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Al Loving Featured in The New York Times
When Ronald Ollie was an engineering student at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in the early 1970s, he would take dates to the St. Louis Art Museum. "The other engineers would say, 'Why are you taking that woman to the art museum?"' he recalled.
He would respond devilishly to his fraternity brothers, "You just don't know!"
Today, Mr. Ollie, a retired mechanical engineer, and his wife, Monique, who has a doctorate in biomedical engineering, talked about their collection in their Newark apartment, which has a spectacular view of Manhattan and walls covered with abstract work by black artists.
The collecting compulsion was a pre-existing condition when Mr. Ollie met his future wife in 2003 at the National Black Fine Art Show. "I have picked out a few pieces, but mine are in the back," Ms. Ollie, who is a project manager at Johnson & Johnson, said good-naturedly.
Mr. Ollie, who was raised in St. Louis, visited the museum as a child with his mother, who also enrolled him in art classes. "I had no talent for drawing figuratively," he said. But, as a sixth grader, he took the advice of a friend in class, who leaned over and suggested he try abstract art. "I thought, 'Wow, this is free!' That's where I gravitated."
By the late 1980s, when Mr. Ollie was living in New York, a love of looking at abstract art had evolved into a passion for acquiring it. An auction dealer who sold him a Terry Adkins pastel drawing and a lithograph by Herbert Gentry suggested he visit the Chelsea Hotel, where Mr. Gentry lived, to introduce himself.
"Herb became one of my great mentors and friends, and he opened the art world up to me," said Mr. Ollie, who then met and began collecting the work of artists including Ed Clark, Al Loving, Frank Bowling, James Little and Stanley Whitney. "Word got around among black artists that I bought abstract art," Mr. Ollie said. "At that time, there were not a lot of people buying."
He would regularly meet with many black abstract artists at the Chelsea Square restaurant. "We used to say this was our Cedar Bar," he said, referring to what became the Cedar Tavern (now defunct) in Greenwich Village, made famous by the Abstract Expressionists in the 1950s.
Last year, the Ollies gave 81 of their 225 works to the St. Louis Art Museum in honor of Mr. Ollie's parents. The Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Art Collection, including pieces by Norman Lewis, William T. Williams, Sam Gilliam and Jack Whitten, will go on view there next September.
These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
I imagine when you started, these artists were pretty affordable.
RONALD OLLIE Very affordable. I started buying directly from the artists, and I could negotiate with them. Ed Clark would take me to various studios, like Stanley Whitney's or Frank Bowling's. I was going to buy a piece, and Frank said, "I'm going to give you my landlord's address and I want you to pay the rent every month." I didn't have to pay the painting all right off and I was helping him pay his rent in Dumbo.
The relationships seem as important to you as the artworks.
MR. OLLIE: These artists trusted that I could talk to them about the art they did in a critical way. Ed would say: "I'm working on a piece. Go take a look and tell me what you think." It did something to me in terms of my confidence in developing my eye and starting to know that this is something that is real for me.
How did the gift to the museum come about?
MR. OLLIE: I was interested in making a donation. The curators came and said, "If we take anything, it may just be a few pieces." I said, "Anything you want."
MONIQUE OLLIE: The one exception was a piece by Richard Mayhew. It's one of my favorites.
MR. OLLIE: When they came back and said, "We want 81 pieces," it was shocking, to say the least. They did not have a representative sampling of abstract art by black artists.
MS. OLLIE: When we were in St. Louis and saw the art up, I just started bawling. These are pieces that now will be available to broad audiences.
Do you have a favorite piece in the apartment?
MR. OLLIE: This Ed Clark was on loan to the Newark Museum when the curators came. I told them, "You missed out on a great painting."
Are you glad it was held back?
MR. OLLIE: Kind of. This is one of my favorites.
– Hilarie M. Sheets


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NFL Week 16 Injury Report 12/24/16
Brad Burns
Peterson, Gordon among ailing stars
Christmas may be right around the corner, but several marquee performers on the gridiron aren't quite in the Yuletide spirit.
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Various bell-cow running backs, including Adrian Peterson, will miss the penultimate week of the NFL regular season. Minnesota announced yesterday that a groin ailment would prevent its all-time leading rusher from suiting up against Green Bay. Peterson, of course, returned from a torn meniscus on Dec. 18. He was largely ineffective vs. Indianapolis, though, gaining 22 yards on carries and losing a fumble.
The Chargers want to exercise caution with their premier offensive weapon, as well. Melvin Gordon, having sat out Thursday's practice in the rain, shall watch this afternoon's meeting with Cleveland. On the precipice of reaching the 1,000-yard mark, Gordon yields to Kenneth Farrow here. The 23-year-old understudy accomplished very little in his first NFL start, averaging 2.6 yards per tote in a 19-16 defeat to Oakland.
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In Cincinnati, there's a bit more optimism surrounding Jeremy Hill. The 6-foot-1, 235-pounder just powered through a knee problem en route to a respectable display against Pittsburgh, and he'll likely do the same at NRG Stadium. Houston, meanwhile, hopes that Lamar Miller's tender ankle holds up. Given the substantial uncertainty shrouding the Texans' quarterback position, expect the ex-Dolphin to embrace the challenge.
Also questionable, albeit on the signal-caller side: Los Angeles' Jared Goff, who nearly got terminated by Seattle's Richard Sherman in the most recent clash between the division rivals. Nevertheless, the rookie pledges to take on San Francisco at 4:25 p.m. ET. Tom Brady is guaranteed to post huge numbers vs. the Jets, too, after battling some early-in-the-week thigh soreness.
Moving to the outside, Sammy Watkins appears iffy for the Bills-Dolphins showdown shortly. The former fourth overall pick continues to manage pain in his surgically repaired foot. He's coming off a two-catch outing vs. Cleveland. On slightly firmer ground: Browns target monster Terrelle Pryor. The Ohio State product should fight through a finger issue well enough to serve as Robert Griffin III's lone wideout of consequence against the Chargers.

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Green Balloon is the second studio album from New Orleans' Tank and The Bangas, following their 2013 debut Think Tank, several subsequent live albums, and being chosen as the 2017 winner of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert.
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Originating in New Orleans, Tank and The Bangas have all the qualities that relates them to the city that birthed them, although they have a flair that separates them as well. Their performances range from being "one of the most energetic shows you'll ever see" to "a gospel tent in Mississippi". Rummaging through their sound like a thrift store hippie, you'll find the Bangas to provoke a musical reference of Rhythmic Soul and Spoken word among other genres such as Rock, Gospel, Funk, and Folk. Combining the various musical technique among the Bangas, coupled with the instilling play on lyrics from the lead vocalist; Tank and The Bangas have quilted a unique sound that singles them as one of the most distinctive groups to come out of New Orleans.


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It is MORE. That is the name given to the development of the area set to form the new entrance to Leiden Bio Science Park. The agreement marking the official commencement of development was signed on March 18 by "..."
QO Amsterdam, designed by the collaborative team of Mulderblauw architecten and Paul de Ruiter Architects, has been nominated for the Amsterdam Architecture Award 2019 (Amsterdamse Architectuur Prijs aka A.A.P.) and ".."
Today in London, the Unilever Global Foods Innovation Centre in Wageningen netted two prestigious BREEAM Awards – the international prize for sustainable construction – in partnership with the team from "..."
2/21/2019 | During last night's international award ceremony, QO Amsterdam grabbed the number one spot in the public vote.
QO Amsterdam, designed by the collaborative team of Mulderblauw architecten and Paul de Ruiter Architects, is located in Amsterdam's vibrant Amstel quarter. The hotel is one of Europe's most sustainable lifestyle "..."
2/5/2019 | The Biosintrum in Oosterwolde has been named winner in the best building category of the 2019 Dutch Building Awards.
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Today, construction on Unilever's new Global Foods Innovation Centre for healthy and sustainable food reached its highest point.
Krinkels' new head office has been awarded 1st prize in the Office Building category of the 2018 BLASt awards.
Paul de Ruiter welcomes Canadian delegation on behalf of DGBC and his office.
Unilever starts construction of Global Foods Innovation Centre at Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Unilever is building its new Global Foods Innovation Centre on Wageningen University campus. The centre has been conceived as a state-of-the-art facility for the innovative production of healthy and sustainable food.


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This far north the days were shorter, eaten on both ends by darkness, but now early morning light streamed through the hallway windows. Balthazar slept on the floor outside Edward's room, keeping watch, with my little dog Sharkey curled against his chest. I stepped over them carefully and tiptoed to the door of Montgomery's room. When I cracked it open, I found the bed empty.
Voices came from the dining room downstairs along with the smell of freshly baked scones and coffee. My stomach reminded me that I hadn't eaten more than a bite of soup the night before. I descended the stairs, stepped into the dining room, and froze.
Four British police officers faced the bar with their backs to me, speaking with the bar maid from last night. I went rigid. A single creaking board might alert them to my presence.
"Two girls under the age of eighteen traveling with a twenty-year-old servant, a large deformed man, and possibly a young gentleman," an officer said.
I didn't dare move a step. The barmaid's eyes flickered to mine just long enough for me to read the warning written in them. It was us they were after and she knew it.
"You're certain they came this way, are you?" she asked.
The barmaid narrowed her eyes. Relations had never been easy between the English and the Scottish, and these officers were as English as weak tea. I could practically see her face flushing with anger as another one of the officers riffled through the ledgers on the counter.
"Keep that rag to yourself," the officer snarled. Tension crackled between them. With my breath held, I took a single step backward.
The barmaid glanced at me again, chewing the inside of her cheek. The woman had no loyalty to us. We were just as English as the officers. One word from her and we'd be thrown in the back of their police carriage and dragged to London to face trial for murder.
Once more, the image of Dr. Hastings's scratched-out eyes flashed in my head.
Relief flooded me, but it was short-lived. As she noisily pulled out some tankards, someone seized me from behind and dragged me into the side hallway. My heart shot to my throat as I lurched for the knife stashed in my boot until I recognized Montgomery's smell—hay and candle wax. My shoulders eased.
"They're looking for us," I whispered.
I dashed up the back stairs with fast, quiet steps. I had scoffed at Montgomery the previous night when he set the horses to pasture and hid the carriage behind the barn. His preparations didn't seem quite so overly cautious now.
I woke Lucy, who gasped awake, and helped her struggle into her dress.
"How did they find us?" she whispered in a fearful hush.
"They haven't found us, not yet. They're checking all the major roads. We'll have to stick to back roads from now on. It'll slow us down, but we dare not risk anything else." Together we loaded our meager belongings into carpetbags and carried them down the back steps silent as mice, with Sharkey tucked under one arm. Day was just breaking over the eastern moors, shrouded in a thick silver fog. If we could disappear into that fog while the police were distracted, we would have a chance.
I opened the door to the carriage, where Edward lay flat on the bench-seat, moaning incomprehensibly. His eyes were closed, the chains still wrapped tight. I climbed in, pulling Lucy with me. Balthazar lumbered in behind her and held Sharkey in his lap. Quietly as he could, Montgomery drove the horses to the road, letting their soft steps get lost in the mist, until we were so swallowed up in the fog that I could no longer see the inn. He cracked the whip, and the horses bolted.
I grabbed the window for balance. Lucy sat next to Edward, his head in her lap, her fingers trailing through his sweat-soaked hair as she muttered sweet reassurances to him that he would come through the fever and be eating cinnamon cake again in no time. I didn't have the heart to tell her he likely couldn't hear her, nor would he remember anything she said. Balthazar soon nodded off. The man was able to sleep through anything.
I pushed aside the gauzy curtain every few minutes to make certain we weren't being followed. After an hour, then two, I began to relax. The fog burned off as the morning stretched into midday, but the heather was endless, a sea of rolling red hills and frozen earth, beautiful in its desolation, hypnotic in its monotony. Twice we passed small hamlets, nothing more than clusters of stone cottages with smoke rising from mossy chimneys; once a peasant man, wizened and bent, riding a donkey down the dirt road.
Other than that, there was nothing but the moors, the storm clouds building to the north, and the ceaseless pounding in my heart.
THE AFTERNOON TURNED DARK as the storm grew. A sudden clap of thunder shook the carriage, making me jump. The first drops of freezing rain fell against the glass. I thought of Montgomery alone outside, hunched in his oilskin coat against the wind and the rain.
A flash of lightning lit up the dark clouds. I peered through the window, looking for bobbing lanterns on the horizon that would mean the police carriage was following us, but there was nothing.


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Reporting and Analytics Manager, Oncology
Thousand Oaks, CA, US
Science/R&D, Oncology
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Amgen is a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose toward our mission: to serve patients. Within Global Commercial Operations, we provide the capabilities, resources, and rewards of a global enterprise, while maintaining the entrepreneurialism and verve that marked our early days as a biotechnology pioneer. We encourage our team members to have fulfilling and meaningful careers through challenging assignments, career development, and valuable opportunities!
Amgen has an opportunity for a Sales Operations Lead to function as a Reporting and Analytics Manager at its main headquarters in Thousand Oaks, CA. You will be a member of the Commercial Reporting Operations team and will be responsible for the overall management and administration of the Vision reporting platform.
The Reporting Center of Excellence (RCOE) services in partnership with the sales organization, IS, and vendor partners.
As manager, you will handle the design, implementation, training, and overall administration of all sales reporting deliverables. The successful candidate will collaborate with internal sales ops partners (Data Management, Incentive Comp team, Forecasting & Insights etc.) and will have meaningful interaction with Sales Leadership, Commercial Information Management, IS, Brand and Marketing.
Responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:
Primary point of contact for Vision production reports for the Oncology Business Unit (OBU)
Proactive engagement with field sales team which includes developing new reports, enhancing existing reports, and training.
Project Management - Leading cross functional teams to improve reports and reporting processes based on changing business trends.
Facilitate and participate in Sales Ops Advisory Panels for the purpose of understanding the business needs of the OBU.
Develop and implement reporting QC standards and processes to ensure report accuracy.
Work closely with Incentive Compensation, Analytics, and Size and Structure teammates to ensure accurate implementation of business rules and enhancements in all Vision reporting deliverables.
Partner with field training team to build training materials and deliver RADAR training to new hires.
Ensure adherence to compliance/legal regulations
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Master's degree and 2 years of sales & marketing operations, finance and/or analytics experience
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Plan year changes for group health plans for year-end 2015 and 2016
Trucker Huss APC
As the end of the 2015 calendar plan year and the next open enrollment period for the 2016 calendar year group health plan fast approach, employers and other plan sponsors of self-insured health plans must implement and administer a number of changes to comply with the Affordable Care Act (the "ACA") and other applicable law. These changes include:
Administering the Limit on Cost-Sharing and High Deductible Health Plans ("HDHP") Plan Design Implications: For plan years that begin in or after 2016, plan administrators will be required to implement clarification regarding the administration of the ACA's annual limit on cost-sharing that caught many employers and other plan sponsors by surprise earlier this year. On May 26, 2015, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury jointly issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions ("FAQs") on the requirement to limit annual cost-sharing by non-grandfathered plans (cost-sharing includes: deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, or similar charges, and any other charge that an individual must pay for a qualified medical expense that is considered an "essential health benefit" and that is covered by the plan1), http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq-aca27.html. For plan years beginning in 2016, the maximum annual limitations on cost sharing or "out-of-pocket" ("OOP") maximums that a plan may impose are: $6,850 for "self-only" coverage and $13,700 for all other coverage options (note: a plan may administer lower OOP maximums). Somewhat surprisingly, the FAQs "clarified" that non-grandfathered plans must apply an "embedded" "self-only" OOP maximum with respect to each individual who is enrolled in any coverage other than "self-only" coverage.
This means that if a family of four is enrolled in "family coverage", the plan may not require any individual in the family to pay more than $6,850 in cost-sharing. For example, if the plan that covers this family of four has an aggregate OOP maximum for all family members of $13,000 for the 2016 plan year and one individual in the family incurs claims that are associated with $10,000 in cost-sharing, the plan is required to cover the difference between $10,000 and $6,850 with respect to that individual (i.e., $3,150) even though the family OOP maximum has not yet been reached.
For employers and other plan sponsors with HDHPs that are intended to allow participants to contribute to a Health Savings Account ("HSA"), the 2016 annual out-of-pocket maximum for deductibles, co-payments, and other amounts, but not premiums) for the HDHP may not exceed $6,650 for self-only coverage or $13,100 for family coverage, see Revenue Procedure 2015-30 (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-15-30.pdf). Because these HDHP limits are lower than the OOP maximums permitted by the ACA, plan sponsors must ensure that their HDHPs are appropriately designed to follow the HDHP rules if they wish to permit participants to contribute to their HSAs in 2016. [Note: The other 2016 limits applicable to HDHPs and HSAs are as follows: (1) annual deductibles — not less than $1,300 for self-only coverage or $2,600 for family coverage; and (2) the annual contribution limit to an HSA — $3,350 for an individual with self-only coverage or $6,750 for an individual with family coverage.]
Preventive Care Coverage: With each new plan year, non-grandfathered health plans must ensure that their administrators implement the most current and applicable list of required preventive health services, see https://www.healthcare.gov/preventive- care-benefits/. As the requirements applicable to contraceptive coverage have significantly changed and the final regulations implementing the preventive care coverage requirement include a number of changes from the interim regulations in effect since 2010, plans must ensure that they are aware of the changes and are able to timely implement them. Please see our July 2015 newsletter article for a description of these changes.
State Taxation of Coverage Provided to a Same-Sex Spouse: On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf) ruled that it was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution for states to limit marriage to persons of the opposite sex and requires states to recognize same-sex marriages validly entered into in another state or other jurisdiction. For health plans that cover same-sex spouses of employees, the decision means that income may no longer be imputed on such coverage. Several states have provided tax guidance on same-sex marriage in response to the ruling, with both Ohio and Michigan issuing specific guidance requiring employers to adjust withholding on affected employees' 2015 wages to correct for any overwithholding that occurred BEFORE the Obergefell decision on coverage provided to a same-sex marriage during the first part of the year. 2 [Note: Obergefell does not affect domestic partnerships, civil unions or other similar relationships. Thus, coverage provided to such partners must continue to be taxed unless the partner qualifies as the employee's tax dependent.]
Lastly, while Obergefell did not address whether employers who sponsor self-insured plans are required to offer coverage to same-sex spouses on the same basis as coverage offered to opposite-sex spouses, the decision may affect current and future court challenges. A class action suit has already been filed in the District Court of Massachusetts seeking damages against Wal-Mart for violating Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act for refusing to enroll same-sex spouse in its self-insured group health plan on the same basis as the opposite-sex spouses of employees prior to January 1, 2014 and a permanent injunction prohibiting Wal-Mart from denying equal future health plan benefits to same-sex spouses (see Cote v. Wal-Mart, case number 1:15-cv-12945). The case follows the a finding by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that Wal-Mart's failure to enroll same-sex spouses on the same basis as opposite-sex spouses constituted sexual discrimination under Title VII.
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package com.ib.controller;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Bar {
	private static final SimpleDateFormat FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss"); // format for historical query

	private final long m_time;
	private final double m_high;
	private final double m_low;
	private final double m_open;
	private final double m_close;
	private final double m_wap;
	private final long m_volume;
	private final int m_count;

	public long time()		{ return m_time; }
	public double high() 	{ return m_high; }
	public double low() 	{ return m_low; }
	public double open() 	{ return m_open; }
	public double close() 	{ return m_close; }
	public double wap() 	{ return m_wap; }
	public long volume() 	{ return m_volume; }
	public int count() 		{ return m_count; }

	public Bar( long time, double high, double low, double open, double close, double wap, long volume, int count) {
		m_time = time;
		m_high = high;
		m_low = low;
		m_open = open;
		m_close = close;
		m_wap = wap;
		m_volume = volume;
		m_count = count;
	}

	public String formattedTime() {
		return Formats.fmtDate( m_time * 1000);
	}

	/** Format for query. */
	public static String format( long ms) {
		return FORMAT.format( new Date( ms) );
	}

	@Override public String toString() {
		return String.format( "%s %s %s %s %s", formattedTime(), m_open, m_high, m_low, m_close);
	}
}

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A homeowner called the Extension office after noticing bees or yellow jackets were repeatedly visiting a small koi pond in the yard. What was going on? Well, insects, like all of us, need water too!
Many insects receive water from nectar or via their prey, but honeybees, bumblebees, wasps, and many other insects visit dewy leaves, mud puddles, bird baths, pools, pet water bowls, or even decorative koi ponds to refuel their H2O needs, especially in hot, dry weather. Bees can use water to regulate humidity in the hive and for evaporative cooling. Butterflies are often seen around mud puddles siphoning up water. Different species of wasps mix water and mud or wood pulp to build their nests. No doubt water is an important resource for insects beyond drinking! Recently we've had quite a few 90 degree days here in NE Ohio so it is not surprising that it appeared an entire hive had a conga-line to the koi pond and back to the nest. One resource sites that on the hottest days, bee foraging may halt in favor of workers collecting water.
A shallow water bowl or makeshift mud puddle may be a welcome addition to your pollinator gardens. But be careful, don't drown your beneficial predators and pollinators! Shallow bowls or bird baths with rocks, sand, or other landing pads (like lily pads) can help! To avoid mosquitos or other unwanted water-borne insects, change water frequently.
The homeowner noted that the insects did not bother anyone on the adjacent porch. They got a front row seat to some interesting, though not unusual behavior. This could be alarming if bees and wasps are coming near pools where kids are playing. In most cases, if left alone they will collect their water and be off. Unfortunately once a reliable water source is located it may be difficult to deter them from returning. Remember that both bees and wasps are BENEFICIAL insects. However, if you do find that there is more conflict between bees and your swimming area than is tolerable, the United States Department of Agriculture has a factsheet with some tips for managing bees around the pool.
More information on bees and water needs can be found here from University of California and here from Texas A&M.
While unfortunately we do not have a photo of the koi pond visitors that inspired this post, we do have a picture of a wasp with a water or nectar droplet courtesy of Danae Wolfe, Education Technology Specialist and avid macro photographer with OSU Extension.


The Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) lifecycle is awash in data. It starts long before the diligence phase and picks up steam when companies share, solicit, and parse information for go or no-go decisions. But the entire M&A lifecycle — negotiations through post-deal, in addition to diligence — is marked by the need to make smarter decisions at what is often an incredibly high rate of speed with a high level of confidence in order to avoid doing a deal you might regret.
That's where Deloitte's M&A analytics capabilities can help you make more informed decisions more quickly. We have developed iDeal, an M&A-centric approach to analytics that focuses on developing insights at every step of the M&A lifecycle—and when they might have their highest value. This is not a handful of disconnected point solutions. iDeal is an integrated solution which has been developed for extracting insights from a target's M&A data and using that to inform decisions both large and small.
Historically, M&A decisions have often been based on high-level trends—strong sales quarters or impressive margins, for example. But what's the real story behind the numbers? What's really going on? Sometimes leaders find out only when it's too late, when the strong quarter turns out to have been an anomaly based on a one-time event or when seemingly high margins might be cloaking hidden weaknesses in company operations. Time is often the culprit. With more time, the thinking goes, we could have secured the information we needed, discovered these issues, and used them to our advantage in the deal. In reality, you need the ability to go deeper into the data to find subtle nuances and hidden nuggets of information that might change the course of the deal—in time for those potential nuggets to affect deal negotiations. iDeal was designed to deliver these capabilities.
Deloitte member firms are recognized around the world as a leading consultant in M&A, with experience in the M&A lifecycle, from strategy and execution to integration and divestiture.
Similarly, Deloitte member firm analytics professionals have emerged as having the ability to be an important force in analytics today, serving global clients across industry with a range of advanced services and capabilities. So it's natural that combining these strengths through iDeal can be seen as leading to a more complete approach to deal-related analytics.
Get there faster. In M&A, insights are more useful when they are generated in time to influence decision making. With intuitive interfaces and near real-time insight delivery, iDeal has been found to make it easier to generate and leverage insights.
Enhance the value of data. Today, many M&A analytics insights are used for highly focused moments or decisions. But the value of the data used in these scenarios, combined with data from elsewhere, can have an equally important impact in other phases of the lifecycle, such as integration and post-integration.
Go deeper. Too often, surface-level data doesn't convey a broad or deep story. With the ability to analyze micro-level details and correlate them to macro- level decisions, M&A leaders using iDeal should be better equipped to uncover the real story behind the numbers.
Accelerate the sales and purchase agreement (SPA) process. Often, the process of nailing down an SPA typically engages a wide range of time-strapped participants in a race to complete the agreement. It's a process that can be inefficient and time-consuming—when time is in short supply. iDeal makes it easier to analyze more data and deploy the results in a more efficient and effective manner. Not only is it faster, it's smarter.
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Which customer or supplier might we consider renegotiations with to quickly achieve cost savings or revenue improvements in the near-term?
How are customers responding to the change in ownership? How has our risk profile changed as a result?


Jax Taylor and his southern belle girlfriend, Brittany Cartwright, visit her family on their Kentucky farm.
Timeless Gift 遗情未了 is a 2004 Chinese television series which aired in Singapore. It was produced by Mediacorp TV Channel 8.
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Nedjemibrê est un roi de la  égyptienne.

Attestations

Il n'est connu que par sa mention sur le Canon royal de Turin, à la position 7.14, où il est crédité de sept mois de règne.

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Q: In Rails, How do I Validate that a User Has Access to Modify an Entry? In my rails app, I am using Devise which authenticates users in the app.  It gives me variables like current_user.id which is the current logged-in user's UserID.
In my app, every User is a member of at least one Group.  Any User can create one or many Trinkets and can assign each Trinket to one of their Groups.
So, here are my models:
User has_many :memberships
User has_many :groups, :through => :memberships

Group has_many :memberships
Group has_many :users, :through => :memberships
Group has_many :trinkets

Trinket belongs_to :group

So there are my models!  Everything is working great!
When a user updates a Trinket, they can assign that Trinket to one of their Groups.
BUT, there is a security flaw!  If someone views the Trinket/edit or Trinket/new page, copies the HTML source code, changes the values of the <SELECT> or <INPUT> tags in the form, they can actually submit their Trinket into someone else's GroupID.
I'd like to add a validation into the model or controller so it confirms the user really has access to use the submitted values before writing them to the database.  In this case, I want to see if the GroupID for this Trinket is a GroupID within User.find(current_user.id).groups but I cannot figure out how to do that validation in the Trinket model.
Anyone know how to verify that a user is trying to assign a value to something that actually have access to assign it to?  Does Devise or another gem have a way of checking associations for user submitted data?
The current Trinket model file just has:
attr_accessible :trinketname, :group_id
validates_presence_of :trinketname

Hope this makes sense.  Help is appreciated! :-)
Versions: Rails 3.2.13, Ruby 1.9.3p392, Devise 2.2.4.  I do have protect_from_forgery in my application_controller.rb file.

A: You can put an if statement inside your action. This is probably not accurate but I hope it gets the point across:
 def create
   if trinket.group_id == current_user.group_id
     trinket.new(params[:trinket])
       if trinket.save
         redirect_to somewhere
       else
         render :new
       end
   else
    flash[:warn] "You're not allowed"
 end

A: What you need is authorization.
Consider using one of the many available authorization frameworks to achieve your objective.
CanCan by Ryan Bates is one of the most extensively battle tested ones.
UPDATE: An Ability can do:
class Ability
  include CanCan::Ability

  def initialize(user)
    can :manage, Trinket, group: { id: user.group_ids }
  end
end

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Comprehensive Q&A on China's power supply, electricity rationing, etc.
China's economic planner NDRC speaks
The ongoing power cuts and related energy supply issues are all over the news at the moment, both internationally and domestically.
On Wednesday, Sept. 29 evening, the National Development and Reform Commission, commonly known in English as China's economic planner, published a comprehensive document explaining in detail the measures that China is taking to address the supply of energy (coal and natural gas), the rationing of electricity, the upcoming heating to numerous households in northern China, and many other related issues.
We shall ensure that the capacity of coal- and gas-fired power plants be fully utilized.
We will 适度 appropriately/moderately increase coal imports. We shall support enterprises to make good use of international resources, maintain an appropriate import scale to effectively supplement domestic supply.
We will instruct (have instructed?) enterprises to make early arrangements to purchase spot LNG resources.
There will be a list of end-users that when necessary their use of electricity will be limited, but they will be informed well in advance.
We shall guide all regions to effectively organize electricity market transactions, strictly implement the market-based price mechanism for coal-fired power generation in which electricity prices may fluctuate above or below the benchmark, enable more electricity to enter the market for transactions, and do not improperly interfere with the normal floating of market prices within a reasonable range so that prices can reasonably reflect changes in electricity supply and demand and costs.
This newsletter represents neither the writers' day-job employer nor the Chinese government. This translation is done in after-work hours without state aid. So the translation shall be seen as neither official nor authoritative, though it was done to the best of the writers' abilities.
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国家发展改革委经济运行调节局负责同志就今冬明春能源保供工作答记者问
Q&A from the Comrade in Charge of the Bureau of Economic Operations Adjustment of the National Development and Reform Commission on Energy Supply Work for This Winter and Next Spring
Question 1: Recently, some regions limited electricity to end-users and triggered concerns in the society about the energy supply in winter. What measures are the National Development and Reform Commission prepared to take to safeguard energy supply in winter?
Answer: The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to energy supply during the heating season and have made systematic deployment and arrangements.
In view of the recent tightening of energy supply vis-a-vis demand, the National Development and Reform Commission is working with relevant parties……and focusing on six aspects of measures to ensure a stable supply of energy this winter and next spring, to ensure the energy security of residents.
First, multi-channel increase in energy resources to ensure supply. In accordance with the law and regulations, we shall release advanced coal production capacity, increase coal imports in an orderly fashion, strive to increase domestic natural gas production, maintain stable imports of gas via the pipeline from Central Asia, and ensure that the capacity of coal- and gas power-generation be fully utilized.
Second, we will give full play to medium and long-term contracts, which shall play the role of an anchor. We shall promote the direct guarantee and full coverage of medium and long-term contracts of coal supply for power generation and heating, sign annual and heating season gas supply contracts in an all-round way, and lock in resources as soon as possible.
Third, we will further improve rationing of energy in an orderly manner, guide local governments to scientifically and rationally formulate energy rationing schemes, improve the dynamic adjustment mechanism, and make sure that users are informed and related terms are agreed upon in contracts, so as to ensure that the schemes are actionable and scientifically implemented.
We shall adhere to the baseline of ensuring energy supply for people's livelihood and resolutely avoid limiting residents' energy consumption.
Fourth, we will give full play to the important role of energy reserve and emergency support capability. We shall supervise power plants to raise coal storage to a safe level before the heating season, accelerate the capacity building of emergency standby and peak shaving power supply, strictly implement the gas fulfillment/injection plan in gas storage facilities, and ensure full-filling before winter.
Fifth, we will rationally distribute energy costs. Under the condition of ensuring the stability of energy prices on people's livelihood, agriculture, and public welfare, the production and operation costs of energy enterprises should be reasonably distributed in strict accordance with the pricing policy.
Sixth, we will effectively control unreasonable energy demand. We shall resolutely curb the unreasonable energy demand of projects with 两高 "two highs" - high-pollution and high-emission, and promote major coal-consuming industries to save coal and limit the use of coal.
In recent years, we have implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, persistently promoted the system for energy production, supply, storage, and marketing, and steadily improved the capacity of energy supply. China's energy supply will be guaranteed this winter and next spring, and we have the resources, conditions, and ability to ensure the people live through winter in warmth.
Question 2: The northeast is the top priority of the winter energy supply. Concerns in society are high. What targeted measures will be taken to ensure supply?
Answer: In the northeast, the weather is cold, the heating season is long, residents have a high demand for heating, and concerns from society are high. Doing a good job in energy supply in winter for the northeast is a major responsibility and extremely critical. The National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to increase coordination efforts to the northeast and prioritize resources for the northeast, to ensure the smooth operation of energy supply in the northeast.
First, increase the effective output of power generation in the northeast. We will organize (have organized?) central-level power generation enterprises to make reasonable arrangements in the maintenance of power generators, taking into consideration the heating needs in heating periods.
On the premise of ensuring safety, we will improve the operating capacity rates of coal-fired power generators to effectively enhance the power supply capacity. Optimize the operation of electricity, strengthen the coordination and mutual help between the northeastern provinces, and reasonably adjust the outgoing electricity from the northeast.
[Note: Northeastern China, namely Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning provinces - and sometimes including some eastern parts of Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is a net exporter of electricity to other parts of China.]
Second, ensure a full supply of coal for power generation in the northeast. On the basis of the annual medium- and long-term contracts for coal supply that have been signed, we have additionally organized a number of companies in production, transportation, and end-user enterprises to sign medium- and long-term contracts. By that, we have achieved full coverage of the medium- and long-term contracts for coal for power generation and heating in the three northeastern provinces, which means that coal resources for power generation and heating in the heating season have been ensured.
At the same time, a number of coal mines with good conditions were selected in the Shanxi-Shaanxi-Inner Mongolia regions as the key emergency coal mines for supply in winter, where the production capacity will be released in phases during the peak period in coal consumption, focusing on the northeast region.
We have guided power generation and heating enterprises to increase the procurement of imported coal, locking resources and prices in advance so that the coal that should be imported shall be imported as early and as sufficient as possible.
Three, promote electricity rationing management in the northeast. We have guided the northeast region to further improve their electricity rationing plans, to ensure that electricity for residents, agriculture, and other areas concerning livelihood is not affected.
We have established (we will establish?) a joint working mechanism between government departments and the state power grid enterprises at all levels, to make sure that users must be informed in advance in case of electricity rationing/power outages, encourage and guide users to take the initiative to avoid electricity consumption at peak hours/times.
We will resolutely achieve 限电不拉闸 "when we have to ration electricity, we don't switch off electricity" and 限电不限民用 "when we have to ration electricity, we don't cut residential use".
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Question 3: In this year's work of ensuring energy supply through peak use in winter, how to ensure the energy needs for people's livelihood are met and the people are safe and warm through the winter?
Answer: General Secretary Xi Jinping always cares about the people's livelihood, and has made many oral and written instructions on ensuring the people's energy needs and on ensuring that the people are safe and warm through the winter. Premier Li Keqiang and other leading comrades have made important instructions and work plans for the protection of people's livelihood with energy.
The National Development and Reform Commission, together with all the regions, relevant departments, and enterprises, adhere to the people-centered development thinking, always ensures that the livelihood of the people is the top priority in the work of ensuring energy supply.
First, energy use for the livelihood of the people will be under full protection. Energy use for people's livelihood, as a percentage of our overall energy supply, is not high. Residential electricity accounts for less than 20% of all electricity use, gas for people's livelihood accounts for less than 50% of all gas use. We have the ability and conditions to give them full protection.
To ensure that, a very important measure is put the supply for them under energy contracts. To this end, coal companies have been organized to sign medium- and long-term contracts with electricity power generation enterprises, to achieve full coverage of coal for power generation and heating.
At the same time, we have organized gas supply enterprises to sign contracts with all the regions to achieve full coverage for gas for people's livelihood. All regions are required to include gas for buses and cabs/taxes in the scope of gas for people's livelihood to ensure protection.
Second, the prices of energy for people's livelihood are regulated to be stable in strict accordance with the country's pricing policy.
China has a clear pricing policy for electricity and gas for people's livelihood. Electricity for residential use is priced by the government. For gas for residential use, we implement a benchmark station pricing management system, which allows a reasonable floating margin based on benchmark station price.
In the current situation of international energy prices, all relevant parties have implemented these policy requirements well. The price of electricity and gas for people's livelihood will be fundamentally stable in strict accordance with the pricing policy.
Third, improve the responsibility mechanism and technical conditions to effectively improve the security of energy for people's livelihood.
In recent years, with the people's living standards continue to improve, the energy demand for electricity, gas, and heating in peak times during winter has been rising. That increases the difficulty in peak shaving and ensuring supply.
In some hours/times, we must insist on putting people's livelihood first, coordinating to balance the relationship in energy use between people's livelihood and industrial & commercial use. To this end, we have organized all regions and coal, electricity, natural gas supply enterprises to establish a list of interruptible users in peak shaving, and have developed a plan to reduce energy use at such times. When necessary, we will implement "protecting the energy use for people's livelihood and suppressing other energy use" in a scientific and orderly fashion, in which case we will safeguard the baseline for energy use for people's livelihood, and at the same time minimize the impact on economic and social development.
Protecting energy for people's livelihood is the common responsibility of people's governments at all levels and related enterprises.
The local government must fulfill the main responsibility of safeguarding energy for people's livelihood, and the energy supply enterprises must shoulder the responsibility of supplying that energy. As long as the relevant parties effectively fulfill their responsibilities and implement the prepared measures for ensuring supply, we are fully able to meet the energy needs for people's livelihood, and ensure that the people are safe and warm through the winter.
Questions 4: What will be the power supply and demand situation in the peak period during the upcoming winter? What measures will be taken in the next step to ensure the power supply during this time?
Answer: This winter, affected by factors such as stable economic growth and rapid increase in electricity consumption for heating, it is expected that the highest electricity consumption in China will gradually rise, possibly exceeding the peak in this summer and last winter.
The National Development and Reform Commission, together with relevant parties, will make every effort to step up the power capacity to ensure supply, strengthen operation coordination and dispatching, and ensure reliable power supply.
This winter, the total installed capacity in China will reach about 2.4 billion kilowatts, an increase of about 200 million kilowatts year on year; the effective peak load will increase by more than 60 million kilowatts, and the peak power generation capacity can exceed 1.2 billion kilowatts. The maximum power generation capacity in China can meet/guarantee the maximum power load/consumption demand, and we are confident and capable of ensuring power supply in winter.
First, we will do a good job in ensuring the supply of coal and gas for power generation. We shall strengthen the research and judgment of supply and demand situation, make the regions and enterprises perform their responsibilities in earnest to ensure supply, formulate the plan of ensuring the supply of coal and gas for power generation in winter in advance, ensure the supply and transportation of resources, solidifying the reserve/storage of coal and natural gas before winter, and ensure adequate supply of coal and gas for power generation.
Second, we will make overall plans to strengthen the building of capacity and infrastructure to ensure power supply. We shall accelerate the construction of important power grid projects, ensure sufficient output of coal-fired power and gas-fired power generators, promote the output of power generation from clean energy to as much as possible and even its maximum, so as to improve the power generating capacity through multiple channels.
Third, we shall rationally distribute the power generation cost based on relevant pricing policy. We shall guide all regions to effectively organize electricity market transactions, strictly implement the market-based price mechanism for coal-fired power generation in which electricity prices may fluctuate above or below the benchmark, enable more electricity to enter the market for transactions, and do not improperly interfere with the normal floating of market prices within a reasonable range so that prices can reasonably reflect changes in electricity supply and demand and costs.
Fourth, we will scientifically formulate and implement electricity rationing plans in an orderly fashion. There are "three musts".
We must insist on 压非保民 "when necessary, protecting the energy use for people's livelihood and suppressing other energy use", strictly protect electricity for people's livelihood and important users.
We must ensure that 用户知情、合同约定 "electricity-consuming companies are fully informed, terms are agreed upon in the contracts," so that electricity-consuming companies are fully informed of the interruptible load scale and conditions for implementation (when their electricity use are limited). We must organize electricity providers, user companies, and competent government departments to sign contracts or agreements.
We must adhere to the principle of 限电不拉闸 "when we have to ration electricity, we don't switch off electricity", scientifically arrange and strictly implement electricity rationing, and prohibit switching off electricity completely for the purpose of rationing electricity.
Question 5: What is the situation of coal supply and demand in the heating season this winter and next spring, and what measures should be taken in the next step to ensure the stable supply of coal?
Answer: Coal is still the main energy source in China at present, and plays an important and 基础 foundational role in the guarantee of national energy supply. After continuously promoting the sytem of coal production, supply, storage, and marketing in recent years, China's coal production, supply, and emergency support capacity has been greatly improved.
Since the beginning of this year, affected by the sustained recovery of China's economy and the rising prices of international energy and commodities, China's coal consumption has exceeded expectations, and the supply and demand are tight. Coal consumption will continue to grow in the heating season during this winter and next spring. By further increasing production as well as imports, using reserve resources and existing stocks in the society [meaning outside of state control], coal supply will be guaranteed.
In accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission has always regarded ensuring coal supply in the heating season as an important work concerning people's livelihood and worked with relevant parties to take effective measures to ensure the safe and stable supply of coal.
First, we will make every effort to increase the production and supply of coal on the premise of ensuring safety. We shall guide major coal-producing areas and key enterprises to scientifically formulate production plans and safely and effectively release advanced production capacity.
Second, we will further approve and put into the production of high-quality production capacity. We shall support qualified coal mines with high-quality production capacity to release advanced production capacity.
Third, we will 适度 appropriately/moderately increase coal imports. We shall support enterprises to make good use of international resources, maintain an appropriate import scale to effectively supplement domestic supply.
Fourth, we will focus on improving coal storage. We shall support local governments and enterprises to strengthen the construction of coal storage capacity, prepare emergency reserves of a certain scale, and strive to increase coal storage in power plants.
Fifth, we will focus on ensuring coal for power generation and heating. We shall give full play to the role of medium and long-term coal contracts, organize enterprises that produce, transport, and use coal to sign contracts on the basis of annual medium and long-term contracts, promote full coverage of medium and long-term contracts for coal supply for electricity generation and heating, and strengthen supervision of implementation (of the contracts), to ensure stable supply and stable price of coal for people's livelihood in areas such as power generation and heating.
Sixth, we will regularize the market to make its operation orderly. We shall strengthen market supervision with relevant departments, severely investigate and deal with violations such as price gouging to stabilize the expectations of society.
Generally speaking, by taking a series of effective measures, the demand for coal in the heating season during this winter and next spring can be met, and the coal supply can ensure people live through winter in warmth.
Question 6: International natural gas prices continue to rise recently. What's the impact on China's natural gas security for winter? How can we better protect the gas supply for people's livelihood in the heating season?
Answer: Since this year, international natural gas prices have continued to rise. China is a large importer of natural gas, international gas prices will objectively raise the cost of our imports of natural gas. Thanks to the directions in these years by General Secretary Xi Jinping which we have followed, we have persistently and solidly promoted the building of the system covering natural gas production, supply, storage, and marketing. We have vigorously promoted domestic reserves and production, strengthened the coordination of imports, accelerated the upgrading of gas storage capacity. The impact of international gas prices on us overall is manageable.
In particular, China employs benchmark station pricing management for residential use of gas, so the impact of international gas price increases on the livelihood of residents can be controlled to a minimum. Regarding the international and domestic natural gas market situation this winter and next spring, we will work with relevant departments and enterprises to take early measures to ensure the safe and stable supply of natural gas to ensure that the people are safe and warm through the winter.
First, there is a significant increase in the sources for the supply of gas for winter. We have organized upstream gas supply enterprises to vigorously promote domestic reserve and production, producing 136.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the first eight months, an increase of 10.8% year on year, and will continue to maintain safe and high-capacity production during the heating season.
We will instruct (have instructed?) enterprises to make early arrangements to purchase spot LNG resources and maintain stable imports of gas via pipelines. Up to now, 174.4 billion cubic meters of gas resources have been locked in advance for winter supply, so we are confident to do a good job in ensuring natural gas supply this winter.
Second, we have achieved full coverage of medium- and long-term contracts. We have organized upstream gas supply enterprises to comprehensively sign contracts with all the regions for the year and the heating season.
The contracted volume for the vast majority of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities is higher than the previous year's actual gas consumption at a certain extent, laying a solid foundation to ensure the gas supply and demand relationship at the peak of the heating season. During the heating season, we will supervise all parties to ensure the supply and use of gas in strict accordance with the contracts and maintain the order of gas supply and use.
Third, the capacity in peak shaving and ensuring supply has been significantly enhanced. This year, the country can have a gas storage capacity of more than 27 billion cubic meters before winter, which is further enhanced than the previous year and can use more than 200 million cubic meters of gas storage per day during the winter peak.
At the same time, a certain scale of emergency gas storage was prepared to ensure the needs from emergency peaking. Adhering to baseline-line thinking, we have guided the regions and enterprises to update and improve the list of 300 million cubic meters/day of interruptible non-residential gas users and has developed a graded reduction plan to be available at all times to ensure the needs of residents, heating and other people's livelihood.
For regions that indeed need rationing gas, we will resolutely achieve "limiting non-residential use and protecting residential use" and "limiting the gas, instead of closing the valve."
Fourth, give priority protection to the gas for the people's livelihood. The gas for people's livelihood will all be (has all been?) covered by contracts, and the responsibility to supply (as contracted) shall be implemented. We will coordinate (have coordinated?) upstream gas supply enterprises to give priority support to the key areas in northern China that use clean heating.
During the winter peak, when the supply is tight in individual areas and some periods, we will strengthen mobilization in a timely manner to ensure the supply of gas for people's livelihood and other vital needs.
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Changes Proposed to Library Desk & Open Hours in 2020
Posted on 3 October 2019 by Library Administration
In an effort to provide concentrated support when you need it most and to simplify our hours across our sites, the Library is proposing changes to our desk hours and opening hours starting Semester 1, 2020.
The proposed changes include the following across our sites:
Changes to Desk Hours
Fisher and Law libraries are open 24/7 (for those of you who like to study late!). Statistics tell us that 94% of our enquiries are received between 8am-8pm, so we are proposing a change to when our information desks are open:
Monday-Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Fisher 8am-8pm 8am-8pm 10am-5pm 1pm-5pm
Law 8am-8pm 8am-8pm 10am-5pm 1pm-5pm
Changes to Library Opening Hours:
To simplify our opening hours across our other Library sites, we are proposing to change when libraries are open at the following sites:
SciTech 8am-8pm 8am-8pm 10am-5pm 1pm-5pm
Health Sciences 8am-8pm 8am-6pm 10am-5pm 1pm-5pm
Conservatorium 8am-7pm 8am-5pm 10am-5pm –
Nursing 9am-7pm 9am-5pm – –
Changes to Chat Now hours
Chat Now is a great way to chat live with a Library staff member for instant support. From Semester 1, 2020 we are proposing to extend our ChatNow service hours to the following:
Monday-Thursday Friday
Chat Now 8am-10pm 8am-8pm
What do you think about these changes? We want to hear from you!
Provide your feedback in this short survey.
The survey will close on Monday 28th October 2019 at 17:00.
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Reflection and Respite: The Big Anxiety Festival Exhibition at Fisher Library
Detail from Reflection and Respite by Ross Richardson
One of the simplest and most immediately accessible ways to lift your mood is a walk in the countryside or along the beach. Can spending time in front of a piece of art have a similar effect?
Influenced by recent research work on biophilia and ecopsychology, artists Emma and Ross propose that observing, drawing and even colouring in natural forms can help to reduce blood pressure, improve immune responses, and help alleviate anxiety. Art and nature in this sense combine to provide an antidote, and looking at images of nature can enhance a calm meditation. The concepts of mandalas, symmetry and balance are explored in the context of compositions which promote reflection and respite from the busyness of everyday life.
Reflection and Respite exhibition, Fisher Library by Dr Emma Robertson and Ross Richardson
This exhibition in glass vitrines is on three levels of the Fisher Library at the University of Sydney, and the installation is also inspired by the setting of the Library, and the conventions of scientific illustration. Quotations from books relating to anxiety are integrated into the displays.
Supported by Scientia Education Fellowship, UNSW and The Fisher Library, The University of Sydney.
Detail from Reflection and Respite exhibition, Fisher Library by Dr Emma Robertson and Ross Richardson
Reflection and Respite is part of the Big Anxiety Fesitival, Australia's largest mental health festival.
The Big Anxiety brings together artists, scientists and communities to question and re-imagine the state of mental health in the 21st century.
A radically new kind of international arts festival, in which every project is an open conversation, designed to promote curiosity, awareness and action, The Big Anxiety presents events across Sydney, tackling the major anxieties of our times, as well as the stresses and strains of everyday life.
Whether through hi-tech interactive environments or one-on-one dialogues, our goal is to create the rich engagements we need for our collective mental health.
The Big Anxiety is an initiative of UNSW Sydney in association with the Black Dog Institute and partners in the cultural, education and health sectors.
Dr Emma Robertson is an award winning artist, whose work is in seven public collections in four countries. The Hospital Trust for Scotland purchased two works for their permanent collection, which were commissioned by the Scottish Arts Council for the exhibition Wordworks. Emma's work has been competitively selected for a public art commission for a Hospice, for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, the JADA, and four International Biennials of Drawing. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Scientia Education Fellow / Associate Professor at UNSW, and a previous Artist in Residence at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Her expertise in education relating to entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity at University and Executive Education levels has seen her win three prestigious teaching awards. Her PhD at The University of Sydney explored biophilia, ecopsychology, and artistic, nature-based antidotes to anxiety.
Ross Richardson studies illustration at the University of Edinburgh, and he is inspired by the natural environment, people, patterns, and landscape. His work has been competitively selected three times for the Mosman Youth Art Prize. He has received Highly Commended notifications for the Camden Art Prize, the Nan Manefield Youth Writer's Award, and the Young Archies. Ross has also been selected for the Hunters Hill Art Exhibition, the Waverley Youth Art Prize, the Royal Art Society of NSW Youth Artist Prize, and the Hornsby Art Prize. In 2015 he won First Place in the Wollongong University Design Award for NSW. His work in this exhibition features watercolours, and also polymer clay three dimensional forms.
Visit Reflection and Respite, 27 September – 31 October 2019 at Fisher Library levels 2, 3 & 4.
Posted in Exhibitions LibraryTagged anxiety, art, artwork, exhibition, festival, Fisher Library
A digital re-offering of HARVEST
In June 2018 PhD student Daniel Howell was fortunate to work with Cambodian farmers as part of his Biology Honours year undertaking research linked to an ACIAR project "CamSID".
The project explores the adoption of new technologies for sustainable intensification and diversification (SID) in the lowland rice system in north-west Cambodia, contributing to increased income for farmers and stronger businesses that are more sustainable and resilient.
During Daniel's studies and visit to Cambodia, one of the farmers with whom Dan worked, Mr Wanta, fell ill just when Dan returned to Australia. Mr Wanta passed away late July 2018 and in December 2018 Daniel and Rosanne held a fundraising exhibition – HARVEST – for Mr Wanta's family as a celebration of Mr Wanta and his family's generosity.
The current exhibition is a digital reoffering of the HARVEST exhibition. Images include sections of rice grown by Mr Wanta himself and photomicrographs derived from our own campus flora.
Daniel Howell is a PhD student within the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. Dan's research is based in the rice-growing regions of northwest Cambodia where he is investigating potential cultural, chemical and biological disease management strategies in a bid to reduce the negative impacts of rice blast, a virulent pathogenic fungus.
Associate Professor Rosanne Quinnell has a research background in the biochemistry of symbiotic systems where the symbiotic relationships are sustained and maintained by effective communication between the partners. Rosanne currently remains active in biology research and also conducts research in education.
Visit the HARVEST Exhibition at ThinkSpace from Monday 30 September – Friday 11 October 2019
The Library's ThinkSpace 16:3 aspect digital wall – is a tool to enable creative teaching, learning and sharing in our technology-driven, creative play-space.
What would you use our digital wall for? We are looking for creative ways to use this technology in teaching, learning and sharing. If you have an idea, reach out to: thinkspace@sydney.edu.au
Posted in ThinkspaceTagged exhibition, science, ThinkSpace
PopFest at the Library – Browse our iconic manga 漫画 collection
Posted on 23 August 2019 by Library Administration
As part of USU's PopFest, the Library is exhibiting a selection of iconic manga from our collection titled: From slapdash drawings to an art form: Japanese manga from the East Asian Collection.
ベルサイユのばら <完全版>, vol. 1. ©Ikeda Riyoko Production
Deemed by some as rooted in the twelfth-century scrolls of illustrated stories, manga (漫画) – literally meaning dispersed, uncontrolled, careless, free-form, excessive drawings and translated as comics or graphic novels – became a successful cultural export of Japan during the twentieth century. Since its entry into the domain of popular culture first in Japan and then around the world, it has established itself as a unique art and literary form diverging greatly on styles as well as subject matters. This exhibition showcases some of the iconic works of manga from the Library's East Asian Collection. Want to see more? Go explore our extensive manga collection on level 9, Fisher Library.
少女漫画 Girls' manga or純情漫画 "Pure love" manga
少女漫画 [shōjo manga] is manga intended primarily for young female readership, as opposed to 少年漫画 [shōnen manga], manga for teen boys. Often considered as not so much a genre but a category by target audience, and sometimes disregarded and passed as inferior as are many things created and appreciated by women, shōjo manga is in fact a distinct and distinguished genre in itself that made space for women creators and readership in the manga world, opening possibilities for alternative characters, narratives, and sensibilities beyond the battles and adventures of robots, pirates, and samurai. From this genre many auteurs and masterpieces emerged, some that may today seem conventional and others subversive, yet all worth consideration
Cover image, ベルサイユのばら <完全版>, vol. 1. ©Ikeda Riyoko Production
ベルサイユのばら = La rose de Versailles
La rose de Versailles, affectionately nicknamed ベルバラ [berubara], is a classic of the classics in the genre of 少女漫画 [shōjo manga]. Also known as Lady Oscar, Berubara tells a story of two main characters: Oscar and Marie Antoinette. Both are caught in the political and romantic whirlwind against the backdrop of pre- and post-revolutionary France. Oscar is especially conflicted between their duty as the commander of the Royal Guard and their sympathy with the revolution.
ベルサイユのばら <完全版>, vol. 1, pp. 212-213. ©Ikeda Riyoko Production
It first appeared in May 1972 in the Margaret (マーガレット[Māgaretto]) magazine, which ran weekly then. After the final episode was published in the magazine in 1973, a forty-episode anime television series of Berubara was released in 1979. The series gained a huge national following during its first run until 1980, achieving cult status in Japan and overseas thereafter. Consequently, it was rerun numerous times until very recently. Berubara has also been made into Takarazuka (宝塚), Japanese all-female musical theatre, since 1974.
ベルサイユのばら <完全版>, vol. 9, prologue. ©Ikeda Riyoko Production
ベルサイユのばら <完全版>, vol. 9, pp. 10-11. ©Ikeda Riyoko Production
ベルサイユのばら : 完全版 / 池田理代子 = La rose de Versailles : kanzenban / Ikeda Riyoko, 2006
Cover image of the DVD set ベルサイユのばら ©池田理代子∙TMS
Lady Oscar [videorecording] = ベルサイユのばら memorial box / Dezaki Osamu, Nagahama Tadao, and Ikeda Riyoko
Title page, ガラスの仮面, vol. 1. ©Suzue Miuchi 1976
ガラスの仮面 = The Glass mask
The Glass mask is a manga written and illustrated by Miuchi Suzue that first appeared in shōjo manga magazine Hana to yume (花と夢, "Flowers and dreams") in 1976. It is a story of two ambitious and talented young women, the protagonist Maya and her rival Ayumi, striving to reach the highest level of the art of acting as well as to achieve their career goals.
First scene introducing the protagonist, ガラスの仮面, vol. 1. ©Suzue Miuchi 1976
One of the bestselling shōjo manga (over 50 million copies by 2006), Garasu no kamen is still running, the most recent volume being volume 49 published in 2012. Known to be a perfectionist, Miuchi does not release new episode easily or often. She is now 68 years old and her readership, of all genders and ages, is wishing her all the best and looking desperately forward to the next volumes. One fan aged over 80 said in an interview that her last wish would be to be able read the finale of Garasu no kamen in her lifetime. A Musical based on Garasu no kamen is scheduled to premiere in 2020, for which Miuchi is writing the scenario.
Introduction to main characters, ガラスの仮面, vol. 43. ©Suzue Miuchi 1976
ガラスの仮面 / 美內すずえ = Garasu no kamen / Miuchi Suzue, 1976
Title page, ナナ, vol. 2. © Yazawa Manga Seikakusho 2000
ナナ = Nana
Fast forward to 1999, when Nana was created by Yazawa Ai. Nana first appeared in josei-and-shōjo (女性・少女, "women and girls") manga magazine Cookie (クッキー), and started as a series in 2000, running until June 2009. It soon became one of the bestselling shōjo manga, selling over 34.5 million copies by 2006. In 2009 Yazawa fell ill and stopped creating Nana, leaving the story unfinished with forty-seven episodes so far. Meanwhile, monograph series was published by Shūeisha (集英社) in twenty-one volumes.
Nana is a story that evolves around the lives of two seemingly opposite women, both of whose names are Nana: one Komatsu Nana (小松奈々), the other Ōsaki Nana (大崎ナナ). Komatsu comes from a care-free home with her naïve outlook and dependent personality. Ōsaki on the other hand was a teenage runaway who is now a depressed and anxious punk rock singer. At the age of twenty-one, both end up heading to the big city, Tokyo, for a new chapter in their lives. The pair meets for the first time on their train to Tokyo and then get to live together in their new city, where one is looking for musical success and fame while the other seeks love and stability.
Ōsaki Nana on stage, with the text reading : "I thought that if I can't make it as a pro, there's something wrong with this world.", ナナ, vol. 7. © Yazawa Manga Seikakusho 2000
With the pages turning, the reader follows their journey in friendship and solidarity, while clumsily and painfully navigating their new surroundings, relationships, work, and passion. One can surely call Nana a type of twenty-first century coming-of-age tale of two young women, that cannot be told without female friendship taking centre stage.
A double-page spread from ナナ, vol. 2. © Yazawa Manga Seikakusho 2000
ナナ, vol. 6, pp. 110-111. © Yazawa Manga Seikakusho 2000
ナナ / 矢沢あい = Nana / Yazawa Ai, 2000
子供向け漫画Children's manga
子供向け漫画 [kodomo muke manga], or simply 子供漫画 [kodomo manga], is manga for children. Usually of a shorter length and telling simpler stories, children's manga often features children themselves as main characters and contains educational content. Many children grow up reading manga, alone in their rooms and socially amongst friends. They read manga during their bus or subway trip to and back from school, during class breaks, and hanging out with friends after school. They borrow manga books from libraries, save up their pocket money to purchase new releases, and circulate volumes amongst friends. Manga is part of their daily lives and a common reference and forms their childhood memory as they grow up. Researchers have shown that manga helps develop literacy in children by exposing them to complex visual narrative sequences. Through repeated practice in visual language, children's ability to comprehend and create narratives is increased. More researchers are finding that children who read manga also read more of other materials compared to those who do not, and grow up to be avid readers in general.
Title page, ドラえもん, vol. 44. ©藤子プロ1974
ドラえもん = Doraemon
Doraemon is an iconic and much beloved children's manga series created by 藤子・F・不二雄 [Fujiko F. Fujio], nom de plume of the manga artist duo 藤本弘 [Fujimoto Hiroshi] and 安孫子素雄 [Abiko Motoo]. Doraemon first appeared in 1969 in an educational magazine for school children and in 月刊コロコロコミック ("Monthly Korokoro Comics"), both published by 小学館 [Shōgakukan], a publishing house specialising in primary education books. ロコロコ is a mimetic word describing a small, round object rolling. In January 1970, Doraemon became a regular appearance and the original series concluded with 1,345 short stories in total in 1996. Selected stories from the series were also published in monograph forms in 45 volumes from 1974 and 1996, which became one of the bestselling manga in the world, selling more than 100 million copies by 2015.
The very first scene, ドラえもん, vol. 1. ©藤子プロ1974
Doraemon is a story of a twenty-two-century robotic cat named Doraemon with special time-traveling powers who takes a boy, 野比のび太 [Nobi Nobita], on adventures anywhere and anytime: overseas, in the past, and into the future, while trying to help him with his troubles. Doraemon is in fact sent by a descendant of Nobita, and is equipped with all kind of futuristic gadgets. While each short story covers one problem to solve and has an ending, all stories have something in common: Doraemon uses his secret tools that magically appear from his pocket to help Nobita, but something somehow always goes wrong.
©Fujiko-pro & Naomi Hirabayashi 2002, from Theドラえもん展 ©Theドラえもん展 製作委員會
Doraemon was and still is extremely popular, and naturally grew to a huge franchise including anime series, e-book series, anime film, feature films, and video games, adored all around the world. Licensed merchandise is also very popular, generating billions of dollars globally. Doraemon collected many an award, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan appointed the character Doraemon as the nation's first anime ambassador in 2008.
©Fujiko-pro & Takashi Murakami /Kaikai Kiki 2002, from Theドラえもん展 ©Theドラえもん展 製作委員會
©Fujiko-pro & Akira Onozuka 2002, from Theドラえもん展 ©Theドラえもん展 製作委員會
©Fujiko-pro & K. Hattori 2002, from Theドラえもん展 ©Theドラえもん展 製作委員會
Displayed are the manga Doraemon itself and the images of entries for the Doraemon exhibition subtitled 'please make your own Doraemon', held in Japan between 2002 and 2004.
ドラえもん / 藤子 F 不二雄 = Doraemon / Fujiko F Fujio, 1975
The Doraemon : 依頼: あなたのドラえもんをつくってください (藤子・F・不二雄), 2002
グルメ漫画 Gourmet manga
グルメ漫画 [gurume manga], gourmet manga, is manga on food that has established itself as a topical genre over time, starting with 包丁人味平 (Hōchōnin Ajihei, Ajihei the cook, 1973-1977). Deemed to be the very first work in the genre, Hōchōnin Ajihei was a series written by 牛次郎[Gyū Jirō] and illustrated by ビッグ錠 [Bikku Jō], published in Weekly shōnen jump. In this seminal work, Ajihei, son of a renowned and respected chef of traditional Japanese cuisine, decides to go on his own journey against his father's wishes. To his father's dismay, he decides to become best at making inexpensive yet delicious food for the people. Hōchōnin Ajihei tells a story of Ajihei's development as a chef, including the obstacles and challenges he meets. It is filled with information on ingredients, dishes, and cooking techniques, and punctuated with many a cooking battle. Although this particular work is not held by the East Asian Collection, the building blocks of Gourmet manga established and developed in Hōchōnin Ajihei are evident in the succeeding titles held in the collection. The bubble economy during the 1980s and 1990s in Japan brought about a boom in gastronomy, and the gourmet manga also proliferated.
Cover image, 将太の寿司 : 全国大会編, vol. 17. ©寺沢大介2000
将太の寿司=Shōta no sushi
Shōta no sushi, "Shōta's sushi", is a typical example of the subgenre of Gourmet manga, バトル物, "the battle type", where the protagonist chef's personal and professional growth is achieved through various cooking battles and competitions. Created by 寺沢大介 [Daisuke Terasawa] in 1992, the original series was published in Weekly shōnen magazine between 1992 and 1997, followed by a sequel series 将太の寿司 : 全国大会編 [Shōta no sushi : zenkoku taikai hen] from 1997 to 2000.
Shōta's Sushi follows a teenage male apprentice sushi cook, Shōta, through his journey to becoming a specialist sushi chef. The story centres around Shōta solving problems and overcoming obstacles while competing in sushi tournament competitions, from regional preliminaries to nationals.
Character introduction, 将太の寿司 : 全国大会編, vol. 17. ©寺沢大介2000
A "battle" scene from 将太の寿司 : 全国大会編, vol. 17, pp. 64-65. ©寺沢大介2000
将太の寿司 : 全国大会編 / 寺沢大介 = Shōta no sushi : zenkoku taikai hen / Terasawa Daisuke, 1997.
Cover image, 美味しんぼ, vol. 102. ©Tetsu Kariya ∙ Akira Hanasaki 2008
美味しんぼ=Oishinbo
Unlike Shōta's sushi, Oishinbo, "The Gourmet", belongs to another subgenre of Gourmet manga called 情報物, "the information type", although the boundaries are unclear. In this type of gourmet manga, information on ingredients, recipes, origins, traditions, and food-related social practices are central to the story. In line with such characteristics, Oishinbo often provides lengthy and detailed description of the dishes featured, accompanied by realistic and meticulous pictorial representation.
A scene featuring abalone porridge from Jeju Island, 美味しんぼ, vol. 102, pp. 20-21. ©Tetsu Kariya ∙ Akira Hanasaki 2008
It follows two newspaper journalists Shirō and Yūko who are put in charge of the paper's special centenary project titled <the perfect menu>. Written by 雁屋哲[Kariya Tetsu] and illustrated by 花咲アキラ[Hanasaki Akira], Oishinbo series was first published in 1983 and ran until suspension in 2014 on the pages of Big Comic Spirits. The monograph series was published in 111 volumes, and soon became one of the bestselling manga in the world, with the approximate sales over 130 million copies by 2008. Anime television series, television films, and live-action films were also released.
From the ramen section in 美味しんぼ塾, pp. 18-19. ©Tetsu Kariya 2001
Exhibited are the manga Oishinbo itself, along with two related materials: <美味しんぼ> をもっと美味しくする特别講義  ("Special lecture to make Oishinbo more delicious"), and; 美味しんぼア・ラ・カルト. 15(身も心も温まる!鍋料理) ("Oishinbo à la carte 15: nabe dishes to warm your body and mind").
Table of contents, 美味しんぼア・ラ・カルト. ©Tetsu Kariya ∙ Akira Hanasaki 2006
Pages with Satomi's oden recipe, 美味しんぼア・ラ・カルト. ©Tetsu Kariya ∙ Akira Hanasaki 2006
美味しんぼ / 雁屋哲作 ; 花咲アキラ画 = Oishinbo / Hanasaki Akira and Kariya Tetsu, 1985.
美味しんぼ塾 : [美味しんぼ]をもっと美味しくする特别講義 / 雁屋哲 = Oishinbojuku / Kariya Tetsu, 2001.
美味しんぼア・ラ・カルト. 15(身も心も温まる!鍋料理) / 雁屋哲作 ; 花咲アキラ画 = Oishinbo arakaruto / Hanasaki Akira, 2006.
Browse more manga in our East Asian Collection
Acknowledgement:
Most manga books featured in this exhibition are the gift of Mr Neil Burns, a member of the Friends of the University of Sydney Library
The Doraemon exhibition art catalogue in this exhibition is a gift of the National Art Centre, Tokyo and is part of our Japan Art Catalogue (JAC) collection.
From slapdash drawings to an art form: Japanese manga from the East Asian Collection will be exhibiting in SciTech Library, from 9th September.
Celebrate USU's PopFest from 11-13th September. Visit the USU website to see the line up of events including Photoshop for Insta! workshop and Beat Saber Challenge at ThinkSpace and Sphero Bowling and VR Escape Room at the International Student Lounge.
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Purple Pride: Bending Sydney Exhibition
As part of Wear It Purple Day, 2019 the Library is proud to present Bending Sydney: Camp Ink 1970-77, a new exhibition featuring material from Rare Books & Special Collections. The exhibition runs from 30 August – 30 September in Fisher Library and on our ThinkSpace video wall.
We will be decorating service points and rolling out the purple carpet! Wear It Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environment for young members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Photograph from a CAMP Inc demonstration, 6 October 1971. Photograph by Phillip Potter.
The exhibition Bending Sydney features material from CAMP Ink, which was the official publication of Sydney's first lesbian and gay political organisation Campaign Against Moral Persecution. CAMP was co-founded in 1970 by John Ware and Christabel Poll to create a "safe space" for homosexual women and men to come together to discuss the issues of discrimination they were facing in Australia at the time.
Covers of CAMP INK publications, on display in the 'Bending Sydney' Exhibition. Left Vol 2, No. 2/3, December 1971, January 1972. Right: Vol 4, No. 1, 1974
A CAMP Inc branch was established on the campus of The University of Sydney, and Rare Books & Special Collections now holds the collection of the group's historical publication which was published from 1970 – 1977. This exhibition highlights these publications, which was a vital outlet for CAMP Inc.
Covers of CAMP INK publications, on display in the 'Bending Sydney' Exhibition.
Left: No. 38, 1976. Right: Vol. 5, No. 2, 1976
The exhibition is curated by Library staff member Suzy Faiz. Suzy graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Sydney College of the Arts in 2017. Her work explores painting's critical relevance within contemporary art. It ostensibly concentrates on painting and collage and primarily exhibits abstract tendencies coupled with the occasional inclusion of figurative elements. Suzy's work has been exhibited locally and internationally and is included in private collections in Australia and Austria.
"As a young queer person, this exhibition has been particularly close to my heart. I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to learn about the history of Australia's LGBTQIA+ activism, without which we would not have the freedoms to express ourselves today."
Suzy Faiz
Explore the Bending Sydney Exhibition:
Fisher Library:, Level 4: Friday 30th August – Wednesday 16th October
ThinkSpace: Friday 30th August – Friday 13th September
Posted in Collections Exhibitions Library ThinkspaceTagged Exhibitions, Rare Books & Special Collections, ThinkSpace2 Comments
The beautiful brain: the exacting detail of anatomical art
Explore the evolution of knowledge about the human brain through Rare Books and Special Collection's latest exhibition 'The beautiful brain: the exacting detail of anatomical art'.
See the exquisitely detailed anatomical art which assisted medical students through centuries dating back to the 16th century
The display includes early anatomical atlases and medical texts including Vesalius's illustrations of the brain in the Fabrica (1543).
Curated by neurologist, Catherine Storey, the exhibition will fascinate everyone. See records of historical & scientific disputes and discoveries attempting to answer questions like: how many pairs of cranial nerves in the human brain?
Exhibition details:
Fisher Library, level 2
From 11th September 2019
Posted in Exhibitions LibraryTagged brain, exhibition, rare book, rbsc