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Ashraf Ghani
6 Appearances
Afghan Presidential Candidate
World, PoliticsAir Date 07/24/2014
Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani offers an update on the audit of runoff election results.
Ashraf Ghani; James Chanos
World, Politics, BusinessAir Date 07/24/2014
Ashraf Ghani offers an update on the audit of Afghani runoff election results; investor James Chanos on the future of the Chinese economy.
Afghanistan and Pakistan Update
Ahmed Rashid and Ashraf Ghani discuss Obama's plan to aid Afghanistan and Pakistan in spite of increasingTaliban presence.
Latin America Relations Under Obama; Afghanistan and Pakistan
Journalists on U.S. relations with Latin America countries. Pundits on Obama's plan to aid Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite Taliban presence.
Haron Amin, spokesman of the Northern Alliance, and Professor Ashraf Ghani comment on the future of Afghanistan.
Northern Alliance; Jack Welch, Pt. 1
Politics, Business, BooksAir Date 10/23/2001
Haron Amin anmd Ashraf Ghani comment on Afghanistan's future; part one with Jack Welch on his book, "Jack: Straight From the Gut."
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Arnold Rampersad
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Arnold Rampersad of Princeton on the book "Days of Grace," which he wrote with the late tennis player Arthur Ashe. 14:39
Tim Russert; Michael Eric Dyson; Sam Neill
On politics and President Clinton. Baptist minister and author of "Between God and Gangsta Rap." On his role as King Charles II in "Restoration." 53:59
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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw discusses the need for infrastructure and a research environment for young people in science and technology in India. 16:20


Welcome to the website of UK artist Alfred Harris, based in Camden, London.
"This website invites you to explore the different phases and emotional tones of Alfred Harris's work from the glowering, emotional spaces of his early landscapes, the playful collages, the symbolic Dove paintings and hauntingly beautiful metaphysical spaces of the Kites to the personal quest of his most recent series 'Notes towards a self-portrait'."
Hard to categorise as an artist, Alfred has made paintings, drawings, prints and collages. His recent series of self-portraits could be compared to those of the 'School of London' painters, such as Kossoff, Freud and Auerbach, and therefore be linked to the Jewish Expressionist philosophy of art.
Alfred's work has been exhibited widely in private and public galleries, both in the UK and abroad, including Sweden, USA, Israel and Japan. He retired as Chairman of the Department of Art and Design, University of London, Institute of Education in 1988. Alfred now focuses on his work as an independent artist. He lives and works in London.


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Since bursting onto the world stage with John Lennon in the Plastic Ono Band at the "Give Peace a Chance" tour in Toronto, Alan White has developed a reputation as a musical innovator, both in his role as drummer for Yes, and as a collaborator with the likes of George Harrison and Joe Cocker. As an important contributing songwriter, Alan has helped take Yes to great heights with radio hits such as 'Owner of a Lonely Heart,' 'Changes,' 'Love Will Find a Way,' 'Rhythm of Love,' 'Wondrous Stories,' 'Tempus Fugit,' 'Leave It,' 'The Calling', and 'In the Presence Of.'
His latest musical project is the group White, a vehicle for cutting-edge, progressive modern music performed with a world-class band. Vocalist Robyn Dawn provides soulful, touching vocals; Steve Boyce holds down the bottom end with a dance-inducing groove and soaring vocal support; Karl Haug truly is a master guitarist, equally comfortable on delicate acoustic, driving electric and searing electric laptop slide; Jonathan Sindelman, ties the resulting soundscape together with punchy keyboard work, exhilarating orchestrations, and scorching solos.
Steeped in sonic variety, White evokes an emotional response from its audience, and is certain to build a strong word-of-mouth buzz.
The band's debut album, White, was released in 2006 and is available in both the US and Europe. Download two full songs for free, listen to samples, then buy the album.
Group Photo © Jerry & Lois Photography. Used by Permission.

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Q: Replacing column using awk I ran the following code to replace the second columns of two files (file2 and file3) with column 12 from file source.dat, based on the 9th column of source.dat that should match to the first columns of file2 and file3.
So far, I tried
for f in fil*; do
    awk 'NR==FNR{ar[NR]=$12;next} {for (i=1;i<=length(ar);i++) if (FNR==i) $2=ar[i]}1' source.dat "$f" > temp
    awk '{printf("%.4f %12.8f     1.000     1    1\n", $1, $2)}' temp > "${f}_bvs"
done

Output from file2 is correct except for containing an extra line in the end; however, the output for file3 contains other values in the second column. What is wrong, please?

*

*source.dat
    1 2000 11 11  7  9 45  840                         49667.8048  18.33  HeI  6.10352e-05
    2 2000 11 11  8 56 57  660                         49667.8782  18.15  HeI   0.00546265
    3 1994 11 12  5 18 10 1020                         49668.7284  18.34  HeI  -0.00497437
    4 1994 11 12  7 35 30  840                         49668.8227  18.14  HeI  -0.00357056
    5 1994 11 12  9  6 42  720                         49668.8854  17.99  HeI  -0.00476074
    6 1994 11 14  5 20 43  600                         49670.7279  18.04  HeI  -0.00326538
    7 1994 11 14  7 32 46  630                         49670.8197  17.84  HeI  -0.00598145
    8 3000 11 14  9 21 14  540                         49670.8945  17.66  HeI   0.00701904
    9 1994 11 15  5 21 14  610                         49671.7283  17.88  HeI  -0.00100708
   10 4445 11 15  7  4  5  540                         49671.7994  17.73  HeI  -0.00503540
   11 1994 11 15  9  1 14  600                         49671.8811  17.53  HeI     0.000000
   12 1996  1 11  0 56  4  301                         50093.5444   2.26  HeI   0.00570679
   13 1996  1 11  1  2 30  601                         50093.5506   2.25  HeI   0.00424194
   14 1996  1 11  1 15 23  541                         50093.5592   2.23  HeI   0.00100708
   15 1996  1 11  1 26 29  420                         50093.5662   2.22  HeI   0.00372314

*file2
49667.8048   78.450     3.000     1    1
49667.8782   79.900     1.000     1    1
49668.7284   40.890     1.000     1    1
49668.8227   45.790     1.000     1    1
49668.8854   49.770     5.000     1    1
49670.7279   66.060     1.000     1    1
49670.8197   47.380     1.000     1    1
49670.8945   27.270     6.000     1    1
49671.7283   66.190     1.000     1    1
49671.7994   65.320     6.000     1    1
49671.8811   62.290     1.000     1    1

*file3
50093.5444   13.480     1.000     1    1
50093.5506   14.830     1.000     1    1
50093.5592   12.150     1.000     1    1
50093.5662   12.150     1.000     1    1

Current output

*

*for file2
49667.8048   0.00006104     1.000     1    1
49667.8782   0.00546265     1.000     1    1
49668.7284  -0.00497437     1.000     1    1
49668.8227  -0.00357056     1.000     1    1
49668.8854  -0.00476074     1.000     1    1
49670.7279  -0.00326538     1.000     1    1
49670.8197  -0.00598145     1.000     1    1
49670.8945   0.00701904     1.000     1    1
49671.7283  -0.00100708     1.000     1    1
49671.7994  -0.00503540     1.000     1    1
49671.8811   0.00000000     1.000     1    1
0.0057   0.00000000     1.000     1    1

*for file3
50093.5444   0.00006104     1.000     1    1
50093.5506   0.00546265     1.000     1    1
50093.5592  -0.00497437     1.000     1    1
50093.5662  -0.00357056     1.000     1    1

A: You should be able to do that using join:
~$ join -1 1 -2 9 -o 1.1,2.12,1.3,1.4,1.5 file2 source.dat
49667.8048 6.10352e-05 3.000 1 1
49667.8782 0.00546265 1.000 1 1
49668.7284 -0.00497437 1.000 1 1
49668.8227 -0.00357056 1.000 1 1
49668.8854 -0.00476074 5.000 1 1
49670.7279 -0.00326538 1.000 1 1
49670.8197 -0.00598145 1.000 1 1
49670.8945 0.00701904 6.000 1 1
49671.7283 -0.00100708 1.000 1 1
49671.7994 -0.00503540 6.000 1 1
49671.8811 0.000000 1.000 1 1

~$ join -1 1 -2 9 -o 1.1,2.12,1.3,1.4,1.5 file3 source.dat
50093.5444 0.00570679 1.000 1 1
50093.5506 0.00424194 1.000 1 1
50093.5592 0.00100708 1.000 1 1
50093.5662 0.00372314 1.000 1 1

This will instruct join to match file2 (or file3) as first file and source.dat as second file on columns 1 and 9, respectively (-1 1 -2 9) and output the first column of the first file, the 12th from the second, and then the remaining ones (except the original column 2) from the first file.
Edit
It seems that this is a follow-up question to a previous question, and that you want to implement this using awk. In that case, try
~$ awk 'FNR==NR{v[$9]=$12;next} {print $1,v[$1],$3,$4,$5}' source.dat file2
49667.8048 6.10352e-05 3.000 1 1
49667.8782 0.00546265 1.000 1 1
49668.7284 -0.00497437 1.000 1 1
49668.8227 -0.00357056 1.000 1 1
49668.8854 -0.00476074 5.000 1 1
49670.7279 -0.00326538 1.000 1 1
49670.8197 -0.00598145 1.000 1 1
49670.8945 0.00701904 6.000 1 1
49671.7283 -0.00100708 1.000 1 1
49671.7994 -0.00503540 6.000 1 1
49671.8811 0.000000 1.000 1 1

~$  awk 'FNR==NR{v[$9]=$12;next} {print $1,v[$1],$3,$4,$5}' source.dat file3
50093.5444 0.00570679 1.000 1 1
50093.5506 0.00424194 1.000 1 1
50093.5592 0.00100708 1.000 1 1
50093.5662 0.00372314 1.000 1 1

Or, in a loop
for f in file*; do awk 'FNR==NR{v[$9]=$12;next} {print $1,v[$1],$3,$4,$5}' source.dat "$f" > "${f}_bvs"; done

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Hallow backed statue; "forehead"; artifact is painted red and black; the triangular folds, outline of eyes and outline of faces are painted red; the protruding eyes, lips, outline of triangular folds and back depression are painted black; two heads one on top of the other; long (almost to the back of head) thin mouth; large oval eyes with projecting pupils; 'hair' flat on top of head and coming to point between eyes; looks as if inside has been burned.
Ceremony with the spirit of the lands and cultural figures, stone, wood etc.
We have been in communication with museums and other institutions that contain Líl̓wat possessions that were taken at the time of prohibition (ban of the potlatch era). We have received back one piece recently and are in communication to acquire more.
It has also been communicated to us that there are some Líl̓wat Ancestral possessions in the care of Líl̓wat Community Citizens. In speaking with some of our Spiritual Leaders they believe it is time to bring them together back to the Community.
On behalf of the Nation we wish to have all these cultural things brought back together for a display and celebration. We are requesting that all Líl̓wat Cultural possessions be returned to the Nation for acknowledgement and display for the Community.


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Yves Castaldi

Early life
Castaldi was born in Algeria.

Fashion work
Castaldi in Beverly Hills, California.

Fashion shows

Berlin, Germany - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006

Paris, France -
Los Angeles, USA - 2004

Milan, Italy - 1998, 1999, 2000

London, UK - 1998, 1999, 2000

New York City, USA - 2004, 2005, 2006

Press and Media

Castaldi Vogue Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, GQ, Sportwear International, Elle Magazine, Marie Claire, Apparels News, DNR, WWD, Los Angeles Times, Glamour Magazine, New York Times, People Magazine.

External links
 Yves Castaldi And Lionel Deluy
 Noted Fashion Designer - Yves Castaldi

1952 births
French fashion designers
Living people

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Judith Morgan and Nicola Cairncross are debating the pros and cons of the internet and social media, including friendships and the ability to create a living from anywhere in the world with WiFi. But at what cost?
Nicola's been making the ladies at Write Club laugh when she transposed America and Paris, and reading aloud in her French accent reminded them of Glaswegian! Her week has been creative and quiet and she's been out to dinner a lot.
As Judith started to recover from the bug, she got going with sorting out her new home and two professional cleaners arrived to make it even more habitable. She got her Outlook fixed too so normal service is very nearly resumed.
Just when Judith was beginning to despair, two fabulous results came in from her Baggy Trousers Low Carb group and on the day she too was ready to go back to that way of eating after the bug and in a pre-Xmas health kick. She doesn't think those two are a coincidence.
Nicola's mentor has encouraged her to re-start her vzine and challenged her to make a daily one-minute video which she started to do herself in batches before deciding to outsource. Phoebe and Sarah are back in gainful employment.
Nicola and Judith debate the pros and cons of the internet and social media including friendships, clients the world over, the ability to create a living from anywhere in the world with WiFi, access to a wealth of information and much more.
But does it come at some cost and some risk to the old, the lonely and the vulnerable such as scamming, trolling, bullying and isolation?
Nicola believes the internet is what you choose and thinks it is 90% a force for good. Judith is uncharacteristically more downbeat than normal and would put it at only 50% or even 40% good.
Nicola chooses Punctuation and Judith picks Discernment.
Judith can already feel she's rolling downhill to Christmas but senses this is no bad thing after a hard year. Nicola's hell-bent on a LinkedIn cull.
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U.S. federal policies, legislation, and responsibilities related to importation of exotic fishes and other aquatic organisms
By: Jon G. Stanley, Robert A. Peoples Jr., and James A. McCann
https://doi.org/10.1139/f91-315
Within the Federal government, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has primary responsibility for legal and policy responsibility for introduced exotic species. The Lacey Act of 1900 authorizes the Service to prohibit the importation of species that are potentially injurious to native fish and wildlife. However, regulations under authority of the Lacey Act cover only a few species. The Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 established a Task Force co-chaired by the Director of the Service and Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. The Task Force consults with the Secretary of Transportation to develop regulations to prevent the importation and spread of aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes through exchange of ballast water. Federal agencies must comply with Presidential Executive Order 1198, Exotic Organisms, that prohibits Federal agencies or activities they fund or authorize from introducing exotic species. The Service conducts research and evaluation of exotic species to support Federal, State, and local efforts to prevent further importation of harmful species. Effective regulation will also depend on the full cooperation with Canada.
10.1139/f91-315


Kamand was born in Tehran, raised in Dubai and Toronto, and currently resides in Wales. The historical novel she wrote for her master's programme in London was shortlisted for the Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) literary award. She is currently a Creative Writing doctoral candidate working on her second novel.
A collection of her love poems is due to be published in March.


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Year : 2021 | Volume : 24 | Issue : 12 | Page : 1759--1765
OS Jimoh1, IF Abdul2, OR Balogun2, SA Biliaminu3, AS Adeniran2, HO Jimoh-Abdulghaffaar4, KT Adesina2, A Ahmed5, WO Oladosu6,
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ilorin/University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
3 Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Ilorin/University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
4 Department of Physiology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
5 Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria
6 Department of Chemical Pathology, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Dr. O S Jimoh
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Medical Centre, PMB 3031, Abeokuta
Background: Although combined oral contraceptive (COC) is commonly used in sub-Saharan Africa, data on its cardiovascular disease risk remains scanty. The study aimed to determine serial serum lipid profiles and cardiovascular disease risks among COC-users. Methods: This is a prospective, comparative multicentered study conducted at four health facilities in Nigeria. Participants were new users of contraceptives; 120 each of women initiating COCs (group I) and those initiating other forms of nonhormonal contraceptives (group II) were recruited and monitored over a 6-month period. Serial lipid profile, blood pressure, and atherogenic risk for cardiovascular diseases were measured at recruitment (start) and scheduled follow-up clinic visits at 3 months and 6 months for all participants. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS (version 21.0) and P value < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: In all, 225 participants (111 COC-users, 114 nonCOC-users) that completed the study were aged 18 to 49 years. There was a statistically significant increase in the diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.001), Low Density Lipoprotein- Cholesterol (P = 0.038) and higher atherogenic risk (P = 0.001) among COC-users compared to nonCOC-users. The serial total serum cholesterol, triglyceride, High Density Lipoprotein, systolic blood pressure, and body mass index were higher among COC-users but were not statistically significant compared to nonCOC-users. Conclusion: Alterations in lipid profile and increased short-term atherogenic risk for cardiovascular disease were reported among the COC-users in this study. Serial lipid profile and atherogenic risk assessment for cardiovascular diseases are recommended for monitoring of COC-users.
Jimoh O S, Abdul I F, Balogun O R, Biliaminu S A, Adeniran A S, Jimoh-Abdulghaffaar H O, Adesina K T, Ahmed A, Oladosu W O. Atherogenic and cardiovascular risks of women on combined oral contraceptives: A comparative study.Niger J Clin Pract 2021;24:1759-1765
Jimoh O S, Abdul I F, Balogun O R, Biliaminu S A, Adeniran A S, Jimoh-Abdulghaffaar H O, Adesina K T, Ahmed A, Oladosu W O. Atherogenic and cardiovascular risks of women on combined oral contraceptives: A comparative study. Niger J Clin Pract [serial online] 2021 [cited 2022 Jan 20 ];24:1759-1765
Available from: https://www.njcponline.com/text.asp?2021/24/12/1759/332080
Fertility regulation through contraception is a cardinal component of reproductive health services; combined oral contraceptive (COC) is a commonly used contraceptive method with a prevalence of 3.74[1]–25%.[2] COC acts by preventing ovulation subsequent to luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level suppression, abolition of the mid-cycle LH surge and diminution of endogenous steroid levels.[3]
Reports in the last two decades have shown an association between hormonal contraceptives and cardiovascular diseases.[3],[4] Dyslipidemia, which is a common feature with COC use, has been associated with coronary heart diseases.[5] However, atherogenic risks calculated from standard lipid ratios have been shown to be a more reliable predictor for coronary heart disease risks over individual lipid parameters.[6] Also, the estrogen/progestogen combination in COC were reported to exert unpredictable effects on lipid metabolism by affecting a variety of metabolic factors modulated by the type of estrogen/progestogen combination.[7]
Although cardiovascular morbidities and mortalities are fewer in sub-Sahara Africa compared to high-income countries, the current trend of globalization and adoption of western habits in the population leading to increasing deaths from noncommunicable diseases including cardiovascular disease, warrant efforts to further evaluate the effect on women using COC in these countries. Currently, data on atherogenic changes and cardiovascular risks especially using Atherogenic Index of Plasma (AIP) in women on COC in sub-Sahara Africa are negligible and still a subject of debate, thereby necessitating further studies. Atherogenic index is calculated as log10 (TG/HDL) and is a widely acceptable and very sensitive index for predicting cardiovascular risks across the globe. In sub-Sahara Africa, COC is one of the contraceptives that are decentralized and obtainable over the counter; thus, physical and biochemical assessments before its initiation as well as regular hospital follow-up visits are not mandatory. The decentralization of COC is a strategy to encourage uptake and reduce the high maternal morbidity and mortality from complications of unsafe abortions. Therefore, this study is aimed at assessing the lipid and cardiovascular changes as well as the atherogenic risk for cardiovascular diseases among women using COC.
This was a prospective, comparative multicentered study involving four major family planning clinics (one tertiary and three secondary health facilities) in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria conducted between August 30, 2017 and June 30, 2018. These facilities were University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, State Specialist Hospital, Adewole Cottage Hospital, and Ajikobi Cottage Hospital and were selected because they cut across the three Local Government Areas in Ilorin (South, East, and West).
Participants were women who presented at the family planning clinics for contraception. The inclusion criteria for COC-users were consent for initiation of COC without history of hormonal contraceptive use for a minimum of 6 months prior to recruitment; whereas nonCOC-users were women commencing nonhormonal contraceptives (barrier, nonhormone-impregnated intrauterine device, and sterilization) and have not used hormonal contraceptive for a minimum of 6 months prior to recruitment. The COC used for the study was Microgynon ED Fe, (Bayer Pharma, Germany), which contains ethinyl estradiol (30 μg) and levonorgestrel (150 μg).
The minimum sample size was determined by the formula for comparison of groups.[8]
[INLINE:1]
where Prevalence of combined oral contraceptive usage in the study area is 3.74%[1] and allowing for 10% attrition, a minimum of 120 women each were recruited in each of the user and the nonCOC-user group giving a total sample size of 240. To have a proportionate sampling from four centers, the average numbers of women on contraception seen monthly were used to determine the percentage each center makes out of the total sample size and women from University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital made 13% of total sample size, 38% from State specialist Hospital, 29% from Adewole Cottage Hospital, and 20% from Ajikobi Cottage Hospital.
However, a total of 225 women, comprising 111 users and 114 non-users completed the study and were included in the analysis. A total of nine users, comprising five participants who changed to other forms of contraception and four others who were lost to follow-up, were eliminated from the study. Similarly, six non-users, comprising four participants who were lost to follow-up and two participants who became pregnant, were equally removed from this study.
The sampling method was purposive sampling, and eligible subjects who gave their consent were recruited at the study sites after client education followed by an informed written consent. Thereafter, all participants had their anthropometric measurements taken by measuring height and weight to calculate the body mass index (BMI) (weight [kg])/(height [m]) 2 as well as serial systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements at recruitment (start), 3 months and 6 months after. Height (to nearest 0.1 cm) was recorded with subjects barefooted using a portable standiometer. Weight was measured (to nearest 0.1 kg) using a ZT-120 weighing scale (Med-Lab Scientific Co. England) whereas blood pressure measurement was with mercury sphygmomanometer. Two measurements of the blood pressure with not more than 10 mmHg difference were performed; blood pressure, height, and weight measurements were taken by trained research assistants recruited for the study.
Fasting blood samples were collected (between 8 am and 10 am) at recruitment, 3 months and 6 months of study from all participants and analyzed for total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein- cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein- cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. The samples were analyzed at the chemical pathology laboratory of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. Blood samples were collected from a vein on the forearm and allowed to stand for 1 hour to enable clotting and retraction. They were then spun in a bench top centrifuge at 3000 revolutions per minute for 3 minutes. The determination of the serum cholesterol involved using MAPADA® Spectrophotometer (Shanghai Mapada, 2012) to determine the absorbance of the colour complex, which was used to calculate the concentration. Commercially prepared (Agappe Diagnostics India) total cholesterol kits and triglyceride SL kit were used for analysis of cholesterol and triglycerides, respectively whereas combi HDL/LDL kit was used for HDL and LDL analysis. The AIP of each participant was calculated as logarithm to base 10 of triglyceride and HDL-C ratio[9] of the participants at 3 months and 6 months. Quality control of the analysis was achieved by using commercially prepared control kit for lipid profile on two randomly selected samples from each batch of the samples analyzed.
Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 21.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA); Chi-square and t-test were calculated, P < 0.05 was statistically significant.
The study complied with institutional and national guideline on ethical standards in human studies. A written informed consent was obtained from all participants whereas ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria before commencement of the study (Approval number: ERC PAN/2016/02/2498).
A total of 225 women, comprising 111 COC-users and 114 nonCOC-users completed the study and were included in the analysis. [Table 1] shows that the age range was 18–49 years for both groups; four (3.6%) COC-users and six (5.3%) nonCOC-users were teenagers. One (0.9%) COC-user and 19 (16.7%) nonCOC-users were nulliparous whereas 78 (70.3%) COC-users and 57 (50.0%) nonCOC-users were multiparous (para 2 to 4). Tertiary education predominates (87; 38.7%) followed by secondary education (80; 35.6%), most participants were traders (104; 46.2%) with comparative percentage in both groups (53[47.7%] vs. 51[44.7%]). COC use was commoner among Artisans (36.0% vs. 13.2%) whereas 110 (99.1%) COC-users and 93 (81.6%) nonCOC-users were married.{Table 1}
[Table 2.1], [Table 2.2], [Table 2.3] shows the pattern of changes observed in the cardiovascular parameters from baseline through 3 months and then 6 months{Table 2}
[Table 3] shows a serial increase in the diastolic blood pressure for COC-users compared to an initial increase followed by a decrease for nonCOC-users over the study period but the difference was statistically significant among the COC-users (P = 0.001). There was a statistically significant increase in the mean LDL-C value among COC-users (P = 0.038) whereas nonCOC-users experienced an initial decrease followed by a rise, but the increase was not significant (P = 0.427). In addition, the AIP shows a statistically significant serial rise among COC-users (P = 0.004) compared to the nonCOC-users (P = 1.000) despite all participants in this study being in low-risk categories. The pattern of the serial levels of serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, systolic blood pressure, and BMI show some variations that were not statistically significant among the COC-users and nonCOC-users.{Table 3}
A total of 225 participants comprising 111 COC-users and 114 nonCOC-users completed the study in a 6-month period. The participants were aged 18–49 years; majority were married with tertiary education. There was a statistically significant serial increase in the diastolic blood pressure and mean LDL-C for COC-users whereas nonCOC-users experienced an initial decrease followed by an increase, which was not significant. The AIP shows a statistically significant serial rise among COC-users compared to nonCOC-users. Although there were variations in the pattern of the serial levels of serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, systolic blood pressure and BMI, these were not statistically significant among the COC-users and nonCOC-users.
The age range of participants in the study is similar to previous reports of low contraceptive uptake among teenagers (4.4%) restating the poor contraceptive use by teenagers in sub-Saharan Africa.[10],[11] The predominance of married women corroborated reports that contraception is embraced primarily within the context of marriage settings in sub-Sahara Africa.[1],[10],[11] This remains a concern relative to the plight of the unmarried and their reproductive needs in sub-Saharan Africa. Tertiary and secondary education predominates in this study with only 1.8% having no formal education; as this study was conducted in an urban area (state capital). There was no significant change in BMI similar to a previous report.[12],[13] The observed significant increase in diastolic blood pressure among COC-users in this study may be attributable to previous reports of increased sodium and water retention[14] or an increase in breakdown of bradykinin, which is a blood pressure lowering agent[15] reported among COC-users. Wei et al.[16] reported a cumulatively increasing risk of hypertension with the duration of COC use whereas Hyejin and Kisok found a significant dose-response trend between the duration of COC use and the prevalence of hypertension.[17]
Research reports on the effects of COC on serum total cholesterol changes has varied between a slight but not significant rise,[18],[19] which is similar to this study to significant increases reported by other researchers.[13],[20] This may be due to the variation in the methodology, as studies which included women with confounding variables (history of smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity) reported the significant increases.[13],[20] In addition, it appears that the duration of exposure to COC may be relevant as another report indicated significant difference in serum total cholesterol between COC-users and nonCOC-users when the period of evaluation was extended to 12 months of use.[21]
There was no statistically significant increase in the mean serum triglycerides in both COC-users and nonCOC-users over the 6-month period of this study. A similar study among reproductive age group women exposed to COC who had serial serum lipid profile at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months of use reported no statistically significant increase in triglycerides during the study period.[21] However, other studies have reported significant findings[11],[22] in the serum lipid profile. There was a significant decrease in the serum HDL-C value among COC-users in a 4-year follow-up study[21] whereas another study reported an increase in HDL-C level.[23] In comparison, this study reported a statistically significant rise in LDL-C level in COC-users and a decrease in the non-user group, which is similar to reports of up to 24 months follow-up evaluation of COC-users.[21]
The association of COC use with changes in serum lipid profiles has attracted evaluation of the atherogenic risk of the users to determine the predisposition to arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction and stroke.[12],[23] In this study, there was a statistically significant increase in atherogenic index in COC-users compared to nonCOC-users. This corroborates available evidence, which suggests that lipid ratios and indices are better predictors of atherogenic risks compared to individual lipid parameters.[6],[24],[25] This then becomes a more relevant predictor when the total cholesterol and triglyceride levels may not have significantly changed but resulted in an increased atherogenic risk in the individuals as reported in this study. Thus, the AIP predicts the occurrence of cardiovascular risks even in the presence of seemingly normal individual lipid parameters. A similar finding was reported in Czech Republic where AIP increased with short-term usage of hormonal contraceptives even when other lipid ratios remained unchanged and individual lipid parameters were within normal range.[9]
The study recorded altered lipid profiles and increased short-term atherogenic risk for cardiovascular risk among users of COC over the study period. We suggest studies to evaluate effects of long-term use of COC on lipid profile and risk for cardiovascular diseases in our population. Meanwhile, COC-users should be offered serial lipid profile and atherogenic risk for cardiovascular diseases as monitoring modalities of their risk for these complications.
The study adds to the limited available information in sub-Saharan Africa on the association between COC and cardiovascular disease risk whereas the serial measurement of parameters provides opportunity for a serial review. However, a longer period of evaluation would have been desirable.
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Under a Beautiful Star
Guest Professor, Tokyo College of Music
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Raised in Greece, studied in Vienna and Paris, and fled to Berlin in WWII
I was born on December 12, 1916, as the eldest daughter of Greek parents in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. My father was born on the outskirts of Sparta in southern Greece, and after he was orphaned at a young age, an uncle who was a priest in the Greek Orthodox Church in Constantinople raised him. (Constantinople had formerly been the Greek City of Byzantium, and many Greeks still lived in the city. Although it was under Turkish rule, Greeks had the freedom to practice religion with few restrictions. Constantinople was also home to many French and other nationalities and had a sort of international atmosphere.)
My mother was born to a rather wealthy family who ran a printing business and was educated at a school run by French nuns. She was very good with her hands and loved embroidery and handicrafts so when her father's business failed, she helped to support the family with her embroidery and dressmaking. That was how she met my father who was a young man in the silk and braiding business. They fell in love, married, and I was born.
Repatriation to Greece with the start of WWI, and begins piano at five
As young married couple, my parents both worked and life was not easy. In World War I, Greece entered the war on the side of the Allies which made it an enemy of Turkey, so in 1917, my father returned to Greece ahead of the family where he prepared to set up a textile business in Salonika (Thessalonika). After Athens, Salonika is an important cultural center on the Aegean Sea.
Several months later, my mother arrived in Salonika with me who was still a baby, and this was the start of our life in Greece. My parents worked as they had in Turkey. My father minded his shop every day and my mother went to work for a large dressmaker so I was placed in a day nursery. As it turned out, the nursery was irresponsible and I was being neglected all day. A kind woman in the neighborhood couldn't bear to see it and reprimanded my mother. My mother then quit work at the dressmaker's and set up her own business at home so she could watch me herself.
Fortunately, customers liked her work, and her business flourished and gradually expanded. My father's textile business was doing well, too, and when I was five or six, my parents, who loved music, bought me a piano.
In Constantinople, the priests had taught my father arithmetic and how to read and write, but besides this, he had had little formal education. Nevertheless, he was hardworking and had strong love of learning. In fact, at the time, he had started studying English so he could read Shakespeare in the original language and my mother used to tease him about it.
This was about the time that I began taking piano lessons. My father used to tell me to apply myself seriously to the piano, and to stick with whatever I did without ever giving up.
From piano to voice
When I was about twelve, I began taking classes at the Salonika Conservatory of Music when I didn't have school on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays, and this was the start of my academic training in piano and solfege. In 1932, I was awarded first prize in the piano competition at the conservatory [Salonika Conservatory Piano Competition, but my teachers told me that voice would be a more promising field for me since my hands weren't very large. I was very interested in voice myself so I started studying vocal music secretly. This was because my father thought it was scandalous for a young, unmarried woman to sing on stage and he was very much against it. He was set in his views so I had a hard time at first, but gradually he came to accept my decision, and I was able to study vocal music under Carolina Capasso, who was the sister of the Italian consul in Salonika and had herself studied under Luisa Tetrazzini. In 1932, accompanied by my mother, I went to Vienna to study lieder under Professor Max Klein in the Vienna, Austria.
My father died in 1936. Ever since I was a child, he had always encouraged me to study the piano seriously, and even though I switched to vocal music, I am sure that he is pleased that I have pursued music and stayed with it all these years.
Radio broadcast concerts while a student at the Conversatoire Nationale Superior de Musique in Paris
In 1937, I went to France to continue my education and entered the Conversatoire Nationale Superior de Musique in Paris where I received training in vocal music. In 1938, at the recommendation of director of the conservatory, Henri Rabeau, I gave some radio broadcast concerts that were aired on Radio Paris, Radio Strassbourg, Radio 37 (Paris), and other stations and performed the works of Faure and Duparc. In the same year, I was awarded the first prize medal for vocalists. World War II broke out in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. The following year, I received a first certificate of merit in opera comique, second prize in vocal music and other prizes, and was awarded a special scholarship.
In 1940, the German army penetrated the Maginot Line and started advancing toward Paris. Many people in the city fled to southern France, but I wasn't able to evacuate in time and had no choice but to remain in Paris. Director Henri Rabeau, stayed in Paris and lived on the fifth floor of the conservatory. He was determined to do whatever necessary to continue classes so the building wouldn't be requisitioned and occupied by German troops. In the department of vocal music where I studied, the renowned mezzosoprano, Claire Croiza, was only professor to remain in Paris. Besides me, two or three other students were called in to assist her and we managed to hold classes in spite of the difficult situation around us.
I will always remember is how we were able to keep the conservatory open and carry on without any interference and how much this was due to the dedication of Director Rabeau, Professor Croiza, and others.
Paris during WWII and St. Catherine's Day
After some time, people who had fled to southern France gradually started to return to Paris, and it was on November 15 of that year, St. Catherine's Day, that I first met the man who would become my future husband. (St. Catherine's Day is a holiday for unmarried women who have reached the age of 25, and these young women of marriageable age are called "Catherinettes.") The Catherinettes at the Conservatory were holding a party, and my husband was invited by the composer, Rokuro Kurachi who was a junior-high school friend of his and a friend of one of my classmates, Yoshiko Furusawa. My husband had graduated in political science from the Faculty of Law at Keio University and was studying at the University of Paris, but since the start of the war, he had been working part-time at the Japanese Embassy.
In early 1942, I was chosen to be the soloist at a concert at the Chaillot Palace given by the Conservatory's symphony orchestra, but unfortunately, I fell ill and couldn't perform. I married in March, and my son, Sachio, was born in June 1943.
Paris, Berlin, and a U.S. prisoner of war
In 1944, British and American troops landed in Normandy and were making their way to Paris. All Japanese citizens in Paris were ordered by the Japanese Embassy to evacuate to Germany. The women, children, and elderly left on the last train to Berlin. On the way, our train was bombed and fired upon by the British and Americans, but we all managed to reach our destination safely. The men left several days later in different vehicles; and all arrived in Berlin safely even though the journey had been dangerous. (My husband received a crash course in driving and drove all day and night, without stopping, from Paris to Berlin in the blackout. I had gone ahead by train with Sachio, who was a baby, and I was sick with worry as I waited for days until he arrived.)
At the time, the Allies were bombing Berlin around the clock and the bombing was growing more intense. After a few weeks, all of us evacuated to a suburb north of Berlin, and only those who had jobs in the city could go into Berlin by microbus.
In 1945, Berlin was under pressure from the British and American forces in the west and from the Russian troops in the east, so just before the fall of Berlin, the Japanese residents fled to the south amid gunfire. We finally reached the Badgastein, a town in the mountains south of Salzburg and now in Austria. Germany surrendered in May and we were taken as prisoners of war by the U.S. army in June.
From Le Havre to New York, Seattle and Japan
In July, we were transported in a U.S. military transport plane from Salzburg airport to the vicinity of the port of Le Havre in France. Several days later, we left for the United States from Le Havre on the Santa Rosa. It wasn't a hospital ship, but a U.S. military transport ship full of American soldiers who were being sent to the Pacific. We were crossing the Atlantic Ocean when we heard that the Americans had dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
We finally reached New York. All I could see from a porthole in the hold of the ship was the Statue of Liberty in the distance. The next day, we were taken in a specially outfitted train to the mountains of Pennsylvania where we were housed in a building that was once used as a communications school for the U.S. army. The war ended several days later on August 15.
It was in the middle of November that we crossed the United States for Seattle, and from the port of Seattle, we sailed in another military ship along the Aleutian Islands in the northern Pacific Ocean. The weather was stormy and we finally reached in Uraga on December 5. This is how I arrived my husband's country and started my life in Japan after the war.
From『Tokyo College of Music News19』 1982 Summer issue
On Acrivy Fukuzawa's CD
Seiji Choki
Many musicians came to Japan from abroad during a time when western music was still in its infancy here and they were responsible for a number of achievements for which we owe them an immeasurable debt. Some of the names from the prewar era to today that come to mind are the conductors Pringsheim, Rosenstock, Gururit, the pianists Kroitsa and Shirota, and the violinist, Mogirefesky. The reasons and circumstances under which they each came to Japan differed and they also had varying degrees of talent, but for the music world of Japan that was only beginning to reach maturity, they were teachers and exemplars who left us with an invaluable legacy.
Acrivy Fukuzawa came to Japan after World War II, and while her situation was different from those of the musicians cited above, her presence is one that cannot be ignored in light of her important accomplishments in the postwar history of western music in Japan. Fukuzawa was born on December 12, 1916 in Constantinopole (Istanbul), Turkey as the eldest daughter of Greek parents. From a young age, she displayed musical talent and at the age of 11, she was awarded first prize in the Salonika Conservatory Piano Competition. She was taught voice by Carolina Capasso, a Italian teacher of vocal music, and after studying at the Lausanne Conservatory, Switzerland, she began studying lieder under Professor Max Klein in the Vienna, Austria in 1932. In 1937, Fukuzawa entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris where she received many awards, and at the recommendation of Director Henri Rabeau, she performed the works of Faure and Duparc in radio broadcast concerts that were aired on Radio Paris, Radio Stassbourg and other stations. She married Shintaro Fukuzawa, a student in Paris, in 1942, and came to Japan, her husband's country, after the war in 1945. After a time of confusion in the aftermath of World War II, the musical world in Japan began to recover and show signs of activity when Fukuzawa made her debut in Japan in March 1949 in the role of Eurydice in Grieg's opera, Orpheus and Eurydice with the Toho Symphony Orchestra (currently, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra) at Japan Theater in a regular concert conducted by Hidemaro Konoe. Thereafter, she gave numerous recitals, concentrating on the modern melodies francaises of Faure, Duparc, and Milhaud, some of which were considered to be contemporary music at the time. She also performed with the Konoe Symphony Orchestra in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4, and with Yoshie Fujiwara in the opera Madame Butterfly. Many of her concerts and broadcasts were the first public performances in Japan of such notable works as Le Bestiaire by Francis Poulenc (November 23, 1954), the opera L'heure Espagnole by Maurice Ravel (November 22, 1955) with the NHK Broadcast No. 2, and Benjamin Britten's Illuminations (1955). At the same time, Fukuzawa was active in performing new work by Japanese composers. Among these them, Minao Shibata's work, Kigosetsu, with Koatsue Kitazono's poetry was first performed by Fukuzawa and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of conductor Hideo Saito (May 13, 1955). The recordings of works by composers such as Faure and Debussy on this CD speak for themselves and need no further explanation. I would only urge quiet listening.
Among Fukuzawa's many activities, her appearance in the premiere performance in Japan of Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg in 1954 deserves particular mention. This CD includes the first broadcast performance of this work given in Japan on August 3, 1954, but a public performance with the same members was given at a concert hosted by the Experimental Workshop at Yamaha Hall on October 9, 1954. There is not sufficient room here to discuss the Experimental Workshop, Japan's first group of artists working in diverse media that was formed in 1951 by composers, musicians, and artists working in three-dimensional expression, lighting, etc., but at that concert that was part of a Schoenberg series in which Five Pieces for Orchestra also premiered in Japan. It is an absolute joy to be able to listen to Fukuzawa's performance of sprechstimme which was still little known in Japan at the time. Listening to this recording that was orginally made for a radio broadcast prior to the concert performance, it is clear that, owing to Fukuzawa, even at the initial stage of Schoenberg's genuine reception in Japan, his work was introduced at a high level of accomplishment. Needless to say, the ensemble, composed of talented musicians, also gives an excellent performance. The conductor, Yoshiro Irino, must have been perceived as a rival presence who represented an academic approach by the composers of the Experimental Workshop, such as Toru Takemitsu and Joji Yuasa.They were not members of the so-called status quo, and who had learned the twelve-tone technique separately and by different means, but at this concert, having Irino conduct the concert seems to have been a way of paying tribute to him as one who had been instructed in the "official" twelve-tone techique of Germany and Austria. The confrontational split between the academicism of music school graduates and an oppositional nationalism that had existed since before the war was overcome through these activities of the Experimental Workshop and the 20th Century Music Institute, and this concert happens to provide evidence of this in the making. And thus, beyond being a record of a faithful performance of Schoenberg's work, this invaluable recording is one of great interest for a number of reasons.
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The main Southbourne events of Shake and Stir, and Frankenfest are always well supported and more importantly, FREE.
Although it is free to the public it costs money to hire the acts, for security and even to close the road off.
Local sponsors have been very generous and we hope that continues, and even more come forward this year.
Members of the public have also been very generous. Even if everyone were to give 50p per head, that really goes to help fill the gaps, ensures we don't keep worry about finances up to the very end and can commit to booking the best acts earlier.
Once we know more about the organising committee, what access to funds we might have or to bid for, we will let the community know.


According to MBLM's Brand Intimacy 2018 Report preview, Apple has ranked in the top spot, with Disney and YouTube in third.
Last year's 2017 study detailing 'intimate' brands for millennials saw Disney as first, followed by Amazon and Netflix in second and third place. This year sees Apple in first, while YouTube surges to the third spot.
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was born in Vienna in 1926. His father, a Croatian civil engineer, was Roman Catholic, while his mother was from a Sephardic Jewish family. Illich was expelled from the Piaristengymnasium in Vienna by the occupying Nazis in 1941 because of his mother's Jewish ancestry. He completed his pre-university studies in Florence, and studied histology and crystallography at the University of Florence.
Ivan Illich then decided to prepare for the priesthood. From 1942 to 1946, he studied theology and philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in the Vatican. He completed his PhD in 1951 at the University of Salzburg, with a dissertation on the historian Arnold J. Toynbee and the nature of historical knowledge. In this period he developed an understanding of the institutionalization of charity in the 13th century church, which helped form his later critique of institutionalization in modern society.
In New York and Porto Rico
On completing his PhD, Ivan Illich asked to be assigned as an assistant parish priest in New York City. His congregation in Washington Heights was largely Irish and Puerto Rican. Illich became fluent in Spanish and began speaking out for Puerto Rican culture, and against "cultural ignorance" on the part of the dominant culture.
In 1956 Illich was appointed vice-rector of the Catholic University of Ponce in Puerto Rico. There he met Everett W. Reimer, whom Illich credited with awakening his interest in public education, and who later joined Illich at CIDOC. In 1960 the Bishop of Ponce forbade Catholics to vote for Governor Luis Munoz Marin, who advocated state-sponsored birth control. Illich opposed the Bishop's position and was forced out of the university.
Early CIDOC Period (1961-1969)
Illich was also opposed to Pope John XXIII's call in 1960 for North American missionaries to "modernize" the Latin American Church. Illich wanted missionaries to learn Spanish, recognize the limitations of their own cultural experiences, and assume their duties as adult educators with humility and respect. To promote this approach, Illich founded the Centre for Intercultural Formation to train American missionaries for work in Latin America.
The Centre for Intercultural Formation was initially founded at Fordham University, but Illich wanted the institution to be based in Latin America. After walking and hitchhiking several thousand miles he decided on Cuernavaca in Mexico. In 1961, With the help of Feodora Stancioff and Brother Gerry Morris, Illich founded the Centro Intercultural de Documentación (CIDOC) at Cuernavaca.
The ostensible purpose of CIDOC was to offer language courses and training to missionaries coming from North America. But upon opening the centre, Illich stated a second purpose, which was to gather sufficient influence among mission-sponsoring agencies to dissuade them from implementing Pope John XXIII's plan to "modernise" the Church in Latin America. Illich believed that the Third World, in its under-development, was in many respects better off than the advanced industrial nations. He sought to teach "missionaries" dispatched by the Church to consider themselves as guests ready to learn from the host country, rather than as emissaries of industrial hegemony, carrying out a "war on subsistence."
The CIDOC greeted several hundred missionaries each year, providing them a freewheeling environment in which to "redefine their questions rather than completing the answers they have gotten."
Later CIDOC Period (1969-1976)
After about a decade of operation, the CIDOC's critical analysis of the actions of the institutional Church brought it into conflict with the Vatican. Illich was called to Rome to be questioned, and was ordered to leave CIDOC. He managed to hold out, eventually resigning all offices and church salaries, and even leaving the priesthood in 1969.
The Centre had broadened its appeal, and became known for explorations of the themes that have become identified with Illich. In 1971 CIDOC colleague Everett Reimer published "School is Dead," which remains a reference for the Homeschooling
movement.
It was during this period that Illich published his best-known and most influential works, including:
Celebration of Awareness (1971)
Deschooling Society (1971)
Tools for Conviviality (1973)
Energy and Equity (1974)
Medical Nemesis (1976)
Illich's concerns about the negative impact of the "radical monopoly" of the dominant systems of education hit a responsive chord in the libertarian atmosphere of the 1970s. The book "Deschooling Society" became an international best-seller, and Illich was much in demand as a speaker.
Towards the end of this period the numbers of missionaries heading for Latin America declined, and the general climate became more rightwing. Illich was also concerned by the influx of formal academics and the growing "institutionalization" of the CIDOC. In 1976, with consent from CIDOC director Valentina Borremans and the members, he shut the center down. Several members subsequently continued language schools in Cuernavaca, some of which still exist.
After CIDOC (1977-2002)
After shutting down CIDOC, Illich retained a lifelong base in Cuernavaca, but travelled constantly.
In the late seventies interest in Illich's ideas began to wane within the international educational community. The new trends in northern educational systems were towards increasing centralized control, nationalized curricula, and bureaucratic accreditation of learning. Invitations to speak and to write slackened, but Illich continued to develop the central themes of his earlier work.
Illich next wrote a series of books addressing economic questions:
The Right To Useful Unemployment And Its Professional Enemies (1978)
Toward a History of Needs (1978)
Shadow Work (1981)
The last two of these books look at the economics of scarcity. Illich contrasts the socially destructive desire to profit, through the provision of goods in sectors where there is "scarcity," with the socially constructive desire to share "subsistence."
In the book "Gender" (1982) Illich argued that industrial capitalism creates and depends on a simplistic coupling of male as wage labourer and female as producer of new workers, thereby sacrificing both the feminine and masculine domains. Illich also wrote a book on the historicity of materials: "H2O And The Waters of Forgetfulness" (1985).
In late 1980s Illich turned to an exploration of literacy practices, in the books:
ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind (1988, co-written with Barry Sanders)
In the Vineyard of the Text (1993)
The latter volume concerns the origins of book-learning. Illich described it as an attempt to understand the transition from the book to the computer screen, through the prism of the changes in 13th-century reading practice.
In the 1990s Ivan Illich divided his time between Mexico, the United States, and Germany. He was a Visiting Professor of Philosophy and of Science, Technology, and Society at Penn State in Pennsylvania, and also taught at the University of Bremen.
Last years
In the early 1990s Illich suffered from a growth on his face that was diagnosed as cancerous. He consulted a doctor about having the tumor removed, but was told there was a chance of losing his ability to speak, so he let the tumor grow and disfigure his face.
True to his critique of "professionalized" medicine, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to treat the cancer with traditional methods, administering his own medication. This was against the advice of his doctors, who proposed a largely sedative treatment which would have rendered his work impossible.
He regularly smoked opium to deal with the terrible pain caused by the tumor. During this period he wrote a history of pain, which was published in France after his death.
His last wish was to die surrounded by close collaborators amid the beginnings of a new learning centre he had planned in Bologna. However, he died before this wish could be realised, on December 2, 2002.
The Testament of Ivan Illich as told to David Cayley was published with the title "The Rivers North of the Future" (2005).
The information in this article was drawn from the following sources:
Wikipedia article on Ivan Illich
Infed article on Ivan Illich (in the Encyclopaedia of informal education)
Ivan Illich obituary in the Guardian
Remembering Ivan Illich: a collection of short articles by those who knew Illich
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Do you want to get feedback on your ideas and work from professionals from the broad field of fashion, technology and/or education? Do you want to meet and collaborate with fashion design students from other institutes? Are you the agent of change we are looking for?
Although the world is changing, the fashion industry adapts slowly. Pressing issues around ethics, sustainability and transparency in a digital era challenge the fashion, textile and clothing industry. As well as emerging technologies such as digital fabrication and biotechnology and shifting consumers' values.
This raises questions about the future role of the fashion designer, responsibility, the notion of (digital) crafts and craftsmanship, fashion education, the meaning and value of fashion and the role of the consumer. Round table workshop.
First of all, we're curious about your vision. During the first meeting you will collaboratively set the agenda for the second meeting by mapping out a model of The Future Fashion Professional. The collective presentation of this model will be the starting point for a discussion and iteration during the second meeting with the experts. This context is at the same time the backdrop of your individual feedback on your own work and questions.
Interested in joining? Send us an e-mail.
*Free admission – there are limited spots available, so be quick!
We aim for a diverse group of students, so we will select around ten students that can participate (based on motivation and interest). Everyone who subscribed for the event will receive an e-mail a week before the workshop.
Both round table workshops are from 19:00 tot 22:00. The doors will be open from 18:30.
We take care of snacks + drinks.
This Master Class is part of a collaboration between Waag Society, who is partner in the four-year European research program Textile and Clothing Business Labs, and Mascha Van Zijverden, who is a member of the Research Group of the Professorship Fashion Theory & Research (ArtEZ Modelectoraat) and is working on research and projects at the ArtEZ Professorship of Education in Arts and Culture at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts. This Master Class is part of her research for the Master Education in Arts of the Piet Zwart Institute: RECRAFTING CRAFT: on the future position and notion of crafts and craftsmanship within fashion design education at art schools in The Netherlands.
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In the new Turkish film Kill Me Darling tells about a couple and each of them wants to kill his other half. The main character are Demet and Okan, a couple which are married for 5 years. However, despite the years of life together, their relationship is not very good. The love story of this family began as a fairy tale, continued with great excitement and reached a happy ending.
However, since their lives became ordinary after marriage, all the touching feelings within the couple began to die. After a five year period, the couple becomes "overloaded" with each other. Although they want a different life, they cannot express it. As a result, Demet and Okan begin to get upset from each other.
The most interesting thing is that neither husband nor wife express their discontent out loud. Thus, they become a victim of a great misunderstanding on the anniversary of their wedding. As a result, the five-year errors of the husband and wife lead to the fact that they decide to kill each other. It remains the case for small things – to find a suitable way, a case, as well as a time and place.
The whole comedy of tragedy lies in the fact that the executioner does not suspect that he is at the same time a victim. A character named Okan personifies the famous singer Murat Boz. The role of Demet went to actress Sede Bakan. The premiere in cinemas will be held in 2019.


Throughout my career I have been lucky enough to be part of several nursing branches: home health, long-term care, acute care, long-term acute care hospital, hospice, and even a tuberculosis hospital; wounds have no limitations on where they will appear. As a passionate clinician, teaching, coaching, and mentoring have become a huge part of what I do, as is true for most clinicians. We are teachers, coaches, and mentors driven by passion and wanting to help and put in our "two clinical cents" or "stamp" on the industry.
As the fourth of July rolls around, hospitals and clinics all over the country will begin to see an increase in burn incidents. According to the Consumer Product Safety Committee, 68% of the estimated total fireworks-related injuries in 2016 happened between June 18 and July 18.1 From simple blisters obtained by holding a sparkler too close, to third-degree, full-thickness burns obtained from a stray firework, it is important that health care providers know how to effectively manage burn injuries.
After determining our goals of wound treatment (healing, maintaining, or comfort/palliative), we need to choose a treatment that meets the needs of the wound and the patient.
To witness the normal wound healing process is extraordinary. However, the systematic process of healing is not always perfect. Chronic wounds are complex and present an immense burden in health care. Identifying the wound etiology is important, but an accurate wound assessment is just as important. The color, consistency, and texture of wound tissue will lead you to the most appropriate wound management plan.
In celebrating the 20th anniversary of WoundSource, we would like to acknowledge the support of our readership. The WoundSource Reader Profile Series shares the stories behind our readers and how WoundSource currently impacts their wound care practices.


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'Member Derek? Well, here he is again; this time working for the Russians from the safety of our Chinatown abode. An enigma in stripes, D conducted business in a hush-hush manner, all the while playing the part of a perfect roommate. And boy, can he cook a nice looking omelette.


At Northeast Health we work closely with the local Aboriginal Community to determine how we can better support Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander people to access our services, be comfortable while here and have a smooth transition to cultural safe and appropriate services beyond their hospital care.
Our Social Work team are here to ensure that you are supported and have the appropriate information and access to our community health and primary care services.
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Racketeers of the Range
A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent meat packer. Barney O'Dell, owner of the largest ranch, is trying to stop…
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Sandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X Ranch, owned by Rufe Rickson, to further some undercover activities of his…
Genre: Music, Western
Dust Be My Destiny
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to…
The 400 Million
The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Japanese. Civilian refugees…
Shipyard Sally
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
One Third of a Nation
The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents. Future film director Sidney Lumet plays a key supporting role in this social-consciousness drama…
King of Chinatown
Violene and death stalk the Chinese of a big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible, and,…
Saved by the Belle
The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they are arrested when they receive a…
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to…
Polemic documentary extolling the virtues of suburban life and leaving cities as a place of industry.
Invisible Stripes
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
Society Dog Show
Rather out of place at a swanky dog show, Pluto flirts with Fifi, a dainty Pekingese. The judge orders Mickey and Pluto to leave, but when a fire breaks out…
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Short
Beach Picnic
Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending…
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Short
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares…
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport, Thriller
Desperate Trails
A young boy helps a marshal in his battle against outlaws.
Genre: Action, Music, Western
It's a Wonderful World
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood is framed for murder and while Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police,…
Eternally Yours
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a world tour that…
Tevya
Tevye is a dairyman in the Russian Ukraine early in the 20th century. He lives in a cabin outside Boyberik with his wife Goldie, his widowed daughter Tseytl, her two…
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson…
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
The Light That Failed
Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him.
Westbound Stage
A wagon train crossing the plains comes across the remains of other wagon trains that have been attacked by looters. Soon they too are attacked.
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this…
Genre: History, Western
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try…
The Human Monster
A series of strange deaths takes place in London. All are accidents but the victims are single men with no family and they all have a link to a life…
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Set in Cornwall where a young orphan, Mary, is sent to live with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss who are the landlords of the Jamaica Inn. Mary soon realizes that…
Carlo Roma and his foster-son, Toma, and their friend Beppo, are living a happy fisherman's life in San Francisco until Carlo's widowed sister-in-law, Stella, shows up with her brat-son, Rudolph,…
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Music
The Rules of the Game
Aviator André Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that…
Screwball Football
A series of gags hung on a football game. The running gag is a baby licking an ice-cream cone; the portly man sitting next to him keeps stealing licks. We…
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Short
Six-Gun Rhythm
When football player Tex Fletcher arrives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity, sends his men to kill him. But…
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J"…
The scrap of the Shakespeare manuscript is priceless. Nick Torrent owns it and is selling it. But then he is murdered and the manuscript is stolen. Joel Sloane is a…
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
This 25-minute short (original running time at the 1939 World's Fair and in its theatrical bookings) was made by Petroleum Industry to be primarily at the NYC 1939 World's Fair,…
So Does an Automobile
Betty is a nurse in a hospital for sick and injured automobiles. She is both nurse and a mechanic as she ministers to her patients, who go through all the…
Sniffles and the Bookworm
Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.
Intermezzo: A Love Story
A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall…
Susannah of the Mounties
Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in. Everybody suffers further Indian attacks and the Mountie is…
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story…
Irish Luck
Buzzy O'Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Convict's Code
A man is framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. When he is let out on limited parole, he sets out to clear his name and…


Two of A3C's Senior Principals were able to travel to Florida last week for the AIA Conference on Architecture. Jan joined thousands in listening to a keynote address from former first lady Michelle Obama on the role of architects in designing projects for low-income communities and mentoring under-represented youth, and Dan found a session on sustainability and differentiated marketing from Perkins Eastman to be especially interesting. Another highlight was the FAIA award ceremony where Jan and 178 other AIA members were welcomed into the College of Fellows for their significant contributions to architecture and society.