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People with schizophrenia show enhanced cognitive costs of maintaining a single item in working memory
James M. Gold, Sonia Bansal, John M. Gaspar, Shuo Chen, Benjamin M. Robinson, Britta Hahn, Steven J. Luck
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 2019, pp. 1-7
Working memory (WM) deficits are seen as a core deficit in schizophrenia, implicated in the broad cognitive impairment seen in the illness. Here we examine the impact of WM storage of a single item on the operation of other cognitive systems.
We studied 37 healthy controls (HCS) and 43 people with schizophrenia (PSZ). Each trial consisted of a sequence of two potential target stimuli, T1 and T2. T1 was a letter presented for 100 ms. After delays of 100–800 ms, T2 was presented. T2 was a 1 or a 2 and required a speeded response. In one condition, subjects were instructed to ignore T1 but respond to T2. In another condition, they were required to report T1 after making their speeded response to T2 (i.e. to make a speeded T2 response while holding T1 in WM).
PSZ were dramatically slowed at responding to T2 when T1 was held in WM. A repeated measures ANOVA yielded main effects of group, delay, and condition with a group by condition interaction (p's < 0.001). Across delays, the slowing of the T2 response when required to hold T1 in memory, relative to ignoring T1, was nearly 3 times higher in PSZ than HCS (633 v. 219 ms).
Whereas previous studies have focused on reduced storage capacity, the present study found that PSZ are impaired at performing tasks while they are successfully maintaining a single item in WM. This may play a role in the broad cognitive impairment seen in PSZ.
The Sticta filix morphodeme (Ascomycota: Lobariaceae) in New Zealand with the newly recognized species S. dendroides and S. menziesii: indicators of forest health in a threatened island biota?
Hannah RANFT, Bibiana MONCADA, Peter J. DE LANGE, H. Thorsten LUMBSCH, Robert LÜCKING
Journal: The Lichenologist / Volume 50 / Issue 2 / March 2018
We present a phylogenetic revision of the Sticta filix morphodeme in New Zealand. This non-monophyletic group of early diverging clades in the genus Sticta is characterized by a stalked thallus with a green primary photobiont and the frequent formation of a dendriscocauloid cyanomorph. Traditionally, three species have been distinguished in New Zealand: S. filix (Sw.) Nyl., S. lacera (Hook. f. & Taylor) Müll. Arg. and S. latifrons A. Rich., with two cyanomorphs separated under the names Dendriscocaulon dendriothamnodes Dughi ex D. J. Galloway (traditionally associated with S. latifrons) and D. dendroides (Nyl.) R. Sant. ex H. Magn. (traditionally associated with S. filix). Sticta lacera was not included in the present study due to the lack of authentic material (all specimens originally identified under that name and sequenced clustered with S. filix); S. filix was confirmed as a distinct species whereas S. latifrons s. lat. was shown to represent two unrelated species, S. latifrons s. str. and the reinstated S. menziesii Hook. f. & Taylor. The cyanomorphs of S. filix and S. latifrons are not conspecific with the types of the names D. dendriothamnodes and D. dendroides, respectively; the D. dendriothamnodes cyanomorph belongs to the Australian taxon Sticta stipitata C. Knight ex F. Wilson, which is not present in New Zealand, whereas the D. dendroides cyanomorph corresponds to a previously unrecognized species with unknown chloromorph, recombined here as Sticta dendroides (Nyl.) Moncada, Lücking & de Lange. Thus, instead of three species (S. filix, S. lacera, S. latifrons) with their corresponding cyanomorphs, five species are now distinguished in this guild in New Zealand: S. dendroides (cyanomorph only), S. filix (chloro- and cyanomorph), S. lacera (chloromorph only), S. latifrons (chloro- and cyanomorph) and S. menziesii (chloro- and cyanomorph). A key is presented for identification of the chloromorphs and the dendriscocauloid cyanomorphs of all species. Semi-quantitative analysis suggests that species in this guild are good indicators of intact forest ecosystems in New Zealand and that the two newly recognized species, S. dendroides and S. menziesii, appear to perform particularly well in this respect. The use of lichens as bioindicators of environmental health is not yet established in New Zealand and so, based on our results, we make the case to develop this approach more thoroughly.
Ramalina europaea and R. labiosorediata, two new species of the R. pollinaria group (Ascomycota: Ramalinaceae), and new typifications for Lichen pollinarius and L. squarrosus
Arsen GASPARYAN, Harrie J. M. SIPMAN, Robert LÜCKING
Journal: The Lichenologist / Volume 49 / Issue 4 / July 2017
Ramalina europaea Gasparyan, Sipman & Lücking and R. labiosorediata Gasparyan, Sipman & Lücking, two species of the R. pollinaria group, are described here as new to science. Ramalina europaea, widely distributed in Europe, can be distinguished by small, punctiform, often terminal soralia starting out on small, spine-like branchlets, whereas R. labiosorediata from North America differs from R. pollinaria s. str. and R. europaea in the almost exclusively terminal soralia formed on the tips of normal lobes, originating from the underside and becoming irregularly labriform. Morphological characters, chemistry, ecology and geographical distribution are discussed and a key to the species of the Ramalina pollinaria group is provided. The topology of a maximum likelihood tree based on ITS shows the presence of three well-supported clades, corresponding to the morphological differences of the three species. The status of several historical names variously placed in synonymy with or described as infraspecific entities of R. pollinaria is reassessed and a new neotype and an epitype are designated for Lichen pollinarius, a neotype for L. squarrosus, making it a synonym of R. farinacea, and lectotypes for R. pollinaria var. elatior, making it a synonym of R. pollinaria s. str., and for var. humilis, a taxon of yet unknown affinity.
5 - Electroencephalography and Event-Related Brain Potentials
from Systemic Psychophysiology
By Steven J. Luck, Emily S. Kappenman
Edited by John T. Cacioppo, University of Chicago, Louis G. Tassinary, Texas A & M University, Gary G. Berntson, Ohio State University
Book: Handbook of Psychophysiology
Published online: 27 January 2017
Print publication: 15 December 2016, pp 74-100
National Mapping's Astro-Geodetic Complex
J. McK. Luck, M. J. Miller, P. J. Morgan
Journal: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia / Volume 2 / Issue 4 / October 1973
The Division of National Mapping has received, on long term loan from NASA and in co-operation with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, a Lunar Laser Ranging instrument consisting of a gigawatt pulsed ruby laser, a 150 cm aspheric Ritchey-Chretien telescope, and associated electronic equipment. The instrument was formerly operated by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories at Mount Lemmon in Arizona. Its principal use by National Mapping will be direct determination of the distance between the telescope and any of the three retro-reflector arrays placed on the Moon at Hadley's Rille, Fra Mauro and Mare Tranquillitatis by Apollo astronauts. Full scale operation in conjunction with similar instruments well separated in latitude and longitude, in particular at Mount McDonald in Texas and Mount Haleakala in Hawaii, will permit determination of Earth rotation and polar motion, lunar ephemeris and libration, and tectonic plate movement or continental drift, which justifies its use in a geodetic environment.
Comparison and Coordination of Time Scales
J. McK. Luck
Journal: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia / Volume 3 / Issue 5 / 1979
A time scale may be defined as a system for dating events. A clock is a device for interpolating between observations of the time scale. From antiquity, time scales have been based on the earth's rotation; even today, the atomic-based time scale Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) is adjusted annually, or when necessary, to keep it in time with the rotating earth. However, the continual search for greater accuracy in time keeping has led to the adoption of time scales based on other phenomena, so that there are now four classes of time scales in use, as summarised in Table I.
Statistics of Double Star Measures
J. M. Luck
Journal: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia / Volume 2 / Issue 1 / July 1971
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2016, pp. 31-34
Some statistics from 368 plates of 111 double stars observed between July 1965 and January 1969 with the Yale-Columbia 26-inch refractor at Mount Stromlo Observatory, are presented. The results of plate measurements, and a description of the work, are to be published elsewhere.
An introduction to reasoning over qualitative multi-attribute preferences
Ingrid Nunes, Simon Miles, Michael Luck, Carlos J. P. Lucena
Journal: The Knowledge Engineering Review / Volume 30 / Issue 3 / May 2015
Research on preferences has significantly increased in recent years, as it involves not only many subproblems to be investigated, such as elicitation, representation, and reasoning, but has also been the target of different research areas, for example, artificial intelligence and databases. In particular, much work has focused on qualitative preferences, because these are closer to the way people express their preferences in comparison with quantitative preferences. Against this background, a large number of approaches have been proposed, associated with heterogeneous areas, so that these approaches are usually just compared with those of the same area. In response, we present in this paper a survey of approaches to qualitative multi-attribute preference reasoning, covering different research areas. We introduce selected approaches that propose different techniques and algorithms, which take as input qualitative multi-attribute preference statements following a particular structure specified by the approach. We analyse each approach in a systematic way and discuss their commonalities and limitations.
Summary of the Snowmastodon Project Special Volume A high-elevation, multi-proxy biotic and environmental record of MIS 6–4 from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA
Ian M. Miller, Jeffrey S. Pigati, R. Scott Anderson, Kirk R. Johnson, Shannon A. Mahan, Thomas A. Ager, Richard G. Baker, Maarten Blaauw, Jordon Bright, Peter M. Brown, Bruce Bryant, Zachary T. Calamari, Paul E. Carrara, Michael D. Cherney, John R. Demboski, Scott A. Elias, Daniel C. Fisher, Harrison J. Gray, Danielle R. Haskett, Jeffrey S. Honke, Stephen T. Jackson, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Douglas Kline, Eric M. Leonard, Nathaniel A. Lifton, Carol Lucking, H. Gregory McDonald, Dane M. Miller, Daniel R. Muhs, Stephen E. Nash, Cody Newton, James B. Paces, Lesley Petrie, Mitchell A. Plummer, David F. Porinchu, Adam N. Rountrey, Eric Scott, Joseph J.W. Sertich, Saxon E. Sharpe, Gary L. Skipp, Laura E. Strickland, Richard K. Stucky, Robert S. Thompson, Jim Wilson
Journal: Quaternary Research / Volume 82 / Issue 3 / November 2014
In North America, terrestrial records of biodiversity and climate change that span Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 are rare. Where found, they provide insight into how the coupling of the ocean–atmosphere system is manifested in biotic and environmental records and how the biosphere responds to climate change. In 2010–2011, construction at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado (USA) revealed a nearly continuous, lacustrine/wetland sedimentary sequence that preserved evidence of past plant communities between ~140 and 55 ka, including all of MIS 5. At an elevation of 2705 m, the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site also contained thousands of well-preserved bones of late Pleistocene megafauna, including mastodons, mammoths, ground sloths, horses, camels, deer, bison, black bear, coyotes, and bighorn sheep. In addition, the site contained more than 26,000 bones from at least 30 species of small animals including salamanders, otters, muskrats, minks, rabbits, beavers, frogs, lizards, snakes, fish, and birds. The combination of macro- and micro-vertebrates, invertebrates, terrestrial and aquatic plant macrofossils, a detailed pollen record, and a robust, directly dated stratigraphic framework shows that high-elevation ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado are climatically sensitive and varied dramatically throughout MIS 5.
Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 genotype and a physically active lifestyle in late life: analysis of gene–environment interaction for the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease dementia
T. Luck, S. G. Riedel-Heller, M. Luppa, B. Wiese, M. Köhler, F. Jessen, H. Bickel, S. Weyerer, M. Pentzek, H.-H. König, J. Prokein, A. Ernst, M. Wagner, E. Mösch, J. Werle, A. Fuchs, C. Brettschneider, M. Scherer, W. Maier
As physical activity may modify the effect of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele on the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia, we tested for such a gene–environment interaction in a sample of general practice patients aged ⩾75 years.
Data were derived from follow-up waves I–IV of the longitudinal German study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe). The Kaplan–Meier survival method was used to estimate dementia- and AD-free survival times. Multivariable Cox regression was used to assess individual associations of APOE ε4 and physical activity with risk for dementia and AD, controlling for covariates. We tested for gene–environment interaction by calculating three indices of additive interaction.
Among the randomly selected sample of 6619 patients, 3327 (50.3%) individuals participated in the study at baseline and 2810 (42.5%) at follow-up I. Of the 2492 patients without dementia included at follow-up I, 278 developed dementia (184 AD) over the subsequent follow-up interval of 4.5 years. The presence of the APOE ε4 allele significantly increased and higher physical activity significantly decreased risk for dementia and AD. The co-presence of APOE ε4 with low physical activity was associated with higher risk for dementia and AD and shorter dementia- and AD-free survival time than the presence of APOE ε4 or low physical activity alone. Indices of interaction indicated no significant interaction between low physical activity and the APOE ε4 allele for general dementia risk, but a possible additive interaction for AD risk.
Physical activity even in late life may be effective in reducing conversion to dementia and AD or in delaying the onset of clinical manifestations. APOE ε4 carriers may particularly benefit from increasing physical activity with regard to their risk for AD.
Is use of formal community services by older women related to changes in their informal care arrangements?
SAMANTHA J. MCKENZIE, JAYNE C. LUCKE, RICHARD L. HOCKEY, ANNETTE J. DOBSON, LEIGH R. TOOTH
Journal: Ageing & Society / Volume 34 / Issue 2 / February 2014
This paper examines how the relationships between the factors (predisposing, enabling and illness) of the 1973 Andersen framework and service use are influenced by changes in the caring role in older women of the 1921–26 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Outcome variables were the use of three formal community support services: (a) nursing or community health services, (b) home-making services and (c) home maintenance services. Predictor variables were survey wave and the following carer characteristics: level of education, country of birth, age, area of residence, ability to manage on income, need for care, sleep difficulty and changes in caring role. Carer changes were a significant predictor of formal service use. Their inclusion did not attenuate the relationship between the Andersen framework factors and service use, but instead provided a more complete representation of carers' situations. Women were more likely to have used support services if they had changed into or out of co-resident caring or continued to provide co-resident care for a frail, ill or disabled person, needed care themselves, and reported sleep difficulties compared with women who did not provide care. These findings are important because they indicate that support services are particularly relevant to women who are changing their caring role and who are themselves in need of care.
A longitudinal study of the bi-directional relationship between tobacco smoking and psychological distress in a community sample of young Australian women
J. Leung, C. Gartner, W. Hall, J. Lucke, A. Dobson
Journal: Psychological Medicine / Volume 42 / Issue 6 / June 2012
Tobacco smoking and poor mental health are both prevalent and detrimental health problems in young women. The temporal relationship between the two variables is unclear. We investigated the prospective bi-directional relationship between smoking and mental health over 13 years.
Participants were a randomly selected community sample of 10 012 young women with no experience of pregnancy, aged 18–23 years at baseline (1996) from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Follow-up surveys over 13 years were completed in 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009, allowing for five waves of data. Measures included self-reported smoking and mental health measured by the Mental Health Index from the 36-item short-form health questionnaire and the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Sociodemographic control variables included marital status, education level and employment status.
A strong cross-sectional dose–response relationship between smoking and poor mental health was found at each wave [odds ratio (OR) 1.41, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.17–1.70 to OR 2.27, 95% CI 1.82–2.81]. Longitudinal results showed that women who smoked had 1.21 (95% CI 1.06–1.39) to 1.62 (95% CI 1.24–2.11) times higher odds of having poor mental health at subsequent waves. Women with poor mental health had 1.12 (95% CI 1.17–1.20) to 2.11 (95% CI 1.68–2.65) times higher odds of smoking at subsequent waves. These results held after adjusting for mental health history and smoking history and sociodemographic factors. Correlation analysis and structural equation modelling results were consistent in showing that both directions of the relationship were statistically significant.
The association between poor mental health and smoking in young women appeared to be bi-directional.
A world-wide key to the thelotremoid Graphidaceae, excluding the Ocellularia-Myriotrema-Stegobolus clade
Eimy RIVAS PLATA, Robert LÜCKING, Harrie J. M. SIPMAN, Armin MANGOLD, Klaus KALB, H. Thorsten LUMBSCH
In the course of an ongoing systematic and taxonomic revision of the lichen family Graphidaceae (including Thelotremataceae), we present world-wide keys to the currently accepted thelotremoid genera and species, excluding the columellate taxa and their relatives of the Ocellularia-Myriotrema-Stegobolus clade (Melanotrema, Myriotrema, Ocellularia, Ocellularia clandestina group, Redingeria, Stegobolus), which will be treated in a forthcoming paper. The keys include all genera and species with chroodiscoid, lepadinoid, and topeliopsidoid apothecia and other taxa featuring periphysoids or fibrils, and their relatives. Taxa keyed out to genus and species level are Acanthotrema, Chapsa, Chroodiscus, Diploschistes, Fibrillithecis, Gyrotrema, Leptotrema, Leucodecton, Melanotopelia, the 'Ocellularia' cruentata group, Pseudoramonia, Reimnitzia, Schizotrema, Thelotrema, Topeliopsis and Wirthiotrema. Over 260 species are treated, including a few yet unnamed taxa. The following taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties are introduced: Acanthotrema frischii Lücking sp. nov., Chapsa aggregata (Hale) Sipman & Lücking comb. nov., C. albida (Nyl.) Lücking & Sipman comb. nov.; C. albomaculata (Sipman) Sipman & Lücking comb. nov., C. boninensis (Tat. Matsumoto) Rivas Plata & Mangold comb. nov., C. elabens (Müll. Arg.) Rivas Plata & Mangold comb. nov., C. imperfecta (Hale) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., C. laceratula (Müll. Arg.) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., C. magnifica (Berk. & Broome) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., C. meghalayensis (Patw. & Nagarkar) Lumbsch & Divakar comb. nov., C. meridensis (Kalb & Frisch) Lücking, Lumbsch & Rivas Plata comb. nov., C. mirabilis (Zahlbr.) Lücking comb. nov., C. neei (Hale) Mangold & Lücking comb. nov., C. paralbida (Riddle) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., C. pseudoexanthismocarpa (Patw. & C. R. Kulk.) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., C. pulvereodisca (Hale) Rivas Plata & Mangold comb. nov., C. scabiomarginata (Hale) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., C. waasii (Hale) Sipman & Lücking comb. nov., Fibrillithecis argentea (Müll. Arg.) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., F. carneodisca (Hale) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., F. confusa Lücking, Kalb & Rivas Plata spec. nov., F. diminita (Hale) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., F. eximia (R. C. Harris) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., F. fissurata (Nagarkar & Hale) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., F. gibbosa (H. Magn.) Rivas Plata & Lücking comb. nov., Leucodecton desquamescens (Vain.) Lücking comb. nov., L. oxysporum (Redinger) Lücking comb. nov., Schizotrema cryptotrema (Nyl.) Rivas Plata & Mangold comb. nov., Thelotrema patwardhanii (Hale) Rivas Plata & Mangold comb. nov., Topeliopsis guaiquinimae (Sipman) Rivas Plata & Mangold comb. nov., and T. tuberculifera (Vain.) Rivas Plata & Mangold comb. nov. Using the examples of Fibrillithecis halei s. lat., Leucodecton compunctellum s. lat., and Thelotrema monosporum s. lat., we show how difficult species complexes can be flexibly treated in a key, allowing for either a broad concept or the distinction of several individual taxa.
Molecular characterization of a virulence-associated epitope on the lipopolysaccharide of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1
J. H. Helbig, P. C. Lück, Y. A. Knirel, W. Witzleb, U. Zähringer
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 115 / Issue 1 / August 1995
For identification of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-associated epitopes of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, LPS of strain Philadelphia 1 was investigated using monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). The O-specific chain of LPS is a homopolymer of 5-acetamidino-7-acetamido-8-O-acetyl-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-D-glycero-L-galacto-nonulosonic acid. At least four immunoaccessible epitopes were recognized by different MAbs on the intact LPS. After O-deacetylation of LPS, the reactivity of one of the MAbs (MAb 3/1) was lost, indicating thus that the corresponding epitope is associated with the 8-O-acetyl group. Since the reactivity pattern of the MAb 3/1 is identical with those of the MAb 2 which was considered as a virulence marker for serogroup 1, this epitope may be involved in mediating virulence in L. pneumophila. Four MAbs specific to strains of serogroup 1 other than the monoclonal subtype Philadelphia recognized epitopes on the O-deacetylated LPS of strain Philadelphia 1 and, therefore, the virulence-associated epitope blocks recognition of the immunodeterminants that are accessible on the intact LPS of the strains lacking this epitope.
Phylloblastia inexpectata (Verrucariaceae), a new species of foliicolous lichen from Western Europe and Madeira
Emmanuël SÉRUSIAUX, Brian J. COPPINS, Robert LÚCKING
Phylloblastia inexpectata Sérus., Coppins & Lücking is a newly described foliicolous lichen, known from England, Scotland, Southern Italy and Madeira. It is distinguished from similar and related species by the absence of isidia and the smaller size of its ascospores. Phylloblastia pocsii is reported from Papua New Guinea for the first time.
Aptrootia (Dothideomycetes: Trypetheliaceae), a new genus of pyrenocarpous lichens for Thelenella terricola
Robert LÜCKING, Harrie J. M. SIPMAN, Loengrin UMAÑA, Jose-Luis CHAVES, H. Thorsten LUMBSCH
The new genus Aptrootia Lücking & Sipman is described for Thelenella terricola, an enigmatic terricolous and muscicolous, pyrenocarpous taxon known from Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica, and the new combination Aptrootia terricola (Aptroot) Lücking, Umaña & Chaves comb. nov. is introduced. Aptrootia is characterized by completely immersed perithecia with brown-black ostiolar region, surrounded by a white, cartilaginous thallus resembling that of Gomphillaceae. The hamathecium is typical of Trypetheliaceae, with thin, anastomosing paraphysoids embedded in a gelatinous matrix, but the dark brown ascospores are otherwise unknown within the family. The only known species was tentatively described in Thelenella, but hamathecium type and molecular data place Aptrootia within Trypetheliaceae.
Legionnaires' disease outbreak associated with a cruise liner, August 2003: epidemiological and microbiological findings
K. BEYRER, S. LAI, J. DREESMAN, J. V. LEE, C. JOSEPH, T. HARRISON, S. SURMAN-LEE, C. LÜCK, B. BRODHUN, U. BUCHHOLZ, A. WINDORFER
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 135 / Issue 5 / July 2007
Eight cases of Legionnaires' disease were identified among the 215 German passengers after a cruise to the Nordic Sea in August 2003. An unmatched case-control study was conducted to identify risk factors and the source of infection. In total, eight passengers fulfilled the case definition, one of these died. Forty-two passengers served as controls. The attack rate was 4%. The mean age was 60 years for cases and 62 years for controls. Prolonged exposure to the spa pool seemed to be a risk factor of infection (OR 4·85, P=0·09). Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, monoclonal antibody (mAb) subgroup 'Knoxville' was isolated from clinical and environmental samples. DNA sequence-based typing revealed that these isolates were indistinguishable from each other. The investigation showed the importance of an interdisciplinary approach of microbiology and epidemiology as not all sites on the ship that tested positive for L. pneumophila actually posed a relevant risk for the passengers.
A first assessment of the Ticolichen biodiversity inventory in Costa Rica: the genus Haematomma (Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae)
Matthew P. NELSEN, Robert LÜCKING, José Luis CHAVES, Harrie J. M. SIPMAN, Loengrin UMAÑA, Enia NAVARRO
Journal: The Lichenologist / Volume 38 / Issue 3 / May 2006
The genus Haematomma is treated as part of the Ticolichen biodiversity inventory in Costa Rica. Together with literature reports, fourteen taxa are recognized as occurring in the country (plus three species to be expected), and three of them are new to science: Haematomma nicoyense Nelsen, Lücking & Chaves, with a sorediate thallus, russulone and atranorin, and zeorine apothecia with a split between proper excipulum and thalline margin, Haematomma staigeriae Nelsen, Lücking & Umaña, with a sorediate thallus, russulone and lichexanthone, and submuriform ascospores, and Haematomma fluorescens var. longisporum Nelsen, Lücking & Navarro, with russulone and lichexanthone and ascospores up to 120 μ m in length with up to 27 septa. A key is presented for the 17 taxa known or expected from Costa Rica.
Safety and efficacy of sedation with propofol for transoesophageal echocardiography in children in an outpatient setting
Christopher R. Mart, Mitchell Parrish, Kerry L. Rosen, Michael D. Dettorre, Gary D. Ceneviva, Steven E. Lucking, Neal J. Thomas
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 16 / Issue 2 / April 2006
Background: Transoesophageal echocardiography has become a powerful tool in the diagnosis and management of children with congenital cardiac malformations. Unlike adults, children will not tolerate transoesophageal echocardiography under light sedation. This study was undertaken, therefore, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of deep sedation with propofol for transoesophageal echocardiography in children examined in an outpatient setting. Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients undergoing transoesophageal echocardiography with propofol given in bolus aliquots to achieve a level of sedation adequate to insert the transoesophageal echocardiographic probe and maintain sedation throughout the procedure. Results: We included a total of 118 patients, 57% being male, with a mean age of 12.9 years. Adequate sedation was achieved using a mean propofol dose of 8.3 milligrams per kilogram, with the dose per kilogram decreasing concomitant with increasing weight of the patient. Patients less than two years of age were intubated for the procedure. There were no clinically significant changes in cardiac function or haemodynamics. Non-intubated patients received supplemental oxygen prior to, or just after, the onset of sedation, with transient hypoxaemia observed in one-fifth. Complications were rare, with minor problems occurring in 7.6%, and major ones in 4%. Conclusions: Transoesophageal echocardiography can be performed on an outpatient basis in children with a wide spectrum of congenital cardiac malformations, and propofol is an ideal sedative agent in this setting. Although not common, preparations must be made for significant haemodynamic and respiratory complications. In our study, we intubated all the children under 2 years of age.
A first assessment of the Ticolichen biodiversity inventory in Costa Rica: the genus Gyalideopsis and its segregates (Ostropales: Gomphillaceae), with a world-wide key and name status checklist
Robert LÜCKING, André APTROOT, Loengrin UMAÑA, José Luis CHAVES, Harrie J. M. SIPMAN, Matthew P. NELSEN
Thirty-one taxa of Gyalideopsis and its recent segregates (Ferraroa, Jamesiella, Lithogyalideopsis) are reported in a first assessment of the group from Costa Rica. Six species are described as new, all originating from perhumid montane rainforest: Gyalideopsis altamirensis Lücking & Umaña, with broadly sessile, brown apothecia and single-spored asci with muriform ascospores (hyphophores unknown); G. macarthurii Lücking, Umaña & Aptroot, with dark greyish brown apothecia having their margin covered by triangular thalline lobules and shortly bristle-shaped hyphophores producing moniliform diahyphae; G. pseudoactinoplaca Lücking & Chaves, with sessile, globose diahyphal bunches similar to those of Actinoplaca and resembling isidia (apothecia unknown), G. wesselsii Lücking, Sipman & Chaves, with verrucose thallus, dark greyish brown, applanate apothecia with single-spored asci producing muriform ascospores, and minutely spathulate, dark brown hyphophores with moniliform diahyphae, and Jamesiella chaverriae Chaves, Umaña & Lücking, with isidioid hyphophores ('thlasidia') which are flask-shaped and apically thinly ciliate (apothecia unknown). A further species, Gyalideopsis sp., with distinctly stipitate, umbelliform hyphophores, is not formally described due to the lack of apothecia and hyphophores. A further nine species are reported as new to Costa Rica: G. buckei, G. capitata, G. confluens, G. giganteoides, G. megalospora, G. napoensis, G. nepalensis, G. palmata, and Lithogyalideopsis zeylandica. A world-wide key to all presently known 94 taxa of Gyalideopsis and its recent segregates is presented, as well as a checklist.


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Malpura, Rajasthan
Malpura is a prominent city located in the Tonk District of Rajasthan.
Located in Tonk District of the western state of India, Rajasthan, Malpura is a prominent city. The city of Tonk is the district headquarters and Malpura is located in its west at a distance of 30 km. Geographically, the town is located between 26.28° North latitude and 75.38° East longitude at a height of 332 metres (1089 feet) above mean sea level. Malpura Railway Station on the Toda Rai Singh-Jaipur railway line is the nearest railway station and the nearest airport is Sanganer Airport.
As per the Indian Census report of 2001, Malpura had a population of 27, 242. Males account for 52% of the population and females account for the remaining 48%.In Malpura, 17% of the population is less than six years of age. The average literacy rate of Malpura is 62% which is higher than the national average literacy rate which is 59.5%. To be specific, the male literacy rate is 73% and the female literacy rate is 50%.
The city is embellished with several Jain temples. The Adinath Temple is a major landmark of Malpura. The Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, which conducts research on the various uses of wool is also located here.
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Welcome back to my weekly – and sometimes irreverent – look at the world of politics. I call it 'Just a Minute' because it only takes SIXTY SECONDS to read it.
Last week's elections proved one important point. The ordinary people of the country don't give two hoots about the prime minister's wallpaper, how many children he has fathered or why he can't afford a comb.
A poll by YouGov found that only one in three were following the story which has gripped the political nerds in the Whitehall bubble, whose only meaningful foray outside of London was to go Oxford or Cambridge.
What the people care about is the ability to lead them out a crisis. Boris, after a poor start put everything on the vaccine and it worked. Job done.
Sleaze is like mud. It doesn't just stick – it splatters and spreads. And it also sticks to the hand of the person who threw it in the first place.
And the more Sir Keir bangs on about sleaze, the more we begin to think we think that it not just the Tories, it's all politicians. Except the Greens who use it in their allotments for organic carrots.
Labour has its own problems. The police are busy investigating Labour-run Liverpool and some of its politicians and their friends over building contracts.
Unite, the trade union, the Labour Party's biggest funder to the tune of some £10 million has a massive scandal over cost overrun for its new conference and training centre. Initially budgeted at £7 million, it is now costing close to £100 million. Oooops.
As well as Covid, Boris knows what turns the electorate on: housing. Not the crisis in the big cities, but the stuff that attracts Help to Buy funding.
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JACKAL wrote:
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ANC wrote:
Its a terrible Mistake not letting Chuckweze play in the U20 World cup. He needs to play with his peers and age mates and show how dominant he is.... This is the path Messi took...Maradona, Tevez and pretty much 70% of great senior level players. Going Straight to the senior Level AFCON may not really benefit him as much as the big Psychological boost he gets vs his peers.
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I subscribe to the Malcom Gladwell school... Let kids Dominate their peers and they will acquire the persona of a natural leader and and will countinue to dominate into the future.... When you put him too soon with senior players he may not respond and defer to them since they will treat him like a small boy. I don't want the bot to turn into another Henry Nwosu ...
Whats Henrys story?
Your point is well made
But for the guys sake if does go to ANC, let him be another Owen, not another henry.
Henry Was an U-20 Player, who made the Green Eagles at the age of 18 playing cameo roles in the legendary 1980 ANC winning eagles ... Of course he was considered a prodigy, which he was... He however never quite fulfilled his full potential because many others came after him who joined the team in the their 20's, surpassed him both in Achievement and persona.
He had a good club Career with NNB, played a couple of ANC's but to me didn't produce an Okocha-like, Yekini-like or Keshi Like career. His Career fizzled out in an age where you had to be able to go to Europe to make it, a feat he was unable to achieve for all his massive talent. I felt he was a lot of promise in the beginning, he got the limelight too soon, but never really fulfilled his full potential.
I don't know what you mean by cameo roles, having started the first two games against Tanzania and Ivory Coast. Played 90 minutes against Tanzania and was substituted for Martin Eyo against Ivory Coast. He recorded a total of 60 appearances for the senior national team between 1980 and 1991 and also featured in the 1984 and 1988 finals. By the way, he debuted at the age of 16, not 18. He may have run out of steam a little early as a result of being overused; he played numerous U20 and U23 matches and featured in the 1980 Olympic Games, scoring Nigeria's only goal in that tournament
I am not so sure about your information. There was no U23 Football when Henry was Active. They didn't start the U-23 till the 1992 Olympics and U23 + 3 overaged players till 1996 (Which we won) He scored 8 goals in 60 Games for the eagles.... that was not a great return for an attacking midfielder of his reputation. He was a prolific goal scorer for his Club side but couldn't replicate it for the eagles. However we both agree his career did fizzle out...and never quite fully lived up to his full potential.
That 1980 Olympics was when I discovered to my dismay that we were crap in football at the time. I was a kid who bought into the drama of our local derby's, our triumph at the African cups and then we went to meet armatures on the world stage and we couldn't beat Kuwait... KUWAIT my People !!!!
You are equating the exclusive usage of U23 players in the Olympic Games to the start of U23 football. That's incorrect... and how can you claim that a player with 60 appearances for the senior national team did not live up to his potential? Please count the number of Nigerian internationals who played 60 games for Nigeria on one hand if you possibly can
He had a good club Career with NNB, played a couple of ANC's but to me didn't produce an Okocha-like, Yekini-like or Keshi Like career. His Career fizzled out in an age where you had to be able to go to Europe to make it, a feat he was unable to achieve for all his massive talent. I felt he was a lot of promise in the beginning, he got the limelight too soon, but never really fulfilled his full potential.[/quote]
That 1980 Olympics was when I discovered to my dismay that we were crap in football at the time. I was a kid who bought into the drama of our local derby's, our triumph at the African cups and then we went to meet armatures on the world stage and we couldn't beat Kuwait... KUWAIT my People !!!! [/quote]
Why would there be a need for an age category team if there is no competition for them to go to ? The only U-23 Tournament in the world at the time was the Olympic games football. They carved out that category so the Olympics wouldn't compete with the world cup. There was no U23 team before the 1992 Olympics Period.
Are there U27 teams today ?? ...not as far as I know...why ? Because there is no world recognized U27 Tournament.
Damunk
If my memory serves me correct, Olympic soccer wasn't always age-restricted.
It is quite possible our early Olympic soccer teams in Africa were full national teams because we were seen as 'amateurs' i.e. not professional footballers.
I may be wrong and too lazy to G GLE at 1 o'clock in the morning.
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Damunk,
You are correct. The Olympics, for African teams, involved the full national team until 1992. Actually, this is one of my criticism of FIFA's rules that Olympics Games of that time should not be counted as full NT appearances. A rather rubbish rule by FIFA when it concerns African teams in games against each other.
In any case, the JACKAL's analysis about Nigeria's performance at the 1980 Olympics lacks context. The reality is that the team that went to that Olympics was a shadow of the team that just won the AFCON a few months before. The Olympic squad was a team being developed following Chukwu's retirement. Remember Chukwu was voted Best Player at the AFCON. Odegbami who was the top scorer for Nigeria went to the Olympics with a major leg injury but played in the Czech game with a heavily bandaged leg, as I recall. Isima who started at AFCON was injured just 18 minutes into the opening game at the Olympics. In that opening game, Gloria played Okpala ahead of the AFCON starter Adiele, Kadiri ahead of AFCON starter Aloysius Atuegbu, Shefiu Mohammed started with Odegbami absent. In essence, it was a different team. In the second game, they drew 1-1 with a tough Czech team that had most of its NT players (East European teams used Nt players for the Olympics as they were designated amateurs as well). The Czech team saw an injured Odegbami back on the field, Adiele and Atuegbu returned as starters as well and Nwosu started also.
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Enugu II wrote:
EII,
Context or not...we sucked ! If you look back at it, we had no international experience.. That may actually have been the first time we played in a world recognized international competition. I have read some of Odegbamis writings over the years and he said when they would go out on international training camp before major tournaments like the ANC... They could only get 3rd division teams or local coal mining teams to play them. The pro teams in Brazil or Europe wouldn't play them. When they managed to get local pro teams to play them.. we got hammered big time.
We were poor, very poor back then..we just didn't know it because we were playing locally and we couldn't really tell how wide the gap was between us and the elite soccer world at that time since we didn't play them ever.
There is no denying the fact that we were not experienced, internationally, back then. I agree on that point and in my view we only improved in that regard when we began to have many players migrate bio play professionally overseas. That migration and constant competition with top players in Europe improved their psychological preparation, confidence, as well as in other areas. The results indicate that. Thus, I do not think that many will argue against your point on the overall standard then. However, the state of the team to that 1980 Olympics was very poor even by the standards of those days.
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His peers are the grown men and world class defenders like Varane, Godin, Pique, Alba etc that he faces every week in La Liga.
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On current form this season based on league rankings/ performance he is our best WINGER but ROhR is a loyal person. Therefore, I won't be surprised seeing chukwueze omitted for MOSES SIMON (sad) if that happens.
Chukwueze will make the AFCON team as a wide midfield player. Simon or Kalu will be the other wide player on the left while the other makes it as a wingback. Ebuehi will not be in the team. Furthermore, Musa will be counted as a striker and not a wide player. Do the math.
Have you really see the team that qualified for AFCON? Chukwueze is competing with Kalu, simon, Oyekuru and Musa
while the strikers are Igahlo, Osihem & paul ouachu
Chukwueze may not make the team as those who played together and qualified the team will be hard to be dropped by Rohr.
Osita
Let's leave that until 23 is named. If he is among 26 invited he will be there. The mistake you make is ignoring the versatility of Kalu and Musa. That is what opens up space for Chukwueze.
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May 23, 2018 posted by Devon Baxter
Animator Profiles: NORM McCABE
This week, I would like to present another idea for a column I have wanted to write for Cartoon Research — individual profiles on different animators. This week's post profiles Norm McCabe, an overlooked figure who worked in a long, varied career in animation, as you will see here.
Born on February 10, 1911 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Norm McCabe's family moved to Butte, Montana in the United States two years later. In 1917, the family relocated to Tacoma, Washington, where McCabe spent much of his childhood and adolescence. He soon developed an artistic career in Tacoma as a theater lobby artist, painting posters and banners. After he felt the effect of the Depression, he moved to Los Angeles to seek more lobby poster work, which became impractical. Later, he came across Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising's studio, which released Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies under producer Leon Schlesinger, and was hired as an in-betweener around 1932.
Soon after, McCabe was promoted to full animator in Frank Tashlin's unit by 1936. He was shifted when Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones assisted Ub Iwerks to complete two Porky Pig cartoons (Porky and Gabby, Porky's Super Service) at his Beverly Hills studio. When Clampett received his own directorial unit, Leon Schlesinger assigned business manager and brother-in-law Ray Katz as the head of a separate unit to produce the black-and-white Looney Tunes, known as "the Katz unit." There, McCabe became one of Clampett's key animators. According to Mark Kausler's sharp observations, McCabe was usually assigned to dialogue scenes and often tilted characters' heads in difficult angles while they spoke in the Clampett films.
Around 1940, Clampett took ill and briefly went on sick leave, with two Porky Pig cartoons (The Timid Toreador and Porky's Snooze Reel) left unfinished. The studio entrusted McCabe to complete the directorial duties—hence the co-director credit under their main titles. McCabe continued to animate at the "Katz unit" in the early 1940s until Tex Avery was suspended from the studio in 1941, and Clampett inherited his animators and directed the color Merrie Melodies. McCabe was given his own unit consisting of Clampett's former animators (John Carey, Vive Risto, Cal Dalton, Izzy Ellis) and continued production on the black-and-white Looney Tunes. His first solo directorial effort was the Porky Pig short Robinson Crusoe, Jr., released in October 1941. Soon after McCabe became a director, his unit moved into the main Warners building at Fernwood and Van Ness—at the end of 1941 or early 1942—disbanding the "Katz unit" altogether.
McCabe's filmography also includes the spot-gag film Who's Who in the Zoo (released February 1942) with Porky; Daffy's Southern Exposure (released May 1942), arguably his strongest effort; Hobby Horse Laffs (released June 1942), a takeoff on the radio program "Hobby Lobby"; Gopher Goofy (released June 1942); The Ducktators (released August 1942), a burlesquing of the Axis powers; The Impatient Patient (released September 1942), with Daffy Duck; The Daffy Duckaroo (released October 1942); Confusions of a Nutzy Spy (released January 1943) with Porky; Hop and Go (released March 1943), and Tokio Jokio (released May 1943), a propaganda spoof that seems particularly cruel today.
In his cartoons released in late 1942 and early 1943, McCabe's chief background artist was Dave Hilberman, a former Disney striker who came to the studio after leaving Screen Gems. Hilberman's backgrounds (The Daffy Duckaroo, The Impatient Patient, Confusions of a Nutzy Spy, Hop and Go) displayed graphic, stylized forms considered experimental in the early 1940s, and which he later implemented as he helped establish the burgeoning UPA studio. McCabe's story men consisted of Melvin "Tubby" Millar and Don Christensen, who would often team up in the films.
Around November 1942, McCabe was drafted into the Army, assigned to the Army Air Corps Training Film Unit and also served in the First Motion Picture Unit at Fort Roach, which Rudy Ising commandeered. (Tokio Jokio credits him as "Cpl. Norman McCabe.")
After World War II, by law, servicemen were able to be re-hired at their old jobs upon their return. However, while the Warners animation department made allowance for various animators from the service, the studio had no place to put McCabe. He managed to find illustration work, drawing for Capitol Records' Bozo and His Rocket Ship, a "Record-Reader" released in 1947. In the 1950s, McCabe found himself working for various television commercial studios such as Swift-Chaplin Productions and Telemation. He worked as an animation director for All Scope Pictures, Inc., a commercial film division for 20th Century Fox from 1958 until the early 1960s.
McCabe went back into theatrical cartoons when he was hired at DePatie-Freleng as an animator and director (Super 6) in the 1960s. A large number of studios producing theatricals and television animation, either working as an animator or various directorial duties soon followed throughout the remainder of his career in the 1960s up to the 1990s—Filmation, Playhouse Pictures, Pantomime Pictures (Sky Hawks), Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat), Ruby-Spears, Sunbow Productions, Henson Associates (Muppet Babies), Murakami-Wolf-Swenson (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and Film Roman (Bobby's World).
In the 1980s, McCabe returned to Warner Bros. to animate on Greg Ford and Terry Lennon's The Duxorcist (1987) and Night of the Living Duck (1988). Around 1989, Warner Bros., along with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television, produced Tiny Toon Adventures, where McCabe was hired as a timing director. (He directed at least one segment, "Lifeguard Lunacy.") He continued to work in the animation industry as a sheet timer on various Warners-Amblin shows such as Animaniacs, Taz-Mania, Freakazoid, and The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries. When Greg Duffell met McCabe briefly at the Warner Bros. Television Animation building circa 1991, "I was struck by his appearance. He was dressed in blue jeans and a blue shirt and running shoes. His hair was grey and cut in a manner reminiscent of Moe Howard [of The Three Stooges]. For a man of advanced years, he was remarkably spry." Mike Kazaleh, a writer and storyboard artist for Tiny Toons, said that Norm "was a very nice man, very good humored and friendly. He was enormously talented, and I would occasionally hang out in his room just to watch him draw."
As many peers who have worked with McCabe have stated, he was more valuable to the studio than his job description suggested. Tom Minton, one of the key creative artists for Warner Bros. Television Animation, recalled hiring McCabe on The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries: "It was great having someone on staff with that kind of institutional history and memory, which, on occasion, the crew would tap when we got stuck. I recall one very long afternoon early in the pre-production when everyone was exhausted in terms of the most effective way to end a particular story and Norm, who had said nothing for two hours, piped up in his laconic manner of speech with 'Well, whenever Tex [Avery] would get stuck, he'd just cut to a wide angle on the theater, the crowd watching the cartoon, and do a gag about being stuck!' While we couldn't do that per se in that story situation, it helped unlock the mental block that everyone had been struggling against. It was almost like having Tex or Bob Clampett or any of the legendary WB directors, right there in our midst!"
Evidently, McCabe spoke highly of Bob Clampett during his time at the Warners but he detested the black-and-white Looney Tunes he directed in the 1940s. Mark Kausler recalled during a showcase at the ASIFA office in North Hollywood, he "seemed embarrassed that we were showing them." McCabe passed away on January 17, 2006 at the age of 94, as the last Warner Bros. director during the Golden Age. Almost all of McCabe's 1940s cartoons as a director are rife with topical wartime references, which often differentiated them from WB's other directorial units in later generations. However, all of his films are now easily accessible since they are in the public domain. His legacy in the animation industry has not been forgotten upon his passing. As Tom Minton shared, "Other Golden Age Warner Bros. directors might have had more flash or been more erudite, but there was no gentler soul who filled that job description than Norman McCabe."
Next week's post will feature another unsung animator/director, who worked at Disney and Warner Brothers…
(Thanks to Michael Barrier, Mark Kausler, Joe Torvicia, Jim Korkis, Tom Minton, Greg Duffell, Mike Kazaleh and Charles Brubaker for their help.)
Looney TunesNorman McCabe
Here's a fun little throwback. Cartoon Network profiled McCabe decades back on their ToonHeads showcase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkOdqHb84kA
Greg Haviland
My vote for McCabe's strongest cartoon is CONFUSIONS OF A NUTZY SPY. I see elements of Tashlin and Jones in there, even if not as refined.
For me, it's a tie between "Daffy's Southern Exposure" and "The Daffy Duckaroo" as being my favorite McCabe Looney Tune.
Glen Banks
I lived at Fernwood and Van Ness for a while- in Louis B. Mayer's house across the street from the studio. I only just recently figured out that was the home of Termite Terrace. I wish I had known when I was still there!
May 23, 2018 12:13:55 pm
Sad that not more people know of Norm MacCabe, especially since not everyone is interested in black and white cartoons and the fact that most of MacCabe's cartoons haven't aged well (namely, the heavier WWII-based ones like Confusions of a Nutzy Spy, The Ducktators, and every PC person's worst nightmare — next to the Censored Eleven — Tokio Jokio).
Norm McCabe's drawing style as a director looked a little different from the in house style at the time, such as the doctor from The Impatient Patient and the characters from Gopher Goofy.
I do agree that Confusions of a Nutsy Spy was one of his best films; the timing and editing is definitely a foreshadow of Tashlin directing the unit. Who's Who At The Zoo had some great gags; I like how he dives straight into the visual gags during the opening narration, thus wasting no time.
Looking forward to this series. If only WB preserved the animation drafts and other documents so McCabe's (and other talented animators') style and contributions could be more thoroughly analyzed.
Christopher P. Lehman
He was very kind to write a response letter to my dissertation questions.
Hobby Horse Laffs has my all-time favorite Carl Stalling gag, the man who imitates musical instruments (" I was cheatin").
McCabe did get to do a little color animation on Clampett's first two Merrie Melodies, before Bob took over Avery's unit. The 'Java Jive' number (with Mel doing his Eddie Anderson voice) was probably the best part of his first cartoon , ""Robinson Crusoe, Jr.", but overall, Norm and his writers seemed more comfortable working with Daffy and mirroring the Schlesinger house style than with the other efforts (and not having access to the studio's best writers no doubt hurt here).
Cynthia Pickett
It's too bad that McCabe's work is marred by WWII propaganda (forget black and white); his WB cartoons are more than on a par with the other directors.
ACcountryFan
February 17, 2019 5:51:10 pm
I don't necessarily think the cartoons are marred by the propaganda considering the world was at war during that time period. If, as a viewer, one happens to know American history or have read about the emotional feelings between the nations during WWII, in addition to keeping things within the context of it's time period, then seeing war themed cartoons shouldn't cause any uncomfortable feelings…at least, for me, there's nothing to be uncomfortable about but everyone's reactions are different.
Evan Schad
The only McCabe cartoon I've seen would be "Daffy's Southern Exposure", but it's a great one.
"GOSH! We can't find our hero!"
It's interesting to think what other cartoons we could've gotten from McCabe had he not been drafted. He was clearly a talented director. My favorite of his was "Daffy's Southern Exposure", which, unlike "Tokio Jokio", doesn't feel dated at all and had some memorable set pieces. "Who's Who in the Zoo" and "The Impatient Patient" are close seconds.
His one TTA short, "Lifeguard Lunacy", was decent and had some serviceable pool-based gags, but it had the unfortunate luck of being placed after the strong season opener, "It's All Relatives". I wonder what the reasoning behind only giving him one short to direct was. Did he request it? Did the TTA staff give it to him as a tribute to his decades in animation? Or were they simply short-staffed and needed someone, anyone, to take command of it?
Does anyone know what scenes he animated in Fritz the Cat?
Nice piece. You should try turning it into a video- since you are a video editor 🙂
Dan Lega
I love this. This should be a great series.
However, it seemed to me that you left out a paragraph (or two) about his post war activities. You mentioned that before the war his style would help form UPA's style — but you never exactly say when he worked there or in what capacity.


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By default, we get the next video frame from the camera as an OpenCV BGR (color) image named 'inimg'. We then apply some image processing to it to create an output BGR image named 'outimg'. We finally add some text drawings to outimg and send it to host over USB.
See http://jevois.org/tutorials for tutorials on getting started with programming JeVois in Python without having to install any development software on your host computer.
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As you've heard on NPR this week, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued dire warnings of extreme weather, rising sea levels, food shortages and climate migration unless urgent and unprecedented economic measures hold the average temperature rise under 1.5℃ – a goal many scientists believe is already out of reach.
It's been a dramatic week at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The public broadcaster is now under investigation following two high profile departures and allegations of improper government influence.
Over the summer, Australia moved to block the development of potential Chinese military facilities in Fiji and Vanuatu; now media reports say that Australia will build a naval base of its own in a Pacific Island nation.
Australia Celebrates 100 Years of 'Mateship' with U.S.
This summer marked the 100th Anniversary of the first time American and Australian troops fought together on the battlefield. What began as an alliance of necessity in the trenches of Europe has evolved into a strategic partnership that spans the Indo-Pacific.
Australia is still recovering from last month's political crisis, where the Liberal party ousted Malcolm Turnbull as its leader – which meant he also lost his job as Prime Minister. It turns out, that one of his last acts in office, was to outmaneuver China on a military base in Fiji.
Solar power continues to become a bigger part of the energy picture for Hawai'i and for the country. Part of that growth is pushed by developments in technology—from advances in batteries to a different kind of progress now reported in Australia. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
The United States, Mexico, and Canada aren't the only neighbors working on Free Trade Agreements. Just a few days after taking office, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will travel to Indonesia this week to announce what's being described as an historic deal.
Immigration remains a hot button issue in many countries around the world, including Australia. Earlier this week, a little known law maker prompted outrage after he called for a "final solution" on Muslim immigration. Yes, he really did say "final solution".
Big infrastructure projects built with Chinese loans are rising across the Pacific – a new government office building in Tonga and Samoa's new police academy, for example. But new statistics from an Australian think tank suggest that China's overall role is smaller than thought.
Hawai'i remains the state with the highest per capita rate of homelessness in the country. In Australia, the numbers are nearly as bad—and the situation is getting worse. It's getting more attention right now because this is National Homelessness Week in Australia.
In Australia, the ruling Liberal National coalition took sobering losses in special parliamentary elections over the weekend. In today's Pacific News Minute, Neal Conan considers the x-factor: Pie-gate.
An Asia Pacific nation is facing international sanctions because of a policy decision. This doesn't have anything to do with international trade, and it definitely has nothing to do with President Trump. But it does have to do with basketball.
It's easy to confuse the flags of New Zealand and Australia. Both feature the British Union Jack and stars on a dark blue background. Now, in the latest eruption in a war of words between the two old allies, New Zealand's acting Prime Minster said Australia had copied New Zealand's flag, and ought to change it.
Australian media report that members of the Pacific Islands Forum will sign a new security pact at this year's summit in September. A Chinese newspaper said that if the agreement is aimed at containing China, that would be a strategic mistake.
Cigarette packages could change in many countries after a ruling by the World Trade Organization last week. In a landmark case, the WTO upheld an Australian law that requires what's called "plain packaging." But the packages are anything but plain.
This Sunday, stores around Oahu began charging 15 cents for plastic bags. Most people realized this change was coming, and it hasn't been a big deal. But a similar change in Australia is having a very different result.
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The diplomatic rivalry between China and Australia has stepped up in recent days. The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea just made a state visit to Beijing, while the leaders of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu went to Canberra. China's also taken over some former Australian territory. . . on the radio.
Australia's main political parties have reached agreement on the controversial Espionage and Foreign Interference Bill, which, when it passes, will further cool Australia's already frosty relations with China.
Two of the largest grocery store chains in Australia are taking new steps to cut down on the amount of waste they produce. It's the latest development in a series of moves aimed at curbing waste in Australia. HPR'S Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
Tax cuts for corporations and some individuals — and a slower pace on renewable energy. It's not the Trump Administration agenda; it's some of the news from the budget proposed by the government of Australia. But there's also a debate about a figure who is well known in Hawai'i. HPR's Bill Dorman explains in today's Asia Minute.
The governments of both Australia and New Zealand announced increases in aid to the Pacific. Boosts seen at least in part as responses to China's growing influence. We have details from Neal Conan in today's Pacific News Minute.
A week ago, French President Emmanuel Macron was in Washington. This week, he's on a five-day trip to Australia and then New Caledonia. We have a preview from Neal Conan in today's Pacific News Minute.
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's Fairfax Media reports that China and Vanuatu are in preliminary discussions on a Chinese military base in the South Pacific. Like several other island nations, Vanuatu receives millions in loans from China and Beijing may now want a payback. We have more from Neal Conan in today's Pacific News Minute.
Major League Baseball is underway with a new season, but another game with bats and balls has captured attention around the Asia-Pacific. A cricket scandal involving Australia's national team is the topic of news and social media from Sydney to New Delhi. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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Pacific News Minute: An Informal Alliance Reborn?
On Sunday, the Chinese Communist Party announced that presidents will no longer be limited to two terms, clearing the way for Xi Jinping to remain in office for the foreseeable future. The news comes as the U.S. and its Indo-Pacific allies reconsider an old idea – an informal alliance called the "Quad." We have more from Neal Conan in today's Pacific News Minute.
Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track is open again, after local landowners ended a protest that closed the famous trail for three weeks. According to RNZ Pacific, the government agreed to review the joint aid program with Australia, which manages the track. We have more from Neal Conan in today's Pacific News Minute.


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Delco Press Club presents Pat Ciarrocchi in…
Delco Press Club presents Pat Ciarrocchi in interview with Bobby Rydell's widow
Then there's also caroling, parades, concerts, Nativity and more in Delaware County
(COURTESY OF DELCO PRESS CLUB)
The Delaware County Press Club's Holiday Luncheon and Raffle on Dec. 14 at Fava Ristorante Italiano in Glen Mills will feature a performance by Tommy C., The Voice of Tribute, and the premiere of his music video, "Sway," a posthumous duet with Bobby Rydell. Rydell with Tommy C., above, in an undated photo. (COURTESY OF DELCO PRESS CLUB)
By Peg DeGrassa | pdegrassa@delconewsnetwork.com | The Delaware County Daily Times
December 1, 2022 at 6:10 a.m.
CONCORD — The Delaware County Press Club's annual Holiday Luncheon will take place Wednesday, Dec. 14 at noon at Fava Ristorante Italiano, 1102 Baltimore Pike, Ste. 101, Glen Mills, with special guest speaker, award-winning broadcast journalist Pat Ciarrocchi, who will conduct an exclusive interview with Linda Hoffman Rydell.
It will be Hoffman Rydell's first interview since the passing of her husband, singer and actor Bobby Rydell. Linda will share stories about her life with Bobby and take questions from the audience.
Also appearing is Tommy C., The Voice of Tribute. Tommy will be premiering his music video, a new version of "Sway," which brings the talented young singer and legendary pop star Bobby Rydell together for a duet posthumously. It's the first video of its kind produced since Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable" virtual duet with her late father Nat King Cole. Tommy will also be performing a couple of selections from his new Christmas album, "Christmastime is Here."
Award-winning broadcast journalist, former CBS 3 anchor Pat Ciarrocchi, will conduct an exclusive interview with Linda Hoffman Rydell, widow of pop star Bobby Rydell, at the Delaware County Press Club's holiday luncheon and raffle on Dec. 14. (COURTESY OF DELCO PRESS CLUB)
The luncheon will also feature the Press Club's gift basket raffle, the club's only fundraiser.
Attendees may purchase tickets for chances on gifts including restaurant gift cards, personal services, entertainment, artwork, books, cheer basket and more. Proceeds from the raffle fund the club's annual Award for Excellence in Communications, providing financial assistance to a student majoring in communications at one of 10 colleges and universities in the Delaware County area.
All Press Club events are open to the public. Tickets for the luncheon are $33 for members and $38 for nonmembers and walk-ins. Reservations are recommended but guests may also pay by cash, check, or credit card at the door.
Membership in the Press Club is available to individuals, businesses and students working in all fields of communications and allied communication fields. The Press Club season runs from September through May.
For tickets to the luncheon, club eligibility information and to join the club, visit thepressclubpa.org.
Penncrest Band brings caroling to your door
Members of the Penncrest High School Band will bring a mini-concert of holiday songs right to your door for a donation of $100 to the band.
The caroling fundraiser is back by popular demand and will be offered through Sunday Jan. 1 at 7 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, at 2, 5 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, and at 2 and 5 p.m. on Sundays.
To learn more and schedule a performance, email penncresthsband@gmail.com/.
Neumann University presents live nativity and holiday concerts
Neumann University will capture the Christmas spirit with a live Nativity re-enactment, 6:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, and holiday concerts on Thursday, Dec. 1 and Friday, Dec. 2.
The university's annual live Nativity will take place on the lawn of the Mirenda Center on Convent Road. The program is free to all.
The three wise men reenactors at Neumann University's live Nativity last year included, from left, Thomas Andruszko, Luke Savage and Robert Temah.
Neumann students, faculty, and staff will re-enact in the Franciscan tradition, performing the live Nativity scene and Scripture narration.
St. Francis of Assisi created the first Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy, in 1223. Now a traditional element of Christmas festivities around the world, the ritual has been celebrated ever since.
In addition to the Greccio tradition, the university invites the community to celebrate Mass at 4 p.m. in Sacred Heart Chapel in the Bachmann Building.
From 5:30 to 7:15 p.m., free hot chocolate and a petting zoo of manger animals will be on site to entertain youngsters at the event. After the re-enactment, all are welcome to meet Santa and enjoy refreshments on the Mirenda Center lawn.
The Neumann University Concert Chorale will also capture the spirit of the season on Friday, Dec. 2, by performing vocal musical selections, including traditional and contemporary holiday favorites. Songs on the program include "Silent Night," "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Joy to the World," and other familiar tunes.
Entitled "The Joy of Christmas," the concert starts at 8 p.m. in the university's Meagher Theatre. The chorale, which includes community members and Neumann students, is led by Dr. Yukiko Ishida.
On Thursday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m., the Neumann University Jazz Band presents its annual fall semester concert with a characteristic mix of pop, rock and jazz tunes, including a few in anticipation of the Christmas season. The band is led by Dr. Richard Sayers. Admission to the chorale and band performances is $8 for each.
For a complete schedule of cultural events at Neumann, visit http://www.neumann.edu/arts.
West Chester Christmas Parade returns after two-year absence
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the region's most famous hometown Christmas parade returns this Friday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. to downtown West Chester.
Ranked by USA Today as one of the best places "to experience the arrival of Santa," this year's West Chester Christmas Parade will feature St. Nick making his most unique entrance yet.
"We all know that Santa likes to surprise us, but I can reveal that he will have his own treehouse complete with a 20-foot zip line, and 18-foot span antlers on Rudolph. You don't want to miss it," said Katie Walker, president of the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce, who says the brand new float is made possible by Tree House World of West Chester and Lamb McErlane PC.
The Commerce has presented the parade since 1979, growing it to one of the most popular events in the region, thanks to support from sponsors and volunteers.
With nearly 1,000 parade participants and more than 55 dazzling parade elements, visitors will delight in floats with local flair by some of Chester County's most creative designers and sparkling performances by hometown favorites including almost a dozen regional high school and college marching bands, cheer squads and dance teams.
A highly curated selection of professional parade elements includes extreme jump rope artists and world-class BMX riders sponsored by The Master's Baker and Zukin Realty. Massive Dynamic Sound will provide production as 6abc meteorologist Adam Joseph emcees with Vice Chair of the Greater West Chester Chamber Commerce Christy Cosgrove near the VIP Area sponsored by Cocoon. All performances will be presented within 60 to 90 minutes to accommodate requests for children to see Santa's grand finale well before bedtime.
West Chester's 26-foot holiday tree will be lit just before the parade at 6:30 p.m. on the steps of the Historic Chester County Courthouse, with performances by the West Chester University Gospel Choir and West Chester Area School District Elementary Honors Choir.
Featuring 11,000 lights and 1,500 silver metallic ornaments, the tree sponsored by Potts, Shoemaker & Grossman LLC includes a quarter-mile of gold festooning and 180 feet of white garland. In addition, dozens of ornaments will adorn the tree decorated by 70 nonprofit organizations, continuing a tradition that started in 2021 to help support community outreach during the pandemic.
The parade begins on Market Street at New Street, where it heads east toward Matlack Street and completes its 1-mile loop heading west on Gay Street through the heart of West Chester's historic district.
For more information on weekend activities and to see a full list of sponsors, visit http://www.gwcc.orgor contact the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce at 610-696 4046 or info@gwcc.org.
Readers can send community news and photos to Peg DeGrassa at pdegrassa@21st-centurymedia.com
Peg DeGrassa | Reporter


Insurance companies, "the industry that gets credit for helping to kill the Clinton administration's health care overhaul 15 years ago," are now "striking a conciliatory tone as it faces the most serious attempt to overhaul the system since that effort collapsed," CQ Politics reports. With low favorability ratings and Democrats in control of the federal government, "insurers know they aren't in a good bargaining position" this time around. They have already offered concessions, including providing "insurance in the individual markets to everyone, without regard to who is sick," and not "charging people who are ill higher rates and cut health care costs." But they've also been ''careful to structure their offers in such a way that appears significant but does not overpromise." An individual mandate for all Americans and an end to health screening for applicants could offer "a win-win outcome, one that will benefit not just patients but potentially the profits of the industry as well." But "perhaps the biggest motivation for insurers to deal now is that they fear what might happen if they don't" – the "creation of a government-run plan that would be more attractive to the public and siphon off customers" (Adams, 6/1).
In a separate article, CQ Politics reports that the "widely accepted narrative" of a "unified industry unilaterally" killing the Clinton initiative with opposition and the infamous Harry and Louise ads, and then reversing itself "years later to emerge as a savior," leaves out "some of the twists in the debate." Industry groups "came out swinging" against the Clinton plan, but "insurers were never unified in their efforts." In addition to their effective efforts, "divisions among Democrats" were also "a key reason the overhaul failed." Chip Kahn, a "top lobbyist at HIAA during the Clinton administration," told CQ that in 1993-1994, the group would have been "willing to accept" some of the same ideas now being considered, had they "been coupled with an employer mandate" (Adams, 6/1).
Determined not to be overshadowed this time, public plan proponents are initiating their own $82 million dollar lobbying effort, "billing it as their largest health reform campaign ever," Politico reports. The campaign, backed by "11 progressive groups," is "designed to put public plan opponents on notice that supporters are ready for a fight." It includes funding for "organizing grass-roots supporters and paid advertising, phone banks and direct mail." The coalition also "plans to bring at least 5,000 people to Washington on June 25 to make more than 300 lobbying visits." The coalition includes: Health Care for America Now, the Children's Defense Fund, MoveOn.org, Americans United for Change, USAction, Campaign for Community Change, Rock the Vote, Campaign for America's Future, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and the Service Employees International Union, according to Politico (Frates, 6/1).


When Java 1.0 was released, it included a set of eight packages, called the core API. These are the packages described in the preceding chapters and arc the ones that you-all will use most often in your day-to-day programming. Each subsequent release added to the core API. Today, the Java API contains a large number of packages. Many of the new packages support areas of specialization that are beyond the scope of this book. However, three packages warrant a brief examination here: Java. Lang. Reflect, Java. Rome, and Java.text. They support reflection, Remote Method Invocation (RMI), and text formatting Respectively.
Reflection is the ability of software to analyze it. It is an essential part of the Java Beans technology that is covered' in Chapter 25. Examples are provided here to introduce the concept. Remote Method Invocation (RMI) allows you to build Java applications that are distributed among several machines. This chapter provides a simple client/server example that uses RMI. Title text formatting capabilities of Java. Text have many uses. The one examined here formats "date and time strings.
Lists all of the Java Core API packages defined by Java 2 and summarizes their functions.