We couldn't agree more. To add to the composition's largesse, watch below as Watson and ensemble give a great live reading of it at the recent CBC Music Festival. Watson's vocals (together with his backers') are superb as usual. There will be joy!
Watson is currently out on tour and though his Hollywood Forever Cemetery show on June 4th is sold out, there are lots of options to be found HERE. And ferheavensake go buy the great new album HERE.
And if that wasn't enough to convince you to go see Watson and buy Love Songs for Robots, then watch below their Arcade Fire-ish performance at the Fairmount Theater in Montreal of another superb track off the album, Hearts. Wow.
Courtney Barnett continues to take the world by storm with her new album Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, with its wise-hearted wordplay, meandering melodies, propulsive meters and captivating guitar wrangling. La Blogotheque recently captured Barnett in a walkway in Paris performing Depreston (one of our favorites off the album) on a Take Away Show. Check it out below. Barnett plays two sold-out shows at The Roxy in LA this weekend, but there are still tickets available for other shows to be found HERE.
Little Wings has just dropped its outstanding new album Explains on new label Woodsist. We've been huge fans of this under-appreciated ensemble for well over a decade and were thrilled to learn of the new release. After non-stop, repeat listens, we believe this to be amongst the band's best albums to date (extremely high praise given their prior output and Wonderue in particular). To our ears, Explains contains some of the band's most melodic and accessible (in a blessedly off-kilter way) songs to date, and all without losing leader Kyle Field's unique wordplay and world-vantage. In short, Explains is amongst our favorite albums of the year thus far and has survived repeated listens phenomenally well. Check out the tremendous opening track By Now below, and go HERE to buy this superb new outing from Little Wings. Afterwards, check out our email interview with Kyle Field in between live performances, others' recording sessions, and a foray to Japan.
Lefort: Your last album's title (Last) was a bit foreboding and, like many of your fans, we were concerned that it might indeed be your last. But then news of the new "Explains" hit and the concern was annulled. Is it fair to say, as alluded to on the new album, that you've determined/resigned-yourself to keep laying those "golden eggs" for your friends and fans?
Lefort: Having had the new album on repeat for weeks and still loving it, where do you see it falling? How does it differ in your mind, if at all, compared to your other albums?
KF: I have no idea…. I don't compare my albums to each other. In a sense I am focusing on the new songs that aren't recorded yet and that leaves me very little time for bean counting. [The album] survived the mixing/mastering phase in my ears and that says a lot because you end up hearing it so many times and picking apart every moment. If I was forced to compare, I would say that it has more rhythmic drive and push than most of the others thanks to Zeb Zaitz and Tommy McDonald's ears and natural style.
Lefort: Which of the songs on the new album are you most proud?
KF: I celebrate them all. I enjoy the sequence and how the record works beginning to end.
Lefort: Thematically, the album seems to ask big questions and to be an assessment of your life and work. With questions about growing older, higher beings, the vagabond vs. conventional–life, solo vs. relational life, what was the backdrop and context for the creation of "Explain"?
KF: It started as an idea for a list, like: "Little Wings explains: a blade of grass, this evening, etc." So it was like a lecture about the world or something near to it. It bled out from there, taking on subtler angles and themes arriving at "Little Wings explains Fat Chance." Explaining what I have learned by now.
Lefort: With respect to your last album, LAST, you said: "Lots of things I feel and inject into the experience I realize are just for me and me alone as guidelines and motivations." What aspects of the new album fall into that category?
KF: I think this one is more open and generous in a sense; not subduing the keyboard sounds and less hiding perhaps.
Lefort: What portion of your songwriting is "spontaneous inspiration" versus painstaking attention to crafting a song?
KF: Besides a few band-aids (word overdubs), the lyrics for the first song By Now were completely improvised. I was basically serenading Tommy McDonald (The Range of Light Wilderness) who was pressing "record" in his living room where we did a lot of the secondary overdubs of the album. I don't feel "painstaking" could really apply because if i get a good idea for a song, it feels like a puzzle to solve and the process is different each time. I don't tend to force myself to write very often.
Lefort: When and where was the new album recorded, who were the players and who produced? How was the process for you?
KF: The initial song-beds for the new album were recorded at a house near Morro Bay where drummer/pianist Zeb Zaitz (Sparrow's Gate) lives by John Baccigaluppi (Tape Op, The Hangar) with whom I recorded LAST. Additional layering was added a few weeks later at a house in Big Sur where bassist/keyboardist Tommy McDonald lives. I sometimes have a funny relationship with the word "produced" as I figure anyone who added to it helped. But I guess I would say it was produced by John, Tommy, me and Kyle Mullarky (who I mixed the album with at his home studio in Topanga Canyon). Paul Dutton added some great guitar overdubbing, and sounds. Lee Baggett layered guitars and a few vocals. Fletcher Tucker (Gnome Life, Bird by Snow) put on some dulcimer, bowed dulcimer,and keyboard parts. Tommy and I both put keyboards on it, and Joel Tolbert played slide guitar and accordion, which is very low in the mix. The process was pretty great; we all get along really well, and Tommy and Zeb have been friends of mine for a while, and have been in different versions of the live band over the last two years. Essentially I had put together [Tommy, Zeb and me] as a trio and played a handful of shows and just liked the way we sound and play together and wanted to run new songs through that tube.
Lefort: Live and on some tracks on LAST (Neptune's Next and Knock of Every Door), you performed a couple of songs with quasi-rap elements. We were anticipating some expansion into this realm on the new album. But you seem to have resisted/squashed that vein for now. Any prospects for the future?
KF: I feel a lot of rap in the new album, and I have introduced boasting for the first time, which i feel is even more rappy than in the past.
Lefort: Like many, we enjoyed your brief collaborations with Feist a while back. Do you stay in touch and are there any further collaborations contemplated in the future?
KF: Thanks. We stay in touch here and there, and who knows? Everyone is busy with new things, but stranger things could happen.
Lefort: How did the Woodsist collaboration come to be?
KF: I asked Jeremy Earl (Woods) if he would want to put out a Little Wings album, and he said he had been wanting to put one out for years. Mutual admiration i guess. I had been invited to play the Woodsist Festival for two years in a row ,and his interest and support seemed reliable/attractive. I like his label and think it's a nice fit working together.
Lefort: During another musician/artist's (Joseph Arthur's) recent tours, he painted canvases on stage while performing songs. Knowing your artistic ways, any possibility of your doing the same (we asked, anticipating a "what-am-i-a-circus-act" response)?
KF: I would love to. I have used an overhead projector before and drawn and sang at the same time. I need to hit that note again.
Lefort: Out of all your recordings, do you have a favorite album and a favorite song?
KF: Not so much. I am usually into my latest song that has just been written, when the paint's still wet and pre- studio.
Lefort: What are you upcoming performance plans?
KF: We performed as a big band (seven piece) at the Woodsist Festivals. Now in Japan to play seven solo shows. I used to go to Big Sur in the 90's and wondered if I would ever get to play music there, and now I play at least two times a year it seems. So no complaints.
Lefort: Your lyrics in particular seem at times improvisational and at others painstakingly penned. Is that the case?
KF: Yes, I think I go for some sort of juxtaposition/inconsistency in some sense because i think it's more interesting than a blatantly straightforward narrative. That being said, I rebounded from that thought and began learning more country songs and then re-realized the power of straightforward storytelling. It's hard to do. This album dabbles in some abstract expressionism that may feel topsy-turvy to some.
Lefort: Are there other lyricists/poets that have inspired your own lyrical style?
KF: Too many to name, and I am a pretty lame name dropper. But, you know….poets, country singers, divas, and this rapper named "Cold G" from Oakland, CA.
Thanks Kyle. We will have a full review of Explains soon come.
Bon Iver went on deserved hiatus a few years back following their never-ending world tour in support of their eponymously-dubbed second album. Last week leader Justin Vernon confirmed hiatus interruptus when he announced that the band will return to headline the first annual Eaux Claires Music Festival this July. Vernon went on to say that the appearance is anticipated to be a catalyst for the band's next cycle. We can't wait because their 2011 album and 2012 concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl were absolute highlights of those musical years.
A day after hearing this good news, we found that Austin City Limits has made its Bon Iver episode available for viewing, but only until June 13th. Do yourselves a favor and watch that segment below before it goes on hiatus. It's as good as it get. In a word it's: magnificent. And get ready for the return of the great Bon Iver.
Years ago, folk singer John Gorka paid tribute in his song Let Them In by setting in song a poem written during World War II. To those that have served….
We were recently tipped off by a Philadelphia native (thanks Jon) of that city's indie-punk band, Hop Along, and the otherworldly vocals of its singer, Frances Quinlan. Turns out the tip was spot on. Check out below Quinlan's powerful, hectoring vocals on their track Waitress off of the band's break-out album, Painted Shut. If you aren't seriously impressed when you hit the 25th second of Waitress and Quinlan first let's howl with "just" her heart, then we fear for your musical soul. Her vocal reminds us of that day in 1991 when we drove onto the Bay Bridge and first heard Kurt Cobain's ground-breaking vocals on Smells Like Teen Spirit and immediately scrambled (pre-Shazam, y'all) to discern the name behind the voice. Yes, Quinlan is THAT good on this song.
Check Waitress out below and pick up Painted Shut (now on Saddle Creek). The song's lyrics are at bottom. We'll have more on Hop Along soon come.
Ever make a mistake? Twice? Apparently Pavlov was wrong. We once again took leave of our minds and lost track of Ireland's Villagers. Thanks to a new album (Darling Arithmetic on Domino Records) and La Blogotheque's Take Away Shows below featuring songwriter-leader Conor J. O'Brien, this memory-lapse has been corrected. Again. Check out the beauty found in these lyrics expressed so well in a church, the perfect reverberating backdrop for O'Brien as he performs Hot Scary Summer (worthy lyrics at very bottom) off of the new album.
Afterwards, watch O'Brien performing Everything I Am Is Yours acoustic with accompanying harpist.
And finally, watch O'Brien accompanying Ala Ni covering Cry Me A River in that same church.
Villagers will be coming through California the first week in June and the dates can be found HERE.
Now that all the Letterman hoopla is (unfortunately) over, it's time to get back to some new music. And the music that's resonating most on this gray, oil-slick California day is Canada's The Weather Station and the sterling track Tapes off of their new album Loyalty. Tamara Lindeman is the Canadian singer-songwriter that is The Weather Station, and she is emblematic of the best of Canada's female singer-songwriters. On the intimate Tapes below Lindeman manages to channel the Canadian greats Joni Mitchell, Mary Margaret O'Hara, and Kathleen Edwards all in one heart-breaking, haiku-like, cautionary lament. Cautionary in the sense that we, like many, have got some tapes laying around that no one may ever hear. Check Tapes out below. The song's lyrics are at bottom, though the singer's mournful vocals convey as much or more.
We'll have more on The Weather Station and the critically-acclaimed Loyalty soon. Loyalty was recorded in France with Bahamas' multi-talented Afie Jurvanen and engineer Robbie Lackritz (Bahamas, Feist). In short: we concur completely with the acclaim of those critics.
Well here's something you haven't seen on The Lefort Report: the Foo Fighters. Nothing against the Foos, but they seem to be doing alright without any coverage by this humble rag. In honor, however, of the great David Letterman and his favorite band and song, check out below the Foo Fighters performing their song Everlong last night as the culmination of the last episode of the Late Show with David Letterman. We will say this about the Foos (in addition to Dave Grohl's huge-heartedness): Taylor Hawkins shreds on drums. Wow. Check it out. So sorry to see you go Dave Letterman. An era ends, but happy trails to one of the greatest entertainers to ever live.
Whoa…it's been a crazy-busy time with all sorts of stuff goin' down. Chief amongst the "entertainment stuff" going down is David Letterman's retirement after tonight's last show of his 30+ year rein. Dave's had a gaggle of great guests on the past few weeks in particular (the high point being the inimitable Tom Waits last week). And all the while the other talk show host have been paying tribute to Dave (Jimmy Kimmel's choked-up tribute last night was sweet) and plying their wares.
For example, on Monday night Jimmy Fallon had on the highly entertaining Janelle Monae. We've been touting Monae since 2010 so it's great to see her finally getting her due and scoring big. On Fallon, with superb support from The Roots and her pal Jidenna, she simply took over the studio and scintillated with her new track Yoga. The song is as catchy as SARS and, to our ears, takes a page out of M.I.A.'s estimable songbook.
Check it out and if you want more, watch her desk-stomping performance on the Letterman Show in 2013 HERE.
After the Fallon vignette, check out the official video for Yoga.


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The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
(The Creature from the Deadly Lagoon)
First published in: Liberty, November 27, 1926; The Strand Magazine, December 1926.
Time frame of story (known/surmised): Towards the end of July, 1907, stated.
H&W living arrangements: Watson not present. At this period of Holmes' life the good Watson had passed almost beyond his ken. An occasional week-end visit was the most that Holmes ever saw of him. Holmes was retired and living in his little Sussex home, and it was he that wrote the story.
Opening scene: Holmes and his neighbor Harold Stackhurst, the master of the well-known coaching establishment, The Gables, encountered each other strolling out before breakfast to enjoy the exquisite air the morning after a gale cleared. They walked along the cliff path which led to the steep descent to the Admirable Beach.
Client: None. Holmes stumbled into this mystery involving his neighbors and friends while in his retirement.
Crime or concern: While walking, Holmes and Stackhurst encountered the academy's science tutor, Fitzroy McPherson, who had staggered up the steep hill from the beach and collapsed in obvious agony almost at their feet. The appearance was he had been mortally injured by an unknown assailant, and his back was marked with weals resembling those left by a scourge or cat-o'-nine-tails. He uttered the words "the Lion's Mane." The words were slurred and indistinct, and had burst in a shriek from his lips. He threw his arms into the air, then fell forward on his side, dead. He had bitten through his lower lip in the paroxysm of his agony.
Holmes investigated the scene but found no evidence of a second person's presence on the beach where McPherson had been swimming in a tidal pool.
A few days later, McPherson's dog was found dead by the same tidal pool, its little body contorted in agony. Then later came a sudden, similar assault on the academy's mathematics tutor, Ian Murdoch, who was a prime suspect in McPherson's death since they had been rivals for the hand of the beautiful Maude Bellamy.
Villain: A jellyfish, Cyanea capillata. It was trapped in deep end of a tidal pool, so any bather there would encounter it.
Motive: None. That's just what happens with jellyfish.
Logic used to solve: Holmes was an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles. The phrase 'the Lion's Mane' haunted his mind. He knew that he had seen it somewhere in an unexpected context. Turned out it was in the little chocolate and silver volume, Out of Doors, by the famous observer, J. G. Wood. Wood himself very nearly perished from contact with the same vile creature, so he wrote with a very full knowledge. The creature radiated almost invisible filaments to the distance of fifty feet, and that anyone within that circumference from the deadly centre was in danger of death.
Policemen: Anderson, the village constable of Fulworth, a big, ginger-moustached man of the slow, solid Sussex breed.
Inspector Bardle of the Sussex Constabulary — a steady and solid bovine, burly, and phlegmatic man with thoughtful ox-like eyes.
Holmes' fees: None
Transport: None. A purely local case.
Food: No mention.
Drink: Half a tumbler of brandy (the universal palliative) was given to Ian Murcoch after he was attacked. The raw spirit brought about a wondrous change. Then more and more brandy was poured down his throat, each fresh dose bringing him back to life.
The author who wrote of a jellyfish attack, J.G. Wood, gulped down brandy, a whole bottleful, and it seemed to have saved his life after the attack.
Vices: No mention
Other cases mentioned: none
Notable Quotables: "I hold a vast store of out-of-the-way knowledge without scientific system, but very available for the needs of my work. My mind is like a crowded box-room with packets of all sorts stowed away therein — so many that I may well have but a vague perception of what was there." – SH
"That the dog should die was after the beautiful, faithful nature of dogs." – SH
When all was said and done: Holmes and Stackhurst killed the jellyfish by smashing it with a boulder. A flapping edge of yellow membrane showed that the creature was beneath it. A thick oily scum oozed out from below the stone and stained the water round, rising slowly to the surface.
Well, you've done it! I had read of you, but I never believed it. It's wonderful!" Inspector Bardle to Holmes, following the explanation of the case.
Other Interestings: This was Holmes' last recorded case before he became a spy for Britain against the Germans in the events leading up to WWI, as recorded in His Last Bow

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UL Lafayette Achieves Elite Tier of Carnegie Classification for Research
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is now ranked at the highest level of research institutions in the United States, according to a news release from the university. According to the latest update from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, UL Lafayette achieved Carnegie's elite R1 designation, placing the school among the highest tier of public and private research institutions, something that only 3% of the United States's colleges and universities have achieved.
Achieving the status of being a recognized R-1 institution indicates that a higher learning institution has met high standards in research spending, staff levels, and the number of doctorates awarded annually. Being classified as a Research-1 or R-1 institution not only elevated UL Lafayette and its profile, allowing the school to draw more prestigious and learned faculty, but it also is likely to attract more research dollars and private support.
Having an R1 status is synonymous with achieving remarkable levels of academic excellence, substantial research, transformative innovation, and lasting global impact. Other R-1 institutions in the country are Duke, Emory, Carnegie-Mellon, Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard, and Rice. In addition to UL Lafayette, Louisiana's only other R-1 institutions are Louisiana State University and Tulane University.
UL Lafayette President Dr. Joseph Savoie said of the milestone, "the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is excited to have achieved R-1 status and to take our place among the top tier of the nation's research universities. The designation by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning is a recognition of the strength of our research program. It is a tribute to the faculty, staff and student researchers whose work has pushed the bounds of scholarship and innovation and drawn significant national and international attention to the University and to the region it is proud to serve."
Carnegie classifications for Doctoral Universities are given to institutions that award at least 20 research/scholarship doctoral degrees during a year and institutions with fewer than 20 research/scholarship doctoral degrees awarded at least 30 professional practice doctoral degrees in at least 2 programs. Both of these categories of institutions must also have had at least $5 million in total research expenditures according to the National Science Foundation Higher Research & Development Survey. The three levels of Carnegie's designations for such higher learning institutions are:
R1: Doctoral Universities- Very high research activity
R2: Doctoral Universities- High research activity
D/PU: Doctoral/Professional Universities.
At the tail end of 2021, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that UL Lafayette was among nine other universities that were promoted to Carnegie's highest classification of "Doctoral/Very High Research" institutions. The other universities elevated were:
University of Louisiana System President and CEO Jim Henderson said, "this tremendous accomplishment is the realization of a purposeful research vision centered on improving life in Louisiana and around the globe. I want to congratulate President Savoie, Vice President (Ramesh) Kolluru, and the faculty of UL Lafayette for achieving this designation, an achievement of nearly unrivaled importance for our state and her people."
Since 1970, the Carnegie Classification has stood as the leading framework for "describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education for the past four and a half decades," as per the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. For four and a half decades, this classification has served as a benchmark of excellence when it comes to institutions of higher learning, and for UL Lafayette to not only join the R1 Doctoral University ranks of LSU and Tulane but also ivy league schools, it's a momentous achievement that only makes the post-secondary educational experience in Louisiana that much stronger.
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Posted on January 13, 2022 Author Emily GautreauxCategories EducationTags Carnegie-Mellon, Research, UL Lafayette, University research
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Announces $500 Million Fundraising Campaign
Oftentimes the spirit of giving accompanies the end of the year, and at UL Lafayette, that spirit is abundant. According to this news release from the university, a $500 million comprehensive fundraising campaign was announced by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, making it the largest single fundraising initiative in the school's long history.
The initiative, which was formally started on November 5th is titled Together: The Campaign for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and according to UL Lafayette President Dr. Joseph Savoie, the half-billion-dollar goal is not only about focusing on the school and its students, but the surrounding community, state, and world they find themselves in.
In his rousing speech announcing the historic milestone fundraising goal, Dr. Savoie stated that in reaching the $500 million goal, ULL will also "enhance the role the University plays in strengthening our community, deepening our wider understanding, and opening the door to a world-class education for those who come here to pursue their aspirations. This campaign is our moment to look upward and see that the only obstacle we face – the only limit we have – is our own capacity to dream. Together, we can – and will – shape the future."
Four days following its announcement, the fundraising campaign was over halfway towards meeting its target, according to UL Lafayette vice president for University Advancement and CEO of the UL Foundation, John Blohm. Reportedly, alumni and friends of the university had already provided $303 million in pledges and gifts during its initial phase, which began in 2016.
As of today, the campaign has enabled the University to create many opportunities for faculty and students. This is seen in the four endowed chairs, 34 endowed professorships, and 122 endowed student scholarship funds that have been created thanks to the campaign.
In their donation, ULL alumni and friends have chosen to support various construction projects and renovations of teaching and learning spaces found inside several academic colleges over the years. Included in these projects made possible by the generosity of alumni and friends are the Maraist Financial Services Lab, which is located inside of theB.I. Moody III College of Business Administration, the Northwestern Mutual Sales and Research Lab, and the Grant Gibson Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory in the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences.
Additionally, several labs such as the Franks CAD Student Education Laboratory, Nick Pugh Aerospace Electronics Research Lab, and the Solar Energy Program of Excellence were created in a similar manner, and all three of the aforementioned labs are located inside ULL's College of Engineering. Not to mention, the fundraising campaign has also helped to renovate the Roy House, which turned it into the new home for the Center for Louisiana Studies and the creation of the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center.
Included in the $303 million that has already been raised in the campaign are the two single largest gift committees in university history. These are the $20 million from LHC Group that was for the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions and the $15 million from Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center for the renovation of Cajun Field. Both of these pledges were received by ULL in 2021.
According to UL Lafayette's provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, Dr. Jaime Hebert, of the approximately 25,000 individuals who have made an effort to give to the campaign to date, 62% were identified as being ULL alumni, 30% friends, and 8% organizations.
Dr. Hebert reelected on the funds raised so far in the campaign by remarking, "this campaign has provided more opportunities for student success, world-class facilities for our student-athletes, a deeper connection to this community and its culture, and a stronger, better prepared and more agile workforce. None of this would have been possible without donors and friends working with the University to empower our students and change their destinies."
Posted on December 28, 2021 Author Emily GautreauxCategories EducationTags Fundraising, Louisiana Universities, UL Lafayette, ULL, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
UL Lafayette Among the Nation's "Best Colleges & Universities"
Many of Louisiana's colleges and universities received some national recognition recently as the U.S. News & World Report's 2022 edition of "Best Colleges" was released and awarded numerous top rankings to the state's institutions of higher learning. UL Lafayette was listed amongst the top 391 colleges and universities in the nation, making its student body, faculty, and staff quite proud– according to a press release from the school.
In total, 1,466 four-year colleges and universities were assessed by U.S. News & World Report, where they considered the academic reputation of an institution, retention and graduation rates, social mobility, facility resources, student and faculty ratio, ACT and SAT scores of admitted students, and alumni giving. This particular ranking is of "national universities," which is defined as being a post-secondary learning institution that emphasizes research and offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.
In addition to this, the U.S. News & World Report's Best National Universities are founded on the basis of considering the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. With that being said, in addition to UL Lafayette, the Louisiana colleges and universities below made the following placements on the list for Best National Universities:
#42 Tulane University | New Orleans, LA
# 172 Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA
#202 Loyola University New Orleans | New Orleans, LA
# 277 Louisiana Tech University | Ruston, LA
# 299-#391 University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Lafayette, LA
# 299-#391 University of Louisiana–Monroe | Monroe, LA
# 299-#391 University of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA
When news of UL Lafayette's placement was made public, many of the university's various programs received additional acclaim such as the school's undergraduate business program, undergraduate nursing program, undergraduate computer science program, and their undergraduate engineering programs at schools that grant doctoral degrees.
When UL Lafayette's vice president for enrollment management, Dr. DeWayne Bowie, was interviewed about the school's placement, he commented, "the rankings underscore the University's success in many areas, including its quality, academically challenging degree programs, dedicated faculty members who deliver those programs, and ongoing commitment to providing a campus and learning environment that attracts high-caliber students."
In addition to the annual guidebook, US News also recently released their list for the "Best Value School," which ranks universities on the quality of the program vs the cost of attendance, and they've also ranked the nation's Liberal Arts Colleges. These rankings are paired with several other resources from the news publication such as articles on how to "make college cheaper," "how to apply to college," and many other much-sought-after articles and guides. These resources and lists are ultimately put together in the 2022 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges Guidebook, an invaluable guide to all things postsecondary from prospective students and families.
Outside of Louisiana's most notable National Colleges, the state's "best colleges," as indicated by U.S. News & World Report are:
Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge
Centenary College
University of Holy Cross
The publication made a distinction of the state's mixture of research universities, mid-sized colleges, and small liberal arts colleges not only being located in various areas state-wide but also within its larger cities. For instance, New Orleans was heralded for being a centerpiece hub of higher education institutions with the city having ten colleges and universities on the list within the Crescent City's limits.
There's never quite been a time like the present to be benefiting from an education from the great state of Louisiana, and it's encouraging to see that sentiment be shared on the national stage.
Posted on October 14, 2021 October 14, 2021 Author Emily GautreauxCategories EducationTags Best Colleges and Universities, Louisiana education, Louisiana Universities, UL Lafayette
UL Lafayette Reveals its Role in the COVID-19 Vaccine Development
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has had a hand in the development, effectiveness, and success of the world's first fully tested COVID-19 immunization approved for emergency use, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a press release from the school.
The effectiveness of the vaccine was determined through nonhuman trials that involved primates at UL Lafayette's New Iberia Research Center. Jane Fontenot, NIRC's director of Contract Research commented on the opportunity saying, "We are so privileged to have been on the front lines of the fight against the pandemic. It's very rewarding."
Studies have shown that the vaccine is 95 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 after the administration of two doses. The United Kingdom was the first nation to issue an emergency authorization for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in December, with the United States, the European Union, and other countries following suit soon after.
Up until now, UL Lafayette has been unable to discuss their historic role in the vaccine's development due to confidentiality agreements with Pfzier. A publication in the peer-reviewed journal Nature is the first public confirmation of the University's participation in this astounding effort. Fontenot co-authored the publication announcing the involvement.
Rhesus Macaques at NIRC were immunized as early as last spring as part of nonhuman primate clinical trials of the vaccine. The process involved staff administering vaccines, collecting samples, and observing the animals "for any signs of problems," Fontenot noted. "That included evidence of pain, elevated temperatures, loss of appetite – any symptoms that may have raised concern about tolerability."
Afterwards, the NIRC staff helped to facilitate the transfer of the vaccinated animals to the Southwest National Primate Center, which is affiliated with the Texas Biomedical Research Institute. The San Antonio-located center includes abiosafety level 3 facility, meaning that it can securely handle love, airborne infectious august such as COVID-19. The New Iberia Research Center is a biosafety level 2 facility, though UL Lafayette is seeking funding to raise it up to level 3 status.
A month after first receiving the vaccinations at NIRA, the rhesus macaques underwent the challenge phase of the trial which involved them being exposed to COVID-19, and results showed that the vaccine offered protection from the virus. Then, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was authorized by the federal Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in mid-December 2020, about one year after COVID-19 first emerged in the world.
The rapid pace with which the vaccine was developed had depended on pre-existing relationships that the biopharmaceutical giant had with research facilities such as NIRC. This was said by Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, UL Lafayette's vice-president for Research, Innovation, and Economic development.
Dr. Kolluru reportedly said, ""We were instrumental in Pfizer being able to work as quickly as they did." He went on to cite both the vaccine's development and the role that the University played as an "example of the power of public-private partnerships. NIRC's long history of collaborations with biomedical research companies and others provided a baseline of expertise on which the center could rely on its role in the vaccine's development. The relationships we've nurtured over the decades enabled us to be a part of this historic answer to a global challenge."
UL Lafayette's president, Dr. Joseph Savoie said that both the University and its researchers "were prepared to meet this moment. Few areas of life have escaped the pandemic's effects, so to contribute to something that brings hope to the world is truly extraordinary."
The New Iberia Research Center is the nation's largest academically-affiliated, nonhuman primate research center, and it's home to over 8,500 nonhuman primates.
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Posted on February 24, 2021 Author Emily GautreauxCategories EducationTags Covid Research, Covid-19 Research, UL Lafayette, UL Lafayette Research
UL Lafayette Business Majors to Lead NASCAR Driver's U.S. Sales Team
Soon, professional driver Michel Disdier will be adding students from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to his NASCAR racing team, according to a press release from the school.
Disdier will be adding the brainpower of select members from the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration's sales program to his team to lead his 2021 efforts in U.S. sales, marketing, and corporate sponsorship management.
Professional driver Michel Disdier, who is originally from France, has established himself as a top, formidable competitor on several NASCAR racing circuits. This includes notable racing events such as the Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Pinty's Series' Canadian Tire Series. Disdier will be starting his 2021 season on February 12 when he races in NASCAR's NextEra Energy 250 event at the notorious Daytona International Speedway.
Bizarrely enough, the name of Disdier's racing business, which originated in France, is "Lafayette Racing," so the partnership between his racing team and UL Lafayette's Business students is seemingly preordained by fate itself. While speaking to ULL Press, Disdier said of the coincidence, "maybe this is just our destiny to work together."
A Marketing instructor and interim director of the Moody College of Business' Northwestern Mutual Sales and Research Lab, Dr. Valerie McGehee, will be mentoring the team of UL Lafayette students coordinating with Disdier's racing team. On the monumental partnership, McGehee said, "I am so proud of these students. They never hesitated or questioned their ability to take on this work, and they continue to impress me. We have weekly Zoom meetings with Michel to update him on our progress and he has been wonderful to collaborate with."
Members of Disdier's sales team from UL Lafayette are Allison Gaubert, a management major with a concentration in professional sales, and Morgan Boggs, Megan DeJean, and Mackenzie Marze, who each are marketing majors minoring in professional sales. As the UL Lafayette Sales Team is still in their degree program, they see the lending of their sales and marketing efforts for the race car drivers as invaluable real world experience. Not to mention, they are also anxious and motivated to do whatever they can to ensure Disdier succeeds.
One student in particular, Mackenzie Marze, who loves sports, particularly NASCAR, will be overseeing the corporate sponsorships Disdier takes on for his 2021 racing season. Marze said of the unique chance, "I have an opportunity to learn how to market, strategize, present, and adapt to a whole new culture and brand."
Team member Megan DeJean, who will direct sales and social media efforts, is reportedly looking forward to "taking everything we have been learning throughout college and putting it into practice for a real client." Similarly, Allison Gaubert, who will be directing logistics and media is elated by the idea of collaborating with her academic cohorts and fellow sales team members to assist Disdier however they can. She remarked on the collaborative nature of the team by saying, "we all work so well together and are dedicated to this project."
Lastly, Morgan Boggs's role will be directing the promotional marketing efforts and managing the branding of Disdier and his total racing team. Boggs reportedly won't allow things to be "all business," as she is " most excited to get the chance to see him race. I've never been to NASCAR but I always watch it on TV with my dad."
Real-world application, experiences, and internships are cornerstones of every business major's education, making this rare opportunity of UL Lafayette undergraduates managing the U.S. Sales and Marketing efforts of a professional NASCAR driver a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Posted on February 5, 2021 Author Emily GautreauxCategories EducationTags NASCAR, NASCAR sales team, UL Business Majors, UL Lafayette
UL Lafayette President Announces Record R&D Milestone
A remarkable milestone was announced this year by UL Lafayette President Joseph Savoie during his annual State of the University address; the milestone being that the university had broken records with $144 million spent towards expenditures in research and development last year, as reported by KATC.
As reported, 2019 was the third year in a row in which UL Lafayette spent more than $100 million on Research and Development (R&D), according to the conducted Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. This survey is the National Science Foundation's annual indexing of United States colleges and university's research spending.
Each year the University of Louisiana at Lafayette competes against other universities for both federal and state government grants as well as private sector contracts with the university acting as steward or the funds awarded to faculty and staff researchers.
The goal of increasing UL Lafayette R&D expenditures was set back seven years prior in 2013 with the accredited learning institution setting the goal of attaining $100 million in expenditures by 2020, though this might have been an undersight as the school had surpassed that expectation, achieving the goals three years sooner than expected- in 2017.
The record was broken yet again in the following year, 2018 with spending increasing to 124.7 million in the matter of a single year. This remarkable figure increase had placed UL Lafayette among the top 23 percent of the total 647 research universities included in the HERD survey.
Though this most recently announced $144 million figure has not yet been released by the National Science Foundation, the amount is the highest attained by ULL R&D to date, and it signifies an astounding achievement of the goal set in 2013.
President Savoie aptly referred to this achievement as "astonishing" when the milestone was communicated to faculty, staff, and students at the annual beginning of the semester address, which in previous years is delivered to nearly a thousand members of the University's community in the Angelle Hall auditorium, but this year it was presented virtually as a result on the state of Louisiana's restrictions on larger indoor gatherings.
As KATC reported from Savoie's address, he had stated being that UL Lafayette is a public university, "in good times and in trying moments, the work we do should benefit the public. The research being done here does not stay here," Savoie continued to say, "it is consequential and valuable to our society."
The annual address serves as a way for the university president to set a tone for the start of the fall semester and new academic year, as classes at the four-year university officially began Thursday, August 17th. During the presentation, Savoie also reaffirmed UL Lafayette's commitment to building a more diverse community on its campus, meeting the goals established in the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence, a national framework adopted by multiple higher education learning institutions.
The Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence serves as a framework for enhancing equity, diversity, and inclusion across the school's course offerings, hiring practices, student services and recruitment, and broader community outreach. Savoie also noted that the university's increased efforts over the past decade to recruit and retain women and students of color are paying off.
In the 2019-2020 academic school year alone, the University awarded a record 3,610 degrees, and among those recipients receiving awards, there was a historic number of women, Black, Hispanic, and Asian graduates with the Spring 2020 graduation class being the largest and most diverse in the University's 122-year legacy.
Posted on September 14, 2020 Author Emily GautreauxCategories EducationTags R&D Milestone, UL Lafayette, ULL


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Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has said that he was not in India in June 2019 when, according to Visva-Bharati University's vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty, the globally acclaimed economics professor made him a phone call, introducing himself as a Bharat Ratna, and urged Chakrabarty not to proceed with the varsity's hawker eviction plan.
Sen (87), who was born and brought up in the quaint university town of Santiniketan and is an alumnus of the university founded by Asia's first literature Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, is at present a Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard University in the United States.
On December 16, the V-B authorities issued a statement saying Chakrabarty was returning from New Delhi in June 2019 by an Air India flight (AJ0020) that took off from Delhi at 2pm and reached Kolkata al 4.30pm on June 2 or June 14. Upon boarding the university car from the airport, Chakrabarty received a call, with the caller informing him that Sen, who was introduced as a Bharat Ratna, wanted to speak to him over the phone.
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"The Vice-Chancellor received the call. Professor Sen started criticizing and questioning the vice-chancellor for demolishing the illegal shops that had mushroomed along the road on which Pratichi, Prof Sen's ancestral home, is located. In order to defend his point, he insisted that these shops had been there since the days of Tagore and that they were part of Visva Bharati. He illustrated the supposed convenience of having these shops around by giving the example of how he could easily buy food-stuff like tarkari (vegetables) or get his daughter's punctured flat tyre fixed," the Visva-Bharati's statement read.
The authorities also accused Sen, whose family has been one of the early settlers of Santiniketan, of illegally occupying 13 decimal of university's land.
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The authorities also shared a phone number from which they claimed the call came. Outlook found out the number belonged to Aurobinda Nandy, an associate of Sen who lives in Santiniketan.
While Nandy said that Sen does use his number to call people when in India, he clarified that he had not been abroad in June 2019 and Sen said that he had not been in India in June 2019.
"On June 2, 2019, I was in France, attending a meeting in Paris. On June 14, 2019, I was in América, at our home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After that I was in England, in the English Cambridge. I came (to India) on the 3rd of July, and went to Delhi first, and then Calcutta and Santiniketan. I was not in India at all in June 2019," Sen wrote in a letter to Sudipta Bhattacharya, the president of Visva-Bharati University Faculty Association, on December 29.
Bhattacharya shared this letter with some of his colleagues at Visva-Bharati, one of whom shared its contents with Outlook. The letter came from Sen's official email id.
When contacted, Bhattacharya refused to comment, saying he was not authorised to speak to the media.
"I am extremely rarely in India in June. I prefer to come only after the monsoon settles in - so it tends to be July, not June," Sen wrote in that letter.
"I have talked with the present VC of Visva Bharati, Bidyut Chakravarty, only once, to the best of my knowledge. This was a few years ago when he was chairing a meeting for the release of a book by Pranab Bardhan. His claim that we have talked on the phone and I introduced myself as Bharat Ratna is tantalizingly untrue," Sen wrote.
The V-B authorities have been facing charges of "saffronisation" since Chakrabarty took charge in 2018. The university is centrally-funded and the Prime Minister is its chancellor.
After this controversy around Sen, chief minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter of solidarity to Sen, stating that the government stood by one of Bengal's brightest sons.
The BJP's state unit president, Dilip Ghosh, however, took digs at Sen, calling him a "land-grabber".
While the TMC has taken digs at Ghosh for insulting one of the state's most-acclaimed sons – with Mamata Banerjee alleging that Sen was targeted by the VB authorities because of his views critical of the central government – the Congress, too, has joined the bandwagon in slamming the BJP for insulting Sen.
In a Facebook post on January 1, Bengal Congress president and the party's leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, blasted the Centre and the VB authorities.
"If Amartya Sen is a 'thief', why isn't Visva Bharati taking possession of the land? Do they have the guts? Why can't they conduct a 'land-strike'? The Prime Minister is Visva-Bharati's chancellor. Why is he silent? Such a huge land scam! No, the likes of Amartya Sen never lower their head. Many may dislike, but not everyone has mortgaged their spine, not everyone bows," Chowdhury wrote.
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Clouet: Calls for unity in abolishing racism
By Superintendent of Schools Chris Clouet
Updated 12:36 pm EDT, Friday, October 4, 2019
School Superintendent Dr. Chris Clouet delivering welcoming remarks Aug. 20 at the Summer Institute sponsored by the ExcEL Leadership Academy.
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School Superintendent Chris Clouet read the following comments on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to an audience, many of whom had just left the NAACP-sponsored rally about blackface and social justice in front of Shelton Intermediate School. Clouet made the remarks after the public hearing portion of the Board of Education, held in the SIS auditorium immediately after the rally concluded.
I welcome everyone gathered here tonight. My comments tonight are for the community, meaning the Board of Education, those watching at home, and our friends from the NAACP.
Although we are in the first month of the school year, this has been a long journey to get to this place, this night.
I see eye-to-eye on the issues and ideas reflected in the mission of the NAACP. Truth be told, I have been a member for many years. Why? Because I believe we can do better, as a society and as a community.
I believe the high ideals that inspired the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag have been improved and more fully realized by the resilience, bravery and heart of African Americans because, as noted by James Baldwin and others, that's the truth.
This post-rally gathering tonight is partly about an incident of preteens posting images on a social media platform of the racist trope of 19th century and early 20th century "blackface," hardly understood by many Americans today, but still a painful reminder of injustice past, and the sad reality of insensitivity and bias we still confront today. When I say we, I mean black, white, Latino, new immigrants from Asia and from the Middle East and from Africa; I mean gay, straight, the entire spectrum of LGBTQIA members of the community, the affluent and those struggling to make ends meet. We are all diminished by racism and bias.
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As educators, our job is to teach. This painful moment is an opportunity for us to teach ... to teach why "black face" is wrong, why racism is wrong, and why discrimination in any and every form does not help us to build a stronger and just planet for all of us to share.
Racism, bias and stereotypes must be part of the past, a sad past, and it must be wiped out in the present and not carried on into the future.
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Commonwealth team to observe Antigua elections
LONDON – The Commonwealth Secretariat on Friday announced that former Seychelles president, Danny Faure, will lead a six-member team of Commonwealth election observers to Antigua and Barbuda for the January 18 general election.
Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC, announced the composition of the Commonwealth Observation Group in response to an invitation from the Antigua and Barbuda government.
"I thank Danny Faure for accepting my invitation to lead this group and each of the Commonwealth observers for agreeing to undertake this important assignment.
"The group, which is independent and impartial, will assess the overall conduct of the election and, at the end, make recommendations which will contribute towards strengthening the electoral process in Antigua and Barbuda," Scotland said in a statement.
The Commonwealth Secretariat said that the group's mandate is to observe the preparations for the election, the polling, counting, tabulation procedures and the overall electoral environment as well as consider any factors that could impinge upon the credibility of the process as a whole.
"Prior to deployment, the group will also have briefings with the country's political party representatives, police officers and several stakeholders, including officials from the Electoral Commission, the media and social society groups representing women, youth and people with disabilities."
The group will submit its recommendations in a report to the Commonwealth Secretary-General, who will forward it to the Antigua and Barbuda, the country's Electoral Commission, the leadership of political parties taking part in the elections and all Commonwealth governments.
The Commonwealth Observer team is due to arrive in Antigua on January 14.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne, is leading his ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) into the elections, having won 15 of the 17 seats in the March 21, 2018 election. The other two seats were won by the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) the Barbuda-based Barbuda People's Movement (BPM) winning the other two seats. (CMC)


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Australia's middle distance stars have shone brightly on the international circuit overnight, with Jenny Blundell (NSW), Ryan Gregson (Vic) and Luke Mathews (Vic) all qualifying for the Olympic Games in the 1500m.
Competing at the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing (CHN), Blundell was the first to stake her claim for Rio 2016 selection after she clocked 4:04.62 to place 4th at the Bird's Nest. The 22-year-old sat on the shoulder of the pacemaker from the outset, digging deep to challenge for a top-three finish on the home straight before crossing in a personal best time that moves her to fifth on the Australian All-Time List.
"It still hasn't sunk in. I knew I had it in me to run that fast, I just had to run hard from the start. It didn't surprise me, but it's exciting," Blundell said.
"I didn't hear any times out there, there was no clock. I knew we were going through 800m in 2:11, and the pace carried us through to the bell. The Norwegian runner told me before the race that if we asked for that pace, then we'd get it, so I was confident of where we were at."
Blundell's time sees her join Linden Hall (Vic) and Zoe Buckman (Vic) on the list of qualified athletes for the very competitive women's 1500m, with Melissa Duncan (Vic) already Rio 2016 selected and the national champion Heidi See (NSW) on the hunt for an Olympic standard. Only three athletes can represent Australia at the Olympic Games.
"It's an Olympic year, you've just got to run as fast as you can. 4:04 is quick, but it might not be fast enough," Blundell added.
Equally impressive in Nijmegen (NED) were Gregson and Mathews.
Gregson's start in the men's 1500m was unexpected, with the national record holder switching from the 800m on the advice of his coach Nic Bideau to capitalise on the good conditions presented. As the Australian champion, the performance of 3:35.78 to win ensures that the 26-year-old will be the first of the nominees for the event at the Olympic Games.
"The conditions were really good so we thought it would be a good chance to run fast. Nic told me the morning of the event that I should switch events and it paid off," Gregson said.
"It's a nice feeling to be finally qualified alongside so many of my Melbourne Track Club teammates, but now it's all about improving and getting to that final in Rio."
Second to Gregson was the 20-year-old Mathews, who has already been selected to compete at the Olympic Games in the men's 800m. Stopping the clock at 3:35.99, Mathews' result improves on the career best he ran at the Briggs Athletics Classic earlier this year.
"Luke pushes me every day in training and together we drag each other along in races. We're great for each other and I couldn't have done this without him. It's a great performance for us both," Gregson added.
In other results from the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing (CHN):
– Kathryn Mitchell (Vic) reigned supreme in the women's javelin with a best mark of 64.37m. She will now travel to Rabat (MAR) for Round 3 of the IAAF Diamond League.
– Competing in the men's high jump, Nik Bojic (Qld) and Brandon Starc (NSW) both cleared 2.20m to place 6th and 8th respectively.
In other results from the Nijmegen Global Athletics event:
– Selma Kajan (NSW) was the best placed Australian in the women's 800m, crossing in a time of 2:04.65 for second. Genevieve LaCaze (Vic, 2:04.77) placed third, and Buckman (2:06.82) 7th.
– Competing alongside Gregson and Mathews, Brett Robinson (Vic) ran 3:40.73 for 8th in the men's 1500m.
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Данієль Пассарелла (,  25 травня 1953, Чакабуко) — аргентинський футболіст, захисник. По завершенні ігрової кар'єри — тренер.

Як гравець насамперед відомий виступами за клуби «Рівер Плейт» та «Фіорентина», а також за національну збірну Аргентини.

Семиразовий чемпіон Аргентини. Чотириразовий чемпіон Аргентини (як тренер). У складі збірної — дворазовий чемпіон світу.

Включений до переліку «125 найкращих футболістів світу» (відомого як «ФІФА 100»), складеного у 2004 році на прохання ФІФА до сторіччя цієї організації легендарним Пеле.

Клубна кар'єра

У дорослому футболі дебютував 1971 року виступами за команду клубу «Атлетіко Сарм'єнто», в якій провів два сезони, взявши участь у 36 матчах чемпіонату.

Своєю грою за цю команду привернув увагу представників тренерського штабу клубу «Рівер Плейт», до складу якого приєднався в 1974 році. Відіграв за команду з Буенос-Айреса наступні вісім сезонів своєї ігрової кар'єри. Більшість часу, проведеного у складі «Рівер Плейта», був гравцем захисту основного складу команди. У складі «Рівер Плейта» був одним з головних бомбардирів команди, маючи середню результативність на рівні 0,4 голу за гру першості. За цей час сім разів виборював титул чемпіона Аргентини.

У 1982 році перебрався до Італії, уклавши контракт з клубом «Фіорентина», у складі якого провів наступні чотири роки своєї кар'єри гравця. Граючи у складі «Фіорентини» також здебільшого виходив на поле в основному складі команди.

Протягом 1986–1988 років захищав кольори команди клубу «Інтернаціонале».

Завершив професійну ігрову кар'єру у клубі «Рівер Плейт», у складі якого вже виступав раніше. Увійшов до складу команди 1988 року, захищав її кольори до припинення виступів на професійному рівні у 1989 році.

Виступи за збірну
У 1975 році дебютував в офіційних матчах у складі національної збірної Аргентини. Протягом кар'єри у національній команді, яка тривала 12 років, провів у формі головної команди країни 70 матчів, забивши 22 голи.

У складі збірної був учасником трьох чемпіонатів світу: 1978 року в Аргентині, 1982 року в Іспанії та 1986 року у Мексиці. У 1978 та 1986 роках ставав у складі аргентинців чемпіоном світу.

Учасник розіграшу Кубка Америки 1979 року.

Кар'єра тренера
Розпочав тренерську кар'єру, ще продовжуючи грати на полі, у 1988 році, очоливши тренерський штаб клубу «Рівер Плейт» як граючий тренер. Загалом пропрацював з командою до 1994 року.

1994 року був призначений головним тренером національної збірної Аргентини, очолював національну команду під час розіграшу Кубка Конфедерацій 1995 року у Саудівській Аравії, де аргентинці здобули «срібло», Кубка Америки 1995 року в Уругваї, Кубка Америки 1997 року в Болівії, а також фінального турніру чемпіонату світу 1998 року у Франції.

Протягом 2000—2001 років працював з національною командою Уругваю, з якою був учасником розіграшу Кубка Америки 2001 року в Колумбії, після чого повернувся до клубної роботи. Працював нетривалий час в Італії з «Пармою», згодом у Мексиці з клубами «Монтеррей» та «Толука».

Наразі останнім місцем тренерської роботи був клуб «Рівер Плейт», команду якого Данієль Пассарелла очолював як головний тренер до 2007 року.

Статистика виступів

Статистика клубних виступів
Статистика виступів за італійські клуби:

Титули і досягнення

Як гравця
 Чемпіон Аргентини (7):
 «Рівер Плейт»: Насіональ 1975, Метрополітано 1975, Метрополітано 1977, Насіональ 1979, Метрополітано 1979, Метрополітано 1980, Насіональ 1981
 Чемпіон світу (2): 1978, 1986

Як тренера
 Чемпіон Аргентини (4):
 «Рівер Плейт»: 1989-90, Апертура 1991, Апертура 1993, Апертура 1994
 Переможець Панамериканських ігор: 1995
  Срібний олімпійський призер: 1996

Особисті
 Футбольний тренер року в Південній Америці: 1997
 Включений до списку ФІФА 100: 2004

Примітки

Джерела

 Біографія Данієля Пассарелли на planetworldcup.com
 Статистика гравця і тренера на footballdatabase.eu

Аргентинські футболісти
Аргентинські футбольні тренери
Тренери розіграшу Кубка Конфедерацій з футболу 1995
Гравці розіграшу Кубка Америки з футболу 1979
Тренери розіграшу Кубка Америки з футболу 1995
Тренери розіграшу Кубка Америки з футболу 1997
Тренери розіграшу Кубка Америки з футболу 2001
Футболісти «Рівер Плейта»
Футболісти «Фіорентини»
Футболісти «Інтернаціонале»
Тренери чемпіонату світу з футболу 1998
Тренери збірної Аргентини з футболу
Тренери збірної Уругваю з футболу
Тренери ФК «Парма»
Тренери ФК «Монтеррей»
Тренери ФК «Толука»
Тренери ФК «Корінтіанс»
Аргентинські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Італії
Капітани команд-чемпіонів світу з футболу

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Džainizam je drevna religija Indije koja je tijekom svog dugog i neprekinutog postojanja, širena od strane 24 velika propovjednika poznatih kao 'Džine' tj. 'Pobjednika' ili 'Tirthankara', odnosno 'Vodiča preko rijeke' svjetovnog života, a koja danas ima više od milijun pripadnika.

Džainizam je opisan kao elegantan etički sistem jer veoma naglašava samodisciplinu i samokontrolu s ciljem vođenja mirnog života, suživota, sudjelovanju, upravljanja i njegovom realizacijom.
Ahimsa ili nenasilje u misli, riječima i djelima, je njegova ključna stvar a savršena jednakost njegov početni stav.

Osnivačem religije, koja je, kao i budizam, nastala (oko 6. stoljeća) otcjepljenjem od vedistički ortodoksnog brahmanizma, pogrešno se smatra asket Vardhamana, poznat kao Mahavira (veliki heroj). On je zapravo bio samo posljednji od velikih propovjednika džainizma.

Asket Vardhamana bio je sin kralja Sidhatre i kraljice Trišali koji je još kao dijete pokazivao poprilično rijetke i velike osobine poput iznimne hrabrosti, samokontrole, neustrašivosti junaštva i ostalog.
Kako je nakon nekog vremena narod počeo primjećivati njegove velike darovitosti, nazvali su Mahavira.
Mahavira je bio rođen za duhovni život, nije htio niti čuti za ženidbu niti ikakva svjetovna zadovoljstva. Od svoje osme godine poštovao je pet malih zavjeta, te je kako je odrastao odlučio postati asketa.
Tako je princ Mahavira, sa svojih 30 godina postao Nirgrantha Muni tj., asketa koji je izvana bez odjeće, a iznutra bez okova.
Ovaj događaj Mahavirinog napuštanja svih svjetovnih vezanosti i postajanjem Nirgrantha Mahavirom postao je poznat kao Mahavirina Abhiniškramana tj., Velika Odvojenost Mahavire.
Ta velika odvojenost Mahavire očitovala se u praksi trpljenja strogosti, meditaciji i zavjetu šutnje.
Za to vrijeme, Mahavira je prolazio kroz različite testove koje su mu drugi postavljali s namjerom da mu poremete meditaciju tokom perioda trpljenja. Mahavira je mirno podnosio velike tegobe i nepravde od stane drugih. No, bio je odlučan. Tako je za 12 godina, 5 mjeseci i 15 dana neprekidne prakse trpljenja postao imalac sveznanja.

Kada je Mahavira dosegao to sveznanje, on je znao i vidio stanje svijeta bogova, ljudi i životinja, odakle su došli, gdje će otići, gdje će biti rođeni, kao ljudi ili životinje, kako bogovi tako i beznačajna bića, već zavisno od njihovih djela. U svoje vrijeme bio je nazivan mudracem, poštovanim od naroda, sveznajućim i svevidećim učiteljem, koji je obdaren bekrajnim znanjem i vizijom.
On je oko sebe okupio 11 glavnih učenika (gandadhara), učenika koji će nastaviti njegovo djelovanje i propovijed.
Podjelio ih je na 4 stleža (4 skupine, poredane po važnosti):

1.   Sadhui,. muškarci isposnici ,

2.   Sadhvije, žene isposnice,

3.   Šravake, svjetovni muškarci

4.   Šravike, svjetovne žene

No ni unutar tih skupina nisu bili ravnopravni, svaki je propovjednik imao svoju funkciju i svoj nivo.

Opće vjerovanje džainista sastoji se od nekoliko stvari:

•	Džainizam kao religija odbacuje vjeru u vrhovnog boga.

•	Postoje 5 glavnih zavjeta kojih se svaki vjernik treba pridržavati:

1.	Ahimsa, nenasilje

2.	Satja, istina,

3.	 `Asteja', uzdržavanje od krađe

4.	Brahmaćarya', čestitost

5.	Apartgrahu', nevezanost,

Znači, ; ne ubij, ne laži, uzimaj samo ono što je poklonjeno, odreci se seksualnog života, ne uživaj u materijalnim dobrima.

•	Džainisti drže da je svemir vječan, načinjen od dviju tvari, nežive (adjiva) i žive (djiva), koje su u stalnom kretanju.

•	Posebno je obilježje džainizma strahopoštovanje prema svemu što zivi. Npr.,  oni cijede vodu prije pića i ovijaju usta da ne bi progutali kakav sitni organizam.

Vanjski obredi džainista, koji se obavljaju u arhitektonski zanimljivim hramovima, obuhvaćaju pjevanje, prinošenje cvijeća, paljenje tamjana i kandila pred likovima mitskih heroja i slavnih asketa tzv. jina-

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Unter einem Kollegialorgan versteht man im Organisationsrecht ein Organ innerhalb einer juristischen Person oder Personenvereinigung, das aus mindestens zwei Organwaltern besteht. Gegensatz ist das aus nur einer Person bestehende Einzelorgan.

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Kollegialorgane sind durch Rechtsnormen eingerichtete, plural zusammengesetzte Organisationseinheiten mit Beschlussfassungskompetenz. Organisationen wie Gesellschaften, Vereine, Behörden, Staaten oder Parteien besitzen gesetzlich, durch Satzung (Privatrecht), öffentlich-rechtliche Satzung oder Geschäftsordnung vorgeschriebene Kollegialorgane, die bestimmte Aufgaben zu erfüllen haben. Diese Aufgaben werden innerhalb des Kollegialorgans durch mindestens zwei natürliche Personen – den so genannten Organwaltern – konkret ausgeführt. Handlungen des Organs sind unmittelbar Handlungen der juristischen Person, jedoch kein Fall rechtsgeschäftlicher Stellvertretung.

Kollegialorgane bei juristischen Personen (Gesellschaften, Vereine, Anstalten und Körperschaften des öffentlichen Rechts) sind Vorstand, Geschäftsführung, Aufsichtsrat, Verwaltungsrat, Gesellschafterversammlung oder Hauptversammlung, Betriebs- und Personalrat oder Verwaltungsbeirat. Als staatliche Kollegialorgane fungieren Parlamente, Regierungen (Bundesregierung, Landesregierungen oder Gemeinderäte) oder Kabinette. Die Bundesregierung besteht aus dem Bundeskanzler und den Bundesministern und ist wie die Landesregierungen ein Kollegialorgan. Der Charakter der Bundesregierung als Kollegialorgan ist jedoch durch die Richtlinienkompetenz des Kanzlers und das Ressortprinzip eingeschränkt. Bei Parteien gibt es als Kollegialorgane Parteivorstand und Parteitag. Der als Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts organisierte öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk besitzt als Kollegialorgan neben dem Verwaltungsrat einen Rundfunkrat. Bei Wohnungseigentum sieht  Abs. 1 WEG die Wohnungseigentümerversammlung und  WEG den Verwaltungsbeirat als Kollegialorgan vor.

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Unter rechtlichen Gesichtspunkten lassen sich Kollegialorgane nach Organstellung, Kompetenz, Funktion, Befugnisse der Mitglieder, Weisungsgebundenheit und Anzahl der Mitglieder unterteilen. Eine unmittelbare Organstellung ergibt sich aus Verfassung oder sonstigen Rechtsnormen (etwa Bundesrat,  GG), während mittelbare Organe ihre Stellung aus einem an sie gerichteten Auftrag ableiten. Nach Kompetenz unterscheidet man Kollegialorgane der Legislative (etwa Bundestag,  Abs. 1 GG), Exekutive (etwa Bundesregierung, ,  GG, Landesregierungen oder Gemeinderäte) und Judikative (Senate an Gerichten, Kollegialgerichte). Die Befugnis eines Organs besteht im Regelfall aus einer Stimmberechtigung, wobei einigen Vorsitzenden manchmal die Stimmberechtigung fehlt. Sind Organmitglieder unabhängig von den Weisungen anderer, handelt es sich um weisungsfreie Mitglieder wie beim Bundestag. Weisungsgebundene Mitglieder können dagegen nicht autonom abstimmen. Hierzu gehört der Bundesrat, dessen Mitglieder von den Landesregierungen bestellt und abberufen werden ( Abs. 1 GG); es zählt bei der Stimmabgabe der Wille des Bundeslandes.

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Innerhalb des Kollegialorgans besteht für die Organwalter das Kollegialprinzip, so dass innerhalb des Kollegiums im Normalfall keine Hierarchie besteht. Kollegialorgane entscheiden durch Beschluss. Dabei muss eine Rechtsnorm regeln, wie mehrere Organwalter zu einer Willensbildung als Kollegialorgan gelangen. Nach Feststellung der Beschlussfähigkeit entscheidet meist die einfache Mehrheit der abgegebenen Stimmen zu einem bestimmten Tagesordnungspunkt.

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Nach  BGB haftet der Verein für den Schaden, den ein Mitglied des Vorstands oder ein anderer verfassungsmäßig berufener Vertreter durch eine in Ausführung der ihm zustehenden Verrichtungen begangene, zum Schadensersatz verpflichtende Handlung einem Dritten zufügt. Diese Bestimmung gilt nicht nur für Vereine, sondern für alle juristischen Personen und juristische Personen des öffentlichen Rechts ( Abs. 1 BGB). Für die Eigenschaft als "verfassungsmäßig berufener Vertreter" genügt es, wenn ihm durch die Betriebsregelung (Arbeitsanweisungen) bedeutsame wesensgemäße Funktionen der juristischen Person zur selbständigen und eigenverantwortlichen Erfüllung zugewiesen sind. Damit haftet die Gesellschaft zivilrechtlich auch für Arbeitnehmer, die nicht Organwalter sind.

Die deliktische Außenhaftung der Organwalter ergibt sich aus dem Recht der unerlaubten Handlung. Sie haften persönlich und subsidiär gegenüber außenstehenden Dritten bei vorsätzlicher sittenwidriger Schädigung nach  BGB, wenn der Organträger (das Unternehmen) als Haftungsschuldner – etwa durch Insolvenz – ausfällt. So entschied der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) im Juli 2004, dass die beiden Vorstandsmitglieder der Infomatec die Aktionäre der Gesellschaft durch eine wissentlich falsche Ad-hoc-Mitteilung mit überhöhten Angaben über Auftragseingänge von Kunden getäuscht hatten und deshalb Schadensersatz zahlen mussten. Allerdings ist eine Organhaftung von Vorstandsmitgliedern ausgeschlossen, wenn keine Pflichtverletzung vorliegt ( Abs. 1 Satz 2 AktG). Dies ist der Fall, wenn das Vorstandsmitglied bei einer unternehmerischen Entscheidung vernünftigerweise annehmen durfte, auf der Grundlage angemessener Information zum Wohle der Gesellschaft zu handeln. Sobald jedoch ein Organwalter einen Dritten durch aktives Tun unmittelbar schädigt und die Tatbestandsvoraussetzungen des  Abs. 1 BGB erfüllt sind, entsteht hierfür eine persönliche Einstandspflicht.

Die Amtshaftung (Haftung der Gebietskörperschaften) ist die finanzielle Haftung des Staats für Schäden, die ein Organwalter in der Gerichtsbarkeit oder der Hoheitsverwaltung einem außenstehenden Rechtssubjekt rechtswidrig und schuldhaft zugefügt hat. Diese Haftung trifft zunächst den Beamten selbst ( Abs. 1 BGB), doch tritt nach  Satz 1 GG der Staat mit befreiender Wirkung für den Beamten ein und haftet im Außenverhältnis alleine.

Die Organhaftung befasst sich im Strafrecht mit der Frage, ob Straftatbestände bei der vertretenen Gesellschaft auch ihrem Organwalter zuzurechnen sind. Der Täter muss als Organ handeln. Nach  Abs. 1 StGB wird die strafrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit vom Unternehmen auch auf seine Organwalter abgewälzt. Auch § 14 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 StGB, der die strafrechtliche Organhaftung zum Gegenstand hat, geht davon aus, dass jedes Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung Normadressat der der Gesellschaft obliegenden Pflichten bleibt.

International
International sind Kollegialorgane meist so organisiert wie in Deutschland. Als Beispiele internationaler Kollegialorgane sind etwa die Schiedsgerichte des Ständigen Schiedshofs oder der Internationalen Gerichtshofs zu erwähnen (beide in Den Haag). Von großer weltpolitischer Bedeutung sind zudem die UN-Generalversammlung, der Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen, das Europäische Parlament oder die Europäische Kommission. Weisungsgebunden sind etwa die Mitglieder des Rates der Europäischen Union ( ff. AUEV), sie sind an die Weisungen ihrer Heimatregierung gebunden. In Frankreich ist der Ministerrat das einzige in der Verfassung vorgesehene Kollegialorgan.

Siehe auch
 Kollegialitätsprinzip

Einzelnachweise

Planung und Organisation
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