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When Thoreau Came to Wisconsin
on	Monday, May 09, 2011 in Events
This week is the 150th anniversary of the start of a trip taken by Henry David Thoreau and Horace Mann, Jr. to Minnesota and back to Massachusetts. The trip started on May 11 and ended on July 11, 1861. On the return leg of the trip Thoreau and his companion traveled through Wisconsin. Corinne H. Smith, a writer and librarian in Massachusetts, has written a book about the journey which will be published this summer. Smith also maintains a website with a great deal of information about the trip including the exact route taken on the trip. On June 26 to June 27, Thoreau and Mann came down the Mississippi River and arrived in Prairie du Chien, WI on the morning of June 27. They departed Prairie du Chien by train at 10:00 a.m. that morning traveling through more than 18 Wisconsin communities before arriving in Milwaukee at 6:00 p.m. that evening. On Friday, June 28 they departed Milwaukee by steamship stopping at the port of Sheboygan before proceeding on to Mackinac Island, Michigan and the rest of their trip home. This momentous journey by a famous author provides an opportunity for Wisconsin libraries to plan some special activities to commemorate the occasion. The Stoughton Public Library will be hosting a program on the journey given by Corinne Smith on June 20. Smith will also be making presentations at other libraries along the route. Like the theme for Wisconsin's summer library program, "One World, Many Stories", this is just one of many Wisconsin stories.
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An enjoyable get-together, WLA's first conference
on	Friday, March 11, 2011 in Events
On March 11, 1891, 120 years ago today, twenty-nine people gathered in Madison for the first conference of the Wisconsin Library Association. Benton H. Wilcox in his history of The Wisconsin Library Association 1891-1966 described the first conference: "The program appeared rather hastily prepared. F. A. Hutchins spoke first on the conditions and prospects of town libraries, and later on the manner of establishing free city libraries under the state law. Dr. Birge talked informally on the proper conduct of free city libraries, while Mr. Thwaites gave a short address on the work of city libraries and local history. The only business transacted was to elect to their respective offices for another year the temporary officers chosen by the founding meeting on February 11. If there was any discussion concerning "the future course of the association," as proposed in the call for the meeting, it is not mentioned in the minutes. No future program was outlined, discussed or even proposed. Nevertheless the minutes assure us that it had been an enjoyable get-together of library interested people. There was not another until July, 1884." Although there was not another conference until July, 1884, there was a "get-together" of Wisconsin library folk in Chicago on July 13, 1893 in conjunction with ALA's World's Congress of Librarians which was held at the World's Columbian Exposition. The logo shown here is from the Wilcox history written in 1966 on the 75th anniversary of WLA. That book is now 45 years old and in great need of updating. Perhaps this can be done by WLA's 125th anniversary.
National Library Week 2011, A Storytelling Opportunity
on	Friday, January 28, 2011 in Events
The 2011 theme for National Library Week (April 10-16) is "Create your own story @ your library". The theme, as it should be, is directed at the general public. However, this year's National Library Week is also an opportunity for libraries (and the people connected or interested in them) to tell a story or stories about the history of the library. Last year I gave a presentation to the Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries titled "Turning Your Library's History into a Public Relations Asset". In that presentation I noted that a basic tenet of good library public relations is to seize every possible opportunity to penetrate the consciousness of the general public and community leaders with a positive message about the library. I pointed out that the message that the library has been in the business of changing lives and improving the quality of life for the residents of the community for a long time and that it continues to build on that heritage is a powerful positive message. I then provided some methods for conveying that message. The American Library Association has just published Organizational Storytelling for Librarians: Using Stories for Effective Leadership by Kate Marek. Although I have not read the book, ALA's promotional material leads me to believe that the book would be very supportive of using stories about a library's history to promote the library. Why not resolve to penetrate the consciousness of your community's residents with at least one good story about the library's heritage during this year's National Library Week. Note: this post is being simultaneously published on the Library History Buff blog.
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Hales Corners Library 35th Anniversary Exhibit
on	Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in Public libraries
This year the Hales Corners Public Library is celebrating its 35th anniversary. The Wisconsin Library Heritage Center is helping out with its exhibit of Wisconsin Library Memorabilia which will be on display now through the end of February. As part of its celebration the library sponsored a contest to design a new library card. The winner and other entries are located HERE. The library will have a 35th anniversary birthday party on Sunday, January 23rd, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Congratulations Hales Corners!
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State Law Library 175 in 2011
on	Friday, January 07, 2011 in Special libraries
The Wisconsin State Law Library is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year. Although this is a significant milestone in the history of one Wisconsin library in particular, it is also a significant milestone for library service in general in Wisconsin. In a slight modification of the Campaign for Wisconsin Libraries slogan, Wisconsin libraries have been keeping "Us All in a Better State" for 175 years. When the Congress of the United States, in the act establishing the Wisconsin Territory, set aside $5,000 for the purchase of books for the Territorial Legislature in 1836, it represented a commitment of public funds for public knowledge and and public betterment. So as the Wisconsin State Law Library actively celebrates this milestone anniversary, it also represents an opportunity for the entire Wisconsin library community to celebrate 175 years of public support for library service for the common good. Previous posts about the Wisconsin State Law Library are located Here, Here and Here. The envelope above was used to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the State Law Library which was called the State Library at that time.
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wla is one twenty in twenty one one
on	Thursday, January 06, 2011 in Events
The year 2011 is an important anniversary year in the history of libraries in Wisconsin. This year marks the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Library Association. On February 11, 1891, a group of individuals gathered in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (located in Wisconsin's second Capitol, shown above) for the purpose of establishing a state library association. At that meeting, a constitution (based on that of the New York Library Association) was adopted and officers were elected. They included K. A. Linderfelt, president; R. G. Thwaites, vice-president; and F. A. Hutchins, secretary-treasurer. The first conference of the newly established association took place in Madison on March 11, 1891. Although much of the focus of the early years of the Wisconsin Library Association was on the development of public libraries, twelve decades of library leadership and support by the association has had a positive impact on all types of Wisconsin libraries. As Wisconsin libraries face a tough year due to the economy, it is also a time to acknowledge the tremendous library growth and development that has occurred in the last 120 years. Through good times and hard times Wisconsin libraries have persevered in meeting the information and knowledge needs of the state's residents. That's something to celebrate.
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The Public Library in Eau Claire 1860-2009
on	Tuesday, November 09, 2010 in Public libraries
I just received a complimentary copy of The Public Library In Eau Claire 1860-2009, a history of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library (also available on the web). The primary authors of the book are L.E. Phillips staff members Katherine Sullivan and Larry Nickel. Editing and layout assistance was provided by Bess Arneson and Josh Stearns. Library director John Stoneberg assisted with the research for the publication. Congratulations to all who were involved in this excellent publication. I would recommend it as a model for any library that is contemplating the writing of a library history. There are a number of things I like about this attractive, well laid out publication. Throughout the book there are framed blocks of text that highlight complimentary material that relates to broader historical events and to special information about the library's history. In regard to the library's history, I noted that Ione Nelson was one of their library directors before becoming a longtime library consultant at the Wisconsin Free Library Commission/Division for Library Services. I also noted that in 1985, "A representative from the state Department of Public Instruction came to help mediate the dispute in Eau Claire [involving the level of County reimbursements to L.E. Phillips]. I wonder who that was.
I would also like to commend the folks at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for the treatment of their library's history on their website. They use my recommended "two click" approach to website library histories - one click on "About Us" and a second click on "Library History" after reaching the library's home page. The Library History page at L.E. Phillips includes links to the new publication and a variety of other library history resources that have been digitized.
I have a previous post about the early public library buildings in Eau Claire.
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Awards and Honors Banquet 2010
on	Sunday, November 07, 2010 in Hall of Fame
The Wisconsin Library Heritage Center Steering Committee appreciates the opportunity to induct new people into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame as part of the Awards and Honors Banquet at the WLA Annual Conference. This year in Wisconsin Dells on November 4 was the third time that the WLHC has inducted multiple individuals into the Hall of Fame during the Awards and Honors Banquet. The Wisconsin Library Association Board and the WLA Awards and Honors Committee have been extremely gracious in allowing the inductions to take place at this important event at the WLA Conference. The Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame is a logical extension of the recognition which is given annually to those who have made an important contribution to the improvement of library services in Wisconsin. Both the Awards and Honors Banquet and the Library Hall of Fame are made possible by the support of the WLA Foundation which is a major reason for supporting the Foundation with a contribution. Cal Potter is shown here giving his acceptance speech for his induction into the Library Hall of Fame. Wayne Bassett, H. Vail Deale, Leah Gruber, and Julia Wright Merrill were all inducted posthumously. Information about all five inductees can be found HERE. I find the Awards and Honors Banquet to be one of the most uplifting events of the year. It always makes me proud to be a part of the Wisconsin library community. Information about this year's recipients and previous award winners can be found HERE.
WLHC Display at WLA Conference
on	Wednesday, November 03, 2010 in Exhibits
The Wisconsin Library Heritage Center has a display at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference at the Kalahari Conference Center in Wisconsin Dells this week. It's in a very visible location adjacent to the WLA Foundation display and across from the registration desk. Take a look if you're there.
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Carnegie Library Exhibit in Sheboygan
on	Tuesday, November 02, 2010 in Carnegie libraries
The "Andrew Carnegie's Wisconsin Library Legacy" exhibit will be on display at the Mead Public Library in Sheboygan for the month of November. This special exhibit which was created to help celebrate the 175th anniversary of Carnegie's birth was previously on display at the Middleton Public Library. It's nice to have the exhibit in Sheboygan which had its own Carnegie building (only the facade survives), and during the month when Carnegie was born (November 25).
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Leah D. Gruber (1906-1996)
on	Thursday, October 14, 2010 in Hall of Fame
Leah D. Gruber was inducted into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame on November 4, 2010 at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference in Wisconsin Dells. Gruber made a significant contribution to public library service in Wisconsin as a library trustee. She served on the Prairie du Sac Public Library Board from 1940 to 1988 during which she served several terms as President of the Board. She also served on the Sauk County Library Board from 1975 until 1983. As President of the Sauk County Library Board, she was instrumental in organizing the South Central Library System and was a member of the SCLS Board from its founding in 1975 until 1983. Gruber served as President of the Wisconsin Library Trustee Association in 1973 and 1974. She was honored as WLA's trustee of the year in 1968 and was again selected for this honor in 1976. Gruber was on the Board of the Wisconsin Library Trustee Association when it became a division of the Wisconsin Library Association. Gruber was born in 1906 in Fort Monroe, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1927 with a bachelor's degree in English and Library Science. She worked at the Fond du Lac Public Library and at the Legislative Reference Library in Madison. After marriage and a move to Prairie du Sac in 1939 she served as a volunteer cataloging books at several libraries in the area. Gruber received a special commendation from the University of Wisconsin System in 1974.
Oregon's Centennial Birthday Party
on	Sunday, October 10, 2010 in Public libraries
I attended the Centennial Birthday Party for the Oregon Public Library today. As someone who encorages the celebration of important library anniversaries this was an especially nice occasion for me. There have been events in celebration of the centennial througout the year at the Oregon Public Library. A nice tie in has been the Centennial Community Read project based on Living a Country Year: Wit and Wisdom from the Good Old Days by Jerry Apps. At the birthday party today there was a ribbon cutting ceremony for the impressive new circulation desk created with a wide variety of wood from the community. A commemorative china plate was painted by 96 year old Oregon resident Clarice Christensen to celebrate the occasion. I came across an interesting historical sign about the Parmelee Library, a for-profit traveling library system that operated in Oregon for several years.
Tags: Library celebrations
Delafield Exhibit
on	Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Exhibits
The Delafield Public Library has a "sneak peek" at its new building today (Sept. 26, 2010), and opens for business in its new location tomorrow. The Wisconsin Library Heritage Center (WLHC) is sponsoring an exhibit of Wisconsin Library Memorabilia for its sneak peek that will continue through October. The WLHC also has an exhibit at the Middleton Public Library on Andrew Carnegie's Wisconsin Library Legacy that continues through Sept. 30. Because of the overlap with the Middleton exhibit, the exhibit in Delafield focuses on non-Carnegie library buildings. There are a number of artifacts relating to the Milwaukee Public Library and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. Carnegie wasn't the only benefactor of public libraries in Wisconsin and the exhibit includes artifacts relating to libraries which received large gifts in Marinette, Beaver Dam, Kenosha, and others. I was very impressed with the display case at the Delafield Public Library, one of the best I've come across. Our exhibit only occupies half of the display case. Delafield has a nice overview of its history on its website.
Contact Larry Nix at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to arrange for a WLHC library memorabilia exhibit at your library.
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H. Vail Deale (1915-2004)
on	Friday, September 24, 2010 in Hall of Fame
H. Vail Deale was inducted into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame on November 4, 2010 at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference in Wisconsin Dells. Deale served as Director of Libraries and Chair, Department of Library Science at Beloit College from to 1953 to 1980. A highlight of his career at Beloit was the planning and completion of the Colonel Robert H. Morse Library in 1962 which resulted in the library being designated as WLA's 1962 Library of the Year, the first academic library to receive this honor. Deale was a member of the 1954-55 Steering Committee that helped establish the Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries in the Wisconsin Library Association and served as its first chair in 1955-56. Deale served as President of the Wisconsin Library Association in 1960-61. He served a six year term on the Governor's Council on Library Development. He was a life member of the American Library Association and served as chair of the ALA International Relations Committee (1957-77); chair of the ACRL College Section (1961-62); chair of the ACRL Grants Committee (1967-70); and a member of the ACRL Standards Committee.
Wayne Bassett (1915-1988)
on	Thursday, September 23, 2010 in Hall of Fame
Wayne Bassett was inducted into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame on November 4, 2010 at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference in Wisconsin Dells. He served as Director of the Wausau Public Library from 1965 to 1974. When the Wausau Public Library merged with the Marathon County Library in 1974 to become the Marathon County Public Library, he served as Director of the merged library until his retirement in 1983. Concurrently (1965-1983), he served as the Director of what is now the Wisconsin Valley Library Service. Serving as the Wisconsin Library Association's first Legislative Advocate from 1971 to 1979 he played an important role in the enactment of Wisconsin's public library system law. Bassett received WLA's Special Service Award in 1971 and served as President of WLA in 1976. He was named WLA's Librarian of the Year in 1979. His life and service to the Wisconsin library community were recognized with a WLA Special Memorial Citation in 1988.
Under his leadership, the Wausau Public Library was named as WLA's Library of the year in 1965. Bassett was instrumental in the establishment of the System and Resource Library Administrators' Association of Wisconsin. He served as leader and/or member of numerous WLA and other statewide committees including the Library Development and Legislation Committee; the Library Services and Construction Act Review Committee; and the Legislative Council's Special Committee on Library Laws. He was a member of the American Library Association.
Prior to coming to Wausau, Bassett graduated from the University of Minnesota (UM) with degrees in Political Science and Public Administration. He served in the U.S. Army in France during WWII. Returning home, he earned a library science degree from UM. After beginning his library career at the Fond du Lac (WI) Public Library, he served as the Director of the Worthington (MN) City Library, later the Nobles County Library, from 1949 to 1965. From 1954 to 1962 Bassett served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
The Steering Committee of the Wisconsin Library Heritage Center, a program of the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation, has selected five individuals to be inducted into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame in 2010. They are Wayne Bassett (1915-1988), H. Vail Deale (1915-2004), Leah Gruber (1907-1996), Julia Wright Merrill (1881-1961), and Calvin Potter (1945- ). The inductions will take place on November 4, 2010 at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference in Wisconsin Dells. Wayne Bassett served as Director of the Wausau Public Library, later merged into the Marathon County Public Library, and the Wisconsin Valley Library Service. He served as the Legislative Advocate for WLA and as its President in 1976. H. Vail Deale was the former Director of Libraries at Beloit College. He was a member of the 1954-55 Steering Committee that helped establish the Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries (WAAL) in WLA and served as its first chair in 1955-56. Deale served as President of the WLA in 1960-61. Leah Gruber served as a trustee on the Prairie du Sac Library Board for 48 years. She also served on the boards of the Sauk County Library and the South Central Library System. Leah served as President of the Wisconsin Library Trustee Association in 1973 and 1974. She was honored as WLA's trustee of the year in 1968 and was again selected for this honor in 1976. Julia Wright Merrill worked for the Wisconsin Free Library Commission on two occasions, from 1903 to 1906 and again from 1917 to 1922. She taught in the WFLC's library school and served as a field agent promoting public library service throughout the state. She was a national leader in public library extension and served as the first Executive Secretary of the Public Library Association of the American Library Association. Calvin (Cal) Potter's was a consistent and effective legislative supporter for Wisconsin libraries of all types during his 23 year career as a member of the State legislature and during his four and a half years service as Assistant State Superintendent, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. For his advocacy for libraries, Potter received WLA's Citation of Merit in 1981 and again in 1985. More extensive coverage of the accomplishments of these five individuals will be forthcoming in later posts to the WLHC website.
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In this way, wind, rain or heat or a conglomeration of training accessories can dampen the enjoyment of the sport of dog. Dog Guide vest, dog sport vest or jacket: breathable materials that together act as optimal weather protection provide for the maximum comfort of the DOGGER outdoor clothing. The special 3-layer construction and the Teflon Outer fabric to protect against moisture, as well as from wind. The new COOLVENT lining from a 3D-Entluftungsgewebe that ensures a stable temperature balance is unique. Who is involved with his dog on axis, wants to feel comfortable not only freely, but have the hands free. Time and again, the question arises: where with treats, ball, cell phone, keys, and training accessories? ", We know that the ideal dog sport vest or jacket with many pockets must be equipped", says managing director Oliver Baier (46). He trains dogs for over 20 years. Outside and inside the DOGGER Gilet dog sport vest with two front and through back pockets, a chest pocket with Velcroverschluss for the ball and various extra pockets offers more than enough space.
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Sadly The Airman has CLOSED. It has hung on and is was a survivor under Greene King (serving real ale) until December 2018 when it suddenly closed its doors. Another Feltham pub bites the dust. Rating irrelevant.
The Red Lion is renamed KTM ROX. Nought to do with motorbikes but has a Nepalese theme I.e. KTM is the code for Katmandu airport, as is LHR for London Heathrow. No real ale but Oriental food and fizzy keg beers available.


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2020 GMC Sierra HD – Heavy-Duty Competition !!
2020 GMC Sierra HD – Heavy-Duty Competition !! – The 2020 GMC Sierra HD brings the American truck brands latest styling and technology to the heavy-duty segment. Looking much following its Sierra 1500 kin, the latest Sierra HD relief from a more cohesive design relative to that of its smaller sibling. Details such as grillework that extends into the scalloped headlights, more defined wheel skillfully arches, and a blistered hood present GMCs 2500 and 3500 heavy-duty pickup trucks a rugged handsomeness.
Yet, the Sierra HDs extra bodywork does more than just intensify the model's styling, and the gargantuan GMC encouragement from an greater than before bed that sports an inch humiliate lift-over height, newly built-in side-steps ahead of the rear wheels, and an optional tailgate step to ease retrieve into the cargo box. Dubbed MultiPro, the trick two-piece tailgate is to hand throughout the 2020 Sierra HD line.
Accompanying the likes of the well-equipped Sierra HD SLT and luxury-lined Sierra HD Denali trims is a further off-road-oriented AT4 model. afterward a model-specific interruption setup that includes Rancho shock absorbers, skid plates to guard necessary mechanical pieces, a locking rear differential, a dedicated off-road driving mode, and a set of 18-inch Michelin all-terrain tires, the Sierra HD AT4 aims to consent on the likes of the heavy-duty Ram capability Wagon and medium-duty Nissan Titan XD Pro-4X.
There's also a new 10-speed automatic transmission for diesel models.
The 2020 GMC Sierra HD brings the American truck brand's latest styling and technology to the heavy-duty segment. Looking much like its Sierra 1500 kin, the latest Sierra HD benefits from a more cohesive design relative to that of its smaller sibling. Details such as grillework that extends into the scalloped headlights, more defined wheel well arches, and a blistered hood give GMC's 2500 and 3500 heavy-duty pickup trucks a rugged handsomeness.
Yet, the Sierra HD's new bodywork does more than just improve the model's styling, and the gargantuan GMC benefits from an improved bed that sports an inch lower lift-over height, newly built-in side-steps ahead of the rear wheels, and an optional tailgate step to ease entrance into the cargo box. Dubbed MultiPro, the trick two-piece tailgate is available throughout the 2020 Sierra HD line.
Accompanying the likes of the well-equipped Sierra HD SLT and luxury-lined Sierra HD Denali trims is a new off-road-oriented AT4 model. With a model-specific suspension setup that includes Rancho shock absorbers, skid plates to protect vital mechanical pieces, a locking rear differential, a dedicated off-road driving mode, and a set of 18-inch Michelin all-terrain tires, the Sierra HD AT4 aims to take on the likes of the heavy-duty Ram Power Wagon and medium-duty Nissan Titan XD Pro-4X.
Details such as dark-chrome exterior accents, black-chrome grille, body-color bumpers, and red tow hooks further distinguish the AT4 from other Sierra HD models. The off-road trim also boasts standard leather seating surfaces and a massive 15.0-inch head-up display that includes an AT4-exclusive inclinometer.
Regardless, every 2020 Sierra HD features a cabin design cribbed from the Sierra 1500. Favoring ergonomics and functionality over style, the insides of the heavy-duty GMC pickup provide the driver with all the tools needed to comfortably haul heavy payloads or tow large trailers. An integrated trailer-brake controller and an available exterior camera system capable of displaying up to 15 different viewsin the dashboard-mounted infotainment screen, including a "transparent trailer" view that uses the tailgate's camera and an accessory camera mounted to the trailer's rear to create a feed that virtually "see(s) through" the trailer. Additional towing help comes courtesy of the Sierra HD's larger exterior-mounted mirrors, a trailer sway-control system, and more.
Like the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD, the Sierra HD welcomes a new gas-sipping V8 engine underhood. While GMC is not quite ready to share details about its heavy-duty pickup's gas-fed engine, the brand is opening up about the truck's carryover, diesel-drinking turbocharged 6.6-liter V8 that produces 445 horsepower and 910 pound-feet of torque. Backed by a new 10-speed automatic transmission, the powertrain is said to muster a tow rating in excess of 30,000 pounds. That's a major improvement over the current truck, which musters a maximum towing capacity of 23,100 pounds for rear-drive 3500HD dually models using a fifth-wheel or gooseneck hitch.
The 2020 Sierra HD will go on sale by the end of the year. Although GMC did not release pricing for the truck, we expect the new Sierra HD to start at more than $35,000.


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The Life Cycle And Molecular Biology Of Htlv1 And Htlv2
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 | Multiple Myeloma
HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are genomically and structurally typical of type C oncornaviruses (Figures 12-4 and 12-6). The integrated proviral DNA contains redundant long terminal repeat (LTR) sequences that contain enhancer and promoter elements for viral RNA transcription, the RNA transcriptional start and polyadenylation sites, and, at the 3' end of the transcribed RNA, a stem-loop structure termed the Rex Response Element (RRE). Like all retroviruses the HTLV contain genes, termed gag, pol, and env, that encode for critical structural and functional proteins. However, as the case with other complex retroviruses (e.g., the lentiviruses and foamy viruses) the PTLV/BLV genus also contains genes for proteins that regulate viral expression. Also, as is the case with other retroviruses, HTLV-1 and 2 have evolved to make maximal use of their approximately 9-kb genome by employing multiple RNA splicing patterns of their primary RNA transcript and differential and shifting start sites for protein translation.25
The life cycle of a typical retrovirus is shown in Figure 12-2. Like all retroviruses HTLV replication is thought to be initiated by the binding of the surface envelope protein gp46 to a specific cell surface receptor. Studies indicate that HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 share the same cell surface receptor, which differs from that of BLV and HIV.26,27 HTLV receptor(s) have not been definitively established, although two candidate molecules have been identified that may play this role. One is a 71-kd heat-shock-like
Figure 12-6. Organization of the HTLV proviral DNA and the major cognate polyproteins and cleaved structural, functional, and regulatory proteins. Each gene and protein is discussed in the text.
protein, while the other is a 32-kd protein encoded on the distal arm of chromosome 17q.28-30 Both viruses can infect many different hematopoietic, epithelial, and mesenchymal cell types in vitro, but analyses indicate that, in vivo, most HTLV-1 or HTLV-2 DNA is found in CD4+ or CD8+ T lymphocytes, respectively.31
HTLV virions or purified HTLV surface envelope proteins have been shown to activate human T lymphocytes. Our own data demonstrated that a monoclonal antibody directed against the 32-kd putative HTLV cell surface receptor also activated human T lymphocytes (Choi et al., in preparation). Because activation of target host cells facilitates retroviral reverse transcription and subsequent viral integration of double-stranded DNA into host cellular DNA, it would seem that HTLV has evolved to exploit a heretofore undescribed T-cell activation cascade, in part perhaps explaining its T-cell tropism.
Despite this advantage, however, comparative in vitro experiments indicate that cell-free HTLV virions replicate a thousandfold less efficiently than HIV virions.32 Our own experiments indicate that HTLV virions contain considerably less surface envelope protein per virion. Also, relative to HIV, HTLV reverse transcription is less robust, with the major difference observed in vitro being the "jump" from minus stranded "strong stop" DNA to plus strand first strand DNA synthesis (Choi et al., in preparation) (Figure 12-3). AH of the above may explain the lack of clinical evidence for in vivo HTLV cell-free viral transmission.16
Relative to HIV, HTLV reverse transcription is considerably less error prone due to the greater fidelity of its RNA-depend-ent DNA polymerase.33,34 There are no known "hot spots" for proviral DNA integration and there are no recognizable oncogenes associated with the HTLV-1 genome.7,9,16 Most infected cells contain only one integrated copy of viral DNA, which can be on any human chromosome with seemingly random or chaotic flanking host cellular DNA sequences. However, cultured human cells and some fresh tumor specimens have been shown to contain multiple HTLV integrants. Also, defective copies of HTLV have been identified in vivo and in vitro wherein either whole or portions of genes (e.g., pol) are missing from the proviral DNA or stop codon mutations result in aborted translation of viral proteins.22 It is speculated that the presence of defective copies of HTLV could convey a worse clinical prognosis in that, while such genomes would still retain the genes that encode the transforming properties of the virus (vide infra), they would not express all of the major immunogenic epitopes of the virus and thereby escape immune surveillance.
The gag gene of the HTLV encodes for three primary proteins (for simplicity we will use the terminology for HTLV-1 although there are subtle size differences between HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 proteins) (Figures 12-4 and 12-6). The p19 protein, which is myristoylated at its amino terminus, anchors the organizing virus replication complex at the interior of the cell surface and facilitates budding of virus particles. The p24 protein forms a capsid in the interior of the virion, which surrounds and protects the ribonucleoprotein complex, which is organized into a preferred three-dimensional structure in part by the gag p15 nucleobinding protein.
A translational frameshift allows for the pro-pol polyprotein to also be translated off of the primary RNA transcript (Figure 12-6). The aspartate protease protein functions to cleave the initial gagpolyprotein into its individual structural components leading to virus maturation and infectivity. The pol protein contains the RNA-dependent DNA polymerase and RNAse-H activity critical for reverse transcription and the integrase activity.
The envelope protein is translated as a polyprotein off of the singly spliced RNA message (Figure 12-6). The polyprotein is cleaved into the individual glycosylated surface protein gp46 and the transmembrane protein gp21. While the surface gp46 determines tropism by its binding to the cell surface receptor, the transmembrane gp21 facilitates entry into the target cell via either direct fusion and/or endocytosis.
The multiply spliced RNAs encode for two (and possibly more) key regulatory proteins, Tax and Rex, which modulate HTLV RNA expression and splicing, respectively7,35,36 (Figure 12-6). Upstream from its TATAA box promoter sequence, the HTLV LTR region contains three 21-bp imperfect repeats that indirectly interact with the Tax protein to trans-activate HTLV RNA transcription37-39 (Figure 12-7). These TAX responsive elements (TRE) have homology to the human cyclic AMP response element (CRE) sequence and TAX activation of viral RNA transcription has been shown to be mediated indirectly by its interaction with cellular CRE binding protein (CREB) (Figure 12-7). Early in HTLV infection most viral RNA is multiply spliced.40 As more TAX protein is produced, more multiply spliced RNA is produced, eventually leading to increased production of REX protein.
REX is a phosphoprotein localized specifically in the nucle-oli of HTLV-infected cells. REX is required for the production of two incompletely spliced viral mRNAs that encode either GAG, POL, or ENV products.41 REX function depends on the presence of a 5' splice donor (SD) signal in the beginning of ENV mRNA and in the 5' LTR for the GAG/POL mRNA as well as the RRE. The 5' SD seems to destabilize the mRNA in the absence of REX. REX interacts with the RRE to suppress splicing directly or by accelerated transport of the viral RNA into the cytoplasm, either by interference with the splicosome complex, opening specialized RNA transport, or possibly by stabilizing target RNA molecules (or both). REX may also have a second function in addition to regulation of spliced mRNA. At high concentrations of REX a down-regulation or inhibition of TAXmediated trans-activation occurs, providing further regulatory control of virus expression and possibly secondary effects on cellular RNAs.42
There are three growth phases in the life cycle of HTLV. In the early phase, the 5' LTR supports low-level transcription and, because the production of REX is low, the fully spliced regulatory mRNAs are primarily produced. In the mid-phase, increased levels of TAX stimulate overall viral RNA transcription, while REX retards the RNA splicing such that all the viral structural and functional proteins are produced. In the late phase the increased production of REX decreases the production of TAX and REX and decreases the trans-activation of
Figure 12-7. Tax mediated trans-activation of viral transcripts and host cellular genes. Tax in concert with CBP facilitates the binding of CREB to the TRE located in the HTLV LTR resulting in a marked increase of viral RNA transcription. Similarly, Tax can trans-activate a number of cellular genes (e.g., c-fos, c-erg-1, or IL-2R-a) via its interaction with a number of cellular transcription factors (e.g., CREB, serum responsive factor [SRE], or NF-kB). Tax also affects NF-kB regulated transcription in a less direct manner. IkB binds to NF-kB dimers in the cytoplasm and prevents their nuclear localization. Inhibitor of kB kinases (IKKs) phosphorylate IkB causing it to dissociate. NF-kB can then migrate to the nucleus and activate transcription of cellular genes while IkB is degraded via the proteosome pathway. HTLV Tax is known to stimulate the activation of NF-kB at several levels in this pathway. Tax acts to free NF-kB from cytoplasmic constraints by causing its dissociation via the activation of IKKs and by acting as a molecular chaperone for proteolytic degradation due to its ability to physically associate with both the phos-phorylated form of IkB and the proteosome. By this mechanism, Tax would be able to guide IkB to the proteosome to promote its degradation and prevent further association with other cytoplasmic NF-kB dimers. Tax also enhances the trans-activating capabilities of NF-kB by stimulating its dimerization.
overall viral RNA transcription. Hence, it is the constant interplay of TAX and REX in concert with host cellular factors that influences the levels of HTLV proteins and virions being expressed at any given time and presumably influences the development of disease.
In vitro and in vivo studies indicate that HTLV RNA and proteins are expressed at much lower levels than HIV. This is explained in part by the more varied and robust repertoire of enhancer elements located in the HIV LTR. However, HTLV-infected cells have also been found to harbor natural anti-sense RNA molecules and to make predominantly multiply spliced rather than singly and unspliced viral mRNAs.40 These observed differences in infection and expression rates make teleological sense given the difference in biological activity of the two viruses. HTLV, which transforms its host cell, expands its genome by increasing the number of host cells containing integrated proviral DNA.43 Its low expression rate and high degree of latency decrease the probability of immunologic destruction. Hence, it has a low mutation rate.12 HIV, which ultimately destroys its host cell, requires much higher levels of infectivity, expression, and mutation in order to avoid immuno-logic inactivation and infect new host cells. The evolution of these biologic properties explains the different clinical effects (oncogenesis for HTLV, cytopenia for HIV) of these two T-lym-photropic viruses.
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Variants of CML - Multiple Myeloma
Blastic Transformation - Multiple Myeloma
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Mummy had one thing she really wanted to bring home from this visit to Ko Samui.
Back home in our newly painted pink office, Mummy had dedicated one of the walls from floor to ceiling as "Our Gallery." And she had purposefully left a space for some very special artwork. She was hoping that Little Tyke and Mini Tyke will each draw a picture of me and George – respectively.
As you can see, I was starting to emerge … Mini Tyke was moving along faster than Little Tyke – she was onto the next stage of depicting George. Do you think George looks more like cavalier King Charles with those big ears? Or an elephant? But he was evolving. When asked what colour the background should be – Mini Tyke chose pink. Cool! It's her favourite colour but also the colour of the wall on which this picture will hang. And I was slowly evolving as well … And my background colour? Mummy wanted a grey green – that's her new favourite colour.
Even though Mini Tyke gave George much bigger ears – she really did capture his essence.
And loving the delicate strokes that Little Tyke used to depict my furriness. Thank you Little Tyke and Mini Tyke – While their friend, Caspar (14) drew Spider Man! LOL!
May's comment: Love, love, love these portraits. I can't wait to have them framed and added to our gallery wall. I was maybe hoping for some stick figures and they would have already been just special – but these two portraits done by Sasha, aged 7 years and 364 days and Skye, aged 5 – will be able to hold their ground amongst the other established artists, art students, craftsman and photographers. Both amazing additions as well as being very special pieces.
Thank you Nim, for making this happen. Love them so much.
These are fabulous! What an incredible cherished memento. They will look amazing framed and hanging on your wall!
These are too adorable! How fun. I think George's looks like his ears could be his front legs and he is standing up on his hind legs. She really got his face. And I loved how Darcys fringe was the jumping off point for the rest of the painting. You could have a business here!


exclamation mark on that notion that there really isn't a thing called memory.
And kind of come all the way back to the first lecture this week.
but make it in the context, again, of the amnesias.
is that when, when we say that amnesics have lost their memory.
memory, they still know what seven times six is.
They still know what capitals of places are.
begin by fi, kind of famous study from a guy named Edward Claparede.
shake her hand and he would say, hello, we met yesterday, do you remember me?
And this patient had anteriograde amnesia.
So she wasn't able to form new memories. So she said no, I do not.
And he said oh, well my name's Edward Claparede.
when I meet you tomorrow I will ask you my name.
And he did that a few days in a row, and she could never remember his name.
sneaky. He hid within his hand, a little pin.
Just enough to give her a little bit of pin prick when she shook his hand.
And so the first day after he did this, he went up and saw her.
Put out his hand, said hi nice to see you.
She shook his hand, and got the pin prick and pulled her hand back.
he did this a few days in a row, but it didn't take long at all.
too, but she wouldn't return the handshake.
well, sometimes people hide things in their hand.
And he said have I ever done that to you. And she would say, well no.
But, of course, she didn't even remember him.
But she said, no, no I'm not saying that you're doing that.
is that even though this woman could not remember his name.
and that she was remembering, even if she didn't remember learning.
sorts of studies with amnesics, so if we go back to our memory system.
some people talk about memory in these terms.
terminologies that represent similar things.
the sense that we have damage in this area.
We have damage in retrieving facts, and events.
for supper last night, or I know what the capital of Germany is.
you know, these are things they can declare.
But then the claim is there's this other non-declarative thing.
notice. so things like skills, and habits.
the brain called the striatum, is what's often underlying, this sort of learning.
of that sort of thing. But again this is non-declarative.
and they're just more readily able to perceive them.
But they're not thinking they're having a memory, that's the difference.
car with a beautiful model and you start to lust after the car.
beautiful model and then you go, oh, yeah, I like that car.
Because it was associated with a beautiful model, you like the car.
associations. We know that the cerebellum's involved.
and then there's also what's called non-associative learning.
We're not going to talk about that too much.
what's been studied the most with amnesic patients.
anybody, is to take a pencil, and draw inside this star.
mouse right here. But, we add a twist.
hard when you're drawing, we use that visual stimulation to guide our hand.
And now all the visual stimulation is reversed.
person at first you'll see a lot of mess in their drawing.
better. That's the skills and habits, okay?
Now, you can give an amnesiac this task, like HM, let's say.
that's what we said, but we really meant this kind of memory, declarative.
It turns out they can get better at things like this line drawing.
learning how to do this artificial task we've created.
Now of course we bring them in day after day and do this.
Each time we bring them in, we will say, do you remember this task.
And they'll say, they'll say, no, I don't have any memory of ever doing this.
And then we'll say, okay, we'll give it a try.
And it turns out they will be pretty good.
so they, they're gaining proficiency without any memory of the experience.
That really shows these different kinds of memory.
In fact, this kind of memory is what I originally called Procedural Memory.
this thing, so now they've even separated declarative and episodic.
they say declarative, I know that, that's kind of semantic memory, right?
declarative as well, I wouldn't. But this is procedural.
I know how, for example, to pronounce and comprehend new vocabulary.
I know how to tie my shoes. I know how to play piano.
Think of Clive Wearing, let me bring that back.
Clive lost all of this, and he lost all of this, but he still had this.
our ability to do things. And we learn it through repetition.
mechanism we use to do these kinds of memory.
computers they could learn quicker and quicker.
So they would be asked to create a program each day the same program.
in they caught on faster and faster. So they were learning something.
There's a procedural element to programming and they were learning that.
that notion that memory is not a singular noun.
talk about in a memory course or a section of a course on memory.
about. But, that's just how it is.
all right, so, rounding out our, our week on memory then, got a few videos for you.
bang, interesting after interesting thing.
One of them will be sleep, we'll talk about sleep.
relationship between sleep and procedural memory.
and it's, it's a talk I gave at here at the University of Toronto, Scarborough.
very different way than I have in this lecture series.
But it'll, I think it'll connect up quite well.
from a, from a different angle. So, check that out if you're interested.
one. and finally the readings over here.
There's a, there's a paper open access paper about Edward Claparede.
it, it's not so much about the amnesia stuff that I started off here.
how does this fit with the MOOC world. What would Claparede think of a MOOC?
called the Great Courses, in the States. It's, 24 lectures on just memory alone.
course is 16 hours on intro psych, that whole course was 12 hours on just memory.
So that's how much there is to talk about in memory.
fascinating study after fascinating study.
I'm looking forward to it and I hope you are too.


I'm a many-time published author in the computer tech field. I'm from the days when everyone needed a phonebook-sized manual to write a web page, and my books were pretty popular back then.
I'm also hoping to explore other ideas on CreateSpace—the freedom to try out new ideas is amazing! I've already got a couple of science books to my name (most notably "Your Brain: The Missing Manual") and I've got some interesting ideas for a coding-for-kids series. So hopefully this is start of a long-term love affair. In the meantime, anyone who remembers one of my old books feel free to shoot me a message at matthew@prosetech.com!
G'day Matthew, welcome to the forum. Good luck with your projects. If you have any questions feel free to ask them here.


If you see yourself as a future owner of an online store, you should choose a powerful platform for electronic commerce.
Magento vs Shopify – are well-known services developed for eCommerce holders who have an idea to open an online shop. The first thing you should know is that they can help to maximize your sales. The second point is that there are a number of differences between Magento and Shopify. There are advantages and disadvantages for both Shopify and Magento platforms. But what are they?
In this article, you will find the full answer to this question, step by step. Our view will structurize the facts in regards to the possibilities of these services.
what platform is easier to use?
is Magento really cheaper than Shopify?
which possibility gives you these platforms?
what are the Shopify pros and cons?
what are the Magento pros and cons?
Notice that the success of your business depends on the solution you will make after reading this report. We know how valuable your time is, which is why we only cover the practical facts based on our own experience. Take just five minutes to read this review and you will be satisfied.
The Enterprise Edition offers two Magento Commerce Starters from $2000 per month, and Magento Commerce Pro starting at $3,417 per month. This article will consider the free version for comparison purposes.
Magento is a very compliant feature, so you can configure almost anything you want in exactly the way you want it. To compose a marketplace on Magento services, you'll need a lot of time to master this platform. You'll also need to provide your own hosting that requires web-development skills, as the entrance threshold is quite high. You will need a lot of time to develop this platform because it is quite resourced intensive. You will need to provide your own hosting for the installation and your own domain. If you plan to launch a large store with a large database of products, you will need powerful hosting with a large capacity and high uptime. Magento provides many templates; however, it will be extremely difficult to install them by yourself. There is a fairly extensive guide for users who go through the complex processes of creating a depot step by step.
Shopify is an easy-to-use and downloadable eCommerce application. It should be noted that this service has become the top leader among representatives of small and medium-sized businesses.
You can also try a free 14-day trial version.
Shopify is a SAAS (software as a service) platform, so you don't have to think about your own hosting and security. That is the plus of Shopify. Also, there is around-the-clock support by phone, chat, e-mail, and with a large user support community. The official site supports 60 optimized themes for various devices, but most of them aren't free. You can download additional samples on Themeforest and other marketplaces. The interface offers ten free themes that are created in a modern design, adapted for mobile devices and supported by the Shopify team. You are given the opportunity to add new pages, for example, blocks of a variety of goods, the "About Us" page, or a blog. With the help of the editor, it is possible to change the color palette, font, images, and edit page elements (menus, headings, etc.). We calculated more than 2,300 free and paid applications available for Shopify, so you can expand the functionality of your online store in various ways.
"Good news for you: installation doesn't take so much time".
For example, Shopify has a distribution functionality; however, the native function only concerns the client's lifecycle (a letter of registration, an order, the sending of an order, the receipt of an order, and so on). To start the newsletter, you will need to install an application - for example, MailChimp - which will allow you to integrate MailChimp into your store. Then, you need to create a subscription form (or use a template) and create mailing lists. The same goes for the extended-type functionality, which can be easily installed with free applications. The application is put in a semi-automatic mode and often doesn't require deep intervention in the code.
One of the main criteria of working with these services is ease of use. To get high results, you must interact well with the service and understand how to work with the admin panel, how to create products and text pages, and how to register sales and deliveries. Looking ahead, we want to clarify one point: we are considering this point from the perspective of the user who has, first, created an online store.
Magento is a complex system that is built on the basis of components of various frameworks, such as Monolog, Symfony, Zend Framework and many others. Unlike to the first version, Magento 2 is no longer built on the only one framework. Also, Magento uses various additional libraries for its work. To arrange the correct loading of all the components and modules in Magento 2, use the Composer dependency manager.
"Composer is an application-level package manager for the PHP programming language that provides a standard format for managing dependencies of PHP software and required libraries. Composer runs through the command line and installs dependencies (e.g. libraries) for an application. It also allows users to install PHP applications that are available on "Packagist", which is its main repository containing available packages. It also provides autoload capabilities for libraries that specify autoload information to ease usage of the third-party code. The control panel in the Magento 2 has changed significantly and has become more comfortable than the first version. Therefore, if you are just starting your path with Magento, then it will not be difficult for you to learn the control panel interface.
However, if you compare the control panels Magento and Shopify, then the last control panel still wins in terms of simplicity. Shopify developers released an early beta version in six languages: French, German, Japanese, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish. They test this experience to do your cooperation with Shopify platform more comfortable. To select one of six languages you need to activate the beta version and enjoy new opportunities.
Shopify is an easy-to-use and customizable platform. With this service, you don't need to take the time to delve into programming or master the maintenance of the site. You can spend your time developing the advancement of your online store, which is more important.
Shopify definitely has more benefits in terms of available topics to choose from. This development has greater stock and also looks more modern. Users like Shopify because of the number of different themes on its interface, and you know it can save you money. You don't need to pay large amounts for a designer to create attractive graphics. In this area, Magento concedes Shopify. So, if you are a newbie creating an interface for an online store, follow our advice and select the Shopify platform. We assure you, you will not go wrong.
Magento vs Shopify: what platform is cheaper? The question of which payment system to use is one of the most important things that influence us when making a decision on which eCommerce platform to choose. Let's look at this theme a bit closer.
With this platform, there is a series of tariffs. The base plan is $29 dollars per month, while unlimited will cost you $179 per month. Thus, the more you are willing to pay, the more functionality you will be provided with. In addition, the rate for using the payment system will be reduced. At first glance, this addition may seem insignificant; however, when receiving a significant revenue from sales, a difference of 0.2% can be a notable amount. The managers of the service took care of all the cash transactions in the Shopify office. This is very convenient because you don't need to look for additional service providers. Setting up a tariff arrangement is simple and less time-consuming. It also gives the option to refuse transaction charges if you use their own Shopify Payment system. Magento provides more payment systems, that provide the ability to reach more audiences.
The main plus is that you don't distract from the promotion and improvement of your store.
Read Also: Which eCommerce builder should you choose?
In both Magento and Shopify, there are support services for users where you can find answers to your questions at any time of the day. Not everything, however, is that easy.
In Shopify, you won't be left alone with the problem. There are two choices: find a solution in a blog or contact the support service. You can call managers, write them directly by mail or email, or ask your question in the chat forum. You will be contacted and assisted immediately, at any time. Magento offers free and paid online educational courses.
how to choose a product that will make a profit.
This information will be useful for maintaining and developing your business. With Magento, you have to find a way out of the situation yourself. To understand the problem, follow the tips on the developer's blog. Unfortunately, Magento users do not have access to official platform support services.
Optimization of your site is a key that will enhance sales. Speed loading allows your customers to get the best experience while making purchases in the online store.
it doesn't give any control over the server. You can't install Gzip and configure caching in a certain way.
it restricts access to FTP editing and robots.txt files, there is no mention of XML Sitemap. Shopify creates a sitemap automatically.
you have no opportunity to bypass a fixed URL structure (since you can't create a custom structure for the full page).
changes to robot.txt files, and so on.
The heavy structure of this software can make working with the site quite inconvenient. To reduce the risks of slow loading, you need to regularly optimize it. Search engine optimization is an effective way to attract customers; however, its configuration should be entrusted to professionals. Your independent actions can lead to a number of negative and incomprehensible results. For example, the number of buyers on the site may increase, but sales will decrease. To prevent such an outcome, you need to operate a list of promoted requests and a promotion strategy.
Shopify provides a free SSL certificate that is responsible for your store. The core of Shopify is on the servers of the company and is constantly updated. The service is programmed to maintain a high level of safety.
By using Magento, you will be responsible for security and updates by yourself, as all the source code will be tied to personal hosting. Responsibility for the storage of your data is assumed by the performer. You can connect the certificate, but it should be done by the developers.
Undoubtedly, Magento vs Shopify is a comparison between two of the most popular services in the eCommerce niche; however, to date, there is a list of studies that highlight the facts on the topic of ratings among the known platforms.
cost of creation in Shopify is cheaper than in Magento.
To create this list, we used the study which is presented in the blog community.envato.com, dedicated to online sales. The study that we outlined was released in December 2016. Since then, the overall picture has not changed: the Shopify rating prevails over Magento.
Are you among the number of users who want to forget about the problem of hosting choices, configuration, and bandwidth? Do you like the idea of not paying a commission for a transaction at every purchase? If your answer is "yes", we advise you opt for Shopify over Magento. The fact is that Shopify is a complete eCommerce solution that will produce excellent results in the near future.
In addition, Shopify constantly introduces new features and has even integrated with Amazon. Consequently, vendors can merchandise goods on Amazon directly from the admin panel. If you are attracted by the full freedom of action and flexibility, choose Magento, but remember that you will spend more time learning and exploring it. Unlike Shopify, you will need to buy a dedicated server, configure it and create your own hosting provider, which can cost a lot. As your store expands, the price may increase.
Now you have a clear view of the differences between Shopify vs Magento platforms. We hope our report was helpful as you choose what's best for you. In the table below, we schematically compare the Magento and Shopify platforms, and indicate everything, in summary, that has been described in this article.
The eCommerce market grows every day. So, if you have a great product and a number of questions on how to get it off the ground, get in touch with the team at MakebeCool Co. We know what big sales look like, and how to get there. Fill in the form and our Shopify Consultant will help you determine the ways of increasing professional growth.


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From The Past Into The Present: Historic Oriel Chambers To Get Major Upgrade
Home/News/From The Past Into The Present: Historic Oriel Chambers To Get Major Upgrade
One of Liverpool's most historic buildings, Oriel Chambers, which was designed by renowned architect Peter Ellis is set to have a major upgrade according to Liverpool Business News. The structure, which was built on Water Street in 1864, is now home to over 30 businesses making it one of the leading office spaces in Liverpool's city centre and is now set to be improved with a huge £750,000 refurbishment.
The Grade I-listed building is believed to have played a huge part in inspiring architects for the designs of some of America's first skyscrapers meaning it has had a huge impact on the world of architecture not just locally but internationally as well. Ellis' grid of oriel windows which were designed to maximise the influx of light became of the building's defining features and were also seen in some of the first skyscrapers in Chicago.
Yakel Property Investment who label themselves as a company who 'seek and invest in unique real estate opportunities' acquired the building from family-owned property company Bruntwood who in turn purchased the building for £5 million in 2006. Managing Director at Yakel, Samuel Farage described Oriel Chambers as 'one of the finest office addresses in Liverpool' and as a 'historic hub for business'. The property itself is in a prime location in the heart of Liverpool's city centre, situated 'between the grandeur of Water Street's two other famous landmarks – Liverpool Town Hall and the Royal Liver Building – within walking distance of Liverpool's iconic waterfront.'
Farage also stated that Yakel will 'harness the expertise of the team at CBRE to help us realise our future plans for this important office building moving forward' as well as highlighting how 'the team at Kuits provided key legal expertise throughout the transaction, demonstrating experience, knowledge and commercial acumen to help us with this unique acquisition.'
Yakel will now take the helm with the assistance of CBRE as the iconic building undergoes significant investment that will facilitate the delivery of new, flexible office space. The space will focus on the health and wellbeing of those within the building and plans also include the repurposing of Oriel Close for tenants and the immediate community as well as the installation of superfast broadband to facilitate optimum productivity.
CBRE, who have been active in Liverpool for over 100 years will provide their skills in commercial and residential property consultancy to assist Yakel in their stewardship of the building. CBRE definitely have the relevant experience when it comes to dealing with historic buildings in Liverpool including a continued involvement with the famous Three Graces building.
Andrew Byrne, Associate Director at CBRE Liverpool, describes Oriel Chambers as a 'uniquely both historic and contemporary destination for businesses.' The investment into the building means great things for Liverpool's local economy and the Liverpool's architecture scene and architecture jobs. It will be interesting to see how these plans take shape and how they will shape an integral piece of Liverpool's celebrated architectural history.
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Lakeland's Stacie Lawler Named 2020 Idaho Teacher of the Year
Lakeland's Stacie Lawler Named 2020…
"Never in a million years did I think something like this would happen to me." This sentiment pretty well sums up the reaction of IEA and Lakeland Education Association member Stacie Lawler after a surprise ceremony where she was named the 2020 Idaho Teacher of the Year. A physical education teacher at Timberlake Junior High School, Lawler was floored as a procession of dignitaries and well-wishers entered the gymnasium with balloons and flowers.
"I saw my sister, who lives in Mississippi, and I knew something was up," she says. "Then I saw my husband crying, which is unusual for him." Her husband, Shawn, also a P.E. teacher and IEA member, was actually in on the secret and had made arrangements for Stacie's sister, brother, father, and daughter to be in attendance for the surprise ceremony.
Teacher of the Year, Stacie Lawler receiving a congratulatory hug from Idaho Governor, Brad Little.
Stacie Lawler is in her sixth year at Timberlake, her thirteenth in the Lakeland Joint School District, and her seventeenth as a teacher in Idaho. She has also been active in coaching throughout her career and started the cross-country program at Timberlake. Junior high students are what it is all about for Stacie, who made the jump from the elementary level when her own children moved up to junior high school. "I started to identify with the older kids and also realized that was where I could have the most impact," she says. "I just love this age and I will work with junior high students the rest of my career."
Mental Health Issues Hit Close to Home
As a health and physical education teacher, Stacie had more exposure to mental and emotional health issues than most educators. Then came a call from her son, Keegan, who was attending Boise State University. "He called home and told me he had a plan to commit suicide," she says. That call was an eye-opener for Stacie, who suddenly and surprisingly felt unprepared for how to handle the situation. "That really brought it home and helped me identify with those who are struggling." She later learned that Keegan had been struggling with depression since junior high school.
Not long after that, Stacie's daughter, Keelie, shared that she was dealing with severe anxiety issues. A standout basketball player, Keelie started having panic attacks during practices and games. Her fierce competitive nature forced her to face her struggles head-on. Ultimately, she went on to earn all-state recognition four times and help Timberlake High School win two state championships.
The good news is that both Keegan, now 23, and Keelie, now 20, are doing very well and are managing their mental health issues. Keegan graduated from the University of Idaho and is pursuing a master's degree at Western Washington University. Keelie is a junior at Montana Tech University.
The further positive outcome is that Stacie used her family's issues as motivation to raise awareness and build resources to help others. The Sources of Strength message she and others at Timberlake share pivots on reminders about the multitude of supports available to those struggling with mental health issues or emotional trauma. The "safety net" includes positive friends, family, medical help, spirituality, physical activity, and mentors, among other threads.
Stacie co-wrote a grant for the Sources of Strength program and received funding from the Idaho Lives Project for the 2018-19 school year and recently got the news that they will also receive funding for the 2019-20 school year. Currently they have four leaders and 46 students using the program to change the school culture and prevent suicide through the power of peer social networks. "It's really inspiring to see these students take the lead in looking out for each other," she says.
In conjunction with district Superintendent Dr. Becky Meyer and community partners, Stacie is also heavily involved in the Life Awareness Community Coalition, which has provided critical training for all teachers in the Lakeland Joint School District. The trainings are based on the QPR principle, which, helps educators reduce suicide risk through Question, Persuade, and Refer techniques.
Above all else says Stacie: "we have to teach our kids that it is OK to not be OK."
Raising Awareness Will Be Part of Her Platform as Teacher of the Year
As Idaho's 2020 Teacher of the Year, Stacie will have ample opportunity to share her message about erasing the stigma surrounding mental and emotional health. In addition to working with the IEA on outreach, she is likely to be invited to speak to the education committees during the upcoming legislative session and will serve as an ambassador for Idaho educators. She also becomes the state's nominee for National Teacher of the Year honors and will visit Washington, D.C. along with other state Teachers of the Year.
"The lack of resources and funding is the major roadblock to providing mental health awareness and help for students," Stacie says. At Timberlake Junior High they have a social worker who comes once a week to meet with students, but that barely scratches the surface of what is needed. "Honestly, I wish she could counsel full-time at our school," says Lawler.
Making sure that health education is being taught at all levels and having widespread access to QPR training for educators would also be very helpful in efforts to improve student mental health. Reducing the stigma associated with mental health is another key factor. "There is no band-aid or cast to see when someone is struggling." Stacie says. "Someone who struggles with mental health issues may have no visible sign, but their pain is just as real."
Stacie passion for student mental health mirrors a growing awareness and concern among professional educators. The issue of mental health and student behaviors is being raised by individual educators, local education associations, administrators, and school districts. It was also important enough to the K-12 education task force that they included providing additional resources and professional development for educators, so they are better prepared to help students with social and emotional issues, including trauma and mental illness.
You can join Idaho Teacher of the Year Stacie Lawler and the IEA in helping address the issue of student mental health by Standing Up and adding your voice to this important and vital issue.
IEA Podcast: Teacher of the Year, Stacie Lawler


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La Meilleure Façon de marcher est un film dramatique français réalisé par Claude Miller en 1976.

Premier long-métrage du réalisateur, qu'il a co-écrit avec Luc Béraud, en s'inspirant d'une interview d'Ingmar Bergman sur l'humiliation et d'une colère de Miller contre l'intolérance, La Meilleure Façon de marcher, dont l'action se déroule principalement au début des années 1960, raconte la relation ambiguë entre deux moniteurs d'une colonie de vacances aux méthodes pédagogiques diamétralement opposées lorsque l'un, après avoir découvert l'autre grimé en femme, se met à soupçonner ce dernier d'être homosexuel.

Miller confie le rôle de Marc, moniteur à la grande gueule, sportif et macho à Patrick Dewaere alors en pleine ascension après les succès consécutifs des Valseuses et Adieu poulet, tandis que le personnage de Philippe, collègue plus réservé de Marc, est dévolu à Patrick Bouchitey, dont c'est l'un des premiers rôles importants au cinéma. Christine Pascal, actrice révélée par Bertrand Tavernier, joue le rôle de Chantal, petite amie de Philippe. Claude Piéplu prête ses traits au directeur de la colonie de vacances, tandis que Michel Blanc, relativement peu connu du grand public, tient l'un de ses premiers rôles sur grand écran.

Le film est tourné  à l'été 1975 en Auvergne. Miller parvient à finaliser le montage grâce à un apport financier de l'AMLF, qui distribuera le film à sa sortie en salles le . Bien accueilli par la critique, le film connaît un succès commercial relativement modeste à sa sortie avec plus d'un demi-million d'entrées en salles. Nommé à sept reprises à la Cérémonie des Césars 1977, notamment dans les catégories meilleur film et meilleur acteur pour Patrick Dewaere, il ne remporte que le César de la meilleure photographie pour Bruno Nuytten.

L'excellent accueil critique et commercial de La Meilleure Façon de marcher confirme l'ascension de Dewaere et révèle Bouchitey au grand public. Il permet également à Claude Miller de se faire connaître et d'entamer une carrière prestigieuse de réalisateur.

Résumé détaillé
Auvergne, été 1960. Les moniteurs dans une colonie de vacances pour garçons appliquent chacun à leur manière leur pédagogie aux groupes d'enfants dont ils ont la charge. Parmi eux, Marc, grande gueule et sportif qui s'appuie sur ce qu'il pense être sa supériorité, et Philippe, assez réservé et cérébral et également fils du directeur. Pendant que Philippe initie son groupe au théâtre, Marc, quant à lui, organise des marches et pratique sportives aux enfants dont il s'occupe. Par une nuit de pluie orageuse, Marc participe à une partie de poker en compagnie d'autres animateurs, tandis que Philippe regarde un film à la télévision avec un autre moniteur du camp, Deloux, vu comme un lèche-bottes du directeur aux yeux de ses collègues, avant d'aller se coucher.

Une coupure de courant pousse Marc, muni d'une lampe torche, à se rendre dans la chambre de Philippe pour lui demander des bougies. Après s'être annoncé, Marc entre et surprend Philippe travesti en femme. Bien que soupçonnant ce dernier d'être homosexuel, Marc décide de garder le secret et retourne à sa partie de poker. Se sentant coupable et apeuré à l'idée que Marc ne dévoile son goût particulier, Philippe essaie d'en faire son ami. Il tente d'associer leurs deux groupes pour faire des activités ensemble, mais la mise en commun échoue. Par la suite, Philippe connaît une relation ambiguë avec Marc, dont il essaye toujours de faire un ami. Victime des brimades et coups bas de Marc, Philippe surréagit aux allusions de ce dernier en se faisant des idées en pensant à tort qu'il a parlé aux autres moniteurs. La visite de sa petite amie, Chantal, ne parvient pas à calmer les angoisses de Philippe, ce qui entraîne l'échec de leur première relation sexuelle. La jeune femme vient rendre régulièrement visite à Philippe à la colonie de vacances les dimanches où elle fait la connaissance de Marc, qui tente de la courtiser. Mais les espoirs de Marc sont vains car Chantal n'aime pas son caractère arrogant et égocentrique. De retour avec Chantal à la colonie, le directeur organise autour de la piscine une réunion d'adieux pour Deloux, renvoyé du camp après la découverte de photos pornographiques dans ses effets personnels. Marc décide de balancer Philippe dans la piscine, qui manque de se noyer sous les yeux de Chantal, qui commence à avoir des doutes sur les humiliations.

À l'approche de la fin des vacances, le directeur veut organiser une fête d'adieux. Philippe suggère l'organisation d'un bal costumé, qui est accepté. Alors que Chantal, présentée et vêtue d'un costume d'homme, et Marc, déguisé en danseur de flamenco, sont présents, Philippe débarque, déguisé et maquillé en femme et invite Marc à danser, ce qu'il accepte, jouant le jeu. Philippe renverse alors la situation et provoque Marc. Excédé, Marc se met à frapper Philippe devant le public assistant au bal. Philippe commence à répliquer à la confrontation qui s'achève quand le jeune homme se munit d'un couteau et le plante dans la cuisse gauche de Marc.

Quelques années plus tard à Paris. Philippe se rend dans un appartement neuf en compagnie de Chantal. Le couple retrouve leur agent immobilier, s'avérant être Marc, qui depuis s'est marié. Il est révélé que la relation entre les deux hommes s'est apaisée avec le temps.

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 Titre : La Meilleure Façon de marcher
 Titre anglais ou international :
 Réalisation : Claude Miller, assisté de Luc Béraud et Michel Such
 Scénario et dialogues : Claude Miller et Luc Béraud
 Musique : Alain Jomy
 Décors et costumes : Hilton McConnico
 Maquillage : Joël Lavaud
 Photographie : Bruno Nuytten
 Son : Paul Lainé
 Montage : Jean-Bernard Bonis
 Régisseur général : Armand Barbault
 Production : Mag Bodard et Jean-François Davy, Maurice Bernard (co-production), Hubert Niogrey (exécutive)
 Sociétés de production : Filmoblic, Cinémag et Contrechamp
 Sociétés de distribution : AMLF (France), Specialty Films (États-Unis)
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue originale : français
 Format : couleur (Eastmancolor) — 35 mm — 1,66:1 — son monophonique
 Genre : drame
 Durée :
 Dates de sortie :
 France : , ressorties en salles le  puis le  dans une version restaurée
 États-Unis : présentation au Festival de Chicago en , sortie le  à New York
  Mention CNC : tous publics, Art et essai (visa d'exploitation  délivré le 30 juillet 1992)

Distribution
 Patrick Dewaere : Marc
 Patrick Bouchitey : Philippe
 Christine Pascal : Chantal
 Claude Piéplu : Le directeur de la colonie
 Marc Chapiteau : Gérard
 Michel Blanc : Raoul Deloux
 Michel Such : Léni
 Franck d'Ascanio : Hervé
 Nathan Miller : gamin aux lunettes
 Et les enfants de "L'Atelier" de Saint-Saturnin

Production

Genèse et développement

Le point de départ de La Meilleure Façon de marcher est née d'une idée de Claude Miller, à l'époque assistant réalisateur et directeur de production notamment pour François Truffaut. La lecture d'une interview du réalisateur Ingmar Bergman dans lequel il évoque l'humiliation et une colère profonde de Miller contre l'intolérance raciale et sexuelle constatée dans son cercle proche lui ont donné l'idée de s'en servir pour écrire et réaliser son premier long-métrage. Avec son co-scénariste Luc Béraud, Miller se plonge dans ses souvenirs de jeunesse.

Pour le rôle de Marc, Miller songe le confier à Philippe Léotard, mais n'arrive pas à trouver l'acteur susceptible d'incarner Philippe. Un jour, Juliet Berto conseille à Miller le nom de Patrick Bouchitey, qui jouait la pièce Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou. Miller se rend alors chez Bouchitey après la représentation. L'acteur, qui garde toutes les bobines de ses essais, lui projette celui réalisé pour Les Caïds, dans lequel il était en concurrence avec Patrick Dewaere pour un rôle que Bouchitey a finalement obtenu. Miller est impressionné par Dewaere. Encouragé par Bouchitey, Miller, qui ne pensait pas engager d'acteurs connus, envoie le scénario à Dewaere. Le soir même, l'acteur contacte le réalisateur et lui dit avoir apprécié le scénario et veut jouer dans le film. Dewaere obtient le rôle de Marc et adore l'idée de jouer un personnage antipathique. Les deux rôles principaux confiés, Miller donne le rôle de la petite amie de Philippe à Christine Pascal, révélée par Bertrand Tavernier et celui du directeur de la colonie de vacances et père de Philippe à Claude Piéplu.

C'est Patrick Dewaere qui a suggéré le nom de Michel Blanc à Claude Miller après l'avoir vu sur scène au théâtre du Splendid.

Tournage
Le tournage du film s'est déroulé en cinq semaines en Auvergne, essentiellement à  Cellule, ancienne commune du Puy-de-Dôme à l'été 1975. Malgré la présence de Dewaere au casting, le film connaît des problèmes de financement, qui a été tourné , qui a servi pour payer l'indispensable tels que la pellicule et la location de matériel. Tellement motivé par le projet, Dewaere accepte de ne pas être payé, tout comme le reste de l'équipe, dont Miller. Cependant, il lui manque de l'argent pour payer le montage du film et n'a même pas de distributeur. Jean-Louis Livi, alors agent et admiratif des courts-métrages réalisés par Miller, lui propose de payer plusieurs jours de montage pour faire une bande-annonce avec toutes les scènes comiques et la montrer à Claude Berri, qui était à la tête de l'AMLF, l'une des plus grosses sociétés de distribution de l'époque en France. La bande-annonce fait marrer à l'AMLF, pensant avoir affaire à un film comique. Les membres de la société, suffisamment conquis lors de la sortie de la projection, acceptent d'entrer dans le financement du film, ce qui permet à Miller de faire le montage et finir le film.

Sortie et accueil

Réception critique

La Meilleure Façon de marcher sort dans les salles en France le  avec une interdiction aux moins de 13 ans et bénéficie de bonnes critiques au moment de sa sortie<ref name="Dewaereonline">{{Lien web|url=http://dewaere.online.fr/la-meilleur.html|titre=La Meilleure façon de marcher - Fiche du film|site=dewaere.online.fr|consulté le= 28 juillet 2020}}</ref>. Le critique Jean de Baroncelli écrit dans Le Monde qu', et José-Maria Bescos de Pariscope juge que .

François Truffaut fait également l'éloge du film : .

 Box-office
  :  (sortie initiale et reprises en salles)
Le film prend la treizième place du box-office français la semaine de sa sortie avec , dont  sur Paris, où il occupe la quatrième place du box-office. Aidé par le bon accueil critique, La Meilleure façon à marcher parvient à se hisser en cinquième place des meilleures entrées en seconde semaine avec , lui permettant de cumuler . Le long-métrage atteint les  fin mars 1976 et les  près d'un mois plus tard. Le film quitte le top 30 après dix semaines d'exploitation avec . Au cours de sa première année d'exploitation, La Meilleure Façon de marcher totalise , ce qui lui permet de se hisser à la  place du box-office annuel. Pour sa première exploitation en salles, il totalise , dont plus de  rien qu'à Paris, tandis que sa reprise en août 2008 lui a permis de réunir . Pour sa reprise en version restaurée en mars 2019, le long-métrage enregistre 66 entrées pour son premier jour en salles sur une copie, tandis que pour son premier week-end, il totalise 459 entrées sur une copie. L'exploitation en salles du film en 2019 attire 1 487 spectateurs.

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|+Box-office des premières semaines d'exploitation du film, semaine par semaine, en France<small>Source :
 « Box-office hebdomadaire France 1976 » sur Les Archives du Box-office, d'après le CNC</small>
! colspan="2" | Semaine
! Rang
! Entrées
! Cumul
!  du box-office hebdo.
|-
|1|| au ||13||47 125||47 125||rowspan="3"|Les Dents de la mer
|-
|2|| au ||5||82 759||129 884
|-
|3|| au ||9||76 530||206 414
|-
|4|| au ||11||55 097||261 511||L'Alpagueur
|-
|5|| au ||12||44 311||305 822||rowspan="2"|Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou
|-
|6|| au ||14||35 124||340 946
|-
|7|| au ||17||35 131||376 077||A nous les petites Anglaises
|-
|8|| au ||16||34 167||410 244||rowspan="3"|Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou
|-
|9|| au ||27||21 040||431 284
|-
|10|| au ||29||15 783||447 067
|}

Autour du film
 Le titre du film fait référence à une chanson scoute devenue un classique des colonies de vacances :  (notamment audible dans les films Les Randonneurs, La Petite Voleuse et La Classe de neige).
 Claude Miller s'est inspiré de ses propres expériences en colonies de vacances pour certaines scènes. Il y est allé trois fois avec la ville de Montreuil. Ainsi, le moniteur invite les enfants à se coucher du côté droit (façon un peu hypocrite, dans les années 50-60, d'entraver la propension à se masturber des garçons préados, la majorité d'entre eux étant droitiers).
 Le , Philippe Caloni reçoit Patrick Dewaere sur France Inter pour la sortie du film La Meilleure Façon de marcher. L'acteur dévoile qu'il a instantanément accepté le rôle, dès la lecture du scénario, ce qui est alors inédit pour lui. Concernant la très révélatrice et intense dernière séquence du film réalisée en fin de tournage où son personnage macho et primaire dévoile son trouble, face au jeune homme sexuellement ambigu joué par Patrick Bouchitey, qu'il avait continuellement agressé au cours de l'histoire, Dewaere déclare : « C'est la plus grande scène du film. Je n'ai tourné tout le film que pour cette scène-là ». Le journaliste soulève la question du risque de tourner avec Claude Miller que personne alors ne connaît vraiment. Dewaere répond avec malice : « Non. Ce n'est pas un risque. C'est un bon calcul ! ». La journaliste Sophie Dumoulin précise qu'il vient d'achever le tournage de F comme Fairbanks de Maurice Dugowson. Il compare : « Dans le film de Claude Miller, je suis un type que rien n'abat alors que pour le film de Dugowson, je deviens fou à la fin », soulignant combien les événements dramatiques d'une existence peuvent affecter un être humain aussi fragile et sensible que le personnage de F comme Fairbanks. Concernant sa technique d'acteur, Dewaere confirme qu'il refuse de « faire semblant ». Il prétend que ce serait plus simple et qu'il procéderait ainsi par paresse. Il confirme littéralement vivre les émotions du personnage et agir en fonction du rôle. Il réfute en revanche, la notion d'improvisation et confirme un choix délibéré, une réflexion et une certaine préparation.
Dans Nos jours heureux des scènes font écho au film notamment quand Truman lance le petit Pichavent dans la piscine et lorsque les animateurs lisent les messages des enfants.
Le pyjama rayé de Marc  rappelle la tenue rayée des déportés en général et des homosexuels  déportés, les triangles roses, en particulier, dans les Camps de concentration nazis .  C'était déjà le cas du pyjama rayé de certains personnages du film à sketchs Le Lit à deux places  dont certaines scènes ambiguës évoquent l'homosexualité.Claude Miller était sensibilisé par la Shoah du fait de l'histoire de sa famille. Il l'avait abordé directement avec le film Un secret et indirectement dans ses autres films. Interview de Claude Miller par la publication France-Amérique :« France-Amerique: Durant toute votre carrière, vous n'aviez jamais abordé ce thème de la Shoah…Claude Miller: Je ne l'ai jamais abordé directement, mais il y a des tensions, une atmosphère d'anxiété et de peur latente qui peut venir d'une enfance qui a été marquée par ce qui s'était passé.»

Prix et nominations
 Césars 1977 :
 César de la meilleure photographie pour Bruno Nuytten
 nomination au César du meilleur film
 nomination au César du meilleur réalisateur pour Claude Miller
 nomination au César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation pour Luc Béraud et Claude Miller
 nomination au César du meilleur acteur pour Patrick Dewaere
 nomination au César du meilleur son pour Paul Lainé

Restauration en HD 4K
 Film restauré en 4K à l'initiative de LCJ Éditions et Productions en 2015 par les Laboratoires Eclair
 Film numérisé et restauré avec le soutien du CNC dans le but de sauvegarder et de diffuser l'œuvre dans les meilleurs standards techniques actuels.

Notes et références
 Notes

 Références

Liens externes

Film français sorti en 1976
Film réalisé par Claude Miller
Film dramatique français
Film tourné en 1975
Bisexualité au cinéma
LGBT au cinéma en France
Travestissement au cinéma
Film mettant en scène des comportements sadiques
Film se déroulant dans les années 1960
Film se déroulant dans les années 1970
Film tourné dans le Puy-de-Dôme
Film se déroulant dans le Puy-de-Dôme
Colonie de vacances au cinéma
Film avec un César de la meilleure photographie
Premier long métrage sorti en 1976
Film interdit aux moins de 12 ans en France

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