Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana L.) ranges from Connecticut to southern Florida west through central Pennsylvania to southern Ohio then west to south eastern Iowa, south to eastern Kansas and eastern Texas. The species is native to only about the southern third of Indiana. There are several species on a worldwide basis. The largest diameter native tree reported is 4.01 feet at 4 1/2 feet above the ground. More typical trees will be up to 24 inches in diameter and 60 feet in height.
Persimmon is normally a minor species in a variety of hardwood and southern softwood forests, but it can be a common invader of abandoned pastures or other disturbed areas in some parts of its range. Persimmon grows on a wide variety of sites from dry to wet and can be a strong competitor on poor growing sites. Growth is normally slow, compared to many associated species, but it is rated as shade tolerant, so it can survive under the shade of competing trees for many years. Very little information is available regarding specific management recommendations for persimmon, as it is rarely a target species for active management.
Persimmon is a highly favored wildlife food source. The large fleshy fruits are actively sought by many game and non-game wildlife species. In addition, human consumption of the fruit in a variety of forms is an important local practice. Mitchell, Indiana and Colfax, NC each have a persimmon festival emphasizing the fine eating qualities of the ripened fruit. It should be noted that un-ripened fruit is highly astringent. To collect ripe fruit look for soft, bright orange fruits that have fallen to the ground. Some examples of cultivation and selection of superior fruit varieties for American persimmon exist, and persimmon pulp and fruit is sold as a local specialty product in some areas. If fruit production is desired for either wildlife or human consumption, release of the tree crown from competition by thinning nearby competitors will provide additional growing space and may encourage increased fruit production. Select areas with several persimmon in the locale or where fruit production is already evident, as persimmon trees may be male, female, or both. Persimmon is also noted to respond to fertilization, which may also enhance fruit production. The best fruit production is stated to begin at about age 20, but author Lenny Farlee has seen trees planted on good soils in Indiana produce fruit in five years. Trees produced from grafted cuttings of mature trees may produce fruit even faster.
Persimmon may be propagated in several ways. Seedlings available from tree nurseries will provide the most reliable artificial regeneration approach. Planting collected seed in the fall can also produce some seedlings. Wildlife can plant new trees through dissemination of seed. Persimmon has a strong taproot, so transplanting is very difficult.
Fire may either promote or decrease persimmon, depending on fire intensity. Light intensity or fast moving fires that don't heat deeply into the soil can result in prolific stem and root sprouting of existing persimmon, or provide space for persimmon to become established from seed. High intensity fires that heat the soil may kill persimmon root systems, resulting in decreases or elimination of persimmon on the site.
Persimmon wood is one of our more unique ones and at one time a very important species. Some of the more common uses include golf club heads (http://www.louisvillegolf.com/), textile shuttles, billiard cues, bobbins, spools, drum sticks, flutes, long bows, eating utensils, shoe lasts or any application that requires a dense heavy wood which resists denting and wear. Substitute material or other species have replaced Persimmon in many of these applications and the species is not listed in many of the basic reference manuals. However, it could be of interest for the custom wood working and home workshop enthusiast looking for something unique and with a story to tell.
The wood is semi-ring porous, and the grain appears similar to hickory or walnut, but with smaller pores. The rays or food storage tissue in Persimmon are storied. They appear as very minute ripple marks or storied on a split tangential surface. Storied structure is very unusual in our domestic tree species and because of this, Persimmon is normally included as an example in any wood identification course.
The sapwood is white to creamy white when first cut. If dried quickly, the surface of the sapwood may remain cream color or turn gray. In the senior author's experience oxidation stain develops easily. Oxidation stain is a chemical reaction in the wood as the living cells die a slow death. The wood can turn gray or dark brown from the surface in towards the center or the surface can dry looking like the green sapwood with the interior of the piece turning dark brown. Mottling of the white and brown is probably more likely to happen. The usually small heartwood, or areas around knots or other wounds, are black. This species is a member of the ebony family, and some woodworkers use the black wood (when large enough) as a substitute.
The machining characteristics of Persimmon have not been carefully documented. As a hard dense wood, it should turn well and take a fine polish. It is reported as a hard to glue species.
The steam bending characteristics of persimmon have not been carefully documented.
Dry kiln schedules are reported for 4/4 through 8/4 stock as well as for golf club heads and shuttles. The wood is intermediate in its ability to dry without serious defects. Checking may be an issue.
At 12 percent moisture content, the wood weighs 52 pounds per cubic foot making it one of our heavier woods. The mechanical properties based on five trees from Missouri are relatively high. (Table 1).
The total volumetric shrinkage from green to oven-dry conditions is 18.3 percent or one of the highest for our domestic woods. The radial and tangential shrinkage are likewise high. The senior author has experienced excessive warping during drying, probably due to the high shrinkage.
Being mostly sapwood, the species will have no decay or insect resistance. Wood borers in stored products can be an issue.
The species is not mentioned in the National Hardwood Lumber Association Rules for the Measurement and Inspection of Hardwood and Cypress. Therefore, if it were to be graded the "standard" rule as described in the rules book would apply.
Figure 1, made up of several pieces of Persimmon lumber, demonstrates the variation in color and streaking that can occur. Board five (far right) is only partially surfaced. The unsurfaced white to light yellow center bottom portion is the color of unstained sapwood. The surface of the board dried rapidly and did not stain. Just beneath the surface, drying was not as rapid and the wood oxidized or stained to the brown color seen. The brown color was exposed as the board was planned. The nearly black wood at the bottom center of board 5 is heartwood. Heartwood is also evident at the bottom of board 3 and the small knots in board 4 are also black heartwood. Board 2 is stripped or variegated as is the large knot at the top of board 5 due to different degrees of stain as affected by how the piece dried. The horizontal somewhat white marks near the middle of board 3 and 4 are sticker marks. This is where a narrow strip of wood was placed to allow the boards to dry. In this case moisture moved from the wet board to the dry sticker allowing the board to retain its white color deeper into the piece.
1 Morris, Robert C. 1965. Common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana L.). In Silvics of forest trees of the United States. P. 168-170. H.A. Fowells, comp. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook 271. Washington, DC.
2 Halls, L.K. Diospyros virginiana L. Pages 294-298, in R.M. Burns and B.H. Honkala, Silvics of North America: Volume 2. Hardwoods. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 654. Washington, D.C.
3 Miles, P.D. Fri. Oct. 31 09:07:30 MDT 2014. Forest Inventory EVALIDator web-application version 1.6.0.01. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest.
4 Forest Products Laboratory, Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material. General Technical Reprint FPL-GTR-190.2010.
5 Markwardt, L.J. and T.R.C. Wilson. 1935. Strength and Related Properties of Woods Grown in the United States, USDA General Technical Bull. No. 479, 99pp.
Dan L. Cassens - Professor and Extension Wood Products Specialist with the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University.
Don Carlson - Sustaining Hardwood Extension Forester with Purdue University.
Lenny Farlee - Extension Forester with the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center located at Purdue University.
Joey Gallion - Forest Resource Information/Forest Inventory Program Coordinator with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.


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August 2016 Board Meeting Notes
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The Camp Dudley Board of Trustees met on the Camp Dudley campus August 26, 2016 preceding the 2016 CDA Reunion. Matt Quigley began the meeting acknowledging the planned new buildings for Camp Kiniya – the Dining Hall and the Lodge and for Camp Dudley – the Leadership Barn and providing the Board with a history of all the other major buildings at our Camps. Matt and Marnie provided the Board with their Directors' Report highlighting the over 1000 campers and 500+ others that benefited from an amazing 2016 summer. Each identified a few factors that they think helped to make the summer the best ever, including — a strong commitment by all Staff as evidenced by almost 100% leadership contribution to the Annual Fund, more seasoned and experienced Staff with our new housing accommodations at Kiniya, great pre-season training, multiple Kiniya alumnae visited Camp in-season that provided an infusion of fresh energy during Camp, reduced nights out at Dudley (allowing for better rest), and the addition of 2 new programs at Dudley (assignment of a Staff member to a Leader and cabin (e.g., Staff ate breakfast with cabins and sometimes participated in vespers, etc.) and every day a senior Staff person helped Matt and were on duty after dinner). Marnie reported on the capital improvements at Kiniya, including the new Edie and Knollandale cabins, new decks on other senior cabins, improvements to the publications office, the screen porch on Homestead and the two new properties reconnecting the Williams Property with Kiniya. All of which also helped contribute to a fabulous summer.
Marnie and Fred reported on two major proposed Vermont regulations that could directly impact Kiniya. Vermont is looking to (i) reclassify the SandBar Wetlands as a Class I, which would impact 20 Kiniya acres near the Lamoille River and (ii) impose on camps the rules applicable to hotels and motels. As drafted, the Vermont Camping Association (VCA) is opposing the latter regulation. Both Camps were visited by the respective state's Department of Health and passed inspection. Matt reported on the condition of the Lake, which is having an impact on the Dudley Program and caused Camp to voluntarily close Swim Point for two days. Camp can't control the Lake levels or the pervasiveness of the Blue Algae and thus, Camp needs to invest in the Waterfront to ensure future access and use.
The Board reviewed the Camp Dudley Infirmary Health & Safety Report 2016 as presented by the Health, Risk Management and Safety Committee.
Fred went through the financial statements and discussed the fluctuation in the numbers given that Camp started a week later and the impact of the Vermont real estate tax liability due to Camp no longer benefiting from a real estate tax exemption in Vermont for YMCA Camps. The 990s were filed and the 2015 audit is almost done. Bill Combs, Chair of the Audit Committee, reported on the Conflict of Interest Questionnaires completed by all of the Board and Key employees.
Mike Bransford, of the Finance Committee, reviewed the Pension Plan compliance requirements, which will become an ongoing Finance Committee responsibility.
Fred provided a financial update on the planned new Kiniya Dining Hall. The Board had previously approved a $3M Budget and so far Camp spent $300K. A motion was approved to allow the Executive Committee to negotiate and execute bank funding of up to $1.75 million for construction of the new Camp Kiniya Dining Hall.
Ted Smith, Board Development and Nominating Chair, discussed the credentials of each Board Member rolling off and the Committee positions held by each Member. In addition, he talked about the 2017 Class rolling off and that 4 Members on the Executive Committee will need to be replaced in the next two years. He discussed the need for women and diversity in the Board ranks (in all respects).
An Ad Hoc Special Subcommittee was created and it was agreed to hire Laura Kirschstein of T&M Consulting for purposes of investigating the circumstances that precipitated the letter to the Community from the Board Chair dated November 30, 2016.

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Replacement mkt. should perk up in 2nd half -- Michelin execs
Kathy McCarron, Tire Business staff
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Jaye Young, U.S. marketing manager, truck tires, and Scott Clark, COO, consumer tires, Michelin North America Inc.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (June 11, 2013) — Consumers throughout North America have held on to their aging vehicles for so long that now they are being forced to buy new vehicles — which has created a growing demand for OE tires, according to Scott Clark, Michelin North America Inc.'s COO of consumer tires.
Unfortunately, the replacement market hasn't fared as well so far this year, with slight growth expected for the rest of the year, according to Mr. Clark, who, with Jaye Young, U.S. marketing manager for Michelin Truck Tires, shared with Tire Business their views of tire market trends for the year.
The replacement tire market "has not been overly robust and has been a little bit softer than we anticipated," Mr. Clark said. "Our read on the market year-to-date is that it's down about 1.5 percent or so."
It should be noted, though, that there were three fewer business days in the first quarter of this year vs. 2012, he noted, which would result in a market gain of 1.5 percent if adjusted for that.
For the rest of 2013, Mr. Clark expects a slight uptick in the replacement market.
"We believe for the year the market will show slight growth, which means in the second half we expect a stronger second half than we saw last year. We think the replacement market will show growth in the second half and we think the OE market will roughly maintain the growth that we've seen year to date."
OE tire market
The OE tire market has grown about 5 to 6 percent for the first half, but even that falls short of the growth rate last year, he said. Nonetheless the growth is encouraging as more and more consumers are purchasing new vehicles despite a sluggish economy.
"It's ironic because you would say, 'If the economy is impacting the replacement market, why are so many people buying new vehicles and why isn't the economy affecting that?'" Mr. Clark said.
"Again, I think part of that is, with an 11-year-old-average vehicle age, you just got people who have no choice. They've got to buy new vehicles and I think that's part of what's continuing to drive the OE market despite the economy."
Consumers are not just purchasing economy vehicles, either — they are selecting a wide variety of price points. Last year, when high gas prices reigned, fuel-efficient compacts were popular; now pickup trucks are the big sellers again, according to Mr. Clark.
"We are seeing consumers who are buying the normal mix of vehicles. It's not skewing one way or another based upon the economy. There's no indication in the vehicle mix that there's a huge economic situation that consumers are facing."
That means there is still a strong demand of high-performance and large-sized OE tires, he said.
Replacement tire trends
"We've seen consumers who have been very aggressive in postponing the replacement of tires because of the economic pinch," Mr. Clark noted.
"As the economy recovers, again we think the replacement market will recover and we think demand will go up. Tire dealers have to be careful that they're not running their business with zero inventory.
"We see inventory levels very, very low. As the market recovers, the people who are best equipped to satisfy that demand, I think, will benefit. That's a little bit of a watch out for tire retailers going forward."
While demand for performance tires is up overall, Mr. Clark noted, there is a slight slump in demand for Z-rated tires.
"It is the first time, if you look at year-to-date, the Z-speed-rated market is basically flat vs. year-ago. We haven't seen that. We've always seen, I'd say typically, low-double-digit growth in Z. At the same time, the V-speed-rated market is up 13 percent and H is up 5 percent.
"We know there is a seasonality, particularly for high-performance tires, so I don't want to draw any big conclusions other than to say we've seen Z so far this year a little softer than we've historically seen," he said.
Overall, he noted, the performance segment continues to grow and outpace the total tire market.
Mr. Clark also claimed manufacturer fill rates for the replacement market are improving.
"The last three or four years was a period of weak market environment that has helped us improve our fill rates. I think those of us who are dealing with high OE demand, that's where the challenge is, making sure we're satisfying the strong demand from OE while continuing to serve the replacement market.
"But overall I would say that industry fill rates are improving."
Raw material prices saw stability and even some slight declines toward the end of last year, Mr. Clark said.
"Our forecast is we see slight growth in raw material (pricing) over the second half of the year—but our success rate at predicting raw material prices is not much better than our success rate predicting the market," he quipped.
Noting that one needs a crystal ball to predict raw material pricing trends, he said that if the general softness in the market continues this year, "I personally don't see tire prices going up, unless there is a significant increase in raw material prices. And we're not projecting a significant increase.
"Because of the fact that in the second half of last year we saw some softness in raw materials, if anything, you've seen some very targeted downward pricing adjustments that people have made. I think if the materials environment remains relatively flat like we think it will be, even with some slight growth, I don't think you're going to see people running out and making meaningful price increases. I think we'll see an overall stability. But who knows?"
Truck tire trends
"We are seeing two trends in the heavy truck market segment — super-regional applications and fuel savings," Ms. Young said.
"The first trend is fuel savings. As the cost of fuel increases, the importance of fuel economy becomes more relevant. For most fleets, fuel costs represent the single highest non-payroll operating expense.
"To this end, rolling resistance accounts for approximately a third of fuel costs. The lower the rolling resistance, the less fuel consumed," she said, noting, "a 3-percent reduction in rolling resistance translates into a 1-percent fuel savings or an increase of 0.05 miles per gallon. Low rolling resistance tires can offer both fuel savings as well as performance.
"Fleets are paying as much attention to the fuel-savings ability of the tire as they are the mileage capabilities.
"The second trend is the super-regional application — which is an emerging segment," Ms. Young said. "Super-regional trucks operate approximately 80,000 to 100,000 miles per year, often within a 500-mile radius. This application is the result of both increased urbanization and truck driver shortages.
"More and more people are moving to the large cities; this increases the need for the delivery of goods to urban areas.
"In addition, truck drivers are more attracted to jobs that allow them to be home in the evening. We see more of the industry going to a spoke-and-hub type delivery system. Both trends result in shorter and demanding routes as fleets run between major cities. Once they arrive in the city, the fleet acts more like a regional delivery truck.
"The trend creates a hybrid application. Fleets are looking for the mileage and fuel efficiency of a line haul product with the scrub resistance of a regional product."
Wide-base tires
Wide-base single truck tires are gaining popularity among fleets, according to Ms. Young.
"More and more fleets and owner-operators are seeing the benefits that this innovative technology provides, and the number of tire manufacturers now producing and delivering wide single tires to the trucking market has increased dramatically over the past 12 years," she said.
"With rising fuel and operations costs, the fact that the Michelin X One tire can save up to 10 percent in fuel and almost 200 pounds per axle cannot be overlooked. Michelin provides six different wide-base single-tread designs and five different retreads for a variety of applications. All applications have a need to save fuel and weight and Michelin is expanding the benefits of our wide-based tires beyond just line-haul applications."
The number of truck servicing locations — including commercial dealerships and truck stops — providing wide-base tires and service has increased across North America, she said, noting that X One tires are available at more than 2,000 points of sale across the U.S.
"Through our emergency road service, Michelin ONCall, the response times for X One tire calls is comparable to that of dual tires," she said.
The demand for retreads also is growing, Ms. Young said, as the trucking industry looks for ways to save on costs.
"There are many companies in the retreading business and many different types and quality of retreads now available. Precure and mold-cure tread rubber are available for commercial end users, and the rubber compounds and tread patterns are designed for applications," Ms. Young said.
"Retreading is paramount to a customer's operations. The goal is to deliver performance levels in retreads that are comparable to those in new tires for maximum fleet value," she said.
"Each company has its specific requirements of what it is looking for in a retread. It depends on the fleet's casing management, turnaround time, needs availability of the necessary product, level of dealer service, online reporting needs and fleet location. In the long run, retreads offer excellent mobility solutions that can lead to cost savings and environmental benefits."
Passenger vehicle manufacturers also are pushing for tires with improved fuel efficiency, as well as performance, according to Mr. Clark.
"Our ability to offer the OE manufacturers very low-rolling-resistance tires without compromising other performances is of greater value and interest to the OEs than its ever been in the history of our relationship with the car manufacturers."
However, the demand for fuel-efficient tires is not as great on the replacement side, he noted.
"The reality is, many consumers still don't understand the link between tires and fuel efficiency. That's something certainly we want to continue, over time, to educate consumers on. I think it's an opportunity for the overall industry to do that.
"Today it's not one of the top one or two criteria consumers are using when they are buying replacement tires. But I think that, long-term, we live in an environment of high to increasing fuel prices.
"It's going to become increasingly relevant for consumers if we get into tire grading that grades tires on rolling resistance. I think it becomes more visible to consumers.
"I think over time (fuel efficiency) will become a bigger factor. Today it's not as big of a factor in replacement as we would like it to be."
In addition to educating consumers on the fuel efficiency of various tires, Mr. Clark said he believes tire dealers and manufacturers need to continually remind consumers on all various technologies and performance features built into today's tires.
"It's in everybody's best interest — whether it's a tire manufacturer or a tire retailer — to remind consumers that, A, tires are important and B, there are differences in tires and to tell that story. I think it is valuable so consumers don't think that a tire is simply a mileage warranty and a price point and that's it."
He said he believes the tire grading labels that have been proposed for the industry can be an effective visual tool in explaining the different types of performances in tires to help consumers compare tires.
To reach this reporter: [email protected]; 330-865-6127.


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Paget Island ist eine Insel im Nordosten von Bermuda. Sie liegt zwischen Saint George's Island und Saint David's Island im atlantischen Zugang zur Bucht Saint George's Harbour.

Der Nordwestküste unmittelbar vorgelagert sind die unbewohnten Eilande Higgs Island sowie Horseshoe Island; etwa 250 Meter vor der Südküste der Insel liegt Smith's Island.

Paget Island gehört zum Verwaltungsgebiet Saint George's Parish, ist etwa 650 Meter lang und maximal 220 Meter breit. Auf der dicht bewaldeten, knapp 0,14 km² großen Insel befinden sich ein paar kleine Wirtschaftsgebäude sowie die Überreste der um 1820 erbauten Festungsanlage Fort Cunningham.

Die Insel ist nach dem englischen Aristokraten William Paget benannt.

Siehe auch
 Paget Parish
 Liste der Inseln von Bermuda

Weblinks
 Inseln bei Bermuda-Online (engl.)

Insel (Nordamerika)
Insel (Atlantischer Ozean)
Insel der Bermudas
Unbewohnte Insel
Saint George's Parish (Bermuda)

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Elvis runner thanked for helping seven-year-old Norfolk boy
David Bale
david.bale2@archant.co.uk
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Stacey Harper finished the London Marathon in 3hrs 49 mins and secured a world record. Picture: Stacey Harper
The mother of a seven-year-old boy who needs life-saving treatment has thanked a London marathon runner for pounding the tarmac in 23C heat to fundraise for him.
Harry Addy pictured with his mum Melanie. Picture: ANTONY KELLY
Stacey Harper, 40, is now in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest woman to run the marathon dressed as Elvis.
She hopes to have raised £2,000 for her nephew, Harry Addy, from Rivermead, Stalham, who has a spinal cord tumour and rare brain disease.
Harry's family need to raise £70,000 for specialist Proton therapy treatment overseas, as it's not available on the NHS.
His mother Melanie thanked her cousin for completing the race, and said: "I think she's amazing. I would not be able to do it."
From left, Stacey with her family, Poppy Powell, nine; Tilly Addy, seven; Stacey's cousin Melanie Addy; Teddy Powell, eight; Melanie's husband Jamie; Harry Addy, seven; and Daisy Rodwell, 10. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
She said Harry was now undergoing weekly chemotherapy treatment at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
"He'll still need proton treatment but we are trying to put it off for as long as possible," she added.
The youngster had an operation to remove the tumour a few years ago and now has leptomeningeal disease in the centre of his brain.
Doctors have suggested that Harry has radiotherapy treatment in the UK to stabilise the growth of the tumour.
But Melanie and husband Jamie feel he's too young for radiotherapy and want him to undergo the less invasive treatment in Essen, Germany.
Ms Harper, 40, of Old Catton, said: "It is heartbreaking to see a child go through what Harry has."
She said after the race: "It was a lot hotter than I was expecting it to be but it was good and I got it done.
"The wig was probably the worst bit. I knew I couldn't take it off or I would lose the record. The more water I put on, the heavier the costume got.
"I got quite bad cramp at mile 16 so had to get some medical help but I recovered well after that."
She said the support was "absolutely amazing".
"I have never done it in fancy dress before," she said. "I got people singing Elvis songs at me and lots of support."
To donate for Harry visit www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/protons-for-harry
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Big är en amerikansk filmkomedi som hade biopremiär i USA den 3 juni 1988, i regi av Penny Marshall med Tom Hanks i huvudrollen.

Handling
En ung kille vill bli vuxen och får sin önskan uppfylld genom en spåman i en automat. Problemet är bara att när han blir vuxen så har han fortfarande tänkandet som en ung kille.

Om filmen
Filmen är inspelad i New York och New Jersey.
Filmen hade Sverigepremiär den 9 december 1988, åldersgränsen är 7 år.

Rollista (urval)
Tom Hanks - Josh
Elizabeth Perkins - Susan
Robert Loggia - MacMillan
John Heard - Paul
Jared Rushton - Billy
David Moscow - Josh som ung
Jon Lovitz - Scotty
Mercedes Ruehl - Mrs Baskin
Josh Clark - Mr Baskin
Debra Jo Rupp - Miss Patterson

Musik i filmen
The Way We Were, skriven av Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman och Marvin Hamlisch
Rebel Yell, skriven av Billy Idol och Steve Stevens, framförd av Billy Idol
Welcome to Our World of Toys, skriven och framförd av Bobby Gosh
Be A Helper Bee, skriven av Kimberly A. Bradstreet, framförd av Kimberly and Friends
We Go Together, skriven av Joel Frankel, framförd av Kimberly and Friends
Heart and Soul, skriven av Hoagy Carmichael och Frank Loesser
Hot in the City, skriven och framförd av Billy Idol
Workin' For A Livin' , skriven av Mario Cipollina, Johnny Colla, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper och Huey Lewis, framförd av Huey Lewis och The News
Moonlight Serenade, skriven av Glenn Miller
Forget Me Nots, skriven av Patrice Rushen och Freddie Washington, fram förd av Patrice Rushen
It's in Everyone of Us, skriven av David Pomeranz

Referenser

Externa länkar

Amerikanska dramafilmer
Amerikanska familjefilmer
Amerikanska fantasyfilmer
Amerikanska komedifilmer
Amerikanska romantikfilmer
Amerikanska filmer 1988
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Reviews » DVD Video Reviews » Der Bomberpilot & Nel Regno di Napoli
Der Bomberpilot & Nel Regno di Napoli
Other (International) // Unrated
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Review by Christopher McQuain | posted August 23, 2013 | E-mail the Author
THE FILMS
The Munich-based imprint Edition filmmuseum, with its region-free DVD releases of hard-to-find art-film titles from around the world, is fast becoming a premier source for great, less-discovered work available, at long last, for home viewing. After having made available rare selections from Wilhelm and Birgit Hein and James Benning through previous, indispensable releases, the label has now compiled a two-disc set dedicated to New German Cinema outlier Werner Schroeter, a renegade's-renegade director who worked, by design, even further outside of the mainstream distribution/production system and conventional aesthetics than compatriots like Fassbinder and Wim Wenders. What we have in this mini-compilation is a focused, sharp representation of the gamut run by Schroeter's fevered vision, at once hyper-stylized in conception and raggedly breathless in execution: On the archly avant-garde, virtually non (or at least anti-) narrative end, there's 1970's Der Bomberpilot, while 1978's Nel Regno di Napoli (The Kingdom of Naples) is as close as Schroeter gets to telling a story in the way it's most commonly understood that movies do.
Der Bomberpilot does, in fact, have a "story" -- the postwar struggles of a trio of women who, under Hitler, had been a successful traveling musical-revue troupe of singers and dancers. Now, forced to live in ignobility and through a downward spiral of personal desperation and tragedy, the three women concoct a delusional, insane plan to make a revisionist, "feminist" return to the spotlight in the U.S. of A. But this story comes to us already warped into the disjunctive form of fragmented, mad delusion: Voice-overs from the women describe their situation and fill us in on the details as onscreen moments of breakdown, suicide attempts, fantasy, drudging reality, and shamed loss create a melange in which the line between the "real" story and what the women frantically imagine or project is permanently blurred and mutable. The post-synched soundtrack -- replete with the aforementioned voice-overs, obsessively repeated, shrilly sung tunes from the Reich, and barely-matched dialogue for the rare dramatic scene -- butts up against the images, which are in their turn confrontationally unpolished: grainy, hand-operated 16 mm takes of a luridly-colored, exaggerated pageant of snippets from the characters' real and dream lives -- for the most striking example, there's the daydream of Carla, former star turned humiliated, Heidi-attired bakery clerk, that she's being rowed regally, funereally down the Blue Danube -- for a parade of tattered, defiant symbolism, disturbing and discordant dreams presented for our interpretation. It's an extremely disorienting but enthralling experience, the poker-faced "amateur" aesthetic of Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey or early John Waters used to convey the backwash of histrionic downfall and unspeakable guilt drowning postwar (West) Germany. It works remarkably, trenchantly well; one senses that, in Schroeter's view, this is exactly the treatment warranted by his country's dark past and confusedly fallen present, and he wields the tools of his medium in such a way as to elicit our hearty agreement.
Nel Regno di Napoli, Schroeter's own voyage to Italy, has the appearance of something much more straightforward, hewing closely to a postwar timeline (actually marked and measured by emblematic intertitle cut-ins announcing the year, accompanied by radio bulletin-like narration updating us on the historical/social/political context) as it tells the story of little Vittoria (played as an adult by Cristina Donadino), born to a poor family in a rough neighborhood of Naples at the end of the war, whose fate, as she grows from impoverished girlhood to "success" as an airline stewardess in the 1970s, provides our dramatic compass through a living, clear-eyed history book, encompassing a whole microcosm of Neapolitan life in the turbulent, industrializing decades after the war: A brother, Massimo (Antonio Orlando) earnestly and diligently devoted to the promise of a better, fairer future for the oppressed workers held out by the Communist Party; a pretty, naïve, ill-fated French prostitute; the Spanish War veteran who becomes their local C.P. leader, and his wife, more pragmatic and lurking in the ideological gray area by buying rationed necessities on the ultra-capitalist black market; the turncoat bourgeois attorney who sells out his working-class neighbors for his tacky, impossible dreams of the good life; and the operatically evil heiress/factory boss lady (Ida Di Benedetto) whose clutches Massimo fights to neutralize, but whom Vittoria ultimately just wants to escape any ideologically-impure way she can. The handmade, spontaneous quality of Der Bomberpilot is still part of Schroeter's palette here, as is lurid, exaggerated pageantry, but those tactics are the judiciously-apportioned spice in a more aesthetically expansive, dramatically motivated/unified collage of images and sounds. Raw, immediate, apparently spontaneously-taken shots (redolent, if not due to Schroeter's heightened tone then because of the setting and the period, of Italy's most famous cinematic export, Neorealism) segue into movements and compositions striking in their deep, wordless conveyance of what it means to be a working-class postwar Neapolitan: In a gorgeous wide shot, the adult Massimo, destitute after imprisonment for his peaceable political activities, is tiny against a gray, sooty, imposing backdrop of factories and polluted sea; Vittoria and Massimo's very ill father, reduced to working at home as a struggling cobbler, is taken in by a smoothly traveling camera that moves slowly in on, then past him, through his window to the vast, timeless expanse of Mediterranean just outside his poor workshop. Nel Regno di Napoli is Neorealism and melodrama jarringly but effectively combined, placed in the service of historicizing and politicizing its riveting, saddening story. The individual experience within a class, the class's experience within a history -- the affecting, incontrovertible insistence that the personal is the political -- has rarely been achieved with such strange, eccentric, assured and enchanting verve as it is here.
These two films are only iceberg-tips, a small sampler of the places Schroeter's cinema is ready and able to take us. But, as carefully preserved and presented in this unexpected, treasurable edition, they're a beautiful introduction to the parallel cinematic universe conjured up by this intrepid rebel with a movie camera. It's a place where the most exquisitely stylized, self-conscious artifice and sophisticated intelligence coexist (if not peacefully then at least in a very fruitful, irresoluble dialectical seesaw) with the technically regressive, and primitive. It's like Wagner played "wrongly" but so very rightly as a self-aware, self-immolating punk-rock symphony, shards of incendiary cinematic glory bursting forth like sparks from Schroeter's willful, sublimely agitating induction of the friction between the beautiful illusion of the silver screen and the ugly, inescapable realities of a history, society, culture, and politics he, as a necessarily agonized, overwhelmed European (and, quite specifically, German) artist of the second half of the 20th century, knows all too well.
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These transfers of Der Bomberpilot and Nel Regno di Napoli preserve both the original aspect ratios of the films (1.33:1 for the former, 1.66:1/widescreen for the latter) and the rougher, rawer textures of the films themselves, which one senses were never "pristine" looking to begin with and appear with some signs of the immediacy and chaos of their making as well as, perhaps, some wear to the materials (with flicker and very rare scratches/debris to the frame), though never more than is easily excusable, or even sort of an authentic part of the underground-movie experience. One trusts that Edition filmmuseum has taken archival-level care in any restoration of the best materials available to them, and the films both look good and retain their character, with no compression artifacts (no aliasing, no edge enhancement/haloing that I could discern on close scrutiny) and certainly no overuse of digital smoothers to rob the image of its celluloid-like grain and vibrancy.
The Dolby Digital 2.0 track of each disc takes all due care with the films' original mono sound (in German with optional English or French subtitles), obviously presenting all dialogue and music with as much resonance, clarity, and depth/range as the carefully preserved soundtracks allow for. There are audio oddities in the films (the intentionally post-synced/mismatched soundtrack of Der Bomberpilot, or the self-consciously scratchy source music used in parts of The Kingdom of Naples), but there is never any distortion or imbalance that can be readily attributed to the transferring of the audio onto digital media.
--To Live and Die in Naples (87 min.), an audiovisual essay completed in 2010 by Gérard Courant, consisting on the sonic level of an audio interview conducted by Courant with Schroeter at Cannes in 1978 (where The Kingdom of Naples was being presented), and on the visual level of illustrations -- stills, clippings, photographs, text -- relevant to the discussion, which ranges from German cinema as a whole to Schroeter's influences and methods of working, from moment to moment. The visual elements are an okay touch, but this would have worked just as well as an audio-only bonus; regardless, it's an enlightening visit with the affable but brutally honest Schroeter and his complex, difficult processes of looking at the world and responding through his art.
--"Werner Schroeter at Osterreichischen Filmmuseum" (15 min.), a Q&A conducted between the audience and Schroeter at the podium after a 1978 Vienna screening, and captured on black-and-white video. Again, it's interesting and revealing to see the director in action, describing (without "explaining") his film and his intentions for it to the sometimes obviously baffled spectators, who may still leave no less baffled, but with more rich food for thought.
--A selection of stills from the shooting of The Kingdom of Naples.
--A trilingual illustrated booklet with essays on Schroeter, a nice-looking, well-designed affair whose only drawback is the fact that the essays in different languages are not translated into the others; if you read English but not German or French, you get a (well-informed and well-written) 2012 magazine piece by Bradford Nordeen about a MOMA Schroeter retrospective that year, but not the essay in German by Fassbinder about his filmmaking comrade-in-arms, or Gérard Courant's 1982 piece for a Cinémathèque Française publication.
Two strange, indeed bizarre, utterly disturbing and intoxicating works from the far ends of the spectrum of German filmmaker Werner Schroeter's filmography, 1970's experimental/avant-garde Der Bomberpilot and 1978's nominally narrative/dramatic Nel Regno di Napoli (The Kingdom of Naples) are essential additions to the DVD libraries of any and all New German Cinema (Wenders, Fassbinder, Schlondorff) aficionados. Not that Schroeter is any more easily categorizable than his compatriots in that movement (more united by their moment and by economic/production conditions and means than aesthetically, at any rate); as these two films -- for all their differences both equally drenched flamboyantly in the underground, homemade, labor-of-love spirit of an inveterate outsider/independent artist -- richly attest, Schroeter could never "fit" easily into anything, whether it's a movement or a new wave or the history of cinema itself. What he does share with his fellow practitioners of New German Cinema -- a lingering, tortuous post-Hitler trauma and an impatience verging on disgust with postwar West Germany's moribund, denial-prone culture and society -- manifests itself with such an original urgency here, whether through the lushly, poisonously overripe fantasy-parable of Der Bomberpilot or the eccentrically but pointedly historicizing, melodramatic-Neorealist maneuvers of The Kingdom of Naples, that they easily smash through any ready-made molds to abrasively dazzle our eyes and insistently blow our minds. Thanks to Edition filmmuseum's restorative/curatorial efforts, these too-long inaccessible portals into Schroeter's ultra-stylized yet deeply visceral vision are now readily available to all, a new, wholly unexpected cinephilic adventure that for those (like yours truly) who hadn't yet been initiated into the cult of Schroeter, will make an indelible mark and leave you hungry for more. Highly Recommended.
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Tweak says, "I going to fight a hamsandwich"
Sam Winchester ( bitch____) wrote,
Entry tags: dean winchester, sam winchester, trickster
Quit playing games with my heart ( cont. of last Sam one-shot, except more like a fic this time )
Come on! How could someone supposedly so brilliant be so dense when it came to the obvious things. "You really don't get it, do you Sam?" The Trickster canted his head to the side, expectantly waiting for the other to piece it all together. Now was it all starting to come together? It should be. This wasn't one of his more elaborate schemes. What usually happened when he was in town? What started out as a harmless prank got a little out of hand, and sometimes people ended up getting hurt. But it's not like any of these people were ever innocent or upstanding citizens. Nothing like that. So he considered himself doing the world a favor by seeing to it that they got what was coming to them. Ya know, ridding civilization of these parasites in the most entertaining ways possible. Creativity was key! Kept things from getting too boring.
Sam continued to stare blankly at his opponent, his eyes narrowed slightly. "Get what?" He hadn't put two and two together. As far as he could tell, the Trickster hadn't been manipulating anyone in town. So if anything was happening, he and Dean hadn't heard about it. And since their time wasn't being consumed by any other jobs at the moment, they would've most likely caught on to something out of the ordinary. But obviously the games were still going on; they'd just missed the signs. There was no doubt in his mind that the one-of-a-kind villain was hinting at something in particular. Something he should've known by now, but he didn't. Apparently, because otherwise he would be talking to his brother about this so that they could plan their next move. Although as usual, his curiosity had taken a hold of him.
"I'm surprised you haven't figured it out." It was a little disappointing, actually. This wasn't nearly as fun with the human mop over there completely oblivious to how he'd been putting his skills to use. Good use, too, in his humble opinion - not that he was all that humble. Humility was not one of his strong suits. Why waste his time with it? He could do anything he wanted. With that kind of power came a certain carefree attitude about the rest of the world and, well, the silly traits that defined the human race. They were a pretty pathetic bunch. If you looked close enough, it was easy to see. Why would he lower himself to their level when he could reign as a superior being? No contest.
"Just cut the crap, and tell me what you're talking about." Sam wasn't amused. He didn't want this to turn into one big endless riddle for him to have to solve. He preferred straight-forward answers. Clearly he and the one he was conversing with disagreed on that point, but oh well. He could keep up the interrogation as long as he needed to. Fortunately, even though he wasn't always that patient, he was determined: determined enough to see this through, tricks or no tricks.
The Trickster rolled his eyes. Looks like he'd have to spell it out for Sam, 'cause the guy seemed to have been struck by a case of the stupids all of a sudden. Or maybe he'd always been dumb, and everyone just gave him far too much credit. Either way, it wasn't anything he couldn't work around. This way worked as good as any. "Had any scary dreams lately?" That was the opener that should have been a dead giveaway.
Any scary dreams? Why would the Trickster care about- His thought was cut off midstream when the realization hit him. "You ..." The accusatory word was spoken with disdain as his shoulders stiffened and rolled back slightly to make him appear taller. So that's what'd happened. That's why he 'remembered' everything now. That's why he'd had the nightmare in the first place - or flashback, or whatever it was. Because this moron had been screwing with him and getting a real kick out of it in the process. What a sicko. To cook up a mirage that elaborate - that gory and realistic - it was unfathomable to Sam. But that's what this thing did for a living: he made people's lives miserable. He found their trigger, and he used it to break them down - or kill them, whichever came first.
Arms lifted out by his sides in a 'you got me' sorta gesture, as a beaming smile spread across his face. "That's right." Now he could be proud. He could take credit for his work. Whew. For a minute there, he'd been worried his efforts were in vain.
Sam swallowed as he shook his head in disgust. "How?" How had he managed to get inside his head and make him see all that when he wasn't even awake?
Wasn't it obvious? They really should've known how all this was done by now. It wasn't like this was their first encounter. "I can create whatever I want." Simple as pie, really. Speaking of ... there wasn't any lying around here, was there? Or cake. Cake was even sweeter. And with his sweet tooth, the more sugar the better. A candy bar would work too - or maybe a chocolate sundae. Hmm. Now he was kind of hoping they could wrap this up, so he could go satisfy his craving. All he'd really wanted was to see the look on Sam's face when he figured it out: priceless. Which had already been accomplished, so no need to stick around and give these hunters a chance to finish what they'd started.
"So it wasn't real." It was spoken more like a statement than a question. If the Trickster had done this, and his speciality was picking all these bizarre scenarios and turning them into reality just for fun, then what he'd seen hadn't been anything more than a stage set especially for him. It'd been like watching a performance: one that was so convincingly portrayed that you left the theater feeling what those characters felt, but that was the extent of it. The rest ... it was only to create unforgettable special effects. Placing Dean in the middle of it was the sucker-punch: the climax. Nothing more.
The Trickster shot that interpretation down real fast. "Oh, it was real. All I did was recapture the moment. I did a pretty good job, didn't I?" Sure, a lot of times he made stuff up. For example, the alien spaceship that had come down and swept up that sleazeball. Probing and slow dancing? Forget about it. It was all fake. He'd pulled ideas like that out of a tabloid magazine, and everyone knew most of those stories were a load of crap. That didn't make the outcome any less real, though. His goal was always the same, but his methods differed from time to time. And this time, he'd gone legit. He'd done a little back-tracking, a little soul searching, and produced the facts. If Sam didn't like that, it wasn't his problem. He wasn't the one with the inquiring mind.
Sam felt his heart sink deeper into his chest. It was real - allegedly. Question was, could he trust the source? What did the Trickster really know about telling the truth? Was he even capable of it? After shaking his head as if trying to deny the whole thing, he'd come back with an entirely different question. "Why are you doing this?"
Seriously? "The last time I saw you guys, you tried to kill me." A person didn't need any more motive than that - or even someone who wasn't so much a person. Attempted murder was the same all around. Always produced hard feelings. Go figure.
"So this is about revenge?" It was a logical assumption to make, especially with what had just been said.
"Wrong again! What I do is give people their just desserts: what they deserve." And this, my fine friend, is what Sam deserved. He wanted to talk about brutal honesty? Well, here it was. It didn't get any more brutal than this. But this wasn't done out of spite. Quite the contrary. He couldn't find enough meanness in him to really pull a number on these guys, because they were so darn entertaining all on their own. They didn't need any outside help, not usually. But since he'd been passing through, he couldn't resist. Especially after hearing all the Challenge buzz. Now that was interesting. So they were still out there dazzling the planet with their sparkling personalities ( ha, yeah right ). Good to know.
"And this is what I deserve?" Maybe it was, but Sam wasn't about to admit that aloud. Instead he came back with, "I still don't see how this isn't about payback."
"You wanted to know the truth. I showed it to you. I actually saved you a step. Now you don't have to go hunting down anyone, or should I say anything, else to give you the answers you're looking for." The beauty of this business was that he got to know everything: everyone's dirty little secrets. So he could read Sam's mind, sort of. Okay, so it didn't work exactly like that, but he knew what the other was thinking. He was pretty predictable: like a broken record. There was a pattern with the youngest Winchester: an unmistakable pattern - one he'd point out a little bit later. It seemed like a good exit speech. After all, he'd have to make a bold exit. His entrance hadn't been as grand as he would've liked, so he'd need to make up for it. No problem though! It could all be easily fixed. How did the saying go? Sometimes you just had to roll with the punches. That was him: just going with the flow, and the current was getting stronger by the minute.
"Don't expect a thank you," Sam replied flatly. How did he even know all this?
"I don't. Believe me. I knew you'd be ungrateful: that my selfless efforts to help you would go unappreciated." So maybe he was laying it on a little thick, but he honestly believed he was helping the other out - much more than he realized. Once Sam was done being mad about the whole thing, maybe he'd see it from the Trickster's point of view. Or maybe not. He was awfully thick-headed. But no skin off his back either way. He had no personal investment in this: nothing at stake when it came to whether anyone believed him or not. That was for everyone else to come to terms with on his/her own time. They just better not expect him to stick around till that happened, because he had other places to be, and other things to do.
Had he heard him correctly? Surely he hadn't. "Help me?" His tone was etched with utter disbelief, as his jaw loosened enough to hang open an inch or so. That had to be the biggest lie he'd heard yet.
Alright, here we go: time to say over and out. Insert pivotal speech: "The thing about you, Sam, is that you always want to know the truth, or so you claim. But once you do, you resent the person that told it to you. Well, I can't help it that you didn't like what you saw. That's what happened. You go around asking a bunch of demons about it, and they'll lie. But I didn't. That's not how I operate. So like it, or don't. Makes no difference to me, but I'm outta here before you fellas bust out the stakes." Truth hurts: motto of the day. Sam would just have to deal with it. He'd made his bed, and now he must lie in it, what goes around comes around ... all that jazz. Yadda, yadda, yadda, etc., etc. Were they done here now? Yes. As far as the Trickster was concerned, they were. But he couldn't make his departure without adding one last quip. "Oh, and tell Dean I said hello, hope to see him next time." Then, with a snap of his fingers, he was gone. Poof! Just like that. Wasn't magic great?
As for Sam ... well, he was left contemplating the universe and the consequences of his actions. But hey! At least now he knew. So, could he live with that knowledge? Only time would tell.


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Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (PSCOM), known simply as Penn State College of Medicine is the medical school of Pennsylvania State University, a public university system in Pennsylvania. It is located in Hershey near the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Children's Hospital, the medical school's principal affiliate. The medical school includes 26 basic science and clinical departments and a broad range of clinical programs conducted at its hospital affiliates and numerous ambulatory care sites in the region.

History
In 1963, the M. S. Hershey Foundation offered $50 million to the Pennsylvania State University to establish a medical school and teaching hospital in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Penn State Health
Penn State Health was formed in 2014 to consolidate health care providers in the area. In 2015, it acquired St. Joseph Regional Health Network in Berks County from Catholic Health Initiatives.

Statistics
, the Penn State College of Medicine has graduated 3,907 physicians (M.D.) and 1,004 scientists with Ph.D. or M.S. degrees.  The College of Medicine offers degree programs in anatomy, bioengineering, biomedical sciences, bioinformatics and genomics, genetics, immunology and infectious diseases, integrative biosciences, molecular medicine, molecular toxicology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and physiology. Two postdoctoral programs leading to an M.S. degree are offered, namely in Laboratory Animal Medicine, the only such program in Pennsylvania, and Public Health Sciences.  Each year, more than 550 resident physicians are trained in medical specialties at the center. Penn State College of Medicine is Unranked in Best Medical Schools: Research and Unranked in Best Medical Schools: Primary Care by U.S. News & World Report.

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Since 2001, the students of the College of Medicine have operated a free clinic for the underserved of Central Pennsylvania. The clinic is called LionCare and is based out of the Bethesda Mission, a homeless shelter, in midtown Harrisburg, PA. It has specialized has clinics for Women's Health, Orthopedics, Neurology, Psychiatry and Dermatology.  The clinic is staffed and serviced  by the students of the college, under the supervision of faculty physicians.

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What is the likely shape of the library of the Future?
And how do we build collections for it?
Fiesole Retreat 2023
Host Participate Programme Info Committees Sponsors Series
One for all and all for one:
the opportunities and challenges bringing libraries and publishers together
Odelya Conference Centre and Hotel
Registration and Programme
A collaboration between the University Library Basel, Casalini Libri and Charleston Hub, the 23rd edition of the Fiesole Collection Development Retreat Series will be held in person in Basel, Switzerland, from the afternoon of Tuesday May 2nd, 2023, ending the morning of Thursday May 4th.
Host 2023
As the oldest university in Switzerland, the University of Basel has a fascinating history of teaching and research going back over 550 years. The university opened with a Mass held at Basel Minster on 4 April 1460. It has undergone dynamic development ever since its inception.
The conference will take place at the Odelya Conference Centre and Hotel, in inner-city Basel, near the Botanical Garden and the University.
Basel likes to call itself the cultural capital of Switzerland, and is proud of its rich history in book printing, paper making, publishing, humanism and libraries, which goes back to the 15th century. The old town offers an intact picture with narrow alleyways, hidden squares and eye-catching sights such as the Town Hall or the Cathedral. In the 21st century the main driver of the economy and research are life sciences and biomedicine, which give rise to large chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
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Basel University Library
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tour of the Basel University Library
Light Lunch
Rebecca Lenzini
The Charleston Company, USA
Rebecca Lenzini is President of The Charleston Company which publishes The Charleston Advisor and The Charleston Report, and is cosponsor/cofounder of the Fiesole Collection Development Retreat Series. She began her career in libraries in the Serials Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was Vice President and Director of The Faxon Company's Academic Division. Following her tenure at Faxon, Rebecca served as President of CARL Corporation (Denver, CO) and was one of the founders of UnCover, the original article retrieval and document delivery service which is now part of Ingenta. She is a former member of the Editorial Board of Serials, the official publication of the UKSG. Rebecca currently splits her time between Denver, Colorado and Taos, New Mexico.
Michele Casalini
Casalini Libri, Italy
Michele Casalini is CEO of the family-run company Casalini Libri, which supplies bibliographical data, books and journals to libraries, and offers e-content through the Torrossa platform, thanks to its dedicated Digital Division. Following studies in Modern Languages and Literature at the University of Florence, and a period working with the publishing company La Nuova Italia, Michele specialised in the field of Information Technology and Management. He has been active member in standardization processes such as the definition of EDIFACT for the book sector and the translation of RDA into Italian. Member of several professional associations, Michele attends conferences, consultations and debates, liasing personally both with libraries and publishers. Among his recent interests is the digital transition and the current situation of HSS academic publishing, in particular the potential risks of marginalisation facing these subject areas, and analysis of collaborative measures that can contribute to preserving cultural heritage for the future. In May 2019 Michele accepted from the University of Florence an honorary degree celebrating his dedication and contribution to the field of Library and Information Science, the very first bestowal of the honour in question for merit in modern librarianship by an Italian university.
Leah Hinds
Charleston Hub, USA
Alice Keller
Director of University Library Basel, Switzerland
Liz Marchant
Taylor and Francis, Global Portfolio Director, Life, Earth & Environmental Science Journals at Taylor & Francis Group, UK
Onwards and upwards, enhancing access to knowledge through content innovation
Better Connected Than Lost
Scholarly communication is the connection and/or linking of authors, data, materials, languages, objects or libraries and publishers, etc., etc. This is of great interest and high importance to improve the efficiency of collaboration and to create networks for analysis or cooperation. We are used to talking primarily about the technology of connecting and/or networking. We better explain why we like to connect and link. Why do we act this way in the following areas? Better connected than lost in the flood of information is the topic of this session.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz
Director (off duty) of the Library of Humboldt University, Germany
Thomas Marty
Director of SLSP AG (Swiss Library Service Platform), Switzerland
Linking languages - Multilingual approaches to library services
Martin Reisacher
University Library Basel, Switzerland
Connect image and text with metadata and strong relationship to IIIF
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Break
Sponsored by Access Innovations
Tiziana Possemato
@Cult and Casalini Libri, Italy
Linking entities for connecting content - Facilities of LoD
Julien Roche
University Librarian and Director of the Libraries, University Lille, France; LIBER President
Better connecting Europe through Open Science, vision and role of LIBER
Dr. Rafael Ball
Director ETH Libraries and Collections, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Early Career Researcher and Scholarly Communication: Publication Pressure, Open Access and How can Libraries Support?
Gwen Evans
Vice President Global Library Relations, Elsevier, Columbus (Ohio), USA
Mutual creation of quality in the scholarly communication ecosystem
Co-sponsored by Wiley
Enabling Open Access in the Humanities
Discussions about the transformation of funding models tends to assume that the STM model both the old one and the new one based on article publishing can be applied with some small adaptations to the very different culture of the humanities without attempts to understand the presumptions of the scholars themselves, the fact that long form publishing in most disciplines is seen as the norm, and that there is a lot less money available. The speakers including librarians and publishers have been asked not to ignore the wider context and have been asked to consider whether the demand for openness is as strong as it is in the sciences, how the other outputs of scholars such as journal articles are regarded and how publications in general fit in with the different emphases of digital humanities.
Anthony Watkinson
Principal Consultant at CIBER Research, UK
Niels Stern
Director of OAPEN, The Hague, The Netherlands; Co-Director of DOAB
The role of research funders in driving the transition to open access books
Charles Watkinson
Associate University Librarian for Publishing University of Michigan and Director, University of Michigan Press, USA; President, Association of University Presses
Emily Poznanski
Director Central European University Press, Budapest, Hungary
Allowing for entrepreneurship with open access books as a case study
Christina Lembrecht
Senior Manager Open Access Partnerships DeGruyter, Berlin, Germany
The current structure of the OA book landscape as reflected in a publisher portfolio
Sponsored by IOP Publishing
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Technology development of publishing
The march of technology is relentless and changes can feel incredibly fast (and unexpected). But if we pay attention to the edges of technology, we can occasionally glimpse where things may be headed. What does that look like in 2023? What are the currently emerging technologies that may become central to library and publishing systems and operations later? How do we know when a technology is ready to be engaged with, as opposed to simply watching it evolve? For example, have you heard of the fediverse, AI, chatbots, metaverse, NFTs? This session will feature a survey of interesting new technologies and will attempt to make practical suggestions about how to approach them over the next 3-5 years.
Ann Okerson
Consultant, Center for Research Libraries, USA
Jason Griffey
Director of Strategic Initiatives, NISO - National Information Standards Organization, USA
The relentless march of technologies and where they take us
Anja Smit
Director of DANS (Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data) and NWO (Dutch Research Council), The Netherlands
New frontiers in Research Data in the SSH domain
Anita de Waard
Vice President, Research Collaborations, Elsevier, The Netherlands
Of Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Researchers, Publishers and Librarians
James Shulman
Vice President, ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies)
The humanities in a rapidly changing technology environment
Safran Zunft Restaurant
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Session Four
Perspective and practises of the APC model
After many years of «big deals» between libraries and most of the publishers, APCs are now a key discussion point for the wide dissemination of scientific publications. New business models are emerging, which are crucially linked to APCs like freemium, publish and read etc. leading in some countries to so-called transformative agreements. The presentations will propose different perspectives: The five-years policy for monitoring APCs at INRIA, a prospective vision for APCs of a major commercial publisher, the opportunities and risks of transformative agreements, a study led at a national level presenting the evolution of journal subscriptions and APCs over more than a decade in France. Finally the conclusions and results of these presentations will be discussed by the speakers and the audience.
Laurent Romary
Researcher and Head of Culture and Scientific Information, INRIA, France
Monitoring an APC policy, lessons learned and perspective after 5 years
Carrie Webster
VP Open Access, Springer, Germany
The future of APCs, a SpringerNature perspective
Opportunities and risks of transformation agreements
Maurits van den Graaf
Consultant, Pleiade, the Netherlands
A retrospective and prospective study of the evolution of APC costs for French institutions. 2013-2030
Cécile Swiatek
University Librarian and Library Director, University of Nanterre, France
12:00 noon - 12:30 p.m.
Pep Torn
Library Director, European University Institute Library, Fiesole, Italy
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Antonio Cordola
Christoph Wehrmüller
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is a Japanese manga series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Yūji Iwahara. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since November 2022, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume as of March 2023.

Plot summary
The plot takes place in the eponymous Cipher Academy, a former  all girls' military academy focused on study of cryptography, and focuses on Iroha Irohazaka, the sole boy in his class. While dealing with a spartan homework puzzle on his first day in class, Iroha comes across Kogoe Horagatoge, a student from a different class on the run from Kyora Toshusai, a fellow student of Iroha's and the heiress to a weapons manufacturer. After helping hide her, Kogoe gifts Iroha with a pair of glasses embedded with technology that allows him to see the "hints" to codes that his fellow classmates use to seed control. After winning a cipher-based battle against Kyora, Iroha is thrown into a conspiracy involving 50 billion morg hidden in the academy - a stash of cryptocurrency so valuable that it could end half the wars in the world... or double them.

Publication
Written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Yūji Iwahara, the series began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on November 21, 2022. A voice comic featuring Rina Satō, Ayane Sakura, and Saori Ōnishi was released on YouTube. Shueisha released the first tankōbon volume on March 3, 2023.

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English. However, the series' English translator Kumar Sivasubramanian announced he would stop translating the series following the release of the thirteenth chapter; he also linked to an article by Screen Rant, which described the series as "impossible to translate". He was replaced by a new translator.

Volume list

Reception
Carlyle Edmundson of Screen Rant praised the use of purposeful censorship to illustrate points about contemporary Japan.

References

Further reading

External links

Nisio Isin
Shōnen manga
Shueisha manga
Viz Media manga


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Mike Rawlings
stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference:
In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."
By Neelesh Moorthy July 12, 2016
Does Dallas have fewest police shootings in America? Impossible to tell
The morning after the ambush killing of five Dallas police officers, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said the police department has cultivated positive relationships with the Dallas community.
The agency, he said, has trained in de-escalating encounters and community policing.
"I want to brag just for a second if anybody hasn't heard us say this," he said at a news conference July 8. "This year, we have the fewest police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."
Rawlings made a similar claim on MSNBC's Morning Joe that same day. Even though his statement is unclear, a spokesperson confirmed the mayor was referring to shootings by, not directed at, officers.
We wanted to know if there was support for his statement.
The best data we have suggests the mayor might be right, but we can't know for sure.
No nationwide data
There is a major stumbling block with claims like these: There is no national database of police shootings.
The FBI does collect some data on justifiable homicides by law enforcement, but it's not broken down to the city level. The agency also issues a Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report, but it only goes up to 2014 (and it doesn't cover people killed or wounded by officers).
To make matters more complicated, the FBI's numbers are provided voluntarily by law enforcement agencies. (Only a small fraction of the 18,000 agencies who voluntarily participate in the program provide deadly force data.)
"Some cities would only report certain types of shootings," said Jonathan Maskaly, a criminology professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. "Others would report everything. Cities with problems would tend to obfuscate."
Maskaly said verifying Rawlings' claim — especially the "all large cities" component — is difficult without a comprehensive database.
That said, we were able to find officer-related shooting data for specific police departments, as well as documentation of lethal force from media sources. These accounts, while limited, do show Dallas has a low number of shootings by police compared to other cities.
Dallas vs. the rest of Texas
The Washington Post tracks fatal police shootings nationwide, as does The Guardian. Both recorded the same incidents — five lethal shootings in Dallas in 2015, and one in 2016.
A Dallas Police Department spokesperson pointed us to online officer-involved shooting data. The department's "officer-involved shooting" data included lethal shots, shots that injured, and shots that missed. As a result of the broader parameters, the police department's data shows 11 shootings in 2015, but still just one for 2016.
There's just one problem — the one shooting the newspapers found in 2016 is different from the one in Dallas' data. The Guardian and Post included a shooting by a Mesquite Police Department officer in Dallas, whereas the police department data only counts its own officers.
We did our own count using these three sources plus a Google News search. The result revealed one additional shooting by a Dallas officer.
The numbers vary depending on if the data includes shootings by non-Dallas police officers that happened in Dallas (such as by the Mesquite Police Department) or just those by Dallas officers. Including non-DPD officers, there were 12 officer-involved shootings in Dallas in 2015 and three in 2016.
Counting only the Dallas Police Department, however, there were 11 in 2015 and two in 2016. This is what Rawlings was referring to.
stated on January 18, 2023 in a Facebook post
Document shows that Hunter Biden paid Joe Biden $50,000 a month in rent.
What about other major Texas cities? We defined "large city" using the Census Bureau, looking at cities comparable to Dallas' estimated 1.28 million people.
Houston had 16 officer-involved shootings this year and 32 in 2015. San Antonio police reported five such incidents in 2016.
Austin didn't have available data, but an April news report counted five officer-involved 2016 shootings by the Austin Police Department as of that time.
In total, there were two police-related shootings by Dallas police in 2016 — less than Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
A broader look
Rawlings said Dallas had fewer officer-related shootings than "any large city" in 2016, not just any large Texas city. So we looked around the country to see if any large departments reported fewer than the two police-related shootings we found by Dallas police.
Data for the San Diego Police Department, captured by the county district attorney, show eight officer-involved shootings in 2015. We spoke to a county spokesperson, who told us there were three officer-involved shootings by the San Diego police in 2016.
Officers of the Los Angeles Police Department shot 38 people in 2015. Data for 2016 wasn't available, but scrolling through the LAPD's press releases, we counted 11 officer-involved shootings.
We also counted six officer-involved shootings in Las Vegas in 2016, at least 24 in 2015 for Chicago, and 21 in Phoenix for 2014.
The list of "large cities" could go on indefinitely, and there is no guarantee we wouldn't eventually find one with less than the two officer-involved shootings from Dallas police.
To keep it simple, we checked eight cities in addition to Dallas — including San Antonio, Houston, Austin, San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas and Phoenix. From what we could find, Dallas police had the lowest number (two) of officer-involved shootings in 2016.
Experts agreed that Dallas had a low number of officer-involved shootings compared to other cities.
"If the data is correct — I would agree that Dallas has a low number of police shootings especially when compared with similar size cities," said David Hurley, assistant professor of criminal justice at Texas A&M University.
However, counting the number of police shootings is the wrong metric to consider, said John Worrall, professor of criminology at the University of Texas at Dallas.
He and Maskaly both pointed to shootings-per-officer or shootings-per-capita as more informative measure. However, there is no available data for strictly 2016 on that point.
The Better Government Association published a July 2015 study of fatal police shootings in major cities between 2010-2014. Looking at that data, which is compiled via public records requests from police departments, Dallas had 34, more than San Antonio (28), San Diego (17) and San Jose (11).
Dallas also had higher fatal shootings-per-capita than several cities during that period, including those with more fatal shootings overall such as Chicago and New York City.
Our ruling
Mayor Rawlings said Dallas had fewer officer-related shootings in 2016 than any other large city.
There is no national database to compare Dallas with every single other large metropolitan area, so it is nearly impossible to verify that side of the claim. However, numerous sources suggest Dallas does, in fact, have a low number of officer-involved shootings compared to cities of similar sizes with available data.
For that reason, we rate Rawlings' statement Half True.
Editor's note: This fact-check was updated July 13 with correct information from the San Diego Police Department to show three police-involved shootings for 2016, not two as originally reported.
https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/ae42a763-78c9-44fc-9d7c-725105a8be16
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Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed."
Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report, January-June, 2015."
Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Data Collection: Arrest-Related Deaths."
Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Data Collection: Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)."
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The Guardian, "The Counted," accessed July 8, 2016
Dallas Police Department," Message from The Chief of Police," accessed July 8, 2016
The City of Houston," Officer Involved Shootings," accessed July 8, 2016
City of San Antonio, "Officer Involved Injuries Or Death Caused By The Discharge of A Firearm," accessed July 8, 2016
Time Warner Cable News," 5 Austin PD Officer-Involved Shootings in 2016 Have Left 3 Dead, 3 Injured," April 24, 2016
San Diego County District Attorney," Officer Involved Shootings," accessed July 8, 2016
NPR, "LAPD Reports Shooting 38 People in 2015; A Third Of Cases Involved Mental Illness," March 2, 2016
Los Angeles Police Department, "Newsroom," accessed July 8, 2016
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, "Non-Fatal Officer Involved Shootings," accessed July 8, 2016
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, "Officer Involved Shootings," accessed July 8, 2016
Chicago Tribune, "Data: IPRA data of Chicago police officer-involved shootings," December 4, 2015
ABC News, "Officer-Involved Shootings in Phoenix."
Better Government Association, "Fatal Shootings By Chicago Police: Tops Among Biggest U.S. Cities," July 26, 2015
Phone and email interviews with Jonathan Maskaly, assistant professor of criminology at the University of Texas-Dallas," July 8, 2016
Email interview with David Hurley, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice at Texas A&M University, July 8, 2016
Email Interview with John Worrall, professor of criminology at the University of Texas-Dallas, July 8, 2016
Phone interview with Senior Corporal DeMarquis Black of the Dallas Police Department, July 11, 2016
Email response from Scott Goldstein, chief of policy and communications at the Dallas Police Department, July 11, 2016
Email interview with Darrel Stephens, executive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, July 11, 2016
Email interview with Steve Walker, special assistant at the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, July 11, 2016
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stated on August 2, 2016 at the White House:
Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we've got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."
By Allison Graves • August 5, 2016
stated on August 2, 2016 a press conference at the White House:
Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time."
stated on August 2, 2016 a White House press conference:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership "knocks out 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American products and goods."
stated on July 30, 2016 a tweet:
"American homeownership rate in Q2 2016 was 62.9% - lowest rate in 51yrs."
By Neelesh Moorthy • August 2, 2016
stated on August 1, 2016 on Fox and Friends:
"Nobody covered" the remarks of Patricia Smith, the mother of a Benghazi victim, "live, but almost everybody covered Khizr Khan's, Mr. Khan's remarks live."
Says Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says no one from the Bush family attended the 2012 Republican National Convention and "there was no President Bush" at the 2008 convention.
By Allison Graves • July 17, 2016
stated on July 8, 2016 a news conference:
By Neelesh Moorthy • July 12, 2016
Rebuilding America Now
stated on June 23, 2016 an advertisement against Hillary Clinton:
Says Hillary Clinton "savaged" the dignity of people who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault "and shamed them."
By Neelesh Moorthy • July 6, 2016
stated on June 29, 2016 a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit:
"During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs."
stated on June 24, 2016 a press conference for Republican tax reform:
The United States "is the only major country that taxes its own exports."
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 28, 2016
stated on June 21, 2016 a meeting with Christian leaders:
"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion. Now, she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no — there's nothing out there."
stated on June 14, 2016 a tweet after the Orlando shooting:
The ammunition used in the Orlando shooting "is banned by Geneva Convention. It enters the body, spins & explodes."
stated on June 1, 2016 in a town hall:
"We've seen more manufacturing jobs created since I've been president than anytime since the 1990s. That's a fact."
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech responding to the Orlando shooting:
"According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law."


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