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Posted in Art, Classical Music, Contemporary Music, Opera, tagged Alex Vicens, Anita Hartig, Annabel Arden, Barry Banks, Bryn Terfel, Caligula, Carlo Rizzi, Christopher Ainslie, Damien Hirst, Edward Munch, ENO, Esteban Benzecry, Gustavo Dudamel, John Hiatt, Knifedge, La Boheme, LSO, Nina Dunn, Peter Coleman- Wright, Royal Festival Hall, Sir Colin Davies, St. Paul's Cathedral, Stephen Brimston Lewis, Tate Modern, The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Under the Bridge, WNO, Yvonne Howard on July 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I must have seen almost all of John Hiatt's London concerts in the last 30 years or so – solo and with a lot of different bands, including the solo-duo show with Lyle Lovett and the short-lived 'supergroup' Little Village with Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner. His sound blends country, rock and blues in different combinations depending on the configuration of the band (if there is a band) and the style of the latest album. This incarnation is more rocky, but boy is it a great band. Three-quarters of the set was made up of material prior to the recent album, often re-worked to give a fresh spin. The intimate Under the Bridge (actually under Chelsea's ground Stamford Bridge, but fortunately without any players or WAGS in sight!) proved an excellent venue (much like The Borderline some years ago and The Half Moon Putney way back when) and it was a cracking night. By the last encore, Riding With the King, they were on fire.
Our summer visit to WNO in Cardiff only involved one opera, La Boheme, but it was a brilliant production which we enjoyed so much we've booked to see again in September. Annabel Arden's simple new staging, with an excellent design from Stephen Brimston Lewis featuring brilliant projections by Nina Dunn at Knifedge, was pitch perfect and Anita Hartig and Alex Vicens as Mimi and Rodolfo sang beautifully. The supporting cast were excellent and, as ever, Carlo Rizzi made the orchestra and chorus soar. Gorgeous.
Caligula at ENO won't go down as a great new opera (the music isn't good enough for that) but it was a brilliantly dramatic and inventive staging which got to the heart of its subject's madness. This was mostly owing to a stunning performance in the title role from Peter Coleman-Wright and two great supporting performances from Yvonne Howard as his wife and Christopher Ainslie as his servant. Modern opera is often challenging; this one was no exception, but it was worth the ride.
St. Paul's Cathedral has an acoustic which makes performing anything there a huge risk; I particularly recall a disastrous Britten's War Requiem some years ago. The LSO made a better choice of Berlioz Requiem because it was big enough for the space and indeed the space added something to the music. When there were four trumpet sections in four spaces all around you, it sent shivers up your spine. Berlioz specialist Sir Colin Davies was in charge and the combination of orchestra and two choirs and crystal clear tenor Barry Banks – 385 singers and players – was as powerful as it gets.
The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela has got a lot older whilst they've been evading me; they're now all between 18 and 28. I'd seen (and been underwhelmed) by their conductor Gustavo Dudamel with the LA Phil, but had not seen him with his main band. It didn't take long before I realised it wasn't all hype. Sitting in the front row of the Royal Festival Hall, from the first notes of Argentinean Esteban Benzecry's Rituales Amerindios the sound was exciting; by the time they had finished Strauss' Alpine Symphony they were thrilling. As if we hadn't had enough of a treat, they gave us an encore (not so common these days). An odd man came on wearing an animal skin, horn helmet and eye patch, carrying a spear. I thought he might have been one of Benzecry's Latin American Indians and we were about to get one of that triptych again, but then the helmet came off and it was Bryn Terfel. Somewhat unbelievably, they chose the final part of Wagner's Das Rheingold (this orchestra's first stab at Wagner!) – it soared and I cried. The icing on a delicious cake.
I popped into a mercifully quiet Tate Modern after an early dinner on the last Saturday of the month to check out Damien Hirst and Edward Munch and what a pair of horrors they turned out to be. I'd seen (and not liked) most of the Hirst works before but having them all in one place – spot paintings, preserved animals, flies and butterflies (dead and alive) – was a depressing experience. I still think he's an innovative and clever man who's made a lot of money, but not really an artist of much merit. The Munch proves he was a bit of a one trick pony, and that trick – The Scream – isn't part of this exhibition! His early work showed great skill as a portrait painter, and some that followed was interesting (and colourful), but his compulsions and obsessions, coupled with the loss of ability to paint a face, meant the body of work is uninspiring.
Posted in Art, Classical Music, Contemporary Music, Food & Wine, Opera, Theatre, tagged A Story of Deception, Albert Herring, Amy J Payne, Andrew Wyeth, Aoife Miskelly, Barbican Art Gallery, Ben Power, Benjamin Britten, Black Dog Gallery, British Library, Christ Church Spitalfields, Ciara O'Connor, Clare Lloyd, Damien Hirst, Elvis Costello, Ernesto Neto, Eva Ganizate, Exposed, Francis Alys, Gary Griffiths, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Handel, Harriette Wyeth, Hayward Gallery, Howard Hodgkin, Ian Page, Jamie Wyeth, Laurence Cummings, Laurence Meikle, Leonel Pinheiro, Lucinda-Mirikata Deacon, Lucy Hall, Maire Flavin, Matthew Sprange, Matthew Stiff, Melly Still, Meltdown, Mensah Bedlako, Michael Symmons Roberts, Modern Art Oxford, Mozart, N C Wyeth, Only Connect, Paul Rennie, Rene Magritte, Roderick Morris, Royal Academy of Music, Saatchi Gallery, Salvator Dali, Saul, Sensation, Sophie Junker, Spitalfields Festival, Stuart Jackson, Sylvie Bedouelle, Taste London, Tate Modern, The Beauty of Maps, The Realness, The Surreal House, Thomas Herford, Tracy Emin, Zaide on June 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I booked to see Elvis Costello in Oxford before his London Meltdown date was announced, so off to Oxford I went 3 days after his appearance here. His choices for this solo show were unpredictable and refreshing and he seemed very relaxed and confident. There was something that prevented it being a classic, but I can't put my finger on what (though it might have been the man sitting next to me who sang along – albeit quietly – for most of the show!). Still, it was great to see him again, great to see him solo again and just great really!
The Spitalfields Festival's concert of Handel's beautiful oratorio Saul in Christ Church was glorious. You will find more experienced, and no doubt better, singers and players than those of the Royal Academy of Music, but I doubt you'd get a more spirited and thrilling performance. Laurence Cummings conducted with brio and the soloists – Laurence Meikle, Clare Lloyd, Aoife Miskelly, Stuart Jackson and Roderick Morris – all sang with passion. The orchestra & chorus were so uplifting in the lovely Church acoustic.
Albert Herring was Britten's' only comic opera and, as far as I know, the only British comic opera to enter the international repertoire. I've seen it before and liked it but it took the Guildhall School of Music & Drama's production for me to realise how much of a masterpiece it really is. It's a simple story of village life, where a May king is crowned as there aren't any worthy queens, but he too ultimately upsets the moralistic conservative village elders. It's the way the music (orchestral playing as well as singing) conveys the humour that is so clever. The musical standards were as good as always at GSMD and the production values better than ever. Lucina-Mirikata Deacon turned Lady Billows into a brilliant (and appropriate) Mary Whitehouse clone and her busy bee housekeeper was excellently played and sung by Amy J Payne. The quartet of local worthies – Leonel Pinheiro's mayor, Matthew Stiff's policeman, Eva Ganizate's teacher and Gary Griffiths' vicar – was all superb. It was a great idea for butcher's apprentice Sid (a terrific Matthew Sprange) and baker's assistant Nancy (equally terrific Maire Flavin) to be played as punks! It was hard to believe Sylvie Bedouelle was a student, so believable was she as Albert's mum. The children were played with gusto by Sophie Junker, Lucy Hall and Ciara O'Connor and Thomas Herford was a perfectly naïve Albert. My only negative would be that a dialect coach should have been employed to help the non-native English speakers – well, if you do it with Italian and German, you should do it with English! Another wonderful night at the Guildhall.
Mozart never finished his early opera Zaide (why?) so Ian Page decided to do so 230 years later (why?)! Instead of writing new music, he requisitioned other Mozart pieces, but with new English sung text from poet Michael Symmons Roberts and spoken text (of which there is too much) from dramaturge Ben Power and director Melly Still. What results in a cohesive finished product which somehow doesn't come alive. The singing and playing is good rather than great, the acting is significantly better than opera's norm and the staging is exceptional. A worthy effort, but one has to question whether it was worth all the trouble.
Another catch-up month and a veritable art fe(a)st!
Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto has taken over the upper galleries and all three outdoor rooftop sculpture courts of the Hayward Gallery for a playful installation which includes a 'nylon' labyrinth (which you can walk in and behind and view from above) and an outdoor swimming pool you can take a dip in. It was fun (and would be particularly good for kids) but as it's made of thin fabric and plywood, I'm glad I was there on the first day as I'm not convinced it will survive 11 weeks! On the ground floor, The New Décor is a bizarre interior design exhibition where everyday items are subverted in terms of both appearance and display. I can't really describe it, can't say it caught my imagination but wouldn't say 'don't go'. I think that might mean indifference.
The Saatchi Gallery's new exhibition of contemporary British art isn't going to make the impact previous ones like Sensation have – I'm not sure there are any Damien Hirst's or Tracy Emin's here (that could be interpreted as a relief!). Somehow it all seems a bit tame and derivative.
My friend Amanda's twin brother Paul Rennie has an exhibition of 20th century posters at Black Dog Gallery to coincide with the publication of his new book. I've seen so many 20th century posters (Shell, London Transport, British Rail….) that I was pleasantly surprised to find much that was new to me. Small – just 60 or so prints – but perfectly formed.
The Beauty of Maps exhibition at the British Library is terrific. I loved the way it was curated, grouping by the locations they would have been first seen in – audience rooms, galleries, bedrooms etc. – and there are some wonderful items on view. I am going to have to go back as there's just so much to see.
A day trip to Oxford provided an unexpected bonus as Modern Art Oxford had a Howard Hodgkin exhibition; he's one of my favourites, but most of his work is in private collections. It's a great space that the 25 pictures didn't really fill, but there were a handful of gorgeous ones I'd never seem before.
Tate Modern has been a bit hit-and-miss of late, but their current pairing provides for an intriguing visit. I'd only seen one work by Belgian artist Francis Alys before (a room full of paintings of the same subject, St. Fabiola, which he picked up in flea markets and junk shops!). This comprehensive retrospective, A Story of Deception, includes a lot more work, including footage of his walk through Jerusalem with a dripping can of green paint to recreate the 1948 Green Line (through checkpoints without being stopped!) and the re-creation of a gunman walking through Mexico City (until the police arrested him, but after an unnervingly long time!). The other exhibition, Exposed, links photographs from more than 100 years which are voyeuristic, clandestine or surveillance. It sounds tacky, but it wasn't really (well, most of it!) and the older photos were fascinating – photos of people are much more interesting when they don't know they're being taken.
For a lover of the surreal, I was rather underwhelmed by The Surreal House at the Barbican. They've gone to a lot of trouble (and expense) to find connections and links to make it hang together as an exhibition that they rather bury some terrific pictures from Dali, Magritte et al…..but I loved the grand piano hanging upside down from the roof which explodes every two minutes and then implodes two minutes later!
I remember coming to London 30 years ago and going to see an exhibition of American artist Andrew Wyeth's paintings at the Royal Academy. I was compelled to visit it after seeing a couple of images in a newspaper or magazine. It was sensational. I've been hunting Wyeth's ever since, but most are in private collections. I was amazed to find none in public collections in New York, then thrilled when I discovered a gallery devoted to him in Pennsylvania where I also visited his studio and was introduced to the work of his father NC and son Jamie. So, imagine how excited I was when a Wyeth Family exhibition turned up on my doorstep at Dulwich Picture Gallery! Only 10 of the 55 completed pictures are Andrew's but they are lovely and include a handful from his 80's, the last decade of his life. There are some terrific pictures by dad NC who illustrated many iconic books including Treasure Island and Rip van Winkle but Jamie's are not as good as the ones I saw in Brandywine. We're also introduced to Andrew's sister Henriette with four nice pictures. I'd have loved more of Andrew's but there's more in Dulwich than New York, so it's hard to complain!
When we arrived at Taste London this year it was obvious that the numbers had gone up and the show had gone down market. There seemed to be fewer Restaurants (which is the point of the show) and more bars and exhibitors. In the end, I did enjoy it but I suspect it's another of those things you go to regularly and enjoy – until the world finds out, when you leave them to it.
Only Connect is a theatre group who work with prisoners, ex-offenders and those at risk of offending and I've admired and supported their work for a couple of years, as a result of which I was invited to a workshop of scenes from the first act of a new musical called The Realness at their atmospheric Kings Cross base, a former chapel. The performances were astonishingly good, including a terrific one by male lead Mensah Bedlako, who took over at just 5 days notice! The show itself is very promising and I can't wait to see the finished work. Support them on www.oclondon.org


Andrew Barton "Banjo' Paterson (1864-1941). Poet, ballad writer, journalist and horseman.
'Banjo' Paterson, known as Barty to his family, was born Andrew Barton Paterson at Narrambla, near Orange on 17 February 1864. His parents, Andrew Bogle and Rose Isabella Paterson were graziers on Illalong station in the Yass district.
Paterson's early education took place at home under a governess and then at the bush school in Binalong, the nearest township. From about the age of ten years he atte..


Phaeton Chronicles is A Tunguska Chillout that is very fitting for this time of year: alternating between chilled minimal and warm pop pieces.
Inhale Ashes at 419 is one such example of a release from Memory Format that is a challenge, as this review will discuss.
This downtempo Isostasy is an interesting work that tries to achieve and organic balance that is difficult to concieve, much less pull off.
xQz is a 21 year old producer from the Ukraine who is always looking for new approaches, new angles and backwards words. It's in the wide range of samples, chilled beats, and his perspective where xQz sets himself apart from many other producers in the downtempo game.
Ariel Romero is a prodigy of modern musical culture. On this release he takes us on a journey into the mysterious darkside of the sequence.


Commissioned public mural for MCLA 51 and the DownStreet art program for the revitalization city of North Adams. North Adams is home of the contemporary art museum MASS MoCA.
The mural is an abstract colorful interpretation of the geologic makeup of Main Street and its buildings which largely consist of the rock variety Gneiss.


Home » EPDC Data Points » How do you measure the number of out of school children?
For this set of countries, the (unweighted) average difference between OOSC rates from survey and administrative sources is 7 percentage points.
Out of school rates from household surveys were higher than those from UIS administrative sources in most (12 of 17) countries.
Survey and administrative figures differ by over 20 percentage points in Ethiopia and Mauritania, meaning that the sources tell very different stories of school participation in those countries.
The differences apparent in the chart translate into large disparities in estimated numbers of out of school children in each country. In India, for example, the 11 point discrepancy between 2006 Demographic and Household Survey (DHS) and same year UIS figures amounts to an additional 14.6 million children out of school. In Ethiopia, the 20 point discrepancy between the 2011 DHS and same year UIS figures means that OOSC estimates fluctuate by 2.9 million children depending on the source used. These dramatic variations in estimates impact our understanding of the scope of the out of school issue around the world and necessitate a closer look at data sources, which vary in their measurement of school participation (attendance in surveys versus enrollment in administrative sources) and by which school systems and subpopulations are measured. EPDC is working to highlight and build upon research in these areas from UIS 2005 and 2010 publications in order to bring attention to the challenges of measuring school participation.
 UIS [UNESCO Institute for Statistics]. 2005. Children out of school: Measuring exclusion from primary education. Montreal, UIS.; UIS [UNESCO Institute for Statistics]. 2010. Measuring educational participation: Analysis of data quality and methodology based on ten studies. Montreal, UIS.
 Household survey and UIS administrative figures use the primary cycle defined for each country in the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED).
How can researchers account for discrepancies between sources when they arise?
Should researchers try to standardize the way that out of school children are measured? If so, which indicator should be used: attendance rates, enrollment rates, or a hybrid of the two?


should be tapped by providing convenience features such as forum tagging, bookmarking, and chat/blog exporting. Use social analytics tools embedded in a Tin Can-compliant LMS and track the learning metrics. Social learning has been in existence for ages now.
Social bookmarking is a better way to save the websites and online resources you want to keep track of. Tagging can eliminate (or at least minimize) time-sucking searches for that elusive bookmark you know is in there somewhere. Tagging.
Tagging and other technologies free us from the necessity of deciding on a single system of classification, in which every object is assigned a single category. And by arranging tracks into playlists I can create any number of new catageories of my own choosing. Similarly, in my photo package, Adobe Photoshop Darkroom, I create order amongst the thousands of images by tagging the photos according to the people, places or events they represent.
Tagging with social bookmarking can help peers & colleagues find information more easily. Tagging is secondary. Simpy: can track others' bookmarks by creating topics. No oversight for tagging. Tagging System. Tagging structure: subject, keywords, type of media. Using a Social Bookmark Site to Assist in Diffusion of Online Information to Support Professional Practices.
The latest version includes unique, user-requested features such as competency-based learning, assignment grading, easy retrieval of deleted files, enhanced tagging, improved course editing, and more. Tagging Enhancements. Tagging ensures your search is easy across the LMS.
Plus with Experience API, you can track all of the (formal as well as informal) learning that employees undertake. Social learning and mobile learning have a lot in common. After all, what do we use mobiles mostly for? Communication, right?
This means no installation of software, no versions or licenses to keep track of, and fewer compatibility issues. A tagging system helps to quickly find files. Last week was our first webinar of our Fall eLearning Thought Leader Series.
Add your thoughts by sharing on social media, and tagging us on Twitter or LinkedIn. Filter by events to track our travels. Roadmap to our New Website.
Google's solution: Tap the manpower of the web by making image-tagging a game. A leaderboard keeps track of the best scores. Gamification – making things that don't seem to be a game into a game is growing in popularity.
The secret is that you want TWO TRACK recording. You'll notice that I've used the double arrow at the bottom of each audio track to make them taller. A tall track makes it so much easier to edit! Tagging and uploading. It helps us track and stay organized.
When I'm tagging a long document, I'd much rather tag the first Heading1 for example, and then just tap F6 (that's the Function key shortcut for Edit > Repeat) to tag the remaining Headings. Note: There are a variety of activities that you can perform that will stop the Repeat function in its tracks. by Barb Binder Here's another simple, yet powerful feature that is new in FrameMaker 10.
A Learning Management System (LMS) is a software application that allows a company, school, or organization to administer, document, track, and report on the delivery of educational courses and training programs. Content Tagging/Classifications. •. ?. Content Delivery/Tracking.
One of my New Year's Resolutions last year was to keep a food journal, and I'm happy to report that I've now been tracking for a full year. Tracking has forced me to be much more honest about what I am actually eating and doing for exercise.
An LMS does not create content, but rather helps learners access it, and it also tracks course access, completion, and test scores. Content Tagging/Classifications. ?. ?. Content Delivery/Tracking. . . SCORM/AICC tracking. ?. ?. Question Level Tracking. ?. ?.
It will track or pull data from many different web services. I agree that it will be somewhat agnostic about the content that will be considered part of learning, but there will be a big issue about tagging pages and events that are considered part of learning. More discussion occuring in blogs around a new kind of LMS. Lee Kraus has various ideas about the new LMS: It will most likely will not be a destination. It is there when you need it and gone when you don't.
While I'll have "real projects" I have to manage, I'm not anticipating I'll be tracking resources and using advanced project management features any time soon. E-Learning content development projects where I'm the primary developer will be the main projects I'm tracking. There is no good tagging scheme. The drawback I am running into is that it is not easy to filter (for example show all priority 1 tasks) and there is no good tagging scheme.
By creating a game plan for video content tagging and metadata, enterprises can track and understand the complete end-viewer experience. How can your brand organize all of its content assets – photography, text, graphics and video – for maximum benefit? In a word: taxonomy. When it comes to content management, creating familial, hierarchical relationships can help to classify online video content and improve searchablility, ultimately contributing to the bottom line.
That's why today's post focuses on a tool that helps you track the progress of your implementation – and it's free! Each project should be given its own board where all activity is tracked. Implementing an LMS has never been easier.
User profile (and ability to see others' profiles) with bios, user photos, biographies and status tracking visible in LMS. Content tagging (new word for keyword metadata) and search by tag.
You can do this with focus groups or by tagging a quick survey onto the back of each piece of content. Adaptive tools will track users' every move and score, and marry this to their profile choices, to serve up the very best next challenge or resource for them.
If that chip could include GPS tagging to keep track of them via apps even better! Looking into a crystal ball is a favourite at this time of year. What will 2014 bring? What fads and trends can we expect over the next 12 months that will revolutionise our lives? What will we have fallen by the wayside by this time next year?
On September 2, I will be keynoting the Innovative Learning Spaces session track for the Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference in London. They can organise their own resources through free and easy to use tagging and social filtering tools.
a video), the Auto-Tagging feature uses AI to "listen" to the entire video, understand the most important keywords, and automatically create up to 10 tags. Admins can manually edit the generated tags, and AI tracks this feedback to produce more relevant tags the next time an asset is uploaded.
Use profiling tools, diagnostics, adaptive technologies, tagging, cross linking etc to offer up what's right for them, at that point.
The need for the Warehouse - keeping track of learning content assets across the organization has its own set of requirements. The LCMS can help with workflow and meta tagging. If you know that's the kind of changes that will occur, you can be smart about how you keep track of things (in an LCMS or not). An LCMS can track, version and archive all changes to content. And for other kinds of content, will the assets be tracked in any significant way.
Moreover, Tin Can (Xperience api) makes it possible to track and trace any learning experience on an individual level. Just three years ago I wrote a post on the future of eLearning.
Thanks to "semantic" tagging, software can now easily decode the meaning of smart content—no humans required. Smart content can be tracked. When Pavan is not thinking about semantic tagging, he enjoys biking and wine tasting. If Content Is King, Context Is Queen.


Cowgirl pinup original painting by Oregon artist Shawna June Lee. This pinup cutie is cooking on a campfire in her cowgirl best!
Cowgirl pinup original painting by Oregon artist Shawna June Lee. This pinup cutie is cooking on a campfire in her cowgirl best! This contemporary western art painting is a small format cutie in a classic scene! Lee is known for her western art and retro cowgirl sweethearts. This familiar vintage pose is set on a desert plain, complete with saguaro cactus in the background at sunset featuring an Elizabeth Taylor-esque sweetie. These western art cowgirl pinup pieces are great Pop Art and a great way to get an original piece of art for a budding collector!


Objective Proficiency. Student's Book. Workbook. Teacher's Book. Test. Second Edition.
2-ed. — Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Objective Proficiency Second edition provides official preparation for the revised 2013 Cambridge English: Proficiency exam, also known as Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE). A variety of challenging, lively topics provide thorough training in exam skills and high-level language development. Each unit contains three double-page lessons ensuring flexibility, even pacing and progress. This motivating material is also suitable for high-level students keen to improve their general English.


Known for her magnetic personality, Richa Chadha is also admired for her upfront attitude and straight-forwardness. She never fails to voice her opinion about burning social issues or to render necessary actions, when required. Therefore, it would be compelling to watch her portray 'Paro' in Sudhir Mishra's upcoming film Daas Dev which is modern day adaption of legendary Devdas set against the turbulent political backdrop of Uttar Pradesh.
Richa's character Paro is said to be brave, audacious and has an intellect of her own. She does not shy away but flags her individual take on situations. Her transition from a girl in love to a powerful and dynamic self is noteworthy. In order to set things right, she eventually goes on to cast her opinions and strong beliefs overshadowing 'Dev' amidst the gruelling political arena.
Talking about her on-screen avatar, Richa said, `As an actor I work hard to get into the skin of every character I play. Paro resonates with me personally and I find many of her traits true to mine. An interesting challenge was learning and absorbing how to play a woman politician and to this end I did a fair amount of research. The look however is always crucial and so part of my research was on how to comprehensively look like a young woman politician who would be taken seriously. Along with the costume design team we decided on incorporating Indian weaves, Khadi, Cotton and elegant sari's after researching the look extensively. 'Paro' has always been an iconic character, but with Daas Dev 'Paro' can once again become the icon of today`.
Richa's dedication to bring Paro from script to screen has been incredible and we can't wait to watch her fierce avatar in Daas Dev.
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Q: Prove that metric Space $X$ must be complete If every nest $F$ of non empty closed subsets of a metric spaces $X$ satisfying $\inf\{diam(A)~|~A \in F\}=0$ has singleton intersection,then $X$ must be complete.
Attempt:
My textbook gives the following approach : Suppose $Y$ is a metric superspace of $X$ in which $X$ is not closed and let $z \in Cl_Y(X) - X$.
( Note that $Cl_A(B) $ implies the closure of set $B$ in the metric space $A$.)
For each $r>0,$ let $B_r=Cl_X(\{x \in X~|~d(x,z)<r\}).$ Then, it can be easily checked that :

$(i)~\{B_r~|~r \in \mathbb R^+ \}$ is a nest of non empty closed subsets of $X$.

Proof: if $r_1<r_2,$ then, $\{x \in X~|~d(x,z)<r_1\} \subseteq \{x \in X~|~d(x,z)<r_2\} $

$(ii)~diam(B_r) \le 2r ~\forall~ r \in \mathbb R^+$

Proof: Let $x,y \in B_r = Cl_X(\{x \in X~|~d(x,z)<r\}).$.
Then, $d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) \le 2r$
$\implies diam(B_r) \le 2r \le \infty$.
So, everything is well defined here.

$(iii)~ \bigcap \{B_r~|~r \in \mathbb R^+ \} = \emptyset$

I am unable to prove this. Could someone please help me in proving this?
we already know that if $(X,d)$ is a metric space and $F$ is the nest of non empty subsets of $X$ for which $\inf\{diam(A)~|~A \in F\}=0$, then $\bigcap F= \emptyset$ or a singleton set.
So, to prove that $X$ is complete, we must being a contradiction that $\bigcap \{B_r~|~r \in \mathbb R^+ \} = \emptyset$ contradicting the initial given statement that the intersection is a singleton.
Please guide me on how to move forward. Thank you very much!

A: The answer follows from what you say toward the end :
"we already know that if $(X,d)$ is a metric space and $F$ is the nest of non empty subsets of $X$ for which $\inf\{diam(A)~|~A \in F\}=0$, then $\bigcap F= \emptyset$ or a singleton set."
If you set $\overline{B_r}= Cl_Y(B_r)$ to be the closure of $B_r$ in Y, then clearly $$z\in \bigcap \overline{B_r}\neq \emptyset.$$
Applying your statement again, we conclude that $\bigcap \overline{B_r}$ is a singleton.  Clearly, $\bigcap B_r\subset\bigcap \overline{B_r}$, and $z\notin  \bigcap B_r$, since $z\notin X$.
Hence, $\bigcap B_r = \emptyset$ as it is the subset of a singlton and does not contain that element.

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France Scraps Order for Merck Antiviral Pill, Looks to Pfizer
Tara Patel
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(Bloomberg) -- France canceled an order for Merck & Co.'s antiviral pill on disappointing test results and is now counting on a treatment from Pfizer Inc., according to the country's health minister.
"We had to cancel because the last studies weren't good," Olivier Veran said Wednesday in an interview on BFM TV. "It cost us nothing."
Pfizer's pill, Paxlovid, and Merck's molnupiravir are intended for higher-risk people who test positive for the coronavirus. Veran had initially expressed optimism about the Merck drug. The treatments, in which patients take pills at home over several days, could ease the burden on stretched hospitals as infections are soaring in the U.S. and Europe.
"There is one treatment that is on the verge of being approved in January and that's called Paxlovid sold by Pfizer," Veran said. "That is a treatment that is extremely promising to reduce the risks of serious cases. It's efficient and we have bought some so we can have it at the end of January."
Asked how the drug would be distributed, Veran said that would be determined next month.
Read more: Pfizer, Merck Covid Pills Poised for FDA Signoff This Week

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This month, two of our people won awards for their exemplary work at Napp.
At the HRO Today Europe awards, Laura Lewis, Napp's Head of HR and Development, was recognised as this year's Rising Star for her exemplary work engaging employees across the business. The same week, one of our Analysts, Tom Weldhen, won the "Aspiring Marketer of the Year" gong at the PharmaTimes awards.
Reflecting on her win, Laura commented, "I am proud to work at Napp and feel very honoured to be recognised for this award. I'm thrilled to have been a part of making our engagement strategy a company priority for 2016 and beyond."
Tom had this to say about winning: "I was surprised, but delighted to win the aspiring marketer of the year award. The competition was one of the toughest things I've done in my professional life and to come out on top and receive such positive feedback was very gratifying. I would like to thank the great team that I work with for their encouragement and support."
In addition to the success of our people, Napp's ongoing work to improve practices and employee engagement within Napp was acknowledged, with us being named a finalist in the "Excellence in Engagement Strategy" category at the HRO Today Europe awards. We are proud to be recognised for the work we are doing to foster an inspiring workplace environment to motivate and engage our people.
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I never like leaving my old ladies. My old lizard and I were both very sad this morning. She shared with me her secret treat of dry cornflakes as I cried into my coffee.
Later, as we said our goodbyes under the grapevines in the yard, the resident stray cats watched impassively. I suppose I could not have stayed forever. I have things to do, paintings to paint, an art show to prepare. And the old ladies don't mind me anyway. Still, I hope my old lizard will continue to apply lotion to her legs twice a day.


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THE GREENIE "BIG LIE"
Below is an excerpt from the conclusions of a report by The Institute for Public Policy Research -- A British "Progressive" think-tank, showing the usual Leftist preference for propaganda over facts. Their dishonest approach is already evident in the media
Treating climate change as beyond argument
Much of the noise in the climate change discourse comes from argument and counter-argument, and it is our recommendation that, at least for popular communications, interested agencies now need to treat the argument as having been won. This means simply behaving as if climate change exists and is real, and that individual actions are effective. This must be done by stepping away from the `advocates debate' described earlier, rather than by stating and re-stating these things as fact.
The `facts' need to be treated as being so taken-for-granted that they need not be spoken.The certainty of the Government's new climate-change slogan - `Together this generation will tackle climate change' (Defra 2006) - gives an example of this approach. It constructs, rather than claims, its own factuality.
Where science is invoked, it now needs to be as `lay science' - offering lay explanations for what is being treated as a simple established scientific fact, just as the earth's rotation or the water cycle are considered....
Inevitably, these conclusions lead us to treat climate-change communications in the same way as brand communications: we have to approach positive climate behaviours in the same way as marketeers approach acts of buying and consuming. This is the relevant context for climate change communications in the UK today - not the increasingly residual models of public service or campaigning communications. It amounts to treating climate-friendly everyday activity as a brand that can be sold........
"BAD" FISH GOOD FOR FISHERMEN
And the evils of dandelions
There may be plenty of unwanted fish in the sea for government ecologists, but often those invasive aquatic species are a boon to local anglers. Take the brown trout. A European native, the trout was introduced into America in the late 19th century and can now be found in bodies of fresh water from coast to coast.
Though they may might provide tasty meals after lazy summer afternoons, new fish species come at a cost greater than a bucket of worms. "There's a number of either purposely introduced, or accidentally introduced, species that have provided quite a recreational resource," said George Madison, fisheries supervisor for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for the Western Upper Peninsula. "So while smelt can be desired by people, or brown trout or rainbow trout, it's very clear that they out-compete the native species."
In the Great Lakes region, the introduction of salmon has changed the aquatic landscape, displacing native fish such as the coaster brook trout, a minnow forager. As larger fish destroyed the vegetation, the minnow population declined, spelling doom for the coaster brook trout.
Near Provo, Utah, residents stocked Utah Lake with carp in the 1890s for fishing. "Now they make up well over 90 percent of the biomass of that lake," said Scott Root, the conservation outreach manager at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. His agency actively looks for ways to get rid of them.
Carp also cause headaches for Bob Davis, an area fisheries supervisor at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. "That's the single biggest problem with invasive species that we have," Davis said. "The carp really has no natural enemies. With its feeding habits, it uproots the established vegetation in the lakes and streams and clouds the water and makes things undesirable for many other species."
Stocking your pond with an exotic fish might make for a fishing challenge, but it's also likely to cause an epic ecological battle that may never be won. "I'm always reminded of dandelions," Madison said. "Evidently they were brought over by a European who wanted to enjoy dandelions when he came to the United States - and you see the great field of dandelions we have now."
THORIUM NUCLEAR REACTOR DESIGNS ADVANCING
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The use of thorium to power nuclear reactors holds out the prospect of a huge reduction in nuclear wastes, a nuclear fuel cycle that is much more proliferation resistant, lower costs, and a fuel that is many times more plentiful than uranium. Australian science writer Tim Dean examines the prospects for thorium reactors in a recent article and finds two avenues of technological advance that might make thorium powered nuclear reactors feasible. The more immediately promising approach uses a mixture of thorium with other radioactive materials.
The main stumbling block until now has been how to provide thorium fuel with enough neutrons to keep the reaction going, and do so in an efficient and economical way.
In recent years two new technologies have been developed to do just this.
One company that has already begun developing thorium-fuelled nuclear power is the aptly named Thorium Power, based just outside Washington DC. The way Thorium Power gets around the sub-criticality of thorium is to create mixed fuels using a combination of enriched uranium, plutonium and thorium.
At the centre of the fuel rod is the 'seed' for the reaction, which contains plutonium.
Wrapped around the core is the 'blanket', which is made from a mixture of uranium and thorium. The seed then provides the necessary neutrons to the blanket to kick-start the thorium fuel cycle. Meanwhile, the plutonium and uranium are also undergoing fission.
The primary benefit of Thorium Power's system is that it can be used in existing nuclear plants with slight modification, such as Russian VVER-1000 reactors. Seth Grae, president and chief executive of Thorium Power, and his team are actively working with the Russians to develop a commercial product by the end of this decade. They already have thorium fuel running in the IR-8 research reactor at the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow.
The potential to use existing reactors to burn thorium lowers the barrier to use of thorium. Success in existing reactors could catalyze the construction of new reactors designed to use thorium from their start.
He also goes over Carlo Rubbia's proposal to use a particle accelerator to shoot a stream of protons into a thorium reactor.
AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN does away with the requirements for uranium or plutonium altogether, and relies on thorium as its primary fuel source. This design, which was originally dubbed an Energy Amplifier but has more recently been named an Accelerator Driven System (ADS), was proposed by Italian Nobel physics laureate Carlos Rubbia, a former director of one of the world's leading nuclear physics labs, CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.
An ADS reactor is sub-critical, which means it needs help to get the thorium to react. To do this, a particle accelerator fires protons at a lead target. When struck by high-energy protons the lead, called a spallation target, releases neutrons that collide with nuclei in the thorium fuel, which begins the fuel cycle that ends in the fission of U-233.
Governments should accelerate research into new nuclear reactor designs that promise to lower wastes and reduce costs.
Many people would like to be kind to others so Leftists exploit that with their nonsense about equality. Most people want a clean, green environment so Greenies exploit that by inventing all sorts of far-fetched threats to the environment. But for both, the real motive is to promote themselves as wiser and better than everyone else, truth regardless.
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I can't believe it's nearly November! This whole year has gone by SO fast but especially this past month since I was away from home for most of it… traveling for a friend's wedding, spending time with family and checking out our new hotel for Craftcation Conference in the spring (it's awesome by the way!). The last stop before I headed home was Oakland for the first of our fall Patchwork Shows this season.
This show marked our 7th show in Oakland! We lucked out with amazing weather, an awesome group of vendors and staff plus booths from our friends like a pop-up shop from Marion & Rose's Workshop, a DIY zine making station from Little Paper Press, vintage clothing and record pop-up shop and music from Tracy and Fernando at Vamp Music and Art and a pop-up shop from Rock Paper Scissors Collective. Check out the photos below or click here to see all the photos from the show.
Big thanks to everyone who made the day awesome including our venue Jack London Square! Can't wait to see you all in the spring.
Mark your calendars for the rest of our holiday shows: Patchwork Show Long Beach November 15th and patchwork Show Santa Ana November 29th.


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Senators confirmed yesterday that they will return for legislative business next Monday, May 4, but House lawmakers have reversed course on their decision to return after consulting the attending physician's office. While the floor and Committee schedules for coming days and weeks have yet to be fully ironed out, leadership officials stated that Congress is likely to consider another round of COVID-19 legislation as they look to stem emerging and existing issues pertaining to the outbreak. Despite their plans to continue distancing from Capitol Hill, House Democrats have indicated that work has already begun on their next response measure and will likely include: (1) more aid for state and local governments; (2) funding for unemployment insurance; (3) additional economic impact payments; and (4) provisions to address certain supply chain issues. However, it remains to be seen whether Senate Republicans coalesce around an aid package that omits their key legislative priorities — namely liability protections for business owners and employees and any actions needed to shore up the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The North Texas Commission is closely monitoring any updates to aid packages.
COVID 4.0. House Democrats are using Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) counteroffer to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) CARES Act as a starting point for developing the forthcoming COVID Phase IV bill. Bill text on certain provisions could be released by House Democrats as early as this week.
Liability. Leader McConnell emphasized that he will "insist" Congress limit the liabilities of health care workers, business owners, and employees from lawsuits pertaining to the COVID-19 outbreak. Democrats have dismissed this proposal, arguing that it would water down federal consumer protection efforts.
State and Local Governments. While additional funding for states and local governments was not included in the Phase 3.5 measure, there is bipartisan agreement that this additional assistance should be included in COVID Phase IV.
Infrastructure. President Trump reiterated his call for robust infrastructure provisions in the Phase IV bill in a recent tweet, specifically highlighting surface transportation and broadband infrastructure as areas he'd like to see addressed.
Despite support for infrastructure from Speaker Pelosi and President Trump, it remains to be seen whether both parties can strike an agreement on big-ticket legislative items such as infrastructure, as Republicans on Capitol Hill are pushing back against using COVID-19 legislation as a vehicle to carry unrelated policy priorities.
Provider Funding. On Apr. 22, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new distributions from the $100 billion Provider Relief Fund created by the CARES Act (H.R. 748). TRP's comprehensive analysis of these distributions can be read here.
The first round of funding included $30 billion for hospitals and providers.
The second round of funding includes an additional $20 billion for providers nationwide, $10 billion for hospitals in highly impacted areas, $10 billion for rural providers, and $400 million for the Indian Health Service. It also establishes a program to fund COVID-19 care for the uninsured.
HHS has published a list of frequently asked questions pertaining to the $50 billion general allocation of the COVID-19 provider relief fund. In addition, providers receiving funds must agree to a set of terms and conditions, including reporting and documentation requirements, charging only in-network rates for COVID-19 care, and certifying that the funds will only be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the outbreak. Those that do not agree must contact HHS within 30 days to remit the payment.
Today, HRSA is expected to launch a separate portal allowing providers who have conducted COVID-19 testing or provided treatment for uninsured COVID-19 individuals on or after February 4, 2020 to request claims reimbursement.
HHS also acknowledges cited providers who will receive further, separate funding, including skilled nursing facilities, dentists, and providers that solely take Medicaid.
Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payments. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that as of Apr. 27, the agency will not be accepting any new applications for Medicare's Advance Payment Program (fact sheet). CMS also stated it will be reevaluating all pending and new applications for Accelerated Payments in light of payments made available through the HHS' Provider Relief Fund.
Testing. The Trump administration released a blueprint that seeks to bolster state testing plans and rapid response programs.
SAMHSA. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded grant funding to increase access and improve the quality of community mental and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services through the expansion of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC).
FCC. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Education announced efforts to promote the use of $16 billion in funding for the CARES Act's Education Stabilization Fund for remote learning.
In a move aimed at expanding access to Wi-Fi throughout the country, the FCC voted to adopt a report and order that would make 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band available for unlicensed use.
President Donald Trump signed the $483.4 billion "COVID-19 Phase 3.5" bill into law last week. TRP's comprehensive analysis of the Phase 3.5 legislation can be read here.
TRP has published a memo explores the "health extenders" that the CARES Act reauthorized through Nov. 2020, what's on the table for these programs in the fall, and the questions that will shape the conversation. Click here to read the memo.
The Fed. The Federal Reserve expanded the scope and duration of its Municipal Liquidity Facility to offer up to $500 billion in lending to states and municipalities during the pandemic.
The Federal Reserve stated that the central bank plans to disclose "substantial amounts of information" regarding borrowers from its emergency lending facilities.
The Federal Reserve issued a statement saying that it is working to expand access to the PPP Liquidity Facility for qualified lenders as soon as possible.
The Federal Reserve announced on Mar. 23 a series of emergency moves aimed at stemming the economic impact of the outbreak. These actions include three new emergency lending facilities, as well as a new program that will support lending to eligible small-and medium-sized
SBA. Following the enactment of the COVID Phase 3.5 legislation, the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) resumed lending yesterday.
SBA published a list of all lenders participating in the PPP.
The SBA and Treasury Department updated their list of frequently asked questions on the PPP.
SBA published a detailed breakdown of the PPP funding that has been distributed thus far.
SBA issued an interim final rule outlining additional guidance for the PPP. TRP's comprehensive analysis of the small business provisions contained in COVID-19 response bills can be read here. The loan application form can be accessed here.
CMS. CMS approved a first-of-its-kind section 1115(a) demonstration that will permit the state of Washington to utilize waiver and expenditure authorities aimed at boosting access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries during the pandemic.
Telehealth. CMS has released a telehealth toolkit aimed at accelerating the use of broader telehealth coverage policies in state Medicaid and CHIP programs. TRP's analysis of COVID-19 telehealth policies can be read here.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched its COVID-19 Telehealth Program application portal. Click here for details.
Ed. The Department of Education announced the availability of more than $13 billion in emergency funds aimed at helping students K-12 whose schools were closed due to the outbreak.
The Department of Education announced the availability of $3 billion in emergency education relief funding for states to allocate in support of institutions that have been adversely impacted by the outbreak. A breakdown of the funding allocations can be read here.
HHS. HHS announced a contract with General Electric and Ford under the Defense Production Act (DPA) that would allow for production of 50,000 ventilators by Jul. 13.
Treasury. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin issued guidance and frequently asked questions that provide examples of eligible and ineligible expenditures of the state, local, and tribal Coronavirus Relief Fund.


"Worried about your teen's college readiness? Still figuring out what interests them?
Here's how we can describe the angst of parenting teens – A mountain of worry on our shoulders wondering each day if we're raising a perfect college resume kid.
Present day society shows us that we're raising our children to be over stressed and under confident adults. But, ask any parent, and they will tell you that the happiness of their child is their most priced possession.
In middle schools everywhere, kids are aiming for high grades even though they have no bearing on college applications – yet society, parents, teachers, counselors and children are acting like they do.
Are we raising adults who show great promise on paper with stellar GPAs yet crumble under pressure as just college freshmen? Or are we raising well rounded adults who can manage their emotions, build positive relationships and navigate social situations with ease both in career and real life?
Let's see where the gap is in raising the perfect college and career ready high schooler.
When thinking of success, we often adopt someone else's or society's definition of it. Our plans for ourselves are often a mystery, because we don't unbusy ourselves enough to write our own concrete plans for personal success.
Colleges want a child who has personal accountability, can demonstrate time and expectation management and stand up to adversity. They want teens who have the ability to stay self motivated, empathize, collaborate.
We hear from society – counselors, teachers and other parents that good good GPAs and AP courses are high school badges of honor. We don't pause to check with our own child and where all this fits into our family value system.
There is a cost for trying too hard. We are sending miserable, unhappy children into colleges who continue living exhausting and stressful lives. We have trained them in team sports for speed and agility but have left them with unchecked emotional and social issues.
Happiness is never found on a paper certificate or after the number of letters behind our name. All students from the IVY league DO NOT go onto do big things in life. Its not the institution; ultimately it is in our hands to change the course of our life with hardwork and an awareness of our strengths.
Thanks to Smart phones, Google, Wikipedia, Social Media, YouTube, MOOCs – there's a lot of information that's being thrown at our kids. We need to equip our children with tools to process information that's relevant and important to them. Our children in this generation have to find an identity in two places – both online and the real world.
As parents and educators, we need to design an education curriculum that aims to teach essential life skills to kids like handling emotions, critical thinking, setting goals and making good decisions.
Just like how Math, Science and Writing are taught intentionally, the value of collaboration, empathy and a problem solving attitude can be taught to our children. These life long lessons can come in the form of essential skills in classrooms, homes and communities.
Its giving them that gap where they figure out what kind of a person they want to be and how they want to their future to be. This comes from becoming self aware of their strengths, manging their time, expectations and relationships. Because if the teenage years were paving a way for anything, it is for how children are setting themselves up to be as adults.
Our goal is to help your high schooler explore their interests and get ready for the real world with a compelling story to tell. Let's not forget, resumes don't build themselves overnight. A resume might be a yardstick of grades, trophies, number of school admissions, accomplishments, sports etc. But a resume is so much more than that.
In a world where every child is on the honor roll, young adults who are equipped with making big decisions now will thrive both in their personal and professional lives later.
Technical expertise is no match for attitude. So, let's raise teens who're confident enough to give an elevator pitch about their strengths, interests and passions. Let's tear down those walls of top ACT and SAT scores across all high schools. Instead, let's build a strong future for our future adults.


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Cuomo: State To Offer Services To Separated Immigrant Children
By Karen DeWitt • Jun 25, 2018
Pat Bradley/WAMC
Governor Andrew Cuomo says New York officials will take steps to help detained immigrant children separated from their families, but says he isn't getting a lot of details from the federal government.
The Democrat says state agencies will be providing support services including health and mental health services- for immigrant children discharged from detention into a family member's care.
"Whatever they need," Cuomo said. "Legal services educational services, counseling."
It's estimated that 700 of the children separated from their parents under the president's immigration policy were sent to private foster care services in New York that contract with the federal government. The governor says his lawyers will contact other countries where the children are from to try to find ways to reunite them with their parents.
The governor says he's asking the federal department of Health and Human Services to tell him when children from other states are discharged to families or foster care in New York, but so far it has not supplied that information.
Cuomo also derided President Trump's comments on Twitter saying people should "simply be stopped at the border and told they cannot come to the U.S." without due process for immigrants. Cuomo says that's clearly against the U.S. Constitution.
NY Legislative Session Ends, But Cuomo Threatens Special Session
Dave Lucas / WAMC
The 2018 legislative session ended quietly, as Democrats and Republicans in the New York state legislature failed to agree on major issues and exited the capitol until next January. But Governor Andrew Cuomo is now leaving the door open to calling them back.
NYS Party Conventions This Week
By Karen DeWitt • May 21, 2018
Both major political parties hold their conventions later this week.
NY State Parks Attendance Rose Again In 2017
By Elizabeth Hill • Feb 20, 2018
Attendance at state parks rose last year once again, with 71.5 million visitors to parks and historic sites across New York state.


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Md. Bill Seeks To Limit Antibiotic Use In Livestock As Part Of 'Superbug' Fight
By Pat Warren March 15, 2017 at 6:37 pm
Filed Under:Perdue Farms, Superbugs
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland is considering limiting the use of human antibiotics in livestock as part of the battle against "superbugs."
A bill to restrict the overuse of antibiotics in livestock, called the Keep Antibiotics Effective Act, is one approach to fighting the evolution of bacteria that no antibiotic can kill.
It will be before the Senate this week, after passing in the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee on a 7-4 vote.
The head of the Centers For Disease Control has said it's the end of the road for antibiotics unless we act urgently concerning superbugs that have already popped up in the U.S.
And livestock that are fed antibiotics daily to stay healthy in close quarters can develop drug-resistant bacteria in the gut that reaches humans through food, or in the case of one farmer, an injury from a bull dosed with penicillin.
Experts say reducing the use of antibiotics would keep them more effective. That Maryland Public Interest Research Group has a bill in the state senate.
"I think people do realize that's why you're seeing chicken and meat being sold without antibiotics," says Emily Scarr, of PIRG. "There's consumer demand."
Perdue Farms, based in Maryland, was the first major poultry producer to eliminate routine use of antibiotics, and they've seen sales go up since.
According to a recent poll, the majority of Marylanders favor restrictions. Maryland would be only the second state, after California, to impose such restrictions.
The FDA, CDC and Department of Agriculture have all urged farmers to stop feeding antibiotics to healthy animals.
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Why National College of Ireland NCI?
They're committed to helping you achieve your potential. Their full and part-time courses can help you up skill, advance in your career or return to employment. They offer recognised qualifications, great student support and a friendly city centre campus. They are focused on ensuring each student receives the support and assistance necessary to realise their potential. There are many great reasons to choose NCI.
Through their schools of business and computing they offer internationally recognised full and part-time programmes accredited through QQI. They work closely with industry and professional bodies such as Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Institute of Commercial Management, Irish Institute of Pensions Management, the Sales Institute of Ireland and others to ensure courses closely aligned to industry needs.
Their small group teaching model and friendly atmosphere mean students find NCI a very pleasant and supportive atmosphere to study in. Students prosper in an atmosphere where they get to know lecturers, staff and their fellow students. They also have great student support in place if you are having any difficulty adjusting to third level.
Many students find the general atmosphere and friendliness of NCI to be the most valuable part of their NCI experience. They welcome international students from all over the globe and domestic students of all ages. You will find a welcoming community of learners and staff and definitely make some friends along the way.
They work with a talented array of full-time and associate faculty. They are experts in their fields and combine the highest academic standards with industry experience and a real commitment to the learning of their students.
Their purpose-built campus includes a spacious atrium area, tiered lecture theatres, modern computer labs and smaller executive suites and boardrooms. They have excellent transport links with the Luas and mainline train stations on their doorstep.
If you are an organisation seeking bespoke training , NCI would be delighted to speak to you. Through their professional education and training division they are the educational partner for a number of corporate bodies.


This hearty meatloaf will fill up the whole family.
Chickpeas are an excellent source of protein and rich in both soluble and insoluble dietary fibre.
Why not give this healthy homemade option a go next time you're in the mood for Tacos on the weekend?
Filling, creative and delicious – this tasty dish is sure to impress!
When life gives you lemons, make lemon pudding!


Virtual reality can take you to places you otherwise couldn't see, and there's still plenty of room for improving and experimenting with VR technology. In a recent blog post, Google has announced that they're experimenting with light field photography to create more realistic VR experience. To make this possible, the company is using a solution that seems pretty simple and clever: a rig made of 16 rotating GoPro cameras.
As Paul Debevec of Google writes, VR needs to be as close as possible to what we'd see in real world. If we are in the actual place, the light bounces off surfaces differently and we see things from different perspectives. Google wanted to make this possible in the virtual world too, which is why they started experimenting with light fields.
Google chose several places to try out their light field-recording camera rig. For now, they've shot the Gamble House in Pasadena, the Mosaic Tile House in Venice, St. Stephen's Church in Granada Hills and NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery.
There's still room for experiments with this tech, and Google admits there's still much more work to be done. But despite the room for improvement, using light fiends in VR already gives you "an extremely high-quality sense of presence," as Google describes. The company points out that there's a lot of potential in this technology, and they've launched a free app "Welcome to Light Fields" to demonstrate this potential. The app is available on Steam VR for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets.


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'American Horror Story: Cult': Was it the scariest season of 'AHS'? [POLL]
"American Horror Story: Cult" just wrapped up with a a jaw-dropping finale. It was the seventh season of Ryan Murphy's franchise that has proven to be both a ratings and Emmy winner for FX. Indeed, the first six seasons of "AHS" have reaped 81 Emmy nominations and 15 wins, including two for Jessica Lange.
While awards are nice, the real measure of success for the series is the number of goosebumps it raised. After reading our recaps of the seven installments be sure to vote in our poll as to which was the scariest. And sound off in the comments section on "Cult" as well as the other six seasons.
"Murder House" (Season 1)
Dates: October 5 – December 21, 2011
Cast: Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga, Denis O'Hare, Jessica Lange
Plot: This stand-alone limited series told the story of Dr. Ben Harmon (McDermott), his wife Vivien (Britton) and their daughter Violet (Farmiga), who move from Boston to Los Angeles after Ben has an affair and Vivien has a miscarriage. They move into a restored mansion, unaware that it is haunted.
"Asylum" (Season 2)
Dates: October 17, 2012 – January 23, 2013
Cast: Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto, Joseph Fiennes, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, James Cromwell,
Plot: Two nuns (Lange, Rabe) run a mental institution founded by a priest (Fiennes). A psychiatrist (Quinto), and scientist (Cromwell), treat the patients including a journalist (Paulson) and accused serial killer (Peters).
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"Coven" (Season 3)
Dates: October 9, 2013 – January 29, 2014
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Emma Roberts, Denis O'Hare
Plot: A young girl (Farmiga) is sent to a school in New Orleans run by a fearsome headmistress (Paulson) who is controlled by her mother (Lange) and her dutiful butler (O'Hare). She befriends a fellow student (Roberts) with telekinetic powers and a fraternity man (Peters).
"Freak Show" (Season 4)
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Michael Chiklis, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts, Denis O'Hare, Finn Wittrock
Plot: The owner of a struggling freak show (Lange) hires conjoined twin sisters (Paulson) to join a troupe that includes a bearded lady (Bates), her lobster-handed son (Peters), a strongman (Chiklis) and his wife (Bassett).
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"Hotel" (Season 5)
Cast: Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Denis O'Hare, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Chloe Sevigny
Plot: Staff and residents of a 90-year-old hotel include an ageless woman (Lady Gaga), her lover (Bomer), his mother (Bates), a vengeful ex (Bassett).
"Roanoake" (Season 6)
Dates: September 14 – November 16, 2016
Cast: Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Evan Peters, Denis O'Hare, Wes Bentley, Cheyenne Jackson, Lily Rabe, André Holland, Adina Porter
Plot: A documentary tells the story of a couple (Rabe, Holland) and his sister (living in a haunted North Carolina farm by using actors (Pauls, Gooding, Bassett) to play them as well as colonists (Bates, Bentley) and previous owners of the farm (Peters, O'Hare).
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"Cult" (Season 7)
Dates: September 5 – November 14, 2017
Cast: Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Cheyenne Jackson, Billie Lourd, Alison Pill
Plot: A restaurant owner (Paulson) is left forlorn by the results of the 2016 election and seeks help from a psychiatrist (Jackson) and support from her wife (Pill). Similarly bereft is a college student (Lourd) whose brother (Peters) rejoices.


Gary Post has over 30 years of experience in a wide variety of public and private corporate finance transactions. He has specialized in raising and investing capital as a key element creating value for shareholders as an advisor and direct private equity and venture investor. Mr. Post has often taken an active role in companies to implement solutions and has served as an interim CEO or COO and a director of several public and private companies. In these situations Mr. Post participated in solving complex capital structure, corporate governance, corporate reorganization and other strategic issues.
In his roles at Ambient Capital, he has was President and CEO of VoIP, Inc., a public company that provided enabling technologies and services to the Voice over Internet Protocol/Telecom Industry, Interim CEO of OCC Meds Billing Services — a firm specializing in automating and financing Workers Compensation Pharmacy Claims, Acting CEO of Opticon Medical, a private medical device company with multiple FDA clearances, and part-time interim COO of Oxis International. Inc. — a company with interests in anti-oxidant research and proprietary nutrient supplements.
Gary Post's previous experience has been in a variety of senior corporate finance roles as First Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Vice President at Kidder Peabody, Managing Director at Houlihan, Lokey, Howard and Zukin and Director of Research and Consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Gary Post received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles.
R. Rudolph Reinfrank is the Managing General Partner of Riverford Partners, LLC, a strategic advisory and investment firm which acts as an investor, board member and strategic advisor to growth companies and companies in transition. Prior to founding Riverford, Mr. Reinfrank was a co-founder and a Managing General Partner of Clarity Partners L.P., an $800 million private equity firm focused on media and communications, and a co-founder of Clarity China, L.P., a $220 million private equity partnership with investments in Greater China. Before Clarity, he was a co-founder and a Managing General Partner of Rader Reinfrank & Co., a private equity fund. His prior experience includes roles as an executive, investor, and advisor across a wide range of industries for the Roy E. Disney and Marvin Davis families.
Mr. Reinfrank is a member of the board of directors of Apollo Investment Corporation, a registered investment company and publicly-traded financial services company (NASDAQ: AINV). He is the chairman of its audit committee and a member of its nominating and governance committee. Mr. Reinfrank is a member of the board of directors of Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp., (NASDAQ: KAACU) which has been formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company intends to focus its search for a target business in the energy industry. He is the chairman of its audit committee and a member of its compensation committee. Mr. Reinfrank is also a Senior Advisor to BC Partners, a private equity and credit firm which targets investments in market leading businesses with defensive growth characteristics. BC Partners has completed 101 investments in companies with a total enterprise value of €124 billion.
Mr. Reinfrank meets the requirements of a Sarbanes-Oxley audit committee financial expert pursuant to item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K and he is FINRA licensed for Series 7, 62 and Series 63. Mr. Reinfrank is also a Senior Advisor to Pall Mall Capital, Ltd. (London). Mr. Reinfrank was previously a director of WebTV Networks (acquired by Microsoft), Trillium Digital Systems (acquired by Intel), Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD), Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT), Enterra Corporation (NYSE: EN), CRC-Evans Pipeline, Impremedia LLC, Base Entertainment LLC, Naylor LLC, Crescent Entertainment, LLC and Central Soya, Inc.


The beautiful a capella voices of Vox Lucens will again grace the sanctuary of the Park Avenue Congregational Church in Arlington Heights. This concert will take place May 17th, at 4:00 p.m. and is the fourth in the 2014/2015 PACC Concert Series to benefit the Church's Organ Restoration and Music Program. Tickets in advance are $15 adults and $10 seniors and students: and at the door $20 and $12. A post-concert artists' reception will take place in the Parish Hall where Vox Lucens' CDs will be available for purchase. Call 781-643-8680 to reserve tickets that will be held for you at the door. For more information visit www.pacc-ucc.org/events/concertseries.
The seventeenth century was a time of musical experimentation and change, a transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque. Composers from this period are now remembered for their later and more experimental works, but many of them also wrote beautifully at the beginnings of their careers.
Vox Lucens will explore early works by the seventeenth-century masters Sweelinck, Monteverdi, Gesualdo, and Schütz. From Sweelinck (now remembered for his keyboard works), they present a lovely "Regina caeli" written in the old style; from Gesualdo (easily the most experimental composer of his generation), three solemn church motets, and from the German Schütz, three lively Italian madrigals. The group will also be performing a work by the great innovator Claudio Monteverdi, a stately and beautifully crafted mass that pays homage to the works of the high Renaissance.
Vox Lucens is a small (currently 13-member) vocal ensemble that came together in 1998 to explore the Renaissance sacred and secular a capella repertoire. Under the direction of Jay Lane, they perform popular favorites as well as lesser known works, often in their own editions. They have performed locally in concerts and church services as well as with dance and theater groups.
Diane Taraz of Arlington explains, "Singing early music is my team sport. We work together to create something none of us can do on our own, and we pass the key phrases from part to part like a soccer ball heading for a goal. By enjoying our own parts and responding to the others, we achieve a wonderfully satisfying artistic victory." Diane is also a songwriter with many CDs to her name (see www.dianetaraz.com).
See www.voxlucens.net for more information about the group.
Park Avenue Congregational Church is located at 50 Paul Revere Road at the intersection of Park Avenue and Paul Revere Road, 1 block from Mass. Avenue, in Arlington Heights. The church is handicapped accessible and on MBTA bus route #77. For more information about the series, please call the Church Office at 781-643-8680 or visit www.pacc-ucc.org/events/concertseries.


In my travels on the internet I have come across photos of the weddings of some of NASCAR's top drivers. I thought it would be a good idea to get them all together in one place since they're all strewn about.
I don't know who made this collage.
Next post kansas: can we stick a fork in espn's "stick a fork in 'em" feature?


Have you ever gotten a really great job, but the first day didn't go quite as well as you had hoped? Maybe this is something you dreamed of doing all of your life, and your car wouldn't start. Maybe you spilled coffee all over your shirt just before you walked into the building. It may be a bit different for superheroes, but that is one thing that few (if any) are immune to. Let's find out what is happening in Powers In Action #1 from Action Lab.
Right away we meet Lynx and Ocelot, sibling heroes who are on their way to their first meeting of The Hero Squadron. Since no hero can turn a blind eye to crime, they decide to do one more thing before getting to their meeting. As you can probably imagine, it doesn't go the way that they would like. Even when they get to the meeting, things don't get off to the best start. Before they can smooth things over with their new fellow crime fighters, they are called to action. A familiar nemesis to one of the team is doing something very bad guy-like, so the team jumps in to action. We get to see plenty of action and get plenty of cheesy hero jokes from this point on. We also get a bit of a teaser at the end of a new arrival that, judging by their one line of spoken words, appears to be a new villain.
Since I enjoyed Art Baltazar's work with IDW, I decided to give this book a shot. I am glad I did, because it was a really fun read. It reminded me of Saturday morning cartoons back in the 70s and 80s. We also find out that this book was inspired by Images of Art Comics from around the same time, so it makes perfect sense. The cheesy lines felt very on point and nostalgic, so I definitely felt right at home. The characters were fun, with some interesting powers to go right along with them. The villains being a bit cheesy themselves was something else that really sold me. Look, not everything has to be serious and have this deep and interconnecting storyline. That's great too, but sometimes you just want to kick back and feel like a kid again reading comics. Contrary to the belief and big mouths of some talking heads recently, that's ok. Not only did I have fun with these characters, this is something that I feel like I could read with my son. Some of the greatest joy you can have as a parent is sharing the things that you love with your child. With the vibrant colors and fun characters, Powers In Action certainly fits that mold. I'm looking forward to see what kind of trouble this wacky bunch gets into next.


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Yandi may refer to:

 Yandi, Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, a rural locality in Chechnya
 Yan Emperor, aka Yán Dì, ancient Chinese ruler
 Yandi Munawar (born 1992), Indonesian footballer
 Yandi mine, iron ore mine in Western Australia
 Yandicoogina mine, iron ore mine in Western Australia
 Yandhi, announced 2019 album by Kanye West

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I think I was mid laugh here (left) although it looks like I have tummy ache. Good pose, bad expression (right).
Jasmine does this with her hand – didn't realise she got it from me.
Yep. This pose just didn't work. Skipping and swinging your bag – not a great look.
Am I trying to rap here?!


Urs Schwarzenbach has to pay huge sums; this, after he lost in the last instance against the Zurich tax authorities.
It is about 270 million francs, which owes the well-known former foreign exchange traders and enterprising art dealers to the Treasury.
The question is: where does Schwarzenbach take that much money from? Now the answer could be. According to information from polo circles – Schwarzenbach is active in the Nobel Pferdesprt – the beleaguered investor is to offer his Zurich Dolder Hotel for sale.
We are talking about 1.5 billion francs that Schwarzenbach wanted for his Zurich "palace". Schwarzenbach left an email request unanswered, his lawyer said he knew nothing about it, Schwarzenbach's spokesman did not respond to a text message.
According to reports, Schwarzenbach had invested about half a billion in the large conversion of the Dolder a few years ago. He flirted earlier with the idea that he would give the Dolder if the offer was correct.
Schwarzenbach is now seriously considering a sale, according to the new source. "At least that is in the polo scene," says the interlocutor.
The demands against Schwarzenbach pile up. He is next to the tax and the Swiss customs authorities on the neck. These have with investigations and a raid on his Zurich property called Falk lock the case 5 years ago set in motion .
A few weeks ago, the Federal Supreme Court upheld the Zurich tax authorities' view that Schwarzenbach had been active as an independent art dealer in the Falkenschloss.
He should have paid taxes on this activity. Schwarzenbach himself always emphasized that he was a private collector.
In the course of the lawsuit, a bank account in the African Liberia appeared on one of Schwarzenbach's companies. Balance: 3 billion francs .
Who owns this gigantic sum? Where does this amount come from? According to Schwarzenbach it is about wagers from horse betting. He was active for a third person whom he did not disclose.


This is the show where I talk...a lot... about topics that have come up in discussions with my cat.
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