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Los términos enlace viario, intercambiador vial, entronque vial, nudo vial y distribuidor vial se utilizan en el ámbito del transporte por carretera para definir las intersecciones de dos o más carreteras en donde al menos una de ellas tiene un paso a distinto nivel y una o más rampas de acceso, de tal forma que el tráfico de al menos una de las vías puede atravesar el enlace sin cruzar directamente ningún otro flujo de tráfico. Esto difiere de la intersecciones convencionales, en las que las carreteras se cruzan al mismo nivel. Los enlaces se usan siempre cuando una de las vías es una carretera con acceso controlado, como una autopista o vía rápida, aunque también se usan en vías de alta capacidad para sustituir intersecciones a nivel.

Terminología
Para las definiciones siguientes se considera que se circula por el lado derecho de la calzada (especialmente en todo lo relativo a los sentidos de giro y lados de la calzada). Para aquellos sistemas viarios en los que se circula por el lado izquierdo, deben intercambiarse los términos izquierda y derecha. En las carreteras de varios carriles, se considera que los vehículos más lentos están obligados a circular preferentemente por el lado derecho de la calzada, circunstancia que se aprovecha para facilitar las maniobras de salida y entrada de vehículos.

Normalmente las tipologías de enlaces descritas corresponden a la conexión de dos calzadas principales. Cuando se deben conectar más de dos itinerarios principales o existen calzadas paralelas a los troncos principales, las soluciones adoptadas pueden llegar a complicarse extraordinariamente.

 El propósito de un enlace completo es habilitar todos los movimientos posibles entre las distintas calzadas involucradas en la conexión (aunque en la práctica, no son raras las realizaciones incompletas, en las que determinadas conexiones no son posibles).

 Para designar a las vías que deben ser conectadas, normalmente se habla de calzadas principales, calzadas troncales o simplemente troncos; mientras que las calzadas que permiten realizar los movimientos de conexión entre los itinerarios principales se suelen denominar como calzadas de conexión, ramas o ramales.

 En itinerarios con gran volumen de tráfico, son habituales calzadas paralelas al tronco, diseñadas para minimizar el efecto de la entrada y salida de vehículos sobre la circulación de la calzada principal. Estas calzadas generalmente se denominan calzadas secundarias, vías de servicio o vías colectoras-distribuidoras.

 El paso de unas calzadas a otras se resuelve mediante salidas (cuando un ramal se separa de un tronco en el sentido de la marcha) y entradas (cuando un ramal se incorpora a un tronco en el sentido de la marcha). Un caso especial son las divergencias (cuando un tronco se divide en dos) y las confluencias (cuando dos troncos pasan a ser uno solo).

 Normalmente, tanto las salidas como las entradas se realizan por el lado derecho (el lado izquierdo en los países donde se circula en este sentido) de los troncos, aunque excepcionalmente en algunos casos se adoptan soluciones en las que se realizan movimientos por el lado izquierdo.

 De acuerdo con la forma de pasar de una calzada a otra, se distinguen giros a la derecha (normalmente los más sencillos, porque no se cruzan con otros movimientos), y giros a la izquierda (en los que se debe salvar a distinto nivel al menos otro movimiento del tráfico).

 Según la manera de resolver estos giros, se definen distintos tipos de ramales:
 Ramales directos: no es necesario cruzar ninguna calzada; en general son los giros a la derecha.
 Lazos o bucles: solo es necesario salvar una calzada a distinto nivel, el giro a la izquierda se resuelve mediante un giro a la derecha de más de 180°.
 Asas interiores: salvan a distinto nivel las dos calzadas principales, dejando a su derecha el punto central del enlace, realizando en giro de aproximadamente 90°.
 Asas exteriores: de mayor longitud de recorrido, también salvan a distinto nivel las dos calzadas principales, pero dejando el punto central del enlace a su izquierda, realizando un giro de más de 180°.
 Glorietas o rotondas: ramales cerrados que permiten realizar movimientos entre distintas calzadas concurrentes mediante salidas y entradas dispuestas a su alrededor.

 En este sentido, también se habla de conexiones más o menos direccionales en función de la similitud del recorrido de un ramal en relación con el giro realizado.

 Un tramo de trenzado es un sector de una calzada en el que el tráfico entrante y el que desea salir de ella interfieren entre sí. Esta situación es característica de las glorietas o de cualquier tramo de calzada en el que exista una salida a continuación y a una distancia reducida de una entrada.

Sistemas de enlaces

Enlaces de tres direcciones

Enlace tipo trompeta

Los intercambiadores del tipo "trompeta" se utilizan habitualmente para enlazar una autopista o carretera que termina en otra. Esto implica al menos una rampa de lazo conectando el tráfico entrante o saliente a la vía que termina con la autovía que continúa.

Este tipo de enlace es muy útil para autopistas, carreteras y vías de peaje, ya que concentra todos los tráficos por un único punto, donde las casetas de peaje pueden ser instaladas. Los enlaces con doble trompeta son habituales en aquellos lugares donde se encuentra una vía de peaje con otra de acceso gratuito. También pueden ser útiles cuando la mayor parte del tráfico de la autopista que termina va en una dirección determinada, quedando la rampa del lazo para los giros de menor tránsito. Tienen la ventaja de ser conexiones más baratas, al tener menos estructuras y ocupan menos terreno que otros tipos de enlaces. Son muy útiles cuando el tránsito hacia la vía secundaria no son muy elevados. Con mayores tráficos el lazo no funciona bien y es obligado acudir a enlaces directos.

Ocasionalmente una tercera rampa puede ser construida exterior al lazo efectuando un giro de 270º al sustituir a la rampa directa de acceso. Un ejemplo es el acceso del túnel de Kingsway en Liverpool, Reino Unido.

Enlace en T direccional

Se denomina enlace completo en Y o en T  a unos tipos de conexión comunes para dar continuidad a tres direcciones troncales. Se requiere que las dos vías incidan entre sí de forma aproximadamente perpendicular. Los ramales de conexión pueden superponerse mediante estructuras sobre las vías existentes si el ángulo de la intersección obliga a ello. Requieren una moderada cantidad de terreno y el uso de una estructura de cruce de dos niveles. En lugares con mucho tránsito son preferibles a los enlaces del tipo trompeta, ya que el lazo de la trompeta ralentiza mucho la velocidad de los vehículos.

Enlaces de 4 direcciones

Enlace tipo trébol

El enlace de tipo trébol es la conexión más sencilla para cuatro direcciones, donde basta una única estructura de cruce entre las dos calzadas principales. Todos los giros a la izquierda se resuelven mediante ramales en forma de lazo (o todos los giros a la derecha si se circula por la izquierda). Para ir a la izquierda, los vehículos deben cruzar la vía que buscan y luego girar una curva cambiando de dirección 270º, emergiendo en el intercambiador por la derecha, y cruzando la vía de la que habían salido.

Las dos principales ventajas de los tréboles es que solo requieren un puente, lo que hace que su coste principal sea el del terreno que ocupan, y que generalmente no requieren señalización compleja ni semáforos para operar. Un defecto importante de los tréboles es que requieren tramos de trenzado, que disminuyen su capacidad. También ocupan extensos terrenos, por lo que son más habituales en zonas rurales, donde la superficie no es problema. Es común la variante que separa los carriles del tramo de trenzado mediante una barrera de hormigón (generando una vía colectora-distribuidora) aumentando la capacidad de estos enlaces.

Enlace tipo estrella de Indonesia

Llamados stack en la literatura anglosajona, un enlace estrella de Indonesia o enlace de cuatro niveles es un enlace de cuatro vías donde todos los giros a la izquierda se resuelven por rampas directas (asas interiores) a distinto nivel. Para ir a la izquierda (derecha en países que circulan por la izquierda), los vehículos primero deben girar ligeramente hacia la derecha en los ramales para separarse del tronco, y entonces completan el giro mediante una vía con una estructura que cruza ambas autopistas, emergiendo por el lado derecho del cuadrante contrario del enlace. Un enlace del tipo estrella Indonesia tiene, por tanto, dos pares de ramales cruzando a izquierdas, que pueden adoptar varias configuraciones (por encima o por debajo) entre ambos troncos.

Este tipo de enlaces no sufre problemas por trenzado, y debido a sus ramales direccionales son generalmente seguros y eficientes soportando tráficos muy altos en todas direcciones.

Un enlace viario incluye carreteras a cuatro niveles, también conocido como enlace a cuatro niveles. Hay algunos con 5 niveles, sin embargo suelen ser aquellos que tienen rampas específicas para autobuses o vehículos de alta capacidad.

Este tipo de enlaces es significativamente más caro y ocupa más espacio que cualquiera de los otros enlaces, y además pueden sufrir bastantes objeciones de los habitantes del lugar, por el importante impacto visual que generan. Los enlaces de este tipo suelen tener una apariencia bastante compleja, por lo que son descritos a veces como Enlaces Spaghetti.

Enlace con rotonda

Una alternativa bastante común es el enlace con rotonda. En esta solución los giros a la izquierda y a la derecha se organizan de dos maneras: o bien interceptando el tráfico de una de las dos vías que se cruzan con una rotonda (caso de un enlace a dos niveles); o bien haciendo pasar todos los tráficos que giran por una rotonda a distinto nivel que las otras dos vías (caso de un enlace a 3 niveles). Ejemplos de ambos tipos se pueden ver en la Circunvalación de Granada en España. Como ventajas tienen muy poca ocupación del suelo y funcionan muy bien para tráficos bajos o medios. El problema principal es que su capacidad viene limitada por la propia rotonda, de cuya capacidad depende el funcionamiento de todo el enlace. Es muy usual que estos enlaces se congestionen cuando los vehículos no pueden entrar en la rotonda, por lo que es recomendable separar los giros de mayor tráfico de la rotonda para aliviarla.

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Fox News Host Tried To Corner Pete Buttigieg. It Didn't Go Well.
Published: February 5, 2020 (Updated: May 27, 2021 ) in Australian News by 1news.info.
Fox News' Ed Henry on Monday asked Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg how he could still attack Donald Trump as a racist after the president's controversial Super Bowl ad centered on criminal justice reform and grant…
Fox News' Ed Henry on Monday asked Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg how he could still attack Donald Trump as a racist after the president's controversial Super Bowl ad centered on criminal justice reform and granting clemency to Alice Marie Johnson.
But the conservative network's anchor got an answer that may have surprised him.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, acknowledged that Trump's "decision to sign the First Step Act when it came to his desk is one of the handful of things I could actually agree with him on."
"It doesn't change the incredibly cruel and divisive racial rhetoric that comes out of this White House that is one of the many reasons that I'm meeting not only Democrats but Republicans who tell me that they struggle to look their children in the eye and explain to them how this is the president of the United States," Buttigieg explained.
Henry asked Buttigieg if he was "the right messenger to question the president on race, when as mayor of South Bend, as you know, Black leaders were quite critical of what you did particularly in terms of police-involved shootings and other matters you've litigated in this campaign."
"Because the president is wrong," responded Buttigieg who, per the polls, is failing to connect with Black voters.
"He is wrong to attack women of color. He is wrong to compare people to animals. He is wrong to assault entire cities in his tweets," he continued. "And you don't have to be a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat to know that's wrong, just as a lot of Republicans in Congress and the Senate, even if they're providing cover for the president, can't actually bring themselves to say that he's a good leader. And it's revealing."
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"What do we want from each other after we have told our stories?" asks Audre Lorde. More freedom? More justice? More love? More inclusion, better systems, an end to oppression? What? And how do we get to what it is we want? Trust the Lorde to remind us that there is more thinking to do after we break our silences, after we tell our stories.
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Celeb Real Estate: Sandra Bullock, Jim Parsons, & Sinatra
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New Celebrity Homes for Sale and Rent!
Realtor to the stars Zar Zanganeh takes us on a tour of the latest star properties for sale, and one for rent.
Jim Parson's $8.95M Los Angeles Home
The Big Bang Theory star is looking for big bucks from his luxurious Los Angeles home. With previous celebrity owners that include Tim Curry, Noah Wiley, and Rob Pattinson, it comes with a serious star-studded pedigree.
Twilight star Rob Pattinson sold the home to Parsons in 2014 for $6.375m. The 4,000 sq. ft. estate includes an oasis pool, gardens, 4 bedrooms, and 3.5 bathrooms.
Sandra Bullock's $3M Los Angeles Home
The Oscar winner's 1940s contemporary Los Angeles home has just been listed for $3M, which would more than double the original $1.4M price when Bullock purchased it in 2001.
At 3200 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms, it's spacious, airy, and could prove to be a great investment for Bullock.
Frank and Barbara Sinatra's Malibu Home for Rent
Looking for a celebrity home that's less of a longterm commitment? Frank and Barbara Sinatra's Malibu beach house is available to rent for just $110k per month.
The 5,800 sq. ft. home is steps away from the beach with 7 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, a pool, a spa, and large walk-in bar to whip up endless cocktails for your personal Rat Pack.
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50 Cities Blog Extravagana- Baltimore, Maryland
July 18, 2017 By Heather Leave a Comment
50 Cities of the U.S.A. by Gabrielle Balkan
Author: Gabrielle Balkan
Illustrated by: Sol Linero
Format: Hardback, 112 Pages
Publisher: Wide-Eyed Editions
Series: The 50 States
To Be Published: September 7, 2017
From the team that brought you The 50 States comes 50 Cities of the USA. Explore skycraper streets, museum miles, local food trucks and city parks from Anchorage to Washington D.C., and discover more than 2,000 facts that celebrate the people, culture, and diversity that have helped make America what it is today.
Cities include Anchorage • Atlanta • Austin • Baltimore • Birmingham • Boise • Boston • Burlington • Charleston Charlotte • Cheyenne • Chicago • Cleveland • Columbus • Denver • Detroit • Hartford • Honolulu • Houston Indianapolis • Jacksonville • Kansas City • Las Vegas • Little Rock • Los Angeles • Louisville • Memphis Miami • Milwaukee • Minneapolis-St. Paul Nashville • New Orleans • New York • Newark • Newport • Oklahoma City • Philadelphia • Phoenix • Pittsburgh • Portland, MA • Portland, OR • Rapid City • Salt Lake City • San Francisco • Santa Fe • Seattle • St. Louis • Tucson • Virginia Beach • Washington, D.C.
Here are some fun facts about Baltimore:
7 FOOT KNOLL LIGHTHOUSE Lighthouse keepers in the 1870s lit the beacon lamp every evening and cleaned the lens every morning.
B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore artifacts from Maryland's 1830 Mount Clare Station—the first railroad station in the United States.
CYLBURN ARBORETUM This city park has gorgeous trees, gardens, and greenhouses that grow plants for the city's parks.
EMERSON BROMO-SELTZER TOWER Once Baltimore's tallest building, this 15-story tower is home to 33 artists studios…and a fire station!
GREAT FIRE OF 1904 Brave and strong fire horses like Goliath of Engine Company 15 helped fight fires before fire engines were invented.
GREEN MOUNT CEMETERY The grave of the person who invented the Ouija board is shaped…like the spooky game!
INNER HABOR Paddle boats here are modeled after "Chessie," a fabled sea monster said to swim Chesapeake Bay.
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE was the first U.S. medical school to admit women and use rubber gloves during surgery, both in the 1890s.
LEXINGTON MARKET is the place to get Maryland's famously sweet blue crabs, who can only move side to side—they can't go forwards or backwards!
McCORMICK SPICE In 1889, an entrepreneurial 25-year-old sold these spices door-to-door. Today, some 2,000 people work here.
NAACP Founded in 1909 by leaders like W.E.B. Du Bois and Mary White Ovington, this civil rights organization supports equal opportunity.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENTISTRY Here, brush a giant set of chompers, see George Washington's dentures and bizarre vintage toothbrushes.
ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS This beautiful ballpark displays statues of Oriole greats like Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer, and Cal Ripton Jr.
PATTERSON PARK is a muddy stop on the annual 14-mile Kinetic Sculpture Race; competitors build outrageous, usually bike-powered, floats that travel on water and land.
REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM An annual Kwanzaa party celebrates seven principles, like Kuumba: to leave our community more beautiful than we inherited it.
THE AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER boasts art programs and a heritage museum with Lumbee art and culture exhibits.
THE AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM celebrates creative, innovative art like that of Deborah Berger, an autistic "visionary" who created great work from yarn.
THE BOOK THING Volunteers give away the some 200,000 books at this hot book spot—for free!
THE MARYLAND ZOO is home to Rise and Conquer, two 1.8 lb ravens who are brothers, like to eat cat food and shred telephone books.
THE MOUNT VERNON FLOWER MART is the un-official kick-off of lemon stick season, made with a peppermint stick and a lemon—yum!
THE MOVIE HAIRSPRAY about 1960s Baltimore, created by local legend and movie director John Waters, is now a Broadway play.
THE NATIONAL GREAT BLACKS IN WAX MUSEUM presents life-size wax figures of heroes like Zora Neale Hurston, Nelson Mandela, and Henry "Box" Brown, who, in 1849, mailed himself to freedom.
THE PIGTOWN FESTIVAL annually celebrates the neighborhood's roots as a site of German butchers with great food…and a pig race! Oink!
TRANSAMAERICA TOWER For some 35 years, Peregrine falcons have lived on the 33rd floor of this, Baltimore's tallest building.
USS TORSK (SS-423) During WWII, U.S. submarines like this were named for fish. This sub is now a museum, re-painted as a shark!
Author GABRIELLE BALKAN has worked with Scholastic, Harper Collins and Penguin. She lives and works in New York.
Illustrator SOL LINERO lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her clients include Scholastic, Oprah magazine, Jamie Oliver Magazine and Wired.
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Hamlet Retold in Modern-day English by Timothy Knapman
Series: Tales From Shakespeare
Published by QEB Publishing on May 1, 2015
Genres: Children's, Non-Fiction
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Hamlet is miserable after the death of his father, but when the ghost of his father appears and reveals that he was murdered, Hamlet decides to seek his revenge... Will he succeed? A tragic tale of deceit and revenge. Combining modern-day English with stunning illustrations, QEB's Tales from Shakespeare bring the Bard's popular plays to life. Lively and easy-to-read, they are sure to capture your imagination!
Hamlet Retold in Modern-day English was a wonderful tool in my classroom to teach about Shakespeare on a middle school level. My students really liked the illustrations, but did mention they wish there was more than just one splash of color added to the black and white pictures. While Hamlet is violent, it was tame enough for them to palate, and we even to used the book as a script to act out the play.
I love the book design including the raised cover florishes. The editions are sturdy, built to last for a long time. The writing was true to the original play. I can readily recommend this to children and teachers as a modern day re-telling of a classic.
Timothy Knapman studied at Oxford University and has written plays, musicals, songs and children's books. His books include the successful Mungo, Eleanor's Eyebrows and the Picture Book Pirates and its sequels. His work has been translated into 12 languages and have been read on British national television.
Yaniv Shimony is an illustrator, comic artist and graphic designer. After a number of years working in advertising as an art director he chose to pursue his passion in illustration and became freelance. Most of his works are for children's books, magazines and adverts. He currently lives in London.


Verifone is a multinational company that sells merchant-operated, consumer-facing and self-service payments systems, both in hardware and software. Verifone has traditionally been a hardware provider and needed assistance with digitally transforming their platform into a software company. Their solutions range from PIN-based cards, electronic bill payment, signature capture, and Electronic Benefit Transfer, in addition to integration with a host of third-party applications.
"Momentum Design Lab's communication and collaboration were highlights of the engagement. They were able to stick to the timeline and stay under budget while delivering a high-quality product." Read full review.
We designed a completely new android based POS system for businesses that require more open and highly customizable experiences. This new device is being used to modernize the next generation of Verifone point of sale devices while maintaining their well-known brand.
We executed the project in tight collaboration with our client through multiple workshops and work sessions. These sessions played a crucial role in defining the product requirements and goals as we were designing an entirely new product and marketplace.
As part of the initial project to create the POS application, we proceeded with defining the information architecture. The IA uncovered the need for a larger ecosystem of support portals. We proceeded in defining this larger IA and establishing all the support portal required for a successful product launch.
We created two distinct design concepts, each taking a different approach to look and feel and interactions.
We designed wireframes for each of the main applications, focusing on interactions and user flows instead of visual design.
Manual Transaction is one of the most used micro applications. This application is supposed to be used by cashier to perform actions such as perform cash & credit card transactions, refund transactions, run an inventory and review purchase history.
We designed an internal app that has several portals for different types of users – estate owners, merchants, developers & developer supports. Estate owners are supposed to troubleshoot all the POS devices, track the issues or failures. Within this portal admins would filter down devices by geo map location and scan all the devices in real time. They can perform a lot of things remotely which make this tool really powerful. Sales people would see the total sales and revenue of the app that are currently on the market.
A separate portal for developers was created. Within that portal they can develop new applications for the marketplace, review applications for approval and view their statuses.
When the Visual design was finalized we prepared a detailed Branding Guidelines for the whole platform. We defined all the states for each and every element within the product.
What started as the design of a POS system, the scope grew to include the design of micro applications and support portals. Our work was crucial in creating the necessary software support for a successful hardware launch. The final result was an entirely new Android-based POS that has helped modernize Verifone to better position themselves in the market.
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2011 International Impact Award winner Trudy Huskamp Peterson recognized
Dr. Trudy Huskamp Peterson, our 2011 International Impact Award winner, was recently recognized with the Emmett Leahy Award. This award recognizes pioneers in the field of records and information management.
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Iowa/India educational connections explored on November 13 WorldCanvass
WorldCanvass will celebrate International Education Week* with a program on "Educational Cross-fertilization: the Iowa/India Connection." The program will feature UI President Bruce Harreld's presentation of the 2018 International Impact Award to Rajat Jay Sehgal and the Sehgal Foundation for their leadership in support of community-based development activities, educational access, and the empowerment of women, particularly in rural India. Sehgal will also be recognized for the foundation's multi-year partnership with the University of Iowa's award-winning India Winterim program. Joining the discussion about the Iowa/India educational connection are Craig Just, Marian Muste, and Allen Bradley from the College of Engineering, Stephanie Gilbertson-White from the College of Nursing, Vijay Kamalumpundi from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs Downing Thomas. WorldCanvass begins at 5:30 on November 13 at MERGE, 136 South Dubuque Street, with a pre-show reception from 5-5:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.
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2016 UI International Impact Award goes to Howard Kerr
A former naval commander and aide to two U.S. vice presidents and one president, Howard Kerr says his greatest pleasure today comes from bringing a little 'real world' experience into the academic space. "When students tell me that I'm lucky to have had the experiences I've had, I agree, but with a big caveat. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt once defined luck for me as preparation waiting for opportunity," says Kerr. "I took classes in Schaeffer Hall sixty years ago, sitting in the same seats they're in, and I didn't have any idea what I'd be doing when I left the university. But I found out that my time here at the university had prepared me to take advantage of opportunities that presented themselves. This is the message I try to pass on to students."
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Howard Kerr , a native Iowan, 1960 graduate of the UI, and former naval commander and advisor to U.S. presidents, has been named the 2016 recipient of the International Impact Award. UI Provost Barry Butler and Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs Downing Thomas will present the award to Kerr at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, as part of the television/radio/internet program WorldCanvass. Also appearing on WorldCanvass to discuss the challenges and opportunities offered by increasing internationalization in higher education will be Ellen Hazelkorn, policy advisor to the Higher Education Authority, Ireland, and Barbara McFadden Allen, executive director of the Big 10 Academic Alliance. The program takes place in the Recital Hall of the Voxman Music Building from 7:30-9:00 p.m. No tickets are required and the public is invited to enjoy a pre-show reception from 6:30-7:30.
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From Bangladesh to Tanzania, Rebecca Arnold has witnessed firsthand the power of education in improving public health around the world. She remembers the young Bangladeshi girl who delayed marriage to finish high school and pursue a degree in nursing. Then, there was the Tanzanian woman raising her children in poverty, who summoned the courage to leave an abusive relationship and become a public advocate for HIV patients in her community. Inspired by their transformations, Arnold has devoted her career to teaching life-saving health messages—from the importance of hydration to the dangers of smoking—to people in developing countries.
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On November 10, 2015, Joan Kjaer and a panel of guests discussed "communicating for social and behavioral change" as part of a special edition of WorldCanvass. The program included the presentation of the 2015 International Impact Award. This is a ReCap of the event with access to see and hear the full program.
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WorldCanvass ReCap: The Tenacious Cycle of Poverty, Hunger, and Disease
On November 18, 2014, Joan Kjaer and a panel of guests discussed "The Tenacious Cycle of Poverty, Hunger, and Disease" as part of a special edition of WorldCanvass. The program included the presentation of the 2014 International Impact Awards and followed with a screening of "The Last Hunger Year" at FilmScene. This is a ReCap of the event with access to see and hear the full program.
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The University of Iowa will celebrate International Education Week Nov. 17-21 with several events and activities, including a public ceremony to honor 2014 International Impact Award recipients Roger Thurow, a UI journalism alumnus, and Selma Jeronimo, a physician who has worked closely with UI medical faculty and students.
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2014 International Impact Award winners to discuss poverty, hunger, disease on Nov. 18 WorldCanvass
Journalist, author, and activist Roger Thurow and tropical medicine specialist Dr. Selma Jeronimo have been named the winners of the 2014 International Impact Awards. UI President Sally Mason and Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs Downing Thomas will present the awards to Thurow and Jeronimo at 5 p.m., November 18, at FilmScene in downtown Iowa City as part of the television/radio/internet program WorldCanvass. The ensuing discussion will focus on the tenacious cycle of poverty, hunger, and disease which afflicts so many parts of our globe—and some of the creative efforts worldwide to break the cycle.
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School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Carver College of Medicine,
UI Alum Marcelo Mena-Carrasco discusses his Chilean cabinet position and IC roots
Earlier this month, Chile's soon-to-be president, Michelle Bachelet, selected University of Iowa alum Marcelo Mena-Carrasco to serve as the country's undersecretary of the environment. His recent efforts to improve the nation's air quality played a major role in his selection for the post.
Chile,
sustainability,


Where? And where are the compiled binaries of that code? Where is the link on their site, pointing to its location? The entire point of my rant is that they do not make it available.
support of any kind to such a user in accessing the Ripple protocol.
I believe that both XRP II and Gatehub are registered with FinCen. For a variety of reasons, it's not realistically possible for Ripple to provide a retail wallet.
I really wish I could talk more about this.


Our original intention was to develop and market enhanced seat and interior upgrade packages for the 1/144 scale Revell and Dragon Boeing 747 plastic model kits, as they leave a lot to be desired when it comes to accuracy and detail in this facet. This stemmed from a love of cutaway models and a desire to resume and share a hobby once enjoyed back in the day.
To advertise and promote this product line, we envisioned a website where modellers could meet to obtain and exchange information, all in a spirit of camaraderie, as well as place orders. The trick, though, was to come up with a unique, compelling draw, and in this regard, what could be better than actual 747 cabin information and details from a collection of images, postcards, brochures, leaflets and other memorabilia? So began our quest to acquire requisite material from various sources.
Then one day, it dawned on us. Why restrict ourselves to the 747? Before long, we concluded that an extensive airliner cutaway website, with a wide open array of aircraft models and airlines, would be ideal, and extremely appealing to commercial aviation enthusiasts, not just model-makers. That was the beginning of Airlinercutaways.com, and long days on eBay and Google.
In September and October 2012, we identified two more non-existent product concepts from our memorabilia acquisition activities. One concerns postcards, the other, a more simplified, albeit attractive, cutaway model format for both modellers and ready-to-display model crowd.
Our time at a premium, and aviation postcards requiring far less manufacturing inputs than cutaway model counterparts, we have decided to focus our limited energy and resources on those for the present, until such time additional capital and manpower is available to add the model product line to the mix as well.


A flu is not simply a flu to many a medical practitioner. Similarly, descriptions for bodily parts may differ as much as flavors of vanilla offered in an ice cream store. To enforce a semblance of standardization, medical coding is introduced into the health care industry. All medically trained personnel irrespective of location are expected to toe the line and adhere to the bible of medical terms. In as much as confusion created from incorrect naming of diagnoses and procedures, it is timely to bring irregularities to a halt. By doing so, it is hopeful to bring down the statistics of lawsuits and insurance claims brought about by an incorrect identification.
This process of tagging a string of alphabets and numbers to a medical analysis or procedure came about due to arising differences of professionals being training in various regions. Having being established with an educational background and its set of terms, some opt to work abroad for the sake of contributing to lesser developed societies. Knowledge enhancement and career advancement are but a few of the many reasons for health care practitioners to work in places other than home. Utilizing a form of medical coding recognized at an international level assured medical standards are the same all over. Simply put, scanning of a head infers to the brain as well as one cannot avoid the other.
Coding also contributes to a clinical database used for research and monitoring purposes. A certain code which displays a certain trend is certainly worth further study. If environmental or artificial reasons are cause and reason affecting the health of the population, steps can be taken to stem continual outbreak. Sharing of information is made much easier as medical professionals all over rely on medical coding to denote a medical analysis or procedure instead of descriptive terms as they may differ according to region and training.
Just by looking at our eyes and assessing how they feel we can learn a lot, not only about the health of our eyes, but our overall health, too.
Medically trained professionals, however, are able to ascertain a great many health conditions from specific examination of different parts of the eye. This is one reason why it is important to have regular eye checkups.
Blepharitis is a common disease of the eyelids. Inflammation and soreness occurs because of dry eyes and so both the eye and the inner eyelids are not receiving the lubrication they require. Though over the counter eye drops may be of help, a visit to the optician or doctor would be wise.
Small blood veins showing across the whites of the eye can be an indication of being in a draft/draught. If the condition lasts for more than a week and includes pain or discharge in any way, then a doctor should be consulted as antibiotics may be required. Bloodshot eyes may also be symptomatic of hypertension or diabetes, so check with your doctor or medical advisor if you have bloodshot eyes for more than a few days.
Although some people are born with eyes that tend to protrude more than the average, eyes that begin to bulge should be taken as a warning sign as the bulging may indicate thyroid problems or a tumour. Bulging may occur in either or both eyes.
Cloudy vision is an indication of something being amiss with the lens of the eye. Known as cataracts, this can be a sign of glaucoma and, left untreated, can even result in blindness. The condition may be relieved by an operation. Again, consult your optician or doctor if you suffer from cloudy vision.
Although humorously put down to an over indulgence of alcohol, double vision can be due to a variety of conditions including medication allergies. It can also, much more seriously, be a sign of a brain tumour, cataract, nerve or thyroid issue. Some people get double vision as a result of a stroke or glaucoma. It is advisable to see your doctor or eye specialist as soon as possible if double vision is experienced.
Sometimes the eyes do not produce enough tears. When this happens, your eyes can feel really dry, sore and itchy. Your doctor or optician will usually prescribe eye drops which will help alleviate the symptoms. Above all, no matter how dry or itchy, resist the temptation to rub your eyes.
It is normal to be aware of small spots or cell like structures floating across the field of vision. They are a normal part of the functioning of the eye due to protein particles. Concerns are raised if there is a sudden increase in numbers which could indicate possible retinal detachment or tear. If this is the case, visit your doctor or medical advisor promptly.
Iridology is a complementary practice of diagnosing illnesses or disease within the human body by the study of the iris. Although not accepted by many scientists, practitioners claim that the results are sound and that they have proof of this. They claim that iridologists can read the colours, texture, lines, marks and brightness of the iris to ascertain if particular bodily organs are functioning correctly as well as noting any inflammation. This is based upon each part of the body having a corresponding section within the iris.
This irritating and often painful condition can be treated with creams or ointments. If the stye does not respond to this treatment then other conditions, such as cancer of the eye lid, may have to be considered. Once again, if you have a stye that persists, then it really is wise to visit your doctor or medical advisor.
Watering of the eyes, also known as tearing, may be an indication that there is infection within the eye which requires medical attention or it can be a symptom of corneal problems.
Whites of the eye (sclera) showing a yellowish tinge can be an indication that there is disease within the liver. Jaundice (icterus) is a well known illness shown by yellowing whites and a sallow / yellowish tinge to the skin. Hepatitis also shows by yellowing of the eyes. If you have this yellowish tinge, visit your doctor as soon as possible.
By paying attention to what your eyes are trying to tell you, you can remain fit and healthy throughout your life's journey.


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// Copyright (c) 1996-2016 Live Networks, Inc.  All rights reserved.
// H.264 Video RTP Sources
// C++ header

#ifndef _H264_VIDEO_RTP_SOURCE_HH
#define _H264_VIDEO_RTP_SOURCE_HH

#ifndef _MULTI_FRAMED_RTP_SOURCE_HH
#include "MultiFramedRTPSource.hh"
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class H264VideoRTPSource: public MultiFramedRTPSource {
public:
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  H264VideoRTPSource(UsageEnvironment& env, Groupsock* RTPgs,
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  virtual ~H264VideoRTPSource();

protected:
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  virtual Boolean processSpecialHeader(BufferedPacket* packet,
                                       unsigned& resultSpecialHeaderSize);
  virtual char const* MIMEtype() const;

private:
  friend class H264BufferedPacket;
  unsigned char fCurPacketNALUnitType;
};

class SPropRecord {
public:
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  unsigned sPropLength; // in bytes
  unsigned char* sPropBytes;
};

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Fondée en 1905, la Pinacothèque de l'État de São Paulo (en portugais Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo) est le musée d'art le plus ancien de la ville de São Paulo et l'un des plus importants du Brésil. Elle dépend du Secrétariat d'État à la Culture. Son siège se situe au Parc de la Luz, mais elle occupe également un espace appelé Gare Pinacothèque (Estación Pinacoteca), ancien siège du DOSP, et un édifice du Parc d'Ibirapuera.

Son fonds compte plus huit mille œuvres : peintures, sculptures, gravures, dessins, tapis, issues principalement de l'art brésilien des XIX et XX siècles. Elle présente quarante expositions par an sur diverses expressions artistiques visuelles produites par des artistes nationaux et internationaux.

Présentation

Origines
Le bâtiment occupé par la Pinacothèque de l'État de São Paulo est conçu par Ramos de Azevedo en 1897, pour accueillir à l'origine le Lycée des arts appliqués de São Paulo (Liceu de Artes e Ofícios de São Paulo), institution visant à former techniciens et artisans pour construire à l'époque les villes qui s'enrichissent avec la culture du café.

Le , la Pinacothèque de l'État de São Paulo est inaugurée et devient le premier musée d'arts plastiques de la ville. Cette inauguration est possible grâce à l'appui et au soutien du poète et mécène Freitas Valle, de l'homme politique Sampaio Vianna, de l'ingénieur Adolpho Pinto et du directeur Ramos de Azevedo. À ses débuts, l'institution se limite à une simple galerie occupant le troisième étage du Lycée des arts appliqués.

Durant les premières années sont organisées les Expositions brésiliennes des Beaux Arts (1911 et 1912), l'Exposition de l'art espagnol (1911) et l'Exposition de l'art français (1913), ainsi que quelques expositions particulières (Aurélio de Figueiredo, Pedro Alexandrino en 1912). Le fonds initial du musée compte 59 œuvres d'artistes consacrés de Rio de Janeiro et de São Paulo (parmi lesquels Antônio Parreiras, Benedito Calixto, João Batista da Costa, Pedro Alexandrino, Oscar Pereira da Silva, Eliseu Visconti et Almeida Júnior), dont certaines provenant du Musée Paulista. Jusqu'aux années 1930, la collection s'enrichit de dons privées et d'acquisitions de l'État. D'autres œuvres sont produites par des artistes subventionnés (Victor Brecheret, Anita Malfatti, Wasth Rodrigues, Túlio Mugnaini, entre autres).

Bâtiments
Les murs de la Pinacothèque sont en briques nues et avec de grandes fenêtres incorporées, faisant d'elle une référence urbaine. Elle connaît une grande rénovation en 1998 durant le gouvernement Mário Covas, réalisée par l'architecte Paulo Mendes da Rocha, une rénovation qui vaudra à ce dernier le prix Mies van der Rohe Amérique Latine 2000. Aujourd'hui, on trouve dans ses salons restaurés et patios internes totalement couverts, d'importantes expositions comme celles réalisées avec des œuvres d'Auguste Rodin et de Joan Miró.

Le Pavillon des Arts, situé dans le Parc d'Ibirapuera, fait également partie de la Pinacothèque et abrite les expositions de grande importance artistique.

Collections

La pinacothèque est le dépositaire d'une grande collection d'œuvres d'art brésiliennes, riche par sa variété mais se concentrant sur la période des XIX et XX siècles. Parmi les huit mille pièces, le musée présente des peintures, sculptures, dessins, gravures, photographies, tapis, objets des arts décoratifs et de la période coloniale au Brésil, permettant de dresser un panorama de l'art brésilien.

Elle réunit notamment des œuvres d'artistes paulistas, comme Almeida Júnior, Pedro Alexandrino et Oscar Pereira da Silva, et d'autres œuvres représentatives de Cândido Portinari, Anita Malfatti, Victor Brecheret, Tarsila do Amaral et Di Cavalcanti.

En ce qui concerne la période du , le socle de la collection est formé par les œuvres d'Almeida Júnior, alternant paysages, portraits et scènes d'intérieur. On retrouve ses célèbres Caipira Picando Fumo, Saudade y Leitura. Les natures mortes de Pedro Alexandrino occupent une salle entière, où se distinguent ses Cozinha na Roça, Peru Depenado et Aspargos. On retrouve également les paysages d'Antônio Parreiraset Benedito Calixto, comme Baía de São Vicente. Viennent ensuite les peintures historiques et scènes de genre d'Oscar Pereira da Silva (Hora de Música et Infância de Giotto), les portraits de Bertha Worms et d'Henrique Bernardelli, la toile Maternidade d'Eliseu Visconti, parmi tant d'autres.

Même si l'art académique domine, la collection n'en compte pas moins diverses œuvres d'artistes modernistes, comme Victor Brecheret, Tarsila do Amaral, Lasar Segall, Anita Malfatti, Cândido Portinari, Di Cavalcanti, Clóvis Graciano, Francisco Rebolo et Túlio Mugnaini. Elle s'est enrichie tout au long du  d'œuvres abstraites d'origines diverses : Waldemar Cordeiro, Samson Flexor, Arcângelo Ianelli, Nuno Ramos, Paulo Monteiro et Paulo Pasta.

La collection se complète d'un nombre significatif de peintures européennes du  et de sculptures françaises, avec notamment un ensemble de neuf bronzes de Rodin (Torso da Sombra, Bacanal, Gênio do Repouso Eterno) et d'autres pièces d'Aristide Maillol, Medardo Rosso, Antoine Bourdelle et Niki de Saint Phalle.

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 De divers auteurs; La Pinacothèque de l'État de São Paulo, São Paulo: presse officielle de l'État de São Paulo, 2003.

Voir aussi

 Pinacothèque
 Liste des musées au Brésil
 Liste des œuvres de Bertha Worms

Liens externes
  Page de la Pinacothèque sur le site du gouvernement de l'État de São Paulo

Musée à São Paulo
São Paulo
Art à São Paulo

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Visit The NewDEAL
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S.Bend Reports
Winner, 2015 New Ideas Challenge
Submitted by Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, IN
The City of South Bend lacked in two-way data-driven communication between residents and decision-makers of the city. South Bend created the first open data portal in Indiana in 2013, but the distribution of information through this platform has not had a measurable impact to further conversations with residents beyond anecdotes.
The goal was to develop a platform which truly facilitates two-way communication between residents and the City of South Bend administration based on data. This platform and its outputs have been dubbed "S.BEND Report(s)."
S.BEND reports make Big Data small. Reports are delivered on the performance of city services at a scale relevant to our residents. The S.BEND reports are part of a comprehensive strategy to allow residents to become co-creators and advocates of their communities. Anecdotes and data converge to structure informed conversations that transcend the attribution of guilt and lead to richer discussions and more optimal outcomes.
Through the Director of Community Outreach each neighborhood's priorities are coded and catalogued. Data is then gathered about city services like Vacant and Abandoned Home Initiative or Code Enforcement and reflect meaningful information, like the total amount of pounds of litter removed from illegal dumping in the neighborhood, while providing context regarding how your neighborhood fares relative to the rest of the city. The reports elicit action, including an increase in neighbor compliance with Code Violations, which reduces operational costs for the city – as city crews do not have to abate violations- while improving the quality of life in the neighborhoods.
Performance levels are currently tracked for different city services by neighborhood levels. Projects would be structured that use the S.BEND reports to communicate desired changes in behavior regarding a city service, changes would then be tracked in performance for this service and use statistical tests to validate the effectiveness of the program and the tool. The granular spatial control of the reports allow us to use different strategies across multiple neighborhoods allowing us to use the scientific method to design, test, and replicate effective strategies across the city. Resident satisfaction surveys, regarding different city services, would also be provided.
Where It's Working
South Bend's
Mapping Open Data Across the U.S.
List of Open Data Sites by City, County, & State
"Benefits, Adoption Barriers and Myths of Open Data and Open Government"
"Open data: Empowering the empowered or effective data use for everyone?"
"Open Data: An International Comparison of Strategies"


It endangered the absoluteness of her self-belief and self-worship.
Thus, this view leads to humanity-worship or rather to self-worship.
This free agency is nothing more than the self-worship of the poor slave.
She tore herself away from her self-worship and quickly began to dress.
But self-worship and the craving for aggrandizement are in reality very uninspiring emotions.
In his own house, this old man was given up to self-worship, without a shadow of concealment.
I was got upon a precipice, but knew it not—that of self-worship and conceit—the worst creature-idolatry.
I suppose Tartuffe had persuaded himself into self-worship, into the conviction that everything he said and did must be right.
He lived in an atmosphere of self-worship, and was enchanted with every bar of his own music.


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The FORT Podcast: Chris Powers & Eric Jorgenson on Jorgenson's Soundbox
Happy Holidays! We wanted to co-launch a special episode where Chris was interviewed by Eric Jorgenson (guest on episode #152) on Eric's show: Jorgenson's Soundbox. Enjoy!
In the last episode, we discussed alternative assets, and in this episode, we take a deep dive into the career of Chris Powers, the master of the specific alternative asset of real estate. Chris began his real estate career when he was just 17 years old and has spent the last 17 years building Fort Capital, a real estate firm in Fort Worth, Texas. Throughout the episode, we discuss Chris's journey in real estate, investing, recruiting, and podcasting.
We begin the episode talking about some of the heroes that Chris looks up to including his dad who taught him the valuable lessons that you only live one life and that money can only make you so happy. Chris bought his first house at 17 when he was starting college and got into real estate as a means to make money during his studies. He says that he was driven by constantly waking up and feeling behind and wanting to do something. Before graduating, he bought more student housing, started a property management business, and started a leasing business. He graduated in 2008, during the economic collapse, and had no choice but to continue in real estate.
From 2010 to 2015, Chris was doing a bit of everything related to real estate – he was building custom homes and spec homes, buying land, VC investing, and had a small team that he managed. Despite having some success, he realized he wasn't compounding his business the way he wanted, and after reading Good to Great by Jim Collins, he decided to narrow his focus. Chris talks about his need to be able to recruit and the importance of having a mission. We also discuss how flywheels can propel us forward, and for Chris, his flywheel is based on his podcast, Twitter, real estate business, and investors that create a virtuous cycle of growth.
Recently, Chris has transitioned out of being the CEO of Fort Capital, and he is learning how to be an owner. He is also focusing on his VC Funds and building Powers Capital, which he says will function as a family office but also will function like private equity. We wrap up the conversation discussing when enough is enough and measuring impact; Chris says he's no longer in it for the money but rather to see what it is possible to accomplish during the one life he has.
(03:52) – Who are your heroes?
(07:56) – Chris' Upbringing & His Father's Impact on Him
(20:47) – Chris Starting His Career in RE at Age 17
(26:17) – Reflecting on the '08 Financial Crisis
(35:02) – What was your next big inflection point after graduating college in 2008?
(41:02) – You Can't Scale When You're Not Clear on Your Path
(47:52) – The Results of Learning to Focus
(59:22) – What's role does Fort play in your investor's portfolios?
(1:05:41) – How does an investor recoup their money?
(1:09:26) – Compounding Business with Online Content and Media
(1:13:20) – The Divergence of Focusing the Mission of Fort Capital and the Mission of Chris Powers
(1:19:31) – What is your day-to-day like now?
(1:25:00) – Chris' VC Investing Exposure
(1:31:11) – What's the end goal for you?
(1:42:27) – What is the most foundational principle you can offer all entrepreneurs?
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Chris Flegg - Through The Window
This is Chris Flegg's 2006 album with 15 original songs and one new instrumental tune crammed into one CD to give over one hour of music. The setting of the songs is deliberately simple, acoustic guitar and voice, to give the feel of live performances, with soprano sax and tenor sax on some tracks used to good efect. These songs leave you feeling good and cover varied subjects in a way that gives you reason to think about some issues from a new perspective, with some smiles along the way.
Commuter Breakdown Blues [3:38]
Saturday Morning In The Charity Shop [5:23]
Creatures Apart [2:51]
Another Child In Africa [6:04]
Where Do Buskers Go When It's Raining [4:44]
Cool Frog [3:58]
My Songs Are Just A Window To My Heart [3:35]
The Mermaid Of Zennor [3:52]
Through The Window [4:51]
The Ballad Of Josef And Mary [5:28]
Don't Fuss About Me When I'm Dead And Gone [4:32]
It's A Cat's Life [4:25]
13.The Fairest Flower [4:40]
14.The Long Winding Highway [2:42]
Guy Fawkes [3:44]
Eurobabble [4:00]
Chris Flegg
This is Chris Flegg's 2006 album with 15 original songs and one new instrumental tune crammed into one CD to give over one hour of music.
The setting of the songs is deliberately simple, acoustic guitar and voice, to give the feel of live performances, with soprano sax and tenor sax on some tracks used to good efect.
These songs leave you feeling good and cover varied subjects in a way that gives you reason to think about some issues from a new perspective, with some smiles along the way.
Chris is based in St Albans, Herts, and has a background that takes in acoustic music, folk , blues and jazz.
He has five albums available, playing acoustic guitars and doubling on soprano sax.
When not doing solo acoustic gigs, Chris runs a jazz trio and organises a monthly jazz jam session in St Albans.
Read More about Chris Flegg
St Albans, Herts - England.
Emilio Basa - 2000-2003 Compilation
Paddy Dargan - Acoustic Indulgence
Gordon Tyrrall - Drive Old Puss Away
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Plant life 'expanding over the Himalayas' Featured
Vegetation is expanding at high altitudes in the Himalayas, including in the Everest region, new research has shown.The researchers found plant life in areas where vegetation was not previously known to grow.A team used satellite data from 1993 to 2018 to measure the extent of plant cover between the tree-line and the snow-line.The results are published in the journal Global Change Biology.The study focused on the subnival region - the area between the tree-line (the edge of the habitat at which trees are capable of growing) and the snow line (the boundary between snow-covered land and snow-free land).Subnival plants are mainly small grasses and shrubs.
"The strongest trend in increased vegetation cover was between 5,000 metres and 5,500 metres altitude," said Dr Karen Anderson, from Exeter University, lead author of the report."At higher elevations, the expansion was strong on flatter areas while at lower levels that has been observed on steeper slopes."Using Nasa's Landsat satellite images, the researchers divided the heights into four "brackets" between 4,150m and 6,000m.It covered different locations in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, ranging from Myanmar in the east to Afghanistan in the west.
Earlier research had shown expansion of the tree-line at lower elevationsIn the Everest region, the study found a significant increase in vegetation in all height brackets.Other researchers and scientists working on glaciers and water systems in the Himalayas have confirmed the expansion of vegetation."It (the research) matches the expectations of what would happen in a warmer and wetter climate," said Prof Walter Immerzeel, with the faculty of geosciences at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, who was not involved in the study."This is a very sensitive altitudinal belt where the snowline is. A withdrawal of the snowline to higher altitudes in this zone provides opportunity for vegetation to grow."
The extent of vegetation in 1993 (blue) vs 2017 (red), derived from Landsat data in the region around Mount EverestThe research did not examine the causes of the change.Other research has suggested Himalayan ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climate-induced vegetation shifts."We have found the tree-line expanding in the subalpine regions of Nepal and China as the temperature rises," said Achyut Tiwari, assistant professor with the department of botany at Nepal's Tribhuvan University."If that is happening with trees at lower elevations, clearly the plants at higher altitudes will also be reacting to the rise in temperature."Some scientists regularly visiting the Himalayas have confirmed this picture of expanding vegetation."Plants are indeed colonising the areas that once were glaciated in some of these Himalayas," said Elizabeth Byers, a vegetation ecologist who has carried out field studies in the Nepalese Himalayas for nearly 40 years."At some locations where there were clean-ice glaciers many years ago, now there are debris-covered boulders, and on them you see mosses, lichens, and even flowers."
Some locations high up in the Himalayas have flowering plants like theseLittle is known about plants at these even-higher altitudes, as most scientific studies have focused on retreating glaciers and expanding glacial lakes amid rising temperatures.The researchers said detailed field studies on vegetation in the high Himalayas were required to understand how the plants interact with soils and snow."What does the change in vegetation mean for the hydrology (the properties of water) in the region is one of the key questions," said Dr Anderson."Will that slow down the melting of glaciers and ice sheets or will it accelerate the process?"The Hindu Kush Himalayan region extends across all or part of eight countries, from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east. More than 1.4 billion people depend on water from this region.
1.9 billion people rely on natural 'water towers'
By Jonathan Amos
Women tend their potato crop in Chipursan valley, Pakistan. The region is part of the Indus water tower
In a unique study, scientists have assessed and ranked the importance of Earth's great "water towers".
These are the 78 mountainous regions that are able to generate and then store vast quantities of water.
They deliver it in a controlled way to major populations living downstream.
The Dutch-led team finds Asia's Indus basin - fed by the Himalayan, Karakoram, Hindu-Kush, and Ladakh ranges - to be the most important storage unit on the planet.
Its waters, produced at high elevation from rain and snow, and draining from lakes and glaciers, support more than 200 million people settled across parts of Afghanistan, China, India and Pakistan.
But the Indus water tower, the researchers point out, is also the most vulnerable on their list of 78.
It's subject to a range of current and future pressures, from ever greater demand - for more drinking water, for increased irrigation and industry, etc - to issues that could severely curtail supply. The latter will include geopolitical tensions, given the Indus intersects national boundaries; but the most obvious threat is climate change. A warming world will disrupt precipitation patterns and denude glaciers of their storage capacity.
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Media captionProf Walter Immerzeel: "Our data can underpin mountain-specific policies and water treaties"
"If, basically, the demand is higher but the supply decreases, then we really have a problem," said research team-member Dr Tobias Bolch from the University of St Andrews, UK.
"And this is, I think, one of the major strengths of our study - that we have looked closely at both sides, so the supply index and the demand index," he told BBC News.
Dr Bolch is speaking here at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting, the largest annual gathering of Earth scientists. His and colleagues' work is being published simultaneously in the journal Nature.
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The team conducted the assessment across the major continents, identifying what it regarded as the five most relied-upon, natural water tower systems in those regions:
Asia: Indus, Tarim, Amu Darya, Syr Darya, Ganges-Brahmaputra
Europe: Rhône, Po, Rhine, Black Sea North Coast, Caspian Sea Coast
North America: Fraser, Columbia and Northwest United States, Pacific and Arctic Coast, Saskatchewan-Nelson, North America-Colorado
South America: South Chile, South Argentina, Negro, La Puna region, North Chile
Africa does not appear in this listing, principally because it is devoid of major glacier systems. Ice bodies do exist on the continent, in places such as on Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, but their contribution to downstream catchments is limited.
And one of the defining aspects of the towers is the way they are able to maintain essential water supplies to populations even in drought years through the steady melt of high-elevation ice in summer months.
What's clear from the study is just how much more vulnerable the Asian towers are compared with the rest of the world. Some of that has to do with projected future demand. Population growth in Asia will be much higher than in Europe, for instance.
But in Asia, too, there are specific political stresses that will challenge the future reliability of towers.
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The Shimshal Pamir region of Pakistan, Water from here flows through the Indus basin
Examples include the Amu Darya and Syr Darya river basins. Their waters - again sourced from high-mountain glaciers - run through low-precipitation areas where there is intense competition for irrigation for agriculture. The much reduced size of the Aral Sea, which both rivers ultimately feed, is evidence of this.
"What we recommend in our study is that we should really recognise mountains as global assets of the Earth system, and that means mountain ranges should be at the top of political agendas, and dedicated policies should be developed," co-team leader Prof Walter Immerzeel from Utrecht University said.
"We are only the scientists; we put out the numbers. But we've got very much better at that over the past two decades, so we can give really specific scientific background that can help for example to develop water treaties. We can aid the process."
Dr Bethan Davies, a team-member from Royal Holloway, University of London, commented: "I think when we've talked about climate change and ice loss, a lot of the narrative has been around sea-level rise. But actually over the next 100 years, climate change is going to affect drinking water for people, water for power, water for agriculture - and in these water towers, we're talking about the supply to about 1.9 billion people. That's more than 20% of the world's population.
"We need to adopt urgent mitigation strategies or we will face severe water shortages," she told BBC News.
The water towers study was supported by National Geographic and Rolex as part of their Perpetual Planet partnership. A portal allows users to explore the data and compare tower rankings.
Himalayan and other Asian glaciers put the brakes on
BBC Science Correspondent, Washington DC
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Media captionAmaury Dehecq: "Knowing ice-flow speed allows us to better estimate glacier melt"
The glaciers that flank the Himalayas and other high mountains in Asia are moving slower over time.
Scientists have analysed nearly 20 years of satellite images to come to this conclusion.
They show that the ice streams which have decelerated the most are the ones that have also thinned the most.
The research has implications for the 800 million people in the region for whom the predictable meltwater from these glaciers is a key resource.
The study is being presented at this week's American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in Washington DC - the world's largest annual gathering of Earth and space scientists.
How was the research done?
Led by the US space agency (Nasa), the assessment draws on one million pairs of pictures acquired by the Landsat-7 spacecraft between 2000 and 2017.
Automated software was used to track surface features on glaciers in 11 areas of High Mountain Asia, from Pamir and Hindu Kush in the West, to Nyainqêntanglha and inner Tibet and China in the East.
As the markers were observed to shift downslope, they revealed the changing speed of the ice streams.
The research team, headed by Dr Amaury Dehecq from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, says nine of the surveyed regions show a sustained slowdown during the study period.
Nyainqêntanglha, for example, has seen a 37% reduction in speed per decade. For Spiti Lahaul, it is 34% - equivalent to about -5m/year per decade. These are glaciers that would normally move at tens of metres per year.
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Landsat has built multi-decade records of glacier behaviour in Asia
What was the key finding?
Perhaps the major revelation is that the reduction in velocity is strongly correlated with thinning. Nyainqêntanglha's glaciers have been thinning on average by about 60cm a year; Spiti Lahaul's glaciers are losing thickness at a rate of roughly 40cm a year.
"The reason a glacier flows is because of gravity," explained Dr Dehecq. "Under its weight, the glacier slides across its bed and deforms, but as it thins it finds it more difficult to slide and deform; it's kind of intuitive.
"But until now there had been some debate as to whether other factors were influencing speed, such as the lubrication of the bed as a result of increased meltwater getting under the glacier. Well, we show thinning is actually the dominant factor," he told BBC News.
Are some glaciers getting faster?
The slowdown trend is strongest in the south and southeast of High Mountain Asia; it is less pronounced in the West.
Regions like the Karakorum in Pakistan, and Kunlun just across the border in Tibet/China, have actually shown a slight thickening over time and a marginal speed-up as a consequence.
"That's the influence of different climatic conditions," said co-author Dr Noel Gourmelen from Edinburgh University, UK. "Precipitation in the East is affected by the Asian monsoon and in the West and North-West, it is delivered by westerlies; although it's not exactly clear why the Karakorum has been gaining mass."
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Galcier meltwaters ensure south Asia has a consistent supply of water, even in drought
The meltwater that flows from the 90,000 glaciers in High Mountain Asia is critical to the lives and livelihoods of the people downstream. But the significance goes much wider, because the snow and ice stored "in the freezer" at high altitude would otherwise push up global sea levels if it all melted and ran into the ocean. That is why scientists need to understand how the glaciers will respond in an ever-warming world.
This study, which has also been published in the journal Nature Geoscience, has described an important dynamic that will moderate how much ice is transported down mountains to the elevations where it can melt.
Computer models that try to project the future resilience of the glaciers in what they call Earth's "third pole" must now take account of this behaviour.
Dr Hamish Pritchard from the British Antarctic Survey also studies these glaciers. He said their contribution to rivers across the region was small in the average year, but significantly heightened during years of drought.
"My research shows that when the summer rains fail, glacier melt comes to dominate water inputs to many catchments in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Without this water supply more crops would fail, substantially less hydropower would be generated and more people would be forced to migrate," he told BBC News.
"These rivers that flow down from the mountains pass through many communities and across national borders, so when supplies are low, tensions between neighbouring communities and countries would likely increase.
"Studies show that this tension could lead to conflict, with implications far beyond South and Central Asia.
"The key role of these glaciers then is as a buffer against the worst effects of drought, and so the loss of glacier ice can be seen as a threat to the future stability of the region."
Spy satellites reveal extent of Himalayan glacier loss
By Rebecca Morelle
Science Correspondent, BBC News
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The Hexagon images were declassified in 2011 and digitised for scientific study
Images from Cold War spy satellites have revealed the dramatic extent of ice loss in the Himalayan glaciers.
Scientists compared photographs taken by a US reconnaissance programme with recent spacecraft observations and found that melting in the region has doubled over the last 40 years.
The study shows that since 2000, glaciers heights have been shrinking by an average of 0.5m per year.
The researchers say that climate change is the main cause.
"From this study, we really see the clearest picture yet of how Himalayan glaciers have changed," Joshua Maurer, from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York, told BBC News.
The research is published in the journal Science Advances.
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The Hexagon satellites were a top secret American reconnaissance programme
During the 1970s and 1980s, a US spy programme - codenamed Hexagon - launched 20 satellites into orbit to secretly photograph the Earth.
The covert images were taken on rolls of film that were then dropped by the satellites into the atmosphere to be collected mid-air by passing military planes.
The material was declassified in 2011, and has been digitised by the US Geological Survey for scientists to use.
Among the spy photos are the Himalayas - an area for which historical data is scarce.
By comparing these pictures with more recent satellite data from Nasa and the Japanese space agency (Jaxa), the researchers have been able to see how the region has changed.
The Columbia University team looked at 650 glaciers in the Himalayas spanning 2,000km.
The group found that between 1975 and 2000, an average of 4bn tonnes of ice was being lost each year.
But between 2000 and 2016, the glaciers melted approximately twice as fast - losing about 8bn tonnes of ice each year on average.
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We now have a satellite record approaching nearly 50 years in length
Mr Maurer said: "For a sense of scale, 8bn tonnes of ice is enough to fill 3.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools per year."
And the ice loss was not uniform, he added.
"Glaciers lose most of their ice in the lower elevation portions of the glacier, and it's there where most of the thinning is concentrated.
"Some of those zones have been thinning by as much as 5m per year."
Among the scientific community, there has been some debate over the cause. Changes in rainfall in the region and soot deposited from industrial pollutants are thought to have hastened the melt.
However the Columbia team said that while these factors were contributing, rising temperatures in the Himalayas were the main cause.
"The fact we see such a similar spatial pattern of ice loss across so many glaciers across such a large and climatically complex region suggests there needs to be some kind of overall forcing affecting all of the glaciers similarly."
The Hexagon photographs would come down in a capsule from the satellites
Scientists say continued losses will have a huge impact.
In the short-term, the huge increase in meltwater could cause flooding.
In the longer term, millions of people in the region who depend on glacier meltwater during drought years could experience very real difficulties.
Commenting on the research, Dr Hamish Pritchard from the British Antarctic Survey, said: "What's new here is being able to see how the melting of glaciers across the whole Himalayan range has increased due to climate change.
"Over one generation, the melt has doubled and these glaciers are now shrinking fast.
"Why does this matter? Because when the ice runs out, some of Asia's most important rivers will lose a water supply that keeps them flowing through drought summers, just when water is at its most valuable.
"Without mountain glaciers, droughts will be worse for millions of water-stressed people living downstream."
By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent
Related TopicsClimate change
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Climate change poses a growing threat to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, according to a new report.
The study found that if CO2 emissions are not cut rapidly, two thirds of these giant ice fields could disappear.
Even if the world limits the temperature rise to 1.5C this century, at least one third of the ice would go.
The glaciers are a critical water source for 250 million people living across eight different countries.
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The towering peaks of K2 and Mount Everest are part of the frozen Hindu Kush and Himalayan ranges that contain more ice that anywhere else on Earth, apart from the polar regions.
But these ice fields could turn to bare rocks in less than a century because of rising temperatures, say scientists.
Over the next few decades, the melting could accelerate thanks to warming and increased air pollution from a growing population.
The air pollutants come from the Indo-Gangetic Plain, one of the world's most polluted regions. The dirty air makes the glacier situation worse by depositing black carbon and dust on the ice, hastening the thaw.
Climbers near Mount Everest
If global temperatures rise by 2 degrees C, then half the glaciers would be gone by 2100.
Even if the world takes dramatic action and limits warming to 1.5C by the end of the century, 36% of the glaciers will have disappeared.
"This is the climate crisis you haven't heard of," said Philippus Wester of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), who led the report.
"Impacts on people in the region, already one of the world's most fragile and hazard-prone mountain regions, will range from worsened air pollution to an increase in extreme weather events. But it's the projected reductions in pre-monsoon river flows and changes in the monsoon that will hit hardest, throwing urban water systems and food and energy production off kilter."
The area in question covers some 3,500km across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
The glaciers feed ten of the world's most important river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Mekong and Irrawaddy, and directly or indirectly supply billions of people with food, energy, clean air and incomes.
A glacier melting into a lake in the Himalayas
The impacts that the scientists are worried about will hit not just those living in the mountains, but also the 1.65 billion people living in the river valleys below - all are vulnerable to flooding and the destruction of crops.
"Water is the theme that runs through many of the issues facing not just the mountain communities but the millions living downstream too. This report highlights how the retreat of snow and ice will change the way rivers behave, at first boosting their flow in spring and summer over the coming years, but only until the ice has melted away," said Dr Hamish Pritchard from the British Antarctic Survey.
"For me, the interesting question then is what happens in these major river basins in the years when the rains fail? Without the ice reserve there in the mountains to top the rivers up through the melt season, droughts will be harsher on those living downstream.
"This is a region where water is a hot topic politically, economically and in day to day life, and harsher droughts could be a severe shock to an already fragile system. I read this report as a warning to prepare for these shocks."
Melting glaciers expose dead bodies
By Navin Singh Khadka
Environment correspondent, BBC World Service
Image copyrightFRANK BIENEWALD
Most of the dead bodies of mountaineers have appeared on the Khumbu Glacier
Expedition operators are concerned at the number of climbers' bodies that are becoming exposed on Mount Everest as its glaciers melt.
Nearly 300 mountaineers have died on the peak since the first ascent attempt and two-thirds of bodies are thought still to be buried in the snow and ice.
Bodies are being removed on the Chinese side of the mountain, to the north, as the spring climbing season starts.
More than 4,800 climbers have scaled the highest peak on Earth.
"Because of global warming, the ice sheet and glaciers are fast melting and the dead bodies that remained buried all these years are now becoming exposed," said Ang Tshering Sherpa, former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association.
"We have brought down dead bodies of some mountaineers who died in recent years, but the old ones that remained buried are now coming out."
And a government officer who worked as a liaison officer on Everest added: "I myself have retrieved around 10 dead bodies in recent years from different locations on Everest and clearly more and more of them are emerging now."
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Officials with the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN) said they were bringing down all ropes from the higher camps of Everest and Lhotse mountains this climbing season, but dealing with dead bodies was not as easy.
They point at Nepal's law that requires government agencies' involvement when dealing with bodies and said that was a challenge.
"This issue needs to be prioritised by both the government and the mountaineering industry," said Dambar Parajuli, president of EOAN.
"If they can do it on the Tibet side of Everest, we can do it here as well."
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Dead bodies are said to be appearing at Camp 4 mainly because of its flat ground
Exposed dead bodies
In 2017, the hand of a dead mountaineer appeared above the ground at Camp 1.
Expedition operators said they deployed professional climbers of the Sherpa community to move the body.
The same year, another body appeared on the surface of the Khumbu Glacier.
Also known as the Khumbu Icefall, this is where most dead bodies have been surfacing in recent years, mountaineers say.
Another place that has been seeing dead bodies becoming exposed is the Camp 4 area, also called South Col, which is relatively flat.
"Hands and legs of dead bodies have appeared at the base camp as well in the last few years," said an official with a non-government organisation active in the region.
"We have noticed that the ice level at and around the base camp has been going down, and that is why the bodies are becoming exposed."
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Scientists have found ponds expanding and joining up on the Khumbu Glacier
Thinning glaciers
Several studies show that glaciers in the Everest region, as in most parts of the Himalayas, are fast melting and thinning.
A study in 2015 revealed that ponds on the Khumbu Glacier - that climbers need to cross to scale the mighty peak - were expanding and joining up because of the accelerated melting.
Nepal's army drained the Imja Lake near Mount Everest in 2016 after its water from rapid glacial-melt had reached dangerous levels.
Another team of researchers, including members from Leeds and Aberystwyth universities in the UK, last year drilled the Khumbu Glacier and found the ice to be warmer than expected.
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The ice recorded a minimum temperature of only −3.3C, with even the coldest ice being a full 2C warmer than the mean annual air temperature.
Not all dead bodies emerging from under the ice, however, are because of rapid glacial meltdown.
Some of them get exposed also because of the movement of the Khumbu Glacier, mountaineers say.
"Because of the movement of the Khumbu Glacier, we do get to see dead bodies from time to time," said Tshering Pandey Bhote, vice president of Nepal National Mountain Guides Association.
"But most climbers are mentally prepared to come across such a sight."
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Most of the dead bodies brought down relate to recent incidents on the mountains
Dead bodies as 'landmarks'
Some of the dead bodies on the higher altitude sectors of Mount Everest have also served as landmarks for mountaineers.
One such waypoint had been the "green boots" near the summit.
They were a reference to a climber who died under an overhanging rock. His green boots, still on his feet, faced the climbing route.
Some climbing experts said the body was later removed while Nepal's tourism officials said they had no information on whether the remains are still visible.
Recovering and removing bodies from the higher camps can be both expensive and difficult.
Experts say it costs $40,000 to $80,000 to bring down dead bodies.
"One of the most challenging recoveries was from the height of 8,700m, near the summit," said Ang Tshering Sherpa, the former president of NMA.
"The body was totally frozen and weighed 150kg and it had to be recovered from a difficult place at that altitude."
Experts say any decision over what to do with a dead body on the mountain is also a very personal issue.
"Most climbers like to be left on the mountains if they died," said Alan Arnette, a noted mountaineer who also writes on mountaineering.
"So it would be deemed disrespectful to just remove them unless they need to be moved from the climbing route or their families want the
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import org.jpokemon.api.Action;
import org.jpokemon.api.Overworld;
import org.jpokemon.api.OverworldEntity;
import org.jpokemon.api.PokemonTrainer;
import org.jpokemon.builder.SingletonBuilder;
import org.jpokemon.movement.Door;

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