At first, I didn't believe that I could get the shot. I unscrewed my short lens and put on the big one- quietly- as if the bear could hear me. I zoomed-in and tried to find compositional balance in the chaos of rocks, water, and old driftwood. I metered off the sand. I waited and watched as he roamed left then right, then up and up, poking his nose into my frame. Click!
He roamed the beach turning over huge rocks with the swipe of one paw. The rocking boat made focusing tricky. But, years of shooting adventure sports gave me the answer. I pulled out my homemade beanbag and switched focusing methods. He walked into my frame flipping over a boulder. It was as if he'd been hired as model for us. Click!
I had never photographed foraging black bears off a boat before. My new subject made photography exciting and inspirational! There is nothing like inspiration! The most important thing for a photographer is inspiration. You need a reason to pull your camera out of the bag, a motivation to lift the camera up from around your neck. Its a visual incentive to take the lens cap off and create photography. Tofino, British Columbia, is the perfect muse.
As a professional photographer shooting for magazines, and advertising, who has spent my career traveling all the continents, up mountains, across deserts, through rain-forests, oceans, and roaming the streets, and alleys, of much of the big, and small-cities of the world, I find some of my greatest inspiration in Canada's wild and the wonderful west-coast.
Since my first trip to experience the sunset on legendary Long Beach I have been back many times. I go because it is beautiful, has a quiet wildness that the Canmore area had 20 years ago, and because there is so much to photograph in such a small space. And it has a cool vibe.
Glistening beaches, snow capped mountains, a harbor of colorful old barn wood buildings, blow holes, rolling streets of colorful locals, curling blue black waves, surfers and kite boarders, tidal pools of starfish and surprises, textures and patterns of driftwood, soaring green trees as wide as a motor home, classic lighthouses, black bears and Bald eagles, sunning seals and night skies of bright stars accented by midnight waves glowing with phosphorescence, whales, giant rainbows and topped off with stunning sunsets of a thousand shades of orange that seemingly lasts forever because the next stop for the sun is Japan. And I like to top the day off with a beer and fish tacos on the beach at sunset, or a glass of wine and pizza for a fun editing and critique session of the shots of Canada's wild west muse.


I want to share the news of the recent updates to Canadian car seat regulations that came into effect on January 1st, 2012, and hear your thoughts on the subject.
As a parent of children still making use of safety seats, I immediately wondered how these new regulations would apply to the seats we already owned. Thankfully, these new regulations do not require me to replace our existing seats. I have, however, experienced other issues in the past when traveling to visit family members in other provinces, where the age restrictions were different than back home. So remember to look up your specific provincial car seat regulations as well as those you may be traveling to.
According to Transport Canada, previous regulations have provided a high level of safety for many years, so current child car seats will continue to provide excellent protection throughout their useful life. All new car seats being sold however, will need to comply with the updated regulations.
Transport Canada does also state that if your car seat is expired, has damage to the shell, materials or has been in an accident it should be replaced.
These changes also mean that you will not be able to sell any seats that are not compliant with the new regulations. For car seats manufactured between May 12, 2010 and December 31, 2010 Transport Canada advises to contact the manufacturer with the date of manufacture and serial number to ask whether the model is compliant with the new regulations. There are more frequently asked questions answered here on the Transport Canada website.
Transport Canada recommends that when you are done with a car seat or booster seat, you remove the straps and take a hammer to the outer shell so that it cannot be reused.
How do you feel about these new regulations?
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Date Shakes, a Salty Sea, & the Last Free City
Travel Stage: After Joshua Tree, before San Diego area
Date Range: March 1 – 9, 2017
Summary: Palm Springs, Salton Sea, & Slab City – We finally get date shakes in Palm Springs before heading to the Salton Sea where we find beaches of salt-crusted fishbones. We continue on to Slab City, the remains of an old military base turned into an unregulated "boondocking" city.
After Joshua Tree we started aiming for further south. Our route was going to take us back thru Palm Springs and then south to circumnavigate the Salton Sea with a stop at Slab City before heading to the Anza Borrego Desert.
If you ever go to Palm Springs, you will without a doubt be questioned about having a date shake – that is, a milkshake made of dates. Our first time through in January we must have been asked 20 times if we'd had a date shake, so we made the effort this time to track down this cultural experience in between our daily visits to the pool.
Palm Springs wasn't always a golf, tennis, and retirement community. Before all of that there were the date farms. Lots of date farms. Today, it is still know for its dates, especially the medjool dates. Date farming came to Palm Springs in the beginning of the 1900s and is a specialized and labor intensive practice.
We went to Sheilds Date Gardens for the low down, and watched a scandalous movie about the Sex Lives of Dates and how farmers hand-pollinate and tend the palms to actually cultivate the fruit. You can learn more about this process here. Afterwards, we indulged in the many samples of all kinds of different date varietals and, of course, the date shake.
We've heard that even people who don't like dates like date shakes. We like dates, and we liked the date shake. It is very rich and extremely sweet, so one was plenty for the two of us to share!
The Salton Sea is the largest inland body of water in the State of California, and you'd be surprised how many people have no idea it is there. It lies south of Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park in a huge valley that used to be known as the Salton Sink. It is the second lowest place in the United States after Death Valley at -227 feet below sea level. It has an interesting and unfortunate history, and today is a sad place.
When people started moving here, it was a barren salt flat for miles and miles. In an attempt to irrigate the land and farm, canals and waterways were devised and constructed to funnel water from the Colorado to the valley. Long story short, things when horribly wrong when a bad flood season burst one of the canals and water flowed nonstop into the valley for about two years, filling it until the water was redirected. At the beginning it was a fishing and watersports paradise in the middle of the desert! Resorts and vacation homes were built, and people flocked to the lake.
Over time, and with no real tributaries or exiting rivers to cycle the water, the water absorbed the salt from the ground and evaporated, which made the water continually more salty. Soon, the fish were dying from the salt concentrations, and the beaches became lined with bones and death. Today, the salt content is greater than the Pacific Ocean's (although less than the Great Salt Lake) and only tilapia can survive. Recently, the concentration has been increasing at a rate of about 3% per year.
The resorts have all closed, and the Bombay Beach Ruins are a sad reminder of the glory days of the past.
This body of water is critical, however, for migratory birds. California has captured, diverted, and otherwise developed most of its wetlands, so this lake serves as a crucial stopping place on the seasonal routes of millions of birds. So this brings about the conundrum: do we save the lake? If yes, how?
We stayed here one night and although one could say it is pretty from a distance and given its importance to birds, it is not a pleasant place. Between the bone beaches and the smell of death and bird waste, one night was enough.
Slab City
We continued on to another curious spot: Slab City. We had heard about this place from other RVers and other stories surrounding Salvation Mountain – a man made hill painted and colorful as a tribute to God and Love. We heard there was free boondocking, but also heard about the garbage and that it wasn't like it used to be. We proceeded with caution.
We parked in the Slab City Lows where short-term RVers were supposedly welcome. As we drove through the city, we saw makeshift homes built from whatever could be found, old RVs, some newer RVs, lots of solar panels (there is no electricity out here), lots of garbage everywhere, and graffiti. People had sectioned off their "space" with bottles, tires, wire, or any other garbage that could be found.
Chocolate Mountain
In everything we heard about Slab City, all accounts failed to mention a BIG detail: Slab City sits right next to the Chocolate Mountain Artillery Range. This is an active military practice weapon range, which means that bombs are being dropped by planes, machine guns are being fired, and tracer rounds could be seen zipping off into the mountainside at night. We didn't like this, and neither did the dogs. Each boom would have them trembling and hiding under our feet.
The smoke cloud in the distance is from a dropped bomb
Salvation Mountain, East Jesus, and the Artwork
The artwork was by far my favorite part of Slab City, and for those who want to come and experience it you could easily do it all in a day. We hopped on our bikes and were able to see everything in one day. (although watch out for loose dogs that like to chase bikers as you tour around)
Salvation Mountain is a man-made mountain of paint that has been cared for and added on to for years. It was started by a man named Leonard Knight and is actually the second (the first one fell in on itself in 1984). We climbed up the yellow brick road to the top and explored the neighboring mountain that has rooms and expansions in progress. It was interesting to see the materials that they had build the structures out of: latex paint, dead trees and branches, hay bales, scrap wood, and whatever else that was donated or found to use.
Nearby we found an interesting metal garbage structure with old cars and bikes.
Next to that was my personal favorite of the place: the Christina Angelina street art.
The size and beauty of this artwork was astounding! I did some more research on her and she is an artist from LA who has done works all over the world.
East Jesus was an interesting place. We were also lucky enough to join a couple other folks for an unofficial "tour" from one of the residents who went by the name of Wizard. He was an older fellow with long hair and beard and a jolly quirkiness. He wore long sleeves, long pants, and a heavy leather vest despite the 90 degree day.
He took pride in showing us around and telling us the back stories to the exhibits they had. He even took us "behind the scenes" into their living quarters, where a number of buses, campers, and other retrofitted dwellings were. They even had a garden, and an outdoor tub for when it got really hot.
Here are some more artworks that we found during our exploration:
Leaving Slab City
I have to admit that I was glad to leave Slab City. While I can understand the appeal of a "free" city and making use of what's available to you to build your home, living simply and minimally, and being artistic and bohemian, the environment did not feel overly safe and welcoming to us. The bombings and machine gun fire in the distance didn't help either.
I've heard stories of my great grandparents and other going out to the "Slabs" for camping and having a good time, but it seems that now it has become a city of garbage – so much garbage it hurt to look at it.
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Maine's hunting seasons for winter game birds in high gear
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's hunting seasons for winter game birds are in full swing.
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The seasons are subject to limitations and bag limits and hunters are advised to check with authorities before hunting.


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extern "C" {
#endif // !DACCESS_COMPILE
GPTR_DECL(uint8_t,g_lowest_address);
GPTR_DECL(uint8_t,g_highest_address);
GPTR_DECL(uint32_t,g_card_table);
GVAL_DECL(GCHeapType, g_heap_type);
#ifndef DACCESS_COMPILE
}
#endif // !DACCESS_COMPILE

// For single-proc machines, the EE will use a single, shared alloc context
// for all allocations. In order to avoid extra indirections in assembly
// allocation helpers, the EE owns the global allocation context and the
// GC will update it when it needs to.
extern "C" gc_alloc_context g_global_alloc_context;

extern "C" uint32_t* g_card_bundle_table;
extern "C" uint8_t* g_ephemeral_low;
extern "C" uint8_t* g_ephemeral_high;

#ifdef FEATURE_USE_SOFTWARE_WRITE_WATCH_FOR_GC_HEAP

// Table containing the dirty state. This table is translated to exclude the lowest address it represents, see
// TranslateTableToExcludeHeapStartAddress.
extern "C" uint8_t *g_sw_ww_table;

// Write watch may be disabled when it is not needed (between GCs for instance). This indicates whether it is enabled.
extern "C" bool g_sw_ww_enabled_for_gc_heap;

#endif // FEATURE_USE_SOFTWARE_WRITE_WATCH_FOR_GC_HEAP

// g_gc_dac_vars is a structure of pointers to GC globals that the
// DAC uses. It is not exposed directly to the DAC.
extern GcDacVars g_gc_dac_vars;

// Instead of exposing g_gc_dac_vars to the DAC, a pointer to it
// is exposed here (g_gcDacGlobals). The reason for this is to avoid
// a problem in which a debugger attaches to a program while the program
// is in the middle of initializing the GC DAC vars - if the "publishing"
// of DAC vars isn't atomic, the debugger could see a partially initialized
// GcDacVars structure.
//
// Instead, the debuggee "publishes" GcDacVars by assigning a pointer to g_gc_dac_vars
// to this global, and the DAC will read this global.
typedef DPTR(GcDacVars) PTR_GcDacVars;
GPTR_DECL(GcDacVars, g_gcDacGlobals);

// GCHeapUtilities provides a number of static methods
// that operate on the global heap instance. It can't be
// instantiated.
class GCHeapUtilities {
public:
    // Retrieves the GC heap.
    inline static IGCHeap* GetGCHeap()
    {
        LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;

        assert(g_pGCHeap != nullptr);
        return g_pGCHeap;
    }

    // Returns true if the heap has been initialized, false otherwise.
    inline static bool IsGCHeapInitialized()
    {
        LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;

        return g_pGCHeap != nullptr;
    }

    // Returns true if a the heap is initialized and a garbage collection
    // is in progress, false otherwise.
    inline static bool IsGCInProgress(bool bConsiderGCStart = false)
    {
        WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;

        return (IsGCHeapInitialized() ? GetGCHeap()->IsGCInProgressHelper(bConsiderGCStart) : false);
    }

    // Returns true if we should be competing marking for statics. This
    // influences the behavior of `GCToEEInterface::GcScanRoots`.
    inline static bool MarkShouldCompeteForStatics()
    {
        WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;

        return IsServerHeap() && g_SystemInfo.dwNumberOfProcessors >= 2;
    }

    // Waits until a GC is complete, if the heap has been initialized.
    inline static void WaitForGCCompletion(bool bConsiderGCStart = false)
    {
        WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;

        if (IsGCHeapInitialized())
            GetGCHeap()->WaitUntilGCComplete(bConsiderGCStart);
    }

    // Returns true if the held GC heap is a Server GC heap, false otherwise.
    inline static bool IsServerHeap()
    {
        LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;

#ifdef FEATURE_SVR_GC
        _ASSERTE(g_heap_type != GC_HEAP_INVALID);
        return g_heap_type == GC_HEAP_SVR;
#else
        return false;
#endif // FEATURE_SVR_GC
    }

    static bool UseThreadAllocationContexts()
    {
        // When running on a single-proc Intel system, it's more efficient to use a single global
        // allocation context for SOH allocations than to use one for every thread.
#if (defined(_TARGET_X86_) || defined(_TARGET_AMD64_)) && !defined(FEATURE_PAL)
        return IsServerHeap() || ::g_SystemInfo.dwNumberOfProcessors != 1 || CPUGroupInfo::CanEnableGCCPUGroups();
#else
        return true;
#endif

    }

#ifdef FEATURE_USE_SOFTWARE_WRITE_WATCH_FOR_GC_HEAP

    // Returns True if software write watch is currently enabled for the GC Heap,
    // or False if it is not.
    inline static bool SoftwareWriteWatchIsEnabled()
    {
        WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;

        return g_sw_ww_enabled_for_gc_heap;
    }

    // In accordance with the SoftwareWriteWatch scheme, marks a given address as
    // "dirty" (e.g. has been written to).
    inline static void SoftwareWriteWatchSetDirty(void* address, size_t write_size)
    {
        LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;

        // We presumably have just written something to this address, so it can't be null.
        assert(address != nullptr);

        // The implementation is limited to writes of a pointer size or less. Writes larger
        // than pointer size may cross page boundaries and would require us to potentially
        // set more than one entry in the SWW table, which can't be done atomically under
        // the current scheme.
        assert(write_size <= sizeof(void*));

        size_t table_byte_index = reinterpret_cast<size_t>(address) >> SOFTWARE_WRITE_WATCH_AddressToTableByteIndexShift;

        // The table byte index that we calculate for the address should be the same as the one
        // calculated for a pointer to the end of the written region. If this were not the case,
        // this write crossed a boundary and would dirty two pages.
#ifdef _DEBUG
        uint8_t* end_of_write_ptr = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(address) + (write_size - 1);
        assert(table_byte_index == reinterpret_cast<size_t>(end_of_write_ptr) >> SOFTWARE_WRITE_WATCH_AddressToTableByteIndexShift);
#endif
        uint8_t* table_address = &g_sw_ww_table[table_byte_index];
        if (*table_address == 0)
        {
            *table_address = 0xFF;
        }
    }

    // In accordance with the SoftwareWriteWatch scheme, marks a range of addresses
    // as dirty, starting at the given address and with the given length.
    inline static void SoftwareWriteWatchSetDirtyRegion(void* address, size_t length)
    {
        LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;

        // We presumably have just memcopied something to this address, so it can't be null.
        assert(address != nullptr);

        // The "base index" is the first index in the SWW table that covers the target
        // region of memory.
        size_t base_index = reinterpret_cast<size_t>(address) >> SOFTWARE_WRITE_WATCH_AddressToTableByteIndexShift;

        // The "end_index" is the last index in the SWW table that covers the target
        // region of memory.
        uint8_t* end_pointer = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(address) + length - 1;
        size_t end_index = reinterpret_cast<size_t>(end_pointer) >> SOFTWARE_WRITE_WATCH_AddressToTableByteIndexShift;

        // We'll mark the entire region of memory as dirty by memseting all entries in
        // the SWW table between the start and end indexes.
        memset(&g_sw_ww_table[base_index], ~0, end_index - base_index + 1);
    }
#endif // FEATURE_USE_SOFTWARE_WRITE_WATCH_FOR_GC_HEAP

#ifndef DACCESS_COMPILE
    // Gets the module that contains the GC.
    static HMODULE GetGCModule();

    // Loads (if using a standalone GC) and initializes the GC.
    static HRESULT LoadAndInitialize();

    // Records a change in eventing state. This ultimately will inform the GC that it needs to be aware
    // of new events being enabled.
    static void RecordEventStateChange(bool isPublicProvider, GCEventKeyword keywords, GCEventLevel level);
#endif // DACCESS_COMPILE

private:
    // This class should never be instantiated.
    GCHeapUtilities() = delete;
};

#endif // _GCHEAPUTILITIES_H_


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Matteo Giardiello
Populismi digitali al tempo del Covid-19
Keywords: Populism, Covid-19, Crisis, Digital Communication, Digital Leadership.
The paper aims to analyze populist digital communication at the time of Covid-19. It is going to focus on the Italian case and the Usa case, two of the most affected countries by the pandemic crisis. Four different case studies will be analyzed, two per each country: for the Italian context, the digital communication of Giuseppe Conte (M5s, movement-party example of valence populism) and the opposition carried out by Matteo Salvini (Lega, example of right-wing populism); for the Usa, the communication campaign of Donald Trump (Republican Party, famous example of right-wing populism) and the opposition carried out by one of the components of the Democratic Party, the Democratic Socialists of America (Dsa), whose main exponents are Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (symbols of the new american left-wing populism). The analysis uses both a quantitative and a qualitative method, by comparing the points of convergence and differences between the communicative strategies of the three different types of populism. While crises have always been an important opportunity for populisms, the extraordinary nature of the pandemic crisis has led to different outcomes. Populist communicative strategies have varied in accordance to the position of the actors on the government/opposition and right/left axes.


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Watch Grace Potter on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Grace Potter was the musical guest on last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live. Watch the two-song performance below in two separate clips.
First was "Love is Love," the lead-off track to the new solo album, Daylight, which was recently released.
Grace Potter – Love Is Love
Then she did "Every Heartbeat" which you can watch below.
Grace Potter – Every Heartbeat
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Beetle mystery finally solved
by Aaron Haugen
On a cold, snowy Monday morning, back in January of 1984, the University of Lethbridge awoke to a perplexing situation that would become a 33-year mystery.
The great mystery of how a Volkswagen Beetle found its way to the top of University Hall on a January 1984 morning has finally been solved.
Perched on the roof of University Hall sat the shell of a Volkswagen Beetle, any evidence of the journey to its resting place erased by an early morning snow.
For the last three decades, we have wondered who did it, why and how? And now, after three decades, one of the masterminds behind this legendary prank has come forward to share his story.
For Keith McDonald (BMgt '87), it all began innocently enough, with a bit of exploring while living in residence.
"I found an access panel up on the eighth floor that could easily be opened," he says. "Once I was in, it was just a matter of climbing up a ladder to access the roof."
After his discovery, he says, the roof quickly became one of his favourite places on campus.
"I would just walk up and down looking at the stars, looking at the river," he says. "The view was amazing! I was up there for weeks."
Looking back, McDonald takes great pride in the fact that he was able to get up and down without being noticed.
"I was very neat and clean," he says. "No damage was ever done and the security doors were very easy to open. No one ever knew I was up there."
As the weeks went by, McDonald told a few close friends about his trick to access the roof. One of those friends, Frank Jetter (BASc '85), quickly became McDonald's co-conspirator.
"He was the one who came up with the idea of putting a car on the roof of University Hall," McDonald says.
Jetter, who passed away in 2010, had a friend back in Warner who owned an auto wrecker with the perfect car for the job.
"I believe the owner donated the Beetle to us for free," McDonald says, "He got a real chuckle out of it all." The owner helped remove all the extraneous pieces of the car, then helped cut the shell into pieces. The group of co-conspirators then settled on a Sunday night as the best time to perform their deed.
Rigging up a cantilever crane on the east side of E Block, they slowly began lifting the parts of the Beetle to the roof of University Hall.
"Professors usually won't be in their offices on a Sunday night and any students in residence really wouldn't care," he says. "We had people on Level 6 watching out for security, even though they had no way of contacting us."
McDonald now marvels at how they were able to pull it off without the modern communication tools of today.
"There were no cell phones or anything else like that," McDonald says. "Even walkie-talkies were just starting to come out. We did this like ghosts, if you can imagine."
For the next few hours, the group worked feverishly hauling the car parts up the side of U Hall, using chicken wire to hold the parts back in place. With all trace of their crane removed, the group descended from the roof with a late-night snow following to cover their tracks. As morning crept over the Lethbridge skyline, the new silhouette of U Hall began to reveal itself.
"They didn't have a clue!" McDonald says, referring to U of L security and maintenance, "They were wondering who stole a key, how'd they break in the door, who did this?"
Coincidentally, events occurring elsewhere in the city at the time added to the joy McDonald got out of his prank.
"That Monday, the City of Lethbridge raised parking tickets downtown," McDonald says with a laugh, "and we've got a Volkswagen on the roof here."
U of L Archivist Mike Perry (MEd '06) says that after years of research, it's satisfying to put some of the rumors around the Beetle to rest.
"There have been all sorts of stories that this was done to protest parking on campus, or that it was hauled up through the freight elevator," Perry says. "It's nice to finally put those rumors to rest."
For McDonald, the prank was the end of his nightly stargazing from the roof. He says after three decades, and with the U of L celebrating its 50th anniversary, it was time to set the record straight.
"If you don't come forward with these stories, they disappear," he says. "I figure after 30 years it was time. They can't really give me a parking ticket now!"
The U of L invites everyone to attend Homecoming Sept. 1-3 and exchange more stories just like this one.
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The Harmony Program gala is always a musical affair. This year we were treated to performances by Ali Bello and his Latin jazz trio; the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, under the direction of David Bernard; and the New York Philharmonic's Principal Clarinetist, Anthony McGill, violinist, Haeyoung Ham, and teaching artist, Mitchell Lyon. Of course, our gala would not be complete without a performance by our students. We congratulate our Harmony Program orchestra and reserve a special "brava!" for eight-year old violin student, Vanessa Sidemion, who performed an opening duet with Haeyoung Ham.
Our gala evening brought together many of our organizational partners, including representatives of the New York Philharmonic, the City University of New York, the West Point Band, the New York Youth Symphony, G. Schirmer, Warner Music Group, and the schools and community-based organizations that host our after-school programs. We thank them and our parents, teachers, and students for making our work possible and for making the gala evening such a success!
New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinetist, Anthony McGill, rehearsing alongside Harmony Program clarinetists before their gala performance.
Since 2013, the Harmony Program has been partnering with the New York Youth Symphony (NYYS), whose members perform for our young students and invite the most advanced among them to participate in side-by-side rehearsals. These opportunities inspire our students to tackle more challenging repertoire and seek advanced performance opportunities.
On March 31st, Harmony Program students at the United Palace Theater in Washington Heights rehearsed the first movement of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik with a chamber ensemble of the New York Youth Symphony. Below is a video that captures the fruits of this valuable collaboration.
On Saturday, February 28th, 20 of Harmony's most advanced students from across the city had the opportunity to audition in front of a panel of musicians from the New York Philharmonic with the hope of earning acceptance into the All-Star Ensemble.
These strings, brass, wind, and percussion students have been preparing since the fall for the chance of a lifetime: a mentorship with members of the New York Philharmonic and an opportunity to perform with their New York Phil mentors in the Atrium at Lincoln Center in May. Students who are selected to be members of this All-Star Ensemble will attend a New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert, sit in on a New York Philharmonic rehearsal, and receive a day of coaching and mentoring from New York Philharmonic musicians to prepare for their performance.
We'd like to thank our judges, George Curran, Shanshan Yao, Mindy Kaufman, and Nathan Vickery, from the New York Philharmonic for taking the time to listen to our students and provide them with thoughtful feedback.
Congratulations to all of our students who have been involved in the audition process; we are so proud of your hard work!
On Saturday, January 31st, over 100 Harmony Program students from Harlem, Washington Heights, Brooklyn, and Long Island came together at the United Palace Theater for our annual Master Class with members of the New York Philharmonic.
Our students began the day working in sectionals with their Harmony teachers and musicians from the West Point Band. Later they were joined by members of the New York Philharmonic who spent the afternoon coaching them in small group classes before taking the stage for a side-by-side orchestra rehearsal and final public performance.
The Harmony Program thanks all those who made the day such a success, and we congratulate our participating students, some of whom took their seats in the orchestra for the very first time!
Below are video clips of our Master Class performances. To see pictures from our Master Class, please visit our Facebook page.
The Harmony Program is pleased to announce that we will be honoring the New York Philharmonic at this year's annual gala. Through our partnership, the New York Philharmonic donates concert tickets, leads master classes for hundreds of our students, and coaches a city-wide "All Star" ensemble of our most promising young musicians. In short, they demonstrate their commitment to our mission and to fostering young talent by providing access to excellence.
We hope you will consider joining us for what promises to be a memorable evening of music, dancing, and special performances by members of the New York Philharmonic as well as our Harmony Program Orchestra.
For more information on purchasing tickets and tables, please visit our visit our gala webpage, email gala@harmonyprogram.org or call (347) 949-8490.
The holiday season is one of our busiest here at the Harmony Program. Our students have the chance to take the stage, some of them for the very first time, at our Winter Recitals, which took place throughout the month of December. We heard beginners who have only been studying music for a few months, as well as our more advanced students who have been playing for several years.
On December 6th, the Brooklyn Rock Lottery held its 5th annual fundraiser and selected the Harmony Program as its beneficiary. This unusual event challenges 25 local indie-rock musicians to form brand new bands for a day of songwriting and then puts them on stage that same night to perform their compositions.
This year's event took place at Baby's All Right in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The newly minted bands performed to a full house, and all of the proceeds from the evening will be given to the Harmony Program.
We thank our friends at the Brooklyn Rock Lottery, the participating musicians, and all their loyal fans for this unique opportunity and for their very generous support.


I was twelve when I really started getting interested in music and got my first guitar. My influences back then: Blue Cheer, Canned Heat, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, -just to name a few.
I would never trade those days for anything, it was a real gas. We were young, healthy and fresh.


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IAEA Informed by Slovenian Authority that Krško Nuclear Power Plant in Safe Shutdown Following Earthquake
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed by the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (SNSA) that the Krško Nuclear Power Plant automatically shut down and is in a safe state following the earthquake in Petrinja, Croatia, that took place today at 11:19 UTC.
The national regulatory authority also informed the IAEA that there are no environmental impacts and that preventive inspections of systems and equipment at the nuclear power plant are ongoing.
The Krško Nuclear Power Plant is located around 80 kilometres from the epicentre of today's earthquake.
The IAEA remains in contact with its counterparts in Slovenia.
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Wilmot Union High School's Haley Lamberson dribbles the ball up court against Westosha Central earlier in the season. Lamberson, a senior, scored 36 total points in two games last week, including 16 against Elkhorn (Jason Arndt/The Report).
Once Wilmot Union High School found a rhythm on defense, the Panthers transition game could not be stopped on Jan. 11, when they hosted Elkhorn in a Southern Lakes Conference contest.
The Panthers, who carried a 30-26 lead entering halftime, pulled away from Elkhorn in the second half to capture a 61-44 victory.
Elkhorn coach Jeff Brown said his squad struggled against a quicker Wilmot squad.
"I thought their quickness was our biggest problem, they got in the gaps, and when they got in the gaps, they started making shots," he said.
The Panthers' quickness started with Haley Lamberson, who scored 14 of her 16 points in the first half, including a go-ahead 3-point play with 11 minutes, 30 seconds left.
Lamberson believes the Panthers 19 total steals played a considerable role in helping them pull ahead in the second half.
In the second half, Elkhorn clamped down on defense against Lamberson, holding the guard to two points.
Wilmot, however, countered with senior guard Riley Alexander and senior forward Karoline Klahs.
Alexander, held to six first half points, tallied 11 in the final frame to lead the team with 17 points.
"I feel in the second half, we started moving the ball more and we saw the open opportunities that we weren't taking in the first half," said Alexander, who had five 3-pointers.
Klahs, meanwhile, added another 15 points, including six from the perimeter, where she went 2-for-2.
The senior trio helped the Panthers build a commanding lead midway through the second half.
The Panthers, ahead 47-37, extended their advantage to 57-37 after a 10-0 run, consisting of five points from Klahs, three from Alexander and another two by Lamberson.
After the Jan. 11 victory, Wilmot improved to 5-6 overall and 5-2 in the SLC.
Elkhorn dropped to 9-4 overall and 3-6 in conference.
Haley Remington led Elkhorn scorers with 17 points.
On Jan. 12, when the Panthers hosted non conference opponent Johnsburg, Lamberson continued her shooting stretch with game-high 20 points to help Wilmot defeat Johnsburg 76-66.
Junior Delaney Brown, who made nine baskets, added another 18 points for the Panthers.
Julia Hickey, meanwhile, contributed from the perimeter, where she scored nine of her 11 points.


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Assessment of community-based training of medical undergraduates: Development and validation of a competency-based questionnaire
Hemant Deepak Shewade1, Kathiresan Jeyashree2, Selvaraj Kalaiselvi3, Chinnakali Palanivel4, Krishna Chandra Panigrahi5
1 Department of Community Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu; Department of Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Community Medicine, Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research; Department of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India
4 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India
5 Department of Community Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Web Publication 11-Apr-2017
Hemant Deepak Shewade
Department of Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South-East Asia Office, C.6 Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110 016
Background: The global shift toward competency-based education and assessment is also applicable to community-based training (CBT) of undergraduate medical students. There is a need for a tool to assess competencies related to CBT. This study aimed to develop a tool that uses a competency-based approach to evaluate CBT of medical undergraduates. Methods: A preliminary draft of the questionnaire was prepared by the investigators based on a conceptual framework. Using the Delphi technique, this draft was further developed by a specialist panel (n = 8) into a self-administered questionnaire. After pretesting with students, it was administered to medical undergraduates (n = 178) who had recently completed Community Medicine. Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed under which principal component analysis was used. Reliability was assessed by calculating Cronbach's alpha, convergent validity by correlating the scores with Community Medicine university examination scores, and construct validity by describing percentage variance explained by the components. Results: A 74-item questionnaire developed after the Delphi technique was further abridged to a 58-item questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha of 74 and 58-item questionnaires were 0.96 and 0.95, respectively; convergent validity was 0.07 and 0.09, respectively; and percentage variance explained by the components were 69.3% and 70.1%, respectively. Agreement between scores of both versions was 0.76. Discussion: The authors developed a questionnaire which can be used for competency-based assessment in community-based undergraduate medical education. It is a valuable addition to the existing assessment methods and can guide experts in a need-based design of curriculum and teaching/training methodology.
Keywords: Community-based teaching, community-based training, competency-based, Delphi technique; factor analysis, questionnaire, tool, undergraduate medical education
Shewade HD, Jeyashree K, Kalaiselvi S, Palanivel C, Panigrahi KC. Assessment of community-based training of medical undergraduates: Development and validation of a competency-based questionnaire. Educ Health 2016;29:244-9
Shewade HD, Jeyashree K, Kalaiselvi S, Palanivel C, Panigrahi KC. Assessment of community-based training of medical undergraduates: Development and validation of a competency-based questionnaire. Educ Health [serial online] 2016 [cited 2022 Jan 19];29:244-9. Available from: https://www.educationforhealth.net/text.asp?2016/29/3/244/204218
Community-based training (CBT) program, a vital part of undergraduate medical education (UGME), is an instructional program carried out in the community outside the teaching hospital.[1] In India, CBT is managed by the Department of Community Medicine or Preventive and Social Medicine. CBT has been conceived with the understanding that health care is not bound within the ivory tower of tertiary teaching hospitals. There is limited literature available on CBT models in India. The Reorientation of Medical Education scheme though not as successful as it was conceived to be, is worthy of a mention. Further, individual institutions have established their own models for CBT.
UGME programs worldwide have been shifting over from the year(s) in-training approach to the competence-based training approach.[2] The Medical Council of India, which regulates medical education in India, has in its Vision 2015 document recommended a shift toward a competency-based approach.[3] However, there are no competency-based tools available for evaluating CBT. Therefore, we aimed to develop a tool that uses a competency-based approach to evaluate CBT of medical undergraduates.
Study setting
We conducted the study in two government-funded medical colleges (teaching hospitals) in Puducherry, India, between June 2013 and January 2014. Medical graduation or Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) consists of four and half years (9 semesters) followed by one year of internship. The subject of Community Medicine is taught from the first year to the 7th semester. While theory sessions are conducted throughout, clinical postings (community-based) with the Department of Community Medicine begin from the 3rd semester. There are three clinical postings, each of 4 weeks duration, in rural/urban health training centers. Students also participate in the Family Health and Advisory Program in the 4th and 5th semesters, where students follow a family (in the community they serve) through weekly home visits. Through the CBT, students are exposed to four components of Community Medicine: family medicine, epidemiology, health promotion, and health management.[4]
Questionnaire development and pretesting
Based on a review of competencies covered by CBT programs, we developed a conceptual framework using six core competencies, adapting the framework to the Indian context, and preparing a preliminary list of major domains with items under each domain.[5] We purposively selected a panel of specialists (n = 8) in Community Medicine and used the Delphi technique to further develop the questionnaire and arrive at a consensus. The specialists were asked to rate each item (rating range between 0 - Poor and 4 - Good) under the headings of relevance, sensitivity, specificity and understandability. The iterative process continued up to the predefined consensus point when 70% of the specialists gave a rating of three or above for each item under relevance, sensitivity, and specificity.
The questionnaire was then pretested with three students who were not part of the study group. All MBBS students who were to appear for the final examination in Community Medicine in December 2013 (7th semester) in the two medical colleges completed the questionnaire in January 2014. Institute Research Committee of Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, approved the study.
Data entry and analysis
We double entered and validated the data using EpiData (version 3.1, EpiData Association, Odense, Denmark) software. We analyzed data using STATA (version 12.1, Copyright 1985–2011 StataCorp LP USA, serial number: 30120504773).
We ensured face and content validity through the Delphi process and pretesting with students. We assessed convergent validity using the correlation between scores obtained in the questionnaire and final Community Medicine university examination scores. We set positive correlation, intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] >0.6, as a criterion to indicate acceptable validity. To determine internal consistency, we calculated Cronbach's alpha for the questionnaire overall and for the major domains separately, considering alpha values >0.70 as an indicator of good internal consistency. We developed an abridged version of the questionnaire after item analysis followed by data reduction. After testing the assumptions for factor analysis, we created a correlation matrix. We checked adequacy of sampling using Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) statistics (>0.60) and applied the Bartlett test for sphericity (P < 0.05). We performed data reduction through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using the principal components factor extraction method.[6],[7],[8] We planned to select factors/domains based on Eigenvalue >1.0 (Kaiser Method) and a break in the scree plot. We carried out varimax rotation to abridge the scale using items with factor loadings above 0.50. In cases where inclusion of an item in a domain (EFA) did not concur with the Delphi consensus, we went with the latter.
The seven domain, 74-item self-administered questionnaire after completing Delphi consensus and student pretesting is available from the authors. A total of 178 students completed the questionnaire. The ICC coefficient for convergent validity was 0.07 indicating a lack of correlation. The overall Cronbach's alpha was found to be 0.96. All the domains had a good within domain correlation. The domain-wise Cronbach's alpha are summarized in [Table 1]. The KMO measure was 0.87 indicating sampling adequacy. The Bartlett's test of sphericity was statistically significant (Chi-square = 9111.9, P< 0.0001).
Table 1: Domain-wise Cronbach's alpha value for the 74-item questionnaire on self-assessed competencies in community-based training of undergraduate medical students, Puducherry, India (2013-2014)
The final questionnaire after data reduction had six domains and 58 items [Appendix 1 [Additional file 1]]. Cronbach's alpha value and convergent validity (ICC) for the 58-item questionnaire were 0.95 and 0.09, respectively. Construct validity was 70.1%. Agreement of the scores of 74-item questionnaire with the 58-item questionnaire was 0.76 (ICC). Steps involved in questionnaire development and a number of items at each step are described in detail in [Table 2].
Table 2: Steps followed in developing questionnaire on self-assessed competencies in community-based training of undergraduate medical students, Puducherry, India (2013-2014)
This is the first study from India and worldwide to develop a tool for competency-based evaluation of CBT in UGME. Overall, we used a conceptual framework and Delphi process aided by statistical methods to develop the questionnaire. We developed a reliable and valid (face/content/construct validity) 58-item questionnaire using the Delphi technique followed by pretesting, item analysis, and data reduction. Our study did not include a component of concurrent validity as the literature search did not reveal any other tool that could measure the same construct.
The scores obtained in our tool did not correlate with the university examination scores (convergent validity). This might be due to the theory (knowledge)-based nature of the university exam while our tool is competency-based. However, the university scores were the closest we could get in identifying another test based on a similar construct as our tool.
There are a number of implications of our study. First, since the 58-item questionnaire is shorter and correlated well with 74-item questionnaire, it can be used for competency-based evaluation of CBT. Second, the Delphi panel was diverse with sufficient local representation. Therefore, the competencies identified in the 74-item questionnaire may provide the base for development of valid curricula for CBT practices. Third, of the 74 competencies in 74-item questionnaire, 41 competencies (55%) pertained to "Family Medicine" or "Public Health Administration at primary health care level." This calls for a change in teaching hospitals in infrastructure and work culture among Community Medicine faculty so that the primary role of faculty focuses on family medicine and community health administration.[9] However, there could be challenges in implementation of competency-based CBT and UGME in general, such as curricula design, faculty training, student assessment, and systematic institutional change.[10]
Among the strengths of our study is the addition to the pool of tools available for assessment in medical education. Although other competency classifications are available for medical education in general, we used the classification specific for CBT [5] for developing the conceptual framework. Delphi panelists had the opportunity to modify their judgment based on feedback without being overtly influenced by others in the group. On the other hand, there were some study limitations. First, this was a self-assessment mechanism. Second, students from one of the two medical colleges were excluded from the analysis of convergent validity (n = 70) as consent forms were signed but were not stored along with the completed questionnaire. The questionnaire did not have any identifier information. Hence, it was not possible to link the questionnaire score with university examination scores of a student belonging to this medical college. Third, we did not perform test-retest as a measure of reliability. Validity, reliability, and exploratory factor analysis of the 58-item questionnaire were not studied by administering to a different study group - a potential area for future research. Future research is required in other settings which may include confirmatory factor analysis to verify the factor structure of the items.
We developed a 58 item questionnaire which can be used for competency-based assessment in community-based undergraduate medical education. This tool can be viewed as the opportunity for entering into the realm of competency-based assessment in community-based UGME in India. It is a valuable addition to the existing assessment methods in India and can guide experts in a need-based design of curriculum and teaching/training methodology.
We acknowledge the contribution of the Delphi specialist panel who took out time from their busy schedules to contribute toward development of the questionnaire: Prof. Amarjeet Singh, Department of Community Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India; Prof. Amol Dongre, Department of Community Medicine, SMVMCH, Puducherry, India; Dr. Diwakar Mohan, Public Health Specialist, John Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA; Prof Gautam Roy, Dr. Mahalakshmy T, and Dr. Palanivel C, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, JIPMER, Puducherry, India; Dr Himanshu Negandhi, Indian Institute of Public Heath, New Delhi, India; and Dr. Star Pala, Department of Community Medicine, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, India. We also acknowledge the support of students who helped us during pretesting of the questionnaire. We thank the Department for International Development (DFID), UK, for funding the Global Operational Research Fellowship Programme at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France in which Hemant Deepak Shewade works as an operational research fellow.
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COVID-19 • World
How Infectious is COVID-19?
by Atharva Patwardhan
Written by Atharva Patwardhan
The Coronavirus is the most concerning crisis we face to our health at the moment. At the time of writing, the number of cases has surpassed 1 million and governments are trying to take swift action into providing medical care and advice for its citizens. China, Italy and Spain are among the worst affected and the countries have shifted into strict lockdowns procedures to prevent further spread of infection and to allow the hospitals and medical professionals to have more control over the situation.
Not all hope has been lost though. Although many people have reportedly died from the virus, there seem to be many who have recovered from it. As of April 5, 2020, worldometers.info has reported the number of closed cases to be 328,746 – of which the number of recovered people was 260,222 (a large proportion). Some people who live in low-affected areas, have disregarded this and have ventured outside despite the risks the health officials have stated. They claim that they are fit and healthy or that the virus is very unlikely to affect them. Either way, the best option is to stay at home, wash your hands and have as much minimal contact as you possibly can.
Many concerned people during this crisis, are asking questions like "Does wearing a face mask help?" and "What are the symptoms?" to which yield uncertain answers from medical governing bodies and cause some controversy amidst the general public. Another popular question is "How contagious is the Coronavirus?" An excellent question to which scientists are slowly starting to unravel.
The term used in how contagious infectious diseases are is called the Basic reproduction number or R0 (pronounced "R naught").
The basic reproduction number in Measles is estimated to be at 12-18. This means that one person is likely to infect 12-18 people, making it one of the most contagious diseases out there. Zika is at 3-6.6 and is considered very contagious and the seasonal flu is at 1.3 while Covid-19 is 2-2.5. In comparison to Zika and Measles, the seasonal flu and Covid-19 don't appear to be much of a worry and many of symptoms caused by Covid-19 are astoundingly similar to the flu. They both cause a fever, cough, sometimes body aches, fatigue and in a worst-case scenario, can cause pneumonia. Therefore, many assume that the flu and Covid-19 are exactly the same because of the symptoms and as a result, many are treating infected Covid-19 individuals like Flu infected individuals. However, the likelihood of infection in Covid-19 is much greater than the flu.
The seasonal flu has a basic reproduction number of 1.3. This means that each person is likely to infect one or two people. Therefore, the number of people infected is 56 after 10 rounds. With Covid-19 having a basic reproduction number of roughly 2, The number of infected individuals after 10 rounds is 2047.
The incubation period in Covid-19, the point at when you catch the disease and when you first realise you are sick, is at minimum, 5-14 days. Scientists estimate, an individual could be contagious during this period and could potentially pass it on to other people. The average incubation period in the Flu is two days and in general, people become sick quickly and realise this while in Covid-19, people are more likely to spread and infect because they aren't wary that they have it yet.
Since the Coronavirus is relatively new, no human body has ever come in contact with it until now and so there is a high chance of spreading it on. There is no vaccine developed at the moment, which will completely cure it so everyone on earth, is susceptible to contracting it.
Additionally, the flu reportedly kills an average of 60,000 people a year in the US with a fatality rate of only 0.1%. The Coronavirus has an average fatality rate of 1-3% among all age groups (x10 greater than the flu). The numbers could be astronomically higher in older individuals or individuals with pre-existing health conditions.
All of this is not adding up to great news, but with eventual time lingering on, we hope that scientists will develop some sort of efficient vaccine. The Coronavirus is relatively contagious at the minute, so take precaution and take notice of what your government is telling you and avoid contact with people. The coronavirus is young at the minute and we don't want to see it grow and get out of control, so to summarise:
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Hans Georg Hermann Bluntschli (* 19. Februar 1877 in Frankfurt am Main; † 13. Juli 1962 in Bern, reformiert, heimatberechtigt in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Anatom.

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Hans Bluntschli, Sohn des Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli, nahm nach der Matura ein Studium der Medizin an den Universitäten Zürich, München, Heidelberg und Leipzig auf, das er 1903 in Heidelberg mit dem Erwerb des akademischen Grades eines Dr. med. abschloss. In der Folge bekleidete Hans Bluntschli Assistenzstellen bei Max Fürbringer am Anatomischen Institut in Heidelberg sowie bei Georg Ruge in Zürich, bevor er sich dort 1906 mit einer vergleichenden Untersuchung der Arterienvarietäten bei Altweltaffen für Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte habilitierte.

Nachdem Hans Bluntschli in Zürich zunächst eine Dozentur, später eine ausserordentliche Professur innehatte, wurde er 1914 als Prosektor und Direktor an das Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomische Institut nach Frankfurt berufen, wo er 1915 zum Titularprofessor, 1919 zum ordentlichen Professor für Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte ernannt wurde. Mit der Machtübernahme der Nationalsozialisten 1933 geriet Bluntschli ins Visier der örtlichen Parteiorgane. Ein Mitarbeiter und rechtsgerichtete Studenten hatten Beschwerden über regimekritische Äußerungen Bluntschlis eingereicht und ihm vorgeworfen, Forschungsgelder veruntreut zu haben. Bluntschli konnte die Vorwürfe zwar zum Teil entkräften, geriet jedoch zunehmend unter Druck und nahm im Oktober 1933 einen Lehrstuhl in Anatomie in Bern an, wodurch er der Entlassung nach dem Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums entging. Er blieb am Berner Lehrstuhl bis zu seiner Emeritierung im Jahre 1942.

Der 1949 mit der Ehrendoktorwürde der Universität Frankfurt ausgezeichnete Hans Bluntschli – er heiratete 1906 Anna geborene Bavier aus Chur – verstarb am 13. Juli 1962 im Alter von 85 Jahren in Bern.

Hans Bluntschli – er unternahm Forschungsreisen in das Amazonasgebiet (1912–1913) sowie nach Madagaskar (1931–1932) – betrieb einerseits vergleichend-anatomische Untersuchungen, andererseits verfasste er vergleichende primatologische Studien sowie Beiträge zur Funktionsmorphologie und zur Stammesgeschichte der Neuweltaffen. Er hinterliess umfangreiche primatologische Sammlungen. Sein Nachlass ist im Familienarchiv Bluntschli in der Zentralbibliothek Zürich aufbewahrt. Er war Mitglied der Züricher Freimaurerloge Modestia cum Libertate.

Schriften
 Die Bedeutung der Leibesübungen für die gesunde Entwickelung des Körpers : anatomische Betrachtungen in gemeinverständlicher Darstellung, Ernst Reinhardt Verlag, 1909
 mit Karl Zeiger: Topographische Anatomie der Gliedmassen in Bildern: Zum Gebrauch im Felde für Studierende u[nd] Aerzte. Ernst Reinhardt Verlag, 1917.
 Anatomie als pädagogische Aufgabe. Carl-Winter-Verlag, Heidelberg 1919.
 Die Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie der Universität Frankfurt am Main. Rockefeller Foundation, 1925.
 mit Karl Zeiger: Topographische Anatomie des Armes in Bildern. Ernst Reinhardt Verlag, München 1944.
 Vademecum der Extremitätenanatomie. Ernst Reinhardt Verlag, Basel 1945.

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 Jürgen Pfeiffer: Hirnforschung in Deutschland 1849 bis 1974 (= Schriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse). 1. Auflage. Springer, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-540-40690-5, S. 1057.
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Officials say to prioritize safety over social distancing in severe weather situations
by: Ethan Schmidt
Posted: Mar 18, 2020 / 10:22 PM CDT / Updated: Mar 18, 2020 / 10:22 PM CDT
JOPLIN, Mo. — With severe weather season upon us and health officials warning us about social distancing to combat covid-19.
What do you do in the event of a shelter seeking emergency?
It's that time of the year when severe events like flooding and the possibility of tornadoes are at a higher risk.
Keith Stammer, Emergency Management Director, said, "Our main message when it comes to tornado is this, shelter in place. If you happen to be at a facility that has a storm shelter by all means go there, if you are out on the road find a building to get inside, if you are in a building stay there. With regards to flooding, first of all in our area it's turn around don't drown. Most all of our flooding instances happen with lower water bridges."
However, we have added a new threat to the season with the spread of the coronavirus, and with health officials reminding us about social distancing, it's best to remember seek protection from an immediate danger.
Dr. Kerry Sachetta, Assistant Superintendent of Operations, said, "Well we're still going to help anybody and everybody that shows up at the shelter. We know a lot of residents in Joplin do not have basements or they do not have access to a family member or a neighbor close by that does, so we will have our safe rooms open."
"Social distancing is a concern in terms of transmission of a virus, but we're talking about life saving events and those always take priority," said Stammer
And once at the shelters, local officials will still help to combat the spread of the virus.
"While we're in the safe rooms, we are going to do the best we can to keep social distancing in place and also have hand sanitizer and just remind people over and over that we have another crisis going on at the same time," said Sachetta.
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ST. LOUIS – For the first time ever, small groups of 10 or less will have the chance to take batting practice on the same field with some of their favorite Cardinals players. The Fans at Bat experience is heading for Busch Stadium March 21, March 26, and March 27.
"We really wanted to offer our season ticket holders an opportunity to sign up at the first chance, just as thanks for all the patience that they've shown," said Aleah Likas, special events director for the Cardinals.
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