Are you a film buff? If so, you are probably familiar with the Telluride film festival called "Mountainfilm." For the last four years, Savannah has held a mini-version of this festival featuring the top films premiered in Colorado.
Mountainfilm will tour through Savannah the weekend of January 18 – 19, 2013 at the Trustee's Theatre. This venue is within walking distance (.5 mile) from our historic district vacation rentals. Screenings are at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, as well as a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday.
Bidder 70: What makes this film interesting is that the protagonist — activist Tim DeChristopher, who's been to Mountainfilm several times — could not attend the screening in person because he's serving two years in prison for an act of civil disobedience in which he disrupted an oil and gas land auction.
Eco-Ninja: From the maker of the award-winning short film The Job (Mountainfilm 2007) comes this satirical brief comedy about a corporation that enforces a go-green policy in its offices by hiring an Eco Ninja who takes his duties all too seriously. As usual, Jonathan Browning and Screaming Frog Productions think outside the box — and then recycle the box.
The Freedom Chair: Josh Dueck was a passionate free-skier who coached world-class athletes. But one day, he misjudged his speed as he approached a jump and crashed. His spinal cord was severed, leaving him paralyzed. Instead of giving up on skiing, however, Dueck refocused his passion into sit-skiing, and the experience allowed him to jump-start a new career and find a new way to do what he loves the best: ski.
The Man Who Lived on his Bike: What can you do on a bicycle? For Guillaume Blanchet, the question is what can't you do? In this two-minute homage to bikes and the bike obsessed, Blanchet eats, sleeps, showers, shaves, works, cooks and even dates — all from atop his man-powered machine.
You can purchase tickets online. Prices range from $25 for a weekend pass to $10 for individual screenings.


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Q: how to provide separate layouts for portrait and landscape mode in android I am working with a Real time app which contains Tabs through out the application. When I try to switch the orientation between portrait and landscape, I have code to show a separate layout for landscape. For this I have used the onConfigurationChanged method as follows
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {

    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    if(newConfig.orientation==Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT){
        setContentView(R.layout.eventslist);
    }else if(newConfig.orientation==Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE){
        setContentView(R.layout.eventstimeline);
    }
}

And also in the manifest file for that particular activity I have used two attributes as follows
android:screenOrientation="sensor"

android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"

But when I rotate the device I cannot see the separate layout for the landscape mode which I have specified in onConfigurationChanged. Also I don't want to see the tabs in the landscape mode. Any idea about this.

A: In Resources you can define different layout for each orientation, similar to drawables with screen density.
Beside layout folder, you can put layouts in:
layout-port : layout for portrait orientation
layout-land : layout for landscape orientation
Ofcourse, you should use same name for those layouts, same as with drawables.
Then just setContentView(R.layout.thatlayout);

A: If you don't care that your activity is recreated when you change orientation, just create your layouts xml files for portait and landscape with the same name and put the one for portait in the layout folder and the one for landscape in layout-land folder.
Then you can do
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.xml_with_same_name_for_landscape_and_portait);
}

If you don't want to desrtoy and recreate your activity each time the orientation changes, it seems that you are doing well, but the
Activity doc says:

If a configuration change involves any that you do not handle, however, the activity will still be restarted and onConfigurationChanged(Configuration) will not be called.

So perhpas your problem is onConfigurationChanged() is never called. In this case chek yout android:configChanges attribute in the manifest.

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Once again, I've tried to spend every spare moment reading, and have reached a tally of 81 books completed in 2015 (possibly a couple more if I can get them done by Friday). I've read a few books this year that others raved about but I didn't get at all – Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff being one and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline being another. I just got irritated by them both.
I also haven't shied away from weightier tomes, two of which made a lasting impression on me and are included on my favourites list.
I've already briefly mentioned this book before on my blog and I don't think there's really more I can add. Every now and again, I remember a little detail, or something about Jude St. Francis and want to cry. I was a bit intimidated by the length (720 pages ain't no joke) but I am so pleased that I slogged through it. Not that I had a choice really – once Jude, Willem (Beautiful Willem!), JB, and Malcolm found their way into my heart, I couldn't possibly have stopped reading. I will have to re-read it again.
One of the first books I read this year (and oddly not the only one about travelling performers). I love the dystopian setting, and found the writing very elegant, quiet, and subtle – I was completely sucked into the story from the beginning. I love how the writer wound each of the stories around each other. Just magical.
I'm a little late to Donna Tartt's work having been convinced to read The Secret History by Husband last year. I think I liked The Goldfinch even more. Another monster of a book (881 pages – oof), I loved reading every second and truly loved Theo despite all his flaws. I really hope they actually make the film adaptation (and make it well).
There were so many other books that have stayed with my this year but I didn't give 5 stars to – A Man Called Ove, Why Not Me, All My Puny Sorrows, A Place Called Winter, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl. I had thought that this year wasn't that memorable but I did ok. Not sure what's coming up next as nothing is grabbing me at the moment. I need to dig myself out of a bit of a rut.
I've had a mess around with my new glasses and my current favourite book to make a new header for my blog, and I've changed the colours about a bit. I had a think about changing the theme, but I still really like my theme so I'll stick with it for now.
The book is The Secret History by Donna Tartt which I am reading about 22 years late, but it doesn't feel dated at all. I cannot wait to finish to see how it ends, but what's really nice is Husband has just finished reading it, so we've got like a little book club going. He asks me every day where I'm up to and we have an indepth discussion about it. It's set at a Vermont college, and this particular page made me laugh as it mentions my job!
My favourite YA trilogy came to a close with, in my opinion, a very brave move. There was only one real way for it to end, and I know many people were disappointed, but I loved it. I bought my copy in Vermont mid-way through my road trip (I had booked a hotel near a Barnes and Noble on the day it was released) and missed the lovely things Bennington probably has going for it whilst I read the whole thing in our hotel room. I regret nothing! Hurry up March, I want the film series to start.
Oh holy crap, this was so good. I really got into "women's fiction" (ugh at the label) with a mystery element this year, and this book kept me guessing right until the end. Everything was to tightly wound in grief, love, and betrayal that is almost left me breathless in parts. I really love fiction set in Australia for some reason – I'm reading another Australian fiction book at the moment – there's just something different about them. This story stayed with me long after I finished reading.
I truly didn't know what to expect from this book when I started reading it, but I was immediately taken in by the warmth of the lead character, Bee. It's an incredibly touching and witty tale of family life, with an overly anxious mother (the Bernadette from the title), and a geeky father. It's told through emails and diary entries for the first part of the book, and there's a little bit of a mystery to solve. And just when you think the end is going to be sad, the author springs a surprise on you.
I debated about whether to put this or The Fault in our Stars on the list. They're not similar thematically or anything like that, but both books affected me in similar ways. Eleanor and Park took me completely by surprise though. I was expecting The Fault in our Stars to leave me in tears, but I really wasn't expecting it from this book. It very delicately hit me right in the feels and I fell head over heels in love with both the characters. Utterly beautiful.
I've also just read that this book is being called obscene by a bunch of crazy Christians in the USA. THAT'S INSANE. I'm completely outraged! This is one of the sweetest books I have ever read, and that some people can find obscenity in it says more about the people then it does about the book.
This book was incredibly intense to read, I almost couldn't put it down as I feared for the characters at the end of almost every chapter. I had just finished reading Five Days by the same author and found his writing style captivating, so I wanted to read more of his. I was drawn to this book in particular primarily because it was set in Maine and I was about to visit the state, but also because of the Cold War Berlin setting. It's not something I would have read before, but I vaguely knew a little about the history of Berlin so thought it would make for an interesting story. Which of course it did. The ending was so heart wrenchingly perfect and I loved the whole thing.
THIS BOOK. My goodness, this book was amazing. From the very first page, I was memorised by this rich, dystopian future that the author created. I honestly don't think I've read anything like it before. It was another book I didn't want to put down – I would have quite happily stayed awake until I finished it, if only I didn't have to go to work. Curses. I bought the second book Shift straight away which was a prequel of sorts, and whilst the second book gave some answers, I loved that there were still so many more answers left. I am waiting for the paperback of the third, only because Shift was a bloody heavy book and didn't really fit in my work bag (no, really). February can't come quick enough.
What's even more amazing about Wool is it's told from the point of view of an amazing female character. I loved Juliette, and it was so nice to see such a three dimensional female character written by a man.
Also, I've seen Hugh Howey comment on reviews of the series (on the Guardian for example) and he comes across as a really lovely guy, an absolute sweetheart. He deserves all the success he's received, and I sincerely hope that a TV show or film is made of this fascinating world.
I'm including this on the list not because I enjoyed it, but because I was supposed to enjoy it and yet it took me two attempts to get through it. I really disliked both the main characters, and I would have given up if it wasn't for the film and for Mild Concern encouraging me to finish it. Sutter Keely is a douchebag and I hated every single thing he did. I couldn't find anything to connect with him and I wanted to punch his fictional face every time he spoke.
I'll continue 'logging' the books I read for 2014 on my Good Reads account, which you can find through my little widget on the side of my blog. I'm already really excited for what 2014 holds.


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Stanford alum Maverick McNealy adapts to life on tour, seeks breakthrough at Pebble Beach
Feb. 12, 2021 Updated: Feb. 12, 2021 8:51 p.m.
Stanford alum Maverick McNealy hits his tee shot on No. 10 at Spyglass Hill during Friday's second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
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Maverick McNealy plays his shot from the sixth tee Friday at Spyglass Hill. McNealy shot 69 and heads into the weekend tied for eighth in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
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Stanford golfer Maverick McNealy, the consensus national player of the year in 2015 and No. 2-ranked amateur in the world, during a practice session on campus in December 2015.
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PEBBLE BEACH — Barely more than five years ago, on a gray December day at Stanford's practice facility, Maverick McNealy peered into his future — and didn't necessarily see himself diving into the murky waters of professional golf.
McNealy mused about possibly chasing Bobby Jones instead, playing high-level amateur tournaments while pursuing a career in business. McNealy always longed to start his own company, much as his dad, Scott, did with Sun Microsystems.
Friday, on a sunny and cool day at Spyglass Hill, the younger McNealy sounded more like a PGA Tour pro — reflecting on his journey to the game's highest level and calculating how he can climb the leaderboard this weekend.
McNealy, who grew up in Portola Valley, shot 3-under-par 69 at Spyglass Hill in Friday's second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. That propelled him to 7 under for the tournament, tied for eighth and five shots behind leader Jordan Spieth.
Given his wild success at Stanford — he shares the school record of 11 wins with Tiger Woods and Patrick Rodgers — it makes sense to see McNealy in contention. But he also was earnest during that Chronicle interview in December 2015, contemplating whether he even wanted to turn pro.
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Now, in his second PGA Tour season after two years on the Korn Ferry Tour, McNealy is finding his comfort zone.
"I've never once wanted to go down a different road since turning pro," he said. "I have realized, though, that to get through the challenging points of being a professional golfer, you have to have really good reasons for why you're doing it."
The money and lifestyle aren't good enough reasons, McNealy insisted (though last season's on-course earnings of nearly $1.3 million can't hurt). He became more convinced about a career on tour, he said, because of the platform it affords him.
McNealy, 25, pointed to his "Birdies for Education" campaign, in which he and donors pledge contributions for each birdie he makes, including four Friday. The program has raised more than $500,000 for Curriki, an educational non-profit specializing in interactive content (timely during the pandemic).
"That's the reason I haven't looked back," he said.
McNealy did not grow up consumed with swatting balls on the range. He played ice hockey more than golf, was a fringe prospect when he started at Stanford and began to seriously consider life on tour only when he blossomed into an elite player in college.
And despite the comforts of his family background — Scott McNealy sold Sun Microsystems to Oracle for $7.4 billion in 2010 — Maverick's rise as a pro did not flow with luxury.
Those two years on the Korn Ferry, essentially the Triple-A of golf, included many Southwest flights and Hampton Inn stays, just like other players. McNealy recently bought his first new car, finally relinquishing his 2011 Ford Explorer.
His parents covered three months of room-and-board for their four sons upon college graduation; then they were on their own. McNealy, thanks to his success at Stanford, repaid the debt after he turned pro and signed endorsement deals in the fall of 2017.
Even so, he had moments of doubt during his Korn Ferry days, especially when he struggled to make the cut on sweltering summer days. He didn't see any end in sight at times, but he stuck with it.
"His passion has grown with each passing season," said Travis McAlister, McNealy's caddie. "Obviously, he gets compared to a lot of peers his age. … But his success is going to come."
The youngsters are coming quickly, as McAlister noted. Jon Rahm (26) and Collin Morikawa (24) already are among the top 10 players in the world ranking. Viktor Hovland (23) and Matthew Wolff (21) are in the top 20.
McNealy put together a solid season in 2019-20, with three top-10 finishes, but his world ranking stands at a modest No. 189. He knows he set high expectations as a three-time All-American at Stanford, and No. 1 amateur in the world.
"I played really, really, really good golf for a stretch of about a year and a half in college," McNealy said. "That's a hard standard to hold yourself to, but I've been slowly chipping away at a lot of things."
He's played respectably this season, with four top-25s in nine starts. Now he has a chance to make a splash, in what amounts to his hometown tournament on the Monterey Peninsula.
McNealy once acknowledged part of golf's appeal rests in the ball not knowing his name. It doesn't realize his dad is a tech titan, or his childhood circumstances, or anything about his triumphant amateur career.
He just needs to find a way to put the ball in the hole as efficiently as possible. That's his ambition Saturday and Sunday at Pebble Beach, as he chases his breakthrough moment on the PGA Tour.
"If I keep giving myself looks," McNealy said, "I'll have that hot nine holes with the putter to give myself a chance."
A cold front has slammed into Northern California, bringing hazardous low temperatures for homeless people, winter storm to the Sierra.

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February's flying involved Don & Brian taking people from Anchorage, Togiak and Manakotak to the annual Moravian Synod meeting. We picked four people up in Anchorage and then stopped in Togiak to pick up 5 more on our way to Bethel. After refueling we flew down to Manakotak where we picked up 9 people and brought them to Bethel. It was not a long day and the weather was pretty good so we were done by 4 PM. We sat for three days which was made worthwhile when Peter Green, Synod President, stated that without the flying we did they would not have had a quorum. I was also able to use the time to accomplish some scheduling tasks and review a new aircraft checklist we are working on. Martha Galila, who was attending from Manakotak, had some mittens and a beaver hat for sale. I bought the beaver hat and Brian bought the mittens.
And best of all I was able to get access to a wireless network that allowed me to play cards with Cat in Soldotna and our friends in California. On Friday we flew the Manakotak people home in the evening. Returning to Bethel for one more overnight we took the Togiak and Anchorage people home on Saturday. On the way home we overflew a layer of clouds that had some mountains poking up thru them.
In March Mark Swensen and I flew back to back missions. On 25 March we flew to pick up Grace Christian High School along with the other King Air and take them to Nulato, some 300 miles north west of Anchorage. We flew home while the other King Air stayed with them and flew two round trips to Anchorage on Sunday. It was still real winter in Nulato and we were very glad we had decided to wear our winter gear which seemed excessive in Soldotna with the 40 degree temperatures.
The next day we flew to Kokhanak, 150 mile west of Soldotna, picked up nine people and took them to the Family Retreat, in Naknek another 60 miles west. From there we flew 12 minutes south east to Egegik and picked up nine more and took them to Naknek. We actually landed and parked the airplane in King Salmon and were driven on the only paved highway in the Bristol Bay area to Naknek. The weather was glorious for both these trips, a rarity. The people who came to the retreat have been communicating over the phone and internet. This retreat was the first time theey had gotten together face to face.
Mark and I attended the retreat and I found a small book called "Alaska, The Man from Kanatak" that tells the life story of native Alaskan, Paul Boskoffsky. I was able to finish the book just before Paul got up at the retreat to give his message of hope, the theme of his book, to everyone in attendance. I bought a couple of copies of the book and an audio version on CDs and am sending it to Don Johnson, in Turlock, for anyone interested in reading or listening to it. Like other villages, Kanatak is no longer there, Paul's family having been the last one to leave. We stayed with Abe & Krista Williams who live right on the river. Abe was one of the seven people who were baptized at the retreat. He had moved his back deck some 30' from the house so he could insulate underground his house to prevent cold damage to the house structure. Time being short he was not able to get it back attached to the house – that's a job for this year. At 11 AM, 2hours before we were to take off taking people home, it was snowing hard and visibility was very low. However it was a local snow shower that had moved off by the time we left at 2 PM.


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- Universities websites: a business ticket for the countriesAttracting students from all over the world can be a useful and successful way to gain prestige among the other countries and, to some extents, it can be one of the foreign policy directives of a country: students are enrolled to become part of the élite and most prestigious people of a country and studying in foreign countries usually provides the students with some cultural and emotional ties made to last. Attracting students and educate them can be a profitable way to build good relations with the next generation of country rulers, scholars and scientists. But how can a country be attractive for students? Among the different reasons, like culture, weather, food, language and many others, to attract students having good universities is crucial, but it's not enough. To show and explain them how prestigious are the universities of a different country, common means and language of communication are needed. Since in nowadays globalised (or even post-globalised) world the most powerful and popular means of communication is provided by the Internet connection, and since English has become the "global language" above all, every university interested in attracting foreign students must have a website in English, where every needed information should be provided. - Finding information: what the students want to knowBut what are the information that a student is more interested in looking for on a university website? Sometimes the information you need are not available in English, because they are absent or provided only in the foreign language (in this case, Russian) and students can really feel lost and quite upset: how is it possible, for instance, that in the era of technology some crucial information like the timetable of the lecture is not available for foreign students too? What about the descriptions of the courses, of the subjects, how much do they last and how many ECTS do they provide? How can apply to a certain university? Where am I taking my internship? Where can I live? These and many other questions of this sort are common among students willing to study abroad. How should a university behave concerning top this? The first thing done by a student who wants to study in a foreign university is to gather information about that institute and the first place to do it is the university site itself.To complete a compared analysis of a universities websites and to understand if they are effective in giving the needed information to the students, some criteria should be set. These criteria (or parameters) have been arbitrary chosen who is writing, a foreign student abroad, both before starting the analysis and while developing it. For the final analysis, a set of twenty criteria has been developed and, according to them, the analysis has been completed. These criteria are based on the information the students need to understand if the university is good enough for him or her, if he or she can gather information to see if the teachings are interesting, if the university helps the student in giving him or her an accommodation, a scholarship and advise useful to move and live in a foreign country.A student wants to know which kind of courses he or she will attend at the university he or she wants to study in: if they are interesting, if they are useful, how much work and study do they require and so on. Not only a list of the programs should be provided, but their explanation, their aims and usefulness from a professional point of view, their strong points and so on. For a better result, this should be done for the lectures as well. Indeed, to attract a student the courses should be interesting and to do it some explanations and information are needed: a student will be more interested in a course or a subject if he or she can look through their descriptions. Moreover, the possibility to learn more about the professors of the courses and teaching the subjects should be provided. A good idea is the possibility to check their curricula and publications, but a brief description about the title of the professor, his role inside and outside the university and a short professional biography are good ideas to make the professor himself or herself interesting to the student. Needless to say, a good photo helps. On the same way, office hours of professors and any their variation should be published in English too.Linked to these, the schedules of the semester(s) can give the student a good idea about the work and the study that he or she is going to undertake during his or her study period. The purpose is give students the opportunity to organise by themselves and, very important, live the life of the country hosting them outside the university too, in order to learn more about the language the culture and the behaviour of the people living in that country. In few words: to live (and maybe love) the country itself. A great opportunity for a foreign student willing to study abroad would be having the possibility to learn the language of that country or to improve his or her knowledge of that language. A university which provides language courses could be far more interesting than a university which does not.If there are any opportunities for the students, events, or any news in general, they should be provided in English as well. It is not important whether a conference, a seminar or special lecture is held in a different language: the university will never know if the student wants to attend it or not, even if not able to understand it fully. It is simply a matter of respect, and the student will be very glad if he or she can receive updates from the site of the university. Information about scholarships and internships should be available for foreign students as well: if the university is not able to provide the correct information about the opportunities that a student can undertake, it is basically a failure of the university itself, since it does not provide a service that it is supposed to provide. The result? Lower ranking, lower prestige, lower attraction.To stimulate the students' interest in the university a section about its ranking among the most prestigious universities in the world is a good idea. If not possible, or if the ranking is not good enough, a section about the history of the university itself can help. However, these things are not as important as the news section, the opportunities and the courses of the university and can be written in a dedicated section of the site.The images and the structure of the site should not change when the language is switch from the university one to English: it makes a bad impression, since the student can feel he or she has been redirected to an old version of the site or that there is something missing. Moreover, if the website has a mobile version it is an added point, since nowadays the use of smartphones has become viral and totally pervasive in people's lives, and in young people's ones above all. Foreign students usually belong to this very category. If there is no mobile version of the site, a simple structure of the site, with one big main column in the centre and two columns on the sides where all the fundamental links can be found, is suitable for being read on the smartphone. Furthermore, the presence on social media can be helpful in advertising the university itself: a Facebook page in English where students can acquire some random information about the events the university holds or is involved in is useful to reach a wider public. After the acquirement of the needed information, time for application has come: it must be easily reachable and as clear as possible to avoid problems with a student who wants to study in the university and pay a fee to study in that university. For the same reason, any information about the movement and the staying of the student should be provided: basic information about the migration policy of the university's country, the behaviour the student must follow, step by step, and if a visa and an insurance are needed to enter and stay in the country. Moreover, the student could be interested in living in the university campus or dormitory, if any: the university website should provide such an information to make the student more comfortable or less unsure about his or her staying. If a separated campus website exists, a link to that website with some basic information would be enough. To conclude, two things must be always present on a university website: a list of contacts to which the student can send emails for any further information and a properly working search bar aimed to look through the different contents of the site, since some info and sections are sometimes difficult to reach.- The main problems revealed in Russian websitesBut are Russian universities websites respecting these criteria? Are they able to attract foreign students from non-Russian speaking countries? In order to understand this, who writes made an analysis of the sites of 42 different Russian universities taken from the 2016 RIAC report on the Russians universities and set twenty parameters including the upper criteria (the list of the universities and the table can be found at the end of this article ). The result of this analysis tells us that among 42 universities websites none respects the all criteria, but that more than one out of three respect at least 2/3 of them. Indeed, fourteen universities score 14 points, while the top three universities score, respectively, 18, 18 and 17,5 points, and respect 90% or 87% of the criteria . Nevertheless, twelve universities score less than 10 point out of 20, respecting less than 50% of the adopted parameters but, if we take 60% as the minimum indicator of satisfaction, the analysis shows that 22 universities out of 42 reach this value. Thus, more than the 50% of the analysed websites can be considered to have passed the exam, even though only 1 university out of 7 reaches respects the 75% of the parameters and scores at least 15 points out of 20.The most respected criteria is the presence of the contacts, respected by every university: even if they are present on the home page, there is always a contact section or list that can be easily found. Application (39 websites) and list of the programs to follow. On the contrary, the least respected criteria are the explanations of the courses (respected only by 6,5 universities), the details about the teaching professors (5 websites) and the presence of schedules (5). The only university that respects all of them is the Siberian Federal university, ranked 3rd.Particular attention should be paid to parameters like the presence of a searching bar and the ranking of the universities. The former is present in 39 cases, but in 6 of them it redirects to the Russian version of the website, while the ranking, present in only 24 websites out of 42, cannot be find in a dedicated section in at least 7 cases, where can be found in the news. However, in most of the cases where this happens there is an history section (only Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has ranking in the news and no history section). The reason why attention should be paid to these is that there is a big possibility to improve the sites themselves. Moreover, there are other criteria which are "half" respected but are less frequent among the universities: for instance, Kazan (Volga) Federal University gives access to the schedules of the semester by logging in the private area; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology provides the list some courses and give explanation for only some of them; the Immanuel Kant Baltic University program section can be reached only through another site, and the same is for National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University Russian language programs; MGIMO search bar works properly only in the area dedicated to programs for foreigners; St. Petersburg State University Facebook page publishes some contents in Russian, while some others in English. According to the analysis, the main problem with Russian universities websites is that they do not give deep information about the taught courses and not enough about programs: as already mentioned, only 6,5 universities out of 42 give information about the taught courses, while the programs score higher (22,5), but still in a percentage which is slightly higher than the 50%. The reason why this is the main problem is very simple: while, as a student, should I choose this university if I don't know anything about what I am going to study? Are the lectures interesting? Is the course I would like to choose really what I am looking for? It seems that still a lot of English websites of Russian universities are not able to provide such deep information.- A way to improvement: conclusion and some recommendationsThis report shows that there's still a big possibility to improve the English version of Russian universities websites if they want to attract foreign students: more than the 10% do not even show the programs or the courses the student would have to attend, and, as already mentioned, it questionable how a university can be able to attract students from abroad if there is no list of the courses the student is interested in attending. This is the section that need the first improvement because it needs more attention than others. To follow, almost every university should give more information about the teaching professors. This could be done in two ways: or giving some details about the professor on the webpage of the course, or providing a hyperlink which redirects to the webpage of that professor on the university website English version or, if any, to the professor's website. The best idea would be combining them by putting a hyperlink to the webpage of the professor on the university site and, on this webpage, the link of the professor's website. Another disrespected parameter is the presence of schedule. Of course, it's hard to prepare the schedule of the following academic year: this extremely depends by the readiness of the bureaucracy and of the organization of the university and, if they are slow and unorganised as it happens for a lot of universities, this is unlikely to happen. Nevertheless, the schedules of the previous academic year or semester could still be useful to give the students an idea about the timetable of the lectures: if they start in the morning or in the afternoon, how many days and hours per week, how many lectures of one single course per week and so on.Two other sections that could be improved are scholarship and internship: for the first, it would be enough to put some information in the application section and, in particular, where the fee are expressed, simply putting some hyperlinks which redirects to the agencies and organizations providing the scholarship; for the second, a good idea would be having a webpage of the agencies, organizations, institutes or firms providing an agreed internship and to put a hyperlink to it on every page explaining the programs with the list of courses.A big advertisement campaign can be improved through the social, above all Facebook, which is one of the most popular social network among students: only 15 universities publish fully English content, which is a quite low number if we consider that the percentage slightly passes the 30%. The website of a university and the way to reach it are a kind of business ticket for the institute: if there is no possibility to read it or understand it, then the university can fail in in attracting students, even if, usually, students are attracted more by the prestige, the teachings and the hosting countries rather than the websites. These, anyway, can be a good way to show those things to the students, and having the possibility to attract foreign excellence to their institutes. It seems that some universities are not interested at all in attracting foreign students: the more we approach to the bottom of the ranking, the more the sites provide almost no information about themselves. Five universities do not even show the list of the taught programs: a foreign student has basically no idea about the programs taught in the university, why should he or she choose that university? It's basically impossible. On the other hand, some universities provide webpages not only in English but also in different foreign languages: among them we can find webpages in Chinese, Spanish and Arabic, which confirms that some universities want to become truly international. However, since this analysis concerns only English websites, this parameter has not been chosen. To conclude, one other issue not set among the criteria should be considered to understand how a university could be attractive for a student: the field of study and the role of Russia itself in that field. It's clear that Russia is an important country under different profiles: for instance, geopolitics, nuclear engineering, language and literature. Universities teaching this kind of subjects have more chance to attract foreign students (above all western) than universities which teaches law or medicine. However, these universities can have a higher chance to become more international and make Russia a top ranked country in more fields by signing agreement with foreign top ranking universities to start exchange programs for students.List of Russian universities according to the ranking of their websites:- Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO)- North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) – 18/20- Siberian Federal University (SibFU) – 17,5/20- NRU Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) - 16/20- Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin (UrFU) – 15/20- Southern Federal University (SFedU) – 15/20- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod – National Research University (UNN) – 15/20- National Research Tomsk State University (TSU) – 14,5/20- Kazan (Volga) Federal University – 14,5/20- Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) – 14,5/20- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) - 14/20- Peter the Great St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University (SPbPU) - 14/20- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) – 14/20- National Research Technological University (MISiS) – 14/20- Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University (LETI) - 13,5/20- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT) – 13,5- Belgorod State University – 13,5/20- Novosibirsk State University (NSU) – 13/20- St. Petersburg State University – 12,5/20- Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU) – 12,5/20- National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) – 12,5/20- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) – 12/20- Perm State University – 11,5/20- Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PSTU) – 11,5/20- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU) – 11,5/20- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) – 11/20- Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU) – 11/20- North-Caucasus Federal University – 10,5/20- Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO MFA of Russia) – 10,5/20- Samara State Aerospace University – 10/20- Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) – 9,5/20- Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MISI) – 9,5/20- South Ural State University – 9/20- Gubkin Russian State Oil and Gas University – 9/20- Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU) – 9/20- Ogarev Mordovia State University – 8,5/20- National Research Saratov State University – 7/20- Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) – 7/20- Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI) – 6/20- Russian National Research Medical University – 4,5/10- Irkutsk National Research Technical University (ISTU) - 4/10- St. Petersburg Academic University – Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (the Academic University) – 2,5/20
Criteria List (progs.) Exp (progs.) List (courses) Exp (courses) Study Russian Teachers Schedules News Internship Scholarship History No Ru-En switch Ranking Mobile site Social media Application Migration info Dormitories Searching bar Contacts Total points
ITMO X x X X X x x x x x X x x x x x x x 18
NEFU x X X x x x x x x x X x x x x x x x 18
SibFU x X X X x x x x x x x X x x x x * x 17,5
NRU HSE x X X X X x x x x x X x x x x x 16
UrFU x X X x x x x X x x x x x x x 15
UNN x x X X x x x x X x x x x x x 15
SFedU x x X X x x x x X x x x x x x 15
K(V)FU x x X * x x x X x x x x x x x 14,5
TSU x x
x x x x x * x x x x x x x 14,5
FEFU x x X x x x x x * x x x x x x 14,5
Skoltech x X X X x x x x x x x x x x 14
SPbPU x X x x x x X x x x x x x x 14
TPU x X * x x * x X x x x x x x x 14
MISiS x x X X x x x x x x x x x x 14
MIPT x x * * x x x x * x x x x x x 13,5
LETI x
BSU x x *
x x X x x x x x x x 13,5
NSU x x x x x x x X x x x x x 13
NArFU x X x x x x x x x x x * x 12,5
MIET x X X x x x x * x x x x x 12,5
SPbSU X X X x x x X * x x x x x 12,5
RUDN X x X
X x x x x x x x x 12
PSTU x x x x x x x x x x * x 11,5
IKBFU * * x x x x * x x x x x x 11,5
PSU x X x x x x * x x x x x 11,5
MEPhI X X x x x X x x x x x 11
MSLU x X x x x x x X x x X 11
MGIMO x x X x x x x x x * x 10,5
NCFU X x x x X X x x x x x 10,5
SSAU x x
x x x x x x x x 10
RSUH x x x x * x x x x x 9,5
MISI X x x x x X x x * x 9,5
GRSOGU x x x x x x x x x 9
BMSTU x * x X x x x x * x 9
SUSU x x x X x x x x x 9
OMSU X X x x * x x x x 8,5
NRSSU X x x x x x x 7
MGU X x x X x x x 7
MAI x x x x x x 6
RNRMU x x x x x 4,5
ISTU X x x x 4
Acad. U. x * x 2,5
Table n. 1: Russian universities' websites and criteria adopted in this analysis. Each "x" corresponds to 1 point, while each "*" corresponds to 0,5 points.
[i] As already said, the choice of these parameters is arbitrary and done according to the personal experience of the author of the article.
[ii] The 2016 RIAC report includes more universities than this analysis. The reason why some universities where not included (The National Mineral Resources University, Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Kazan State Technological University) is because their sites were not working during the making of this analysis or they are not independent universities anymore and their websites redirect to the websites of other universities.
[iii] See the table below for the attribution of points.
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The vultures are hovering around Moussa Dembele, and if Celtic are beginning to glance over their shoulders it's only natural.
The Manchester United scout who ventured north to Dingwall on Wednesday night might have hoped for more bang for his buck than a 15-minute cameo appearance from the French striker.
But Dembele doesn't hang around. Quick impacts are his thing.
His scoring feats against Manchester City and Rangers have attracted the attention of some wealthy predators while, for any footballer, the Barclays Premier League is a difficult worm to resist. Offering rich, juicy pickings to the hungriest players, Celtic won't wriggle clear of covetous glances forever.
Yet, as Brendan Rodgers points out, England is not everyone's be all and end all. Scott Brown is the perfect example.
'I remember Harry Redknapp at Tottenham wanting to take Scott there,' said the Celtic boss on Thursday. 'Harry told me that, we talked over the years. So there's no doubt Scott's had moves where he could have left here.
'But he was happy in his life and happy here at Celtic. As I said, this is a hard place to leave.
'If money's not the consideration – and, listen, no-one can deny any player or any person the chance to consider doubling or trebling his salary - then other things come into it.
'Scott's always been happy here and the supporters love him. They see his worth and probably even more at this stage.
Happiness comes in different forms. While Celtic were rattling four goals past Ross County, Brown was becoming a father for the third time. The Fifer enjoys a very comfortable lifestyle and, at 31 and in his tenth year as a Parkhead player, he is going nowhere now.
Which is not to say he couldn't have. Aside from Redknapp's interest - Brown was loyal to Gordon Strachan at the time - Rodgers insists he would love to have had him in his title-challenging Liverpool side.
'You guys will have seen him more consistently than me but, if he was playing at a better level than he's at just now, both physically and tactically, then I' d be surprised.
'The biggest compliment I can give him is that, having worked in what is supposedly the best league in the world in terms of being the most competitive league in the world, Scott Brown - if I look at my Liverpool team that nearly won the title - he would definitely have been in it.
'There's no doubt about that – so that's the level that the guy is at as a player and as a captain. You want him on your team and on your side.
'It's the biggest accolade that I can give him. But thankfully he's chosen to play nearly 10 years at Celtic and still looks as strong and fit.
'He's devoting his life to football, he's really strong. His preparation, his diet, the training methodology will always quicken him up, speed up his game and get him thinking tactically.
When a man has a third child, it's hard to know whether to offer congratulations or commiserations.
As the big event beckoned in midweek, Celtic's manager chose to offer respite instead, telling the former Scotland skipper to order his priorities carefully.
'I spoke to Scott a number of weeks ago, I obviously knew his wife was expecting around this time.
Resting eight players in Dingwall, Rodgers took no chances with those who did play.
In an attention to detail – and cost – rarely witnessed at the club in the past, Celtic chartered a 30-minute flight from Inverness to get their players home for 1am.
A midday kick-off against closest rivals Aberdeen beckons at Pittodrie on Saturday. At a venue where Ronny Deila's team lost twice last season, Rodgers will leave nothing to chance.
'I said to Dermot (Desmond) and Peter (Lawwell) when I had the conversation with them about coming (to Celtic). I understand where the club is at in terms of the financial side compared to Europe and where I'd just come from, but I always said the one thing we cannot compromise on is the players' preparation for games.
'We have to give them the best in order to be the very best.
Victory at Pittodrie would propel the league leaders 10 points clear at the top of the Premiership – with a game in hand - before the start of November.
Alarmingly for their opponents, Rodgers claims his relentless team will only get better as the season progresses.
'Lots of players are developing well and, over the course of the season, we are looking to improve even more.
'As the season goes on, the team will get better and better. That's the aim.
'It's a natural progression when you spend a lot of time on the training field working with players and you put the time into them.
'The lead counts for nothing now. The players will tell you we are pretty relentless and don't look at points ahead.
After six wins on the bounce in all competitions, Aberdeen faltered unexpectedly in Hamilton on Tuesday night.
In common with Derek McInnes – and most of the people who saw it – Rodgers believes that Accies'winning penalty was harsh on the Dons, but will only serve as a motivational factor for a team battling to keep the title race alive.
'They'll be disappointed and they'll want to bounce back this weekend,' he said.


The second NEREUS Intensive Course on "Open network architectures with service orchestration" will take place in the premises of the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, from 24 to 28 July, 2017. Download the flyer here.
Location: TEI of Crete campus is located 5km west of the Heraklion downtown, and 10km from the Heraklon international airport "Nikos Kazantzakis". Frequent bus services are scheduled every 15 minutes for trasportation from/to Heraklion downtown, with a bus-stop just at the front-entrance of TEI and another one outside the students' campus.
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Reaching Heraklion by air: There are 12 flights per day between Athens and Heraklion, operated by Olympic Airlines, Aegean Airlines and Sky Express and many international and charter flights connecting Heraklion with various cities around the globe.
Reaching Heraklion by sea: Heraklion can also be reached over sea, with ferries operating between Piraeus and Heraklion ports, by Minoan-Lines, Blue-Star ferries and ANEK-Lines.
Places of interest: History is very much alive in the old town of Heraklion, just like in most Greek cities. From the old Venetian Harbour, the August 25th Str., leads to the old town's centre. The central square while surrounded by cafes, stores and restaurants, is dominated by the fountain of the Lions, built by Morozini the venetian governor in 1628. The Town Hall, is today housed in the Venetian Loggia, a building from the same era and next to it, the plateau and the cathedral of Agios Titos an exceptional monument from the Byzantine era. From the central square the street of the "Central Market" ends at "Kornarou Square" with the coffee house, housed at "Koubes" a Turkish fountain and next to it the "Bembo fountain" built by a Venetian nobleman. To the left "Averof Str." leads to "Eleftherias sq." , Heraklion's main square where the Archaeological museum stands and to the right 'Kyrillou Loukareos Str" leads to Agios Minas cathedral and Agia Aikaterini Museum. All around the old part of the city, a visitor can walk following the Venetian walls that meet at the old port and "Koules", the fortress that dominates the old harbour of the city. The visitor to Heraklion should definitely visit the archaeological site at Knossos and the Archaelogical Museum of Heraklion that houses most of the Minoan findings in Crete. Special attention should also be paid to the Historical museum of Heraklion that houses findings from the early Christian era to today and the Museum of Natural History.
To the west at about 80 km the town of Rethymnon and at 135 km the city of Chania. Frequent bus-services are provided by Bus-Station A, located at Nearchou Avenue, Heraklion Port, Tel. 2810 221 765.
To the east the town of Agios Nikolaos (60km) and the town of Sitia (130km). Frequent bus-services are provided by Bus-Station B, located at Hanioporta (part of the old city walls, at the beginning of 62 Martyrs street), Tel. 2810-255965.


With no real debating at the big debate, the EPP's Helsinki Congress picked their Spitzenkandidat contender for the European elections. EURACTIV takes a closer look at the party's new old face, Manfred Weber.
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Fifty years and many changes have ensued since the paper was founded by an enigmatic millionaire, and now, amid the stained carpeting and dingy office furniture, the staff's personal dramas seem far more important than the daily headlines. Kathleen, the imperious editor in chief, is smarting from a betrayal in her open marriage; Arthur, the lazy obituary writer, is transformed by a personal tragedy; Abby, the embattled financial officer, discovers that her job cuts and her love life are intertwined in a most unexpected way. Out in the field, a veteran Paris freelancer goes to desperate lengths for his next byline, while the new Cairo stringer is mercilessly manipulated by an outrageous war correspondent with an outsize ego. And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his family's quirky newspaper.
As the era of print news gives way to the Internet age and this imperfect crew stumbles toward an uncertain future, the paper's rich history is revealed, including the surprising truth about its founder's intentions.
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Saliva Protection and Transmissible Diseases provides a review of saliva protection, raising debate on micro-organisms potentially transmissible in saliva, and also considering the evidence on diseases that may be transmitted by kissing. Saliva is a complex body fluid essential to health, especially mastication, swallowing and speech, and hyposalivation can lead to dysfunction and even infection. More serious pathogens, such as herpes viruses and papillomaviruses can be conveyed by kissing, as can potentially lethal micro-organisms present in some saliva, such as meningococci, fungal organisms and Ebola viruses.
Professor Scully was a Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health-General Health; King James IV Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Emeritus Professor, University College London (UCL). He was a Specialist in Oral Medicine, in Special Care Dentistry and in Oral Surgery. He was a Founder member of European Association for Oral Medicine and a Founder member of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. He has the distinction of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and he has been awarded several University Doctorates (Athens, Granada, Helsinki, Pretoria, Santiago de Compostela). Professor Scully was an Editor of Oral Diseases, and Medicina Oral Cirugía Oral Patología Bucal Associate Editor and was on the Editorial Boards of Acta-Oto-Laryngologica and Dental Update. He founded and was Editor of Oral Oncology. Professor Scully has presented continuing education programmes throughout the world and has published over 1000 scholarly works and 45 books (34 authored and 11 edited).
Jacobo Limeres graduated in Dentistry at the Santiago de Compostela University (USC) and got the PhD degree afterwards. He is the Director of the Stomatology Department of the School of Medicine and Dentistry (USC). Also he is the Coordinator of the Exchange Program for Dental Studies in the USC and the Coordinator of the Program for Dental Care of severely handicapped patients, developed in the Special Needs Unit of the USC in agreement with the Galician Healthcare Service. He is the Co-director of the Postgraduate course, Master in Dentistry for Medically compromised patients at the USC and currently is the President of the Spanish Society of Dentistry for Handicapped and Special Needs Patients. He is also member of the council of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health (iADH). He has written about 70 peer-reviewed papers and co-authored several books.
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Camille Demesmay, nacido el 15 de abril de 1815 en Besançon y fallecido el 4 de abril de 1890 en la misma ciudad, es un escultor francés.

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Camille Demesmay nació en abril de 1815 en la ciudad de Besançon. Su padre Guy Ettiene Donat Demesmay (1780-1860), fue un brillante abogado, consejero municipal y consejero general de Doubs durante 20 años, después de la Revolución de 1830 fue teniente de alcalde de Flavien De Magnoncour.

Tras su formación artística, Camille ocupó en Besançon el puesto de director de la Escuela de diseño y comisario conservador del Museo.

Participa en el Salón de 1848 en el que la crítica dirá:

"Camille Demesmay no ha sido más afortunado. Tenía que pensar en la famosa Mlle. de Montpensier Con este fin, debastó una enorme pieza de mármol en el estilo de la época en que vivió su modelo. Así que vino a darnos una estatua colosal que el lujo monstruoso de su vestuario hace que sea muy desagradable. La escultura, como la poesía, debe conocer el arte de hacer sacrificio de la precisión en algunas ocasiones, y no tomar la realidad que conviene a su modelo, de lo contrario el arte ya no existe."

En el salón de 1850, presentó un busto de Chardin, que acabaría en el edificio de la Ópera cómica de París.

En 1854, entabló amistad con Johan Barthold Jongkind

Participa en el Salón de París de 1857 con varias obras, de entre las que sobresale una Virgen en estilo gótico - bizantino, ricamente vestida. En noviembre de ese año, como resultado de la exposición, Demesmay fue recomendado a Théophile Gautier por Arnold Fremy mediante una carta.

Participó en el salón de París de 1881, con la pintura: "La mare de Céry (Doubs)"(No 672).

Obras
Entre las mejores y más conocidas obras de Camille Demesmay se incluyen las siguientes:

 Ana María Luisa de Orleans (1868) de la serie Reinas de Francia y mujeres ilustres del Jardín de Luxemburgo.

 Estatua de María de Borbón-Montpensier, llamada mademoiselle de Montpensier, presentada en el salón de 1848.

 Un artista en LOUIS XV - UN PEINTRE SOUS LOUIS XV barro, estatuilla en el Museo de Orsay de París ( RF 3965 )

 Busto de Herold en la Ópera cómica

 Busto de Chardin, Museo de Picardía. Presentado en el Salón de París de 1850.

 Medallón de la Virgen con el niño, en la fachada sur de la calle L´Aile, hôtel de Montmartin, actualmente hospital Saint-Jacques- 12 rue de l'Orme de Chamars, Besançon (Doubs- Franche-Comté)

 Monumento conmemorativo 1870-1871 en Pontarlier, L'Ange vengeur - A la mémoire des morts des combats du  février 1871 - Au centre du cimetière communal - Obra donada por el escultor

 Mater Christi. (salón de 1857 Nº 2847) Estatua en mármol. La estatua de la virgen fue un encargo del Ministerio del Interior francés, destinada a la capilla de la Virgen de la Iglesia Sainte-Genevieve de París. Se trasladó después de 1890 a la Iglesia de Notre Dame de Versailles. La Virgen presenta un vestuario ricamente adornado en estilo gótico - bizantino.

 Le general de división Comte Morand,(salón de 1857 Nº 2848) busto en mármol.
 Savary, Duque de Rovigo, ministro de la policía general, fallecido en 1833.(salón de 1857 n.º 2849) Museo de Versalles.

 M. Raoul B. (salón de 1857 Nº 2850) Busto en terracota.

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Bibliografía
 François Auffret, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1819-1891: héritier contemporain & précurseur: biographie illustrée, Maisonneuve & Larose, 2004 ISBN 2-7068-1766-6, ISBN 978-2-7068-1766-3 (página 83). En Google Libros
 Giacomo Meyerbeer, Heinz Becker, Sabine Henze-Döhring, Heinz Becker, Sabine Henze-Döhring Briefwechsel und Tagebücher: 1856-1859 Volumen 7 de Briefwechsel und Tagebücher, Heinz Becker -Volumen 7 de Briefwechsel und Tagebücher: Unterstützung der Akademie der Künste Berlin in Verbindung mit dem Institut für Musikforschung Berlin, Giacomo Meyerbeer '',Walter de Gruyter, 1959 ISBN 3-11-018030-8,ISBN 978-3-11-018030-5. En Google libros
 La politique des dépôts du département des Sculptures (1848-1939) por Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, pág 13.

Enlaces externos
 Obras de Camille Demesmay worldvisitguide.com
 Obras de Camille Demesmay en la Base Joconde del Ministerio de cultura francés

Pintores de Francia del siglo XIX
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Les drusen, ou druses, sont des dépôts de matériel amorphe dans la rétine situés dans la couche cuticulaire de la membrane de Bruch au contact de l'épithélium pigmenté. Ils sont le facteur principal de l'apparition de néo-vaisseaux.

On distingue plusieurs formes de drusen. Les plus fréquents sont les drusen miliaires de moins de  de diamètre, avec des bords nets, de couleur blanc jaunâtre, visibles au fond d'œil. Ces dépôts sont très fréquents et liés au vieillissement.

La fusion d'amas s'appelle drusen séreux. Si ces amas sont nombreux le risque de néo-vascularisation augmente.

Les pseudo-drusens réticulés se distinguent des drusens classique par leurs situation histologique, situé juste au dessus de l'épithélium pigmentaire.

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Suivant les sources le terme « drusen » vient du mot allemand  (glandes, glandules) ou d'un terme de minéralogie, « druse » (une géode aplatie). Le premier à le proposer est l'ophtalmologue allemand H. Müller en 1856.

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Articles connexes
 Dégénérescence maculaire liée à l'âge
 Syndrome maculaire

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Home Latest News Private Prosecutor secures confiscation and compensation order of £38,855,647
Private Prosecutor secures confiscation and compensation order of £38,855,647
Serial fraudster Ketan Somaia was today ordered to pay a confiscation order totalling £20,434,691 after confiscation proceedings were commenced under section 71 Criminal Justice Act 1988 following a successful private prosecution brought by a private prosecutor, Mr Murli Mirchandani.
The court ordered that the defendant shall pay the sum of:
£20,434,691 to the state – the amount appearing to the court that might be realised;
£18,220,723 compensation in favour of Mr Murli Mirchandani (the victim and private prosecutor; and
£200,233 compensation in favour of Mr Dilip Shah (another victim).
Summary of case
Ketan Somaia was convicted in June 2014 following a private prosecution brought by Mr Mirchandani for 9 counts of obtaining a money transfer by deception totalling US$19,690,000 (just over £12.25 million), after Mr Somaia had persuaded Mr Mirchandani to make short term loan payments to him with the assurance of high rates of interest and investments in business opportunities over the period between June 1999 and August 2000. Mr Somaia is currently serving an 8 year prison sentence at the maximum security prison, HMP Belmarsh. The benefit from the nine offences of which Mr Somaia was convicted adjusted to present day value was £18,420,956.
Following conviction, Mr Mirchandani instructed specialist private prosecution law firm Edmonds Marshall McMahon to commence confiscation proceedings in order to deprive Mr Somaia of the benefit of his criminal conduct, after State bodies indicated they did not have the capacity to pursue the matter.
During the trial and confiscation proceedings, Mr Somaia maintained that he did not have a penny to his name, yet the evidence presented a completely different story. Despite telling the jury in May 2014, and maintaining throughout the confiscation proceedings, that all the money had gone (whilst claiming Legal Aid on the basis that he had no money), evidence obtained in the confiscation proceedings showed that Mr Somaia owned two properties held in the names of third parties worth over £1 million, had spent £100k on his daughter's wedding, made a £40k loan to a family friend and was spending huge sums on luxury holidays, restaurants and hotels as well as making substantial transfers to his family and friends. Mr Somaia was shown not to have any assets in his own name, but rather would use family members, staff and advisors as fronts or nominees to evade tax and to conceal his personal beneficial interests.
Somaia has been resident in the UK since 2009, but had a house and conducted business here for over a decade before. Since moving permanently to the UK, he received a £3.4million settlement and hundreds of thousands of pounds in alleged earnings, however he had never paid a penny in tax in this country or any other jurisdiction in the last 10 years. When he was asked why, his response was that: "I was not sure what my tax status was. Over the past six years I have not consulted any tax adviser although I was in the process of doing so".
Today, HH Judge Hone QC ordered Mr Somaia to pay £20,434,691 by way of confiscation which will go to the state, and £18,420,956 by way of compensation to be paid to the victims, within 6 months. If Mr Somaia fails to repay this amount in this period allowed, he will face an additional prison sentence of 16 years. HH Judge Hone QC commented that Mr Somaia was 'a formidable and serial fraudsman on a truly Olympian scale' and that it was "quite clear that Ketan Somaia was in receipt of significant sums and his lifestyle continued to be lavish until he was imprisoned in July 2014".
In a time of state retrenchment, the historic right to bring a private prosecution has proved to be an important constitutional safeguard. To our knowledge, this is the first case where a private prosecutor has started and conducted large scale confiscation and restraint proceedings without any state assistance with the financial investigation.
Edmonds Marshall McMahon statement
Tamlyn Edmonds, Director at Edmonds Marshall McMahon comments: "Mr Murli Mirchandani came to Edmonds Marshall McMahon due to our expertise in conducting private prosecutions and confiscation. Conducting a large scale financial investigation of this type without any assistance from State bodies, where the defendant is so adept at hiding his assets, has been a considerable and challenging task and we therefore welcome today's careful judgment. This has been an incredibly difficult journey for Mr Mirchandani, who has invested a significant amount of his own money and emotional energy in ensuring Mr Somaia is brought to justice, which unfortunately has been to the detriment of his own health. We hope that today's decision, which recognises the importance of recompensing victims, will help to finally put this difficult chapter behind him"
Murli Mirchandani's statement
"The theft of $19.5m by Ketan Somaia from me has had a devastating effect on my life, my health, my business, and regrettably, on my family. My entire family and I were left completely broken by this cruel fraud and for many years we believed that we would never see Mr Somaia brought to justice and pay for what he has done.
It was heart breaking to hear during these proceedings how Mr Somaia was spending a small fortune in luxury restaurants and hotels in London and distributing money that was the result of decades of hard work by my family business, to his own family and friends, who were living the life of royalty. Today is the day the UK criminal justice system has recognised the primacy of victims.
It is certainly a relief, consolation and brings some satisfaction that Mr. Somaia has finally been brought to Justice even despite his persistently trying to dodge the British legal system with various delaying tactics throughout the course of these proceedings.
I would like to thank my boutique, specialist legal team at Edmonds Marshall McMahon, Tamlyn Edmonds and Ashley Fairbrother as well as William Boyce QC and Rachna Gokani and Forensic Accountant, Gavin Pearson for their expertise and tireless work. I would also like to thank the Court and the UK criminal justice system for ensuring this man has finally been brought to justice. I am now very much looking forward to closing this chapter of my life and look positively to the future".
Wilf Pickles, Director of BGP Global Services comments:
"We have been involved with this case since its inception, and conducted many of the inquiries, as well as providing evidence relating to the actual offence, that led to Somaia's conviction. Subsequently, we have also been instrumental in identifying assets that were clearly hidden by the defendant. It is evident that Ketan Somaia has gained substantially from his criminal activities and we are glad that our efforts have gone some way into identifying these."
Gavin Pearson, Forensic Accounting Partner at HSNO comments:
"Following my instruction as financial investigator for the Private Prosecutor in the confiscation proceedings, it quickly became clear that the Defendant's business affairs had been operated in a manner designed to hide income and assets from public view (including tax authorities across the world). When combined with an extremely extravagant lifestyle through to the date of his conviction, this led me to conclude that the Defendant has hidden assets. I am delighted that the Court has accepted virtually all my findings both in relation to the extent to which the Defendant has benefited from criminal activity and the assets that remain available to meet a confiscation order".
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Liontown Resources Ltd (ASX:LTR) has published a pre-feasibility study for its 100%-owned Kathleen Valley Igneous Lithium Project, in Western Australia.
The pre-feasibility study returned a post-tax net present value (NPV8) of A$507mln and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 25%, which compares to a post-tax NPV8 of A$421mln and IRR of 38% from the scoping study of January 2019.
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Episode 310 MORGAN CHILDS: Micro-Weddings Are Here To Stay
"It isn't about creating a less than wedding; it's just about a different format." Listen as Andy and his guest Morgan Childs discuss her growing up in Kauai, how she got into the event industry, and how to make it through the pandemic and beyond, plus much more on this episode of The Wedding Biz.
Morgan first began by founding Moana Events and Bella Destination Events and then created another element by adding Modern Elopement, for which she is the CEO and Creative Director. Morgan has been called the elopement expert by Destination I Do Magazine and is a planner who started in the elopement brand back in 2015 when she saw a trend for smaller weddings happening, and with COVID, the concept has exploded.
Morgan shares when she started seeing the trend for smaller weddings even before the pandemic, why her clients find them more attractive, and the difference between all the different terms of smaller weddings like micro and tiny weddings. She also speaks about where the focus is on the elopement weddings her company does and what they entail.
Listen as Morgan addresses some planners' concerns with taking time off their calendars for smaller weddings when they can fill those dates with higher-end, more expensive weddings. Post-COVID Morgan believes these smaller, more personal weddings will continue because mindsets around money have changed, and saving money or buying a house is sometimes more appealing than spending huge amounts of money on an extravagant wedding.
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Cannabis Retail: Should Amherstburg Opt in or Opt out?
A report going to Amherstburg council Monday recommends opting in on Cannabis retail, citing the potential for jobs and increased tax revenue, the need to discourage black market drug dealing and the possibility for additional funding.
The report acknowledges the issue is a "complex" one and that the Town's planning department opposes opting in because of a lack of municipal control over the number and location of Cannabis stores. The local health unit is also recommending the town opt out.
Residents who filled out an online survey on Talk The Burg were overwhelmingly in favour of opting in. Out of 110 respondents, 82 supported Cannabis retail compared to just 25 who were opposed. Three respondents were on the fence. The town also received six written submissions, with five opposed to Cannabis retail and one in favour.
"Cannabis is a legal product, for which there exists demand from residents. Whether or not cannabis should be legalized is no longer the debate," says the report by Manager of Licensing and Enforcement Nicole Rubli.
"Should Council not permit cannabis stores, it may lead to illegal dispensaries that try to open to meet the public demand, thus undermining efforts by all levels of government to prevent youth access to cannabis and may require increased municipal and police enforcement to address illegal operations."
The federal government legalized marijuana Oct. 17 after a century of prohibition. Cannabis can be purchased online in Ontario and the province is letting municipalities choose whether or not they will host retail shops. Those that opt in will be eligible to receive additional provincial funding.
As of Friday night, 69 of Ontario's municipalities had opted out compared to more than 230 that had opted in. The rest have to decide by Tuesday. If they do nothing, they will be deemed to have opted in.
Locally, Tecumseh, LaSalle and Lakeshore have opted out. Kingsville, Leamington and Essex have opted in. Windsor decides Monday and while Mayor Drew Dilkens opposes it, it would appear a majority of councillors are leaning toward supporting marijuana retail.
Administration's report, which was prepared in consultation with a Cannabis Task Force that included multiple Town departments, cites the potential economic benefits of opting in. Those benefits include retail jobs, increased assessment and the spin-off benefits of encouraging local commerce.
"The retail sale of cannabis presents an opportunity to realize local economic impact in terms of job creation (retail positions), tax assessment and the ancillary purchase of goods and services," says the report. "Local retail sales will also help to keep consumers shopping locally, stemming the outflow of dollars to other surrounding municipalities."
The report also discusses provincial funding that is only available to municipalities that opt in. The Town has already received $12,000 from a $40-million provincial fund. If it opts in, it will receive a minimum of another $5,000 but will only receive a maximum of $5,000 if it opts out and will not be eligible for any additional funding.
If the town opts in, it would also be eligible to share in 50 per cent of the surplus created if provincial excise duty revenues exceed $100 million. The province is setting aside a $10 million contingency fund to assist municipalities that permit retail stores.
The planning department and health unit both cite the lack of local control over the number and location of outlets as a reason for opting out. The health unit recommends a wait-and-see approach because municipalities that opt out now can still opt in later but municipalities that opt in now will not later be allowed to opt out.
The wait-and-see argument is bolstered by the fact that municipalities like Amherstburg, with fewer than 50,000 people, would not be eligible for a store in the first phase, when only 25 licenses are being distributed across the province. The downside to that approach, of course, is losing out on the aforementioned funding.
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