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Re-Making Maps of the Mind: Medieval & Modern Journeys- an exhibition opens on August 15th
A new Exhibition will open at St Mary's Priory on August 15th – The Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary – in conjunction with the new St Thomas Pilgrim Way.
The new heritage trail on the Welsh-English borders, St Thomas Way.
Artist Michelle Rumney has been visiting places along the St Thomas Way and exploring medieval beliefs since last September. She's been working alongside Chloe MacKenzie, research fellow in Medieval English at the University of Southampton. They've been looking at the ways people made sense of the world around them.
This story is inspiring on so many levels. Chloe has been walking in places that still hold echoes of those times over 700 years later, testing the new circular routes at each of the 13 points along the trail. Meanwhile, Michelle has been exploring the strange world of the Mappa Mundi and the medieval practice of 'Measuring to the Saint'. While he was being measured to the Saint, William started coming back to life.
In the 13th Century, it was the custom to measure a person who needed spiritual or physical help from head to toe using a piece of string or thread. They would send this length of string to a cathedral or priory and the monks would make a candle from it, then pray to the saint for the person's eternal soul. Michelle loved this concept that a humble piece of string could perhaps still connect us spiritually. She has used the practice in her work, measuring over 250 people 'to the saint'. Using these lengths of string to create a new 'map', she invites us to explore and reflect upon these new landscapes.
Festival of Liturgical Music
The programme for the Festival has been announced. Each day at Evensong we will celebrate a different century of liturgical music, with different choirs contributing. The Festival Trebles' Choir is made up of Trebles from Priory Choir, Newport Cathedral Choir and singers from Swansea.
The Icosa Choir at St Mary's at last year's Festival
Bank Holiday Monday August 27th (pre-reformation)
6pm Choral Vespers (St Mary's Priory Choir Treble voices)
Magnificat Plainsong Tone v
Anthem: Respice in me – Gerarde
6.30pm Festival Launch Reception (by invitation)
7.30pm Choral Compline (Men's Voices)
Tuesday August 28th ( 16th Century)
1.15pm Lunchtime Concert- Eleanor Barnard (Soprano)
5.30pm Choral Evensong (Collegium Loidis)
Introit: Jesu, dulcis memoria- Vittoria Responses: Smith
Cancticles; Second Service – Byrd
Anthem: When David heard – Tomkins
Wednesday, August 29th (17th Century)
1.15pm Lunchtime Recital: Jon Weller (Tenor) and Aine Smith (Soprano)
5.30pm Choral Evensong ( Ethelbert Consort)
Introit: Why art thou so heavy, O my soul – Loosemore
Responses: Ayleward Canticles: Fourth Service – Batten
Anthem: Hear my prayer -Purcell
Thursday, August 30th (18th Century)
1.15pm Lunchtime Recital – Tim Pratt (Organ)
5.30pm Choral Evensong (St Mary's Priory Choir)
Introit: Salve Regina -Lotti
Response: Ebdon Canticles: Woodward in B flat
Anthem: O Praise God- Woodward
Friday, August 31st (19th Century)
1.15pm Lunchtime Recital – Emma Gibbons (Organ)
5.30pm Choral Evensong (Festival Trebles' Choir)
Responses: Wesley Canticles: Service in F – JB Dykes
Anthem: He delivered the poor – Parry
Saturday, September 1st (20th Century)
5.30pm Choral Evensong (Academia Musica)
Response: Radcliffe Canticles: Dyson in D
Anthem: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem – Bairstow
7.00 pm Evening Recital – Icosa Choir conducted by Luke Mather
Sunday, September 2nd (21st Century)
6.00pm Closing Choral Evensong (Icosa Choir)
Music at Evensong:
Responses: Bick Canticles: Short Service – Lesemann-Elliott
Anthem: O gladsome light – Tim Pratt
7.20pm Closing "Bring and Share" Buffet Supper in Priory Centre
Feast of St Benedict – Wednesday
Wednesday marks the Feast of St Benedict, Patron of Europe and writer of the Monastic Rule followed here on and off for 1,000 years. The Holywell Community based here currently follows the spirit of the Rule.
Icon of St Benedict in the St Benedict Chapel
10am Mass of the Feast in the Priory Church
Our Vicar and Prior Canon Mark Soady will travel to Devon mid morning to join Buckfast Abbey's Millennium Celebration in the afternoon. Monks first built an Abbey following the Rule of St Benedict on that site in 1018.
The Feast marks the end of the Holywell Community Lay Members year, so Fr Mark will bid farewell Sr Joanna before departing. (Sr Jenni having already left). The new Community will be licensed on Sunday, August 12th.
New Pilgrim Trail from Swansea to Hereford via Abergavenny Launched
Today sees the launch of a new Pilgrim trail from Swansea, via Abergavenny to Hereford Cathedral. The trail is launched by a day of activities ending in Evensong at the Cathedral.
In 1306, nine witnesses were interrogated about events they had seen in Swansea, around seventeen years previously. The Welshman, William Cragh, had been hanged by William de Briouze, Lord of Gower, and – apparently – miraculously restored to life.
Before the hanging, Cragh had 'bent a penny to St Thomas' as a way of invoking the help of Thomas of Hereford. The wife of Lord William, Lady Mary de Briouze, had also been praying to Thomas of Hereford for his help.
When the apparently lifeless Cragh began to recover, Lady Mary also had him 'measured to St Thomas'. This involved cutting a piece of string the length of his body, which would be given as an offering to the saint.
Cragh's recovery was understood as a miracle. The testimony of nine medieval eyewitnesses still survives, in a manuscript in the Vatican library.
After Cragh's recovery, he went on pilgrimage – together with Lord William and Lady Mary de Briouze – to the tomb of St Thomas at Hereford Cathedral, to give thanks. Their journey is the inspiration for the St Thomas Way.
Highlights from the day include; Medieval Pilgrims living history with 'Pilgrims and Posies', 'Re-Making Maps of the Mind' art exhibition by Michelle Rumney, guest lectures by leading scholars, St Thomas Way ale and medieval brewing . Choral Evensong, sung by the choir of the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Mary, Swansea, and including participation from our Prior Canon Mark Soady.
Participants are not required to do the trail on foot or in one, but as a series of visits to the 13 sites – and on each visit to acquire a stamp.
Visit the St Thomas Way website
Choir to sing a newly found C18th piece of music at Gloucester.
More details of the Priory Choir's week in Gloucester Cathedral in August have been released.
On Saturday 18th they will be singing the music of Richard Woodward (1743- 1777), music that appears to have sat undiscovered in the library of Gloucester Cathedral since about 1772.
A chance conversation with the librarian at Gloucester led to a setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis and also an anthem O Praise God in his holiness being discovered and prepared for performance. The Choir's Music Director Tim Pratt commented "It has been a fascinating project and it is quite likely that these pieces will be receiving their first performance in nearly 250 years."
Appropriately the Choir will sing (Treble Voices) Evensong for the Feast of our Patron the Blessed Virgin Mary's Assumption on August 14th and Sung Eucharist (Full Choir) on the Feast Day, Wednesday August 15th.
Welsh Centre / Canolfan Y Ddegwm to be opened
ON Monday, July 9th we will officially open the new Welsh Language Centre at the Tithe Barn named Canolfan Y Ddegwm (in English The Tithe Centre).
This joint project sees us partnering with the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, whose Welsh Language Unit will be based here; and an association of local Welsh Societies under the umbrella of Criw 'r Efail.
Details of the Centre were announced on St David's Day.
Welcoming the news then, Canon Mark Soady Prior & Vicar said:
I am very excited to be working in partnership with the local Health Authority and other interested parties to create this legacy of the National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny. When the Church took the Tithe Barn back in to its ownership 10 years or so ago we did so with the intention…
The Tithe Barn will continue to also be home to:
Abergavenny Tourism Information Centre
Abergavenny Tapestry
The Church's office and Exhibition display
Last Day of the FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS marking this year's Anniversaries & events
It is the last day day of our Festival of Flowers at St Mary's Priory to mark many of this year's Anniversaries, some of which are very significant for the country and for Abergavenny.
As part of our Year of Celebration of Marriage the Festival contains the following displays:
The 70th Anniversary of the Marriage of HM The Queen & HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, last November (photo right)
The Marriage of TRH The Duke & Duchess of Sussex, in May (photo left)
Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle exchanged vows on May 19, 2018, in front of 600 guests including the Queen,more than 30 royals, and famous faces such as Oprah Winfrey, tennis champion Serena Williams, actor George Clooney and his barrister wife Amal Clooney, Sir Elton John, who sang at the reception, David and Victoria Beckham and actor Idris Elba.
After the wedding, hand-tied bouquets of flowers from St George's Chapel were delivered to St Joseph's Hospice in Hackney. One of the recipients was Pauline Clayton, 89, who at the age of 19 helped to embroider the train of Queen Elizabeth's wedding dress.
MATT HOLYOAK/CAMERA PRESS
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip first met in 1934 at the wedding of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark to Prince George, Duke of Kent. Their engagement was officially announced on July 9, 1947, and they were married four months later, on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey. The then Princess Elizabeth was the 10th member of the Royal Family to be married at the Abbey, the first was on November 11, 1100, when King Henry I married Princess Malda of Scotland
FESTIVAL OF FLOWER'S ANNIVERSARIES- 2 days left!
It is the penultimate day of our Festival of Flowers at St Mary's Priory to mark many of this year's Anniversaries, some of which are very significant for the country and for Abergavenny.
Other Anniversaries been marked include:
250 years of Encyclopaedia Brittanica: The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"),published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., is a generalknowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
The Blue Moon – 100 years before we will experience it again.
Colossus computer is developed 75 years ago:Colossus was a set of computers developed by Brish code breaker in the years 1943–1945 to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher used by the German Army in the Second World War.
Nelson's Column in situ for 180 years: Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square in central London was built to commemorate Admiral Horao Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
Sir Isaac Newton born 375 years ago: Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe.
150 years since the first traffic lights installed, in London:John Peake Knight, a railway engineer and inventor, is credited with designing the world's first traffic light, a manually-operated gas-lit signal.
FESTIVAL OF FLOWER'S ANNIVERSARIES
Until July 3rd we will have a Festival of Flowers at St Mary's Priory to mark many of this year's Anniversaries, some of which are very significant for the country and for Abergavenny.
As part of the Festival this evening we have a special service to mark in prayer and readings the anniversaries the Festival celebrates.
The service at 6pm will include clergy from a variety of the town's christian denomiantions and will be attended by representatives of organisations associated with the Anniversaries.
100 Years of Women's suffrage
PRAYERS AT THE SERVICE
Canon Mark Soady Prior:
As we gather among the beauty of God's creation we come to give thanks for this year's anniversaries and the abundance of his blessings upon us.
Revd Jeffrey Pearse, NSM Curate:
Father we give thanks for the example given us by Our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth both in her service to the nation and her commitment to through marriage to Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. May she be an example to us all of a life well lived. We give thanks also for the support she receives from her husband and her son. In this place Father we give thanks for Charles, Prince of Wales, for his tireless support of us as our Patron. In their 70thanniversary year we remember your servants in the National Health Service who in their way have made this country healthy by the eradication of disease.
V:Lord in your mercy
R:Hear our Prayer
Revd Ian Kirby (URC):
Almighty God we hold up before you all who died in the Great War, and all who for decades later suffered; praying that they are now resting in Peace. So, Father, as we mark the Centenary of the ending of Hostiles, may we learn to sow love, where there is hatred; and to bring joy, hope and gladness where there is currently only despair and sadness. We pray especially at this time for the work of our Twinning Associations and groups as they break down the barriers of ignorance and mistrust between peoples of different nations and races.
Deacon Gwenllian Knighton (Methodist):
We bring before you in thanksgiving Father others who have fought against injustice and inequality, especially at this time we remember the Suffragettes and all who campaigned and voted for women's suffrage, and support women's rights in our own day and age. In this place we give thanks for 10 years as a town fair-trading so that all may receive a fare wage for their labours. Upon human Labour send a blessing Lord.
Revd Malcolm Lane JP,Chaplain to the Chairman of Monmouthshire CountyCouncil:
Father, as your Son came to heal, so we pray your continued blessing on the endeavours of the St John Priory for Wales, giving thanks for a centenary of service in times of war and national disaster as well as in times of peace of and joy. Enable those who train the young to be a source of inspiration to the cadets and badgers; so the healing work may prosper in the years to come. We pray also for the Royal Air Force created out of the hostilities of the fist World War, it has now become an agent of peace and defence of our realm and territories.
Revd Jeffrey Pearse :
In your wisdom you called Richard to be a Bishop in your church and five years ago to serve as Chief Pastor of this Diocese. We give thanks now for the gifts you have given him and pray that through him your church may grow in this place. We pray that your Gospel may be preached and your kingdom come, in the name of your son our Saviour Jesus Christ. AMEN
Our Royal Patron HRH The Prince of Wales' 70th Birthday display
Music in the Service
The Priory Church Choir will sing:
Introit- I will thank thee Daniel Purcell in honour of Bishop Richard's Anniversary
Anthems:
All things Bright & Beautiful J Rutter to mark the NAFAS Diamond Jubilee
Benedictus in b Flat CV Stanford to Commemorate the Centenary of the Order of St John in Wales
'Angel Voices ever singing' to acknowledge artists and artisans, 'Love Divine' to celebrate Marriage and 'God is our strength and refuge' to the Dam busters tune to mark the RAF Centenary.
The Service will end with the National Anthem and Sir Edward Elgar's 'Imperial March' as an Organ Voluntary as we mark HM The Queen's 65th Anniversary of Coronation.
Centenary of the end of Hostilities World War1
Readings at the Service
The Sub Prior will read Wilfred Owen's Poem 'The End' to mark 100 years since the Armistice.
A reading from the 'Song of Solomon' to mark the NAFAS Anniversary and St Matthew's Gospel will help us acknowledge anniversaries connected to social justice.


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Latino parents found inspiration in a singer who is also a peace activist, talented kids, passionate telenovelas, and even vampire stories when choosing names for their baby in 2012. They also leaned toward names that reflect hope in the face of adversity and the unknown.
Juanes, the peace activist and singer of "La Camisa Negra" (The Black Shirt) and "Fíjate Bien" (Pay Close Attention), made a strong comeback after a few months' absence from the stage. One sign of this was the success of his album Juanes MTV Unplugged, named best album of 2012 at the Latin Grammy Awards. Another was the recognition from Latino parents who named their kids after the singer.
The artist's two names, Juan and Esteban, skyrocketed in popularity on our list of the 100 most popular names for boys. Esteban was one of the big winners, jumping 48 places – more than any other name on the list. In 2011 it was close to the bottom of the list, and now it's number 45! Juan advanced 26 places, to number 52.
The compound name Juan Esteban also climbed considerably, going from 99 to 71 on our list of top boys' names.
And if that's not enough, the name of Juanes's 3-year-old son, Dante, jumped 30 points in popularity to number 65. Curiously, young Dante shares his name with the family dog. (Imagine the confusion this could create!) The singer says his inspiration was the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy.
His 8-year-old daughter Luna's name also rose one point to number 63 on our list of the 100 most popular names for girls.
So if you saw a lot of babies wearing black one-piece outfits last year, you now know why.
Famous female vampires seduced some Latino parents who were searching for girls' names.
The names of some of the actresses and female characters from the acclaimed series Twilight are trendier than ever among Latino parents.
Isabella – the name of Twilight's main character, attractive vampire Isabella "Bella" Marie Swan Cullen (played by Kristen Stewart) – has been one of the top 10 most popular names for girls since 2007, when we started compiling our baby names lists. This year Isabella remained in second place, but it nearly knocked out Sofía, which has been in first place for six years.
Latino parents also adapted into Spanish the name of Twilight's main supporting character, Alice Cullen, the adopted sister of handsome vampire Edward Cullen (played by Ashley Greene). The name Alicia returned to our list of the 100 most popular names for girls after disappearing for a few years.
And Victoria, the redheaded vampire villain in Twilight and New Moon (played by Rachelle Lefevre), stood firm in the number 10 spot it held in 2011.
The names of two actresses in the Twilight series also leaped up on our list: Elizabeth and Julia. The first, which climbed 18 points, belongs to Elizabeth Reaser, who plays Esme Cullen (adoptive mother of Alice and Edward Cullen). The second, which moved up 11 points, is attributed to actress Julia Jones, who plays werewolf Leah Clearwater.
The popularity of HBO's award-winning TV series True Blood continues to grow, as does the popularity of the names of its characters and actresses. Salomé, played by actress Valentina Cervi, popped up 25 places on our list, to spot 29. And Valentina remained in the top 10 names for girls and took one step up to the number 3 spot.
The lead actress in the series, Anna Paquin, who plays the famous Sookie Stackhouse, also had an influence. Ana, with one "n," climbed 20 places last year, from 65 to 45.
Rumors and beliefs that December 21 would be the end of the world gained momentum in many parts of the world. Interpretations of this phenomenon varied. For some it meant "the beginning of a new era," for others "the return of God."
Jesús ("God is salvation") jumped 29 places.
Isaac ("he who laughs") moved up 28 places.
José ("God will provide") climbed 22 places.
Bautista ("he who baptizes") rose 21 places.
Romina ("Roman" or "from Rome") leaped up 39 places.
Regina ("queen") advanced 27 places.
Caleb and Salvador both appeared on our top 100 list of boys' names for the first time, as number 89 and 94, respectively. The name Salvador means savior. Caleb means bold and brave.
Telenovelas on Univision and Telemundo don't just compete for ratings – they're also competitors on our lists of baby names! And, according to our results, a number of Latino babies were named after the lead characters and actors from two telenovelas on those networks.
Damián and Gael, the two main characters on Televisa's telenovela Abismo de Pasión (Abyss of Passion), broadcast in the United States on Univision, jumped 31 and 30 places, respectively, on our list of popular names. Actor David Zepeda played Damián Arango Mondragón, and Mark Tacher played Gael Arango Navarro (Damián's half-brother).
The handsome Damián and Gael competed for the love of the heroine of the story, Elisa (played by Angelique Boyer), a name that was resurrected this year and returned to the top 100 list! Elisa's return was triumphant: She landed in the number 62 spot on our list of top 100 girls' names.
The telenovela Corazón Valiente (Brave Heart), broadcast on Telemundo, has also had an influence. We credit the show's leading man, Juan Marcos Arroyo (played by José Luis Reséndez), with the return of Marcos to our top 100 names list in 2012.
Corazón Valiente also resurrected Fernanda and Vanessa to the top 100 names. The spectacular return of Fernanda (jumping all the way to spot 34) shows that TV viewers also sympathize with the villains. We're referring to villainess Fernanda del Castillo, played by Cuban actress Aylin Mujica.
Vanessa showed up as number 90, thanks to Venezuelan co-star Vanessa Pose, who plays Emma Arroyo de Peralta, the sister of Juan Marcos.
Also gaining in popularity was the name of the brave police officer Laura Aguilar, played by the beautiful Colombian actress and model Angeline Moncayo. Laura scrambled up 25 points, to spot 54. And Violeta – played by young actress Nicole Arci –climbed ten places to spot 43.
The second season of Televisa's reality show Pequeños Gigantes (Little Giants) was received with much affection in both Mexico and the United States, where it was broadcast on Univision. In this country, the season finale of the children's talent competition broke audience records.
Among the 10 most popular names for girls, there are two new entries in 2012, and both have to do with this show. María José, the name of the sympathetic singer and one of the judges of the competition, appeared for the first time on the list of top 10 most popular names for girls, at number 9. And Jimena (Ximena), one of the show's co-hosts, advanced six points to number 7.
The names of several of the talented little ones also gained popularity. Patricio, after "Pato" Marroquín, a member of the show's comedy club, returned this year to our list of 100 most popular boys' names after an absence of four years!
The monikers of Melissa (Méndez), a dancer on the team Los Súper Peques (Super Kids), and comedian Juliana (Samame) also appeared on our list of top 100 girls' names. Melissa landed in spot 87, Juliana at 60. Another dancer from the team Los Súper Poderosos (Super Powerful), Alexa (Salas), climbed 19 points to number 61.


BBC Four sitcom about an Irish family. 3 episodes (1 series) in 2014. Stars Niall Gaffney, Philippa Dunne, Amy Stephenson, Rory Connolly and others.
The Walshes are a warm, tight-knit family from the West Dublin suburb of Strollinstown. But sometimes tight-knit is too much, and the Walshes are tripping over each other as the kids out-grow the family home.
Tony, head of the household, tells the sort of Dad jokes that most people would cross continents to avoid; his wife Carmel is the typical Irish Mammy, and they're parents to Ciara and Rory, both still living at home because the state of the Irish economy has forced them all back together.
Even Ciara's new boyfriend Graham is forced to move in and family friend Martin always seems to be hanging around mending bits and pieces - as well as accidentally becoming trapped in the wall cavity.
The script was developed by comedy group Diet Of Worms in collaboration with Graham Linehan. The characters are based on The Taste Of Home, a low-budget web series created by the comedy group in 2010.


When Marlon quits the family basketball team, Pops turns to Monique, who can make his son jump through hoops. It's the basketball game of the season for the Williams brothers when they go up against the Jones brothers -- their life-long arch rivals. But before the match begins, Shawn and Marlon begin arguing over strategies, and a disgusted Marlon storms off the court in disgust. A forfeit seems inevitable, until Monique steps in and convinces Marlon to express his own individual style while following Shawn's game plan.


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Does Eating Animals that Are Resistant to Antibiotics Increase the Human Risk for Antibiotic Resistance?
Sharon Burch
Flourishing antibiotic resistance is just one of the many public health crises influenced by factory farming, and all of them can be traced to the current "factory farm" approach to raising animals for food. This approach rewards "high stocking density," in which productivity is measured by how many animals are crammed into a feeding facility.
The problem: In 2017, nearly 11 million kilograms of antibiotics—including 5.6 million kilograms of medically important antibiotics—were sold in the U.S. for factory-farmed animals. Factory farms routinely use antibiotics to prevent the spread of diseases that are encouraged by cramped and unhealthy living conditions. While antibiotics do kill many types of bacteria in animals, resistant bacteria survive and multiply, contaminating meat and animal products during slaughter and processing.
What it means for you: People can be exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria by handling or eating contaminated animal products, coming into contact with contaminated water, or touching the farm animals, which of course makes a farm worker's job especially hazardous. Even if you don't eat much meat or dairy, you're vulnerable because resistant pathogens can enter water streams through animal manure and contaminate irrigated produce.
Oversight for the way factory farms operate and manage waste is minimal at best. No federal agency collects consistent and reliable information on the number, size, and location of large-scale agricultural operations, nor the pollution they're emitting. There are also no federal laws governing the conditions in which farm animals are raised, and most state anti-cruelty laws do not apply to farm animals.
For example, Texas, Iowa, and Nebraska have excluded livestock from their animal cruelty statute and instead created specific legislation aimed at farm animal abuse that makes accepted or customary husbandry practices the animal welfare standard.
Other states, like New Jersey and North Carolina, are actively protecting the rights and health of farm animals. Still, the general lack of governmental oversight of factory farms often results in cramped and filthy conditions, stressed-out animals and workers, and an ideal setup for the spread of illness among animals, between animals and workers, and into the surrounding environment through animal waste.
Developments: The European Union has been much more aggressive than the U.S. in regulating antibiotic use on factory farms, banning the use of all antibiotics for growth promotion in 2006. But the U.S. is making some progress, too. Under new rules issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which went into effect in January 2017, antibiotics that are important for human medicine can no longer be used for growth promotion or feed efficiency in cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys and other animals raised for food.
Additionally, 95 percent of medically important antibiotics used in animal water and feed for therapeutic purposes were reclassified so they can no longer be purchased over the counter, and a veterinarian now has to sign off for their use in animals. As a result, domestic sales of medically important antimicrobials used in factory farmed animals decreased by 43 percent from 2015 (the year of peak sales) through 2017, reports the FDA.
However, the agency still allows routine antibiotic use in factory farms for disease prevention in crowded and stressed animals, so these new rules aren't nearly enough, says Matthew Wellington, antibiotics program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund.
"The FDA should implement ambitious reduction targets for antibiotic use in the meat industry, and ensure that these medicines are used to treat sick animals or control a verified disease outbreak, not for routine disease prevention," Wellington said in a statement, according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
National Resources Defense Council Senior Attorney Avinash Kar agrees. "We are seeing real progress, but the American meat industry continues to have a drug problem and the clock is ticking to solve it... Far more antibiotics important to humans still go to cows and pigs—usually when they're not sick—than to people, putting the health of every single one of us in jeopardy."
While the FDA still allows antibiotics to be used to prevent disease in livestock, the World Health Organization has called for an end to the practice, citing concern that it contributes to antimicrobial resistance in humans.
You can vote for local initiatives that establish health and welfare regulations for factory farms, but only a tiny number of states, including California and Massachusetts, are even putting relevant propositions on the ballot.
Another option is to support any of the nonprofits that are, in lieu of effective government action, taking these factory farms to task. The Environmental Working Group, Earthjustice and the Animal Legal Defense Fund are among those working hard to check the worst practices of these factory farms. Another good organization is the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project, which works with local residents to fight the development of factory farms in their own backyards.
Buying humanely raised animal products from farms and farmers you trust is another way to push back against factory farming. Sadly, products from these smaller farms make up only a fraction of the total. In the U.S., roughly 99 percent of chickens, turkeys, eggs and pork, and 70 percent of cows, are raised on factory farms.
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AMHERST, MA – In a tragedy that could not have been foreseen by anyone that didn't attend last year's bonfire, four first years have been found dead in the aftermath of a stampede for homecoming 2015 T-shirts.
The stampede, which began approximately between the words "free" and "T-Shirt" when the MC's of the event yelled "Who wants a free T-Shirt?" at the audience, consisted mainly of first years whose excitement for the homecoming bonfire had never been dulled by the knowledge of what a homecoming bonfire was like.
"The horror. The horror," he added.
The death toll is expected only to increase over the homecoming weekend, and the ceremonial sacrifice of seven virgins to the NESCAC gods during the bonfire will only excacerbate those numbers, inside sources report. The administration only hopes that the sacrifices made during this homecoming will bring bountiful alumni donation harvests.


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Summer Camp Festival 2018 | Review
Article Contributed by June Reedy | Published on Tuesday, June 12, 2018
These are the tall tales told by campfire light, under the moon just slight, and peppered with lasers dancing overhead. The scissor-like sidestep from reality, Summer Camp sizzled brighter than ever this year. There was Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with a rainbow net, a revival of the old 1992 hip-hop days, and a field full of living flowers being watered by the sun. 2018's installment of Summer Camp had musical notes formed by clouds for miles. Between discovering new music and then missing their sets, to field day fun, to the inner dimension travels between campsites, no journey brings greater discovery to the childlike mind than Summer Camp Music Festival.
Summer Camp, realized, is in the Soulshine area. This hood is where the live art, art galleries, permaculture displays, glass blowing demos, concessions, beehives, swings, shaded spots for hammocks, and the place that sells heaven on earth - moonmats- is located. Two of the best keys players around hosted the Friday party there: Joe Day and Kyle Hollingsworth. Kyle was handing out samples of Lagunita's beer while Old Shoe took the stage. The Make a Difference raffle gave out tons of kewl stuff: hoodies, artwork, hats, free downloads, and even tickets to Summer Camp 2019! If you were caught doing something awesome: being friendly, picking up litter, carrying someone in need to the med tent, you got a ticket and a chance to enter the Make a Difference Raffle. How awesome is that? The real world doesn't often reward you for the good deeds you do. Shit, sometimes I feel punished for doing the right things in the real world.
Old Shoe kept it comin' on home. Wherever you go, there you are. They closed with a Railroad Earth cover, Long Way to Go, followed by their original Dust Bowl. Dust Bowl is such a barn burner, I can't even explain. That song will forever make me dance - like Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show way back when. The Soulshine neighborhood was chill enough to step back, take in some amazing sights, and catch up with other campers. Old Shoe was the best local band to host that kind of vibe because they seemingly know everyone from around here.
From there, put a pep in your step and fasten your seatbelt for a ride on the good time express. 9 stages of music to choose from, but old habits die hard. Head over to the old Yager stage. They call it the Sunshine stage these days but you know it's all the same because man is it hot. When "Fuck That's Delicious" host Action Bronson was sweating thru his shirt, you know it's hotter than the heat in the kitchen. He was cooking up hip-hop for the hungry man. He chopped suckas like onions. Leftover Salmon rocked this stage too, just after Spafford and well into the hottest part of Saturday. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Despite wanting to take in every second of the divine line up of music, frequent stops back to the campsite were necessary. The campsite is the central experience in Summer Camp. Folks had severe cases of FOMO for what happens in VIP, but truly, the heart of the Summer Camp is in them trees. We had a sweet spot with friendly neighbors. Ain't nothing like a hug, hello nice to meet you, amiright?
Now I had seen this fun band a long time ago at 1st st pub in Nederland CO. I couldn't tell you what they played or why it was so fun, but I remembered their funny ass name: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. They were generous with stickers, and we took all the promo stuff they had to give us that night. It was a fun memory. I was with a girl that is totally into death metal too. The fact that we both enjoyed a band as much as we did is really something to marvel in retrospect. That had been about ten years back so when I saw them now? Well, shoot… I had finished another new job intensive training session and got into the car. Now, this particular job was in sales, so I was pumped to not take no for an answer. I got into the car, turned up Jam On, and it was "Baby, I Got Something For Ya…. Something for my baby, Aw!" That day, it became my jam.
Summer Camp officially began for me that day at that moment. The log got thrown on the fun fire; the fun dial got set to 11, we set sail into the bubble breezes blowing by and never looked back. Ya see, not only was their energy coming off stage bigger and brighter than ever before, but it was tighter than ever before. You can sense a profound maturity and ambition from Pigeons. As an audience, you can't help but wanna support and set that adrift to higher heights. The flock was in full effect as Scrambled Greg came bounding on stage. The rain had stopped as we were lined up ready to get a spot near stage. The music started. The rainbow appeared. It only got stronger the longer they played until a Bob Ross double rainbow hung like a horse up in the sky. It was yuuuuge. And they played it. I got something for you! They carried on strong thru the hour-long set. It was a blissful eruption of controlled chaos, especially when Al Schier from Moe. came out to join them on stage. Jeremy Schon and Al were trading licks, and it lead the dance to an absolute fever pitch. Ping Pongs were flying, and it was GAME ON from that point on.
Now if we had one of them golf carts, I know what we would have done differently. But we didn't so what ended up happening was… orbital. Orbital affairs start to take the same shape over and over. If you do it right, you are extending the length, but you'll alway return to the same spot inevitably. That's the best I figure really. We walked by stages of Umphrey's McGee and Jade Cicada and came back to the welcoming arms of the woods. We popped out at the Camping Stage where what we saw was groovy sounding. The bass was thumping like brick after brick in a final Tetris round. It laid a foundation for my face to keep ticking away from awe to smile to awe to smile. It was EGI.
EGI has been around for a while now, mixing up members and instruments. This incarnation has found its deep pocket. Now ascending the fundamental funk, the highlight had to be Big Handsome. They ripped through their new song Thrive off their album Vessel and into a primus fueled, YEM like jam with two simple words for lyrics: Big Handsome. Even saying those words rekindles the funk flame with fancy bass licks to adorn the simple words. The best part is that the bass player wrote this song for his boxer pup, Gordon. It's now become the song for every beefcake pup I see. Big handsome!!
Old Shoe was at it again; it's just so comfortable. Something about their Country Home always calls me back. EGI's crowd funneled over to the Campfire Stage. This performance had me losing my mind as they shred into Dire Straits Money for Nothing. Joe Day's falsetto vocals mixed with Paul Priest's shredding on guitar built up at sneaky tempo that unleashed on a steep little hill. "I want my MTV…!" I lost my mind and my bandana. Under an almost full moon, they had drummer extraordinaire Greg Fundis up to add djembe to the mix. Between he & Old Shoe drummer Jonathan Reed, they sounded like fireworks and looked like them too with the lasers from the Starshine stage cutting thru the backdrop. I love Greensky, but when they also covered Money for Nothing later in the weekend, Old Shoe's version rung supreme. Further on into the set, the merch table was flooded by folks hoping to get their golden ticket to Shoe Fest. They gave out free stickers and koozies and hidden inside one of the koozies was a free pass to summer's last dance, Shoe Fest. The real swagger was seeing their double-disc vinyl, Country Home, for sale.
Vinyl is up to 9% of all music media being purchased. It is the only format that is biting into streaming music sales. Spafford recently released For Amusement Only on vinyl - and their pre-release sold out, twice! When Brian & Jordan of Spafford were asked about this, Brian emphatically replied, "Why wouldn't we? We just released a big new studio album. We figured we should test the waters, check to see if this was all a dream or…" and Jordan was super pumped about the bigger art that it affords them as a band. "I've seen High Fidelity. Of course, I wanted our new album to be available on vinyl. I love that the artistic expression of vinyl gives you something you can touch. You are able to read the lyrics and feel the music, not to mention the artwork itself." They include Sean Tierney and Jon Rose's art prints for sale with their music, a big ol newspaper press pressing out what would become their iconic SPAFFORD logo. When you listen to their music you are reminded of that first time you put the needle to the record of Pink Floyd. Test the waters? This is the new Roger Waters. Their music is a beautiful dichotomy of spontaneous vs. planned musical conversations. I gotta get my hands on this Spafford vinyl. They pump out the jams, and they are puttin it on wax? Count me in!
You can catch Spafford going tropical on the next Jam Cruise. They are about to sail away. Without making a tacky yacht rock reference, Spafford is patient and posed for full album glory. It is no doubt that their album is the perfect band for vinyl format. It's great to hear them on Jam On and all, but one song just doesn't cut it. I have definite FOMO for catching them on a boat all night long. That is my most anticipated Jam Cruise band this year. Unless of course, you consider the loveable long timers that will no doubt yuk it up on the boat, Leftover Salmon.
The messengers of Americana are at it again. Leftover Salmon has a heavy touring load to support their new album, Something Higher. I asked them when we can expect a biography or docuseries about their almost 30 years of doing what they are doing. "Early next year. It's a book by Tim Newbie," answered Vince Herman. "And if you haven't yet, check out Years in Your Ears… A Story of Leftover Salmon. It's a film done a couple years back by Eric Abramson." Note, "a couple years" was probably ten years ago. Along with being the house band for the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" there is Leftover to be caught on mainstream television but not enough. They uphold the genre of Americana these days, especially with the growing divide in the political landscape. They are the guardians of the flame that keeps this blend of zydeco, bluegrass, jam, poly-ethnic slam grass alive.
The life and times and harrowing adventures of Leftover Salmon keep on rolling, adding more miles to their lifeline. Another new addition, which I thought would be so innovative and a possibly new idea is Uncle Vinny's reserve. Would they have a strain of marijuana to go along with the Something Higher tins and rolling papers that are for sale in their merch booths and online? Of course, they will. It's also in the works. They don't know when it will be released, but until it is they have delicious edibles named for them available at many fine Colorado retailers. They will keep on touring, and the growers will keep on growing. That's one thing we can count on in these crazy times.
While painting landscapes with their music and advocating for their American blend of music, they have also always participated with HeadCount. They have always encouraged people to take part in the politics happening all around and to not stick your head in the sand when it comes to our country, our lives, our freedoms. I asked them, besides voting, what is something that you would encourage your audience to do right now - something simple and something right now - what would you say? "Run for office," said Vince. Greg and Drew kinda smirked and also offered, "flee the country." We all had a good chuckle. But they all agreed on the same stance they have always held true to- vote for change. Make your voice heard.
What is the secret to their sustainability? What keeps them going after all this time? "We don't know how to do anything else. Honestly, it's what we do, it's who we are. It's our identity at this point. Whatever it takes." The laughter, the roots, and the music shines in that very motion. That is what make Leftover Salmon the prophets of our jam scene.
That, and perhaps Andy Thorn and Vince wandering around the woods late at night on Saturday. It blew the kids mind! With a mix of I'll Fly Away and Marshall Tucker Bands Can't You See - in true Vince Herman Festivaaaaaal style, they delighted fans - of which some were EDM fans there to see the electronic acts. They didn't know - until now- who Leftover Salmon is. Vince Herman is our new George Carlin. "Can't cha see? Ooooh, can't ya see? What Jimmy Buffet, been doin to me!" Ya gotta love Vince Herman.
My only complaint for the entire weekend was a minor infraction of group think. I can agree to disagree about all sorts of issues but this moment at the water refill station was irritating to the core. The way the station is set up, the water source came from one end, the left in our case. There are water spigots on both sides so you may say right but i'm going left. Perspective my people, perspective. Anyway, at one end - whichever end you may see it it where the water comes from. Each spigot receives a little less pressure as we all share that water coming from the source. The gal closer to the source of water and right left of us (see what i did there, ha!) was giving herself a full-on bath. No problem with that. Her long brown silky hair and tramp stamp dermals definitely deserved a rinse. My problem came into play when the folks to the right or left of us away from the water source were not getting any water from their spigots. Nalgenes were thirsty for just a drop, entire camps were waiting to refill their gallon containers to keep themselves hydrated. Nonetheless, she continued to keep her spicket on full blast. She had her own lil puddle and seemingly was in her own little world as the entire crowd waited for her to finish washing her cootch for the 5th time and get her feet perfectly clean (even tho she would have to walk out into the dust bowl immediately upon leaving her lil puddle) while the rest of us waited to maybe brush our teeth or fill a water bottle. On and on she went, triple dipping everybody part. She does know that there are showers available here, right? I bit my tongue but the stares she got were deadly. Although she was blissed out using all the water, she didn't even notice the rest of us. Don't be that girl. One of the most beautiful parts of a festival is the community and the group think that can be so positive.
Enough of that, let's talk about the positive: the groups of people that graciously shared breakfast with us in the morning, the show going buddies that created a group pile of trash and we all took turns taking hands full to the proper receptacle, to the gal behind me that spotted my sunburn and almost without asking shmeared sunblock all over me in a delightful almost massage from a stranger. That's what it's all about. Like raindrops of love in a sun-filled overexposed cornfield, there were more moments of coming together than one girl stealing all the water for her cooch. There really was. CommUNITY is what it's all about. I only write about one bad experience for the sake of us all learning more and doing better.
Let's take time for fun! A sincere highlight of the Summer Camp experience was Marco Benevento's set. With a massive keyboard and a Willy Wonka look alike top hat, Marco arranged himself and his gear on stage with a warm disposition and a gregarious smile that reached my soul. His band mates had tee shirts on that said, "WE ARE TAKING TIME FOR FUN." Last I saw him; he was sitting in with someone else. I've caught the awesome JRAD, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Benevento Russo Duo, Garage a Trois, but it was an absolute treat to see him lead his own brand of weirdness. His songs were fun and breezy and welcoming. He has this bubblegum cheesy 80's style mixed with absolute skill on the keys. Marco is my answer to the long-forgotten Blake Babies of 1992. He wasted no time to get to the groove, his keys could not only dance on top of the bass, but his reverb was set up like Sting circa 1986 that was a one-stop shop for the low end. Happy Cha Cha was a smattering of all these new versions of old favorites. He makes a little birdhouse in audience's soul. The piano-led jam led into living loving; she's just a woman, then Tom's Diner, then he gave away his new LP on vinyl. He played Green Vert from that LP, and I now have my requests in at my favorite local record shop. I know what I am looking for next as I thumb the 12.375 inches of musical bliss.
Closing out the weekend was the headliner that really summed it all up for us, Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band. They played the Sunshine stage as the mean mr melanoma tucked away to bed. Grateful for a reprieve from the brutal sun, the opening set reflected a slower tempo than I would have anticipated. Anticipation was palpable as musicians from the weekend lined up off stage to catch the legend play right here in the cornfields of Illinois.
When they returned for the second set, the tempo picked up. All things must pass. 2018 was a snap back of the rubber band of consciousness. Summer Camp has been known to be diverse in their line up anywhere from country to alternative, but this year seemed like the only extremes were in the weather. They had a nice pocket of Saturday night hip-hop, and the closers were an homage to the original festival prophets. I was a little disappointed that Phil's son, Grahame was not on stage with the family band but the garden variety of familiar tunes more than made up for it. If there was family lacking on stage, the family of scampers in the crowd formed in its wake.
After playing Domefest in PA, Mungion member Joe Re noticed our Grateful Web Terrapin Turtle trailhead artwork. "There was an art installment at Domefest of the Terrain turtles. We must be following this artwork." Mungion is on our bands to watch list. I inquired about how the summer is going for them as they spread out further from their Chicagoland base. What are you listening to right now in the van? "Honestly, our old music that we each made growing up. I think right now currently is a pop-punk band from our junior high days." Their VIP performance had eluded us, but as we packed up to leave Summer Camp 2018, we had to stop for their nod to 95 Phish performance. There was a massive glowstick war happening to Melvin, their lighthearted funky jam. It was a fine farewell and a feeling of humble humor. When would I see my scamp family again?
What else are you gonna do? When you don't feel appreciated in the real world, you do as Leftover Salmon has done. You do what you have always done. If you don't know how to be anything but kind, you keep following the kind vibes and loving the music that makes you who you are. Like a hippy convention or trade show, Summer Camp is the Midwest's first chance to get out there and see what we've been sleeping on all winter. There are artists, flow arts, music, gardeners, and happy campers all around. The sunburnt stamp of Summer Camp left its mark on me. The bug bites will disappear, the sun kisses will fade, but in my heart, I am forever better because of this experience.
The out-of-our-control choices at Summer Camp are sun or mud. That melanoma mister in the sky managed to keep me out of commission for a few hours overall. When I thought of it, I preferred that to the ten extra pounds of mud on my ankles dragging me down for 30,000 step each day. 2018 had given us the best of both worlds, a little rain, a lot of sun and that beautiful, blessed rainbow. No matter what the elements bring, when we fight the elements, we fight together. Together is the best place to be.
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We had a very memorable 25th anniversary party at Liverpool Town Hall in June that enabled us to thank so many of you that have supported us over the last two decades and more. It was hard to top that.
Coming close were the other relationships we formed with new suppliers that have enabled us to continue to bring you exclusive deals with brand leaders in their field, namely Adidas and their sports eyewear range plus Zeiss and their brilliant technology to help you drive more safely.
Next year already promises the same in terms of new partnerships with the Hearing Care Partnership bringing a new dimension to our business…we'll be looking after even more of your senses.
Reverting back to summer, once again we got to enjoy the British summertime with two great events, Boodles Tennis at Mere and the Liverpool International Tennis Tournament. Pop up opportunities and taking our high street presence to pastures new is part of our strategy for next year too.
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Now once again, it's time to give something back as we try to do year round but especially at this time of the year…our sale begins in earnest on January 3rd 2018 with up to 50% off on selected items.
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'I can't wait to get started. It feels like a very nice club, nice family club.'
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A Greek user would notice the peculiarity in this character and should take a bit to get used to it. What a Greek speaker expects is the 'leg' of γ to be vertical.
If γ follows a design principle then I believe it's OK to have it like that.
I believe one requirement here is that γ and ν look different.
Currently γ looks very similar to the ν from DejaVu Sans (currently default Ubuntu font) but with a 'leg'.
See http://simos.info/blog/archives/1144 for blog post and comment regarding γ.
There isn't a correct style in this regard. The designs were reviewed by an expert native speaking Greek typographer with about 20 years of experience.
We don't think there is any ambiguity between the 'γ' (gamma) and 'ν' (nu), most notable the γ has a leg.
Moving the closure of this to "Opinion". The issue reported was a valid one, just one in which there is a stylistic opinion between a Greek typographer of 20 years standing and a Greek reader of 20 years standing. What hopefully sets us above other typeface development projects of the past is out ability to make the most of both sets of experience.
Simos: We have the breathing space to re-open this is after deployment of the Ubuntu Font Family to a wider group of people, if it is further reported as being an issue―it may turn out to be acceptable or something that everyone gets used to it. Neither of these affect the validity of the concern raised (I appreciate your feedback and the time taken to provide it), but do have a bearing on the outcome. Equally, thank you for Dalton Maag and Shiraaz for taking the time to write about the rationale that lead to the current outlines.
As you can surely understand some typographers would gladly sacrifice functionality (in our case this means readability) to gain a little bit of subjective elegance -- how can you be sure that this SINGLE typographer is not one of them?
Personally I've seen with my own eyes children (with low reading skils) and a lot of older men (with low vision) having real -not subjective- trouble with this specific form of gamma. So I honestly can't give a lot of weight on what a SIGNLE typographer has to say.
Nick: there is no 'them' and 'us', only *we*. We (including you, including I, including Dalton Maag and including Canonical) are collectively working on this Ubuntu Font Family to make something that is better for everyone. There is no 'single' typographer, but many. There is no 'single' user, but many.
It is *very* useful to know about the personal feedback experiences (old people, young children), as we pass this back and forth. Everybody contributing here is right and correct about something, and *we* (you, I, D-M, C.) need to take that data and apply it pragmatically. If we can prove (eg. over a 3 month period with 10,000 people) that it is an issue, then it makes sense to re-address it. This crowd-sourcing of feedback is the advantage, and we must use it.
Once again, thank you for contributing and taking the time to get involved!
Paul: Thanks for the reply. I understand the deadline situation for 10.10.
Let's try the font as is and I'll come back if there are concerns from users of deployed Ubuntu 10.10 systems.
Of the two approaches, out of interest, which seems more modern?
Paul: sorry for the rough language. It wasn't because of high temper - just lack of time.
I wanted to point out that this issue is not at the black 'n' white zone of correct -vs- wrong and that the opinion of one man (no matter how skilled) is not enough to mark this bug as invalid. That's why I emphasized the word SINGLE and not because I wanted to attack any particular typographer. I find his work very beautiful but think that readability is more important when it comes to the default font of an OS.
My company serves people with visual impairments for many years so I'm looking at the issue more from the perspective of people with low-vision than from that of the typical user. From that point of view alpha and gama are difficult to read characters because alpha can easily be mistaken for an omicron and gamma for an ni. (I've also noted that children of the first years of elementary school seem to get confused from the same characters as low-vision people but I don't have much experience there).
That's almost impossible. There aren't 10,000 Greek users of Ubuntu let alone users bellow 9 and above 60 years old. And even if we find a proper set of people some serious difficulties remain (e.g measuring "reading difficulty", collecting their feedback in a usable form).
To me the font as it is now isn't that bad. True, the "gamma" looks a bit unusual, but, hey... it's a new (root-breaker) style. It might be liked from people or it might not. Time will tell.
I understand and respect Nick Demou's professional experience. And if his point of view lies within the main goals of the ubuntu design team, then yes, his view should be seriously considered.
I know that typography can be a higly complex thing (and have no special knowledge on the subject actually). Anyhow, I did some fingerpainting to give two alternative ideas for the "gamma" (based on flipping/rotating and cropping of the current "gamma" and "lamda").
@Mark: Typically, modern would be the approach that is different from what people are used to.
Then, the γ (gamma) in Ubuntu Font is indeed modern.
There was a similar situation for Greek when the default Ubuntu font was changed from Bitstream Vera to DejaVu. The weird character at that time was the Greek 'ν' (for 'n'). There were some complaints but people eventually got used to it and the glyph remained as is.
I notice that the Ubuntu font Latin v and Greek ν are identical. Can someone from Dalton Maag comment on the appropriateness of that ambiguity?
@Mark: There are many fonts containing a few Greek letters that have identical "glyphs" with Latin characters. In fact 15 Greek letters have almost always identical glyphs with latin ones . This is expected since the Latin alphabet is a "fork" :-) of the Greek one and the two evolved in close contact for many centuries.
It's important in mathematics that the Latin v and the Greek ν have different glyphs because the two alphabets are used in close proximity all the time.
There is little point in changing Greek ν to make it look different from Latin v. If however you choose to go that path then you still have a serious problem: If you make minor changes so that the letter still fits well within the font then you defeat the purpose of removing confusion between the two letters. If on the other side you make major changes then you risk making the letter look like it doesn't belong to its font.
@Kevin: I can't imagine a case where the similarity between the Greek ν and Latin v is a problem except if someone uses both of them as special symbols within the same context (e.g. Greek ν as a symbol for a counter and Latin v as a symbol for velocity) . If you really-really must use both in the same text you can do the same trick that you see in most books: use another style or font for one of them (e.g. serif and sans-serif font or normal and bold style).
> "Is the mathematical invocation a different glyph, or the same one?"
I can't really tell if I understand your question. I can however think of one Greek letter which has been so special that often Greek people feel the need to use a different glyph for it. I'm talking about the Greek π when used to represent the ratio of circles circumferences to their diameters. I do note that even for this "superstar" of symbols we use the regular glyph in many cases. And if you visit the Unicode standard and go to the position of the regular Greek letter π it says "Index entries: GREEK SMALL LETTER PI, pi, mathematical constant 3.141592...". I hope these remarks help with what is bothering you.
@Mark: The Greek lowercase nu (U+03BD) is the only upright, non-bold lowercase nu. (That is, there are not separate nu glyphs for math and text in this particular instance.) There are special bold, italic, and bold-italic nu glyphs for math, however. So then the question becomes, are upright, non-bold lowercase nu glyphs used in typesetting mathematics?
@Nick: Mathematicians do often avoid using nu and v in the same equation because they're easily confused at first glance. If we're willing to say that this font should not be used for mathematics, that's fine. But if we do want to allow for this font to be used for mathematics, we need to adjust the nu glyph.
Additionally, the italic v and italic nu look the same, too.
It appears that lowercase chi and lowercase x are also the same glyph, also.
From the examples in the latexsearch, I see that the greek (lower-case) \nu is always typeset in italic. Is this the rule for every greek letter in mathematic formulas?
About upper-case, I would guess that normal (not italic) is more appropriate, because of cases like \sum (Σ, capital sigma) and \prod (Π, capital pi).
So, I guess latex does what is (is it?) the norm for scientific formulas.
Greek lowercase chi ("χ") has always had one significant difference: half of the letter falls below the base line just like latin letters jyqg. It also usualy is a litle bit more stretched in the vertical axis compared with latin x. Here is the one next to the other if you can see Greek characters xχ.
Here is a screenshot that shows the lowercase Greek characters for several fonts.
This should probably had to be added in the initial report description above.
Kevin/Simon: Can you file the non-descending Chi separately, as I think we will need to document some rationale for that choice either way (regardless of outcome).
@Paul: I've filed bug <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+bug/647092> for the x/chi issue.
I think this bug report is getting a bit off-track beyond the original issue of just gamma/nu ambiguity. Please could we move the general discussion of when/how to alias glyphs over to bug #647443 ("Style: when and to what extent to re-use glyphs between scripts") and which I've opened for this purpose and populated with a full list of current aliasing that is in use, push some Python so that people can investigate further.
De-duped from bug #654748 about the ambiguity when hinted. It might be that changing the shapes would help the legibility at small sizes anyway.
In my mind I want it to be different from the English "y" which is a different letter.
Although I would prefer it the first way as it is more Greek. I have learned not to confuse it with the small latin V.
Again it is faster for me but if I want to write better I use the first "τ".
The proper form is of course the first, but again the second is faster to use as it is smaller, and Greeks that are bilingual will tend to use the second form also (note that it is the same later, different sound).


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Q: Create matrix from simple pandas dataframe I have a simple dataframe with two columns and would like to transform it into a matrix with same number of columns and rows.
I have several combinations as rows and would like to copy those into columns in order to have a view of the strength of the relationships on a visual level (possibly a chord diagram).
This is a sample the dataframe I'm using:
variables         count
a                  13
b                   9
c                   8
d                   6
e                  10
f                  12
g                   9
h                   7
a_b                 7
a_b_h               8

And this is the output I would like to have, taking into account that I have several combinations, not just pair wise.
         a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  a_b a_b_h
a       13  7  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    0
b        7  9  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    0
c        0  0  8  0  0  0  0  0  0    0
d        0  0  0  6  0  0  0  0  0    0
e        0  0  0  0 10  0  0  0  0    0
f        0  0  0  0  0 12  0  0  0    0
g        0  0  0  0  0  0  9  0  0    0
h        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  7  0    0
a_b      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  7    0
a_b_h    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    8

And so on, with all the combinations.
The aim is to then build a chord diagram like the one below - which shows the strength of the relationships between variables

A: Use np.diag:
df = pd.DataFrame({"variables": ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "a_b", "a_b_h"],
                   "count": [13, 9, 8, 6, 10, 12, 9, 7, 7, 8]})

df2 = pd.DataFrame(np.diag(df["count"]), columns=df["variables"], index=df["variables"])

Output:
variables   a  b  c  d   e   f  g  h  a_b  a_b_h
variables
a          13  0  0  0   0   0  0  0    0      0
b           0  9  0  0   0   0  0  0    0      0
c           0  0  8  0   0   0  0  0    0      0
d           0  0  0  6   0   0  0  0    0      0
e           0  0  0  0  10   0  0  0    0      0
f           0  0  0  0   0  12  0  0    0      0
g           0  0  0  0   0   0  9  0    0      0
h           0  0  0  0   0   0  0  7    0      0
a_b         0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0    7      0
a_b_h       0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0    0      8


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Chatisgar (Chhattisgarh) ou  (em híndi: /ˈt͡ʃʰət̪ːisgəɽʰ/) é um dos estados da Índia. Limita com o Utar Pradexe a norte, Jarcanda a nordeste, Orissa a leste, Andra Pradexe a sul, Maarastra e Madia Pradexe a oeste. O Estado foi desmembrado deste último em 1 de novembro de 2000, tendo o critério sido o predomínio da língua chatisgari.

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