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Anaxagoras (Oudgrieks: , Anaxagoras (ho Klazomenios)) (Clazomenae, Ionië, ca. 500 v.Chr. - Lampsacus, ca. 428 v.Chr.) was een presocratische filosoof en astronoom.

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Hij was een leerling van Anaximenes en zette de natuurwetenschappelijke traditie van Ionië voort. Hij ging naar Athene, wellicht op verzoek van de staatsman Pericles, die van hem alles overnam wat in staat bleek zijn redenaarskunst te bevorderen, zoals Plato vermeldt. Mogelijk heeft hij ook de schrijver Euripides beïnvloed.

Hij heeft dertig jaar in Athene gewoond en gewerkt en hij was degene die er de filosofie en de in Ionië ontstane wetenschappelijke onderzoeksgeest introduceerde. Hij genoot veel aanzien, niet in de laatste plaats van zijn tijdgenoot Pericles. Toen Pericles oud werd, kregen zijn vijanden de overhand. Zij beschuldigden Anaxagoras van pro-Perzische sympathieën en het verwaarlozen van de religie, omdat hij leerde dat de zon een gloeiende steen was, en de maan louter aarde. Pericles wist met moeite een veroordeling te voorkomen, maar Anaxagoras verliet wel noodgedwongen Athene, om terug te keren naar Ionië. Blijkbaar boden de koloniën een beter klimaat voor het nieuwe, vrijgevochten denken dan het moederland met zijn diepgewortelde tradities.

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Hij onderwees dat alle substanties in het universum ontstaan zijn uit een onbegrensde hoeveelheid van kwalitatief verschillende oerelementen, die de kiemen vormen van alle dingen. De oorspronkelijke toestand van het universum was een oerchaos, gebaseerd op de theorie van het apeiron bij Anaximander. De wereld was in dat stadium niet meer dan een oneindig grote verzameling van ongedifferentieerde en ongestructureerde stoffelijke deeltjes, die Anaxagoras Spermata noemde. Deze oerelementen hebben altijd reeds bestaan en er is geen sprake van ontstaan of vergaan van de wereld.
Belangrijk in dit opzicht is dat Anaxagoras als eerste filosoof een abstract filosofisch begrip heeft ingevoerd, namelijk de Nous. Deze Nous moet opgevat worden als een denkende, redelijke, almachtige, maar onpersoonlijke Geest. Dankzij deze geest is er uit de oer-chaos een welgeordende wereld ontstaan. Het lijkt er op dat Anaxagoras deze Nous alleen als een soort van onbewogen beweger beschouwt, die, na de eerste stoot gegeven te hebben, de schepping verder aan zijn lot overlaat. Dit zou later Plato, en Socrates, tot de tegenwerping brengen dat deze opvatting van Nous leek op een deus ex machina waaraan onmogelijk echte kennis kon worden toegeschreven. Socrates had gehoopt in de theorie van Anaxagoras een antwoord te vinden op de belangrijke vragen die hij zich stelde met betrekking tot de menselijke geest. Anaxagoras zocht echter overal zuiver natuurlijke, mechanische oorzaken. Omdat in elke kiem alle kwaliteiten aanwezig zijn: Alles is in alles, is overgang van de ene stof in de andere mogelijk, doordat hij meer of minder van een bepaalde kwaliteit krijgt. Zo konden uit een veranderende samenstelling van verschillende oerdeeltjes alle stoffen en objecten gevormd worden en zijn ontstaan en vergaan slechts schijn. De dingen veranderen slechts in compositie en inhoud. Zijn theorie van alles is in alles (Homoiomeria) houdt ook in dat geen enkele stof (behalve de Nous) puur is, maar er steeds andere stoffen aanwezig zijn.

De levende wezens onderscheiden zich van de dode doordat zij door de Nous bezield worden. Het is dezelfde Nous die mensen en dieren bezielt. De mens lijkt superieur aan de dieren omdat hij handen heeft. De schijnbare verschillen in intelligentie zijn het gevolg van lichamelijke verschillen.

Anaxagoras gaf de juiste verklaring voor de zonsverduisteringen en kwam reeds tot het inzicht dat de maan dichter bij de aarde stond dan de zon. Net als de zon zijn ook de sterren vurige stenen. Het feit dat ze gloeien verklaarde hij uit hun snelle rotatie ten opzichte van hun naaste omgeving. In tegenstelling tot de zon kunnen wij er de warmte niet van voelen, maar enkel omdat ze zo ver van ons verwijderd zijn. De zon zou volgens Anaxagoras groter zijn dan de Peloponnesos. Op de maan meende hij bergen te herkennen en hij meende dat er ook levende wezens woonden. In navolging van zijn mentor Anaximenes beschouwde hij de aarde als een schijf, die op lucht zweefde en schuin hing ten opzichte van de zon, waardoor er verschillende temperaturen waren op aarde.

Daarnaast bewees hij dat lucht geen vacuüm, maar een stoffelijke substantie was. Hij bewees dit door het opblazen van uiers en door een pipet waarbij het water werd tegengehouden door lucht. Ook concludeerde hij dat geluid een beweging van de stoffelijke lucht was.

Het is bekend dat Anaxagoras een boek schreef. Dit boek is niet bewaard gebleven, maar fragmenten werden overgedragen in het werk van Simplicius.

Zie ook
 Zeven Wijzen

Externe links
 Artikel in 'The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Presocratische filosoof
Oud-Grieks wetenschapper
Oud-Grieks wiskundige
Oud-Grieks atheïst
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Q: How to darken an image (in a collection view) on highlight? I have a CollectionView where I display my custom CollectionViewCell which consists of a UIImageView (called "thumbnailView").

What I want is that when the user presses one of the collection cell, then the image becomes darker (exactly the same behaviour in the iPhone home menu with all the apps).

I've tried with the Quartz Framework and did so in the MyCustomCollectionViewCell.m  :
-(void) setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted {
    [super setHighlighted:highlighted];
    [self setNeedsDisplay];
}
-(void) drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    [super drawRect:rect];

    if (self.highlighted) {
        [self.thumbnailView.layer setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor].CGColor];
        [self.thumbnailView.layer setOpacity:0.9];

    }
}

but it just adds black corners to my images in the collection cell but without darkening them like I want.

A: You can add another view to do the highlighting.
In the custom cell add a property:
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIView *highlightView;

Initialize and add it to the cell's contentView. Notice that the alpha is initially set to zero:
self.highlightView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, frame.size.width, frame.size.height)];
self.highlightView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
self.highlightView.alpha = 0;
[self.contentView addSubview:self.highlightView];

In your custom UICollectionView override the highlight methods and change the alpha of the cell's highlight view:
- (void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView didHighlightItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    MyCustomCollectionViewCell* cell = (MyCustomCollectionViewCell*)[collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    [UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations:^()
    {
        cell.highlightView.alpha = 0.5;
    }];
}

- (void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView didUnhighlightItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    MyCustomCollectionViewCell* cell =  (MyCustomCollectionViewCell*)[collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    [UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations:^()
    {
        cell.highlightView.alpha = 0;
    }];
}

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Dos renombrados escritores en Cataluña y la región, Michèle Gazier y Ramon Villeró, son originarios de Andorra. Además, Ricard Fiter, famoso escritor, no sólo proviene de Andorra, sino que también se desempeña como el ombudsman del principado. La tradición de la escritura en Andorra data más allá del siglo XX; Antoni Fiter i Rossell, de la parroquia de Ordino, escribió un libro de historia sobre su tierra llamado Digest manual de las valls neutras de Andorra en 1748, describiendo el histórico y legal aparato feudal de Andorra.

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 Arquitectura de Andorra

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The Mood In Washington during the weeks leading up to the inauguration of Donald J. Trump combined the bloodthirsty rage of the Reign of Terror with the wild comedy of A Night at the Opera, as the New Jesus and his holy family prepared for their ascension from the Capitol Building on January 20 immediately following the swearing-in of the New Antichrist. The judgment expressed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador following his defeat in the Mexican presidential election of 2006 perfectly conveys the mood of the Democrats, and of liberals generally, these days: "The victory of the right is morally impossible."
As damaging as the practical political loss sustained across the board by the Democratic Party last November was, the symbolic affront by the Republican candidate to what liberals call their "values," to their idols and orthodoxies, and to themselves was perhaps more damaging still. That is the reason for their volcanic reaction to Trump's predictably aggressive response to the view of Rep. John Lewis, a veteran of the civil-rights demonstrations who was beaten and jailed in 1965, that Trump would be an "illegitimate" president. Though Lewis could have offered no greater insult to a President-Elect than this one, Trump was instantly assaulted by swarms of enraged army ants for saying that Lewis would do better to look to very real problems in his own district than to challenge the results of the recent election on imaginary grounds. "I don't think we have ever had a president so publicly condescending to what black politics means," a black professor of African Studies at Duke University told a reporter for the New York Times. "He doesn't feel the need to perform some sort of belief that [the civil rights movement] is important." (Awkward as the phrase "perform some sort of belief" is, it succinctly describes a large part of modern liberal behavior.) The Lord rebuked Saint Peter when he made an ass of himself, but a man of color whose claim to secular sainthood was established in Selma, Alabama, ranks several steps higher than the Fisherman and consequently stands for all time above reproach—never mind that from Lewis's charge of Trump's illegitimacy it is but a short step to calling the 63 million voters who supported him illegitimate as well, owing to their political views lying beyond the pale of American politics. That, indeed, is the plain position of the Democratic Party at the commencement of the new Republican administration.
A recently published book goes a long way toward explaining the violence of the liberal opposition to Donald Trump during the election, and since. Although many millions of his admirers are well or highly educated, economically secure, and socially established people, Trump was widely viewed as a "populist" candidate—a term not usually understood by the upper ranks of society as a compliment, though Christopher Lasch thought populism the true voice of democracy. In What Is Populism? Jan-Werner Müller describes it as "a degraded form of democracy that promises to make good on democracy's highest ideals ('Let the people rule!')." "For populists," he continues, "there cannot be such a thing as legitimate competition when populists run for office . . . When they are in power, there is likewise no such thing as a legitimate opposition," since "Populism . . . is a particular moralistic imagination of politics." Müller's description conveniently overlooks the fact that both a refusal to recognize the legitimacy of one's opposition and a moralistic form of political engagement have been demonstrated far more directly and unambiguously in the recent past by Americans who call themselves liberals than by those whom liberals call populists (or even conservatives). When Müller adds that populism is also "a moralized form of antipluralism," he fancies himself on unequivocal grounds.
So what actually is populism? Müller properly distinguishes between populism of the American and European sorts. "In the United States, it is common to hear people speak of 'liberal populism,' whereas that expression in Europe would be a blatant contradiction, given the different understandings of both liberalism and populism on the two sides of the Atlantic." He lists as necessary elements of populism antielitism, identity politics in some form, antipluralism, opposition to diversity and what dissidents from liberalism see as "enemies of the people," and the intent to "hijack the state apparatus," including by free elections. Thus populism "tends to pose a danger to democracy," partly because populists "actually rely on a symbolic representation of the 'real people'"—though the description clearly applies equally to liberals, as the postelection protests across the country, and around the world, show.
Populism has actually meant different things in different times and in different situations, though it is, indeed, always antiestablishment. And so the nature of an establishment necessarily determines the nature of its populist opposition. Were the French, Russian, Mexican, and American Revolutions "populist"? (Müller considers the first possibility but in an unsatisfactory way, as he denies that Rousseau's ideal society as an expression of the "general will" was populist without noting that Rousseau's model was Geneva, a small and homogeneous republic.) He quotes the Dutch scholar Cas Mudde's definition of populism as an "illiberal democratic response to undemocratic liberalism"—a negative or a positive description, depending on your opinion of modern liberalism. Most importantly, though, populism in its present usage is a term used by one elite or another to discredit any opposition to the program devised and imposed by that elite. At the beginning of the 21st century, populism in the Western world simply means revolt by disillusioned or simply old-fashioned liberals and democrats (also by conservatives) against illiberal democracies and undemocratic liberals. Because populism is situational, it is, like any other political tendency or movement, only as good as the opposition is bad. But the Western left, which defines the term to suit its interests, applies it to any political movement with broad (not necessarily majoritarian) popular support that either resists it, or that the left doesn't like or of which it disapproves. One of the principal uses of this rhetorical strategy is to avoid or deflect the question, Can "populist" mean simply "popular"? Can it be something other than an ism? Of course, it not only can be, but is—in Europe as well as in America.
What Social And Political conditions encourage populism and help shape its agenda? Müller answers: those created by the cultural and ethnic pluralism that liberal governments encourage. This being so, can populist reaction against pluralism as a liberal political and social program ever be justified, politically and morally? Müller acknowledges popular resentment resulting in frustration and anger as an empirical fact, but hastens to qualify the concession when he adds, "This is not to say, of course, that all these reasons are plausible and should just be accepted at face value," while nowhere mentioning that pluralism has been aggressively pursued for decades by Western liberals. The pluralist democracy opposed by contemporary populists is not the liberal democracy of the pre-postmodernist past; it is the wildly exaggerated hyperpluralist one being pressed today by liberal governments throughout the West. Pluralism in the age of mass multicultural transformative immigration is quite a different thing from what pluralism was historically, and popular acceptance (more or less) of the old pluralism hardly entails the same consequences as acquiescence in the new one. Advanced liberalism systematically destroys a liberal social order that was barely workable and replaces it with a greatly exaggerated version of it that is not. It is the caricature that populists are presently resisting, not the original thing. Modern populism sets itself resolutely against advanced liberalism—liberal excess, liberalism gone mad. And this is the case too with Trumpism, which refuses to accept the new liberalism's reinvention of national (and human) reality. Trumpism is a natural human response to the smug arrogance of the liberal, or neoliberal, establishment succinctly expressed by the following passage from a recent article in the New York Times describing the World Economic Forum in Davos the week before Donald Trump's inauguration:
The growing electoral strength of populist, anti-European Union parties in France, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany has intensified fears that the union may not endure. These developments have yielded a gnawing sense that a complex world is suddenly short of adult supervision.
The correspondent for the Times further recognized President Xi's address to the conference as a hint that China's policies of economic globalism would help to ensure that the world will be managed (in the reporter's gloss) by "serious-minded people . . . taking considered action to address consequential challenges." This is the portavoce of undemocratic liberalism speaking, the ruling liberal class that considers itself the sole "adult" and "serious-minded" presence in the world today: the new establishment which, in its earlier liberal incarnation, taught the peoples of the West to resist and rebel against those "undemocratic" establishments it identified as conservative—a lesson it is no doubt regretting having taught them, today.
When one half of the United States is so far alienated from the other half that marriage between Democrats and Republicans is increasingly rare, "populist" rebellion is a wholly inadequate, still more a dishonest, explanation for the present state of American politics. Seeking to explain Trump's Inaugural Address, the media found the key in "populism," a political phenomenon whose origins they erroneously located in what Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., called the "Age of Jackson." In fact, the period was known to contemporaries as the reign of "The Democracy," the Democratic Ascendancy. The word populist came into use in the United States only toward the end of the 19th century, with the founding of the Greenback Party in 1874 and, following that, of the Populist Party in 1890.
On The Morning that President Obama became former President Obama, the White House posted the following message to the American public on Facebook: "The single-most powerful word in our democracy is the word 'We.' 'We The People.' 'We Shall Overcome.'" Obama, surely, does not consider himself a populist, nor is he one. (Surely, this wielder of the pen and the phone, the Master of the Executive Order, is no democrat, either.) Nor is President Trump, whose Inaugural Address several hours later was a Declaration of American Independence from the world and its importunate, unceasing demands on America, and a rededication of the nation to the needs of the American people. That his words, like the others Trump spoke along the campaign trail, should be thought "populist" shows how far a great many Americans have come in losing sight of what democracy really is, to the point of mistaking it for the "populism" that for their "leaders" signifies ignorance, reaction, racism, xenophobia, and a hatred of the establishments that oppose these evils. That is a dishonest caricature. But even were it not, Trump and his "movement" are not populists but simply old-fashioned democrats of the kind that liberalism had driven almost to extinction—or thought it had. "What will always need to be present [in populism]," Jan-Werner Müller says, "is some distinction between the morally pure people and their opponents." But it is modern liberals who assert their moral purity, not "populists"; the party of Hillary Clinton, not of Trumpism.
For both Republicans and Democrats, the "Other" has become one half of the country. America is in a state of cold civil war, to which notions of "populism"—and Trumpism as populism—are either irrelevant or, like the "populist-nationalist" advocacy initiative founded just before the inauguration by a group of former employees of Breitbart, unrepresentative of a broader movement. In the 1930's John Dos Passos, then in his liberal phase (20 years later, he was a contributor to National Review), concluded in disgust and despair, "All right we are two nations." Today, America is still two nations, but in a different and far more dangerous and unnatural sense. Then, the division Dos Passos perceived was social and economic. Three quarters of a century later, the United States is really two worlds, two metaphysical realities inhabited by what seem almost to be two separate species.
Originally Published by Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture FEBRUARY 02, 2017
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To inspire creativity, the love of learning and an appreciation of diverse cultures and local heritage. Towards this end the museum preserves and interprets its cross-cultural collections and presents complementary exhibits and programs.
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum opened to the public on May 8, 1931. Its collections originate from a bequest by Coshocton natives David M. and John H. Johnson to the city of Coshocton as a memorial to their Johnson and Humrickhouse ancestors. These native-born brothers settled on the West Coast and traveled abroad where they collected American Indian, European, and Asian artifacts. Their primary collections consisted of American Indian baskets and beadwork; Asian fine and decorative arts and weaponry; and European and American ceramics, glassware, and textiles. JHM's collections have grown through donations, primarily in areas of local history and pre-historic Ohio Indian tools and points.
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I think the answer might be yes since each container runs in an isolated network namespace so everyone can listen on the same port and they will not conflict (in the simple case of two containers running in the same port, but with the introduction of a guest machine I am in doubt)

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Blue Skies ist ein Jazzstandard, der im Jahr 1926 von Irving Berlin komponiert und 1927 von Ben Selvins Knickerbockers zum Tophit gemacht wurde.

Entstehungsgeschichte
Blue Skies stammt im Original von Vaudeville-Star Belle Baker (Bella Becker). Sie war nicht zufrieden mit dem Titel This Funny World, den das berühmte Autoren-Team Richard Rodgers und Lorenz Hart als Solonummer für sie in der Ziegfeld-Produktion Betsy geplant hatten. Ohne Rodgers/Hart zu kontaktieren, wurde der mit Baker befreundete Erfolgskomponist und Musikverleger Irving Berlin von Baker gefragt, ob er einen Titel als Solo für Betsy überlassen könnte. Es handelte sich um Blue Skies, den er spontan abends zuhause bei Belle Baker am 16. Dezember 1926 verfasste.

Aufbau des Songs
Der 32-taktige Song ist in der Liedform AABA aufgebaut. Das Lied spielt mit der Doppeldeutigkeit vom englischen Wort Blue: "Blue days" sind einerseits "traurige Tage", andererseits ist der "blue sky" der strahlend-blaue Himmel – auch musikalisch. "Der A-Teil beginnt in einem verhangenen e-Moll mit Line Cliché und öffnet sich in der Mitte zum G-Dur: Der blaue Himmel bricht sich Bahn." Während sich die Melodie des A-Teils "träge auf 14 Töne in 8 Takten beschränkt, scheint sich das Tempo im B-Teil zu verdoppeln. 36 Silben in Achtelläufen phrasiert, suggieren den Einbruch jazziger Unbeschwertheit: Frisch verliebt scheint da einer pfeifend durch die Straßen zu schlendern."

Produzent Florenz Ziegfeld interpolierte den Titel in das von Rodgers/Hart stammende Gesamtwerk von Betsy. Die eigentlichen Betsy-Autoren waren sehr erbost über den in ihr Gesamtwerk eingearbeiteten Titel. Bereits 12 Tage nach seiner Komposition wurde Blue Skies bei der Eröffnungsshow von Betsy in New Yorks New Amsterdam Theater am 28. Dezember 1926 zum herausragenden Song der Aufführung, denn am Abend wurden 24 Zugaben vom Publikum verlangt.

Das Copyright wurde am 14. Januar 1927 in Irving Berlins eigenem Musikverlag veröffentlicht. Belle Baker hat den Song nur bei den lediglich 39 Aufführungen von Betsy gesungen, bei der letzten Aufführung kam Irving Berlin aus dem Publikum hinzu; das Musical selbst jedoch war kein Erfolg. Baker hat den Titel nicht auf Platte aufgenommen.

Al Jolson sang den Song als einen von insgesamt neun Stücken in einem der ersten Tonfilme, The Jazz-Singer, der am 6. Oktober 1927 Premiere hatte.

Coverversionen

Im Jahr 1927 folgten Plattenaufnahmen, und zwar gleich sieben Versionen, darunter auch die von Ben Selvin und seinem Orchester, das hier unter dem Pseudonym Knickerbockers tätig war. Selvins Einspielung entstand am 15. Januar 1927 und erreichte nach Veröffentlichung im April 1927 den ersten Rang der Hitparade, auf dem sie für 2 Wochen blieb. Diese Version mit Sänger Charles Kaley blieb die erfolgreichste Version des Titels.

Weitere amerikanische Coverversionen 1927
 George Olsen and His Music (1927, #2)
 Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra (Sänger Frank Munn, 1927, #9)
 Johnny Marvin und Ed Smalle (1927, #9)
 Harry Richman (1927, #13)
 Vaughn De Leath (1927, Gesang, #15)

Auch diese Versionen kamen in die amerikanischen Charts. Im August 1927 spielte in Berlin Sänger Al Bowlly mit Pianist Edgar Adeler die erste europäische Aufnahme des Songs ein. In Europa wurde das Lied 1927 auch von Josephine Baker und Fritz Kreisler aufgeführt.

In Berlin dichtete das Autorengespann Fritz Rotter und Otto Stransky einen deutschen Text auf Berlins Melodie, die im Verlag Alberti, Berlin, veröffentlicht wurde. Der aus dem polnischen Bromberg gebürtige Tenor Sergei Abranowicz sang das Lied mit dem Titel "Eine hat mich geküßt" im April 1928, begleitet von Paul Godwin und seinem Jazzorchester, für die "Grammophon". Unter diesem Titel nahm auch Fred Bird mit seiner "Salon Symphonie Jazzband" das Lied bei Homocord auf.
Instrumental spielten es auch die Orchester von Dajos Béla und Marek Weber ein, letzterer in einer Bearbeitung, die Friedrich Hollaender besorgt hatte.

Am 4. April 1939 nahm in den USA Paul Whiteman mit seinem Orchester eine Version auf, im Februar 1942 entstand eine Fassung von Mel Powell & His Orchestra; beide verfehlten die Hitparade. Weitere Coverversionen entstanden durch Moon Mullican (1939), Slim Gaillard (1940–1942) und das Orchester Tommy Dorsey (mit Frank Sinatra) (1941). Benny Goodman gelangte mit seiner am 14. Mai 1945 entstandenen Version bis auf Platz 9 der amerikanischen Charts, Count Basie mit seiner Aufnahme vom 9. Oktober 1945 nach Veröffentlichung im September 1946 bis auf Rang 8.

Am 16. Oktober 1946 kam ein Musicalfilm mit Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire gleichen Titels in die US-Kinos, der den Song ebenfalls enthielt (deutscher Filmtitel: Blau ist der Himmel).

Willie Nelson nahm den Titel am 12. Dezember 1977 unter Produktionsregie von Booker T. Jones auf und gelangte hiermit nach Veröffentlichung im Juni 1978 für eine Woche auf Rang eins der Country-Charts. 2022 waren insgesamt 514 Versionen von Blue Skies inventarisiert. Der Pianist Kris Bowers erhielt für seine Version, die im Soundtrack der Don Shirley Filmbiografie Green Book – Eine besondere Freundschaft Verwendung fand, eine Grammy-Nominierung in der Kategorie Bestes Instrumental- oder A-cappella-Arrangement.

Erfolg als Jazzstandard
Spätestens seit den frühen 1940er Jahren war der Song im Repertoire der Jazzbands sehr verbreitet: Neben den Aufnahmen von Goodman, Basie, Dorsey und Slim Gaillard sind die Fassungen von Ella Fitzgerald (1958), Harry James, Duke Ellington oder Louis Armstrong zu nennen. 1952 veränderten Dizzy Gillespie und Joe Carroll den naiven Text. Doch dauerte es "bis in die achtziger Jahre, ehe souveräne Neudeutungen des Songs zu hören waren. Stan Getz spielte ihn 1982 als schwebende Midtempo-Ballade, Cassandra Wilson sang ihn 1988 so düster, als bestünde er nur aus Blues und Verzweiflung in Moll."

Filmografie
1927: Der Jazzsänger (The Jazz Singer)
1938: Alexander's Ragtime Band
1946: Blau ist der Himmel (Blue Skies)
1954: Weiße Weihnachten (White Christmas)
1994: Glengarry Glen Ross (With Honors)
1994: Ein genialer Freak
1998: Patch Adams
2002: Star Trek: Nemesis (Star Trek Nemesis)
2004: Aviator (The Aviator)
2006: Hollywoodland
2006: Der gute Hirte (The Good Shepherd)
2008: Harold & Kumar 2 – Flucht aus Guantanamo (Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay)
2009: Kommissar LaBréa, Folge: Tod an der Bastille (TV-Serie)
2019: This Is Us – Das ist Leben
2020: Star Trek: Picard, Folge: Gedenken (TV-Serie)

Literatur
 Ken Bloom: The American Songbook – The Singers, the Songwriters, and the Songs – 100 Years of American Popular Music – The Stories of the Creators and Performers. New York City, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2005, ISBN 1-57912-448-8)
 Hans-Jürgen Schaal (Hrsg.): Jazz-Standards. Das Lexikon. 3., revidierte Auflage. Bärenreiter, Kassel u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1414-3.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
Songporträt (Jazzstandards.com) (englisch)
Irving Berlins Music in Films (englisch)
Time-Article über Irving Berlin (englisch)

Popsong
Filmsong
Nummer-eins-Hit
Jazz-Titel
Lied 1927
Lied von Irving Berlin


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Harry Bicket British conductor born 1961
Harry Bicket British conductor and harpsichordist
Harry Bicket (born 1961) is a British conductor, harpsichordist and organist. He is particularly associated with the baroque and classical repertoire.
Bicket was educated at Radley College, Christ Church, Oxford, where he was organ scholar, and the Royal College of Music. Before Oxford he was organ scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor, and afterwards he was sub-organist at Westminster Abbey, during which time he performed at the wedding of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew.
As a conductor, Bicket became known when he stood in as a replacement to conduct Peter Sellars' production of Handel's opera Theodora with Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and David Daniels, at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1996. In 2003, Bicket made his Covent Garden debut conducting Handel's Orlando with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE). In 2004, Bicket made his first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in a production of Rodelinda with Renée Fleming in the title role.
In October 2006, Bicket was named music director of The English Concert, and formally assumed the post in September 2007, his first orchestral directorship. He first worked with The English Concert as a harpsichordist in 1984. Bicket has conducted commercial recordings with The English Concert for harmonia mundi.
Bicket first conducted at Santa Fe Opera (SFO) in 2004, in a production of Agrippina. He returned to SFO as conductor for subsequent productions of Platée (2007) and Radamisto (2008). In April 2013, SFO named Bicket its next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2013. Although the formal press release did not indicate a specific time length of Bicket's initial contract, SFO general director Charles MacKay stated an informal duration of 4–5 years.
In addition to recording with The English Concert, Bicket has conducted commercial recordings with other ensembles for various labels, including Decca, Avie, and EMI.
Bicket and his wife Audrey de Nazelle, an environmental scholar at Imperial College London, have a daughter, Amelia. The family reside in London.
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The other night I came across a podcast that got me pondering on the role of speech in communication. As a Feldenkrais® practitioner I'm always thinking about how I can improve my verbal skills so when I direct students through an Awareness Through Movement® lesson my directions and their actions will meld into a delicious somatic experience. It is interesting to me that a whole string of sounds can come out of my mouth and the person on the floor will move in a particular way. But there is more to language than that. Obviously it's not simply the coordinated noises that come out of our mouths which allow us to communicate thoughts, feelings and actions. There are their other aspects of language that are none verbal. For instance, a musician will say that a piece of music speaks to her, a painter will read a painting and a dancer will express herself through a vocabulary of movements. When we include these aspects as a relevant part of language it has a much broader scope.
Payne founded the Elephant Listening Project to monitor elephants' movements. At this point in time, Katy has been able to identify sounds that appear to have a consistent meaning within a particular group of elephants.
Perhaps at some point we will all become "Dr. Dolittles" as we learn to talk to the animals.
Check out Katy's podcast—it's about 20 minutes and well worth the time.


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We created a brand for Legacy Concierge, a company servicing Northern California within the senior care industry. They provide personalized solutions to improve the quality of life for loved ones and family members who are no longer independent. We began with a brand strategy and positioning, followed by a polished brand book that consists of brand message, tagline, logo, color palette, and custom typography.
The brand identity is inspired by the nostalgia of a laid back lifestyle using cues to evoke the good old days, comfort in the home, and happy times. In contrary, the color palette is modern, bright, and refreshing. The iconic L that adorns the logo, flows with ease, taking on the appearance of an Adirondack chair; symbolic to relaxing and enjoying life. We collaborated with Steven Noble, local illustrator from Petaluma, to create engravings for their service categories within the nostalgic brand style. It was important for the branding to not only appear refreshing, but authentic and personable, with emphasis on the "personalized experience" Legacy offers. Each individual that experiences their care will feel the value, respect, and integrity deserved.


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Volby do Evropského parlamentu 2019 se v Maďarsku uskutečnily v neděli 26. května v rámci celoevropských voleb do Evropského parlamentu. Jejich konání v tomto termínu vyhlásil republikový prezident János Áder. Drtivě v nich zvítězila vládní koalice Fidesz – KDNP, která získala 52,33 % hlasů a 13 z 21 mandátů.

Volební systém
Volby do Evropského parlamentu jsou jednokolové. Kandidátní listinu pro eurovolby může podat pouze fungující a registrovaná politická strana nebo hnutí, kterou svým podpisem podpoří nejméně 20 000 občanů Maďarska s volebním právem. Na základě volebních výsledků byly poslanecké mandáty přerozděleny D'Hondtovou metodou mezi ty politické strany a hnutí, které získaly alespoň 5 % a více všech platných hlasů. Nově zvolený Evropský parlament má v 9. volebním období (2019–2024) celkem 751 mandátů, přičemž Maďarsko v něm má stejně jako doposud 21 zástupců.

Kandidatura
Pro tyto volby se u Nemzeti Választási Bizottság (NVB) úspěšně zaregistrovalo celkem 9 politických stran, hnutí a koalic.

Kandidující subjekty

Kandidátní listiny
Zvolení europoslanci jsou vyznačeni tučně (in bold).

1: kandidátka za maďarskou menšinu v regionu Kárpátalja, Ukrajina.
2: kandidát za maďarskou menšinu v regionu Vajdaság, Srbsko.

Předvolební průzkumy

Výsledky

Volební účast

Volební výsledky a přerozdělení mandátů

Politické skupiny v Evropské parlamentu

Odkazy

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Související články
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 Volby do Evropského parlamentu v Maďarsku

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Chelsea and Spurs go head-to-head on Wednesday evening with both teams needing the three points for very different reasons.
Having looked to be bang in the title race when the sides met in the league back in November, the Blues face a fight to seal a place in the Champions League for next season after a dismal run of form.
Chelsea, who do have a game in hand on Arsenal in fourth, are three points away from the top four and another defeat could spell the end for Maurizio Sarri in west London.
Spurs are also desperate to register a win against their rivals after Saturday's shock 2-1 defeat at Burnley that left their title chances in tatters.
Ending their horrendous run of 28 years without victory at Stamford Bridge last April with a brilliant 3-1 win, the Lilywhites will need to produce a repeat performance if they stand any chance of lifting the Premier League trophy for the very first time come May.
Here we take a look at why the duo are potential contenders to be crowned the 2018/19 PFA Player of the Year.
It took a while for Spurs fans to see the best of the 26-year-old after representing South Korea at the start of the campaign.
Managing to avoid the real prospect of doing military service in his home country by winning gold at the Asian Games in September, the Lilywhites also had to do without their attacker at the turn of the year with the Asian Cup taking place in the United Arab Emirates.
Son hasn't looked back since a double against West Ham in the Carabao Cup and a stunning solo goal a few weeks later against Chelsea sparked him into life.
The 26-year-old has netted a further 13 goals in all competitions for the Lilywhites this season, and he has played a massive role in the team competing with Man City and Liverpool for the league title.
Outstanding over the Christmas period as Spurs really started to motor on, Son also became the team's main man as he netted crucial goals against Watford, Newcastle and Borussia Dortmund in Harry Kane's absence through injury.
Only five behind his previous best of 21 goals for Spurs in the 2016/17 season, the ex-Bayer Leverkusen man is well on track to beating that tally and he could well do that over the coming weeks.
It's not just his ability to chip in with some crucial goals that has also seen him catch the eye this season.
Son has also proved vital to the team this season by teeing up five goals for his teammates, as well creating four big chances in his 21 league appearances.
Registering a goal every 132 minutes in the league, Son's has managed to get 22 of his 55 shots on target this season, while he has also recorded a pass completion rate of 84.64%.
Having become such a key part of Mauricio Pochettino's team over the past few seasons, Son may well receive the ultimate accolade from his peers sooner rather than later providing he continues to excel for the Lilywhites.
The Chelsea ace has also been in superb form this season following the appointment of Sarri in the summer.
Whereas it took Son a couple of months to really get going for Spurs, the Belgian was in red-hot form in the opening weeks of the new campaign.
Netting five goals in his opening five league games, including a hat-trick against Cardiff City, Sarri even backed the 28-year-old to win the Premier League Golden Boot and hit 40 goals for the season back in September.
While Hazard will really struggle to hit those lofty targets set by the Italian as the goals have dried up in recent months, he has been excellent for Chelsea.
Scoring an unforgettable winner against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup back in September as he slalomed through their defence, the Real Madrid target was in sensational form in the final on Sunday and really deserved better as his team lost on penalties to Man City.
So far hitting 15 goals in all competitions for the Blues since August, Hazard was in the headlines at the start of the year as he joined Lionel Messi in becoming the only players in Europe's top five leagues this season to reach double figures for goals and assists.
Taking 22 league games to register those impressive stats, you had to go back nine seasons for a player in the Premier League that registered 10 goals and assists quicker than Hazard.
That man was former Chelsea teammate Cesc Fabregas in 2009/10 during his time with Arsenal.
Well on course to surpassing his previous best of 16 league goals two years ago, a glance at the player's other stats suggest that he should definitely be a contender to pick up the gong he previously won back in 2014/15.
Still on 10 assists for the season in the league, the Belgian international has created 12 big chances for his teammates since August and played nine through balls, while also putting 75 crosses into the box.
He has touched the ball an incredible 1,831 times - 993 more than Son - in his 25 league games, recording a pass completion rate of 82.8% from his 1,273 passes.
He has also yet to find the back of net from outside the area in the league this season, thus meaning that he is definitely due one sooner rather than later.
Given his impressive stats this season for Chelsea despite their recent struggles, it's hard to believe that he is priced as high as 100/1 with bet365 to win the Player of the Year award.
Consistency could certainly cost him in the race for the gong come the end of the season, but one thing for certain is that he should definitely be a contender for the award.


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When the average person hears the term, Morphogenic Field Technique, (s)he's likely to utter morpho what! Yet it's a technique that can benefit everyone, restoring health and vitality by providing the body with the unique exact nutritional remedy it needs.
What is Morphogenic Field Technique Based On?
Morphogenic Field Technique (MFT) works with the energy emanating from and surrounding the body. This is the morphogenic field (M-field). Inanimate objects have one as well, but theirs is constant, whereas those of living organisms are dynamic, expanding or contracting, depending on personal environmental factors.
Like quantum physics from which it originates, morphogenic field technique works with extremely small energy particles in the M-field, sub-atomic particles called packets of energy wholeness. Each person's M-Field is unique, a personal energy signature containing trillions of packets of energy wholeness. Its size is influenced by factors in his immediate environment, like diet, toxins, lack of sleep, emotional state, and stress. The M-field surrounding a healthy, vibrant person extends five to seven feet. An M-field measuring less than one foot is a sign of significant health and/or nutritional challenges. Such a patient will often complain of chronic fatigue or persistent pain.
The practitioner, having tested and determined the size of the patient's morphogenic field, will design a 100% natural nutritional or herbal protocol, customized to fit his needs; the goal being to balance and expand the M-Field, thus restoring his health, energy levels, and well-being. The technique is based on the specific resistance of the patient's locked muscles (or lack of resistance), when the M-field is presented with vials containing specific bio-energetic signatures of a number of testing substances. MFT testing is painless, non-invasive and can be done in less than 15 minutes.
How Does Morphogenic Field Technique Work?
After observing the responses that tell him which of the body's systems are affected, and which nutrients or herbs are needed, the practitioner will determine the dosage of needed products as indicated by the test. With the patient holding the prescribed substances within her M-field, he will re-measure the muscle response, and by extension, the size of the morphogenic field itself.
The benefits of morphogenic field technique are two-fold. By measuring the patient's unique energy signature, the practitioner can compound a nutritional or herbal protocol formulated for her, and her alone, balancing and expanding her energy field, restoring optimum health and vitality. Secondly, since the patient observes her muscles' response firsthand, it tends to foster a dedication to following the regimen.
To find out more about morphogenic field technique, please contact our practice.


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A MINI is a unique type of vehicle. And no one understands it quite like a MINI certified technician. Have MINI of Manhattan service your vehicle today and get you back on the road.
If you live in New York, the Bronx, Queens, or just about anywhere in New York City, then you understand how important it is to express yourself. The Big Apple is a bold place, and when you hit the streets, you need to be behind the wheel of something equally bold.
At MINI of Manhattan, we specialize in MINI Cooper vehicles out of sheer passion. We love these cars, and we want nothing more than to share that enthusiasm with our neighbors. Here's what you can expect when shopping with us.
When you start searching for a car, what you're really looking for is options-and lots of them. Most dealerships you visit will carry new, used, and certified pre-owned vehicles, as well as a host of parts and accessories. Still, few brands are as open to upgrades and customization as MINI.
From the 2-Door Hardtop to the larger Countryman or Clubman, each MINI comes with not only a variety of trim levels, but tons of opportunity for customization, too.
At MINI of Manhattan, we always encourage our customers to make their MINI entirely their own. You can do this in person at our showroom, but it may be more convenient to visit our customization page online. With all the different color combinations and accessories, the possibilities are endless. View our entire MINI inventory here.
Whether you're customizing your MINI or not, you probably understand just how unique these vehicles are. That means that when it comes time for service, you shouldn't entrust yours to just anybody. MINI repairs and maintenance require deft hands, and there are few more skilled than our technicians.
Our state-of-the-art MINI service center is stocked with all the most up-to-date tools in the industry. No matter how big or small the job, our technicians are well equipped to tackle it.
Not only that, but they're more than happy to take care of any vehicle upgrades, too. After you've bought a part of accessory on our website, simply contact our service center to schedule your appointment.
For many, finance is the most unpleasant aspect of the car-buying process. However, at MINI of Manhattan, we're all about a hassle-free buying experience, especially when it comes to the more stressful aspects.
Our finance professionals are here to ease your burden. Even if you've had credit challenges in the past, they've got the connections to get you approved for your loan.
They can also walk you through the leasing process, if you're not looking to buy just yet. Leasing with us is easy, and we can tell you from experience, it's a wise choice for the city lifestyle.
From our friendly team members to our open and laidback showroom, the MINI of Manhattan shopping experience is a relaxing one.
We're more than happy to connect all New York, the Bronx, and Queens drivers with their perfect car. Stop in to the dealership today to get started!


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Ancient Mars Was Even More Earth-Like Than We Imagined
George Dvorsky
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Artist's impression of what Mars looked like billions of years ago. (Image: Ittiz)
New findings from NASA's Curiosity Rover provide evidence that significant amounts of oxygen once permeated the atmosphere of ancient Mars. The Red Planet, it would seem, was more Earth-like than we thought.
Using the ChemCam instrument atop Curiosity, scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered high levels of manganese oxides in Martian rocks. The rover made the discovery in mineral-filled cracks in sandstones in the Kimberley region of Gale crater. The presence of this chemical element suggests that high levels of free-floating oxygen once existed on Mars, and that in addition to having a warmer climate and lakes of liquid water, this planet was once quite Earth-like in terms of its chemical composition.
Yep, that's manganese, alright. (Image: MSSS/JPL/NASA)
"The only ways on Earth that we know how to make these manganese materials involve atmospheric oxygen or microbes," noted study lead author Nina Lanza in a statement. "Now we're seeing manganese-oxides on Mars and wondering how the heck these could have formed."
It's highly unlikely that microbes produced Mars' manganese, but the suggestion that they were produced by free-floating oxygen is wholly reasonable. The researchers say that high-manganese materials like the ones discovered on Mars aren't capable of forming without copious amounts of liquid water and oxygen.
But where did all this oxygen come from, and where did it all go? Lanza's team hypothesizes that oxygen seeped out of the planet's water and into the Martian atmosphere as Mars' magnetic field collapsed. Without a magnetic field to protect the surface from ionizing radiation, the molecules within the water split into hydrogen and oxygen. Due to the relatively low gravity on Mars, the planet couldn't hold on to the lighter hydrogen atoms, but the heavier oxygen atoms stayed put.
Over time, this oxygen bled into the rocks, creating the rusty red dust that now covers its surface. Tellingly, it doesn't take much oxygen to create the red iron oxides—but it does take a lot of oxygen to form manganese oxides. This means that Mars, for a time, was quite oxygen-rich.
And that's an exciting result. Mars may have been habitable a billion years ago or so, so it may have spawned basic microbial life (we have yet to find any proof of this, but we're still looking). Oxygen, which is necessary to sustain most terrestrial life, is used in cellular respiration and other biological processes. Many important classes of organic molecules in living organisms contain oxygen, including proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and fats. It's possible that exotic alien life might emerge without the benefit of oxygen, but here on Earth it's been critical.
Revealingly, Curiosity is not the only probe to have found manganese on Mars. The Opportunity rover recently discovered high-manganese deposits at a site thousands of miles away from Curiosity, so this latest discovery is not specific to Gale Crater. Moving forward, the researchers would like to compare manganese produced by microbes to see how it differs from those produced by oxygen. Until more is known, nothing can be ruled out.
[Geophysical Research Letters]
George is a senior staff reporter at Gizmodo.


Taking this side quest is a good idea. You'll get some bonus items, and more experience. Taking on the Black Fang stronghold you'll definitely want long-range attacks, as well as a strong front. Recruit your knights, your archers and magicians for this.
Send one of your knights to the west, where you'll find a crumbling wall that guards a chest. Once you crumble the wall, you can have Matthew unlock the chest or, if you didn't put Matthew on your team, you can wait for the enemy thief to plunder the Hammer from the chest, and defeat the enemy thief to gain his spoils.
On the other side of the map, have your archers take out the enemies within their walled confinements, and move your other knight north to meet the other enemies head-on. You should have no problem pushing your way to the boss, as long as you're mindful of your units' health and keep them healed.


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Home News Infection Control News XPhyto expands infection prevention offering with new acquisition
XPhyto expands infection prevention offering with new acquisition
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Lifesciences specialist XPhyto Therapeutics has recently acquired 3a Diagnostics in a bid to advance its infection-prevention solutions.
The move is the latest development in XPhyto's strategy to become a global leader in the disease detection market. 3a Diagnostics, based in Germany, is recognised worldwide for its medical innovations in disease detection.
Until now, 3a has acted as an exclusive joint venture collaborator in the development of COVID-19 screening diagnostics and other disease-detecting technologies for the European market. It also owns all the intellectual property (IP) for these innovations, which were licensed to XPhyto for commercial use.
3a Diagnostics is a commercial enterprise facility focussed primarily on the diagnostics and biosensor markets. With this new acquisition, XPhyto will begin the process of bringing these biosensor technologies to market.
XPhyto's Germany-based COO, Wolfgang Probst, says that the company is already successfully leveraging 3a's proprietary skillset with the recent commercial launch of what they hope may be the world's fastest portable PCR (molecular) COVID-19 testing system. These test kits are already in use in ten testing facilities in Berlin, which have taken delivery of the first 1,000 units for evaluation and planning.
The company is also working towards the commercialisation of a disposable COVID-19 screening device, known as a lateral flow assay, that functions in a similar manner to a basic pregnancy test.
Biosensor advancements
Aside from its COVID-19 detection tools, 3a is best known for the development of innovative biosensor screening tests.
3a has developed a wide range of peptide-based biosensor screening tests for bacterial and viral infectious diseases. These biosensors are a combination (chemical conjugate) of a pathogen-specific peptide and an extreme (but safe) bitter compound. When the peptide is exposed to specific bacterial and viral enzymes, this triggers biosensor activation and the release of the extreme bitter-tasting compound, alerting the user to the presence of a specific pathogen.
This oral screening technology is designed to instantly detect a variety of bacterial and viral infectious diseases. 3a's development pipeline includes biosensor products for influenza A, stomatitis, periimplantitis, periodontitis, and group A Streptococcus.
The stated goal of XPhyto is to develop rapid, low-cost, easy-to-use pathogen screening tests for pandemic and other health applications throughout Europe and the Middle East. XPhyto is now integrating 3a's biosensor technology into its own proprietary oral drug delivery platform, creating ultra-low-cost oral dissolvable screening tests.
Covid-ID Lab: The portable PCR test
Earlier this year, XPhyto launched Covid-ID Lab in Germany as a commercial in-vitro diagnostic (CE-IVD) test – one that is registered within the European Union. This portable point-of-care PCR testing system enables fast, highly accurate testing in a range of real-world settings. This effectively decentralises the entire testing process, making it logistically possible to provide on-site testing and results at numerous locations simultaneously.
Generating a definitive diagnosis within just 25 minutes, this portable Covid-ID Lab has the capacity to simultaneously process up to 96 test samples within 25 minutes, depending on the equipment and staffing.
Wolfgang Probst, COO of XPhyto, said: "Covid-ID Lab is a specialised product that is designed to fill the market gap between disposable antigen tests and centralised automated PCR systems.
"Examples of target customers are airports, cruise lines, pharmacies, medical clinics, and any industrial or education site that requires rapid, definitive results. It is also ideal for pop-up testing centres. In fact, with our technology, we expect to be able to run small satellite labs. This opens up many potential testing labs throughout Germany.
"Our tests find coronavirus-infected people before an antigen test can, which only kicks in when a higher viral load is reached. As a result, many people with the disease have a negative test, feel safe, go shopping, and spread the virus in the process.
"With XPhyto's test, the genetic material of the viruses is amplified to such an extent that SARS-CoV-2 can be detected even if only small amounts are present. This is how PCR works and why it is the diagnostic standard."
Probst said that the company expects to see strong adoption of the test in densely populated metropolitan areas and at transportation hubs, such as train stations and airports, where there is high demand for rapid, accurate, and cost-effective tests.
Self-use COVID-19 screening
As previously mentioned, XPhyto is developing a disposable COVID-19 screening device, which is a project that it initiated with 3a in response to the declaration of a global pandemic.
As with the PCR test kit, this screening device is also ideal for rapidly detecting viral RNA. The device, which produces results in 15 minutes or less, is designed for at-home use, triage situations, and for identifying people who need follow-up testing.
Probst says that the product's cost will likely be as low as a pregnancy test when produced at scale, and that the pricing will be comparable to industry norms for other commercially available lateral flow assay tests, like the home-use pregnancy ones.
By being able to test, trace, and quarantine anyone who is sick, health authorities should be able to break the chains of transmission and bring COVID-19 infection rates and their variants under control.
XPhyto expects to play an important role in taming the pandemic in Europe and elsewhere by providing the equipment needed to test and trace COVID-19 quickly and easily. Additionally, the company also aims to facilitate the early detection of many other bacterial and infectious diseases with its enzyme-based biosensor technologies.
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Online, Mozart in Background Boosts Women's Attractiveness
But a study finds men are more likely to be judged as good-looking if heavy metal is used as background music on their homepage.
Mozart statue in Salzburg, Austria. (PHOTO: EVGENY EREMEEV/SHUTTERSTOCK)
Do you want to come across as attractive to visitors to your personal homepage? Silly question: Of course you do. So you carefully choose the photos you present and the information you disclose.
But you may be forgetting one additional element that can make the difference between hot and not: Your all-important choice of background music.
Recently published research found a relationship between the type of music used on someone's personal webpage and whether they are seen as attractive by the opposite sex. Men found women more attractive if classical music was playing in the background, but women found men better-looking if their webpage had a heavy-metal soundtrack.
"Heavy metal music suggested toughness and served as a judgmental cue for the visitors of the website, although the male website owner did not explicitly claim that heavy metal was his preferred music."
The study, published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, was conducted by Qinghua Yang and Cong Li of the University of Miami's School of Communications. It featured 122 undergraduates (62 percent female).
The researchers created four versions of a personal website, which purportedly belonged to an undergraduate. Aside from the name of the page's proprietor (either "Stephanie" or "James") and the profile photo (placed in the upper left corner of the homepage), the sites were identical.
The information revealed that "s/he was passionate about mountain biking, jogging, swimming, reading books, hanging out with friends, and had recently traveled to places including New York, Chicago, London and East Asia," the researchers write.
After scanning the site for four minutes, participants were asked to rate the person on a series of scales, indicating their attractiveness (or lack thereof) and agreeableness. The latter was measured through responses to statements such as "I see him/her as someone who is helpful and unselfish."
The websites were randomly matched with two background-music soundtracks. One featured classical music, specifically one of the Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn; the other featured the heavy metal song Lost in the Headlights.
The results: "Male participants perceived the female website owner with classical background music as more attractive," the researchers write, "while female participants perceived the male website owner with heavy metal background music as more attractive." The heavy-metal guys and classical gals were also judged as more agreeable than those with the opposite pairing.
Yang and Li argue this suggests the persistence of gender stereotypes, even among young, educated Americans. "Men are expected to be tough and somewhat rebellious," they write. "Heavy metal music suggested toughness and served as a judgmental cue for the visitors of the website, although the male website owner did not explicitly claim that heavy metal was his preferred music."
"On the other hand," they add, "male participants considered the female website owner with classical music to be more attractive, since women are preferred to be the 'angel in the house.'"
The researchers note these results have practical implications for singles—or anyone else who wishes to appear attractive. Besides attracting a mate, "adopting the 'right' music may also help people become socially desirable," Yang and Li note.
It's worth remembering that these were college students, looking at (fake) homepages for other college students. A heavy-metal soundtrack might make a middle-aged man come across as juvenile rather than attractive.
But in case the cues discovered here remain potent later into life, singles searching homepages in search of an attractive mate might want to do so with the sound turned off. Who knew that Bach could have the same effect as beer goggles?
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Tom Jacobs is a senior staff writer at Pacific Standard, where he specializes in social science, culture, and learning. He is a veteran journalist and former staff writer for the Los Angeles Daily News and the Santa Barbara News-Press.