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The Role of Semiotic Metaphor in the Verbal-Visual Interplay of Three Children's Picture Books. A Multisemiotic Systemic-Functional Approach
Arsenio Jesús Moya Guijarro University of Castilla-La Mancha
This paper aims to explore how the use of semiotic metaphors in picture books contributes to children's understanding of the stories. The three picture books selected for analysis were written during the twentieth century and respond to a standard of literary quality: Guess How Much I Love You (1994), Where the Wild Things Are (1963) and Gorilla (1983). The concept of semiotic metaphor as a tool to create ideational meaning is analysed within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics and Systemic-Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis. Kay O'Halloran extends the Hallidayan concept of grammatical metaphor to the semiotic metaphor in order to determine how verbal and visual modes interact with each other in multimodal texts. Like grammatical metaphor, semiotic metaphor also involves a shift in the grammatical class or function of an element. As this process does not take place intra-semiotically, but rather inter-semiotically, the reconstrual produces a semantic change in the function of that element, creating a new way of making meaning and representing reality. The results of the analysis show that semiotic metaphors are essentially used in children's tales to facilitate young children's understanding of the story by making some abstract phenomena related to states of being more concrete and specific. Keywords: Systemic Functional Linguistics; grammatical metaphor; semiotic metaphor; verbal-visual intersemiosis; picture books
Arsenio Jesús Moya Guijarro, University of Castilla-La Mancha
Arsenio Jesús Moya-Guijarro is a Full Professor in the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). He has published several articles on tourist discourse and picture books in international journals such as Review of Cognitive Linguistics, Word, Text, Functions of Language, Journal of Pragmatics and Text and Talk. Among other books, he is co-editor of The World Told and The World Shown: Multisemiotic Issues (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and author of A Multimodal Analysis of Picture Books for Children. A Systemic Functional Approach (Equinox, 2014).
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Cette page présente les épisodes de la saison 6 de la série télévisée Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Synopsis de la saison
La saison commence alors que la Fédération a dû abandonner la station Deep Space Nine aux mains du Dominion, laissant sur place le major Kira, Odo, Quark et son frère Rom.

Liste des épisodes

Épisode 1 : Volte-Face

Épisode 2 : Le règlement

Épisode 3 : Fils et filles

Épisode 4 : Derrière les lignes

Épisode 5 : Gloire aux braves

Épisode 6 : Le sacrifice des anges

Épisode 7 : Vous êtes cordialement invités

Épisode 8 : Résurrection

Épisode 9 : Probabilités

Épisode 10 : Les Sept Férengis

Épisode 11 : Valse

Épisode 12 : Qui regrette Morn ?

Épisode 13 : Au-delà des étoiles

Épisode 14 : Un seul petit vaisseau

Épisode 15 : L'honneur des bandits

Épisode 16 : Revirement

Épisode 17 : Les Péchés du passé

Épisode 18 : Inquisition

Épisode 19 : Sous la Lune pâle

Épisode 20 : A chacun sa manière

Épisode 21 : Le jour du jugement

Épisode 22 : Valiant

Épisode 23 : L'argent n'a pas de sexe

Épisode 24 : Orpheline du temps

Épisode 25 : Le son de sa voix

Épisode 26 : Les larmes des prophètes

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US - The 2010 Feed Mill Management Seminar will be held on 10 to 11 March at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville.
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Programme committee chairperson, Dr Carla Price of Sanderson Farms said: "The objective of this year's agenda is to help mill managers operate their mills at optimum productivity and maximum efficiency. Feed manufacturing is a very important component in poultry and egg production. It is critical for our feed mill managers to keep pace with advancements in equipment and technology, and stay up to date on government regulations. The program will make sure that we stay informed."
The seminar will examine changes in OSHA regulations, the latest technology in conditioning and pelleting, new truck anti-roll over devices, boiler management, and other feed manufacturing topics.
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After last year's Easter snacks post, I decided to write another one for this year. I really like to indulge in delicious food that are only available during special occasions and festivities (Don't even get me started on Christmas. ^_^).
While I only showed you two kinds of snacks last year, there is a lot more this time.
I first started my day with whole wheat bread with thinly sliced chicken and sandwich spread.
I also got this "paasstol" from the Albert Heijn (local supermarket), which is a traditional Dutch dish. It is a raisin bread loaf filled with almond paste and we serve it with some icing sugar on top. We also eat this during Christmas. I really love the almond paste that is in there, which is also used in many treats during Sinterklaas (celebrated in the Netherlands on 5 December each year).
A piece of advice: It is better to sprinkle the icing sugar on the slice of raisin bread loaf only, if you are not planning to eat the whole thing. Before, I sprinkled the icing sugar all over the raisin bread loaf and after putting it back into the plastic wrapper, the icing sugar turned into a sticky, sugary mess.
There is another thing, I bought from the Albert Heijn. It almost seems like I am advertising for them, but there are two Albert Heijn supermarkets in close vicinity of where I live, so I just go there for my groceries very often. I bough this box of cream puffs covered with yellow colored chocolate and with decorations made of marzipan.
Of course, I also ate many chocolate Easter eggs. The first ones with the colorful Easter prints had different fillings and rice crispies in them.
From these chocolate Easter eggs underneath, I like the larger one with gold wrapping the most. It is a white chocolate one, which was very creamy and delicious. The ones with lime green, red, and purple wrappers have the traditional flavors (milk, dark, and white chocolate) and a few rice crispies in them as well.


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MPNPT Malta'17: Team32Red Report
Published by Nick - 32Red Poker Manager on May 14, 2017 May 14, 2017
Good things come in small packages, and Malta seems to more than fit that particular bill. A naturally attractive place with a lot to offer in its tiny area of just 121 square miles, this popular island that sits in the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and North Africa proved once again to be the perfect venue for an international poker festival.
That was then, this is now…
The MPN Poker Tour last visited Malta in 2014. Along with Tallinn, Estonia, to where the tour will return later this year (19-22 October), it's a testament to this mini paradise that it was chosen to again host the burgeoning tour. A conspicuously good development that you'll see below is that in the intervening three years since first touching down on the sun-soaked island, the MPNPT has emerged as a major tour, with the key numbers this time dwarfing the first Mediterranean edition.
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Malta used to be called Melita – meaning the island of honey – by the ancient Greeks and Romans. This is fitting, perhaps, given both the varied cuisine on offer and the limitless choice of beverages with which to wash down said cuisine. No doubt this was a factor at the now must-attend MPNPT Welcome Party, which took place on Thursday at Hugo's Terrace. Indeed, it was free drinks all night, but Malta will also be remembered as the first time a great new attraction featured at the Tour…
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Pocket Poker
Pocket Poker already sounds like a perfectly catchy name for a new poker game and, if the reaction of both players and spectators (yes – spectators) at the party is anything to go by, watch this space… Microgaming's Ryan Pretorius, a talented developer, traveled all the way from South Africa with his new creation, which is a spectator-friendly Heads-Up game. Each player has their own device and the game is transmitted on a TV screen so that everyone can see the action as it unfolds. A 36-player knockout tournament was organised and it was a great success, with the crowd cheering on the players! When the proverbial dust had settled and drifted out to sea (just outside the venue) two Team32Red players had taken the two prizes up for grabs: Dmytriy Nesin (Ukraine) pocketed (see what we did there?) free entry to the €300+30 MPNPT NLH Freezeout Event, and Artur Yarovoy earned free entry to the €100+10 Play2Care tournament.
The Play2Care event, incidentally, was MPNPT Malta's official charity partner (helping people with neurological disease), players being able to increase their stack by 10% by paying an extra €10, which was then matched by Microgaming.
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As was mentioned earlier, the MPNPT has ballooned in size during the last three years, and it's almost expected nowadays to see total entries in the €500 + €50 NLH Main Event combine to 'break' the advertised guaranteed prize pool. Malta 2017 was no exception, with the excellent venue, Casino Malta (located in the Intercontinental Hotel complex), managing with the numbers.
Day 1a saw 99 starters and, eventually, 28 survivors through to Day 2, Alan Carr topping the field with 185,600 chips. 99 might indeed seem like a healthy size, but Day 1b attracted 265 starters. UK youngster, Jonathan Bowers, with a mighty 278,500-strong stack, had amassed the most chips of the day's 75 survivors.
Add four extra registrations, and 107 players fought it out on Day 2 for a seat at the final table which, when players regrouped to decide who would win top honours, saw Alessandro Siena of Italy, an online MTT specialist, with a mountainous stack of 2,854,000 chips. Perhaps not surprisingly, he used his numerical advantage to the full and succeeded in securing the MPNPT Malta trophy and, of course, the €35,000 winner's purse. The fact the 20-year-old lives in Malta also gave it a bit of a home win feel.
Let's take a moment here to reflect on how far the MPNPT has come. We've just seen that the 1st prize this year was a massive €35,000, which equates to about 2/3 of the TOTAL prize money at Malta 2014! This year the €150,000 guarantee was smashed thanks to the 368 total entries, which bumped up the total prize money to a whopping €178,480!
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Team32Red… onward & upward!
With the MPNPT looking so healthy as the world tour continues, we're well aware, and very proud, that our players have made such a great contribution to the success story. We have an unrivaled satellite structure for these events in terms of bankroll-friendly qualification opportunities, the point being to present our players with maximum chances to bag both €1,500 packages and €550 Seats for peanuts (the satellite quest for Malta started at a mere €1!).
This is evidenced by the fact that Team32Red is ever-present at MPNPT events, always conspicuous by being excellent ambassadors both during the tournaments and away from the tables. As always, some players fared better than others but, importantly, a good time was had by all…
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Team32Red Results
Julie Whitworth had an eventful time in Malta. A multiple qualifier, this time she hadn't done so but went along anyway, which shows what a great time our players have at these festivals. After a bit of people-watching and finding herself suffering from sunburn, she decided to go for it, and entered the Main Event… a great decision, because by the end of the weekend she was on her way home with the €1,450 she'd earned for finishing in 25th! This was Julie's fourth cash in seven MPNPT tournaments, including twice in a Main Event!
Meanwhile, other notable performances were Johannes Hubalek (who played in the Vienna leg in January) in 29th and Dara O'Kearney's 33rd. Dmytriy Nesin, apparently not satisfied with his Pocket Poker victory, won the €135+15 MPNPT Casino Malta Poker Cup, which also saw Volodymyr Pastuschenko finish in 6th place, and Daniel Leal (who had won a €1,500 package in a freeroll at 32Red) came 9th.
Memorable Hands
This part of the report should paint both an interesting and instructional picture for those players who are interested in how tournament poker can produce all sorts of situations, regardless of what the event is. Whether it's a big money festival or a new players' freeroll, the poker gods don't discriminate…
Here are a few of our players' experiences at the tables:
Knut Berntsen: "Lost KK v QQ in a side event when my opponent flopped quads for the ultimate pain"
Simon Taylor: (a veteran of Tallinn – twice – Dublin, Sofia and Vienna): "I made a bad fold early, then lost all my chips with QsJs vs AsAh on a 8s7s6s flop"
David Lappin: "KK into AA to bust in the very first hand of the €300 side event"
Mario Sanchez: (played in Tallinn, Morocco and Vienna), without even making a single reference to specific cards – sums up what we all go through on a regular basis (often without properly noticing how or why!): "… lost 80% of my stack in the first three levels…"
Finally, look what happened to Simon Millard (played in Ireland, Estonia, Bulgaria and Austria – twice) in a cash game: "Lost a €180 pot all-in with JJ v 72 when he hit 222…"
But it's not all bad… Here's how Dara O'Kearney (he's played everywhere!) got the most out of a pair of aces: "I min- raise AA under-the-gun, playing 28BB, to 8,000. The Button (Daniel Jacobsen, who ended up coming second) throws in 9,000, saying nothing (he didn't see my raise). Both blinds defend. Flop of 522 is checked around (I'd sometimes bet but was hoping the aggro Button would stab). Turn is an ace and I check again as there is very little that can call me. No bad River cards, so I might as well try to induce a bluff or let someone hit the River. River is a jack and the Small Blind bets 17,000. I raise to 45,000 and he 'cry' calls"
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Away from the tables…
While some of you may or may not find it interesting to know that both Bryan Adams and Britney Spears are of Maltese descent, or that Popeye Village Malta is a successful tourist attraction nearly four decades on from when the musical film Popeye was made there in 1980, our players were probably more impressed that Valletta was registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980, or by the sea and the sun and the locals.
Volodymyr Pastuschenko sums it up nicely: "Malta is so magnificent. Valletta may be the most beautiful city I have ever been to."
Others, meanwhile, soaked up the culture – the two Simons (Millard and Taylor) might have waxed lyrical that Calypso Cave is said to be the very cave that Homer wrote about in The Odyssey, but instead this stuck in their memories (Simon Millard): "Went to Valetta. That was nice, and visited the pub Oliver Reed had his last drinks in before he died…"
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Finally, a good old 'shout-out' to the following, without whom etc… MPNPT's globetrotting Clodagh Hansen and the indefatigable Mark Spur, Jess Botha, who did a superb job as organizer, and Dana Immanuel, Jen Mason and Rod Stirzaker, the magnificent bloggers.
The next stop on the MPNPT is Manchester, 20-23 July, for which you can qualify via all manner of player-friendly routes at 32Red – even hitting a royal flush in our fun-filled, €3 rebuy, €500 Guaranteed Flush Royale (nightly, 7pm UK time) tournament gets you an instant €1,500 package!
In the meantime, have fun at the tables!
Next up, MPNPT Manchester!
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Old Goa (Konkani: Pornnem Goem, Adlem Gõi, Goeam) or Velha Goa (Velha means "old" in Portuguese) is a historical city in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. The city was constructed by the Bijapur Sultanate in the 15th century, and served as capital of Portuguese India from the 16th century until its abandonment in the 18th century due to a plague. Under the Portuguese, it is said to have once been a city of nearly 200,000 where from, before the plague, the Portuguese traded across continents. The remains of the city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Old Goa is approximately 10 kilometres east of the state capital Panaji.


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Author Stevens, R.G.; Blask, D.E.; Brainard, G.C.; Hansen, J.; Lockley, S.W.; Provencio, I.; Rea, M.S.; Reinlib, L.
Title Meeting report: the role of environmental lighting and circadian disruption in cancer and other diseases Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Environmental Health Perspectives Abbreviated Journal Environ Health Perspect
Volume 115 Issue 9 Pages 1357-1362
Keywords Human Health; Animals; *Circadian Rhythm; Environmental Exposure; Humans; *Lighting/adverse effects; *Neoplasms/etiology; Research; breast cancer; circadian rhythms; clock genes; lighting; melatonin; phototransduction; pineal gland
Abstract Light, including artificial light, has a range of effects on human physiology and behavior and can therefore alter human physiology when inappropriately timed. One example of potential light-induced disruption is the effect of light on circadian organization, including the production of several hormone rhythms. Changes in light-dark exposure (e.g., by nonday occupation or transmeridian travel) shift the timing of the circadian system such that internal rhythms can become desynchronized from both the external environment and internally with each other, impairing our ability to sleep and wake at the appropriate times and compromising physiologic and metabolic processes. Light can also have direct acute effects on neuroendocrine systems, for example, in suppressing melatonin synthesis or elevating cortisol production that may have untoward long-term consequences. For these reasons, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences convened a workshop of a diverse group of scientists to consider how best to conduct research on possible connections between lighting and health. According to the participants in the workshop, there are three broad areas of research effort that need to be addressed. First are the basic biophysical and molecular genetic mechanisms for phototransduction for circadian, neuroendocrine, and neurobehavioral regulation. Second are the possible physiologic consequences of disrupting these circadian regulatory processes such as on hormone production, particularly melatonin, and normal and neoplastic tissue growth dynamics. Third are effects of light-induced physiologic disruption on disease occurrence and prognosis, and how prevention and treatment could be improved by application of this knowledge.
Address Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-6325, USA. bugs@uchc.edu
Call Number LoNNe @ kagoburian @ Serial 821
Author Stevens, R.G.
Title Light-at-night, circadian disruption and breast cancer: assessment of existing evidence Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication International Journal of Epidemiology Abbreviated Journal Int J Epidemiol
Keywords Human Health; Animals; Blindness/complications/epidemiology; Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology/*etiology/metabolism; Chronobiology Disorders/*complications/epidemiology/metabolism; Circadian Rhythm/physiology; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Humans; Light Signal Transduction/physiology; Lighting/adverse effects; Melatonin/biosynthesis; Sleep/physiology; Time Factors; *Work Schedule Tolerance
Abstract BACKGROUND: Breast cancer incidence is increasing globally for largely unknown reasons. The possibility that a portion of the breast cancer burden might be explained by the introduction and increasing use of electricity to light the night was suggested >20 years ago. METHODS: The theory is based on nocturnal light-induced disruption of circadian rhythms, notably reduction of melatonin synthesis. It has formed the basis for a series of predictions including that non-day shift work would increase risk, blind women would be at lower risk, long sleep duration would lower risk and community nighttime light level would co-distribute with breast cancer incidence on the population level. RESULTS: Accumulation of epidemiological evidence has accelerated in recent years, reflected in an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classification of shift work as a probable human carcinogen (2A). There is also a strong rodent model in support of the light-at-night (LAN) idea. CONCLUSION: If a consensus eventually emerges that LAN does increase risk, then the mechanisms for the effect are important to elucidate for intervention and mitigation. The basic understanding of phototransduction for the circadian system, and of the molecular genetics of circadian rhythm generation are both advancing rapidly, and will provide for the development of lighting technologies at home and at work that minimize circadian disruption, while maintaining visual efficiency and aesthetics. In the interim, there are strategies now available to reduce the potential for circadian disruption, which include extending the daily dark period, appreciate nocturnal awakening in the dark, using dim red light for nighttime necessities, and unless recommended by a physician, not taking melatonin tablets.
Address Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-6325, USA. bugs@uchc.edu
Call Number LoNNe @ christopher.kyba @ Serial 527
Author Schnitt, S.; Ruhtz, T.; Fischer, J.; Hölker, F.; Kyba, C.C.M.
Title Temperature stability of the sky quality meter Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Abbreviated Journal Sensors (Basel)
Volume 13 Issue 9 Pages 12166-12174
Keywords *Artifacts; Atmosphere/*analysis; Environmental Monitoring/*instrumentation; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Photometry/*instrumentation; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Temperature; *Transducers; Sky Quality Meter; SQM
Abstract The stability of radiance measurements taken by the Sky Quality Meter (SQM)was tested under rapidly changing temperature conditions during exposure to a stable light field in the laboratory. The reported radiance was found to be negatively correlated with temperature, but remained within 7% of the initial reported radiance over a temperature range of -15 degrees C to 35 degrees C, and during temperature changes of -33 degrees C/h and +70 degrees C/h.This is smaller than the manufacturer's quoted unit-to-unit systematic uncertainty of 10%,indicating that the temperature compensation of the SQM is adequate under expected outdoor operating conditions.
Address Institute for Space Sciences, Freie Universitat Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, Berlin 12165, Germany. christopher.kyba@wew.fu-berlin.de
Author Reddy, A.B.; O'Neill, J.S.
Title Healthy clocks, healthy body, healthy mind Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Trends in Cell Biology Abbreviated Journal Trends Cell Biol
Volume 20 Issue 1 Pages 36-44
Keywords Aging; Animals; Cell Cycle; *Circadian Rhythm; Humans; Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism; Signal Transduction
Abstract Circadian rhythms permeate mammalian biology. They are manifested in the temporal organisation of behavioural, physiological, cellular and neuronal processes. Whereas it has been shown recently that these approximately 24-hour cycles are intrinsic to the cell and persist in vitro, internal synchrony in mammals is largely governed by the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei that facilitate anticipation of, and adaptation to, the solar cycle. Our timekeeping mechanism is deeply embedded in cell function and is modelled as a network of transcriptional and/or post-translational feedback loops. Concurrent with this, we are beginning to understand how this ancient timekeeper interacts with myriad cell systems, including signal transduction cascades and the cell cycle, and thus impacts on disease. An exemplary area where this knowledge is rapidly expanding and contributing to novel therapies is cancer, where the Period genes have been identified as tumour suppressors. In more complex disorders, where aetiology remains controversial, interactions with the clockwork are only now starting to be appreciated.
Address Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK. abr20@cam.ac.uk
Author Jasser, S.A.; Blask, D.E.; Brainard, G.C.
Title Light during darkness and cancer: relationships in circadian photoreception and tumor biology Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Cancer Causes & Control : CCC Abbreviated Journal Cancer Causes Control
Keywords Human Health; Animals; *Circadian Rhythm; *Darkness; Humans; *Light; Light Signal Transduction; Melatonin/physiology/secretion; Neoplasms/etiology/pathology/*physiopathology; Suprachiasmatic Nucleus/physiology
Abstract The relationship between circadian phototransduction and circadian-regulated processes is poorly understood. Melatonin, commonly a circadian phase marker, may play a direct role in a myriad of physiologic processes. The circadian rhythm for pineal melatonin secretion is regulated by the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Its neural source of light input is a unique subset of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells expressing melanopsin, the primary circadian photopigment in rodents and primates. Action spectra of melatonin suppression by light have shown that light in the 446-477 nm range, distinct from the visual system's peak sensitivity, is optimal for stimulating the human circadian system. Breast cancer is the oncological disease entity whose relationship to circadian rhythm fluctuations has perhaps been most extensively studied. Empirical data has increasingly supported the hypothesis that higher risk of breast cancer in industrialized countries is partly due to increased exposure to light at night. Studies of tumor biology implicate melatonin as a potential mediator of this effect. Yet, causality between lifestyle factors and circadian tumor biology remains elusive and likely reflects significant variability with physiologic context. Continued rigorous empirical inquiry into the physiology and clinical implications of these habitual, integrated aspects of life is highly warranted at this time.
Address Department of Neurology, Light Research Program, Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street, Suite 507, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. samar.jasser@jefferson.edu


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Milotta is a myth and ancient song spread in the Yao nationality inhabited areas of Du'an and Bama in Guangxi. It integrates myth, creation and hero. It describes the heroic achievements of the goddess Milotta in opening up the world and creating human beings. In order to better inherit the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, Keziquan participated in the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Through years of protection and promotion, the Bama Spring Goddess Milotta and Zhuzhu Festival were included in the national intangible cultural heritage.
On May 23, 2011, the "Miluotuo" declared by Duan Yao Autonomous County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was listed in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list with the approval of the State Council.
Yao tribes are very complex, and there has been no uniform standard for the division of Yao tribes in all walks of life. According to the "branch - Branch - branch" division, the Yao people can be roughly divided into four branches, 16 branches and 39 branches. The four branches are Mian Yao, Bunu Yao, Lajia Yao and Pingdi Yao.
Milotta is a pioneering ancient song of the second largest branch of the Yao people who call themselves "Bunu". It has been sung continuously for thousands of years and is deeply loved by the Yao people. Because the Yao people only have their own national language in their history and have no written language, this ancient ballad is handed down orally by the Yao people and handed down from generation to generation.
The unique national history has created a unique national culture. Bunuyao has also created a brilliant national culture in the process of creating his own history. The Ancient Song of Milotta is a bright pearl in the treasure house of Bunuyao culture. In her childhood, due to the limitations of understanding natural phenomena such as heaven, earth and everything, Bunuyao people had fantasies. They used fiction to explain natural phenomena that they could not explain. They also used legends to describe the process of national historical development. In this way, the Ancient Song of Miluotuo was created by Bunuyao ancestors in the form of myth and legend, which reflected Bunuyao ancestors'understanding of the origin of all things and human beings.
The protagonist of Milotta Ancient Song is a woman, a goddess who created all things and created human beings. It tells the myths and legends of matriarchal society, but there are also traces of the transition to patriarchy. Therefore, the production period of Milotta Ancient Song should be a female-centered matriarchal society and a historical period of the transition from matriarchy to patriarchy.
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According to expert textual research, Bunuyao and "Jiuli", "Sanmiao", "Nanman" in Chinese history
" Originally, they are part of these tribes. "Jiuli" is a large prehistoric tribe, a tribal alliance coexisting with the Yellow Emperor tribal alliance and the Yandi tribal alliance in ancient times, and was defeated by the Yandi and Huangdi tribal alliance. "Jiuli" originated in the Central Plains, that is, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, so Bunuyao originated in the Central Plains. In The Ancient Song of Milotta, the place where Milotta made human beings is the place named Rali of Yao nationality. Some experts and scholars say that Rali is in Luoyang area of Henan Province. Therefore, the origin of Milotta Ancient Song should be the Central Plains, that is, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.
Milotta Ancient Song is an encyclopedic classic which integrates Bunuyao's history, geography, customs, beliefs and folk conventions. It melts Bunuyao's myths, legends, stories, ballads and fables into a furnace. Its academic value is as follows:
1. The Ancient Song of Milotta is a myth and legend. From the perspective of historical science, myth and legend can not be used as evidence to determine the course of history, but it is a vague memory of one's own history in a nation's childhood, and still has its historical research value.
2. The Bunuyao people's religious beliefs reflected in Milotuo Ancient Song are mainly primitive religious beliefs, natural worship, animism and ancestor worship, which run through the whole ancient song and have research value in religious beliefs.
3. The Ancient Song of Milotta is an ancient textbook to teach Bunuyao the knowledge of production struggle, survival struggle and living customs.
4. The Ancient Song of Milotta is a combination of fantasy myth and interpretation myth. It has rich imagination and many unique stories and legends. It has singing, chanting, dancing, voice, colored and tangible. It can be said that it is a collection of Bunuyao people's national culture and art and a rich material for studying Bunuyao's culture and art.
5. The Ancient Song of Milotta preserves a large number of linguistic materials, especially religious linguistic materials. The rich vocabulary, extensive coverage and unique form are rare and necessary for the study of Bunuyao language.
Inheritance and protection
Inheritance: In the past, the inheritance form of Milotta Ancient Song has the following ways:
1. Inheritance of story content through storytelling;
2. To inherit the content of epic language and poetry through the form of gathering and disco singing;
3. Inheritance of the content of religious language poetry style through holding sacrificial activities of great vows;
4. Pass on the form of singer singing and collective audition in Zhuzhu Festival.
In the 21st century, Mainly through the annual celebration of wishes and other activities to maintain the life and vitality of the Milotta culture; in daily life, the Milotta culture is still retained, but more or less impacted, is gradually weakening people's lives.
On May 18, 2010, the Ministry of Culture of China announced the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list of recommended projects (new entries). The "Miluotuo" declared by Duan Yao Autonomous County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was selected as the intangible cultural heritage in the category of folk literature projects.
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Europe and Asia hold equal claim of this ancient city, so it is no wonder it's called the Bridge between the continents. Founded in the 7th c. BC, as a trading post named Byzantium, lying on the shores of Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. A millennium later, the Emperor Constantine moved the imperial see to the "New Rome" and named it after himself, Constantinople.
Again, another city where different religions and cultures make the most impressive of visage. Its history dates back to the 4th millennium BC and thus, making it one of the oldest cities in the history of humankind.
Today, Delhi is the capital of India and a metropolitan area made of seven cities. In the times past, Delhi served as the capital of several states, kingdoms and sultanates. The earliest signs of settlements date to the 2nd millennium BC.
This city, located in the central part of the country, was the old Imperial capital for more than a millennium. Known also as the City of Ten Thousand Shrines, Kyoto is a modern urban center brimming with history and traditions; the old-timey pagoda-like dwellings mix with towering skyscrapers.
Today, Kyoto is a city of knowledge, with its many universities and museums. If visiting the city, make sure to spare some time and enjoy the tranquility of its many temples and shrines or take a stroll among the immaculately kept cherry gardens. Also, do not forget to have a cup of green matcha tea, served in one of the many traditional tea houses by none than geishas in their colorful splendor.


Certainly we have seen them curled up on chairs and sofas, not to mention taking up the whole bed, but how about cruising around on the back of a donkey?
Not to mention, this one. No doubt the harp music helped.
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YG Drops New Single And Video 'Laugh Now Kry Later'
The song, which celebrates living in the moment, is the title track to the rapper's forthcoming fifth studio album.
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Ahead of the weekend, YG dropped a new single 'Laugh Now Kry Later', as well as a carefree video. The Compton rapper also announced that the song would be the title track off his hotly-anticipated fifth studio album.
Produced by Pasqué, FranchiseDidIt and Iceberg, 'Laugh Now Kry Later' is a proclamation to live life to the fullest. The accompanying video, which features the artist riding down the Pacific Coast Highway in a shiny Lamborghini, reflects this message, while also paying homage to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle – a fellow Angelino who was tragically killed last year.
The downbeat track follows single 'Konclusions' from YG and Kehlani, released on Valentine's Day.
"This song is the title track from my upcoming album Laugh Now Kry Later," said the artist in an official statement. "There's more heat coming when we're back outside again, but wanted to give my fans something to vibe to while we're all inside. Stay home, stay safe and stay dangerous."
Laugh Now Kry Later will follow the rapper's fourth studio album, 2019's 4REAL 4REAL. The best-selling title featured the lead single 'Stop Snitchin', which YG premiered at Coachella last year, as well as 'Go Loko', featuring Tyga and Jon Z. The LP debuted at No.7 on the Billboard 200, making 4REAL 4REAL YG's fourth consecutive Top Ten album in the US.
Consequence Of Sound praised that, "The hardest-hitting instrument on 4REAL 4REAL…is YG's voice…His delivery provides the sharp punctuation to production that is worthy of praise for maintaining a consistent level of craft and being impossibly catchy, if not necessarily the most exciting the rap world has ever heard." They added that the album, "Carries some of the most introspective writing from YG to date".
The rapper, who released his debut LP My Krazy Life in 2014, burst onto the scene in 2009, releasing a series of mixtapes, and collaborating with the likes of Ty Dolla $ign, Nipsey Hussle, Snoop Dogg and Tyga.
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If you work for a charity, chances are you'll be asking for online donations. Digital fundraising is big business, but it isn't easy. Fortunately there are ways to make it easier – by following these 12 simple principles.
Donating is not a passive process – as emotional beings we need to be warmed up, emotionally engaged and handheld through the entire experience.
A button on a website – no matter how big and colourful – doesn't do this.
By contrast, people getting your emails are already warm to your organisation and have a reason to give, because they've read something great and they're feeling good about you.
So, don't worry about your donate button too much; instead focus on how you collect email addresses and your fundraising email strategy. Email gives you the chance to strike up a deeper, ongoing relationship with prospective donors.
Note: GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has big implications for how charities capture and store data online. And the way you obtain consent will affect the quantity and quality of new sign ups. So be prepared to test a range of GDPR-compliant opt-ins to collect as many good email addresses as possible.
People need to have faith in the payment gateway they're using – so place a secure logo on every page, and make it highly visible, above the fold ideally. You might also include third-party "trust seals" as visual endorsements of your website's overall dependability.
Note: Often, charity sites use 3rd-party payment gateways, sending people off-site to complete the transaction. But this can set alarms bells ringing for cautious donors, so try to keep everything on your website. If that's not realistic, make the transition away from your site as seamless as possible.
The act of donating can feel abstract. You can change this by connecting gift amounts to tangible results. This makes giving real and fulfilling, and can encourage donors to pledge more than they otherwise would.
Transparency builds trust, something that every prospective donor needs to feel. Be open about where the money goes by creating a graphic that shows what proportion of each pound goes directly to your campaigns and projects.
Humans are lazy creatures, so make donating easy. The smoother the process the more likely you are to get a successful conversion.
Try removing redundant form fields. Be ruthless: for example, this WaterAid form could leave out title, county and phone number since the data is not mandatory.
You might also remove unnecessary 'page furniture', like a sidebar or navigation, that distracts or directs your donors elsewhere.
Social credit is a powerful way to show how a project is worthy of further investment. People are more likely to participate in something that's already deemed successful by others!
Forms are fiddly. So it's likely donors will fail to complete a field correctly. This is why error messages are so important – they should be friendly in tone, quick to appear and make it obvious where the error lies and what needs to be done to correct it.
We all want an easy life. Research shows the majority of people go with the default in an array of options, so this is a powerful way to nudge donors towards the gift that's right for them, and for you.
Do I become a member? Do I give regularly or once only? Should I run a half-marathon? Should I sign up to payroll giving? Options make it difficult for donors to decide how to support you.
The RSPB website gives me a tricky choice. Should I join, donate or both? Which is best for me, and for the RSPB?
By contrast, the Lullaby Trust clearly signposts how they'd like me to support them, with other options visible yet less obvious.
It's difficult for charities with plenty of fundraising 'products' to prioritise among them, but if you must offer a range of giving choices, present them in a clear visual hierarchy – don't make donors think too hard!
Mobile is big, and getting bigger. Mobile web usage has overtaken desktop and continues to grow, so it's crucial you offer a smooth mobile experience.
The golden rule? Go large: oversized text, buttons and form fields make things less fussy and fiddly for fastmoving fingers. And run a page speed test to make sure it loads like lightning even on slow network connections.
Compare the clean interface of Charity:Water with the fussy layout of Oxfam UK – which would you choose?
Supporters are warmest when they've just donated – so make sure you thank them, they've just done a wonderful thing!
Then use this opportunity to reinforce that feelgood factor, including 'softer' asks such as liking your charity on social media, or signing up to receive emails.
The 'thank you moment' is the perfect place to cross-promote other important parts of the organisation – so don't waste it.
It's all very well following best-practice principles, but there's nothing better than A/B testing (using Optimizely or similar) to get hard data on your donate page performance.
However it did find that a one-page form outperformed a two-page form, and that 'trust seals' increased conversion rates significantly.
But don't take their word for it… test your form!


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Spanish Civil War crimes investigation launched
Atrocities carried out during the Spanish Civil War and ensuing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco are to be investigated and those instigators still alive brought to justice.
By Fiona Govan in Madrid
11:45PM BST 16 Oct 2008
Judge Balthazar Garzon said yesterday that he had would probe the disappearance of tens of thousands civilians after establishing that he had jurisdiction to investigate the "crimes against humanity" carried out by Franco and his henchmen.
It is the first time since Franco's death in 1975 that Spanish authorities have sought to set up a "truth commission" and lay to rest the ghosts of the past.
The National Court magistrate has ordered the exhumation of 19 mass graves across Spain, including one believed to hold the remains of Federico Garcia Lorca, the nation's celebrated poet who was executed at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
In a 68 page dossier, presented to the court, Judge Garzon ruled that he had established that there had been a systematic campaign by the Franco regime to eliminate his opponents and hide their bodies.
This gives grounds for a "crimes against humanity" case which has no statute of limitations and is not covered by the 1977 Amnesty Act which effectively pardoned those who acted under Franco, he said.
The document names Franco and 34 of his senior aides, who are all deceased, as instigators of the campaign but states that because they are dead no criminal prosecution can be brought against them.
But the judge also ordered the Interior Ministry to identify leading members of the Falange, the Spanish fascist party associated with the regime, with a view to determining whether any were still living and could be charged for their crimes.
The decision comes in response to a petition by associations representing families of the missing, who asked that the bodies of their relatives be located and the circumstances of their deaths clarified. Last month the judge compiled a census of 133,708 missing.
Historians have estimated that about 500,000 people from both sides were killed in the civil war, which was sparked by Franco's insurgency against the democratically elected left-wing Republican government.
A further 50,000 opponents of Franco are thought to have been executed in the years following his victory.
The ruling now gives Spain its first real opportunity to address the wrongs of the past and rehabilitate the forgotten victims.
Judge Garzon acknowledged that the Franco regime had claimed its own dead and given them proper burials while those on the losing side were given no opportunity to do the same.
"The winning side in the Civil War used all their resources as the new leaders of the country to locate, identify and honour their dead," wrote Garzon. "But the losers were persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and eliminated for having fought those who had taken up arms against the State."
His decision to launch the probe was welcomed by the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH) who acknowledged, however, that it comes too late for many.
"It's a joyful day but also a sad one," said Emilio Silva, president of the ARMH, whose grandfather was killed by fascist forces.
"It's a positive move in a country that until now has treated the victims so unfairly. But it's sad because people have died in the thirty years since Franco's death without ever seeing justice."
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In the midst of an epic (although, sucky so far) weekend of baseball right outside my window here at Fenway, I came across this blog entry. Reblogging here so that my readers (baseball fans and otherwise) might appreciate.
I've been trying to slow the pace of our life lately. It occurred to me that the deliberately slow approach to the game is what makes me love baseball so much. I enjoy all sports, but there's something special about baseball that helps me relax. You girls aren't too excited about my love for baseball, but I'm happy to have a partner now in you, Max. You love to watch "ball".
Yes. I want one. Right Now.
…a bacon and cheese sandwich where bread is replaced with fried chicken. Re-read that last sentence, and just try to grasp its cultural significance. The toothpaste is out of the proverbial tube.
…Double Down's larger implication is that KFC has broken through a barrier of culinary decency, besmirching the good name of sandwiches and all that is honorable… The absence of bread robs this "sandwich" of dignity.
All told, the ripples from this landmark product launch will be significant. Stand-up comedians will construct 10-minute riffs around this. Taco Bell will follow suit and introduce a taco called the Carne Go-Torta, where the tortilla shell is replaced with a meat sleeve. Freedom-loathing terrorists will hate us for this. I can see it now.
America, just because you can, it doesn't mean you have to.


This year, we're celebrating the season with a month of nonstop cookies. For the 17th day of cookies, we're eating sunshine, courtesy of Giada's bright, tart Lemon Ricotta Cookies, topped with a lemony sugar glaze.
Click here for the Lemon Ricotta Cookies with Lemon Glaze recipe.


This is one of our 'Berry" favorites! Very Berry smells like fresh crushed strawberries with a touch of vanilla ice cream. This a bar of bath soap looks just like the real thing. Each bar is hand poured and dressed to impress with a cute little satin bow.


Projects aimed at keeping up our community standards!
This page can also be accessed via www.LakelandTN.gov/projects.
Special thanks goes out to Keep Lakeland Beautiful Advisory Board members for giving City Hall a fresh look by planting lots of greenery and color in the five new urn planters in front of building.
Board members, Aimee Felker, chair; Sherrye Willis, treasurer, Alison Ely, Kendall Major, and Sherri Gallick, BOC Liaison, are dedicated to sustaining a vibrant clean community.
Your hard work and dedication is being notice throughout the City. Great job!!!!!
Lakeland's Public Works Department clears trees that have fallen on the road, etc. When available, residents may pick-up free firewood by contacting the Public Works Supervisor, here.
Stonecrest Circle & Woodbridge Paving Projects...completed!


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New LADWP chief for Eastern Sierra
James Yannotta, Assistant Director of Water Resources
A new Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Aqueduct Manager will take over the Eastern Sierra headquarters soon. DWP confirmed the report that James G. Yannotta, Assistant Director of Water Resources in Los Angeles, will come up to the Bishop office in early April to start the transition. He will take over July 1.
Current and long time Aqueduct Manager Gene Coufal will retire sometime after that date. DWP Public Information Officer Chris Plakos is familiar with Yannotta, who he says has climbed Mt. Whitney five times, enjoys mountain biking and hiking.
Yannotta has been described as a people person. In Los Angeles, he has handled recycled water programs and conservation efforts. In his role as Aqueduct Manager here, Yannotta will take over the task of extracting as much water as possible from the underground while continuing to divert all surface water.
The Inyo-Los Angeles Long Term Water Agreement only deals with groundwater. DWP sets a yearly pumping plan and Inyo County agrees or not. In 2011, Inyo did not agree, but the Inyo Supervisors declined to carry out a full dispute over the pumping amount.
Most expect dispute is likely this year in the face of what appears to be a drought. LADWP likes to raise the pumping rate in dry years to make up for what they don't get from snow melt.
Aqueduct Manager Gene Coufal, Assistant Director of Water Resources, James G. Yannotta, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Public Information Officer Chris Plakos
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8 Responses to New LADWP chief for Eastern Sierra
Jake February 16, 2012 at 8:16 am #
Welcome to Mammoth now please never come here again… Thanks for taking all the water.
Tim February 16, 2012 at 1:59 pm #
I really think that Mr Yannotta should stay in LA and work on pumping the recycled water into the citys water system, thus eliminatng the need for owens valley water.
And this quote reallys say it all, " Yannotta will take over the task of extracting as much water as possible from the underground while continuing to divert all surface water".
He is not going to change anything but try to pump more water.
Big AL February 17, 2012 at 12:08 am #
Yeah that news story was very interesting, in that, one quote stated he is seen as a people person, then that quote Tim …
" Yannotta will take over the task of extracting as much water as possible from the underground while continuing to divert all surface water".
STEVEN February 16, 2012 at 4:49 pm #
Go home!
Chris February 16, 2012 at 6:26 pm #
How many times does DWP think they can change the players without us noticing? They keep putting new people in place, who don't know anything, so they have to "come up to speed", meanwhile stalling any movement on the work that needs to be done to be in compliance with the EIR and any other promised or necessary work. Just as that person starts to be productive and cooperative with us, he/she gets "promoted" out of the position, or moved (probably because he/she is too cooperative), and then the musical chairs starts all over again. ENOUGH!! It's time DWP got serious!!!
Um no Chris, Gene is retiring, isn't getting promoted or moved somewhere. That has nothing to do with anything, this new person is taking his place. No musical chairs here.
Don't let the door hit you in the …!
InyoAlias February 17, 2012 at 1:08 pm #
Can we safely say " Yanotta gonna stand in LA's way" when they're getting the water?


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è una serie televisiva anime del 2012, scritta da Gen Urobuchi, prodotta da Production I.G e trasmessa su Fuji TV dall'ottobre 2012 nel blocco noitaminA. In Italia, l'anime è pubblicato dalla Dynit. Dal 15 aprile 2013 la serie è disponibile senza limiti di tempo in versione originale sottotitolata sul portale Popcorn TV ed è stata trasmessa su Rai 4 dal 10 ottobre 2013 al 10 aprile 2014.
La serie è inoltre disponibile sulla piattaforma streaming Netflix..

La seconda stagione della serie, della durata di 11 episodi, è andata in onda dal 9 ottobre 2014 sempre su noitaminA. Questa è stata trasmessa in Italia in simulcast da parte di VVVVID.

La serie è continuata con il film Gekijō-ban Psycho-Pass, uscito nei cinema giapponesi a gennaio 2015. Nel 2019 è uscita la trilogia di film Psycho Pass: Sinners of the System, seguita dalla terza stagione della serie, composta da 8 episodi e distribuita in Italia da Amazon Prime Video. Nel marzo 2020 è uscito il film Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector che conclude l'arco narrativo della terza stagione.

Trama

In un futuro prossimo, i progressi tecnologici hanno reso possibile misurare e monitorare con precisione lo stato mentale, la personalità e le inclinazioni delle persone: il cosiddetto "Psycho-Pass".

Grazie a questo è possibile valutare le probabilità che una persona commetta un crimine o meno; quando questo "Coefficiente di Criminalità" supera un determinato limite interviene la sezione anticrimine della Pubblica Sicurezza, formata dagli Esecutori, criminali latenti il cui compito è catturare altri criminali e dagli Ispettori, ufficiali di polizia che monitorano e dirigono le loro azioni. Ispettori ed Esecutori possono intervenire usando le Dominator, particolari pistole che possono variare il tipo di colpo in base al tipo di bersaglio (si disattivano di fronte a persone con coefficienti bassi, stordiscono in caso di coefficiente medio, sono armi letali per i criminali con alti coefficienti).

La storia è ambientata nella Tokyo del 2112 e ruota attorno a Shinya Kōgami, un Esecutore che sfrutta lo Psycho-Pass per lottare contro il crimine, e ad Akane Tsunemori, Ispettore di polizia appena entrata nella squadra a cui appartiene Kogami.

Personaggi

Doppiato da Tomokazu Seki (ed. giapponese), Andrea Ward (ed. italiana)
Nato il 16 agosto 2084, gruppo sanguigno B.
Protagonista ed Esecutore dell'Unità 1 della Sezione Anticrimine della Pubblica Sicurezza. Un tempo era un Ispettore fino a quando Sasayama, un Esecutore sotto il suo controllo, fu ucciso dal criminale del caso su cui indagavano. Kogami divenne così ossessionato dal caso che il suo coefficiente superò i limiti. Il Sybil System lo ha pertanto destituito a Esecutore. Da allora continua le indagini sul caso, in cerca del colpevole dell'accaduto.

Doppiata da Kana Hanazawa (ed. giapponese), Letizia Scifoni (ed. italiana)
Nata il 1º aprile 2092.
Protagonista e Ispettore di Kogami, appena unitasi all'Unità 1. Ha deciso di entrare in polizia nonostante i suoi altissimi voti le permettessero di entrare anche in altri ambiti pubblici e società private. Alla fine della prima stagione diventerà la leader dell'Unità 1 al posto di Ginoza, e accoglierà la nuova ispettrice Mika Shimotsuki.

Doppiato da Kenji Nojima (ed. giapponese), Alessandro Quarta (ed. italiana)
Ispettore, superiore di Akane. Riservato e zelante nel suo lavoro. Detesta i criminali con alti coefficienti e considera gli Esecutori bestie da usare per catturare altre bestie, mantenendo una ferrea gerarchia sul lavoro.

Doppiato da Kinryū Arimoto (ed. giapponese), Stefano De Sando (ed. italiana)
Esecutore dell'Unità 1 e veterano del gruppo, inoltre è il padre di Ginoza. Aiuta Akane ad ambientarsi. Il suo braccio sinistro è artificiale.

Doppiato da Akira Ishida (ed. giapponese), Paolo Vivio (ed. italiana)
Esecutore dell'Unità 1. Rispetto ai suoi colleghi ha una personalità più vivace e allegra, rendendo Akane vittima dei suoi scherzi. È considerato un criminale latente dall'età di 5 anni.

Doppiata da Shizuka Itō (ed. giapponese), Domitilla D'Amico (ed. italiana)
Esecutore dell'Unità 1, l'unica donna. Calma e riflessiva, anche davanti ai crimini più efferati.

Doppiata da Miyuki Sawashiro (ed. giapponese), Alessandra Cassioli (ed. italiana)
Medico legale e analista della Pubblica Sicurezza. Anche lei è una criminale latente.

Doppiato da Takahiro Sakurai (ed. giapponese), Edoardo Stoppacciaro (ed. italiana)
Antagonista, dal grande carisma e intelletto. Interessato ai lati peggiori e più oscuri della natura umana, nutre interesse verso le persone a sua detta più promettenti. Sembra essere il vero responsabile dietro ai vari casi affrontati dall'Unità 1, compreso quello che un tempo rese Kogami un criminale.

Doppiata da Ayane Sakura (ed. giapponese), Lucrezia Marricchi (ed. italiana)
Allieva dell'Accademia Femminile Ousou. Le sue amiche d'infanzia, nonché compagne di classe Kagami Kawarazaki e Yoshika Okubo, sono state uccise da Rikako Oryo. Due mesi dopo la morte di Makishima, diventa la nuova ispettrice dell'Unità 1. Non approva il modo di agire di Akane, con la quale è sempre in disaccordo.

Doppiato da Keiji Fujiwara (ed. giapponese)
Antagonista e nuovo esecutore dell'Unità 1. Era uno psichiatra, ed ha avuto il più alto coefficiente di criminalità della storia. È ossessionato da Akane, e talvolta le punta contro il Dominator per verifica la tonalità del suo psycho-pass.

Doppiato da Takahiro Sakurai (ed. giapponese)
Nuovo esecutore dell'Unità 1. Timido ed introverso, in passato era un hologram designer.

Doppiata da Mayumi Asano (ed. giapponese), Alessandra Chiari (ed. italiana)
Ispettore dell'Unità 2. È entrata nella Pubblica Sicurezza con Ginoza, con il quale ha un bel rapporto di amicizia.

Doppiato da Ryōhei Kimura (ed. giapponese)
Antagonista. È una persona totalmente invisibile al sistema. Lascia il messaggio "WC?" (che sta per "What Colour?") nei luoghi in cui compie le sue azioni. Riesce a ripulire lo psycho-pass di una persona. Il suo obiettivo sono le Dominator.

Manga
Un adattamento manga creato da Hikaru Miyoshi ed intitolato, , è stato serializzato sulla rivista Jump Square edita da Shūeisha dal 2 novembre 2012 al 4 dicembre 2014. Il primo volume tankōbon è stato messo in commercio il 4 febbraio 2013. Nel novembre 2013, la serie ha venduto  copie in madre patria con i primi tre volumi. Nel dicembre 2014 ha venduto 1 milione di copie.

Un altro manga, , ha debuttato sulla testata Monthly Comic Blade della Mag Garden dal 30 giugno 2014 per poi concludersi il 4 novembre 2017. In questo seconda versione cartacea i disegni sono di Natsuo Sai mentre la trama viene scritta da Midori Gotou e Production I.G.

Un ulteriore manga ad opera di Saru Hashino, il quale funge da adattamento alla seconda serie anime, si intitola  è stato pubblicato dal 5 novembre 2014 al 3 febbraio 2017 sulla rivista Comic Garden edita da Mag Garden.

Un'altra serie, sempre ad opera di Saru Hashino, e che funge da adattamento della terza stagione dell'anime, si intitola  viene pubblicato dal 26 ottobre 2019 sulla rivista digitale Shōnen Jump+ edita da Shūeisha.

In Italia sono giunte le prime tre le serie edite da Panini Comics sotto l'etichetta Planet Manga. La prima è stata pubblicata dall'8 giugno al 9 novembre 2017 nella collana Sakura, la seconda fu edita dal 10 novembre 2016 al 28 giugno 2018 nella collana Manga Life ed infine la terza dal 30 agosto 2018 al 18 aprile 2019 sempre nella collana Manga Life.

Volumi

Anime

Episodi

Colonna sonora
Sigle di apertura
 abnormalize, cantata dai Ling tosite sigure (1ª stagione e new edit version, ep. 1-11)
 Out of Control, cantata dai Nothing's Carved in Stone (1ª stagione, ep. 12-22)
 Enigmatic Feeling, cantata dai Ling tosite sigure (2ª stagione, ep. 1-11)
Q-Vism, cantata dai Who-ya Extended (3ª stagione, ep. 1-8)
Synthetic Sympathy, cantata dai Who-ya Extended (3ª stagione: First Inspector, ep.  1-3)
Sigle di chiusura
 , cantata dagli EGOIST (1ª stagione e new edit version, ep. 1-11)
 All Alone With You, cantata dagli EGOIST (1ª stagione, ep. 12-22)
 Fallen, cantata dagli EGOIST (2ª stagione, ep. 1-11)
bullet, cantata dai Cö shu Nie (3ª stagione, ep. 1-8)
red strand, cantata dai Cö shu Nie (3ª stagione: First Inspector, ep. 1-3)
L'edizione italiana ha conservato le sigle originali.

Film

Dalla serie sono stati tratti tre film. Il primo, Psycho-Pass Movie, è uscito il 9 gennaio 2015 in Giappone. Il secondo, Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System, è uscito il 25 gennaio 2019; si tratta di uno spin-off diviso in tre episodi autoconclusivi. Il terzo, Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector, è uscito il 27 marzo 2020 ed è la continuazione della terza stagione della serie, entrambi distribuiti in Italia da Amazon Prime Video.

Un ulteriore film per il 10° anniversario della serie, Psycho-Pass: Providence, è stato annunciato il 14 agosto 2022; la sua uscita è prevista per il 12 maggio 2023.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Anime con sceneggiature originali
Serie televisive ambientate nel futuro


Social Media For Nonprofits > Blog > Join Us For Our First Twitter Chat On Measuring What Matters In Social Media!
Post-event Updates: It was a great chat in March- see the Storify here! Also we will use #SM4NP in the future, not #SM4NPChat.
We'd like to invite you to a Twitter Chat- our first #SM4NPChat!- about Measuring Social Media for the Most Impact. Together we'll discuss which metrics matter for nonprofits and how to use data to get the most impact out of social media. It will be a place to build community. Join us on March 13th from 1-2 PM EST.
About the Chat We think of #SM4NPChat as an opportunity to gather our digital community on a regular basis! It will be a monthly Twitter Chat series to educate nonprofit professionals by bringing together social media mavens and community members to talk and learn online. We'll explore cause awareness, cause marketing, engagement, fundraising and advocacy through social media.
Join us every second Friday, including Friday, March 13th from 1-2 PM EST.
Q1: First, how frequently do you review your social media analytics?
Q2: What is the most meaningful metric to your nonprofit?
Q3: What is your biggest challenge when measuring your nonprofit's social media?
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The Barnacle Factor
Charles Darwin is justly famous for his 1859 On the Origin of Species and his 1871 The Descent of Man. What is not as well known is that he was a world authority on barnacles. After hearing Louis Agassiz lecture on Cirrioedia (barnacles) in 1847, Darwin made these small creatures a life study. Ironically, Agassiz, one of William James' professors at Harvard, went on to become a staunch critic of evolution. Yet for Darwin, the intense, ongoing, close, and multi-layered probing of the 'lowly' barnacle prepared the way for some of his generic theories. His studies resulted in a significant four volume work (from 1851-1854). This, along with his studies of coral reefs and orchids, grounded him in the realms of insistent particularity.
By invoking the barnacle factor I am making a case for the slow, careful and detailed study of realities that pull us away from the kind of generic architectonic philosophers correctly spend their lives framing and ramifying. Each of the activities listed below, often called "hobbies," represent an aspect of my drive to balance high level categorial reconstruction with objects and events that are unrepentant in their directness and sheer complexity. Perhaps most important is the beauty that can be discovered in 1) car racing, 2) coffee craft, 3) retro, yet up-to-date, mechanical wristwatches, and 4) vintage and contemporary fountain pens.
Since I was fourteen I have admired the sophisticated sports car Porsche and I currently own a 2001 model 911 Carrera Four Coupe in Lapis Blue, with 300 HP and a six-speed manual shift. With the Northern New Jersey Porsche Club I regularly race, non-competitively, on some of the major tracks. In addition, I sharpen my skills with the Roos Racing School that operates out of the Pocono International Track, and the Skip Barber Racing School that operates out of the track at Lime Rock, CT. Each course starts with a lot of physics and an analysis of: inertia, drift, the line, the apex, working a non-synchronized gear box with double clutching, down force, braking and load transfer (longitudinal and lateral), accelerating out of a curve, the properties of tires, over and under steer, entrance and exit points for each curve (down to mere inches), centrifugal force and how to exploit it, G pressure (in the Formula 1 cars the G force can reach 4.5, while the launch of the space shuttle produces) 4), heel/toe shifting (for advanced students), and all of the flag signals around the course of the track. The photo is of me negotiating turn three at the Pocono Track.
This company stock photo is a very close replica of my Porsche.
Decades ago I had my first genuine espresso in Italy and ever since I have tried to duplicate that experience. Coffee is a passion and I am keen on studying its often tragic history of slavery and economic disenfranchisement along side of my interest in finding the best beans, roasting, and preparation. I only drink Peets coffee which is flown in from Berkeley, CA. With a proper burr grinder I can grind anything from the powder of Turkish coffee to the coarse grind of the French Press. For espresso that is finally the equal of my first Italian cup, I use the recently invented Bugatti Diva below. It has 15 bar pressure (normally a home machine will have 8-9 bars) and makes an astonishing cup with perfect crema. Coffee liturgy has its own self-standing criteria of performance and judgment.
More recently I have become interested in the subtle art and science of high-end mechanical watches. There has long been a linkage between the world of car racing and the quieter world of luxury watches. A number of firms, like TAG Heuer, have signed on with famous races, e.g., Formula 1 and Le Mans, or brands such as Ferrari. The actor Paul Newman regularly raced in the French Le Mans, wearing the Monaco model of the TAG Heuer Company, a model now very much in demand. In both cases the engineering and precision, along with high demands for performance, have had a strong appeal with people who insist on knowing everything possible about the cars they watch on the track and the wristwatch that is always with them. In the 1970s the first non-mechanical watches were invented using a vibrating crystal instead of gears, and a battery instead of a hair spring. And while the crystal watches are slightly more accurate than the mechanicals, they have absolutely nothing of interest about them. For good or ill, the revival of the classic mechanical wristwatch is driven by people of wealth who can afford to buy a Swiss made mechanical for from $10,000 to over a million. While this is beyond my price range, I still find the study of these small works of brilliant engineering and aesthetic grace to be a great joy. Below is one of the most elaborate mechanical watches ever made with over seven hundred pieces--all assembled by hand by the Paul Gerber Company.
This is my TAG Heuer Steve McQueen Monaco watch that is back in production to honor the actor for his racing skills at Le Mans, France in 1969 and his starring role in the resultant movie of that title. It is a self-winding (automatic) mechanical with a signature blue leather band.
This is my TAG Heuer Carrera Day/Date Chronograph. It is an automatic mechanical with a "skeleton" back; that is, the back is clear sapphire so that the working movements can be seen. Complications include different timing mechanisms and a tachometer.
A special case can be made for the study of fountain pens as an application of the barnacle factor, but now with a normative dimension. Penmanship is rarely taught past the third grade these days and consequently there is almost no interest in creating beautiful, or even serviceable, script. Compare a letter written by an average soldier in the American Civil War with what passes for handwriting today. The decay is disturbing. As I grew up with fountain pens as a viable option--granted, in cheap versions with cartridges--it is not too much of a shift to reestablish that connection. Without falling prey to animism or panpsychism, I can say that fountain pens are living things and that sustained interaction with them opens out the senses in a unique way. The available colors, many made by long-standing companies, not to mention the sights and smells, make the flowing line emitted from the nib a living work of art. Every aspect of writing has to be decided upon, either as the result of experimentation, or via a creative leap. Which pen, which nib size, which ink, which blotter, which paper, what kind of flow, what kind of moisture protection on the envelop, when to refill, when and how to clean--either a drop of Windex or an ultrasonic cleaner, what kind of cotton rag to use in the finished cleaning, and on and on? Barnacles and fountain pens cannot be grasped with a quick fly-by, but only slowly, slowly, slowly. Query need not be confined to the big-ticket items. The normative dimension of this particular query is to reconfigure the temporality of expression and meaning so that particulars can again radiate, evoke, challenge, invite, and birth a hermeneutics of the quotidian.
This is my Visconti Van Gogh. The Visconti Company is only a few decades old but has already become a leader in new technologies such as the use of eco-friendly cellulose for the barrels and creative design ideas. Their recent Opera Series is especially noteworthy. Their headquarters and manufacturing plant are in Florence, Italy.
This is my more sedate Pelikan 800. The German Pelikan Company has been making pens since the nineteenth century and is considered to be one of the top manufacturers in the world for always reliable pens. The Pelikan trade mark derives from the Roman Catholic image of the mother pelican feeding its young from its own blood--as a symbol of the endless giving of the Church.