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Nigel Bean
Professor Nigel Bean
Associate Investigator
Professor Nigel Bean is internationally known for his research in stochastic modelling. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Mathematics at the University of Adelaide in 1988 and his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1993. Since then he has been at the University of Adelaide in roles varying from a Postdoctoral fellow, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Director of TRC Mathematical Modelling – a commercially funded contract research and consulting centre with a turnover then of over $750,000 – and then was appointed Chair of Applied Mathematics in 2004. Since then, he has been continuously on the School Management Committee and Head of Applied Mathematics. He has also been Director of Research (2011 - 2016) and Deputy Head of School (2004 - 06, 2012 -).
The quality of Professor Bean's research has been recognised through the award of the 2001 JH Mitchell Medal by ANZIAM and the 2003 PAP Moran Medal by the Australian Academy of Science. Professor Bean has published about 91 scientific articles and has been awarded 8 ARC awards (Large Grants, Discovery Projects and a Linkage Grant). He has supervised twenty-three successful PhD students, six successful MPhil students, and is currently supervising nine more PhD students and six more MPhil students.
Professor Bean has been very active in national leadership roles. From 2008-2010, he was on the Board of the Federation of the Australian Scientific and Technological Societies as the Mathematical Sciences Cluster Representative and on the Board of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) from 2014 - 2016. In 2011 and 2012 he was a member of the ACARA Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Advisory Panel. Professor Bean was also Co-Chair of the Sub-committee for Mathematics and statistics research in universities and related institutions and a member of the Steering Committee, Mathematical Sciences Decadal Plan (2012 -- 2016), as well as being a member of the Steering Committee. Professor Bean is Deputy Chair of the AMSI Industry/Mathematical Sciences Engagement Task Force and a member of the AMSI Industry Advisory Committee.
Markov chain
Matrix analytic methods
Stochatic Modelling
PhD (Cantab) 1993
Modelling Randomness and Interdependence
This project looks at research into modelling randomness and interdependence - in everything from Future Stock Prices to Coral Bleaching:
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Predicting civil unrest and election outcomes using social media data
This project combines large open datasets from social media with predictive machine learning models to predict social unrest events and monitor trends relevant to elections, both in Australia and abroad. The work is done in collaboration with researchers and software engineers from Data to Decisions CRC.
Read more about Predicting civil unrest and election outcomes using social media data
Optimisation and control of a power system with a high penetration of renewable energy sources and storage
This research project is modelling a future electricity grid, regional or microgrid, with a high penetration of power electronic connected (PEC) devices, distributed and utility scale.
Read more about Optimisation and control of a power system with a high penetration of renewable energy sources and storage
Statistical Phylogenetics
In this project we develop the necessary statistical techniques to analyze ancient DNA datasets to address important phylogenetic and population dynamic questions, such as the peopling of Australia and South America, and investigating the genetic diversity of Australia's endemic marsupials.
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Invited talks, refereed proceedings and other conference outputs
Glenny, V., Tuke J., Bean N. G., & Mitchell L. (2019). A framework for streamlined statistical prediction using topic models. 3rd Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature. 61 - 70. doi: 10.18653/v1/W19-2508
James, S.., Bean N. G., & Tuke J.. (2019). Modelling intensive care units using quasi-birth-and-death processes. The 10th International Conference on Matrix-Analytic Methods in Stochastic Models. 42.
Nguyen, A., South T., Bean N. G., Tuke J., & Mitchell L. (2019). Podlab at SemEval-2019 Task 3: The Importance of Being Shallow. 13th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation. 292 - 296. doi: 10.18653/v1/S19-2050
James, S.., Bean N. G., & Tuke J.. (2019). Modelling intensive care units using quasi-birth-and-death processes. YEQT XIII : "Data-Driven Analytics and Optimization for Stochastic Systems".
Wurm, M., Bean N. G., & Nguyen G. (2019). Polyp fiction: a stochastic fluid flow model for coral-algal symbiosis on the Great Barrier Reef. The 20th INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference.
Glonek, M., Tuke J., Mitchell L., & Bean N. G. (2019). GLaSS: Semi-supervised Graph Labelling with Markov Random Walks to Absorption. (Aiello, L. Maria, Cherifi C., Cherifi H., Lambiotte R., Lió P., & Rocha L. M., Ed.).Complex Networks and Their Applications. 812, 304-315. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05411-3_25
Wurm, M., Baird A., Bean N. G., Connolly S., Helfgott A., & Nguyen G. (2019). Polyp fiction: A stochastic fluid model for the Adaptive Bleaching Hypothesis. The 10th International Conference on Matrix-Analytic Methods in Stochastic Models. 65.
Bean, N. G., Nielsen B. Friis, Nguyen G. T., & Peralta O. (2019). A fluid flow model with RAP components. Matrix Analytic Methods in Stochastic Models. 10,
Samuelson, A., O'Reilly MM., & Bean N. G. (2019). Construction of algorithms for discrete-time quasi-birth-and-death processes through physical interpretation. The 10th International Conference on Matrix-Analytic Methods in Stochastic Models. 53-57.
James, S.., Bean N. G., & Tuke J.. (2019). Modelling intensive care units using quasi-birth-and-death processes. The 20th INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference.
Mathews, P., Gray C., Mitchell L., Nguyen G., & Bean N. G. (2018). SMERC: Social media event response clustering using textual and temporal information. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). 8622082. doi: 10.1109/BigData.2018.8622082
TARCA, SILVIO., Roughan M., Etugrul N., & Bean N. G. (2017). Dispatchability of Wind Power with Battery Energy Storage in South Australia. 1st International Conference on Energy and Power, RMIT Univ, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, 14 Dec 2016 - 16 Dec 2016. Energy Procedia, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.131
Bean, N. G., Lewis A., & Nguyen G. (2017). Regime-switching models for electricity pricing in SA market. INFORMS Applied Probability Society.
Mathews, P., Mitchell L., Nguyen G., & Bean N. G. (2017). The nature and origin of heavy tails in retweet activity. 8th International Workshop on Modelling Social Media: Machine Learning and AI for Modelling and Analysing Social Media, Perth, 03 Apr 2017 - 07 Apr 2017. 1493-1498. doi: 10.1145/3041021.3053903
Bean, N. G., Nguyen G., O'Reilly MM., & Sunkara V. (2016). A numerical framework for computing the limiting distribution of a stochastic fluid-fluid process. The Ninth International Conference on Matrix-Analytic Methods in Stochastic Models.
Samuelson, A., O'Reilly MM., & Bean N. G. (2016). Classification of Generators for Stochastic Fluid Models: New Riccati equation for Psi. The Ninth International Conference on Matrix-Analytic Methods in Stochastic Models.
Bowden, R., Roughan M., & Bean N. G. (2014). COLD. The 10th ACM International on Conference on emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies. doi: 10.1145/2674005.2675012
Teo, M., Bean N. G., & Ross J. V. (2021). Optimised prophylactic vaccination in metapopulations. Epidemics. 34, 100420. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2020.100420
Fitzgerald, S. Paul, Bean N. G., Falhammar H., & Tuke J. (2020). Clinical Parameters Are More Likely to Be Associated with Thyroid Hormone Levels than with Thyrotropin Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Thyroid. 30(12), 1695 - 1709. doi: 10.1089/thy.2019.0535
Crotty, S. M., Minh B. Quang, Bean N. G., Holland B. R., Tuke J., Jermiin L. S., et al. (2020). GHOST: Recovering Historical Signal from Heterotachously Evolved Sequence Alignments. (Smith, S., Ed.).Systematic Biology. 69(2), 249-264. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syz051
Tuke, J., Nguyen A., Nasim M., Mellor D., Wickramasinghe A., Bean N. G., et al. (2020). Pachinko Prediction: A Bayesian method for event prediction from social media data. Information Processing & Management. 57(2), 102147. doi: 10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102147
Bean, N. G., O'Reilly M. M., & Palmowski Z. (2019). Yaglom limit for Stochastic Fluid Models. arXiv. arXiv:1908.10827v1 .
Glenny, V., Tuke J., Bean N. G., & Mitchell L. (2019). A framework for streamlined statistical prediction using topic models. arXiv. arXiv:1904.06941v1.
Fitzgerald, S. P., Beverborg N. Grote, Beguin Y., Artunc F., Falhammar H., & Bean N. G. (2019). Population data provide evidence against the presence of a set point for hemoglobin levels or tissue oxygen delivery. Physiological Reports. 7(12), e14153. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14153
Bean, N. G., Lewis A., & Nguyen G. (2019). Estimation of Markovian-regime-switching models with independent regimes. arXiv. arXiv:1906.07957v1.
Glonek, M., Tuke J., Mitchell L., & Bean N. G. (2019). Semi-supervised graph labelling reveals increasing partisanship in the United States Congress. arXiv. arXiv:1904.01153v2.
Varney, J., Bean N. G., & Mackay M. (2019). The self-regulating nature of occupancy in ICUs: stochastic homoeostasis. Health Care Management Science. 22(4), 615-634. doi: 10.1007/s10729-018-9448-4
Teo, M., Bean N. G., & Ross J. (2019). Optimised prophylactic vaccination in metapopulations. bioRxiv. 559732. doi: 10.1101/559732
Bean, N. G., Nguyen G. T., O'Reilly M. M., & Sunkara V. (2019). A discontinuous Galerkin method for approximating the stationary distribution of stochastic fluid-fluid processes. arXiv. arXiv:1901.10635v1.
Crotty, S. M., Minh B. Quang, Bean N. G., Holland B. R., Tuke J., Jermiin L. S., et al. (2019). GHOST: recovering historical signal from heterotachously-evolved sequence alignments. bioRxiv. 174789. doi: 10.1101/174789
Glenny, V., Tuke S. Jonathan, Bean N. G., & Mitchell L. (2019). In the Humanities and Social Sciences, there is increasing interest in approaches to information extraction, prediction, intelligent linkage, and dimension reduction applicable to large text corpora. With approaches in these fields being grounded in tradi. arXiv. arXiv:1904.06941v1.
Glonek, M., Tuke J., Mitchell L., & Bean N. G. (2019). Semi-supervised graph labelling reveals increasing partisanship in the United States Congress. Applied Network Science. 4(1), 62. doi: 10.1007/s41109-019-0185-5
Price, D. J., Bean N. G., Ross J.V., & Tuke J. (2018). An induced natural selection heuristic for finding optimal Bayesian experimental designs. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 126, 112–124. doi: 10.1016/j.csda.2018.04.011
Gower, G., Tuke S., Rohrlach A. B., Soubrier J., Llamas B., Bean N. G., et al. (2018). Population size history from short genomic scaffolds: how short is too short?. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/382036
Bean, N. G., Latouche G., & Taylor P. (2018). Physical Interpretations for Quasi-Birth-and-Death Process Algorithms. Queueing Models and Service Management. 1(2), 59-78.
Rebuli, N. P., Bean N. G., & Ross J.V. (2018). Estimating the basic reproductive number during the early stages of an emerging epidemic. Theoretical Population Biology. 119, 26-36. doi: 10.1016/j.tpb.2017.10.004
Bean, N. G., Nguyen G. T., & Poloni F. (2018). Doubling algorithms for stationary distributions of fluid queues: A probabilistic interpretation. Performance Evaluation. 125, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.peva.2018.06.001
Fitzgerald, S., & Bean N. G. (2018). Population correlations do not support the existence of set points for blood levels of calcium or glucose - a new model for homeostasis. Physiological Reports. 6(1), e13551. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13551
Rohrlach, AB., Bean N. G., Glonek G., Holland B., Tobler R., Tuke J., et al. (2018). Dimension Reduction and Visualization for Single-copy Alignments via Generalized PCA. bioRxiv. 338442. doi: 10.1101/338442
Tuke, J., Nguyen A., Nasim M., Mellor D., Wickramasinghe A., Bean N. G., et al. (2018). Pachinko Prediction: A Bayesian method for event prediction from social media data. arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.08427.
Price, D. J., Bean N. G., Ross J. V., & Tuke J. (2018). Designing group dose-response studies in the presence of transmission. Mathematical Biosciences. 304, 62 - 78. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2018.07.007
Samuelson, A., Haigh A., O'Reilly MM., & Bean N. G. (2017). Stochastic model for maintenance in continuously deteriorating systems. European Journal of Operational Research. 259(3), 1169 - 1179. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.11.032
Fitzgerald, S. Paul, Bean N. G., & Fitzgerald L. Nicole (2017). Population data indicate that thyroid regulation is consistent with an equilibrium-point model, but not with a set-point model. Temperature. 4(2), 114 - 116. doi: 10.1080/23328940.2017.1281370
Fitzgerald, S., Bean N. G., & Ruberu R. (2017). A method of decision analysis quantifying the effects of age and comorbidities on the probability of deriving significant benefit from medical treatments. Journal of Comorbidity. 7(1), 50 - 63. doi: 10.15256/joc.2017.7.93
Tobler, R., Rohrlach AB., Soubrier J., Bover P., Llamas B., Tuke J., et al. (2017). Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia. Nature. 544, 180–184. doi: 10.1038/nature21416
Samuelson, A., O'Reilly MM., & Bean N. G. (2017). On the generalized reward generator for stochastic fluid models: A new equation for Ψ . Stochastic Models. 1 - 29. doi: 10.1080/15326349.2017.1347883
Price, D. J., Bean N. G., Ross J.V., & Tuke J. (2017). An Induced Natural Selection Heuristic for Evaluating Optimal Bayesian Experimental Designs. arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.05511.
Rebuli, N. P., Bean N. G., & Ross J.V. (2017). Hybrid Markov chain models of S–I–R disease dynamics. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 75(3), 521 - 541. doi: 10.1007/s00285-016-1085-2
Ballard, P. G., Bean N. G., & Ross J.V. (2017). Intervention to maximise the probability of epidemic fade-out. Mathematical Biosciences. 293, 1 - 10. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2017.08.003
Varney, J., Zarrouk S. J., Bean N. G., & Bendall B. (2017). Performance measures in geothermal power developements. Renewable Energy. 101, 835 - 844. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.09.046
Fitzgerald, S. P., & Bean N. G. (2016). The relationship between population T4/TSH set point data and T4/TSH physiology. Journal of Thyroid Research. 1-7. doi: 10.1155/2016/6351473
Price, D. J., Bean N. G., Ross J.V., & Tuke J. (2016). On the efficient determination of optimal Bayesian experimental designs using ABC: A case study in optimal observation of epidemics. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 172, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jspi.2015.12.008
Dini, S., Binder B. J., Fischer S. C., Mattheyer C., Schmitz A., Stelzer E. H. K., et al. (2016). Identifying the necrotic zone boundary in tumour spheroids with pair-correlation functions. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 13(123), doi: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0649
Lydeamore, M., Bean N. G., Black A. J., & Ross J.V. (2016). Choice of antiviral allocation scheme for pandemic influenza depends on strain transmissibility, delivery delay and stockpile size. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 78(2), 293-321. doi: 10.1007/s11538-016-0144-6
Ballard, P. G., Bean N. G., & Ross J.V. (2016). The probability of epidemic fade-out is non-monotonic in transmission rate for the Markovian SIR model with demography. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 393, 170-178. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.01.012
Bean, N. G., Eshragh A., & Ross J.V. (2016). Fisher Information for a partially observable simple birth process. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. 45(24), 7161-7183. doi: 10.1080/03610926.2014.978024
Bean, N. G., Elliott R., Eshragh A., & Ross J.V. (2015). On binomial observations of continuous-time Markovian population models. Journal of Applied Probability. 52(02), 457-472. doi: 10.1017/S0021900200012572
Robinson, S. J., Souter N. J., Bean N. G., Ross J.V., Thompson R. M., & Bjornsson K. T. (2015). Statistical description of wetland hydrological connectivity to the River Murray in South Australia under both natural and regulated conditions. Journal of Hydrology. 531, 929-939. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.10.006
Davies, K.J., Green J.E.F., Bean N. G., Binder B.J., & Ross J.V. (2014). On the derivation of approximations to cellular automata models and the assumption of independence. Mathematical Biosciences. 253, 63-71. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2014.04.004
Feenstra, J., McGarvey R., Linnane A., Punt A. E., & Bean N. G. (2014). Environmental influences on daily commercial catch rates of South Australia's southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii). Fisheries Oceanography. 23(4), 362-374. doi: 10.1111/fog.12069
nigel.bean@adelaide.edu.au


If Richard Wagner were to have known before he died that some scientists in the future would create a psychometric tool to measure the "Wagnerism" in a given individual, would he be flattered or appalled? It's a strange question, but it's a question you could ask since that's what we have been working on here on the Transforming Musicology project.
Now it wasn't our initial intention to create such a Wagner tool, but rather it was a necessary step to come closer to one of the initial questions we asked at Transforming Musicology: "How do people hear leitmotifs?"
If you haven't read my earlier blog post on hearing leitmotifs, I can save you a bit of time by saying that we have finished collecting data on an experiment we have been running at Goldsmiths (and which has taken me all around London to meet and test Wagnerians) that required participants to listen to a ten-minute passage from Siegfried, then to complete a ten-minute memory test where they had to recall which leitmotifs they remembered hearing in the passage. Some people did very well on the memory test, others not so well.
So what leads to a person's ability to do well on this musical listening task?
As you might expect, we thought that how musical someone is would contribute to their recognition rate, but we also postulated that other variables may be at play. In addition to asking people about their musical background, we also surveyed participants' affinity for Richard Wagner and put them to the test by cross checking their self-reported Wagnerism with an fiendishly difficult objective Wagner quiz that was constructed in collaboration with Laurence Dreyfus.
The rationale behind the survey and the quiz was to attempt to get at what psychologists and statisticians refer to as a latent trait. A latent trait is something that cannot necessarily be measured directly like height, weight, or age, but rather one that is presumed to exist in the real world such as intelligence, anxiety, or neuroticism. In our case the latent variable we sought to measure was Wagnerism. We think that this trait actually exists in the population and its presence can be inferred from behavioural manifestations such as finding out the answer to questions like how many Der Ring des Nibelungen recordings an individual owns.
After collecting the results from 100 different participants, we attempted to use these scores from the surveys and quiz to attempt to predict how well someone would perform on a task such as the one presented to all of our subjects.
The numbers were crunched and what came out the other end of the analysis was quite surprising. We found that our Wagner survey and quiz actually served as a better tool to predict an individual's ability to identify leitmotifs than any other factor, including musical training! Our Wagner tool could actually predict leitmotif recognition ability at a rate at least twice that of an individual's musical training.
So essentially we have developed the first statistically backed psychometric tool for measuring a latent trait we're calling Wagnerism. So what? Though pretty useless on its own (unless you want a great party trick for your Ring screenings), this test suggests that factors other than someone's musical ability contribute to how an individual perceives music, which could help break down some of those inaccessibility complaints people seem to have about Wagner.
Our initial findings would suggest that you don't have to be the next Pierre Boulez to have a rich listening experience with Wagner's music, but rather you would stand a better chance if you just locked yourself in a room and listened to and read about his music until Walhalla burns down.
Some of the results of this work have been published in a paper given at the European Conference on Data Analysis in Bremen in July 2014.
If you would like to participate in a Transforming Musicology experiment at Goldsmiths, please contact David Baker at ps301db@gold.ac.uk or @DavidJohnBaker.


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1199: Pierre Basile, marksman
3 comments April 6th, 2010 Jonathan Shipley
(Thanks to Jonathan Shipley of A Writer's Desk for the guest post. -ed.)
If you kill a king, expect swift retribution.
Expect avengers.
Expect to not live long after you deal the final fatal blow to a royal personage.
A boy, Pierre Basile, was executed on this date in 1199 for shooting King Richard the Lionhearted* with an arrow expelled from his crossbow.
The wound wasn't fatal to Richard I; the gangrene was. (French page) Although the king pardoned the boy for the shot before dying, Richard's right hand man, French Provencal warrior Mercadier, would hear none of it. After the king's death, Mercadier stormed Chateau de Chalus-Chabrol, defended weakly by Basile, then flayed him alive before hanging him.
Little is known of the boy defender. Also known as Bertran de Gurdun and John Sabroz (the various names suggest we'll never know his real name), Basile was one of only two knights defending the castle against the king's siege.
This castle protected the southern approach to Limoges and was betwixt routes from Paris and Spain and the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The English army openly mocked its defenses as the siege continued. The ramparts were cobbled together with makeshift armor. A shield was constructed out of a frying pan.
Knowing the castle would fall sooner than later, the English were lax in their siege, though eager for the riches inside. (Supposedly within the castle walls was a treasure trove of Roman gold.)
Richard I, as feudal overlord, claimed it for himself and no boy knights were going to get in his way. The king had been in the area suppressing a revolt by Viscount Aimar V of Limoges. The viscount's forces had been decimated by the king's army. The riches for the win lay in the castle and Basile stood atop it.
It was early evening, March 25, 1199, when Richard walked around the castle perimeter without his chainmail on. Arrows had been shot from the ramparts by Basile but were paid little attention. The king applauded when one arrow was aimed at him. The next arrow fired struck the king in the left shoulder near the neck.
Richard the Lionhearted, mortally wounded.
The king returned to the privacy of his tent to pull it out. He couldn't. The surgeon Hoveden, Mercadier's personal physician, was summoned. He removed the arrow, but not swiftly, or cleanly. Gangrene quickly set in. The king asked for the crossbowman. The boy, Basile, appeared before the stricken king, expecting to be executed on the spot. The boy spoke first, saying he had tried to kill Richard because the king had killed the boy's father and two brothers.
"Live on," the king replied, "and by my bounty behold the light of day."
He ordered the boy set free and, further, sent him away with 100 shillings. Deliriously jubilant at the king's decision, the boy quickly returned to the castle.
On April 6, in the arms of his mother, Richard I died. His remains were buried at the foot of the tower from which Basile shot the arrow.
And with the king died his chivalry towards Basile.
Mercadier, who had entered the king's service in 1184 and fought in battles in Berry and Brittany, Flanders and Normandy, brought the castle's defenders to a swift and punishing death.
Hanging the defenders, he took the boy and flayed him first — that is, he removed the boy's skin while he was still alive. Then Pierre Basile was hung, and his body consigned in an unmarked grave.
* Last seen in these parts slaughtering Muslims on Crusade.
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1571: James Hamilton, Archbishop of St. Andrews and uncle of a crack shot - 2014
1752: Mary Blandy, "forgiveness powder" - 2013
1857: Francis Richeux, witnessed by Tolstoy - 2012
1945: Kim Malthe-Bruun, Yours, but not forever - 2011
1758: William Page, forgotten highwayman - 2009
1888: Jochin Henry Timmerman, "don't let them take you alive" - 2008
1396: Thousands of knights of the Last Crusade
1415: Bardolph, Hal's friend
1808: The Executions of the Third of May
1478: Pazzi Conspiracy attempted … and suppressed
1191: Muslim prisoners at Acre
Entry Filed under: 12th Century,Capital Punishment,Children,Cycle of Violence,Death Penalty,England,Execution,Flayed,France,Gruesome Methods,Guest Writers,Hanged,History,Known But To God,No Formal Charge,Notable for their Victims,Occupation and Colonialism,Other Voices,Pardons and Clemencies,Power,Soldiers,Summary Executions,Wartime Executions,Wrongful Executions
Tags: 1190s, 1199, aimar v, april 6, chalus, eleanor of aquitaine, mercadier, pierre basile, regicide, richard the lionhearted
On this date in 1191, Richard the Lionheart had 2,700 Muslim prisoners of Acre demonstratively executed before his opposite number Saladin, when ransom arrangements dilated.
Courtesy of Project Gutenberg, here is Guizot on this ugly prod to action from the Third Crusade
From the 1st of August, 1191, to the 9th of October, 1192, King Richard remained alone in the East as chief of the crusade and defender of Christendom. He pertains, during that period, to the history of England, and no longer to that of France. We will, however, recall a few facts to show how fruitless, for the cause of Christendom in the East, was the prolongation of his stay and what strange deeds—at one time of savage barbarism, and at another of mad pride or fantastic knight-errantry—were united in him with noble instincts and the most heroic courage. On the 20th of August, 1191, five weeks after the surrender of St. Jean d'Acre, he found that Saladin was not fulfilling with sufficient promptitude the conditions of capitulation, and, to bring him up to time, he ordered the decapitation, before the walls of the place, of, according to some, twenty-five hundred, and, according to others, five thousand, Mussulman prisoners remaining in his hands.
The only effect of this massacre was, that during Richard's first campaign after Philip's departure for France, Saladin put to the sword all the Christians taken in battle or caught straggling, and ordered their bodies to be left without burial, as those of the garrison of St. Jean d'Acre had been. Some months afterwards Richard conceived the idea of putting an end to the struggle between Christendom and Islamry, which he was not succeeding in terminating by war, by a marriage. He had a sister, Joan of England, widow of William II., king of Sicily; and Saladin had a brother, Malek-Adhel, a valiant warrior, respected by the Christians. Richard had proposals made to Saladin to unite them in marriage and set them to reign together over the Christians and Mussulmans in the kingdom of Jerusalem. The only result of the negotiation was to give Saladin time for repairing the fortifications of Jerusalem, and to bring down upon King Richard and his sister, on the part of the Christian bishops, the fiercest threats of the fulminations of the Church. With the exception of this ridiculous incident, Richard's life, during the whole course of this year, was nothing but a series of great or small battles, desperately contested, against Saladin. When Richard had obtained a success, he pursued it in a haughty, passionate spirit; when he suffered a check, he offered Saladin peace, but always on condition of surrendering Jerusalem to the Christians, and Saladin always answered, "Jerusalem never was yours, and we may not without sin give it up to you; for it is the place where the mysteries of our religion were accomplished, and the last one of my soldiers will perish before the Mussulmans renounce conquests made in the name of Mahomet."
Good thing that Jerusalem issue has since been cleared up.
The BBC treated the scenario — complete with the resultant loss of the last chunk of the supposed True Cross — in a chunk of its 90-minute documentary on the Third Crusade:
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1946: Vojtech Tuka, Slovakian Prime Minister - 2015
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Entry Filed under: 12th Century,Ayyubid Empire,Beheaded,Borderline "Executions",Capital Punishment,Crusader Kingdom,Cycle of Violence,Death Penalty,England,Execution,History,Hostages,Israel,Mass Executions,Mature Content,No Formal Charge,Notable Participants,Occupation and Colonialism,Political Expedience,Public Executions,Soldiers,Summary Executions,Wartime Executions
Tags: 1191, acre, august 20, christianity, crusades, holy relics, islam, jerusalem, richard the lionhearted, saladin, siege of acre, third crusade, true cross

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New Study Reveals HIV Misinformation and Stigma Common Among Americans
A new study from GLAAD and pharmaceutical giant Gilead reveals that many Americans are misinformed about HIV and how it spreads.
While HIV can only be transmitted through blood or sexual contact—and many people living with HIV are on effective treatment to have an undetectable viral load and therefore cannot spread the virus—the State of HIV Stigma study, which polled 2,506 adults from across the US, found that 59 percent believe it is "important to be careful around people living with HIV to avoid catching it." Only 60 percent were aware that HIV could be treated at all.
Not only is misinformation surrounding HIV common, but so is stigma; 56 percent of non-LGBTQ respondents and 45 percent of LGBTQ respondents said they would be uncomfortable having a "doctor, dentist, or medical professional living with HIV," 47 percent of non-LGBTQ respondents and 39 percent of LGBTQ respondents said they'd be uncomfortable with having a hairstylist with HIV, and 32 percent of non-LGBTQ respondents and 30 percent of LGBTQ respondents would be uncomfortable having a coworker living with HIV.
"People living with HIV today are leading long, healthy lives and cannot transmit HIV when they receive proper treatment, but the stigma that they face has persisted for far too long and leads to harmful discrimination," said Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and CEO of GLAAD. "HIV issues have flown under the radar, but with advances in treatment and prevention, we urgently need to educate the public on the facts about HIV today."
"This new survey gives us valuable insight into the role stigma plays as a barrier to care," said Amy Flood of Gilead. "The solution will require collaboration between the entire community fighting this epidemic, from scientists to doctors and community leaders—and Gilead is proud to be a part of this effort."
However, Gilead has faced criticism over their high prices of Truvada, a PrEP medication they produce. The company has been alleged to put off the development of a safer alternative to extend the drug's patent and prevent a cheaper generic version from being produced.
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Best known as founder and producer of the Vans Warped tour which will make its 24th and final cross-country run in 2018. He has been an industry professional for 37 years working his way up from throwing backyard concerts to producing festivals like Rockstar Mayhem, Country Throwdown, Sprite Liquid mix, It's NOT Dead amongst numerous others.
For his philanthropic efforts, Lyman was recognized as the Billboard Touring Awards Humanitarian of the Year (2009), an honoree at the Grammy/MusiCares MAP Fund gala (2011), and was inducted into the Top Dog Touring Hall of Fame at the Tour Link Conference (2012).
In 2009, Billboard awarded Lyman the Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic work, which has included founding the Unite the United Foundation, a charitable organization that has raised over $1 million for various non-profits.
In 2014, Lyman's Vans Warped Tour attempted to set a Guinness World Record title for Largest Food Drive in 24-Hour period at a single location. In 2013, the tour collected 33,000 pounds of food.
In 2016 Lyman was given the Humanitarian of the year award, by the Tj Martell foundation at their annual Family Day.


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· Never skip dinners as this may empower eating. Moreover, cutting the body includes an expansion in the rate of digestion. Skipping suppers diminishes this rate.
· Eating ought to be done while one is loose and situated yet never the normal touching the refrigerator.
· Let the enticing sustenances be removed of your home and teach yourself to eat just at home.
· Ensure you are occupied as this will go about as an activity notwithstanding wiping out the potential outcomes of you eating since you are exhausted.
It is supported that one keeps a diary when they are eating less junk food. Continuously set in motion all that you eat as this has been demonstrated to enable one remain to firm on track. Regardless of whether you simply record it on a bit of napkin and toss it a short time later, recording it itself is a demonstration of responsibility to oneself; a powerful weight reduction instrument. Recording additionally prompts a superior memory of the equivalent regardless of whether you will never peruse it again.
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Please note: Booth Registration will close on 17 April 2017.
After overwhelming demand, we have been able to secure additional space in the exhibition hall and booth registration is now open once again! Please note, that this extension of exhibition space is of a limited quantity and as always, first-come, first-served. Exhibitor Registration/booth space selection will happen through the so-called SPMS (Scientific Programme Management System) instance of IPAC'17.
You will need a JACoW username and password to register. If you have attended, exhibited at, or submitted an abstract to a member conference of JACoW (the Joint Accelerator Conferences Website collaboration), you should already have a profile. If you are new to these conferences or have forgotten your username, signing up is easy; just click the link above and follow the instructions under "Search for a Profile, Create a Profile/Account".
Exhibitors will receive a password in February 2017 to a web shop where they can order additional technical supplies and catering for their stand.
Prices are €5,000 for a single unit booth and €8,000 for a double unit booth, and €15,000 for an island space equal to a 4-unit booth. The Island price does not include construction or build-up. Should you desire this, or a larger space, please contact Rob Yarbray +1-571-332-0337 (GMT -5:00) or via email to ipac17_industry [at] esss [dot] se.
Note: Only two adjacent single booths whose combined size is 6m x 2m can be considered to be a double booth. Any other choice of two single booths (non-adjacent booths or back-to-back booths) will be treated as two choices of single booth, and charged accordingly.
Booth placement or locations on the hall floor are booked through SPMS on a first-come, first-served basis - so it pays to register early! The conference organisers reserve the right to best accommodate booth placement should the need or event arise.
Any additional conference participants will be charged at the regular Delegate rate.
For further information on booking sponsorship opportunities, please contact Rob Yarbray directly at +1-571-332-0337 or via email to ipac17_industry [at] esss [dot] se.
NEW! Exhibitor-only passes for 16 May 2017: Tuesday is Industry Session Day at IPAC'17. Therefore, if you do no have a booth but want to experience the Industry Session and stroll around the Exhibition Area, you may purchase a "Tuesday Exhibitor-only Day Pass" at 750 DKK (excl. VAT). Includes admission to the venue and the Industry Session, coffee break and a badge. Please fill in the booking form and submit by fax or as a scan via e-mail to the contact provided on the form.
To order any of the sponsor items from below directly, please fill in the sponsor item booking form and submit by fax or as a scan via e-mail to the contacts provided on the form.
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*For the first time, IPAC'17 will introduce a job fair for post docs. For a nominal fee, as a sponsor you will be allowed to give a short 1-2 minute speech about your company and your current and future HR/recruiting needs. Once all companies have spoken, the remainder of the time will be spent "speed dating".
** 4 – 5 members of the IC will be invited to help judge the Student Poster Session Sunday evening. Using the funds from your sponsorship, this award will be awarded on Thursday afternoon.
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Jean-Michel Aulas, the President of Lyon, explained on Saturday on RTL that in his hypothetical plan to take over the Champions League, UEFA had placed OL's return leg against Juventus in Turin on August 7.
In an interview with RTL, this Saturday, Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of Lyon, notably explained: "The match against Juventus is confirmed on Friday, August 7, in Turin and behind closed doors (Editor's note: in the round of 16 return from C1; OL won 1-0 first leg on February 26). If the appeals do not succeed, it is to send Lyon and Paris (qualified for the quarters) to be massacred by teams which will have a preparation that the others do not have. "
To date, there is no assurance, however, that Juventus will not have an advantage over Lyon, which will not replay in Ligue 1, following the final cessation of the season. The protocol proposed by Lega Calcio still has to be validated by the Italian health authorities. A resumption of Serie A remains very hypothetical. Just like the resumption of the Champions League, moreover.
UEFA has planned to organize the end of the season for its European competitions in August. The fourth round of 16 final, including Juve-OL, remains to be disputed and involve teams playing in championships which have planned to resume. Germany has already started a restart on May 16, when Spain has started the resumption phase of individual training.
Faced with the French decision to stop everything, Jean-Michel Aulas announced in recent days that he had brought two legal actions. OL is ranked seventh in the championship and may not participate in a European cup next season for the first time in twenty years unless they win the League Cup, for which they have to play the final against PSG… even winning the Champions League.
The President of Lyon said he was in favor of a playoff system to play in August.
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To some, it might seem like high school sweethearts are utopian myths of past generations - like 25 cent movies or affordable single-family homes. But still, every once in a while, teenagers look up from their iPhones for just long enough to lock eyes with their soulmates. This was the case for Beatriz Suzette Malagón; a Miami native turned Texan who found love when she returned to her hometown in 2010.
After enrolling in high school, she attended a summer program notorious for sparking romances across the globe - band camp. As the result of a mid-day cafeteria McDonalds-fueled rabble, Beatriz found herself doused in water from a flying jug. The perpetrator? A jovial, yet apologetic musician who would become an instant friend and confidante.
Later that year, when Alexis Gutiérrez asked Beatriz to be his official bus buddy, she warned him, "You won't be able to get rid of me now. I'll stick to you like gum stuck under a shoe." Alexis seemed okay with that arrangement as they continued to spend time together as friends and then "amiguitos" before making it Facebook official over a year later. Why the delay? Beatriz promised her mother not commit to a boyfriend until her 18th birthday.
On that fateful day on February 14, 2012, in the style of the MTV teen reality show, "Promposal," Alexis asked his BFF to go steady via an epic flash mob production, starring close friends and band-mates from the marching band. This grandiose gesture would kick-start a seven-year rendezvous filled with Disney vacations, school dances, coming-of-age realizations, irreplaceable memories and through it all, a shared passion for music that would bind them together.
For the marriage proposal, Alexis upgraded his flash mob formula with a full-scale concert at the couple's college, Florida State University. Starting with the perfect set list, Alexis commissioned his fraternity brothers, friends and an all-Sinfonian quartet to help serenade Beatriz with her favorite songs. From Bayside to Moulin Rouge, each musical selection represented a shared memory. Culminating in an acoustic version of Coldplay's "Amazing Day," Alexis performed his solo in the Opperman Music Hall corridor while the flash mob took their marks. While he strummed OneRepublic's "Something I Need," the flash mob sang their way up the steps of the amphitheater and across the alumni green to meet the couple at the university seal. Dropping down on one knee, this time, Alexis asked to make their relationship more than Facebook official and Beatriz agreed.
As elaborate as the proposal might have been, the wedding was light and airy. Choosing The Retreat at Bradley's Pond to house the 120-person affair, the couple went for a rustic vibe with notes of rose gold, champagne, ivory, blush and navy. While they had a specific aesthetic in mind, their primary objective was to make everyone feel included in the celebration.
Integrating relatives into every detail of the planning process, the couple hired their kin as wedding vendors from the wedding planner to the day of coordinators. The groom also leveraged his family's event planning business to supply hydrangeas, pink roses, baby's breath, vintage furniture and other décor pieces.
The bride enlisted a family friend, Mary-Jane William Aguilar, to design a custom form-fitting gown in lace and tulle. The long-sleeved stunner was embellished with a white belt and heavy beading and paired with a hand-made Cathedral-style veil, rose-gold earrings and a tiara, all gifted (or created by) close family members. Beatriz adds, "It was a humbling reminder that I am the woman standing here today because of the women and individuals who have come into my life and left me with a lesson, a memory or a piece of them and their love." The groom sported a classic "lewk" with a navy suit, brown accessories, white dress shirt and champagne vest and tie.
The couple wrote and recited their own vows, encapsulating anecdotes from high school, college, and adulthood, however it was the music that fittingly served as the centerpiece of the day. Alexis' former a cappella group, along with his groomsmen belted out "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" as Beatriz walked down the aisle, while a live DJ provided other rhythmic expressions such as top 40s, popular party selections, hip-hop, SIA stroll songs, bachata, reggaeton, salsa, merengue and a traditional hora and chair dance.
The duo called on their favorite Cuban restaurant, Habana's Boardwalk, to cater the reception dinner, serving vaca frita with grilled chicken, white rice with black beans, sweet plantains, yucca and a salad. Transforming a full section of the reception hall to an ornate dessert station, guests indulged in coconut treats, macaroons, cake pops, cookies, mini cupcakes and a three-tiered multi-flavor wedding cake adorned with a cake topper depicting the pair's two cats, Nugget and George.
From the music to the food to the decorations, Beatriz and Alexis infused their love in every detail of their wedding day. While they admit they found the process stressful, they appreciate the support they received from vendors, family and friends. "It took a village to plan and execute our special day, and we couldn't have done it without everyone involved," they explain. However, it was the comfort they offered each other that kept them alert and grounded throughout the experience. They say, "We just allowed each other to be vulnerable and honest on how we were coping with the process. Some tears were shed, but there was always a reassuring warmth in validating each other's experiences while in a comforting embrace. These were our moments of security amidst chaos." It's this togetherness that defines them as a couple and why they are part of the lucky few to successfully traverse the journey from band-mates to bus buddies to "amiguitos" to "Facebook official" to ultimately husband and wife.


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This pair of elegant floor candle holders of anodized iron, exquisite for its minimalist design and magnificent execution, fully combines the ancient Japanese Zen traditions and the worldwide modernist trends of the 1960s.
A duo of anodized brass candlesticks, each featuring a round base, stem and a lotus flower that contains a regular size candle. Manufactured in the USA during the 1960s. The candlesticks are unpolished, bear the original vintage patina, and remain in excellent original vintage condition consistent with age and use.
- 84° Russian Silver Standard hallmark (before 1917) for 875/1000 silver purity.
- Silversmith's hallmark in Cyrillic "ИБ"("IB" in English) is for Ivan Bednyakov.
- A town hallmark is of the city of Voronezh in form of the city coat of arms with a double-headed eagle and a capsized vessel with water, flowing out of it.
- Assay master's hallmark in Cyrillic "BO" ("VO" in English) is for Vasiliy Osipov.
There are few techniques that offer such diversity of expression, such as a metalworking technique of Repoussé or repoussage (French) in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. Chasing is the opposite technique to repoussé. While repoussé is used to work on the reverse of the metal to form a raised design on the front, chasing is used to refine the design on the front of the work by sinking the metal. Both techniques are used in conjunction to create a finished piece. It is also known as embossing. The process is relatively slow, but a maximum of form is achieved, with one continuous surface of sheet metal of essentially the same thickness.
Made of multi-colored patinated & ormolu bronze in the second half of the 19th century France, this absolutely fabulous stationary figural candle holder was probably intended to embellisha gentleman's desk, judging by the plot of the depicted scene where a beautiful, half-naked girl who came to the fountain to get water, in a day-dreaming state did not even notice as one of her pitchers fell to the ground and smashed; of which the inscription engraved on the gilded medallion in the center of the plinth is informing the viewer; and which serves as the name of this remarkable sculpture - "La Cruche Casee" ("The Broken Jug").
These 19th Century candle holders are a fine example of the style that was domineering in the applied arts during Napoleon III reign in France i.e. Second French Empire - the period between the Second and the Third Republic. The Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III that lasted from 1852 to 1870 and had developed a certain style in arts, easily recognizable in the decorations of these wonderful candle holders - they feature Greek mythological heads, a very popular Empire-style decorations. Made of black-patinated bronze, only a few details are gilded to accent their truly elegant shape.


The University of Indianapolis men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Kenosha, Wis., to participate in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Championship, Feb. 27-28. The Greyhounds pulled out second-place finishes in both the men's and women's competitions.
Head Track and Field Coach Scott Fangman was pleased with the teams' performances. He said the second-place finishes were great accomplishments.
"They beat us … fair and square," Fangman said. "We have nothing to be ashamed of. You can look back now and say, 'We got second in conference; what does that mean?' Well, it means you beat 12 other teams. You went into that thing 0-0 and you walked out 12-1. That isn't too bad.
Beating out the Hounds for first place was Lewis University. This is the third year in a row that the Flyers have won the indoor championship. Fangman said the Flyers' are among the best in the nation.
The Hounds finished the weekend with six first-places finishes. Sophomore Katie Monk won the women's weight throw with 17.58 meters and shot put with 14.33 meters. For the men, junior Vincent Ziraldo won the weight throw with 17.95 meters, and junior Shaquelle Lewis earned first in shot put with 16.30 meters. Senior Josh Bass won the long jump with 6.99 meters.
Although the Hounds have faced challenges this season, Fangman said that the situations did not affect the teams' performances.
As the teams start transitioning from indoor to outdoor, Fangman said that he is expecting great things.
Junior Kylie Ballard said she is looking forward to the opportunity for the team to improve as the season continues.
Monk, sophomore Kieran Casey, junior Quinntyn Qualls, freshman Brian Sales, sophomore Antwan Martin and freshman Allen Wright all advanced to the NCAA Divison II Indoor Championship. The six qualifiers will travel to Pittsburgh, Kan., to compete in the NCAA Division II Indoor Championship, March 11-12.


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Authorities investigating mystery pulmonary disease among e-cigarette users
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CDC investigating 193 cases of lung injury tied to vaping
First death linked with mystery lung disease in people who use e-cigarettes
Authorities warn against use of e-cigarettes
THC products implicated in outbreak of mystery lung disease
Death toll from vaping related lung disease reaches 52
Vaping-related lung injury: number of cases exceeds 2,000
Major increase in number of cases of vaping-related lung injury
Jump in vaping related deaths reported
More than 200 people now affected by mystery respiratory disease in US
Number of vaping-related disease cases surpasses 1,000 mark
Sixth death linked to vaping related disease reported
Authorities step up investigation into vaping-related lung disease
Clinical Essentials de New York State Department of Health
Vaping illness tied to vitamin E oil in cannabis-containing products
Reports of teen vaping-related death in Belgium
Death toll rises in vaping-related illnesses
Authorities in the United States are investigating around 150 cases of severe pulmonary disease which they believe could be linked to e-cigarette use or vaping.
Between 28 June and 20 August, at least 149 possible cases of severe lung illness associated with e-cigarette product use were reported by 15 states, primarily among adolescents and young people.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in many of the cases, patients reported a gradual start of symptoms including breathing difficulty, shortness of breath and/or chest pain before hospitalisation. Some cases additionally reported mild-to-moderate gastrointestinal illness and fatigue.
In a statement, the CDC said available evidence does not suggest that an infectious disease is the principle cause of the illness. While a cause has not yet been identified, all reported cases had used e-cigarette products or had been vaping.
It also noted that in many cases, patients acknowledged the recent use of tetrahydrocannabinol-containing products; however, it said no specific product has been identified in all cases, nor has any product been conclusively linked to illnesses.
"Even though cases appear similar, it is not clear if these cases have a common cause or if they are different diseases with similar presentations," the CDC said.


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This volume is the 3rd issue in the thematic series "Typology of morphosyntactic parameters". It contains papers presented at the international conferences "Typology of morphosyntactic parameters 2016" and The Fourth conference in General, Nordic and Slavic linguistics for graduate and doctoral students "Gensling 2016" held October 12–14, 2016 at Moscow State Pedagogical University and Institute of Linguistic Research RAS, Moscow. All papers take the parametric approach to model linguistic diversity searching for clusters of features co-occurring in natural grammars. In this volume, typological diversity is studied from functional as well as formal perspectives.


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Venezia FC release 21/22 third shirt
Following the release of the 21/22 home and away shirts, Venezia FC have released the 21/22 third shirt, an aqua-colored shirt inspired by the Venetian lagoon, with a part of the proceeds being dedicated to local conservation.
Yesterday, Venezia FC announced a partnership with We are here Venice (WahV), an NGO focused on restoring and revitalizing the lagoon as a central part of ensuring Venice's future as a living city. To activate the partnership, Venezia FC are donating €5 from the sale of each shirt at shop.veneziafc.it to We are here Venice.
The third shirt features a blue-green body with Venezia FC's arancioneroverde on the chest in three fading stripes, creating a sense of the club's colors floating on water. The body is framed in black with an intricate pattern from the shoulders through the sleeves. In a continuing theme of the 21/22 collection, the shirt features a gold "Venezia" script on the chest and a special edition gold crest, along with Kappa logos in gold.
To bring the story around the shirt to life, the campaign was shot at the Alberoni Dunes Oasis, a Special Conservation Area located at the southern end of the island of Lido di Venezia.
The precarious state of Venice and its lagoon environment has long been understood, but has received fresh international attention recently. Last month, after UNESCO had threatened but ultimately chose not to place Venice on its list of world heritage sites in danger, Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini stated, "Now, the global attention on Venice must remain high, and it is everyone's duty to work for the protection of the lagoon and identify a sustainable development path for this unique reality."
In recognition of We are here Venice's leadership role and credibility on these issues, Venezia FC have chosen to support the organization's important work over the next two seasons.


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Балдуин фон Бентхайм Смелия (; ; * пр. 1190, † между 23 април 1246 и 9 май 1248) от род Герулфинги (Дом Холандия) е граф на Бентхайм (1208 – 1248) и бургграф на Утрехт.

Биография
Той е син на граф Ото I фон Холанд-Бентхайм (1145 – 1208) и първата му съпруга Алверада фон Куик-Арнсберг (ок. 1160 – 1230), дъщеря на граф Хайнрих I фон Арнсберг.

Той последва баща си като граф. Работи тясно свързан с Велфите и става фогт на Витмаршен и Верселое. Тясно свързан е с холандския граф Вилхелм I Холандски и известно време е сърегент на малолетния му син Флоренс IV. От 1217 до 1219 г. участва в петия кръстоносен поход. През 1227 г. попада при битка в плен. През 1246 г. Балдуин е споменат за последн път в документи.

Деца
Със съпругата си Юта († пр. 9 май 1248) той има децата:
 Ото II († сл. 1279), 1248 граф на Бентхайм, 1264 граф на Текленбург; ∞ пр. 1246 Хайлвиг (1219 – 1264), дъщеря на граф Ото I фон Текленбург
 Елизабет; ∞ Лудолф III († ок. 1265), господар на Щайнфурт
 Екберт († ок. 1311), апанаж-господар на Малсен и Вестерхолте, фогт на Алборг
 Берта (* 1215); ∞ граф Хайнрих II фон Дале († ок. 1272)
 Балдуин († ок. 1258)

Литература
 Wilhelm Karl Prinz zu Isenburg: Europäische Stammtafeln, Band VIII, Tafel 81 f.
 Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln, Band XXVII, Tafel 150, 159.

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Външни препратки
 Balduin I. der Tapfere , genealogie-mittelalter.de

Графове на Бентхайм
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Digital Governance with Jeffrey RoyICT
Gun control: The VP, Twitter and the 3D printer
Faced with the Newtown tragedy, President Obama has sought to make gun control a signature issue at the outset of his second term. Within and outside of Congress, the topic is one closely intertwined with technology and the advent of online advocacy.
First, there is Vice President Joe Biden, the President's go-to guy on the fiscal cliff, redeployed in January to rapidly consult stakeholders and craft proposals in concert with legislators. Whatever common ground emerges is owed to the convergence and cooperation of moderates in both parties, themselves prodded by shifting public opinion in the wake of the mass killing of young children.
Forging such compromise is the stuff of traditional politics: closed-door meetings and Congressional hearings amplified by television media.
Online, a new layering of activity has also emerged and begun to exert influence. There is familiar and even amplified divisiveness: the NRA, for example, published videos attacking the Obama administration and, frighteningly, even invoking the Obama children. Yet there are also attempts by the White House to gauge opinions in novel ways via social media, and to shape the public conversation accordingly.
Perhaps the biggest challenge with leveraging this online space lies in the fleetingness of reactions in response to crises and incidents of one sort or another. As Newtown recedes from media headlines, so too does the urgency of the pressures on lawmakers to act. Moreover, there is no formal apparatus to tie together online dialogue and the formalities of Congress.
Money thus becomes a central proxy. Most prominently, the NRA's influence in legislative races at all levels across the country stems from member donations and mobilization between and especially during elections. On the other side, Arizona Congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords' new entity is also aiming to raise resources, and groups such as One Million Mothers for Gun Control have devised innovative grassroots and online campaigns.
Yet such bilateral action may well reinforce gridlock, especially in a country with an inherent suspicion toward government. Exit polls during President Obama's re-election, for instance, revealed more than half of voters view the state as over-extended. And while Newtown provided wind in the sails of gun control advocates, it also brought alarm to many voters fearful of government overreach (prompting the President to claim that he frequently enjoys skeet shooting at Camp David – prompting, in turn, the White House to then tweet photo evidence in light of widespread skepticism).
Gun control has also entailed administrative governance challenges, as demonstrated in this country all too well. The scrapping of Canada's gun registry is owed in part to a shift in political ideology, but also an all-too-familiar boggling of an IT project. Such pitfalls have long been recognized by the OECD as the "hidden threat" to e-government and it similarly stokes fears in the U.S. in terms of the American government's ability to better track gun ownership and how such data would and could be used. Likeminded discussions of an electronic registry for mental illness, for example, are quickly cast in Orwellian terms.
Web 2.0 has also brought novel forms of action and new controversy. Deploying the principles underpinning open data initiatives, one local American newspaper gathered publicly searchable records and created an online and searchable mapping of households with registered firearms. The outrage that ensued led to its dismantling, but the episode is suggestive of how new forms of transparency and collective action may shape this debate in the future.
And the future is likely to include guns. Even prior to Newtown, media reports had circulated about the widening concerns of law enforcement agencies pertaining to three dimensional printers, small appliances that can quickly assemble tangible items (making use of readily available recipes online, for instance). The television show that first ventured into Second Life to solve a case, CSI New York, recently featured such a device. Perhaps appropriately given the newness of this technology, the gun eventually misfired thereby harming the perpetrator.
But technology is anything but static, and this ominous form of "do-it-yourself" weaponry seems destined to materialize – literally and figuratively, no pun intended.
Jeffrey Roy is professor in the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University (roy@dal.ca).
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Jeffrey Roy
Jeffrey Roy is Professor in the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management. He is a widely published observer and critic of the impacts of digital technologies on government and democracy. He has worked with the United Nations, the OECD, multinational corporations, and all levels of government in Canada. He has produced more than eighty peer-reviewed articles and chapters and his most recent book was published in 2013 by Springer: From Machinery to Mobility: Government and Democracy in a Participative Age. Among other bodies, his research has been funded by the IBM Center for the Business of Government and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He may be reached at: roy@dal.ca
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