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package scanner

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"strings"
	"unicode"

	"github.com/elm-tangram/tangram/token"
)

type stateFunc func(*Scanner) (stateFunc, error)

const (
	eof     = -1
	newLine = '\n'

	leftParen    = '('
	rightParen   = ')'
	leftBracket  = '['
	rightBracket = ']'
	leftBrace    = '{'
	rightBrace   = '}'
	quote        = '"'
	pipe         = '|'
	backslash    = '\\'
	singleQuote  = '\''
	backtick     = '`'
	underscore   = '_'
	eq           = '='
	colon        = ':'
	comma        = ','
	dash         = '-'
	gt           = '>'
	dot          = '.'

	numDigits = "0123456789"
	hexDigits = "0123456789abcdefABCDEF"
)

// Scanner is in charge of extracting tokens from a source.
type Scanner struct {
	source string
	reader *bufio.Reader
	state  stateFunc

	pos     int
	start   int
	width   int
	line    int
	linePos int
	word    []rune

	idx    int
	tokens []*token.Token
}

// New creates a new scanner for the input.
func New(source string, input io.Reader) *Scanner {
	return &Scanner{
		source: source,
		reader: bufio.NewReader(input),
		state:  lexExpr,
		line:   1,
	}
}

// next returns the next rune in the input or EOF if none left.
func (l *Scanner) next() (r rune, err error) {
	r, l.width, err = l.reader.ReadRune()
	l.pos += l.width
	l.linePos++
	if r != 0x0 {
		l.word = append(l.word, r)
	}
	return
}

// backup steps back to the latest consumed rune.
func (l *Scanner) backup() error {
	l.pos -= l.width
	l.linePos--

	if len(l.word) == 1 {
		l.word = nil
	} else if len(l.word) > 1 {
		l.word = l.word[0 : len(l.word)-1]
	}

	return l.reader.UnreadRune()
}

// peek returns the next rune without actually consuming it.
func (l *Scanner) peek() (r rune, err error) {
	r, err = l.next()
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	err = l.backup()
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	return r, nil
}

func (l *Scanner) peekWord() string {
	return string(l.word)
}

// emit sends the token to the consumer.
func (l *Scanner) emit(t token.Type) {
	word := l.peekWord()
	l.word = nil
	l.tokens = append(l.tokens, token.New(
		t,
		l.source,
		l.start,
		l.linePos-len(word)+1,
		l.line,
		word,
	))
	l.start = l.pos
}

// ignore skips over the pending input before this point.
func (l *Scanner) ignore() {
	l.start = l.pos
	l.word = nil
}

// accept consumes a rune if it's from the valid set and reports if it was accepted or not.
func (l *Scanner) accept(valid string) (bool, error) {
	r, err := l.next()
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	if strings.ContainsRune(valid, r) {
		return true, nil
	}

	l.backup()
	return false, nil
}

// acceptRun consumes a run of runes from the valid set given.
func (l *Scanner) acceptRun(valid string) error {
	for {
		ok, err := l.accept(valid)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if !ok {
			return nil
		}
	}
}

// peekN checks the next `n` runes are the given one.
func (l *Scanner) peekN(valid rune, n int) (bool, error) {
	v, err := l.reader.Peek(n)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	for _, r := range string(v) {
		if r != valid {
			return false, err
		}
	}

	return true, nil
}

// advance consumes the next n runes.
func (l *Scanner) advance(n int) error {
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		_, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// Run runs the state machine for the scanner until the end of line or an
// unexpected error.
func (l *Scanner) Run() {
	for {
		var err error
		l.state, err = l.state(l)
		if err == io.EOF {
			l.emit(token.EOF)
			l.state = nil
		} else if err != nil {
			l.errorf("unexpected error: %s", err.Error())
			break
		}

		if l.state == nil {
			break
		}
	}
}

// newLine increments the line and sets the new line start
func (l *Scanner) newLine() {
	l.line++
	l.linePos = 0
}

// errorf emits an error token.
func (l *Scanner) errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) stateFunc {
	l.backup()
	l.ignore()
	l.next()
	l.tokens = append(l.tokens, token.New(
		token.Error,
		l.source,
		l.start,
		l.linePos,
		l.line,
		fmt.Sprintf(format, args...),
	))
	return nil
}

// scanNumber scans a number and returns if the termination is valid
// can detect integers, floats and integer ranges
func (l *Scanner) scanNumber() (bool, token.Type, error) {
	var t = token.Int
	if err := l.acceptRun(numDigits); err != nil {
		return false, t, err
	}

	ok, err := l.accept(".")
	if err != nil {
		return false, t, err
	}

	if ok {
		bs, err := l.reader.Peek(1)
		if err != nil {
			return false, t, err
		}

		if rune(bs[0]) == dot {
			if err := l.backup(); err != nil {
				return false, t, err
			}

			return true, t, nil
		}
		t = token.Float
	}

	if ok {
		if err := l.acceptRun(numDigits); err != nil {
			return false, t, err
		}
	}

	r, err := l.peek()
	if err != nil {
		return false, t, err
	}

	if isAllowedInIdentifier(r) {
		return false, t, nil
	}

	return true, t, nil
}

// Next returns the next Token available in the scanner.
func (l *Scanner) Next() *token.Token {
	if len(l.tokens) <= l.idx {
		return nil
	}
	t := l.tokens[l.idx]
	l.idx++
	return t
}

// Peek returns the next token but does not advance the internal cursor.
func (l *Scanner) Peek() *token.Token {
	if len(l.tokens) <= l.idx {
		return nil
	}

	return l.tokens[l.idx]
}

// Backup goes back until a certain token.
func (l *Scanner) Backup(until *token.Token) {
	// if all tokens were consumed, we needd to backup l.idx
	// until the last token
	if len(l.tokens) <= l.idx {
		l.idx = len(l.tokens) - 1
	}

	for l.idx >= 0 && l.tokens[l.idx] != until {
		l.idx--
	}

	if l.idx < 0 {
		l.idx = 0
	}
}

// Reset resets the scanner and the next time Next is called will start
// returning tokens from the beginning.
func (l *Scanner) Reset() {
	l.idx = 0
}

// lexLeftParen scans the left paren, which is known to be present.
func lexLeftParen(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	l.emit(token.LeftParen)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexRightParen scans the right paren, which is known to be present.
func lexRightParen(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	l.emit(token.RightParen)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexLeftBracket scans the left bracket, which is known to be present.
func lexLeftBracket(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	l.emit(token.LeftBracket)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexRightBracket scans the right bracket, which is known to be present.
func lexRightBracket(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	l.emit(token.RightBracket)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexLeftBrace scans the left brace, which is known to be present.
func lexLeftBrace(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	l.emit(token.LeftBrace)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexRightBrace scans the right brace, which is known to be present.
func lexRightBrace(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	l.emit(token.RightBrace)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexExpr scans the elements inside an expression.
func lexExpr(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	r, err := l.next()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	switch true {
	case r == eof:
		l.emit(token.EOF)
		return nil, nil
	case isEOL(r):
		return lexEOL, nil
	case isSpace(r):
		return lexSpaces, nil
	case r == quote:
		return lexString, nil
	case isNumeric(r):
		return lexNumber, nil
	case r == leftParen:
		return lexLeftParen, nil
	case r == rightParen:
		return lexRightParen, nil
	case r == leftBracket:
		return lexLeftBracket, nil
	case r == rightBracket:
		return lexRightBracket, nil
	case r == leftBrace:
		nr, err := l.peek()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if nr == dash {
			return lexMultiLineComment, nil
		}

		return lexLeftBrace, nil
	case r == rightBrace:
		return lexRightBrace, nil
	case r == singleQuote:
		return lexChar, nil
	case r == colon:
		return lexColon, nil
	case r == backslash:
		l.emit(token.Backslash)
		return lexExpr, nil
	case r == eq:
		return lexEq, nil
	case r == comma:
		l.emit(token.Comma)
		return lexExpr, nil
	case r == pipe:
		nr, err := l.peek()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if isSymbol(nr) {
			return lexOp, nil
		}

		l.emit(token.Pipe)
		return lexExpr, nil
	case r == dot:
		nr, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if !isSymbol(nr) {
			if err := l.backup(); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

			l.emit(token.Dot)
			return lexExpr, nil
		}

		if nr == dot {
			l.emit(token.Range)
			return lexExpr, nil
		}

		return lexOp, nil
	case r == dash:
		nr, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if nr == dash {
			return lexComment, nil
		}

		if nr == gt {
			l.emit(token.Arrow)
			return lexExpr, nil
		}

		if err := l.backup(); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		return lexOp, nil
	case isSymbol(r):
		return lexOp, nil
	case isAllowedInIdentifier(r) && !isNumeric(r):
		return lexIdentifier, nil
	default:
		return l.errorf("invalid syntax: %q", l.peekWord()), nil
	}
}

func lexOp(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	for {
		r, err := l.next()
		if err == io.EOF {
			l.emit(token.Op)
			return nil, err
		} else if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if !isSymbol(r) {
			l.backup()
			l.emit(token.Op)
			return lexExpr, nil
		}
	}
}

func lexColon(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	r, err := l.peek()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if isSymbol(r) {
		return lexOp, nil
	}

	l.emit(token.Colon)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

func lexEq(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	r, err := l.peek()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if isSymbol(r) {
		return lexOp, nil
	}

	l.emit(token.Assign)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexChar scans for a character.
func lexChar(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	r, err := l.next()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if r == eof {
		return l.errorf("not closed character: %q", l.peekWord()), nil
	} else if r == backslash {
		_, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}

	ok, err := l.accept("'")
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if !ok {
		return l.errorf("not closed character: %q", l.peekWord()), nil
	}

	l.emit(token.Char)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexEOL scans all end of lines.
func lexEOL(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	l.newLine()
	for {
		r, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if isEOL(r) {
			l.newLine()
		} else {
			l.backup()
			break
		}
	}

	l.ignore()
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexSpaces scanns a run of space chars.
func lexSpaces(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	for {
		r, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if !isSpace(r) {
			break
		}
	}

	l.backup()
	l.ignore()
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexNumbers scans a number int or float
func lexNumber(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	ok, kind, err := l.scanNumber()
	if err == io.EOF {
		l.emit(kind)
		return nil, err
	} else if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if !ok {
		return l.errorf("bad number syntax: %q", l.peekWord()), nil
	}

	l.emit(kind)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexComment scans a comment. The '--' delimiter has already been scanned.
func lexComment(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	for {
		r, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if isEOL(r) || r == eof {
			l.backup()
			l.emit(token.Comment)
			return lexExpr, nil
		}
	}
}

func lexMultiLineComment(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	for {
		r, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if r == dash {
			nr, err := l.next()
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

			if nr == rightBrace {
				l.emit(token.Comment)
				return lexExpr, nil
			}
		} else if isEOL(r) {
			l.newLine()
		}
	}
}

// lexInsideString scans the next rune and tells if there is an error
// or the scan needs to stop
func lexInsideString(l *Scanner) (bool, error) {
	r, err := l.next()
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	switch true {
	case r == backslash:
		rn, err := l.next()
		if err != nil {
			return false, err
		}

		if rn != eof && !isEOL(rn) {
			return false, nil
		}
		fallthrough
	case r == eof:
		return false, io.EOF
	case r == quote:
		return true, nil
	}
	return false, nil
}

// lexString scans a quoted string. The first quote has already been scanned.
func lexString(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	ok, err := l.peekN(quote, 2)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if ok {
		if err := l.advance(2); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		for {
			r, err := l.next()
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

			if r == quote {
				ok, err := l.peekN(quote, 2)
				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}

				if ok {
					if err := l.advance(2); err != nil {
						return nil, err
					}
					break
				}
			}
		}
	} else {
		for {
			stop, err := lexInsideString(l)
			if err != nil {
				return l.errorf("quoted string not closed properly: %q", l.peekWord()), nil
			}

			if stop {
				break
			}
		}
	}

	l.emit(token.String)
	return lexExpr, nil
}

// lexIdentifier scans an identifier. First character is already scanned.
func lexIdentifier(l *Scanner) (stateFunc, error) {
	for {
		r, err := l.next()
		if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
			return nil, err
		}

		if !isAllowedInIdentifier(r) {
			if r != 0x0 {
				l.backup()
			}
			word := l.peekWord()

			if typ, ok := isKeyword(word); ok {
				l.emit(typ)
			} else {
				l.emit(token.Identifier)
			}

			return lexExpr, nil
		}
	}
}

// isSpace reports if the rune is a space or a tab.
func isSpace(r rune) bool {
	return unicode.IsSpace(r) && !isEOL(r)
}

// isEOL reports if the rune is an end of line character.
func isEOL(r rune) bool {
	return r == '\r' || r == '\n'
}

// isNumeric reports if the rune is a number.
func isNumeric(r rune) bool {
	return unicode.IsDigit(r)
}

// isAllowedInIdentifier reports if the rune is allowed in an identifier.
func isAllowedInIdentifier(r rune) bool {
	return isAlphanumeric(r) || r == underscore
}

// isAlphanumeric reports if the rune is a letter or a digit
func isAlphanumeric(r rune) bool {
	return unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r)
}

func isSymbol(r rune) bool {
	return r != backtick && (unicode.IsSymbol(r) || strings.ContainsRune("+-/*=.$<>:&|^?%#@~!", r))
}

var keywords = map[string]token.Type{
	"type":     token.TypeDef,
	"as":       token.As,
	"alias":    token.Alias,
	"if":       token.If,
	"then":     token.Then,
	"else":     token.Else,
	"of":       token.Of,
	"case":     token.Case,
	"infix":    token.Infix,
	"infixl":   token.Infixl,
	"infixr":   token.Infixr,
	"let":      token.Let,
	"in":       token.In,
	"module":   token.Module,
	"exposing": token.Exposing,
	"import":   token.Import,
	"True":     token.True,
	"False":    token.False,
}

func isKeyword(lit string) (token.Type, bool) {
	typ, ok := keywords[lit]
	return typ, ok
}


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text:
SF Examiner: Jon Davison's dream comes true as fill-in frontman for Yes
Home/Press/SF Examiner: Jon Davison's dream comes true as fill-in frontman for Yes
By: Tom Lanham, 02/28/13, SF Examiner
A year ago, Jon Davison, singer for Los Angeles prog-rock outfit Glass Hammer, was stunned when longtime chum and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins called him with exciting news: Yes bassist Chris Squire told him that his band had chosen a replacement for departing vocalist Benoit David, and Davison was it.
"Taylor basically told me I was going to get the call from them. So I was just waiting and waiting," says Davison, who watched 120 minutes tick past until Yes' manager finally phoned.
The singer, whose airy timbre so closely resembled that of founding Yes vocalist Jon Anderson that he fronted the Yes tribute band Roundabout for two years before joining Glass Hammer, simply was invited to join — no audition necessary.
Davison — who appears with Yes on its tour stop in The City on Tuesday, performing "The Yes Album" (1971), "Close to the Edge" (1972) and "Going For the One" (1977) — stepped onstage with his idols for the first time in New Zealand, after only five rehearsals.
"There was a tour already scheduled, for Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Japan, seven weeks later," he says. "Benoit had gotten sick and they had to cancel some dates, and he was ready to quit, apparently, so they wanted to go straight ahead with me."
Two weeks after the big call, he met with Squire in Hollywood, where they began working out harmonies. Then the pair decamped to a delicatessen for lunch with Yes guitarist Steve Howe.
"It was amazing just sitting across from those guys," Davison says. "My wife was there, too, because Yes is really great about family always being around."
Squire also was impressed by Glass Hammer songs such as "If," with its Roger Dean-ish cover art, and proto-prog epics such as the 11-minute "Beyond, Within" and the 24-minute coda "If The Sun."
Davison, who has no plans to leave Glass Hammer, is also tentatively composing new material with Yes.
He says he was very prepared for his first Yes show, because he had gained the band members' trust.
But the nicest aspect has been the response from diehard Yes fans who frequented his Roundabout gigs, and who now get to watch Davison in the real McCoy.
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ALDEGE BAZ BASTIEN MEMORIAL AWARD
The Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award was adopted by the Board of Governors at the start of the 1983-84 season to honor "Baz" Bastien, who for many years was associated with the American Hockey League.
At the time of his death in 1983, Bastien was the general manager of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins and alternate governor of the AHL's Baltimore Skipjacks.
Bastien played four seasons in goal with the AHL's Pittsburgh Hornets (1945-49) before suffering a career-ending eye injury. He would go on to serve as head coach and general manager of the Hornets, leading them to the 1967 Calder Cup championship.
The Bastien Award honors the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position, as voted by league coaches, media and players.
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2017-18 Garret Sparks Toronto Marlies
2016-17 Troy Grosenick San Jose Barracuda
2015-16 Peter Budaj Ontario Reign
2014-15 Matt Murray Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
2013-14 Jake Allen Chicago Wolves
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At Academic Festival, a discussion of global violence toward the LGBTQ community
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"If you are not LGBTQ, you can assume that an LGBTQ has experienced prejudice, bigotry and violence," says Kevin Jennings (M.A. '94), Chief Executive Officer of Lambda Legal.
Nowhere is that more likely to be true than in Chechnya, a republic of Russia. While the Eastern European nation is among 70 countries that has made homosexuality illegal (and 96 that ban transgender and transsexual people), it has been carrying out a particularly brutal systemic, state-sanctioned purge of LBGTQ individuals.
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That is why, in midsummer 2017, the filmmaker, journalist, author and activist David France ventured to Chechnya. And that is why Jennings chose to executive produce France's resulting film, Welcome to Chechnya, which documents efforts by activists to smuggle LBGTQ community members out of the Northern Caucuses to the relative safety of Western European nations.
A discussion of the award-winning film, which The New York Times has called a "moving and vital indictment of persecution," highlighted the opening day of TC's 2020 Academic Festival.
Resistance in the State of Fear | LGBTQ+ Community in Chechnya & the Broader Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
Joining France and Jennings for the conversation — titled "Resistance in a State of Fear: The LGBTQ+ Community in Chechnya, and the Broader Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights" — were Associate Professor of Practice Riddhi Sandil, 2020 TC graduate Dylan Kapit (M.A. '20) and Yves Agustin, a student in the TC International & Comparative Education program. Associate Professor of International & Comparative Education Oren Pizmony-Levy served as moderator.
France credited the courage of activists who took the evacuation of LGBTQ Chechnyan nationals "in their own hands." He also explained why he chose to use Artificial Intelligence technology to superimpose a different likeness on the faces of key figures in the film.
"The people I met there will never be safe," France said. "They will always be victims of atrocity."
Not that LGBTQ communities in the United States are immune from state-sanctioned discrimination.
The people I met there will never be safe. They will always be victims of atrocity.
—Director David France
"I've lost jobs, teeth and family members," Jennings said. "And that is par for the course."
"It is important to know this type of violence is happening here too," said Kapit, now pursuing a doctorate in Special Education at the University of Pittsburgh. "LGBTQ people living in many states still face discrimination in housing, employment and health care. It is not a thing that happens in other countries. It's happening here, it is happening every day and I think it is important to note it is a very real struggle for those of us who are not privileged, whether in the LGBTQ community or outside of it."
Sandil, who directs TC's master's degree program in Counseling Psychology and Winter Roundtable, expressed the hope that creating public awareness is the "first step" toward easing and eliminating of anti-LGBTQ bigotry. When Kapit countered that the general population is "aware there are queer people in world — we've been here since beginning of time," Sandil acknowledged the need to actively celebrate LGBTQ, gay and trans people.
"But it has sometimes been hard in my experience to get affirmation because people are not aware of my struggle or not aware of my existence," she said. "I get it — we should be done trying to educate and that it is time for us to celebrate. However, in my world we're not there yet."
Kapit, who goes by the pronouns "they" and "them," recalled that at 15, they told their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, that they were gay.
"She didn't know what gay was," recalled Kapit. "Today, my grandmother wears a shirt that says, 'I'm Proud of My Trans Grandson.' And if my 85-year-old grandmother who escaped the Nazis can come around, then anyone can do it."
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Much like Texas itself, Gail Collins' new book "As Texas Goes" is a big deal. It makes a big statement about a state that puts much of its worth into the concept that bigger is better. Collins expresses how these types of gigantic stereotypes are slowly creeping around the country and taking over rational thinking.
Collins was the first woman to hold the position of Editorial Page Editor for the New York Times from 2001 through 2007. She also wrote the power-packed book, "When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present." Clearly Collins tackles political controversy and evolution with enthusiasm and aplomb.
"As Texas Goes" is filled with amusing anecdotes. Collins speculates about their obsession with the Alamo, reminding everyone that Mexico won. She pokes playfully at an array of Texas politicians ranging from Rick Perry to George W. Bush. Collins admits her budding interest in the Lone Star state was fueled by a headline sent by a friend, "Man Allegedly Beat Woman with Frozen Armadillo."
Beyond the quipping, Collins also uses humor to make several political points about an oppressively conservative Texas agenda where law and religion seem to be enmeshed. She mentions the lack of adequate sex education in the state based on a religious agenda that encourages abstinence. Texas has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country. Collins also cites a sex education curriculum that has a teacher construct an 18-foot model called, "Speedy the Sperm" to show how condoms allegedly fail to guard against STDs.
On a serious note, Collins expresses how this conservative agenda is a concern for everyone as Texas ideals creep across the nation. The intertwining of religious beliefs with law has an impact on sexual behavior across the board, including the LGBT community and same sex marriage. Through humor, the book seeks to inspire Texans to become more progressive and open-minded.
Collins expresses her concern the Texas model is threatening to turn the nation's economy into two tiers – the failing underclass and the silver cronies on top. Sexual judgments, a creaky educational system and inequality are problems for Texas that impact the rest of the country. She feels Texas has a lot to do with where the country is heading. It's a worrisome thought that could inhibit the recent progression the LGBT community has seen with regard to important issues such as sodomy and same sex marriage. Liberals have to remember Mexico won the Alamo and we can win these struggles, too.
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OPINION: Cuomo's legacy is what might have been
Ken Rudin
History is filled with what ifs. What if John F. Kennedy didn't fly to Texas to settle a feud between warring Democrats in that state? What if Al Gore won Florida? What if Nikita Khrushchev didn't blink during the Cuban Missile Crisis? How would history have changed in all these instances?
The life and career of former New York governor Mario Cuomo, who died Thursday at 82, is also about what ifs. From the moment he gave his keynote address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention, Cuomo became the object of an eight-year campaign by liberal activists around the country to draft him for the presidency. What if he ran in 1988, or 1992? What if he were elected?
We'll never know, because he never tried. He teased. He hinted. He just never followed through.
But when Cuomo stood up at the podium at that 1984 convention to rebut President Reagan's vision of the "shining city on a hill," liberals thought they had found their hero, their savior. He was the one who was going to stand up for the people who lived in sheds in Appalachia, the unemployed steel workers in Lackawanna, the homeless in Chicago, the mother who couldn't afford to feed her children.
It was a passionate convention. Of course, passionate conventions don't always translate to victory in November. For all the passion of Cuomo's speech and the addition of Geraldine Ferraro to the national ticket, all Democrats got for it was victory in Minnesota and Washington, D.C. Reagan won a 49-state landslide.
But after George McGovern, Jimmy Carter and now Walter Mondale, Democrats were desperate for passion. And a winner. They saw one in Cuomo, a man who throughout his career set out to tackle problems and make things work. Even before he was governor, he accomplished what was thought to be the impossible, settling a contentious battle between New York City and middle-class homeowners of Forest Hills over a public housing project. Later, as governor, he worked out a compromise between supporters and opponents of the Shoreham nuclear power plant on Long Island. He pushed through an overhaul of ethics laws before a legislature that sometimes saw ethics as a foreign language. He did all that, and more. What he didn't do, what he couldn't do, was commit to running for president.
Truth be told, Cuomo always had his doubts. He really did worry what the upheaval would mean to his family, as well to his state, with its dire budget problems. And others might have had doubts, too. Cuomo had the reputation of being thin-skinned, ruthless and petty. How would his prickliness play on a national level?
But the Democrats were tired of losing. After Mondale's wipeout, they again pleaded with the governor to reconsider. For years he hemmed and hawed, but ultimately he said no for 1988. And then, after Michael Dukakis' defeat in '88, they turned to him again. Please run in 1992, they begged. And again, he teased but hesitated.
Cuomo's "should I or shouldn't I" dithering was starting to wear thin. Even back home in New York, the luster was fading. Yes, he won a landslide third term as governor in 1990 — but with 600,000 fewer votes than he received four years prior.
And Democrats around the country were having their doubts as well. Cuomo made no effort to woo party activists in any of the key primary and caucus states. One of the Democrats already in the race, Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, even wrote a blistering op-ed in The Washington Post, castigating Cuomo for his indecision. "I and the other candidates, too, spent time on personal contemplation and discussion with our families," Harkin wrote in November of '91. "And we didn't spend it on the phone teasing reporters. To elevate a personal decision into a national debate is a disservice to the other candidates who have been trying to get their message out to the American people."
The end of the Cuomo for president campaign-that-never-was was vintage Cuomo. It was Dec. 20, 1991. There was a plane at the Albany airport, ready to fly the governor to New Hampshire to pay the $1,000 filing fee to get him on the ballot for the first-in-the-nation primary in February. Ninety minutes before the filing deadline — 90 minutes! — Cuomo said he couldn't do itThe budget crisis. My family. You know.
What if he ran? What if he won? He could have been a great president. Or he could have flamed out like Ed Muskie or Ted Kennedy, other "front-runners" who were inevitable until they decided to become candidates. We'll never know.
And that, in the end, is the true legacy of Mario Cuomo. No question, a brilliant mind. A great orator. Concern for the poor, the downtrodden, the less fortunate. But in the annals of history, not much more.
Ken Rudin is the former political editor at NPR. He is the host of Ken Rudin's Political Junkie radio program


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The Electric Light Orchestra's ambitious yet irresistible fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements, and futuristic iconography rocketed the group.
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In the late 1960s, Roy Wood—guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of The Move—had an idea to form a new band that would use violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, taking rock music in the direction to "pick up where The Beatles left off". Jeff Lynne, frontman of fellow Birmingham group The Idle Race, was excited by the concept.
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Devastating consequences of baby's oxygen tragedy
THE mother of another baby left severely disabled after being denied oxygen in Bankstown Hospital has been living with the effects for almost eight years.
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SEPTEMBER 2008, Bankstown Hospital.
A drained and near hysterical expectant mother has made her way to the western Sydney facility for the fourth time since her contractions began four days ago, and it's the first time she hasn't been sent away.
Exhausted, she requests a caesarean only to be told that the theatre is too busy, and later that it is too late.
After five days of pain for his mum, baby Joseph is born but he's yet to take his first breath as his umbilical cord is tied around his neck. He is quickly whisked away to the intensive care unit and later transferred to another hospital's ICU before he is allowed to come home.
He suffers reflux and requires an operation, but it's not until two months later that his mother and father are informed that he was deprived of oxygen at birth, and told by doctors he would have "delayed development".
A Google search, rather than a doctor's consultation, informs the parents a condition listed on Joseph's patient chart could lead to "mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or delayed development", or, "all of these problems".
Almost eight years later, in a Supreme Court judgment over his parents' compensation handed down last month, Joseph's condition was detailed and so was his mother's.
Joseph is living with cerebral palsy and requires around-the-clock care. He's had about 50 years shaved off his life expectancy and is considered likely to live only to age 36.
He has limited communication, cannot speak, is incontinent, cannot walk, or control his limbs, has to be fed through a tube to his stomach and will require the constant care by others for his entire life.
His mother is unable to work and suffers a depressive condition resulting from the hospital's negligence, the judgment says.
Her relationship with Joseph's father, who has also suffered psychologically, has broken down and ended, and she has struggled financially and physically to care for her son.
Sonya Ghanem and her husband Youssef's newborn son died at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital after being administered nitrous oxide gas instead of oxygen.
On Monday, just weeks after the heart-rending descriptions in the judge's decision were delivered, it was revealed a pair of babies born at the same hospital within the past two months had been denied oxygen.
Again, there was a delay in the parents being informed what had happened to their children.
Instead of being given oxygen the babies' tiny lungs were pumped with a poisonous gas, nitrous oxide, because a wall unit to administer the gas was incorrectly installed.
The mother of a baby boy born on July 13 woke from anaesthesia to be told her Caesarian-born son had died, while parents of a baby girl, born in June, have been told their daughter will suffer significant brain damage and severe disabilities.
It was a week after the boy died, and up to a month after the girl was born that the parents were informed of the cause.
The first family's pain is unimaginable — mourning a newborn while awaiting the result of investigations that are expected to point the blame at gas distribution company at the hospital where he was born.
The second family's is just as difficult to comprehend, but if the similarities continue between baby Joseph and this baby girl that were apparent at the beginning of their lives, it will be incredibly tough.
Liquid oxygen storage tanks at Bankstown Hospital supplied by BOC. Picture: Craig Greenhill
Joseph's mum's birthing experience was horrific. Her then husband told a court she was left unattended and bleeding into a bucket after her son was born, her hospital room looking like a "disgusting scene from a horror movie".
She was described as being in "excruciating pain" and "distressed about her unborn baby", but it wasn't going to get any better.
Her son was an unsettled baby, and not knowing fully about his condition his mother worried about his development, vision, and lack of mobility.
He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at four months and told he would never walk.
He had regular seizures and had to be pulled from kindergarten after suffering a "swallowing disaster" and having to be fed through a tube.
He's started school but has to have a lot of time off because of his illness.
He is described as "an engaging despite child being so profoundly injured", but the work involved in his care by his mother, who has lost the support of his dad, was found by the judge to be "unarguably considerable and emotionally difficult".
The Supreme Court judgment found the South Western Sydney Local Health District had breached a duty of care to Rosemary Sorbello, Joseph's mother, and her then-husband, Sleiman Sultan. Joseph's profound disability was found to be due to the hospital's negligence, which deprived him of oxygen.
Health Minister Jillian Skinner addresses the media at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital. Picture: Chris Pavlich
Another baby born at the hospital in 2014 suffered serious injuries after a portable device ran out of oxygen.
It is unknown if this child's family was compensated, but NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner said earlier this week she would be "extremely surprised if they were not".
South Western Sydney Local Health District will again be investigated over the cases of the two children mistakenly given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen at Bankstown hospital.
Along with an internal investigation by NSW Health, the NSW Coroner will conduct an investigation as will BOC, the company that installed the gas tank.
It has been reported that homicide police and the NSW Child Death Review Team have been also been alerted to the baby boy's death following the mix-up.
Ms Skinner has advised the hospital is safe and expecting mothers should not hesitate to be treated there.
She confirmed the parents of the baby boy will be awarded with a one-off compensation, and the family of the disabled baby girl will also be compensated.
But as baby Joseph and his mother's story shows, the damage will continue to be felt.


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NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) Upgraded at Standpoint Research
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Standpoint Research from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report released on Monday, December 23rd, MarketBeat.com reports.
Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. BidaskClub downgraded NetApp from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Morgan Stanley set a $41.00 price target on NetApp and gave the company a "sell" rating in a research note on Monday, September 30th. Loop Capital increased their price objective on shares of NetApp to $70.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Goldman Sachs Group lowered NetApp from a "buy" rating to a "sell" rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $61.00 to $45.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, Susquehanna Bancshares raised shares of NetApp from a "neutral" rating to a "positive" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $54.00 to $75.00 in a report on Monday, September 9th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have given a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company's stock. NetApp has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $62.85.
NASDAQ:NTAP traded up $0.41 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $64.19. 1,437,476 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,574,250. NetApp has a fifty-two week low of $44.55 and a fifty-two week high of $78.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a current ratio of 1.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.58. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $61.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $56.59.
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 13th. The data storage provider reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $1.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.38 billion. NetApp had a net margin of 17.20% and a return on equity of 95.04%. NetApp's revenue was down 9.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.06 earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that NetApp will post 3.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.
In related news, CAO Scott R. Allen sold 2,781 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $62.23, for a total transaction of $173,061.63. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.33% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of NTAP. Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of NetApp by 87.8% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,221,610 shares of the data storage provider's stock valued at $878,488,000 after acquiring an additional 1,505,804 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in NetApp by 225.1% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 1,724,020 shares of the data storage provider's stock valued at $90,565,000 after purchasing an additional 1,193,671 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of NetApp by 18.3% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,050,117 shares of the data storage provider's stock valued at $373,291,000 after purchasing an additional 937,586 shares during the period. Nuveen Asset Management LLC raised its stake in NetApp by 357.6% during the 2nd quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 992,896 shares of the data storage provider's stock worth $61,261,000 after buying an additional 775,940 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in NetApp by 29.5% during the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,502,468 shares of the data storage provider's stock worth $131,405,000 after buying an additional 570,720 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.25% of the company's stock.
About NetApp
NetApp, Inc provides software, systems, and services to manage and share data on-premises, and private and public clouds worldwide. It offers cloud data services, such as ONTAP cloud storage data management and NetApp cloud sync data synchronization services; NetApp SaaS backup for Microsoft Office 365; NetApp cloud backup solutions; OnCommand management software and management integration tools; and NetApp private storage for cloud.
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Face Mites: They Really Grow On You : Shots - Health News Demodex mites live inside your pores. Just about every adult human alive has a population living on them, and they're basically impossible to get rid of. Luckily, they're harmless for most people.
Meet The Mites That Live On Your Face
Josh Cassidy
KQED YouTube
It might give you the creepy-crawlies, but you almost certainly have tiny mites living in the pores of your face right now.
They're known as Demodex or eyelash mites, and just about every adult human alive has a population living on them.
The mostly transparent critters are too small to see with the naked eye. At about 0.3 millimeters long, it would would take about five adult face mites laid end to end to stretch across the head of a pin.
"They look like kind of like stubby little worms," says Michelle Trautwein, an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
Demodex face mites got their name from the Greek words for "fat" and "boring worm," but they're not really worms at all. They're actually arachnids — related to ticks and, more distantly, to spiders.
Michelle Trautwein, an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, tested more than 2,000 people and found DNA evidence of face mites on every single one of them. Josh Cassidy/KQED hide caption
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Michelle Trautwein, an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, tested more than 2,000 people and found DNA evidence of face mites on every single one of them.
Trautwein studies our relationship with these microscopic stowaways by looking at their DNA. Her findings suggest that people in different parts of the world have different face mites. "They tell a story of your own ancestry and also a story of more ancient human history and migration," she says.
But before she could tell that story, she needed to find the mites.
"We use a little spoon and scrape it across the kind of greasier parts of someone's face, which isn't as bad as it sounds," Trautwein says.
Once the samples have been collected, she takes them to the lab to look at the genetics.
Trautwein has tested more than 2,000 people, including tourists from all around the world that make their way to the California Academy of Sciences. And she's found DNA evidence of face mites on every single one of them.
"No one is thrilled at the initial notion that they have arachnids on their face," Trautwein says. "But people are often curious — even in their revulsion."
But how could these creatures live on so many people and still go unnoticed?
Our skin is mostly covered by a thin layer of peach-fuzz called vellus hair, with a few notable exceptions such as the palms of our hands and feet. The shaft of each one of those tiny hairs grows out of its own follicle.
Face mites — Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis — spend their days facedown inside your hair follicles, nestled up against the hair shaft, where you can't see them.
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They eat sebum, the greasy oil your skin makes to protect itself and keep it from drying out. The sebum is produced in sebaceous glands, which empty into the hair follicles and coat both the hair shaft and face mite.
That's why the greasiest parts of your body, such as around the eyes, nose and mouth, likely harbor a higher concentration of mites than other areas.
The mites live for about two weeks. They spend most of their time tucked inside the pores, but while people sleep, they crawl out onto the skin's surface to mate and then head back to lay their eggs.
Since they live inside your pores, you can't scrub them off by washing. It's basically impossible to get rid of all of your face mites.
So how does Trautwein find and study a particular mite? With glue.
"I actually put glue on a glass microscope slide and stick it onto a person's forehead," she says. "Then I slowly peel it off. I look under a microscope for mites that are stuck in the follicles that stick up from the thin layer of skin that got peeled off."
"It can be pretty addictive and exciting," she adds. "It's sort of a meditative process of looking through this microforest of follicles and hairs and looking for just the right potential movement or shape."
It seems our immune system is able to keep their numbers in check, but some people can experience problems with the mites.
"When you tell patients that they have face mites, first of all, they freak out," says Kanade Shinkai, a dermatologist at the University of California, San Francisco.
Since face mites live inside your pores, you can't wash them off. But for a majority of people, they're harmless. Josh Cassidy/KQED hide caption
Since face mites live inside your pores, you can't wash them off. But for a majority of people, they're harmless.
Shinkai occasionally treats patients who have an overload of face mites, which results in a condition called demodicosis.
"There is a very particular look to people suffering from demodicosis. We call it the Demodex frost," she says. "It's sort of a white sheen on the skin. And if you look really closely, you can see [it] coming out of every pore. If you scrape those pores, you can see it frothing with little Demodex face mites."
The condition is relatively rare and is often connected to a decline in the immune system, such as receiving immunosuppressive drugs after transplant surgery, chemotherapy or immunodeficiency diseases such as AIDS.
Demodicosis can also be triggered by local suppression of the immune system, like using itch-relieving hydrocortisone cream on the face.
It usually comes on fast. "Patients almost universally describe this explosive development of like pustules like whiteheads on their face. It's really dramatic," Shinkai says. "And what's really dramatic about it is that they're often fine the day before, and then they develop it overnight."
For the vast majority of people, though, face mites are nothing to worry about. While some studies have found loose connections between Demodex and diseases like rosacea, the evidence hasn't shown a strong link.
"What's really confusing is that if you go into your office and scrape everyone's face, you would find Demodex probably on everybody," Shinkai says. "And people who have low burden of Demodex may have no or very severe disease and vice versa."
Trautwein also sees face mites more as a source of interest than of fear.
"They're not dangerous in a broad sense because we all have them and most of us seem to be cohabiting quite well with them," Trautwein says. "We mostly share them within family units, and it seems like you are probably initially colonized soon after birth, most likely by your mother, traditionally speaking in human history."
Looking at your mites, researchers such as Trautwein can usually tell something about your geographical ancestry — what part of the world your ancestors came from.
"Face mites are definitely the species of animal that we have the closest connection with as humans, even though most of us don't know about them or ever see one in our lifetime," she says. "We still have this very ancient and intimate relationship, and it seems clear that we've had these face mite species with us for all of our history. So they are as old as our species, as old as Homo sapiens."


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L'organo della cattedrale di San Giacomo a Innsbruck è un monumentale organo a canne situato nel duomo di Innsbruck, nel Tirolo, Austria.

Storia

In seguito al violento terremoto che colpì Innsbruck nel 1689, la chiesa dedicata a san Giacomo Maggiore andò distrutta e venne ricostruita tra il 1717 e 1724 in stile barocco. In tal frangente, agli inizi del 1720, al meranese Johann Kaspar Humpel fu affidata la costruzione di un organo a canne, finanziata soprattutto dal parroco monsignor Matthias Tausch. La realizzazione della cassa, affidata a Christian Stippler e Peter Trolff, venne ultimata nella primavera del 1722 e il suo apparato decorativo di angeli e putti venne eseguito nel 1724 da Nikolaus Moll. L'organo venne completato nel 1725 e inaugurato l'8 settembre dello stesso anno. L'organo aveva i registri distribuiti fra due tastiere e pedaliera e due accessori (Tympani e Tremolo). Di seguito, la sua disposizione fonica:

Nel 1873, l'organaro Joseph Sies redige una relazione sullo stato dell'organo e un preventivo di spesa per il suo restauro, che venne effettuato nel 1875. L'organaro modificò l'originaria disposizione portando i registri a 31 sostituendone 13 dei vecchi con nuovi.

Nel 1892, in seguito al danneggiamento dell'organo durante i restauri degli affreschi, l'organaro Franz Reinisch di Steinach am Brenner sostituì lo strumento con uno nuovo di 33 registri, mantenendo di quello precedente la cassa barocca e 6 registri. Il nuovo organo era a trasmissione pneumatica ed aveva due tastiere di 54 note ciascuna e pedaliera di 27 tasti, con la seguente disposizione fonica:

Nel 1924 venne nominato direttore del coro Karl Koch che, ritenendo l'organo Reinisch inadatto, incaricò, nel 1931, la ditta Rieger Orgelbau di costruirne uno nuovo. Lo strumento vecchio venne acquistato dalla parrocchiale di Hotting e quello nuovo venne installato all'interno della cassa settecentesca; quest'ultimo era a trasmissione elettro-pneumatico e disponeva di 75 registri distribuiti su quattro manuali, di 58 note ciascuno, e pedaliera, di 30 note. I registri corrispondenti alla quarta tastiera (Fernwerk) erano alloggiati all'interno della cupola e svolgevano la funzione di corpo eco. La consolle era collocata nella cantoria sopra l'ingresso, con i registri comandati da placchette a bilico poste ai due lati delle tastiere. Di seguito la disposizione fonica:

Ai gravi danneggiamenti subiti dall'organo durante la seconda guerra mondiale non seguì alcun restauro: la consolle e i mantici furono infine ceduti alla parrocchia di Breitenfelder, quartiere di Vienna e riutilizzati per la costruzione di un nuovo strumento; nella cattedrale rimasero soltanto la cassa e la mostra, muta.

Nel 1998 è stato deciso di costruire all'interno della cassa settecentesca un nuovo organo, grazie alle sovvenzioni del principe consigliere Herbert Batliner e del Tirolo. La costruzione dello strumento è stata affidata alla ditta organaria Pirchner Orgelbau di Steinach am Brenner e il restauro della cassa alla ditta Wehinger/Heel. L'organo, completato in tutte le sue parti, è stato inaugurato il 1º luglio 2000.

Descrizione

L'organo a canne è situato sulla cantoria in controfacciata ed è racchiuso all'interno di una ricca cassa lignea, realizzata tra il 1721 e il 1724. Questa presenta una particolare mostra, costituita da canne di principale dell'ordine di 16' e articolata in più campi: i due campi laterali constano di sette canne ciascuno disposte a cuspide, con bocche a scudo; i due campi mediani di 10 canne ciascuno disposte ad ala, con bocche a mitria; sopra di essi vi sono delle canne con bocche a scudo disposte a raggiera; nel campo centrale, vi sono delle piccole canne disposte a semicerchio. Sulla sommità della cassa, vi sono delle statue raffiguranti degli Angeli musicanti che tengono in mano, da sinistra, un violino, una chiarina, un cornetto, una mandola, una chiarina e un flauto dolce. Sopra la parte centrale della cassa, si trova lo stemma di Matthias Tausch. Nella balaustra della cantoria, in posizione centrale, vi è il positivo tergale, con mostra di canne di principale in tre campi, al centro a cuspide ai lati ad ala.

L'organo è a trasmissione integralmente meccanica e conta 57 registri suddivisi fra tre manuali e pedale, per un totale di 3729 canne. La consolle dello strumento è costituita da tre tastiere (Hauptwerk, prima tastiera, Oberwerk, seconda tastiera, espressivo, e Unterwerk, terza tastiera, espressivo, di 56 note, da Do1 a Sol5; Rückpositiv, sulla terza tastiera, di 34 note, da Fa2 a Re5) e pedaliera concava di 30 note (Do1-Fa3); i registri sono comandati da pomelli ad estrazione posti su più file ai lati delle tastiere.

La disposizione fonica dello strumento è la seguente:

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Politics, Philosophy and International Relations Postgraduate Research Courses
Development Studies, Ph.D. / M.Phil.
Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy Postgraduate Research Courses
Economics Postgraduate Research Courses
Education and Childhood Studies Postgraduate Research Courses
PhD/MPhil Development Studies
MA by Research in International Development
MA by Research in International Relations
MPhil International Relations
MA by Research in Philosophy
PhD/MPhil Philosophy
MA by Research in Politics
PhD/MPhil Politics and International Relations
Develop Research Skills needed for High Level Work in Development Studies
Ph.D. 3 Year Full Time
Singleton Park Campus
Ph.D. 6 Year Part Time
M.Phil. 2 Year Full Time
M.Phil. 4 Year Part Time
A PhD or MPhil in Development Studies at Swansea enables you to pursue a substantial project led by your own passions and interests.
It represents a highly respected qualification which can present a pathway to a career in academia, or widen your scope for employment in fields such as education, government or the private sector.
The PhD takes three years full-time or six years part-time, and the MPhil takes two years full-time or four years part-time.
You submit a thesis of up to 100,000 words for PhD assessment and 60,000 words for MPhil assessment, demonstrating original research with a significant contribution to the subject area. This is followed by an oral examination of the thesis (a viva voce examination, or viva).
Our dynamic research environment is driven by committed staff who are all active researchers with a diverse range of interests and expertise through our Research Groups:
Global Drug Policy Observatory (GDPO)
International Studies, Conflict and Security (ISCAS)
Political Analysis and Government (PAG)
This expertise includes:
• Human rights and International development
• International security and strategic studies
• Conflict
• Politics and International development
• Transitional justice and international crimes
• International development policy
You will develop and hone research skills needed for high-level work in any field of development studies, while skills and training programmes available on campus provide further support. You will have the opportunity to deliver presentations to research students and staff at departmental seminars, and at the School of Culture and Communication Postgraduate conference.
You may also have the chance to teach undergraduate tutorials and seminars from the second year, for which you will receive training and payment. Financial support is also provided (subject to approval) for attending conferences or conducting research away from Swansea.
MPhil: Applicants for MPhil must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University). See - Country-specific Information for European Applicants 2019 and Country-specific Information for International Applicants 2019.
PhD: Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level and a master's degree with a minimum overall grade at 'Merit'. Alternatively, applicants with a UK first class honours degree (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) not holding a master's degree, will be considered on an individual basis. See - Country-specific Information for European Applicants 2019 and Country-specific Information for International Applicants 2019.
IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 6.5) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Full details of our English Language policy, including certificate time validity, can be found here.
We take care to ensure that each MPhil/PhD student has the expert supervision required to complete their project within the candidature period. You will have a minimum of two supervisors based in the School. Upon receipt of your application, we will identify supervisors whose research expertise matches your chosen topic.
You will usually meet your supervisors once a month, and possibly more often at critical stages of your candidature, including preparing for final submission. When you start the degree, you will work out a research plan with your supervisors. Nine months into your candidature, you will present a first piece of substantial writing (e.g. draft thesis chapter) and a detailed thesis plan. Thereafter, the University will assess your progress every 6 months. M.Phil students are eligible to apply for an upgrade to a Ph.D if they demonstrate the ability to perform at doctoral level.
October 2022 £ 2,298 £ 8,350
January 2023 £ 2,298 £ 8,350
April 2023 £ 2,298 £ 8,350
July 2023 £ 2,298 £ 8,350
Apply online and track your application status at www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline.
PhD Programme Specification
PhD in Development Studies
Dr Kathryn Jones
Political and Cultural Studies
October, January, April, July
Singleton Campus
This PhD in Development Studies at Swansea will enable you to undertake a substantial project led by your own interests. It is a highly respected qualification which can present a career in academia or a wider scope for employment in fields such as education, government or the private sector. A thesis of 100,000 words will be submitted for assessment demonstrating original research with a substantive contribution to the subject area. The PhD is examined following an oral examination of the thesis (a viva voce examination or viva voce). You will acquire research skills for high-level work and skills and training programmes are available on campus for further support. There will be an opportunity to deliver presentations to research students and staff at departmental seminars and conferences. There may also be opportunities to develop your teaching skills through undergraduate tutorials, demonstrations and seminars.
This PhD programme will provide doctoral researchers with:
Thesis and viva voce
The programme comprises of the undertaking of an original research project of 3 years duration full time (6 years duration part time). Doctoral researchers may pursue the programme either full time or part time by pursuing research at the University at an external place of employment or with/at a University approved partner.
Doctoral researchers for the PhD in Development Studies are examined in two parts.
The first part is a thesis which is an original body of work representing the methods and results of the research project. The maximum word limit is 100,000 for the main text. The word limit does not include appendices (if any), essential footnotes, introductory parts and statements or the bibliography and index.
Doctoral Researcher Supervision and Support
Doctoral researchers will be supervised by a supervisory team. Where appropriate, staff from Schools other than the 'home' School (other Schools) within the University will contribute to cognate research areas. There may also be supervisors from an industrial partner.
The Primary/First Supervisor will normally be the main contact throughout the doctoral research journey and will have overall responsibility for academic supervision. The academic input of the Secondary Supervisor will vary from case to case. The principal role of the Secondary Supervisor is often as a first port of call if the Primary/First Supervisor becomes unavailable. The supervisory team may also include a supervisor from industry or a specific area of professional practice to support the research. External supervisors may also be drawn from other Universities.
The Primary Supervisor will provide pastoral support. If necessary the Primary Supervisor will refer the doctoral researcher to other sources of support (e.g. Wellbeing, Disability, Money Advice, IT, Library, Students' Union, Academic Services, Student Support Services, Careers Centre).
Demonstrate the systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge which is at the forefront of research through the development of a written thesis.
Create, interpret, analyse and develop new knowledge through original research or other advanced scholarship.
Disseminate new knowledge gained through original research or other advanced scholarship via high quality peer reviewed publications within the discipline.
Apply research skills and subject theory to the practice of research.
Apply process and standards of a range of the methodologies through which research is conducted and knowledge acquired and revised.
Conceptualise, design and implement a project aimed at the generation of new knowledge or applications within Development Studies.
Make informed judgements on complex issues in the field of Development Studies, often in the absence of complete data and defend those judgements to an appropriate audience.
Respond appropriately to unforeseen problems in project design by making suitable amendments.
Communicate complex research findings clearly, effectively and in an engaging manner to both specialist (including the academic community), and non-specialist audiences using a variety of appropriate media and events, including conference presentations, seminars and workshops.
Correctly select, interpret and apply relevant techniques for research and advanced academic enquiry.
Develop the networks and foundations for on-going research and development within the discipline.
Implement advanced research skills to a substantial degree of independence.
Display the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment, including the exercise of personal responsibility and largely autonomous initiative in complex and unpredictable situations, in professional or equivalent environments.
Progress will be monitored in accordance with Swansea University regulations. During the course of the programme, the Doctoral researcher is expected to meet regularly with their supervisors, and at most meetings it is likely that the doctoral researcher's progress will be monitored in an informal manner in addition to attendance checks. Details of the meetings should ideally be recorded on the on-line system. A minimum of four formal supervision meetings is required each year, two of which will be reported to the Postgraduate Progression and Awards Board. During these supervisory meetings the doctoral researcher's progress is discussed and formally recorded on the on-line system.
The University offers training and development for Doctoral Researchers and supervisors (https://www.swansea.ac.uk/research/undertake-research-with-us/postgraduate-research/training-and-skills-development-programme/).
Swansea University's Postgraduate Research Training Framework is structured into sections, to enable doctoral researchers to navigate and determine appropriate courses aligned to both their interest and their candidature stage.
There is a training framework including for example areas of Managing Information and Data, Presentation and Public Engagement, Leadership and working with others, Safety Integrity and Ethics, Impact and Commercialisation and Teaching and Demonstrating. There is also a range of support in areas such as training needs, literature searching, conducting research, writing up research, teaching, applying for grants and awards, communicating research and future careers.
A range of research seminars and skills development sessions are provided within the School of Social Sciences and across the University. These are scheduled to keep the doctoral researcher in touch with a broader range of material than their own research topic, to stimulate ideas in discussion with others, and to give them opportunities such as defending their own thesis orally, and to identify potential criticisms. Additionally, the School of Social Sciences is developing a research culture that aligns with the University vision and will link with key initiatives delivered under the auspices of the University's Academies, for example embedding the HEA fellowship for postgraduate research students.
The School of Social Sciences
The School provides a vibrant research environment through conferences, seminars, workshops and training events organised by various research centres and groups. As well as major disciplinary strengths, inter-disciplinary research is at the heart of what we do.
The School is deeply committed to highly quality research which is intellectually innovative as well as having real world impacts. Research students and staff work closely together. As a result a strong culture has developed which provides a supportive and friendly environment for our thriving community of doctoral students from all over the world to develop as well-networked young researchers.
Having a PhD demonstrates that graduates can work effectively in a team, formulate, explore and communicate complex ideas and manage advanced tasks. Jobs in academia (eg postdoctoral research, lecturing), education, government, management, the public or private sector are possible. Examples include administrators, counsellors, marketing specialists, and researchers.
MPhil Programme Specification
MPhil in Development Studies
MA/MSc by Research
This MPhil in Development Studies at Swansea will enable you to undertake a substantial project led by your own interests. It is a highly respected qualification which can present a career in academia or a wider scope for employment in fields such as education, government or the private sector. A thesis of 60,000 words will be submitted for assessment demonstrating original research with a substantive contribution to the subject area. The Masters is examined following an oral examination of the thesis (a viva voce examination or viva). You will acquire research skills for high-level work and skills and training programmes are available on campus for further support. There will be an opportunity to deliver presentations to research students and staff at departmental seminars and conferences.
Key skills needed to undertake advanced academic and non-academic research including qualitative and quantitative data analysis
The programme comprises of the undertaking of an original research project of 2 years duration full time (4 years duration part time). Students may pursue the programme either full time or part time by pursuing research at the University at an external place of employment or with/at a University approved partner.
Students for the Masters in Development Studies are examined in two parts.
The first part is a thesis which is an original body of work representing the methods and results of the research project. The maximum word limit is 60,000 for the main text. The word limit does not include appendices (if any), essential footnotes, introductory parts and statements or the bibliography and index.
Students will be supervised by a supervisory team. Where appropriate, staff from Schools other than the 'home' School (other Schools) within the University will contribute to cognate research areas. There may also be supervisors from an industrial partner.
The Primary Supervisor will provide pastoral support. If necessary, the Primary Supervisor will refer the student to other sources of support (e.g. Wellbeing, Disability, Money Advice, IT, Library, Students' Union, Academic Services, Student Support Services, Careers Centre).
Demonstrate the systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge through the development of a written thesis.
Make informed judgements on complex issues in the field of Development Studies often in the absence of complete data and defend those judgements to an appropriate audience.
Communicate complex research findings clearly, effectively and in an engaging manner to both specialist (including the academic community), and non-specialist audiences using a variety of appropriate media.
Correctly select, interpret and apply relevant techniques for research and academic enquiry.
Develop the foundations for on-going research and development within the discipline.
Swansea University's Postgraduate Research Training Framework is structured into sections, to enable students to navigate and determine appropriate courses aligned to both their interest and their candidature stage.
A range of research seminars and skills development sessions are provided within the School of Social Sciences and across the University. These are scheduled to keep the student in touch with a broader range of material than their own research topic, to stimulate ideas in discussion with others, and to give them opportunities such as defending their own thesis orally, and to identify potential criticisms. Additionally, the School of Social Sciences is developing a research culture that will align with the University vision and will link with key initiatives delivered under the auspices of the University's Academies, for example embedding the HEA fellowship for postgraduate research students.
Having a Master of Philosophy degree shows that you can communicate your ideas and manage tasks. Jobs in academia, education, government, management, the public or private sector are possible.