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In the elegant sculpture court of Edinburgh College of Art, the third year students had chosen the usual eclectic range of media and subject for the Third Year Exhibition. Flying high in the air above video installations, a provocatively placed eighteenth century style slipper, a box with a hand escaping over the edge, Luke Fletcher's exhibit evoked a colourful cartoon such as Hergé's Adventures of Tintin. In a craft made entirely of old books culled from Sam Burns' junkyard in Prestonpans, Three Men in a Boat sailed in their craft of words to an uncertain future.
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Dr. Pui Kwok elected to World Academy of Sciences
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Adrenergic-Thyroid Hormone Interactions Drive Postnatal Thermogenesis and Loss of Mammalian Heart Regenerative Capacity
Why can't adult human hearts regenerate after injury like a heart attack? The Huang lab recently presented findings in Circulation to support that loss of cardiac regenerative capacity may be a tradeoff for us to be warm-blooded, and now identified the second major thermogenic pathway that is responsible. Mice with suppression of two neurohormonal pathways show stunningly low body temperature (~25 celsius) and remarkable cardiac regenerative potential. This work advances our understanding of the physiological factors that drive the loss of organ regenerative potential in mammals.
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A team of researchers at UC San Francisco, the California Academy of Sciences and Stanford University have uncovered some intriguing clues in the mystery of how some poison birds and frogs evade their own toxins. The answer may lead to a much-sought-after antidote to paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) experienced by people eating shellfish gathered after red tides, such as those that have recently plagued coasts of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
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The global burden of diabetes is rapidly increasing, from 451 million people in 2019 to 693 million by 20451. The insidious onset of type 2 diabetes delays diagnosis and increases morbidity2. Given the multifactorial vascular effects of diabetes, we hypothesized that smartphone-based photoplethysmography could provide a widely accessible digital biomarker for diabetes. y 20451.
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As climate change raises ocean temperatures, fisheries and public health agencies closely monitor the waters for harmful algal blooms known as red tides. The algae in these blooms produce a neurotoxin that accumulates in shellfish, rendering them dangerous, or even lethal, for human consumption. Bullfrogs, however, have a natural defense in the form of a protein known as saxiphilin.
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There is a weapon that is released by algae around the world and concentrated, invisible, in the flesh of shellfish. An amount the size of a poppy seed is enough to kill a grown person. It's part of an onslaught from which we've defended ourselves for decades, which might be why you've never heard of it.
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Newly restored by TIFF and The 3-D Film Archive, director Julian Roffman's deliciously creepy tale about a haunted tribal mask was the first feature-length horror movie and first feature-length 3D film produced in Canada.
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Shot in Toronto on a shoestring budget, The Mask (retitled Eyes of Hell for its American release) claims a double distinction as both the first feature-length Canadian horror movie and the first feature-length 3D film made in Canada. Produced well after Hollywood's 3D boom, the film attracted a cult following and became a late-night TV staple in the 1980s, but has long been out of theatrical circulation. Now, using elements from the best remaining 35mm prints, TIFF and the 3-D Film Archive have digitally restored the film's original cut in both anaglyph and polarized 2K 3D. Long one of Canadian cinema's buried treasures, The Mask has returned!
After the shocking death of a disturbed patient, psychiatrist Dr. Allan Barnes (Paul Stevens) comes into possession of the ancient tribal mask that supposedly drove the young man to his doom. When Barnes puts on the mask, he is assailed with nightmarish visions of monsters, occultists, and ritual torture. Believing that the mask has opened a portal to the deepest recesses of his mind, the doctor continues to explore this terrifying new psychic world — even as the mask reveals a latent violence in Barnes' nature that threatens those closest to him.
In this largely 2D, black-and-white film, director Julian Roffman turns the act of wearing the anaglyph 3D glasses into part of the theatrical experience: when Barnes' voice intones the immortal words "Put the mask on, now!," the audience puts on their glasses to witness the doctor's visions, a riot of psychedelic imagery rendered in bright, blazing colour. Creating an atmosphere of pervasive dread with its inventive visuals, and making use of prominent Toronto landmarks for its locations, The Mask is back in all its dizzyingly surreal glory.
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Botanicals Report 2021
This report assesses botanical ingredients driving consumer interest and highlights key considerations for product development
Botanicals bounce back
Powerful plants delivering big benefits
With botanical ingredients, brand owners are invited to navigate a multicoloured landscape of fast-moving novelty and opportunity from around the world, but also hidden risk—including regulatory inconsistencies, food fraud, and overall quality issues. Paul Gander assesses this dynamic sector.
In developed economies, there is a perception of herbal and other botanical ingredients as playing a secondary, 'alternative' role to mainstream medicine. The World Health Organization estimates that between 70% and 80% of the global population are dependent on herbal preparations for the prevention and treatment of disease.
This figure, quoted by Polaris Market Research, underscores that for the majority of the world's population, plant-based sources remain the first—and often only—line of defence against poor health.
Western markets are witnessing a reappraisal of this sector, with the benefits of more botanical active ingredients being better-understood. US-based consultant David Foreman, known as the Herbal Pharmacist, contrasts current levels of interest in botanicals with the state of the market 10 or 12 years ago when, he says, it was widely considered 'dead,' or at least dormant.
"Over the last four years or so, the market has been exploding," he claims. "We're seeing the rebirth of ingredients that have been around for thousands of years. Indigenous peoples have been using botanicals all that time, and it's only now that modern science is able to dig deeper into how and why these ingredients work, and figure out why they've kept using them."
Market capture
According to a 2020 report from Polaris , the worldwide herbal medicines market was valued at US$84.5 billion in 2019. It estimates that compound annual growth (CAGR) of a rosy 20.5% will take its value to $411.2 billion by 2026.
Of course, there are different ways of analysing and measuring the contribution of botanical ingredients to the dietary supplements market. Analysts at University of Brighton, UK, quoting Grand View Research last year put the projected revenues of the global alternative and complementary medicines market at $196.87 billion for 2025. The market was valued at $40.32 billion in 2015, they said. This 2020 analysis provided an additional perspective on this multi-faceted sector by putting its own estimate for the size of the herbal medicine market at $71.2 billion.
Another way of appreciating the dynamic role played by botanicals is to look at specific cultural traditions in this area. This University of Brighton analysis from last year, for example, put the size of the global Ayurvedic medicine market at $75 billion for 2019, growing at a CAGR of 6.6%.
In its own 2020 report, Research and Markets, on the other hand, assessed the size of India's Ayurveda market to be $4.11 billion in 2018, increasing at a CAGR of over 16% to reach a value of $9.75 billion by 2024. As well as dietary elements, these valuations included personal care products and services. Consumer goods of all types were estimated to account for some 74% of market value.
Ethical sourcing and promise of quality
While consumers may think in terms of 'plant-based' or 'herbal' products, how widely is the term 'botanical' understood in relation to foods and supplements? When ingredients supplier ADM put this question to US consumers, it found that 71% of respondents were aware of at least one botanical and 28% actively sought out botanicals in their diet.
Anecdotally, it seems that much of the revival of interest in botanicals is being driven by younger consumers. "Baby boomers don't seem to share the same interest as younger-generation groups, especially millennials, in ethically-sourced and organic foods, which is where botanicals come in," says Foreman.
There is an 'anti-pharma' sentiment behind some of this, too, he argues. "These younger consumers are asking, 'What can I do naturally?' This can then also migrate upstream, of course, to older siblings or parents, who become more interested themselves."
Given how much more receptive many millennials appear to be to botanical supplements, it is hardly surprising that social media in general—and platforms such as Instagram, in particular—is where brands are increasingly choosing to market their products.
"These companies are much better now at getting their message across," Foreman says. He quotes examples of ashwagandha's properties as an anti-stress adaptogen being promoted via calm and soothing imagery in at least one brand's social media messaging.
A less palatable message to communicate—at least in some cases—might be the time required for a particular active ingredient to have an effect. Some, such as kanna (from the South African Sceletium tortuosum succulent), often known by the Zembrin brand name, can take effect within two hours. It is said to promote calm and focus, and may have additional benefits.
On the other hand, moving away from specific botanicals, glucosamine supplementation may only register a significant health impact after three or four months. With vitamin K2, the delay can be up to five years.
As with other aspects of efficacy, it could be argued that today's consumers are more aware of these variables, and that brands might make clear messaging about dosage over time into a positive, as part of their ethical positioning.
Of course, there are other ethical considerations likely to loom far larger. As Foreman explains, more consumers, whether in North America or Europe, are looking for products with a sustainability story. This may mean organic or non-GMO ingredients or ethical approaches to cultivation, such as vertical farming.
Massive deforestation has led to the unavailability of critical herbs
Dr R Smarta, Interlink Consultancy
Consumers are also likely to be more aware of potential issues of food fraud and product adulteration. But, as Foreman says, brands which can demonstrate provenance as part of a broader ethical stance can turn this to their own advantage. "More businesses are willing to pay a higher price for a better-quality product with firmer guarantees," he says. "I believe the consumer is willing to pay extra for this type of reassurance."
At the same time, even the most dedicated devotee of food supplements is unlikely to know precisely what safeguards lie behind that reassurance.
Consumers are looking for products with a sustainability story—ranging from organic to ethical cultivation
At Lubrizol Life Science, Isabel Gómez, global marketing manager for nutraceutical ingredients, acknowledges the risks associated with product adulteration. "The American Botanical Council highlights how ingredients that are relatively expensive, those that have supply shortages due to poor harvest, dwindling resources or weather disruption—as well as those which see a steep rise in popularity—have a higher risk of being adulterated," she says.
Supply chain operators now employ a battery of measures to combat this risk. "We ask for an internal supplier validation questionnaire, manufacturing flowchart, Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000, technical data sheet (TDS), safety data sheet (SDS), allergen and non-contamination certificates, origin statement, traceability, and so on," she says. "We also perform internal parameter testing before the approval of a new supplier, validating the active concentration, as well as analysing all potential solvents and contamination parameters."
At the Interlink Consultancy in India, MD Dr Raja Smarta links any uptick in food fraud and adulteration affecting herbal products to the issue—as referenced by the ABC—of shortages. "The alarming fact is that the government of India has declared that more than 100 Ayurvedic plants are scarce now," he says. "Massive deforestation has led to the unavailability of critical herbs."
But he is optimistic that these problems are being addressed. "While there remain some burning issues around food safety in India, the country is also fast adopting new technologies such as blockchain to address traceability and authenticity concerns," he says.
It seems likely that sophisticated analysis techniques, too, will increasingly play their part in allaying consumer and brand-owner concerns about the safety and authenticity of herbal products. US-based expert in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and co-founder of the PhytoScience consultancy Dr Ray Cooper has been running trials with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, in particular, on products including turmeric.
"There's much more interest in the analytical technology, and there are techniques other than NMR available," he says.
Younger generations are increasingly interested in how they can support their health naturally
Plants with promise
Traditional roots and power-packed natural ingredients
When it comes to sales dynamics, to revert to the old Boston Consulting model, the industry is largely reliant on a number of established cash cows, such as ginseng (see sidebar ) or green tea, but is always on the lookout for a new star product. Foreman cites the example of Nektium's Zynamite mango leaf extract. This is said to provide the stimulus of caffeine to brain and body—but without the caffeine.
Launched at Vitafoods Europe 2018, the product has seen its profile boosted by awards and clinical trials. The link with sports nutrition benefits is especially strong, and underlines the role that botanicals can play in this area.
Turmeric can, perhaps, be characterised as the star which has become a cash cow. UK-based brand owner Wunder Workshop began its close relationship with botanicals by introducing turmeric-based blends for hot drinks in 2014. "It's still very much our focus, and our best-selling products contain it," says co-founder Tom Smale. "I don't think I've seen this kind of explosion with any other kind of ingredient."
More recently, the brand-owner has turned its attention to adaptogens such as ashwagandha powder in teas, chaga extract, liquorice, Siberian ginseng and maca.
Now, having carried out a social media survey, Wunder Workshop is embarking on a non-food venture. "People are really interested in sleep and stress in particular," says Smale, linking this to the global pandemic, the disruption it has caused and the stress that can result. "We're about to bring out our first range of herbal tinctures: predominantly European herbs in combination with flower remedies."
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Botanical extracts can also combine their colour (literally, sometimes) and appeal with the health claims for nutrients such as vitamins. ADM, which counts acerola among the plant extracts it offers, talks about the fruit being an "excellent source" of vitamin C, for instance. "We also offer yerba mate extract and powder, which has naturally high levels of caffeine, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals," says June Lin, global vice president of marketing.
Markets outside India have shown increasing interest in Ayurvedic herbal products, and newer options in this area are likely to materialise. Interlink reports a threefold increase in prices for herbal raw materials over just eight months, suggesting that more farmers will be incentivised to grow these crops.
At the same time, more Indian Ayurvedic wellness brands have been investing in R&D. "We can look forward to new and improved blends of Ayurvedic ingredients that give better results," says Smarta.
The Chinese government is desperate for TCM to be recognised in the west, and is willing to spend a lot of money to that end
Dr Ray Cooper, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
In China, the extent to which more botanicals from TCM are taken up by western supplement and functional food brands could depend on a number of variables, says PhytoScience's Cooper. "TCM prescribing has always been based on a mixture of ingredients," he explains. "In the west, we don't understand the logic behind these complex mixtures and what it is that works in them."
If market and regulatory acceptance is one hurdle, another has to be quality control. "The Chinese government realises there are problems with poor quality," says Cooper. "These ingredients are often wild-harvested and then sold on in markets. But the government is trying to set up quality control right through the chain."
While adulteration can be an issue, preparation—and the possibility that toxins might remain—is also a critical concern. "But the Chinese government is desperate for TCM to be recognised in the west, and is willing to spend a lot of money to that end," he says.
Most of the products exported from China are single plants, such as ginseng, ginkgo or mushrooms. "With these, you have some reasonable evidence for their effectiveness," Cooper says. "So, there is a chemical signal which can be connected to a biological signal. But if you take ginseng, there are around 100 individual chemicals in the extract." Analysing for toxins or adulterants can be challenging.
Most of the products exported from China are single plants, such as ginseng, ginkgo or mushrooms
Cooper, who also teaches regularly at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, points out that the use of placebos and double-blinded clinical trials has in the past been considered unethical in China. But this may be changing, too. "The Chinese appreciate that if they want to achieve recognition, they have to adapt."
A snapshot of Asian interest and concern
With overall botanical supplement sales figures hard to come by, especially given the prime role played by the online channel, how do you obtain an accurate measure of consumer interest in one ingredient or another?
One option is to analyse all on-line media and publications. This can indicate not only which ingredients are most of interest to consumers, but the health conditions they are associated with. Market intelligence company IntPact provides, for example, an intriguing snapshot of references to botanical ingredients across Asia, over the three months to the end of May 2021. The vast majority of content analysed – approximately 12,000 documents –was in Chinese.
According to the 'digital intelligence eco-systems' that the company accesses, more than 50% of the concerns expressed around botanical ingredients related to health & safety, R&D and innovation. Issues relating to standards, regulations and reputation, says IntPact, were of particular interest.
"This type of data and approach can be extremely useful in monitoring real-time trends and interest of the moment, to drive tactics, position your products and generate impactful communications," says co-CEO Raphaël Mestanza.
Of the botanical ingredients tracked in the research, ginseng figured by far the most prominently, accounting for 47.3% of references; next came cordyceps with 16.8%, garlic 11.3% and ginkgo biloba 9.6%.
In terms of desired effects, the immune-boosting properties of botanicals were the main focus in 46.6% of cases, followed by diabetes (25.4%) and weight-related benefits (14.8%).
Immunity dominated in references to cordyceps (52%), ginseng (49%) and garlic (48%).
Efficacious products
Addressing bioavailability and dosage
The choice of extraction process may influence the quality or bioavailability of a given botanical product, but it may also be important for intellectual property considerations.
Foreman cites the example of saffron which, as he says, has been used for its bioactive properties for many centuries, in Europe and the Middle East, especially as a way of promoting mental wellbeing. "There are at least three or four different saffron ingredients available, which differ in how they're extracted or what standard they're measured against," he says.
'Composition of matter' patents are common, he says, and allow companies to demonstrate that their product is consistently different from others—typically, in the specific levels of bioactives.
If consumers are not always aware of the different extraction processes, they are increasingly conscious of the issue of efficacious dosage. This variable can make a huge difference to the end product.
"For example, there are two leading ashwagandha ingredients on the market," Foreman says. "While one uses only the roots, the other uses both roots and leaves, and they apply different extraction processes." As a result of this divergence, one product has an efficacious dose of 300mg and the other of 125mg, Foreman reports. For any ingredient, this type of information is clearly essential, and should be verified by clinical trials, he adds.
Bioavailability is another area where brands and suppliers of active ingredients will try to differentiate themselves. While most botanical ingredients are not soluble, by micronising a product such as sage, the herb can be made dispersible through a liquid. With a range of botanicals, micronising can also be a first step in combining the ingredient with a lipid or protein to improve bioavailability and absorption.
Microencapsulation has been used in this way to improve the benefits of products such as turmeric and lycopene—in the case of lycopene, in one instance, by combining it with whey protein.
At Lubrizol, Gómez underscores the ways in which microencapsulation can support different botanical ingredients. "Botanicals may not be very stable, as in the case of carotenoids such as astaxanthin or lutein, or spirulina green algae extract," she says. "They may have poor solubility and bioavailability, as in the case of curcumin, or they may simply have a bitter taste like caffeine or green tea extract."
This is all in addition to the encapsulation's ability to protect against harsh process conditions and act as a 'delivery system' to enhance bioavailability, she says.
Watch: Botanical innovation and quality considerations featuring experts featuring Ji Hongli of Herbal Extracts Association, Amit Srivastava of Nutrify India, and Heather Granato of Informa Markets (originally broadcast live as part of Vitafoods Asia Digital Week 2021)
Assessing regulatory boundaries for botanical ingredients
The way botanicals are regulated in relation to health in different parts of the world reflects as many cultural assumptions as it does legal preconceptions.
At Interlink in India, Dr Smarta underlines the way in which health and nutrition sit alongside each other in Japanese and Chinese regulatory structures. "Some permitted health-related claims can be made," he reports. "In Japan, health and nutrition claims are handled separately, and processed via different regulatory routes, while in China, operators are restricted to a pre-defined list of 27 health claims."
India, with a government ministry dedicated to Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), might be expected to regulate the botanicals sector in some detail. "In fact, while the regulatory framework for pharmaceuticals is well-established and organised, the system for traditional medicines and other plant-based products is still evolving and not so organised," Smarta explains.
Claims may be used, as long as the food business operator is able to justify them by means of generally-accepted scientific evidence
Katia Merten-Lentz, Keller & Heckman
In the EU, the European Commission famously kicked the status of over 2,000 botanical claims into the long grass of an 'on-hold' position, close to a decade ago. In some respects, at least, this has favoured botanicals over many other ingredients, as international legal practice Keller & Heckman makes clear. "Claims may be used, as long as the food business operator is able to justify them by means of generally-accepted scientific evidence," says partner Katia Merten-Lentz.
Since there is no harmonised position on these active ingredients, each Member State (MS) has the right to regulate use of the plants, principally as it relates to food supplements. "But mutual recognition remains a tool for business operators to market their products all around the EU," she says.
Despite this, there can be obstacles to such a Europe-wide approach, says Food Supplements Europe (FSE). "The main problem is that in a number of MS, various botanicals have only been assigned to pharmaceutical use," states director of regulatory and scientific affairs Patrick Coppens. St John's wort and valerian are two high-profile examples, he says, but there are many others.
Various botanicals have only been assigned to pharmaceutical use in a number of EU Member States
"German authorities, for instance, would expect these products to be registered as medicines," he says, adding that, in the UK, there might be similar expectations.
Last May, the European Commission published its assessment of requirements for botanical health claims, but it offered little in the way of new proposals. Any regulatory structure would need to take into account the traditional use of plant products.
"Traditional use could be built into a review of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (NHCR)," says Coppens hopefully, not disguising his lack of appreciation for the NHCR in its current form. "The Commission would also want to address safety concerns."
Realistically, he concedes that other, more urgent priorities such as the European Green Deal are likely to take precedence in any legislative programme.
For botanicals, as for other supplements, the situation in Europe contrasts with the US. As Foreman explains, the US botanicals sector remains governed by the 1994 Dietary Supplements Health & Education Act (DSHEA). "I believe the federal authorities are trying to make changes, but the process is taking forever," he says, pointing out that, here, too, other more urgent legislation is likely to take precedence.
A process of maturation has taken place in the regulation of botanicals in the US, he believes, both on the part of those enforcing the regulation and those ruled by it. "The policies may not have changed," he says. "But I think the authorities are better at enforcing them."
With regard to Canada, Foreman believes that the rules governing the sector are effective. "It's pretty strict," he says. "But if you can provide proof of certain benefits, the authorities will grant you permission to use statements to that effect."
In its new post-Brexit world, the UK could be at a regulatory crossroads. "We're very careful not to make any health claims," says Smale at Wunder Workshop. "Some of our larger retail customers such as Boots and Planet Organic, we know, are very aware of the EU regulations."
He speculates that, in the future, domestic standards may be relaxed in order to open up UK markets to foreign competition.
"I don't know what that might look like," Smale says. "In independent retailers, for instance, you can find US brands with health claims all over the bottle, with a footnote that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved the comments. The UK could take this direction."
Meanwhile, coronavirus has dredged up another, more insidious overlap between botanicals and disreputable marketing. "We've seen online sellers advertising claims relating to the prevention and treatment of COVID, which, of course, is completely illegal," says FSE's Coppens.
Policing claims of this sort would normally be the responsibility of the individual MS. But in this case, as often happens, he says, the Commission has taking a lead in co-ordinating enforcement action.
This is all about protecting consumers, of course, but it is also about safeguarding the reputation of those botanical ingredients which do in fact offer real—and increasingly scientifically verified—benefits.
Industry Experts - Q&A
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1 We've heard a great deal about challenges with adulteration in the botanicals market; how do you ensure the integrity of your supply chain and the quality of the ingredients you offer?
We are working only with reliable suppliers that provide us with all questionnaires and certificates we request. As an example, we ask for an internal questionnaire validation supplier, manufacturing flowchart, FSSC22000, TDS, SDS, allergen and non-contamination certificates, origin statement, traceability, etc. We also perform internal parameters testing before the approval of the new supplier, validating the active concentration as well as analyzing all potential solvents and contamination parameters.
2 What makes the botanical ingredients you offer unique in an increasingly competitive commodity marketplace?
In the botanicals space, our uniqueness comes from an extended value proposition composed by: recognizable botanical ingredients with a sustainable, transparent and traceable sourcing; science-backed ingredients showing better efficacy and microencapsulated ingredients to enhance the bioavailability, water dispersibility and minimization of any off-taste.
Furthermore, by offering dry extracts in a powder form we facilitate formulation, simplify supply chain, minimize transport costs, reduce/remove needs for preservatives.
3 The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated consumers' interest in long-term natural health solutions; how do your offerings support consumers in their quest to take control of their health?
The wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for products focused on preventative health.
Furthermore, consumers are gravitating toward natural solutions and are increasingly demanding botanical ingredients including information about processing techniques, sourcing, sustainability, and clinical evidence on health benefits.
In this respect, botanical ingredients may have an exceptional positioning as they are proved to be a natural solution to support a healthy aging as a preventative approach.
In this respect and to build trust in our long-term natural solutions, we at Lubrizol are committed to bringing food ingredients with innovative technological solutions and scientific backing to enable our customers develop differentiated nutraceutical solutions.
Currently our branded botanical ingredients feature: microencapsulated curcumin, astaxanthin, natural caffeine and phytosterols. We applied our microencapsulated expertise to provide technical benefits to them: increase the bioavailability of curcumin, the stability of astaxanthin, mask the bitter taste while providing a long-lasting release of caffeine and increase the water dispersibility of phytosterols.
4 What type of botanical ingredients are currently trending in the market, and what two or three offerings do you expect to see pick up momentum in the next two to three years?
In line with the megatrend of health & wellness, we see a holistic approach to health-refining ancient science by modern scientific methods. This includes a focus on traditional Indian ayurvedic ingredients with powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties such as curcumin, so we expect to see a grow in this ingredient in the future.
Other botanical ingredients that stand out, are algae-based products like Haematococcus pluvialis extract (astaxanthin) and spirulina green blue extract for cognitive health and mental wellness.
Additionally, we believe adaptogen ingredients have potential to grow as consumers are looking for natural solutions that help them reduce stress, help them focus and improve the quality of sleep.
In summary, we think that those botanical ingredients that provide clean and sustainable claims with clinical substantiation on their health benefits will be the fastest growing in the market and are set to rise further given consumer interest.
Contact: Rafael Esteban Ollo
Job title: CEO
Company: Soria Natural
Contact: customerservice@sorianatural.es
Visit us: www.sorianatural.com
1We've heard a great deal about challenges with adulteration in the botanicals market; how do you ensure the integrity of your supply chain and the quality of the ingredients you offer?
Adulterations have mainly two origins; on one hand we have the unintended or accidental adulteration, induced by erroneous botanical identification, and on the other hand the adulterations that are caused with an economical motivation, but SORIA NATURAL will never undercut the competition offering surprisingly cheap products and will never pretend at all to compete only on price.
In SORIA NATURAL we are very conscious about the increasing consumer demand for more transparency. Our production chain reflects our more than 40 years' experience, where we have been growing the main part of the botanical species we work with. We developed our own agricultural and collecting practices with full transparency from SEED-to-FORMULA.
All raw materials, sourced and home-grown ones, are not only quantified on active ingredients, but are also checked with HPLC and DNA testing in our in-house laboratory.
We will keep on striving to encourage consumer trust for natural products and fight any type of adulterations that will make consumers lose confidence in the botanical market, which would be detrimental to our business and to nature.
2What makes the botanical ingredients you offer unique in an increasingly competitive commodity marketplace?
Consumers persist to drive boundaries for natural products and seek non-artificial and natural ingredients that are constantly driving the market towards more 'clean' labels, also for botanical products.
SORIA NATURAL stands out in the market for the full control we have over the complete process from SEED-to-FORMULA.
It all starts with our exceptional ingredients. We are located in a unique environment, more than 1000 meters above sea level and with very particular weather conditions. Our climate is sunny and dry, with cold and long winters, which make our plant grow "strong", assuring like that a very high load of active ingredients.
In less than 8 hours we convert our fresh plants into high-quality extracts. In those 8 hours we are able to concentrate up to 95% of the active ingredients of the plant where with the traditional and common processes, it would take us 48- 72h to obtain only 65 to 70% of the actives. None of that would make sense for us without an exhaustive quality control in our laboratory on raw materials, intermediate and finished products.
3The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated consumer's interest in long -term natural health solutions: how do your offering support consumers in their quest to take control of their health?
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed consumer behavior in many ways, and the desire of SORIA NATURAL is to use this opportunity to influence on health and wellness by educating consumers about botanical ingredients. It is still the same as when we started our business 40 years ago, we want to create new opportunities for natural-dense products with functional health benefits.
We launch campaigns through social networks to encourage consumers to know more about botanicals, with tips and recommendations about how botanicals can be an all-natural addition to their wellness routine.
4What type of botanical ingredients are currently trending in the market, and what two or three offerings do you expect to see pick up momentum in the next two to three years?
Worldwide we see the enormous increasing demand for ingredients like ginseng, echinacea, Ginkgo Biloba and garlic which shows overall health and improvement of physical and intellectual performance as the main drivers. We see a growing interest in for example milk thistle and other detoxifying botanicals, but SORIA NATURAL has a strong commitment for the future with the investment on investigation and product development with pepperwort, an undervalued plant with a huge potential.
We also strongly believe in further investigation on finding synergies between different botanicals. The combined effect of different plants will keep on offering new opportunities.
Our expert contributors
Dr Ray Cooper followed his PhD in organic chemistry with 15 years in pharmaceutical industry R&D, later moving to the dietary supplements sector. He has developed new Chinese botanicals as supplements, as well as other NPD and clinical study design. He is the co-founder of the US-based PhytoScience consultancy and Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong.
Patrick Coppens is director of regulatory and scientific affairs at Food Supplements Europe, which was created in 2013 to represent the interests of the sector. His work on food law is particularly focused on botanicals, on technical and safety issues and on relationships with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). He also leads the organisation's scientific work in the field of public health.
David Foreman is a registered pharmacist, author and media personality known to consumers internationally as 'The Herbal Pharmacist.' A background in pharmacy and natural medicine puts Foreman in an elite class of health experts who can teach integrative medicine practices. He helps consumers achieve health and vitality through his four pillars of health: diet, exercise, spirituality and supplements.
Isabel Gomez is global marketing manager for the Nutraceutical division of Lubrizol Life Science Health, and is based in Spain. With a first degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico, and two Masters' degrees, she has over 10 years' experience in marketing across different industries, including food and pharmaceuticals.
June Lin is global vice president of marketing, Health & Wellness, at ingredients supplier ADM. She has over 20 years of experience in brand marketing, strategy and new product innovation. Since she joined ADM in 2020, her focus has been on developing the company's Health & Wellness business, including research and innovation in areas such as biotics, botanicals and functional ingredients.
Katia Merten-Lentz heads up the EU Food & Feed Team at the Brussels office of international legal firm Keller & Heckman. She and her team have extensive experience of European authorisation procedures regarding novel foods and additives. She regularly works with the European Commission, EFSA and Member State institutions on these and other matters.
Dr Raphaël Mestanza was the CIO of SpecialChem, before co-founding IntPact in 2018. Dr Mestanza has strong experience in designing new business development and innovation processes leveraging digital technologies to gain on growth speed and efficiency. He also has past experiences in R&D and sales management at companies like Solvay, Sabic (formerly GE Plastics) and more. He holds a doctorate and an engineering degree in Polymer Sciences from the University of Strasbourg (France).
Tom Smale is cofounder of Wunder Workshop, the UK wellbeing brand focused on plant-based 'consumption with purpose'. While studying pharmacology, Tom was drawn to the power of plants in preventing disease, using spices such as turmeric. Applying the experience gained in the pharmacological world and a deepening understanding of traditional plant-based remedies, he helps to research ingredients that are functional and effective.
Dr RB Smarta is the founder, managing director and principal consultant at Interlink Marketing Consulting, with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. Beyond business consultancy, he has also worked as a corporate trainer and mentor for companies in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and other industries for over three decades. He received his PhD in Management Sciences from the University of East Georgia in 1982.
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Every once in a while I see something out there in blog land that triggers an idea that is just so awesome, that it gets pushed right to the top of my to-do list. A few days ago, I discovered ABC and 123 which featured a color matching car parking lot made out of paper from Love and Lollipops.
Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows how much Little Brother LOVES cars, and since colors is one of several themes we're doing in "preschool" I knew this would be perfect. I decided to make ours out of fabric though, because I know my boy...he needed one that would last.
...but since then, they've been almost inseperable.
He has definitely caught the vision of matching the colors.
Although when it comes down to it...he'll bend color rules a little to make sure all the spots get filled up, which is helping him notice the colors in the trim and other parts of the cars.
And he loves using them with his other roads.
I made an extra one to send to one of our cousins who also has a set of these fabric roads.
This really really doesn't need a full tutorial, but I'll give you a quick run down of what I did. I cut out a rectangle of denim I had left over from making him the fabric roads earlier. I zigzagged the edge of the denim to keep it from fraying. It was approximately 18x14 inches.
Then I cut out 21 rectangles that were 2x3 inches out of Heat'n Bond Lite. (You could easily do fewer, especially for a younger child.) I ironed them onto the back side of a bunch of colored T-shirt scraps, and then cut the rectables out again. Any kind of fabric scraps will do, but T-shirts are nice because the edges won't fray and then you don't have to finish them nicely. Then I lined them up on my denim, ironed, and sewed around the edges. Click here for my basic tutorial for applique if you've never done it before.
I used 11 colors, each twice (except one was only used once.) The colors I used were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown, and gray. If I were to do this again, I would leave out pink. It turns out we don't own any pink cars. I had to tell him that pink is light red and to put red cars there. You could also leave out gray. It could be fun to include some kind of rainbow square that could match any color instead.
If you'd like to see my other projects for little boys (or girls) and their toy cars, my tutorial for the fabric roads is here and the dresser with painted roads is here.
Whoa! Way to push the car concept to a whole new level!! I'll have to keep my eyes open for some pink cars for this dear grandson.
Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. I hadn't seen the original post on making fabric roads. This is high on my list of things that I'm considering making for my nephew in the nearish future. Thanks for sharing!
Love it! Fun AND educational.
Brilliant idea. I love it!
WOW, I'm thrilled that I inspired you!! I think that your fabric mat is AWESOME!! Thanks so much for coming over to let me know.
Talk to me about zig zag stitching... Yours looks like it was done on a serger, no? I don't have a serger, but can zig zag stitch. I just don't understand how that holds it in from raveling, especially with washings.
Your roads are awesome, and the car lot is such a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing!
okay...LOVE! Teaching my boy colors now + he loves cars. Definitely gonnna do something like this.
This is an AWESOME Idea. We are working on colors now and my boy is obsessed with Cars. I already made a set of roads so this will just complete it.
What a great idea! I am definitely making this!!
wonderful idea! little ones just love matching and sorting... this is great! thanks for sharing your creativity.
This is great! I love it and so happy to have found your blog.
Great idea! My son would have gone nuts over this when he was little as he loved to play car lot, but this even goes beyond just fun...it could be a tactile teaching tool to develop fine motor skills and sorting/color skills. Well done!


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Snøhetta selected to design extension for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Rose Etherington | 23 July 2010 Leave a comment
Dezeenwire: Norwegian firm Snøhetta have been selected to design an extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - more details in press release below
Snøhetta win competition to redesign Times Square (July 2010)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announce shortlist for expansion design (May 2010)
Snøhetta and KARO* awarded 2010 European Prize for Urban Public Space (March 2010)
Norwegian Opera & Ballet by Snøhetta wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 (April 2009)
RAK Gateway Project by Snøhetta (August 2008)
Opera House Oslo by Snøhetta (April 2008)
SFMOMA SELECTS SNØHETTA TO WORK WITH MUSEUM ON DESIGN OF EXPANSION
Architecture Firm Joins Team to Expand and Enhance Museum Facilities and Visitor Experience
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has selected the architecture firm Snøhetta to be its partner in developing an expansion that enhances the museum's services to the community and its educational, social, and economic role in the city. The decision follows a comprehensive international search and two-year planning process to address the enormous growth of SFMOMA's collections and of audience demand for programming since the museum's move to its current building in 1995. Initial design concepts for the project—Snøhetta's first building on the West Coast of the United States—will be unveiled in the spring of 2011. The current project budget of $480 million includes $250 million for the expansion and $230 million for SFMOMA's endowment to ensure the museum's long-term success.
In a special meeting yesterday, SFMOMA's Board of Trustees enthusiastically welcomed the architect selection committee's recommendation of Snøhetta from among the four short-listed firms announced in May. In addition to Snøhetta, the finalists were Adjaye Associates, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Foster + Partners. Snøhetta will partner with a local architectural firm to execute the expansion and will join SFMOMA's project team after a contract is completed, pending the Board of Trustees' official ratification of the selection at its September board meeting.
"The distinction and preeminence of all four candidates made this an exceptionally tough decision," said SFMOMA Director Neal Benezra. "Yet Snøhetta's dynamic and imaginative body of work demonstrates an outstanding commitment to innovation combined with a solid track record of unique, timely, and fiscally responsible approaches to complex civic and cultural projects. The selection committee was particularly thrilled by the stunning spaces, sophisticated use of materials, and quality of light in Snøhetta's Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, which we feel is one of the great buildings worldwide to be designed and built in the last decade."
The decision was based on the firm's design philosophy and inspired response to the needs and goals of SFMOMA and the Bay Area community. Snøhetta's sensibility is rooted in a collaborative working style, visionary concept, and environmental sustainability. The firm is committed to designing an expansion and renovations to the existing facility that are both progressive and complementary to the current building.
"Snøhetta's ability to create original cultural buildings that deliver great art experiences makes them a perfect partner for SFMOMA as we work toward our goals for the new space," said Charles Schwab, chairman of the museum's Board of Trustees. "This project will be an economic stimulus for the city and region, bringing new jobs, fueling the creative economy, and boosting tourism. I am confident that Snøhetta's fresh approach and global mindset will help SFMOMA realize a facility that represents the museum's enduring commitment to the future, to bringing the creative ethos of the Bay Area to the world, and to attracting the most exciting art from around the world to the Bay Area."
Formed in 1989 and led by principals Craig Dykers and Kjetil Thorsen, Snøhetta is an award-winning international architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design firm based in Oslo, Norway, and New York City. As of 2010, the firm, which is named after one of Norway's highest mountain peaks, has approximately 100 staff members working on projects in Europe, Asia, and the United States. The practice is centered on a transdisciplinary approach where multiple professions work together to explore differing perspectives on the conditions for each project. A respect for diverse backgrounds and cultures is a key feature of the practice; reflecting this value, Snøhetta is composed of designers and professionals from around the world.
The firm has completed a number of critically acclaimed cultural projects, including the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, which includes several museums; the new National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway; and the Lillehammer Art Museum, built for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway. Current projects include the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion at the World Trade Center site, New York; the Wolfe Center for the Arts at Bowling Green State University, Ohio; the Hunt Library and Institute for Emerging Issues, Raleigh, North Carolina; the Mutrah Fish Market in Muscat, Oman; the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; and the new Student Learning Center at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Snøhetta was also recently commissioned to reconstruct the public spaces in and around New York City's Times Square. In 2004 the company received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and in 2009 it was honored with the Mies van der Rohe Award. Snøhetta is the only company to have twice won the World Architecture Award for best cultural building, in 2002 for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and in 2008 for the National Opera and Ballet in Oslo.
"SFMOMA's extension is the natural next step in its evolution, from the museum's origins in a shared building in San Francisco's Civic Center, to its distinctive Mario Botta–designed structure on Third Street," states Mr. Dykers. "Today, after 15 years of institutional and programmatic growth, SFMOMA is poised to grow organically and in an entirely different environment and context than when the current building opened in 1995. The new extension will unite the Botta design with its dynamic urban surroundings. It will become the tissue that merges building and community, supports the museum's role as an educational and civic catalyst, and opens up the museum to the diverse audiences it serves."
Snøhetta's practice has been described as an "architecture of engagement" that imagines buildings as social and environmental gestures or events rather than static structures. They have worked closely with acclaimed contemporary artists on a range of site-specific projects, collaborating with Olafur Eliasson on the 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and with Pae White on interior aspects of Oslo's National Opera and Ballet.
Snøhetta will work as part of a collaborative team to create additional gallery space and interior enhancements in the museum's Third Street building and an extension on Howard Street to the south, which will connect to the back of the existing museum along the southern facade. SFMOMA owns the site at 670 Howard Street and, thanks to an innovative partnership with the city of San Francisco that will boost both public safety and the arts, SFMOMA's development will also include a neighboring site currently occupied by a fire station. SFMOMA will finance the construction of a new, replacement fire station on nearby Folsom Street, representing a gift to the city of more than $10 million.
About the Selection Process
SFMOMA formed an architect selection committee last fall and engaged David Meckel, FAIA, director of research and planning at California College of the Arts, to serve as a resource in the process. In addition to Mr. Benezra and Mr. Schwab, the selection committee is composed of civic leaders and museum trustees with expertise in the realms of community service, art collecting, philanthropy, and real estate development: Gerson Bakar, Robert Fisher, Mimi Haas, Helen Schwab, Bill Wilson, and Robin Wright. The committee was also assisted by SFMOMA Deputy Director Ruth Berson.
The architect selection committee began by examining the work of some 35 firms last winter, and in May 2010 the museum announced a short list of four firms who were invited to present ideas on how they would approach the project and meet SFMOMA's goals. During the months of June and July, the search committee traveled to the four firms' offices and visited relevant buildings to better understand how each practice might contribute to SFMOMA's vision of creating an inspiring place for visitors to engage with modern and contemporary art. After thorough consideration, the search committee presented its history-making recommendation to the SFMOMA Board of Trustees in a special conference call on Wednesday, July 21.
About the Expansion
SFMOMA first announced plans to expand in April 2009. In September, the museum announced that the Fisher family would share its renowned collection of contemporary art with the public at SFMOMA. This past February, the museum announced challenge pledges totaling more than $250 million toward its projected $480 million campaign goal. This early challenge grant from museum leadership includes $100 million for the endowment—increasing it by 100 percent.
As part of the expansion planning process, SFMOMA worked with the management consulting firm Bain & Company late last year to complete a comprehensive business plan determining the operating expenses and related revenue and endowment requirements necessary to sustain an expanded program and facility.
SFMOMA's current building is 225,000 square feet with nearly 65,000 square feet of galleries, including the 14,400-square-foot Rooftop Garden. The expansion will provide approximately 100,000 square feet of additional gallery and public space, greatly enhancing and expanding both the presentation of art in all areas of its collections and its educational programs.
The expansion will also include approximately 60,000 square feet of support space, including larger and more advanced conservation facilities and an expanded library. SFMOMA plans to relocate administrative support space into the new facility, providing new gallery and public space in its original building, while consolidating all staff offices in one on-site location. In addition, the expansion may include a new entry on Minna Street (which runs along the museum's northern facade) to improve access for school groups and for visitors to public programs in the museum's Phyllis Wattis Theater.
SFMOMA last completed a major expansion in 1995, when it moved from the small rented space in the War Memorial Building across from San Francisco's City Hall into the celebrated brick-front building on Third Street. The move catalyzed incredible growth in the museum's audiences, educational programs, exhibitions, and collections. During the past 15 years, SFMOMA's annual average attendance has more than tripled to 700,000, membership has grown to 40,000, and the collection has more than doubled to 27,000 works. SFMOMA has also developed one of strongest exhibition programs in the world, organizing groundbreaking shows that travel to leading museums internationally, including recent surveys of the work of Diane Arbus, Olafur Eliasson, Eva Hesse, Frida Kahlo, William Kentridge, Sol LeWitt, Richard Tuttle, and Jeff Wall.
Today, SFMOMA is expanding to accommodate the growth of the past 15 years and to enhance its offerings for growing local audience and visitors from around the world. The expansion also provides great potential for continued future growth of the museum's permanent collection. The Fisher Collection will be on display in the expansion alongside works from SFMOMA's collection. The Fisher Collection will also become an integral part of SFMOMA's exhibitions, educational and public programs, and ongoing scholarship.
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Edward Dean Gorton, Jr.
Edward Dean Gorton Jr (Ted) passed away in Venice, Florida on August 2nd, 2021, from cancer and Covid (Delta), four days before his 96th birthday. Ted was born in Batavia, New York, August 6th,1925, to Edward Dean Gorton Sr. and Kathryn Mae Lucid. He was the youngest of four siblings: Frances Mary, James Edward, and Joan Celia. Ted joined the navy as a member of the occupational force in Japan at the end of WW2. He again saw action in the Korean War where he served as a 2nd lieutenant on the aircraft carrier, the USS Ticonderoga. After service he graduated from Colgate University and Purdue University with degrees in Business and Economics. Ted joined the Naval reserve where he served for several decades in Naval Intelligence, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Ted started his career at Scott & Bean in Batavia and rapidly progressed with Eaton Yale and Towne, Wheelabrator Equipment and Machine, and Geneva Business Brokers. Ted ended his career at age 75 as a business consultant and accountant in South Bend, Indiana. Ted, along with his wife of 56 years, Patricia Gorton, spent the last 25 living in Venice, FL. Together they traveled extensively throughout the US, all the seven seas, every major continent except Antarctica, and so many countries that they lost count. Ted worked and lived in Santa Barbara, CA, San Mateo, CA, South Bend, IN, and Venice, FL. As a private pilot Ted amassed over 12,000 hours flying Bonanzas and other vintage aircraft throughout his 70 years of flying. As for golf, no matter how aged or slow he swung his clubs he always managed to beat his sons. Ted wrote a cookbook and played bridge monthly until the last weeks of his life. In every sense of the word, Ted was a proud member of the "Greatest Generation." Family and friends alike would characterize Ted as an independent soul; he was extremely knowledgeable, having benefited from his diverse experiences and his prodigious reading; and it was fair to say he was financially frugal. Ted was predeceased by his wife Patricia Gorton, his ex-wife and mother of his children, Barbara Cole, and his daughter Kathryn Mae (Tom) Thompson. He is survived by five children: Gloria Casey, Su Yates, and Ty (Bonnie), Jeff, and Mark (Sue) Gorton, 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. In honor of Ted and Pat Gorton, the family would like to thank the friends and neighbors of Waterford, giving special thanks to Jennifer (Physical Agility), Winona (Bright Day Care), Norman McClellan (American Legion), and Paul and the 'Bridge Boys'; your continued kindnesses made this loving couple feel special, right up to the very end. Ted and Pat, Dad and Mom, Grandpa and Nana, you will be missed! A memorial service for Ted and Pat will be held at 12:30pm, September 14th, at the Sarasota National Cemetery, with a Celebration of Life following the service.
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Cowden's syndrome is very rare. The writer of this children's book has a son with this syndrome. He was still very young, when classmates and friends started to make comments about his appearance and behavior. He and his big brother also started to ask questions about the frequent doctor's appointments and the many hours of revalidation therapies. But there isn't a lot of understandable information for children available. That's why she decided to write a children's book about what Cowden is and its effect on the life of a Cowden's patient and his family. It's a colorful and plain (reading) book for children, parents, teachers and caregivers.


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Liza Johnson (* 13. Dezember 1970 in Portsmouth, USA) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmregisseurin und Drehbuchautorin.

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Liza Johnson war 1999 als Gast des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes in Berlin. Sie erhielt außerdem ein Stipendium des Sundance Institute. Als Künstlerin stellte sie ihre Videoarbeiten unter anderem im Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, im Walker Art Center in Minneapolis und im Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris aus.

Mehrere ihrer Kurzfilme wurden auf bedeutenden Filmfestivals wie den Internationalen Filmfestspielen Berlin und dem International Film Festival Rotterdam gezeigt. Im Jahr 2000 entstand ihr 70-minütiger Spielfilm Fernweh – The Opposite of Homesick. Sie ist meist auch als Produzentin und Filmeditorin ihrer Filme tätig und hat eine außerordentliche Professur für Kunst am Williams College in Massachusetts inne.

Filmografie

Auszeichnungen
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2010
 Nominierung für den Goldenen Bären der Berlinale Shorts (für In the Air)

Vienna Independent Shorts 2010
 Wiener Kurzfilmpreis (für In the Air)

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2012
 Nominierung für den Goldenen Bären der Berlinale Shorts (für Karrabing! Low Tide Turning)

Weblinks

 Website von Liza Johnson (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Filmregisseur
Drehbuchautor
Filmproduzent
Filmeditor
Hochschullehrer (Williams College)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1970
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Kaštanka (in russo: Каштанка) è un racconto di Anton Čechov pubblicato nel 1887.

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Il racconto è suddiviso in sette sezioni: I. Cattiva condotta; II. Lo sconosciuto misterioso; III. Una nuova, piacevolissima conoscenza; IV. Strani prodigi; V. Che talento! Che talento! VI. Una notte inquieta. VII. Esordio disgraziato.

Kaštanka è un giovane cane dal pelo rossiccio, incrocio di un bassotto con un cane da cortile, simile nel muso a una volpe. Vive in casa del falegname Luka Aleksandryč, il quale lo maltratta; ma a Kaštanka piace l'odore di colla, vernici e trucioli ed è abituato ai giochi spesso crudeli di Fedûška, il figlio del padrone.

Kaštanka si perde mentre accompagna Luka Aleksandryč in zone sconosciute della città. È ormai notte. Affamato e infreddolito, Kaštanka viene raccolto e rifocillato da Mister Žorž, un addestratore di animali. Costui ha addestrato un gatto, un'oca e un maiale a eseguire un esercizio circense chiamato "Piramide d'Egitto". Il cagnolino, battezzato da Mister Žorž col nome "Zietta", vivrà ben nutrito e in assenza di maltrattamenti, con gli animali del piccolo circo. La tragica morte dell'oca spingerà Mister Žorž ad addestrare anche il cagnolino. Il giorno del debutto saranno tuttavia presenti fra gli spettatori anche Luka Aleksandryč e Fedûška. Sarà quest'ultimo a riconoscere Kaštanka e a chiamarlo. Il cane interromperà l'esercizio, abbandonerà Mister Žorž e ritornerà dagli ex padroni.

Critica
"Kaštanka" fu pubblicato sul quotidiano di San Pietroburgo Novoe vremâ il giorno di Natale del 1887 con il titolo "Le società scientifiche" () a firma "An. Čehov". Il titolo "Kaštanka" venne attribuito allorché l'opera fu raccolta in volume, nel 1922. La storia fu verosimilmente composta nel 1887. Fra i motivi ispiratori, il noto grande amore di Čechov per gli animali e l'amicizia dell'autore per Vladimir Leonidovič Durov (1863-1934), un famoso addestratore di animali ispiratore della figura di Mister Žorž. Il racconto è divenuto un classico dell'infanzia, pubblicato spesso in edizioni illustrate.

Edizioni
 An. Čehov, "Le società scientifiche" (), Tempo nuovo () n. 4248 (25 dicembre 1887), pp. 1-2
 A. Čechov,   «Kaštanka (in russo: Каштанка)», In:  (Opere in 18 volumi // I testi completi e le lettere in 30 volumi), M: Nauka , 1976, Vol. 6. Racconti, 1887, pp. 430-449.
 Anton Cecof, Kastanka; traduzione di M. Martini, Milano: Ed. Elit, 1933. Il volume contiene anche Le due orfanelle di Adolphe d'Ennery
 Anton P. Cecov, Kastanka ed altri racconti; traduzione di Olga Apshofen Malavasi, Coll. Capolavori stranieri per la gioventù 71, Firenze: Ed. Marzocco, 1952
 Anton P. Cechov, Kaštànka: e altri racconti; tradotti dal russo da Piero Cazzola e Grazia Ronga Fabbrovich, Coll. La Bancarella, Torino: Paravia, 1960. Contiene: Kaštànka ; Biancafronte ; Van'ka ; Ragazzi ; Il fuggitivo ; La morte dell'impiegato ; Un essere indifeso ; Smarriti ; Chirurgia ; Il camaleonte ; Il grosso e lo smilzo ; La lota ; Mistero ; Il punto esclamativo ; Nella bottega del barbiere ; Un cognome "cavallino" ; Dalla padella nella brace ; Non c'è fuoco senza fumo ; L'esame d'avanzamento ; Il tifo.
  Anton Cechov, Racconti, Vol. III; traduzione di Agostino Villa, Torino: Einaudi, 1960. Contiene:  Una storia noiosa ; In viaggio ; Malinconia ; Calamità ; Piccola realtà quotidiana ; La strega ; Un avvenimento ; Mia moglie ; Un cardo errante ; Agafia ; In tribunale ; Brava gente ; Kastanka ; L'ultima mohicana ; Fango ; Senza titolo ; Regno di donne ; Deportati ; La fortuna ; Lo zufolo ; Notte di Pasqua ; Pazienza a tutta prova ; Ladri ; La posta ; Contrarietà ; Avventura professionale; La lettera ; Paure ; Un piccolo scherzo ; La sventata ; Gusev.
 Anton Čechov, Tutti i racconti; introduzione e traduzione di Alfredo Polledro, Milano: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 1975
  Antòn P. Čechov, Tutti i racconti, Vol. II: Caccia Tragica; Racconti : 1886-1888; a cura di Eridano Bazzarelli, Milano: Mursia, 1983
 Anton P. Cecov, Kastanka e altri racconti; [illustrazioni di Ileana Ceausu Pandele, Firenze: Giunti Marzocco, stampa 1975
 A. Cechov, Opere, Vol. IV: Racconti 1887: Kastanka e altri racconti; a cura di Fausto Malcovati; traduzione di Patrizia Deotto e Lucetta Negarville Minucci, Roma: Editori riuniti, 1985, ISBN 88-359-2702-1
 Anton Cechov, La lettura; Kastanka; traduzione di Tommaso Landolfi; con una nota di Giovanni Maccari, Milano: Adelphi, 2012, ISBN 978-88-459-2695-2
 Čechov, Kaštanka; a cura di Bruno Osimo, Milano: Osimo, 2020, ISBN 978-88-98467-67-9

Adattamenti
 Kaštanka (Каштанка), film sovietico del 1926 diretto da Ol'ga Ivanovna Preobraženskaja
 Kaštanka (Каштанка), film sovietico di animazione del 1952 diretto da Michail Michajlovič Cechanovskij
 Kaštanka (Каштанка), film sovietico del 1975 diretto da Roman Gurgenovič Balajan
 Kaštanka (Каштанка), film russo di animazione del 2004 diretto da Natal'ja Vjačeslavovna Orlova

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Racconti di Anton Čechov


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Bonnie and Daniel Loedel walked into a mausoleum with an urn holding the bone remains of their sister Isabel, who had been unidentified for four decades after being forcibly disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship.
Delivering the simple wooden box was the last step of an arduous identification process that they hope will bring the family closure and, at the same time, thwart the goal of the military regime that human rights groups estimate killed or disappeared 30,000 people while seeking to make its victims invisible.
The Remembrance, Truth and Justice Mausoleum for the Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism is at a cemetery in La Plata, a town about 35 miles (58 kilometers) from Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires. It holds the remains of at least a dozen people who were disappeared during the dictatorship.
The remains are a few of those identified by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, an independent group of scientists who developed their expertise identifying victims of the 1976-1983 military junta and have since helped unravel human rights atrocities in more than 50 countries.
Friends and family of Isabel Loedel recently gathered at the mausoleum to say goodbye to Isabel, whose remains were identified only last year. She has now rejoined her partner, Julio Di Giacinti, who was identified by the forensic team seven years ago. Both were killed in early 1978 by dictatorship agents.
The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team has been working since 1984, a year after Argentina's return to democracy. It has recovered the bodies of more than 1,400 disappeared people and identified 795 of them.
The genetic profiles of the approximately 600 remains that are unidentified don't match any of the samples in the team's database. So the non-governmental group has launched a campaign urging more relatives of the disappeared to provide blood samples to help identify the remaining bodies and allow them proper burials.
The process not only gives a name to the invisible. It also reconstructs their stories and suffering, allowing their loved ones to complete their grieving.
"What they do is extremely important. It brings closure," Bonnie Loedel said of the team.
"You can let go. You can celebrate their lives and you can let them go, and at the same time it reminds us we can't ever forget … you cannot erase people, make them invisible," she said of her half-sister, who was 11 years older.
Still, Bonnie said, she has only vague memories of her much older sister. "Isabel was this mysterious person," she said.
Blood samples given by Daniel Loedel and his father, Eduardo Loedel, let the forensic team identify Isabel's remains, which had been recovered in 2010 from an unmarked grave in a cemetery in Buenos Aires province. The analysis also determined she died after sustaining multiple injuries, most of them in the chest.
Giving blood samples to identify a loved one who died in violent circumstances is a delicate psychological process that can bring back haunting memories.
Juan Carlos Barrera, a member of the Montoneros guerrilla group, was identified under a forensic team initiative in 2009 thanks to a blood sample given by his daughter, Angela. But coming to grips with the past was painful, she said.
"Just calling (the team) was tough. I called several times and hung up," Barrera told The Associated Press. When she finally stayed on the line, she found the team also would provide her with emotional support and she agreed to go ahead.
Her father was kidnapped by dictatorship agents on April 7, 1976, when Angela was 3 years old. For long, she felt she had "reached a dead end," and found it extremely difficult to talk about being the daughter of someone who had been disappeared. Though the forensic results determined her father died after suffering from burns and multiple broken bones, she said the identification process was healing.
Luis Fondebrider, executive director and founding member of the team, highlighted the importance of the new campaign.
"It will probably be the last far-reaching attempt" at identifying the recovered remains, he said.
The team works in the former Naval Mechanics School, which was a notorious clandestine detention and torture center that held an estimated 5,000 prisoners and is now a museum for remembrance.
Fondebrider said identifying bodies "gets more difficult as the years go by because not all relatives are sufficiently close" genetically.
Associated Press video journalist Leo LaValle contributed to this report.


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PADUCAH, Ky. - A former bookkeeper who used embezzled money to see the New Year's Eve ball drop in New York has been sentenced to prison time and a restitution payment of close to $150,000.
Dana Thomas, 53, of Paducah, formerly a bookkeeper at Audiology and Hearing Center in Paducah, was sentenced this week to 27 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office said. She must also pay $147,770 in restitution.
Thomas pleaded guilty to wire fraud on August 21, 2018, for crimes she committed between May of 2015 and December of 2017.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Thomas "exceeded her authorized access by using company credit cards for personal transactions."
Authorities said her crimes were discovered after she resigned when an outside bookkeeper was hired to help with accounting and bill management.
The new bookkeeper discovered Thomas stole $125,570 over the course of her employment with the Audiology and Hearing Center. According to court documents, Thomas charged $5,000 on a company credit card for a condo in Panama City, Florida. She also used the company card to pay for a trip to see the New Year's Eve ball drop in New York, a news release said.
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In December 2009, American Studies professor and chair Erika Doss received the Thornbrough Award of the Indiana Historical Society for the best article published in the Indiana Magazine of History in 2009.
The award was established in memory of two sisters -- Gayle Thornbrough and Emma Lou Thornbrough -- who were mainstays of Indiana history scholarship throughout most of the twentieth century. Gayle Thornbrough was a retired editor and former director of the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Historical Bureau. Emma Lou Thornbrough was a professor of history at Butler University and past president of the Indiana Association of Hisotians.
The award is based on writing quality and scholarship originality. Doss's article, titled "Action, Agency, Affect: Thomas Hart Benton's Hoosier History," tells the story of American artist Thomas Hart Benton's controversial 1933 mural titled A Social History of the State of Indiana, which was painted for the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress International Exposition and was movd to the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington a few years later. One panel in particular, featuring a scene of the Ku Klux Klan staging a rally and burning a "fiery cross" has occasionally generated protests from students and faculty at IU.
Doss explains how public murals are often a source of conflict on college campuses and compares the controversy over Benton's murals with similar debates over the Columbus murals at the University of Notre Dame and the Hovey murals at Dartmouth College.


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Elvis Costello, currently in the charts as The Imposter with "Peace In Our Time," releases a new single and a new album with The Attractions this month.
The single, released on June 8, is "I Wanna Be Loved" b/w "Turning The Town Red", and both are taken from the forthcoming LP, Goodbye Cruel World, released on F-Beat, via RCA, on June 4.
"I Wanna Be Loved" is the only non-original composition on the new album. Experts believe it's a cover of the 1960 Ricky Nelson hit. The B side, meanwhile, is the theme from Alan Bleasdale's current Channel 4 series, Scully, in which Elvis also made his acting debut. The single will also be released as a 12-inch, with an extended "smooth 'n' runny" version of "I Wanna Be Loved."
The complete track listing of Goodbye Cruel World, which was produced by the Clive Langer/Alan Winstanley team who were responsible for last year's Punch The Clock, is: "The Only Flame In Town," "Home Truth," "Room With No Number," "Inch By Inch," "Worthless Thing," "Love Field," "I Wanna Be Loved," "The Comedians," "Joe Porterhouse," "Sour Milk Cow Blues," "The Great Unknown," "The Deportee's Club" and "Peace In Our Town."
Apart from the usual Attractions' line-up, the album is also rumoured to include guest appearances from Daryl Hall and Green from Scritti Politti.
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The only applicant who's also a sitting commissioner didn't make the cut
By: Shaun Griswold - December 2, 2022 2:22 pm
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The committee responsible for sorting through the applicants who are seeking an appointment to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission unanimously voted on Friday to refer nine names to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
One notable name was not on the list: Commissioner Cynthia Hall, who served on the PRC since 2017 representing the Albuquerque area. She's the only sitting commissioner who'd applied for the job and was in the final pool the nominating committee selected from for recommendations.
In a quick phone interview afterward, Hall said she didn't know why the nominating committee didn't recommend her. A brand-new commission will have to spend time meeting stakeholders, she pointed out. The people who were recommended who have experience as PRC staff or who've worked with the commission, she said, would be best suited to fill the seats.
It was a monthslong, first-of-its-kind selection process that ultimately ended in a quiet room in front of a handful people on the third floor of the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.
What's the deal with New Mexico's PRC?
The committee's vote whittled down a pool of 15 applicants they'd interviewed down to a list of nine recommendations. Lujan Grisham's job is to now sort through the committee's referrals and pick three people to fill a new PRC.
Voters in 2020 approved reform of the body that oversees public utilities, and it's transitioning from comprising five elected commissioners to three appointed ones next year
The recommendations are: Gabriel Aguilera, James Ellison, Carolyn Glick, Cholla Khoury, Joseph Little, Brian Moore, Pat O'Connell, Art O'Donell, Amy Stein.
In one of his last acts as an elected, Rep. Brian Egolf praised the committee for its effectiveness during the meeting.
"This is the first time, obviously, that we have done it this way. And the amount of time that members of the community have put in is really remarkable," Egolf said "I think the vote today really is pretty remarkable to have started from such a large group and to have enthusiastic unanimity on the names going forward is a very, very good start to the day."
While the committee showed a smooth process with little debate on their chosen applicants, there was some contention around the new process presented during public comment.
Krystal Curley, executive director of Indigenous Lifeways, spoke out, saying the new process to pick the PRC is excluding the voices of Native Americans. Curley was part of a coalition of groups that argued against the changes in front of the state Supreme Court on Monday. In the end, the court sided with the voters and denied the group's attempt to block changes.
"I just want to put it on record for the future generations to know that their auntie, their ancestor said something for them," Curley (Diné) said. "And that the representation on the PRC was taken away during a time we were experiencing a global pandemic."
NM High Court denies Indigenous groups' attempt to block changes to PRC
A potential pathway to resolving some concerns for tribal nations could come with the appointment of Joseph Little (Mescalero Apache). He is an attorney with expertise working with tribal governments in court on water rights deals and eventually in an administrative role as the Albuquerque regional director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Joseph Hernandez, an energy policy director with the Native American Voters Alliance, voiced support for Little during public comment because of his experience working with a tribal interest between local, state and federal governments.
"The thing about our Navajo Nation is that there's a whole level of complexity you have to talk about a lot more, because there's still a lot of people here in my community who don't have access to running water or don't have homes that are energy-efficient," he said. "It really takes a different perspective when it comes to rural communities, or tribal communities, and to understand the complexity of why we're in the situation."
Support for Little extended past public comment.
He was included in the first list of seven applicants the committee voted to send to the governor. The first list was presented by committee member Cydney Beadles, a move that offered relief for fellow committee member Ron Lovato.
"I thought I was gonna have to advocate for him (Little)," he said.
By law, the PRC nominating committee must have at least one representative who serves the interests of the Native American population in New Mexico. Lovato's (Ohkay Owingeh) experience working with the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative showed him that the new PRC needs to understand the diverse needs of all 23 tribes in the state.
Each applicant was asked for their perspective on working with the 23 tribal nations in New Mexico, and everyone said they respect tribal sovereignty and would develop ways to work with tribal governments.
"There's a tendency that an Indian is an Indian, right? No matter what tribe you come from. But the tribes are very different, as well," Lovato said. "There are 23 different opinions, not just one tribal opinion."
Lovato also won support from his fellow panelists in adding Amy Stein and Cholla Khoury to the list for the governor's review.
Stein, a law professor at the University of Florida, has experience working on New Mexico's Energy Roadmap and policies that will meet climate change standards under the New Mexico Energy Transition Act.
Khoury has more than a decade of experience working with the legal team in the New Mexico Attorney General's Office on issues related to utilities and consumer protection.
The remaining applicants are a mix of energy industry professionals and government policy wonks bringing experience working on public utilities.
Gabe Aguilera would bring D.C. experience working on energy policy. James Ellison is an energy grid analyst at Sandia National Labs.
Carolyn Glick has 16 years of experience working as a staff for the PRC, so she has knowledge on the ins and outs of how the commission operates.
Arthur O'Donnell has similar experience from working as a federal appointee that reports to the PRC on solar initiatives. He has experience working on public utility projects in California.
Brian Moore a business owner that has also worked on energy policy during his time as a state lawmaker.
Pat O'Connell is an energy insider with experience working for PNM, the largest provider of electricity in New Mexico, and a company the PRC regulates. He has a mix of experience working on energy policy with a conservation group.
Egolf said the nominating committee will send its referrals to Lujan Grisham in a letter. Appointees must be from three different counties in the state and represent the various geographical regions. The new PRC must be in place by January 1, 2023.
by Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico
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