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In recent years, there has been an unprecedented development in the health sector of Bengal. The scenario of government hospitals has also undergone a huge change. Today, they are well-equipped to offer every kind of sophisticated service. A new feather to the cap of government-run SSKM Hospital is introducing robotic surgery in days to come. No other government hospital in eastern India has this service. Robotic surgery needs extremely skilled surgeons and enables patients to undergo a minimally invasive operation. The hospital authorities will be spending 30 crores to build this robotic set up. The eighth and ninth outdoor unit beside the pond has been proposed as the operation theatre for robotic surgery. Robotic surgery has gained immense popularity throughout the country. Among the top health centres, AIIMS Delhi, AIIMS Rishikesh, SGPJI Lucknow, Mumbai's Tata Memorial Hospital are already equipped with fourth generation robots.
But what is the reason behind the popularity of robotic surgery? This incredible technology has various advantages which simplifies the process of surgeries. There are certain places in the body which are far away from the accessibility of the surgeon. The robotic hand is highly flexible and serves as the effective solution in this case. The method involves small tools with a robotic arm which are monitored by surgeons. The robotic arm is capable of rotating 360 degrees, ensure maximum motion, precision and can perform seven types of movements. Robotic surgery enables doctors to perform complex surgeries through small incisions leaving almost no scars. The process is less traumatic for patients and ensures a faster recovery. In SSKM such surgeries will be introduced in cases of kidney tumour, prostate cancer, kidney transplantation, colon cancer, rectum cancer, liver cancer, uterus cancer and also in some forms of general surgery.
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Niger's president Issoufou wins coveted Mo Ibrahim prize
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Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou
Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down as president of coup-prone Niger after two terms in office, on Monday won Africa's top prize for leadership.
He was awarded the 2020 Mo Ibrahim Prize for facing "seemingly insurmountable challenges", ranging from deep poverty to jihadism and desertification.
Despite these enduring problems, "Issoufou has led his people on a path of progress", said a statement by award committee chairman Festus Mogae, who is also former president of Botswana.
"Today, the number of Nigeriens living below the poverty line has fallen to 40 per cent, from 48 per cent a decade ago," the statement said.
"While challenges remain, Issoufou has kept his promises to the Nigerien people and paved the way for a better future."
Issoufou, 68, is stepping down next month after 10 years in office.
His decision to quit after two terms has enabled Niger to have the first democratic transition between elected leaders since it became independent from France more than 60 years ago.
The handover has been contrasted with that of other countries in West Africa, where presidents have overseen constitutional changes enabling them to extend their time in office — often at the cost of violent protests.
Issoufou's preferred successor and right-hand man, Mohamed Bazoum, won last month's runoff, although the results were contested by the opposition and violence in the capital Niamey claimed two lives.
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The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is based on principles of sound government, respect for term limits and democratic elections.
It has been handed out by a foundation, set up by British-Sudanese telecoms tycoon Mo Ibrahim, since 2007.
Issoufou is the sixth recipient — the prize has not been awarded in some years because of a lack of a suitable winner.
Past winners include former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and South African apartheid fighter and former president Nelson Mandela, both of whom were also Nobel Peace laureates.
Winners receive $5 million spread over 10 years, and then a life endowment of $200,000 for the rest of their lives.
In a statement on Twitter, Issoufou thanked the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, and said he considered the award an "encouragement to continue to think and act to promote democratic values and good governance, not only in Niger but also in Africa and throughout the world".
Niger is the world's poorest nation, according to the UN's benchmark of human development, and is struggling with soaring population growth.
It is also fighting two jihadist insurgencies that have forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
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This month, more than 40,000 people will dust off their spats, get out their pearls and gather in Napier to take part in the annual Tremain's Art Deco Festival. The five-day Festival runs from February 14 to 18 and with 250 events on offer, there are plenty of opportunities to dress to impress!
Art Deco is generally regarded as being the period or movement from the early 1920s until the outbreak of WWII in 1939. It was a time marked by enormous social and economic change, and the emergence of women's lib and improvements in technology all adding up to a new, more modern way of life.
For women, flappers, silver screen goddesses and sportswomen are your style icons, always inspired by luxury and glamour. For men, think suits, vests and pleated pants. And for everyone, hats are the quintessential Deco outfit accessory.
If you're stuck for something to wear or are confused about what constitutes Art Deco style, don't panic, help is at hand. Napier has many costume hire and Art Deco clothing stores that will be only too happy to help you 'put on the Ritz' with 1920s and 1930s panache.
Decorum Deco Attire in Hershell Street is a vintage clothing store known for its beautiful Deco inspired fashion including hats, dresses and accessories to 'Deco' any outfit.
Lily Maude Art Deco Hire is located at Elaine's on Emerson, 76 Emerson St. Open from 29 January to 23 February, it's where you'll find bespoke Deco inspired fashion.
The Napier Antiques Centre on Tennyson Street is a treasure trove of Art Deco clothing and accessories sourced from around the world. Check out their range of beautiful beaded Gatsby dresses, with each bead having been lovingly sewn on (store pictured right), their huge display of gorgeous jewellery and their selection of menswear (pictured below).
The Art Deco Shop in Tennyson Street has accessories and hats galore for men, women and children.
Green Revolution in Hastings Street is a second-hand clothes store that also stocks footwear and accessories for women. Delve through the racks for some Art Deco inspiration.
The Recycle Boutique in Dalton Street often has pre-loved vintage and Deco treasures on its racks at affordable prices. See Mandy and the team to put together a full look head to toe (store pictured above).
The Napier Central Store, at 74 Hastings Street is where you'll find dresses and mountains of accessories suitable for an Art Deco event.
Chris Wiig in Emerson Street has an amazing selection of Art Deco menswear including boater hats, bow ties and a huge selection of blazers to dress up any dapper man (Chris Wiig, right, pictured in store).


Yet most people, men and women, find that physical exercise is a positive stimulus to sexual activity.
Electrical response is due, as we have seen, to a molecular disturbance, the stimulus causing a distortion from a position of equilibrium.
Direct stimulus applied unilaterally at the responding region induces, on the other hand, a positive curvature.
That's largely consistent with the positions he's held throughout the Obama administration—included his opposition to the 2009 stimulus package.
As each major piece of legislation (bailout, stimulus, health-care) approached a vote, I contacted Rep Foster numerous times to learn his position and intended vote.
Nixon's Keynesian conversion, however, looks positively quaint compared with the fiscal and monetary stimulus that is about to be brought to bear on the US and global economy.
NEW YORK—Stock futures are falling as news that Europe will hold off on new stimulus measures overshadowed a positive jobs report in the U.S. Dow Jones industrial futures are down 6 points to 13,018.
The current bill expires at the end of September and without passage of a new bill by the end of this year, much of the positive momentum generated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus program will be lost.
Even when the stimulus is removed the neurons keep firing in synchronism (at about 40 pulses per second) due to the positive feedback loop of the memory neuron.
Now assume that we sub ject the foam to an external stimulus η(t), as if at any new time moment t a new stone drops at a new position x=η(t) (Fig. 1, t=2), thus shaping the "foam" continuously.
Quoting Slovic , affect is the "specific quality of "goodness" and "badness", as it is felt consciously or not by the decision maker, and demarcating a positive or negative quality of stimulus ".
The marginal distribution of responses can be summarised by regressing the probability of response on stimulus contrast, separately for each stimulus position (as on Figure 5.5), and using a binomial generalized linear model (with Cauchit link function).


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Chicago Med: Will Manstead's Wedding Get Derailed by Will's Dark Secret?
There's one small (major) hitch coming up.
Keisha Hatchett Nov. 28, 2018, 11:25 a.m. PT
The big day is almost here! Will (Nick Gehlfuss) and Natalie (Torrey DeVitto) are poised to tie the knot in Chicago Med's exhilarating fall finale, set to air Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8/7c on NBC, but one looming problem could spoil their wedding day festivities. After all, Will has kept his fiance in the dark about his involvement with the FBI's investigation into the mobster Ray and that secret just might be the very thing that tears them apart.
"The first choice that he made about treating Ray so he could get the reception hall was a very bad choice. And now that continues to haunt him and there [will be] repercussions," showrunner Diane Frolov told TV Guide.
Here's hoping that the ceremony goes off without a hitch because if anyone deserves to bask in pure wedded bliss, it's them. As we gear up for what promises to be a memorable day, it'll definitely be a family affair. According to co-showrunner Andrew Schneider, Will's big bro Jay (Jesse Lee Soffer) will take on the best man duties and Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) will serve as Natalie's Maid of Honor. Plus, Natalie's son Owen will step up as the ring bearer.
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Ethan (Brian Tee) is also expected to attend the big ceremony but he won't be going with April (Yaya DaCosta). Despite both still harboring feelings for each other after breaking up, Ethan will take his ex-girlfriend Vicky (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) as his date instead. But he has a pretty good reason for it!
"Ethan doesn't know that she's changed her mind. He has feelings for her but she was so strong and antagonistic so there's a lot of misunderstanding in that relationship," Frolov explained.
The chances of the pair making up anytime soon are slim, especially since things are going so well with Vicky. Schnieder confirmed to TV Guide that she'll be sticking around "for a while." But while Ethan might be all about Vicky right now, that doesn't mean you should give up hope for him and April to rekindle things.
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"They both have such strong feelings for one another so there's always the possibility that things could change," said Schneider. Added Frolov, "They just gotta get past all this stubbornness and anger."
They'll also need to overcome several workplace obstacles including the tricky dynamic of dating a superior (Ethan's a doctor and April's a nurse) and not allowing personal feelings to influence professional decisions. Should be a piece of cake, right?
Watch the drama unfold when Chicago Med's fall finale airs Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 8/7c on NBC.
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by Admin | Jul 8, 2022 | Fundraising
We are happy to welcome Brian's son Christian who has agreed to carry on the great work begun by his father in 1975 managing The Suzy Fund. Brian achieved his goal of raising £1,000,000 and the work continues.
by Admin | Jan 28, 2021 | Donations
It is with great sadness to all involved with The Suzy Fund that we announce the death on 16 January 2021 of our founder Brian Hazell MBE. Since 1975 Brian worked tirelessly raising funds to help those much less fortunate than ourselves. The charity began by him asking fellow parishioners of St Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Wakefield, to donate 10p weekly, each donation provided a meal at an Ethiopian Feeding Station. In 2020 Brian achieved his long held goal when the fund reached the amazing total of £1m. To quote Brian 'Reached a million, let's go on.' That's what we aim to do with the continued help of our many supporters, in Brian's memory. Donations can be made to The Suzy Fund, by cheque or PayPal in memory of Brian, at the request of the family. Details can be found at the donate page on this...
by Admin | Jul 8, 2017 | Art For Life
We are delighted to announce that we will be having this year's Art For Life exhibition on Holy Island. You will be able to find us at The Crossman Hall, Holy Island, 31 July and 1 August 2017. We can't wait to see you all, and look forward to showing you our latest...
Summary of the Project Within Ethiopia, over five million children - around 12% of Ethiopia's total child population - are categorised as orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) (Save the Children, 2010). Poverty and deaths of parents due to disease, armed conflict, recurrent drought and its subsequent food shortage/famine are all responsible factors. Ethiopia holds one of the largest populations of orphan and vulnerable children in the world. It is estimated that between 40-60% of orphans live in grandparent-headed households, who often have insufficient sources of income. These elders face many difficulties in meeting their own basic needs, let alone those of their families. Many of Ethiopia's four million people over the age of 60 have no access to a state pension and were unable to save for their old age. If they have no family to support them, or they are caring for an orphaned relative, their only other option is to live and beg on the streets. Furthermore, many elders are living with chronic health conditions – some serious others more mild, but all debilitating. Thanks to the generous funding of The Suzy Fund, Ethiopiaid and DEWADA have been able to provide elderly people and their vulnerable dependents with a package of tailored welfare support. We have been able to address these needs and ensure that the elders are well-cared for and that children are able to obtain an education and make a brighter future for themselves. Project Activities In the last 6 months, 100 orphans and their elderly caregivers have been receiving a monthly payment of 100 Birr (around £3.50). The other 100 children have been...
Warkworth was wonderful
by Admin | Aug 8, 2016 | Art For Life
We had a wonderful week in Warkworth in 2016 where we managed to raise £700 for Suzy with our Art For Life sale. Thank you to everyone who made it happen, can't wait for 2017!
Another successful week!
by Admin | Aug 7, 2015 | Art For Life, Fundraising
After a lovely time in Alnmouth we are able to send £550 to Suzy, that's 5,500 meals, despite two wet days when visitors stayed cosy at home. Thanks to everyone in our 'family' team. Already planning next year. Many thanks to the North East & Glasgow branch (below)...
Art for life – Alnmouth 2015
by Admin | Jul 17, 2015 | Art For Life, Fundraising
The Suzy Fund annual exhibition 'Art for Life' this year is in The Hindmarsh Hall Alnmouth Sunday 26 - Wednesday 29 July 10 30 - 3 30. It's a great chance to buy affordable art and help our great cause. We look forward to seeing you...
Suzy in Alnmouth
by Admin | Jun 3, 2015 | Art For Life, Fundraising
We are delighted to announce that Art for Life 2015 will be at The Hindmarsh Hall Alnmouth, Sunday 26 July to Wednesday 29 July 2015 We hope to see lots of you there! The Suzy Team
Suzy at 40
by Admin | May 5, 2015 | Donations
As of today, 1st May, the Suzy Fund has collected £803,108.48 and distributed over £800,000. Over the last 16 months we have sent a total of £46,700 to charities working in areas of war, famine and poverty: Medecins Sans Frontieres (Africa, Syria & Gaza) £11,000 Ethiopiad £7,400 Cafod (Africa -Ebola, Syria) £5,000 Oxfam (South Sudan - water) £5,000 Mary's Meals (Africa) £4,000 Save the Children (Africa) £3,000 Maria Regina Convent (Peru) £2,400 Tariro (Supporting orphaned children in Zimbabwe) £2,000 Sister Rose Carmel (Romanian orphanages) £2,000 Taize Operation Hope (Central Africa) £1,000 Ehdi Foundation (Orphanages & medical centres Pakistan) £1,000 Hope & Homes for Children (Africa & Eastern Europe) £1,000 Concern Worldwide (Africa) £800 Zikoma Trust (Malawi - schools) £600 Bukit Harapan (Borneo - orphanage) £500 We thought it would be appropriate to celebrate Suzy's Ruby Anniversary. To this end, we are hosting a Simple Soup Supper for Suzy in St Peter & Paul's Parish Centre on Friday 22nd May. We have invited the priests who have been at the parish over the last forty years and representatives of some of the charities that the Suzy Fund has supported, to tell us how Suzy has helped. Tickets are priced at £2, just to cover the cost of the soup, but we will, of course, be taking a Suzy collection on the night If anyone would like to come, just drop me an email at: PHaley@talktalk.net....
A visit to Addis Ababba
I had been in Ethiopia as part of the British Universities Kayaking Expedition. Unfortunately my time out there was cut short due to a dislocated shoulder. Whilst I was there I managed to get to the feeding stations the Suzy Trust raises money for. My Mum had gone to the Art sale at Seahouses and learned about the Suzy Trust. Once back in Addis I left to try and locate one of the feeding stations, in retrospect I could have made my life easier by simply asking one of the children on the street where I could find them, as they all know. However it would have meant missing out on experiencing the east side of Addis and finding out about the Hope International School. Hope International is the charity that runs the feeding stations as well as a school and university. The School is situated on the 'other' side of town, in the east where the slum area is, with the aim of being close to those who need it most. Representatives from Hope go out into the slums to find their new students. Once a student they are given breakfast and lunch, an education, stationery, a uniform and their families are given a small allowance. Despite it being the middle of the summer holidays the school was teaming with life, the children come to use the library and play with their friends in a safe environment. The food for the feeding stations is also prepared up in the school kitchens. The main diet of Ethiopians is Ingera (a soured fermented pancake) and some kind of spicey sauce, mainly...


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Gujarat Congress unit on Monday filed a complaint against Chief Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by 'campaigning' on the election day at the polling station where he cast his vote.
"After coming out from the polling booth, the chief minister addressed the crowd outside and by showing the 'V' sign he appealed the voters to make victorious the BJP candidate," alleged advocate and Congress unit's legal cell member Vijay Kanara, who filed the complaint with the Election Commission authorities.
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At about 9.45 am when Modi exercised his franchise by casting vote at Nishan High School in Ranip area in Ahmedabad, scores of supporters and party workers were present there.
Congress has also alleged that Modi had come there with a big convoy and scores of party workers and also addressed them after he came out of the polling booth.
"He is not a candidate from the area where he cast his ballot and appealing for victory of BJP candidate is a clear violation of model code of conduct and EC should immediately take action against him," said Kanara.
In Ranip, Modi expressed confidence of winning the assembly elections and forming the next BJP government.
"I thank all the voters. In this election, people of Gujarat will make a hat-trick by giving a third term to us. The people of the state will once again vote BJP to power...the sentiments of people here is giving you a clear indication of that," Modi told reporters there.
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Tag Archives: Tuesday
April 1, 2014: Alan King – Author, Poet, Journalist
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Celebrating National Poetry Month
for the end of the world
When the world ends,
I'll run shirtless
through rich neighborhoods,
stoning the large windows,
with no blinds, showing off:
their Chinese porcelain vases,
their top shelf whiskey, their trays
of edible gold cupcakes.
My stacked bills and empty wallet,
the way they watch me in their stores
as if I'm a roach on a chandelier,
how they buy their way into everything,
and blame everyone else for their problems
numb me to empathy.
I will be a big wind crashing
through those shattered chasms,
looking for the Georgetown doctor
who screamed at my wife for saying,
I don't think I need surgery.
I'm the doctor! he spat.
I went to school for this!
I will be a crazed Rottweiler
Fury unleashes on him, a Rottweiler
with bear trap jaws and teeth
eager to snap his bones—
the pain a blooming reminder
that he's no god.
Neither is the fast-talking surgeon
who scoffed when my wife said
her shoulder didn't fully heal.
Your physical therapist is an idiot!
She's not relevant anyway.
I'll be a canon Karma fires
at Arrogance, the floodwater
indifferent to its destruction,
a tornado whirling their good air.
I'll be the earthquake
that shakes up
where Privilege lives.
Alan King is an author, poet, and journalist living in the D.C. Metropolitan area. He holds an MFA from the Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine. He's led creative writing workshops through the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area including at Homewood, D.C. Creative Writing Workshop and Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
King's works appear in numerous journals — including African American Review, Black Renaissance Noire, Boxcar Poetry Review, Gargoyle and Indian Review — and anthologies — including Dismantle: An Anthology of Writing from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop, Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books, and Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington DC.
Learn more about his publications at the Poets & Writers' Directory of Writers (http://www.pw.org/content/alan_king). His work's been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize (2007 & 2009) and a Best of the Net Selection (2009 & 2012). His other awards include a 2011 Social Action Scholarship at Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing and fellowships from Cave Canem and Voices of Our Nation (VONA). DRIFT (Aquarius Press/Willow Books) is his first book.
Connect with King on Twitter (@aking020881), Facebook (facebook.com/AWKing020881), his blog (alanwking.com), email (nyckencole@hotmail.com), and his newsletter "The Hourglass Flow" (http://eepurl.com/Jk4ob).
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Past Life Regression. How does it work?
I am just a guide during your experience. There is no danger in exploring your past lives. We will do it through a process of progressive relaxation. You can emerge from that state whenever you want. You will remember everything experienced during the regression.
The main objective is to access the unconscious, that part of our mind functions at a deeper level than our usual level of awareness. In your unconscious remains the information of all times regarding your soul, and the unconscious is not limited by the usual boundaries of space and time.
A Past Life Regression Session normally takes from approximately 90 to 120 minutes. Included in the price of the session, you will receive a digital recording.
Although you will remember everything that happens during the session, the fact that it is being recorded will give you an added peace of mind.


Dublin, Ireland, 25 January 2016, Kinesis Health Technologies, the Irish medical technology company, has been selected as an industry partner to participate in a new NHS Innovation 'Test Beds' initiative to improve patient care in the UK.
This major initiative, to modernise how the NHS delivers care, was launched by Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England at the World Economic Forum in Davos at the end of last week.
These collaborations between the NHS and innovators such as Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences), IBM, Philips and SMEs such as Kinesis Health Technologies, aim to harness technology to address some of the most complex issues facing patients and the health service in the UK.
Frontline health and care workers in seven 'test bed' areas will pioneer and evaluate the use of novel combinations of interconnected devices such as wearable monitors, data analysis and ways of working which will help patients stay well and monitor their conditions themselves at home.
Successful innovations will then be available for other parts of the UK to adopt and adapt to the particular needs of their local populations.
Kinesis Health Technologies, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company headquartered at NexusUCD, the University's industry partnership centre, has been selected to participate in two of the seven 'test beds'.
The company will be deploying its innovative QTUG™ mobility and falls risk assessment technology at scale in the Care City Health and Care Test Bed in North East London and the Perfect Patient Pathway Test Bed in the Sheffield City Region.
Kinesis QTUG™ aims to reduce incidences of falls in older adults and combines advanced technology, including body-worn sensors, with the clinical standard Timed Up and Go procedure into a solution that can be used to assess falls risk and mobility impairment in older adults.
Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England said, "Over the next decade major health gains won't just come from a few 'miracle cures', but also from combining diverse breakthroughs in fields such as biosensors, medtech and drug discovery, mobile communications, and AI computing".
"Our new NHS Test Beds programme aims to cut through the hype and test the practical benefits for patients when we bring together some of these most promising technologies in receptive environments inside the world's largest public, integrated health service."
Seamus Small, Chief Executive Officer, Kinesis Health Technologies said, "We are honoured and delighted to be participating in the NHS Innovation Test Beds initiative. To collaborate with NHS and other leading innovators is an excellent opportunity to evaluate and advance the adoption of innovative solutions and practices, including QTUG™, our evidence-based mobility and falls risk assessment technology, into the NHS."
The Care City Health and Care Test Bed will promote healthy ageing across a million-strong population in North East London and brings together University College London Partners, Health Analytics, Orion Health, Kinesis Health Technologies and 8 other innovators to test and evaluate combinations of innovative technologies that can help patients to manage their own health conditions and to remain as independent as possible, supported by carers who will receive the information and connections they need coordinate care.
The Perfect Patient Pathway Test Bed, aims to create the 'perfect patient pathway' to bring substantial benefits for patients in the Sheffield City Region suffering from long term conditions, such as diabetes, mental health problems, respiratory disease, hypertension and other chronic conditions.
The Test Bed will keep patients with long term conditions well, independent and avoiding crisis points which often result in hospital admission, intensive rehabilitation and a high level of social care support.
Working in partnership with GE Finnamore, IBM, Kinesis Health Technologies and 12 other innovators, the local health and care system will set up an integrated intelligence centre to help get people the help they need, when they need it most.
For further information contact Dr Barry Greene, CTO, Kinesis Health Technologies, e: info@kinesis.ie, t: +353 1 716 5402.
Founded in 2013, Kinesis Health Technologies is an award-winning health technology start-up company based in Dublin, Ireland. Kinesis is a spin-out of a large ageing research centre, the Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL) Centre at University College Dublin. Its proprietary QTUG technology has been validated as part of an extensive programme of top-tier internationally peer-reviewed research in Falls Prevention over the past 6 years.


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Posted on Friday September 10th, 2021 Sunday October 17th, 2021
un projet est avant tout une rencontre…
Composer, performer and curator Alexandre Babel has been awarded one of the Swiss Music Prizes of the Federal Office of Culture 2021. The award ceremony took place in Lugano on September, 17 2021. In this interview, Babel explains his point of view on composition and curation and how he combines these two activities.
Portrait Alexandre Babel © Felix Brueggemann 2021
Alexandre Babel, percussionist, composer and curator, can be seen on avant-garde concert stages, at jazz festivals, in galleries and at art biennials. Based between Berlin and Geneva (his hometown), he combines classical avant-garde music, sound art, experimental improvisation and performance.
There are as many ways of composing as there are composers, says Babel and he therefore prefers to define composition as "the organisation of sounds in time and space". Curating is also close to this understanding of composition. "Same here, it's all about setting existing sound objects in motion in a certain place at a certain time and then connecting these objects with other objects.
Composing and curating are different aspects of the same activity. Babel creates, conceives, stages, networks and interprets.
Alexandre Babel, born in Geneva in 1980, first found his way to jazz through drum lessons in Geneva. He then specialised in New York with jazz legends such as Joey Baron or Jeff Hirshfield and played in various formations. "What fascinated me about jazz was not just the aesthetics, but rather how musicians interacted to create music. Mixing repertoire and improvisation: that was the basis of making music for me."
Also being attracted by the classical avant-garde, Babel soon switched to classical percussion and, back in Europe, found his way to composition. John Cage, Morton Feldman, Alvin Lucier, Heiner Goebbels or Helmut Lachenmann were the ground-breaking figures and inspirators in Babel's compositional path.
From his very first pieces already, such as music for small audiences for snare drum solo, the importance of the performer plays an important role.
"Music for small audiences was the beginning a real love affair between me and the snare drum.."
In one of his first pieces, 'music for small audiences' Babel explores new sounds for solo snare drum and brings the role of percussion in the music business into focus.
Performer – Improviser – Composer
As a drummer, Babel is a touring musician wearing many hats: a fine, quiet improviser, loud, experimental drummer, for example with the band "Sudden infant" in a duo with Joke Lanz, or an interpreter of contemporary drum repertoire in various formations.
Additionally, he composes, curates and develops projects for his own formations, such as the Berlin collective Radial, together with video artist Mio Chareteau.
"To make music includes several processes in my opinion. First of all 'thinking' the music, which means composing, then transmitting the music and finally perform it for an audience: I'm fascinated by all of them."
All of his activities are linked by a convergence of creation and interpretation, as well as an interest in the visual, spatial and performative aspects.
"What do I want to see and what do I want to hear…. "
For Babel, composing always begins with or even boils down to an encounter. Thus, his compositions are mostly created for specific musicians.
He always has the performers in mind when writing and is also inspired by their movements and gestures. In the piece The way down for Duo Orion, for example, Babel took the duo's interplay as starting point and staged it acoustically and also performatively.
Alexandre Babel, The way down pour violoncelle et piano, Duo Orion (Gilles Grimaître, piano, Elas Dorbath, Cello) 2020
"At the beginning of a project I ask myself: 'What do I want to see and what do I want to hear': To me, the visual side is just as important as the sound. Duo Orion, for example, has a special physicality when performing. I developed a piece for them in which the gestures are almost athletic. It almost became dance or a choreography,".
Curating as a permanent dialogue
Babel says that his three activities – composition, interpretation and curation – have ideally come together in the artistic direction of les amplitudes Festival (La-Chaux-de-Fonds, autumn 2020). "I had the chance to combine all aspects within one object -the festival and at the same time the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds: I thought of the festival as a giant composition in separate parts – an art exhibition, live performances, drum sets and spatial compositions blending together in one new unity".
Since 2013, Babel has led the percussion ensemble Eklekto Geneva Percussion Center, consisting of some 20 musicians in a loose line-up. "Eklekto offers me the opportunity to develop unusual percussive situations. All projects are created in close exchange and collaboration with the composers and the musicians. "Curating is a permanent dialogue with the musicians involved".
Attentive listening
Pauline Olivero's piece Earth ears, a so-called 'Sonic Ritual' from 1989 for free instrumentation, is characteristic of Babel's understanding of curation: "The musicians play by ear and there is no written score. One has to listen to himself as well as to the whole ensemble and react to it. The piece is about sound, space and attentive listening: to me, those are the basics of making music".
Pauline Oliveros' piece 'Earth ears', a 'sonic ritual' and openly interpretable piece from 1989, is characteristic of Babel's approach to curation.
Another important project is his large percussion ensemble with 15 percussionists from the Eklekto pool. "We have clear rules: we play by heart and there is no conducting: playing without a leader creates an enormous energy and presence and at the same time opens up new ways of communication, in an almost radical way".
Choeur mixte reflects the classical setting of chamber music and at the same time puts the often underestimated classical instrument 'snare drum' in a new spot-light. Another declaration of love to the snare drum.
In the piece 'choeur mixte' for 15 snare drums, the percussionists play their instruments standing in the shape of a wedge, on a lit, empty stage. They act strongly in relation to one another and the piece radiates power as a group and at the same time individual responsibility of the performers.
Music without sound
Among other things, Babel is currently working on a composition commissioned by the Venice Art Biennale 2022, designing the Swiss pavilion together with Swiss-based Franco-Moroccan visual artist Latifa Echakhch. Babel faces a special challenge in this case, as Echakhch wants him to create a composition without real sound. "This is an important and special task for me: through the joint creation process, we are approaching solutions on how music can sound without sound," says Babel. At the moment, short pieces of music are being created for this purpose, which will form the basis for the final Music of Silence. Gabrielle Weber
Portrait Alexandre Babel ©Felix Brueggemann (2021)
On Friday, September 17, 2021, the Swiss Music Price ceremony will take place at Lugano Arte e Cultura (LAC) in Lugano. During that weekend, some of the prize winners will perform as part of Lugano's Longlake Festival.
This year's Grand Prix musique went to Stephan Eicher.
The other prize winners are:
Alexandre Babel, Chiara Banchini, Yilian Canizares, Viviane Chassot, Tom Gabriel Fischer, Jürg Frey, Lionel Friedli, Louis Jucker, Christine Lauterburg, Roland Moser, Roli Mosimann, Conrad Steinmann, Manuel Troller and Nils Wogram.
Concerts Alexandre Babel:
Sunday, 19.9.21, 10:30h at Studio Foce, Lugano:
Alexandre Babel e Niton +ROM visuals
23.4.-27.11.2022 Biennale Arte Venezia: Alexandre Babel & Latifa Echakhch @Swiss Pavilion Venezia Biennale
Joke Lanz, Joey Baron, Jeff Hirshfield, Pauline Oliveros, Biennale Arte 2022, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Alvin Lucier, Heiner Goebbels, Helmut Lachenmann, Latifa Echakhch, Kollektiv Radial, Mio Chareteau, Elsa Dorbath
Sendungen SRF 2 Kultur:
in: Musikmagazin, 18./19.9.21: Alexandre Babel – Träger BAK-Musikpreis 2021 im Gespräch mit Gabrielle Weber, Redaktion Annelis Berger
Musik unserer Zeit, 16.6.21: Alexandre Babel – Perkussionist, Komponist, Kurator, Redaktion Gabrielle Weber
neoblog, 14.10.2020: La ville – une composition géante, Text Anya Leveillé
Alexandre Babel, Les amplitudes, Eklekto Geneva Percussion Center, Duo Orion, Gilles Grimaître
Posted on Saturday May 1st, 2021 Wednesday May 12th, 2021
Time bridges across different ages
Friederike Kenneweg: 20 Years of Mondrian Ensemble: Anniversary Concerts
20 years already: the Basel based piano quartet Mondrian is celebrating its anniversary and the good thing is that some of the concerts planned for the occasion can now actually happen.
Ensemble Mondrian ©zVg Ensemble Mondrian
Friederike Kenneweg
This year's concert season was somewhat uneven and not only for the Mondrian Ensemble: too many events have been cancelled, postponed or had to be live-streamed online. But for Tamriko Kordzaia (piano), Ivana Pristašová (violin), Petra Ackermann (viola) and Karolina Öhmann (violoncello) it was even worse as they were planning to celebrate their ensemble's 20th anniversary. The anniversary concert in autumn 2020 could take place with reduced audience. The Walcheturm event in Zurich however had to be streamed. The only advantage being that it is now accessible to everyone online.
Connecting lines between the ages
Bringing together common practice period and contemporary music has been Mondrian Ensemble's characteristic for 20 years and their anniversary programme was no exception. A string trio by Schubert and four fantasy pieces by Schumann were combined with works by Martin Jaggi (*1978), Jannik Giger (*1985) and Madli Marje Gildemann (*1994). This allows a better perception of the different connections between musical periods, but also highlights contrasts and further developments all the more clearly. As the four musicians do not limit themselves to one period, but consider the entire history of music up to the present day for their concert programmes, they repeatedly uncover astonishing things – for example, parallels between the melancholy beauty of English Renaissance music and the slow pulsation of a piece by the Austrian Klaus Lang, or enable the audience to experience a very special kind of time travel, performing a piano trio by Schubert and a piano quartet by Morton Feldman in immediate succession.
Another important aspect is that the ensemble keeps contemporary compositions in its repertoire and plays them on various occasions over the years, allowing them to develop and unfold like interpretations of classical works. This is hardly possible in the new music business, focusing mainly on world premieres.
Great importance is also attached to working closely with the composers – sometimes over long periods of time, for example, Dieter Ammann, as the work on the world premiere of his string trio "Gehörte Form" ("Heard Form") from 1998 led the founding members Daniela Müller on violin, Christian Zgraggen on viola and Martin Jaggi to form an ensemble in 2000.
Dieter Ammann, Gehörte Form – Hommages for string trio 1998, in house-production SRG/SSR
The joining of Walter Zoller on piano, opened new possibilities and allowed them to perform string and piano trios as well as piano quartets from all periods. The ensemble still makes full use of the flexibility that this instrumentation brings in its programming. Thus, solos or duets can also be found in the various possible combinations.
Different combination possibilities
Another composer who has accompanied the ensemble for a long time is Jannik Giger from Basel. Their collaboration was for the piece "Intime Skizzen", as the musicians rehearsed compositional sketches by Leoš Janáček, Jannik Giger was present with his camera. The finished work offers insights into the musicians' rehearsal rooms via a video screen, showing the piece's appropriation process. In addition, the ensemble plays the Janáček fragments as well as the additions that Giger composed on stage. In the meantime, Giger's piano trio "Caprice" from 2013 and string trio "Vertige" have also become part of the ensemble's regular repertoire.
Jannik Giger, Vertige for string trio 2020
The ensemble not only recorded a portrait CD with Austrian composer Thomas Wally (Jusqu'à l'aurore, col legno 2020), but will also perform with him on stage in May, as Wally is also violinist. In the upcoming concerts, Ivana Pristašová, Petra Ackermann and Karolina Öhmann will also join the string quartet. For the BLACK ANGELS programme, they will perform the 1970 piece of the same name by George Crumb, which refers to the Vietnam War, with electronically amplified string instruments. Tape recordings are added to the string quartet in Steve Reich's Different trains (1988), which also refers to war – reflecting on the importance of trains during the Second World War.
50 years of women's suffrage in Switzerland – a playable oven
The programme planned for autumn 2021 revolves around the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage in Switzerland. A first glimpse will be given on June 4, with the premiere of "Garzeit" by artist duo LAUTESkollektiv.
LAUTESkollektiv 2x Haensler ©zVg Stefanie Haensler
LAUTESkollektiv is composer Stephanie Haensler (*1986) together with designer Laura Haensler and "Garzeit" is a multi-part piano quartet in which the usual instruments of the Mondrian Ensemble will be complemented by a playable oven.
This conveys part of the aesthetics and everyday life of women around 1971.
During the composition, switches, levers and knobs are operated by the musicians and influence the soundscape.
Stephanie Haensler: Ein Schnitt for string quintet 2019, in house-production SRG/SSR
The full programme also features several pieces by female composers of different periods and generations – from Clara Schumann (1819-1896), via Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929) and the almost forgotten St. Gallen composer and poet Olga Diener (1890-1963) to Rebecca Saunders (*1967) and Katharina Rosenberger (*1971).
Mondrian Ensemble's programme, in which the piece "the ocarina chapter" by Christoph Gallio was to be premiered was eventually postponed to 2022. The piece has been commissioned by the ensemble to the Swiss composer and the concert was planned to be meeting of the ensemble with voice artist Theo Bleckmann from New York – an artistic encounter that the situation unfortunately does not permit at the moment.
BLACK ANGELS with Thomas Wally will be performed again on May 7 and 8 (Gare du Nord Basel, Walcheturm Zurich).
Garzeit's world premiere will take place on June 4, at Historisches Museum, Baden and its world premiere tour (Zurich, St. Gallen, Chur, Basel) will run until November 1, 2021.
The tour with world premiere by Christoph Gallio has been postponed to 2022.
Thomas Wally, Ivana Pristašová, George Crumb, Steve Reich, Madli Marje Gildemann, Klaus Lang, Morton Feldman, Daniela Müller, Walter Zoller, Leoš Janáček, col legno, Laura Haensler, Olga Diener, Clara Schumann, Rebecca Saunders, Elfrida Andrée, Theo Bleckmann
Sendung SRF 2 Kultur:
Blick in die Feuilletons, 8.12.20, 20 Jahre mutige Kammermusik – das Mondrian Ensemble hat etwas zu feiern (ab Min 24): a portrait by Gabrielle Weber
Mondrian Ensemble, Tamriko Kordzaia, Karolina Öhman, Petra Ackermann, George Crumb, Klaus Lang, Martin Jaggi, Jannik Giger, Dieter Ammann, Stephanie Haensler, Katharina Rosenberger, Christoph Gallio, Gare du Nord, Kunstraum Walcheturm
Posted on Friday April 16th, 2021 Tuesday April 27th, 2021
'partage de l'écoute' – shared listening
Archipel, Geneva's Contemporary Music Festival, will take place live and stream online from 16 to 25 April. Archipel sous surveillance, the festival web TV, brings the performances live into the audience's homes.
Benoît Renaudin, 1000 flûtes, installation sonore, maison communale de plainpalais ©zVg Festival Archipel
2020 was a special year and this in many ways for the legendary Geneva Festival. After many years of directorship by musicologist Marc Texier, a new duo of directors took over. Marie Jeanson – who has a background in experimental and improvised music- and Denis Schuler – composer and artistic director of Geneva's Ensemble Vide – want to turn the festival upside down.
The new artistic director duo explained their vision of the ideal festival to me last spring, shortly before the planned launch. Their vision was to be implemented in an exemplary way through a one-day Carte Blanche.
The festival was one of the first victims of the first lockdown.
This year it takes place online.
Marie Jeanson und Denis Schuler present themselves before the Carte blanche, planned for Archipel 2020. Video Geneva März 2020 ©neo.mx3
Jeanson and Schuler's vision sounded like a five-point plan: what has become of it and what has been accomplished – despite the pandemic and streaming? I dug out our earlier conversation to compare their pre-pandemic vision with today's reality:
The 2020 five-point plan <> the 2021 festival: a comparison
'La musique c'est fait pour être vécue ensemble'
2020: All is one – music and life belong together. The Carte Blanche should last an entire day and all take place in one place – Plainpalais' Maison Communale -, focusing primarily on hospitality, with shared meals and as well as dialogue and interaction opportunities. Because: "The purpose of music is to share and experience it together," says Schuler.
2021: The unity of life and music will be achieved through Archipel sous surveillance. The experimental festival web TV covers the festival – backstage on site – and brings it into the audience's living rooms, daily between noon and midnight. The audience gets the opportunity to live with the festival.
Archipel sous surveillance ©zVg Festival Archipel
'cohérence poétique'
2020: In the future, the festival wants to focus less on the music makers and more on the audience. "We wish to establish the right framework so that people are touched by a poetic coherence. We tell stories and want to create a desire to come back," says Jeanson.
2021: Four sound installations occupy four rooms of Plainpalais' Maison Communale and can be walked through online throughout the festival. The festival's characteristic and historic headquarters are reborn online, creating a continuous poetic space between fiction and reality….
'faire exister la création'
2020: Archipel does not want to be involved (any more) in the festival competition for the most and best world premieres. "Many people are only interested in being the first ones to do or show something," says Schuler. But the artistic director duo is all about "keeping the creation alive". "What we're mainly interested in, is the combination of composition with what is created during the very moment."
2021: Composition and improvisation meet at many concerts, the improviser Shuyue Zhao and the Basel ensemble neuverBand are only a few examples. In her performances, Zhao questions the interpreter's role and works with live electronics, noise and improvisation. While works by Sofia Gubaidulina or Junghae Lee, among others, interpreted by the ensemble neuverBand, create a new kind of unity with Zhao's improvisations.
Shuyue Zhao: noise fragments, 2019
'partage de l'écoute'
2020: Transdisciplinarity won't be the future festival's focus neither. It is rather about 'pure listening'. "We want to create a special setting in which concentrated listening takes centre stage," says Jeanson. Concentration creates a special presence that paradoxically comes close to silence. "At the Carte Blanche, for example, there are 'salons d'écoute', rooms dedicated to pure listening, with a sound diffusion system (Acousmonium) and sound engineer. Those who want can bring their own CDs to listen and discuss them together".
2021: the "salons d'écoute" will take place in a slightly different way: You can't bring your own CDs. But every noon there will be so-called 'partages d'écoute' where a composer will share his/her listening treasures. For example, you can discover composer's Jürg Frey or composer-singer's Cassandra Miller favourite records.
Rencontres à l'improviste – unexpected encounters
2020: Musicians who did not know each other before are brought together by the curators. "We provoke make encounters happen and create the framework: the musicians can play what and where they want within a given time frame. They decide at short notice, so the audience is surprised," says Schuler.
2021: Insub.distances#1-8 links remote musicians. Cyril Bondy, Geneva's Insub Meta Orchestra and d'Incise's director, winner of a 2019 Swiss Music Prize, initiated the project for Archipel'21. During Geneva's second lockdown, from September to December 2020, four Geneva-based and four international composers, composed each one piece for a duo. The works have proximity and distance as their theme and were rehearsed remotely, recorded and put online. Now they can all be enjoyed throughout the festival.
Insub Meta-Orchestra / Cyril Bondi & d'incise: 27times, 2016
It is astonishing how precisely Marie Jeanson's and Denis Schuler's festival vision, created on a small scale, is now reflected on a large scale, despite the pandemic's and streaming restrictions.
Festival Archipel Teaser 2021
Archipel Festival, Geneva takes place from Friday, 16 to Sunday, 25 April.
During ten days, international performers and ensembles such as Ensemble Ictus, Collegium Novum Zürich, ensemble Contrechamps and Eva Reiter will perform works by Clara Iannotta, Alvin Lucier, Jürg Frey, Helmuth Lachenmann, Eliane Radigue, Cassandra Miller, Morton Feldman, John Cage and Kanako Abe, among others. All concerts can be streamed free of charge.
Archipel sous surveillance broadcasts daily between 12:00 and 24:00 from all venues, backstage and onstage, involving Geneva-based film crew Dav tv as well as the alternative television station neokinok.tv.
Broadcasts:
RTS:
Le festival Archipel met à l'honneur les musiques experimentales
SRF 2 Kultur:
neoblog, 12.3.2020: Ma rencontre avec le future – ANNULÉ, Gabrielle Weber talks with the new artistic directors Jeanson/Schuler.
Neo-Profiles: Festival Archipel, Shuyue Zhao, Jürg Frey, Insub Metha Orchestra, Ensemble Batida, Ensemble Contrechamps, Patricia Bosshard, d'Incise


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MADURO: THE CUBAN, RUSSIAN AND INFILTRATED GUARDDAVES.
It seems that the auto proclaimed "President of Venezuela" has hired hundreds of Russians-ex-soldiers of the glorious Soviet army, former members of the KGB and other adventure hustlers, who for hundreds of thousands of dollars a day have to take care of the president up to a spine on the stem of a flower that can dig into hisr skin.
I think Maduro already feels "ripe" like a fruit or rotten about to fall to the ground. But these modern tiranazuelos currently never fall "down" Before, they take out of their bank accounts-God knows what bank-and when the end is inevitable, they take their private plane with all the gold and bills that have swiped the people and they live in a country as totalitarian as theirs: be it Cuba, North Korea or Iran.
And there to enjoy the good life that denied it to their own people. And to the Russian mercenaries: take the money and you never saw me.But not only Russian mercenaries have hired. For years it has thousands of Cuban military members of the Ministry of the Interior or the Armed Forces very well camouflaged far from the people but near Maduro and his henchmen.
They advise the Venezuelan military and teach tactics on how to repress the people. And no longer for the so-called "Proletarian Internationalism". Now it is for a payment in dollars or for economic interests that even Cuba aspires to exploit in Venezuela. The same as they used to accuse the northern empire. USA knows this very well, but it seems that Cuba is taking them out little by little because the regime is watering everywhere and does not want to antagonize other countries and the investments that will reach Cuba.
Another utopia that Diaz-Canel gives us to see if the Cuban people tighten their belts - there are no holes left to take the belt to the limit - and wait and wait for an opening that will never take place while Communism prevails on the island.
For now, the CQC, that diabolical invention of the Cuban government so that they do not touch a dollar bill with their hands - some sectors of the population that receive remittances from abroad - before and now they are told that they had "been born in Cuba by mistake. "-The majority of Cubans in exile and almost all of them inside the island remain silent for fear of being denied entry to the country where they were born. To those who are still on the island, silence, in case you are denied a trip abroad where most of them ask for asylum.
The Cubans who have recently come to the southern hemisphere do not talk about politics, they remain silent when they touch the issue and they lodge another opposition Cuban, they also feel the fear inscribed in their minds that any Cuban around can be a spy member of the communist regime.
Until that has come the terror and fear planted in Cuba for years. It has disunited the Cubans and the brotherhood of the islanders, thanks to the communist regime.Poor Diaz-Canel, has read the countless speeches of Fidel of the 70s or 80s - the president left us with something oligophrenic because nothing original has occurred to him - but the dollars have no ideology and constantly flow into the coffers of the hierarchs Cubans who do not give any account to the people of how that money is invested.
Another one of the "transparency" that the new constitution to be approved by the prople soon.
While the people of Venezuela swallows their tears and hopes that the world will be sorry for them.But our Spanish ancestors were like that. They held and held until someone outside took the chestnuts out of the fire.At least the Venezuelans take to the streets to protest.
What would happen to us Cubans if we did?There's the police and the army. They are many decades of indoctrination and silence. But hope is in the new generation, which has caught the taste of capitalism and consumerism. At least, desideologizados, will be launched into the streets to fight with their hands, even in exchange for a cowboy Levi's or Adidas Tennis or Nike.


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VIDEO: Smoke, flames billow from 3-alarm fire on Superdome roof, one injured
by: Aaron S. Lee
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Central Business District was abuzz on Tuesday afternoon as smoke and flames could be seen from miles away billowing from the roof of the Caesars Superdome.
The city tweeted that the New Orleans Fire Department was responding to the fire and requested for people to avoid the area until the situation has been resolved.
Here's a closeup of the @NOLAFireDept working a fire on the @CaesarsDome roof this afternoon. The fire is now under control. One patient transported with minor burns. 🚒🧯👨🚒 pic.twitter.com/qundJjqDaY
— NOLA Ready (@nolaready) September 21, 2021
The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District and ASM Global issued a joint statement shortly after the fire was extinguished. The statement read:
"This afternoon a fire occurred on the exterior of the Caesars Superdome in the gutter tub of the roof. NOFD and venue first responders were dispatched immediately and extinguished the fire. Upon further investigation it appears that a pressure washer being used to clean the roof caught fire. Damage is still being assessed."
A second statement released at 4:45 p.m. described the incident in further detail:
"The fire was contained to the exterior gutter system surrounding Superdome, and only a small area of the roof suffered minimal damage. Pressure washing was underway to clean the roof before a planned re-coating of the entire roof itself. Any fire damage will be addressed during the re-coating process."
09/21/2021. 3- Alarm Fire. Superdome. Photos by Chief C Mickal, NOFD Photo Unit. pic.twitter.com/MSbIzQgmA0
— NOFD (@NOLAFireDept) September 21, 2021
According to WGNO Sports director Ed Daniels, all employees and contractors working in the Superdome were evacuated for approximately 30 minutes until it was safe to return.
People who evacuated the Caesars Superdome after a section of the roof caught fire. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
The NOFD issued a report stating an initial 911 call was received at 12:35 p.m. with the first company arriving on the scene at 1500 Poydras Street just three minutes later when a second alarm was called. A third alarm was called at 12:55 p.m. as a precautionary measure.
The report also claims 23 NOFD units carrying 51 fire operations personnel were deployed to the scene of the fire which was placed under control at 1:05 p.m. The NOFD also collaborated an earlier tweet from NOLA EMS regarding a worker injured during the blaze.
The injured person was transported to University Medical Center to be treated for minor burns.
For those working inside the dome, like Tony Estrada, who was on his lunch break, people were scrambling to quickly escape.
"It was just panic, man. Panic everywhere. Chaos," Estrada told WGNO's Anna McCallister. "We were running out of doors. It was crazy."
Other workers recall seeing massive flames shooting from the roof.
"You could smell it and l looked up there and you could see in the roof all the smoke," said Jason Hurst, who claimed the flames were from six- to 10-foot high.
#NOEMS is transporting one patient to UMC for minor burns. pic.twitter.com/zqKc3HWRIa
— New Orleans EMS (@NewOrleansEMS) September 21, 2021
Due to the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Ida throughout Southeast Louisiana, the Superdome has yet to host an NFL home game for the New Orleans Saints this season.
The Saints were expected to open their season in the dome against Green Bay on Sept. 12.
That game was moved, and the team was expected to return to the stadium in Week 4 against the New York Giants on Oct. 3.
(Photo: Councilmember Joseph I. Giarrusso III Representing New Orleans City Council, District "A")
In the second statement released by LSED and ASM Global, the status of the Saints first home game was discussed:
"While final assessments continue, the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (LSED), along with the Superdome's management company, ASM Global, do not feel the fire will impact or force any cancellation of future events, including the October 3rd New Orleans Saints football game.
"Some smoke did enter the interior of the Superdome but was quickly evacuated. There is no initial evidence of any interior smoke damage. Clean-up crews have been on-site since New Orleans firefighters extinguished the fire."
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity House
The Kappa Sigma Fraternity house on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a historic chapter house constructed in 1911. The house was part of an initial wave of chapter house construction on the campus during the second decade of the twentieth century. The chapter house was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival Style by architect and fraternity alumnus Archie H. Hubbard.
http://fsaffairs.illinois.edu/organizations/fraternities/KappaSigma/
Greek Life at Urbana-Champaign:
The Kappa Sigma house is one of 77 fraternity and sorority chapter houses located on or around the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In the 1920s, the University of Urbana-Champaign was one of the leading centers of Greek letter societies in the United States.
It was during this period that university administrators across the country were adopting a more laissez faire attitude towards student life based on the model of the German university. Students were encouraged to exercise their freedom as a means of developing personal responsibility, and extra-curricular activities grew in importance.
As a result of these changes, administrators began to see Greek letter societies as allies in overseeing the physical, moral, and social development of students. The University of Illinois was the first university to create the offices of Dean of Women and Dean of Men, removing the responsibility of overseeing student affairs from the faculty. The first Dean of Men, Thomas A. Clark (1901-27), encouraged the growth of Greek letter societies as a means of keeping in touch with students and establishing norms of conduct.
The Chapter House:
The construction of chapter houses at the Urbana Champaign campus was driven by housing shortages resulting from the antipathy of the German system towards providing room and board to students. The Kappa Sigma house was part of an initial wave of building from 1906 to 1917 which would be followed by a second, larger wave in the 1920s.
The architecture of chapter houses was seen as a way of educating students by exposing them to classical design. On the Urbana-Champaign campus, the majority of chapter houses were built by local architects in revival styles (e.g. Classical Revival, Gothic Revival, etc.)
The Kappa Sigma house was built in the Italianate Renaissance Revival style, which is meant to evoke an Italian palazzo. Notable features include a loggia (i.e. a covered exterior gallery)in the two side facades and diamond-patterned brickwork on the upper two stories.
The house was designed by local architect Archie H. Hubbard, an alumnus of the fraternity. It was constructed by local contractor A.W. Stoolman, who built many structures on the campus of the University of Illinois as well as two other chapter houses: Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
The Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Urbana-Champaign
Kappa Sigma was founded at the University of Virgina in 1869. The Alpha Gamma Chapter of the University of Illinois was established in 1891, and was the first fraternity to be established following the end of anti-fraternity restrictions. The fraternity was initially supervised by Robert Lackey, an alumnus of the Purdue chapter and the first football coach at the university.
Kummer, Karen L. et al. "Kappa Sigma Fraternity House," National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, NPS. May 9, 1989. http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201002.pdf. Accessed August 17, 2018.
Kummer, Karen L., et al. "Fraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana-Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois." National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, NPS. May 5, 1989. Accessed June 8, 2018.
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Created by Amelia Kennedy on August 17th 2018, 3:00:44 pm.
Historic Chapter Houses of Urbana-Champaign
During the first decades of the twentieth century, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was one of the nation's leading centers of the Greek Letter movement. On this tour, you will see 15 of the 77 fraternity and sorority houses located on campus. These houses, mostly built in revival styles during the 1910s and 1920s, are outstanding examples of the most popular architectural designs of the period.


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20 Dec Project progress on the eve of 2021
Posted at 17:07h in Art-Connection by Art-Connection
The international pandemic situation of the Covid-19 since March 2020 has changed the forecast of the Art-Connection project.
This had an impact on Stage 1, which took longer than expected because of the need for each organization to reorganize all activities globally to cope with and adapt to this exceptional situation.
It also created a lot of mental burden and a strong sense of insecurity.
The activities of the project have been constantly postponed as the pandemic was evolving!
Only two out of four of the transnational meetings between partners, which had been initially scheduled, were able to take place. As a result, bilateral and transnational remote meetings have been multiplied.
The day of dissemination of the first results of the project, which was originally planned in Rome in October 2020, as well as the learning activity that was to take place in the United Kingdom in December 2020, …. still have not been able to be organized!
The pandemic also affected Stage 2, which has only started since October 2020 (instead of June 2020) and only in France (APapp) and the United Kingdom (Lboro).
However, this is an exceptional situation that does not jeopardize the success of the project, which has, moreover, benefited from a three-month extension.
Of course, the first work undertaken was put under duress and fell behind, but this period of the project also allowed the partners of the Art-Connection project to learn to appreciate each other, to work together, to discover the specifics of each one and to measure the full dimension of the Art-Connection project!
With regard to the first productions (1st and 2nd deliverables), a considerable work has allowed the partners to better realize the potential and specificity of the Art-Connection partnership and to define how to conduct the Art-Connection project in a methodology of participatory action research, with stakeholders mobilized in the four territories.
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Jakarta Blasts Will Not Impact On Markets
at 12:26 AM . Friday, July 17, 2009
Labels: Asian Market, Asian Stocks, Holcim, Indonesia, Jakarta Blast
By stockOzone team
Deadly hotel bombings in Jakarta Friday had only a limited impact on Indonesian and Asian financial markets, suggesting continued long-term confidence in the development of what an increasing number of investors consider a growth engine for Southeast Asia.
However, investor sentiment still could take a near-term hit from reports that at least nine people were killed and 41 injured, many of them foreigners, when bombs exploded in two luxury hotels in central Jakarta.
Authorities were acting on the assumption the bombings were carried out by Muslim extremists, said a senior counterterrorism official.
Jakarta's benchmark stock index had been down as much as 2.6% but then went into positive territory, and midday was down only 1.2%.
Indonesia's currency, the rupiah, fell early against the dollar. But Bank Indonesia was suspected to have sold at least $20 million to $30 million to shore up the rupiah, dealers said.
At midday the dollar was near 10,180 rupiah, compared with 10,205 earlier in the day.
Shares of Holcim Indonesia were down 3.8% at IDR1,280, after the company confirmed its country chief executive was killed in the blasts. Holcim is the local unit of Swiss cement maker Holcim Ltd.
The moderate market reaction was a reflection of continued investor confidence, analysts said.
"Fundamentally, the macroeconomic and political setting remains positive, and a bombing like this should not detract from that. Nor should it be viewed as an indication of general deterioration of security," said Agost Benard, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services primary analyst for Indonesia.
"Global factors are still in favor of Indonesia: pessimism over the U.S. economy is receding, encouraging global investors to reenter emerging markets, including Indonesia," added Standard Chartered economist Eric Sugandi.
Indonesia's economy has pulled through the global credit crisis in relatively fine shape, thanks to resilient consumer spending, continuing to expand even as Asian economies more dependent on exports fell into deep recession.
The International Monetary Fund earlier this month forecast growth in the country's gross domestic product would pick up to 4.5% next year from 3.5% this year.
Parliamentary and presidential elections over the last few months shored up the country's government and gave president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono a fresh five-year term in office. Mr. Yudhoyono has campaigned as a reformist and won respect from investors for his efforts to liberalize the economy, chipping away at Indonesia's previous reputation as an unstable place. The test now for Mr. Yudhoyono will be how quickly the perpetrators can be tracked down, and determining whether Friday's bombings were isolated or part of a broader assault.
"Investor sentiment will normalize if there are no repeat attacks, and especially if the perpetrators are tracked down," Mr. Benard said.
"Obviously, we'll watch and see what happens but as far as we're concerned it's an isolated incident," said James McCormack, head of Asian sovereign ratings at Fitch Ratings.
Jakarta was hit by similar blasts in 2003 and 2004, while the island of Bali, a key tourist spot in the country, was attacked in 2002 and 2005. But foreign investors were well aware of the risks involved in investing in the country.
"Indonesia has a history" of such domestic incidents, said Brayan Lai, a credit analyst at Calyon.
The cost of protecting Indonesia's government bonds rose. Indonesia's 5-year credit default swaps last traded at 295 basis points, around 20 basis points wider from Thursday's levels, traders said. S&P rates Indonesia BB-, three notches below investment grade, while Moody's Investors Service has an equivalent ranking of Ba3. Fitch Ratings ranks the country BB.
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