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This Week's Must-See Art Events: Old School Survival
by Paddy Johnson and Rea McNamara on June 6, 2016 Events
Nan Goldin's "Misty, Taboo! And Jimmy Pauletter dressing, NYC 1991" from The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Credit: bhavcreativearts.com
Urban survival, whether it's the cost of living in New York or even riding along Sag Habour in a self-sustaining houseboat, looms largely in this week's events. Tonight's lecture at the Morbid Anatomy Museum suggests that this dates back to Weimar Berlin's era of anarchy and decadence, where fake fakirs — religious ascetics who live solely on alms — got by with their gnarly nails and pins piercing. Flash forward to Saturday's MoMA opening of Nan Goldin's famous 1986 visual diary "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency", and those piercings became the battle scars of surviving the East Village's punk bohemia. Today, we're thankfully more practical in eking out our incomes: we look to the sun and its instruments (see this Thursday's opening of the "Heliotropes" group show at Geary Contemporary) or envision terrible futures in our analogue pasts ("that old school dystopia" at Theodore:Art on Friday). But sustainability, if we quickly cut to the chase, really involves supporting each other, which is why this weekend's workshops around the nuts and bolts of artist finances or even writing and editing an artist statement will get you ahead. No need for any physical scars.
Morbid Anatomy Museum
7:00 p.m.Website
German Fakirs in Weimar Berlin
A fakir is loosely defined as a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic who lives solely on alms. But after World War I, fake fakirs emerged on the Berlin variety show circuit, performing fantastical feats like piercing their bodies with nails and pins. Mel Gordon, author of Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin, surveys this rarely-discussed phenomenon, exploring how German fakirs were used by Marxist journalists as so-called counter examples to Therese Neumann, the German Catholic mystic and stigmatic.
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Website
Martha Rosler: If you can't afford to live here, mo-o-ove!!
A show examining how god-damn expensive it is to live in New York City. For this show, The Temporary Office of Urban Disturbances, an autonomous group formed in May 2016, will take over Mitchell Innis & Nash to present If you can't afford to live here, mo-o-ove!!. The exhibition will expand on Martha Rosler's 1989 three-show cycle entitled If You Lived Here…, but will focus on the issues of today: displacement, cost of living, income inequality. A million artists and activist groups are participating in this thing—and by a million we mean 43, which is quite a bit of organizing. The Temporary Office of Urban Disturbances will host four town hall discussions throughout the course of the exhibition, on June 14, 16, 21, and 23 from 6-8 pm. We'll be there.
333 Broome Street
Make Painting Great Again
Trump-inspired political art at CANADA? Not exactly. "Sorry, no Trump here, just another run-of-the-mill summer group show," confirmed CANADA's Phil Grauer to ARTINFO. "Although we did borrow the graphic from a well-known political campaign, the show's content has nothing to do with anything but a group of colleagues showing off what they do best." But when the line-up includes artists like Katherine Bradford (whose last solo at the LES gallery featuring water and swimmer-focused was a January highlight), this ups the ante on what one expects from "run-of-the-mill summer group show".
Artists: Katherine Bernhardt, Katherine Bradford, Joe Bradley, Sarah Braman, Matt Connors, Gerald Ferguson, Jason Fox, Daniel Hesidence, Xylor Jane, Sadie Laska, Lily Ludlow, Elena Pankova, Tyson Reeder, Anke Weyer, Wallace Whitney, and Michael Williams
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Website
Mary Mattingly's WetLand
Heading out of town early this weekend? If you find yourself near the Long Wharf in Sag Harbour, check out the docked modified houseboat by Mary Mattingly, who is best known for creating sculptural ecosystems in urban spaces. Part of the water-focused group show, Radical Seafaring, the vessel contains sustainable projects on board, including solar power, rainwater collection and vegetable gardening. Further, visitors can book by appointment a tour on the boat, and ride along the East End waterways.
Geary Contemporary
185 Varick Street
Heliotropes
A show about the sun and instruments used to reflect the sun. Some of the works are pictorial and gesture to the subject – a disc, an orb, a ray of light. Others are metaphorical, and are often about material exploration as well. There's a good mix of known artists (William Cordova, Rosemarie Fiore) and rising stars (Marsha Cottrell, Igor Eskinja), so the show's worth checking out just for the roster alone.
Curated by Matthew Nichols
Artists: James Case-Leal, William Cordova, Angeles Cossio, Marsha Cottrell, Chris Duncan, Igor Eskinja, Rosemarie Fiore, Nicolai Howalt, Owen Kydd, Gustavo Prado, and Hanna Sandin
Theodore:Art
56 Bogart Street
Bushwick, NY
that old school dystopia
A group show that envisions a terrible future for all of us visa vi an analogue past. Expect to see photographs, paintings on copper, 3D animation and more from a few Bushwick stars and beyond.
Curated by in association with Wendy Cooper
Artists: Bill Albertini, Lisa Beck, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Juliette Losq, Ted Haddon, Oliver Wasow, Matthew Weinstein
Essex Flowers
19 Monroe Street
True Detective Season Three
TV gossip rags tell us that True Detective: Season Three may never come to fruition. We're here to tell them they're wrong. Thanks to organizer Sean J. Patrick Carney and New York-based police officer-cum-artist Joe Manco, a third season will exist in the form of a one-night-only pop-up exhibition of new drawings plus an original performance. Manco's film still drawings come from True Detective seasons one and two—so perhaps that aspect of the show is a bit more like a True Detective Redux, but the performance is all new. The press release promises experimentation. Brace yourself for whatever that may mean from a cop.
Queens Museum
New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Finances and Taxes for Artists
Ander Mikalson is currently artist-in-residence at the Queens Museum, and as part of the institution's Open A.I.R. Artist Services program, is offering this workshop on finances and taxes for artists. Mikalson, who supports her performance-based practice as a freelance bookkeeper, will run through the nuts and bolts of artist finances, as well as elaborate on alternative models of financial sustainability. If you're looking for support on budgeting or navigating Obamacare, or wanted to know how you can deal with those student loans, this would be worthwhile to attend.
Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Let's face it, if you've been participating in the art world for even a brief period of time, you've probably seen Nan Goldin's slideshow of her friends having sex, doing drugs and going to parades and protests. In fact, you've probably seen it several times. But it never gets old does it? That's how nostalgia works, and this portrait of New York life reminds us of how rich and tough New York life can be.
Curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Rajendra Roy, and Lucy Gallun
Equity Gallery
Artist Workshop: Writing and Editing Artist Statements 101
A free workshop in which the Whitney Museum's marketing specialist Shama Rahman teaches artists how to write clear and concise artist statements. If you are an artist GO TO THIS. Every artist statement, no matter how clear, could be made better. Let Rahman help you.
Chang Yuchen: Use Value
What better way to enjoy your Sunday than attending an afternoon runway show? Use Value, it seems, isn't the name of a solo show, but a brand. The conceptual (and real) brand by artist Chang Yuchen produces "useful handmade commodities." To wit, the product's first line are embroidered bags, and the bags' individual value is calculated based on the hourly rate Yuchen earned as a restaurant hostess, multiplied by how many hours it took her to make each bag, and the additional cost of raw materials. The bags also include a drawing made with silk thread.
Tagged as: Ander Mikalson, Angeles Cossio, Anke Weyer, Bill Albertini, CANADA, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Chang Yuchen, Chris Duncan, Daniel Hesidence, Elena Pankova, Equity Gallery, fakirs, Geary Contemporary, Gerald Ferguson, Gustavo Prado, Hanna Sandin, Igor Eškinja, James Case-Leal, Jason Fox, Joe Bradley, Juliette Losq, Katherine Bernhardt, Katherine Bradford, klaus biesenbach, Lilly Ludlow, Lisa Beck, Lucy Gallun, Marsha Cottrell, Martha Rosler, Mary Mattingly, Matt Connors, Matthew Nichols, Matthew Weinstein, mel gordon, michael williams, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, moma, Morbid Anatomy Museum, Nan Goldin, Nicolai Howalt, Oliver Wasow, Open A.I.R. Artist Services, Owen Kydd, Parrish Art Museum, printed matter, queens museum, Rajendra Roy, Rosemarie Fiore, Sadie Laska, Sarah Braman, sean j patrick carney, Shama Rahman, Ted Haddon, The Temporary Office of Urban Disturbances, Theodore:Art, tyson reeder, Wallace Whitney, weimar berlin, Wendy Cooper, William Cordova, Xylor Jane
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Representing Section 4, Hill-Murray's "starred performance" of "The Great Gatsby," was adapted by Simon Levy, directed by Ben Ballentine and technically directed by Tyler Morris.
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Manuscripts – MSS 45 – Hajna, Anthony Alphonse, 1907-
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MSS 45 – Hajna, Anthony Alphonse, 1907-
Papers of Anthony A. Hajna, 1930-1982
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Deaf adult at work : papers presented before the Eighteenth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf, Tuesday, October 24, 1939. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Rare
Bacteriological lab of Arthur and Ray Wenger; experienced bacteriologists of Salt Lake City, Utah [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 53-4, 230-4
Anthony Alphonse Hajna [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits
Photograph album of Anthony Hajna [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Album AL 78, 79
Papers, Anthony Alphonse Hajna, 1966-1985. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS
Anthony A. Hajna. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical
Anthony Alphonse Hajna was born on March 21, 1907 in Chicopee, Massachusetts. In 1915, he attended Mystic Oral School for the Deaf in Mystic, Connecticut and graduated in 1925.
Anthony Hajna was admitted to Gallaudet College in 1925 and received a B.S. degree in 1930. Following the autumn of 1930, he entered the school of Hygiene and Public Health of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, as a special student in the Department of Bacteriology and received a M.S. Degree in 1932.
In February of 1932, he worked as an assistant bacteriologist to the State Board of Health of Maryland and he worked there for 17 years, in 1949, he accepted an offer from Vermont State Board of Health to come to Burlington to train workers in the state laboratories for two years. After this, he returned to Indianapolis at the Microbiology division of the Indiana State Board of Health in Indianapolis and he worked there for many years.
In 1961, he received a honorary doctor of letters degree.
While a resident of Baltimore, he was very active in the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf. He has served as President of the Indianapolis Chapter of the Gallaudet College Alumni Association. He was also elected President of the Indiana Association of the Deaf in 1965.
He wrote many articles in different periodicals of laboratory medicine and was on the editorial board of the Laboratory Digest, a bimonthly review of laboratory medicine literature.
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National Heritage Academies held a special assembly to surprise the teacher with her award.
Aarika Thomas, a 7th and 8th grade teacher, received her award during a surprise assembly at Vanguard Charter Academy Friday. With the award, Thomas receives a $3,500 valued prize and a $1,000 gift card for school supplies.
Thomas said she was shocked.
"Shaking a little bit, I had no idea just kind of a strange moment where you didn't feel like it was really happening," she said following the assembly.
The academy's principal said Thomas is extremely deserving of the honor.
"It's a privilege just to go into her room, and just see it's like magic happening everyday where kids are working hard and she's giving individual feedback to each and every student," said Mark Dejong, Vanguard Charter Academy principal.
The award comes from National Heritage Academies, which is a network of nearly 90 public charter schools serving 60,000 in nine different states. Eleven teachers are chosen from the more than 3,000 within NHA. Another West Michigan teacher was also chosen this year, Cindy Beukema, a resource room teacher at River City Scholars Charter Academy.


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Q: Pdf.js and viewer.js. Pass a stream or blob to the viewer I'm having troubles in finding a solution for this:
I retrieve a PDF blob from a SQL filestream field using Javascript in this way (it's a lightswitch project)
var blob = new Blob([screen.WebReportsPdfFilesStream.selectedItem.Pdf], { type: "application/pdf;base64" });

I have the blob and I can even convert it in a filestream or to base64("JVBERi0....." or "%PDF 1.6 ......", etc.)
No problem so far.
Now I need to display it in a viewer. I prefer the viewer to open in a new window but i'm open to embed it into my page somehow.
I'm wondering if I can directly pass the blob or the stream to the viewer and display the document.  I've tried something like
PDFView.open(pdfAsArray, 0)

Nothing happens in the embedded viewer in this case.
The pdfAsArray is good since I can display it appending the stream to a canvas within the same page.  I just want to display the viewer, not embed the PDF in a canvas, possibly in a new window.
Can anyone provide few lines of code on how to achieve that in Javascript?

A: var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);

var viewerUrl = 'web/viewer.html?file=' + encodeURIComponent(url);

// TODO: Load the PDF.js viewer in a frame or new tab/window.

//-- Abobe code opens a new window but with errors : 'Missing PDF
// blob://http://server-addr:port/converted-blob'

A: I'm using PDFJS.version = '1.0.1040'; PDFJS.build = '997096f';
The code that worked for me to get base64 pdf data loaded was this:
function (base64Data) {
  var pdfData = base64ToUint8Array(base64Data);
  PDFJS.getDocument(pdfData).then(function (pdf) {
    pdf.getPage(1).then(function (page) {
      var scale = 1;
      var viewport = page.getViewport(scale);
      var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
      var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
      canvas.height = viewport.height;
      canvas.width = viewport.width;
      page.render({ canvasContext: context, viewport: viewport });
    });
  });

  function base64ToUint8Array(base64) {
    var raw = atob(base64);
    var uint8Array = new Uint8Array(raw.length);
    for (var i = 0; i < raw.length; i++) {
      uint8Array[i] = raw.charCodeAt(i);
    }
    return uint8Array;
  }
}

This function could be the success function of an api call promise. What I'm doing here is rendering the pdf onto a canvas element myCanvas.
<canvas id="myCanvas"></canvas>

This shows the first page of the pdf but has no functionality. I can see why the viewer is desirable. If I get this hooked up to the viewer (viewer.html / viewer.js) I will edit my answer.
EDIT: How to hook up the viewer
1 In bower.json, add "pdfjs-viewer": "1.0.1040"
2 Html:
<iframe id="pdfViewer" src="lib/pdfjs-viewer/web/viewer.html" style="width: 100%; height: 700px;" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen=""></iframe>

3 Change the stupid default document in the viewer.js file:
var DEFAULT_URL = '';
4 Controller:
var pdfjsframe = document.getElementById('pdfViewer');
pdfjsframe.onload = function() {
  LoadPdfDocument();
};

$scope.myApiCallThatReturnsBase64PdfData.then(
  function(base64Data) {
    $scope.base64Data = base64Data;
    LoadPdfDocument();
  },
  function(failure) {

    //NotificationService.error(failure.Message);

  });

function LoadPdfDocument() {
  if ($scope.PdfDocumentLoaded)
    return;
  if (!$scope.base64Data)
    return;

  var pdfData = base64ToUint8Array($scope.base64Data);
  pdfjsframe.contentWindow.PDFViewerApplication.open(pdfData);

  $scope.PdfDocumentLoaded = true;
}

function base64ToUint8Array(base64) {
  var raw = atob(base64);
  var uint8Array = new Uint8Array(raw.length);
  for (var i = 0; i < raw.length; i++) {
    uint8Array[i] = raw.charCodeAt(i);
  }
  return uint8Array;
}

A:
If you've got an typed array (e.g. an Uint8Array), then the file can be opened using PDFView.open(typedarray, 0);.
If you've got a Blob or File object, then the data has to be converted to a typed array before you can view it:
var fr = new FileReader();
fr.onload = function() {
    var arraybuffer = this.result;
    var uint8array = new Uint8Array(arraybuffer);
    PDFView.open(uint8array, 0);
};
fr.readAsArrayBuffer(blob);

Another method is to create a URL for the Blob/File object:
var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
PDFView.open(url, 0);

If the PDF Viewer is hosted at the same origin as your website that embeds the frame, then you can also view the PDF by passing the blob URL to the viewer:
var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
var viewerUrl = 'web/viewer.html?file=' + encodeURIComponent(url);
// TODO: Load the PDF.js viewer in a frame or new tab/window.

A: I finally made the PDFView.open method working. Now if I embed the viewer into my page and call the open function as Rob suggested in the first 2 examples it works.
For those who are looking for this kind of solution I provide some lines of code here:
This is the code in my Lightswitch mainPage.lsml.js. The js scripts (pdf.js, viewer and Others) are referenced in the main html page of the Lightswitch project (Default.html); I assume it should work with any other html page not Lightswitch based.
myapp.MainPage.ShowPdf_execute = function (screen) {
// Write code here.
// Getting the stream from sql
var blob = new Blob([screen.WebReportsPdfFilesStream.selectedItem.Pdf], { type: "application/pdf;base64" });
// Pass the stream to an aspx page that makes some manipulations and returns a response
var formData = new FormData();
formData.tagName = pdfName;
formData.append(pdfName, blob);
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "../OpenPdf.aspx";
xhr.open('POST', url, false);
xhr.onload = function (e) {
    var response = e.target.response;
        var pdfAsArray = convertDataURIToBinary("data:application/pdf;base64, " + response);
        var pdfDocument;
// Use PDFJS to render a pdfDocument from pdf array
    PDFJS.getDocument(pdfAsArray).then(function (pdf) {
        pdfDocument = pdf;
        var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
        PDFView.load(pdfDocument, 1.5)
    })
};
xhr.send(formData);  // multipart/form-data
};

This is the convertDataURIToBinary function
function convertDataURIToBinary(dataURI) {
var base64Index = dataURI.indexOf(BASE64_MARKER) + BASE64_MARKER.length;
var base64 = dataURI.substring(base64Index);
var raw = window.atob(base64);
var rawLength = raw.length;
var array = new Uint8Array(new ArrayBuffer(rawLength));

for (i = 0; i < rawLength; i++) {
    array[i] = raw.charCodeAt(i);
}
return array;
}

What is still missed is the possibility to pass the stream directly to the viewer.html page in order to open it in a new window and have a separate ui where make the rendering.
This code is still not working since I got an empty viewer with no document inside:
var blob = new Blob([screen.WebReportsPdfFilesStream.selectedItem.Pdf], { type: "application/pdf;base64" });
var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
var viewerUrl = 'Scripts/pdfViewer/web/viewer.html?file=' + encodeURIComponent(url);
window.open(viewerUrl);

Looks like the encodeURIComponent(url) is not passing to the viewer a good object to load into the viewer.
Any idea or suggestion?

A: I am using viewer in an iframe;
 <iframe
    id="pdfIframe"
    src="pdfjs/web/viewer.html"
    style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"
  >
  </iframe>

And fetch API used as follows;
 fetch(pdfSourceUrl).then((response: Response) => {
            response.blob().then((blob) => {
              var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
              pdfIframe.src = `pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=${url}`;
            });
          });

Eventually iframe src created as follows;
http://localhost:9000/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=blob:http://localhost:9000/14f6a2ec-ad25-40ab-9db8-560c15e90f6e

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Russians launch DDOS attack
Brad Sams Senior News Editor Neowin @bdsams · Feb 2, 2009 14:08 EST · Hot! with 5 comments
Russia launched another cyber warfare attack against the small country of Kyrgyzstan. A distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) took place against the country in January of 2009. The ip traffic has now been traced back to Russian based servers primarily known for cyber crimes.
The claim is placed against the Russian Business Network (RBN) which is possibly the world's largest botnet with 150 to 180 million nodes. The attack was successful in knocking three of four internet service providers in the country offline.
This is not the first attack from this group which is suspected of having government sponsorship. The attacks were very similar to the DDOS attack on Estonia in 2007 and Georgia in 2008; both of those attacks were successful in knocking ISP providers' offline.
"Cyber Intelligence Analysts stated that attacks were launched to disrupt demands that leaders halt plans to prohibit access to an airbase for the US military in its war in Afghanistan. The analysts went on to say the Russian officials want nothing more than the base closed as soon as possible. (This is said to be one of the terms of a $2 billion investment deal that Russia is trying to negotiate with Kyrgyzstan.)" As reported by Defense Tech.org
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Michiko Martin is the Director of Recreation, Heritage & Volunteer Resources for the USDA Forest Service and leads efforts to connect people to the outdoors through our Nation's forests and grasslands and to inspire the next generation of conservation leaders. Michiko Martin joined the USDA Forest Service in 2014 as the Director of Conservation Education, State & Private Forestry, Washington Office. Prior to joining the Forest Service, Michiko worked for 12 years as the Chief of Education, Outreach and New Media for the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Department of Commerce. Michiko also served as a commissioned naval officer for 12 years, working as a meteorologist and oceanographer. She directed the daily operations of an environmental support unit to naval forces in Okinawa, Japan, and assisted in the operation of global atmospheric and oceanic numerical models.
A native of the Ryukyuan Islands, Michiko earned a Bachelor of Science, Physical Oceanography at the United States Naval Academy. She later earned post-graduate degrees, including a Master's of Science degree in oceanographic engineering jointly conferred by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; and, a Master's degree in educational leadership at Troy State University.


Parts and composition of tar-and-gravel, built-up, and flat roofing systems, with a helpful tar-and-gravel roof construction diagram.
After a roof is "hot mopped" with asphalt, gravel is spread on top.
Most houses with flat or nearly-flat roofs are topped with built-up roofing, or "tar-and-gravel" roofing, made from fiberglass-based asphalt sheeting that is applied in layers, with hot bitumen mopped on between each layer.
The surface is coated with bitumen and a layer of gravel or crushed rock to hold the roofing material down and minimize damage from the sun and from abrasion. The light-colored gravel also reflects the sun's heat. Built-up roofs can last from 10 to 20 years, depending on the severity of the weather.
Similar to built-up roofing is roofing made from a single layer of asphalt-impregnated material, called asphalt roll roofing. This is used more often on garages and outbuildings than on houses because of its relatively short life span (5 to 15 years). It is generally the least expensive roofing material available.
Flat or almost-flat roofs can collect a tremendous amount of water, especially if their outlets or downspouts become plugged with leaves and debris.
For this reason, they must be designed to seal against standing water that may pool on the roof. Ordinary roof shingles won't seal-out standing water–they are designed to overlap one another and shed rain downward and so are intended for sloped roofs. "Flat" roofs (which usually have a very slight slope) utilize roofing that is completely sealed and therefore impervious to leaking. The standard roofing for this situation is built up from layers of hot tar and thick roofing felt and topped with a layer of gravel; this is called built-up roofing.
Installing a built-up roof is not a DIY project; if you need a new or replacement built-up roof, contact a licensed built-up roofing contractor in your area.


We're a group dedicated to classic, old-school, and forgotten manly anime and manga, in place of the typical mainstream manga that popular groups churn out.
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Vol. 13 Ch. 118 - Treasure of Olympus!!
Vol. 13 Ch. 117 - The Fatal Foes!!
Vol. 24 Ch. 185 - This is the Moon!!
Vol. 24 Ch. 184 - This is a Constellation!!
Vol. 23 Ch. 183 - This is the Cheer of the Spirit!!
Vol. 1 Ch. 7.5 - Akiyama Kaede and Yamashita Trading Co.
Vol. 12 Ch. 114 - Billowing Lance Football Technique!!
Vol. 23 Ch. 182 - This is the Wish!!
Vol. 23 Ch. 181 - I Am Himiko!!
Vol. 23 Ch. 180 - This is Zen!!
Vol. 12 Ch. 111 - Anti-Gravity Floating Body!!
Vol. 23 Ch. 179 - This is Willpower!!


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D.R. Winter is a mom and the creator of Snackster Sam. Winter has been concerned about healthy habits and nutrition for over a decade. She created Snackster Sam to make eating healthy more fun for parents and children.


Our sources say the resort ordered some gear and goodies it doesn't normally keep on hand for Meghan and Harry. It's unclear exactly when they'll be arriving, but we're told both British and Canadian security will be involved when they do.
So, why this place? Well, it's considered a Canadian Paradise — tucked away in the middle of Jasper National Park — and has a rich history of royal guests … from both England and Hollywood.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother stayed there in 1939, and the current Queen and Prince Philip hit it up in June 2005. Celebs like Anthony Hopkins, John Travolta and Bill Gates vacation there … and it's where the 1954 Marilyn Monroe/Robert Mitchum film "River of No Return" was shot.


Cleanroom wipers help manage contamination in controlled environments in a number of ways, including wiping residues on hard surfaces and applying cleaning solutions.
One way to choose from cleanroom wipers of similar structural design is to compare test results across a variety of criteria using recommended practices set forth by IEST RP CC004.3.
Particulate burden of various sizes, including bioburden, ions, metals and non-volatile residues (NVRs).
The three major types of contamination are: particles and fibers, ions, and NCRs. These must be measured to control the amount of contamination carried into the cleanroom by the wiper.
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The prawns and shrimps are an incredibly diverse group with around 2500 species known from around the world, and about 750 in Australia. While they are primarily marine they can be found in a variety of environments ranging intertidal pools to hydrothermal vents in abyssal depths; however they also are common in estuaries and freshwater. They are both free-swimming and bottom dwelling in habit, and sometimes commensal. An ancient group, their fossil record dates from the mid-Jurassic, around 180 million years ago.
Often the common names "prawn" and "shrimp" are used interchangeably. While there is no universally accepted difference amongst the general public, they represent two major biological divisons based on the types of gills, and how many legs end in claws. If only the first two pairs of legs have claws they are called caridean shrimps. If the first three all end in claws then they belong to the dendrobranchiate prawns, and it is this group that forms the basis of the most important commercial fisheries.
Banana Prawn (Penaeus merguiensis) Spiny Tiger Shrimp (Phyllognathia ceratophthalma): Great Barrier Reef south to Moreton Bay; also Indo-West Pacific.


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Christmas is nearly here! 5 sleeps away to be exact, and everyone in Britain is saying 'how is it Christmas next week?'. If you're anything like me, you wonder where all the time you had to organise yourself has disappeared to. This coming from a part time day-job worker who has been buying her son's Christmas presents gradually since the summer… What I was unprepared for, was the introduction of all the extra festive chaos presented when your child becomes a school-goer. Just you wait, if you've not experienced that joy yet!
My Christmas gift guide this year is all about movies, television boxsets and the gift of theatre. I've picked out a variety of genres to suit as many tastes as possible and focused on buying for adults – who are often the more difficult to buy for after all!
TV Boxsets
Complete series 1-3 – not only ideal for fans of the series but also if you're aware of the show and haven't been able to catch it (which is why i would be the perfect gift for me!). You can't beat a binge-watch and with it's its historical background, stellar cast and stunning locations, it promises to engage even the most skeptical viewer. King Louis XIV is at the heart of the story as his supporters turn to traitors and the court of Versailles is under threat.
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In my humble opinion this is one of the best comedies on television at the moment! The casting alone is so extraordinarily spot on, you can't fail to be entertained by Harry Enfield's hilarious Prince Charles impersonation and the recent introduction of Meghan was the cherry on top of the wedding cake. The DVD offers series 1-2 as well as Christmas and wedding specials. It's a brilliant 'send-up' of the royal family and wouldn't go amiss in my Christmas stocking this year!
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I was introduced to Plebs fairly late into the second series and I am a self-confessed pleb-aholic now! The DVD boxset offers series 1-4 so it's a must for fans of the series or as a way of introducing a Plebs 'virgin' to the show. The premise revolves around three men who want to get laid, hold down a job and climb the social ladder in ancient Rome. It's a laugh-a-minute comedy and the cast, which changes sightly as each series progresses – is essentially a mash-up of all your noughties sit-com favourites.
Grab a copy for your stocking:
My movie of the year! It might be pitched as an animated film for kids but there's more than enough comedy content in there for big kids too. Of the three movies in the franchise so far, this is by far my favourite and it's a non-stop cornucopia of spooky holiday fun. Watch it, odds on you'll be dancing in your seat by the end.
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This is the greatest show, by all accounts! Certainly one of the hits of the year and huge credit must go to the extraordinary talents of Hugh Jackman, a better leading man you could not wish for. The songs are all hits in their own right now and it's surely one of the most watchable movies we've been treated to in a long time. Get your hands on a piece of the action and watch it over and over by getting your hands on a copy here:
Santa Claus The Movie
I had to include a Christmas movie in my Christmas gift guide and they don't come any more festive or classic than the epic Santa Claus The Movie. It's still a magical film to watch all these years on and has stood the test of time. The only difference is it's rare to see someone drinking full fat coca cola in this day and age! The movie is available on blu-ray and it would be a welcome sight underneath our tree this year. I'd also quite like one of those elf carvings courtesy of Patch (Dudley Moore), but I'm not going to push it!
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The gift of theatre is always a good alternative idea if you're in doubt and although the cost of tickets has hiked of late – there are plenty of offers to be had, especially at this festive season. The Phantom of the Opera has been resident Her Majestys Theatre in the heart of London's West End after more than 12000 performances to date. The good news is that you can be in the audience for one of the many future performances and there are special offers available via our ticket shop! The Phantom of the Opera
The back-story of the Wicked Witch of the West has been so popular in the West End that over 9 million people have watched it in the capital city. The Apollo Victoria Theatre is a beautiful venue and you can be one of those million theatre-goers flocking to see the award-winning show, check out the available tickets here: Wicked
Not only would Company tickets be a brilliant Christmas gift idea, it's our show of the month!
A sublime cocktail of an entertainment you'd be mad to miss' – Daily Telegraph
With an exceptional list of musical numbers performed by an incredible cast, you really would be mad to miss it. Save up to 60% on tickets too! Company
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Swosti Travels: Daring Badi Hill Station: "Kashmir of Odisha"
Daring Badi Hill Station: "Kashmir of Odisha"
Kashmir is often the dream destination for foreign as well as domestic tourist eager to visit during holidays. But Daringbadi in Odisha is one of those places in eastern part of the country, which for its natural green, valleys and most importantly the snow fall, is popularly called 'Kashmir of Odisha'.
Daringbadi beckons with an astounding variety of natural beauty. Situated at an altitude of 3000 ft in the Kandhamal district, this hill station holds great appeal for those with an appreciative eye for exquisite beauty.
Untainted by commercial tourist development, the place is beautified by the pristine valleys as well as pine and coffee gardens.
For wildlife lovers, the place is a compelling destination too. Thick rainforests teem with wild animals. Another weekend trip to mandarmani is also very popular.
Daringbadi is the only place in Orissa that receives snow and where the temperature plummets to zero degree during winter. It is no wonder that the place is fast emerging as a summer retreat for tourists.
Daringbadi The place is gifted with natural bounties such as pine jungles, coffee gardens and beautiful valleys. The journey from the plains to the hills of Daringbadi is an experience in itself. This pretty hill station is an ideal summer resort. Its scenic beauty, dense forest, tribal people and the peaceful environment are its major attractions.
Balaskumpa (110 km): There is a Shakti temple dedicated to Barala Devi and has plenty to offer to the nature lover. It is a picnic spot.
Padmatala: 37 km from Phulbani, the place has a pond where wild animals can be seen in considerable numbers during evenings.
Puruna Katak: 40 km from Phulbani, this place is famous for the temple of goddess Vairavee.
Putudi (125 km): It is 15 km from Phulbani, a place of natural beauty having a charming waterfall on river Saluki falls from the height of 60 feet.
Pilasalunki(115 km): It is a dam project.
Chakapada(115 km): It is 60 km from Phulbani, renowned for the leaning Shiva Temple of Lord Birupaksha on the river Brutunga and Leaning Trees on the river towards South.
Jalespata(80 km): Near Baliguda is famous for Siva linga.
Dungi (95 km): It is famous for congregation of shivalingas in a compact area with archeological importance.
Taptapani (110 km): Situated on the eastern slope of the eastern Ghats, the hot sulphur spring, the lush green forest has remained favourite among the visitors.
Kotagarh (140 km): It is famous for its National Park and wildlife sanctuary.
Charisambhu: 85 km from Phulbani. Otherwise known as Jagati, it has the temple of Lord Charisambhu Ananta Vishnu.
Belghar (130 km): 158 km from Phulbani, it is a place for viewing colourful wildlife, especially elephants. It is inhabited by Kutia kondhs.
Boudh: Buddhism was prevalent in Boudh in between 9th to 12th centuries. A place with a rich cultural heritage, Boudh was the center of various religious movements of the past. The Buddhist shrine where Lord Buddha is seated in Padmasana still stands as testimony to the historic past. Temples of Matangeswari and Hanuman are the added attractions of the place.


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Palace: Trump-Kim summit augurs well for peace, stability
By: Nestor Corrales - Reporter / @NCorralesINQ
INQUIRER.net / 12:44 PM June 13, 2018
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (File photo by JOAN BONDOC / Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The historic summit between the United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "augurs well" for peace and stability in the region, Malacañang said on Wednesday.
"We welcome the landmark summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore," Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.
"This development, which has underscored in the strongest terms the value of diplomacy and peaceful dialogue, augurs well for the peace, security and stability in the region and the world," Roque added.
Trump and Kim met in Singapore on Tuesday in what the US leader described as a summit that helped bring back the world from a possible "nuclear catastrophe."
Trump said there have been "lot of progress" after the talk as the two leaders signed a document, which has not been made public yet.
Roque said the Philippines was ready to support outcome of the summit, saying it was "the beginning of a process."
"History has indeed been written. At the same time, this is but the beginning of a process. The Philippines is ready and willing to lend its support toward bringing it to fruition," he said. /je
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GLOBAL - Skyrocketing agricultural commodity prices are causing the world to re-enter a period of "agflation", with food prices forecast to reach record highs in 2013 and to continue to rise well into Q3 2013, according to a Rabobank report.
Unlike the staple grain shortage of 2008, this year's scarcity will affect feed intensive crops with serious repercussions for the animal protein and dairy industries.
Luke Chandler Global Head of Agri Commodity Markets Research at Rabobank said: The impact on the poorest consumers should be reduced this time around, as purchasers are able to switch consumption from animal protein back towards staple grains like rice and wheat. These commodities are currently 30 per cent cheaper than their 2008 peaks. Nonetheless, price rises are likely to stall the long-term trend towards higher protein diets in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
"In developed economies especially the US and Europe where meat and corn price elasticity is low, the knock-on effect of high grain prices will be felt for some time to come.
Due to the long production cycles of the animal protein and dairy industries, the affects of grains shortages will be more sustained as herds (especially cattle) take longer to rebuild, maintaining upward pressure on food prices. However, food makes up a smaller proportion of budget spend in such countries, so the current period of agflation should not lead to the unrest witnessed in response to the shortage in 2008.
Rabobank estimates that the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Food Price Index will rise by 15 per cent by the end of June 2013. In order for demand rationing to take place, in turn encouraging a supply response, prices will need to stay high. As such Rabobank expects prices particularly for grains and oilseeds to remain at elevated levels for at least the next 12 months.
Whilst the impact of higher food prices should be reduced by favorable macroeconomic fundamentals (low growth, lower oil prices, weak consumer confidence and a depreciated US dollar); interventionist government policies could exacerbate the issue. Stockpiling and export bans are a distinct possibility in 2012/13 as governments seek to protect domestic consumers from increasing food prices.
Increased government intervention will likely encourage further increases in world commodity and food prices. Rabobank expects that localised efforts to increase stockpiles will prove counterproductive at the global level, with those countries least able to pay higher prices likely to see greater moves in domestic food price inflation. This is a vicious circle, with governments committing to domestic stockpiling and other interventionist measures earlier than usualrecognising the risk of being left out as exportable stocks decline further.
On top of that, Rabobank warns that global food stocks have not been replenished since 2008, leaving the market without any buffer to adverse growing conditions. Efforts by governments to rebuild stocks are likely to add to food prices and take supplies off the market at a time when they are most needed.
Current price inflation is the result of weather driven events in large exporting nations, principally a severe drought in the US (its worst since 1936) and similar water shortages in Russia and South America. This rally in grain and oilseed prices will have a significant knock-on effect on other F&A supply chains especially the animal protein industry, resulting in rising meat prices.


I have always loved rhubarb. It's sour and intense and perfectly complements strawberry pie, or cake, or anything sweet. It's hard to get in stores, except in the spring, so snap it up when you can. Luckily enough, my mom was given a couple rhubarb plants out of my grandma's garden. Now, I can get it whenever. It is so much fun to experiment with this ingredient.
Remember, the roots and leaves of rhubarb are poisonous. Every time I eat it, I laugh about how people figured out that the one part of the plant that was safe enough to eat was the stem.
And now, to the cake. Its simple, easy, and impressive. I brought it to work over the summer, and people raved about it. My secretary even thought that I had made the cake from scratch, rather than just doctoring a cheap box mix. Like I've said before, I used to be against box mixes. But now, I see no reason to not use them. No one will ever fault you when you bring them free cake, or give them a cake for their birthday. Box mixes are cheaper and much easier to me. How do you feel about box mixes? Are you all for them or against them on principle?
Preheat the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13″ pan.
Prepare the batter. Either prepare the batter according to the directions on the box, or prepare your favorite yellow cake. Pour into the greased pan.
Chop the rhubarb. Chop the rhubarb into small pieces, and then sprinkle over the cake batter.
Bake. Bake the cake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely.


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Ex-Civil Wars Singer John Paul White Couldn't Stay Away From Songwriting For Long
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Amy Young | January 4, 2017 | 5:00am
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A couple of years have passed since the split of Grammy-award winning duo the Civil Wars. Currently, singer/songwriter John Paul White is touring in support of his first solo effort in a decade, Beulah. The collection of songs, with titles like "Hope I Die," "Make You Cry," and "Hate the Way You Love Me," sounds like a recipe for instant depression. While haunting, stark, and at times crushingly minimal, there's a solid bubble of hope that floats through those darker twists and turns. His mix of folk and country doesn't leave out a sprinkling of the soul sounds embedded in his birthplace of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where many classics were cut. We caught up with him before he and his band head to New Orleans to start this leg of the tour.
New Times: As Civil Wars was a duo, this tour now has you out there with a full band. How are you digging that?
John Paul White:It's been about 10 years since I played with a drummer, so there was a learning curve to that. But it's great. I went from being primarily the only instrument on stage to having drums, bass, guitar, fiddle, and keys. It took me a little while to wrap my head around it but I enjoyed it, and I still am. I'm learning every day.
Is it making you discover that you have a preference?
It's just different. At times, the options feel more infinite. There is a lot more I can do, a lot more colors on the palette to work with. I still love the minimalist thing as well, so this set includes a little of both. There are times when I'm by myself on stage, and times when it's just a couple of us. I try to play to all the strengths possible. I'll tell you what, I make no long-term plans, which is a blessing and a curse. I honestly follow my nose every day and do what feels right, healthy, and natural. I try not to force any square pegs into round holes. This is where I am at right now, and it feels great. I will continue doing it as it feels good and be open to other opportunities.
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The songs on Beulah, were any of those written as potential Civil Wars recordings, or did they come after the split?
Absolutely not. As a matter of fact, once I went on hiatus, I didn't have anything musically in my head for a good two years or longer. I was happy just being a husband, dad, and homeowner. Eventually, that turned into studio owner, record label owner, and producer. I had a lot to keep me busy. It was a breath of fresh air, being able to help other people with their artistry and to help facilitate their dreams. When these songs started popping up in my head, I'd kind of wished they hadn't, because I knew as soon as they were born, I'd want to play them for people. I don't know if that's vanity or ego or just an innate need to connect with people in that way — I thought I just made music for me and let the chips fall where they may, but as soon as I wrote these songs, I wanted to connect with people. I wanted people to hear the songs and be moved by them, and for me to be moved by that connection. I didn't see that coming whatsoever. Again, I followed my nose and let it take me where it would.
That organic pursuit may be what leaves the record feeling so resolved. There's a lot of hope in the starkness. It does feel like a rebirth record in some ways.
I guess in some ways it is, without intending for that to be the case. People have asked if it feels like starting over, and if I've had to relearn how to perform. I'm having to relearn how to do everything. I purged a lot of stuff to the point I didn't want to play anymore. I didn't want to write songs anymore and I didn't foresee wanting to do it again. I am learning how to walk again, without sounding too cliché about it. I'm really trying my best to do what feels 100 percent correct and not either do or not do something because it resembles something from the past. I do what my heart tells me to do, and if that sounds like Civil Wars or The Long Goodbye, or a completely alien version of either of those, then so be it. I'm not smart enough to guess what other people want and spoon-feed that to them. I just figured out that I need to do what makes me happy, and hope there's a lot of people out there that this will make happy, as well.
You seem at peace with the demise of Civil Wars and this current transition into a solo artist — not always an easy state of mind to achieve.
It comes with experience, I think. I wrote songs for the Nashville market for like 15 years — right out of college, I signed a publishing deal. A lot of that time was hell, trying to write what other people wanted. At a point, I was miserable doing it. I thought, man, if this is it, I might as well find another vocation. I decided to make music for myself, record it, and stick it in my back pocket and be at peace with that. I'd know I tried, whether it worked out or not. As I did that, people became more interested in my music, so I continued farther down that road. I have learned through a lot of trial and error that the successes I've had are when I truly follow my gut and do things that make me happy. I also know that I'm a very lucky guy in that what I love to do, other people like it, too. That's not the case for everyone, and it won't always be the case for me. There's a lot of my heroes that made music that way and never really found their audience until they moved on, until they passed on.
You started playing music in high school, right? Were you always aware of Muscle Shoals' rich music history?
Yeah, a little late in the game. I didn't try until I was 16. I was kind of in a bubble. I lived on a chicken farm in the middle of nowhere. I was vaguely aware; if we drove through Muscle Shoals, my mom would point out Fame Studios. When I got the bug to play and sing, I started discovering more of the history, and it affected me. Of course, the first thing I wanted to do was play out, and that meant bars on the state line. If you were gonna play those places, and spots like the Moose and Elks lodges, you played that discography. You had to play Clarence Carter and Aretha Franklin, along with Southern rock that was cut there, like Blackfoot and [Lynyrd] Skynyrd. It was just what you did; it was part of the job. As I dug in, I started finding more obscure stuff that was recorded there like Levon Helms, and John Prine, and Leon Russell, I realized the depth was so far beyond hit songs. It's such a deep discography that I'm really proud to have geographic ties to. I got to be friends with a lot of those players and songwriters, who became my mentors along with being my heroes, so it became a huge part of who I am.
You're very in-the-moment, which can be hard for a creative mind.
It was very hard for me at one point. I was all over the place; every other week, I was a different artist. It took me a long time to get to that place and figure out how to play to my strengths and stay away from my weakness, and borrow from the very best and make it uniquely my own.
John Paul White is scheduled to play the Musical Instrument Museum on Tuesday, January 10.
Amy Young is an arts and culture writer who also spends time curating arts-related exhibits and events, and playing drums in local bands French Girls and Sturdy Ladies.
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Le Tétras du Canada (Falcipennis canadensis) appartient à l'ancienne famille des tetraonidae actuellement incluse dans celle, plus vaste, des phasianidae. Selon ITIS, le nom de cette espèce est Canachites canadensis mais Alan P. Peterson, unique source d'ITIS pour ce qui concerne les oiseaux, l'indique comme Falcipennis canadensis, d'où le choix fait dans cet article. Le Tétras du Canada portait autrefois le nom de Tétras des savanes.

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Morphologie
L'envergure moyenne du Tétras du Canada est de . La masse moyenne est d'environ  pour le mâle et d'environ  pour la femelle. Ces dernières statistiques sont approximatives, car il y a une variation géographique et saisonnière de la masse des oiseaux.

Plumage
L'ensemble du plumage est dominé par des rayures et des mouchetures variant dans les tons de gris/brun avec du noir et du blanc. Deux formes de coloration existent pour la femelle : l'une rousse et l'autre grise. La queue est noir bordée de roux, sauf chez la sous-espèce franklinii qui est toute noire. Le mâle se distingue par des caroncules rouges au-dessus des yeux et par la gorge et la poitrine noir bordée de mouchetures blanches. Son plumage le rend difficile à discerner dans l'habitat où on le trouve.

Caractères distinctifs
Le mâle se distingue des autres Tetraonidae par les dessous noirs et les caroncules rouges. La distinction entre la femelle du Tétras du Canada et celle des autres membres de la famille est plus subtile. L'identification se fait à partir de la taille de l'oiseau et du motif des rayures et mouchetures du plumage. Pendant l'été, la femelle des Lagopèdes a toujours du blanc sur les ailes le bas du ventre et les pattes. La femelle du Tétras sombre est plus grosse avec un plumage plus gris et des rayures moins prononcées. La Gélinotte huppée a une huppe et la queue grise ou rousse avec une bordure sombre.

Les femelles des Tetraonidea ont toutes un plumage cryptique qui les rend difficiles à distinguer l'une de l'autre. Quelques espèces susceptibles d'être confondues avec le Tétras du Canada :

Systématique

Sous-espèces
Deux sous-espèces sont reconnues pour le Tétras du Canada. La sous-espèce de l'ouest, F. c. franklinii, et F. c. canadensis qui occupe le centre et de l'est du continent.

Espèces apparentées
La classification du Tétras du Canada a été sujette à débat. La sous-espèce de l'ouest, F. c. franklinii, était considérée comme une espèce distincte de la sous-espèce du centre et de l'est du continent, F. c. canadensis, jusqu'à la première moitié du siècle dernier. Quatre sous-espèces était alors reconnues pour cette dernière espèce : canadensis du Labrador aux Montagnes Rocheuses ; osgoodi du bassin du MacKenzie jusqu'au nord de la Colombie-Britannique, le Yukon et le centre de l'Alaska ; canace des Grands Lacs aux Maritimes et la Nouvelle-Angleterre ; atratus le long de la côte du sud-ouest de l'Alaska. Ces sous-espèces ne sont maintenant plus reconnues. Par ailleurs, certains préféraient classer le Tétras du Canada dans le genre Dendragapus. D'ailleurs, on rencontre encore souvent le nom Dendragapus canadensis dans la littérature.

Écologie et comportement

Habitat
Le Tétras du Canada est une espèce étroitement associée aux forêts de conifères. Il affectionne les peuplements denses d'épinettes, de pins, de sapins, de tsuga ou de thuya. Au Québec, on le retrouve généralement dans les forêts dominées par l'Épinette noire et le Sapin baumier où croît une strate arbustive dense.

Comportements distinctifs
Le Tétras du Canada est un oiseau très peu farouche et discret. Le fait qu'il soit généralement silencieux et qu'il ne s'envole pas toujours lorsqu'un marcheur passe à proximité le rend difficile à repérer dans la forêt dense où il vit. On l'approche de si près qu'il est même possible de le tuer à l'aide d'un bâton. Cette vulnérabilité explique probablement pourquoi l'espèce ait diminué ou disparu dans les régions les plus urbanisées dans le sud de son aire de répartition.

Le Tétras du Canada est plutôt solitaire pendant la saison estivale, mis à part la femelle avec ses petits. À l'hiver par contre, on peut observer des rassemblements de deux à une trentaine d'individus.

Locomotion
Le Tétras du Canada préfère souvent marcher plutôt que de voler pour se déplacer. Même dans les arbres, on le voit marcher le long des branches, sautillant de l'une à l'autre plutôt que de prendre son envol. Son vol est rapide et puissant, caractéristique des membres de la famille des Tetraonidae.

Alimentation

La diète du Tétras du Canada se compose largement de matière végétale. Ce n'est que lorsque le sol est libre de neige qu'il consomme de petites quantités d'arthropodes. Les épines de conifères et les bourgeons terminaux constituent la majeure partie de son alimentation et, pendant l'hiver, son unique source de nourriture. Il préfère les épines de pins, mais en l'absence de cette essence, il se nourrit volontiers des épines d'autres conifères comme l'épinette. Selon la saison, le tétras ajoute à sa diète d'épines, les jeunes pousses d'herbacées, les fleurs et les fruits d'arbrisseaux et des champignons. Les oisillons font exceptions à ce régime végétarien en se nourrissant surtout de matière animale lors des premiers mois de leur existence jusqu'à l'âge de cinq ou six mois où ils ont alors un régime comme celui des adultes.

La capacité du Tétras du Canada de dépendre exclusivement d'un aliment d'une aussi faible valeur nutritive que des épines de conifères pour assurer sa subsistance en hiver est étonnante. Il semble compenser le faible apport alimentaire des épines par l'ingestion d'une grande quantité dont la disponibilité n'est pas problématique dans les forêts nordiques qu'il habite. Pendant la saison hivernale, la masse de son intestin augmente afin de pouvoir assimiler la quantité supplémentaire de cet apport végétal.

Chant
Le Tétras du Canada est généralement silencieux, bien qu'il puisse émettre une plusieurs cris et sons non vocaux. Seule la femelle émet un cri aigu qui peut être qualifié de chant et qui semble avoir une fonction territoriale. Le mâle de la sous-espèce franklinii produit une suite de deux claquements secs avec ses ailes vers la fin d'un vol vrombissant qui a lieu lors de la parade nuptiale. La sous-espèce canadensis ne produit pas ces claquements distinctifs à la fin du vol.

Reproduction

Accouplement
La femelle est monogame et le mâle polygyne. Le mâle qui courtise une femelle exécute une parade. Cette parade consiste à ériger les plumes, particulièrement celles de la poitrine et de la queue, ainsi que les caroncules rouges. Les ailes légèrement tombantes, il circule autour de la femelle, agitant sont plumage, faisant de brefs arrêts et picorant le sol de temps en temps.

Nidification

La période de ponte des œufs se déroule entre la fin mai et la mi-juin. La date de ponte varie en fonction de la latitude et de la rigueur du climat printanier. La période d'éclosion des couvées s'étend sur une douzaine de jours, mais l'éclosion des œufs d'une couvée se déroule à l'intérieur de 24 heures. Une deuxième couvée peut être pondue advenant la perte de la première par l'effet de la prédation.

Les œufs, au nombre de six à huit, sont pondus dans une légère dépression du sol au pied d'un conifère, de sorte que celui-ci procure un minimum de camouflage pour le nid. L'œuf, ovale, de couleur fauve-olive et parfois tacheté, et mesure environ 42X31 mm. Seule la femelle couve les œufs. L'incubation commence lorsque le dernier œuf est pondu et dure 21 jours.

Les oisillons, nidifuges, quittent le nid rapidement à la marche. Ils peuvent déjà effectuer de court vol dès l'âge de six ou huit jours. La femelle couve les oisillons pendant la nuit jusqu'à l'âge de trois semaines. Les jeunes quittent la couvée dans le courant du mois de septembre.

Parasitisme
Le parasitisme intraspécifique n'a jamais été observé chez le Tétras du Canada. Considérant l'instinct territorial élevé des femelles et l'agressivité qui en résulte, le parasitisme est probablement un événement rare chez cette espèce.

Territorialité
Le Tétras du Canada exerce une territorialité intrasexuelle, c'est-à-dire que les femelles défendent un territoire contre les autres femelles et les mâles défendent un territoire contre les autres mâles. Le comportement territorial s'observe pendant la période de nidification, mais certains individus défendent parfois un territoire à longueur d'année. Le domaine vital d'un individu s'étend en moyenne sur une superficie de moins de 24 ha. Toutefois, les jeunes mâles non accouplés peuvent errer sur un territoire d'une superficie jusqu'à 346 ha.

Migration
Le Tétras du Canada n'est pas en soi un oiseau migrateur. L'espèce occupe la même aire de répartition à longueur d'année. Toutefois, environ le quart de la population effectue une migration annuelle de faible distance qui ne modifie pas la répartition de l'espèce. Entre la mi-août et la fin décembre, certains individus, surtout les femelles, quittent le lieu de nidification pour rejoindre des aires d'hivernages situés jusqu'à une dizaine de kilomètres de distance. Ces migrateurs sont plus susceptibles de se rassembler en groupe à l'hiver comparés aux sédentaires qui ont tendance à adopter un comportement territorial pendant la saison froide.

Répartition

Le Tétras du Canada se retrouve sur tout le territoire canadien, des Provinces de l'Atlantique à la Colombie-Britannique et le Yukon, débordant dans les états américains d'Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Minnesota, Michigan, et la Nouvelle-Angleterre. La limite nord de sa répartition correspond à la disparition des conifères, son habitat, dans l'écosystème toundrique. Le remplacement des conifères par les forêts feuillues et les prairies limite sa répartition au sud.

L'espèce a été introduite avec succès sur l'île de Terre-Neuve en 1964 et sur l'Île d'Anticosti en 1985.

Des restes de Tétras du Canada datant de la dernière glaciation du Pléistocène en Virginie montre que la répartition de cette espèce s'étendait plus au sud à cette époque

Démographie et population

Longévité
Quelques individus ont atteint l'âge de 13 ans.

Population
La densité de population peut atteindre 83 oiseaux pour 100 ha.

Prédation
Le Tétras du Canada, les œufs, les oisillons autant que les adultes, compte plusieurs prédateurs. Le Coyote, Le Renard roux, le Lynx du Canada et la Martre d'Amérique sont ses prédateurs terrestres. L'Autour des palombes et parfois aussi le Grand-duc d'Amérique ont été vus capturer ce tétras.

Relation avec l'Homme, menaces sur l'espèce
Le Tétras du Canada, comme ses cousins européens, a besoin de peuplements de conifères importants pour survivre. La destruction de son habitat par des coupes à blanc, souvent pratiquées dans les forêts conifériennes, a un impact négatif sur la population de cet oiseau. Une partie de la population arrive à subsister dans les lisières de forêts restantes, mais en nombre plus restreint.

La pression de chasse est une autre menace potentielle ou effective pour l'espèce, qui est un gibier localement réputé et chassée pour sa chair.

C'est en outre une des très nombreuses espèces d'oiseaux vulnérable au saturnisme animal

Notes

Liens externes

Phasianidae
Oiseau du Canada

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Title: An investigation of Korean learners' difficulties in using English intonation to express emotion : perception and production
Author: Cho, Moon Kyoung
The present study investigated whether Korean English as a Foreign Language learners experience difficulties in using English intonation particularly to perceive and express emotion. The difficulties are examined in both perception and production of emotional intonations by comparing the differences in the emotional responses of Korean English as Foreign Language learners and native speakers to the presented emotional declarative sentences. Based on Core Affect theory, the construct of emotion was operationalised on a two-dimensional matrix: valence (positive vs. negative) and intensity (strong vs. weak). A combination of the Autosegmental Matrix Model and Halliday's tone models were adapted to analyse intonation patterns. The study conducted a three-phase data collection process: (a) Phase 1: conducting an emotion word rating survey, (b) Phase 2: conducting a production task, a brief stimulated interview, and a perception task for American undergraduate participants (c) Phase 3: conducting the same production task, stimulated recall task, and perception task for Korean students. The results of the current study provided empirical evidence that Korean English as Foreign language learners experience difficulties in using English intonation to express emotions. The results of this study showed that on the word perception level, Korean participants experienced a lesser degree of emotional valence when reading emotion words compared to the American group. Korean students also were less likely to recognise English prosodic cues as semantic components when they listen to emotional utterances. On the production level, Koreans also used a different parsing pattern and utilised a narrower range of pitch variations, which can contribute to diminishing the pragmatic force of their spoken messages. Korean students also tended to recall contexts that were less personal and specific when producing emotional utterances. All these aspects led to Korean students' pragmatic difficulties in communicating emotion in English. The study, therefore, calls attention to the need for the teaching of intonation patterns to express emotions, which in turn may help learners to take more ownership of using English for internal and emotional use.
Supervisor: Macaro, Ernesto Sponsor: Not available


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Offset printing house "KOPA" is a medium size Lithuanian company which has been operating since 1991. More than twenty years of experience in a demanding commercial printing market has led "KOPA" to the conclusion that quality, speed, and service are the main factors that help to maintain enduring partnerships. Their new goal was to create innovations and to bring e–print to Lithuania.
"KOPA" created an e–print website www.klik.lt which is an e–shop for ordering and buying print products such as flyers, posters, brochures, etc. The innovation of the product is that customers can order products by themselves or even create a product design on the website. There is no need to call the print house or to wait for e–mail responses.
Our task was to develop a module which is a cloud–based web solution which helps to automate print and business. A module was necessary as a business workflow for the company because it works both as an ordering platform and as production automation.
Custom document templates, Blog and the integration with the payment system Paysera were also implemented into www.klik.lt. There was a need to create and draw the design for the e–shop homepage, to make it more attractive and useful to users.
An innovative way to order print products is now available in Lithuania.


This option is for one month of direct Business Consultation. This option is only for clients who sign a Business Consultation contract with Terrance Hudson of Mezmurizing Moon Entertainment, LLC.
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There is much debate about whether cluricauns are simply leprechauns out on an all-night bender after work or a more rambunctious ill-tempered, nocturnal cousin. Cluricauns do resemble leprechauns, aside from a rosy, inebriated blush around the nose and the fact that they are never seen in work clothes. They are known to drunkenly entertain themselves by capturing farm animals or goats and race them in bogs or fields. Cluricauns can sometimes be found in wealthy men's cellars, drinking wine and breaking bottles, but if they are cut off from their alcohol supply, they will move on to pester someone else.


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To promote the development of Jamaica's youth, in particular disadvantaged children and young people, through education, sport and community involvement, creating opportunities for growth towards the advancement of nation building.
To transform lives through the creation of opportunities for the youth of Jamaica.
Our Mission Statement and Vision speak to our focus on enhancing the communities in which we operate. FHC has a passion for Youth Development, particularly in the areas of education and sports and have, over the years, been making significant contributions by way of cash and kind to these causes. Our mandate has therefore propelled us to form the FHC Foundation which was established to:
Promote the development of Jamaican youth, in particular disadvantaged children and young people in primary, secondary and tertiary schools through education and sports.
To promote and facilitate programmes which assist young people in improving their capabilities through skills training and to facilitate them in creating and pursuing economic opportunities to better their lives.
Pictorial Highlights of FHC Foundation Launch
Mrs. Leodis Douglas
Mrs. Leodis Douglas is currently the Human Resource Director and Principal Lecturer at GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport. In this capacity, Mrs. Douglas is charged with responsibility to guide and manage the overall provision of Human Resources services, policies and programs for the entire college
Before her tenure at GC Foster College, Mrs. Douglas worked at Ministry of Education, Youth & Culture as a Project Manager, and it is during that time that she became a member of GSB Cooperative Credit Union where she worked as a volunteer holding several positions from that of Departmental Representative, member of the Nomination Committee to Assistant Secretary on the Board of Directors.
With an insatiated desire for volunteerism in the credit union movement, on August 1, 2012 Mrs. Douglas was elected to serve on the board of First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union (the newly merged entity of GSB and Churches Cooperative Credit Unions). She presently holds the position of 1st Vice Chairman on the Board, as well as the FHC Retirement Scheme Board of Trustee.
Among her many qualifications, Mrs. Douglas is the holder of a Masters in Business Administration from Florida International University, a B.Sc. in Human Resources Management, graduating summa cum laude and a Diploma in Secondary Education with Honours.
Leodis has been the recipient of several academic awards among which are the 2004 FIU International MBA Scholarship, the 2004 UCJ/IMP Trophy for Most Outstanding Student, and the 2002 GSB Credit Union Renald Mason Scholarship. Mrs. Douglas is a certified Caribbean Credit Union Development Educator, (C-CUDE), member of the Jamaica Employers' Federation, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica, just to name a few.
Mrs. Douglas lists her hobbies as singing, reading and socializing. She is married for over 25 years to Robert with three children: Tremayne, Lori and Robert Jnr.
Mr. O'Neil Grant
Mr. Grant is currently the President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association, a position which he has held since June 2011 He is also currently the Chairman of the Board for First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Limited. He has served in several senior positions in various Ministries and Public Service including now being on the Board of the National Housing Trust.
Mr. Grant has served the credit union since 2009 when he was elected to the Board of GSB Co-operative Credit Union Limited. He is a trained Accountant and Financial Analyst with over 19 years of experience in his chosen profession. A consummate professional with high ambitions, he is currently an Executive MBA student at the Mona School of Business.
A strong believer in production and productivity he has partnered with other individuals to form Heskeith Farms Limited and is a major shareholder of Hemzonic Limited which operates in the Agro Industry.
O'Neil has two children, Roje 19 who is currently studying at the UWI and Onella 13 who is at the Immaculate Conception High. He enjoys cooking, gardening and sports.
Mr. Edmund Jones
Mr. Edmund Jones is the Technical Support Manager at the Ministry of Finance and Planning. He joined GSB in 1982 and was appointed to the FHC Interim Board in 2012. He was elected to the Board in 2013 and serves as the Board Secretary and sits on a number of committees.
He holds a BSc in Management Studies and a number of professional qualifications. A career Civil Servant, Mr. Jones has served in various capacities in the Public Sector including a stint as Director at Creative Productions and Training Centre (CPTC). A family man, Mr. Jones enjoys spending time with his family and reading, playing chess and programming.
Mrs. Beverly Stewart
Mrs. Beverly Stewart is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Soul Vacations. Her key competences are marketing and business development, mediation and corporate governance and financial management. She worked with both the Wyndham Kingston Hotel and Air Jamaica Limited in senior management positions and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Barry University, Miami, Florida. She has strong decision making skills, marketing experience and business acumen. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Churches Co-Operative Credit Union Limited.
GSAT SCHOLARSHIPS
The objective of the FHC Foundation is to promote the development of the Jamaican youth in the areas of Education, Sports and Skills Training. Special emphasis will be placed on the improvement of literacy at the Primary and Secondary level.
We recognize the achievement of our youth savers, by awarding our GSAT recipients a scholarship to assist them from 1st form up to 5th form. The objective of the scholarship aims to fulfill our mandate of giving back to our members, to encourage children to strive for excellence in academic performance and to promote a thrifty savings habit amongst young Jamaicans.
TERTIARY SCHOLARSHIPS
FHC Credit Union through its Foundation offers the prestigious Renald Mason & Oswald Thorbourne Scholarships to Members and children of Members entering 2nd to final year at a tertiary institution. The FHC Foundation try to meet the expense of financial challenged students who are in good standing academically but is having trouble paying their school fees. These students are sometimes well-rounded students involved in their schools and communities.
Applicants are required to have a minimum "B" average and who are financially challenged. The Foundation opens the application in the month of May each year.
Interested persons are required to submit the following documents for both awards:
OSWALD J. THORBOURNE SCHOLARSHIP
Persons Eligible:
Applicants must be 35 and under years of age
Final year Business Management /Administration students attending select tertiary institutions: Northern Caribbean University; University of the West Indies; University of Technology; University College of the Caribbean.
Applicant must be an active member of FHC for at least 6 months
Must have maintained at least a "B" average
Must have been involved in community projects or exemplified leadership skills in clubs, associations or any other civic institution.
Two (2) written references must be submitted to verify applicant's involvement in projects.
Applicant must not be the recipient of any other current scholarships
RENALD MASON SCHOLARSHIP
Must be a Member or the child of a Member of FHC
Final year student at any recognized tertiary institution
Must demonstrate community volunteerism
Must demonstrate financial need
Applicant must maintain a GPA of 3.50
Note: Transcripts should be submitted to outline GPA
SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS
The FHC Foundation is committed to its cause and from time to time we see students who do not meet the required qualification to obtain a scholarship. Therefore, the Foundation through its vision statement "to transform lives through the creation of opportunities for the youth of Jamaica" we offer the Special Education Grant to the most needed applicant with financial challenges.
ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS
The FHC Group through its Foundation provides an Entrepreneurs' Award which is to encourage entrepreneurship among our young generation. Each grant is valued at $500,000.00.
Generally, any business plan requiring start-up capital above $500,000 will not be considered. However, if the business is deemed to be feasible, the plan may be considered and the beneficiary would be introduced to additional financing after the approved business has started. This is in addition to other loans that would be available to each awardee as a member of the Credit Union. Top-achieving students from all faculties of recognized tertiary institutions are eligible to apply for the awards.
Students who have maintained at least a "B" average at the end of their study, and who intend to start a business within 6 months after graduation, are invited to prepare and submit a comprehensive Business Plan for the Small Business enterprise.
The Plans that are judged to be the top three and most feasible, will each receive the sum of $500,000.00 for use as start-up capital.


Britain's first Coming Out Day has been launched by Harry French, Mr Gay UK. Coming Out Day is the initiative of National Friend, the UK's gay help line and befriending service, and Gay.com, the world's largest gay internet company.
Coming Out Days are already well established in the United States. National Friend and Gay.com hope that it will become an annual event in the UK too. "Coming out is often the most important event in a gay person's life," explained Iain Sharp, a spokesperson for National Friend. "It's not just children coming out to parents, it can be parents coming out to children, people coming out to work colleagues, or people coming out to friends."
"Organisations such as National Friend can play a vital role in providing advice on this often nerve-wracking experience", added Sharp.
National Friend is offering a 24 hour advice line to people who need to help or someone to talk to. The website, www.comingoutday.org.uk, hosted by uk.gay.com is now up and running with e-greetings cards, advice and testimonies, including one from Sir Ian McKellen.


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Panel Discussions Explore The Wellesley Effect
Women In STEM: One of Nine Panel Discussions Exploring The Wellesley Effect
In November, we shared the first of a series of videos of the inspiring remarks given by Wellesley alumnae during the launch of Wellesley's Campaign to celebrate, strengthen, and advance the Wellesley Effect. Another key component of the Campaign launch celebration was panel discussions that brought students and alumnae together on topics ranging from Student Stories to Art and Architecture at Wellesley to Innovation in The Liberal Arts. Nine panel discussions are included among the videos now available on the College's YouTube channel. Today we feature one of them: Women in STEM.
"If you're going to major in a STEM field, then you're far better off as an undergraduate doing it at a liberal arts college…and, in particular, if you're a woman, [attending] a women's college greatly increases the probability that you're going to have a successful career in STEM," said President H. Kim Bottomly, who moderated the panel, in her opening remarks.
Bottomly, herself a renowned immunobiologist, led the discussion which featured Kwan Kew Lai '74, infectious disease specialist, Pamela Melroy '83, former NASA astronaut, and Susan Windham-Bannister '72, president and CEO at Biomedical Growth Strategies. The panelists shared stories about what it's like to be a woman in science and talked about the Wellesley Effect and how their Wellesley education served them in their careers.
"Many, many years ago, Wellesley reached half way across the world to offer me a scholarship to join the class of 1974," said Lai. Wellesley, she said, opened up the door to her medical career.
Lai, who Bottomly described as a "doctor who knows no borders," has spent much of her career travelling the world taking care of refugees and those impacted by man made and natural disasters. Most recently she worked in Liberia and Sierra Leone taking care of patients in Ebola treatment centers and in Nepal after the earthquake.
"I've taken the Wellesley College motto, Non Ministrari sed Ministrare, to heart," Lai said. "My experiences have taught me, while I cannot change the world, I can surely change the world for a few people."
Melroy, the second woman to command a space shuttle, said she came to Wellesley knowing exactly what she wanted to do. From an early age, she wanted to study science then go on to be an Air Force test pilot—and that's exactly what she did.
Melroy shared that she earned good grades through high school by memorizing information. However, through her time at Wellesley and her experience with the liberal arts curriculum, she said she learned that this isn't the way to approach science. She credited several professors, including Dick French, Louise Sherwood McDowell and Sarah Frances Whiting Professor of Astrophysics and professor of astronomy, and Wendy Hagen Bauer, professor emerita of astronomy, with changing her understanding.
"Memorizing is not the solution in science, you have to use reason. Once you begin to reason your way through those things, all of those equations that seemed so hard for me to put together started to fall into place," Melroy said. "For me, that was what Wellesley taught me…it unlocked the world because suddenly nothing was ever going to be too hard for me again."
She also shared another way in which Wellesley changed her outlook. "When every physics major you know is a woman, when every chemistry major you know is a woman, when every pre med major you know is a woman, and half of the faculty are women, and you graduate and someone tries to tell you that women are not good at science and math, you're like, what? It could not penetrate the thing that I knew to be true by going to Wellesley," she said.
Windham-Bannister, who in 2013 was named among the 10 most influential women in biotech by the Boston Globe, is credited with turning Massachusetts into an undisputed leader in the biosciences—but she's not a scientist by training.
Windham-Bannister shared that she came to Wellesley intending to major in English and become a journalist. Her sophomore year, an anthropology class piqued her interest and, driven by a desire to understand group behavior, she pursued a degree in sociology.
After Wellesley she went to work in a community health center then on to a doctoral program, then a career in healthcare and health policy. She developed an interest in innovation and, later, was tapped to lead Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, a billion dollar investment in life sciences research and manufacturing.
"A liberal arts education meant that I had a very broad perspective on things," she said and compared having studied a variety of different subject areas to being multilingual. "It means that I can frame a problem and I can frame a solution in ways that people from many different disciplines can relate to—I can find the common ground," she said.
She added that she learned courage from her time at Wellesley. "You are encouraged here to dream and you are taught to believe that you an accomplish those dreams. You can figure things out, you learn to think and if you know how to think, you can do anything. You can put yourself into new situations and figure out how to be successful."
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In a poll conducted by ComRes and commissioned by Universities UK, it has been revealed that only a quarter (24%) of British adults think of international students as immigrants - with 75% of respondents saying they would like to see the same number of international students, or more, in the UK.
The poll, which is based on the views of over 2,000 British adults, also revealed that 91% British public think that international students should be able to stay and work in the UK for a period of time after they have completed their study.
"This is further confirmation that the Government's proposals to create a two tier visa system for international students in order to reduce migration numbers is ill-judged. International students enhance our universities socially, culturally and economically, and bring long-term benefits to the UK by underpinning relationships with other countries.
Find out more about Universities UK's poll.


Mikkelsen seems to possess that gritty "I've lost everything and now I'm going to get my revenge after getting beaten to a pulp" character here, and Green is really pulling off that simmering Jane Russell look from Howard Hughes' 1946 Mexican production of The Outlaw.
New films in the Western genre are hard to come by, especially any with the right look and feel. Will this one get the Western genre right?
Look for The Salvation in theaters February 27, 2015.


Substantial research has been underway for many years on the health effects of pollutants in domestic and commercial buildings. This project has developed a searchable database (termed IERIE) of recent, current and planned indoor environment research activities across Europe. Existing inventories of research and methods have been reviewed to identify key elements. A questionnaire has already been designed, tested and distributed to researchers. The ultimate aim is to facilitate dialogue between scientists, experts and stakeholders in this field, to help provide more focus and identify gaps for future research. A particular benefit of the tool is its ability to analyse work underway in topical research areas e.g. childrens' health. The database has now become a useful tool for industry, the research community and governments to help in policy development and provide a clear picture of the major research issues. The database will be regularly updated and maintained to ensure its accuracy and value to users.