian. The autonomous vehicle showed no signs of slowing down before the collision. Uber has suspended all testing of the self-operated vehicles until further notice. The unfortunate incident begs the question, who is at fault?
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The Uber car in question, a Volvo XC90, was equipped with a number of Uber's sensors and cameras, including one pointed at the driver. Uber officials and the Arizona police will be looking over the data from the sensors and cameras to determine if the driver or the car were experiencing issues during the crash. The crash occurred at about 10 PM. It was clear and dry out, so weather does not seem to be an issue in the case.
Legal Issues with Self-Driving Cars
After the 2016 incident where a Florida man was killed when his autonomous Tesla crashed, the issue of self-driving vehicles has been one of questioning where the fault lies. Is it with the company, the manufacturer, the driver, or the pedestrian? While both of these cases are different; in the grand scheme of things, it is a question that needs to be answered before the age of driverless cars can come to fruition.
The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating the case, as to determine whether or not action should be taken on the use of autonomous vehicles. This is the first known incident of a self-driving car hitting a pedestrian.
Arizona is, as of 2015, a regulation-free zone for the testing of autonomous cars. This was established by AZ lawmakers in order to attract the companies working on the technology. The wide roads and dry climate makes it an attractive area for test runs.
While you probably won't get into a crash with a driverless Uber anytime soon, the legal questions that a case like this will bring up can influence the future of autonomous vehicles for years to come.
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Visus Therapeutics established to develop and commercialize innovative treatments to improve vision
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Visus Therapeutics™, a company backed by Planet Innovation, has started a clinical development program for a novel eye drop designed to restore the loss of near vision associated with aging.
Visus Therapeutics is a U.S.-based clinical-stage company developing innovative medicines to improve vision for people around the world. Visus's lead product candidate is BRIMOCHOL™, a prescription eye drop to treat Presbyopia.
Presbyopia is the loss of near vision associated with aging and is the most common cause of vision impairment among adults1. Presbyopia typically begins when adults are in their 40s and becomes almost universal by age 502. Currently there are no FDA-approved medications for presbyopia.
Ben Bergo, Visus co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, said Visus was addressing a tremendous unmet need in the eye care segment.
"The majority of people will be afflicted by presbyopia in their lifetime, and will therefore struggle with simple, everyday activities like reading a menu in a restaurant or using a mobile phone," Ben said.
"We are very excited to advance the clinical development program for BRIMOCHOL with the hope of bringing the therapy to market and helping restore near vision for millions of adults globally."
Visus was established in late 2019 to commercialize intellectual property acquired as part of the merger of PI spin-out company Lumos Diagnostics and RPS Diagnostics.
Visus recently completed the acquisition of all patent assets underpinning the development of BRIMOCHOL, which is based on pioneering research led by Herb Kaufman, M.D., a celebrated ophthalmologist who is responsible for more than 15 landmark innovations in the field of eye care and beyond.
BRIMOCHOL combines two well-studied, FDA-approved pharmaceuticals: carbachol and brimonidine tartrate. Five clinical studies have been conducted evaluating the safety and efficacy of BRIMOCHOL. In the most recent clinical study of 57 patients, BRIMOCHOL demonstrated statistically significant improvement in near visual acuity of a 5 Jaeger-line or greater gain, with the effect lasting at least 12 hours. The same study found that BRIMOCHOL was well tolerated with no reports of headache or brow-ache in this proprietary combination3. Phase II trials are slated to commence in early 2021.
Dr. Rhett Schiffman, Visus co-founder, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research and Development, said: "The previously published clinical studies and our own extensive non-clinical studies demonstrate that this proprietary formulation supports a robust and extended duration of effect of 8-12 hours3,4.
"The data also suggest that, unlike other combination drop candidates in this space, pivotal studies of BRIMOCHOL are expected to demonstrate that the individual drugs will contribute significantly to the overall effect of the combination product on near visual acuity."
Sam Lanyon, Planet Innovation co-CEO and non-executive director of Visus, said he was excited about the market potential of Visus.
"Visus has an experienced team that brings deep ophthalmology expertise to drive innovation for patients with presbyopia. This, combined with their market knowledge and commercial acumen, gives me great confidence in their ability to progress through this next stage of trials and bring BRIMOCHOL to market."
For more information visit the Visus website.
1 Khandelwal, S. 'Study reveals significant worldwide burden from uncorrected presbyopia.' American Academy of Opthalmology
2 US Census data, www.census.gov, accessed 7 September, 2019.
3 Abdelkader Int. J. Ophthalmic Res 2019 September; 5(1): 317-320
4 Abdelkader and Kaufman Eye and Vision (2016) 3:31
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"Young on the Mountain" Lia Ices
Lia Ices was pregnant with her first child when she started writing her forthcoming release Family Album. She was living with her husband, a wine-maker, and she would walk from their house to the studio through a rose garden with an orchard at its center every day to sit at her piano and see what fell out. It was a "total Eden," Ices describes. "I got pregnant in January, and Una was born in September, so I was on the same ripening mode as all the fruit." Recently she returned to the garden with Una to pick some flowers and realized Family Album wouldn't be what it is if she hadn't made it on the mountain, next to the flora. "This album is terroir," she says, using a wine-making term used for the complete natural environmental factors that make something taste the way it does. Fully, spiritually connected to the soil on which it was made, to the air Ices breathed.
For Family Album Lia worked with producer JR White (Girls) all over California: three studios in LA, one in Stinson Beach, and one in San Francisco. "There's a clarity to the album," Ices says of the production, "you can hear what I'm saying, you can hear what the instruments are doing. But I really think that because the production supports the ethos you can dive in even deeper." It was organic: Ices, White, and the four-man backing band she had record with her, live in the studio. Written during the first of three weeks in which Ices and her husband were evacuated from their home during the forest fires in 2017, "Family Album" is about immediacy and memory, and again that piercing contrast between the beauty of nature and its aloofness.
It's been a long personal journey to get to Family Album, which she's putting out on her own label, Natural Music. After over a decade on the east coast, from New York City to the Hudson Valley, this is Ices' first California album. It's also a return to the piano, on the precipice of motherhood. "Coming to California and living on the mountain and being in nature, and then starting to grow a human, I wanted to make something without having any ulterior motives other than letting what naturally happens, happen," she says. She felt parallels between her musical output and occupying an archetypically feminine space; being confronted with the intense, grounding feelings surrounding motherhood made it hard to bullshit pretty much anything.
"Making art is communal," says Ices. But that doesn't mean Family Album isn't the most Lia Ices album to ever exist. Part of that is allowing a higher level of collaboration than ever before, part is motherhood, part is Sonoma's Edenic Moon Mountain, part is the Wild West freedom inherent in Californian lifestyle, part is an awareness of herself, and, most significantly, of growing ever more into that. Ices started her own label, Natural Music, because she felt empowered by herself, by the places that she was able to reach within herself and translate into music, and she wanted to follow the freedom that feeling gave her. "There's a synchronicity to it, about the way things have happened or who I've met," Ices says of Family Album. There's a "universal timing" to this record that it's had since its beginning, with Ices' ripening. "It keeps being a teacher to me, it has its own energy field around it."
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The Children's Museum will build the first permanent exhibit of education activist Malala
Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai will be spotlighted in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis' "The Power of Children" exhibit.
The Children's Museum will build the first permanent exhibit of education activist Malala Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai will be spotlighted in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis' "The Power of Children" exhibit. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2020/01/08/malala-yousafzais-story-coming-childrens-museum-indianapolis/2835181001/
Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star Published 10:00 a.m. ET Jan. 8, 2020 | Updated 4:49 p.m. ET Jan. 8, 2020
A young girl who was shot in the head because she bravely stood up to the Taliban will be added to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis' popular exhibit that spotlights child heroes.
Malala Yousafzai will be the fourth person added to "The Power of Children: Making a Difference." It will be the first permanent exhibit devoted to the activist, the museum announced Wednesday morning, and it hopes to ask her to visit for the addition's 2021 opening. "The Power of Children" currently celebrates three children who turned prejudice and discrimination they experienced into situations that spread positivity, courage and hope around the world.
Dr. Jeff Patchen, president and CEO of the ChildrenÕs Museum of Indianapolis, and Mike Sherman, chairman of the board of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, unveil the newest member of The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Malala Yousafzai, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (Photo: Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar)
The Pakistani girl was just 15 years old when she endured the attack as she was headed home from school. Yousafzai had been advocating for girls' right to learn, which contradicted the Taliban's rules. After she recovered, she continued her activism and began the Malala Fund with her father to help girls achieve the future they choose.
"Malala used the power of education to fight for human rights," museum CEO and president Jeffrey Patchen said.
"I speak — not for myself — but for all girls and boys. I raise up my voice — not so that I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard," Yousafzai said in a 2013 speech to the United Nations. "Those who have fought for their rights: their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated."
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Malala Yousafzai will join Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges and Ryan White in The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Dr. Jeff Patchen, president and CEO of the ChildrenÕs Museum of Indianapolis, and Mike Sherman, chairman of the board of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, unveil the newest member of The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Malala Yousafzai, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Jim Lemler claps after a press conference at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis announcing Malala Yousafzai as the fourth child added to The Power of Children exhibit at the museum on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Jennifer Pace Robinson, vice president of experience development and family learning at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, talks about the significance of adding Malala Yousafzai to the museum's The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. "We are extremely excited because this will be the only permanent exhibit featuring Malala Yousafzai in the world," she said. "We will recreate her home in the Swat Valley and present information about her life, showing how she used the family computer to express her message." Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
An interior concept of the new announced Malala Yousafzai section of The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Mike Sherman, chairman of the board of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, welcomes the crowd gathered before an announcement about the expansion of the exhibit The Power of Children at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Dr. Jeff Patchen, president and CEO of the ChildrenÕs Museum of Indianapolis, speaks about Malala Yousafzai during a press conference at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Hannah Orensteen, spokesperson for the Malala Foundation, speaks during a press conference announcing that Malala Yousafzai will be added to The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. "Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, Ryan White and soon Malala Yousafzai will help remind us of the power of children in this exhibit," she said. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
A photo on a screen shows the four children, Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, Ryan White and Malala Yousfzai, who will make up The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
A look inside The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
At The Children's Museum, she will join Anne Frank, whose diary showed how a young girl endured hiding and kept hope during the Holocaust; Ruby Bridges, who faced racism as one of the first black students integrated into a white school in New Orleans; and Ryan White, who contracted AIDS after a blood transfusion and fought to return to school.
Live theater, a replica of the children's home or school and artifacts are part of the exhibit and meant to help young visitors learn about and discuss difficult subjects. "The Power of Children" opened in 2007 with the three spotlighted, said Kimberly Harms Robinson, director of media and public relations. They were chosen in part because they brought about change in different decades — the 1940s, 1960s and 1980s — showing the continuity of how kids have shaped the world.
"We've heard this from parents from the day we opened the gallery, and that is: 'Thank you, Children's Museum, for providing a platform for me to talk to my children about things like the Holocaust and racism and pediatric HIV and AIDS,' " Patchen said.
What's planned for the exhibit
Yousafzai represents a generation that has used social media and computers to express ideas and convey their own voices, Patchen said. To convey her story, the exhibit will point to facts — just as they do with the "whites only" drinking fountain and photo of a Nazi soldier cutting a Jewish man's beard already — without going into intricate detail on violence that would disturb kids.
The exhibit is geared toward children who are at least 8 years old and connects with school curricula for older elementary and middle school kids, said Jennifer Pace Robinson, vice president of experience development and family learning.
The museum will build a partial replica of Yousafzai's family home in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. It will be located where the the "Take Action" section is currently, and the activities will be spread throughout the rest of the exhibit, Pace Robinson said.
An interior concept of the new announced Malala Yousafzai section of The Power of Children exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (Photo: Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar)
"With Anne Frank, you feel like you're walking down a cobblestone path in Amsterdam. With Ruby, you feel like you're walking the sidewalk up to her school. In talking with the Malala Fund, we want to re-create the beauty of the Swat Valley, which is something that Malala talks a lot about when she looked out her window.
"One thing we really want to show is how the family kind of centered around this one little computer and this little desk, and (we'll) really use the windows and the desk as a medium to tell the story."
Yousafzai blogged about her life as the Taliban took over, and she protested schools closing to girls.
Inside and around the home will be artifacts from her life, such as her school uniform and textbook, along with video screens and more ways to learn about how and why she began the Malala Fund with her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai. The organization helps girls break down barriers to education in Brazil, India, Nigeria and Pakistan, among other countries.
Pace Robinson said the museum is working closely with partners, including the Malala Fund, to build the addition.
"We've got Pakistani advisers, and we've got people who are helping us understand how to navigate this very difficult topic. We're definitely not doing it alone," she said.
"For thousands of children who will throng the galleries of this great Museum in times to come, this exhibit will immortalize Malala's courage, perseverance and leadership," said Asad Majeed Khan, the ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, in a written statement.
About Malala Yousafzai
A Children's Museum committee composed of outside experts and members of its board of trustees chose Yousafzai as the newest addition after she rose to the top of a list of 15 candidates who have made an impact around the world, Patchen said.
Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize at age 17 in 2014, becoming the youngest ever to do so. She is also a U.N. Messenger of Peace, has published an autobiography and was selected as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.
The education activist is now studying philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford.
The exhibit's expansion will cost a little more than $900,000, Patchen said. So far, the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation and the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services have donated about $484,850. They are seeking donors for roughly $422,000.
Leading up to the opening of the Malala exhibit is a year of anniversaries related to those represented in "The Power of Children." During this year's "Celebrate The Power of Children: A Year of Action," the museum is recognizing the following:
Jan. 27: The 75th anniversary of of the liberation of Auschwitz.
April 8: The 30th anniversary of White's death.
July 12: Yousafzai's birthday, designated by the United Nations as "Malala Day."
Nov. 15: The 60th anniversary of Bridges' integration into a New Orleans elementary school.
The public can participate in different activities that encourage children to change their communities for the better by following along at childrensmuseum.org/action.
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A Study Of Susan Glaspell 'S Views On The Place Of Women In Her Book A Jury Of Her Peers And Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper
A Female's Spot worldwide
Although discrimination takes place for numerous reasons all around the world, sexism appears to be the most well known barrier between men and women. In "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, we get an insight on sexism and ladies's perspectives towards the world and relationships. In both narratives, we see many overlapping similarities in the way female were dealt with at that time and even still dealt with now. Both Gilmann and Glaspell's stories demonstrate females who were certainly caught and restricted by their marital relationships.
"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell is a short story that focuses on sexism however more so the gendered assumptions that males have for ladies. In the story, 2 female characters are able to resolve a mystery that the male characters can not based off their own understanding of women's psychology. Currently, females in society today have made big strides and are working exceptionally tough for their equal rights. During the time period that "A Jury of Her Peers" was composed in, females were to remain at house, look after the housework, cook, clean, and raise children while hubbies would get home from work and have your home be cool and clean for them. A lot has actually changed for ladies in society today and thankfully, sexism is not as popular. However, sexism is not eliminated entirely and can still be found all around.
In "A Jury of Her Peers" is that the ladies are required to follow the guys and are restricted to what they can say or do, similar to in the narrative "The Yellow Wallpaper." A continuous style we likewise notice is that the men see the females as unintelligent beings and do not think they can anything. Examples of the males in the story questioning the women show when they mention, "ladies are used to stressing over trifles," (p. 248) and "would the females know a hint if they did come across it." (p. 249) The whole story winds up being ironic because the females in fact discover the most important clue that explains the mystery around the murder. So regardless of the reality that the men questioned the ladies, they wound up being a lot more smart than the guys and wind up discovering the intention for the murder. I like how in the end, the ladies stick and keep their understanding hidden from the men to safeguard the offender and make her seem not guilty.
I truly enjoyed this narrative since we got to see 2 various points of view in between the guys and ladies. The men kept saying how they were viewing the circumstance rationally and how the women were insignificant and would be no help at all. On the other hand, the ladies saw themselves with compassion and understanding and seemed to share a bonding relationship when they were understanding over Minnie's horrible married life with her hubby. Overall, we see how sexism demeans ladies of their worth and reduces their view on what they are capable of.
Referring back to modern sexism, many guys still to this day believe that they are far remarkable and smarter than females. There are still lots of social restrictions put on ladies but I think we have come a long method from the past due to the fact that numerous women are being used as investigators and judges now. This short story shows that ladies are equally just as strong, rational, and determined as men are, if not more.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is likewise a dazzling narrative that everybody ought to check out if they want to even more comprehend what sexism resembled back in the day. Immediately we see signs and styles all over the place shown by Gillman. From a feminists point of view we experience the lady's lack of liberty as she talks about going nuts and her husband's power versus her own will. We truly feel sorry for the main character throughout the story with her little comments being made about her marriage, for example: "I am grateful my case is not severe! But these worried difficulties are terribly dismal. John does not understand how much I truly suffer. He understands there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him." (p. 228)
The primary character goes through a serious mental breakdown and is repressed of all her imagination and liberty of speech when her other half, John, forces her to quit her writing. The lady's creativity is a part of her and she discusses, "However I should say what I feel and think in some method– it is such a relief!" (p. 231) Sadly, she begins to feel that she can not compose as freely and need to follow in addition to her John's guidelines. In the story, if the storyteller was not enabled to write in her journal nor read, she would begin to "read" the yellow wallpaper till she discovered what she was searching for: an escape from her dismaying life. Referring back to sexism in society today, numerous ladies still feel as though they should not share their voices or opinions. It's devastating the number of times men have actually stolen ideas from women and lead them to believe that they are unimportant while getting credit for themselves.
Due to sexism and a man's sensation of supremacy, numerous females are unsure of their own peace of mind and sensations building up. For example, in "The Yellow Wallpaper," the main lead character isn't sure whether to be scared of her husband or appreciative of what he appears to be providing for her. I believe nowadays numerous men take females for given and press that they know what is best for them. John continuously informed her what to do and pushed her around due to the fact that not only did he believe he was doing the best thing, but due to the fact that he could. Much like John in the story, in order to have control over females men controlled their partners throughout that time period in the 1800's.
Generally, in "The Yellow Wallpaper," we saw a peek into the life of lots of females in the late 19th century and got to see the viewpoint of a woman going through anxiety and gradually turning more and more outrageous as her husband remains by her side. I believe that a great deal of ladies in married relationships throughout that period of time seemed to share a dad and child relationship instead of an equivalent husband and wife one. There was absolutely nothing ladies might do about their sense of powerlessness and their lives in general.
The storyteller used the wallpaper to represent the male dominated society she resides in. Not just does the wallpaper affect the narrator, but likewise it has a result on everybody that is available in contact with it. The method the wallpaper is explained in this narrative shows how the narrator is using the wallpaper to represent her society. Towards the end of "The Yellow Wallpaper," I believe we see a "revival" as the primary character finally gets liberty from her other half and understands that she will not be suppressed any longer.
At that time, this story, in addition to "A Jury of Her Peers" and lots of others was necessary and valuable to females who really needed to feel a sense of friendship and love. Their spouses were managing and even though many did love them, they didn't show it and definitely didn't make females feel as comfy as they should. Unfortunately, this is still a problem for some in today's society however ladies are now realizing their rights and are getting out of unhappy marital relationships instead of having to handle unfair treatment. Lots of women felt isolated, due to the fact that they lived in a patriarch society throughout the 19th century. Women were dealt with cruelly due to the fact that males looked down at them. It was handy that Glaspell spoke up about how ladies were feeling and being treated. This story truly helps people recall and understand simply how prominent sexism was and how unfair the treatment was towards women.
Checking out and evaluating "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "A Jury of Her Peers" Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Susan Glaspell really led me to comprehend the patriarchal society and oppression that was happening throughout that time. Sexism is still occurring but is not as prominent as it once was. There were lots of difficulties of ladies in a male-controlled society. Distinctions back then between men and women got in the way of resolving problems together and pleased marriages. Ladies and guys were different in appearances, in rationality, in feelings, and in the method they thought in general. Throughout the story, ladies and guys depicted different concerns, concerns and interests. I believe prior to the distinctions between males and females actually obstructed of things, where as now, we are more and more alike and equivalent in our society together.
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