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1 Aug 2022 / by Ariel Genadt
Dismantling Architecture Towards Softer Environments: Isozaki Arata's Encounters with Archigram
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Why would an architect want to dismantle a city? Scholar Ariel Genadt speaks to M+ about creation, destruction, and the alchemy between Isozaki Arata and Archigram ca. 1970
Arata Isozaki's Re-ruined Hiroshima (1968), a photocollage inspired by his exhibition at the Milan Triennale XIV. © Arata Isozaki; Image courtesy of Arata Isozaki & Associates
Japanese architect Isozaki Arata first crossed paths with the British collective Archigram in 1968. Both were exhibiting at the Milan Triennale XIV, an exhibition themed around designing for the 'greater number', but their works could not have been more different.
In one room of the show, Archigram engineered a lively vision of the future: a life-sized jumble of speculative drawings, pop culture references, and a robot-themed film, all encased in a giant plastic tube. In another room, Isozaki presented a brooding maze of motion-activated panels covered in images of ghosts and dead bodies, lit by a projection of a megastructure collapsing into a bombed-out Hiroshima.
When Isozaki and Archigram met again at Expo '70 in Osaka, the ways they presented their architectural visions seemed to have reversed. This time, it was Isozaki who presented a high-tech, futuristic spectacle with modular structures and a pair of giant flashing robots. Archigram, meanwhile, took the more introspective approach: on the roof of the expo's main plaza, the collective installed a cavernous capsule, where visitors received a leaflet hailing the disintegration of cities.
Isozaki designed the robots and modular seating areas at the Festival Plaza of Expo '70 in Osaka. Photo: Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images
What inspired this shift? And why were these architects interested in collapsing, dissolving, and dismantling cities? Following his presentation at Archigram Cities in 2020, scholar and architect Ariel Genadt unfolds the camaraderie, contradictions, and mutual inspiration between Isozaki and Archigram, revealing the insights their exchange could yield for confronting the environmental transition today.
What drew you to investigate 1960s–1970s architecture in Japan and the UK?
I see myself more as a theorist than a historian, so I often look at topics across cultures, times, and places and then imagine how the topics might relate to some of the issues we're facing today. In this case, I examined the terms 'destruction' and 'dismantling' seen throughout Isozaki Arata and Archigram's works. These terms are especially relevant of late due to climate change and the clashes between artificial and natural environments. During the 1960s and 1970s, there always loomed a question of how technology might interface between us and the environment, and what the architect's role should be in that relationship.
This collage from Archigram Issue 8 (1968) heralds an 'oasis' of emancipation, choice, and comfort in a city overlaid with a megastructure. © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
What conditions in the 1960s led to this rise of projects exploring technology and the environment?
The early 1960s saw a new phase of post-war reconstruction in both Europe and Japan, with more financial capital and scientific innovation than in the 1940s and 1950s. But there was something strange about that time. After World War I, there had been real scepticism about technology and 'progress', including in architecture, because of the horrors of war that technology had brought. But we don't see that after World War II. In the 1960s, technology was all the rage—from air conditioning to space rockets. It was seen as something that was going to save humanity, despite the growing threat of an atomic apocalypse. Those were the years when Japan built itself out of the ashes relying on technologies like energy-producing nuclear reactors.
During the 1960s and 1970s, there always loomed a question of how technology might interface between us and the environment, and what the architect's role should be in that relationship.
Ariel Genadt
At the same time, many people associate the 1960s with a romantic return to nature and flower power movements. That idea played out in widening the field of architecture into something called kankyō in Japanese, or 'environment'. This was an interdisciplinary artificial realm, a different concept from the so-called 'natural environment'. We can see it as an early recognition of what we now call the Anthropocene, but without any of the guilt or responsibility associated with it in the twenty-first century.
How did these conditions bring Isozaki and Archigram together?
Politically, we need to speak of the contexts of the UK and Japan. Both countries were destitute empires, trying to make their place in the second tier among world powers. While the Americans and the Russians were occupying centre stage playing Cold War games, the British and Japanese were collaborating and developing a mutual cultural fascination. Maybe Isozaki and Archigram's involvement can be seen as an architectural sublimation of that political atmosphere.
Isozaki and Archigram were both invited to contribute to the Milan Triennale in 1968. There, they hit it off, and Archigram co-founder Peter Cook invited Isozaki to co-teach a studio at UCLA. When they met again at Expo '70 in Osaka, they'd already established a friendship and were aware of their common interests and differences. Their mutual inspirations continued to play out in their publications, including the final Archigram Issue 9½ (1974) and Isozaki's collection of essays, Dismantling Architecture (Kenchiku no kaitai, 1975).
Cover of Archigram Issue 9½ (1974). © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
You've often described the works of Archigram and Isozaki as having an 'ambivalent' quality. What do you mean by that?
I borrow the term from Peter Cook. In 1976, Cook invited Isozaki to give a lecture at the Architectural Association (AA) in London, where he introduced his friend as an 'architect in ambivalence'. But to understand the context of this term, we need to return to the 1960s and the loosely defined architectural movement we now call postmodernism.
A general recurring thread in postmodern thought is a critique of the modernist idea of having one absolute truth that could be applied everywhere. The late American architect Robert Venturi set the stage for the application of postmodern ideas in architecture with his book Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966): he preferred 'both–and' ('black and white, and sometimes grey') instead of 'either–or'.
Venturi's book was widely read in Japan at the time, as was Isozaki's book Dismantling Architecture, which discussed Archigram and Venturi. Isozaki assessed how they and other architects have critiqued modernism, grouping their strategies under five key words: Apathy, Alien, Ad-hoc, Ambiguity, and Absence. Venturi, Archigram, and Isozaki shared some of those strategies. However, it seems to me that what distinguished Archigram and Isozaki from Venturi was that they were not so keen on 'grey' but preferred both black and white at the same time.
Cover of Isozaki's Dismantling Architecture (1975). Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha Co., Ltd.
This idea of the unity of opposites has appeared in both East Asian and European philosophies since antiquity. Think of the Chinese taiji diagram. There's a dot of white in the black yin wave and a dot of black in the white yang wave. They don't merge into one grey circle; they define each other by opposition. This parallels the European philosophy of dialectics. In postmodern thought, there were attempts to move away from dialectics towards undecidability of meaning, but in Isozaki and Archigram's work, you still find such internal oppositions.
How did those contradictions play out in their works?
Isozaki's early work had archaic qualities. It was brutalist and dark, with cavernous spaces and cold materials. He was fascinated with death and ruins. All of these are yin characteristics, associated with the feminine in Chinese cosmology. An example of this style of architecture would be the Oita Prefectural Library.
Sketch of Oita Prefectural Library (now known as Oita Art Plaza), Isozaki's first independent public commission, completed in 1966. © Arata Isozaki; Image courtesy of Arata Isozaki & Associates
Archigram's work was rather yang, using lively renderings teeming with life and joy, where everything is colourful, dynamic, and in broad daylight. Its materials were vigorous, with the metal structures and powerful machines of projects like Ron Herron's Walking City.
Archigram Issue 5 (1964) described Ron Herron's Walking City as 'the most extreme context for a building so far in Archigram: an enclosed environment of colossal size that is mobile enough to traverse the world'. © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
When Isozaki first met Archigram in 1968, he was focused on human and architectural decay, as seen in his kinetic installation, Electric Labyrinth. He spoke about the aftermath of war, his childhood trauma, and being part of what the Japanese call the 'charred ruins generation'. The Archigram members also saw ruins through the bombings of London and other cities in the UK. Yet perhaps they dealt with their experience by imagining the total opposite: something cheerful, optimistic, and technologically inspired. The Milanogram installation was an example of that outlook.
The text accompanying this Milanogram exhibition plan in Archigram Issue 8 described the installation as 'a magazine issue of Archigram: a synthesis of inventions, projects, theories, comment, and designs wrapped together'. © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
Expo '70 was the complete reverse. Isozaki was suddenly the one using industrial materials and experimenting with technology. His Osaka Demonstration Robot in the Festival Plaza was tall, rigid, metallic, shiny and could emit lights and sounds. In contrast, Archigram created a capsule—what it called an 'environmental time machine' or 'environmental jukebox'—that was essentially a cave. Its interior was amorphous, pink, and dark—all these yin qualities that Isozaki had used in his earlier work.
Kamekura Yusaku's poster for Expo '70. © All rights reserved; M+, Hong Kong
Archigram featured the robots and multi-use structures designed by Isozaki for the Expo '70 Festival Plaza in Archigram Issue 9. © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
Detail of Isozaki's robot and stage-setting trolley from Archigram Issue 9. © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
Detail of the interior plans for Archigram's 'environmental jukebox' capsule from Archigram Issue 9. © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
The Osakagram features five questions asked to visitors of Archigram's Expo '70 capsule relating to the organisation, facilities, and ways of life in a city. © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
Archigram dissolved after Expo '70. Cook turned to something less technological and more humane, more sensual. Isozaki became interested in space and abstraction. So, the event was a node in time—a time capsule, if you will. There was a 'before' and an 'after' Osaka in both Isozaki's and Archigram's works.
How did Isozaki and Archigram respond to the contradictions they saw in each other's works?
Since the early 1960s, Isozaki had been critiquing his friends in the Japanese Metabolist movement for not being as anti-establishment as they seemed. Could Metabolism really be anti-establishment if the megastructures they designed relied on large corporations or governments to realise them? So initially, he much preferred Archigram's work, praising it for being more radical than anything his Japanese peers had produced. But he was ambivalent. He later wrote that Archigram had turned architecture into media, which undermines his admiration for their radicality: it's easy to be anti-establishment when your design remains on paper.
Does your way of life need a city? Would you prefer to be a 'citizen' of the world? Need there be a gap between your dreams and the real environment?
Excerpt from Archigram's Osakagram
Isozaki also spoke about how, when he first looked at Archigram's works, he thought they were too technocratic and not so humane. Actually, from Archigram's drawings, we can see that the members were thinking of the human body in a 'cushicle' or a capsule, but these were all connected by industrial megastructures. Their primary materials were inorganic—plastic and metal—which, today at least, we don't consider very pleasing to the human body. Despite his initial critique, when Isozaki met Archigram, he said, smiling, 'Oh, in fact, they're very human!'
Section of Peter Cook's Plug-in City Study (1964). Peter Cook © September 1964 ARCHIGRAM; M+, Hong Kong
Archigram, meanwhile, was ambivalent about Isozaki's work. The members praised Isozaki's high-tech robots at Expo '70, but that was a one-off episode in his career. Isozaki's ambivalence as an architect grew with time, and he became increasingly interested in symbolism and meaning—a full-fledged postmodernist. Archigram was not interested in that. So, when Peter Cook called him 'an architect in ambivalence' at the 1976 AA meeting in London, I think it was a nice way of saying: 'I don't adhere to everything he does, but I still admire him as an intellectual and as a friend'.
Isozaki published Dismantling Architecture in 1975, not long after Archigram dissolved. 'Dissolve' and 'dismantle' are words that come up frequently in the writings of Isozaki, Archigram, and the Metabolists. Could you break down what this term means?
I was puzzled about this in the beginning, seeing that 'dismantling' is itself an ambiguous term. Architects who propose to dismantle their own discipline would soon be out of business if that proposition was realised. So, the term 'dismantling' should not be taken literally but rather elicit the question: which aspect of the discipline is to be dismantled, and why?
Isozaki's Perspective View, Incubation Process (1962) shows a new, elevated city built upon existing ruins. © Arata Isozaki; Photo: M+, Hong Kong
First let's talk about where the term originates. In the book Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960), Reyner Banham (considered by some an unofficial member of Archigram) wrote that architects who propose 'to run with technology' will have to dismantle the garments by which they are known. 'Dismantle' has two connotations. The Latin mantellum means 'cloak', so to dismantle is to take off your coat. But in later French it meant 'breaking down the walls of a city'. The idea of dissolving cities echoes German architect Bruno Taut, who, in post-World War I years, imagined how human settlements could be more integrated into the environment and cease to feed the capitalist machine. With similar motivations, Metabolist theoretician Noboru Kawazoe published the book Kenchiku no metsubo (The Destruction of Architecture, 1960), arguing for a change in the definition of architecture.
The general concept, or region, of architecture is expanding its boundaries...The dissolution...of architecture has begun.
Isozaki in the Japan Architect (July 1970)
Early in his career, Isozaki wrote a highly ambivalent text called 'City Demolition & Co.' (1962), in which he portrayed himself as both an urban mercenary fighting against big capitalist real estate, and as his own critic. He declared that cities were killing people, so they must be destroyed. But, to my knowledge, he first used the term 'dismantling' in a 1970 volume of the Japan Architect, during a conversation with his mentor, architect Tange Kenzo. They were discussing the final meeting of the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in 1959, and the shift from a functional approach to what Tange called 'an organic approach' to urban design. Isozaki speaks of 'dismantling' theoretically, as in expanding the boundaries of architecture and changing the architect's role. I assume by that he meant taking on social but also artistic responsibilities beyond drawing functional plans.
Installation view of Isozaki's Incubation Process (1962, made 1997/2011) at Things, Spaces, Interactions. The work was created through a performance in which viewers were invited to hammer nails or tie wires over a photo of Tokyo, simulating Isozaki's plans for an expanding, elevated city. © Arata Isozaki; Photo: Dan Leung / M+, Hong Kong
In Archigram's works, 'dismantling' is an operative term. It's about being able to take the pieces apart, like a giant Meccano Erector set. At Expo '70, Archigram spoke of the dissolution of the city's role and significance in the Osakagram, which was the leaflet that visitors received at their capsule's entrance. In using terms like 'dissolve' and 'disintegration', Archigram were not driven by anti-capitalist ideals like Isozaki. Peter Cook has said he imagined a liberal society of the kind he grew up in. He was intent on giving the unrealised social ideals of modernism another chance in a new environment by affording the masses a good quality of life, while acting within the market economy paradigm and using technology that was more advanced than in the years after WWI. Archigram wanted 'to run with technology'.
What is the legacy of Isozaki's Dismantling Architecture?
I think Isozaki has made a lasting contribution to the field in writing and theory, by which he built cultural bridges. He made Japanese architectural thinking of the 1970s and 1980s more accessible to architects and scholars worldwide. Dismantling Architecture did the reverse in that it presented foreign architects who could promote creative thinking in future generations of Japan.
Isozaki and Archigram's relationship also makes you think about the value of the outsider's view. We sometimes critique outsiders for not understanding certain contexts enough, but I think—and here I'm defending my own inter-cultural background—there is fresh insight that you can extract as an outsider. That's perhaps why Isozaki and Archigram got along: they could see beyond the distance between their cultures.
What lessons can we take from the exchange between Archigram and Isozaki on technology and the environment and apply to our world today?
Neither Archigram nor Isozaki were concerned with energy use, carbon emissions, or fossil fuels. Archigram implicitly embraced throw-away consumerism with its plastics-heavy designs, which we now know to be environmentally problematic. At the same time, they expanded architectural thinking to consider feedback mechanisms between humans and everything that surrounds them, an idea that is fundamental to contemporary ecological thinking and sustainable design. At present, we're certainly thinking of reciprocity between humans and their environment as opposed to unilaterally controlling the environment with technology.
Archigram's Instant City is a transportable kit that allows residents of small towns temporary access to the attractions of larger cities, as seen in this model of Instant City—Santa Monica (1968–1970, made 1994) at Things, Spaces, Interactions. © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
Both Archigram and Isozaki spoke of designing 'soft environments', which initially referred to replacing physical architecture with telecommunications and cybernetics. But the ambiguity of this term lends itself to reinterpretation. Today, 'softening' the interface between architecture and the world is relevant, not by going virtual but rather by making the physical interface permeable and open to evolving in tune with climate change.
The clashes we see between construction and natural forces often result from our attempts to outsmart nature by erecting stronger buildings. Archigram meant for its buildings to be porous and ephemeral. We now know that many of its high-tech structures (had they been built) would have been extremely wasteful energetically because of their porosity. But there were other dimensions to the part-to-whole construction that were sustainable, including standardised manufacturing, dry assembly, flexibility, and the potential reuse or recycling of building parts.
Imagining buildings as permeable, soft, and flexible is a humbler premise for practising architecture and more harmonious with our tortured planet.
In reality, there is still a lot of work to be done to achieve the sustainable reuse of building parts. The main challenge is that technology is constantly superseded. Therefore, to rely on one specific manufacturer, product, or form comes in the way of reuse, and sometimes even repair. I think that's what sealed the fates of several Metabolist buildings, such as the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, which was dismantled in April 2022.
After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Isozaki and sculptor Anish Kapoor designed the inflatable, plastic Ark Nova (2013), a temporary relief centre and concert venue that seats up to 500. Photo: The Asahi Shimbun/Contributor via Getty images
Finally, Isozaki's early fascination with ruins and how they can be integrated as relics into new constructions resonates with Archigram's idea of 'plugging in' to an existing city fabric. This is especially pertinent to environmental thinking today. When we observe time and again the devastation following extreme climatic events, we realise how important it is to design our habitat to be adjustable to unpredictable climate conditions. Imagining buildings as permeable, soft, and flexible is a humbler premise for practising architecture and more harmonious with our tortured planet. It has better potential for allowing future generations to enjoy living on this earth as much as we do.
Want to take an even closer look at the works of Archigram and Isozaki Arata? Check out our displays at Things, Spaces, Interactions, on view at M+ until 21 May 2023.
This article is part of a series digging deeper into the talks from the Archigram Cities Online Symposium. Watch Ariel Genadt's full talk, 'Dismantling Architecture! Archigram and Isozaki ca.1970' from Zoom 3: Transmissions.
As told to Gloria Furness (Editor, Web Content) and Naomi Altman (Curatorial Assistant, Design and Architecture). The above interview has been edited for clarity. Image at top: Detail of envelope interior encasing Archigram Issue 8 (1968). © Archigram; M+, Hong Kong
Ariel Genadt is an architect, scholar, and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on twentieth-century architecture in Japan and the relationship between construction and cultural and environmental expression in architecture. In 2012, he was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences Fellow Researcher at the Kengo Kuma Lab, Tokyo University, and in 2013, a visiting scholar at the Fondazione Renzo Piano, Genoa. He has published scholarly articles in EAHN Architectural Histories, the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Baumeister, and Topos. In 2018, he curated the exhibition Critical Abstractions: Modern Architecture in Japan at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The village lies about 18 km south of Diglipur and 7.5 km south of Saddle Peak, the highest point of North Andaman. It is a major tourist destination in North Andaman, for being next to Taralait Bay and the Ram Nagar Beach, and the nearest village to Chalis Ek and Alfred caves.

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Q: Ubuntu boots to black screen when VGA monitor connected I have installed Ubuntu (tried 18.04 and 19.10) on a Lenovo ThinkCenter M710e. It has VGA and DisplayPort outputs. If I plug a monitor into the VGA port then Ubuntu boots to a black screen on both monitors. Using nomodeset gets me a graphical desktop.
Without the VGA connected it boots up just fine and uses the DisplayPort monitor. It's the same with a live session; I have to use safe graphics mode if the VGA monitor is connected, otherwise I just get a black screen.
Here is lspci:
$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 (rev 04)

Dual monitors work in the pre-installed windows 10, so I'm pretty sure it's not a hardware problem.
Ubuntu doesn't show any third party drivers available to install. I would really like to get the dual monitors working but I'm not sure where to go from here.
What steps can I take to determine what needs to be done to make the dual monitors work?

A: For intel graphics there are no third party or proprietary drivers.
The xrandr tool can be most useful for diagnosing multi-monitor issues.  Your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file (or similar) often gives info about which outputs are detected or not detected, and why.
First thing I'd suggest is to check your BIOS for any multi-monitor related settings.  Make sure the intel graphics is your primary graphics device.  See:
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht062228

Also make sure you're using the Displayport monitor as the primary, with VGA secondary.  It sounds like it may not work the other way round:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkCentre-A-E-M-S-Series/Dual-monitors-problem-VGA-and-Displayport/td-p/338731
One other thing I would recommend investigating, is if your Laptop's displayport output, and your monitors support Displayport daisychaining.  This means you would connect the laptop to one monitor, and then from one monitor to the other.  Not all hardware combinations work like this, but if it does it will give better results than DP+VGA.  In my own brief googling I can find nothing definitive one way or the other.  You'll have to google around to find out more, but here's a link to get you started:
https://www.displayport.org/cables/driving-multiple-displays-from-a-single-displayport-output/
If you do need to go with the VGA+DP route, and the above info doesn't sort it out for you, unfortunately there are all manner of different reasons things may not work.  VGA is an old tech and there's a lot of diversity in how standards are interpreted, both on the laptop end and on the monitor end.  Sometimes the monitor's EDID is not detected and so no modeline can be automatically constructed.  Sometimes it's an issue with mismatching refresh rates or incompatible resolutions; these can be worked through via sufficient elbow grease, but it can be technically challenging.  I've also seen situations where one output port is physically disabled by the HW when another output is in use (this should be mentioned in your laptop's manual under the graphics section); in this case there's simply no way to make the VGA+DP combo work.
The good news though is that IBM/Lenovo have a good reputation for supporting their hardware on Linux, and have helpful forums.  There's a subforum for ThinkCenters here:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkCentre-Desktops/ct-p/thinkcentre_en

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The sign also outlines that it will not be paying out on prizes won from national lottery tickets and scratch cards.
The message in the shop window reads: "The Government has requested the public only to visit food stores for essential purchases. Co-op is also respecting Government advice over ensuring social distancing of 2 metres.
"With this in mind, we politely ask you to consider whether the purchase of a lottery ticket or scratch card is essential.
"If so and you still wish to purchase we ask that you limit your purchase to a 'Lucky Dip' ticket so as to limit contact.
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"Until further notice we will not be able to pay out on any prizes whether that be online or scratchcard.
"Thank you for your understanding at this very difficult time."
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The webpage explains: "Every time you play a National Lottery game, you help raise around £30M every week for good causes all over the UK. And now, more than ever, that's really important."
"In the current situation while we are all being urged to #StayHomeSaveLives, we are encouraging players to check results and play online or on the National Lottery app, and to only buy their tickets in retail as part of their essential shop."
The National Lottery website also asks customers to take precautions when cashing in winning tickets. It says: "Give your regular numbers to the shop assistant verbally so they can manually input them into the National Lottery terminal."
The website also advises people to try and only claim prizes during their essential shop. The advice reads:
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Shared Secrets with BuzzFeed and Ze Frank
Ze Frank was a pioneer of vlogs, but that simplistic statement probably trivializes his contributions to American culture. Ze wasn't just a YouTube celebrity, he was an icon for the then-new frontier of viral content.
I was an early fan, from his days in the early-2000s of his "How To Dance Properly" ecard, and evolving into one of many fans who were active participants in his year-long vlog experiment "The Show." For Ze, there was no fourth wall, no distinction between the vlogger and his audience. Humans were on earth to create shared experiences, and the Internet was merely his medium.
When I found out in recent years that Ze was one of the folks at the helm of BuzzFeed Video, everything clicked. BuzzFeed has created a viral culture full of content about those shared experiences, but more than experiences, the videos are shared secrets. The hybrid of the two opposing worlds of PostSecret (anonymous confessions) and Facebook (your perfected public persona), BuzzFeed highlights, if often trivial, moments of each of our lives that we never considered others shared.
There's nothing necessarily culturally significant about BuzzFeed Video's content, and most wouldn't consider it high art. But what it does do is create another art form somewhere in the middle of private and public, reminding the Facebook generation that it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Everyone scratches their privates, everyone does weird things around their crushes, and everyone wonders if they're the crazy friend of the group.
The simplicity of this approach is its appeal: let's rub the shine off the perfect world we're all intimidated by; this make-believe universe full of engagements and no divorces, hires and no fires, births and no deaths. BuzzFeed's light portrayal that "we're all human" is exactly what I've always loved about Ze Frank – and I'm glad he's living in his element, and still bringing joy to the masses. Perhaps in a small way, although BuzzFeed and all of its counterparts (from blogs to vlogs and all in between) strive primarily to create content that generates ad views, it's also giving us a much-needed breath of fresh air in our pristine Pinterest world. And that, my friends, is pure Ze.
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The American nuclear submarine USS San Francisco hit an uncharted seamount on January 7th, killing one sailor and injuring sixty others, 23 of them so seriously they could not perform their duties. Facts about the incident were slow to emerge. It appears that the sub was traveling on a course it was ordered to follow, at a depth of 500 feet and a speed of about 56 kilometers an hour. This was the first time the navy had given the speed of a Los Angeles class sub as anything but 25+ knots (45 kilometers an hour.) It has long been believed that these subs could make more than 55 kilometers an hour.
The visible damage to the sub indicated that the sonar dome at the front of the sub was partially collapsed, and, according to information released by the navy, some of the forward ballast tanks were damaged. The pressure hull was not compromised. The submarine immediately surfaced after the collision, which was apparently a glancing one, but it immediately slows the sub to about seven kilometers an hour. The crew had some trouble getting to the surface, because of the damaged forward ballast tanks (which hold water, that is rapidly pumped out, and replaced with air, to give the sub buoyancy and bring it to the surface.) The impact, of course, caught everyone unawares, which is why there were so many injuries. The sailor who died, had been thrown forward, hitting his head on a pipe. He died of that injury two days later.
The captain usually losses his command after accidents like this, although in this case, that might not happen. If the captain was following all procedures correctly, and there was no way the seamount could be detected, the incident might not destroy his career. There are many uncharted underwater features, especially 500 feet underwater. The technology does not yet exist to economically chart all of the ocean bottoms to that, and greater, depth. Most waters are charted sufficiently to protect surface ships. But there are only about two hundred subs that normally operate at the depth this accident took place. There may be a call for the navy to change its procedures, and have the sub use more active sonar devices when traveling in certain waters. But this will generate protests, because active sonar disturbs the fish. There are also technical issues regarding how effective such sonar would be in avoiding all types of underwater collisions. Moreover, in wartime, you avoid using sonar as a navigation aid, as it gives away your position. Actually, traveling at high speed gives away your position, because of the noise generated by the propulsion system and water rushing over the sub. In wartime, the sub might have been moving at 10-20 kilometers an hour, which would have caused less damage and fewer injuries.
If the Navy adheres to maritime tradition, that calls for the naming of previously unknown underwater features after the vessel that "discovered' them, even if by running into them, the uncharted seamount will now be known as the "San Francisco seamount".
Accidents like this are rare, but there will probably be a review of the charts, of underwater geography, that are used by American subs. This review process is standard whenever there is a major underwater earthquake or volcano eruption. For example, the December 26, 2004 earthquake off Aceh is known to have seriously rearranged the ocean bottom in that area, and efforts are already underway to update charts. But now an effort will be made to try and determine where there may be other potential "San Francisco seamounts".


Energy for travel makes individuals insane for investigating more. With venturing out to new goals, individuals connect with new societies and customs. This people groups to change their state of mind about the world. What's more, in the event that anything on the planet can preferably change the odd perspectives of individuals, it is voyaging. Travel can really change individuals.
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When you settle on venturing out to another goal, you need to speak with new individuals. In the wake of living in a few places, and speaking with many individuals you will clearly have better correspondence aptitude. Truth be told, you can live in a few spots where English not the main dialect, there you need to make them think about your question in their neighborhood dialect. It is doubtlessly an intense undertaking to deal with. It will most likely enhance your general correspondence aptitude.
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The Canon PowerShot SX530 HS is a fairly compact superzoom camera with a 50x zoom lens, but it can be slow to focus when zoomed in all the way.
50x zoom ratio. Solid control layout. Responsive performance. Fairly compact. Framing assist function. Canon Creative Shot mode. Integrated Wi-Fi with NFC.
Can be slow to lock focus when zoomed. No EVF. HD video limited to 1080p30. Pricey.
The big canon of a zoom with solid image stabilization offers a lot of fun, and the built-in flash is very effective. Though tasteful filters and photo effects are appealing, the burst mode is sluggish and the camera lacks RAW mode.
The Canon PowerShot SX530 HS is a new super-zoom camera that updates the SX520 HS released only six months earlier. The main difference is an increase in the zoom range - up to 50x with an equivalent range of 24-1200mm from the earlier model's 38x.
Powerful 50x zoom with little distortion, Seamless wireless sharing options, All-day battery life.
Plastic body feels cheap, Relatively small maximum aperture limits low-light shooting, No touch screen, fixed LCD.
The conclusion I came away with after looking at these four bridge cameras is that they can be very useful, as long as you respect their limitations. They all have very small sensors (1/2.3-inch or nominally about 6.2mm x 4.6mm) and hence small pixels, and small pixels mean higher noise.
The Canon PowerShot SX530 HS is by no means a revolutionary camera, but what it does, it does well.A camera like this will generally always represent a compromise. While you have a 50x optical zoom range, the maximum aperture at the wide end is only f/3.5.
The Canon Powershot SX530 HS is a useful update to the SX520, offering additional optical zoom, with a 50x optical zoom lens, whilst still delivering good image quality, as well as offering built-in Wi-Fi and NFC for those that want to transfer photos quickly to a smartphone.
I researched and purchased this camera as a gift for my 10-year-old granddaughter, who is very interested in learning to take photographs outside of the "Auto" setting. I own Canon's 5D Mark III, but I've spent the past week or so learning and playing with the PowerShot SX530 HS.
Love my new camera. Bought it because my older camera's flash made my kitten' s eyes look like Halloween eyes. His eyes are blue and just reflect the flash. Now they are a beautiful blue as they should be. It also has WiFi so I transfer the pics to my phone and put them on FB.
I had purchased for trip to Disney World for volleyball tournament and the Disney parks. Camera done great with park pictures! Inside at the volleyball tournament was another thing, terrible blurring action pictures. There is not a sport mode on camera and pictures on Auto setting were terrible.
Very hard to get files off of camera onto other machines. Very tedious. I have an 8 minute video on here that it is basically telling me is 6 minutes too long to download. This is the worst hunk of junk I have ever bought. Stay away unless you love being frustrated.
Really impressed with the zoom and clarity. 16mp doesn't sound like much, but it's crisp. No viewfinder but the zoom framing feature makes up for it: hold the button it zooms out for you to find your target, let it go and it zooms back in.
VERY easy to use. It was not too difficult to set up the WIFI either. I am not all the great at the computer and was able to do it. It's so easy to use. I just keep it on AUTO and have been getting great pictures. Love the zoom!
I have used the camera for about a month now and I am very pleased with all the features and quality available to me with this camera. Great value at this price!!
Just received my Canon camera 2 weeks ago and it did not disappoint! Light weight and comfortable to hold and understand. Came with case, strap, lens cover and easy to follow instructions.
My wife loves the camera I got her for our 29th wedding anniversary! Best price I found on this Cannon 530, and lots of nice accessories?


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Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition
Saving the Great Basin and the Sage Grouse
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Project Summary: The Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition is one of the first community-based efforts in the Great Basin to tackle restoration on a landscape-scale.
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition annual workshop and tour.
Following the devastating fires of 1999, which burned 1.7 million acres in Northern Nevada, a team from the USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published two reports, the first identifying the need to restore the Great Basin and the second identifying the steps to make it happen. The BLM and others drew three conclusions from the reports:
Fire suppression and invasive annuals and noxious weeds accounted for the poor condition of the Great Basin ecosystem.
Restoration of sage grouse was linked to the ecological health of the Great Basin.
Traditional ways to fight invasive species and to restore native habitat were inadequate for basin-wide recovery.
Spurred on by these findings, the Ely Nevada BLM Field Of. ce and others concluded that restoration of the Great Basin would only happen with the support and participation of state and local agencies, tribal governments, universities, natural resource groups, and communities. The BLM moved quickly to garner support. Their efforts materialized in 2001 with the founding of The Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition (ENLC), an unprecedented community-based partnership for landscape-level restoration of the eastern Nevada Great Basin ecosystem.The ENLC membership has grown quickly, now standing at more than 100, and so has its commitment to full partnership with the Ely Nevada BLM Field Office in restoring the Great Basin.
Rock Mountain Elk Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Nevada Cattlemen's Association, City of Ely, Ely Shoshone Tribe, Nevada Association of Counties, Tri-County Weed District, White Pine County Commission, Nevada Department of Agriculture, Nevada Division of Wildlife, Nevada Senator Dean A. Rhoads, State of Nevada Commission for the Preservation of Wild Horses, Red Rock Audubon Society, Nevada Farm Bureau, Society of Range Management – Nevada, Big Horns Unlimited, Nevada Wild Land Seed Producers, Newark/Long Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area, White River Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area, Railroad Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area, Snake Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area, federal agencies, and others.
During BLM fiscal years 2003-2006, the ENLC worked on more than 8.7 million acres in six watersheds; activities included restoration, treatments, inventories, and data collection. Achievements include:
Surveyed more than four million acres and 10,000 sites.
Restored and reseeded more than 2,000 acres.
Inventoried more than 6 million acres for noxious and invasive weeds.
Received FY 2004 and 2005 grants to implement restoration projects in the Gleason Creek and Smith Valley watersheds.
A community-based restoration initiative working at a landscape level and relying on a Science Committee to guide restoration activities in the project area.
Betsy McFarland
encl@sbcglobal.net
Website: http://www.envlc.org


This month we are excited to feature a new organization called FaithStay. You've heard of Christian dating sites… well this is a Christian vacation rental site. And it's awesome!
Justin Grado is one of the founders of www.faithstay.net. He along with Amanda Reta and Sherrod Taylor started this organization out of a core belief that hospitality and hosting are a big part of Christian culture.
As avid travelers Justin and his team have experienced the incredible impact that hospitality can have on a community. He and his wife spent a year traveling the world. Over the course of that year they stayed with several host families who also shared their faith. Some of the cities they visited were dangerous. Having the opportunity to connect with local hosts made their experience a better one.
Out of this experience FaithStay was born. www.faithstay.net is a platform for Christians to rent lodging to travelers who seek safe and loving accommodations found in Christian homes. FaithStay's goal is to strengthen the community and they believe hospitality is the most powerful way to do that.
Travelers using the FaithStay app come from all backgrounds and beliefs, however the hosting is reserved for Christians. And FaithStay is already making an impact!! They have hosts in LA, Orange County, Nashville, and Atlanta! This has been a great way for hosts to earn a new source of income. In turn, each host participates in FaithStay's Giving Back program. This program allows hosts to donate 10% or more of their earnings to organizations in their communities.
Individually, and as an organization, they feel it is their duty and responsibility to look out for those struggling and many of their hosts and travelers feel the same way. FaithStay contributes to organizations such as Nashvillle, LA, and Atlanta's Rescue Missions as well as Two Wings.
Justin was greatly inspired by his mother-in-law Robin McInnis. She has been their biggest cheerleader, and is also a FaithStay host. Among her many involvements, Robin also leads an Adopt-A-Family program in Orange County, and funds World Vision water projects in Africa.
If you're going to travel why not stay somewhere that gives back to local community efforts? What a wonderful way to explore the world while improving each community along the way!!! We are so impressed with the work the founders are doing at FaithStay.
If you or a friend would like to stay with a FaithStay host while traveling please visit www.faithstay.net. Thank you Justin for contributing to the work we do here at Two Wings, and for all the work you are doing in communities across America!


In accordance with the Coal Ash Management Act of 2014, or CAMA, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality developed draft proposed classifications for all coal ash impoundments, including active and retired sites, for the purpose of closure based on the sites' risks to the public, environment and natural resources.
In March, DEQ will conduct a public meeting in each county where a coal ash facility is located. The public is invited to attend these meetings to learn more about the background information and data that support the proposed impoundment classifications and provide comment to help inform the agency's final determinations.
Under CAMA, all Duke Energy coal ash impoundments in North Carolina are required to be closed. The deadlines for closure depend on the classification of each impoundment as low, intermediate or high. CAMA also required DEQ to make available to the public draft proposed classifications no later than Dec. 31, 2015. Thesedraft proposed classifications released Dec. 31 are based on the information available to the department as of December 2015. It is important to note that these are not the final proposed classifications. The final proposed classifications cannot be made until the extensive public participation process outlined in CAMA has concluded.
Public input and involvement is a critical component of the classification process. All draft proposed classifications are subject to change based on public input, including scientific and technical data gained through the public input process outlined above. A detailed list of public meetings can be foundhere.
To read the comprehensive report click here.
Toread the Executive Summary of the Draft Proposed Impoundment Classifications, click here.
To watch DEQ Assistant Secretary Tom Reeder's videotaped statement, click here.
To read a Frequently Asked Questions document, click here.
For a map of draft classifications for each coal ash impoundment, click here.


Riverdale is Television Drama is based on fictional characters. The entire cast of this series has worked hard to make this series a success. Cole Sprouse has played the character of Jughead in Riverdale. He was the best friend of the main character but something went wrong between them which affected their friendship. He is the son of the motorcycle gang's leader. His costumes have inspired designers to create new designs.
Cole Sprouse is the inspiration for this black jacket. He wore this unique jacket in the TV series 'Riverdale'. The material being used for this jacket is cotton. It is available in black color. This jacket has full-length sleeves, brown collar, front buttoned style collar, two flap chest pockets and inner pocket. This Riverdale inspired jacket can be worn for all occasions. You can also contrast it with different shirts. It is available in all sizes at cheap rates.
I'm happy that the design of this jacket is exactly the same I saw on the website. Moreover, the finishing is refined and I feel cozy in it.


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EPL: What Amad Diallo Said After Completing Manchester United Transfer
New Manchester United player, Amad Diallo, has said that he knew he had joined the "perfect club" after holding talks with the club's manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Diallo also promised that he would work hard everyday to learn from Man United senior players and give everything to develop his game.
The Ivorian winger finally completed his move to Old Trafford after Man United agreed a £37 million deal with Atalanta on transfer deadline day in October.
The 18-year-old signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with United and will train with Solskjaer's first-team squad after securing a work permit.
"After waiting since the summer, it's finally a dream come true to complete my move to Manchester United," Diallo told Man United's official website.
"I'm hugely ambitious, and there is so much that I want to achieve in the game; when I spoke to the manager, I knew that I had joined the perfect club.
"This is a really exciting squad with so many great players, I can promise that I'll work hard every day to learn from them and give everything to develop my game.
"The coaches have been fantastic since I signed, we've been in touch regularly, and they've already given me a lot of great advice.
"I've had time to prepare for this move, both physically and mentally, and I've worked really hard to be ready to make the step up to this amazing club."
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Motorcyclist, 20, is locked up for 14 months after 80mph police chase through residential streets
In the video, an officer can be seen pursuing a group of three motorcyclists before singling out Owen Guest, 20, who was riding a Kawasaki 250cc in the Tipton area, in the West Midlands.
Daily Mail. Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:06:25 +0000.
World champion Rohan Dennis rides the long road to redemption
Australian cyclist will debut with team Ineos at the Tour Down Under, six months after he controversially walked out on Bahrain Merida at the Tour de France.
Sydney Morning Herald. Sat, 18 Jan 2020 21:08:41 +1100.
'The World According to Jeff Goldblum' renewed for 2nd season on Disney+
The Disney+ series follows Jeff Goldblum as he explores the origins and cultural impact of everyday items like ice cream, tattoos, denim, coffee and bicycles.
Wls. ABC News. Fri, 17 Jan 2020 23:04:21 +0000.
More federal funding needed to increase Americans' active transportation habits
The federal government has allocated only about 2 percent of its transportation funds to encourage walking and cycling, not nearly enough to make a significant difference, according to new research.
Science Daily. Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:00:04 EST.
Can Bicycles Relieve Poverty? World Bicycle Relief Says Yes
WBR offers market-based assistance in developing countries.
By Jim Vinoski, Contributor. Forbes. Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:24:52 +0000.
ICYMI: A prankster parrot, Elon Musk and extreme cycling
Here are some of the stories you may have missed in the last week.
BBC News. Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:01:40 GMT.
What you need to know about changes to German driving laws in 2020
From tougher penalties for reckless drivers and 'gawpers' to safer measures for cyclists, here are some important changes happening this year on Germany's roads.
The Local. Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:23:24 +0100.
Delaware ranked among top bicycle friendly states
Delaware remains among the top 10 most bicycle friendly states in the nation according to the League of American Bicyclists (LAB).
NPR. Sun, 29 Dec 2019 01:58:13 +0000.
Virginia cyclist dies after collision with passenger train
SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - A bicyclist was killed after a collision with an Amtrak train in southeastern Virginia, authorities said. Kerry L. ...
Washington Times. Sat, 28 Dec 2019 14:40:33 -0500.
Colorful Sport Bicycle Illustration
Bicycle News Pages with Images
This table lists several news pages that contain bicycle-related images.
Bikes Parked
BMX Bike Rider
Brake Mechanism
Cycling Cyclist
Cyclists Cycling
Gear Cassette
Racing Bicycles
Riding Bicycles
World Cup Cyclists
It is hard to trace the history of the modern bicycle back to its original origins, as no one seems to know exactly when that was!
Bicycles on Pavement
Archeologists have discovered bas-relief and hieroglyphic evidence of two-wheeled vehicles existing in ancient Babylonian and Egyptian societies, but no ancient relics have ever been found. Many people believe that the bicycle was invented by Leonardo da Vinci according to a drawing in a notebook; however, most experts believe that it was either done by his assistant or a fake that was drawn much later.
One thing that experts do not dispute is the creation of the draisine around 1817 by Baron Karl Drais de Sauerbrun of Germany. This machine was constructed of two wheels connected to a simple wooden frame with a steering mechanism and was patented as a walking machine, enabling riders to travel up to ten miles an hour. During the same period, in 1820, a similar machine known as the swift-walker was patented in the United States by W. K. Clarkson. These become popular in New York City but eventually disappeared due to city ordinances.
Around 1860, a French man named Pierre Michaux attached crank handles from an old grindstone to the front wheel of the swift-walker, creating the velocipede, a forerunner of the modern bicycle. One of his employees, Pierre Lallement, contended that he conceived of this idea first and took it to the United States, where he patented it in 1866 and introduced it to the public.
The 1870s brought such improvements as lighter steel frames, solid rubber tires, tension-spoked wheels, ball-bearings, brakes, and lights. It was during this time that the swift-walker or velocipede officially became known as the bicycle. Eventually the size of the front wheel was increased and it was not uncommon to see bicycles with front wheels up to five feet in diameter.
In 1884, John Kemp Starley invented the chain-drive mechanism, allowing the two wheels to be much closer in size. Tires with inflatable tubes became standard in the 1890s, as did caliper rim brakes, and multi-gear derailleur systems. By the turn of the century, over 10 million Americans owned bikes and bike racing had become a major international sport.
However, the industry declined heavily by 1903, in large part due to the automobile. It was partially revived during the gas rationing of the Great Depression and World War II, and then again in the 1960s and 1970s. BMX, triathlon, and mountain bikes came on to the scene in the 1970s and 1980s, further revolutionizing the bicycle industry.
A Cyclist Rides a Bicycle (Animation)
Today's bicycles have continually become sturdier, more lightweight, and more aerodynamic. With an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide riding bicycles for transportation or simply recreation, the bicycle is one invention that has profoundly affected our civilization.
Bicycle-related organizations include the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association, the National Bicycle Dealers Association, and the League of American Bicyclists, as well as other, more specialized or localized, organizations.
The following links include page titles and summaries for reference articles, directory pages, and captioned images about bicycles and cycling-related themes.
Find information about cycling apparel such as shorts, tights, jerseys, shoes, gloves, and jackets, as well as links to bicycle apparel and accessory dealers.
http://bicycleaccessories.us/shop.htm
Learn about different types of bicycle brakes including coaster, caliper, v-brake, or disc varieties, and find links to bike brakes for sale.
http://bicycleparts.us/brakes.htm
Bicycle Manufacturers
Bicycle manufacturers offer road bikes, mountain bikes, BMX bikes, and accessories. Find links to selected bicycle manufacturers to help find your ideal bike.
http://bicycleshop.us/manufacturers.htm
Touring Bicycles
Many people enjoy the exercise and relaxation of a bicycle tour. Learn about touring bicycles and other equipment you will need for a successful bike tour.
http://bicycletours.us/bicycles.htm
Recumbent Bicycle History
Recumbent bicycles allow the rider to sit in a reclined position instead of erect while pedaling. Learn about the history of recumbent bikes and find links to manufacturers and dealers.
http://recumbent-bikes.us/history.htm
Bike Racks (Photograph)
Many cities and parks have racks, like the ones pictured here, for storing and securing bicycles. These two blue bike racks are permanently installed in concrete so that riders can stow their bicycles and enjoy the park on foot.
http://bikeracks.us/bike-racks.htm
Stationary Bike (Illustration)
Many exercise bikes include attached televisions or other decides to provide entertainment to the user while he or she is riding. Many people enjoy using an mp3 player to listen to music while exercising.
http://exercisebikes.us/stationary-bike.htm
Bicycle Storage (Photograph)
One of the most effective forms of garage storage are lift hoist bike holders. These holders vary according to brand, but the general purpose is to strap a bicycle in and then hoist the bike up toward the ceiling.
http://garagestorage.us/bicycle-storage.htm
Home Gym (Photograph)
Sunlight filters through a sliding glass door and many-paned window into a home gym. The home gym has equipment for building strength and muscle and burning calories, including a rack of free weights, a weight machine, and a stationary bicycle.
http://homegyms.us/home-gym.htm
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J Intern Med. 2019 Apr;285(4):407-418. doi: 10.1111/joim.12854. Epub 2018 Nov 16.
Trends in patient outcome over the past two decades following allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia: an ALWP/EBMT analysis.
Canaani J1, Beohou E2, Labopin M2, Ghavamzadeh A3, Beelen D4, Hamladji RM5, Niederwieser D6, Volin L7, Markiewicz M8, Arnold R9, Mufti G10, Ehninger G11, Socié G12, Kröger N13, Mohty M2, Nagler A1,2.
Acute Leukemia Working Party -EBMT and Department of Hematology and Cell Therapy, Hȏpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
Hematology-Oncology and BMT Research, Shariati Hospital, Teheran, Iran.
Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Hospital, Essen, Germany.
Service Hématologie Greffe de Moëlle, Centre Pierre et Marie Curie, Alger, Algeria.
Division of Haematology & Oncology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Department of Haematology and BMT, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Medizinische Klinik m. S. Hämatologie/Onkologie, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Department of Haematological Medicine, GKT School of Medicine, London, UK.
Universitaetsklinikum Dresden Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany.
Department of Hematology - BMT, Hȏpital St. Louis, Paris, France.
Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Outcomes for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) have significantly improved in recent years.
To assess the incremental improvement of transplanted AML patients in the last two decades.
Patients included in this analysis were adult AML patients who underwent allo-SCT from an HLA-matched sibling donor (MSD) or HLA-matched unrelated donor (MUD) in first remission. Patient outcomes were assessed between three cohorts according to the year of transplant (1993-2002, 2003-2007 and 2008-2012).
The analysis comprised a total of 20 187 patients of whom 4763 were transplanted between 1993 and 2002, 5835 in 2003 and 2007, and 9589 in 2008 and 2012. In multivariate analysis, leukaemia-free survival (LFS) rates were significantly improved in more recently transplanted patients compared to patients transplanted in 1993-2002 [Hazard ratio (HR) = 0.84, confidence interval (CI) 95%, 0.77-0.92; P = 0.003], a benefit which also extended to improved overall survival (OS; HR = 0.8, CI 95%, 0.73-0.89; P < 0.0001), and decreased nonrelapse mortality (NRM) rates (HR = 0.65, CI 95%, 0.56-0.75; P < 0.0001). Subset analysis revealed that in MSD, the rates of LFS, NRM and OS significantly improved in patients in the more recent cohort with similar results also seen in MUD. Finally, the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was significantly reduced leading to improved GVHD-free/relapse-free survival (GRFS) rates in more recently transplanted patients.
Outcome of allo-SCT for AML patients has markedly improved in the last two decades owing to decreased nonrelapse mortality and improved rates of leukaemia-free survival resulting in significantly longer survival.


Whether one post or a combination, it's your choice!
Working in the historic and vibrant London Borough of Lewisham, you choose whether to work for the newly established GP Extended Access 8am-8pm service (GPEA); for the GP Extended Access service and a local practice; or for one or more practices.
We are a forward thinking organisation looking to help move services from hospital into the community, closer to our patients. If you have a special interest or expertise, why not come on board and work with OHL to develop a new community-based service?
Interested in a portfolio career?
Join a GP Fellowship scheme in Lewisham, South East London.
A dynamic, resourceful, creative individual with leadership qualities?
Looking for the opportunity to widen and develop your experience in general practice?
Looking to develop a career combining general practice with a special interest?
Looking for an exciting, varied and innovative new role?
Funding and support for bespoke fellowship programmes to promote career progression and sustainable delivery of effective primary care.
One-year contracts - with full or part time employment.
Opportunities to be involved in the future of healthcare commissioning.
We are looking for dynamic GPs to join our new GP Fellowship programme across Lewisham, South East London. If you want to enhance your clinical, educational and leadership potential we want to hear from you.
The service is brand new and will offer a robust way of reducing frequent user activity to 999, NHS 111, A&E, GP contacts and hospital admissions, freeing up front line resources to focus on more clients and reduce costs. The service will use a health coaching approach, targeting high users of services and support the most vulnerable patients in the community to flourish, whilst making the best use of available resources. The Clinical lead will be supported by a HIU Nurse and a HIU Health Coach.
The commitment for the role would be for 2 sessions a week.
Mental Health Services in Lewisham have been identified as key area for development to improve population health. One Health Lewisham working in alliance with key stakeholder partners; South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust (SLaM), Bromley and Lewisham MIND and the London Borough of Lewisham will deliver seamless mental health service provision, initially to adults of working age for a period of one year. Please see attached JD for further information about the role.
The commitment for the role is 6 hours per week.
These roles are remunerated at £80/hour and would require a commitment to work some regular sessions in Lewisham.
Locum Sessional GPs are needed for this exciting One Health Lewisham service which is based in University Hospital Lewisham.
All practices and the GPEA service use EMIS Web. Having invested in EMIS Clinical Services and Remote Consultation, all sessional clinicians working for the GPEA are able to see and write into the patient's usual GP record as if they were a locum working at that patient's practice. Therefore, for indemnity purposes, all GPEA shifts are classified to be routine sessions and not as OOH sessions.
You will be seeing routine, pre-booked patients only. The Service is not a Walk-In Centre or Urgent Care Centre.
We are actively recruiting locum sessional GPs for a pilot working with Lewisham Urgent Care centre. Patients attending urgent care who are triaged as requiring a GP appointment, will be booked into a GP appointment via GPEA. As with the routine GPEA service, doctors will have access to EMIS remote consultation for these patients, and hence this would also be treated as a routine session.
Another new service is in the process of being established by One Health Lewisham: a staff bank providing GP, Nurse and administrative cover to practices as needed – terms will vary. Unless you indicate otherwise on the attached application form, we will automatically register all applicants to be part of the newly forming Lewisham Staff Bank and will keep you informed of suitable roles in Lewisham as they arise.
See below for details of how to apply.
Each of the following practices is offering a negotiable annual salary of £8,500-£9,500 per session (£76,500-£85,500 per annum pro rata depending on experience) with 6 weeks annual leave + 1 week CPD leave.
The Lewisham Care Partnership has the following vacancies which can be mixed and matched.
To apply, please complete the attached application form and submit with your current CV using the online application form below.


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EXCLUSIVE: Emile Hirsch's exploits in China will finally be seen around the world after international sales agent VMI Worldwide picked up global rights to Chinese period war drama The Chinese Widow.
The company, fresh off the back of a deal with Nic Cage's action thriller The Humanity Bureau will launch the Bille August-directed drama at the EFM in Berlin, which kicks off today.
Hirsch stars as commander Jack Turner in the film, which is set in 1941 following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that has destroyed America's morale. After U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and a unit of the Air Force completes its mission, the crew are forced to make an emergency landing in China. Turner barely survives but is rescued by Ying, a local widow, who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant. The local widow, a young silk weaver, is played by Chinese actress Yifei Liu, who has been cast as the lead in Disney's forthcoming live-action remake of Mulan.
The film, which is produced by Peng Sun and Catherine Lin for Zhejiang Roc Pictures, is one of the most international films ever produced in China with a U.S. lead, a Danish director in The Best Intentions director August, a South African screenwriter in Greg Latter, German composer Annette Focks and a Swiss cinematographer Filip Zum.
It premiered in China at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2017 and was released in November, days after Donald Trump finished his three-day visit to the country.
The deal was concluded by VMI Worldwide CEO Andre Relis, Director of Acquisitions Jessica Bennett and Peng Sun from Zhejiang Roc Pictures, translated by Kathleen I-Ying Lee. VMI Worldwide holds all rights outside of China and JD Beaufils and Julie Paquit will be actively selling the picture in Berlin.


Park Your Car Park Your Car Drive your car and park in the designated area in each level. Park your car correctly and advance to the next level.
Stick Monkey Stick Monkey The goal is to swing the Monkey King from platform to platform using his stick.
Description: Given limited time and worms, try to catch as many fish as you can. Move your boat left and right to find the perfect fishing spot to drop your line.


Recall that authorization pertains to controlling access to functionality. User-specific authorization can be enforced by the client applications as well as the Content Server. Client applications utilize a user's client capability to enforce access control for functionality within the client application. They can also utilize roles to manage access to functionality within the applications. Roles are discussed in Chapter 6, Groups and Roles.
On the other hand, Content Server utilizes basic and extended privileges to enforce access control. As we will see in later chapters, Content Server also enforces object security in addition to these privileges.


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Esta é uma lista de regiões do Azerbaijão por Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano a partir de 2019. Isso também inclui Baku, a capital e maior cidade, mas exclui a República Autônoma de Nakhchivan e Kalbajar-Lachin.

República Autônoma de Nakhchivan
Nakhchivan tem um alto Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano; sua proeza socioeconômica excede em muito a do próprio Azerbaijão. De acordo com o relatório do Comitê de Estatísticas de Nakhchivan AR em 30 de junho de 2018 para o final de 2017, alguns dados socioeconômicos, incluindo o seguinte, são revelados:

Fazendo uso do método de cálculo do Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano de acordo com o novo método UNHD 2014, os valores acima mudam para estes:

Além disso, o valor do IDH torna-se

Listas de geografia do Azerbaijão
Economia do Azerbaijão


C A S S T L is proud to present "EMPTY" by Zlatko Kopljar. This exhibition is part of the Open Studio's 2018 organized by NICC an Studio Start.
Although presented in slightly unexpected forms, the works from the new series by Zlatko Kopljar, Empty, do not shift away from his basic and well-recognized artistic preoccupation. Whatever the subject matter of his works or projects may be, and regardless of whether it is a performance, video-film or another media form, Kopljar's concern, or to be moreprecise, his uneasiness about the fate of art and artists in contemporary society always seems to prevail over any other thematic category that enables discussions on a work of art or its identification in the context of contemporary art production. We may reasonably argue that every work of art has a dimension of meta-language, or meta-discourse, for exploring the existing paradigms of understanding art. However, in Kopljar's work, this inherently philosophical thought is intentionally placed in central position. Moreover, often presented in colossal shapes or expressed in a gesture of pathos, or even directly communicated with the artist's own body in its strength or helplessness, this grave thought about art and its existence leaves little room for conversations about anything else.


Digital painting is fast and handy, but the feeling of drawing on a table just can't compare with the experience of drawing with physical media. I picked up a Sharpie and some of my wife's old Copics yesterday and went to town on some medieval stuff.
I haven't really used Copics like this before, so I was pleasantly surprised at how nicely they fit the way I work. The limited palette freed me up from worrying too much about color selection, and the translucent blending made it super easy to block in shading.
EDIT: Added some axes I worked up after my initial post.
cool. These are really nice!


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These are contributions you make into your own super which you can claim a tax deduction in your tax return. Personal contributions can be made any time in the financial year. This is an alternative to salary sacrifice for some, especially if you're self-employed.
You can make these contributions as a one-off, lump sum to your super account, or make regular payments from your bank account or employer. You can make these contributions via BPAY, direct debit, cheque or money order.
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How can you claim these as a deduction?
After you've made an after-tax contribution into your VicSuper account, you have until before you lodge you tax return and the end of the following financial year to claim your tax deduction. You have to let us know you intend to claim a deduction in your tax return by completing the Notice of intent to claim or vary a deduction for personal super contributions form before lodging your tax return.
You'll then get a letter back from us which you'll need to use to claim your deduction in your tax return.
How are they taxed? If you notify us of your intent to claim a tax deduction, they are treated as a before-tax contribution, so a 15% contribution tax applies.
Before you start making additional contributions, it's vital to review all of the super contributions you make to ensure you stay within the caps and aren't charged additional interest and tax.
These contributions fall under the before-tax (concessional) contributions cap. But only if you claim them in your tax return. If you don't, they fall under the after-tax (non-concessional) contributions cap. In the 2018/19 financial year, you can add up to $25,000 in before-tax contributions to your super account – all at the low tax rate of 15% . If your adjusted income exceeds $250,000 per year, your contributions are generally taxed at an effective rate of 30%.
You can find out more about contribution caps in our Member Guide.
There are lots of ways to make a personal deductible contribution to your VicSuper account. However, we need to know you intend to claim a deduction for these contributions therefore you must complete a Notice of intent to claim or vary a deduction for personal super contribution form.
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Prince Edward Island (PEI), which consists of the island itself and several surrounding isles, is Canada's smallest province. It is sometimes called 'the birthplace of Canada' because of the Charlottetown conference, which led to the country's formation. PEI is renowned for its lush farmland and beautiful coasts, as well as a burgeoning economy focused on agriculture, tourism, and fishing.
The PEI PNP is Prince Edward Island's Provincial Nominee Program. Through this program, prospective immigrants with the skills and experience targeted by the province may receive a Prince Edward Island Provincial Nomination Certificate, which will allow that foreign national to apply for Canadian Permanent Residence with processing times that are faster than other Canadian immigration classes.
In addition, the PEI PNP has initiated an enhanced Express Entry stream, aligned with the federal Express Entry immigration selection system.
The province accepts applications under this category from individuals who wish to invest in and actively manage a PEI business. This category is divided into three sub-categories. They are 100% Ownership Stream -This sub-category is for individuals who will be assuming full ownership of their PEI business, either through the start of a new business or the purchase of an existing business in the province.
Partial Ownership Stream - This category is for individuals who will obtain at least 33 1/3% of a PEI business, or invest $1,000,000 in the equity of a business.
Work Permit Stream - This category helps individuals who wish to invest in a PEI business to transition to PEI on a work permit prior to receiving provincial nomination. During their time on a work permit applicants are expected to begin working in Canada and to learn about the business in which he or she will be investing.
Skilled Worker Stream - This sub-category is for workers who have been identified or hired by a PEI employer. Eligible applicants will work in a skilled profession and possess relevant experience and at least a post-secondary degree or diploma.
Critical Worker Stream - This sub-category is for workers who have already been hired by a PEI employer, and whose employer would like to sponsor them for permanent residency. Eligible applicants can work in a semi-skilled or unskilled profession.


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Cuban lawmaker develops busy agenda in Morocco
julio 17, 2022 julio 17, 2022 Editor Web RadioSantaCruz Collaboration, Cuba, Friendship, Lawmaker, Morocco, Solidarity, Visit
Rabat, Jul 17.- The vice president of the International Relations Commission of the Cuban parliament, Rolando Gonzalez, is having a busy agenda in Morocco to strengthen ties between the respective legislatures, diplomatic sources announced on Saturday.
The meetings included representatives of both Chambers of the Moroccan Parliament and a courtesy visit to the bilateral director general of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Fouad Yazourh.The member the National People's Power Assembly (Parliament) met with Nadia Bouaida, president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Islamic Affairs and Moroccan Resident Abroad, of the Moroccan House of Representatives.
Likewise, he also met with Rachid Hammouni, president of the Progress and Socialism Group in the Moroccan House of Representatives, and Neila Mia Tazi, president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Defense and Moroccan Residents Abroad of the House of Councilors.In all cases, the Cuban parliamentarian was accompanied by Ambassador to Morocco Javier Domokos.
During the meetings, both parties made it clear the progress of the parliamentary agendas of each country, fundamentally with regard to the introduction and approval of laws that contribute to the modernization and better functioning of the State. They also defended these visits to strengthen relations between the two countries in other fields, such as political, economic-commercial and cultural.
To this end, they insisted on the need to promote, at the legislative level, the creation of parliamentary Friendship Groups.As part of his stay in Rabat, Gonzalez participated in the 10th session of the Global Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, which was attended by more than 80 legislators from around the world.The Global Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, of which Cuba is a member, is one of the forums specialized in disseminating the values of international coexistence.
(taken from Prensa Latina)
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Cuban, Spainish Universities Reaffirm Collaboration Agreements
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Jose Ramón Lozano is a Spanish artist born in Ceuta, with a degree in Fine Arts. He currently lives and works in Madrid.
Lozano's works are reflections of the spirit which are less physical to transmute into ideas. We are not human beings, but ideas of human beings, face masks that leave behind if a perishable trace of a sense of the ephemeral in a changing world.
Jose Ramón Lozano is a Spanish artist born in Ceuta, graduated in Fine Arts. He currently lives and works in Madrid.
Jose Ramón Lozano's painting moves into the contradiction among movement and stillness; indeterminacy and rotundity of shapes; and a space time continuum that deprives figures of a specific background and suspends them in an infinite existential space they fail to understand, waiting for something with a meaning that the audience seems unaware.
The action of the brush models a frozen gesture with undetermined faces. Sometimes this apparent vagueness can drive to an omen of abstraction when it seems that at any time these separate spots will expand all over the canvas until the figure disintegrate completely and as a consequence the concept of painting as a flat reality breaks.
The hieratic effigies with eyes that rarely look but they transmit thought and communication move in an immobile gesture. Fragmented heads whose blurred face points out the process of interrupted painting that leaves these beings unfinished.
If I had to define Lozano's painting the best epithet would be self-absorption due to his figures invite to seclusion at the same time they caress perpetuity. These creatures in an effort of autonomy want to rebel against the fate their creator has imposed on them and they beg the audience in a last desperate longing for freedom. The painting does not speak through the artist but it thinks by itself. The artwork is speaking although we cannot listen to it!