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Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical is an original musical written and produced in 1953 by Seventh Army Special Services in Germany, the first of the numerous stage musicals, film musicals and songs inspired in part by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan with its familiar opening lines:

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

The play featured the mythical Chinese/Mongol city of Xanadu, which is also a color associated  with the Yuan dynasty.

The score was written by a songwriting team, William P. Perry and William S. Wheeling, both of whom had been drawn into the Armed Forces shortly after their graduation from Harvard University. The cast and other members of the creative team were transferred from military units all over the world, and in spite of frequent cast changes as draftees were returned home, the show ran for five years and played both civilian and military theatres throughout Europe.

History of the show
In the early 1950s, Seventh Army Special Services, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, was a lively center of entertainment, sending out soldier variety shows featuring singers like Private Vito Farinola (Vic Damone) and the newly formed Rhythm Aces. But with the encouragement of Lt. General Manton Eddy, General Charles Bolte and particularly General Anthony McAuliffe, it was decided that the American occupation army should also present a more serious side of American culture. A Seventh Army Symphony was formed, conducted by Corporal Samuel Adler, and concert soloists, like pianist Amo Cappelli and violinist Peter Schaffer were featured. A Seventh Army String Quartet and other chamber music combinations gave frequent concerts. A legitimate theatre unit included director Adrian Hall and actor Philip Bosco.

In 1952 it was determined that Seventh Army should produce an original Broadway-size musical comedy that would tour civilian theatres as well as military bases. Private William Perry, a composer then serving in Berlin, was transferred to Stuttgart and given carte blanche to draw on creative personnel and performers wherever they might be stationed. Perry's long-time collaborator, lyricist William S. Wheeling, then serving in the Air Force, joined the team as did choreographer and Broadway tap dance star Robert Scheerer. Private Johnny Gilbert, who already had established a prominent singing career, was brought in to play the lead.

In the spring of 1953, Xanadu, the story of Marco Polo's epic but entertaining journey to the court of Kublai Khan, was premiered and warmly received. The first extended tour included performances in Vienna, Trieste in Italy, and throughout Germany, often in famous opera houses. A number of the songs became immediately popular through broadcasts on the Armed Forces Network. Later tours included Great Britain and other parts of Europe, and the show was still being performed five years later.

After leaving the service, members of the original company went on to have successful careers in show business. William Perry received Tony nominations for his 1986 musical, Wind in the Willows, starring Nathan Lane, and his television productions for PBS have received both Emmy and Peabody awards. Robert Scheerer resumed his Broadway career as second lead to Julie Andrews in The Boy Friend and later became an important film and television director, three times nominated for Emmy awards. Virginia Boyle, who played the female lead in Xanadu, established a career as a country and western singer and songwriter. Johnny Gilbert became the host or announcer of numerous popular television game shows, and his voice is still heard every night saying, "This ... is ... Jeopardy!" In the accompanying cast picture, Johnny is wearing a diamond-pattern costume and is standing next to composer William Perry.

Scenes and music

PROLOGUE: The Mandarin and the Chorus

SCENE ONE: The Pizzeria of Mama Polo in Venice. 1271,

Pizza, Pizza
The Sun, the Wind, and the Sea
Finaletto

SCENE TWO: The Border of China.

Don't Ride a Camel
Tea-Time in China

SCENE THREE: The Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan

That We Wouldn't Want to Lose
Kublai Khan
Here We Are, You Lucky People
The Legend of the Little Dragon
Dance in the Streets

SCENE FOUR: The Peacock Garden

To the Ladies
The Other Side of the Moon

SCENE FIVE: The Jade Pagoda

A Quiet Pagoda
The Right Kind of Man
Two Little Girls Like You
The Meeting of the Smoke-Ring

SCENE SIX: The Streets of Xanadu

Rosalina

SCENE SEVEN: The Pleasure Dome

Sacrifice Night
The Rickshaw Reel
Finale Ultimo

References
•Canarina, John Uncle Sam's Orchestra: Memories of the Seventh Army Symphony. University of Rochester Press, 1998

External links
Website of composer William Perry
Website of Seventh Army Symphony
Johnny Gilbert's biography with information about Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical

1953 musicals
Musicals based on poems


On June 15th, 2012, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led by Chairman Darrel Issa, released a sharply worded staff report entitled "FDA's Contribution to the Drug Shortage Crisis." The report's harsh criticism of FDA, which comes on the heels of an Executive Order, Government Accounting Office report, FDA draft Guidance, and proposed legislation that all address the growing problem of drug shortages, underscores that this topic will continue to be a political hot potato for the foreseeable future.
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Nottingham Trent University to host St John Ambulance to deliver vital COVID-19 vaccination training
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) will host St John Ambulance to train hundreds of volunteers as part of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Approximately 100 volunteers a day will be trained at NTU by St John Ambulance
Throughout February and March, the NTU Events and Conferencing team will provide access to the Dryden building on the University's City Campus free of charge to be used as a Nottingham training centre, to help support the national COVID-19 effort.
Approximately 100 volunteers a day will be trained at NTU, who will then be able to support vaccination centres in various roles in and around Nottingham.
St John Ambulance aims to train around 30,000 vaccination volunteers by Spring 2021 and the first teams of trained volunteers have already begun administering the vaccine across the country.
Jill Miles, Head of Operational Planning and Delivery at Nottingham Trent University, said: "We are very proud to open our doors to St John Ambulance to deliver this important training as part of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme. This has provided the university with another opportunity to continue our ongoing support with the national COVID-19 effort.
"Our Dryden facilities will allow St John Ambulance to train up to 100 volunteers a day through February and March and we applaud all the vaccination volunteers stepping up to take part in the fight against this pandemic."
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People are more likely to condemn Covid rule-breaking by those who have opposing political views to their own, according to research by Nottingham Trent University.
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Lawyers who use the word 'respect' when speaking to opponents in court may ironically be indicating the very opposite kind of sentiment, a new study by Nottingham Trent University and De Montfort University has found.
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Those who invest the most time playing, researching and thinking about their fantasy football teams have significantly worse mental health than other players of the online game as a result, a new study suggests.
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Pro Options Trading Tips #1 - What is Theta in Options Trading?
What is Theta in Options Trading?
Theta is one of the Greeks in options trading. Generally speaking, theta represents the time value of options.
There are five Greeks in total - Theta, Vega, Delta, Gamma, and Rho.
In theory, theta is how much your option will decay for one day until it expires. In other words, it is time decay per day.
For example, if you have a one month option selling at-the-money and it is trading for a dollar. Theta could be -0.10, which basically means theta is -10 cents.
In theory, if one day goes by and all other options Greeks are held constant, the option should be trading at 0.90 cents. However, this is only in theory and in practice, the other variables will come into play. We will discuss those variables in other Pro Options Trading Tips.
The further out from the options expiration you are, the less expensive time value will be.
Meaning we will be paying less for the time value of the option. For example, if you have a option that expires in 3 months versus one that expires in 1 month, the time value on the 3 months will be cheaper than the time value on the 1 month.
As a 3 month option becomes a 2 month, the time value decays at an accelerated pace.
This means a bigger portion of your options value will decrease as a gets closer to expiration. For example, a three month option may have a theta of -.02 whereas a two month options may have a theta of -.05.


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Several people have been apologizing for thread necromancy. It's OK. Really. Just so long as it's a useful continuation of the thread, and not just a "Me-too" or "bump," it's all good. There has not been, since I've been on, any policy prohibiting picking up old threads, and that goes back quite a way. The only request is to make certain that the post is relatively on topic and has content. Some of the most enjoyable discussions on this board have had year-long or longer hiatuses.
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I am still floating out there with my fish. Touch of snow still clinging. I thought it would be gone today. When you get older never read too far into the weather forecast on your Iphone. I thought it was going to be in the 50s today….that is tomorrow. So still cold. Still cloudy. Still waiting for hoses to thaw.
And still waiting for inspiration on something to keep me occupied artistically until company comes for the holidays.
I finished the eight small pieces. I tried to not do them all at once, but never mind. I just kept going. All finished, framed and on the wall with the other pieces, all made for an April exhibit.
All in black specimen type frames.
I think I added a touch of something to this one after I photographed it. Funny how something comes to you after you think it is finished.
Anyway, those are on the wall. And then to something else that these prompted. Going back to drawing some of the bits of Nature in the studio.
I found a lovely moleskine type sketchbook that Inga Hunter from Australia gave me a while back. Then I blocked out a section and picked out three things that would fit. My first thought was that I would do watercolors in light layers to build up color. But once I got the new Graph Gear mechanical pencil with a .3 graphite lead, it became all about the drawing, the shading, the building up. It felt good to get out my drawing tools.
The other tools because .3 is not going to give a whole lot of darks.
A private student had the Graph Gear pencil and this lovely mechanical eraser. I bought them both together on Amazon…my store of choice and necessity anymore. Rummaging through my pencil box is always fun. I like the sound of those graphite sticks bumping into each other. And this Australian pencil box bought at an airport on my way out of the country is wonderful to slide open to find other treasures. I bought this large soft brush somewhere because I just liked the look of it. But it is indispensable in brushing away eraser crumbs instead of using an already graphite-covered edge of my hand. And those gummy erasers that make nasty dark dirty marks simply disappear somewhere in their bellies, never to be seen again. Magic. And a great tension reliever.
So here is how that drawing ended up. I tried to take my time. But less than two hours later what more can I do?
I have three more things that I will arrange and draw next. Killing time. Trying to stay focused. Waiting for someone to visit. Thinking way too much about things that I probably shouldn't be thinking about. Sending letters and faxes to selfish, incompetent Congress members who seem totally focused on lining their donors' pockets as well as their own. When did we get so politically pathetic? November 9th, 2016 is probably the correct answer to that. We just need a November, 2018 to start getting it right again.
I have one more week before company comes. I could easily fill Inga's book by then. I just ordered more graphite leads for my new pencil. To make the order worthwhile, I tossed in a few colored inks for intaglios. After the holidays I will get back to the press and try to work with color. It seems most of what I like doing has very little color….earth tones at best. And it is not my gloomy mood or the gloomy weather. I just like dull colors and bright people.


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package backend.patches;

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

import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import backend.cells.Cell;

/**
 * The cell class is an abstract class that defines the shared characteristics
 * of a cell. All cells have defined neighbors, coordinates on the grid, a
 * state. It is sometimes important to keep track of whether the cell has been
 * updated that "turn", its previous state, and a threshold value at which
 * states change.
 */

public abstract class Patch {
	protected List<Patch> myNeighbors = new ArrayList<Patch>();
	protected int[] myCoordinates = new int[2];
	protected boolean myUpdated;
	protected int myState;
	protected int myPreviousState;
	protected double myThresholdValue;
	protected int myPossibleStates;
	protected Cell myCell;
	protected boolean isEmpty;

	public Patch(int xCoord, int yCoord, double thresholdValue)
	{
		myCoordinates[0] = xCoord;
		myCoordinates[1] = yCoord;
		myThresholdValue = thresholdValue;
		myUpdated = false;
	}

	/**
	 * Method that adds a cell to the arrayList myNeighbors.
	 *
	 * @param neighbor
	 *            a cell that constitutes as a neighbor as defined by the
	 *            simulation.
	 */
	public void addNeighbor(Patch neighbor) {
		myNeighbors.add(neighbor);
	}

	public List<Cell> getCellNeighbors() {
		List<Cell> cellNeighborsList = new ArrayList<Cell>();
		for (Patch p : myNeighbors) {
			cellNeighborsList.add(p.myCell);
		}
		return cellNeighborsList;

	}

	public List<Patch> getPatchNeighbors() {
		return myNeighbors;
	}

	/**
	 * Method that returns the state of an object. Used when getting to state to
	 * display in CellViewer.
	 *
	 * @return the state of the object (integer)
	 */

	public abstract Color getColor();

	public void updateCell() {
		myCell.update();
	}

	public boolean getUpdated() {
		return myUpdated;
	}

	public void setUpdated(boolean updated) {
		myUpdated = updated;
	}

	public void setCell(Cell cell) {
		myCell = cell;
	}

	/**
	 * Method that sets the state of an object. Used when setting the initial
	 * state of the cells.
	 *
	 * @param state
	 *            the state of the object as defined as a string from the xml
	 */

	/**
	 * Resets the myUpdate of the cell for use in next frame. All empty cells
	 * (0) should remain as updated to skip for performance.
	 */
	public void reset() {
		myUpdated = false;
	}

	public int getState() {
		return myState;
	}

	public void setState(int state) {
		myState = state;
	}

	public Cell getCell() {
		return myCell;
	}

	public abstract void setInitialState(String state);

	/**
	 * Changes the state of the cell to the next state allowing for dynamic user
	 * interaction
	 *
	 */
	public int changedState() {
		myCell.setState((myCell.getState() + 1) % myPossibleStates);
		return myCell.getState();
	}

	/**
	 * Abstract method that defines how each cell changes their state according
	 * to their neighbor each update cycle (turn/frame).
	 */
	public abstract void update();

	/**
	 * Swap between this patch's and another patch's cells.
	 * @param patch
	 * 		The patch to switch to
	 */
	public void swapCells(Patch patch) {
		Cell tempCell = patch.myCell;
		patch.myCell = myCell;
		myCell.setPatch(patch);
		myCell = tempCell;
	}

}

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Radical Pedagogies: CodeCreate and the Industrial Galaxy
Sunday, September 22nd (3-5 p.m.)
244 Lake St.
free and open to the public, all ages
You are invited to come to "CodeCreate and the Industrial Galaxy" at Compound Yellow, led by Jeff Sweeton. CodeCreate and the Industrial Galaxy is the September 2019 edition of the Radical Pedagogies series.
CodeCreate has worked with nearly eighty partners following the visions of founders, and husband and wife, Jeff Sweeton and Susan Zielinski. CodeCreate engages learners through personal design experiences with fundamental materials, integrating technology, art and diversity. Through workshops for youth and educators, exhibitions and cultural exchanges, CodeCreate shapes creative opportunities for audiences and participants to imagine, reflect, play and innovate.
During "CodeCreate and the Industrial Galaxy," evoking feelings by controlling light from both LEDs and incandescent sources, we'll consider constructionist engagement in technology and art as well as historic divisions and integrations. Hands-on building will be followed by discussions of famous and infamous pioneers like Edouard Manet, Bill Schockly, Steve Jobs, Maria Mitchell, Yayoi Kusama, Caine Monroy, William Kamkwamba, Julie Taymor and Leah Buechley, as well as stories "from the trenches" of CodeCreate making and coding with students across the world as well as in-progress peeks of the Industrial Galaxy, commissioned from CodeCreate by Art of the Cosmos, an international celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope.
Jeff Sweeton's love for expression started early in life, tinkering aside his family and exploring journalism, social sciences, theater and freelance video in middle and high school. He has produced work with learners young and old in groups such as Adobe Youth Voices, MIT's Media Lab, National Science Foundation, National Association of Art Educators, Off Hollywood Film Festival, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation, Jewish Family Services, Intel, Chicago Park District and many more groups locally and around the world. He has also taught at Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development for about ten years. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Video from the Savannah College of Art and Design and a Certificate in Youth Work from the Chicago Area Project.
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Susan Zielinski has been making and recognizing beautiful forms since her childhood in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She served the National Veterans Art Museum in roles including office management, curating and traveling to Saint Petersburg, Russia to the Museum of Political History where she presented on the difference between and benefits of therapeutic art and art therapy. Much of her work focuses on growing up in rural surroundings and/or medical ailments that have made her think differently about the world and the stigma that goes along with being part of any marginalized community. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Sculpture with a minor in Philosophy from Western Michigan University. Susan also studied Batik and Ceramics at Student Art Centers International in Florence, Italy, Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Art Therapy at the Adler School of Professional Psychology.
CodeCreate and the Industrial Galaxy is part of the Radical Pedagogies series, which happens at Compound Yellow on the fourth Sunday of the month. This series is co-presented by Borderbend and Compound Yellow.
Connections Between Science and the Arts, Chicago Style
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)
Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
all ages, free & open to the public
You're invited to come to our next meetup, when we explore connections between science and the arts, Chicago style.
Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.
Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. We meet in the multipurpose room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.
Transportation & parking: Mozart Park can be reached by public transportation (such as the #73 Armitage Ave. bus, and not far from the Logan Square and Western Ave. stations on the CTA's blue line. Mozart Park has a parking lot on Armitage, east of Avers.
Registering for Borderbend's arts workshop series at Mozart Park: Click here or here to register for the summer term at the Chicago Park District website.
Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here (if you have questions about this workshop or to RSVP). Click here to find out more about Borderbend's arts workshop series at Mozart Park.
Our Next Workshop: Enrico Fermi
Monday, May 11th
Chicago, IL 60647
You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Enrico Fermi. We will:
Talk about Fermi's work, including his connection to Chicago;
Explore examples of people and organizations that are linked to and/or inspired by Fermi's work and legacy; and
Write poetry and prose based on writing experiments described in The Art of Science Writing by Dale Worsley and Bernadette Mayer.ring your musical instruments, your poetry, your art supplies! These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.
Discoveries by Lindsay Olson (22"x 30", silk,
DMC embroidery thread, cotton, acrylic on linen)
Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. Our workshop series happens in the room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.
Registering for Chicago Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the spring term at the Chicago Park District website.
Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here (if you have questions about this workshop or to RSVP). Click here to find out more about the Chicago Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.
"1967: Henry Moore @ University of Chicago" by Paul Germanos (Chicago Art World)
"Are Aliens Watching Old TV Shows?" by Fraser Cain (Universe Today, 1/19/2015)
The Art of Science Writing by Dale Worsley & Bernadette Mayer (Teachers & Writers Collaborative)
"Artist turns physicists into particles at CMS" by Kelly Izlar (CERN, 7/5/2013)
Arts@CERN
Atom Piece (Working Model for Nuclear Energy) (The Henry Moore Foundation)
"Big Bang ballet: Performance evokes particle physics, cosmology, and new perspective" by Phil Schewe (Physics Today, 9/13/2010)
"Dancing Physics and Society: The Matter of Origins" by OIivia Fermi (On the Neutron Trail, 9/13/2010)
"Enrico Fermi: genius and giant of science" by Gianni Battimelli (CERN Courier, 9/29/2001)
"Enrico Fermi and extraterrestrial intelligence" by Paul Patton (Phys.org, 4/8/2015)
Enrico Fermi and the Nuclear Chain Reaction (University of Chicago)
Fermi by Tony Smith (Segerstrom Media Lab)
"Fermi Descendent Visits for Filming" by Roger Snodgrass (4/4/2009)
Fermi Effect
"The Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation Bandwidth" -- Adam Ford interview with Keith Wiley (h+ Magazine, 11/18/2014)
Fermi's Piano Tuner Problem (NASA)
Fermilab Art Gallery
Lindsay Olson, Artist in Residence at Fermilab)
"Materials Documenting Birth of Nuclear Age to Be Digitized" by Dolores Davies (UC San Diego, 2/6/2014)
The Multiversity Projections #12: The Fermi Paradox (Multiversity Comics)
"New Online Magazine Bridges the Divide Between Art and Science" by Allison Meier (Hyperallergic, 1/16/2014)
Nobel Prize in Physics Award Ceremony Speech by Enrico Fermi (1938)
Physics Limericks (Harvard University)
SciArt in America
SciArt Center of New York
"What's an Artist Doing at Fermilab?" by Kalliopi Monoyios (Scientific American, 11/29/2014)
"Where Are All the Aliens? The Fermi Paradox" by Fraser Cain (Universe Today, 6/20/2013)


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Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care: Which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico?
Edson Servan-Mori, Sandra G. Sosa-Rubí, Esmeralda Najera-Leon, Blair G. Darney
This article examines the role of components of adequate antenatal care (ANC) in disparities in birth weight between indigenous and non-indigenous women in Mexico. We estimate the potential for added weight gain among indigenous infants if their mothers received timely, frequent (≥4 visits) and complete ANC (≥75% of recommended processes of care). We used population-based survey data (2012; N = 6612 women 12-49). We applied quantile regression to examine heterogeneity of the association between adequate ANC, indigenous ethnicity and birth weight across quantiles of the birth weight distribution. A greater proportion of indigenous women reported a low-birth weight infant (<2.5 kg) at last delivery (14 vs 8% among non-indigenous women). Coverage of adequate ANC (timely, frequent and complete care) is lower among indigenous (59%, CI:53;65) than non-indigenous (68%, CI:66;70) women. Indigenous ethnicity is associated with a lower birth weight across quantiles of the observed birth weight distribution: between 300 g in the 0.05, 0.10 and 0.25 quantiles. Among indigenous women, greater newborn weight gains are achieved in the lowest quantiles if they have access to ≥75% of the content of ANC compared with those that did not have access: ∼180 and 260 g are gained in both quantiles 0.05 and 0.10, respectively. This means that the smallest indigenous newborns could potentially reach 2.36 kg (from 1.86 kg), close to the normal weight threshold. The frequency of ANC was positively associated with birth weight for all women but complete ANC appears to differentially affect indigenous women at the bottom of the birth weight distribution. The marginal gains obtained among indigenous newborns that received complete ANC compared with indigenous/non-indigenous newborns did not receive it, is particularly important in low-birth weight quantiles. Delivering basic processes of ANC may therefore have the potential to impact the highest risk women and help them to overcome the low-birth weight threshold.
Health Policy and Planning
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Published - May 1 2016
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Servan-Mori, E., Sosa-Rubí, S. G., Najera-Leon, E., & Darney, B. G. (2016). Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care: Which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico? Health Policy and Planning, 31(4), 444-453. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czv082
Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care : Which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico? / Servan-Mori, Edson; Sosa-Rubí, Sandra G.; Najera-Leon, Esmeralda; Darney, Blair G.
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Servan-Mori, E, Sosa-Rubí, SG, Najera-Leon, E & Darney, BG 2016, 'Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care: Which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico?', Health Policy and Planning, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 444-453. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czv082
Servan-Mori E, Sosa-Rubí SG, Najera-Leon E, Darney BG. Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care: Which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico? Health Policy and Planning. 2016 May 1;31(4):444-453. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czv082
Servan-Mori, Edson ; Sosa-Rubí, Sandra G. ; Najera-Leon, Esmeralda ; Darney, Blair G. / Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care : Which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico?. In: Health Policy and Planning. 2016 ; Vol. 31, No. 4. pp. 444-453.
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Sir David Attenborough delivered a stern speech at the UN's climate change summit in Katowice, Poland, on Monday morning, warning of the impending threats global warming poses to the natural world.
"If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon," he said in his address.
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Baseball at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games was held at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. Baseball will not be played in the 2012 Olympic Games. However, in 2006, the World Baseball Classic was held, and it will be staged in 2009 and four years after. Baseball traditionally is not a SEA Games official sport event but was added this edition of the SEA Games due to its popularity among the host country. This is one of the events exclusively for men.

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I am about to have the Mag-Dyno from my 1958 M21 refurbished.
When it returns I will have to re-set the ignition timing.
The original BSA figure of 7/16" BTDC was probably ok in 1958, however using modern fuels I wonder if any other members have found better results with different settings.
Good point - and on higher compression engines with an auto-advance that's often necessary to stop pre-ignition.
However I don't think it's so critical on these old thumpers. You don't say if yours is manual or auto-advance - I'd guess manual?
Mine are both manual and I time to 7/16" with full advance at the lever and run on standard UK unleaded with no additives.
The actual setting when riding is mainly done by feel and how the engine responds.
The important thing is not to set it any more advanced than this as it could result in valve burning when advanced. In practice I rarely have the lever fully advanced except when running at full throttle (which is quite rare!).
If you increase the fully advanced angle, you will also increase the fully retarded angle which of course means when fully retarded your motor may well fire before TDC and kickback.
This is entirely personal but I always time fully advance about a degree or so less than what the book says. It doesn't make a noticeable difference but it will alleviate the danger of kickback.
Received wisdom from the WM20 site is to leave the ignition as standard. In any case don't retard as this can result in overheating.
I have run my M21 with standard timing with whatever fuel is around and no problems.
And you don't want to kick it over if too far advanced...it hurts!
Thanks for the replies. However there seems to be some confusion regarding the terms "Advance" and "Retard".
An advanced spark is effectively further away from TDC. A retarded spark is closer to TDC.
On the M 21 with the adv/ret lever pushed fully forward (slack cable) the ignition timing is fully advanced.
As the lever is moved anti-clockwise (cable tight) the ignition timing is progressively retarded.
The article indicated in Pete C's link explains this admirably.
and also when under heavy load as is in top gear inclines and hard acceleration.
I'm not sure what the confusion is that you are referring to mate.
One source of confusion is that there are both slack and tight advance mags around.
I has been argued that slack advance has the advantage that if you cable snaps while riding the timing will remain advanced.
Fair point Dean. The M21 mag changed postwar from MO1 to MO1L though I'm not sure if the manual cable entry point changed sides.
When viewed from the Points side a clockwise rotation mag with a left hand cable entry will be fully advanced with a slack cable and vice versa.
The confusion arose from Bernie j's reply where he states he hardy ever uses full advance.
After forty five years experience of motorcycle maintenance, restoration, competition and road use I have yet to see a engine that has overheated or burned a valve due to running the correct ignition advance.
lucas face cam type mags ?
No experience myself but a friend has used them and is happy.
The Price of 13 quid or so against a mag rebuild to replace a Standard condenser, it is worth a shot anyway.
Not sure about your comment that you haven't seen damage resulting from correct timing, don't you mean "incorrect" timing?
I used an easycap on my A10 for a while and was quite happy with it.
However it will not help if the old windings are a fault.
Also fitting is more than just fitting one to the points assembly, it is necessary to disconnect the old condenser. Quite detailed instructions on Brightsparks site, but if the "quick snip" detailed is not possible a full dismantling of the armature, especially removing the bearing, is not not easy.
Photo show one fitted to my A10 a few years ago.
Hmm, not sure why it should be thought that my comment introduced any confusion - the intention was quite the opposite.
Both my mags are pull-to-advance but my comment would be equally applicable if it were t'other way round.
I find when riding that the engine doesn't seem to like full advance even when at cruising speed. Maybe I just never reach the revs that demand it before my teeth start rattling!
I have done a full condenser change on the M01 and it's not the easiest of DIY jobs. I found that the correct mag bearing puller is a must - I couldn't find a way to easily fabricate a suitable DIY tool.
I have used Easycap on the Sloper. Bantam and the Trike V-twin and am pleased.
Dean, Was that your Sloper at the Romsey Classic Show on boxing day?
I spent a while looking at this one and it's certainly one of the tidiest i've seen.
What are they like for riding ?


Lately, everyone has been asking us one question — "How's the running going?" And we tell them, "Well, we have a half marathon coming up in March." Which, you know, doesn't tell them much about how the actual running is going. It's called AVOIDANCE, folks, and we're well versed in it post-marathon.
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Sure, we've run… a few times. And the few times that we've done long runs, we've been able to do them. If we didn't run again until the half marathon, I think we would still be able to do it. That said, though, what's the point of running if it's only for racing purposes and not for your health and enjoyment? Did we totally miss the point by spending the entire year focused on a marathon and not on the actual running? Have we cheated ourselves out of developing running into a habit by being obsessed with a marathon goal? Or are we just really lazy?
Well, the jury is still out on that last question. But after my last run in the pouring rain with a stroller, I've had to do some soul searching about the whys and hows and whens of all of this. Why did we even start this? How do I move forward into a healthier pattern? When will it be more about running than about the goals?
I don't have any answers, but I know that at the rate I'm going, I'm heading right back to who I was before we even started training last year. Knowing what I should be doing and just sitting around, making excuses as to why I'm NOT doing it.
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Anyone out there want to take the challenge with me?


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Welcome to Economics!
Choice in a World of Scarcity
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Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation
Exchange Rates and International Capital Flows
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Macroeconomic Policy Around the World
Globalization and Protectionism
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Cowrie Shell or Money? Is this an image of a cowrie shell or money? The answer is: Both. For centuries, people used the extremely durable cowrie shell as a medium of exchange in various parts of the world. (Credit: modification of work by "prilfish"/Flickr Creative Commons)
The Many Disguises of Money: From Cowries to Bitcoins
Here is a trivia question: In the history of the world, what item did people use for money over the broadest geographic area and for the longest period of time? The answer is not gold, silver, or any precious metal. It is the cowrie, a mollusk shell found mainly off the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean. Cowries served as money as early as 700 B.C. in China. By the 1500s, they were in widespread use across India and Africa. For several centuries after that, cowries were the means for exchange in markets including southern Europe, western Africa, India, and China: everything from buying lunch or a ferry ride to paying for a shipload of silk or rice. Cowries were still acceptable as a way of paying taxes in certain African nations in the early twentieth century.
What made cowries work so well as money? First, they are extremely durable—lasting a century or more. As the late economic historian Karl Polyani put it, they can be "poured, sacked, shoveled, hoarded in heaps" while remaining "clean, dainty, stainless, polished, and milk-white." Second, parties could use cowries either by counting shells of a certain size, or—for large purchases—by measuring the weight or volume of the total shells they would exchange. Third, it was impossible to counterfeit a cowrie shell, but dishonest people could counterfeit gold or silver coins by making copies with cheaper metals. Finally, in the heyday of cowrie money, from the 1500s into the 1800s, governments, first the Portuguese, then the Dutch and English, tightly controlled collecting cowries. As a result, the supply of cowries grew quickly enough to serve the needs of commerce, but not so quickly that they were no longer scarce. Money throughout the ages has taken many different forms and continues to evolve even today. What do you think money is?
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March Winners (2014)
Best in Governance
Edward Snowden, Barack Obama, and the NSA Reforms
A year ago, Edward Snowden was little known outside the shadowy world of national security. But since the one-time contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton leaked shocking and costly revelations about the government, Patriot Act sanctioned, involvement in spying on its citizens and world leaders. His name has inspired contentious debate, with some claiming his unauthorized disclosures has harmed national security and others crediting him with starting an important conversation about privacy, Internet governance, and the oversight of government intelligence-gathering entities. In a nomination for this month's Best in Governance award, one voter pointed to Snowden's role as a 21st century public servant who has enabled critical discussion about the oversight of agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA) as well as the efficacy and legitimacy of surveillance techniques.
Clearly, the rise of whistleblowers like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange and their attempts to influence the levers of power through the widespread distribution of hidden data and sensitive information has complicated the governance process for President Barack Obama. Though maligned by elements on both sides of the debate, Obama's recently proposed NSA reforms seem to offer a long-awaited acknowledgement of a thorny issue from the White House and hope that an overdue legislative solution may finally may be underway.
For his part, Snowden has called Obama's call to halt the NSA's sweeping collection of bulk telephone records and other metadata a "turning point," in the debate about the role of the NSA in surveillance. While he is concerned that the proposal may not go far enough in restricting the NSA, Snowden described as the reforms as "the beginning of a new effort to reclaim our rights from the NSA, and restore the public's seat at the table of government." For the American people, that outcome would be a welcome and worthwhile result.
Worst in Governance
Leland Yee and Scandal-Plagued California State Senators
Governor Jerry Brown's ability to tame the budget process, an improving economy, and a Democratic supermajority seem to have ushered in an era of sensible government for the Golden State, but this relative amity has been marred by recent allegations of corruption, bribery, and voter fraud by three California state senators. The California State Senate voted to suspend Leland Yee, Ron Calderon, and Rod Wright last week, but it is Yee's ignominious escapades that have captivated the state with allegations of ties to Islamic militants in the Philippines and an arms-trafficking Daly City dentist. According to a 137-page FBI affidavit released after his arrest, Yee was entangled in a web of scandal that included potential gun-trafficking deals with a shady, unreformed mobster named Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, a former school board president accused of murder-for-hire schemes, and bribes to influence the state's marijuana policy. For Yee, a noted gun-control advocate who pushed for greater restrictions on the operation and sale of guns, the volte-face was a stunning turn of events that shocked both local leaders and veteran followers of California politics and even prompted a gleeful tweet from the National Rifle Association. For the Democrats, the astounding spate of scandals suggests that all may not be as well as it seems in the Golden State.
The Bedrosian Center's Best & Worst in Governance winners are chosen from nominations by the public. This is not a scientific process, rather one that we hope inspires conversation and even debate on the topic of governance.
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The US dollar is trapped in a narrow range in the past week. It's the eighteenth month into the Trump presidency and tariffs could be unexpectedly disruptive. Trump tweeted and provocatively called for the end of tariffs, but domestic political considerations would make the situation tense. EU has already applied levies on €2.8 billion worth of US products including motorbikes and whiskey and Trump is threatening with new tariffs on European cars. On Wednesday, the US and Europe would negotiate a deal on trade in their respective key industries. Jean-Claude Juncker, the European commission president made an offer that multi-lateral agreement could be negotiated among significant car makers to reduce the tariffs on those products and to revise the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and make it a limited one focused only on industrial tariffs. The dollar slipped as immediate trade tensions ebbed after the Trump-Junker meeting.
The trade war makes dollar more attractive. Other supportive factors include the rise in US yields, which is a sign of economic strength, the new housing data suggesting that new homes sales remain close to the cyclical peak and earnings reported by some large US multinational companies for the second quarter.
Euro has slipped to a low of $1.1664 on the media reports that 25 percent tariff would be considered imposed on imported cars before the US-EU meetings but edged higher afterwards. On the economic front, the ECB reported money supply M3 growth has risen to 4.4% from 4.0%, the third consecutive increase. The rate lent to corporates also increased to 4.1% from 3.7% on the yearly, which is the strongest pace since 2009. The rate lent to households stood at 2.9%. The release of major European PMI Manufacturing data would likely underpin the confidence of the resilient economy and the single currency. Currently, investors are concerned about the risk of trade war escalation as suggested by ECB's assessment of uncertainties in global market.
Last week, pound's losses were driven by the friction within the Conservative party. This week the currency has edged higher as markets started to understand and favor a softer Brexit as Theresa May is taking charge of the negotiations. The pattern seemed to be confirmed that soft Brexit would make the pound gain while hard exit would weaken the attractiveness. The headlines of Brexit policy would still impact the investors' risk appetite and the political turbulence arisen would influence the monetary policy. According to Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), in the foreseeable future, pound would rice as BOE gears up its second interest rate hike.
Markets are focusing on the possible changes of BOJ's policies in the upcoming July monetary policy meeting. Although Japan reported strong department store sales, the inflation rate still remains low and still far away from the 2% target. Market also concerned about the "BOJ normalization" in the medium term unless the BOJ finds a way to reassert the easing monetary policy. The US trade policy developments would remain a risky factor for the country's trade balance and the currency, especially risks from potential tariffs in auto industry that would likely spark retaliatory tariffs from the Japanese government. Since the beginning of this week, the USD/JPY pair has entered into the downward channel and has broken down the level of 111.00.
On July 10th, I Know First issued 14-days forecast for the currencies. During the prediction period, I Know First Algorithm gave EUR/GBP a signal of 0.81 with the predictability of 0.27, suggesting we had bullish view on this pair and indicated that Euro would gain against dollar. The actual movement was -0.32%, which echoed our forecast. Our algorithm also successfully predicted USD/JPY movement based on algorithms by providing a signal of 0.28 and a predictability of 0.19. The actual movement of this pair was 0.32% in the forecasting time period.


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Slowly getting back into the routine of writing and blogging after the excitement of RWA! This weekend's Heroine is French composer and pianist Cecile Chaminade, who was born August 8 in 1857. Though her reputation suffered a decline after her death, the recent renewed interest in women composers such as Fanny Mendelsohn, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach has lifted her to attention again.
Chaminade was born in Paris, and was first taught music at home by her mother, though she was soon found to be something of a prodigy at the piano. Though her father disapproved of girls seeking careers in music, Bizet was a family friend and advised her parents that she should be properly educated. She had many teachers in her young years, including Augustin Savard, Martin Pierre Marsick, and Benjamin Goddard. She played her first compositions when she was 8, and 10 years later gave her first public concert which gained her acclaim and a steadily rising career. She wrote mostly character pieces and salon songs for the piano, which were published and became great sellers.
She embarked on a touring career, and made her English debut in 1892, where she was very popular, while continuing to travel in France. In 1901 she married music publisher Louis Carbonel, and after his death in 1907 never married again. Soon after she visited the United States and became just as popular there as in Europe. Her pieces such as Ballet 1 and Scarf Dance were best sellers, and she composed theatrical and ballet music as well as a Konzertstuck for piano and orchestra. In 1913 she was awarded the Legion d'Honneur (the first for a female composer) and in 1903 made some early gramophone recordings of 6 of her compositions. As she grew older she composed less and less, and was effectively retired when she died in Monte Carlo on April 13, 1944.
For more information on her life, check out Louise Corteau's Portrait de Cecile Chaminade. There is a list of her works and some recordings here.
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World Trade Center Building Performance Study
Data Collection, Preliminary Observations, and Recommendations (S/N 064-000-00029-2)
Published May 21, 2002 by Federal Emergency Management Agency .
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One World Trade Center is Now the World's Third-Tallest Building 17 Nov , New York City – CTBUH News The meter (1,foot) One World Trade Center has now become the world's third-tallest building, according to the height criteria set by the CTBUH. World Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collection, Preliminary Observations, and Recommendations. FEMA , May Table of Contents; Chapter 1, Introduction Therese McAllister, Jonathan Barnett, John Gross, Ronald Hamburger, Jon .
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However, plans for faster services by a third bidder, Great Northern Eastern Railway (GNER), which has taken the name of a former operator on the route, have been knocked back.
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Miami-based company Kairos will start selling a new facial recognition API on May 1st, its CEO Brian Brackeen tells The Next Web. Called Kairos ID, it lets companies use the startup's technology in all sorts of apps, from retail and security tools to management software.
Kairos currently has 77 customers in its pipeline, with a list of clients and prospects that includes Delta Airlines, WholeFoods, Target and several hospitals. In addition, it has partnered consulting and specialized firms that can resell its products on a revenue-share basis.
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Brackeen and his former co-founder Amanda McClure met while both were working at Apple. After conceiving Kairos in 2010, they incorporated the company in March 2012 and went on to participate in NewME's program. As you may know, this San Francisco-based accelerator focuses on tech businesses that are led by under-represented minorities (African-Americans, Latinos and women), and boasts mentors such as Brad Feld, Eric Ries and Ben Horowitz.
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Kairos' growth plan is definitely ambitious: it aims to be operating in more than 15 countries and process over one million transactions by the end of the year. Like it or not, facial recognition seems here to stay.
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