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'Star Trek Into Darkness': What the Critics Think of the Sequel
The sequel to 2009's reboot is getting high praise, though J.J. Abrams may be taking too much a page out of Michael Bay's playbook
Tony Maglio | May 17, 2013 @ 9:07 AM	Last Updated: July 24, 2014 @ 12:44 PM
"Star Trek Into Darkness" was released on Thursday to mostly strong reviews.
Let's begin with A.O. Scott of the New York Times, who completely destroys the aforementioned generality, saying, "It's hard to emerge from "Into Darkness" without a feeling of disappointment, even betrayal. Maybe it is too late to lament the militarization of 'Star Trek,' but in his pursuit of blockbuster currency, Mr. (director J.J.) Abrams has sacrificed a lot of its idiosyncrasy and, worse, the large-spirited humanism that sustained it." Scott calls the climax scene, "uninspired hackwork" and says Abrams "prefers to cautiously follow and skillfully pander."
Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times says that "Into Darkness" doesn't quite match its 2009 predecessor. Sharkey mimics some of Scott's comparisons to Abrams as a poor man's Michael Bay, but she does say, "So many things are done right that even with the bombast, 'Into Darkness' is the best of this summer's biggies thus far. It's a great deal of brash fun, and it should satisfy all those basic Trekkie cravings."
TheWrap's Alonso Duralde agreed, but went even further. Commenting on the film's post-9/11 sensibility, pointing out the destruction of a building in London and attacks on skyscrapers in San Francisco.
Those are only a few of the massive set pieces in the film," Duralde says, "and the movie is by no means a dreary and mournful examination of the effects of terror in the homeland. But they happen, and they're key to the story that Abrams and his writers are telling. It's a sign of Abrams' skill as a filmmaker that the movie can travel to such dark places and still feel like an upbeat, energizing and often very funny adventure."
Also read: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Review: Thrilling Sequel Balances Fun with a Post-9/11 Sensibility
John Anderson of the Wall Street Journal appreciated the film for what it is — and what it implied. "It may lack the existential dread of a bona-fide sci-fi classic," he wrote, "but 'Star Trek Into Darkness,'…is certainly one lavish pop confection. Noisy, frenetic, grandiose and essentially a soap opera, director J.J. Abrams' second contribution to the franchise has everything, including romance: Never before have Capt. James T. Kirk and his Vulcan antagonist, Mr. Spock, seemed so very much in love."
Matt Zoller Seitz of the Chicago Sun-Times gives it two-and-a-half stars on RogerEbert.com, calling the film, "Less a classic 'Star Trek' adventure than a 'Star Trek'-flavored action flick, shot in the frenzied, handheld, cut-cut-cut style that's become Hollywood's norm. Director J.J. Abrams' latest could have been titled 'The Bourne Federation.'"
"Abrams and his screenwriters (Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof) are so obsessed with acknowledging and then futzing around with what we already know about Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Scotty and company that the movie doesn't breathe," he added.
Mick LaSalle of Hearst Newspapers published on timesunion.com, "It's written and conceived in full awareness of everything people liked about the previous movie and with a determination to make everything even bigger and better this time. Here and there, that becomes bigger and worse."
LaSalle continued, "Yet every time 'Star Trek Into Darkness' looks as though it's about to retreat behind the wall of silly, something happens that surprises, or delights, or demonstrates the filmmaker's genuine knowledge of and affection for these characters." He added, "The film is, for whatever else it might be, one of the funniest of the 'Star Trek' entries."
Tom Long of the Detroit News was far more clear in his enjoyment of the film, giving it a B+ while saying, "'Star Trek Into Darkness' is out of this world." (Expect that one on the Blu-Ray/DVD case.) Long goes on to say, "It's a spectacular action film. And if it leans on a few too many familiar devices – let's call for a moratorium on flying vehicles fitting through tight spaces – it has wit and energy to spare."
He concludes with, "Beam yourself up for this one." Yup, total movie poster material.
Dana Stevens of Slate urges her readers to "Boldly go." Stevens said that director J.J. Abrams has "caught some of the spark of the first 'Star Trek' without either mimicking or desecrating the original."
Stevens praises Chris Pine's Kirk and Zachary Quinto's Spock, saying, "But Abrams' film succeeds where many recent big-budget ransackings of the pop-culture archive have failed: It takes familiar, beloved characters who are strongly associated with very distinctive actors and somehow makes us not mind imagining them in the body of someone else."
'Star Trek Into Darkness' Review: Thrilling Sequel Balances Fun with a Post-9/11 Sensibility
By Alonso Duralde | May 14, 2013 @ 9:12 AM
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Welcome to Andy Worthington's website. Andy is a writer, campaigner, investigative journalist and commentator. He is internationally recognized as an authority on Guantánamo and the "war on terror," and is involved in housing issues in London. He is also a singer and songwriter (with his band The Four Fathers) and a photographer.
In 2013, in recognition of his work on Guantánamo, he was short-listed for the prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism.
In the 13 years Andy has spent working full-time on Guantánamo and related issues (since he began researching his book The Guantánamo Files in 2006, which was published in September 2007), he has worked as a consultant for the United Nations, as the lead writer on a report on secret detention in 2010, and in a follow-up capacity in 2015.
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Andy writes most regularly for this site (which currently receives around three and a half million page views every year, and was archived by the British Library in January 2011), and has published over 3,000 articles here since May 2007. He also writes two or three articles a month for the Close Guantánamo website, and sends out two newsletters a month to those who have signed up to the campaign to close the prison.
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From 2008 to 2013, Andy wrote a weekly column for the Future of Freedom Foundation. In 2011, he was commissioned to write an article, "Guantánamo, Torture and President Obama's Failures," for CounterPunch's anthology, Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion, and in 2009 Dahlia Lithwick included his article, "A History of Music Torture in the 'War on Terror,'" in her anthology for Kaplan, The Best American Legal Writing 2009.
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Andy is also the lead singer and chief songwriter in a band, The Four Fathers, whose debut album 'Love and War' was released in July 2015, and whose second album, 'How Much Is A Life Worth?' was released in November 2017. See the band's Bandcamp page for all their releases, and also check out their latest online single, 'Grenfell', recorded with the acclaimed musician Charlie Hart, who also played accordion on it. All proceeds from the sale of the single go to the Grenfell Foundation charity. Andy wrote the song after the terrible and entirely preventable fire in June 2017 in which over 70 people died, and featured below is a live version, with teenage beatboxer The Wiz-RD, recorded by a German TV crew. In addition, in November 2017, Andy set up the first 'No Social Cleansing' political musical event in Deptford, featuring bands, rappers and spoken word artists, which continued throughout 2018. He fully intends to do more in 2019, so please get in touch if you can help with this.
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Prior to becoming focused on Guantánamo and the "war on terror," Andy also wrote two other books, both still in print: Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion, a history of Britain's counter-culture as focused on Stonehenge, and The Battle of the Beanfield, about Margaret Thatcher's suppression of one particular strand of that counter-culture, the travellers movement, in 1985.
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Q: Asynchronous dispatch in a called method I am trying to complete a long calculation with a determinate progress bar.  This is working fine with the below code.  However, in the method which calls scan, it immediately moves on to scoreWithEquation before scan has finished updating the StoredLibrary object.  I've tried all the different methods for waiting for the dispatch queues to finish, but they all end up hanging the UI.  Do I need to be using a callback?  I've looked into this solution, but I don't understand how to pass all the arguments and return variables back and forth.
-(void) scan{
if (!_sheet){
    [NSBundle loadNibNamed: @"ProgressSheet" owner: self];
}
[NSApp beginSheet: _sheet
   modalForWindow: [[NSApp delegate]window]
    modalDelegate: self
   didEndSelector: NULL
      contextInfo: nil];

[_sheet makeKeyAndOrderFront:self];

[_progressBar setIndeterminate:YES];
[_progressBar setMinValue:0];
[_progressBar startAnimation:self];

__block NSMutableArray *tempTracks = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];

//do stuff

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(0, 0), ^{

        //do stuff
        [_progressBar setDoubleValue:0.f];
        [_progressBar setMaxValue:[listTracks count]];
        [_progressBar setIndeterminate:NO];

        for (iTunesTrack *listTrack in listTracks) {
            //do stuff to tempTracks
            }
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                [_progressBar incrementBy:1];
            });
        }
    }
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [_progressBar setIndeterminate:YES];
        [NSApp endSheet:self.sheet];
        [self.sheet orderOut:self];
        self.listTracks = tempTracks;
    });
});
}

Below is the code which calls scan:
- (IBAction)evaluate:(id)sender {
        if (self.storedLibrary == nil){
            self.storedLibrary = [[StoredLibrary alloc] init];
            [self.storedLibrary scan];
        }
self.tableTracks = [self.storedLibrary scoreWithequation:[_scoringEquation stringValue]
                                               sortOrder:[_sortOrder titleOfSelectedItem]
                                              trackLimit:[_trackLimit integerValue]];
}

I would like to keep scan and scoreWithEquation as separate methods, as they are called elsewhere separately.

A: When you use dispatch_async the block dispatched will not block the current thread, and the execution will continue immediatly.
In your case, when you call scan, you do some stuff and then call dispatch_async to do other stuff. everything in the dispatch block will not be executed in this run loop and  [self.storedLibrary scan] returns so scoreWithequation will be executed immediatly.
If you want to block the current thread (the thread on which the dispatch call is executed) you need to use dispatch_sync.
if you want to execute scoreWithequation after scan, you can create a serial_queue, and dispatch_async both scan and then scoreWithequation to the custom serial_queue. Doing so the execution will not block the current thread, and they will be executed in serie.
check "creating serial dispatch queue" ( http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/General/Conceptual/ConcurrencyProgrammingGuide/OperationQueues/OperationQueues.html )
or retaining a completion block to execute scoreWithequation as a callback is also a possibility.

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Synopsis
Plusieurs femmes sont écrouées pour différentes raisons dans une prison expérimentale de Mexico.

Distribution
 Ana de la Reguera  : Lorena Guerra
 Aída López  : Ana Moreno, dite La Negra, (La Noire)
   : José Burian, le psychiatre de la prison
 Dolores Heredia  : Teresa, la geôlière principale
 Héctor Arredondo : Patrick, le mari de Lorena
   : Federico, un gérant d'Exxo
  : Daniel, un élève universitaire de Teresa
 Marco Treviño  : Santiago Marín, le responsable de Mexico DF
 Dolores Paradis  : Andrea Marín Lagos, la fille de Santiago et de Teresa
 Óscar Olivares : Antonia, transsexuelle en prison
 Cecilia Suárez  : La Bambi
 Cristina Umaña  : Consuelo Ospino, dite La Colombiana, (La Colombienne)
 Mitzi Mabel Cadena : Adela Rosa Chávez
 Adriana Barraza : Silvia Islas
 Miguel Angel Munoz : Héctor Bolaños

 Version française
 Société de doublage : Chinkel
 Direction artistique : Bruno Buidin
 Adaptation des dialogues : Emilie Barbier
 Source VF

Épisodes

Première saison (2008)
 Genèse ()
 Exode ()
 Le Sacrifice ()
 La Douleur d'une mère ()
 Le Fils prodigue ()
 L'Ange déchu ()
 Le Péché capital ()
 Les Innocents paient pour les coupables ()
 Le bon samaritain ()
 Marie-Madeleine (María Magdalena)
 L'Élue ()
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Two African-American men find three tickets to a talent show. Instead of returning the tickets to the person that dropped them, they decided to go to the show accompanied with a female friend. While watching the show, they are entertained by the talented actors, but their shenanigans gets them kicked out of the theater. Inspired by the talent of the actors from the show they were kicked out of, they decided to start their own talent show. But there is a problem...they're not very talented.
A few weeks ago, the Turner Classic Movie channel dedicated an evening to the "Pioneers of African American Cinema" dvd set, including this bizarre little film, which I have to say I enjoyed a lot as it avoided many of the stereotypes of the time, though not all, of course.


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Lawyer;6/20/2005, Vol. 19 Issue 24, p72
Reports on the latest developments concerning lawyers in Great Britain. Exposition of lapses on the Training Framework Review from the Law Society; Impact of recent employee controversies on the law firm Baker & McKenzie; Decision of former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partners Stephen Bennett and Surasak Vajasit to move to Coudert Brothers.
Bilevel partnerships appeal. Quittner, Jeremy // Crain's New York Business;9/27/2004, Vol. 20 Issue 39, p25
This article focuses on the popularity of bilevel partnerships in law. Lawyers generally are known for their lengthy, thoughtful analyses of situations. But the legal profession has moved at record speed in adopting the concept of a two-tier partnership system. Just 15 years ago, a few...
Breaking up is hard to do. Watts, Alan // Lawyer;5/24/2004, Vol. 18 Issue 20, p35
Discusses guidelines for law firms when expelling an unwanted partner in Great Britain. Overview of the Partnership Act 1890; Grounds upon which the court may decree the dissolution of the partnership; Terms of a partnership agreement.
Making Partner. O'Brien, George // BusinessWest;6/13/2005, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p21
Examines the path traveled by associate lawyers towards becoming a law firm partner in Massachusetts. Factors that lengthened the time that allows an associate to become a partner; Compensations and responsibilities of a law firm partner; Factors influencing the legal professions in the area.
Andrew Lee. Guillot, Craig // New Orleans CityBusiness (1994 to 2008);5/1/2006 Supplement, Vol. 26, p43
The article discusses the leadership strategy of Attorney Andrew Lee, partner of the firm Jones Walker in the U.S. During the Hurricane Katrina, Lee voluntarily deals with the storm related cases and currently served as vice president of Operation Home Delivery for an attempt to rebuild the Gulf...
The path to partnership tougher than it used to be. Teems, Yvonne // Buffalo Law Journal;6/23/2005, Vol. 77 Issue 50, p1
Reprints an article on the competition for leadership positions among lawyers in the U.S., which appeared in "The Dayton Business Journal." Effects of the increasing number of lawyers in 2005 on law firms; Reason behind the increase in number of law school graduates; Challenges being faced by...
Covert J. Geary. Branley, Beth // New Orleans CityBusiness (1994 to 2008);5/1/2006 Supplement, Vol. 26, p33
The article profiles Covert J. Geary, partner of the firm Jones Walker in the U.S. Geary concentrates in the commercial litigations wherein he dealt lawsuits for securities fraud and breach of contract. However, Hurricane Katrina instituted challenges to his practice by which he encountered...
UK law firm partnerships ready for non-lawyers post-Clementi. Harris, Joanne // Lawyer;6/13/2005, Vol. 19 Issue 23, p4
The article presents the results of a survey carried out to assess the likelihood of non-lawyer partnerships in some of the biggest law firms in Great Britain. Interviewing with managing partners from 51 of the top 100 firms in England and Wales, the researchers concluded that partnerships in...
What Young Lawyers Need to Know About Communicating with Partners. Patel, Natasha // Woman Advocate;Fall2009, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p5
The article presents tips on helping young lawyers communicate with partners at their firm. It notes the importance of avoiding the use of electronic mail to communicate important matters. The use of an appropriate tone of voice in electronic mails is suggested. The use of personal Facebook or...
City associates say 'no' to partnership carrot. Griffiths, Catrin // Lawyer;1/29/2007, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p1
The article cites a statistical survey which found that almost two-thirds of solicitors top 10 firms are not aiming for partnership in Great Britain. It reveals that there are only 37 percent of lawyers in firms with more than £250 million in turnover who aim for partnership. In addition, the...


This quip comes to mind when considering the developments of the past ten days around Cyprus.
The 16 March 2013 'Troika' agreement on Cyprus's rescue was a policy blunder that will cost the EU dearly. The deal – backed by most European leaders and institutions at the time, as well as by the IMF – called for a tax on all holders of bank deposits in Cyprus, no matter how small (in the form of a possibly unfavourable cash-for-equity swap).
The sequence that led to this 'Saturday-morning plan' is well known. Negotiations on a possible bailout by the EU had been seen as inevitable as early as mid-2012.
Greece's debt restructuring hit Cypriot banks hard, raising doubts about the Cypriot government's own solvency.
Discussions were frozen until the Cypriot general election last month.
This delay brought the negotiations within sight of the German election cycle, thus constraining Eurogroup's latitude (Germany is the group's central actor).
Driven by German domestic politics, forcing losses on large (read: Russian-linked) Cypriot deposits became an indispensable component of the package for European negotiators.
To the surprise of many, Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades, suggested adding a hit to small depositors as well.
According to some reports, he wanted to limit the losses imposed on large depositors in order to preserve the island's future as an international financial centre. All negotiators seem to have accepted this offer before realising, too late, how damaging it might be to trust in the safety of bank deposits well beyond Cyprus.
While there is no 'silver bullet' solution, some of the Saturday morning plan's flaws were avoidable, as the much more sensible revised plan adopted on 24 March illustrates.
First, the plan disregarded the lessons of financial history about the high importance of deposit safety. This is particularly important for middle-class households (which is why there usually is an upper limit for explicit deposit insurance, harmonised at €100,000 in the EU since 2009).
Based on the experience of the early 1930s, it is virtually undisputed in the US that a breach of deposit insurance will primarily hurt the 'little guys'.
Sheila Bair, the respected former Chairman of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has expressed this view with reference to Cyprus (Hobson, 2013). Similar lessons arise from the record of many recent emerging-market crises.
Even if, as alleged, it was Cyprus's own president who recommended hurting small depositors, European negotiators were not justified in going along.
After all, in November 2010 the Troika did a similar thing with Ireland.
The EU, ECB and the IMF rebuffed Irish authorities' proposal to 'burn' the holders of senior unsecured debt in failed banks. The refusal was aimed at preventing damaging contagion in the rest of Europe.
A similar argument was more straightforward and sensible for Cyprus than it had been for Ireland, and should have led them to oppose Mr Anastasiades' proposal from the outset.
Second, the festival of finger-pointing in Brussels and across Europe during most of last week demonstrated that the negotiators had not thought of any 'plan B'. They didn't think ahead on the possibility that the Cypriot parliament would reject this Saturday morning plan, as it did spectacularly with no single vote in favour at the beginning of the week.
Third, the Saturday morning plan raised profound questions about the democratic nature of EU decision-making.
The problem is not that hard measures were to be imposed on the Cypriot population.
A loss of autonomy was, alas, inevitable given Cyprus' inability to meet its commitments; Mr Anastasiades acknowledged as much in his public statement on the 16 March package. Moreover, Cyprus has earned no sympathy by rejecting the UN plan for the island's reunification ahead of its entry into the EU in 2004, and for harbouring Russian and Russian-linked financial activities widely presumed to be connected with money laundering.
The problem lies in the extent to which the European crisis management appears to be increasingly held hostage by German electoral politics.
This dynamic is not new. It has, however, reached new heights as Chancellor Angela Merkel's main opposition, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), identified Cyprus earlier this year as a 'wedge issue' on which it could challenge her.
The SPD calculation was to paint Chancellor Merkel as too lenient with shady Russian oligarchs and their 'black money' in Cypriot banks; they assumed she could not respond for fear of destabilising Europe.
In effect, Merkel called their bluff by risking the Eurozone's first bank run.
No wonder placards on Nicosia's streets carry slogans such as "Europe is for its people and not for Germany," or that Athanasios Orphanides, until recently the governor of the Cypriot central bank and a member of the ECB's Governing Council, complains that "some European governments are essentially taking actions that are telling citizens of other member states that they are not equal under the law" (Weisenthal, 2013).
The Saturday morning decision-making process on 16 March left an impression of incompetence and groupthink.
This taints all of the actors: the Eurozone finance ministers, the EC, the ECB, and the IMF.
The Eurozone's sense of purpose has suffered.
The reputational gains from last year's commitment to banking union and delivery on the first step (Single Supervisory Mechanism) have been battered. So has the aura of statesmanship and control developed by Merkel and the ECB.
Possibly the most damaging aspect is the erosion of trust of middle-class Eurozone households in the safety of their banking system.
Even though the deposit tax was partly reversed in the latest iteration, households will remember that it was proposed. In future crisis episodes, households are likely to behave in a more destabilising way, unless Europe's deposit insurance arrangements are profoundly reformed.
There is an apt parallel with the Deauville declaration by Merkel and former French president Nicolas Sarkozy endorsing losses for Greek sovereign-bond holders in October 2010. This started an 18-month cycle of increasingly negative market expectations throughout Europe (Neuger 2013 and Ubide 2013).
Now that the seal on deposit safety has been broken, depositors will do their best to avoid additional taxation or expropriation in a few weeks' or months' time, no matter how many promises are made that this is a unique and once-and-for-all occurrence.
Cypriot authorities had no choice but to address this with a mix of capital controls and deposit freezes.
But 'financial repression' can only last for a limited period of time given the freedoms guaranteed by the EU Treaties. The plan of 24 March is much better than that of 16 March, but it remains to be seen what financial dynamics it is going to trigger.
Assuming that the current situation remains broadly under control, longer-term questions beckon.
First, Cyprus casts the Eurozone banking union in a new and starker light. Since mid-2012, the EZ policy consensus pretended that the question of supranational deposit insurance was important but not urgent, so it should be left out of the explicit banking union agenda (Veron and Wolff 2013).
The notion that EZ-wide deposit insurance is an essential element of the euro's institutional architecture is back to the fore after the Cypriot experience.
the effectiveness of its crisis management.
These two challenges are more tightly connected than many observers realised (Veron 2012). A first step might be to recognize the 16 March plan as a mistake, and to have an honest debate about how it could have been avoided.
Hobson, J (2013), "Sheila Bair: Cyprus deposit tax unlawful, destabilizing", Marketplace Morning Report, 19 March.
Neuger, J (2013), "Deauville Zombie Strikes as Cyprus Tax Inflames Crisis" Bloomberg News, 19 March.
Ubide, A (2013), "Reengineering EMU for an Uncertain World", Peterson Institute Policy Brief 13-4, February.
Véron, N (2012), "The Political Redefinition of Europe", speech at the Swedish Financial Markets Committee (FMK) Conference, Stockholm, 8 June.
Véron, N and G Wolff (2013), "From Supervision to Resolution: Next Steps on the Road to European Banking Union" Policy Brief 13-5, February.
Weisenthal, J (2013), "Former Cyprus Central Banker Goes Off On The EU And Says The European Project Is Dying" Business Insider, 19 March.
1 Mussa who worked at the Peterson Institute for many years was a former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). His quip was about some episodes of the late-1990s Asian financial turmoil.


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Catherine Blandford competed in the 800m at the Surrey Schools Athletic Championships on 9th June. She came 4th in her heat and achieved a massive new PB of 2.33.78. Her previous best was 2.37.50.
Georgia Russell won the shot in a new Championship record (since 1976!) of 11.93m. She's competing for Surrey next weekend. She has also been selected to represent Surrey at the English Schools in Birmingham on Friday 13th July and Saturday 14th July this is an amazing achievement.
Great results for our students at these championships.
Congratulations to all those who represented Thamesmead.
Sports News Update – 16th July 2018
It was a very hot and exciting weekend at the English Schools Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
Georgia Russell came 4th in the Under15 Girls Shot which is an amazing achievement. Congratulations to her!


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St Magnus Cathedral is in many ways the hub of community life within Kirkwall and Orkney. It is the focal point for many civic services, such as Remembrance Sunday, School Carol Services, Arts and Science Festival services and many others.
In 2016 there was a service to commemorate the battle of Jutland which was attended by HRH Princess Anne and the president of Germany and which was televised worldwide. The congregation is very aware of its responsibility to ensure that the people of Orkney, to whom the Cathedral belongs, have opportunities to make use of the building in as wide a variety of ways as possible.
The Cathedral, with its amazing acoustics, is a very popular venue for musical concerts and recitals, recordings, lectures and drama productions. It is a major venue for the world renowned St Magnus Arts Festival, held around midsummer. Bookings for such events may be made by contacting the custodian.
Tours of the upper parts of the Cathedral are available through the Custodian service.
During the summer months the Cathedral welcomes many tourists and visitors. We strive to provide a space for quiet reflection with our Votive Candles available for people to light and take time to meditate.
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Q: Difference between Console.Read() and Console.ReadLine()? I'm new to this field and I'm very confused: what is the real difference between Console.Read() and Console.ReadLine()?

A: Console.Read() reads just a single character, while Console.ReadLine() reads all characters until the end of line.

A: MSDN is actually pretty clear on this one.

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*Console.Read: Reads the next character from the standard input stream.

*Console.ReadLine: Reads the next line of characters from the standard input stream.

A: Console.Read() reads only the next character from standard input,
and Console.ReadLine() reads the next line of characters from the standard input stream.
Standard input in case of Console Application is input from the user typed words in console UI of your application. Try to create it by Visual studio, and see by yourself.

A: The basic difference is:
int i = Console.Read();
Console.WriteLine(i);

paste  above code and give input 'c', and the output will be 99.
That is Console.Read give int value but that value will be the ASCII value of that..
On the other side..
string s = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(s);

It gives the string as it is given in the input stream.

A: Console.Read() reads a single key, where Console.Readline() waits for the Enter key.

A: Console.Read() basically reads a character so if you are on a console and you press a key then the console will close, meanwhile Console.Readline() will read the whole string.

A: These are the methods of system.console

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*ReadKey() (returns a character): reads only one single character from the standard input stream or command line. Usually used when you're giving options to the user in the console to select from, such as select A, B or C.
Another prominent example, Press Y or n to continue.

*ReadLine() (returns a string): or Console.Readline() reads a single line from the standard input stream or the command line. As an example, it can be used to ask the user enter their name or age. It reads all the character till we press enter.

*Read() (returns an int): or Console.Read() reads only one single character from the
standard input stream. Similar to ReadKey except that it returns an
integer. It returns the next character from the input stream, or returns (-1) if there is no more character to be read.

(There are more system.console methods like write() and writeline() as well which are used to write in command line, behaving similarly as read() and readline() methods)
This was clearly described with examples in the MSDN documentation (links are included above).

A: Console.Read()

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*It only accepts a single character from user input and returns its ASCII Code.

*The data type should be int. because it returns an integer value as ASCII.

*ex ->  int value = Console.Read();
Console.ReadLine()

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*It read all the characters from user input. (and finish when press enter).

*It returns a String so data type should be String.

*ex ->  string value = Console.ReadLine();
Console.ReadKey()

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*It read that which key is pressed by the user and returns its name. it does not require to press enter key before entering.

*It is a Struct Data type which is ConsoleKeyInfo.

*ex ->  ConsoleKeyInfo key = Console.ReadKey();

A: The difference of Read(),ReadLine() and Readkey() method are given below:
Read():This is static method in Console class:
int i = Console.Read();//it always return int value.
Console.WriteLine(i);

paste above code and give input '1', and the output will be 49. That is Console.Read give int value but that value will be the ASCII value of that.
ReadLine():
string s= Console.ReadLine();//it always return string value.
Console.WriteLine(s);

It gives the string as it is given in the input stream.
ReadKey(): this method is used to hold the output screen.when any key is press.
Read() and ReadLine() is used the enter key for exit.

A: Difference between Read(), Readline() and ReadKey() in C#:

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*Read() - Accept the string value and return the string value.

*Readline() - Accept the string and return Integer.

*ReadKey() - Accept the character and return Character.

Summary:

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*These three methods are mainly used in Console application and these are used for returning different values.

*If we use Read line or Read(), we need press Enter to come back to code.

*If we using Read key(), we can press any key to come back code in application.

A: Console.Read()

=> reads only one character from the standard input
Console.ReadLine()

=> reads all characters in the line from the standard input

A: Console.Read() is used to read next charater from the standard input stream.
When we want to read only the single character then use Console.Read().
Console.ReadLine() is used to read aline of characters from the standard input stream.
when we want to read a line of characters use Console.ReadLine().


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Nadi Nare Jao ShyamFrom "Mujhe Jeene Do"
— Asha Bhosle, Jaidev, Mohd. Rafi, Chorus, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote, Anwar Hussain
Raat Bhi Hai Kuchh Bheegi BheegiFrom "Mujhe Jeene Do"
— Jaidev, Mohd. Rafi, Chorus, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sahir Ludhianvi, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote
Mang Mein Bhar Le Rang Sakhi Re
— Jaidev, Mohd. Rafi, Chorus, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sahir Ludhianvi, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote
Mohe Na Yun Ghoor Ghoor Ke Dekho
Moko Pihar Mein Mat Chhed Re
— Jaidev, Mohd. Rafi, Chorus, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote, Anwar Hussain
Tere Bachpan Ko Jawani Ki Dua
— Sahir Ludhianvi, Jaidev, Mohd. Rafi, Chorus, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote
Ab Koi Gulshan Na UjdeFrom "Mujhe Jeene Do"
— Jaidev, Mohd. Rafi, Chorus, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Sahir Ludhianvi, Mujhe Jeene Do, Nirupa Roy


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With over 60-years of experience at the cutting edge of garden and leisure retailing, Van Hage remains at the forefront of the horticulture industry. Theadora Warmerdam, one of the founders of Van Hage, was evacuated from the Netherlands to England in 1940, the eldest of six children. When her father died in 1948, Theadora took over the running of the business, aged just 20. Cornelius Van Hage was a young entrepreneur exporting bulbs from Holland to the UK - they met and married in 1953, and in the same year opened a nursery on a run down pig farm at Spitalbrook in Broxbourne, a mile and a half away from the present site at Gt. Amwell. By 1968, Mr and Mrs Van Hage saw the opportunity to create a garden centre with a difference, and they bought the famous rose nursery of Chaplin Brothers at Gt. Amwell. This was formally opened by Percy Thrower, the top national gardening celebrity of the 1970's, and one of the many celebrities who frequented the site over the coming years.
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The business has continued to grow into one of the largest garden and leisure retailers in the UK. In 1996 Van Hage purchased a second garden centre, Chenies, in Amersham; and in 2010, opened a brand-new garden centre at the heart of PE1 Retail Park, Peterborough. We have a team of friendly and knowledgeable staff who look forward to introducing you to the exciting range of plants and lifestyle products available at each of our three garden centres which offer a number of exciting attractions to make Van Hage a great place for a day out at any time of the year.
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Enjoy an inspiring and enjoyable day out, filled with shopping, dinning and access to many of our on site attractions. Perfect for the whole family.
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202 Hostel
11.53 mi from New Jersey Dental School
202 9th Street,Brooklyn,NY
202 Hostel is located in Brooklyn, just 220 metres from the 4th Avenue and 9th Street Metro Station, offering access to the F,G and R trains on the New York City Subway. Free WiFi access is available. Each room here will provide you with air conditioning. At 202 Hostel you will find a garden that can be used for barbeques and other outdoor events. Other facilities offered at the property include a shared lounge. Guests can walk to Park Slope, just 200 metres away, for dining and shopping. The DUMBO neighbourhood, famous for its art galleries, is 10 minutes` metro ride away, while Manhattan is 15 minutes by metro. The hostel is 1.8 km from Barclays Center, 10.8 km from Coney Island and 1.1 km from Bond St Gallery. JFK International Airport is 20 km away. more...
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3014 Brighton 8th Street,Brooklyn,NY
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Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, Brighton Beach Guesthouse offers accommodation in Brooklyn. You will find a coffee machine in the room. You will find a shared kitchen at the property. The guest house also offers bike hire. Coney Island is 1.4 km from Brighton Beach Guesthouse, while Barclays Center is 12 km away. John F. Kennedy International Airport is 17 km from the property. more...
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1564 Prospect Place,Brooklyn,NY
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Featuring a bar and a restaurant, this hostel is located in Brooklyn. WiFi access is available in the rooms free of charge and guests can use the on-site laundry facilities. Each dormitory room at Brooklyn Hostel – Prospect Place offers a balcony with city view and a TV. Guests are also provided with a full kitchen and a seating area with sofa. The shared bathroom includes free toiletries. A shared lounge is available at the Prospect Place Brooklyn Hostel. A bicycle rental and airport shuttle services are provided as well. more...
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Featuring an on-site restaurant and a shared kitchen, Brooklyn Hostel – Utica Avenue is located in Brooklyn. Free WiFi access is available. The Brooklyn Museum is 4.5 km away. The dormitory rooms feature access to a shared bathroom. Air conditioning is also provided. City views can be enjoyed from the rooms. The Utica Avenue Brooklyn Hostel has a lounge where guests can mingle. An array of activities can be enjoyed in the surroundings, including cycling. The Barclays Center is 4.9 km from the hostel. Manhattan is 20 minutes' subway journey. more...
Lafayette Gallery Guesthouse
Lafayette Avenue and Lewis Avenue,Brooklyn,NY
Hotel with Free Parking
Hostel Near Manhattan is located in Brooklyn. Free WiFi access is available. Each room here will provide you with air conditioning. Extras include a barbecue, bed linen and video games. At Hostel Near Manhattan you will find a shared kitchen. Other facilities offered at the property include a shared lounge and a games room. The property offers free parking. The hostel is 3.6 km from Barclays Center, 13.6 km from Coney Island and 3.2 km from Forest Avenue. Newark Liberty International Airport is 21 km away. more...
Courtyard by Marriott Newark Downtown
1.04 mi from New Jersey Dental School
858 Broad Street ,Newark,NJ
With its central location, plus a high-tech, contemporary lobby and an on-site restaurant and lounge, the non-smoking Courtyard by Marriott Newark Downtown provides guests with comfortable digs just one half-mile from the Prudential Center. The six-story hotel has 150 non-smoking rooms that feature complimentary internet access, mini-fridges and flat-panel TVs with premium cable and HBO. The hotel`s lobby invites guests to relax, work or socialize in an open-space living room that also doubles as a cafe, serving breakfast, dinner, Starbucks coffee and cocktails. Pack your sneakers for the exercise room. A touch-screen information panel gives guests driving directions and tips about area restaurants. Additional hotel amenities include complimentary shuttle service to Newark Liberty International Airport, plus meeting space, a business center and a coin laundry. There is an extra charge for parking, available off-site only. The Courtyard is in downtown Newark, a half-mile from the Prudential Center, Rutgers University, Riverfront Stadium and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. It`s less than one mile to Penn Station, which offers transportation to New York City. It`s within four miles of Newark Liberty International Airport. more...
TRYP by Wyndham Newark Downtown
24 East Park Street,Newark,NJ
Attractively set in the Downtown Newark district of Newark, TRYP by Wyndham Newark Downtown is located an 8-minute walk from Prudential Center, 0.6 miles from New Jersey Performing Arts Center and a 3-minute walk from The New Jersey Historical Society. Among the facilities of this property are a restaurant, a 24-hour front desk and free shuttle service, along with free WiFi. Private parking can be arranged at an extra charge. At the hotel, rooms include a closet. Complete with a private bathroom equipped with a hairdryer, the rooms at TRYP by Wyndham Newark Downtown have a TV and air conditioning, and certain rooms have a seating area. Guests at the accommodation can enjoy a buffet breakfast. Popular points of interest near TRYP by Wyndham Newark Downtown include Alumni Field, Newark Public Library and Newark City Hall. The nearest airport is Newark Liberty International Airport, 5 miles from the hotel. more...
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Three Activists Slain, Rights Group Urges Aquino to Stop Killings
Ronalyn V. Olea March 2, 2011 5 Comments Karapatan, Oplan Bantay Laya, oplan bayanihan, Rodel Estrellado
According to Karapatan, there are 37 victims of extrajudicial killings under the Aquino government, at an alarming rate of one victim per week. "As the Aquino government talks peace, his troops are once again on a killing spree," Karapatan spokesman Roneo Clamor said.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Three activists were murdered in just one week, human-rights group Karapatan reported.
Rodel Estrellado, 34, a member of partylist group Bayan Muna, was allegedly abducted by four men posing as agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on February 25 around 9:00 a.m., while he was walking home in village 3 in Malilipot, Albay.
According to Vince Casilihan, Karapatan-Bicol regional coordinator, Estrellado was forced to board a grey car with plate number MXN 902. Later, officers of the PDEA denied that they carried out such an operation. Two days later, Estrallado's body was recovered by his family from a funeral parlor in Camarines Sur.
Abducted and slain Bayan Muna member Rodel Estrellado. (Photos courtesy of Karapatan / bulatlat.com)
Meanwhile, in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, Rudy Yalon-Dejos, 50, and his son Rody Rick, 26, were found dead with gunshot and stab wounds inside their house on February 27. The older Dejos was the B'laan tribal chief and leader of the Zone-1 Farmers Association (Zofa), a local chapter of the Kilusang Magbubuid ng Pilipinas (KMP). According to Karapatan, the Dejos family had been repeatedly harassed by soldiers of the 39th Infantry Battalion of Philippine Army and members of the Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) since June last year.
According to Karapatan, Rudy's wife, Mercy returned home from the market at around 4:00 p.m. that day when she found her husband and son bathed in blood. The bodies bore gunshot and stab wounds. There were also bruises and the hands and nails of the victims were smashed.
Both father and son had been interrogated by the soldiers and paramilitary members in separate incidents. They were tagged as supporters of the New People's Army (NPA), armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
"These are despicable crimes that should be denounced by our people and the international community. As the Aquino government talks peace, his troops are once again on a killing spree," Karapatan spokesman Roneo Clamor said in a statement.
According to Karapatan, there have been 37 victims of extrajudicial killings under the Aquino government. In a phone interview, Clamor said there has been one victim of extrajudicial killing per week. Clamor said the number includes victims of two massacres in Bicol and one massacre in Southern Tagalog.
Clamor said the new Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) "Bayanihan" of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is no different from the Oplan Bantay Laya implemented during the Arroyo regime, which killed 1,206 in nine years.
"Aquino seems to be all talk and no action in ordering state security forces to stop the killings. If Aquino really wants peace, he should stop the killings," Clamor said.
Cover Up?
In a separate statement sent through email, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced alleged efforts by the AFP to cover up the killing of Estrellado.
The CPP said Maj. Harold Cabunoc, spokesman of the 9th Infantry Division, claimed that Estrellado was a New People's Army (NPA) fighter supposedly killed in an encounter in village Bulwang, Bato, Camarines Sur.
"Perhaps inadvertently, the AFP disinformation officers got the dates and times wrong when they claimed that the encounter where Estrellado was supposed killed happened at 6:30 am of February 25," said the CPP. "How could it be that Estrallado got killed in an encounter in Camarines Sur at least two hours before he was abducted by armed elements in Albay."
The CPP said it is not the first time that the AFP "has weaved completely false tales to cover up their crimes." "The military has been feeding false information to the public about so many other cases involving violations of human rights and other fascist crimes," the CPP said, citing as an example the killing of botanist Leonardo Co and two others in November 2010.
The military claimed that Co and company were caught in a crossfire in the supposed encounter between the AFP and an NPA unit. Witnesses and the local police however refuted the military's claim.
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Through the Eyes of Black Women: Intersectionality, Sexual Violence, and Reproductive Rights
Mellon Scholars Intern, MaDeja Leverett
My name is MaDeja Leverett and I'm a native of Ninety Six, South Carolina. I am an alumna of North Carolina Central University, where I received a BA in Political Science with a minor in Spanish. My interest in history heightened and evolved during my early years of undergraduate studies. Over the course of four years, I became extremely interested in Black women's history and life experiences due to anti-Black racism and sexism. I realized that the history of enslaved Black women and girls was and still is neglected, and their stories were silenced.
I applied to the Mellon Scholars Internship Program because of the recommendation of Dr. Tony Frazier, my former history professor, who believed I would benefit from the program. After receiving his recommendation, I did my own research concerning the program and the history of The Library Company of Philadelphia. Based on the available resources at The Library Company, I knew this program would allow me to further my research interests and develop more skills needed to pursue graduate studies. I am honored to have the opportunity to access the collections here from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
After completing my internship, I will fulfill my year-long commitment as a City Year AmeriCorps member. By serving as a member, I will build strong, "near-peer" relationships with students and provide them with academic and social-emotional support. Once I am finished with City Year, I will apply to graduate programs to pursue a Ph.D. in history with a focus in Black studies and/or women and gender studies. My plan is to teach and educate students at the collegiate level. While at The Library Company, I have become quite interested in museum studies as well.
My independent research project examines the experiences of enslaved Black women and girls from the mid-1700s to the early 1870s. I focused on the intersections of race and gender; the rape and sexual violence of their bodies which led to the expectations of reproductive labor; and a culture of dissemblance because of the inhumane realities they were subjected to. By examining the narratives of several enslaved women that include a discussion of Black girlhood, I will analyze the real-life experiences of Black women and girls during enslavement and the major impact it had on their humanity.
I am so thankful for The Library Company of Philadelphia, Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, Jasmine Smith, and all the amazing staff for this research experience.
Mellon Scholars Intern
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Entomology Information Page
History of the Entomology Department
Insect Collection Database
All major taxonomic groups are well represented in the collection, but several areas of particular merit further description.
1. Embiidina. Collection holdings (mainly the E.S. Ross collection) for this order are the largest and most diverse in the world, with about 1,000 species represented (including at least 90% of described species, most represented by topotypic material and many by primary types, and hundreds of undescribed species). The collection includes about 500,000 specimens.
2. Thysanoptera. Principal holdings include the important D. Moulton collection, which contains about 25,000 slide mounted specimens, including hundreds of primary types, and another 10,000 specimens in alcohol.
3. Hemiptera/Homoptera. The main component of our holdings for this group is the E.P. Van Duzee collection, which alone includes 164,442 specimens. Representation is particularly strong for Pentatomidae (more than 23,000 specimens representing about 1,150 taxa) and Miridae (about 32,000 specimens representing more than 1,500 species). The I. La Rivers collection of Naucoridae is also an internationally important taxonomic resource.
4. Coleoptera. Holdings for beetles in general are very rich, representing about 35% of the entire collection. Particular strengths include: Carabidae (more than 250,000 specimens, especially the Kavanaugh and E.C. Van Dyke collections); Hydradephaga and Hydrophilidae (about 160,000 specimens, mainly from the H.B. Leech collection); Scarabaeidae (about 200,000 specimens, including the L.W. Saylor (ca. 40,000 specimens), Alan Hardy, and E.R. Leach collections); Staphylinidae (more than 150,000 specimens, including the important A. Fenyes collection; Cantharoidea, especially the J.W. Green and K.M. Fender collections; Nitidulidae, especially the L.R. Gillogly collection (more than 25,000 specimens); Coccinellidae (about 65,000 specimens, including the W.H. Nutting, Jr. collection); Melyridae (about 30,000 specimens, especially the F.E. Blaisdell collection); Tenebrionidae (more than 180,000 specimens, especially the F.E. Blaisdell collection); Cerambycidae (more than 120,000 specimens); Chrysomelidae (more than 140,000 specimens)p and Curculionoidea (more than 125,000 specimens, including extensive material from J.L. Gressitt, 100,000 from Elbert L. Sleeper). Major additions to the general coleopteran holdings in past years include significant parts of or the entire collections of O. Bryant (180,000 specimens), J.L. Gressitt (125,000 specimens), F.C. Hadden (200,000 specimens, R. Hopping (97,000 specimens), A. Koebele (100,000 specimens[beetle portion only]), and E.C. Van Dyke (about 280,000 specimens).
5. Hymenoptera. Representation of this order is particularly strong for the Aculeata, especially the Sphecidae. Identified holdings for that family include representatives of at least 3,900 described species (roughly 41% of the known fauna worldwide) and hundreds of additional, undescribed species.
6. Diptera. Holdings represent the second largest component of the collection. Most significant holdings include: Tabanidae (about 34,000 specimens, including more than 17,000 specimens from the C.B. Philip collection, representing more than 1,7000 species-group taxa [a publication is available on general collection holdings of Tabanidae]); Asilidae (more than 42,000 specimens, including nearly 27,500 specimens from the J. Wilcox collection, representing more than 950 Nearctic species alone); Platypezidae (more than 12,000 specimens, mainly from the E.L. Kessel collection); and Apioceridae (about 3,500 specimens).
7. Lepidoptera. Over 650,000 specimens representing nearly 100 families from global collections. Important California microlepidoptera holdings from Hartford H. Keifer, skipper collections from C. Don MacNeill, and other contributions from Albert Koebele, James W. Tilden, Thomas W. Davies, Paul R. Ehrlich, and Noel LaDue.
8. Trichoptera. Significant caddisfly holdings include the collection of D.G. Denning (about 28,000 specimens, mainly from western North America).
The Department was established in 1862 with the appointment of Hans Hermann Behr as Curator, a position he held for 24 years (1862-67, 1882-86, 1892-1904). In the intervening years through 1904, the following entomologists served as curators for varied periods: E. S. Clark, Georg W. Dunn, Henry Edwards, Charles Fuchs, and Richard H. Stretch. Since 1905, the curatorial staff has included: Edwin C. Van Dyke (1905-1952), Charles Fuchs (1912-1914), Edward P. Van Duzee (1916-1940), Edward S. Ross (1939-1980; Chairman 1941-68), Edward L. Kessel (1945-1959), Hugh B. Leech (1947-1975), Paul H. Arnaud, Jr. (1959-present; Chairman 1968-1978, 1988-1990, Acting Chairman Jan - June 1994).
Today there are three full time curators in Entomology, including Brian L. Fisher (2000-present; Chairman 2004-2007), Michelle Trautwein (2014-present), and Lauren Esposito (2015-present). Our currently active emeriti include David H. Kavanaugh (1974-2014; Chairman 1979-1983, 1990-1992, 1996-1998); Wojciech J. Pulawski (1983-2011; Chairman 1983-1987, 1992-1993, 1998 - 2001, 2007- to 2011); and Charles E. Griswold (1992-2014; Chairman July 1994 - July 1996; 2001-2004).
Norm Penny served as the first collection manager of the department starting in 1984, until his retirement in 2016. Chris Grinter is the second collection manager taking over in 2017-present.
Other entomologists were full-time, part-time, or temporary employees during the last 60 years, and among these are: Frank R.Cole, J. Wagener Green, Hartford H. Keifer, J. O. Martin, C. Don MacNeill, Thomas J. Zavortink, David C. Rentz, Robert X. Schick, and Robert L. Usinger. Notable individuals who have helped the Department extensively as volunteers in past years include Frank E. Blaisdell, Sr., Francis X. Williams, Rev. Edward Guedet, J.Linsley Gressitt, Edwin R. Leach, and E. Gorton Linsley.
The first insects and arachnids for the Academy's collection were received in 1854. By 1900, the collection had grown to about 50,000 specimens (including types of 350 species) through donations and Academy expeditions. The fire which followed the 1906 earthquake destroyed most of it, but the types of 264 Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera species were saved. The Academy had sponsored an expedition to the Galapagos Islands in early 1905, with F. X. Williams as expedition entomologist. When the earthquake struck, the expedition had not yet returned to San Francisco. Thus, the specimens saved from the fire and others collected by Williams and other expedition members served as the nucleus of the Academy's new collection. The 4,000 insects collected by Williams served as the basis of the study of Galapagos entomofauna for the following 50 years. Subsequent growth of the collection from its low point in 1906 to its present size and condition is discussed below, under Description of the Collection.
In July 2004, the Academy moved to its temporary location in the South of Market District of San Francisco. The new Academy reopened in Golden Gate Park in September, 2008.
Thanks to generous support from the National Science Foundation, Department of Entomology has inventoried and databased our entire pinned insect collection. This species-level database includes data on 6,297,638 specimens representing 147,693 taxa. It does not include information on groups of arthropods normally kept in alcohol with the exception of the Trichoptera (caddis-flies) and Embiidina (web-spinners). It also does not include information on specimens out on loan (more than 900,000 specimens), and the approximately 3 million specimens gathered as part of the Madagascar Arthropod Biodiversity Project.
This database includes a considerable amount of geographical information. The number of specimens was recorded for all species and subspecies for each country. Additionally, the number of specimens was recorded for each state of North America (Canada, U.S.A., and Mexico) and each island group of Indonesia and the Galapagos Archipelago. Finally, the number of specimens was recorded for each county of California. For China, provinces were divided between Palearctic and Oriental Regions. For Indonesia, islands were divided between Oriental and Australian Regions. For Mexico, states were divided between Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. Florida was considered entirely Nearctic, and Japan was considered to be entirely Palearctic.
We currently have complete, specimen-level, databased records for 170,000 California specimens.
These databases and all images within them are owned and copyrighted by the California Academy of Sciences, ©2009, or licensed to it. The data and images may be used freely by individuals and organizations for purposes of basic research, education and conservation. These data and images may not be used for commercial or for-profit purposes without the express written consent of the California Academy of Sciences, and may not be repackaged, resold, or redistributed in any form.
Use of the data or images in publications, dissertations and theses, or other scientific reports, should be accompanied by an acknowledgement of the Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, as the source for the information. Please provide the Department with separates of articles resulting from the use of these data or images. This helps us to document the use of specimens as "vouchers" in the literature. It also helps us to justify continued funding for the collections so that these resources remain available into the future.
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1. provide requested materials, if available , as promptly as possible;
2. package requested materials so as to insure their prompt and safe shipment and receipt; and
3. cover the cost for shipment of requested materials to the borrower.
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1. sign and return all loan invoices to the Lender immediately following receipt of materials;
2. use the CAS Collection (CASENT) labels sent with loans to tag all specimens(except those already so labeled) upon their receipt (these labels to be left with each specimen upon return);
3. maintain borrowed materials in a secure and pest-free environment at all times;
4. obtain specific and prior written permission from the Lender for any dissection or other treatment of materials which will permanently alter their integrity, manner of permanent storage, or future usefulness;
5. forward no part of the loaned material to a third or subsequent party without written permission of the Lender;
6. inform the Lender of any change of address and/or location of the material borrowed and obtain prior written permission from the Lender for relocation of the material;
7. return all materials to the Lender on or before the original or formally renewed loan due date;
8. make written request for renewal of each loan prior to the due date of the loan;
9. place an identification label (printed or clearly written) on each individual pinned specimen, vial, or slide mount before return (exceptions possible only by special arrangement with the Lender);
10. return all specimens received to the Lender, including those duplicate specimens which the borrower may wish to retain (the latter to be labeled and thereby identified for consideration by the Lender, who will evaluate each request and return the requested specimens if appropriate. Exceptions only by special arrangement);
11. return all derivative products of the borrowed material including but not limited to data, sequences, alloquats, dissections, and photographs;
12. arrange all materials returned in a manner which will facilitate their re incorporation into the Lender's collection;
13. return materials in the same or similar pinning boxes (e.g. Schmitt boxes, etc.) as those received from the Lender;
14. assure that all specimens are properly and safely packaged for return shipment;
15. cover the cost for return, in the appropriate manner, of all loaned materials to the Lender;
16. return all primary type specimens by REGISTERED AIRMAIL; and
17. provide the Lender with reprint(s) of papers based wholly or in part on study of CAS specimens as soon as available.


On my recent Carnival cruise, one of our destinations was San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was my first time ever visiting Puerto Rico and I was pretty excited to spend a whole day exploring this historic city.
While there were several fun excursions offered, my friend, Suzie, and I were most interested in trying out a few restaurants that had been recommended to us by friends on Facebook and Twitter. We used Carnival's wifi to download a map and a self-guided walking tour of San Juan and we also asked our friends on Twitter and Facebook for recommendations about what to see and do. All those great suggestions on social media helped us put together a fun day full of delicious foods, scenic sites, and a bit of shopping.
The first thing on our agenda was coffee at Cafe Cuatro Sombras, recommended by my friend Julie who used to live in San Juan. She knows I'm a big fan of great coffee, and this lovely place makes delightful artisan coffee drinks with beans grown and roasted right on the island.
Walking into the cafe, just the sharp, nutty scent of freshly roasted coffee was enough to wake us up even before taking our first sip. They have a microroaster in the center of the room and the relaxed farm-to-table vibe was the perfect place to start our morning. We enjoyed a couple of cappuccinos and snacked on some guava sticks, a tangy cookie that's sort of like shortbread, but made with guava.
After coffee, we began our walking tour through the cobblestone streets and colorful historic architecture of Old San Juan. I had no idea that this quaint city had such a European feel to it, enhanced by it's own vibrant Caribbean charm.
One of our first scenic sites was Parque de las Palomas, also known as "pigeon park." This was the original main square for the city and is now a place where locals gather to relax with the morning paper, walk their dogs, or share an ice cream from one of the nearby street vendors.
Close to Parque de las Palomas is a restaurant called La Barrachina, where we headed for lunch. We had received countless comments on social media about visiting this famous place, known for inventing the pina colada, so it was definitely on our must-see list.
Their specialty is Puerto Rican cuisine, so we ordered a sampler plate called Puerto Rican Delights to taste a bit of everything including surtidos de frituras (turnovers), sorullitos de maiz (corn fritters), and pastelillos de carne y pollo (croquettes stuffed with beef and chicken). And, of course, we had to taste one of their legendary pina coladas.
We also shared a side plate of fried plantains, which are very similar to bananas. There are two kinds that we ordered, tostones and maduros. Tostones are unripened plantains that are smashed to make a sort of chip and then pan fried. They taste sort of like potatoes and are typically served with a garlic sauce or a creamy dip made of ketchup and mayonnaise. Maduros are ripe plantains that are also pan-fried and taste similar to sweet sautéed bananas. The big difference between the two is one is savory, and one is sweet. Definitely give them both a try!
For dessert, we split a coconut flan (a sort of egg custard) and tres leches cake (a creamy cake), and two more cups of coffee (I can never get enough coffee).
Toward the end, there's an old city gate that takes you back into Old San Juan. It's impressive to walk through as you can really see how massive and thick the city wall actually is — 15 feet of solid stone.
Once on the other side of the gate, we were happily surprised to find a street vendor selling piragua, shaved frozen ice drenched in tropical flavored syrups like guava, guanabana, and coconut.
Of course, we had to have one. Who doesn't love second dessert? Plus, it was a great way to cool off in the warm tropical weather.
We took our piraguas and walked up a lovely tree-lined street to the San Juan Cathedral. Along the way, we also spotted a great artist loft where three women, (who have named their shop Tres Mujeres), create colorful handmade items with needlepoint work that depicts scenes of Old San Juan. What I found special about Tres Mujeres is that these handicrafts made by local women depicted life and the history of Puerto Rico in a very vibrant and colorful way.
Once we got to the top of the hill and rounded a corner, we found and expansive view of the old fort and graveyard with the ocean in the background.
Since it was nearing the end of the day, we walked back through the cobblestone streets and made our way to the port to get back on board our Carnival ship, stopping at a few other handicraft artisan shops along the way to pick up a few souvenirs.
It was a lovely day visiting San Juan and this is definitely a destination I'd be excited to come back to.