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The Government has been accused of protecting private schools in Dublin at the expense of smaller schools across the country.
During heated exchanges on education cuts in the Seanad, Donegal Senator Brian O'Domhnaill claimed 70 teachers will lose their jobs in Donegal while 87% of Protestant schools will be effected.
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Maddermarket Theatre's latest show takes a look at the politics of love
Published: 3:48 PM February 9, 2017 Updated: 10:53 AM October 10, 2020
Skylight, written by David Hare, opens at the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich on Friday, February 17 2017. Photo: Reflective Arts. - Credit: Reflective Arts
The politics of love and matters of the state are the focus of the latest show which is being presented by the Norwich Players at the Maddermarket Theatre.
Skylight, written by David Hare, opens at the city venue on Friday, February 17.
The show, which is directed by Pip Sessions, interweaves the personal and the political.
Set in the aftermath of the Margaret Thatcher era, it puts the spotlight on school teacher Kyra and restauranteur Tom - two people who on the surface appear to be an unlikely couple but on some profound level are meant for each other.
Can their past love be brought to life again under different circumstances, and can they reconcile their passions and politics?
Skylight is at the Maddermarket Theatre, in St John's Alley, from February 17 to 25.
Tickets £8-12.
For more information and to book tickets, visit www.maddermarket.co.uk or call 01603 620917.

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Sixteen-foot sculptures depicting humans and gods will live among the St. Louis Art Museum's collection this spring.
Museum officials are calling it "the most significant exhibition of ancient Egyptian art undertaking in St. Louis in more than 50 years." The show, titled "Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds," will feature massive sculptures and antiquities from ancient cities Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus.
The Saint Louis Art Museum today announced an extraordinary collection gift from New Jersey-based collector Ronald Maurice Ollie and his wife Monique McRipley Ollie that adds significant depth and breadth to the museum's holdings of works by African-American artists.
The St. Louis Art Museum opens three different shows this month that use technology as a jumping point to explore politics or history.
Among the exhibits is one by world-renowned German photographer Thomas Struth, whose photographs include of wires, robot parts, and industrial machines. For him, researchers and scientists have managed to bring humanity together even while political crisis after political crisis unfolds.
Created by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear," is showing in St. Louis – the second and only other planned stop in the U.S., aside from L.A.
The exhibition examines the kind of men who wore certain clothing as well as the clothing itself and the culture in which it was worn.
It's thematically organized into five galleries beginning with "Revolution/Evolution." A big part of that gallery focuses on the French Revolution.
Beginning Saturday, the Forest Park bus trolley will have two routes instead of one. The blue route and green route will serve attractions in the western and eastern parts of the park separately.
The two different routes will help with passenger convenience and easier navigation through the park, said Ray Friem, executive director of Metro Transit.
A new, exclusive exhibit showcasing works by impressionist painter Edgar Degas is open at the St. Louis Art Museum. The exhibit features several works that have never been displayed in the United States.
The featured paintings and pastels reflect Degas' perception of the Parisian Millinery Trade of the late 1800's, when there was a booming demand for exquisite head-wear. Many paintings portray young women who were milliners, or hat makers. Also part of the exhibit are several hats carefully preserved in glass cases.
How many of us have gone sledding down Art Hill in Forest Park or biked or walked along its many paths. We all love the park and use it, but many miss one of the city's true gems looming high on the hill, the St. Louis Art Museum.
When speaking to Brent Benjamin, the director of the museum, he reminded me that the St. Louis Art Museum is not only one of the country's top premier encyclopedic art museums, but is one of a handful of museums of its kind that is free and open to the public. This, of course, is due to the generosity of the tax payers.
A legendary 19th century Missouri artist will be the center of attention after Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
George Caleb Bingham's "Verdict of the People" will be showcased at a luncheon following Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. The event, which takes place in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol, is a celebration for the president, vice president, congressional leaders and other invited guests.
Mary Langenberg didn't have far to go to pay calls on some of the institutions she supported so generously in her long, productive life.
She was by all accounts a vivacious and beautiful woman, who loved entertaining her friends and cherished good, lively, yeasty conversations.
The Saint Louis Art Museum's current exhibit "Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan" highlights an underappreciated category of Japanese art.
The museum's Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Japanese Art, Rhiannon Paget, and curator of Asian Art, Phillip Hu, joined St. Louis on the Air contributor Steve Potter to discuss the exhibition.
Francisco de Goya's "Disasters of War" is considered one of the most personal and influential print series in the Western canon. This will be the first time the complete series will be shown in St. Louis. Elizabeth Wyckoff, the art museum's curator of prints, drawings and photographs, says the work that was created more than 200 years ago remains relevant today.
Have you ever wondered what St. Louis looks from the perspective of a hawk or eagle?
The St. Louis Art Museum will offer you a chance to find out, starting this weekend. Artist Andrea Stansislav's new exhibit "Convergence Infinité" focuses on video captured by flying a drone equipped with a camera over the city.
In the art exhibitions business, when you find yourself faced with the conflicting character attributes of a millionaire who built his fortune on patent medicines of questionable quality yet who carried with him works of art of extraordinary aesthetic and historical value, you can be reasonably certain of having a hit on your hands.
Ten years ago, the St. Louis Art Museum carved out an institutional work of art in the World's Fair-era Cass Gilbert building on Art Hill. This architectural artistry is a bright and comfortable place for research and reflection, dedicated not only to scholars but also to you and to me, the general public. It is called the study room for prints, drawings and photographs and is run by a friendly, accommodating staff upstairs in the East Wing.
In 1983, the Saint Louis Art Museum was bequeathed the largest private collection of the work of German artist Max Beckmann in the world. Part of that collection now lives in the museum's Grigg Gallery, but few people may know what the meaning of the artist's work is.
A largely ornamental $3 million construction program announced this summer for Forest Park -- one presented as a way to provide visitors a comprehensive idea what that big, leafy, attractive expanse of woodlands, savannas, golf courses, ball fields, fish ponds and cultural institutions between Kingshighway and Skinker actually is -- made a full-scale move ahead when prototypical models of gates, or entrance markers, appeared at two places.


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Coffee Talk: 'Key and Peele' Are Officially Working on a Film
Plus, Stacey Dash slams Democrats, Leslie Jones joins SNL cast, Mike Tyson makes a cartoon.
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Good morning! Time for some hot coffee and hot news to get you started with your day.
Comedy Central stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Key and Peele are making their first movie together for New Line Cinema. The film, Keanu, will center around a kidnapped cat and is scheduled for production next spring. The two comedians also recently signed on to produce New Line's reboot of Police Academy. [The Hollywood Reporter]
President Barack Obama wants you and Cousin Pookie to get to the polls. "It's not enough to just vote," the president said in a rally on Sunday, "You've got to get your family to vote. You've got to get your friends to vote. You've got to get your co-workers to vote. You've got to get that Cousin Pookie sitting at home on the couch—he's at home watching football right now instead of being here at this rally—you've got to talk to him and let him know it's not hard to exercise the franchise that previous generations fought so hard to obtain." [USA Today]
Stacey Dash wants Pookie to vote too, but not for Democrats. When asked if she felt Obamacare and voting with the Obama administration was helping the minority community in Louisiana, Dash was quick to say no. "It keeps them stuck," she said in an appearance on Fox News' Hannity. "They're getting money for free. They feel worthless. They are uneducated. As long as you are that way they can keep you under their control." Dash went on to criticize Democratic candidates further. "They have a plantation mentality. As long as they give you this much money you'll to stay right there and you don't need to know too much because if you do, you're going to start thinking for yourself." [The Griot]
Leslie Jones is officially a cast member of Saturday Night Live. The comedian tweeted her excitement about her promotion from writer to cast member yesterday: "It's official I'm a cast member!! Get ready! Get ready!" Jones auditioned for SNL last fall for the part that ended up going to Sasheer Zamata. She was instead brought on as a writer. She has since risen in the ranks after making frequent on-screen appearances on Weekend Update. She'll be making her first appearance this week. Congratulations, Leslie! [Deadline.com]
Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson also has a new TV role in Mike Tyson Mysteries playing a wisecracking cartoon detective who solves mysteries brought to him by carrier pigeons. This new cartoon was first screened at Comic Con San Diego and received the longest standing ovation of the weekend. It premieres on Oct. 27 on Adult Swim.
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Provincial TV journalist found dead in Guatemala
May 20, 2011 5:35 PM EDT
New York, May 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Guatemalan authorities to launch a thorough investigation into the death of television journalist and teacher Yensi Roberto Ordoñez Galdámez, at left, who was found dead Thursday in southern Escuintla province.
According to press reports, Ordoñez's body was discovered Thursday in a black vehicle parked outside the primary school where he taught. He had knife wounds in the neck and chest, according to the volunteer firefighters who found him.
The fire department was tipped off by an anonymous call, the press said. Family members cited by Guatemala City-based daily Prensa Libre said that the television host had left home Wednesday night and never returned.
Ordoñez was a news reporter on Channel 14, a local cable television station, according to local news reports. Prensa Libre quoted the station's director, Roberto Santizo, as saying that Ordoñez had received threats in relation to his reporting. The journalist and teacher also hosted children's and music programs in Channel 14, the local press reported.
According to the journalist's family members, Ordoñez had told them he was being extorted for 25,000 Guatemalan Quetzales (about US$ 3,250), Prensa Libre reported. The press and investigators have not specified the nature of the alleged extortion.
"We are deeply troubled by the death of Yensi Roberto Ordoñez, who is said to have been threatened prior to his death," said Carlos Lauría, CPJ's senior program coordinator for the Americas. "We call on Guatemalan authorities to launch a thorough investigation of this brutal crime and consider the victim's journalism as a possible motive."
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Straddler On The Street: Maile
By Vanessa
Hi crush monsters, this is Straddler On The Street, a feature where I celebrate all of you incredible Autostraddle readers by hunting you down, demanding you chat with me, and then writing about you on the Internet so we can all crush on you. Get excited, because butterflies in your stomach 24/7 is a fantastic way to live.
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Straddler On The Street: Maile, 20
Maile (we'll get to the pronunciation in a moment!) is a liberal arts student at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. Hailing from Chappaqua, NY, she says she's "partial to Cherry Chapstick, playing hooky, pop music, bikram yoga, Soul Cycle, rhinestones, post-modern literature, and feminist theory."
She first stole my heart when she said she's been reading Autostraddle since she was "a wee closeted baby dyke" and she won me over when she told me she "continues to be a diehard fan." What can I say, I'm predictable. Now let's meet Maile!
Maile, 20
Hi! Okay, so, embarrassing question first. How do I pronounce your name?
Haha, I figured that one was coming. It's pronounced like Miley. I would like to say though that I was born one month and twelve days before Ms. Cyrus.
So you are the Original.
Yes. My parents should have had that one trademarked!
Ha! I spend a fair amount of time hoping Ms. Cyrus is gay.
I'm waiting for the day she comes out of the closet. It's only a matter of time, I think.
THANK YOU! I am so glad you feel me on this.
Oh, totally. One hundred percent.
YES! So you are a student at Bard College. Do you like it?
It's beautiful and perfect and I can't believe I only have 2.5 more semesters there.
Are you already thinking about what you'd like to do come graduation or is that an awful and cruel question on my part?
Not at all! I'm a written arts major so, you know, the job market is going to open right up for me… right? Hopefully? A girl can dream… I'm going to take a year to try out the whole starving artist gig. Hopefully my senior project will turn into something that I can send to a publisher or two. I also started writing a screenplay, so we'll see what happens with that. If writing doesn't work out, then I want to go to law school and eventually be a literary agent.
Wow okay I definitely don't feel bad for asking now, you sound more together than I am, and I graduated two and a half years ago. Do you wanna move to do the whole starving artist thing or are you going to stay put?
Chappaqua is a very arts-heavy community and I was extremely lucky to have been raised here and to have gone to a school that really valued the arts, but I think that I'll end up moving to NYC. I hope that's not too Hannah Horvath of me.
I mean I live in Brooklyn and I'm a writer so if either one of us is guilty of that… Anyway! You're studying poetry and gender. Can you tell me some of your favorite poets and theorists?
Oh man, I could talk about these things for hours. My favorite poet is Charles Bukowski, hands down. Also Audre Lourde, Tracy K. Smith, and someone recently turned me on to Wislawa Szymborska.
I'm not sure if I have any favorite gender theorists, but my two favorite books surrounding gender issues are Dude, You're a Fag by C.J. Pascoe and Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts. Pascoe is a sociologist and Roberts is actually a law professor.
On quite a different note, tell me about some of your favorite pop music!
OH MY GOD POP MUSIC. Sorry. Just so many feelings.
My favorite pop artist is Ke$ha. Since her album came out during my senior year [of high school] I've had this weird obsession with her. I actually sent her one of my wisdom teeth in the mail. I've seen her in concert five times. I'm such a fangirl. And then obviously Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, I've recently gotten really into Rihanna. Her new album gives me goosebumps.
Um, so this might be an overshare, but I kept my wisdom teeth and did a weird photography project with them that grossed out all my friends.
I just recently made a plaster cast of my entire mouth in my sculpture class. I like teeth, I guess.
apparently maile's friends teased her for sending this selfie in but i think it's gorgeous so i insisted she let me use it. i mean, hey girl HEY, amirite?!
Fair enough! What do you and your friends like to do for fun?
But actually, I feel like most of our plans revolve around what and where we're eating. We also really enjoy arts and crafts, playing Cards Against Humanity, and shopping. So much shopping. When I'm home and can get into the city more easily I'm a total museum junkie. I try to see as much theater as possible, too.
What sort of stuff do you like to do in your alone time?
I try to get alone time at least once a day, and I usually spend it writing slash reading slash going to the gym.
Do you have any celeb crushes?
I have so so many, but lately I've been all about Kristen Wiig. I have crushes on anyone who can make me seriously laugh, and that woman is just so beautiful and smart and funny. I can't even.
Do you have any go-to or must-have items of clothing?
I've been wearing the same pair of Frye boots since my freshman year of high school. They've kind of turned into "my thing" at school. I'm also a denim junkie. I have so many pairs of jeans, but my new favorites are the Blank NYC spray on skinny jeans. I have them in five colors. Also blazers. All of the blazers.
My goal in life is to find the perfect blazer! I didn't know I needed one until Lizz told me so, but now I feel like I need a million. So far I have two, both from J. Crew.
The J. Crew schoolboy blazer is one of my favorites. I have it in grey and navy. I have this white BB Dakota blazer that I'm absolutely crazy about. I'm actually wearing it right now.
Ohhhh. I'm wearing pajamas right now! How did you discover Autostraddle?
Oh man… I think one of my friends sent me a link, way back when, to one of the calendar girl posts? It was love at first click.
Did Autostraddle play a role in your eventually coming out?
It did. I think reading Autostraddle really helped to root me in the queer female community. It was nice to read about culture through a queer lens without it having to be, like, "QUEER CULTURE," you know? It was nice that anyone could read and relate to Autostraddle, not just lesbians. Like, I could send my mom articles from Autostraddle without it being awkward or alienating.
Did you slash do you send your mom articles from Autostraddle?! Because I will die of happiness if that's true. But no pressure…
Oh, all of the time!
Oh my goodness, my heart is so happy right now.
I send her a lot from the "Things I Read That I Love" series and also anything that has to do with parents of queers.
Yay! I have just a couple more questions. What do you want to be when you grow up?
This is something that changes for me a lot. At this point in my life, things are really up in the air. Ideally, though, in five years I'll have gotten some of my writing published and I'll live in a little apartment in SoHo with matching silverware and a pug. I'm not sure I can decide what I want to do much past that. Thinking of my thirties and beyond makes me anxious.
Understandable. The SoHo pug situation sounds pretty perfect though!
Any situation with a pug is perfect.
Amen! Anything else you'd like to share with the Autostraddle community?
Yes. To the LGBTQ community in general, I just think it's important that we remember that we're a community as a whole. I feel like every sub-community has its own agenda and people get really caught up in that and we tend to forget the bigger picture. I think we need to remember, every once in a while, that we're really not so different, and that we're all working towards the same thing in the grand scheme of the LGBTQ rights movement.
"I think reading Autostraddle really helped to root me in the queer female community." boom, mission accomplished.
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The question about Autostraddle playing a role in her coming out made me laugh as I recalled how this site was the reason I came out due to my mom somehow finding my profile on it, browsing the site – and putting together the pieces. She promptly came knocking on my door crying ("Tegan & Sara are LESBIANS?! What L word are they referring to!? ANSWER ME!"), which made it easier for me as I basically waited until the end of her questions and responded with "…yes."
Am I the only one who gets really peeved when people want to have a romp near the poverty line? Am I supposed to find it flattering that my inability to pay for groceries is something others want to emulate in their romanticized version of what it's like living in Brooklyn?
I'm so effing sick of hearing people talk about how they're going to take a year out of their lovely privileged life to see what it's like on the other side, the side where we will continue to live after you've come to realize that there's nothing fun about actually starving to pay for this city life. I love Brooklyn but damn, the people it attracts just make me insane!
I agree, people always seem to forget that Hannah Horvath is supported by her parents and that whole show is about rich people pretending to be poor. It is so annoying.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!
If I were you, I wouldn't comment about my privilege without knowing exactly where I come from. I was raised by a single mother who couldn't necessarily afford to raise me and my brother in the affluent community we lived in. She spent every penny she had raising us in a community that would give us opportunities and experiences that would help us later in life. We spent a great deal of my adolescence living near the poverty line. I know what it's like, and I know it isn't fun. I am only able to go to the school I go to because I work several jobs, have taken out loans, and have earned scholarships. And when I do graduate and move to Brooklyn, I will be supporting myself while trying to make it in a field that few succeed in. So let's not make assumptions, boo.
…snap.
I think this was less about judging your personal privilege as much as the general and naiveté and set of associations that comes with the usage of the phrase "starving artist" as a desired lifestyle. I wish you success in being an artist, just hope you won't be starving while you're at it 🙂
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Logged in so I could vote for this. Yeah, it's annoying when people who have never experienced poverty romanticize it, but a lot of us starving artists were starving first. Don't be so quick to judge. It's one of my pet peeves that people saddle young people with any artistic ambitions as automatically naive, romantic, or worse, privileged, lazy & condescending. In an economy where everyone in every profession is struggling (unless they have a trust fund), this kind of thinking is just as irrelevant as it is toxic. Anyway, someone's gonna be the next great American writer. Why not Maile? If it doesn't work out I'm sure she can figure things out on her own.
You're a writer. Words are your medium, yet you choose ones that display a sense of insensitivity for those of us who didn't choose this lifestyle and don't have the means to pull ourselves out of it.
"I'm going to take a year to try out the whole starving artist gig…If writing doesn't work out, then I want to go to law school and eventually be a literary agent." Do those sentences not convey a sense of privilege? I'm happy you had a mother to support and nurture you on your path to becoming a writer. I'm glad that you were able to earn scholarships based on your merit, be able to work several jobs, and be in a position to qualify for loans. But that doesn't negate the fact that the position you hold is still one of privilege.
Since I know nothing about you, only what's written in this article my original comment was less about your personal privilege and more about the way you addressed your desired lifestyle; Gisela worded it perfectly in one of the later comments "I think this was less about judging your personal privilege as much as the general and naiveté and set of associations that comes with the usage of the phrase "starving artist" as a desired lifestyle. I wish you success in being an artist, just hope you won't be starving while you're at it".
I too wish you success and happiness in whatever you choose to pursue, but when I logged onto Autostraddle this morning trying to distract myself from not being able to have breakfast the last thing I wanted to read was a comment about how your dream was to move to NYC and "try out the whole starving artist gig"…
Maile, I definitely thought you said that you spent your alone time writing slash, reading slash, and going to the gym. Clearly I've spent too much time in fanfic circles.
Wow. . . I didn't get that there aren't any commas until you pointed it out. Guilty x2.
Oh god so did I! I had to actually scroll back up like 'wait that's not what she said?' /o\ Too much time in fandom indeed…
no that's my fault re: editing! i like writing things out when i transcribe interviews, because when one speaks one does not make a / noise, ya know, but i didn't even think how it could be confusing! this made me giggle though so i think it is okay 😉
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"Autostraddle really helped to root me in the queer female community!" and sending your mom articles- yes, yes, yes, yes.
I was all- "queer, what is queer? Wait- I AM QUEER?!" and then "MOM, I AM QUEER"
And lastly- hey girl, heyyy. You work that selfie OUT. Unf.
Autostraddle has helped me adopt the term "queer" when I felt the term "gay" was lacking for all the reasons relative to me (you do you!).
Explaining it to my mother was hilarious because my mother said simply after a 5 minute speech on my end about my feelings of the whole lesbigay-queerness was, "If you tried really hard people won't think you are odd, in fact you can be quite likable, like Ellen!"
EVERYONE IS SO GOOD LOOKING, MY SWEET UNICORN GOD! THE CALENDAR, STRADDLER ON THE STREET, THE STAFF, YEEEESSSS!!!
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Speaking as a college freshman myself… Autostraddle has definitely helped root me in the queer female community. I've only discovered it recently, but it was also love at first click. The kind of squee!-I-have-found-my-people love at first click. So I get this girl. 🙂
My girlfriend's sister goes to Bard! Y'all should definitely meet up!!
All of those poets. Szymborska is the bossiest Polish poet, I love her. Bukowski, pulls all the hearts out , high-fives them, and talks about how terrible Mickey Mouse is over a twelve-pack of beer. Audre oh-my-Lorde! I taught a course in queer poets/poetry in March at a local publishing house and fell in love with her all over again.
Also, I highly recommend "Bukowski: Born Into This." It's on Netflix, and is such a nice insight to his life and works.
Can we just talk about poetry forever? Can we?
I will talk about poetry with anyone forever.
Danielle Sonnenberg
Maile.
(gorgeous name by the way)
have you heard of Marie Howe.. there's an amazing segment on NPR with her that had me in years.. she's also super sweet.. I emailed her telling her she made me feel and she wrote back thanking me..
anyways check her out.. and check my blog if you're interested in exploring articles on women's physical appearance and power. blog.daniellesonnenberg.com
cheers and good luck! go for it!
"Practicing" is one of my most favourite poems ever! Have you read any Leslie Scalapino? Do it do it do it.
Okay. You sent a wisdom tooth to Ke-$-Ha? You need to elaborate on that story.
haha when i first read this comment i was beating myself up for being a bad interviewer and not following up on that statement, BUT THEN i realized i'm just a regular ol' weirdo because i didn't even think it was a weird thing to do. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT ME?
maile is so cool you guys. just fyi. now seems like a good time to throw that in here!
I read one time that someone sent Ke$ha their teeth and she made them into necklaces. WAS THAT YOU OR IS THAT A THING PEOPLE DO FOR KE$HA?!?
THAT WAS ME! Other fans followed. It was kind of a post-wisdom tooth surgery/possibly still woozy idea. No regrets.
I really want to high five you.
ok, so I'm sort of in love
Me too ^ 🙂
Maile, I feel like I need to have a stern talking to your friends. That photo so doesn't constitute any teasing of any kind.
Hey girl hey definitely!
Marry me? Or at least come along and speak at my University.
get it gurl! i'm glad to see this on AS because it's important to remember that we can be socially conscious badass queer activists who also love ke$ha. those things are not mutually exclusive but sometimes people act like they need to be.
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package com.android.systemui.statusbar;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.ColorStateList;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
import android.graphics.drawable.Animatable;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.telephony.SubscriptionInfo;
import android.util.ArraySet;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;

import com.android.systemui.R;
import com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.StatusBarIconController;
import com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.NetworkController.IconState;
import com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.NetworkControllerImpl;
import com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.SecurityController;
import com.android.systemui.tuner.TunerService;
import com.android.systemui.tuner.TunerService.Tunable;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

// Intimately tied to the design of res/layout/signal_cluster_view.xml
public class SignalClusterView
        extends LinearLayout
        implements NetworkControllerImpl.SignalCallback,
        SecurityController.SecurityControllerCallback, Tunable {

    static final String TAG = "SignalClusterView";
    static final boolean DEBUG = Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG);

    private static final String SLOT_AIRPLANE = "airplane";
    private static final String SLOT_MOBILE = "mobile";
    private static final String SLOT_WIFI = "wifi";
    private static final String SLOT_ETHERNET = "ethernet";

    NetworkControllerImpl mNC;
    SecurityController mSC;

    private boolean mNoSimsVisible = false;
    private boolean mVpnVisible = false;
    private boolean mEthernetVisible = false;
    private int mEthernetIconId = 0;
    private int mLastEthernetIconId = -1;
    private boolean mWifiVisible = false;
    private int mWifiStrengthId = 0;
    private int mLastWifiStrengthId = -1;
    private boolean mIsAirplaneMode = false;
    private int mAirplaneIconId = 0;
    private int mLastAirplaneIconId = -1;
    private String mAirplaneContentDescription;
    private String mWifiDescription;
    private String mEthernetDescription;
    private ArrayList<PhoneState> mPhoneStates = new ArrayList<PhoneState>();
    private int mIconTint = Color.WHITE;
    private float mDarkIntensity;

    ViewGroup mEthernetGroup, mWifiGroup;
    View mNoSimsCombo;
    ImageView mVpn, mEthernet, mWifi, mAirplane, mNoSims, mEthernetDark, mWifiDark, mNoSimsDark;
    View mWifiAirplaneSpacer;
    View mWifiSignalSpacer;
    LinearLayout mMobileSignalGroup;

    private int mWideTypeIconStartPadding;
    private int mSecondaryTelephonyPadding;

    private boolean mBlockAirplane;
    private boolean mBlockMobile;
    private boolean mBlockWifi;
    private boolean mBlockEthernet;

    public SignalClusterView(Context context) {
        this(context, null);
    }

    public SignalClusterView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        this(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    public SignalClusterView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    public void onTuningChanged(String key, String newValue) {
        if (!StatusBarIconController.ICON_BLACKLIST.equals(key)) {
            return;
        }
        ArraySet<String> blockList = StatusBarIconController.getIconBlacklist(newValue);
        boolean blockAirplane = blockList.contains(SLOT_AIRPLANE);
        boolean blockMobile = blockList.contains(SLOT_MOBILE);
        boolean blockWifi = blockList.contains(SLOT_WIFI);
        boolean blockEthernet = blockList.contains(SLOT_ETHERNET);

        if (blockAirplane != mBlockAirplane || blockMobile != mBlockMobile
                || blockEthernet != mBlockEthernet || blockWifi != mBlockWifi) {
            mBlockAirplane = blockAirplane;
            mBlockMobile = blockMobile;
            mBlockEthernet = blockEthernet;
            mBlockWifi = blockWifi;
            // Re-register to get new callbacks.
            mNC.removeSignalCallback(this);
            mNC.addSignalCallback(this);
        }
    }

    public void setNetworkController(NetworkControllerImpl nc) {
        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "NetworkController=" + nc);
        mNC = nc;
    }

    public void setSecurityController(SecurityController sc) {
        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "SecurityController=" + sc);
        if (sc == null && mSC != null) {
            mSC.removeCallback(this);
        }
        mSC = sc;
        if (mSC != null) {
            mSC.addCallback(this);
            mVpnVisible = mSC.isVpnEnabled();
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onFinishInflate() {
        super.onFinishInflate();
        mWideTypeIconStartPadding = getContext().getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(
                R.dimen.wide_type_icon_start_padding);
        mSecondaryTelephonyPadding = getContext().getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(
                R.dimen.secondary_telephony_padding);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
        super.onAttachedToWindow();

        mVpn            = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.vpn);
        mEthernetGroup  = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.ethernet_combo);
        mEthernet       = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ethernet);
        mEthernetDark   = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ethernet_dark);
        mWifiGroup      = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.wifi_combo);
        mWifi           = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.wifi_signal);
        mWifiDark       = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.wifi_signal_dark);
        mAirplane       = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.airplane);
        mNoSims         = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.no_sims);
        mNoSimsDark     = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.no_sims_dark);
        mNoSimsCombo    =             findViewById(R.id.no_sims_combo);
        mWifiAirplaneSpacer =         findViewById(R.id.wifi_airplane_spacer);
        mWifiSignalSpacer =           findViewById(R.id.wifi_signal_spacer);
        mMobileSignalGroup = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.mobile_signal_group);
        for (PhoneState state : mPhoneStates) {
            mMobileSignalGroup.addView(state.mMobileGroup);
        }
        TunerService.get(mContext).addTunable(this, StatusBarIconController.ICON_BLACKLIST);

        apply();
        applyIconTint();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
        mVpn            = null;
        mEthernetGroup  = null;
        mEthernet       = null;
        mWifiGroup      = null;
        mWifi           = null;
        mAirplane       = null;
        mMobileSignalGroup.removeAllViews();
        mMobileSignalGroup = null;
        TunerService.get(mContext).removeTunable(this);

        super.onDetachedFromWindow();
    }

    // From SecurityController.
    @Override
    public void onStateChanged() {
        post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                if (mSC != null) {
                    mVpnVisible = mSC.isVpnEnabled();
                    apply();
                }
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void setWifiIndicators(boolean enabled, IconState statusIcon, IconState qsIcon,
            boolean activityIn, boolean activityOut, String description) {
        mWifiVisible = statusIcon.visible && !mBlockWifi;
        mWifiStrengthId = statusIcon.icon;
        mWifiDescription = statusIcon.contentDescription;

        apply();
    }

    @Override
    public void setMobileDataIndicators(IconState statusIcon, IconState qsIcon, int statusType,
            int qsType, boolean activityIn, boolean activityOut, String typeContentDescription,
            String description, boolean isWide, boolean showRoamingIndicator, int subId) {
        PhoneState state = getState(subId);
        if (state == null) {
            return;
        }
        state.mMobileVisible = statusIcon.visible && !mBlockMobile;
        state.mMobileStrengthId = statusIcon.icon;
        state.mMobileTypeId = statusType;
        state.mMobileDescription = statusIcon.contentDescription;
        state.mMobileTypeDescription = typeContentDescription;
        state.mIsMobileTypeIconWide = statusType != 0 && isWide;
        state.mShowRoamingIndicator = showRoamingIndicator;

        apply();
    }

    @Override
    public void setEthernetIndicators(IconState state) {
        mEthernetVisible = state.visible && !mBlockEthernet;
        mEthernetIconId = state.icon;
        mEthernetDescription = state.contentDescription;

        apply();
    }

    @Override
    public void setNoSims(boolean show) {
        mNoSimsVisible = show && !mBlockMobile;
        apply();
    }

    @Override
    public void setSubs(List<SubscriptionInfo> subs) {
        if (hasCorrectSubs(subs)) {
            return;
        }
        // Clear out all old subIds.
        mPhoneStates.clear();
        if (mMobileSignalGroup != null) {
            mMobileSignalGroup.removeAllViews();
        }
        final int n = subs.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            inflatePhoneState(subs.get(i).getSubscriptionId());
        }
        if (isAttachedToWindow()) {
            applyIconTint();
        }
    }

    private boolean hasCorrectSubs(List<SubscriptionInfo> subs) {
        final int N = subs.size();
        if (N != mPhoneStates.size()) {
            return false;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            if (mPhoneStates.get(i).mSubId != subs.get(i).getSubscriptionId()) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    private PhoneState getState(int subId) {
        for (PhoneState state : mPhoneStates) {
            if (state.mSubId == subId) {
                return state;
            }
        }
        Log.e(TAG, "Unexpected subscription " + subId);
        return null;
    }

    private PhoneState inflatePhoneState(int subId) {
        PhoneState state = new PhoneState(subId, mContext);
        if (mMobileSignalGroup != null) {
            mMobileSignalGroup.addView(state.mMobileGroup);
        }
        mPhoneStates.add(state);
        return state;
    }

    @Override
    public void setIsAirplaneMode(IconState icon) {
        mIsAirplaneMode = icon.visible && !mBlockAirplane;
        mAirplaneIconId = icon.icon;
        mAirplaneContentDescription = icon.contentDescription;

        apply();
    }

    @Override
    public void setMobileDataEnabled(boolean enabled) {
        // Don't care.
    }

    @Override
    public boolean dispatchPopulateAccessibilityEventInternal(AccessibilityEvent event) {
        // Standard group layout onPopulateAccessibilityEvent() implementations
        // ignore content description, so populate manually
        if (mEthernetVisible && mEthernetGroup != null &&
                mEthernetGroup.getContentDescription() != null)
            event.getText().add(mEthernetGroup.getContentDescription());
        if (mWifiVisible && mWifiGroup != null && mWifiGroup.getContentDescription() != null)
            event.getText().add(mWifiGroup.getContentDescription());
        for (PhoneState state : mPhoneStates) {
            state.populateAccessibilityEvent(event);
        }
        return super.dispatchPopulateAccessibilityEventInternal(event);
    }

    @Override
    public void onRtlPropertiesChanged(int layoutDirection) {
        super.onRtlPropertiesChanged(layoutDirection);

        if (mEthernet != null) {
            mEthernet.setImageDrawable(null);
            mEthernetDark.setImageDrawable(null);
            mLastEthernetIconId = -1;
        }

        if (mWifi != null) {
            mWifi.setImageDrawable(null);
            mWifiDark.setImageDrawable(null);
            mLastWifiStrengthId = -1;
        }

        for (PhoneState state : mPhoneStates) {
            if (state.mMobile != null) {
                state.mMobile.setImageDrawable(null);
            }
            if (state.mMobileType != null) {
                state.mMobileType.setImageDrawable(null);
            }
        }

        if (mAirplane != null) {
            mAirplane.setImageDrawable(null);
            mLastAirplaneIconId = -1;
        }

        apply();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasOverlappingRendering() {
        return false;
    }

    // Run after each indicator change.
    private void apply() {
        if (mWifiGroup == null) return;

        mVpn.setVisibility(mVpnVisible ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, String.format("vpn: %s", mVpnVisible ? "VISIBLE" : "GONE"));

        if (mEthernetVisible) {
            if (mLastEthernetIconId != mEthernetIconId) {
                mEthernet.setImageResource(mEthernetIconId);
                mEthernetDark.setImageResource(mEthernetIconId);
                mLastEthernetIconId = mEthernetIconId;
            }
            mEthernetGroup.setContentDescription(mEthernetDescription);
            mEthernetGroup.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        } else {
            mEthernetGroup.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG,
                String.format("ethernet: %s",
                    (mEthernetVisible ? "VISIBLE" : "GONE")));

        if (mWifiVisible) {
            if (mWifiStrengthId != mLastWifiStrengthId) {
                mWifi.setImageResource(mWifiStrengthId);
                mWifiDark.setImageResource(mWifiStrengthId);
                mLastWifiStrengthId = mWifiStrengthId;
            }
            mWifiGroup.setContentDescription(mWifiDescription);
            mWifiGroup.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        } else {
            mWifiGroup.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG,
                String.format("wifi: %s sig=%d",
                    (mWifiVisible ? "VISIBLE" : "GONE"),
                    mWifiStrengthId));

        boolean anyMobileVisible = false;
        int firstMobileTypeId = 0;
        for (PhoneState state : mPhoneStates) {
            if (state.apply(anyMobileVisible)) {
                if (!anyMobileVisible) {
                    firstMobileTypeId = state.mMobileTypeId;
                    anyMobileVisible = true;
                }
            }
        }

        if (mIsAirplaneMode) {
            if (mLastAirplaneIconId != mAirplaneIconId) {
                mAirplane.setImageResource(mAirplaneIconId);
                mLastAirplaneIconId = mAirplaneIconId;
            }
            mAirplane.setContentDescription(mAirplaneContentDescription);
            mAirplane.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        } else {
            mAirplane.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

        if (mIsAirplaneMode && mWifiVisible) {
            mWifiAirplaneSpacer.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        } else {
            mWifiAirplaneSpacer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

        if (((anyMobileVisible && firstMobileTypeId != 0) || mNoSimsVisible) && mWifiVisible) {
            mWifiSignalSpacer.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        } else {
            mWifiSignalSpacer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

        mNoSimsCombo.setVisibility(mNoSimsVisible ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
    }

    public void setIconTint(int tint, float darkIntensity) {
        boolean changed = tint != mIconTint || darkIntensity != mDarkIntensity;
        mIconTint = tint;
        mDarkIntensity = darkIntensity;
        if (changed && isAttachedToWindow()) {
            applyIconTint();
        }
    }

    private void applyIconTint() {
        setTint(mVpn, mIconTint);
        setTint(mAirplane, mIconTint);
        applyDarkIntensity(mDarkIntensity, mNoSims, mNoSimsDark);
        applyDarkIntensity(mDarkIntensity, mWifi, mWifiDark);
        applyDarkIntensity(mDarkIntensity, mEthernet, mEthernetDark);
        for (int i = 0; i < mPhoneStates.size(); i++) {
            mPhoneStates.get(i).setIconTint(mIconTint, mDarkIntensity);
        }
    }

    private void applyDarkIntensity(float darkIntensity, View lightIcon, View darkIcon) {
        lightIcon.setAlpha(1 - darkIntensity);
        darkIcon.setAlpha(darkIntensity);
    }

    private void setTint(ImageView v, int tint) {
        v.setImageTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(tint));
    }

    private class PhoneState {
        private final int mSubId;
        private boolean mMobileVisible = false;
        private int mMobileStrengthId = 0, mMobileTypeId = 0;
        private boolean mIsMobileTypeIconWide;
        private String mMobileDescription, mMobileTypeDescription;
        private boolean mShowRoamingIndicator;

        private ViewGroup mMobileGroup;
        private ImageView mMobile, mMobileDark, mMobileType;
        private ImageView mMobileRoaming;

        public PhoneState(int subId, Context context) {
            ViewGroup root = (ViewGroup) LayoutInflater.from(context)
                    .inflate(R.layout.mobile_signal_group, null);
            setViews(root);
            mSubId = subId;
        }

        public void setViews(ViewGroup root) {
            mMobileGroup    = root;
            mMobile         = (ImageView) root.findViewById(R.id.mobile_signal);
            mMobileDark     = (ImageView) root.findViewById(R.id.mobile_signal_dark);
            mMobileType     = (ImageView) root.findViewById(R.id.mobile_type);
            mMobileRoaming  = (ImageView) root.findViewById(R.id.mobile_roaming);
        }

        public boolean apply(boolean isSecondaryIcon) {
            if (mMobileVisible && !mIsAirplaneMode) {
                mMobile.setImageResource(mMobileStrengthId);
                Drawable mobileDrawable = mMobile.getDrawable();
                if (mobileDrawable instanceof Animatable) {
                    Animatable ad = (Animatable) mobileDrawable;
                    if (!ad.isRunning()) {
                        ad.start();
                    }
                }

                mMobileDark.setImageResource(mMobileStrengthId);
                Drawable mobileDarkDrawable = mMobileDark.getDrawable();
                if (mobileDarkDrawable instanceof Animatable) {
                    Animatable ad = (Animatable) mobileDarkDrawable;
                    if (!ad.isRunning()) {
                        ad.start();
                    }
                }

                mMobileType.setImageResource(mMobileTypeId);
                mMobileGroup.setContentDescription(mMobileTypeDescription
                        + " " + mMobileDescription);
                mMobileGroup.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                mMobileRoaming.setVisibility(mShowRoamingIndicator ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
            } else {
                mMobileGroup.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }

            // When this isn't next to wifi, give it some extra padding between the signals.
            mMobileGroup.setPaddingRelative(isSecondaryIcon ? mSecondaryTelephonyPadding : 0,
                    0, 0, 0);
            mMobile.setPaddingRelative(mIsMobileTypeIconWide ? mWideTypeIconStartPadding : 0,
                    0, 0, 0);
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Oil pipeline bursts in Ecuador
A RUPTURE in Ecuador's second largest oil pipeline has polluted the Santa Rosa river in the lush Amazon jungle and shut off the flow of crude to a Pacific port in the city of Esmeraldas.
A spokesman for the firm running the pipeline said on Thursday that the pipeline would be restarted in five days. Meanwhile, dozens of white-suited workers shoveled crude out of the river.
The OCP pipeline, which pumps around 130,000 barrels of heavy crude per day, ruptured late on Wednesday. Export commitments will be covered until repairs are finished, a line spokesman said. The rupture was the first of the privately run line since it started operations in 2003.
Repeated oil spills by foreign companies and the country's state oil company, Petroecuador, are a threat to rare species of jaguars and river dolphins in the Amazon jungle, where most of the Andean country's oil operations are located.
Local resident Margarita Aigaje has no clear water to drink after more than 14,000 barrels of crude polluted the river in front of her hut.
"I don't know if this river will ever be clean again," said Aigaje, 39, as she skinned a pig only a few yards from the oil-tainted river. "We are trying to collect rainwater because we can't drink from the river anymore."
Overlooking dark pools used to recover spilled oil, OCP line spokesman Eugenio Naranjo said the leak was contained and clean up crews worked around the clock to prevent further contamination.
Ecuador's largest pipeline, the state-run 360,000-bpd SOTE pipeline, was operating normally on Thursday, an oil company official told Reuters. The SOTE pipeline runs alongside the OCP line.


Der Mythos des Sisyphos: Neuübersetzung. Front Cover. Albert Camus. Rowohlt- Taschenbuch-Verlag, – Das Absurde – pages. Der Mythos des Sisyphos/Der erste Mensch/Die Pest/Der Fremde/Der Fall/Der glückliche Tod has 12 ratings and 1 review: Published June by. Albert Camus. Der Mythos des Sisyphos has ratings and reviews. peiman-mir5 said: Albert Camus' berühmtes Werk kreist um die zentrale Frage, "ob das Leben.
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Until a few months ago I had stopped at 5x320# on Back Squats. Why? I don't really know. It was not a conscious decision; I just wasn't going any higher. Maybe a part of me was saying, "That's strong enough". Maybe I was just being lazy. But the obvious fact is that I was capable of more if I was willing to put it out there. I've been going up 5# every month, and today I did 5x340#... on a day when I was pretty fatigued. And I can tell there is more left in the tank. So take a moment to look at … [Read more...] about Are your limits real or self-imposed?
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biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, announced today that hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) mobilized by BL-8040 in combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) were successfully engrafted in all 11 patients participating in the Part 1, lead-in period of the GENESIS trial, a double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial comparing BL-8040 and G-CSF to G-CSF alone, in mobilization of HSCs for autologous transplantation in multiple myeloma patients. These data follow previously announced successful mobilization data which led the Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) to recommend proceeding to the randomized placebo-controlled Part 2 of the study.
Results of the first 11 patients show that 9/11 patients (82%) reached the primary endpoint threshold of ? 6x106 CD34 cells/kg with only one dose of BL-8040 and in up to 2 apheresis sessions. Furthermore, 7/11 patients (64%) reached the threshold of ? 6x106 CD34 cells/kg in a single apheresis session only. In addition, all 11 patients reached the desired threshold in 4 or less apheresis days, and for all patients with available data (9/11), successful engraftment with BL-8040 mobilized HSCs was observed, with time to engraftment and graft durability comparable to standard of care mobilization regimens.
About the GENESIS Study The GENESIS study is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study, evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of BL-8040 in combination with G-CSF, compared to placebo and G-CSF, for the mobilization of CD34 HSCs for autologous transplantation in multiple myeloma patients. The placebo-controlled part is designed to include 177 patients in more than 25 centers. Treatment will include 5 days of G-CSF, with a single dose of BL-8040 or placebo on day 4, and with the option to expand treatment to up to 8 days of G-CSF and up to 2 doses of BL-8040. Apheresis for collection of CD34 cells will be performed on day 5. An additional 3 apheresis sessions may be conducted if needed in order to reach the goal of ? 6x106 mobilized CD34 cells/kg.
The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate the superiority of a single dose of BL-8040 in combination with G-CSF, over placebo and G-CSF, in the mobilization of ? 6x106 CD34 cells/kg in up to 2 apheresis sessions, in preparation for autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma patients. Secondary objectives include time to engraftment of neutrophils and platelets, durability of the engraftment, as well as safety and other efficacy parameters.
About BL-8040 BL-8040 is a short synthetic peptide for stem cell mobilization and for treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumors. It functions as a high-affinity best-in-class antagonist for CXCR4, a chemokine receptor that is directly involved in the retention of stems cells in the bone marrow, as well as tumor progression, angiogenesis, metastasis and cell survival. CXCR4 is over-expressed in more than 70% of human cancers and its expression often correlates with disease severity.
HSCs express CXCR4 and are retained in the protective bone marrow niche via binding to CXCL12 (also known as SDF-1). Blocking of the CXCR4-SDF1 interaction by BL-8040 leads to the mobilization of HSCs into the peripheral blood. In a number of clinical and pre-clinical studies, BL-8040 has shown robust mobilization of HSCs.
About BioLineRx BioLineRx is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology. The Company in-licenses novel compounds, develops them through pre-clinical and/or clinical stages, and then partners with pharmaceutical companies for advanced clinical development and/or commercialization.


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Watch: Eric Schmidt & Paul Gigot on AIThe Real Cost of Biden SpendingManchin's Inflation VindicationA Tax the Rich DebateRefunding the San Francisco Police
Government By Executive Order
A new Labor Department plan shows the president still has wide power to implement an anti-business agenda.
By John Fund
Updated Dec. 3, 2010 12:01 am ET
John Podesta, head of the Center for American Progress, even issued a list of executive orders and rule-makings last month that Mr. Obama can use to "push the country to a better place." If the Department of Labor is representative, his advice is in sync with moves already under way.


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At 90, Simán looks to new horizons in Central America
Within days of the 90th anniversary of its founding, Almacenes Simán has established itself as the leading chain of department stores in Central America.
What began as a small fabric store in the center of San Salvador now amounts to thousands of square meters of floorspace in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua y Costa Rica.
In Guatemala, where Simán already has two stores, two more are under study, while in Costa Rica, the company which has one store, is planning expansion.
Original source (in Spanish): El Diario de Hoy


Help the Outdoor Program prepare the college trails for the winter ahead on this 14th annual Trails Day.
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David Hinton continues his engagement with this workshop exploring Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism in ancient Chinese and modern American Poetry.
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Duxford fly-tipper leaves his address in huge pile of dumped rubbish
The fly-tip attracted several complaints from Duxford residents.
Alya ZayedSenior reporter
Duxford fly-tip removed by South Cambridgeshire District Council. (Image: South Cambridgeshire District Council)
A fly-tipper has been fined after his address was found among the rubbish he left.
He was located after multiple South Cambridgeshire residents "plagued" by fly-tipping took to Twitter to report it.
The fly-tip, found on August 31 in Duxford, included home and garden furniture, plastic boxes, cushions and electrical equipment
South Cambridgeshire District Council officers removed it from the Hinxton Ford site the following day. A Cambridge address found among the household waste by an environmental health enforcement officer identified the resident and a fixed penalty notice was issued.
It was issued under regulations that set out the responsibilities people have when disposing of waste – namely, ensuring it does not harm the environment.
The resident appealed against a £240 fine, but could not explain how rubbish with their name on ended up in the middle of a large fly-tip in the countryside. So the appeal was dismissed and the fine was paid.
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Councillor Brian Milnes, council lead for environmental services and licensing, said: "We hate fly-tipping as much as our communities do.
"We will always try and track down whoever dumps waste in the countryside and that is exactly what we have done here.
"My personal thanks to those residents who report fly-tipping – they appreciate that we all have a shared responsibility to look after our district.
"Once again our environmental health team has responded immediately to intelligence.
"As ever, small numbers of people can create disproportionate problems. Please, dispose of your waste responsibly and report fly-tipping you come across to us so we can investigate."
Councillor Peter McDonald, who represents Duxford, said: "Residents have been plagued with fly-tipping and this is an example of the council responding promptly and appropriately. Thank you to the officers."
The council can issue fines of up to £400 for fly-tipped waste, which includes items left beside street bins and recycling banks.
South Cambridgeshire Council


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Q: How to check if a cell tower connection exists? In my android app I have to gather a lot of information regarding the cell tower
like Network name, Network code etc etc but before I start capturing all those
things I want to make sure that a cell tower connections exists
i.e. GSM or CDMA, but I want to ensure that there is a connection. Otherwise
I would just like to return.
For example, as we do it in case of Wi Fi. With the help of WifiManager's isWifiEnabled() method we ensure first hand whether we have Wifi running or not.
Similar to that, for Cell Tower.

A: As described in this post, you can find as below
boolean hasNetwork = android.telephony.TelephonyManager.getNetworkType() != android.telephony.TelephonyManager.NETWORK_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
// True if the phone is connected to some type of network i.e. has signal

Another way from same link, but not marked as solution, is to check for network operator field as below
public static Boolean isMobileAvailable(Context appcontext) {
    TelephonyManager tel = (TelephonyManager) appcontext.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    return ((tel.getNetworkOperator() != null && tel.getNetworkOperator().equals("")) ? false : true);
}

A: Try this:-
public boolean isNetworkAvailable() {
   Context context = getApplicationContext();
   ConnectivityManager connectivity = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
   if (connectivity == null) {
      boitealerte(this.getString(R.string.alert),"getSystemService rend null");
   } else {
      NetworkInfo[] info = connectivity.getAllNetworkInfo();
      if (info != null) {
         for (int i = 0; i < info.length; i++) {
            if (info[i].getState() == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED) {
               return true;
            }
         }
      }
   }
   return false;
}

It will return true if the network is available.

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RPM of the new version of Mozilla Foundation messaging client is available in remi for fedora (backport of rawhide version).
enigmail (version 1.1.2) and lightning (version 1.0b2pre) extensions are also available.
RPM are availalble for fedora ≥ 8. This version will also be available in updates for F-13 (which seems unusual..).


3DD's new documentary series Raiders of the Lost Art airs on US channel Ovation from August 30 for 6 weeks.
Also pre-sold to Yesterday TV (part of UKTV networks) where the series is currently airing.
This 6 part 1 hour series follows some of the greatest art heists, mysteries and the hidden world of lost art through reconstruction, rare archive and expert analysis from the worlds leading art historians, professors and detectives. Episodes feature Van Gogh, Faberge and the Mona Lisa.
The series has already been snapped up by Foxtel in Australia, Sky New Zealand, TF1's Histoire Channel in France, Sky Arte in Italy and DRTV Denmark.


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The Addictive Experience of Writing: An Interview with Katya Apekina on "The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish"
November 24, 2018 • By Anne-Marie Kinney
KATYA APEKINA'S CAPTIVATING DEBUT, The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish, is a family excavation so compulsively readable, one might not notice its meticulously crafted structure. The novel is the story of two girls from Louisiana, Edie and Mae, who are sent to Manhattan to live with their estranged father, a famous novelist, after their mother — a poet better known as the forever-muse of her ex-husband — is institutionalized following a suicide attempt. Through first-person accounts from the girls, both parents, and the people who orbit their fractured family, Apekina explores the ways in which art can both feed and destroy.
Since I just went through the process myself of writing a novel, Coldwater Canyon, which is out this month, I spoke to Katya about finding the right form, and the addictive experience of writing.
ANNE-MARIE KINNEY: When I was reading this book, I kept thinking about the craft essay "Where's Iago?" by Susan Neville, about paying attention to who is the antagonist — who is provoking the other characters at any given time? In your book, each of the characters takes a turn as the antagonist, taking actions with devastating ramifications for everyone around them. Was this a deliberate choice you made, or something that unfolded organically?
KATYA APEKINA: I'm so glad you asked this, because I hadn't read the essay before, and I just finished it, and it talks so well about a lot of the things I've been thinking about having to do with the nature of evil.
When I started writing my novel, I'd been reading a lot of oral histories and I was thinking about how everyone is the hero of their own story, everyone has reasons for doing what they do, and those actions can have really terrible consequences for other people, even if the intentions aren't malicious. But, I think the Neville essay talks so well about how one definition of evil is an inability to see outside of yourself, and this is something most people are guilty of to varying degrees. In my book, people can justify almost every terrible thing they do, and say it was for survival, or even claim some noble purpose, like, for example, the creation of art. To me the creation of art, specifically writing, feels like it both requires a lot of empathy, but also a lot of selfishness. Writing this book in particular was pretty intense and addictive and scary for me. I had to tap into a lot of very unpleasant things in myself, and poke them, in order to access why people do the bad things that they do.
The narrative in the story shifts so seamlessly from one first-person narration to the next. Was there one character whose voice felt easiest for you to channel, one who was your "home base"? And, going back to what you said about the addictive/scary experience of writing this book, were there times when the "easiest" character to get into became the hardest and vice versa?
I'm not sure. Probably Edie was the easiest to channel, because it was in present tense and the action was happening to her and she was processing it as it was happening, so I felt like I could step inside her and follow her lead. Mae was difficult, partly because the things that happen to her are so terrible and I really wanted to withdraw emotionally because it was so painful to face it head on — it felt like she didn't really want to go there, and I didn't either, and I had to force it to happen. But, also all the peripheral characters were really fun for me to write. Those flowed very easily. I had been reading Bolaño and sort of getting into a trance reading him, and then using that trance to write. I wrote the whole book in order, switching characters as I wrote, and I wonder how different it would have been if I wrote one character at a time, all the way through. Typing that last sentence just made me feel anxious, so it probably wouldn't have been possible. The plotting felt so intricate, I don't know how I would have done that if I did one voice at a time. It would have ended up being a very different book.
While Mae and Edie are the nucleus of the family story, it's their famous novelist father and lesser-known poet mother whose dynamic opens the door to larger issues about art and artists. One thing I noticed was that the reader doesn't see much in the way of Dennis's actual writing. We are to understand by the devotion of his fans and the attention society pays him that he's a Great Artist. Meanwhile, Marianne's artistic voice is more immediate on the page, both in the poetry we see and in her journal entries — though she is known as Dennis's muse and barely recognized as a writer at all. Can you speak more about that?
It's a little bit like in movies when they talk about a brilliant artist, they never show his (usually his) paintings, because it would be a distraction. The viewer would be like, that's not even that good! I could paint that! So, with Dennis it's the same thing. We get some journal entries, some letters, and there's a scattering of quotes from his novels, to give the reader a general gist, but to include large sections of his writing didn't really interest me. I wouldn't have been able to sustain that voice over many pages without it coming off as satire. Even if I could though, I wouldn't. Dennis is charming and, if given the opportunity, he would take over the book, it would become all about him, about his feelings of guilt or remorse, and everyone else would fade to the background. Writing it would be like being back in my early 20s again, being cornered in a bar, getting talked at by older men. Popular culture loves to tell Dennis's story. That's fine. It wasn't the story I wanted to tell. He interested me insofar as he affected his daughters. Marianne is also a secondary character in that way. I included some of her poems so that she could have some of her own voice in there, so the reader could have some sense of her. There are also plot reasons why I included her poems, though I can't really get into them without giving too much away.
Yeah, the consequences of Dennis's art and fame are more interesting than his art itself. A lot of the damage the characters — not only Dennis — inflict is either in service of art or is used as inspiration for art. You said before that the characters can justify every terrible thing they do by claiming a noble purpose, e.g., the creation of art. Do you think it's an excuse, or can the pursuit of art actually warp a person's morality?
Oh, that is such a good question. I don't know! I guess it depends how broadly you define "pursuit of art." Maybe it is coming instead from the impulse to pursue glory, done via the pursuit of art? But maybe I am just saying that because I want to think of pursuing art as this sort of pure, good thing, and maybe that's arbitrary. Making art often requires a departure from reality, and ceding control to some greater force, and it can be kind of addictive. People talk about this force as being positive, but I don't know if it is. A force is a force, I guess, and it's what you do with it. I don't know if pursuing art has warped my morality, but when I'm writing I'm more withdrawn and distracted, and kind of a dick to be around.
Haha. At your reading at Skylight Books, you mentioned that you always start with form, and the content follows. I find that fascinating, because I always think of it as the other way around, like the story dictates how it needs to be told. Can you elaborate on that? Because this book is so — almost deceptively — structured. I was just gobbling up the story and it was only in looking back that I could see the precision in the way information was doled out.
I love constraints and unusual forms. I think if I can find the right container, then a story will fill it. Like a gas. I mean, I think my mind will catch on things, images, feelings, moments, and I store them away and they often can be pulverized and used.
So, you started with the idea of an oral history. Once the characters and story line started to solidify in your mind, did you do any experimentation with other forms, or did the multiple first-person narration always seem essential?
The multiple first-person narration was always essential. When it started off it was more like an oral history, and all the points of view were in the past tense, with the same point of telling. Then I changed it so that Edie was in the present and what was happening to her was more immediate. It started off as a device, to differentiate Edie and Mae for myself as I was writing and discovering who they were. Kathryn Davis, who taught me at Washington University where I did my MFA, actually suggested it, and then it evolved from there. One thing I was never interested in was making a book that was a fake document that one of the daughters was compiling in the future, and so I wanted the book structure to be like an oral history, but not so much so that this would be the expectation.
I think the book draws the reader in as an oral history — we're going to learn what happened to and around these people through their own accounts — but then it spirals out into something larger, darker, and less easily contained. Like the gas you mentioned — filling the vessel and then starting to leak in a way that surprises and compels. What are you working on now, and did it begin in the same way, with a form?
After finishing the novel I wrote a script for a feature film, which we will hopefully be shooting soon, and then a short story (out now with Territory). I started a second novel, but it is still too early for me to talk about it. I haven't found the form yet.
Anne-Marie Kinney is the author of the novels Radio Iris and Coldwater Canyon. Her short fiction has appeared in Joyland, Fanzine, The Collagist, Black Clock, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.
Anne-Marie Kinney
Anne-Marie Kinney is the author of the novels Radio Iris and Coldwater Canyon. Her short fiction has appeared in Joyland, Fanzine, The Collagist, Black Clock, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles and can be found at annemariekinney.com.
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Biografia
Formatosi al di fuori dei circuiti accademici di teatro, Silvestri intraprese la carriera teatrale sin da adolescente, producendosi in carceri e in istituti per diversamente abili come animatore.

Nel 1980 conobbe Annibale Ruccello, con il quale intraprese una proficua collaborazione: nacque così lo spettacolo Le cinque rose di Jennifer, testo da cui nel 1989 verrà tratto un film con Silvestri nel ruolo di protagonista.

Nel 1989 gli venne riconosciuto, da parte dell'Istituto del Dramma Italiano (Idi) e dall'Ente Teatrale Italiano un premio come miglior autore under 35 per Saro e la rosa, da lui diretto ed interpretato. Nel 1990 un nuovo premio dell'Idi gli fu consegnato per Angeli all'inferno e nel 1991 una Segnalazione speciale, sempre per conto dell'Idi, lo portò ad allestire il suo Streghe da marciapiede, nel 1999 riceve il Premio Hystrio per la Drammaturgia.

Numerosi i testi teatrali di cui fu autore (di molti curò anche la regia). Pubblicò Mio capitano per i tipi della Grin Editori, il volumetto antologico di atti unici Storiacce (Il topolino Crick, Mon enfant, In nome del figlio, Il bambino palloncino e altri) per la E&A.

Nell'aprile del 2000, la Gremese diede alle stampe il suo volume Teatro - Una rosa, due anime, tre angeli, quattro streghe con quattro tra le sue opere più affermate: Saro e la rosa, Angeli all'inferno, Streghe da marciapiede e Fratellini (Premio Umbria Teatro 1999).

Sempre nel 2000 la Dante&Descartes Edizioni pubblicò il suo Tre pezzi d'odio. Altri testi sono presenti sulle riviste Sipario, Ridotto e Hystrio.

Le sue favole per bambini sono state pubblicate, invece, dall'Unicef mentre tre dei suoi testi teatrali per ragazzi (La guerra di Martìn, Ali e Victòr, storia di un ragazzo selvaggio) sono contenuti nel volume Questo legno è ancora vivo! della EdiARGO.

Tenne per un anno la Cattedra di Scrittura drammaturgica presso la Scuola Holden di Torino, diretta da Alessandro Baricco, per conto della quale effettuò anche due master di specializzazione.

In qualità di attore ha lavorato con Annibale Ruccello, Enzo Moscato, Armando Pugliese, Carlo Cerciello, Toni Servillo e molti altri.

Nel 2003 fu la sua prova d'attore ad essere premiata, con l'assegnazione del Premio Ubu come miglior attore non protagonista per Sabato, domenica e lunedì di Eduardo De Filippo per la regia di Toni Servillo.

Nel 2011 fondò a Modica l'accademia teatrale Clarence, dove egli stesso insegnò recitazione.

Nel 2013, Vincenzo Albano dedicò alla sua produzione teatrale un volume monografico intitolato "E poi sono morto. La drammaturgia non postuma di Francesco Silvestri", a cura del Centro Studi sul teatro napoletano, meridionale ed europeo coordinato dalla professoressa Antonia Lezza.

Nel 2021 scrisse a quattro mani con Marco Andreoli il saggio Lezioni di scrittura teatrale. Scrivere un testo per la messa in scena.

Muore il 25 dicembre 2022 all'età di 64 anni.

Note

Premi e riconoscimenti
Premio Ubu
2002/2003 - Migliore attore non protagonista per Sabato, domenica e lunedì di Eduardo De Filippo

Collegamenti esterni

Francesco Silvestri tra editoria e workshop, in http://www.dramma.it/

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This week's listening: Kim Hill interviews Gregggggggggorrrrrry Burke, incoming director of the AAG.
From a podcast that's new to me: Expectations and Epiphanies with [UK's National Portrait Gallery] Director Nicholas Cullinan. I'm also starting to mine the Art Agency Partners' (an arts agency that's a subsidiary of Sothebys, explaining their access) backlog of articles, including this one on the squishy (often icky) definitions of outsider / self-taught / outlier art.
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Lucie Paterson of ACMI on the development and testing of the physical/digital accompaniment to their exhibition Wonderland, The Lost Map of Wonderland — four months in (from August last year, but still really interesting).
Anne Helen Petersen just keeps banging it out. Here she is on a recent profile of Lorena Bobbitt, with bonus analysis of the 1990s and the cultural moment of postfeminist backlash.
"Either we say that improving health, wellbeing and social outcomes is our proper motivation, or we admit that the value of the arts is different to this." I don't think it's an either/or argument but Carter Gillies picks up here on something I've been thinking about in terms of how we position arts institutions and arts funding.
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Jonathan Jones reliably leapt on to the resultant controversy: as always, I hope he is not responsible for his headlines - Let's not lose our marbles over the British Museum boss's remarks.
And speaking of reliable, an otherwise on-point piece of BBC reporting on the Pitt Rivers Museum's repatriation efforts brings conservative warhorse Tiffany Jenkins in to trot out her opinions once more about the role of museums as world knowledge centres, cultural contexts be damned.
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