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DHS EdData Survey 2002
Malawi, 2002
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Malawi MWI
The principal aim of the 2002 Malawi DHS EdData Survey (MDES) is to provide upto-date information on education among children of primary school age (age 6-13). The survey focuses on factors influencing household decisions about children's school attendance. These data supplement the data collected by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology by focusing on attendance rather than enrolment and exploring the costs of schooling (monetary and non-monetary) and parent/guardian attitudes about schooling.The survey provides data on topics such as the age of children's first school attendance and dropout; the reasons for overage first-time enrolment in school, never enrolling in school, and dropout; the frequency of and reasons for pupil absenteeism; household expenditures on schooling and other contributions to schooling; distances and travel times to schools; and parent/guardian perceptions of school quality and the benefits and disadvantages of schooling.
The 2002 MDES was designed to supplement education data sources and to provide data to assist policy-makers in evaluating education programmes in the country. In broad terms, the 2002 MDES aims to:
• Provide baseline data on key education indicators
• Assist in the evaluation of Malawi's education programmes
• Advance survey methodology in Malawi and contribute to national and international databases.
In more specific terms, the 2002 MDES was designed to:
• Provide data on the schooling status of Malawian children of primary school age and on factors influencing whether children ever enrol in school and why pupils drop out of school
• Quantify household expenditures on children's schooling and examine differential patterns of expenditure by various background characteristics
• Measure parent/guardian attitudes about schoolin - including their perceptions of the quality of schooling and of the effects of Free Primary Education, to provide an understanding of attitudes that shape parents' and guardians. willingness to send their children to school
• Measure the frequency of pupil absenteeism and the reasons for missing school in order to suggest approaches to maximise pupil attendance.
The principal aim of the 2002 Malawi DHS EdData Survey (MDES) is to provide up-to-date information on education among children of primary school age (age 6-13)
National Statistical Office (NSO) Government of Malawi
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Center for Educational Research and Training
United States Agency for International Development
Canadian International Development Agency
Japan International Cooperation Agency
ORC Macro Technical Assistance
USAID Office of Education in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade USAID Funding
Department for International Development DfID Funding
Canadian International Development Agency CIDA Funding
The sample for the 2002 MDES was based on the sampling frame for the 2000 MDHS, which was designed to provide estimates of health and demographic indicators. The discussion in this section first addresses the sample design for the 2000 Malawi DHS, then the subsequent design for the 2002 MDES.
The 2000 Malawi DHS was designed to provide estimates at the national and regional levels and for urban and rural areas. It was also designed to provide estimates of some health and demographic indicators at the sub-regional level in 11 districts.
The 2000 Malawi DHS sample points (clusters) were systematically sampled from a list of enumeration areas (EAs) defined in the 1998 Malawi Census of Population and Housing. A total of 560 clusters were drawn from the census sample frame: 449 in rural areas and 111 in urban areas. After selecting the 560 clusters, the NSO trained teams to conduct the comprehensive listing of households and to update maps in the selected clusters. Nine listing teams conducted a comprehensive listing of households and updated maps in the selected clusters, from April through May 2000. This exercise provided a basis for second-stage sampling for the 2000 Malawi DHS-and later, for the 2002 MDES.
After the listing operation, households to be included in the 2000 Malawi DHS were selected; the number of households selected per cluster was inversely proportional to the size of the cluster. In the Malawi DHS sampling frame, as in the 2002 MDES sampling frame, the number of EAs selected in each district was not proportional to the total population; rather, urban areas were oversampled in order to generate unbiased urban estimates.
As part of the 2002 MDES pre-test, a verification exercise was conducted in one urban and two rural enumeration areas around Zomba to estimate what percentage of households identified at the time of the 2000 household listing would be found during the 2002 MDES fieldwork. During this verification exercise-using structure numbers that were written on buildings during the household listing, and the name of the household head at the time of the listing exercise-92 percent of the urban and 95 percent of the rural households were located. These results suggested that the household listing conducted in 2000 as part of the Malawi DHS remained usable for purposes of the 2002 MDES.
While structures and households were still identifiable, in many instances, the household head (and sometimes the entire household) had changed between 2000 and 2002. In 52 percent of the households in the urban area and 15 percent of the households in the rural areas, the name of the household head was different in 2002 than in 2000. In other words, household composition had changed for over half of the households in the urban area and for one-seventh of the households in the rural areas, supporting the decision not to try to link information from the 2000 Malawi DHS and 2002 MDES at the household level.
For the 2002 MDES, 129 EAs-111 in rural areas and 18 in urban areas-were selected from the 560 EAs in the 2000 Malawi DHS sample.The 2002 MDES was designed to provide estimates at the national and regional levels and for urban and rural areas.
A total of 3,866 households were selected, of which 3,325 were occupied. Of the 3,325 occupied households, 3,290 were interviewed successfully, yielding a household response rate of 99 percent. In the interviewed households, 2,048 parents/guardians were identified to be interviewed. Completed interviews were conducted with all of these parents/guardians, yielding a response rate of 100 percent. Since the parent/guardians responded to the questions for their children and the children for whom they were responsible, the Eligible Child Questionnaire response rate reflects the percentage of eligible children for whom data were collected. A total of 3,755 eligible children were identified and data were collected on 3,752 of these children, yielding a response rate of nearly 100 percent.
In conjunction with the 2000 MDHS, before the final household selection, a complete household listing operation was completed for each selected EA. This household listing was also used for the 2002 MDES. Based on these household lists, the household selection was then implemented to maintain a selfweighted sample in each domain but the sampling rates differ between districts. Therefore, the total 2000 MDHS and the 2002 MDES samples are weighted, and a final weighting adjustment is required to provide national estimates.
Six interviewing teams carried out data collection for the 2002 MDES. Each team was composed of one supervisor, six interviewers, and one driver. Staff from NSO and MoEST coordinated and supervised fieldwork activities. ORC Macro staff also participated in field supervision. In the field, local guides assisted interviewing teams in locating selected households for interviews.
Three questionnaires were used for the 2002 MDES: the Household Questionnaire, the Parent/Guardian Questionnaire, and the Eligible Child Questionnaire.
The three purposes of the MDES Household Questionnaire were to
1) list all household members and visitors to the household,
2) identify which children were eligible (qualified) to be covered by the Eligible Child Questionnaire, and
3) identify a parent or guardian as the respondent for each eligible child. Children age 6-14 were eligible to be covered by the Eligible Child Questionnaire.
The Parent/Guardian Questionnaire collected background information on each parent/guardian respondent and on general education issues. Information was collected on the parent/guardian's age, education, literacy, and religion. Questions were asked about the walking time and distance to the nearest primary and secondary schools, and about household participation in school activities. Information was also collected on each primary school attended by the children for whom the parent/guardian responded, including the school type and location, the reason for selection of that school, and perceived school quality.
The Eligible Child Questionnaire collected different kinds of information about each eligible child, depending on the child's schooling status. While the subject of the Eligible Child Questionnaire was the eligible child and his/her schooling, the respondent for the questionnaire was the child's parent/guardian, as the purpose of the questionnaire was to collect information on issues from the parent/guardian's perspective. Data were collected on the following topics, according to a child's schooling status:
• Schooling background and participation during the current school year (attended school during the 2002 school year, dropped out of school, or never attended school)
• Frequency of and reasons for pupil absenteeism, household expenditures on schooling, other costs of schooling (for children who attended school during the 2001 school year)
• Reasons for dropping out of school (for children who have dropped out of school)
• Reasons for not attending school during the 2002 school year (for children who have never attended school)
• Children's eating patterns
In April, the questionnaires were pre-tested in Chichewa in and around Zomba. A total of 108 households were interviewed and 120 Parent/Guardian Questionnaires and 367 Eligible Child Questionnaires were completed. Based on the results of the pre-test, minor changes in the pre-test survey questionnaires were made before the main survey fieldwork was conducted.
National Statistical Office NSO Government of Malawi
Ministry of Education, Science and Technoloy MoEST Government of Malawi
DHS EdData ORC Macro reports@macroint.com http://www.macroint.com/dhs/
National Statistical Office Government of Malawi enquiries@statistics.gov.mw www.nsomalawi.mw
National Statistical Office and ORC Macro. 2003. Malawi DHS EdData Survey 2002:
Education Data for Decision-making. Calverton, Maryland U.S.A.: National Statistical Office and ORC Macro.
Accessed from www.nsomalawi.mw on February 2, 2013.
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Toyota Cup Rookie Camp moves to Brisbane
NRL.com
Fri 3 Dec 2010, 12:52 PM
The second wave of the NRL's brightest Rugby League prospects will get their first taste of what it takes to be a Telstra Premiership player when the annual Toyota Cup Rookie Camps move to Brisbane this weekend.

 It will be the second of three Toyota Cup Rookie Camps being held over three consecutive weekends, following the first camp in Brisbane last weekend and the final two-day intensive induction course in New Zealand for the first time from December 11-12.

 Tomorrow's camp will involve over 70 players from the Titans, Broncos, Cowboys, Knights and Raiders; and the final camp will include players from the Storm, Warriors, Sharks, Roosters and Sea Eagles.

 During the three-week period 240 players entering the Toyota Cup next season will be taken through extensive training in media, cultural awareness, drugs and alcohol, social media, money matters, community work, social responsibility and personal presentation.

 It is the unique combination of the induction camps, on-going education initiatives and a ground breaking Toyota Cup competition that includes mandated non-training days and a "no work/study - no play rule" that sets the NRL program apart.

 "It is a platform to prepare the future stars of our game for the challenges that confront modern-day athletes and, most importantly, to build a rewarding career for life after football," said NRL CEO David Gallop.

 "One of the great strengths of our game is that local kids can become local heroes and the Toyota Cup provides an exciting pathway for them to do it.

 "The Toyota Cup has transformed the way our next generation of NRL stars prepares for careers both on and off the field and I wish to thank Toyota for their ongoing support for a competition unique in Australian sport."

 The competition has already proved to be a great pathway for the next rugby league superstars with an average of 53 players each year making the jump to the NRL.

 The likes of Chris Sandow, Lachlan Coote and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves have already made a huge impression in the game's elite competition after first learning their wares in the Toyota Cup.

 The popularity of the competition is also on the rise with approximately 930,000 fans tuning in to watch the Warriors defeat the Rabbitohs 42-28 in the 2010 Toyota Cup Grand Final.

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"The government regulations take almost 100% of my time as opposed to just five years ago when it took maybe 20% of my time," said one local business owner with close to 50 employees.
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Regulations aren't the only thing worrying small business owners.
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4-yr UG programme to make it easier for students eyeing foreign univs
NEW DELHI: The new draft of the Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) will help students who aspire to pursue higher education abroad.
The craze among Indian students to study abroad was increasing every year.
According to a government figure presented in the Lok Sabha last week, six lakh Indian students went abroad for higher education till November, this year, while in 2021, the number was 4.44 lakh.
The data states that Canada, Germany, Australia, the US and Italy are the top five countries where Indian students go for further studies.
According to the new draft by the University Grants Commission (UGC), students will now be able to get an undergraduate 'Honours' degree after completing four years, instead of three, along the lines of the international standards.
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inscription: written in graphite with cursive script on verso, lower edge: "Front Lawn. Phillips Ranch, California. 1984. J. Deal"
This is a black and white photograph of a suburban landscape. The front side of a house with a covered entryway and garage fills the upper half of the composition. A man wearing shorts and sneakers stands in profile on a wide driveway at center and waters the lawn in front of the house. The garage door at upper right is open and the end of a Toyota truck is visible parked inside. Two garbage cans are placed by the curb at lower left, and a white car is parked in front of the driveway at lower right.
Provenance: Purchased from Robert Mann Gallery by Paul Sack for $1,350 in Aug. 2001. Donated to OMCA by Sack in Dec. 2009.


For its third concert, Slovenian Music Days moves to Piran, a town that was once part of the Venetian Republic. Among the musicians born on what is today Slovene soil who have left a significant mark on world music history, the name of Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770) is written in letters of gold. He was the "great master of the art of the violin, a writer of scholarly treatises and a teacher of famous pupils, who had no equal and probably never will," as Francesco Fanzago, Abbot of Padua, put it in his famous eulogy for the dead musician. A native of Piran, Tartini was the supreme violin virtuoso, the most famous violinist in the Europe of his day. He was also a prolific composer, writing almost exclusively for the violin and other stringed instruments, the author of treatises on music theory, and a highly esteemed violin teacher, whose innovative approaches significantly influenced the development of violin technique. He settled in Padua, where he founded his own violin school. From 1725 onwards, the most gifted violinists from all over Europe made their way to Padua to study with him, earning Tartini the nickname "master of nations". The most famous pupil of his "school of nations" was Pietro Nardini (1722–1793). Other pupils whose own works showed the influence of their mentor's compositional style were Giuseppe Michele Stratico (1728–1783) of Zara (present-day Zadar), like Tartini an excellent violinist in the orchestra of the Basilica of St Anthony of Padua, and Angelo Morigi (1725–1801), who worked in London and at the ducal court in Parma. Among Slovene connoisseurs of Tartini's music, violinist Črtomir Šiškovič plays a special role. He has recorded several albums of Tartini's works, including all his sonatas for solo violin. Having begun his musical training at the Glasbena Matica in his native Trieste, he graduated with distinction from the city's Conservatorio "Giuseppe Tartini" and went on to complete a degree at the prestigious Cologne University of Music and to pursue further studies with such noted violinists and chamber ensembles as Igor Ozim, Franco Gulli, the Amadeus Quartet and the Borodin Quartet. Nika Toškan is a highly gifted young violinist. A graduate of the Arts Gymnasium in Koper, she is currently studying with the distinguished violinist Ilya Grubert at the Amsterdam Conservatory and has attended masterclasses with various teachers. Both soloists have collaborated frequently with the Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra, a prestigious string ensemble consisting of members of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. They will perform a selection of works by Tartini, some well-known and others rarely performed, and at the same time celebrate the anniversary of the great composer's birth. Baptised on 8 April 1692, Giuseppe Tartini was very probably born a day or two before that.
During a concert break, a conversation with Črtomir Šiškovič will take place in St George's Church. Conversation will be moderated by Helena Filipčič Gardina.


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Marcelo I. Guzman is an Associate Professor of Chemistry in the University of Kentucky, where he teaches analytical and environmental chemistry courses. In 2013, he received a NSF CAREER award. He earned his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech, 2007) working on ice chemistry with Michael R. Hoffmann. In 2002, he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) working on Paper and Photograph Conservation in the Sherman Fairchild Center. For his postdoctoral experience he joined the Origins of Life Initiative at Harvard University as an Origins Fellow working with Scot T. Martin.
Top Reviewer in the Global Peer Review Award (Web of Science). Top 1% in cross-field of reviewers in Publons between 9/1/2018 and 9/1/2019.
ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry Certificate of Appreciation for 15 years of service, 2019.
Appointed to the Photochemistry Section of the Editorial Board of Molecules 2019.
Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2019.
NSF CAREER Award 2013–2018.
Selected for the NSF/NASA RCN Origins Meeting at the Santa Fe Institute 2018.
Awarded an A&S international scholar program grant 2018–2019.
Awarded an ISARRA grant for the 2018 Conference.
Appointed to the Editorial Board of Environments 2018.
Awarded an International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Grant by the Surface Ocean Lower Atmospheric Study (SOLAS) International Project for the Cryosphere and Atmospheric Chemistry (CATCH) Workshop 2017.
Appointed to the Editorial Board of Atmosphere 2016.
ACS Young Academic Investigators Awardee in Organic Chemistry 2016.
College Research Activity Award for the Goldschmidt Conference 2013.
ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry Certificate of Merit for 10 years of service, 2014.
Harvard Origins of Life Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2007–2010.
ISSOL award to young scientists 2008.
Young scientist best poster award. Gordon Research Conference: Origin of Life 2008.
Vito Vanoni Caltech Institute Fellowship 2002 – 2003.
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2002.
Research Council Fellowship, National University of Tucuman 1999–2001.
Honors medal to the best Chemistry Graduate from the National University system, class of 2000. Awarded by the Argentine Chemical Society.
The Guzman group studies processes occurring in environmental interfaces and is interested in research problems of interdisciplinary scope. We are currently investigating photooxidative reactions of organic molecules of environmental relevance to understand the processing of pollutants "on the surface of" and "in" atmospheric aerosols, clouds, and fogs. Some of our recent accomplishments include to have provided comprehensive photochemical and heterogeneous oxidation reaction mechanisms for the processing of dissolved organic matter molecular probes "in" and "on the surface of" aqueous aerosol mimics. The laboratory applies soft ionization methods such as online electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (OESI-MS), multiple chromatographic separations, one and two dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance, and various spectroscopies to contrast the fast oxidation of biomass burning and combustion emissions at the air-water interface versus the air-solid interface. One of our latest environmental chemistry developments is the creation of integrated unmanned aerial systems for environmental monitoring of trace gases. We are also interested on the potential use of photocatalysis for fuel production and to jumpstart a prebiotic chemical cycle related to the origin of life. Because past work has focused on the study of reactions in ice matrices, the laboratory is also experienced in ice chemistry. Learn more about our work at the group website: http://www.guzmanlab.com/research
Physical and Environmental Organic Chemistry
Prof. Guzman is currently recruiting Ph.D. graduate students to work in applied chemistry research for the Fall 2020 admission. Atmospheric chemistry, water treatment, energy production, and astrobiology, are topics of special interest but other research problems may be considered. Funded research projects to support Research Assistanships for Ph.D. students are available for qualified candidates. For these reasons, we are searching for inspired and self-motivated graduate students interested in joining the lab. If you are a prospective student for the incoming 2020 class, please forward an application letter, a list of three references and CV to Professor Marcelo I. Guzman (marcelo dot guzman at uky dot edu; Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055). The cover letter should include a statement of your previous research experience, state your goal, and explain why our lab is going to help you to accomplish it.
If you are currently a graduate student of the 2019 class at UK or an undergraduate interested in registering for CHE 395, feel free to send me an email to schedule a meeting so we can talk about the exciting projects in the lab.
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Selected Publications:
Understanding the Effect of Host Structure of Nitrogen Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Electrode on Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. N. Wanninayake, Q. Ai, R. Zhou, M.A. Hoque, S. Herrell, M.I. Guzman, C. Risko, and D.Y. Kim. Carbon (2020), 408-419, DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.10.022.
Production of Singlet Oxygen (1O2) During the Photochemistry of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid: The Effects of pH and Photon Flux under Steady State O2(aq) Concentration. A.J. Eugene and M.I. Guzman. Environmental Science and Technology (2019), 53, 12425-12432, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03742.
Monitoring Tropospheric Gases with Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) during the Second CLOUDMAP Flight Campaign. T.J. Schuyler, S.C.C. Bailey, and M.I. Guzman. Atmosphere (2019), 10 (8), 434, DOI: 10.3390/atmos10080434. PDF
Crystal Structure of Zymonic Acid and a Redetermination of its Precursor, Pyruvic Acid. D. Heger, A.J. Eugene, S.R. Parkin and M.I. Guzman. Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications (2019), 75 (6), 858-862, DOI: 10.1107/S205698901900707. PDF
Intercomparison of Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) Measurements for Atmospheric Science during the LAPSE-RATE Campaign. L. Barbieri, S.T. Kral, S.C.C. Bailey, A.E. Frazier, J.D. Jacob, J. Reuder, D. Brus, P.B. Chilson, C. Crick, C. Detweiler, A. Doddi, J. Elston, H. Foroutan, J. Gonzalez-Rocha, B.R. Greene, M.I. Guzman, A.L. Houston, A. Islam, O. Kemppinen, D. Lawrence, E.A. Pillar-Little, S.D. Ross, M. Sama, D.G. Schmale III, T.J. Schuyler, A. Shankar, S.W. Smith, S. Waugh, C. Dixon, S. Borenstein, and G. de Boer. Sensors (2019), 19 (9), 2179, DOI: 10.3390/s19092179. PDF
Using a Balloon Launched Unmanned Glider to Validate Real-Time WRF Modeling. T.J. Schuyler, S.M.I. Gohari, G. Pundsack, D. Berchoff, and M.I. Guzman. Sensors (2019), 19 (8), 1914, DOI: 10.3390/s19081914. PDF
The Effects of Reactant Concentration and Air Flow Rate in the Consumption of Dissolved O2 During the Photochemistry of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid. A.J. Eugene and M.I. Guzman. Molecules (2019), 24 (6), 1124, DOI: 103390/molecules24061124. PDF
Photocatalytic Activity: Experimental Features to Report in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis. M.A. Hoque and M.I. Guzman. Materials (2018), 11 (10), 1190, DOI: 10.3390/ma11101990. PDF
An Overview of Dynamic Heterogeneous Oxidations in the Troposphere. E.A. Pillar-Little and M.I. Guzman. Environments (2018), 5 (9), 104, DOI: 10.3390/environments5090104. PDF
Cross Photoreaction of Glyoxylic and Pyruvic Acids in Model Aqueous Aerosol. S.-S. Xia, A.J. Eugene, and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2018), 122, 6457-6466, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05724. PDF
Enhanced Acidity of Acetic and Pyruvic Acids on the Surface of Water. A.J. Eugene, E.A. Pillar, A.J. Colussi, and M.I. Guzman. Langmuir (2018), 34, 9307-9313, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01606. PDF
Reply to "Comment on 'Reactivity of Ketyl and Acetyl Radicals from Direct Solar Actinic Photolysis of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid.'" A.J. Eugene and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2017), 121, 8741-8744, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b08273. PDF
Unmanned Aerial Systems for Monitoring Trace Tropospheric Gases. T.J. Schuyler and M.I. Guzman, Atmosphere (2017), 8 (10), 206, DOI:10.3390/atmos8100206. PDF
Cu2O/TiO2 heterostructures for CO2 reduction through a direct Z-scheme: Protecting Cu2O from photocorrosion. M.E. Aguirre, R. Zhou, A.J. Eugene, M.I. Guzman, and M.A. Grela. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2017), 217, 485-493, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.05.058. PDF
Oxidation of Substituted Catechols at the Air-Water Interface: Production of Carboxylic Acids, Quinones, and Polyphenols. E.A. Pillar and M.I. Guzman. Environmental Science and Technology (2017), 51, 4951-4959, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00232. PDF
Reactivity of Ketyl and Acetyl Radicals from Direct Solar Actinic Photolysis of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid. A.J. Eugene and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2017), 121, 2924-2935, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b11916. PDF
Catalyzed Synthesis of Zinc Clays by Prebiotic Central Metabolites. R. Zhou, K. Basu, H. Hartman, C.J. Matocha, S.K. Sears, H. Vali, and M.I. Guzman. Scientific Reports (2017), 7, 533. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00558-1. PDF
Nitrate Radicals and Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds: Oxidation, Mechanisms and Organic Aerosol. N.L. Ng, S.S. Brown, A.T. Archibald, E. Atlas, R.C. Cohen, J.N. Crowley, D.A. Day, N.M. Donahue, J.L. Fry, H. Fuchs, R.J. Griffin, M.I. Guzman, H. Herrmann, A. Hodzic, Y. Iinuma, J.L. Jimenez, A. Kiendler-Scharr, B.H. Lee, D.J. Luecken, J. Mao, R. McLaren, A. Mutzel, H.D. Osthoff, B. Ouyang, B. Picquet-Varrault, U. Platt, H.O.T. Pye, Y. Rudich, R.H. Schwantes, M. Shiraiwa, J. Stutz, J.A. Thornton, A. Tilgner, B.J. Williams, R.A. Zaveri. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2017), DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-2103-2017. PDF
Aqueous Photochemistry of Glyoxylic Acid. A.J. Eugene, S.-S. Xia, and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2016), 120, 3817-3826, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b00225. PDF
Photocatalytic Reduction of Fumarate to Succinate on ZnS Mineral Surfaces. R. Zhou and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2016), 120, 7349-7357, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12380, 2016. PDF
Heterogeneous Oxidation of Catechol. E.A. Pillar, R. Zhou, and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2015), 119, 10349-10359, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07914. PDF
Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) Formation from β-pinene + NO3 System: Effects of Humidity and Peroxy Radical Fate. C.M. Boyd, J. Sanchez, L. Xu, A.J. Eugene, T. Nah, W.-Y. Tuet, M.I. Guzman, and N.L. Ng. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2015), 15, 7497–7522, DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7497-2015. PDF
Catechol oxidation by ozone and hydroxyl radicals at the air-water interface. E.A. Pillar, R.C. Camm, and M.I. Guzman. Environmental Science & Technology (2014), 48, 14352-14360, DOI: 10.1021/es504094x. PDF
CO2 Reduction under Periodic Illumination of ZnS. R.-X. Zhou and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014), 118, 11649-11656, DOI: 10.1021/jp4126039. PDF
A review of air-ice chemical and physical interactions (AICI): liquids, quasi-liquids, and solids in snow. T. Bartels-Rausch, H.-W. Jacobi, T.F. Kahan, J.L. Thomas, E.S. Thomson, J.P.D. Abbatt, M. Ammann, J.R. Blackford, H. Bluhm, C. Boxe, F. Domine, M.M. Frey, I. Gladich, M.I. Guzman, D. Heger, Th. Huthwelker, P. Klan, W.F. Kuhs, M.H. Kuo, S. Maus, S.G. Moussa, V.F. McNeill, J.T. Newberg, J.B.C. Pettersson, M. Roeselova, J.R. Sodeau. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2014), 14, 1587-1633, DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1587-2014. PDF or PDF
Negative production of acetoin in the photochemistry of aqueous pyruvic acid. A.J. Eugene, S.-S. Xia, and M.I. Guzman. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (2013), 110, E4274-E4275, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313991110. PDF
Conversion of iodide to hypoiodous acid and iodine in aqueous microdroplets exposed to ozone. E.A. Pillar, M.I. Guzman, and J.M. Rodriguez. Environmental Science & Technology (2013), 47, 10971-10979, DOI: 10.1021/es401700h. PDF
Organics in Environmental Ices: Sources, Chemistry, and Impacts. V.F. McNeill, A.M. Grannas, J.P.D. Abbatt, M. Ammann, P. Ariya, T. Bartels-Rausch, F. Domine, D.J. Donaldson, M.I. Guzman, D. Heger, T.F. Kahan, P. Klan, S. Masclin, C. Toubin, D. Voisin. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2012), 12, 9653-9678, DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-9653-2012. PDF
Chemisorption on Semiconductors: the Role of Quantum Corrections on the Space Charge Regions in Multiple Dimensions. F. Ciucci, C. de Falco, M.I. Guzman, S. Lee, and T. Honda. Applied Physics Letters (2012), 100, 183106, DOI: 10.1063/1.4709483. PDF
Concentration Effects and Ion Properties Controlling the Fractionation of Halides during Aerosol Formation. M.I. Guzman, R.R. Athalye, and J.M. Rodriguez. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2012), 116, 5428-5435, DOI: 10.1021/jp3011316. PDF
Abiotic Photosynthesis: From Prebiotic Chemistry to Metabolism. M.I. Guzman in Origins of Life: The Primal Selforganization. R. Egel et al. (eds.), Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg (2011), pp 85-105, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21625-1_4, ISBN 978-3-642-21624-4.
Second-generation products contribute substantially to the particle-phase organic material produced by β-caryophyllene ozonolysis. Y.J. Li, Q. Chen, M.I. Guzman, C.K. Chan, and S.T. Martin. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2011), 11, 121-132, DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-121-2011. PDF
From Prebiotic Chemistry to Metabolic Cycles. M.I. Guzman in Astrobiology: From the Big Bang to Civilizations. G.A. Lemarchand and G.Tancredi (ed.), (2010), pp. 223-247. ISBN 978-92-9089-163-5. Montevideo, UNESCO. PDF
Photo-Production of Lactate from Glyoxylate: How Minerals Can Facilitate Energy Storage in a Prebiotic World. M.I. Guzman and S.T. Martin. Chemical Communications (2010), 46, 2265-2267, DOI:10.1039/b924179e. PDF
Thermochromism of Model Organic Aerosol Matter. A.G. Rincon, M.I. Guzman, M.R. Hoffmann, and A.J. Colussi. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2010), 1, 368-373, DOI: 10.1021/jz900186e. PDF
Optical absorptivity versus molecular composition of model organic aerosol matter. A.G. Rincon, M.I. Guzman, M.R. Hoffmann, and A.J. Colussi. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2009), 113, 10512-10520, DOI: 10.1021/jp904644n. PDF
Prebiotic Metabolism: Production by Mineral Photoelectrochemistry of α-Ketocarboxylic Acids in the Reductive Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle. M.I. Guzman and S.T. Martin. Astrobiology (2009), 9, 833-842, DOI:10.1089/ast.2009.0356. PDF
Synthesis of Pyrimidines and Triazines in Ice: Implications for the Prebiotic Chemistry of Nucleobases. C. Menor-Salván, M. Ruiz-Bermejo, M.I. Guzman, S. Osuna-Esteban, S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer. Chemistry-A European Journal (2009), 15, 4411-4418, DOI: 10.1002/chem.200802656. PDF
Oxaloacetate-to-Malate Conversion by Mineral Photoelectrochemistry: Implications for the Viability of the Reductive Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Prebiotic Chemistry. M.I. Guzman and S.T. Martin. International Journal of Astrobiology (2008), 7, 271-278, DOI: 10.1017/S1473550408004291. PDF
An overview of snow photochemistry: evidence, mechanisms and impacts. A.M. Grannas, A.E. Jones, J. Dibb, M. Ammann, C. Anastasio, H. Beine, M. Bergin, J. Bottenheim, C.S. Boxe, G. Carver, J.H. Crawford, F. Domine, M.M. Frey, M.I. Guzman, D. Heard, D. Helmig, M.R. Hoffmann, R.E. Honrath, L.G. Huey, M. Hutterli, H.W. Jacobi, P. Klan, B. Lefer, J. McConnell, J. Plane, R. Sander, J. Savarino, P.B. Shepson, W.R. Simpson, J. Sodeau, R. von Glasgow, R. Weller, E.W. Wolff, T. Zhu. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2007), 7, 4329-4373, DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-4329-2007. PDF
Photolysis of Pyruvic Acid in Ice: Possible Relevance to CO and CO2 Ice Core Record Anomalies. Guzman M.I., M.R. Hoffmann, and A.J. Colussi. Journal of Geophysical Research (2007), 112, D10123, DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007886. PDF
Cooperative Hydration of Pyruvic Acid in Ice. M.I. Guzman, L. Hildebrandt, A.J. Colussi, and M.R. Hoffmann. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2006), 128, 10621-10624, DOI: 10.1021/ja062039v. PDF
Acidity of Frozen Electrolyte Solutions. C. Robinson, C.S. Boxe, M.I. Guzman, A.J. Colussi, and M.R. Hoffmann. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2006), 110; 7613-7616, DOI: 10.1021/jp061169n. PDF
Photoinduced Oligomerization of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid. M.I. Guzman, A.J. Colussi, and M.R. Hoffmann. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2006), 110, 3619-3626, DOI: 10.1021/jp056097z. PDF
Photogeneration of Distant Radical Pairs in Aqueous Pyruvic Acid Glasses. M.I. Guzman, A.J. Colussi, and M.R. Hoffmann. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2006), 110; 931-935, DOI: 10.1021/jp053449t. PDF
Characterization of the effect of white lead on some properties of proteinaceous binding media. SA Centeno, M.I. Guzman, A. Yamazaki-Kleps and C.O. Della Védova. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (2004), 43, 139-150, DOI: 10.2307/4129649. PDF
Synthesis, stereochemistry and absolute configuration of deodarols and deodarones. M.B. Villecco, L.R. Hernandez, M.I. Guzman, C.A.N. Catalán, M.A. Bucio and P. Joseph-Nathan. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry (2001), 12 (21), 2947-2953, DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4166(01)00521-3. PDF
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Vivian Dorothea Maier (New York, 1 februari 1926 - Chicago, 21 april 2009) was een Amerikaanse straatfotografe.

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Maier werd geboren in New York, maar bracht een groot deel van haar jeugd in Frankrijk door. Na haar terugkeer naar de Verenigde Staten werkte Maier eerst in New York, maar vanaf 1956 gedurende veertig jaar voornamelijk in Chicago. Daar werkte zij meestal als nanny. De kinderen waar Vivian Maier op paste beschrijven haar als een filmcriticus, een socialiste, een feministe, een vertel-gewoon-hoe-het-is type. Ze droeg vaak een mannenjas, mannenschoenen en een flinke hoed. Ze had bijna altijd een camera bij zich.

In die jaren nam ze meer dan 150.000 foto's, voornamelijk van mensen en de architectuur van New York, Chicago en Los Angeles. Maar zij reisde rond 1960 ook naar andere delen van de wereld.

Maiers werk bleef tijdens haar leven onbekend en veel van haar fotorolletjes bleven onontwikkeld. Kort voor haar dood werden enige dozen met daarin haar bezittingen gekocht op een veiling. Een historicus en verzamelaar uit Chicago, John Maloof, onderzocht de foto's en begon scans van Maiers fotografische negatieven vanaf 2009 op het web te publiceren. Hierop volgden al snel positieve kritieken en ontstond er verdere interesse in haar werk. Maiers foto's zijn tentoongesteld in de Verenigde Staten, Europa en Azië en zijn in vele artikelen in de gehele wereld besproken. Over haar leven en werk zijn de laatste jaren boeken geschreven en documentaires gemaakt.

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Samsung has revealed its newest trio of tablets, all coming under the banner of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4, with some decidedly mid-range specs.
The newest tablets from Samsung have been officially announced and comprise the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1.
Apart from the difference in screen sizes, Samsung hasn't given us much to differentiate the tabs - each one sports the same 1.2GHz processor and 1280 x 800 screen resolution.
The similarities don't end there. All three offer a 1.3MP rear camera and a 3MP front-facing one as well as 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot and Android 4.4 KitKat as standard.
So, if you're thinking of picking one up, your buying decision will come down to which form factor you prefer. Each model comes with a 4G variant if you're looking for better connectivity.
The Korean firm has trimmed the bezels of the new tablets, and has shed some of the weight from the previous models. However, the company hasn't yet revealed and UK pricing or release dates beyond the second quarter (April) of 2014.
Given the specifications, we'd be tempted to suggest some competitive pricing, but whether it's enough to pull folks away from the likes of the iPad Air or the Google Nexus 7 remains to be seen.


I spent two weeks this summer traipsing around Europe. From Italy, we visited Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. What a whirlwind!
We chose to travel by bus and train only, (with the exception of one ferry ride to Croatia) because it would allow us to chat with people and see the countryside go by. We met some interesting people along the way, a German PhD candidate studying dams and waterways in Amsterdam, a Frenchman who used to work on movie sets in Hollywood, and an Austrian brandy maker in traditional lederhosen, just to name a few.
Right before the trip, Anthony surprised me with an early birthday gift. A Polaroid Instax Mini 8 to use on our adventure. It was such a sweet and thoughtful gift and we defiantly got good use out of it during the two weeks on the road.
I also brought along my Cannon and switched between that and my phone to snap some photos along the way.
These pictures are just from my Cannon, though. I'd like to post some phone shots later.
Sunsets in Zadar, Croatia are the best.
How we spent our 5th wedding anniversary.
Swimming under waterfalls in Krka National Park.
Enjoying Salzburg, Austria. We constantly had a pretzel or sausage in hand the entire time.
Eating a Nutella crepe in front of Notre Dame and a Paris ferris wheel.
1.I really would like to improve in my street photography skills. I find myself feeling embarrassed or a little slow when snapping the one in a million moment of a stranger. Does anyone else get self conscious when they try to take on street photography?
2. I need more candid photos of Anthony. He turns completely goofy whenever he notices the camera pointed on him. I love that, but often I want to catch the sweet or serious or amusing moment right before. I should work on my quick draw camera skills.
3. I'm much more comfortable with my phone. It's much easier to pull out my pocket, less bulky, and less noticeable. When I do take a good shot with my camera, it surpasses the quality of my phone photos. Still, the sheer number of phone shots I took this trip doubled my camera. I want to be more comfortable and quick with my camera.
Does anyone else feel this way when taking photos? Any advice?
It seems everybody has a signature hashtag. Entire cities have a go-to hashtag that can be used with your Instagram photo when you visit. OSS has used the hashtag #adventuresomewhere for past adventures and meet-ups and #30photosaseason to push us and others creatively to step outside our photographic boundaries.
Since moving to the Eternal City my life has turned into one big whirlwind. Like any big city, there is rarely a down moment or a place of stillness in the hustle and bustle.
I started searching for the fleeting #quietmomentinrome as I explored my new surroundings to remind myself that beyond the Colosseum and the tables littered in wine bottles, people live here permanently and are able to find a place of solitude in the city that hasn't slept in over 2,000 years.
Help me find a #quietmomentinrome on your next visit. I'd love to see what you come up with.


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U.S. Senate rejects banning late-term abortions of babies who feel pain
The bill had flaws, allowing babies conceived in rape or incest to be aborted regardless of their ability to feel pain.
Claire Chretien
Mon Jan 29, 2018 - 5:22 pm EST Fri Jun 18, 2021 - 6:22 pm EDT
The list of Senators who voted against protecting pain-capable babies can be viewed here.
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 29, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Senate effectively voted this afternoon against banning late-term abortions on most five-month-old babies who can feel pain, with 46 out of 97 senators voting to continue debate on the bill, thus not allowing the Senate to vote on the bill itself.
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, would prohibit abortions on babies from the age of 20 weeks (22 weeks gestation) onward based on the science of fetal pain.
At 20 weeks, an unborn baby is the size of a small cantaloupe. Mothers can feel their babies kicking. When they are operated on in the womb at this age, it's standard medical practice to give the babies anesthesia.
However, it's still legal to dismember them in violent, painful abortions. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2013 there were at least 5,770 late-term abortions in the U.S. on babies older than 20 weeks.
Had the bill passed the Senate and been presented to President Trump, "his advisors would recommend that he sign the bill into law," his office said in a January 29 statement.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, the President of the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), said the vote forced Senators "to either stand with the majority of Americans who want to end cruel late-term abortions, or with the radical abortion lobby seeking to maintain abortion on-demand until the moment of birth."
"Voting to keep the brutality of late-term abortion legal isn't just morally abhorrent, it defies national consensus and is a major political liability," she said.
Sen. Doug Jones, the Alabama Democrat who beat Roy Moore for the state's open Senate seat, voted against.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-IA, gave an impassioned floor speech describing fetal development milestones that occur around 20 weeks in the womb. These babies have "grown nails on their fingers and on their toes. Hair has just begun to grow on their heads," she said. "These babies can detect light, hear sounds – they can swallow and even experience taste as their taste buds grow and develop."
Ernst showed her colleagues side-by-side images of Micah Pickering. One photo shows baby Micah, born prematurely at five months and grasping his parents' hands. The other shows him now, a healthy five-year-old boy.
Babies "even younger than Micah" have been born prematurely and survived, explained Ernst. "Despite the clear evidence of the humanity of these children, the U.S. is one of only seven countries…in the world to allow abortions after five months of development."
"This is a reasonable bill," said Sen. Deb Fischer, R-NE.
"As we gain more knowledge about pregnancy and gestation, we understand the humanity of the unborn," said Fischer. "We recognize them as the people they are. This movement is on the rise."
The pro-life movement is a movement of truth, love, and science, she said.
Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-LA, mentioned the inconsistency of fetal homicide laws with America's liberal abortion laws. Cassidy is a physician. He said protecting pain-capable babies is the "common-sense, humane" thing to do.
'Nuclear option' not used
The 46 senators who voted against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, were actually voting against ending debate on the bill. Had 60 senators voted to end debate on the bill, the Senate could have actually voted on the bill itself. But Senate rules make it impossible to vote on a bill unless 60 senators agree that the vote should take place. Therefore pro-life groups typically score votes such as the procedural one today as votes in favor of or against late-term abortion.
With 51 votes, the Senate could have changed the rules like they did for approving the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. The use of this "nuclear option" would have allowed the Senate to then pass the Pain-Capable bill.
"Unless Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate leadership 'nuke' the democratic filibuster, the bill is almost certain to die," the American Family Association (AFA) wrote in an action alert. "Why? Because most Republicans favor the filibuster rule that requires 60 votes to advance legislation for consideration and to end debate on legislation."
"Under the filibuster rule, Democrats are able to stop most measures from ever being voted on even though they are in the minority," AFA continued. "Although the filibuster rule is not in the Constitution, Democrats routinely use it block GOP sponsored legislation. No doubt, the Republican leadership in the Senate will blame the Democrats for blocking the measure."
Some pro-lifers warn that scrapping the rule requiring 60 votes would put the pro-life movement at risk if Democrats were to control the House, Senate, and White House. But if Democrats regain a narrow majority in the Senate, they can get rid of the 60-votes-required rule anyway.
Elizabeth Warren: third-trimester abortion was 'best for their baby girl'
Democratic Senators who argued in favor of late-term abortion today used a number of typical pro-abortion talking points.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, said abortion is "safer" than having one's tonsils removed. She shared a story from a couple who did what was "best for their baby girl. They got an abortion in the third trimester," she said.
Warren quoted another post-abortive parent who called abortion an "act of mercy."
The choice whether to abort their babies late in pregnancy should be left to "broken-hearted parents," said Warren, and preventing this would be "dangerous and cruel."
Late-term abortion is one of the "wrenching decisions that a woman will ever make," Warren said. Warren said the time before abortion on demand was legal was one of "back-alley butchers and wrecked lives."
Warren also shilled for Planned Parenthood and contraception during her floor speech.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, said the bill is part of the Trump administration's "health care discrimination" agenda. Wyden, too, acknowledged that abortion can be a "gut-wrenching" decision.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-HI, lamented that the Trump administration has defended in court its right to not be forced to facilitate abortions for illegal immigrant minors.
"How cruel can this bill be" for only having an exception for the life of the mother, rather than the broad "health" exception, asked Hirono. The bill "places additional burdens on women who survive the horrors of sexual assault" by requiring them to undergo counseling before the abortion and wait two days before aborting.
Hirono quoted Meredith Isakson, who wrote for the New York Times that her late-term abortion "decision was about compassion for our unborn baby."
Sen. Patty Murray, D-WA, similarly presented pro-abortion arguments as compassionate. Murray shared the story of a mother who aborted a twin with lung problems.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, said he is proud to have clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of Roe v. Wade. Blumenthal said banning late-term abortion is an "extremist, right-wing proposal."
Supporting painful late-term abortions shows the 'depths of human depravity'
The U.S. House voted in favor of the Pain-Capable bill 237 to 189 in October 2017. Eighteen states have passed similar legislation. Idaho and Arizona have, too, but are unable to enforce them thanks to ongoing court cases.
This federal bill restricting late-term abortion is "part of a long-term legislative effort by the anti-abortion movement to gut Roe v. Wade and severely curtail abortion access nationwide," the New York Times editorial board wrote on Sunday.
"Since we have an opportunity to save these babies, we should do all within our power to support this legislation," said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. "We wish it spared all babies, but those it will save deserve our help and the protections this law will provide for them."
"The fact that Democrats would want to continue brutal late-term abortions, which dismember viable babies that feel pain, really shows the depths of human depravity – and how far our nation has slipped into barbarity," he said.
"Our message to all officeholders is clear: If you don't cast your vote to protect life and defund the abortion industry, we won't cast our votes for you and we will welcome your primary challengers into the race," said Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life of America. "For years, pro-life students have been told that their ideals could never be realized without control of the White House, Senate and House. With those three in the hands of the GOP, there should be no excuse for failing to deliver on the promises" to pass pro-life legislation.
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Tempest on the Outer Banks
Author: Rod Barfield
After fifteen years working on the mainland, Kurt Salter returns to his boyhood home on Croatan Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The bustling village of his youth, fueled by a menhaden reduction factory, has faded into an economic torpor after the closing of the plant. All Salter wants is to find some peace of mind and a place to pursue his photography. But the barrier islands have their own capricious history that is heedless of the aspirations of its residents. Kurt begins to find solace and even blunders into a relationship, but he and his new love, Regina, are swept along in island grudges and mischiefs not of their making. When Regina, a novice scuba diver, discovers the body of a murdered waterman floating in Pamlico Bay, she and Kurt become part of the flotsam and jetsam of simmering land feuds that hark back to the Civil War. The couple ally with the feisty quasi-mayor of Backtown, a shadowy black hamlet on the island, in which the murdered waterman lived. The murder leads the trio to the tortuous saga of the drownings of ten watermen from the factory ship, The Last Run, in the Graveyard of the Atlantic during hurricane Gladys in 1968. It will require the efforts of the whole village, including Backtown, to confront the tragedy of 1968 and bring the island back to life.
"Steeped in the history and lore of the [barrier islands of North Carolina], Tempest on the Outer Banks is a compelling read which leads to intrigue, murder, romance, and [a hidden African American village]. A marvelous debut novel which will enrich your own visits to the OB!" —Lawrence Bechtel, author of The Partial Sun and That Dazzling Sun
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The Michigan Municipal League represents Michigan's cities and villages and is constantly visiting them. Here are some photos of the League's recent visit to Downtown Detroit. During this visit in July of 2012 we made stops at many of Detroit's famous landmarks and tourist attractions including the Detroit Opera House, Comerica Park where the Detroit Tigers Play, the beautiful Detroit Riverwalk, the Guardian Building, Heidelberg Project and many other locations. The League believes that Michigan's cities are key to the state's economic turnaround. Detroit often gets criticized in the media, but often forgotten is the many, many positive activities and sights that are in Detroit every day. Learn more at mml.org and mml.org/placemaking. For more about placemaking go to the League's website mml.org and visit the page about our Center for 21st Century Communities: www.mml.org/resources/21c3/about.html. You can also visit a placemaking blog by League CEO Dan Gilmartin called www.economicsofplace.com/. In addition, the League's 2012 Convention taking place in October on Mackinac Island will focus on how Michigan communities of all shapes and sizes can implement placemaking assets. It's easier than you may think. For details on the 2012 Tools of Placemaking Convention go to convention.mml.org (www.mml.org/events/annual_convention/).


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How lockdown has transformed Wales' urban areas, and why the changes could be here to stay
Monday 14 September 2020, 7:55am
Castle Street, a once busy, traffic-heavy road in the heart of Cardiff city centre, has been transformed into a pedestrianised leisure space. Credit: PA Images
By ITV Wales Journalist Katie Fenton
The Welsh Government has announced plans for around 30 per cent of Welsh workers to continue working from home or near home after the threat of Covid-19 lessens.
Coronavirus restrictions saw fewer people working in offices, leading to a fall in road congestion, pollution and private car use.
This prompted the Welsh Government to outline plans to reduce air pollution across the country earlier this year, but some of its proposed measures are already taking shape.
A significant change that has already been introduced is the closure of one of Cardiff city centre's main through roads to traffic.
Castle Street, once crowded with cars and buses, has been transformed into a pedestrianised outdoor dining area, with bicycles now the only form of transport allowed through.
Local authorities across Wales, including in Swansea and Carmarthen, are adopting a similar pedestrianisation of their streets.
But while the closing of streets began as a response to Covid-19, there has also been a positive impact on the environment - something the Welsh Government has been pushing for.
So, could this be the beginning of a new age for towns and cities in Wales?
Castle Street has been transformed from a traffic-heavy road into a pedestrian-friendly eating and cycling space. Credit: PA Images
What has changed in Wales' urban areas?
During the height of lockdown, when 'stay at home' was the mantra permitting a select few industries to continue going into work and people were restricted to one hour outdoors a day, towns across Wales were eerily quiet.
The main arteries of cities, so used to cars, vans and buses were almost empty. The cries of seagulls were louder than the traffic.
As the Welsh Government began easing restrictions shoppers and workers gradually trickled back, prompting local authorities to adapt the layout of their urban areas in order to enable social distancing.
Cardiff Council announced road closures in the city centre to create more space for pedestrians as non-essential shops reopened their doors.
Roadside parking was also removed and pavements extended along Wellfield Road in Roath, Cardiff, with trees planted instead.
What is Cardiff's new al fresco area and how does it work?
Similar 'safe zones' on main high streets in Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Cardigan and New Quay have also been introduced by Ceredigion County Council.
Swansea Council has launched a six-month trial banning almost all traffic from Wind Street, which is full of bars and restaurants, in a bid to help the local economy bounce back from the pandemic.
There are also plans for High Street in Conwy to become pedestrianised.
As an alternative to total road closures, some councils are expanding footpaths to allow for social distancing and safe queuing outside shops.
Bar and restaurant-lined Wind Street in Swansea has been largely closed to traffic. Credit: Swansea Council
Powys County Council is considering placing temporary barriers and cones in 14 towns, including Brecon, Crickhowell, Newtown and Machynlleth.
But it's not just the streets that have changed, our indoor spaces look different too.
While employees in England have been allowed to go back into their workplaces this week, the advice in Wales is still to work from home wherever possible, leaving many office buildings largely empty.
Levels of nitrogen dioxide, released from vehicle exhausts, dropped significantly across UK cities during lockdown. Credit: PA Images
What impact has this had?
During lockdown, the reduced number of vehicles saw air pollution levels drop significantly in cities around the world.
There was a 60% drop in the levels of toxic gas released by vehicle exhausts in Cardiff - the largest change out of nine UK cities monitored.
In Wales, poor air quality contributes to a reduced life expectancy equivalent to between 1,000 and 1,400 deaths each year.
But, the reduced number of commuters has had a negative impact on some local businesses, such as sandwich and coffee shops whose main custom comes from office workers.
Many office-based businesses are keeping workers at home due to insufficient capacity to enable social distancing. Credit: ITV Wales
Rhys Harris, who runs Bomber's Sandwich House in Cardiff, said the atmosphere in the city is wildly different.
"By 11.30am pre-Covid, everyone would be out and about, buying lunch, having coffee and getting away from the office for an hour or two," he said.
"It's just no where near like that anymore."
Rhys' daily turnover has fallen by around 70% compared to pre-lockdown and said their customer base is shrinking day by day.
"The struggle is not knowing long-term how the town centre office landscape will change."
"We have two hours a day to make enough money. If the customers aren't there because they live in the suburbs, they're not going to drive into Cardiff for a sandwich."
Tonypandy sandwich shop Fun Fillings has seen a huge rise in orders since more people have been working from home. Credit: ITV Wales
But, where city businesses are losing out with those workers spending more time at home, business for some suburban and rural cafes has picked up pace.
Steven Green runs a sandwich shop in Tonypandy, Rhondda. He has had to take on an extra delivery driver after seeing a steep increase in customers during the pandemic.
"On average per day we might have served around 30 people pre-Covid, now that number is between 80 to 100 people.
"Footfall has dropped, but delivery has increased massively. People working from home who don't want to leave their desk are now getting their lunch delivered locally.
"It's had a massively positive impact on my business."
The key dates you need to know as lockdown is eased further in Wales
Video report by ITV Wales Work and Economy Correspondent Carole Green
Could the changes become permanent?
The Welsh Government has said it wants to give workers across Wales more flexibility to work remotely and believes this has the potential to drive regeneration and economic activity in communities.
The aim is that this will enable 30 per cent or more of workers to work remotely, helping reduce congestion and pollution and improving work-life balance for employees and employers.
It comes after the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs recently launched the Welsh Government's 'Clean Air Plan' with a visit to Castle Street.
The scheme aims to improve Wales' air quality over the next 10 years, and includes the consideration of road user charging, 'Clean Air Zones' and/or 'Low Emission Zones'.
The impact of air pollution is felt most by the very young or very old, and those with respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.
"The aims outlined in the plan are there to safeguard the most vulnerable, but improving our air quality nationwide will be to the benefit of everyone in Wales, and it's something we should all want and strive for," Lesley Griffiths MS said.
"Despite the recent pandemic, we have been able to support local authorities in commencing work on schemes to improve air quality across Wales, with the changes to Castle Street being one example."
Cardiff city centre is among many other Welsh cities and towns to adopt a two-way system. Credit: PA Images
The outdoor eating area on Castle Street allows businesses to trade outside in a socially-distanced way - with customers able to order food and drinks from an app which will be delivered to their table.
The adaptations to urban spaces have attracted criticism, with some locals feeling reduced parking spaces and road access makes their towns less appealing to shoppers.
But the Welsh Government remains committed to "reshaping" Cardiff, with other local authorities following suit.
So whether you agree with them or not, the new look, post-Covid towns and cities could be here to stay.
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The economy might have hit rock bottom with inflation at a staggering 600 per cent; there hasn't been a drop of fuel since June 2005 (except on the black market); the acute shortage of foreign currency has ensured that the once booming manufacturing industry has all but gone bust; an aids pandemic might be ravaging the nation; and the people's morale might be at an all-time low as famine stalks the countryside due to last year's drought. Yet for the people of my country, Zimbabwe, there is always music to ease the stress of day-to-day living. Starting on each Wednesday through the weekend, there is live music to be heard somewhere in and around the city of Harare. Patrons can be seen swilling down gallons of lager well into the small hours of the morning, only to get up a few hours later to report for work at 8am. The ever-increasing price of beer doesn't seem to deter them, either: music without beer in Zimbabwe would be like baseball without hot dogs in America.
Although in recent years most of these shows have also been advertised in the local press, traditionally the medium has been silkscreened posters that seem to go up automatically every Monday morning. These are usually in red, blue and green ink or a combination of red and blue. They are mostly typographic although sometimes the portrait of a musician is thrown in. They all seem to be done in a similar style, and the best are produced by the originators of the artform, the Highfield Art Club . . .