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Kilim Geoforest Park
It wasn't a great start to the day. Up at 7 to shower and get dressed and get to reception for a lift to the mangroves that I would be exploring.
After the first hours wait, I was getting a little impatient and asked where the pick-up was. "Oh that's not until 9am". Cursing the woman that had told me that I had a 7:30 pick-up, I returned to my seat to wait the additional half hour. 50 minutes later the transport finally arrived and I was on my way. Arriving at the mangroves of the of Kilim Geoforest Park does not leave a great first impression. People are milling around looking lost and confused. This it transpires is because they are lost and confused as the only instruction given is "wait in this area". We waited, and we waited and then we waited a little more.
Over an hour after we arrived a taxi arrived and two more people were deposited onto the dock. This seemed to be the trigger for action as we finally moved down to the jetty and were assigned boats. We were split between two boats and I could not help but notice that the two newcomers were not in either boat. If it wasn't for them, what on earth had we been waiting for.
A clue to the answer could probably be found in what happened next. The grip that I'd been assigned to we're boarded, with the exemption of myself. I was told to wait where I was despite being the only one left on the jetty. I stood there for a few minutes, nothing being said and watching two boats of people bobbing in the water who were as confused to the hold up as I was. "Is your wife going to be much longer sir? She's holding up the boat". Now unless I was really drunk last night, and I wasn't, I couldn't recall getting married at any point.
"I don't have a wife".
"Your partner"?
"Not got one of those either. Just me I'm afraid".
"You haven't got a wife or girlfriend? Your here alone?"
"That's right [thanks for the reminder]".
"Er, can I just get on one of the boats"?
A similar conversation has happened in miniature pretty much every time I've gone for food since leaving the group in China. In all honesty it is really starting to grate.
We pulled over for a safety briefing. This basically amounted to 'don't do anything stupid'. I liked that safety briefing. Although slightly worrying was when the guide said that should anyone fall in, the only rescue would be by the people on the boat and asked how many of us could swim. Out of 8 people only my hand went up. Ok, I can understand the family from the Middle East not being swimmers, but don't they have swimming pools in Yorkshire and Manchester where the rest were from? Also, why go on holiday to an island surrounded by amazing beaches if you can't swim? Surely your missing out on most of the fun?
Finally, 4 hours after I originally thought I was going to be, we were off. The mornings problems just disappeared as we started to race through this amazing landscape.
Our guide and pilot were fantastic. Very knowledgable and enjoying themselves as well. Any organisational problems were obviously on land and not the fault of those in the boat. We sped along before slowing at a spot where we were told a family of monkeys can occasionally be found. We were in luck as we found them climbing up trees and then diving into the water and swimming around the boats.
Shrieks suddenly erupted from a third boat that had pulled up nearby. We looked to see a small monkey had climbed up on the side of the boat and the woman in the boat wasn't best pleased about it.
We set off again and came to a clearing where a small group of boats were gathered, but far more exciting for me were the Eagles that were flying overhead.
They moved with an incredible speed and grace. They'd circle and suddenly swoop down grazing the water with their talons. This was the reason I was here. To see eagles in the wild a d hopefully get a half decent photograph. The speed was the issue.
To get a decent focus, I had to know where they were heading so I could trail them with the camera. But to see them I had to zoom right out. They then moved so quickly that there was no time to zoom in on the bird themselves, so I'd get a nice photo of a small speck swooping in.
I then realised that two eagles in particular were attacking a small area. Just before they dived, you could make out the concentric circles of something just below the surface. By concentration on those I was finally able to get a couple of decent shots.
But I still hadn't got a shot of one face on. We were positioned in a place where the eagles would swop from behind and down. Only once did this pattern change, and one eagle came way, way closer than any other had done and in its one attack I managed to get something usable. It's not as locked in on the focus as I'd like, but I'm pretty pleased with it after 10 minutes practice.
We then moved on and our guide told us about how the mangrove functions as a natural rubbish filter, but also as a coastal defence. After the Tsunami in Sumatra, many countries have began to plant mangrove on their shores. Whilst it can do little in preventing a wave from coming inshore, it is a very effective barrier against debris that the wave brings in and therefore provides a better chance of survival. We stopped a couple of times as the pilot had spotted snakes curled up in branches, and on one occasion a monitor lizard.
How he spotted these from a good 30 foot, from a moving vehicle was staggering. Even at a stop, moved closer and pointed in the right direction I struggled to spot the first snake.his pattern recognition skills must be off the charts.
Next we moved onto two caves known as the bat caves. These limestone caves are incredibly dark and filled with mineral deposits, stalactites and stalagmites. I was shown the beginning of one stalagmite that was around 3 inches high. It had grown less than 1cm in the 20 years that the guide had been bringing people here.
To exit we had to pass under a very low hanging rock, which necessitated me to do a strange kind of squat whist bending forward and shuffling. I was pretty scared of smacking my head on the rock, but more scared of snagging one of my few t-shirts on it and ripping it.
From the batcave we moved onto lunch at floating pontoon restaurant. This was nothing like as glamorous as it sounds and the food was mediocre. But this type of trip wasn't about what was for lunch, but seeing amazing landscapes and wildlife. In that regard it delivered. It was just a shame about the 'on land' part as they really tarnish the work of the brilliant guides and pilots.
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By aine commins on August 21, 2018 in Blog, Celeb Rings, Latest News
Birthstones come in the form of beautiful, rare gemstones and make for meaningful and beautiful gifts for someone special. Not only are these stones associated with a month, but each stones have their own unique meaning. In this blog, we will take a brief look at each stone and discuss the origins of each. Birthstones can be included on an engagement ring, as a gift on a birthday or a nice idea is to have a ring made of the birthstone of each of your children.
Birthstones ~ Origins & Meanings
January ~ Garnet
It is a stone that symbolises regeneration and energising. There are many mixed varieties of garnet but they are most commonly a dark red colour. It's name is derived from the Latin for seed as it quite similar in colour to the pomegranate seed.
February ~ Amethyst
Amethyst is a beautiful purple stone. Amethyst is the stone of St. Valentine and is therefore associated with faithful love. Some believed that amethyst could banish negative thoughts, help businessmen make good decisions, keep soldiers safe and protect travellers. Amethyst is also associated with royalty and is therefore often seen on the jewels of royals.
March ~ Aquamarine
Aquamarine, as the name would suggest, is a light blue stone. The name itself is made up of 2 words- water (aqua) and sea (marina). It is often considered to be a symbol of youth. Sailors used to believe that this stone would keep them safe on their voyages as aquamarine was said to be the treasure of mermaids!
April ~ Diamond
Those born in April are very blessed as their stone is especially sparkly – the diamond! Diamonds are one of the rarest stones in the world and are definitely ones to treasure. Diamonds are usually the gift of a person in love but they are also a symbol of strength, creativity and imagination.
May ~Emerald
An emerald stone is green and the deeper the green, the more valuable the gemstone. An emerald is considered the gem of Venus and is therefore believed to aid fertility. It is also thought to preserve love and is a symbol of hope. It is also believed to bring vitality and freshness to the spirit.
June ~ Pearl or Alexandrite
Those lucky enough to be born in June are especially lucky to have not one, but two beautiful birthstones. Pearl is said to bring focus and enhance your own, personal integrity. It is also a symbol of faith and loyalty. Alexandrite was first discovered in the 19th century so has less history associated with it. Since its discovery in Russia, the stone is said to bring luck and good fortune to those who have it.
July ~Ruby
Ruby is a beautiful, vibrant, red stone. If you wear the stone, it is believed to keep you safe but also it is said to bring passion and prosperity into your life. It is also said to bring a heightened sense of self-confidence to the wearer.. I mean, who wouldn't feel good wearing one of these stunning stones?
August ~ Peridot
This is one of the lesser known stones, but that doesn't mean it is any less beautiful. This stone emits a vibrant green glow and its formation is one of the most unusual. It is one of only two gems (Diamond is the other) that doesn't form in the Earth's crust, but in molten rock of the upper mantle and brought to the surface by the extreme force of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is also one of the few stones that forms in only one colour. It is also associated with having protective powers.
September ~ Sapphire
The sapphire is one of the most beautiful and popular gemstones so those born in this month are especially lucky to have such a pretty birthstone! A sapphire stone in its most common form is blue but it can also come in pink, yellow and many more unique shades. It is said to symbolise fidelity and integrity.
October ~Opal or Tourmaline
Again, another month that is spoiled for choice with two magnificent stones! The most common colours of opal stones are white and green while the rarest colours are red and black. It is often said to represent hope, innocence and purity. Tourmaline can come in a wide variety of colours such as green, pink, blue, purple and black and it often said to be a 'magic' stone and will protect the wearer.
November ~Topaz of Citrine
Topaz can come in a variance of colours but like many stones, it gets its colour from its impurities. If you wear a topaz it is said to bring friendship, love and fidelity to your life. Possessing a citrine stone is said to encourage fresh beginnings and fullness of life. Citrine can come in a range of colours from pale yellow to brown.
December ~ Tanzanite, Turquoise or Zircon
If you're born in December, you have really won in the birthstone lottery with 3 beautiful stones! All 3 are deep blue in colour but Tanzanite is exceptionally beautiful and rare. This stone is only found in Tanzania and was only discovered in 1967. Turquoise is also a blue stone and is believed to be a stone of healing. Zircon is actually the oldest mineral on earth and is found in the earth's crust. Zircon is said to bring prosperity if the stone contains yellow or gold colours.
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Emily Kiddell: I heard a rumour that the good people of Tin House might be keen to visit Australia with a version of the increasingly popular Tin House Summer Writers Workshop. Having attended the workshop last year in Portland, Oregon, I can vouch for the magical ship that it is. Can you tell our readers a bit more about what you do and why? Is it true you are feeling the pull Down Under?
Rob Spillman: I would love to bring the Tin House Festival to Australia. I love the people and what I have seen of Down Under. I had the pleasure of attending the Melbourne Writers Festival in 2009 and was deeply impressed by the literary community, especially the indies and SPUNC. I couldn't believe how many funky little book and record shops there were. I brought my bicycle and covered as much of the city as possible, as well as two days worth of riding around Sydney.
What do I do? A lot of juggling. Officially, I am the editor of Tin House, a quarterly lit magazine based out of Brooklyn, New York, and Portland, Oregon. I have been the editor from the start, so thirteen years. Tin House also has a book-publishing arm, publishing ten to twelve books a year, as well as the annual literary workshop, held each July in Portland. I serve as a consultant for both of these ventures. My main job is to put the magazine together, to shepherd selections and keep abreast of what is happening in the world of literature. I spend a fair amount of time looking beyond the US borders for new work (I also edited the Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing, which came out in 2009). I've gone looking for work at festivals in London, Frankfurt, Nairobi, Melbourne, Santiago, and St. Petersburg, to name a few places I've scouted out.
EK: That does sound exciting. But editing is a difficult business too, and locating talent must have its unique challenges – how do you go about choosing what to publish?
RS: The simple answer is I publish work that makes me miss my subway stop, work that is so engrossing I wind up in the wrong part of town. That said, work gets into my hands a variety of different ways—sometimes I hear a poem, story, or essay live at a reading or festival, or it comes in through the unsolicited pile. When I'm putting together an issue we're trying to balance forms (experimental with traditional) gender, experience (new voices versus established), tone (funny/serious). What I'm looking for is voice-driven work that is a world unto itself, work in which the reader will have total confidence. We also commission work, mainly nonfiction, and usually for theme issues, which we do twice a year. There is no magic formula, which makes it continually exciting.
EK: The impression I got at the workshop is that you (and your colleagues at Tin House) are very optimistic about the future of publishing, but can you talk a little about the challenges of working within an industry that is going through a rapid transformation?
RS: People need to tell stories, whether through poetry, prose, film, Twitter, or banging rocks together. The form is always changing, but the need to use words to make sense of what it is to be human at the present moment is constant. To some, the decentralization of the industry, the removal of power from the few conglomerates to the many independents, is terrifying. We think it is exciting. I fundamentally believe that good work rises, and now, more than ever, good work can find suitable homes.
EK: Recently in Australia, debate surrounding gender equality in literature was fuelled when the second all-male short list in three years was announced for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Some distinguished members of the publishing scene here have since been working to establish a new national award for female writers called the Stella Prize. Given you are the editor of the newly-released collection of all-female authors called Fantastic Women: 18 Tales of the Surreal and the Sublime from Tin House, I'm interested to know firstly, whether you encountered any controversy as a male editor of such a collection; and secondly, why you believe it was necessary to exclude male authors? A common criticism of this kind of exclusion is that it may serve to 'ghettoise women' – do you believe that spotlighting the issue in this way is more powerful in changing prevailing trends than if you were to include a rough balance of writing from both male and female authors?
RS: The issue of gender equality in the arts, and particularly in literature, is definitely a topic of discussion here in the US. VIDA has been posting gender-ratio numbers of various literary organisations, including Tin House. This prompted us to do a detailed breakdown of our submission and acceptance numbers, and what we found was surprising, especially about the numbers of submissions by women who have been asked to send work. My detailed response is here.
As for Fantastic Women, I was inspired by what I saw as a trend that is gender-based, namely that there is a particular kind of fiction being written by women that pushes the surreal envelope in a different manner than what men are working on these days. Some of the most exciting work coming out of the US is being written by writers like Aimee Bender and Kelly Link. I don't really feel that they have male counterparts, so it wasn't a matter of leaving out one gender or another.
That said, I am very aware of the tokenism or ghettoising argument. I just don't think it fits in this case. I haven't caught much flak for being a male editor of a female anthology, probably because I've been the editor for thirteen years, have put out fifty issues of the magazine, and have edited other anthologies.
EK: If there is an area in contemporary fiction that you believe is dominated by female writers, what do you put that down to? Can particular literary traits ever be attributed to gender?
RS: With literary fiction, I don't think there is any difference in the writing. I think the categorising and labelling are done afterwards.
EK: To some extent anthologising anything is political, but particularly when it involves a minority group (specifically in the context of Western Literature). How did you approach the task of editing Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing? Where did you start and what were some of the questions that informed the final result?
RS: Well, with Africa, you're dealing with a continent of one billion people, fifty-four countries, over two thousand languages, hundreds of tribes, dozens of religions. There is no one Africa. What I tried to convey by the pieces I included was the variety, urgency, and vitality of current writing across Africa. I divided the anthology geographically, and tried to strike a balance of gender, region, and styles. I had my own enthusiasms to start with, and followed this up with a lot of research, asked many, many experts and smart readers for recommendations. It was daunting, and I could easily have filled three more anthologies with material I loved.
EK: I read in the recent interview you did with Ann Patchett that you grew up in Berlin, in a very musical family. How did that experience inform your literary career path? Did you have any particular early mentors or literary revelations that helped set your trajectory as a writer and editor?
RS: I knew from an early age that I wasn't going to cut it in any kind of "normal" job. Growing up in the gay opera world of Berlin did not prepare me for "reality." I didn't, however, decide to pursue a career in writing or editing until I was in graduate school studying sports psychology and exercise physiology (I ran track in college). I dropped out, moved to New York with $150 to my name, but had the notion that I would start a literary magazine. Having been surrounded by starving artists from the time I was born, the idea of joining their ranks wasn't particularly daunting, but an adventure.
As for revelations, I guess the biggest shock was that not everyone in publishing went to Harvard and had all the right internships and access. No one has ever asked me where I went to school. All editors care about is whether or not I could write, and on deadline, preferably with politeness and professionalism.
As for mentors, I would have to say George Plimpton by example. My wife was the senior editor at the Paris Review and I was fortunate enough to spend time with him, and to absorb his seriousness of purpose and what it means to be a man of letters. On the other end of the spectrum, Hunter S. Thompson was a shadow presence in my early life; I spent my summers in Aspen, where my father worked at the annual music festival. Thompson inspired me with his fierceness, intensity, and relentlessness.
EK: As you mentioned earlier, you've been at Tin House since the very beginning. What do you think defines the nature of Tin House and are there any goals within the organisation that are yet to be realised? Where to from here?
RS: That is a hard question, especially being so close to the magazine. I hope that the magazine retains its ability to surprise and inspire. I'm always looking to be shaken up, to reconsider what the written word can do. My hope for the future is greater engagement with readers, and to reach and engage with as many people as possible.
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WSA GLOBAL CONGRESS 2016 SINGAPORE-IN DEPTH WITH GLOBAL INNOVATON IN SINGAPORE
500 participants from over 80 countries coming together to share and discuss how ICTs and interactive applications can have a positive and sustainable impact on society. A global variety of governmental representatives, corporates, thought leaders and social entrepreneurs.
During the WSA Global Congress 2016, Singapore turned into a hub on real achievements in digital good and a perspective on sustainability. Unique international knowledge exchange & hands on tools on driving digital social innovation were the focus of the World Summit Award Social Innovation Congress Singapore 2016.
In cooperation with the Creative Allience Group, Singapore turned into the next WSA hub for social innovation and entrepreneurship.
KEY PARTICIPANTS
Adam Montandon
Dana Al Salem
Rudy Laddaga
Ahmad Alhendawi
Dorothy Gordon
Renato Dornelas
Zikry Kholil
Ralph Simon
Rodrigo Assumpção
Witman Hung
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SOCIAL IMPACT WITH DIGITAL INNOVATION
Jennifer Farrell
With regard to the Congress, it was a wonderful experience for us! Not only were all of the sessions really interesting and inspiring, but everything was in place for us to meet and approach everyone, to make great contacts, to share ideas, and to feel like we were part of a greater community of people who really want to make a positive impact on the world. It was really exciting to talk to serial entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and start-ups like ours who face a specific set of challenges doing tech for impact in an under-resourced part of the world. We made amazing contacts and felt so inspired and motivated by all of the people we met, as well as taking back some new ideas and new skills from the sessions we attended.
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Attending the WSA Global Congress was an awesome experience. I only have positive feelings about the congress and the smooth running of all the processes. All the projects presented by the winners was outstanding and really opened my eyes on the impact technology is having not only on education but also how it can enable start-up entrepreneurs, government and health development globally.
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"What we do through digital innovations and as digital innovators do not necessarily have to be disruptive technological advancements. But, ones that aspire to make a better Social Impact. WSA contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda by giving an opportunity to digital innovators from over 180 UN countries to showcase their ability to accelerate positive Social Impact by aligning their work to the 17 SDGs. During this summit, the best problem solvers from around the world gather under one roof and take part in interactive knowledge sharing sessions, smart discussion forums and various networking events. Eminent speakers take the stage and disseminate knowledge across various fields of expertise, providing thought-provoking inspiration to all attendees. I truly admire the perfect planning and execution of each aspect of the summit where WSA panel always treats everyone like family. By just participating in the WSA, one learns and grows more within few days that would have in months."
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The WSA Congress is a brilliant collaboration of ideas - interesting and motivating people from around the globe, all working together to realise the shared goal of making our world a better place.
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The WSA Social Innovation Congress is an amazing collection of committed, creative and captivating people; I feel humbled to have been given the opportunity to come and meet some of these inspiring social entrepreneurs and to share ideas and experiences, as well as creating some new ones. Winning the Global Champion Award for Government and Open Data was an honor, but the most valuable take-away from the WSA Singapore are the connections I have made.
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"I am fortunate to get invited to more conferences than I can attend these days, but I can't imagine missing even one WSA Social Innovation Congress. Not only does WSA consistently bring together an exceptional and diverse group of tech leaders, speakers, and entrepreneurs, the conference itself includes such a fresh variety of events. From dynamic keynotes to the conversational fishbowl to the gala awards ceremony, everything is so impeccably organized. Thank you for including me in your latest great event in Singapore."
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About Jeff Kamikow
Jeff Kamikow, President and CEO of Cross Audience, has nearly 20 years of media experience including sales and operations management, business development and executive management at companies including Pulse 360, Time Inc. and Ziff-Davis.
Jeffrey Kamikow is a digital marketing expert and revenue strategy executive with more than two decades of experience in sales and operations management, business development and executive management at several successful companies.
After graduating from Southern Illinois University in 1993, Jeff Kamikow launched a promising career in the print industry. He took his first career-track job with PC World magazine, as an account executive. He cut his chops for a year in the account management department, then took a once-in-a-decade opportunity with Ziff Davis Media, the publisher of PCMag — then among the top brands in the nascent digital media business.
During his seven-year tenure with Ziff Davis, Kamikow managed offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, holding positions of increasing responsibility and pushing his superiors to think about advertising in ways they never had before. He ended his stint with the company as its East Coast Corporate Sales Director, a position widely regarded as the linchpin that held Ziff Davis's entire business development operation in place.
While working at Ziff Davis, Jeff Kamikow became fascinated with the rapidly evolving, high-potential world of digital marketing. He had the good fortune (and fortitude) to make the digital transition just as the space's best minds were figuring out how to squeeze revenue from online ads.
In the subsequent decade and a half, Kamikow has cultivated a reputation as one of the continent's foremost brand strategists, not to mention a top-tier technical strategist who has architected dozens of innovative campaigns.
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Direct assignment example:
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Die Wasserähren (Aponogeton) sind die einzige Pflanzengattung der Familie der Wasserährengewächse (Aponogetonaceae) in der Ordnung der Froschlöffelartigen (Alismatales) innerhalb der Einkeimblättrigen Pflanzen (Monokotyledonen). Die 47 bis 59 Wasserpflanzen-Arten weisen eine hauptsächlich tropische und subtropische Verbreitung nur in der Alten Welt auf.

Beschreibung und Ökologie

Erscheinungsbild und Blätter
Aponogeton-Arten wachsen als ausdauernde, krautige Pflanzen. Diese im Süßwasser gedeihenden Wasserpflanzen besitzen knollige Rhizome, mit denen sie Reservestoffe speichern und faserige Wurzeln, mit denen sie im Gewässergrund verankert sind.

Die wechselständig und spiralig am Stängel angeordneten Laubblätter sind in Blattscheide, Blattstiel und Blattspreite gegliedert. Die Blattscheide ist offen und der Blattstiel ist relativ lang. Die einfache Blattspreite ist breit elliptisch bis lineal mit wenigen parallelen Hauptnerven und vielen horizontallaufenden Seitennerven. Die Blätter sind untergetaucht und/oder flutend; die nicht untergetaucht sind besitzen paracytische Stomata. Es sind mehr als zwei Schuppen in den Blattachseln vorhanden.

Blütenstände und Blüten
Endständig an einem flutenden, langen Blütenstandsschaft steht ein einfacher oder zweigabeliger, ähriger Blütenstand; sie bilden sich nur emers. Der besitzen ein attraktives Hochblatt (Spatha), das aber früh vergänglich ist. Ihre kleinen, dreizähligen Blüten sind eingeschlechtig oder zwittrig. Die Arten sind entweder monözisch oder diözisch. Es sind oft ein bis sechs auffällig weiß, gelb, malvenfarbige oder bläulich-violett gefärbte Blütenhüllblätter vorhanden, die oft kronblattartig und haltbar sind. In männlichen oder zwittrigen Blüten sind sechs bis viele Staubblätter in zwei bis drei, selten vier Kreisen vorhanden. Die freien Staubfäden sind relativ lang und fadenförmig oder abgeflacht. Die Staubbeutel öffnen sich mit einem Längsschlitz. Die zwei bis sechs, selten bis zu neun oberständigen Fruchtblätter sind frei oder höchstens an ihrer Basis verwachsen. Jedes Fruchtblatt enthält zwei bis acht anatrope Samenanlagen. Der Griffel ist relativ kurz.

Die Bestäubung erfolgt durch Insekten (Käfer oder Hymenoptera, Entomophilie). Viele Arten sind selbstfertil.

Früchte und Samen
In einer Sammelfrucht stehen die Balgfrüchte zusammen. Die Balgfrüchte enthalten vier Samen. Die relativ großen (50 bis 75 Millimeter) Samen werden schwimmend übers Wasser ausgebreitet. Die Samen enthalten einen geraden Embryo und kein Endosperm.

Chromosomenzahlen
Die Chromosomengrundzahlen betragen x = 8.

Bedeutung in der Aquaristik
Eine Reihe von Wasserähren-Arten und -Sorten werden in der Aquaristik kultiviert, wobei einige Arten in der Pflege als sehr anspruchsvoll und schwierig gelten. Im Zoofachhandel werden nur wenige Arten für die Bepflanzung von Aquarien angeboten. Einige Arten sind in manchen Ländern aus Aquarienhaltung verwildert.

Systematik und Verbreitung

Die Erstveröffentlichung des Gattungsnamens Aponogeton erfolgte 1782 durch Carl von Linné dem Jüngeren in Supplementum Plantarum, 32, S. 214. Typusart ist Aponogeton monostachyon  Ein Synonym für Aponogeton  ist Urirandra , Uvirandra , Hydrogeton , Ouvirandra .

Der Familienname Aponogetonaceae wurde 1856 durch Jules Émile Planchon in Botanical Magazine, Volume 82, ad Tab. 4894 veröffentlicht. Die Veröffentlichung von Jacob Georg Agardh in Theoria Systematis Plantarum ..., 44 erfolgte erst 1858.

Die Gattung Aponogeton (anagrammatisch abgeleitet aus dem Gattungsnamen Potamogeton) weist eine hauptsächlich tropische bis subtropische Verbreitung nur in der Alten Welt auf. Die Schwerpunkte der Artenvielfalt liegen in Madagaskar (15 Arten), Südafrika (neun Arten) sowie Australien (zwölf Arten). Es gibt auch Arten in Asien und im tropischen Afrika.

Die Gattung Wasserähren (Aponogeton) enthält etwa 47 bis 59 Arten:

 Abessinische Wasserähre (Aponogeton abyssinicus ): Sie ist von Äthiopien über Kenia, Tansania, Uganda, Ruanda, die Demokratische Republik Kongo bis Malawi verbreitet.
 Aponogeton afroviolaceus : Sie ist von Kenia über Tansania und Sambia bis Simbabwe verbreitet.
 Aponogeton angustifolius  (Syn.: Aponogeton crinifolius ): Sie kommt nur in der südafrikanischen Provinz Westkap vor.
 Aponogeton appendiculatus : Sie kommt im westlichen sowie südlichen Indien vor.
 Aponogeton azureus : Sie ist nur vom Typusstandort in Ovamboland im nördlichen Namibia bekannt.
 Berniers Wasserähre (Aponogeton bernierianus , Syn.: Aponogeton quadrangularis ): Sie kommt in Madagaskar nur in den östlichen Provinzen Fianarantsoa sowie Toamasina vor. Die Kultivierung dieser Art im Aquarium gelang bis jetzt nur vereinzelt.
 Aponogeton bogneri : Sie kommt nur in der südlichen Demokratischen Republik Kongo vor.
 Boivins Wasserähre (Aponogeton boivinianus ): Sie kommt in Madagaskar nur in der nördlichen Provinz Antsiranana vor.
 Aponogeton bruggenii : Sie kommt nur im westlichen Indien vor.
 Aponogeton bullosus : Die von dem niederländischen Botaniker Heinrich Wilhelm Eduard van Bruggen (1927–2010) im Jahr 1969 erstbeschriebene Art gedeiht nur auf den Atherton Tablelands in Queensland in Australien.
 Aponogeton capuronii : Sie kommt in Madagaskar nur in der südlichen Provinz Toliara vor.
 Aponogeton cordatus : Sie kommt in Madagaskar nur in der Provinz Toamasina vor.
 Krause Wasserähre (Aponogeton crispus ): Sie ist von Sri Lanka über das südliche Indien bis Bangladesch verbreitet.
 Aponogeton cuneatus : Die von dem Botaniker Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs (1946–2009) beschriebene Art kommt nur in Queensland vor.
 Aponogeton dassanayakei : Die 2016 erstbeschriebene Art kommt in Sri Lanka vor.
 Decarys Wasserähre (Aponogeton decaryi ): Die nach Raymond Decary benannte Art ist in Madagaskar in den Provinzen Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga sowie Toliara verbreitet.
 Aponogeton desertorum : Sie ist von der südlichen Demokratischen Republik Kongo bis ins südliche Afrika (Angola, Sambia, Simbabwe, Südafrika) verbreitet. In Südafrika kommt sie in den Provinzen Ostkap, Limpopo sowie North West vor.
 Aponogeton dioecus : Sie kommt in Madagaskar nur in der zentralen Provinz Antananarivo vor.
 Zweiährige Wasserähre (Aponogeton distachyos ): Sie kommt ursprünglich nur in der südafrikanischen Provinz Westkap vor. Sie ist in Australien, Neuseeland, Südamerika und Westeuropa ein Neophyt.
 Aponogeton eggersii : Sie kommt in Madagaskar nur in der Provinz Toamasina vor.
 Langblättrige Wasserähre (Aponogeton elongatus ): Von den zwei Unterarten kommt eine nur in Queensland und die andere vom nördlichen Australien bis ins nordöstliche New South Wales vor.
 Aponogeton euryspermus : Sie ist vom nördlichen Western Australia bis Northern Territory verbreitet.
 Aponogeton fotianus : Sie kommt nur im südwestlichen Tschad vor.
 Aponogeton fugax : Sie wurde 2008 erstbeschrieben. Sie ist ein Florenelement der Capensis in den südafrikanischen Provinzen Westkap sowie Nordkap. Sie besitzt isolierte Vorkommen vom Bokkeveld Escarpment bis Agulhas Plain. Die Bestände nehmen ab, deshalb wird sie in der Roten Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzenarten Südafrikas 2010 als "Endangered" = stark gefährdet bewertet.
 Aponogeton gottlebei : Sie wurde 2008 aus Madagaskar erstbeschrieben.
 Aponogeton hexatepalus : Sie ist im südwestlichen Australien verbreitet.
 Jacobsens Wasserähre (Aponogeton jacobsenii ): Sie kommt nur im zentralen Sri Lanka vor.
 Aponogeton junceus : Sie ist von der südlichen Demokratischen Republik Kongo bis ins südliche Afrika verbreitet.
 Aponogeton kannangarae : Die 2016 erstbeschriebene Art kommt in Sri Lanka vor.
 Aponogeton kimberleyensis : Sie kommt nur im nördlichen Western Australia vor.
 Aponogeton lakhonensis  (Syn.: Aponogeton pygmaeus , Aponogeton taiwanensis ): Das weite Verbreitungsgebiet reicht von Indien, Laos, Kambodscha, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam und den chinesischen Provinzen Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang bis Taiwan und Indonesien.
 Aponogeton lancesmithii : Sie kommt nur in Queensland vor.
 Aponogeton longiplumulosus : Sie besitzt eine disjunktes Areal in Madagaskar und kommt dort nur in den Provinzen Antsiranana und Mahajanga vor.
 Lorias Wasserähre (Aponogeton loriae ): Die nach dem Naturforscher Lamberto Loria benannte Pflanze kommt nur im südöstlichen Neuguinea vor.
 Gitterpflanze (Aponogeton madagascariensis , Syn.: Aponogeton fenestralis , Aponogeton guillotii ): Sie ist in Madagaskar in den Provinzen Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga sowie Toamasina verbreitet.
 Aponogeton masoalaensis : Sie wurde erstmals 2002 aus Madagaskar beschrieben.
 Aponogeton natalensis  (Syn.: Aponogeton junceus subsp. natalense ): Sie ist in den südafrikanischen Provinzen Ostkap, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga sowie North West verbreitet.
 Schwimmende Wasserähre (Aponogeton natans ): Sie kommt in Sri Lanka und Indien vor.
 Aponogeton nateshii : Die 2015 erstbeschriebene Art kommt in Indien vor.
 Aponogeton nudiflorus : Sie ist von Äthiopien über Somalia und Kenia bis Tansania verbreitet.
 Aponogeton proliferus : Sie kommt nur in Queensland vor.
 Aponogeton queenslandicus : Sie kommt nur in Queensland vor.
 Aponogeton ranunculiflorus  Sie gedeiht in den Drakensbergen in KwaZulu-Natal und Lesotho.
 Aponogeton rehmannii : Sie ist von Kenia bis in die südafrikanischen Provinzen Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga sowie North West verbreitet.
 Steifblättrige Wasserähre (Aponogeton rigidifolius ): Sie kommt im südwestlichen Sri Lanka vor.
 Robinsons Wasserähre (Aponogeton robinsonii ): Sie kommt nur im zentralen und südlichen Vietnam vor und wurde nach C. Robinson (1871–1913) benannt.
 Aponogeton satarensis : Sie kommt nur im westlichen Indien vor.
 Aponogeton schatzianus : Sie kommt nur in Madagaskar in der Provinz Fianarantsoa vor.
 Aponogeton stuhlmannii : Sie ist von Kenia bis Namibia und den südafrikanischen Provinzen Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga sowie North West verbreitet.
 Aponogeton subconjugatus : Sie ist vom tropischen Westafrika bis Uganda verbreitet.
 Feinährige Wasserähre (Aponogeton tenuispicatus ): Sie kommt nur in Madagaskar in der Provinz Antsiranana vor und bildet im Gegensatz zu den meisten Aponogeton-Arten ein Rhizom.
 Aponogeton tofus : Sie kommt nur im Northern Territory in Südafrika vor.
 Aponogeton troupinii  : Sie kommt nur im südlichen Tschad und in der nördlichen Demokratischen Republik Kongo vor.
 Meersalatähnliche Wasserähre (Aponogeton ulvaceus , Syn.: Aponogeton ambongensis ): Sie ist in Madagaskar in den Provinzen Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina sowie Toliara verbreitet.
 Gewellte Wasserähre (Aponogeton undulatus ): Sie ist vom nördlichen Indien bis Indochina verbreitet und kommt in Johor sowie Borneo vor.
 Aponogeton vallisnerioides : Sie ist im tropischen Afrika verbreitet.
 Aponogeton vanbruggenii : Sie kommt in den australischen Bundesstaaten Northern Territory sowie Queensland vor.
 Aponogeton viridis : Sie kommt nur in Madagaskar in der Provinz Mahajanga vor.
 Aponogeton wolfgangianus : Die 2017 erstbeschriebene Art kommt in indischen Bundesstaat Kerala vor.
 Aponogeton womersleyi : Sie kommt im südlichen Neuguinea vor.

Quellen
 Die Familie der Aponogetonaceae bei der  APWebsite. (Abschnitte Beschreibung und Systematik)
 Die Familie der Aponogetonaceae bei DELTA von L. Watson & M. J. Dallwitz. (Abschnitt Beschreibung)
  (Abschnitt Beschreibung, Systematik und Verbreitung)
 C. Barre Hellquist & Robert R. Haynes: Aponogetonaceae. - textgleich online wie gedrucktes Werk, In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Hrsg.): Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae, Oxford University Press, New York/Oxford u. a. 2000, ISBN 0-19-513729-9. (Abschnitt Beschreibung)
 Leslie Watson, 2008: Eintrag in der Western Australian Flora. (Abschnitte Beschreibung und Systematik)

Einzelnachweise

Ergänzende Literatur
 Heinrich Wilhelm Eduard van Bruggen: Monograph of the genus Aponogeton (Aponogetonaceae), In: Bibliotheca Botanica, 1985, VIII, Heft 137, ISBN 3-510-48008-2.
 Christel Kasselmann: Aquarienpflanzen. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1995; 2. Auflage 1999, ISBN 3-8001-7454-5, S. 109–136.

Weblinks

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Biosketch – Seringe is currently finishing her Master's in Biology at the University of Amsterdam. During her Bachelor's program, she became interested in Tropical Ecology and did an internship with Dr. Crystal McMichael in Tropical Paleoecology. She analyzed fossil charcoal and phytoliths from Ecuadorian lake sediments, reconstructing Holocene vegetation history from the western Amazonian lowlands.
She continued her research in Paleoecology during her Master's project, this time in a mid-elevation Andean setting. Thanks to grants provided by the Treub Maatschappij and the Amsterdam University Fund, she got the chance to perform fieldwork on the eastern Andean flank in Ecuador. Her project led to the characterization of new mid-elevational palm phytoliths, which were previously unstudied and enable comprehensive local vegetation reconstruction.
Abstract – Characterization of phytoliths in mid-elevation Andean forests
Mid-elevation Andean forests are some of Earth's most diverse ecosystems, yet their ecological history remains understudied. We provided the first reconstruction of mid-elevation Andean vegetation (400 years) using phytoliths, which are silica bodies produced by many Neotropical plants that preserve in fossil records. Unlike pollen, that is wind-dispersed, they represent local-scale vegetation dynamics. The Andean phytolith assemblages showed the potential to indicate changes in the cloud base position through time, which strongly influences the distribution of many plant and animal species.
Biosketch – Julia Heinen has completed her BSc and MSc at the University of Amsterdam. During this time she became interested in extinctions of fruit-eating animals on islands and published her first paper and large database on this topic. She is now halfway through her PhD in Island Macroecology at the University of Copenhagen at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate. For this, she is still working as an island macroecologist on the effects of extinction of fruit-eating animals on plants. Besides the global scale island comparisons, she is investigating the frugivore community at local scale in Mauritius and the Krakatau Islands. Julia is also Student-at-Large at the International Biogeography Society, representing young biogeographers. She enjoys explaining her research with videos (juliaheinen.nl).
Abstract – Extinction-driven changes in frugivore communities on tropical islands: worldwide and in Mauritius
Island communities are most vulnerable to extinctions and this affects the interactions between species. We have particularly lost a lot of large, fruit-eating animals. These large frugivores are the ones capable of dispersing the largest seeds, and their loss will in turn affect the plants that are dependent on them. Small and isolated islands have lost the highest proportion of their frugivore community, with many islands losing almost all native seed dispersers. Julia Heinen will discuss extinction-driven changes in frugivore communities on islands worldwide and at a local scale, on Mauritius, famous for the extinction of the Dodo.
Biosketch – Crystal McMichael is Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics (University of Amsterdam). She is a paleoecologist, tropical ecologist, and biogeographer. Her research focuses on past fire and vegetation change across tropical ecosystems, and the role of humans and climate change in structuring those dynamics. She is also the Vice President of Conferences for the International Biogeography Society.
Abstract – Are the current Amazonian fires unprecedented?
The recent fires across Amazonia have attracted large amounts of academic and public attention. In this talk, I will explore the spatial and temporal patterns of fires in Amazonia. I will put the present fire regimes in the context of those seen in the past, and discuss implications for the future. This talk will highlight ongoing work that we hope to submit for publication soon.
Jasper Griffioen (Utrecht University)
Biosketch: JasperGriffioen is professor of Water Quality Management at Utrecht University (2011 to date) and expert researcher at TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands (1991 to date). He is specialised in environmental hydrology and geochemistry within the framework of sustainable management of soil and water resources. He performed studies for a wide variety of geographical settings and a broad range of environmental management issues, ranging from an acid crater lake in Indonesia to disposal of radioactive waste in the deep subsurface of the Netherlands. Many of his projects refer to the risks and impact of anthropogenic measures on groundwater and subsequent effects on drinking water and groundwater-dependent ecosystems. At TNO Geological Survey, he pays attention to the geochemical and hydrological characterization of the subsurface, which has given him extensive insights in geo-scientific surveying of our environment as well as its importance. Preferably, he combines field campaigns with modelling studies.
As member of the former ministerial Dutch Technical Committee on Soil, he was involved in c. 100 ministerial advices during October 2007 – March 2016. He has been an expert in several cases for Dutch Courts of Justice as well as for the Netherlands Commission of Environmental Assessment. His research frequently reaches Dutch national newspapers and other media.
Abstract – On the relationship between tiger conservation and water management
There are less than 4000 wild tigers alive. The Global Tiger Initiative aims to double the number of wild tigers in 2022 relative to 2010. The Terai at the foot of the Himalayas is the most important conservation area of tigers. Clearly, habitat conditions are of key importance to double the tiger population. Typically, the tiger habitat consists of free roaming deer, which rely on open grasslands for grazing. The grasslands areas are deteriorating (e.g. overgrown by forest) which threatens the deer and consequently tiger habitats. The hydrology and river morphodynamics are two abiotic factors that seem to control the grassland dynamics in the Terai. Associatedly, the impact of water management measures needs attention, where the following question may become raised: what is the impact of gravel extraction in the river floodplain, what is the impact of intake of river water for irrigation. Two studies will be briefly presented that address these two factors: one of them focuses on the hydrology of the Karnali River in Western Nepal. This river is the western boundary of Bardia National Park, where c. 80 tigers exist. The other addresses the groundwater hydrology at Bardia NP, including the interaction with the Karnali River.
Robert J. Morley
Biosketch: Robert (Bob) Morley was introduced to palynology by the late John Flenley, and was John's first research student, and was further inspired by Jan Muller from the Rijksherbarium in Leiden. After completing a PhD thesis on the Late Quaternary palynology of Sumatra and Malaysia he joined Robertson Research International, a geological consultancy company as 'Tertiary palynologist' mainly working in SE Asia and West Africa. In 1986 he was acting manager for a short while at the Robertson Bogota office, where he met Henry Hooghiemstra and Carina Hoorn for the first time in a remote field on the Sabana de Bogota!
In the early 1990's he joined the British Geological Survey overseas division, and set up a palynology lab for the Indonesian Government in Jakarta, after which time he established the consultancy company Palynova, together with his wife Santi, which provides expertise in biostratigraphy to petroleum exploration companies and government research laboratories.
His major research interests are: evolution of tropical rain forests, resolving stratigraphic problems using biostratigraphy, and especially using the methods of 'sequence biostratigraphy' to develop a better understanding of sequence stratigraphy. A further primary aim is to ensure that unpublished petroleum industry archives of biogeographic interest are brought into the public domain. He authored a book 'Origin and Evolution of Tropical Rain Forests' published by Wiley, and has published over 120 papers on biostratigraphy and SE Asian geology.'
Abstract – Assembling the diverse rain forest flora of SE Asia by evaluating the fossil and molecular record in relation to plate tectonics
In the 1960's, the renowned Russian botanist Armen Takhtajan published a treatise suggesting that Southeast Asia formed the birthplace of the angiosperms. This idea prevailed for 40 years, but today, the opposite seems more likely, that Southeast Asian rain forests are the youngest of the three major rain forest blocks. The ultra-diverse flora of the Southeast Asia has become established largely as a result of immigration following different phases of plate tectonic collision during the Cenozoic. However, trying to piece together the details of the tectonic events that led to the different plate tectonic and palaeoclimatic scenarios that facilitated the different phases of floristic immigration into the region leaves many unanswered questions. There are major issues regarding the timing of plate collisions, the positions of plates and microplates through time, the areas of origin of the main clades and the timing of floral and faunal dispersals. This discussion builds on the palaeoclimatic maps and dispersal events proposed recently by Morley (2018) firstly by examining Late Cretaceous to Paleocene dispersals from Africa to the Indian Plate, and secondly by an evaluation of dispersals from India to SE Asia during and after the Palaeogene collision of India with Asia. Thirdly, the history of upland Sundaland floras over time is evaluated, from the pollen record of gymnosperms and temperate angiosperms from unpublished petroleum exploration wells, contesting the timing and direction of the rotation of Borneo into its present position during the mid-Cenozoic. To move forward, on the one hand detailed palynological and palaeobotanical evaluations are needed from the African Late Cretaceous, and the Palaeogene of both northern India and the Southeast Asian region (the most recent studies of Palaeogene leaf floras from Sumatra and Borneo was by Geyler and Heer in the 1870's). This needs to be coupled with novel evaluations of plate tectonics prior to the Indian collision with Asia, and for the Sunda region utilising new dating that is emerging for the multiple non-marine basins that formed across the region during the Paleogene.
Reference Morley, R.J. (2018). Assembly and division of the South and South-East Asian flora in relation to tectonics and climate change Journal of Tropical Ecology34:209–234.
Symbiotic coral-dwelling crabs on Bonaire's reefs
23 september 2019 ResearchreportsBonaire, coral reef, crabrhjerkens
Dr. S.E.T. van der Meij and S. Bähr (GELIFES, University of Groningen , Groningen, The Netherlands)
Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean – 26 July – 17 August 2019
Coral reefs encompass the highest biodiversity of any marine ecosystem. Stony corals provide a large number of habitats that are home to various invertebrate species, many of which live in a close symbiotic relationship with a specific host coral. In an environment that is teeming with symbiotic relationships the minute and easily overlooked coral-dwelling gall crabs of the family Cryptochiridae represent a prime example of obligate symbiosis. These crabs are named after their close relationship with their coral hosts; they cause the development of a gall by modifying their hosts' tissue.
The reefs along Bonaire's coast are amongst the healthiest reefs in the Caribbean, however they are relatively understudied compared to nearby Curaçao and other islands with a strong research infrastructure. In this study we aimed to collect occurrence data of three Atlantic gall crab species (Fig. 1) over depth intervals along the Bonaire coast, to better understand the distribution of symbiotic species on coral reefs. In combination with coral cover measurements the results of this study provided us with baseline data about the status of Bonaire's reef. Moreover, using the same approach as a similar study carried out on the reefs off Curaçao in 2015, it allows us to compare the results between the two islands.
We studied 25 dive sites along the west coast of Bonaire and around Klein Bonaire using 5-m2 belt transects (10m x 0.5m) at three different depths (8m, 12m, 18m), resulting in a surveyed area of 375 m2. Within each transect we measured the diameter of all corals known to host gall crabs, and counted the number of dwellings on each individual colony.
Our observations of the crabs Troglocarcinus corallicola and Kroppcarcinus siderastreicola represent new species records for Bonaire. Direct comparisons of coral cover data and gall crab density between Curaçao and Bonaire provides interesting insights in the status of the two reef systems. On Bonaire 19 out of 22 known host corals were observed in the transects, compared to 15 out of 22 of Curaçao. Strikingly, the number of examined coral colonies on Bonaire was with 4023 more than twice as high as the number of colonies examined on Curaçao (1874 colonies). The crab density of Opecarcinus hypostegus was with 6,3 crabs per m2, however, exactly the same at both localities. Troglocarcinus corallicola had with 5,22 crabs/m2 a slightly higher density on Bonaire than on the reefs off Curaçao (4,02 crabs/m2). Unfortunately the dwelling data for K. siderastreicola had to be excluded from the analyses due to some misidentifications of their dwellings in part of the study.
Our results suggest that Bonaire's reef system has a significantly higher coral cover than the reefs on Curaçao. Using further statistical analyses we will check for significant species level differences between the two islands, as well as between the various dive sites off Bonaire. Certain sites are heavily impacted by divers or industry (e.g. cruise ships, salines), whereas others are further away from human activities or rarely visited by divers – and we are keen to see if this impacts the distribution of the symbiotic gall crabs.
Figure 1: Dwellings with gall crabs found on corals off Bonaire. (A) Opercarcinus hypostegus in Agaricia lamarcki, (B) Kroppcarcinus siderastreicola in Siderastrea siderea, (C) Troglocarcinus corallicola in Orbicella annularis. Pictures: Pieter de Groot.
Palliative care needs and preferences in Ethiopia
3 juli 2019 Researchreportsrhjerkens
Dr. J.J. Beltman and drs. M. de Fouw (Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden, The Netherlands)
In Sub-Saharan Africa where life expectancy is short, supportive and palliative care for severely ill patients are hardly available. Ethiopia is one of the countries where lack of access to pain relief and palliative care are apparent. In our study we assessed palliative care and support programs for women, mostly affected by cervical cancer and breast cancer. Breast and cervical cancer are the leading cancers among women in Ethiopia, with 15244 and 6294 new cases each year.
Most women identified with cervical and breast cancer present in advanced stage where curative treatment is no longer an option. Comprehensive palliative care services are needed but scarce, strong analgesics like morphine are hardly available and knowledge of palliative services in health facilities is limited.
We aimed to understand the current practices of palliative care, and the needs and preferences of both patients and their caregivers. We conducted in-depth interviews with terminally ill women (34) and their caregivers (27), and key informant interviews (16) with community leaders, religious leaders, health care professionals and policy makers.
All patients received support from the palliative care programs, but stated that it was insufficient to meet their needs. Most women (4 out of 5) suffered from moderate to severe pain, half of the women frequently experienced moderate to severe difficulties with sleeping or eating.
"She (the volunteer provider) has been caring. However, I am not happy and lose hope when my pain comes back. I then feel uncertain about my life. I feel like am dying. It is bad to live under uncertainty, losing my ability to make decisions about myself. The volunteer at times fails to help under such circumstances" (42 years old female patient)
Besides pain, and difficulties with sleeping or eating women suffered from other complaints like cough and vaginal bleeding, that strongly limited their daily activities.
"I bleed every time. It clots and clots and brought offensive smell since I do not have support to clean it and of course no one comes closer. I got weaker and weaker. Only recently volunteers came to help me – thank God." (38 year old female patient)
Women felt very worried about their situation, and did not often talk about their worries and concerns with their caregivers. Religion did support women in feeling more hopeful about their situation.
Caregivers were often related to the patients, in half of the cases a daughter or son cared for their own mother. Neighbours and other community members supported less than 1 in 4 patients. Most caregivers experienced sad feelings while providing support to terminally ill women and experienced the work as consuming. At the same time, they felt confident about the care they were providing although they missed information on the diagnosis, signs and symptoms.
Health care professionals, community leaders, religious leaders and policy makers recognized the existing gap in palliative care provision and lack of knowledge on palliative care services. They pointed out the lack of organization of care, lack of skilled providers, lack of budget and low priority that is given to palliative care services.
During our study we found that only a selected group of women was included in the support programs, although the programs define palliative care in a broad definition including chronic illnesses like diabetes and hypertension. Considering the population size in the areas where the programs are active, many women with palliative care needs are not identified.
Our study demonstrates that there is an unmet need for palliative care services, that palliative care services should focus more on pain and symptom relief including training of related caregivers, and palliative care services should be integrated with existing community networks, religious structures and local and national health systems.
One of the women receiving palliative care in her own home, Sidama zone, Ethiopia
Vier eeuwen vegetatieverandering in de Andes in Ecuador
18 april 2019 Publicationsrhjerkens
Het onderzoek van Seringe Huisman, dat zij tijdens haar masterstage deed en dat werd ondersteund door de Treub Maatschappij, is gepubliceerd in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. Het complete verhaal is hier te downloaden.


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Q: How to pass a list of image filenames from Docpad to browser client I want to get a list of filenames from a directory in my Docpad project and then pass them to the client for preloading. What is the best way to do this?
What I have been trying is to extract a list of file names from the directory and then pass them to the client via the document.
So I have a collection, like so in docpad.coffee:
collections:
        myImages: ->
            @getFilesAtPath({relativeOutDirPath: 'images'})

And then in the footer of my html, I've been trying something like this:
<script>
var images = <%= @getCollection('myImages').toJSON() %>
</script>

This however is not coming even close to working. What I really want to do is have images set to an array of urls pointing to the files. But I can't seem to figure out how this would be done. The Docpad documentation and the Query-Engine documentation are simply to sparse.
Anyone  have any ideas? Or is there a totally different way to think about this? Is there a way to hand over a variable directly from the Node/Docpad backend to the client, by passing the need to pass it along with the HTML?

A: Not sure why you want to separate it as a script (btw if you want you can really put it in a separate script if it is called js.eco). I guess it is just for clear separation.
This is how it will work:
<script>
var images = [];
<%for obj in @getCollection("myImages").toJSON(): %>
    images.push('<%= obj.url %>');
<% end %>
console.log(images[0]);
</script>

So you will have an array with url's only. I've put there an info to print out in console first element to show it works.

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Adam Pagnucco, Board of Education
Who Has the Edge in the At-Large School Board Race?
November 2, 2020 Adam Pagnucco
By Adam Pagnucco.
This year saw one of the most contentious school board primaries in recent county history. With incumbent at-large school board member Jeanette Dixon announcing her retirement, a 13-member field filled social media and press accounts in their quest to succeed her. Perhaps the foremost issue was MCPS's boundary study, which was both supported and opposed by numerous candidates. The primary's survivors are former PTA president and MCPS teacher Lynne Harris and Universities at Shady Grove professor Sunil Dasgupta, both boundary study supporters. Now they are facing off in a general election that will reach its conclusion next week.
Who is going to win, Harris or Dasgupta?
Here is what we know. Harris has been endorsed by the Washington Post and is supported by a large number of PTA activists, including her campaign manager, Laura Stewart. Dasgupta has been endorsed by MCEA, wielder of the mighty Apple Ballot, as well as SEIU Local 500, Casa in Action and Progressive Maryland. His campaign manager is MCPS teacher Chris Wilhelm, who ran a strong campaign for county council at-large two years ago. (Wilhelm and Stewart, besides being the campaign managers, are both well-qualified to be school board candidates themselves!) Dasgupta has outraised Harris but neither has the money to effectively reach a general electorate which will probably have a half million voters. The campaign seems devoid of the rancor that characterized the primary although some teachers were upset with Harris's remarks criticizing MCEA over the issue of school reopening.
Both candidates have written guest blogs on Seventh State. Dasgupta wrote Distance Learning May be Plan C, but it is the Best Option Right Now on July 17 and Changing the Reopening Timeline: a Recipe for Confusion and Anxiety on September 28. Harris wrote Reopening Plans – MCPS is Behind on October 25. All three posts attracted significant numbers of readers.
At first glance, both Harris and Dasgupta seem to have plausible chances to win. But this is Seventh State, so let's not stop there. On to the spreadsheet!
Let's look back at the last twenty years of school board races. The table below examines the frequency with which candidates who finish first in a primary go on to win the general election. (Races in which there are two or fewer candidates don't have primaries but rather advance directly to a general election.) Incumbents appear in bold, with appointed incumbents also appearing in italics.
In the last 18 school board races with both primaries and generals, the top finisher in the primary went on to win the general 15 times. That's good news for Harris, who finished first in the primary this year. But let's not declare the race over yet. The three cases in which the top primary finisher did not win have four things in common.
The election had an open seat.
That's the case this year as Harris and Dasgupta are vying to replace a retiring incumbent.
The top finisher in the primary received a low percentage of the total vote.
In the 2000 at-large race, Charles Haughey finished first in the primary with 26% of the vote. In the 2012 district 2 race, Fred Evans finished first in the primary with 25% of the vote. In the 2018 at-large race, Julie Reiley finished first in the primary with 32% of the vote. All three would go on to lose the general. Harris's percentage in the primary, 29%, is in the same ballpark as these other candidates.
The second finisher in the primary had either the Post or the Apple Ballot.
In the 2000 at-large race, Sharon Cox was endorsed by the Post. In the 2012 district 2 race, Rebecca Smondrowski was endorsed by the Post. In the 2018 at-large race, Karla Silvestre had the Apple Ballot. All three came back from second-place finishes in the primary to win the general. As noted above, Dasgupta has the Apple.
The difference between the top and second finishers in the primary was five points or less.
In 2000, Cox trailed Haughey by 1.8 points in the primary. In 2012, Smondrowski trailed Evans by 2.6 points. In 2018, Silvestre trailed Reiley by 4.1 points. All three came back to win the general. Harris led Dasgupta in this year's primary by 8.6 points. That's a bigger margin than the other three races discussed here.
And so, Dasgupta meets three of the four conditions under which second place primary finishers won school board general elections over the last 20 years. Only the margin by which Harris finished first in the primary augurs against him.
So what do you think, readers? Does Harris have the edge because she won the primary by almost 9 points? Or can Dasgupta come back to win?
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Sore woke to the sun shining through the leaves of the canopy above him. He laid and listened to the sounds of the forest a few moments before he sat up. "Well. Guess i better find something to do." Sore rolls off the branch he was layong on reaching up last minute and catching it with left hand, he uses the momentum from his fall to launch himself through the air. He grabs a hanging vine and kicks off of a tree as he passes to keep his speed going. He continues bounding through the forest looking for a good source of entertainment before he remembers a trap he set yesterday morning. Sore catches a branch and swings himself up onto it, then looks around trying to remember which direction the trap was in. He froze at the sound of a nearby screech, recognizing the sound he smiled menacingly and drew a kunai. "Eizo Animation." His form began to shimmer before splitting into two.
Eizo looked at Sore awaiting orders. He could sense that they werent being threatened through the telepathic link between him and Sore but couldnt pick up on the exact reason that he was there. Noticing the kunai in Sore's hand he drew one of his own looking around. *Are we training?*, he asked through their link.
"No", Sore responded out loud, "we have an issue. A monkey issue." He scanned the area around them looking for his sworn enemies, but they were hiding well. "Im going to stay up here. You head down below and see if you can spot them from the ground. And keep your guard up. You know how tricky they can be."
Eizo knodded his head before swinging from the branch and dropping to the ground below. He slowly walked through the trees, scanning the branches for signs of trouble. Then he heard it behind him. The sound of a branch stressing under added weight. He turned just in time to catch a pile of crap square in the middle of his chest. *Found one.* He alerted Sore just as a furry mitt grabbed his left wrist from behind. Eizo spun bringing his knee up where the monkeys chin would have been, if it wasnt doing a handstand, hitting nothing but air. *Found more than one, and they're quick.* he broadcasted to Sore along with his location.
As Eizo fell through through the trees heading for land Sore began launching himself from branch to branch until he was about thirty meters above his original position then began searching around where he had been for any disturbances. After a few moments he began to see leaves rustling. "They must've spotted Eizo." He decided he'd tail them and wait for them to attack Eizo before making himself known. He followed the movements of leaves and branches waiting for his oppurtunity. He got the first report from Eizo and stopped, "If theres only one with him i should probably stay back and wait for more to show." He said to himself quietly. Eizo's second report came through and got him moving again. Him and Eizo were faster than any monkeys he had come across before. How fast would a monkey have to move for Eizo to consider it quick? Sore caught up just in time to catch one of the monkeys do a back handspring. Now that he was with Eizo he opened their telepathic link fully. This way they would each know what the other was doing as they made their move. *Eizo double suicide now!* Sore threw a kunai at the monkey closest to him drawing his attention and pulled another one from his satchel. Ready for the primates attack.
As Sore threw his kunai Eizo retreatd behind the tree that the first monkey was still standing in about 5 meters away. It appeared to be confused by the sudden appearance of a new enemy but was still at work making another missile to launch. *Earth Style: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique* He sunk into the earth and using his telepathic link with Sore caught the monkey by its rear leg just before it made its attack. He pulled the creature under burying iy to his neck before popping out of the ground a couple meters away.
Sore has already dismissed the monkey charging at him before it got anywhere near him. He began prepping his next jutsu. Exhaling water vapor from his mouth and gathering it around him. Just as Eizo broke the surface and grabbed the monkey he focused the vapor into six balls. He let them hover around him a moment before launching them at the second monkey still staring in amazement at his friend. The exploding globes frightened the monkey and it took off into the forest. He turned towards the other monkey still stuck in the ground. The way it was buried it could see him but Eizo was hidden outside its vision. *Dinner* he shared, turning away.
Eizo understood the simple command and he began to creep forward quietly. As he approached the buried primate he pulled out a senbon in each hand. When he got close enough he struck quickly, jamming them both into the base of the creatures skull and into its brain, killing it instantly. He then reached down and grabbed it by the scruff of the neck pulling it out of the ground. *Dinners served. Who gets the brain?* he asked, smiling.


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