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'It is not working': Just days after reopening, some colleges are closing down again
Colleges and universities throughout the United States are scrambling to address coronavirus outbreaks that emerged as students returned to campus this month, with some schools changing course to rely on online classes and others looking to curb behaviors that put students at risk.
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Campuses welcome back students with varying safety requirements
Over the past few weeks, some colleges and universities across the country welcomed students back for in-person classes, and many had implemented strategies aimed at preventing new outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. However, according to Kaiser Health News/NPR's "Shots," some of those plans had holes that ultimately could put students and staff at risk.
For instance, "Shots" reports that one university plans to offer coronavirus testing only to people who were showing symptoms of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. The university said it has a team of staff that will conduct coronavirus case investigations and contract tracing in partnership with the local health department.
Some public health experts said testing only people who are exhibiting symptoms of the disease won't allow the university to contain the virus' spread. "This virus is subject to silent spreading and asymptomatic spreading, and it's very hard to play catch catch-up," said David Paltiel, a professor at Yale University who studies public health policy. "And so thinking that you can keep your campus safe by simply waiting until students develop symptoms before acting, I think, is a very dangerous game."
Instead, Paltiel said universities would need to test all people on campus every few days. He acknowledged that he's "painfully aware" of the difficulty of implementing such a strategy but said it's vital to ensuring the safety of students, staff, and vulnerable populations in the schools' surrounding communities. "You really have to ask yourself whether you have any business reopening if you're not going to commit to an aggressive program of high-frequency testing," he said.
Meanwhile, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the school is offering walk-up, rapid coronavirus testing in tents set up across the campus. According to "Shots," the school intends to offer the no-cost, saliva-based tests—which researchers at the university developed and for which FDA has issued an emergency use authorization—to the roughly 50,000 students expected to return to the campus this month, as well as to about 11,000 school faculty and staff members. In addition, the university will require any students and staff taking part in on-campus activities to be tested for the virus twice a week.
"The exciting thing is, because we can test up to 10,000 per day, it allows the scientist to do what's really the best for trying to protect the community as opposed to having to cut corners, because of the limitations of the testing," Martin Burke, a chemist at the university who helped create the test, said.
Other schools—such as Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas—are implementing mandatory entry testing for students, Politico reports. And some schools are requiring students to sign social contracts or releasing stringent codes of conduct to guide students' behavior, while others are implementing schedules intended to stave off crowding, according to the Associated Press.
Coronavirus outbreaks emerge
Despite even the "best-laid" plans at some colleges and universities, several already have faced new coronavirus outbreaks among their students, Politico reports.
For example, according to "Shots," two weeks after the University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill welcomed students back to the campus, the university saw coronavirus outbreaks among its students spike from just a few cases to more than 130 within days. The school also reported five new cases among employees within a week.
The school said the outbreaks were linked to student housing, including dorms and a fraternity house, the AP reports. According to the AP, the school's student newspaper in an editorial noted that students had held parties over the weekend. "We all saw this coming," it noted.
A separate UNC school, East Carolina University, also has reported a coronavirus outbreak at one of its campus dorms, and outbreaks have been linked to fraternities at schools in California, Mississippi, and Washington, the AP reports.
In Oklahoma, a video has shown students who weren't wearing masks at a crowded nightclub and officials have confirmed 23 coronavirus cases at a sorority house located off-campus, according to the AP.
And the University of Notre Dame as of Aug. 18 had reported 147 confirmed coronavirus cases since students returned to its campus in South Bend, Indiana, earlier this month. School officials had identified at least two "off-campus gatherings where neither masks were worn nor physical distancing observed" as sources of the outbreaks.
How colleges and universities are addressing the outbreaks
Different colleges and universities are taking unique approaches to addressing the outbreaks.
UNC-Chapel Hill, for example, changed course from having both online and in-person classes to hosting all classes online. In addition, the university ordered most of its undergrad students to leave their dorms, "Shots" reports. Barbara Rimer, dean of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, in a post published last week wrote, "After only one week of campus operations, with growing numbers of clusters and insufficient control over the off-campus behavior of students (and others), it is time for an off-ramp." She continued, "We have tried to make this work, but it is not working."
Notre Dame paused in-person classes for two weeks, and Paul Browne, VP for public affairs at the university, said the school is prepared to suspend or discipline students hosting parties that put people at risk of contracting the coronavirus. "We believe we have a very strong chain of health protection, but these parties represent the weak link in that chain, and they can be responsible for a disproportionate spread," he said.
Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame's president, also said the university could ask students to leave the campus if outbreaks can't be controlled. "The objective of these temporary restrictions is to contain the spread of the virus so that we can get back to in-person instruction," he said. "If these steps are not successful, we will have to send students home as we did last spring."
Similarly, officials at Syracuse University announced that students were facing disciplinary action after holding a large gathering on the school's quad, as the students had "knowingly ignored New York State public health law and the provisions of the Syracuse University Stay Safe Pledge."
And at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, officials ordered the students living at the sorority house where the 23-person outbreak occurred to isolate and barred them from leaving the residence. "When you bring back 20,000 students, there will invariably be more cases related to campus," said Monica Roberts, director of media relations at the university. "We've prepared for this for five months and have protocols in place to manage the situation," she said.
The outbreaks also have led some schools to preemptively change their plans to bring back students. For instance, Michigan State University President Samuel Stanely in an announcement last week said, "Given the current status of the virus in our country," and "particularly what we are seeing at other institutions as they re-populate their campus communities—it has become evident to me that, despite our best efforts and strong planning, it is unlikely we can prevent widespread transmission of [the coronavirus] between students if our undergraduates return to campus."
As such, the university urged undergraduate students who had been planning to live in dorms on the campus to remain home.
Overall, Mildred García, who leads the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, said schools "are doing the best they can with their staff and trying to educate the students about masks and social distancing and the effects of this virus," but she acknowledged that may not be enough to prevent new coronavirus outbreaks. "They're doing all they can—and yet these are young people. When we think back about when we were young, sometimes you think you're invincible" (Montoya Bryan, Associated Press, 8/17; McAuliff et al., "Shots," Kaiser Health News/NPR, 8/20; Quilantan, Politico, 8/17; New York Times, 8/21; Perez/Quilantan, Politico, 8/18).
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SDE BERLIN DIARY
December 4, 2016 – 5:14 am
A year on from his 'exploits' in New York City, Super Deluxe Edition Editor, Paul Sinclair, heads to Berlin for a few days, to walk in the shadow of Bowie and Iggy, take a tour of Hansa Tonstudio, go record shopping and meet up with a few interesting people.
Day 1: November 17, 2016. Two great minds think alike. The day a certain Barack Obama decides to drop in to Berlin to say 'hallo' to Angela Merkel is also the day that I'm coming into town to fly the flag for SDE. I booked my flights ages ago, so there.
Actually POTUS's presence hasn't been without issues. Not unsurprisingly, security levels are rather high and, at one point, the captain on our flight announced that the runway on Schönefeld Airport was closed because Obama was there. This turned out to be inaccurate and it was later clarified that while the runway was closed, it was due to an immoveable plane blocking it (it had a burst tyre).
We had been due to land early (thanks to a gusty tail wind) but due to this one and only runway being closed, the captain took his foot off the 'gas' and started flying at the plane equivalent of a snail's pace (probably still over 400 miles an hour, to be fair) in the hope that things would be sorted by the time we turned up. They weren't, so after a bit of faffing around in a 'holding pattern', we were forced to go to Prague to refuel.
I was starting to regret my decision not to bother eating on the plane, which was taken when our expected landing time was 3 pm. It was now 5 pm and I wasn't even in the right country! By some minor miracle we didn't need to disembark. We refuelled, took off again (with a second safety announcement, by the same crew to the same passengers!) and landed in Berlin, just after six. Phew!
But my plans to head out and do some late afternoon record shopping were in tatters. By the time I'd picked up the luggage (semi-empty bag in 'the hold', for Berlin record purchases), stood in a massive queue to change my WelcomeCard voucher for the real thing (the WelcomeCard is a travelcard-type ticket which allows you to get around on trains, trams and buses) and then hot-footed it into Berlin city centre to the hotel, it was 8 pm. I'm sure I got to New York more quickly, last year. And I bet POTUS didn't have these problems.
My travel guide book informed of some super-duper express train from the airport, but the guy at the information desk said I needed the S9 and S5/S75, which is the overground/mainline train which chugs along at a leisurely pace. I nearly got lost when I had to change at Ostkreuz, but hit 'Gold' when I spotted the sign to Spandau (sorry).
Anyway, even though it was fairly late, after checking in and freshening up, I thought I may as well go for a stroll and explore the area a little bit. So I walked down Friedrichstraße and unexpectedly hit the motherlode by coming across a shop called Dussmann (tagline is "das KulturKaufhaus" – literal translation, the culture store).
Dussman was open until 11.30 pm and has the vibe of a Borders or Barnes and Noble. From the window it looked mainly about books, but I suspected they'd have a music section. Did they!? It was amazing. For a start it was absolutely enormous, with not only separate vinyl and CD (and DVD) sections but old-school segregation for "Indie", "Hip Hop", "Soul", "Jazz", "Classical", etc.
The Berlin Wall of box sets at Dussmann.
The most impressive thing was the stock. They had EVERYTHING. They had the best selection of box sets I've ever seen in any music store, ever. They had TWO separate displays devoted to the Pink Floyd Early Years box set, including one with the box open so you could examine the contents (take that HMV, with your 'keeping it behind the counter' mentality), a big display for Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Bob Dylan (and also loads of his new The 1966 Recordings box set).
Two displays of the Pink Floyd box set and loads of stock.
Plenty of Dylan's new box (€129.99).
Dussman had all the new releases including all the Crowded House reissues and the CD+DVD super deluxe of Sting's new 57th & 9th which was the first time I'd actually seen what these look like! They had the deluxe and the standard CD as well. It's was a great reminder that when you are immersed a a wonderful environment, created by people who take your passion as seriously as you do, you just want to pick up product and buy it. You aren't in a quibbling, 'I-think-I-might-be-able-to-get-this-€2-cheaper-down-the-road' frame of mind. You really aren't.
I could rave about this shop all day. They even had a section within the vinyl area for 'audiophile' pressings. And nice to see the art of the window display hasn't been lost with this lovely tribute to Leonard Cohen (he was featured heavily inside).
Having spent 11 hours on the road, visiting Dussman was a lovely end to a tiring day. I nearly bought loads, but in the end picked up that 'expanded' vinyl reissue of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' Rattlesnakes which LC was miffed about. I'd never seen it before and it was only €19. I also grabbed the Sting super deluxe. Not cheap at €40 but better than the £50 Amazon UK wanted for it. When buying these bits I commented to the man at the cash desk that the shop was amazing for music. He looked surprised, espcially when I told him I was from London. But I assured him it was better than anything in Central London, including the big HMV in Oxford Street.
Note: The above article was posted at superdeluxeedition.com.

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New Films by Women
New Shows + Movies by Women — November 19, 2021
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There are a number of deeply promising series this week, including one of the most anticipated fantasy adaptations, one of the most accomplished ensembles ever cast, and a new Mindy Kaling comedy. The films this week come from a range of cultures that aren't often featured in the U.S. They're made by filmmakers who are Salvadoran-Mexican, Cree-Metis, and Trinidadian, not to mention an Australian Aboriginal revenge western.
November and December introduce a wealth of new projects, and it can be easy to get locked into the ones that see the most marketing and are created by filmmakers with established names. Yet studios rarely invest in marketing films made by women and people of color. That means they don't invest in establishing their names, which means most of the "awards competitors" that get pushed at us come from a narrow range of perspective.
Many films by women and directors of color will be lucky to see a push for a single nomination in major awards meant to get them on the map. Most will go without the kind of awards marketing blitzes that middling films by men will see much more easily. This means that when it comes to buzz, it's easy to believe the films that need to be seen this time of year are mostly by white, male directors. It becomes even easier than usual for viewers to completely overlook work that comes from other voices.
Make sure you seek out the work of women and people of color, especially in these months where some of the best films you'll see in your life get even more buried than is usual.
The Wheel of Time (Amazon)
mostly directed by women
The long, long-awaited adaptation of Robert Jordan's fantasy novel series finally arrives. "The Wheel of Time" centers on Rosamund Pike's Moiraine, who gathers five people for an adventurous journey. She believes one of them is the reincarnation of the Dragon, who will either save the world or destroy it.
While the showrunner is Rafe Judkins, at least five of the first season's eight episodes are directed by women. This includes Uta Briesewitz, Sanaa Hamri, and Salli Richardson. Briesewitz has directed on "Orange is the New Black", "Stranger Things", "Jessica Jones", and "UnREAL", as well as being the cinematographer for "Hung". Hamri has helmed on "Shameless" and directed more episodes of "Empire" than any other director. Richardson has directed on "Luke Cage", "American Gods", and "Dear White People".
"The Wheel of Time" premieres today on Amazon with three episodes. The remaining five episodes will drop every Friday.
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
A plane carrying a high school soccer team once crashed into the Ontario wilderness. Not all of the girls on the team made it out alive. Years later, someone is sending them postcards that suggest they know what really happened. It's up to a small group of survivors to piece it back together.
This is one of the best series casts ever assembled. Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey, and Christina Ricci are the big names, but Samantha Hanratty, Keeya King, Sophie Nelisse, and Ella Purnell shouldn't be overlooked.
While Jonathan Lisco serves as showrunner, the series is mostly directed by women. Eva Sorhaug directs three episodes. She's also directed episodes of "Witch Hunt", "American Gods", and "Your Honor". "Jennifer's Body" director Karyn Kusama helms the premiere. Deepa Mehta and Daisy von Scherler Mayer also direct.
"Yellowjackets" premiered its first episode this week on Showtime. You can also watch that first episode for free on YouTube to see if it sparks your interest. New episodes will drop on Showtime every Sunday.
The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)
co-showrunner Mindy Kaling
Freshman roommates at Evermore College navigate student life in an acidic comedy.
Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble showrun. Kaling is, of course, known as a writer, producer, and lead actress on "The Office" and "The Mindy Project". (I'd also recommend "Never Have I Ever", which she co-created, produces, and writes on, but doesn't star.)
The release schedule for "The Sex Lives of College Girls" can be summed up as multiple episodes dropping on HBO Max every Thursday. Two episodes are available now, with three more on November 25, three more on December 2, and then the final two on December 9. And, you know, be careful if you Google the series.
The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Acorn TV)
showrunner Sally Lindsay
An antiques dealer loses her savings when her husband dies under mysterious circumstances. She relocates to France to begin investigating his death.
Sally Lindsay created, writes, and stars in "The Madame Blanc Mysteries". The former "Coronation Street" actress also conceived of and starred in "Scott & Bailey".
The first two episodes of "The Madame Blanc Mysteries" premiered on Acorn TV this week, with new episodes dropping every Monday.
Christmas Flow (Netflix)
directed by Nadege Loiseau
In this three-episode French series, a rapper and journalist fall for each other. His music is misogynist and she resents him for that. I don't know how thoroughly the series will address that premise. Shirine Boutella and Tayc star.
Nadege Loiseau has directed on a few French series, including an episode of crime drama "Profilage".
You can watch "Christmas Flow" on Netflix.
Hollington Drive (Sundance Now)
directed by Carolina Giammetta
Two sisters investigate the disappearance of a child in this British thriller.
Carolina Giammetta is a British series director who also helmed this year's "The Drowning".
All four episodes are available to watch on Sundance Now.
Prayers for the Stolen (Netflix)
directed by Tatiana Huezo
"Prayers for the Stolen" follows the lives of three girls growing up in a town at war. Girls are stolen from the poor town by soldiers, and it's only a matter of time before one of them is taken.
Tatiana Huezo is one of the most important directors working today. She's chiefly worked in documentaries before this. Her "Tempestad" investigated the experiences of women who had been trafficked, and won Best Documentary, Director, Cinematography, and Sound at the Ariel Awards (Mexico's equivalent to our Oscars). "Prayers for the Stolen" is her first dramatic feature.
You can watch "Prayers for the Stolen" on Netflix.
Freeland (VOD)
co-directed by Kate McLean
An elderly, off-the-grid pot farmer sees her business dwindle when cannabis is made legal. She considers what to do next as she harvests her final crop.
Kate McLean writes and directs with Mario Furloni. McLean has primarily worked in documentary films up till now.
See where to rent "Freeland".
The Flood (VOD)
directed by Victoria Wharfe McIntyre
In this anachronistic western, an indigenous Australian wife and husband set out for revenge after they lose their daughter.
This is the first feature from writer-director Victoria Wharfe McIntyre.
You can rent "The Flood" on Redbox.
Hope (VOD)
directed by Maria Sodahl
Andrea Braein Hovig and Stellan Skarsgard star as Anja and Tomas, partners who have grown into their own separate worlds over the years. When she's diagnosed with cancer, Anja needs Tomas to come back into her world and help support her.
The Norwegian film is written and directed by Maria Sodahl, who got her start in the 90s as a casting director.
See where to rent "Hope".
Night Raiders (VOD)
directed by Danis Goulet
Blackfoot and Sami actress Elle-Maija Tailfeathers stars as a mother whose daughter is kidnapped by a war-obsessed government. She joins a band of vigilantes to rescue their children.
Danis Goulet is a Cree-Metis filmmaker. This is her debut feature. Goulet has served for several years as the artistic director for imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, the world's largest indigenous film festival.
See where to rent "Night Raiders".
She Paradise (VOD)
directed by Maya Cozier
A teenager takes up with a dance crew. She's not prepared for the world of money and predation that it opens up to her, though.
This is the first feature from writer-director Maya Cozier.
See where to rent "She Paradise".
Take a look at new shows + movies by women from past weeks.
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A bill sponsored by State Sen. Jim McClendon giving Alabama citizens an opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment to allow a lottery is being questioned by one of its co-sponsors. The bi-partisan legislation is co-sponsored by Sens. Jimmy Holley, Steve Livingston, Bobby Singleton, Roger Smitherman, Billy Beasley and Del Marsh.
Last week, Marsh, who is the powerful President Pro Tempore of the Senate, suddenly voiced a problem with the measure, first saying he didn't like how the lottery funds would be distributed and later changed his story to say he opposed permitting Video Lottery Terminals at the state's existing four racetracks.
Marsh's quick turnabout is widely seen as a capitulation to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians who stand to lose their billion-dollar gaming monopoly if VLTs are allowed at the race courses where peri-mutual gaming is already legal. PCI owns one of the four courses, the Mobile racetrack.
None of the bill's other co-sponsors have joined Marsh in his opposition.
Just a few years ago, Marsh sponsored a similar bill to the one now being offered by McClendon, which also provided for electronic machines being operated at the four racetracks. That bill was defeated when then-Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard made common cause with PCI to kill the legislation.
At the time, Marsh condemned plans being offered by PCI/Hubbard and Bentley saying that the PCI/Hubbard plan created a monopoly and the governor's plan raised taxes.
In an op-ed published by APR, Marsh made a passionate plea to allow a vote on his lottery bill, which created a statewide lottery and offered machines at existing racetracks.
Marsh has been clear that he intends to run for the U.S. Senate in 2020. But with a growing field of contenders, Marsh will need a hefty war chest, which PCI can supply.
Currently, PCI is backing U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, who has spent years cultivating the tribe's trust. But the threat to their gambling monopoly is so dire that many believe whoever kills the lottery bill will be anointed PCI's champion and earn their financial backing. A rapacious political calculation that places what is best for the state behind the desire for political gain of one individual and a tribe that consists of barely 3,000 people.
In Marsh's 2015 legislation, PCI was given considerable gains as it called for the governor to enter into a compact with the tribe, which would have vastly expanded their gambling options by letting them operate Vegas-style games like blackjack, roulette and other live-dealer games. Marsh's proposal also gave the four tracks slot machines as well as other games of chance, something McClendon's bill strictly outlaws.
McClendon's bill doesn't address PCI at all and prohibits slots and live dealer games of any kind. On numerous occasions, McClendon has stated his bill's sole purpose is to give the people a right to vote on a lottery. PCI is a nation-state within the boundaries of Alabama and is therefore not subject to state laws. It is generally believed that since the state has no say in PCI's affairs, they should not meddle in the state's.
If Marsh is, in fact, playing politics with the lottery bill to extract money for PCI, it wouldn't be the first time.
During the 2010 elections, Marsh held secret meetings with PCI Vice Chair Robbie McGhee at which he asked for and received at least $100,000 in donations, which was then routed through the Republican State Leadership Committee and back to a PAC controlled by Marsh and Hubbard.
An internal report commissioned by RSLC found that the deeds perpetrated by Marsh and Hubbard were likely to be found illegal under state law.
In 2013, Marsh tried to deny he had participated in the secret meeting, as reported by APR in 2012.
However, after Marsh's denial was reported by the Anniston Star, APR released a tape of McGhee saying it was Marsh who had come to Atmore to solicit funds from the tribe.
Marsh's opposition to the lottery bill could see it languish without a committee vote or die on the floor of the Senate.
Even Marsh's political allies are uncertain how far he will go to satisfy his political ambitions with several privately, suggesting he has over played his hand, and his alliance with the tribe is too obvious to have a longterm benefit.
McClendon is hoping to have SB130 before the Senate Tourism Committee as early as Tuesday, April 2, when the Legislature returns from spring break. However, there is serious concern that Marsh could delay or stop a committee vote.
Citizens who want an opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment allowing for a lottery will need to keep an eye on Marsh's dealings, as his sudden about-face may very well doom the peoples' right to vote.


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A no-deal Brexit scenario would be significantly disruptive to both the higher and further education sectors – extremely so for the higher education sector, a National Assembly committee has said.
The Committee found that even with a broadly favourable Withdrawal Agreement it is probable that many key areas of university and college activity would still need to make changes. This was particularly true for the higher education sector where significant activity is currently linked to the free movement of UK and EU staff and students.
Despite Treasury funding guarantees, a no-deal scenario would be significantly disruptive to both sectors – deeply so for the higher education sector with its wide-range of international collaborations and participation in research networks.
Evidence received identified few opportunities from either sector arising from Brexit in the short-term, and those that were raised, were done so in the context of making the best of Brexit.
The Welsh Government should proactively demand, via any future UK Immigration Bill, executive powers for Welsh Ministers that allow them to make spatially different immigration rules specifically for students and academic staff in Wales. (It is noted in the report that Michelle Brown AM did not agree with this recommendation).
The Welsh Government must work with the higher and further education sectors to put in place and test funding arrangements that will guarantee no financial disruption or uncertainty for ERASMUS+ students, particularly those on modern language degrees, taking into account the conditions attached to the current Treasury guarantee.
The Welsh Government must commission a further research project, building on the recent work which informed the international mobility pilot, to develop a more detailed picture of the impact of international mobility on the outcomes of students from under-represented groups in Wales.
The Welsh Government must commit to working jointly with the further education sector to jointly develop and publish a plan, funded by a EU Transition Fund bid and taking account of the differing regional needs, to identify and respond to any changing skills demands in those sectors most likely to experience Brexit related disruption.
The Welsh Government must recognise the fundamental importance of research and innovation to the prosperity of Wales and recognise the danger inherent in falling behind England and Scotland in funding these activities in what is an extremely competitive setting. The Welsh Government must therefore begin to immediately fund the recommendations made by Professor Reid in his review.
"Brexit will undoubtedly have a disruptive impact on both higher and further education, and whilst we recognise that there are shared themes across the sectors – the impact on both will be different.
"In looking to do all we can to help mitigate and disruption, it is important that we do not simply conflate the very visible impacts on our universities, with the impacts on our colleges which are on the whole more locally rooted. So in making our recommendations we have carefully considered the evidence for both sectors"
"The Committee is very concerned that the almost inevitable change from the current immigration system will have a detrimental impact on universities. To reduce uncertainty, there must be as little change as possible to the rules governing the movement of EU students and staff - that is why we are calling on the Welsh Government to be proactive in trying to secure the executive powers it needs to allow them to make spatially different immigration rules specifically for students and academic staff in Wales.
"To help ensure disruption to international movement is kept to a minimum, we must also understand what motivates EU and other international students to come to Wales to study. We believe the Welsh Government should commission research to answer this question.
"The Welsh Government must also recognise the fundamental importance of research and innovation to the prosperity of Wales. There is a danger that Wales could fall behind England and Scotland in funding these activities in what is an extremely competitive setting. The Welsh Government must immediately begin to fund the recommendations made by Professor Reid in his review."


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It's Dark Outside
Photo: Richard Jefferson, Perth Theatre Company
Mesmerising adventures in a surreal shadow world
Perth Theatre Company, the team behind the award-winning Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer present another dark theatrical adventure. Comprised of animation, dance, live action, shadows and puppetry, It's Dark Outside takes the audience on a mesmerising story with a spaghetti western twist.
Written and performed by Tim Watts, Arielle Gray and Chris Isaacs, the piece begins when an old man, under cover of night, leaves his home, comes across a trusty steed in the form of a tent and sets off on a wild journey, followed by a sinister and fast tracker.
Taking place in a surreal and dark world of shadow and memory, It's Dark Outside chronicles a man trying to leave his old life behind, only to be haunted by regret and lost time. The talented cast have combined to create a simply beautiful play that is as visually stunning as it is emotionally breathtaking. A poignant piece of new writing that represents some of the very best aspects of Fringe theatre.
Underbelly, Bristo Square, 0844 545 8252, until 26 Aug (not 13), 5.30pm, £12.50–£14.50 (£11–£13).
It's Dark Outside
Tim Watts, Arielle Gray and Chris Isaacs, the team behind The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer created and perform their new heartfelt and poignant adventure It's Dark Outside. Using puppetry, mask, animation and live performance they deliver a grand epic western about death, redemption, aging and dementia.


" I do my most creative thinking as I am swimming laps and I had a brainwave for a creative project I am working on. Plus the swimming always revitalizes me and gives me the energy to get through the busy and stressful times."
"I move because it makes me feel better - about myself, my body, my health, my energy! I like that at 35 years of age I can still play soccer and compete with women 10-15 years younger than me. I like that I can still fit the same jeans that I wore in high school. I like that I can be an example for the people around me. Most of all, I like that feeling of empowerment that comes after exercise!"
"I move because I have a family history of heart disease and I know that exercise will help me age well. I am specifically inspired by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's commercial - Make Health Last - what will your last ten years look like.
I want to be one of those 90 year olds that has more energy than most 50 year olds :)"
"I move for many reasons, and the one I wanted to share today was why I move at work. I try and go to the little fitness centre they have here at work. I go there at lunch to maintain my sanity, to keep my energy up and to just feel better about what I have accomplished. It's amazing how even after 10 minutes I feel a million times better. Even the most ridiculous of stress seem a bit more easier to handle after a short workout."
"YES! I still move, even with severe arthritis. I get to curl and swim twice a week and try to keep up with our two grandkids."
"I move to stay healthy and to enjoy physical activity. Moving also feels great!"
"I move because it makes me a better person and its FUN! It keeps my life in balance and inspires others to move as well. Plus it keeps my family and dog closer as we move together!"
"I move to feel more alive. I always feel better when I get up and do something physically active. Then afterwards, I feel invigorated and ready to tackle the tasks and stresses of the day (or the rest of day if I exercise after work). Physical activity also calms my mind and lowers my stress, so I handle upcoming stress better (less yelling at the kids, LOL)."
"To get exercise so I can do the other things I like such as hike up a mountain to see the spiritual view. To be mobile, healthy, to enjoy life and maintain independence. Socially, my friends are active and I enjoy being with them."


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Ears from the 3D-printer
Date 2019-01-24 CategoryNewsTagsEMPA.Edu
"Cellulose obtained from wood has amazing material properties. Empa researchers are now equipping the biodegradable material with additional functionalities to produce implants for cartilage diseases using 3D printing.
It all starts with an ear. Empa researcher Michael Hausmann removes the object shaped like a human ear from the 3D printer and explains: «In viscous state cellulose nanocrystals can easily be shaped together with nother biopolymers into complex 3-dimensional structures using a 3D printer, such as the Bioplotter." Once cross-linked, the structures remain stable despite their soft mechanical properties. Hausmann is currently investigating the characteristics of the nanocellulose composite hydrogels in order to further optimize their stability as well as the printing process. The researcher already used X-ray analysis to determine how cellulose is distributed and organized within the printed structures.
At this point in time the printed ear is entirely and solely made of cellulose nanocrystals and a biopolymer. However, the objective is to incorporate both human cells and therapeutics into the base structure in order to produce biomedical implants. A new project is currently underway, looking into how chondrocytes (cartilage cells) can be integrated into the scaffold to yield artificial cartilage tissue. As soon as the colonization of the hydrogel with cells is established, nanocellulose based composites in the shape of an ear could serve as an implant for children with an inherited auricular malformation as for instance, in microtia, where the external ears are only incompletely developed. A reconstruction of the auricle can esthetically and medically correct the malformation; otherwise the hearing ability can be severely impaired. In the further course of the project, cellulose nanocrystals containing hydrogels will also be used for the replacement of articular cartilage (e.g. knee) in cases of joint wear due to, for example, chronic arthritis.
Once the artificial tissue has been implanted in the body, the biodegradable polymer material is expected to degrade over time. The cellulose itself is not degradable in the body, but biocompatible. However, it is not only its biocompatibility that makes nanocellulose the perfect material for implant scaffolds. "It is also the mechanical performance of cellulose nanocrystals that make them such promising candidates because the tiny but highly stable fibers can extremely well reinforce the produced implant," said Hausmann.
Moreover, nanocellulose allows the incorporation of various functions by chemical modifications into the viscous hydrogel. Thus, the structure, the mechanical properties and the interactions of the nanocellulose with its environment can be specifically tailored to the desired end product. "For instance, we can incorporate active substances that promote the growth of chondrocytes or that sooth joint inflammation into the hydrogel," says the Empa researcher.
And last but not least, as raw material cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer on earth. Therefore, the use of cellulose nanocrystals not only benefits from the mere elegance of the novel process but also from the availability of the raw material.
The white nanocellulose ear lies glossy on the glass carrier. Just out of the Bioplotter, it is already robust and dimensionally stable. Hausmann can give the go-ahead for the next steps."
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Gorgeous Custom 5BR/3.5BA Contemporary Home nestled on 10+ private acres. Lots of charm and character throughout this home. Open floor plan with custom windows and lots of trim work. Main level master suite w/ lots of closet space and private luxury bath. Great room w/ vaulted ceiling, custom trim & fireplace. Well appointed country kitchen w/ granite counters, stainless appliances, large island, large breakfast nook & formal dining room. Large main level laundry room w/ storage. Spacious upper level bedrooms & full bath. Full finished lower level w/ Media room, craft room, game room, bedroom & full bath. Oversized storage area. Large rear deck for enjoying summer cookouts. Lots of privacy to enjoy your fire pit and patio area. Bring your chickens and goats. Lots of nature and wildlife. Lots of privacy but minutes to downtown. Comcast available.
Shop Local~Eat Local~ Live Local Contemporary 3BR/2.5BA 3 level townhouse within walking distance of historic downtown Culpeper. Well appointed kitchen w/ breakfast bar, lots of cabinet & counter space. Spacious great room w/ 9" ceilings. Master suite w/ a walk-in closet and private bath. Upper level laundry. Unfinished basement for future expansion. Garage and off street parking included. Comcast. Seller is offering $5000 in closing costs or upgrades with an approved offer.
Gorgeous 93+ acre, 21-stall horse farm! Indoor riding and outdoor paddocks, barns and sheds. Rent to horse trainers/boarders. Colonial home has 4 bedrooms all with en-suite full bathrooms. Wood floors throughout main and second level. Finished walk out basement with full bath. Large country kitchen with island and stainless steel appliances open to family room with wood burning fireplace and beamed ceilings. 6-car garage spaces. Guest house and large office with kitchenette. Paved circular driveway. Excellent location just minutes to US 29 and close to downtown Culpeper. Truly a must see!
Unique custom-built one of a kind house on 90+ acres. Huge in-ground pool with hot-tub and waterfall, and your own private pond for fishing, woods for hunting and/or hiking, and long frontage on Crooked Run. The 50+ acres of open fields are conducive to most anything agricultural: horses, cattle, sheep, vineyard; the possibilities are limited only by your imagination! Located on a paved road 3 miles off Hwy29, adjoining the Culpeper County line, makes for a convenient commute either north or south. Adjacent 31 acres, tax map number 43-2A, with open fields and frontage on Leon Road is also available.
This property is stunning! Custom home with full finished 3 levels with an addition that is suitable for home office or in-law apartment. Beautiful large in-ground pool overlooking the pond. Fencing appropriate for livestock, 2 stall center aisle barn and tack room with room for 3rd stall. 5 run-in sheds, chicken coop, and large storage/garden shed.
Absolutely beautiful Cape Cod on 21.5 ac. w/ breathtaking water, pastoral & mountain views. Stunning front & rear porches, high ceilings, gorgeous custom made mahogany wood lined library. 3 stall barn with water & electric, fenced pasture, riding circle & paddock. In-Law suite w/ separate entrance. River frontage on Rapidan River. Fin. sq. footage & fenced acreage estimated. Come take a look!
Well planned 2 story colonial offers a main level master bedroom, formal dining room, gourmet kitchen with large island and separate breakfast area, laundry/mud room just off the garage entry. Upper level offers 2 bedrooms, a full bath and bonus room that could be used as the 4th bedroom. 2 car garage and full unfinished basement complete this home.
Beautiful home on over 20 acres in a lovely country setting, close to rte 3 for easy commute. The office has a closet and could be used as a 4th bedroom, there is a large den on the upper level, full unfinished walk out basement with a rough in for a full and a separate half bath. Bring the cook because the kitchen has double wall ovens and a free standing gas range, lots of cabinet and counter space, largemaster There are 2 rough ins for baths in the unfinished basement. There is a large finished bonus room on 3rd level of the home. There is a shed and a landscaped yard. When the trees are not in bloom there is a beautiful mountain view! Please, shown by appointment, agents must accompany to property. Home has 1 year HSA home warranty for buyers, Please do not enter driveway without an appointment.


Zhang Zilin (张梓琳), who is slowly becoming one of my Chinese fashion darling was in Cannes, France for the 64th Cannes Film Festival.
She attended 'The Tree of Life' premiere on May 16, 2011 held at Palais des Festivals wearing a stunning red dress from Elie Saab Spring 2011 Haute Couture which Korean model Kang So Young (강소영) was seen wearing at the runway. Silver jewelries and a black clutch to complete her look.
The actress/model also attended a promotional event for 'The Monkey King' on May 19, 2011. She wore Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2011 dress with an extremely high slit. Gold sandals and cuff to complete her look.
She looked wonderful in both. High slits for Zhang Zilin (张梓琳)? Can we see more of it? She definitely has the height of the Louis Vuitton dress. Also seen on Ai Tominaga.
The L'Oreal brand ambassador was also interview by various press in Stella McCartney Resort 2011 Floral Print Dress on May 17. Styling the outfit with tan bow heels and simple accessories, perfect.
Zhang Zilin (张梓琳) attended the Marché du Film China Night Gallery later the evening wearing a sheer lace dress with a feathered-train à la Givenchy and Alex Wang. Silver jewelries and Louis Vuitton Galuchat Art Nouveau clutch to complete her look.


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Q: Debugging seg fault caused by buffer over run I have the following code:
if (destIndex < destLen && srcIndex < srcLen)
    dest[destIndex++] = src[srcIndex++];

This code runs fine.
If I remove the  if, then the code crashes.
If I then run the following code
if (destIndex < destLen && srcIndex < srcLen)
    dest[destIndex++] = src[srcIndex++];
else
   fprintf(stderr, "Buffer Overrun\n");

Then I never get the print out "Buffer Overrun"
SO, how to debug this?
The seg fault only happens with optimizations turned on (no debug mode)

A: You have UB somewhere.  'Works in debug, but not release', or the other way round, is a massive undefined behaviour flag.
Check all your parameters with your debugger:)

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Starting Memorial Day weekend, Pima Animal Care Center will waive the redemption fee for all pets to encourage owners to claim their four-legged friends and help the shelter's continuing overcrowding crisis.
Since May 1, PACC has taken in 1,264 pets. Of those, 764 came in as strays, which includes 461 dogs and 303 cats. While some of them have a microchip, the registration information is often outdated and shelter staff cannot contact the respective pet owners.
To ease the burden on families, PACC will waive the redemption fees, which are normally an average of $120, if owners agree to have their unaltered pets spayed or neutered. In addition, the shelter will not charge owners for the surgery. A $17 licensing fee, however, will apply to all previously unlicensed dogs.
This redemption special will continue through the end of summer, which is the busiest season of the year for shelter staff and a time when many pets become lost, particularly during the firework celebrations on July 4. Shelter staff may extend the special further if it's successful in returning more pets their owners.
If you or someone you know has recently lost a pet, visit PACC's shelter, 4000 N. Silverbell Road or contact the Pet Support Center at (520) 724-7222 for help reuniting with your pet.


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September 17, 2019, 11:33 AM ET
Authorities Release Little Information About Transgender Woman Burned Beyond Recognition, Despite Public Outcry
"She would never harm anyone, never put anyone in harm's way. How could someone go to that extreme to get rid of her?" Bee Love Slater's best friend said after her body was discovered earlier this month.
By Jill Sederstrom
Bee Love Slater Photo: Facebook
Authorities have released little information about the death of a Florida transgender woman found in her car burned beyond recognition, despite a public outcry for more information in the case.
The body of 23-year-old Bee Love Slater was found Sept. 4 inside her charred car in Clewiston, Florida, shortly after she'd sent her best friend text messages saying she was worried about her safety, according to local station WINK.
Slater allegedly told her best friend Kenard Wade that she planned to get out of town, but the 23-year-old would never get the opportunity and was later found burned so severely authorities had to use dental records to positively identify the body.
Wade called Slater a "sweetheart" who didn't deserve the fate she received.
"She would never harm anyone, never put anyone in harm's way. How could someone go to that extreme to get rid of her?" he said.
Wade and others in the community believe Slater was targeted because she was a transgender woman—but authorities have not yet announced whether they believe her death was a hate crime.
"We've not been able nail down a possible hate-crime angle, as far as I know," Capt. Susan Harrelle, a public information officer at the Hendry County Sheriff's Office, told ABC News.
Harrelle told People that investigators had yet to determine a motive in the death—however, authorities are investigating the case as a homicide.
"Officially, we don't know the motive, but we are working towards that," she said. "Investigators are diligently following up on all leads."
South Florida's LGBTQ community has been frustrated with the lack of information about the case, according to ABC News; however, Harrelle said investigators do not want to release too much information due to privacy concerns.
"They're not releasing a lot of information because it's an active, ongoing investigation," she said. "I can only suspect that some of what they're learning is really sensitive."
In a post about Slater's death, the ACLU of Florida said "society needs to work to ensure trans people can live without fear."
Slater is the 18th transgender person to be shot or violently killed in the U.S. this year, according to the Human Rights Campaign. At least 26 transgender people died due to violence in 2018, nationally.
"These victims were killed by acquaintances, partners and strangers, some of whom have been arrested and charged, while others have yet to be identified," they wrote. "Some of these cases involve clear anti-transgender bias. In others, the victim's transgender status may have put them at risk in other ways, such as forcing them into unemployment, poverty, homelessness and/or survival sex work."
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Currently, there is no single test that can be used to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The diagnostic process involves gathering various types of information about the patient's condition, using a range of different tests and procedures. These may include:
Laboratory blood tests
Laboratory stool tests
Diagnostic endoscopy procedures
Diagnostic imaging and scanning
Which laboratory blood and stool tests are commonly used to help diagnose inflammatory bowel disease?
Blood tests and stool tests can be used to detect signs of IBD and help to determine if a patient's symptoms are linked to Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), or to some other cause.1-3 If a physical examination suggests that a person's symptoms may be caused by IBD, then both blood and stool tests are usually recommended by healthcare providers.
These tests can both be used to check if there is active inflammation present in a person's body, although the tests cannot tell for certain the cause of that inflammation. Elevated levels of proteins called "calprotectin" and "lactoferrin" in a stool sample can indicate the presence of inflammation. Blood tests used to detect inflammation include:
The level of white blood cells
C-reactive protein test (CRP)
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or "sed rate")
Anemia (low red blood cells) is a common complication of IBD; blood testing can determine whether a person has anemia and if so, what the cause of the anemia is. Dehydration is very often caused by persistent diarrhea, a common symptom of IBD. It can be detected using a blood test to measure a person's electrolyte levels.
One of the most important functions of laboratory stool testing is to find out whether a patient's symptoms are the result of a serious infection or other condition, such as colorectal cancer. Fecal occult blood testing and stool culture, ova, and parasite testing are often used for this purpose.
How can diagnostic endoscopy procedures help to diagnose IBD?
Endoscopy procedures allow for the visual examination of the inside of the digestive tract.1,2 These tests use a tiny camera and light that are attached to the end of a thin, flexible tube that is inserted into the body through the mouth or the rectum.
A colonoscopy is the most common procedure used to diagnose IBD. This is because it allows viewing of the entire colon and the end of the small intestine, which are areas often affected by IBD. Upper endoscopy allows the upper part of the digestive tract to be examined, while flexible sigmoidoscopy focuses on the rectum and lower part of the colon.
Capsule endoscopy is a new technology in which a patient swallows a tiny camera that captures thousands of images as it travels through the small intestine, an area of the digestive tract that most other types of endoscopy cannot access.
What types of diagnostic imaging and scanning are used?
Together with laboratory testing and diagnostic endoscopy procedures, imaging and scanning can provide further information to give a clearer picture of a patient's symptoms and their causes.1,2 Common types of diagnostic imaging for IBD are:
Contrast radiography (small bowel series and barium enema)
Computed tomography (CT) scan
These kinds of imaging tests can be used to identify the location and severity of inflammation in the patient's digestive tract, as well as complications that may be caused by IBD.
How effective are diagnostic tests in diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease?
Generally, research suggests that using pairs of tests, rather than individual tests, are more effective and accurate in diagnosing active CD or UC.4,5 For example, one study reports that capsule endoscopy testing on its own is very accurate, but it is extremely accurate when combined with a colonoscopy. Similarly, capsule endoscopy and CT enterography are relatively good at detecting active CD as individual tests, but they are more sensitive when the two tests are combined.4
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Noblewoman, ca. 150 C.E. Encaustic on wood, 17 5/16 x 11 5/16 x 1/8 in. (44 x 28.7 x 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.18 (Photo: , 86.226.18_PS9.jpg)
Noblewoman, ca. 150 C.E. Encaustic on wood, 17 5/16 x 11 5/16 x 1/8 in. (44 x 28.7 x 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.18 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.18_SL1.jpg)
Noblewoman, ca. 150 C.E. Encaustic on wood, 17 5/16 x 11 5/16 x 1/8 in. (44 x 28.7 x 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.18 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.18_erg456.jpg)
I'm curious about the Noblewoman's portrait.
This woman lived in Egypt in the Roman period. We can tell because she is wearing Roman-style clothes and she was painted in a Greco-Roman style, but this portrait was designed to woven into her mummy.
The artists used melted wax as a medium, building up thick layers of pigment and highlighting the facial features with touches of white, making it look strikingly realistic. This wax-based paint is called encaustic.
This 150 CE portrait from Egypt is remarkably lifelike for the time. Would the Egyptians have learned this technique from Roman fresco painters or were there portraits of comparable skill being made in Egypt prior to the Romans' arrival there?
We are not aware of any earlier Egyptian paintings in this style, it's something unique to the Roman period. The large, expressive eyes are especially typical of Roman portraiture from the same time. It seems the Egyptians were simply not interested in painting people in this style before the influx of Roman tastes.
Expressive indeed! Thanks so much
All of these have a strong stylistic consistency. Same artist?
Good eye. Not all by the same artist but produced during the same period and in the same region in Egyptian history, the Roman period. They reflect the multicultural nature of the society at the time. These would have been attached onto the faces of human mummies. Around 900 such mummy portraits are known today and they are referred to as "Fayum portraits" Named after the Fayum Oasis south of Cairo where most of them were found.
Do we know for sure different artist? Do we know names of artists or dates?
We do know for sure that they were produced by different artists because they range in date from 95 to 230 CE and were found at different sites.
It's not surprising that they are similar though. Egyptian art through time tends to follow relatively rigid iconographical schemes. These portraits were likely coming out of workshops where many artisans were trained to produce them in very similar styles.
What does the C.E. mean?
C.E. stands for Common Era, the era we are in now; this year is 2017 C.E. You may be familiar with the acronym A.D. which stands for Anno Domine, but many scholars have stopped using this term.
Because it refers to after the death of Jesus?
Yes, even more so that "Anno Domine" is Latin for "in the year of our Lord," a direct reference to the Christian God.
Some scholar do continue to use AD, however, because regardless of what we call it, we are still using the same calendar system based on the life of Christ.
This portrait of a noblewoman is is known as a Fayum portrait. It is painted with encaustic (wax based) paint in a style similar to that found in Greco-Roman portraits, but is from the Roman Period in Egypt. The noblewoman pictured was probably Egyptian.
Portraits like this represent the mix of cultures common in Egypt at the time.
That is just a remarkable portrait!
I agree, it is a remarkable portrait. This is what's known as a Fayum portrait, and dates to Roman period Egypt. You can see the mixture of cultures present in Egypt at the time in the influence of Greco-Roman painting traditions on the portrait, though it would have been part of an Egyptian style mummification.
We were really surprised to see such a realistic portrait from 100 CE. I feel like most of the art we see from that period is not like this at all.
In 100 CE, many paintings of this style were actually made in Greece and Rome, but most of them did not survive because the climate there did not preserve them.
Traditional ancient Egyptian art had different priorities---like perfection, completion, and communication---rather than realism.
However, by this time, Egypt was part of the Roman Empire. Starting from the conquest by Alexander the Great around 330 BCE, there was a lot of Greco-Roman influence in Egypt. Portraits like this are some of the only examples we have of the Greco-Roman painting tradition.
Is this pigment original or has it been restored?
The pigment you see is all original! Mineral pigments with refined beeswax as a medium can be quite durable.
Egypt's consistently dry climate and the darkness of being buried contribute to the preservation of a variety of organic materials, like the wood panel, that would not have survived elsewhere.
Thank you. Bees have helped for centuries!
You're absolutely right! Beeswax was very important throughout ancient Egyptian history and honey was used in both food and medicine (at the very least!).
I was just wondering where this piece might have been displayed with it's original owner.
We do know that a painting like this would have been wrapped into a mummy in Roman Period Egypt. The face you see is a portrait of the deceased.
Some scholars speculate that these portraits would have hung in the home while the person was still alive and were repurposed at the time of their death.
These portraits from Egypt are special and important because they are some of the only Greco-Roman paintings that survive. Outside of Egypt, the climate was not conducive to preservation.
How was this preserved?
Egypt's consistently dry climate and the protection of being buried has lead to the preservation of much more organic material there than in other parts of the world. This Greco-Roman style of painting was popular throughout the Mediterranean at the time, but most of those outside have largely degraded.
It looks more recent to many viewers because we think of painting like this beginning in the Renaissance period in Italy, but, in fact, those painters were trying to recreate this Greco-Roman style.
I would like to know what natural materials were used in the paint that led to them being so well preserved.
This type of paint is known as encaustic and its on a wooden panel. Encaustic is a wax-based paint. The pigments would have been made from minerals and metals which are not prone to fading.
For the most part, the preservation of this painting can be attributed to the consistently dry climate of Egypt and the protection of being buried.
The lack of light and moisture beneath the Egyptian sand has lead the preservation of many more organic materials than elsewhere in the world.
Noblewoman
MEDIUM Encaustic on wood
Place Made: Egypt
DATES ca. 150 C.E.
PERIOD Roman Period
DIMENSIONS 17 5/16 x 11 5/16 x 1/8 in. (44 x 28.7 x 0.3 cm) (show scale)
Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
ACCESSION NUMBER 86.226.18
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
CAPTION Noblewoman, ca. 150 C.E. Encaustic on wood, 17 5/16 x 11 5/16 x 1/8 in. (44 x 28.7 x 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.18 (Photo: , 86.226.18_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 86.226.18_PS9.jpg., 2018
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Panel painting on this wooden board, so-called Fayum painting, of a young woman with close-fitting black hair, pink skin, black eyebrows, dark brown eyes, red lips, gold earrings dressed in a white garment which is only summarily indicated. Strap over her right shoulder; background light blue-grey. Encaustic technique. Condition: Wooden panel warped and split length-wise in several places; paint missing in numerous spots baring wood underneath. Some deposit of brownish foreign matter (like drips of mud) on hair and face primarily.
Encaustic on wood
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NHS Improvement chair pledges support to 50/50 leadership target
Let's push for gender equality now
HSJ Women Leaders: Tracking equality on boards 'a priority'
Video: Women Leaders network discuss positive action
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By Adele Waters2015-12-09T07:00:00+00:00
Just as we have a workforce equality standard for race in the NHS, could we not have one for gender, Adele Waters asks
Adele Waters, executive editor, HSJ
From discussions I had at our last HSJ Women Leaders event, sexism in the NHS is alive and well. That, perhaps, shouldn't be a surprise, since the stats tell the same story.
Despite the NHS being staffed predominantly by women (77 per cent of its workforce), its senior leadership is disproportionately male.
NHS senior leadership is disproportionately male
Women make up just 36 per cent of chief execs, 24 per cent of medical directors and 26 per cent of finance directors, for example. In clinical commissioning groups, just 26 per cent of GP leads are women.
The time feels right to renew efforts to challenge gender inequality in the NHS. There are good reasons to do so.
Evidence shows that gender diversity increases organisational and financial performance, as well as patient outcomes.
One of the reasons is because it encourages more challenge and reduces "group think".
Gender equality is also a basic human right and achieving it is a sustainable development goal.
Targeted change
But private industry also has recently made significant strides in this area. Five years ago the Women on Boards campaign, led by Lord Davies, set a target to boost representation of women on Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 boards to 25 per cent. The campaign exceeded that goal – by 1 per cent – more than doubling the number of female exec posts, and it has set a new ambition to reach 33 per cent by 2020.
Surely the NHS can have the ambition to achieve a similar rate of change? As one of the largest employers in the world after Walmart and McDonald's, the NHS must step up.
The NHS represents a pocket of hope for egalitarianism and fair standards
As Aparna Mehrotra, an adviser for UN Women, told the HSJ Women Leaders meeting in November, the NHS represents a "pocket of hope" for egalitarianism and fair standards in a troubled world that increasingly squeezes out such values.
HSJ Women Leaders is going to help that push and Ed Smith, chair of NHS Improvement, has personally offered to help us by becoming a champion to our cause. What should we tell him?
What should be on our wish-list for 2016? Banning all-male interview panels or shortlists?
How about setting a 2020 target to get 45 per cent of board positions held by women – or should we just go all out for the 50 per cent? Just as we have a workforce equality standard for race in the NHS, could we not have one for gender?
Let me know your thoughts at hsjwomen@emap.com. I want to gauge opinion before we survey our members in the New Year.
But by the time of our next meeting – on International Women's Day – we'll want a target list of ambitions to drive this agenda to deliver some real progress.
Adele Waters is executive editor of HSJ
Now quality improvement can finally have its day
A new King's Fund paper offers thoughts on how to formulate a long overdue strategy for quality improvement
An all-inclusive NHS is achievable
Discrimination against minorities is prevalent in the NHS, but a climate of inclusion, mutual respect and supportiveness will ensure that the benefits of diversity are gained
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Ambulance crews in parts of the country hard hit by covid-19 have run very low on oxygen — or out of it entirely — on several occasions in the last month, HSJ has learnt.
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There is so much we can do to create an NHS in which women are encouraged to apply for leadership roles, writes Nikita Kanani
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Dame Stella Rimington recounts her journey as a spy, counter terrorism head and the first woman to become the director general of MI5
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Electrolux closing Memphis plant; Economic development malpractice leaves Tennesse holding the bag
Kenneth Thomas | February 15, 2019 10:00 am
On January 31, Electrolux announced (h/t Alan Freeman, ipolitics.ca) that it would be closing its new (2012) factory in Memphis, Tennessee, by the end of 2020. This facility, you may recall, was a subsidized relocation from L'Assomption, Quebec (a Montreal suburb) that had an aid intensity of at least 99%! Yes, Tennessee state and local governments gave Electrolux a free factory ($188.3 million at present value in subsidies) while allowing it to get rid of its union, cut 60 jobs, and save over $4 per hour in wages on the jobs they kept.
As if all that weren't bad enough, the state of Tennessee agreed not to put clawback provisions into the contract with Electrolux, although the state was already requiring such clauses in contracts with major companies like Volkswagen in Chattanooga. That piece of economic development malpractice has now come back to bite the governments involved where it hurts. Not only does the contract specifically prevent the state from getting its money back, state and local governments guaranteed loans connected with the project, the payments for which will last until 2036. According to the Commercial Appeal's article, state government is on the hook for $48.5 million in loans, while Memphis and Shelby County governments must pay off a further $28.0 million.
While Electrolux committed to employing 1,240 people in order to receive the subsidies, its peak employment appears to have been the 1,100 who were employed in 2017. Now, just two years later, the company employs only 530 in Memphis, a figure that has been stable for about a year, supplemented only by overtime and temporary workers, both of which have now disappeared.
The fate of the Memphis facility is to be consolidated into another Electrolux plant in Springfield, Tennessee, in a transformation that will add no jobs in Springfield because of increased automation. According to a story in the Canadian Press (paywalled behind the Nexis database), Electrolux plans to invest $250 million to centralize all its U.S. cooking production at the Springfield facility.
A final twist in the Memphis story is that in 2016 Electrolux workers formed a local union of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Union business manager Paul Shaffer says he was "assured" by the company that the closure was not related to the decision to unionize. Color me skeptical, but thanks to our old friend information asymmetry, we'll probably never know. But the timeline is: 2016, unionization; 2017, 1,100 workers; 2018, 530 workers; 2019, closure announcement. Yes, I'm still skeptical.
I've been telling people for years that we need to explicitly include corporate rent-seeking into models of site-location decisions. Both Investment Incentives: Growing Use, Uncertain Benefits, Uneven Controls (2007: download here from the first link) and Investment Incentives and the Global Competition for Capital (Palgrave, 2011) make this case strongly. How else can we interpret Electrolux's behavior, squeezing every last dollar out of desperate governments near the height of the Great Recession, and demanding no clawbacks, except as a manifestation of rent-seeking? It's time to revise site-location theory to reflect this.
And in my standard EU comparison, let me point out that an aid intensity (=subsidy/investment) of 99% is not allowable anywhere in the European Union, where the maximum aid intensity allowable is only 50%, and that only in the poorest regions of the Union, such as Bulgaria (and that only on the first €50 million of investment; with a maximum of only 25% on the next €50 million of investment, and a maximum of 17% on any investment increment over €100 million). People were saying it was a bad deal when it was announced in 2011, as pointed out in these pages and in the great series the Commercial Appeal produced at that time. We were right, far more than we wished.
Cross-posted at Middle Class Economist.
General Electric has announced it is severely scaling back its move to Boston but has promised to return 87 million.
EMichael
So a lot of Electrolux employees lost their jobs.
My question would be how many of the imbecilic administrators of this deal will lose their jobs?
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NLF
Speaking of Quebec, they had (years ago) finance the building of a General Motor paint shop near Montreal. The paint shop operated for 5 years…then GM shut the thing down — the Quebec government was left holding the bag, about $200 million in debts
On the bright side, NYC decided that the deal with Amazon was simply not worth it! So there's a bit of hope.
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NLF, I was thinking the same thing: What about Amazon?
Of course, the news is spinning the Amazon thing as those bad liberals with little about how little such deals work out.
I believe Bernie Sanders and some others have propose legislation that would tie federal money received to the amount of state money given out on these deals. That is, if the state can afford to subsidize such wealthy corps, then they obviously do not need the feds help.
Bert Schlitz
It a good reason why social nationalism is so important. Capital markets are central finance and idiots like Bezos are central planners. Creating a generation after generation of perverts who only care about themselves and self-gratification. Amazon if the 2008 financial crisis had allowed to finish, would be dead today. It only exists because of the bailout of high finance. Instead of the club for growth, we should call it the club for debt. Go into debt, get a nice high, crash.
Liquidating capital markets and destroying institutions like the World Bank,IMF and WTO is so important. Without them, capital owners will be toast. Countries can actually control their resources again without fear of being stripped.
That Amazon walked away from the deal to move into already crowded and expensive Long Island City (Queens) has both the governor and mayor hopping mad at those who questioned this deal. They are now saying there should have been more rational discussion. Of course the deal making was sort of done in secret so that call is a bit hollow.
Public in all of these cases. Private if the companies committed fraud.


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New Castle police search for armed, dangerous fugitive who caused school lockdown
Updated: 11:17 PM EDT Sep 29, 2016
Ernest Chapman
An armed and dangerous man evaded New Castle police Thursday afternoon during an undercover operation and caused a school to go on lockdown for protection, police said.VIDEO: Watch Kelly Brennan's reportNew Castle police, along with CERT, were trying to perform an undercover operation to purchase heroin and execute a search warrant on Fern Street when the say the suspect, Ernest Chapman, 34, of Detroit, ran from the home.Police say Chapman got into a car, reverse spun through someone's yard and then went into an alleyway, where he hit a police car. He the is said to have crashed into a tree and took off running into the woods.Behind the woods is a school. New Castle Superintendent Joseph Sarandrea said Croyton pre-kindergarten and The Lockley Early Learning Center were placed on lockdown. Police said they knew Chapman had weapons and had to create a perimeter around the school for protection.Police later learned that Chapman was picked up by someone in a silver sedan. Inside Chapman's home, police said they found $10,000 in heroin, cash and cellular phones.Anyone who sees Chapman is asked to call police immediately. Do not approach him, as he is considered armed and dangerous.
NEW CASTLE, Pa. —
An armed and dangerous man evaded New Castle police Thursday afternoon during an undercover operation and caused a school to go on lockdown for protection, police said.
VIDEO: Watch Kelly Brennan's report
New Castle police, along with CERT, were trying to perform an undercover operation to purchase heroin and execute a search warrant on Fern Street when the say the suspect, Ernest Chapman, 34, of Detroit, ran from the home.
Police say Chapman got into a car, reverse spun through someone's yard and then went into an alleyway, where he hit a police car. He the is said to have crashed into a tree and took off running into the woods.
Behind the woods is a school. New Castle Superintendent Joseph Sarandrea said Croyton pre-kindergarten and The Lockley Early Learning Center were placed on lockdown. Police said they knew Chapman had weapons and had to create a perimeter around the school for protection.
Police later learned that Chapman was picked up by someone in a silver sedan.
Inside Chapman's home, police said they found $10,000 in heroin, cash and cellular phones.
Anyone who sees Chapman is asked to call police immediately. Do not approach him, as he is considered armed and dangerous.