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Das Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart ist eine öffentlich getragene Einrichtung zur Förderung von Popmusik und Popkultur und dabei zentrale Anlaufstelle für Künstlerinnen und Künstler sowie Beteiligte der regionalen und landesweiten Popkultur. Zu den Aufgabengebieten der Förderinstitution gehören Beratung von Musikschaffenden in der Region Stuttgart sowie Projektentwicklung, Definition von kulturellen Räumen und Angeboten. Aktuell sind dort zehn Mitarbeitende mit verschiedenen thematischen Schwerpunkten beschäftigt.

Geschichte
Das Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart, oder auch kurz Pop-Büro genannt, wurde 2003 gegründet. Finanziell getragen wird es seit der Gründung von der Wirtschaftsförderung der Region Stuttgart, der Stuttgarter Jugendhausgesellschaft sowie dem Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Daraus ergibt sich die bis heute bestehenden Kernaufgabe: Förderung der populären Musik an der Schnittstelle zwischen Wirtschaft, Kultur und Jugend.

Ausgangspunkt der Gründung war eine Förderung vom Bundesland Baden-Württemberg in Verbindung mit einer Erhebung des Förderbedarfs in Stuttgart. Diese 450-seitige Bestandaufnahme, die dem Gemeinderat per CD-Rom übergeben wurde, gilt als Grundlage, um das Pop-Büro ins Leben zu rufen. 2004 wurden die Räumlichkeiten im Stuttgarter Stadtteil Hallschlag bezogen.

2003 bis 2010: Gründung und erste große Projekte
Die Gründer des Pop-Büros waren auch gleichzeitig die ersten Leiter: Paul Woog und Mini Schulz. Während der Musiker Schulz sich auf die künstlerischen Aspekte der Förderarbeit konzentrierte, zeichnete Woog für die pädagogische und wirtschaftliche Leitung verantwortlich. Zu den ersten großen Projekten zählt eine große Kampagne zur Neuerschließung von Proberäumen und die Veranstaltung des MARS - Music Award Region Stuttgart.

Im Rahmen der ersten MARS-Verleihung 2006 wurde u. a. eine neue Hymne für die Stadt Stuttgart gesucht. Anfangs noch als kleine Branchenveranstaltung konzipiert, wuchs der MARS rasch zu einer überregional bedeutsamen Musikpreisverleihung: 2009 konnte als Moderatorin für die Verleihung die Moderatorin Hadnet Tesfai (u. a. MTV, ProSieben, Radio Fritz) gewonnen werden. Teil des musikalischen Rahmenprogramms dieser ersten großen Ausgabe waren u. a. Hubert Kah und DJ Schowi (Massive Töne). Ausgezeichnet wurden bisher u. a. Cassandra Steen, Philipp Poisel, das Label Chimperator, Cro oder die Band Schmutzki. Veranstaltet wurde der MARS in den Räumlichkeiten des Stuttgarter Planetariums und 2015 im neueröffnetem Im Wizemann (ehem. Zapata).

2007 wurde zum ersten Mal PLAY LIVE, der landesweite Bandförderpreis, als Nachfolgeprojekt  von "Baden-Württemberg rockt" (1992–2006) veranstaltet. Gemeinsam mit Partnerinstitutionen aus ganz Baden-Württemberg, die sich zu den Popbüros Baden-Württemberg zusammenschlossen, wurden Nachwuchsbands, Musikerinnen und Musiker gezielt gecoacht, professionalisiert und für das Live-Business vorbereitet. Teil des Hauptpreises war ein Auftritt beim Southside Festival. Fester Medienpartner der Radiosender DasDing (SWR). Zu den bekanntesten Teilnehmenden und Gewinnerbands zählen Die Happy, Schmutzki, Antiheld, Heisskalt, Van Holzen, An Early Cascade und Kemelion. 2018 fand PLAY LIVE zum letzten Mal statt.

2010 bis 2018: Pop, Politik und Clubkultur
2010 wurde Peter James zum neuen Leiter des Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart berufen. Der in Deutschland geborene Brite gründete bereits die Hamburger Musikfördereinrichtung Rock City sowie den VUT mit, den Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmer. Unter James Ägide rückte das Pop-Büro auch mehr in den Fokus landesweiter Projekte und engagierte sich zunehmend für die Stuttgarter Clubs und Livespielstätten. Dafür wurde das Clubkollektiv Stuttgart e. V. ins Leben gerufen und der erste Stuttgart Music Summit veranstaltet.

Neben dem Einfluss auf Landesebene erhöhte das Pop-Büro auch seine Sichtbarkeit weiter über die Grenzen der Region Stuttgart hinaus: Branchenevents wie das Reeperbahn Festival oder das South by Southwest in Austin, Texas wurden zu Pflichtterminen im Kalender. Durch einen Bandaustausch mit Schweden in Kooperation mit der Partnerorganisation Bilda und gezieltem Toursupport wurden Musikerinnen und Musiker aus der Region auch außerhalb Deutschlands einem neuen Publikum präsentiert.

Aktiv wurde das Pop-Büro unter Leitung von Peter James auch im Jazzbereich. In Kooperation mit dem Jazzverband Baden-Württemberg organisierte das Team die jährliche Präsenz des Landes auf der jazzahead in Bremen. Zudem wurde der Jazzverband mit einer Teilzeit-Stelle auch organisatorisch in die Geschäftsräume des Pop-Büros am Hallschlag eingebunden.

2018 bis heute: digitale Transformation und nationale Netzwerke
Mit Walter Ercolino bekam das Pop-Büro 2019 erneut eine neue Leitung. Der in digitalen Transformationsprozessen erfahrene Musikmanager führt das immer weiter wachsende Team in einen digitaleren Arbeitsalltag. Nach der Neurenovierung der Geschäftsräume am Hallschlag und der Reorganisation einiger Projektstrukturen wurde 2019 zum ersten Mal die ABOUT POP veranstaltet, ein ursprünglich als Branchenkonferenz angedachtes Format für regionale Musikschaffende.

In den vier Jahren nach der ersten Ausgabe entwickelte sich die ABOUT POP schnell zu einem Hybrid aus Musikfestival und Konferenz, das große Teile des Wizemann Areals und präsentiert jährlich regionale, nationale sowie internationale Liveacts. Das Event, das Gäste vor allem aus Baden-Württemberg anzieht, behandelt darüber haus auch aktuelle Entwicklungen und Strömungen in der Pop- und Clubkultur.

Als landesweites Folgeprojekt für PLAY LIVE (siehe oben), wurde 2019 das Electronic Barcamp ins Leben gerufen, bei dem vor allem die Musikproduktion und die Produzentinnen bzw. Produzenten im Fokus sind - eine Reaktion des Pop-Büros auf die vermehrt digitalen Möglichkeiten der Musikproduktion, die durch Rapper wie Rin und Bausa auch in der Region Stuttgart bekannte Vertreter fanden.

Auch die Arbeit an Exportformaten und (internationaler) Vernetzung nahm zu. Gemeinsam mit verschiedenen Popförderinstitutionen und der Initiative Musik, einer Einrichtung des Bundes zur Musikförderung, entsendet das Pop-Büro jährlich zwei Live-Acts zum Waves Vienna Festival nach Wien. Durch die sehr aktive Netzwerk- und Förderarbeit konnten zudem bereits Auftritte beim Pop-Kultur Festival in Berlin, dem Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg oder auch zur c/o Pop nach Köln vermittelt werden. Wichtige Branchenverbände und -vereine, zu denen das Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart gehört, ist der Bundesverband Popularmusik (BV POP), der Music Women* Germany e. V. sowie dem Verein für Popkultur.

Als im März 2020 die COVID-19-Pandemie um sich Griff, stand die Kulturbranche weltweit vor einem wirtschaftlichen Problem. Um die Musikschaffenden, Veranstalter und Veranstalterinnen in Deutschland schnell und unbürokratisch zu unterstützen, gründete sich in Berlin die Initiative United We Stream mit der Unterstützung von arte Concerts. Mit Livestreamings wurde Geld gesammelt, das direkt in Hilfsgelder floss. Das Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart organisierte kurz nach Berlin United We Stream Stuttgart und einen Fonds speziell für Veranstaltende, um auch der regionalen Branche zu helfen. Im Anschluss folgten weitere lokale Ableger von United We Stream in München, Köln, Leipzig und zahlreichen Städten auf der ganzen Welt.

2020 hat der Ausschuss für Wirtschaft und Wohnen der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart in seiner Sitzung beschlossen, eine neue Koordinierungsstelle Nachtleben einzurichten. Das Konzept dafür wurde vom Club Kollektiv Stuttgart gegründet, von dem das Pop-Büro nach wie vor ein Teil ist: Eine Mitarbeiterin oder ein Mitarbeiter wird in der städtischen Wirtschaftsförderung als verwaltungsinterner Lotse angesiedelt, eine szeneaffine Fachkraft, der Nachtmanager, ist dem Pop‐Büro Region Stuttgart zugeordnet. Der erste Nachtmanager ist seit 2021 der Kulturmanager Nils Runge. Zu Runges ersten Schwerpunkten zählt die Unterstützung der regionalen Clublandschaft während der COVID-19-Pandemie.

Seit 2021 veranstaltet das Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart gemeinsam mit dem Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media den landesweiten Musikvideopreis "Buggles Award" und entwickelt sich damit weiter als interdisziplinäre Fördereinrichtung für Popmusik und Popkultur.

Weblinks

 Website des Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart
 Website der ABOUT POP - Festival und Konferenz für Popkultur

Einzelnachweise

Musikorganisation (Stuttgart)
Popmusik (Deutschland)
Gegründet 2003


Henri Barkey speaks at an event at Washington-based Brookings Institute.
An Istanbul court issued a detention warrant for U.S. scholar Henri Barkey after a demand by the office of Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor over charges of plotting July 15 coup with a group of scholars and philanthropists at a workshop during the coup night in an island in the Marmara Sea.
The same office who secured imprisonment of Osman Kavala, a famous philanthropist, over coup-related charges three weeks ago now aims to arrest Mr. Barkey who was at an international conference during the coup night.
Mr. Barkey, Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University, found himself in the crosshairs of pro-government media in Turkey and was portrayed as one of the key architects behind the July 15 coup attempt.
The Turkish media calls him a CIA agent and accuses him of orchestrating the putsch, which killed 249 people and wounded more than 2,000. Mr. Barkey regards charges as absurd and ludicrous.
The detention warrant came after The Wall Street Journal reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigates former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's possible role in an alleged plot to spirit away a Muslim cleric from the U.S. to be delivered to the Turkish government in return for $15 million.
The revelation sent shockwaves across the U.S. media landscape and political spectrum. It overshadowed Mr. Yildirim's visit to D.C. this week.
In an emailed statement to Turkey Post, Mr. Barkey, however, noted that the detention warrant against him has to do with Mr. Kavala, and has nothing to do with the latest Flynn report.
"He [Kavala] was charged with 2 counts each gets him life imprisonment. The second count simply states that he knows me and that since the court believes that I organized the coup, as ludicrous as this may be, that is sufficient to find him guilty," he said in disbelief.
Mr. Barkey argued that they are desperate to show their public that Turkey is facing a slew of (imagined) conspiracies and therefore they have to prosecute and jail people.
"I am convenient fodder for them," he added.
A group of academics, scholars and civil society representatives gathered together in Buyukada in the Marmara Sea. The topic of the workshop was Iran.
"They blamed me for the coup because I happened to be in Istanbul running a workshop on Iran but because I am former U.S. State Department person. By attacking me they can lay the blame on the U.S," he told Turkey Post.


THE WAY IT IS was ATC's first Young Playwrights Project topic. There were over 30 submissions from high school and middle school students in the region, and 12 were selected for production. Because of casting restrictions, 10 were actually produced and the audience and theatre professionals voted on the top three. All participants were presented with a certificate siting them as finalists in the project. World War III by Domingo Claudio, directed by Chris Robertson, came in first. The other two winners were Allie Speaks by Ally Mizzone, directed by Maren Sugarman, and Welcome to the Real World by Kaitlyn J. Lysaght, directed by Sarah Robertson. Unfortunately, the taping of the performances was not of a quality that could be posted on the internet. The first-place writer, Domingo, subsequently had other works of his produced by ATC in NYC during our 2012 Teen/Young Adult NYC Showcase.
This project was funded, in part, by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic County Community College, through a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.


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I began my musical studies as a young child in the Miguel Fleta Music School in Huesca, Spain. In this school the voice was the main focus of every students' musical education. These first years determined the course of mylater career. The lessons learned have accompanied me ever since. I was lucky to receive an integral education in which vocal training, learning an instrument and musical theory were inseparable.
I was fortunate enough to hear the lutist Hopkinson Smith in a summer workshop. He made me discover early music. After graduating with honours from the Liceo Conservatoryin Barcelona, I decided to continue my studies in the field of Early Music with Dominique Vellard and Richard Levitt at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland.
My studies with Dominique Vellard kindled my interest in the music of oral tradition. Together with Dominique Vellard Ihave been researching the Spanish repertoire. All these years of learning from him and being accompanied by him have been rewarding as a musician and as a person. Thank you, Dominique.
I have a great interest concerning questions about female repertoires in early music, the reality of female praxis during the middle ages and the renaissance, the existence of a considerable musical corpuseminently female in the aural tradition and the countless condemnations the church has published during centuries against music performed by women. These pursuits have led me to found a new ensemble with three other early music singers: Paloma Gutiérrez del Arroyo, June Telletxea and Anne Marie Lablaude. The group called Cantaderas interprets traditional womens' vocal repertoire and is accompanied on frame drums. The ensemble is proud to present its first CD As festas do Anno in September 2019. Thanks girls.
My work as a voice teacher is an encouragement and an important complement to my work as a performer. I can't imagine performing without teaching. I love to teach and my work spreadsout between the Music School of the Schola Cantorum and my neighborhood with amateur musicians. Thanks Basel.
In addition I teach at the Hauterive Monastery in Fribourg. The monks have offered me their trust as a teacher and as a person: a great gift.
Thework with Paloma Gutiérrez at the Medieval and Traditional Music School in Madrid which she leadsis one of my favourite channels to transmit an oral repertoire to a enthusiastic public. Thanks Paloma.
My recordings include Il primo libro de Francesca Caccini (which was supported by Swiss National Radio) and La voz del olvido, recorded with Vox suavis on the French label Aparte. I perform regularly in European festivals in France (Festival de Musique Sacrée de Perpignan, Festival international du Thoronet, La folle Journée de Nantes, Via Aeterna), Holland (AMUZ), Germany (Uckermärkische Musikwochen), Spain (Fundación Juan March, Festival Internacional del Camino de Santiago, International music Festival Espazos Sonoros) and Switzerland with Cantaderas, La Cecchina and Gilles Binchois. I also perform 20th century music with the violinist Colleen Jennings, with whom I founded the ensemble Ex Luce color. I've given concerts of Spanish renaissance and baroque music at festivals, such as the Houston Early Music Festival and the St. Gaudens Festival and I sing regularly in Switzerland with the Orchestra Crescendo performing a later repertoire from Mendelssohn, Gounod, Fauré and Spohr.

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Q: SensorManager.registerListener (.., Handler handler), example please? I don't understand how to use this method,
sensorManager.registerListener(SensorEventListener listener, Sensor sensor, int rate, Handler handler);
(Documentation here)
1) If it uses a SensorEventListener, then what's the purpose of the Handler?
2) Please give an example of a handler I could pass to it?
Thanks!

A: Here you have an example:
SensorManager mSensorMgr = (SensorManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);

HandlerThread mHandlerThread = new HandlerThread("sensorThread");

mHandlerThread.start();

Handler handler = new Handler(mHandlerThread.getLooper());

mSensorMgr.registerListener(this, mSensorMgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER),
                    SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST, handler);

From the source code of android SensorManager's class you can see that the registerListener() extract the Looper of your Handler to create a new handler with this looper where it call the onSensorChanged method.
If you don't pass your handler,the SensorManager will use the main application thread.

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If it uses a SensorEventListener, then what's the purpose of the Handler?

If I had to guess, it is so you can get your sensor events delivered on a background thread (e.g., a HandlerThread). By default, sensor events are delivered on the main application thread, which is fine in some cases.

A: 1) If it uses a SensorEventListener, then what's the purpose of the Handler?
if you run it on the main thread , and you're doing some heavy calculations you will slow down the main UI to be unresponsive.Always write your long running tasks in a separate thread, to avoid ANR.
Here is an example http://stacktips.com/tutorials/android/android-service-example

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Youn Thug whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams (August 16, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia, USA ) is an American rapper and music producer. Young Thug Net Worth is almost $3 Million. With his unusual voice and persona, he first performed as a guest artist on the songs of other southern rappers such as Rich Homie Quan, Birdman, Waka Flocka Flame, TI or Gucci Mane. At the beginning of his career, he released a series of independent mixtapes, which started in 2011 with a mixtape called I Came From Nothing. In 2013, he received a contract on rapper Gucci Mane's label 1017 Records, where he released the mixtape, 1017 Thug.
A breakthrough was the year 2014 when he broke with the songs "Stoner" (47th position in Billboard Hot 100 ) and "Danny Glover". In the same year, he signed the 300 Entertainment label, led by Lyor Cohen. In 2015 he released the successful mixtapes Barter 6 and two parts of the Slime Season. In 2016, Mixtapes I am Up, Slime Season 3 and Jeffery's most acclaimed critics followed.
Young Thug is the second youngest of 11 children. He is from Sylvan Hills, a neighborhood in Atlanta (Zone 3), and grew up in the Jonesboro South projects. Other neighborhood rappers include the flame of Waka Flocka, Chainz, Ludacris and Peewee Longway's childhood friend, of whom Williams lived four doors down. Young Thug Net Worth is about $3 Million.
From June 2011 to July 2012, he released three parts of the I Came from Nothing mixtape series. Thanks to them, he was spotted by Atlanta's rapper Gucci Mane, who signed up for his label 1017 Records under the Asylum / Atlantic in 2013. Young Thug released his first mixtape in February 2013 under the record label, which he named 1017 Thug. Mixtape met with success with music critics. The magazine Rolling Stone labeled him as the 5th best mixtape of the year. The song "Picacho" was also successful.
In October 2013 he released his debut commercial single "Stoner" (47th in the Billboard Hot 100 ). The song has received some unofficial remixes from rappers like Wale, Jim Jones, Jadakiss, Iams! Moreover, Trick-Trick. Another successful song was "Danny Glover," remixed by Waka Flocka Flame and Nicki Minaj.
In January 2014 he announced that he had received a $ 1.5 million bid when signing Freebandz rapper Future label. In March 2014, he acted with Cash Money Records and his boss Birdman, which led to speculation about the offer of a contract, which later denied the label.
In March 2014, he called for controversy when he announced that his debut album was going to name Carter 6 about a series of albums released by rapper Lil Wayne under that name. During the first half of the year, he released the Black Portland (with Bloody Jay ), Young Thugga Mane La Flare (with Gucci Mane) and World War 3D: The Purple Album(with Gucci Mane). In June, he signed a contract with the 300 Entertainment label. Still, in the second half of the year, he still managed to label 1017 Records released two mixtapes 1017 Thug 2 and 1017 Thug 3: The Finale.
For the year 2015 his debut album Carter 6 was planned. The name was a tribute to rapper Lil Wayne, who was then about to release an album Tha Carter V. Lil Wayne, however, has criticized Young Thuga for this work and even encouraged his fans to stop Young Thuga from listening. Young Thug then announced that he was threatened with a lawsuit and that he, therefore, decided to change the name of the album to Barter 6. However, the record eventually became just another mixtape. Still, it was released for sale, and in the first week, it sold 17,000 copies in the US, debuting on the 22nd Billboard Billboard 200 as Young Thug's opening act. In April 2015 he announced that his debut album would be named Hy! £ UN35(which means iTunes ). In 2015, there was also a massive leak of data from Young Thug's archive. That is why he decided to release the escaped songs on the Slime Season and Slime Season 2 mixtapes (September to October 2015). From the Slime Season comes to the successful single "Best Friend" (45th Grade Billboard Hot 100).
In February 2016 he released an EP titled I am Up, which sold 22,000 copies in the first week in the US, debuting the Billboard 200 on the 22nd place. In March, followed by the Slime Season 3 mixtape, which sold 38,000 in the first week pcs (7th bar in Billboard 200). From the Slime Season 3 comes the successful singles "With Them" (87th) and "Digits" (93rd Grade). Thanks to this mixtape, it finally covered the leaked data. In April 2016, the debut album of the Bankroll Mafia was released, which in 2015 formed TI, Young Thug, and Shad Da God.
Young Thug, In July 2016, announced the release of his new mixtape called Jeffery. The title refers to the local name Young Thuga. CEO of the 300 Entertainment label has announced that Young Thug will change his pseudonym to "Well, My Name Is Jeffery" with this mixtape. Young Thug himself, however, eventually said he was changing his pseudonym to Jeffery for just one week in which his mixtape was released. On the mixtape, Young Thug is portrayed in a women's dress designed by Italian designer Alessandro Trincone. Photos were taken by Garfield Lamond. Mixtape packaging became viral and caused a wave of controversy among fans. On August 26, 2016, the mixtape was released. In the first week of sale, it sold 37,000 units in the US (the eighth place in the Billboard 200). As a bonus song, a joint single with Travis Scott "Pick Up the Phone" (43th ramp, platinum certification) is placed on the mixtape.
In June 2017, he released his official debut studio album called Beautiful Thugger Girls at 300 and Atlantic. The album was first promoted under the name of Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls and EBBTG. The executive producer of the album was Canadian singer Drake. Young Thug is out of the trap genre on this album, and next to the raphe sings more. Trap beats are complemented by the sound of an acoustic guitar. The type of trap, hip-hop, and pop are mixed in the album. After the release, Billboard 200 was ranked 8th on the Billboard 200 with 37,000 units sold during the first week of sale (after counting the streams). From the album in the Billboard Hot 100 list, only one song, and the song "Relationship" (ft. Future ) (66th rung).
In September 2017 he released a joint independent EP with music producer Carnage. The EP is called Young Martha and contains four songs. In October, he surprisingly released a commercial mixtape Super Slimy, on which he collaborated with rapper Future. Most of the songs featured as a duo, but the mixtape also includes solo songs by both rappers. Mixtape debuted on the Billboard 200 Billboard 200 with the sale of 75,000 units (including streams) during the first week. In the Billboard Hot 100 list, the following songs were featured: "Patek Water" (with Future ( Offset )) (50th Grade), "No Cap" (with Future) (62th Grade), "All Da Smoke" Future) (77th) and "Three" (with Future) (100th).
Young Thug is known for his fast working method, with several contributors watching his trend of freestyle records exist in the studio or quickly developing lyrics on the spot. He does not write down the words on the paper. Discussing his work, Thug claimed the ability to write a hit song in 10 minutes and said, "I am in the studio a lot, I am just going to try things.I just think and try, think and try.I do not know how to sing, but I have been trying for years. " Young Thug quoted American rapper Lil Wayne as his greatest idol and influence. In an interview with a Complex magazine, he says, "I want to stay in the studio with Wayne more than anyone else in the world." He also cited Kanye West as an influence.


Already a tradition, the series of screenings presents award-winning shorts from the Tampere Film Festival.
Pilvi Porkola reads her own love letters written in the past 15 years. They are full of tentative attempts to approach, find out where things stand, or how to split up.
Are films art? If a video uses documentary footage, is it then a documentary? What is the truth? Can it be captured by camera?
A performance based on a play mutilated by Google Translator.
Jouko Lehtola captured in his photographs the seamy side of Finnish society and the sensitivity of young people.
Sharp-penned observer of contemporary Europe draws his insights on the walls of Kiasma.
The 2013 DocPoint festival brings the best of Finnish and international documentary films to Helsinki for the 12th time.
The year 2013 starts with Lux Helsinki festival. Kiasma presents light installation Linear Array and fire show in front of the building.
DRIFT or drive is a solo performance about human instincts caught between culture and biology.
Display examines identities, the world of gaming and theatricality in bright images and captivating soundscapes, investigating the way we assign meanings to the signals and symbols we encounter in the performance space.
The work Sisters is the last part of Ingemarsson's trilogy Tesoro. The piece presents Anna Westberg, Siri Persson and their sisters from past generations.
In conjunction with The Weight of My Heart, Kiasma is organising a series of events on dance documentation.
Lens Politica is a festival of film, media activism and contemporary art. Festival opening.
Choreographer Liisa Pentti's poetic and humorous piece The Weight of My Heart is a tribute to the ability to remember. It also defends memory in a world that is brimming with visual stimuli and information.
Sounds Like Work investigates the powers and ideologies that surround the art world, as well as the process of making art, using language and sound as its media.
Seductive, fearless and outrageous. This documentary film follows Marina Abramović as she prepares a major new retrospective of her work, taking place at The Museum of Modern Art.
Cheap Lecture is a spoken performance for two men, set to music. Philosophical as well as humorous, Cheap Lecture leads the audience to unexpected digressions.
Occupying three entire floors of the museum, the collection exhibition explores the use of documentarism in contemporary art.
Around 1893, Erik Satie composed a piece called Vexations. At the bottom of the sheet Satie included a mysterious and perhaps humorous instruction: "To be repeated 840 times".
Megapolis2027, the seventh urban festival of the environmental organisation Dodo. The event seeks to encourage citizens towards bold collective action and experimentation.
In October, a month-long performance installation, Performance Compost, will be fermenting in three galleries in Kiasma.
Kiasma presents a solo exhibition of new work by Osmo Rauhala, an artist dividing his time between Siuro, Finland, and New York. This exhibition features three new series of paintings.
Toby Ziegler is fascinated by the transformation of pictures and objects when they travel from one age and culture to another.
Neo-Hamlet is an adaptation of Shakespeare's classic that brings together many artistic disciplines: drama, literature, animation, graphics, film, visual art and sound art.


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Kratom Users Panic as DEA Races to Make the Plant a Schedule 1 Drug
By Dorri Olds 09/19/16
If kratom becomes unavailable, users are scared they will have to return to prescription opioids or heroin to relieve their pain.
Has the DEA done its due research?
Hundreds of kratom users rushed the White House lawn in protest of what seems a grossly premature decision. October 1st is the looming date for the DEA to slap a Schedule I label onto the plant supplement. That will place it alongside controlled substances like heroin, LSD, peyote and ecstasy. Shouldn't the DEA wait until it's done more research to understand whether this plant poses any serious threat?
Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) comes from the leaves of a Southeast Asian tree that's closely related to the coffee plant. It has been recognized as an analgesic and a remedy for opium withdrawal since the late 1800s. Unlike most substances, kratom acts as both an upper and a downer, depending on the dose. The stimulant effect occurs when taken in smaller amounts.
The American Kratom Association (AKA) and Botanical Education Alliance (BEA) stated in a press release that the purpose of the White House rally on September 13 was to call out the DEA for making a mockery of the opioid epidemic by pushing to ban this substance prematurely. They accused the DEA of using kratom as a scapegoat to divert pressure on the DEA for its inability to solve the current opiate crisis.
Fans of the plant supplement use it to treat pain and depression, and to kick opiates. As of now, some states have already banned kratom (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin), while others are in the process of legislating against it (New York, North Carolina). If the DEA goes through with its emergency scheduling, the separate rulings for each state will become moot. The AKA, BEA and a multitude of users are angry enough to fight hard to keep it legal.
Those that rely on the medicinal qualities of the tropical tree blame the DEA for basing the ban on uninformed hysteria instead of empirical evidence.
Susan Ash, founder and director of AKA, told me, "This is a very tragic situation. The AKA is fielding thousands of calls, Facebook messages, and emails from people all over the country who are afraid of going back to pharmaceutical drugs because they had unbearable negative side effects, or illicit drugs which will lead to even more deaths during this opiate epidemic."
She said, "I am completely swamped. I have thousands of people afraid of relapse. People are explicitly telling us they are terrified of losing their quality of life or even their lives. We're also fielding messages from people who have never been addicted to anything. They chose kratom as a safer, natural alternative to prescription drugs. These people feel they will no longer be able to be the productive members of society that kratom has enabled them to be."
According to the press release, "[K]ratom has never been present alone in a single documented death and is about as habit-forming as the coffee to which it is related. By contrast, pharmaceutical drugs are one of the leading causes of death in this country, killing one American every 19 minutes. Prescription opiate pain killers account for more than 475,000 emergency room visits annually."
Oliver Grundmann, PhD, a clinical associate professor at the University of Florida, agreed to speak with me. I asked, "Why are the DEA and FDA in such a hurry to categorize a seemingly harmless herbal painkiller as Schedule I?"
Grundmann said, "Over the past five years, according to CDC publications, the number of kratom hospital admissions has risen significantly—tenfold from 26 in 2010 to 263 in 2015."
I queried Grundmann about the AKA and BEA assertion that kratom is not responsible for these hospitalizations. Their theory is that every one of those hospitalized had an adverse reaction due to a mixture of drugs in their system.
"I cannot speak to that. I do know that the DEA is relying on data the CDC published recently. The data from poison control center that indicates that there were increased reports of kratom use and kratom hospital admissions over the past five years, that those have gone up significantly with, I think, it was 660 calls or 660 cases related to kratom use over the past five years. That's what the DEA is using as one of the main justifications for labeling kratom Schedule I.
"I have called for a sensible regulation of kratom products to ensure that people get kratom that is uncontaminated and does not contain other drugs, like opioids. People who use kratom to treat pain should be under a physician's care as they withdraw from opioids."
He also said, "Another sensible regulation would be to put kratom products behind the counter, requiring buyers to be counseled by a pharmacist before buying them. Putting it straight into Schedule I, however, will hinder any further research into kratom."
Grundmann explained that the DEA has very little room for categorizing emerging potential health threats from substances. If the FDA doesn't see a medical application for a drug, then the only Schedule that the DEA can recommend is Schedule I.
"The DEA follows what the FDA is indicating," Grundmann said. "There is currently no medically approved value or indication for the use of kratom."
So I asked, "Is the reason that kratom research will be halted once it's labeled Schedule I because the FDA will fear it is too dangerous to conduct any further tests on humans?"
He answered, "Yes, exactly. The case reports that are scientifically published are very few and rudimentary, and most involved a combination of drugs. It wasn't kratom itself that caused toxicity or led to a fatality. But the DEA is taking an unusual approach in that they're not seeking public opinion or from the scientific community before scheduling it."
It was beginning to seem clear why the coffee family plant users were so upset. Their view is that Mitragyna speciosa needs to be researched thoroughly before deciding it's harmful. With the government now calling it dangerous, the ban will extinguish further exploration.
Is the AKA and BEA correct in accusing the government of knee-jerk reactions to pressure about the opioid epidemic? I asked Grundmann, "Does the DEA believe that by taking a harsh stance on kratom, Americans will feel safer?"
"The DEA wants to ensure public safety, but putting kratom in Schedule I may cause a similar problem that happened with marijuana. It might push users into an illegal, or gray area, and then it becomes a law enforcement issue. There are components in kratom which act on opioid receptors. The DEA says it may lead to toxic effects and that's why it should be categorized as Schedule I unless there is a proven medical indication for it."
The AKA facts page says it is not an opiate. Grundmann said that while it does seem to act on opioid receptors, that doesn't mean it should be lumped into the opiate category without further studies. The leaves contain alkaloids that interact with opiate receptors similarly to endorphins or opium. Caffeine users get a lift that is similar to amphetamine, their heart palpitates and some may get headaches, yet we don't say "That's it! The coffee plant must be speed, so we'll ban it."
To be sure that Grundmann was not biased, I asked if he is a kratom user. His response? "I don't have any personal interest in kratom. I have never used it but I have read the literature, I have published on this topic with graduate students together who are working with law enforcement who have seen kratom in their district's crime maps. I worked on conducting an anonymous survey among kratom users to evaluate the profile of the average kratom user, who is mainly a middle-aged person, often a woman, who suffers from chronic pain. It's a very different user profile for kratom than for many other drugs."
Grundmann said, "I only have anecdotal information because that's what the survey was intended to do—to get a more detailed picture of who's taking kratom and for what reasons. I can only hypothesize that people who are taking kratom are taking it not to abuse it, but in order to seek relief from pain that may not be adequately controlled with other currently available medications. That survey has not yet been conducted. I am about to submit it to the institution review boards to get approval for it, so that survey is likely to start in October or November."
If the DEA goes forward with the Schedule I categorization, kratom users will have to look for an alternative. I questioned Grundmann if he felt that the logical conclusion would be that kratom users will then turn to Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet, hydrocodone and heroin?
It's not surprising that Grundmann, the director of graduate programs in pharmaceutical and medical chemistry and clinical toxicology, did not hypothesize on what may happen. His answer instead, was based on what he knows already. "I recommend that kratom users don't quit cold turkey when the ban becomes effective. Now is the time to talk with their physicians and find alternatives. There are less addictive opioids, such as Tramadol, that are not as potent as hydrocodone and the others you mentioned, so that may be a feasible alternative. Although it might not resolve all of the issues or it might not be as effective in treating all symptoms, due to kratom's unique pharmacological effects, there may still be a helpful alternative."
And what are kratom's unique effects? According to Grundmann, "In animal studies or case reports, we see a stimulatory effect at low concentrations, which might account for some of kratom's mood-elevating effects. People suffering from depression or anxiety disorders might benefit from low doses. At higher doses of kratom, we see the pain-relieving effect."
According to PR Newswire on Wednesday, the White House was presented with a 120,000-signature petition to stop the DEA's rush to ban the "coffee-like herb." We'll keep you updated on the developments.
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'A child's health should not be a postcode lottery': Anger of cystic fibrosis sufferers forced to pay £20,000 for drug abroad
Patients have formed a buyers' club to source a version of Orkambi after the drug's manufacturer and the NHS locked horns in a price war
By Claudia Tanner
September 17, 2019 10:07 am(Updated October 8, 2020 5:12 pm)
It's a disease that's been described as "like drowning on the inside".
"You cough. You gasp. Your lungs fill with fluid. Every breath is a struggle. That's how you live. And how you die," read one Canadian charity advert.
There's currently no cure for cystic fibrosis, yet there is a life-changing drug available that has shown to not only halt the progression, but also boost lung function. Last week, it was announced the Scottish government has agreed a deal on the cost with the manufacturer of Orkambi, but the NHS in England and Wales remain in a stalemate with the firm over the price.
Desperate patients have resorted to forming a buyers club to obtain a cut-price generic version made in Argentina where the patent does not apply, but at a cost of over £20,000 a year, it is unaffordable for many.
Six-year-old Blake Mattison and John Edwards hope the NHS will fund the drug Orkambi or its generic equivalent (Photo: Gemma Mattison/John Edwards)
Blake's mother was sent the drug donated by a fellow cystic fibrosis patient – but his medical team advised against him taking it in case it hadn't been stored correctly (Photo: Gemma Mattison)
That includes a six-year-old boy called Blake Mattison, whose mother Gemma is hoping accessing the medication will allow him to continue doing his favourite activities like bike riding and climbing. And John Edwards, 40, who may be the first person to visit the South American country for the drug. He is battling a potentially deadly bug and says being able to take Orkambi could be "life or death" for him.
Calls for Government to override patent
Orkambi is the first drug to treat the underlying causes of cystic fibrosis, a progressive disease in which mucus clogs up the lungs and eventually results in life-threatening complications. The average life span for sufferers is about 37 years. In England, there are more than 10,000 children and adults with the genetic disorder, nearly half of whom could benefit from the medication.
Its US manufacturer, Vertex, lists the drug as costing £104,000 per person per year, although it is believed to have been offered to the NHS at a lower price. The English health service was willing to pay £500 million for a five-year supply of Orkambi and other upcoming cystic fibrosis drugs, but this was rejected by the firm, and negotiations broke down last July.
But Vertex has now agreed a discount with the Scottish government, which has not disclosed the price it's paying. It has agreed to data being collected to show how well the drugs work in real life as opposed to clinical trials.
John is possibly the first person from England to go to Argentina for the generic drug Lucaftor (Photo: John Edwards)
Orkambi works by regulating the balance of salt and water in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients and can stabilise patients' lung function and reduce admissions to hospital. David Ramsden, the chief executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, called it "a landmark moment" for families in Scotland who have campaigned for access to the medicine for years.
Reminiscent of the Hollywood film Dallas Buyers Club, patients and their families in England have discovered a generic version, called Lucaftor, can legally be obtained directly from Argentina, where Vertex's patent does not apply, in three-monthly supplies.
They are calling for the UK government to make it available on the NHS by using the crown use provisions of UK patent law which allows a patent to be disregarded in the national interest. Another option would be for the health service to set up a large-scale trial for cystic fibrosis patients, which would make it legal to use the generic drug, as it has done with medication to protect men at risk of HIV infection.
'A life shouldn't be about money'
Blake's mother has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to get the cheaper generic drug (Photo: Gemma Mattison)
When the damage is done, there's no going back
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Meanwhile, patients say time is not on their side. Gemma, from Birmingham, has had to watch her son deteriorate so much he had to wear a special airway clearance vest to clear out his lungs. Last December, Blake had to be admitted to hospital and put into an isolation room after picking up an infection – something that could prove fatal for the youngster.
"This drug will prolong my son's life," said the social worker, who has set up a GoFundMe page in a bid to be able to afford Lucaftor from Argentina. "Blake gets breathless and he suffers asthma too. School is a real burden for him. When he gets home, he's really drained and by the end of the week he's really exhausted.
"The drug is more effective the earlier it is given. I desperately want him to have it now at six while his lungs aren't as affected. When the damage is done, there's no going back.
"Ireland and Scotland has made Orkambi available now, it's disgraceful that patients in England are just left to suffer and die. A child's health should not be a postcode lottery. I'm not rich, I've got four kids and a mortgage. How can anyone afford £20,000 a year? A life shouldn't be about money. The NHS has an obligation to provide this drug."
'Where are their priorities?'
John contracted a bug that can cause a life-threatening infection (Photo: John Edwards)
People are dying because they can't afford the drug to sort their health out, yet women can get their boobs done for free on the NHS
John contracted the bug Burkholderia cepacia when he was first diagnosed with cystic fibrosis aged 12. The bacteria strain is difficult to treat and can cause life-threatening infections.
With his lung function now at 55 per cent, he flew out to Argentina for Lucaftor last week. "This bug is resistant to many antibiotics and I'm permanently on the one type that works, but doctors have told me I will develop resistance to this eventually, and then, that's it. I need Orkambi or Lucaftor to help me carry on fighting this."
John, whose declining health forced him to give up his events management business, said the trip has cost him £10,000 in total for a three-month supply plus travel expenses.
"When you add in the costs of flights, hotel stays, travel insurance and the exchange rate it's very expensive. I'm using all my savings and as I can't work I'm going to run out of money."
The Surrey resident, who endures a five-hour daily treatment regime said it's very hard to manage his condition on his own while travelling abroad on his own. "I need a daily grind of nebulized drugs, 60 medications and vitamins, physiotherapy and exercise as well as oral enzymes with all my food," he explained. "It's a big worry what would happen if I fell ill while here in Argentina.
Read more: Mother of cystic fibrosis-sufferer, 19, too sick to continue her studies begs for an end to NHS price row over life-prolonging drug
'Price fairly' demands NHS
An NHS England spokesperson called for Vertex to "re-engage with Nice and price fairly and responsibly". He said: "Regrettably Vertex is still failing to offer patients in England fairly priced drugs, and it is still failing to engage with the Nice assessment of its products.
"Sadly Vertex remains an extreme outlier in its monopoly pricing, which is why a number of countries – including for example Switzerland, New Zealand, Belgium and Spain – have also been unable to get Vertex to make Orkambi available to their patients."
Vertex said it was "open to rapidly implementing exactly the same access agreement with each of the other nations in the UK, as the one that has just been signed in Scotland" and said intensive discussions continue.
The Department of Health has been approached for comment.
Orkambi drug manufacturer paid almost no UK tax
The drug company that has been in a three-year dispute with the NHS over the price it wants for Orkambi and its sister drug has paid virtually no UK corporation tax, the Guardian revealed in March.
According to the newspaper, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe), based in London and Oxford, had a turnover of £5.3bn in the five years to the end of 2017, largely from sales of its products for the disease.
The company declared an operating loss in 2017 after paying its profitable US parent company to manufacture the drugs. It is reported to have received £7m in tax credits from the UK government for investing in research and development.


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COVID-19 PANDEMIC: UBEC Sets To Build N3.6b Smart Schools Across 6 Zones -UBEC Boss
The emergence of Universal Basic Education Commission Smart School Program is driven by the fallout from the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic which lead to the lockdown of the country and closure of schools for nearly one year.
The Executive Secretary, Dr Hamid Boboyi disclosed this at the ground breaking ceremony of the UBEC Modern Smart School Program in Hadeja, Jigawa state over the weekend.
The "Smart Schools" were designed in categories to boost the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for teaching and learning with an estimated cost of N350, Million per school for the state model while the Zonal model with more capacity and ICT infrastructure would cost 600 million to serve each of the six geopolitical zones in the country.
Bobboyi explained that during the period of COVID-19 lockdown, learners all over the country were at home and not learning because the face to face learning approach is the primary mode of delivering content to learners.
The ES said, it is necessary to prepare for any situation that could arise to disrupt the teaching and learning process.
He stressed that digital and e- learning platforms provide opportunities for both teachers and learners without the constraint of time and space.
He explained that it is expected thatdeployment of technology for instructional delivery would significantly increase the quality of basic education indeed the Nations learning outcomes.
He explained that UBEC Smart Schools are currently at the completion stages, the plan is that before the end of this year most, if not all would commence academic activities.
"It is my expectation that the standard we are jointly setting up would be sustained and improved upon so as to meet the schools objectives", he said.
He specifically thanked the Governor Alhaji Mohammed Badaru not only for the prompt response for land for the project but also granting UBEC permission to organize the groundbreaking ceremony.
The ES also thanked the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for his effort in transforming Nigeria's digital landscape and his support in providing this strategic partnership with UBEC for the development of e- Learning andestablishment of smart school programs.
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Local men's and women's health clinician, Aoife Ni Eochaidh, chartered physiotherapist, and Dr Audrey Kinahan, pharmacist, University Pharmacy, have announced details of an upcoming Looking Forward after Breast Cancer Surgery seminar.
The seminar will take place on January 21 in the Ardilaun Hotel, from 6.30pm to 9pm. Registration is on EventBrite — search 'Looking Forward after Breast Cancer Surgery' — and cost is €10 to attend, payable at the door on the night. Tea and coffee is included, along with a goodie bag and a complimentary raffle. This seminar will include top tips on looking forward after breast cancer surgery and how to get positive, fit, and healthy again for 2019.
This event is for women of all ages (relatives and men are also welcome ) who are trying to improve their health after breast cancer surgery. Topics covered include prevention and treatment for lymphoedema; take up /return to exercise; top tips on bra fitting, protheses, and fillers; and advice on sexual health. Most of these treatments and appliances (including protheses, bras, and lymphoedema treatments ) are covered by medical card or private health insurance. Galway University Hospital breast care nurses will be providing advice on any breast concerns. Samples and handouts will be provided. The exhibition area will include information on skincare, cosmetics, bras, protheses, compression, and wigs.
Aoife Ni Eochaidh, chartered physiotherapist, will talk about lymphoedema and return to exercise. Dr Audrey Kinahan, with an experienced post-surgery fitter, will cover bra fitting, protheses, and fillers. Dr Mary Rogan, GP and psychosexual therapist, will talk about sexual health after breast cancer.


The first class of the Fire Service Fitness Specialist Course held at The Cooper Institute addressed the fitness of one of the most physically demanding professionsfirefighters. In 2005, more than 47 U.S. firefighter deaths were stress-related and of those, 40 were classified as sudden cardiac deaths. Additionally, an estimated 80,100 firefighters were injured in the line of duty in 2005, an increase of 5.6 percent from 2004. (National Fire Protection Association, NFPA, (www.nfpa.org).
1583are included. The attendees also undergo fitness assessments and some medical screenings.
"It has always been important for us to make the most up-to-date fitness information available to our firefighters," said Lt. Joel Lavender, Dallas Fire- Rescue. "The Cooper Institute's reputation in providing quality education in fitness training makes them a logical partner for us."
The Cooper Institute's classes are frequently offered to military, government and law enforcement agencies including the Navy, IRS, and regional law enforcement departments across the United States, but this is the first time a course has been customized to concentrate on the demands placed on firefighters.
"We are extremely excited to build on our expertise in servicing law enforcement and military fitness leaders to specifically address hazards and fitness issues affecting the fire service community," said Roger Reynolds, director of contract relations at The Cooper Institute.
The next Fire Service Fitness Specialist Course will be offered in June. The class will become a regularly scheduled part of The Cooper Institute course offerings in 2008.
The Cooper Institute was founded as a nonprofit 501(c)3 in June 1970 by Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H. Located in Dallas on the grounds of Cooper Aerobics Center, it focuses on preventive medicine research and health education, promotion and certification. Areas of research include epidemiology, exercise physiology, behavior change, cancer prevention, children's health, obesity, nutrition, aging, diabetes, hypertension, weight management, health communication and other health issues. Certification programs and training courses are delivered worldwide to thousands of health and fitness professionals each year. For more information about The Cooper Institute, visit www.cooperinst.org.


Monday, December 05, 2011, die hard GOTN members put on their winter clothing and went to Valencia Wine Company to taste and learn about the various differences and nuances of Malbec wines. This cold winter night was a perfect venue for the full bodied characteristics of this varietal and good friends. As Christmas was at hand, 'tis the season to be jolly and that we were. Even Guy, the owner of Valencia Wine Co. (VWC), joined us adding more knowledge based on his many years of experience.
Since we have been learning about Bordeaux and Meritage wines over the last couple of weeks, I thought that this varietal would be nice to study. Malbec wines originated in Northern Burgundy France according to amphaeological evidence. In 1956, a very heavy frost occurred and 75% of the crops were destroyed. Malbec became less popular in Bordeaux wines after this season. The Cahors region of France, though heavily impacted, was replanted and continues to be popular. This region supplies some of the Malbec to the Bordeaux region but is also blended in it's own region with Tannat and Merlot. Eve Bushman (my editor) and I had to beg for forgiveness as we both provided two different wines from the Cahors region for the tasting. Unlike America, France only requires 75% of a given varietal to be called by that varietal. My request of the group was to meet the 85% requirement imposed by the United States.
Wine Spectator Magazine last month dedicated their edition to the Malbecs of Argentina. Malbec is the number one wine for this region and it shows in their success with it. Many of the wines from this region score better than 90 points. Malbecs from Argentina are not really known by the general public and for this reason many can be purchased inexpensively. Many are under $15 one of which I really enjoy is a 2010 Tapiz that I had at GOTN which is around $12 which is a steal. This wine was big, full bodied, well balanced and had a nice finish. Malbec grapes are now being grown around the world and can be found in Chile, California, South Africa, Italy, New Zealand, etc.
For those of you that saw the movie "Bottle Shock" the French, in a blind tasting, could not believe that California was producing winning wines not just once but again 30 years later. When the Cahors region recognized the quality of the Malbecs from Argentina and how they were gaining international recognition, they seized the opportunity to promote Malbec wines as a whole including their own. In 2008 the French organized the first International Malbec Day in Cahors and invited Argentinean Malbec growers as their guests of honor. Later that year the Argentinians reciprocated and hosted the event in Argentina with the French as guests of honor. The French Cahors region and Argentina grow 90% of the worlds Malbec vines and are working together to promote this varietal.
I found Malbec to be one of the most interesting varietals I have run across in a long time. It is an inexpensive wine that will hold up to many other varietals at three times the price point. It was very unusual that all of the wines were from Argentina and France. I had expected to see some from California regions such as Paso Robles. The differences between the French and Argentine wines at GOTN were remarkable though one must be aware that Tannat and Merlot can have a big influence on the wine.
As always, I want to thank all that weathered the cold to enjoy such an interesting varietal. I also want to thank Guy for being a part and adding further insight into this unique wine as well as allowing us to meet at Valencia Wine Company. I also want to thank the staff at Valencia Wine Company for their assistance and dedication to service through the evening. Our next meeting will be January 09, 2012 and the varietal will be to bring your one favorite discovery during the 2011 year at GOTN and to share why. For new members, please bring your favorite wine varietal and tell us why it tops your list.


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HIV/AIDS and TB: IMR Against Social Indifference
Olga Khvostunova
The Institute of Modern Russia is launching an initiative to raise awareness of the disastrous state of affairs with HIV/AIDS and TB in Russia. The irresponsible and inhumane attitude of the Russian government toward the socially vulnerable group suffering from these infectious diseases is among the greatest horrors of the present situation in the country. In most first-world nations, HIV/AIDS and TB have been taken under state control, ceased to be taboo subjects, and have been destigmatized. This is not the case in Russia or the former Soviet republics, where independent observers report that the incidence of TB and HIV/AIDS have reached epidemic levels. But, despite these grim figures, the authorities have not only ignored this problem, but also actively suppress information surrounding it. People are largely unaware that a significant proportion of Russians are TB carriers. In carriers, when the immune system is compromised, for example, if they have HIV, tuberculosis may progress to an acute form very quickly.
"Last autumn of 2011 my friend and colleague Vasily Aleksanyan died of AIDS," says Pavel Ivlev, Executive Director of the Institute of Modern Russia. "He was a brilliant lawyer and he was just about to turn 40. During the Yukos trial, he was thrown in a Moscow prison, tortured, and denied medical treatment by authorities who sought to pressure him into providing false testimony against Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The Russian government has no moral boundaries. Human life means nothing to them. As long as the public puts up with this, sick people will continue to suffer and die. We would like to dedicate this project to the cherished memory of Vasily Aleksanyan."
The IMR HIV/AIDS and TB project aims to raise awareness of this grave situation in the Russian and international communities.We seek to attract the efforts of political and human rights activists, the media, and all those who care to advocate for HIV/AIDS and TB sufferers in Russia. The time to take action is now — before it is too late.
While information about the epidemic is scarce, IMR's Olga Khvostunova spoke to New York-based photographer Misha Friedman, who has been documenting HIV/AIDS and TB patients' lives and treatment in the Caucasus, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine since 2008. In the autumn of 2011, with IMR's support, Friedman expanded his project, visiting and photographing TB hospitals in St. Petersburg and Togliatti, Russia. In his interview with the IMR Friedman opens up about what he learned and experienced in the course of his work.
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I have been listening to the debate over the proposed immigration bill for several weeks. The bottom line is that supporters say they must do something about immigration. Their basic argument in support of this law is that the current system is broken. Supporters argue that this bill will fix the problem. They say trust us, we will replace the laws that aren't enforced now with more laws that have no enforcement mechanisms. We make all illegals legal and then there is no problem.
I have heard members of Congress, administration officials, staff from The Wall Street Journal and others claiming to support the bill try to argue in favor of this legislation but they cannot cite why this bill is better than current law and more importantly how this law will fix the problem of illegal immigration once and for all.
The bill's supporters are utilizing emotional arguments both in favor of the bill and also to attack its opponents. Anyone that opposes this bill is a racist, bigot, Nazi, xenophobe. Facts are not relevant to this discussion. I have not heard a single person who says that they favor the bill try to argue the merits of the legislation by citing chapter and verse from this wonderful compromise worked out in secret. Ultimately supporters claim that President Bush will sign it so it must be ok.
What a joke! President Bush will sign anything that Congress gives to him no matter how bad, unconstitutional or fiscally irresponsible. He holds the all-time record for the fewest vetoes of any President in history. He has vetoed only one bill and that was after almost six years in office!
I am in favor of immigration by legal means. I wish the numbers allowed were at least doubled if not tripled from what they are now. Let folks in legally; lots of them.
The bill's approach of granting blanket amnesty to all illegals is a national security nightmare. There is no agency assigned to do background checks, no money to hire manpower for the checks and no responsible agency assigned by the legislation. 24 hours for a background check and then a visa that will be good for the rest of your life is just stupid. What database will be used for the check? If we can't even stop the Virginia Tech shooter from buying firearms through legal means including a background check, why do we think we will catch some terrorist from Jordan before he is given legitimate papers when twenty million people try simultaneously to get their background checks?
We have had a check-in/check-out law on the books for eleven years for legal visitors and it still does not work. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have had major computer issues since the 9/11 attacks. Now the same people who created and funded these notable computer failures think we can create a nationwide system from scratch in 18 month that will screen people from every corner of the globe!
There needs to be as much time as necessary to do the background checks. The visas much have expiration dates and renewal requirements.
We need to secure the borders before any regularization program for illegals is adopted.
The cornerstone of making the system work needs to be employer verification. Only one or two forms of identification should be allowed for employment. These identification documents must be verified by the government prior to employment. If employee information is suspect either at hire or due to errors later found by the Internal Revenue or Social Security Administration, the employer needs both the legal right to terminate and the legal protection not to be sued by some ACLU type if they do.
If the borders are secured and the employer is empowered to check-up on new hires, the economic draw for illegal immigration will be drastically reduced.


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Q: Как ускорить работу исполнителя чертёжник в Pascal ABC Осваиваем с ребенком Pascal ABC (школьный курс информатики - 6 класс).
Написали программку, которая рисует некий орнамент из квадратиков.
Рисование одного квадратика оформили как процедуру.
Рисование повторяющихся фигурок из квадратиков также оформили как процедуру.
Рисование строки из повторяющихся фигурок из квадратиков также оформили как процедуру.
Заполнение квадратной области строками из повторяющихся фигурок из квадратиков также оформили как процедуру. И так далее... Итого получилась глубина вложения процедур - 8 уровней.
В итоге процедура рисования квадратика вызывается 3645 раз.
В исполнителе Чертежник ползунок скорости выставлен на максимум.
Но отрисовка орнамента очень долгая.
Вот фрагмент орнамента и таких фрагментов - 9

Вопрос - можно ли как-то ускорить работу чертежника?

A: Спасибо всем откликнувшимся.
Ответы немного не о том, о чем был вопрос, но тем не менее...
Ответ на свой вопрос нашел сам (случайно ;).
В файле Х:\PABCWork.NET\ABC.ini  значение параметра Speed было 10. Заменил на 1000 и орнамент стал отрисовываться в разы быстрее. И в свойствах файла установил [только чтение] - иначе как только сдвинешь ползунок скорости, так значение  Speed в ini-файле возвращается к значению 10
[DrawmanWindow]
Height=1440
Left=398
Speed=1000
Top=274
Width=1247

A: Вот пример предоставленный разработчиками PascalABC.Net. Работа не с Чертежником, а с графическим модулем GraphABC
// Пример из пакета KuMir/PMir
program Dragon;

uses GraphABC, Utils;

var
    x := 200;
    y := 150;
    dx := 0;
    dy := -4;
    turn: array [1..1000] of Boolean;

begin
    SetWindowSize(790, 500);
    Window.Title := 'Кривая Дракона';
    var f := True;
    for var a := 1 to 64 do
    begin
        turn[2 * a - 1] := f;
        f := not f;
        turn[2 * a] := turn[a];
    end;
    var b := 0;
    var d := 1;
    f := false;
    MoveTo(x, y);

    for var a := 1 to 128 do
    begin
        var t: integer;
        LockDrawing;
        for var i := 1 to 127 * 4 do
        begin
            b += d;
            x += dx;
            y += dy;
            LineTo(x, y);
            if f and not turn[b] or not f and turn[b] then
            begin
                t := dy;
                dy := -dx;
            end
            else
            begin
                t := -dy;
                dy := dx;
            end;
            dx := t;
        end;
        b += d;
        x += dx;
        y += dy;
        LineTo(x, y);
        d := -d;
        f := not f;
        if turn[a] then
        begin
            t := dy;
            dy := -dx;
        end
        else
        begin
            t := -dy;
            dy := dx;
        end;
        dx := t;
        UnLockDrawing;
    end;
    write('Время работы = ', Milliseconds / 1000, ' с');
end.


Verizon had been charging customers $30 for phone upgrades, but the wireless carrier appears to have made changes to its fees. The telecommunications company will be cutting its upgrade and activation fees to $20 from April 18, Thursday, if customers prefer to make those transactions online or via the My Verizon app.
However, either service will cost $40 for those who will want to walk into a Verizon store or talk to a customer service representative to upgrade a device or activate a line. That's $10 higher than its previous rate, and a Verizon representative said customers will receive a "full-service experience" for that price. That means the extra cost could be the charge for services rendered by a Verizon employee to process device upgrades and activation.
That said, Verizon's new activation fee is cheaper than that of AT&T and Sprint, which still charge $30 for the same service. Meanwhile, T-Mobile has been offering its Simple Choice Plan or T-Mobile ONE service free of any activation charge.


I like the insularity of weekends. Me at home alone with nobody around playing around on the computer or letting emails ferment in the 'Action' folder. Nice and quiet. Except for the Blue Angels. It looks like it'll be clearer today outside so they'll be able to drop cluster bombs on the surbanites longer than yesterday.
Do you ever imagine your hometown in a war? Sometimes I imagine what Chicago would be like if it were in the same condition as Falluja or Baghdad. Tanks patrolling the streets. Fences separating neighborhoods. Rotting stench of garbage piling up or sewage in the streets. Total break down of social order. Or I imagine Chicago 28 days later with the infected running up the 6 flights of stairs in my building and then hurling themselves against my door that I've thankfully bolted shut and barricaded with plywood and 2 x 4s. I probably need to stock up on a month's worth of water, dry foods and get an AM radio or a CB – that and a power generator or solar cells I can hang out the window. The city would be so quiet at night with only the sounds of the gestapo raids a few blocks away. You would be able to see the stars and even hear the mass executions happening inside Wrigley Fields. Alcohol and cigarettes and drugs become the new currency. I've commandeered the entire floor since the residents left long ago. Except in room 601 which they barricaded and no one has heard from them in weeks – though you can hear the flies buzzing inside. Or I think of the book Hiroshima and how all of the survivors made their way to the waters to try and cool their burns. Hollywood Beach becomes an outdoor morgue as the lack of tides means bodies float for days as scavenging birds search for a delicious eyeball. I think since Americans haven't experienced the affects of the war at home (save Pearl Harbor and WTC) that there's a big fetishizing of a human-induced apocalypse. Or maybe I'm just crazy.
I think we Americans are rather complacent about the ramifications of war on society's infrastructure. When Katrina blew on shore in NO, we saw what things could be like in a war situation. Everything normal would be suspended indefinitely. Each Labor Day weekend the airshow comes to Cleveland. For a week prior, jets are racing around the skies over the downtown and some outlying areas. It is unnerving to hear the shrieking engines as they zoom low overhead. Sometimes, I can see them from my office window in the hospital where I work. These are just some of the sounds of what a war might be like. My greatest fear is being separated from my honey should some disaster befall us. I would so want to be with him at such a time. We have to go together in the end.


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Best of Beijing
IES Abroad: Contemporary China & Chinese Language
By Emily Weinstein on 07/28/2016
Academics: 10
Fun: 8
The prospect of studying abroad in a country as far away and as different as China can be daunting, but if you're looking for the best semester of your college career, look no further. IES Abroad's Beijing program is the best of both worlds: a language-intensive classroom with plenty of opportunity for cultural immersion.
Housed on the campus of Beijing Foreign Studies University, IES Beijing is located in a fun and vibrant neighborhood on the western side of Beijing. Just a few minutes outside the door, you can find anything from authentic Chinese food, bubble tea and groceries to cat cafés, bars and karaoke clubs. No matter what time of day, there's always something fun to do just around campus alone. And, when you're feeling adventurous, you can always hop on the subway and visit anything from historical landmarks like Tiananmen Square to nightclubs and Western-style restaurants in Sanlitun.
The idea of a language-intensive program with a language pledge may sound terrifying, but the staff at IES Beijing are all warm and welcoming and ready to assist you by any means necessary. The amount of support with which the teachers and Resident Advisors provided us made all the difference, so when you're having a rough day and speaking Chinese is the last thing you want to do, they're always there for you. Despite the level of difficulty, Chinese class was always entertaining and enjoyable!
Choosing IES Beijing was, by far, the best decision I've made in my college career. I was able to not only vastly improve my Chinese, but also make memories that will last me a lifetime. The staff there will do anything they can to help you succeed academically, socially, and emotionally during your time in Beijing!


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Producer Of 'Grand Prix' Edward Lewis Dies At 99
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August 22, 2019 3:28 pm EDT
The maker of probably the best motion picture like 'Spartacus', 'Missing' and 'Fabulous Prix' kicks the bucket at 99 years old.
Edward Lewis spent his last minutes at his home in Los Angeles where he left the world on July 27, 2019. These realities were given by his little girl, Susan Lewis.
Edward Lewis was conceived on December 16, 1919, in Camden, New Jersey. He grew up to contend as a wrestler and fighter at sixteen years old.
In the wake of filling in as a skipper in the subsequent world war, he moved to Los Angeles. He wedded his significant other, Mildred in 1946 and they cooperated on The Lovable Cheat discharged in 1949.
He proceeded to take a shot at screenplays of various best films of that time. He later even investigated the issue of bigotry and treachery in the American jail framework through his screenplay, alongside his significant other, for the motion picture Brothers which was discharged in 1977.
His commendable commitments to the film business were the motion pictures like The List of the Adrian Messenger, The Thorn Birds, Crackers and The River. The first was discharged in 1983 and the rest were discharged in 1984, The River being his last perfect work of art.
He was well known for his coordinated efforts with the John Frankenheimer and Kirk Douglas.
He got nine Oscars for his created films and four of those nine Oscars went to the Spartacus.
His significant other, Mildred Lewis additionally left the world in April and it wasn't a lot later when Edward Lewis say farewell to us.
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He gave a stern restriction to the Hollywood boycott. He procured Dalton Trumbo for taking a shot at the Spartacus and it proceeded to turn into a worldwide hit likewise getting different Oscars.
He is regularly applauded and credited for demonstrating out Dalton Trumbo's innocence in the business and help him return to the Hollywood world.
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$TGODF $TGOD The Growing CBD Beverage Market Drinking Up Revenues
Point Roberts, WA and Delta, BC – August 13, 2019 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering hemp and cannabis stocks releases a snapshot reporting on recent news and developments in the CBD beverage sector.
The future of the beverage market is clearly pointing to the cannabis industry. A recent Forbes article sums it up, "Cannabis drinks are already big business, and they're growing fast. When people think about cannabis, the first thing that comes to mind is usually smoking it, then vaping it or eating it inside an edible. Until recently, the idea of drinking cannabis wasn't really on most people's radars. But that's starting to change"
American Premium Water Corporation (OTC: HIPH), known for its LALPINA CBD water, just reported today that the two-container order the Company received earlier this year is on track for delivery in September. This order will generate over $200,000 in topline revenue. Due to ongoing fluctuations in the British Pound, the final sale amount from this order will be realized at delivery according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP").
American Premium Water Corporation CEO, Ryan Fishoff stated: "The Company continues to execute its business plan. With completion of financing from this delivery and other sales and revenue initiatives, I am confident that the Company will surpass its most recent guidance of $1 million in revenue for the 2019 fiscal year. The Company is focused on deriving roughly 50% of revenue from outside the US; this order will help guide us to that benchmark. The Company is generating revenue from other outlets, with larger transactions in the pipeline, which has given us the confidence to reaffirm guidance, including our JV with Hanlons Brewery." (www.hanlonsbrewery.com)
"We are focusing all our energies and efforts into exceeding the $1 million revenue target and we're confident that we may very well exceed it. We are also moving full steam ahead with our audit, led by our retained auditors Weinberg & Co. (http://www.weinbergla.com/), and once that is complete, begin the process to uplist. There are a lot of exciting initiatives in the pipeline; I look forward to sharing updates with the investor community on these and other developments in the near future."
The company also reports, "LALPINA CBD water can now be purchased online by visiting https://www.singleseed.com/product/lalpina-cbd-water-6-pack/"
NEW AGE BEVERAGES CORPORATION (NASDAQ: NBEV) reported on August 8th, "record financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019. The Company achieved record sales, with net revenue reaching $66.3 million versus a prior year of $13.4 million, a growth of 397%."
According to Zack's Research, New Age Beverages is benefiting from strength in its portfolio of brands. This also includes the enhancement of cannabis-infused beverage portfolio. Additionally, the company is on track to expand its core brand portfolio. It is likely to gain from its strategic buyouts such as the Morinda acquisition. Notably, it is in the process of integrating Morinda into New Age. This acquisition was completed on Dec 21, 2018.
Furthermore, New Age Beverages has been strengthening its foothold in the e-commerce distribution system. Moreover, it is focused on accelerating business in the second half of 2019 by strengthening organic growth, with the launch of CBD portfolio, expanding core brands' national distribution in the United States, and a number of other initiatives in the second quarter and throughout the rest of 2019.
Net revenue reached an all-time high of $66.3 million, up 397% over Q2 2018 and a 14% increase sequentially from Q1 2019.
Gross margins increased to 63% compared to 13% in the prior year quarter.
Achieved positive Adjusted EBITDA compared to a loss of $2.2 million in Q2 2018 and a net loss of $11.7 million during Q2 2019.
Maintained strong Balance Sheet with cash of $83.6 million and positive working capital of $57.8 million
"We are pleased with our second quarter operating results, which again exceeded our guidance in revenue and positive Adjusted EBITDA," stated Brent Willis, Chief Executive Officer of New Age Beverages. "We finished the quarter strong and believe that we will see good organic growth in the second half of 2019. With the strength of our balance sheet and the improved sales and marketing capabilities that we added with the Brands Within Reach acquisition, we believe we are building excellent momentum for continued improved operating performance in the back half of the year."
On July 29th, HEXO Corp (TSX: HEXO) (NYSE: HEXO) reported its cannabis products are now available to Alberta consumers for the first time after finalizing an agreement between HEXO and Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC).
Continued: The agreement provides AGLC with HEXO's nine dried flower products and award-winning Elixir oral sprays, making them available at the Alberta Cannabis online store and to all of the nearly 200 private retail stores in the province.
"This agreement marks the latest achievement in the development of HEXO's presence in Western Canada and our goal to be top two in market-share in the country," said HEXO Corp CEO and co-founder, Sebastien St-Louis. "Alberta represents one of the largest cannabis markets in Canada and we are thrilled to see our products are available to Albertans across the province."
With HEXO and Up Cannabis brands, HEXO products are available in nine provinces, expanding the Company's footprint in Canada and providing more choice for consumers.
Hexo made headlines last year with its partnership with Molson Coors announcing "Molson Coors Canada and HEXO Announce Agreement to Create Joint Venture Focused on Non-Alcoholic, Cannabis-Infused Beverages for the Canadian Market."
In a recent CTV news interview Gavin Hattersley, who currently heads the MillerCoors US operations, said. "The company intends to discuss at its next quarterly call the brands of Truss non-alcoholic cannabis-infused beverages that its joint venture partner marijuana producer Hexo Corp. will begin to sell after the product is legalized later this year."
"Mark Hunter said Molson Coors dipped its toes in the cannabis space a year ago to "be on the playing field" as demand for these beverages expands to other geographies, including the United States once "legislative complications" are addressed. Marijuana is illegal in the U.S. at the federal level, but many in the space believe the political winds are shifting."
The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TSX: TGOD) (TGODF) expects to release its second quarter 2019 earnings today, Tuesday, August 13, 2019 after market close. The Company will hold a conference call conducted by Brian Athaide, Chief Executive Officer, and Sean Bovingdon, Chief Financial Officer, on August 14, 2019 at 9:00 am Eastern Time to discuss the results and future outlook.
The company also just recently announced that it has submitted an application to list its common shares on the NASDAQ. This followed news that that it successfully renewed its Health Canada licences for the Company's Ancaster, Ontario facility until August 2022. As per the Cannabis Regulations, these licences authorize TGOD to cultivate, process and sell cannabis from its Ancaster site.
In May they reported the Company's strategic investment into the US beverage space as a co-founding investor and strategic partner in the newly formed Califormulations LLC ("Califormulations"). Califormulations will operate out of Columbus, Georgia serving global branded companies with concept-to-shelf beverage commercialization support including formulation development, technical services, in-house pilot scale production and contract manufacturing co-ordination. TGOD will work with Califormulations to expedite the US launch of TGOD branded organic hemp-based CBD beverages, as local laws and regulations permit.
"We are incredibly excited to partner with Califormulations to further our development of hemp-based CBD beverage products," said Brian Athaide, CEO of TGOD. "With the US market for functional beverages, including wellness, energy and sport recovery, currently worth over USD$20 billion, we want to remain on the cutting edge of innovation and establish the foundation for future proprietary and novel TGOD-branded products. TGOD strives to partner with established industry leaders, and we believe that this forward-looking strategic partnership positions TGOD to capitalize on the future cannabinoid beverage market."
The recent mass exodus of key executives from the food and beverage sector to take leading roles in the cannabis industry points to the future of beverages; drinking up the profits of a new era in the sector.
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No time to ignore man-made climate change
The past month's news-of-the-day has been nail-biting: potentially radical changes in health care coverage, Russian election interference, and our White House reality TV show.
But that's all a diversion to what Congress needs to cover, namely to stem the tide of climate change. Are present-day costs of battling wildfires, together with potential disaster costs of rising sea levels, not enough to galvanize action? Human-caused climate change is slow compared to a human life span, but is now 10 times faster than the natural climate change that ended the last Ice Age, and increasing.
The cause, demonstrated by climate scientists the world over, are emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels (together with other gases including methane, CHFCs and ozone). They are the greenhouse gases that keep more of the sun's heat in our atmosphere and oceans.
So what's the cure?
Conservative economists all agree it is to impose a steadily increasing price on CO2 emissions (at the coal mine and oil/gas well) not as a tax to support government programs, but by giving the money back to people in equitable shares as a dividend. Economic modeling has shown it building the economy, adding jobs, and stimulating innovation by industry.
The dividends would for 70 percent of people, according to a Treasury Department study, be greater than the increased cost of goods. And of course slowing or stopping the burning would also pay health dividends with cleaner air.
So let's put our trust in the courage already demonstrated by our Sen. Susan Collins, who understands the need for action on climate change, and Sen. Angus King, who knows the science. Reps. Bruce Poliquin and Chellie Pingree have both expressed interest in joining the House Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, which is considering proposing such a plan in the near future.
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I love having students create patterns with graph paper. (They like it also.) Here is an apple template on three sizes of graph paper: 1 inch, 1/2 inch, and 1/4 inch. I find having three sizes accommodates different art materials and fine motor abilities.