Published on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. This article appears in the October/November 2016 issue of American Craft Magazine.
In her new book, live form: Women, Ceramics, and Community, Jenni Sorkin offers a compelling look at three iconic figures of the modern ceramics movement: Marguerite Wildenhain, a Bauhaus-trained émigré who presided over the Pond Farm artists' workshop in California from 1952 to 1980; Mary Caroline (M.C.) Richards, author of the influential philosophical guide Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person; and teacher-scholar Susan Peterson, referred to as "the Julia Child of ceramics," who reached a broad audience as host of her own demonstration show on public TV in the 1960s. Through their pioneering, hands-on style of teaching and community engagement – using pottery as a "live form" of creative experience – these women laid the groundwork, Sorkin asserts, for the participatory, socially engaged artistic practice of today.
An assistant professor in the history of art and architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Sorkin has written widely on the intersection of gender, material culture, and contemporary art. She was in Los Angeles recently for "Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947-2016," a sweeping exhibition she co-curated with Paul Schimmel at the Hauser Wirth & Schimmel gallery. We met up with her there to talk about her new book.
Why did you feel Live Form was a story that needed to be told?
There has been a lot of interest in thinking about the ways in which different kinds of non-traditional practices, like fiber, have influenced work today. I was interested in looking at an earlier group of women, midcentury women. When I was in my 20s, I worked on a large-scale exhibition of the 1970s called "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution," held in Los Angeles at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2007. Working on that show – as a woman, at that age – propelled me to go back to graduate school, really [look even] earlier, and think about the generation of women we might call protofeminist – who would not have called themselves feminists – who were really changing the landscape socially, through the means that they had available to them.
They were excluded from painting and sculpture, but ceramics, it turns out, was a place that was amiable to women. It offered women the ability to both earn an income through selling wares – because you could always make things people could buy – but also through pedagogy and teaching. And the idea that ceramics was an untapped field, because it was an other. It was exclusionary, secondary, minor, decorative. It had a history of women's work attached to it. So I became keenly aware of and interested in that framework.
And that became your focus.
I have a studio art background as a fiber artist, and I always thought my first book would be about fiber in some capacity. At some moment in graduate school, this switch just happened – it was like a light came on – and I fell for the story of Marguerite Wildenhain.
I became interested in trying to figure out how to tell this narrative that had to do with a misunderstood figure in the landscape of American craft, who was considered hard-core, European, traditional, entrenched in her own values, and in a Bauhaus trajectory, but [had other facets] if you look closely at her.
And there really hasn't been scholarship on any of these women I'm covering. One of the legacies of American craft in this country is that there has been a paucity of writers and historians who work on this material. There are many exhibition catalogues, and a lot of archival work still to be done in this field, untapped. There have always been curators who have made shows in American craft history, and it has always been a field housed in the decorative arts departments. It's been object-oriented, instead of asking deeply theoretical questions.
My book aims to create a theoretical framework for rethinking ceramics as a performative medium that is not necessarily object-based – that really has more in common with some of the social practice work we see today, that is a precursor to it. Much of the teaching and legacy of ceramics practice, in fact, has to do with building community and less about the objects themselves.
So you started with Wildenhain. How did you choose the other two women?
One of the criteria became their own legacies and relationships to writing. They all left behind a body of work that in some ways exceeded them as individual artists, [in] that their writing and teaching became ultimately more valuable historically than their [clay] work. I would say, of those three, Wildenhain's [pottery] has been considered as important.
M.C. Richards came to pottery very late in her career. She always considered herself an amateur potter. She was a professor of literature at Black Mountain College and a theater director and a translator. She came out of an avant-garde artistic sensibility that she translated to craft, versus the other way around. Susan Peterson, on the other hand, comes directly out of craft history, but she's never been given any kind of recognition. Even in her home city of Los Angeles, she is really underknown. You have to say she was Ken Price's first teacher for any kind of vague recognition to register. But she did publish quite a lot. She was the person I was able to meet, out of the three of them. I interviewed her, and she knew I was writing this book.
This issue of our magazine has a theme of mastery. Do you think there is a different dimension to the idea of mastery for women artists?
I'm going to put myself out there and say I think mastery is a male ideal, not a female ideal – although somebody like Wildenhain would very much disagree with me. She really had a sense of mastery, both about herself and her own work, and also about the kind of work and working habits she tried to instill in her students. She came out of the Bauhaus tradition that did believe in mastery. She attained master potter certification as the only woman potter at the ceramics workshop in Weimar in 1925. I think her own relationship to mastery was propelled forward by the fact that she was a woman and had to prove herself, and that being a master, for her, was in some sense of the word about establishing an equal foothold as a woman artist.
What concept would you use to describe the idea of mastery? Self-actualization? Coming into one's own as an artist? Becoming comfortable with the material, expressive?
Those are all good concepts. I think the larger issue of mastery is that it has been cast off now as a value in craft practice. There is a lot of playing with material, and playing with it as an amateur, which is encouraged highly now in art schools, art circles, and even in material-based programs and departments. We no longer have the same hierarchy of materials, and when the hierarchy of materials diminishes, mastery goes out the door.
What would you most like for readers to take away from your book?
I'd like people to understand that a scholarly read can also be a really moving read. That you can get absorbed in these women's lives and livelihoods, because they have something to teach us even though they have passed on. They were never in their own lifetimes, I think, regarded properly for the kinds of advances they made. It's only now, in our era of social-practice art, that these three women could be reclaimed, and thought of as pioneers of that social practice.
Ceramics has not been connected to social practice yet, except maybe by an artist like Michael Strand, who is doing social practice work through found mugs, mug swaps, things like that, and he does a great job. But trying to think about the crafts as actually pioneering social practice, rather than it all coming from performance art or from the so-called fine arts, is a really important shift. That is why I feel most compelled to have written this book.
I get very frustrated with my own peer group, and students, who don't understand that making craft-based objects also is incredibly performative, incredibly non-object based. That there is no preciousness when you throw pot after pot after pot and you grind it down as Wildenhain had her students do. An unknown or forgotten fact of her practice is that her students didn't fire. She wasn't interested in having them fire. She wasn't interested in glaze technique. She was interested in form, but form through throwing. And form through throwing becomes a metaphor for process itself – how you work in a daily way as a potter and embody that livelihood and lifestyle.
Live Form: Women, Ceramics, and Community was published in July by the University of Chicago Press.
Wildenhain made this Milk Pitcher (1923) during her years at the Weimar Bauhaus. She was the only woman at the ceramics workshop, and in 1925 (the same year the workshop was shut down) was the first woman named a master potter in Germany.
In 1958, Richards staged this event in the East Village – a year before Allan Kaprow's 18 Happenings in 6 Parts. The otherwise undocumented evening disputes the conventional narrative that men led the experimental performance art movement.
Richards taught English at Black Mountain until 1951 – returning in 1953 as a student of ceramics. The following year, she moved to Stony Point, New York, to join an artists' cooperative that included John Cage and Karen Karnes.
By the 1960s, ceramics was an outmoded technology in need of a wider audience, Sorkin writes. An accomplished ceramist, Peterson cannily understood that, reaching a broad public via the 54-episode Wheels, Kilns, and Clay.
While at Stony Point, Richards wrote her influential book Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person. Prizing process over skill, Richards "returned clay to its roots," Sorkin writes, focusing on the links between materiality and feeling one's way in the world.


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F.W De Klerk's funeral to be private ceremony for family only
The funeral of former president, FW de Klerk, who died last Thursday at age 85, will take place on Sunday 21 November in a private ceremony, his foundation said in a statement.
De Klerk, who won praise worldwide for his role in scrapping apartheid and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993, has a complex legacy that left many grappling with conflicting emotions following his death.
The country's Black population remains angered by his actions during apartheid and for his failure to curb political violence in the run up to South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. Many argued against him being granted a state funeral, a privilege his foundation's statement confirmed he is not set to enjoy.
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L'église Saint-Théodore est une église catholique de la ville de Lens (Pas-de-Calais). Elle dépend du diocèse d'Arras et elle est dédiée à saint Théodore. Elle se trouve à proximité du stade Bollaert-Delelis et du Louvre-Lens. L'église est inscrite le  au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco, comme élément du site .

Histoire
L'église est construite pour la cité ouvrière de la fosse n° 9 des mines de Lens en 1910. Son architecte est Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier. Elle est consacrée à saint Théodore, saint patron du député du Nord, Théodore Barrois (1857-1920), député de 1898 à 1906. L'église est presque entièrement détruite pendant la Première Guerre mondiale et reconstruite à l'identique à la fin des années 1920 par Louis Marie Cordonnier (1854-1940), fils de l'architecte Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier et architecte notamment de l'église Saint-Édouard de Lens et de l'église Sainte-Marguerite de Sains-en-Gohelle. L'église dépend de la paroisse Saint-François-d'Assise de Lens, regroupant plusieurs anciennes paroisses. La messe dominicale est célébrée un dimanche sur deux à 9 heures 30.

Description
La petite église de briques conçue par Louis Marie Cordonnier reprend les codes de l'ancienne construite par Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier. Sans transept, elle possède un petit clocher au-dessus de la façade d'inspiration nordique. Elle est de style régionaliste avec un portail à auvent. Sa nef sans travée se termine par une petite abside servant de chœur avec un maître-autel de bois foncé surmonté d'un grand crucifix. Un escalier de bois en colimaçon remarquable mène à la tribune. La charpente apparente du plafond laisse voir la forme d'un vaisseau renversé.

Localisation
L'église est bâtie le long de la rue La Rochefoucauld, principale rue de la cité  qui menait à la fosse , site occupé aujourd'hui par le Louvre-Lens. Juste derrière l'église se trouve le groupe scolaire Marie-Curie construit par la compagnie, plus loin les maisons de l'instituteur, et celles, cossues, du médecin et de l'ingénieur, au plus près de l'entrée de la mine. En face, on remarque les maisons des mineurs et les rues menant à la cité des mineurs. À droite de l'église se trouve l'ancien presbytère, aujourd'hui racheté par une  société du groupe Pinault pour en faire depuis 2016 une résidence d'artistes.

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Bibliographie
E. Dubois et T. Lefebvre, Églises et Chapelles des Compagnies houillères en Artois, éd. Souchez, Centre Européen de la Paix, 2000 (Les dossiers de Gauhéria ; , 243 pages)

Liens externes
 Paroisse de Lens, pages perso
 Paroisse de Lens, site officiel

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Lens (Pas-de-Calais)
Lens Theodore
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Trampled Under Foot: The Power And Excess Of Led Zeppelin by Barney Hoskyns (2012)
From The Guardian
Stairway to heaven and hell: the rise and fall of Led Zeppelin
The author of a new oral history of the band on how they became the biggest cult rock music has ever seen
"This social phenomenon – in no way was it ever in existence in the past and in no way will it ever exist again," the American rock promoter Bill Graham told filmmaker Tony Palmer in 1975. "I don't think we'll ever see this again – the adulation, the massness."
He was talking about the phenomenon of Led Zeppelin, then the biggest band in the world. Coming from a man who, two years later, would suffer a notorious run-in with Led Zeppelin in Oakland, California, these were prescient words. For rock music never has surpassed the "massness" Zeppelin then enjoyed, a story told in my new oral history of the group, Trampled Under Foot.
"The legions of disenfranchised young American warriors had no outlet whatsoever," says the singer Michael Des Barres, whom Zeppelin signed to their Swan Song label. "Led Zeppelin came along and gave them a hard-on like they'd never had before. Their lives became three chords and a stadium parking lot. There was no TMZ, no internet. There was just this incantation, this wailing to the gods."
At a time when rock consists of little more than footnotes to the Big Bang that began with Presley and burned out with Cobain, it's hard to explain the scale of Led Zeppelin's 70s success except by framing it in terms of a kind of cult worship. Their final British gigs – two shows at Knebworth in 1979 – were watched by an estimated 200,000 people. But it was in the US where the cult of Zeppelin was at its deepest.
"America fell in love with Led Zeppelin because most people hadn't had the opportunity to see the Beatles," says Denny Somach, producer of Get the Led Out, a long-running Zeppelin segment that is syndicated on classic-rock radio across the States. "Zeppelin became a religion."
"They redefined the 60s in the image of all teenagers for whom hippiedom was a cultural given rather than a historical inevitability," wrote Robert Christgau of the Village Voice. "All the kids forced by economic reality and personal limitation … to settle for representation of power because the real power their older siblings pretended to was so obviously a hallucination."
The music had something to do with their success, of course. After suffering critical scorn for much of their existence and then being forgotten for most of the 80s, only now are Zeppelin being embraced by pop snobs as the eclectic and mercurial unit they were. Guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboard player John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham were three of rock's most united, thrilling players, and Robert Plant the most frighteningly exciting hard rock singer who ever shrieked into a microphone.
The critics didn't know, but the young boys understood. "Zeppelin had this exotic otherworldly appeal," says Brad Tolinski, author of a forthcoming collection of interviews with Page. "They took us out of our environment. But unlike prog rock, it had real balls to it."
Led Zeppelin's first six albums – from Led Zeppelin to Physical Graffiti – remain by some distance the greatest hard rock records ever made. They're great soft rock records, too, for that matter, the unplugged Friends and Going to California easily the equal of sledge-hammering classics like Whole Lotta Love and Immigrant Song.
But the astounding music wasn't the whole story: it never is. The psychic investment in Zeppelin as "your overlords" (to quote Immigrant Song) reflected rock's evolution from the boys-next-door Beatles to the orgiastic longhair communion of festivals like Woodstock.
"Led Zeppelin were both dangerous and spiritual," notes LA svengali-scenester Kim Fowley, a pal of the band's in their heyday. "They get you with all that maudlin melancholy acoustic music from Wales, but then they have the Willie-Dixon-derived blues stuff going on at the same time. The mystery kept people coming to the live shows, and they got to read meanings into the lyrics that weren't there."
The mystery lies in the association of Zeppelin with the occult, and the appeal to adolescents of that hint of darkness cannot be underplayed. Millions were convinced they heard satanic messages recorded backwards on the epic Stairway to Heaven. Jimmy Page's fascination with the writings of Aleister Crowley – he even bought Crowley's old mansion – proved irresistible to kids searching for dark magic in their anonymous suburban lives. His beguiling ZoSo symbol, seen on the sleeve of the band's huge-selling fourth album in 1971, became an iconic magnet for a generation.
"The children of ZoSo are Zep's legacy," wrote Donna Gaines, a sociologist and music writer. "Mostly white males, non-affluent American kids mixing up the old-school proletariat values of their parents, mass culture, pagan yearnings and 60s hedonism."
Stoking the mystery was the group's larger-than-life manager Peter Grant, who – knowing that word-of-mouth was the most potent marketing tool of all – consistently refused to release singles or allow the band to perform on television. "[Peter] defended the band as though they were his only children in life," recalled the late Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, the label that signed Zeppelin in 1968. "He was a sensational manager – he built an aura of mystique around that group that still exists."
Only in 1973 did Zeppelin decide to emerge from behind their PR shield and allow fans a peek behind the scenes. Even then they chose not to ape the social aspirations of their great rivals the Rolling Stones. Where Mick Jagger wanted Princess Lee Radziwill in his dressing room, Zeppelin's idea of glamour was the sixth floor of the Continental Hyatt (or "Riot") House on LA's Sunset Strip. Here they held court, mad dogs in the California sun attended by a retinue of drug dealers and underage groupies.
"I'd be on the road writing for the NME, and we'd check into the Hyatt and Zeppelin would be there," recalls Mick Farren. "The whole place was full of the stinkiest fucking groupies. Keith Moon actually blew up hotel rooms, but with Zeppelin it just seemed to be running in semen and beer and unpleasantness."
Los Angeles was where things began to unravel for Zeppelin and their heavy friends. The sheer depravity of their behaviour in the city – dangling people over balconies and chaining groupies to radiators – topped anything British bands had previously perpetrated in America. "Something about Zeppelin's energy really altered the joie de vivre of the LA rock scene," says super-groupie Pamela Des Barres. "They thought they could get away with anything – and they could."
So where do you go from the top of the entertainment mountain? That's right, downhill – creatively, physically and morally. After 1975's Physical Graffiti, they were never the same creative force. Page sank into heroin addiction, Bonham into the chronic alcoholism that killed him – and thereby ended the group – in 1980.
The group's last show on US soil followed the incident in Oakland. First a security guard, Jim Matzorkis, was attacked by John Bonham after a perceived slight against Grant's son, then Grant – aided by John Bindon, a psychopathic actor and semi-gangster recruited to the entourage – followed up, more brutally. The incident was hushed up, and Zeppelin left the city after charges were brought against four people, including Bonham and Grant.
A day later, Robert Plant's five-year-old son Karac died from a respiratory infection, a devastating loss that almost made the singer walk away from music forever.
As a narrative, Led Zeppelin's is an old fable: be careful what you wish for, and never fly too close to the sun. Plant survived to tell his tale and to blossom as a solo explorer. Jones always took the mega-success with a pinch of salt anyway. Only Page seems stuck in his past, surviving on a steady diet of awards shows and Classic Rock magazine covers.
Could the surviving trio ever reunite for a swan-song tour, capitalising on the great show they staged at London's O2 five years ago in memory of Ahmet Ertegun? Probably not.
"It would be so interesting to have a candid conversation with the three of them sitting there and know that they were over it all," says Benji LeFevre, Plant's vocal engineer from 1972 to 1985. "Clearly they aren't."
Still, it would take a fool to completely rule out a hugely lucrative reunion. "Robert wanted to prove his success on his own and he did," says Lori Mattix, Page's favoured groupie in the mid-70s. "Now that's out of the way he might just go there, because he'd like that adoration one more time."
"My guess is that sometime in the next five years, Robert will call Jimmy and John Paul and they'll do a tour," says Danny Goldberg, the former US president of Swan Song. "It's still an extraordinary opportunity."
April 20, 2013 Posted by Jerry | Book Trampled Under Foot The Power And Excess Of Led Zeppelin By Barney Hoskyns	| Books, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin Books | Leave a comment
From amazon.co.uk
It's a real page-turner (no pun intended). Barney Hoskyns has cultivated impeccable connections during his many years writing about music, and particularly about California, Los Angeles and the musicians and others who together made up the whole 'scene', if that's what we could call it. This comes in particularly useful here, as there is a substantial focus on Zeppelin's US home-from-home, Los Angeles.
Unusually it is an oral history, so aside from a page or so of author contextualizing, which occurs at the beginning of each section, it is all the written equivalent of talking heads. For the most part, this works extremely well and it really helps the book to draw you in as a reader – that's maybe why, although the book is 500-odd pages long, I was able to read it in about three sittings over 2-3 days.
I have some minor gripes, though, which is why I gave it only 4 stars.
There are a great many very interesting and never before seen pictures in the book, not all of which appear in the glossy colour sections. Sometimes thet are not reproduced that well, because the paper used is really not up to the job of reproducing images. It's a pity.
The book also seems, at times, to be beset by quite a few repetitions – especially in relation to the tales of the misdeeds of the likes of Richard Cole and Peter Grant, or the stinginess of Jimmy Page – which seem to reappear chapter after chapter without much sense of chronological anchoring. Often, in other words, it is not clear if comments by witnesses relating to certain behavioural traits, or incidents, are connected to specific events. One minute you think the events that are being retold must be happening around '74 or '75, then all of a sudden it is 1977.
I think that for all that it is a compelling read, what the book lacks is a strong sense of chronology.
Led Zeppelin bestrode the 70s rock world like a colossus and perhaps it is right that any book about them should have equally epic proportions. This latest "reveal" by Barney Hoskyns sometimes borders on the obsessional yet for Zeppelin aficionados it is a hugely welcome addition to the bands colorful history from a first class rock journalist who has previously taken on such luminaries as The Band and Tom Waits.
In another setting he also charts the rise of fall of the cocaine cowboys of Laurel Canyon scene in "Hotel California". His new book "Trampled Under Foot: The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin" does revisit some of the themes of the latter book since it is the city of Los Angeles which casts a huge shadow over proceedings as the "default" base for Plant, Page, Jones and Bonham during their all conquering American Tours.
This witnessed them take residency in the legendary "Riot House" (Continental Hyatt House) on Sunset Strip where they occupied the top floor of the hotel and created a modern day bacchanalia. Their infamous and lurid excesses has formed the basis for previous books not least Stephen Davis "Hammer of the Gods" a tale of a band "drenched in sex, drugs and psychic abuse". In truth Davis relied much on the wild and often-unreliable recollections of tour manager Richard Cole whose later "Stairway to Heaven" repeated much of what had already been published.
Clearly while Cole was an untrustworthy witness he was at the heart of the Zeppelin juggernaut particularly with his friendship to the brilliant but often brutish Jon Bonham. Hence the protestations of Jimmy Page and other band members about his "ridiculously false" account may fall into the "me thinks they doth protest to much" category. Whatever the case it evident that the more mature ex Led Zep members have been keen to put considerable distance between their former hellraiser exploits and current status as Grammy winning wizened old bluesmen.
Hoskyns book draws on a much wider evidential base and attempts to get to the heart of the matter by extensive interviews of over 200 people producing what is the definitive oral history of the band. Hoskyns stated purpose was to peel away the myths and legends. As he states most existing books "recycle tales of groupies and mudsharks and chucking TV sets out of windows. For me, this is terribly boring. I wanted to demystify the band". And yet the reality does not allow a complete revision for as he states "at the same time, I uncovered stuff that's even more shocking".
These include the fact that the Zeppelin machine constructed by Peter Grant was so big and powerful that it was virtually above the the law" and could "pay our way out of any trouble, any scandal'. In the last analysis however is this a great shock to any Led Zeppelin fan? They came at a time when the a new and aggressive breed of British managers fought tooth and nail for their artists including through physical violence.
They were an "albums" band in a pre internet/download area when record sales were stratospheric and money almost unlimited. They conquered the US at the time in terms of tours and album sales which the Beatles could only dream of. But most of all they were the most exciting thing on the planet in terms of rock music, despite the derision of nearly every rock critic at the time including Hoskyns house magazine the NME.
In the last analysis if you love Zeppelin you will adore "Trampled Underfoot". It is brilliantly written (if a tad long) and charts the story of a singularly unique band of brilliant young musicians with the world at their feet, woman on every arm and unassailable repertoire of hard rock and metallic funk. In short if you own "Physical Graffiti" buy it.
I tend to think this is an editorial issue. I don't think it is a coincidence that this book and Barney Hoskyns's previous, on Tom Waits, were published by Faber and Faber, whose stock-in-trade as far – as writing about music goes – is the 600-page tome. If you've read Simon Reynolds' (Faber book) 'Retromania' and felt it was at least 200 pages TOO LONG, then you'll know what I mean about missing editors.
Who knows, Faber may have a special deal on paper, or an agreement with a printer who has said: 'hey, guys, it is cheaper if you just make it over 500 pages'.
But, in the end, it is a great story, and Hoskyns has interviewed far and wide to make it as much of a compelling read as possible.
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Farming of tilapia and African catfish in irrigation ponds in Algeria
By aelgamal in African catfish, Aquaculture, Farmed species, Gallery, Photos, Tilapia
Photo credit: Gabriel de Labra (Spain) Review: Gabriel de Labra and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo was taken in the area of In Salah, in the middle of Algeria. The small concrete pond shown in the photo is a typical irrigation tank which is currently used for …
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Mussel culture in Algeria
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Photo credit: Naim Belakri (Algeria) Review: Naim Belakri and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Historically, the possibility of oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) culture in Algeria was considered decades ago. The inserted photos were taken in a commercial aquaculture company which was established in 2013 at the place named "Oued …
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Cage culture of gilthead seabream and European seabass in Algeria
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Photo credit: Naim Belakri (Algeria) Review: Naim Belakri and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows an offshore cage farm located in Boumerdès Province, Algeria which is located on the Mediterranean Sea at the east of the capita Algeria. Cage culture for marine fish such as gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) …
Algeria, aquaculture, Boumerdès Province, cage description, cage production, cages, Dicentrachus labrax, European seabass, gilthead seabream, marine cages, Sparus aurata
Culture of Nile tilapia and African catfish in the province of Ouargla (Algeria)
Photo credit: Naim Belakri (Algeria) Review: Naim Belakri and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture belongs to a fish farm located in Ouargla Province in the southeast of Algeria where the culture of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) takes place. Nile tilapia stocks were …
African catfish, Algeria, aquaculture, Clarias gariepinus, climatic regime, fish marketing, growing season, Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, Ouargla Province


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Michael Grabner: Trade him or Keep him?
Time to look at that other winger who used to be with the Islanders. Is he a keeper, or can he bring something good on the trade market?
By KatyaKnappe Feb 2, 2016, 11:00am EST
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Michael Grabner
The second best player ever from Austria, Grabner is a speedy right wing who turned 28 this past October.
Grabner moved as a teenager to America to play in the WHL and was drafted 14th overall by the Vancouver Canucks. It seems in hindsight, that the Canucks were swayed by his scoring streak at the end of his junior season prior to the draft and took him much higher than anyone expected him to go. This isn't the last time foresight ranked him higher than hindsight.
He played another year in junior where he put up points in streaks interspersed with injuries and moved on to the Canucks AHL team the next year where he scored reasonably well and missed very few games. His second AHL year was even better and included some key goals in the playoffs.
He failed to make the Canucks out of camp in 2009, but after a scoring streak in the opening games of the AHL season, they called him up. One injury later, and he missed some weeks of play before going back to the AHL. He finally stuck with the Canucks in the spring and had limited scoring success for the season and into the playoffs.
He was traded by the Canucks to the Panthers in a draft day swap in the summer of 2010.
He failed to make the Panthers lineup out of camp, but was not waiver exempt, so when they tried to stash him on their AHL team, he was snatched by the New York Islanders.
He played one slot lower on the depth chart from P.-A. Parenteau and had a very good first year in the NHL. The Islanders signed him to a five-year deal, but he never lived up to who they thought he was. Years of diminishing icetime, injuries and lowering points totals followed.
In September of last year the Leafs acquired him in a trade for five AHL prospects. He's in the last year of that Islander deal, and his AAV this year is $3million with an actual cash payout of $5million.
What's he done as a Leaf?
Not a hell of a lot is the short answer. He has 6 goals and one primary assist and currently plays on the top line with Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov. Now, to be fair, the first big chunk of his season was spent on various incarnations of the fourth line with Byron Froese or the checking line with Nick Spaling. Neither of those lines offer up a lot of scoring opportunities.
He is, to my eye-test, a very good positional player, and has got most of his points on the top line where I see him frequently being the guy who's bailing out someone else's defensive mistake in his own end. He is on the ball all the time out there, and plays hard.
He is team average in shots against, and below average in shots for—I think we can assume the checking line minutes are influencing that number. And he's famous for his fruitless breakaways that raise your hopes up high while he's roaring up the ice, but never seem to provide any satisfaction.
Keep him?
He is good at keeping shots low, and he's another guy like Parenteau who can play up and down the lineup and gets better with better linemates. He's younger than most guys coming up as UFAs, and he could be a perfectly fine third line winger who fills in in emergencies higher up.
Move him out?
He is who he is, and it's not who the Islanders thought he was. He has streaks of scoring success, but the rest of the time he's not a negative, but he's not adding anything either. He's not blossomed much under Babcock.
Should he stay or should he go?
The greatest favour anyone could do this guy is to make a clear-eyed assessment of his value and pay him in line with what he produces. Not $3million. I think that's going to happen in the free agent market this summer, but in the meantime, if someone wants him as a rental he should be moved out.
Fans will add up the imaginary potential future value of those five guys he was traded for and cry foul, but the truth is, only one of those five guys has a hope of making it out of the AHL, and this is what amassing picks and prospects is all about—dividing the wheat from the chaff. By the time you've decided someone is chaff, their value to you is nil. No matter how hard you imagined otherwise before that.
So, can the Leafs get a pick that's worth Christopher Gibson, possible future goalie?
Grabner's a top line winger, even if that's only out of necessity; he's pulling his weight, and labels matter. The market will determine his value, and the cap space and cash budget of teams, but guys you can legitimately slot into a scoring line are not going to be plentiful.
Last year Antoine Vermette went for a first round pick and defensive prospect, and while he had more points than Grabner has, he never lived up to the hype as a potential top line player once he was in Chicago. What matters is perception not reality with deadline trades, and the best way to create the perception that Grabner is worth a top pick is for him to play well in the next few weeks.
The alternative to trading him now is to sign him to that clear-eyed, reasonable salary and try it next year. So trade him now when his cap hit is high or gamble on next year?
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What's On The Menu For Sustainable Diets? From Research To Action
Zachary Gersten
The Diet Shifts workshop brought together participants representing complementary fields and disciplines to address sustainable diets.
Animal-source foods in general contribute the most greenhouse gases per serving, but the amount of emissions from beef are significantly higher than pork and poultry, not just grains and vegetables. This figure was adapted with permission from Heller & Keolaian (2014); more key facts, findings, and graphics on food system sustainability, as well as other sectors, can be found via the U-M Center for Sustainable System factsheet series.
Imagine being tasked with making our diets more sustainable. Where would you start? Would you target food production or focus on behavior change? Top-down policies or grassroots community action? These questions prompted a team of faculty and researchers at the University of Michigan, led by Dr. Andrew Jones, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health, and Dr. Martin Heller, Research Specialist for the Center for Sustainable Systems, to convene thought leaders at a workshop to set a research agenda.
Little is known currently about what motivates people to make their diets more healthy and sustainable, and as Heller explains, "We need to build the understanding, stakeholder network, and momentum to develop evidence-based diet shift strategies that communities, policymakers, and institutions can use."
Since numerous factors influence our choices about what we eat - economics, nutrition, psychology, public health, community development, and education, to name a few - the workshop brought in 20 representatives from academia, the local Michigan non-profit sector, and the food service industry to capitalize on their expertise. Funded by a Catalyst Grant from the U-M Graham Sustainability Institute, the workshop was quick-paced and action-oriented; two facilitators from the Center for Socially Engaged Design led the attendees through a deliberate process to pool knowledge, align approaches, and coalesce support for a suite of practical next steps.
Key Ingredients For A Winning Recipe
Three findings stood out from the workshop as essential themes for future action. The first is that efforts to make diets more sustainable should focus on the highest-impact foods. While a reduction in overall meat consumption would make a substantial dent in our carbon emissions, there was consensus from the workshop that targeting beef would have the greatest impact. One serving of beef is associated with more than five times the carbon emissions of poultry, and four times those of pork.
However, beef is a cornerstone of many aspects of American cuisine, from quarter-pound burgers to New York strip steaks. Dr. Ashley Gearhardt, a workshop participant and Associate Professor of Psychology at U-M, emphasized the benefit of incremental strategies. "Shifting people from beef to pork, or more ideally to poultry or fish, rather than completely giving up animal products may be a more appealing possibility for many people."
The second finding is that efforts should target key populations. Steven Mangan, Senior Director of Michigan Dining, described efforts at U-M targeting one such group: college students. By providing better access to sustainable menu options, dining services and researchers can help college students develop their own values and preferences that will extend well into adulthood. Outside of universities, large-scale private food service companies can use this model of subtle shifts in purchasing or menu choices to reduce their environmental footprints. Given the reach of these organizations across all corners of the United States, even small shifts at this level can create meaningful impact.
The third finding is that facilitating a shift to sustainable diets requires concerted actions from change agents in diverse spaces. Through collaboration, complementary fields and sectors can unify individual efforts to amplify effect, for example, integrating public health and resource management policies into urban planning. Workshop participants acknowledged the cornerstone roles of traditional stakeholders - non-profits, community leaders, and religious centers - but brainstormed non-traditional actors to involve in response to changing media and opportunities, such as financial planners and social media influencers.
Summed up by Richard Waite, an Associate at the World Resources Institute: "Dietary change at scale can only happen when the right mix of skills and perspectives come together. No one individual, organization, university department, or food provider can solve this on their own."But with focused action taken up by a coalition of change agents, we can make sustainable diets achievable.
Learn more on the project webpage.
Kelly Brownell, PhD, MS Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy, World Food Policy Center
Alex Bryan University of Michigan, Michigan Dining
Ashley Gearhardt, PhD University of Michigan, Department of Psychology
Zachary Gersten, MPH University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Mike Hamm, PhD Michigan State University, Center for Regional Food Systems
Brent Heard School for Environment and Sustainability, Center for Sustainable Systems
Marty Heller, PhD University of Michigan, Center for Sustainable Systems
Lesli Hoey, PhD, MRP University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Plannig
Andrew Jones, PhD University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Greg Keoleian, PhD, MSE University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, Center for Sustainable Systems
Laurie Lachance, PhD, MPH University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
Steve Mangan, AOS University of Michigan, Michigan Dining
Roni Neff, PhD, ScM Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
Lindsey Parnarouskis University of Michigan, Department of Psychology
Christina Roberto, PhD University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Psychology of Eating and Consumer Health Laboratory
Diego Rose, PhD, MPH, RD Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Paul Rozin, PhD, MA University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology
Sarna Salzman, MS SEEDS
Julia Simenauer University of Michigan, Department of Psychology
Richard Waite, MA World Resources Institute
Julia Wolfson, PhD, MPP University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy, Department of Nutritional Sciences


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Home » Coast to coast » Immigrants defend right to drive in Pennsylvania
Immigrants defend right to drive in Pennsylvania
By Berta Joubert-Ceci posted on March 26, 2015
March 20.
WW photo: Joseph Piette
During a public hearing on March 20 on the reform of the driving-license law for undocumented people in Pennsylvania, people told their moving stories about the impact of not having drivers' licenses before a room full of immigrants and their close supporters.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives members Leslie Acosta and Mark B. Cohen heard depositions from lawyers, migrant organizations, religious figures and undocumented victims to consider an amendment to Act HR 1648.
The undocumented immigrant workers form an invisible sector of the U.S. working class that performs the most basic tasks, without which the rest of society could not live. Not only are their jobs invisible, but also their identities. Without personal documents, without their own Social Security numbers and without any official identification, they must negotiate an obstacle course that would daunt any U.S. citizen. And they must do this to support their families, a fundamental human right.
In the end, Acosta and Cohen thanked them for the depositions, admitting that the stories "opened their eyes" and promising they will do everything possible to push the legislation because it is "a matter of civil rights."
What were these stories?
In the first panel, attorney Don W. Pak spoke of the great economic benefits for the United States if these licenses were granted. In brief, the economy would gain $1.75 billion in five years if the 10 million undocumented people could pay the $35 for a driver's license and renew it annually. In addition, another $15 billion would come from paying insurance, buying cars, etc., which would in turn open up jobs. He contrasted this with what the government spent on the bailout of General Motors: $50 billion in 2009.
Immigration attorney Djung Tran stressed the vulnerability of these unlicensed drivers, who cannot obtain urgently needed medical care when victim of a car accident.
Érika Almirón, director of the immigrant organization Juntos, stressed the link between driving without a license and deportations. She added that specially marked licenses are no solution.
With a lump in his throat, Guatemalan Esvin Maldonado told about his difficulties and those of many of the 13,000 undocumented people in Franklin County, Pa., in his case having to go to work at 2:30 a.m. The lack of public transportation requires them to drive without a license. This led to his 18-year-old son being deported, illustrating the great problem caused by the separation of families.
Celia Mota of the New Sanctuary Movement told how after her husband, who is a U.S. citizen, hurt his back, she had to drive without a license to take him to medical appointments, transport their children to school and deliver the clothes she makes, the basis for supporting the family.
María Serna, a Colombian immigrant who started the fight for licenses for immigrants six years ago in Philadelphia following a personal experience, told Workers World-Mundo Obrero, "The importance of this struggle lies in demanding justice for immigrant communities from those who deny us each day the right to an identity; to deny that we exist as human beings because we have no document to prove our existence. This makes us invisible to the society to which we belong and contribute."
Can socialism be revived in China?
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The National Defence Academy / Naval Academy (NDA/NA) exam conducted by UPSC is held twice a year (in the months of April / May and September /October). This exam is conducted for admission to: (i) The Army / Navy / Airforce wing of NDA (ii) The executive branch of Naval Academy.
The examination is in 2 steps. The first step is the written exam and only if you have obtained minimum qualifying marks (as fixed by commission) you would be short-listed for the SSB (Service Selection Board Tests).


Months after announcing that there will be electric version of the Mini, the automaker has officially revealed an all-new concept that previews their future EV. Simply called the Mini Electric Concept, this all-electric hatchback signifies the brand's eventual entry into making mass market EVs.
Slated to make its public debut at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Electric Concept brings the iconic design of the Mini and combines it with electric mobility while preserving the signature go-kart handling. It previews an upcoming production vehicle that is slated to debut in 2019 and features a futuristic rendition of Mini's current design language.
"With its characteristic go-kart feeling and powerful electric motor, the MINI Electric Concept is great fun to drive while also being completely suitable for everyday use – and producing zero emissions to boot. That's how we at MINI envisage electric mobility in tomorrow's world," said Peter Schwarzenbauer, member of the Board of Management at BMW AG.
Compared to existing production models, Mini claims the Electric Concept has a more flowing design while still keeping the signature shape. Up front, it gets the distinct hexagonal grill and circular headlights. Since it does need air for combustion, Mini opted to close the front grill for better aerodynamics. Meanwhile, the headlights come with LED lighting and feature an 'E-shaped' design, denotings its EV lineage.
Towards the rear, the LED taillights feature the iconic 'Union Jack' design while the rear bumper and side skirts have a multi-slatted design. Also catching our attention on the Electric concept are the funky 19-inch alloy wheels wrapped in low-profile tires.
"The Mini Electric Concept is a quintessential Mini – compact, agile, simply the ideal companion for everyday driving. At the same time, it conveys a whole new take on the concept of sportiness," said Adrian van Hooydonk, senior vice president, BMW Group Design.
Beside the intricately-detailed exterior, Mini also kept weight down by using lightweight materials such as fiberglass and 3D-printed plastic components. Parts of the car such as the inlays on the wheels, bolt-on side panels and bodykit are all made from lightweight materials.
Mini has yet to describe the electric powertrain of the hatchback concept but Mini did mention earlier that come 2019, a production version will come into fruition.
Mitsubishi will be revealing a concept car at this year's Tokyo Motor Show. Will it be the all-new Delica?


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Q: WMI GetStringValue Returns Null for added registry values I'm going a little crazy here. I am trying to read the value of a registry string value I manually created and every time it returns a null. If I try to read the value of an existing registry string value, it returns the value just fine. Here is the code I'm using:
                  ManagementBaseObject rinParams = registry.GetMethodParameters("GetStringValue");

                        rinParams["hDefKey"] = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
                        rinParams["sSubKeyName"] = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetFramework";
                  //      rinParams["sValueName"] = "InstallRoot";
                        rinParams["sValueName"] = "test";

                  ManagementBaseObject routParams = registry.InvokeMethod("GetStringValue", rinParams, null);

                  if (routParams.Properties["sValue"].Value != null)
                  {
                      routput = routParams.Properties["sValue"].Value.ToString();
                  }

What I did was set the code to use the above code to read the value of the "InstallRoot" in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft.NetFramework\InstallRoot which is a REG_SZ value. I get a successful read and the directory path is returned just fine. I then created another REG_SZ variable name "test" in the same .NetFramework key and commented out the "sValueName" = "InstallRoot" and replaced it with a line for "sValueName" = "test". When I run this code under the debugger, I get a return value of null.
I've tried adding keys under SOFTWARE and values in that key like SOFTWARE\Testkey and I get the same result every time. It will not let me read a key I create, it always returns null, but it seems like I can read any key that already existed. I don't understand why I'm getting this result.
An FYI, is that I am doing a remote registry read from a Windows 7 PC. My ultimate goal is to be able to add registry keys and values. I've tried to do that and I always get an error exception "Not Found" when I try that, so I'm trying to get down to the easiest thing possible, which is to read a key and even that's not working. Any ideas for what might be going on here?
This is how I'm making the remote connection to the Windows 2008r2 server to read the registry:
              ConnectionOptions connectoptions = new ConnectionOptions();
              connectoptions.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;
              connectoptions.Authentication = AuthenticationLevel.PacketPrivacy;
              connectoptions.Username = "administrator";
              connectoptions.Password = **password redacted**

              ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(@"\\" + systemIP + @"\root\default");
              scope.Options = connectoptions;

              ManagementClass registry = new ManagementClass(scope, new ManagementPath("StdRegProv"), null);

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We may go through changes in our thoughts and actions, but truth doesn't change. God is truth and He is the same yesterday, today and forever. We discuss some things this week pertaining to our confidence. Not referring to self confidence that may come and go but a steady confidence based on faith in what Truth has declared about us. It supersedes any feeling, emotion, successful action or any failure. This type of confidence doesn't come through attempts to develop it...God has made it much easier for us.
The same today, yesterday and forever I think this is Mercy for that is the first thing God did when he talked with Adam and Eve he had mercy and clothed them before he put them out of Eden. God has had Mercy always, and I thank God for God's MERCY with out it I think we all would be dead, well as a matter of fact we would have never been born. WOW!
Amen Howard... thank God for His mercy!!


Tysons TMA is the Fairfax County-approved Transportation Management Association for Tysons, VA. It is a division of the Tysons Partnership, a dynamic association of engaged citizens and business organizations working with local government to transform Tysons into America's next great city. The purpose of the TMA is to help employers, employees, and residents implement multi-modal commuting strategies that reduce the number of vehicle trips in Tysons.
Tyson TMA performs a variety of services. Basic employer outreach incorporates recommendations, resources, and tools. Tyson TMA connects employers with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for Smart Benefits enrollment assistance, publicizes transportation initiatives such as Earth and Car-Free Day, and generates regular communication to transportation stakeholders to discuss transportation advocacy updates.
Tyson TMA also performs market research to determine the travel behavior of a site's tenants, and provides tailored assistance to implement travel behavior change. Customized events and materials give commuters accurate and timely information to make informed commuting choices.
Tyson TMA also works with developers to craft specific strategies based on individual needs and project proffers.Tyson TMA manages and oversees the development and implementation of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies, prepares and submits documentation of proffer compliance, and serves as a developer's liaison with Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT).
To provide members with the means to comply with state and county regulations concerning traffic reduction and the environment.
Personalized commuter mobility work plan and transportation resource guide based on survey and zip code data.


Chefchaouen is a unique city in the world. Immersed in the beautiful Rif mountains in northern Morocco, welcomes you with its blue-painted houses, its gates, and its stairs.
Until the '50s it has been unknown to tourists who could not enter because it was a sacred places. But today, many travelers arrive in this welcoming town to admire its blue medina (old city).
The city is an architectural gem, so much to have been declared UNESCO World Heritage in 2010: the blue of the houses, chosen by the Jews who came here, is mixed with traditional Moorish and Andalusian architecture creating a city that will leave you breathless.
You can walk between the stairs and the gardens, in the bustling medina, where there are plenty of restaurants to taste the typical tajine, go shopping in the shops of the main square Place A el-Hammam and admire one of eight mosques, the Great Mosque (XV century) with its picturesque octagonal tower.
Just outside Chefchaouen you find the Talassemtane National Park, a wonderful place considered the best destination for trekking in Morocco.
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When an outbreak of scabies is found in any facility that treats and cares for the elderly these outbreaks should be treated more vigorously than a normal outbreak within the general population.
Scabies is caused by a microscopic human mite that consumes human epithelial debris (the top layer of skin) that is eventually shed. The mite lives on the skin and burrows into it, laying its eggs in burrows.
Close contact between elderly people can causes an outbreak as seniors sit in the same chairs and couches as well as have close contact through touch. An infection may take 4-6 weeks to become apparent however due to the incubation period. The scabies rash can be quite itchy and elderly people often have trouble sleeping from other medical conditions. Antihistamines are important to help sleep patterns normalize.
At the first signs of an outbreak of scabies in a nursing home, relatives should be informed and staff alerted. Those suffering from scabies should be isolated from others and their entire bodies treated, including the soles of the feet and beneath the nails. All clothing, fabrics, upholstery etc., should be clean rigorously to destroy the infestation. Benzyl benzoate is commonly used, with a follow up cleaning seven to ten days later.
Staff in nursing homes are at risk of contracting scabies because of the need to have continual and regular contact with patients, including lifting and bathing them. It is essential that staff be treated and be aware of the common signs of scabies, which is often a rash which can occur on different parts of the body. Because it's contagious, they can lift one patient and transfer to another that they may be walking to the dining room while they hold their hand.
Curiously Norwegian scabies – a more severe form of scabies - occurs often in nursing homes and in patients who are using medications that contain steroids, and those who are suffering from a weakened immune system, senile dementia, leukemia and Down syndrome. Sometimes an oral medication call ivermectin is used for this form of scabies.
With scabies, the signs manifest slowly, and usually begin with itchiness, and in most people a rash shows after a few days of infection. Scabies pictures can look like other problems such as dermatitis or bug bites. It may look like patches of dry skin at first, but with prolonged scratching the rash will spread, usually to wrists, knees and elbows, but can occur in any part of the body. Prolonged scratching can leave the affected open to further bacterial infection.
Several types of lotion are used to treat scabies in a nursing home including permethrin, sulfur or Lindane. For elderly patients suffering from compromised or defective immune systems, an oral medication will be prescribed. The lotion must be applied to the entire body after a bath or shower and must be left on for the entire night. In the morning the lotion should be completely removed by further showering or bathing. Careful observation will then be taken to make sure there is no further infestation, although the skin may itch for two to three weeks post treatment, there may be no scabies mites present. A follow up application approximately one week later should eradicate the scabies mite and their eggs entirely.


If the piping already exists in the home, just connect the pipes to the intake on the unit. There will be a thin wire running along the pipe that connects to the unit, consult your Owner's Manual for the location of the connection on the unit. After that, just plug it in and enjoy!
Victor, Phoenix. I would like to know if I can use this kit to install an Electrolux PU3650 unit to the steel pipe coming out of the wall? Thank you.
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BSAP Occasional Publication
Volume 28: integrated management systems for livestock
Some metabolic and productive r...
Volume 28 (Integrated management systems for livestock)
2001 , pp. 165-167
Some metabolic and productive responses of growing Japanese quail as affected by dietary thyme, dianthus and fennel
S. A. Abd El-Latif (a1)
* Department of Animal Production, Minia University, Egypt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463981500041145
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2018
This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of adding some herbal feed additives (HF A) [thyme (T, Thymus Vulgaris L.), dianthus (D, Delphinum Ajaews), and fennel (F, Foeniculum Vulgare L.)] at a level of 10g/kg to Japanese quail diets on performance and some metabolic functions. Adding HFA to the control diet improved (P<0.05) body gain, feed intake and feed conversion (feed/gain) efficiency. The birds fed dietary F additive exhibited the best (P<0.05) values of these parameters during the entire period (0 to 6 weeks of age), compared with other dietary treatments. There was an improvement (P<0.05) in total protein, globulin, and albumin for birds fed dietary T or F at six weeks of age. Birds fed on dietary F recorded the lowest (P<0.05) value of these components compared with other dietary treatments.
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EFL Statement: Crawley Town
Derby County update
New colour blindness kit clash amendment
Fan led review into English football calls for independent regulator
A fan led review into English football has called for an independent regulator to stop it "lurching from crisis to crisis".
Former sports minister Tracey Crouch chairs the review and told BBC Sport "This is a huge opportunity for football. We've seen football lurching from crisis to crisis over the past decade and unfortunately we haven't had the right levels of regulation in place to stop that from happening." The review has commissioned by the Government, and it is understood that they would support the idea of an independent regulator.
EFL statement: Reading Football Club
Reading Football Club has been deducted six points from this season's (2021/22) points tally, with a further six points suspended until the end of the 2022/23 Season, after admitting to breaches of the EFL's Profitability and Sustainability rules (P&S).
It follows a review of the financial submission from the Club for the four-year period 2017/18 to 2020/21 where it was determined the Club had recorded a loss of £57.8m, £18.8m in excess of the £39.0m Upper Loss Threshold.
Port Vale to launch mental health partnership for players, staff and supporters
Port Vale have agreed a pioneering partnership with psychological and technology resources company AIM-FOR which will offer free mental health support to players, club staff and supporters.
The EFL's Community Club of the Year is investing in Mental Health Safety Net – a bespoke suite of digital tools which will enable club employees and supporters to identify issues which may be affecting them and access a raft of information support services.
How The FA's Visa Requirements Apply To American & Major League Soccer Players
Published Wednesday, 29 September 2021.
LawInSport Weekly News Recap - 17 September
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EFL statement: Swindon Town
In June 2021, Swindon Town Football Club, when under previous ownership, failed to pay their Players as per the contractual agreement and were charged under EFL Regulations.
The Regulations permit the EFL to enter into Agreed Decisions with Clubs in order to settle disciplinary matters without them being referred to a commission for determination.
EFL statement: Rochdale AFC
On 16 August 2021, in accordance with its Regulations, the EFL issued notice to multiple individuals of the commencement of disciplinary investigations in respect to the acquisition of shares in Rochdale Association Football Club.
It is alleged that Morton House MGT acquired Control of the Club, and a number of individuals became Relevant Persons without the prior consent of the EFL in accordance with the Owners' and Directors' Test (OADT).
EFL Statement: Harrogate Town v Rochdale AFC
Rochdale AFC will receive a bye into this season's Round Two of the Carabao Cup after it was determined opponents Harrogate Town would be unable to fulfil the Round One fixture within the required time period.
Club representation on EFL Board confirmed
Nottingham Forest Chairman, Nicholas Randall QC, Preston North End Director, Peter Ridsdale, and Middlesbrough Chief Executive, Neil Bausor have been voted onto the EFL Board to represent Sky Bet Championship Clubs.
The EFL continues to monitor the ongoing concerning developments at Swindon Town alongside proceedings in the High Court in respect of ownership issues at the Club.
EFL Statement: Premier League broadcast extension
Newcastle United Takeover: Why The Premier League Should Amend Its Rules On The Appointment & Challenge Of Arbitrators
Published Tuesday, 23 March 2021.
Together: EFL launches Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity strategy
Number of substitutes in EFL League fixtures increases
Millwall Chief Executive Kavanagh appointed to EFL Board
Papa John's Trophy rule amendment
Following feedback from Clubs remaining in this season's Papa John's Trophy, the EFL can confirm Clubs will be permitted to make five substitutions from the seven they nominate for the remainder of the 2021/22 competition.
The amendment to Competition Rule 10.1 comes into effect ahead of the next round of ties which will take place during the week commencing Monday 29 November 2021.
The change was made after consideration of the proposal which highlighted concerns of a demanding fixture schedule over the coming months.
Derby County Football Club has received a nine-point sporting sanction with a further three points suspended after admitting to breaches of the League's Profitability and Sustainability rules
The EFL has today confirmed that Derby County Football Club has received a nine-point sporting sanction with a further three points suspended after admitting to breaches of the League's Profitability and Sustainability (P&S) rules.
This matter has been determined under the terms of an 'Agreed Decision' reached between the League and the Club and was formally ratified by an Independent Disciplinary Commission Chair as per the requirements of EFL Regulations.
The 'Agreed Decision' is available here [https://www.efl.com/-more/governance/judgments-and-decisions/]
The role of the EFL's Player Related Dispute Commission in disputes between clubs and players
Published Monday, 04 October 2021.
EFL statement: Derby County Football Club have filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators
With confirmation from Derby County Football Club that they have filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators, the EFL can tonight confirm that the Club will be subject to an insolvency event under the terms of the EFL's Regulations.
EFL statement: Derby County
In response to ongoing media speculation, the EFL wishes to clarify that discussions with Derby County in respect of outstanding Profitability and Sustainability (P&S) matters are continuing and no decision has yet been reached.
EFL statement: International call-ups
EFL Clubs have today taken the collective decision not to release players for international matches that are to be played in countries on the UK Government's 'red list' next month.
How HMRC's Renewed Preferential Creditor Status Impacts UK Football Clubs
Published Thursday, 19 August 2021.
EFL commits support for knee and League-wide anti-discrimination activity
Ahead of the weekend's opening round of League fixtures, the EFL is reaffirming its support to any player(s) and staff who wish to take the knee during the 2021/22 season
The EFL is aware of the continuing reports relating to a possible change of control at Rochdale AFC and wishes to clarify it remains in regular dialogue with representatives of the Club, as well as the Dale Supporters' Trust.
EFL statement: Derby County sanction (written reasons)
The EFL can today publish the written reasons relating to the Independent Disciplinary Commission's sanction verdict in respect of the recent proceedings between the EFL and Derby County.
How Europe's Major Football Leagues Are Regulating Fixtures & Sanctioning Clubs For Outbreaks Of Covid-19
Published Friday, 26 March 2021.
A guide to the new immigration rules for players coming to the Premier League and EFL
Published Thursday, 03 December 2020.


Over the past few weeks, millions of children across the United States began kindergarten. Whether graduating from a full-day preschool or parent-led homeschool or something in between, children will transition into their first year of a formal school setting in various stages of school readiness. What will determine a successful transition? Research shows one foundational factor: executive function.
To put this in a real-life classroom context: imagine 3 kindergarteners participating at circle time. Abby and James are focusing on the discussion and raise their hands to answer the teacher's question. Michael is distracted, interrupts repeatedly and has a hard time remembering what to do. It is clear which of these children will be more successful at the learning activity, and the latest research links this with executive function skills.
There is a dramatic window for growth in executive function and other cognitive skills between the ages of 3 to 5. We know now that development of these skills is not guaranteed and children with problems do not necessarily outgrow them. Children who struggle to plan and organize their work in early elementary may become adolescents who fall behind in homework, have difficulty completing projects and struggle to gain academic skills. In particular, economically disadvantaged groups tend to suffer from under-development of these skills, which puts them behind even prior to entering elementary school. Severe under-development may also lead to behavioral problems and in some cases, failure in school, as many teachers are not trained to recognize or treat these problems effectively. This reinforces the 'achievement gap' that already exists for at-risk groups in underserved communities—since those with behavioral challenges are often kept out of classroom work, and in turn may have trouble attending when in class.
The potential impact for early intervention during the pre-school and early elementary years is huge. Identifying deficits and building executive function and cognitive skills at the age-appropriate time could alleviate problems faced by at-risk groups. If these children, for example, are increasingly able to attend to class material and participate in group lessons, they will benefit from increased learning as well as better relationships with teachers and peers. Rather than laying a foundation as children who are frequently struggling to participate, these children may begin a positive cycle of engagement with teachers and peers.
Thus, these skills are a necessary groundwork to the building of academic skills, rather than simply an add-on. On the bright side, science has shown these skills can be trained and improve even with short-term interventions. Researchers who specialize in childhood brain development are working to spread the word to help parents and caregivers through books like "Einstein Never Used Flashcards" and initiatives like Vroom and Mind in the Making. A tablet-based app, "Kiko's Thinking Time" was developed with support from the US Department of Education to target executive function and other cognitive skills through fun, adaptive games.
The importance of building executive function and other cognitive skills at an early age is clear. We want children to build a strong foundation to become engaged and self-directed lifelong learners. We need to increase awareness of these skills and the potential for them to be explicitly taught by parents, caregivers and the educator community – whether it be through outreach programs, educational apps or other interventions. The sooner we make this a priority, the better equipped our communities will be to help children get the most out of their school experience.
Learn more about "Kiko's Thinking Time" and how it can help improve executive function skills.
I would like to see you include critiques of the sites you recommend (like Kiko's thinking Time) and Vroom so that your reader gets a balanced picture, especially of commercial products.
I would love to read and learn more about executive function and how to develop and strengthen the ability to use executive function as students become older and move up the grades.


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This month, our blog is focusing on the extremely popular and successful annual event that is the RST Ball. It took place in November last year and it was the first time I (Suzanne) attended. Our blog below is written by Sharon Hart, who is a huge part of the Trust, and has an integral role in the smooth organisation of all of the events throughout the year. As you will read from her post, there is a lot of planning and pre-event nerves that take place. From my perspective, I just turned up, got glammed up and had an absolutely fantastic night out. Everything ran so seamlessly and it's only because of the efforts of people like Sharon that this is the case. I cannot wait for the 2016 Ball already, and for anyone that hasn't attended yet, I highly recommend it as a fun night of laughter, boozing and dancing! But make sure you get your tickets early because it is always a sell out. 12th November 2016 – see you on the dance floor!!
Organising an RST event is always fun (and occasionally stressful), but the annual RST Gala Dinner is one of my favourites.
We plan and think about this flagship event all year; it's imperative to us that it's value for money and a great night out for our supporters, whilst giving us the opportunity to raise lots of money.
Arriving at the lovely Luton Hoo on the morning of the big day there's lots to do, but teamRST are on the case. The hotel staff are organising the tables for dinner, there's the drinks reception to oversee, the stage for the band to organise, the stage backdrop, the raffle table, the auction display, the saxophonist, the barbershop quartet etc etc – everyone gets cracking.
People start to arrive and wow, they've done us proud with their evening attire – everyone looks fabulous, I love it.
The reception fills with chat and soon we take our seats for dinner. #hope the meal is good.
Conversation flows, food is eaten, drinks consumed and our lovely comedian Ian never disappoints. Everyone is laughing and having fun and there's a great atmosphere.
The raffle goes well (we are always careful of having quality over quantity and grateful for some great prizes from our friends at Fortnum and Mason) and the "Heads & Tails" game creates a buzz …. who's going to win the beautiful case of vintage wine.
The auction is a huge success, generous bids and banter fly about and we raise an outstanding amount – supported by a totally amazing individual donation from one particular friend of RST.
Peoples' kindness and generosity never ceases to amaze me and I get quite emotional about it at times to be honest. RST is doing wonderful things for people with SCI and as I've been involved since the Trust was just an idea in my little brother's head … evenings like this make me feel very proud of what we've achieved.
By the time the band start, I'm starting to relax …….
It's wonderful to see a packed dance floor, with people singing at the top of their voices and genuinely having a good time. Nobody wants it to end.
This is the part of the evening I really enjoy. It makes me happy to see people having fun at our event; we try to make it a special occasion and I think we've pulled it off!
Our work tonight is done ………. time for a large glass of wine for me and roll on tomorrow when #TeamRST can relax and reflect on the evening, our wonderful supporters and the record amount of money we've raised to help people with SCI.
Here's to next year…. the planning has already begun!


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Why was General Electric removed from Dow Jones industrial average? Ask a Fool
The Dow Jones industrial average is supposed to be a collection of 30 companies that represent the overall performance of large U.S. companies. GE no longer is a good representative of how other companies of its size or in its sector are doing
Why was General Electric removed from Dow Jones industrial average? Ask a Fool The Dow Jones industrial average is supposed to be a collection of 30 companies that represent the overall performance of large U.S. companies. GE no longer is a good representative of how other companies of its size or in its sector are doing Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2KbD4Oq
Matthew Frankel, The Motley Fool Published 6:00 a.m. ET June 27, 2018 | Updated 2:03 p.m. ET June 27, 2018
General Electric is being pulled from the Dow Jones Industrial Index
General Electric Chairman and CEO John Flannery is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 14, 2017. Flannery said the company is weighing the future of its transportation, industrial, and lighting businesses so that it can focus more intently on its most profitable divisions. RICHARD DREW, AP
the General Electric logo is seen at a factory of the group, on Nov. 21, 2017, in Montoir-de-Bretagne, France. LOIC VENANCE, AFP/Getty Images
Portland General Electric lineman Shane Huston works on the installation of power lines on new poles in Beaverton, Ore. on Sept. 24, 2002. GREG WAHL-STEPHENS, AP
The 70-story General Electric Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza towers behind the statue of Prometheus at Rockefeller Center in New York City, Sept. 1995. MARTY LEDERHANDLER, AP
Airplane engine technician Cenesse Taylor works on a GE90 engine at the General Electric plant in Durham, N.C. on April 20, 2004. SARA D. DAVIS, AP
Patrick Rodriguez and his mother Erica shop for a GE refrigerator at Howard's Appliance and Big-Screen Superstore in San Gabriel, Calif on April 8, 2008. KEVORK DJANSEZIAN, AP
GE washing machines for sale in the appliances section of Howard's Appliance and Big-Screen Superstore in San Gabriel, Calif. on April 8, 2008. KEVORK DJANSEZIAN, AP
General Electric Co. logos on packaging at a grocery store in Danvers, Mass on April 11, 2008. LISA POOLE, AP
General Electric (GE) logo on a microwave oven at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif on Oct. 14, 2009. PAUL SAKUMA, AP
General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt, center, speaks with workers as he visits the General Electric plant in Belfort, eastern France on June 24, 2014. THIBAULT CAMUS, AP
Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric Jack Welch appears on CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on Oct. 22, 2013. RICHARD DREW, AP
The General Electric logo is displayed at the top of their Global Operations Center on Jan. 16, 2018, in the Banks development of downtown Cincinnati. JOHN MINCHILLO, AP
General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt attends a ground-breaking ceremony for GE's new headquarters in Boston on Dec. 11, 2013. MICHAEL DWYER, AP
Packages of General Electric light bulbs are displayed on a hardware store shelf July 17, 2009, in San Rafael, Calif. JUSTIN SULLIVAN, Getty Images
An employee of General Electric (GE) speaks on the phone at GE Energy Belfort's plant on Nov. 19, 2009. GE Energy in Belfort produces medium- and high-power gas turbines and specializes in the design and construction of electrical power plants installed worldwide. SEBASTIEN BOZON, AFP/Getty Images
Men work on a jet engine at General Electric (GE) Celma, GE's aviation engine overhaul facility in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 8, 2016. YASUYOSHI CHIBA, AFP/Getty Images
The industrial giant was no longer a good fit for the index's goal.
General Electric (GE) logo on a microwave oven at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif on Oct. 14, 2009.(Photo: PAUL SAKUMA, AP)
Question: I read that General Electric is being replaced in the Dow Jones industrial average by Walgreens Boots Alliance. Why did this happen and how will this affect the index going forward?
Answer: The why is easy. General Electric (NYSE: GE) has been a terrible performer, down about 55 percent over the past year while the S&P 500 has gained 13 percent, and the company is on shaky financial ground.
The Dow is supposed to be a collection of 30 companies that represent the overall performance of large U.S. companies. GE no longer is a good representative of how other companies of its size or in its sector are doing, so its removal makes sense.
To understand the impact of GE's removal, it's important to understand one basic principle about how the Dow works: It's a price-weighted index, not a market-cap-weighted index such as the S&P 500. In other words, a $50 stock would have twice the influence on the Dow as a $25 stock.
With a current share price of less than $13, General Electric barely influenced the Dow at all. As of this writing, it represents less than 0.4 percent of the index by share price. The most expensive stock in the index, Boeing, has nearly 27 times the influence on the Dow's performance than General Electric.
In short, General Electric had become a poor representative of the overall large-cap market and barely had any influence on the index. On the other hand, its replacement, Walgreens Boots Alliance, has been a much more stable stock, and with an approximately $68 share price, it has more of an ability to actually have its performance reflected in the index.
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ArcelorMittal Sestao delivers first XCarb® recycled and renewably produced flat steel to Grupo Arania
Benbow Steels becomes first UK supplier to buy XCarb® green steel certificates
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ArcelorMittal Sestao delivers first XCarb® recycled and renewably produced flat steel
ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products has delivered the first coils of XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel to Grupo Arania, a leading steel re-roller based in Spain. The shipment marks the first time that a low-carbon flat steel product has been successfully trialled and produced by ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products.
Cesar Quintana (CMO Iberia, ArcelorMittal Europe - Flat Products) and Carmelo Bilbao (Vice-President of the Arania Group) welcome the first XCarb® recycled and renewably produced coils [Copyright Mikel Cerrato, ArcelorMittal]
The coils were manufactured at ArcelorMittal's mill in Sestao (Spain) using a high proportion of recycled scrap steel and 100-percent renewable electricity in an electric arc furnace (EAF). The manufacturing process is estimated to result in less than 500 kilograms of CO2 per tonne of steel on a life cycle basis[1] – significantly lower than conventional coils produced via the EAF route.
"The availability of locally produced steel with a lower CO2 footprint gives a major boost to efforts to decarbonise our industry," notes Carmelo Bilbao, Vice President of Grupo Arania. "As a leading company which supplies the automotive sector, Arania considers that this is the right way to proceed. The interest our customers have shown in this offer confirms that we are on the right path."
Meeting demand for low-carbon steel
"We are working hard to provide customers with the low-carbon solutions that they are asking us for," says Yves Koeberlé, CEO, ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products. "This successful trial marks the beginning of a new era for the production of flat steel by ArcelorMittal Europe."
An event was recently held at Arania's facility in the north of Spain to mark the arrival of the first XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel. The event was attended by Grupo Arania management and ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products representatives from CMO Iberia.
"ArcelorMittal is a reference steel supplier for Arania," explains Carmelo Bilbao. "Their XCarb® recycled and renewably produced offer is closely aligned with our own decarbonisation strategy. Ultimately decarbonisation will be a long journey, but one that is for the good of humanity. We are happy to start that journey in the hands of one of the world's leading steel producers."
Renewable energy use verified
To produce its XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steels, ArcelorMittal purchases 'Guarantees of Origin' (GoOs). "GoOs are documents which verify that a given amount of renewable electricity, equal to the amount consumed by ArcelorMittal, has been produced and supplied to the grid," notes Yves Koeberlé. "To substantiate our CO2 content claim, ArcelorMittal offers its XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steels with a product carbon footprint declaration. That declaration is verified by an independent third party."
"Today our customers have the option of buying XCarb® green steel certificates which allow them to decarbonise their supply chain, or low carbon-emission steels such as the hot-rolled coils we have produced in Sestao for Arania," notes Yves Koeberlé.
Work to scale-up production in Sestao is planned to ensure more XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steels are available for customers. "Our non-EAF plants in Europe are also working to ramp-up their CO2 emission savings to generate more XCarb® green steel certificates in 2022," says Yves Koeberlé. "We are proud of our ambitious decarbonisation plans. They recognise the role ArcelorMittal must play in reducing global CO2 emissions while highlighting the vital role steel has to play in a net-zero world."
ArcelorMittal has set a 2030 global carbon emission reduction target of 25 percent, and a 35 percent carbon emission reduction target for its European operations. All targets are on a Scope 1 and 2 basis. The company also has set the goal of becoming net zero by 2050.
About Grupo Arania
Established in 1940, Grupo Arania is a leading manufacturer of rolled steel strips, welded steel tubes, and profiles for shelving and racking systems. Grupo Arania operates five production plants and employs more than 850 people. Around 80 percent of the company's output is exported to more than 50 countries around the globe.
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Representatives from ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products and Grupo Arania at the arrival ceremony [Copyright Mikel Cerrato, ArcelorMittal]
About XCarb® recycled and renewably produced
The XCarb® recycled and renewably produced label was developed for steels produced in an EAF using recycled steel and renewable energy. Until now this has only been possible at ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products plants which produce steel for applications such as sheet piles or sections used in the construction industry.
The customer trials at ArcelorMittal Sestao mark an initial step in the mill's journey to become the world's first full-scale zero carbon-emissions steel plant by 2025. In this timeframe, production will also increase to around 1.6 million tonnes annually.
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[1] Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) method as per ISO 14025 and EN 15804. Covers the 'cradle to gate' product life cycle stages including raw material supply, upstream transport, and manufacturing of the steel.