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Rossinavi Delivers 50m M/Y LEL
After two years under construction at the Italian yard, Rossinavi has announced the flagship 50m M/Y LEL has been delivered to her new owner.
Launched earlier this year, LEL strikes an effortless balance between sporty, masculine exterior lines and clean contemporary interiors. She was developed by Kurt Lehmann, Chairman of Yacht Moments, and designed inside and out by Luca Dini Design & Architecture.
LEL's delivery comes as the latest news in a series of successful accomplishments by the prolific Italian yard, after launching Florentia and EIV earlier in the summer.
Florence-based designer Luca Dini, whose work on LEL marked his first collaboration with Rossinavi, comments, "The owner's main request was to emphasise the open spaces to make the most of the open air and water, and I believe I achieved the objective because LEL is like an actual terrace overlooking the sea, 'un pied dans l'eau', where nature meets technology."
LEL is an all-aluminium superyacht with a fluid and streamlined profile, whose design serves to emphasise above all the ultimate connectivity between decks. Although she is in this way a distinctly Rossinavi build, LEL boasts a selection of features which make her a truly unique yacht.
Compared to yachts with comparable gross tonnage, LEL's voluminous common areas are second-to-none. These are complemented by a spacious beach club aft, allowing for ultimate harmony with the sea and unparalleled views. Each intricate part of LEL's layout has been thoroughly calculated to optimise quality time onboard, from her indoor bar area which serves also as tender storage, to the tranquil dining area on the upper deck with removable veranda.
LEL's interiors combine luxurious materials with elegant crafted textiles and bespoke detailing for a true penthouse-at-sea feel. This sophistication is evidenced everywhere from her private balcony in the owner's suite, to the spacious and comfortable four guest cabins on lower deck.
True to her sporty yet sophisticated character, LEL is ready to explore at impressive top speeds of 25 knots, or cruising speeds of 21 knots, and a range of 4000nm.
"The owner's main request was to emphasise the open spaces to make the most of the open air and water."
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Sanofi appoints new leaders to Executive Committee and announces future Chair of EUROAPI
Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2021 07:31
Viviane Monges joins Sanofi as Chair of the Supervisory Board of EUROAPI
Roy Papatheodorou appointed EVP, General Counsel and Head of Legal, Ethics & Business Integrity
Brendan O'Callaghan appointed EVP, Global Head of Industrial Affairs
Paris (France) – July 29, 2021 – Karen Linehan and Philippe Luscan, who have led Legal, Ethics & Business Integrity (LEBI) and Industrial Affairs at Sanofi for the last 14 and 13 years respectively have decided to retire. Karen will retire on December 31, 2021 and Philippe later in 2022. Sanofi has appointed Roy Papatheodorou and Brendan O'Callaghan as their respective replacements, joining the company's Executive Committee.
Additionally, Viviane Monges will join EUROAPI, a future leading European company dedicated to the development, production, and marketing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), as an independent non-executive Chair of the Supervisory Board. She will serve as Chair of the Board of Directors upon transformation of EUROAPI into a société anonyme, in compliance with applicable corporate governance regulations.
Together, these appointments underscore the company's strategy to further increase the diversity and cultural backgrounds of the executives leading Sanofi's modernization.
"These new appointments, a mix of internal promotion and newcomers to our company, bring three highly qualified international leaders with world-class pharma expertise, and a passion for engaging and leading teams across large organizations. Brendan and Roy will be a great addition to our Executive Committee," said Paul Hudson, Chief Executive Officer at Sanofi. "Also, Viviane, with her truly international experience working with companies both in the private and public sectors will be breaking new ground as chair of a future French company that is set to become one of the world's leading API companies. I thank both Philippe and Karen for their many contributions over the years."
Viviane Monges, independent non-executive Chair of the Supervisory Board
Viviane Monges' appointment is with immediate effect. A French national, Viviane's career has spanned across several industries. She was CFO of the Business Excellence Division at Nestlé. Prior to that, she spent nearly two decades leading financial operations in three pharmaceutical companies. She served as Group CFO at Galderma S.A., a multinational dermatology company. She was EMEA CFO and then Global CFO of the OTC Division at Novartis. At Wyeth Pharmaceuticals/Pfizer she served as CFO of the Global Pharma Business unit. She also worked for Agence France-Presse from 1990 to 1995.
She is currently an independent Director at several pharmaceutical companies: UCB, Novo Holdings, DBV Technologies, ADC Therapeutics, and Pharvaris. She also served on the Board of Idorsia from 2018 to 2021.
Roy Papatheodorou, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Head of Legal, Ethics & Business Integrity (LEBI)
Roy Papatheodorou, with dual Cypriot and Italian nationalities, will take over the role of Sanofi's General Counsel and member of the Executive Committee on February 1, 2022. He will replace Karen Linehan who will be retiring from Sanofi at the end of 2021 after a long and successful career in the company. Roy joins Sanofi from Novartis, where he is the General Counsel of Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Roy brings a wealth of experience in leading global and diverse high performing teams, having also headed the Legal Transactions team at Novartis and having previously been the General Counsel of the Actavis Group, one of the largest generic companies at the time. He started his career at international law firm Linklaters, where he specialized in international M&A, corporate, and private equity based in London, with time also spent in Russia and Brazil.
Brendan O'Callaghan, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Industrial Affairs
Brendan O'Callaghan, an Irish citizen, will become the new Global Head of Industrial Affairs and member of the Executive Committee as of October 1, and will take over from Philippe Luscan who will be retiring from Sanofi after 32 years of dedicated service to the company. Brendan is currently Sanofi's Global Head of its Biologics Platform and the Industrial Affairs head of its Specialty Care portfolio. He has been responsible for the development and acceleration of Sanofi's biologics manufacturing capacity and is leading world class manufacturing sites like Framingham (recently awarded with the "Facility of the Year" for its digitally enabled continuous biomanufacturing facility). Brendan joined Sanofi in 2015 from Merck where he had served as Head of Biologics and later Vice President of their EMEA Operations after a few years working at Schering-Plough.
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Before she founded Daricha Foundation, Ratnaboli Bose's career of 37 years had spanned systems analysis, technical writing, audio visual media and from 2000 - 2012, she was the web manager of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy website. Solely responsible for all aspects of the website including its design, content, research, music sourcing, sound edits and copyright issues, it was the popularity of the website that led her to conceive of a similar model for the hugely under represented wealth of India's folk and tribal art forms. She left ITC SRA to start Daricha Foundation and to devote herself full time to the propagation of folk arts and artists through the Daricha portal.
Jaideep Ganguli is a Management Consultant with nearly thirty years of experience including significant international exposure. Jaideep's experience is mostly with leading Big Four firms in India – he had been a partner since 2000, first with PwC and since 2007 with Deloitte. He is currently a designated partner with Sumantrana Management Consultants LLP, advising and coaching start ups, and consulting with a number of corporate clients including the SREI Group of Industries, LabVantage and Bandhan Bank. Jaideep is deeply interested in the culture of Bengal and has been associated with events and documentary films on the subject.
Prattyush Banerjee is a true 21st century musician, multi-tasking as performer, music composer-arranger, researcher and instrument designer. Among many innovative endeavours, he has remodeled the traditional sarode to a great extent and has also created its first electronic version, the jyotidhwani. He has been under the coveted tutelage of the internationally celebrated sarode maestro, Padmabhushan Sangeet-guru Buddhadev Das Gupta for over thirty years. He was attached as a research consultant with the ITC Sangeet Research Academy and has published many articles on music. He has been honoured with the Sangeet Ratna Award in 2011.
Subir Datta did his Masters in English Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1968. After a brief stint of teaching at South Point High School, Kolkata, he joined the Department of English at Rabindra Bharati University in 1972. He went on to become the Head of the Department from 1996 to 1998 and retired as Associate Professor in 2008. Datta`s area of special interest is Theoretical Linguistics. Among his current interests is the social and cultural history of nineteenth century Bengal.He had carried out a survey with a co-investigator on the social needs of the English language among the rural and semi-urban population in the Jhargram sub-division in the erstwhile Medinipur district in West Bengal. The report was published in 1983. He has also co-authored a book on linguistics - `Linguistics for Literature`, published in 1999.
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Q: $|\mu+\nu|(E)\le|\mu|(E)+|\nu|(E)$ $\mu$ and $\nu$ are complex measure, and $|\mu|$ is the total variation, that is,
$$|\mu|(E):=\sup\left\{\sum_{i=1}^\infty|\mu(E_i)|, \{E_i\}_{i=1}^{+\infty}\mbox{ is partition of }E\right\}.$$
Is this always true ?
$$|\mu+\nu|(E)\leqslant|\mu|(E)+|\nu|(E)$$
It seems directly use $|A+B|\leqslant|A|+|B|$to the definition of $|\mu+\nu|$. But...this is too easy, I think I make a mistake or miss something .

A: Your inequality is correct.  For any partition $\{E_i\}$ of $E$, we have
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2 Ralphs workers died from COVID-19 and the…
2 Ralphs workers died from COVID-19 and the chain didn't tell Cal/OSHA, state says
'Grocery retail workers are on the front lines and face a higher risk of exposure to COVID-19,' says the chief of Cal/OSHA
Five Kroger stores in Los Angeles County have been citied by the state for failing to protect workers from COVID-19 exposure (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
By Scott Schwebke | sschwebke@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: October 1, 2020 at 4:15 p.m. | UPDATED: October 2, 2020 at 7:22 p.m.
A pair of Ralphs grocery stores in Culver City and Sherman Oaks failed to report the fatal COVID-19 illness of two employees, a state agency responsible for protecting the health and safety of workers said Wednesday.
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, said in a statement it learned of the fatality in Culver City seven days after the worker's death, and six days after the death in Sherman Oaks.
California employers are required to report to Cal/OSHA any serious illness, serious injury or death of an employee that occurred at work or in connection with work within eight hours of when the employer knew or should have known of the illness.
The two stores, along with Ralphs stores in West Hollywood and Studio City and a Food 4 Less in Los Angeles, were cited by Cal/OSHA for inadequately protecting workers from COVID-19.
All of the markets are owned by Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. and face penalties ranging from $13,500 to $25,560 for failing to update workplace safety plans to properly address hazards related to the virus.
"Grocery retail workers are on the front lines and face a higher risk of exposure to COVID-19," Cal/OSHA Chief Doug Parker said. "Employers in this industry must investigate possible causes of employee illness and put in place the necessary measures to protect their staff."
The citations issued by Cal/OSHA are a "misrepresentation of the facts," Ralphs spokesman John Votava said Friday.
"While grieving a terrible loss, we shared all details as soon as we were made aware by family members," he said in an email. "Many of the recent citations have been backdated to the early onset of the coronavirus pandemic, before Cal/OSHA even provided guidelines for worker safety.
"To be clear, the safety of our associates and customers is our top priority. Since March, we have proactively invested more than $1 billion to both reward our associates and to safeguard them and our customers through the implementation of dozens of safety measures."
Ralphs' total COVID-19 incident rate continues to track "meaningfully" below the rate in the surrounding communities where the company operates, Votava said.
"We have learned and continue to learn while keeping our stores and supply chain open and serving Southern California during the pandemic," he added. "We will appeal all decisions and look forward to the opportunity to share a holistic view of each scenario during formal hearings."
Workers, customers need protection
John Grant, president of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 770, which represents more than 20,000 grocery employees at Kroger and other chains in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, said more must be done to provide COVID-19 protections.
COVID-19, he said in a statement, "is our new reality and workers and customers need permanent protections. The pandemic has shone a bright light on hourly wage earners. They are Black and Brown, immigrants, and people of color. Their work has always been essential and undervalued. The pandemic put their hard work front and center."
Kroger truck drivers and warehouse workers also are impacted, according to Lou Villalvazo, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local Union 630.
"Teamster-represented warehouse workers and truck drivers working for Ralphs have been on the front lines risking their lives, actually going to work despite COVID-19 outbreaks in some of the distribution centers, to make sure that the communities we serve are able to provide food for their families," he said Thursday. "It is inexcusable that Ralphs, despite record profits, is refusing to maintain affordable health care for workers and their families."
Too many customers
Inspectors determined the Food 4 Less in Los Angeles and Ralphs stores in Studio City, Sherman Oaks and West Hollywood placed employees at risk for the virus by allowing too many customers in the establishments, which prevented workers from maintaining at least 6 feet of physical distancing.
Additionally, employees in the cheese department at the Studio City location were exposed to hazards related to COVID-19 because physical barriers had not been installed between workers and customers.
Plexiglas or other required protective barriers also were not in place at eight registers at the Ralphs in West Hollywood, Cal/OSHA said.
Inspectors also found the Culver City and West Hollywood locations failed to train employees in how COVID-19 is spread or instruct them in precautions to avoid infection, signs and symptoms of infection, and how to safely use cleaners and disinfectants.
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a response from a Ralphs spokesman.
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Former Cheltenham Town defender shines as emergency goalkeeper for loan club
Man of the match display
Matt Bower put in an heroic performance as an emergency goalkeeper for Stratford Town on Tuesday night.
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Dominant second half, Broom being watched, Smith on right track for longer deal - verdict on Cheltenham Town's win over Macclesfield Town
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How Monika Caha Carved a Niche for Austrian Wine
The Austrian wine guru discusses the importance of strong relationships and the changing perceptions of wines from the country
Courtney Schiessl Magrini
Monika Caha. Photo by Toni Silver.
In our Importer Intel series, we interview importers about how they broke into the business, built up their portfolios, and navigated challenges along the way.
Although Monika Caha was born and raised in Austria, it wasn't until she moved to the U.S. that she really fell in love with Austrian wine. "I realized in the U.S. that there's nothing else like Austrian wine," she says. Today, Caha is America's de facto Austrian wine guru, working with importers and distributors like Frederick Wildman & Sons, Jenny & François, Zev Rovine Selections, and Field Blend Selections through her company, Monika Caha Selections. Along with her business partner, actor Toni Silver, Caha maintains a small but choice portfolio of some of Austria's top producers, most of whom are hands-on, organic, or biodynamic growers working in regions from Niederösterreich to Steiermark. Caha's portfolio represents classics like Fritsch and Nittnaus, as well as natural-leaning producers like Strohmeier and Schmelzer.
Selling wine, though, wasn't Caha's first career (or second, or even third). She began visiting the U.S. as a film student in the late 1970s, honing her English skills and subsequently working in the film industry, developing four screenplays while simultaneously starting an Austrian coat importing business to finance her projects. In the 1990s, Caha grew weary of the unpredictable nature of the film industry and switched gears to something slightly less risky—the restaurant business. Her Chelsea restaurant Kaffeehaus, of which she was the executive chef and owner, was one of the first Austrian restaurants in the U.S. to sell high-end Austrian wines during the period it was open, from 1993 to 2000.
Caha was on the verge of opening a new restaurant when the September 11 terror attacks took place just across the street from her downtown Manhattan apartment. The restaurant plans halted, and Caha decided to move back to Austria to regroup. She returned to New York in 2003, armed with a handful of Austrian wines and a knack for developing close relationships within the wine industry.
These days, Caha splits her time between New York and Vienna. She recently spoke with SevenFifty Daily about the evolution she's observed in Austrian wine—and in the nature of doing business in the wine industry. In the 15 years since Caha started her company, she has seen awareness of Austrian wines grow among buyers and within import portfolios, but she has her sights set on bringing the wines of Austria into a brighter spotlight for consumers.
SevenFifty Daily: How did you break into the business?
Monika Caha: I always had this incredible connection to winemakers. My grandfather made wine, and I had contact with winemakers my whole life. So I went to four close winemaker friends in Austria and asked if I could bring their wines to the U.S. In 2003, I flew to New York and started walking into wine stores, hoping to make contacts. At Acker Merrill, Katell Pleven (who is now both the owner of The Vine Collective and the executive vice president for Verity Wine Partners) was pouring wine for Frederick Wildman & Sons, so I tasted the wines and told her what I wanted to do. She suggested that I call Frederick Wildman and ask if they were interested in tasting my wines. We set up a meeting, put together a presentation, and sent samples—and they said yes to 27 of the 30 wines I poured. It was completely luck.
What does the structure of your business look like?
When I researched the expenses involved in starting my business, I got nervous—we are a company run by two women, and we didn't have any financing at first because I was working remotely from Vienna. We did not have the resources or the manpower of most importing companies. But this is common now, with all of the small importers in the U.S. A small importer can't afford its own warehouse and truck. So I work with other companies to get the wines into the U.S., and I act as the liaison between the wineries and the importers. Beyond New York and New Jersey, each individual wine in our portfolio is available in a number of different states, and we are continuously looking to broaden our reach. The one wine that is available nationally is the Grooner brand that we created to bring greater recognition to the Grüner Veltliner grape.
What's the most unexpected way you've found one of your clients?
I met the Nittnaus family because my mother lives two villages away from them. Many years ago, I would go and taste their wines, and eventually I became friends with them. Then I was starting my company in the U.S., and I asked them to join me. The business relationship developed from a friendship.
What was the U.S. market for Austrian wine like when you started Monika Caha Selections?
The Austrian wine business was still very small, with only a few people—mostly in New York City—selling Austrian wine. We hosted one of the first real Austrian wine dinners in the city at Kaffeehaus in 1994, and we worked primarily with Lauber Imports (now a division of Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits). Lauber distributed Vin Divino, which was a pioneer for Austrian wine in New York in 2003. Now their Austrian portfolio is mostly at Winebow. Michael Skurnik at Skurnik Wines & Spirits was basically running the show with Austrian wine soon thereafter, but there were a couple of others importing Austrian wine then too. The category exploded in the 10 years after I founded my company, with a lot of people getting into Austrian wine. For me, it was an opportunity, because all of a sudden people were quite interested in Austrian wine.
Name one thing that has been essential to your business over the years.
Personal connections were key to our success. From the beginning, it was like a chain reaction, with one relationship leading to the next. From that first introduction to Frederick Wildman, to the enthusiastic sales reps who are now importers themselves, it has been important to maintain those relationships over the years. Back then, it was a more personal time; very few people even had cell phones, so people were still going to tastings and speaking with one another in person.
How did you build and maintain those relationships?
It was really about the people and creating experiences to showcase the wines. Since I was the executive chef of my restaurant, I combined my knowledge of Austrian food and wine to host tastings. I invited people over in the evenings to taste our portfolio with the food that I would cook. It was kind of like a party, but we were selling wine.
How has doing business changed as technology has evolved?
Technology has taken the personal touch out of the wine business. Things have become a little too distant, and it's harder to maintain relationships these days. When we host tastings and events, we promote the events and ask sales reps to mention them to buyers. We do mailings, but people are overwhelmed because there are too many wines and too much going on. With the amount of information out there, it has become more, "I don't need to taste—I know all these wines."
How is Austrian wine perceived by the consumer?
Austrian wine has never really reached the popularity with the consumer that wines of other countries have. That's why it's important to develop enthusiasm with sommeliers and buyers, so that when the consumer is at a restaurant, the sommelier will want to pour them a glass of Austrian wine. The problem is that these wineries come from family names—how can the consumer remember them? The labels are not visually memorable, either. That's one of the reasons we started our own brands.
Tell us more about the inspiration for the brands that you've created.
We wanted to create a way for the consumer to be able to remember the grape or the label of the wine. It was my partner Toni's idea to spell the name of the grape phonetically on the label, starting with Grooner for our Grüner Veltliner. I also asked a friend of mine to design an eye-catching label with Toni as a cartoon, and we packed the wine in 750-milliliter bottles. With the right price and the right packaging, we started having success in retail stores, so we created Zvy-Gelt and Rozay as well.
What strategies do you use to move wines in this changing market?
Nowadays, you really need to be active in every aspect of the industry, constantly reinventing yourself and doing new things. I think it's important to reach consumers directly, since Austrian wine is still new to most Americans. I started using Instagram on a regular basis so that more people can get to know me that way, and I also do business with wine clubs. That's a great opportunity because the wine club delivers a set selection of wine to consumers, and they have a chance to taste Austrian wine for the first time. But I still believe in the old-fashioned way of doing business—developing personal relationships. You have to use every talent you have, so I lure people in with my food for our dinner party tastings! I still think it's effective—people meet you, like you, like your wines, and share them with others.
What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
If I knew then what I know now, I would have picked up a couple of wineries that I don't represent! You never know what people will like. I also would've made better contracts with some people. But overall, I probably would've done things about the same.
What do you think about Austrian wine trends these days?
There is more organic farming in Austria than anywhere else in Europe, so the wines that we are bringing in are often organic or biodynamic, made really close to nature with little intervention. But in the past couple of years, there has been more sommelier interest in wines with no or very low sulfur, to the point that some buyers won't even taste a wine if they don't like the technical analysis of it. I understand that industrial wines have destroyed the image for wines made with sulfur, but I think small, family-made biodynamic and organic wines that use sulfur should not be pushed into the industrial category. We need to be particularly careful with wines from Austria because they aren't as well known as those from France or Italy. Without sulfur, aromatic varieties like Riesling and Grüner Veltliner taste completely different—interesting, but different.
My worry is that if sommeliers focus only on natural wines, we will lose the other style, and that would be bad for Austria. I love all of my wines—the natural ones as much as the ones that are sulfured and filtered—and I love them too much to lose half of them. We should become a little more flexible, particularly among the younger generation of sommeliers, and focus on judging wines on how well they're made and how good they are, without getting bogged down in technical details.
Courtney Schiessl Magrini is the executive editor for SevenFifty Daily and the Beverage Media Group publications. Based in Brooklyn, she has held sommelier positions at some of New York's top restaurants, including Marta, Dirty French, and Terroir, and her work has appeared in Wine Enthusiast, GuildSomm, Forbes.com, VinePair, EatingWell Magazine, and more. She holds the WSET Diploma in Wines. Follow her on Instagram at @takeittocourt.
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The Psychologist Guide to University Life
Ella Rhodes brings us evidence-based tips for new students of any subject, kindly sponsored by Routledge Psychology. Hit play on the image for the animated version!
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1. Early days
Dr Julie Hulme (Keele University) tells us that many students find the transition to university challenging at first. She suggests throwing yourself into university life as soon as possible, and building new relationships. 'Don't go home every weekend, and spend time getting to know other students. Studies have shown that joining a student society can really help to improve your sense of belonging at university, and your psychological wellbeing. If you like sport, even better, as the physical activity will help to boost your mood and keep you fit, while helping to build a social network.' If you're a little shy and nervous at first, have a look at the Students' Union Societies on the website, and find an activity that you already know you enjoy, for an opportunity to meet like-minded peers.
Tip: Throw yourself into new activities, but for a smooth transition also keep doing what you love
2. Don't just read – learn
While reading is central to education it's important to learn how to read well, and deeply. Dr Paul Hutchins (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) says learning does not necessarily follow reading: 'It is very easy to read something without taking the information in and learning from it. Research suggests we need to be motivated and pay attention to really take information in; so, find somewhere without distractions where you can pay attention to what you are reading, remind yourself why you are reading it, and stop frequently to ask yourself if you have understood it, and how you can link what you have read to the things that interest you.'
Tip: Engage with what you're reading, on as many levels as possible
3. Money in mind
Keep on top of your money while at university, and stick to a budget. Dr Thomas Richardson (University of Southamptom) recommends using apps and online tools to help keep on top of finances. 'If you are really worrying about money get help with both finances and mental health at the same time. It can be a vicious cycle and you can't tackle one without tackling the other. If you have previously struggled with your drinking, poor mental health or an eating disorder be wary that this might make it harder to manage your finances at university, so get help before you start to struggle.'
Tip: Your wallet and wellbeing can go hand in hand: keep track of both
4. Make your goals small and digestible
Dr Rebecca Sharp (Bangor University) says it is a good idea to set goals that are based on tasks rather than time. 'Goals are more easily met when you break up a task into smaller pieces and decide how much you will do that day rather than how long you will spend doing it. For example, it is better to read two book chapters than sit for two hours trying to read. Once you have done what you planned to do, take a break and do something enjoyable.' For a particularly challenging task make the pieces very small to begin with, and gradually increase them. That way, you are always making progress, no matter how small, and the task will seem less daunting.
Tip: Focus on tasks not time
5. Don't suffer in silence
Dr Alana James (Royal Holloway, University of London), whose research looks into peer support and mentoring, says that while independent learning at university is important, it does not mean support isn't available for students. 'If you get stuck with something try to find out the answer for yourself, try different resources, and try asking your student peers, but if you can't figure it out then do ask a member of staff. Most academic staff run office drop-in hours, times when their students can drop by with queries – do make use of these! Some of the most interesting conversations I've had with students have been when they've dropped by my office hour.'
Tip: Use your initiative but don't hesitate to seek help when you need it
6. Make the most of lectures
Although you can remotely access online lecture slides and video-captured lectures, always attend face-to-face lectures to fully engage with material and get the best value from your fees! Jacqui Taylor, Associate Professor in Psychology Education (Bournemouth University), highlights the many benefits of attending lectures. 'The format of lectures has changed radically since the days of "sage on the stage" to better engage students and lead to improved learning. Now lecturers employ technology, such as voting on mobiles to check understanding and live Twitter feeds to ask questions. With "flipped learning" students are given tasks to complete on a new topic and then the lecture reflects on these tasks and raises further issues, rather than the lecture being the first introduction to a topic.'
Tip: Preparing for and being active during lectures can lead to increased enjoyment and learning more deeply.
7. How much do your friends really drink?
We tend to overestimate the amount that other people are drinking, and can be tempted to drink more ourselves in order to fit in. It can seem like everyone else wants to drink heavily in Freshers' week, but when Dr Emma Davies (Oxford Brookes University) asked second and third year students, they all said they wished they'd spoken up and not gone out drinking so much. 'When they got to know their friends a bit better later in the year, they realised that most people didn't actually want to drink quite as much as they did… they just thought that everyone else wanted to, and matched their behaviour to that expectation.'
Tip: Don't assume other people will want to get drunk… only do what you're comfortable with
8. Put FoMO to bed
Social media platforms can offer benefits for wellbeing, such as combatting loneliness and strengthening peer networks, which are particularly important when embarking on a new venture such as university. However, there is growing concern from parents, teachers and health professionals over their possible impact on sleep. Dr Heather Cleland Woods (University of Glasgow) said a fear of missing out (also known as FoMO) was to blame for social media interrupting our sleep. 'Try putting the device down a little bit earlier at night so you can allow yourself time to wind down, start to feel sleepy and drift off to sleep. Some people say they find it difficult to leave a conversation as they feel its rude or people will take offence. But lots of people we have worked with have said this, which suggests they would be quite happy if someone asked to pick up a conversation in the morning as they need to get some sleep!'
Tip: Prioritise getting a good night's sleep over chatting online
9. Try not to think of it as a consumer experience
It's easy to see why students want value for money from their annual £9,000 tuition fees. But seeing yourself as a consumer at university is unlikely to be a path to fulfilment, or indeed a decent degree. In research published last year, Dr Louise Bunce (University of Winchester) and colleagues surveyed more than 600 undergraduate students on their consumerism attitudes and behaviours in relation to their learning. Being more consumer-oriented – for example seeing the degree as a product which was being purchased – was associated with lower academic performance.
Tip: University is expensive, but do try to see yourself as a student of your subject rather than a shopper
10. A memorable time
Your university years are likely to be some of the most memorable times you'll have, Dr Catherine Loveday, University of Westminster, says: 'Your time will fly by, but research suggests that in years to come you will look back on it regularly and nostalgically, in what psychologists call a reminiscence bump. So fill your university life with memorable things: relax, have fun and make the most of it however you can!'
Tip: If, one day, you'd like to have a rich and positive recollection of your university life, grasp every opportunity to do memorable things!
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Turning House divides its generous catalog into three collections (Summer House, Belgian Modern, and Fresh Heritage). These striking pieces can be bought through a small circle of distributors, but will be available for online purchase by the Spring of 2010.
Turning House, and its sister company, Turning House Millworks, use a fastidious system for deconstructing buildings that would be otherwise demolished. The delicate "unbuilding" process can save as many as 19,000 trees per building.
In addition to the wood, we recycle 98 percent of the structure, including bricks, copper and steel, even the nails extracted from the wooden beams and boards. We also use recycled materials for packing and shipping.
Many of the buildings Turning Wood salvages were built in 1800s before wood was replaced by steel as a primary structural material. Imbedded in these old buildings are many species and grades that simply don't exist today in new growth, so to own a piece of Turning House furniture is to own a biological specimen as well as an artistic one.


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Police have arrested two Hartford men after three shootings within 12 hours on Friday and Saturday.
Jose Rivera, 30, of Hartford, was charged with third-degree larceny, tampering with a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle without a license.
Joshua Ramos, 31, also of Hartford, was charged with theft of a firearm, unlawful discharge, reckless endangerment and interfering with police.
Two of the shootings — a drive-by on Franklin Avenue on Friday and an incident in which five rounds were fired on Wethersfield Avenue Friday — remain under investigation. None of the people who were shot sustained life-threatening injuries, police said.
Officers responding to 180 Franklin Ave. about 3:15 p.m. Friday following a ShotSpotter alert found spent bullet casings and property damage. The staff at Hartford Hospital told police a gunshot victim had been dropped off and said he had been shot while standing on Franklin Avenue. The victim — a 22-year-old Hartford man — suffered a single gunshot wound to the lower back.
Later Friday night, the staff at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center notified police that a person had come to the hospital with a graze wound to his left heel. He had attempted to treat the injury himself before going to the hospital, police said. Police that determined the injury was also a result of the Franklin Avenue shooting.
By reviewing surveillance cameras, police determined the incident was a drive-by shooting and that the vehicle involved had been stolen from Canton on Wednesday.
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Even if you're not a big Ricky Gervais fan, you'll probably be aware of his new Netflix show After Life.
Gervais' show, which sees the actor play a recently-bereaved writer who adopts a new persona following the death of his wife, has received plenty of positive press since launching on the streaming service.
It has received mixed reviews, but it sounds like it has performed well enough to warrant a renewal.
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And he certainly seems to be preparing himself for a second season sooner rather than later, confirming he has begun writing new episodes.
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Ernesto Halffter, né le  à Madrid où il est mort le , est un compositeur et chef d'orchestre espagnol. Il était le frère de Rodolfo Halffter et l'oncle de Cristóbal Halffter.

Biographie

Halffter fit partie du Grupo de los Ocho (Groupe des huit) qui formait une partie de la Génération de 27.

À l'âge de treize ans, il commence à composer de la musique pour piano. Un critique envoie la copie de la partition du trio Homenajes à Manuel de Falla, inaugurant une longue amitié entre les deux compositeurs, avec notamment les leçons de composition données par de Falla. Sinfonietta est une de ses œuvres les plus anciennes, mais aussi la plus belle, elle dénote l'influence de Scarlatti. Plus tard, il eut des sujets plus nationalistes tels que la Rapsodie portugaise. En 1934, il devint directeur et chef d'orchestre du Conservatoire de musique de Séville, mais s'étant marié avec une pianiste portugaise, Alice Câmara Santos, il décida de vivre à Lisbonne jusqu'en 1954.

Lorsque de Falla mourut en 1946, il laissa inachevée sa cantate Atlantida. Se prévalant de l'appui du gouvernement franquiste, Halffter décida de la terminer. La première eut lieu en 1962, mais Halffter estima devoir apporter des modifications à son travail et publia la version définitive en 1976.

En 1983, il reçoit la Médaille d'or du mérite des beaux-arts par le Ministère de l'Éducation, de la Culture et des Sports.

Halffter était un ami proche de Salvador Dalí.

Œuvres

Il écrivit la musique de plus d'une douzaine de films dont la plus connue El Amor brujo (1967), inspirée par un ballet écrit par Manuel de Falla.

Compositions

 Hommages: petite suite pour trio (1922)
 Sinfonietta
 Automne malade (poème d'Apollinaire), 1925/1927, publié 1929 (voix et piano ou orchestre)
 Carmen (film, 1926)
 Dos canciones (1927)
 L'hiver de l'enfance (1928-34)
 Canciones del niño de cristal (1931-34)
 Canzone e pastorella for cello and piano (1934)
 Señora (1938)
 Rapsodia portuguesa for piano and orchestra (1939)
 Seis canciones portugueseas (1940-41)
 Cançao de Berco (1940-41)
 Canto inca (1944)
 Seguidilla caselera (1945)
 Canción de Dorotea (1947)
 Fantasía española for cello and piano (1952)
 Atlàntida (completion of Falla's work: 1961; révision 1976)
 Canticum (1964)
 Psalmi (1967)
 Concerto for guitar and Orchestra (1969)
 Madrigalesca for guitar (1969)
 Homage to Salvador Dali for trumpets, percussion, tenor, piano and mixed choir (1974)
 Pregón (1974)
 Sonatina, one-act ballet
 Homenaje a Joaquín Turina, pour piano (1988)
 Homenaje a Rodolfo Halffter, pour piano (1988)

Prix
 1984 : Prix national de musique

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie

Liens externes

 Biographie et catalogue des œuvres

Compositeur espagnol de musique classique de la période moderne
Compositeur espagnol de musique classique de la période contemporaine
Compositeur espagnol de musique de film
Médaille d'or du mérite des beaux-arts (Espagne)
Lauréat du prix national de musique (Espagne)
Membre de l'Académie royale des beaux-arts de San Fernando
Grand-croix de l'ordre d'Alphonse X le Sage
Naissance en janvier 1905
Naissance à Madrid
Décès en juillet 1989
Décès à Madrid
Décès à 84 ans

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Category Archives: Corelli Arcangelo
Various Artists – Concerti Grossi – The Joy Of Baroque (1997)
A new kind of orchestral composition, the concerto, appeared in the last two decades of the 17th century, and became the most important type of Baroque orchestral music after 1700. The concerto was the synthesis in purely instrumental music of four fundamental Baroque practices: the concertato principle; the texture of a firm bass and florid treble; musical organization based on the major-minor key system; and the building of a long work out of separate autonomous movements.
The concerto grosso is probably the most important type of baroque concerto, characterized by the use of a small group of solo instruments, called "concertino" or "principale", against the full orchestra, called "concerto", "tutti" or "ripieni." The concertino usually consists of two violins and continuo (the same ensemble that constitutes the Baroque trio sonatas). The ripieni are a small string orchestra, later occasionally including wind instruments (trumpets, oboes, flutes, horns).
"Concerto grosso" originally signified the "large consort," that is, the orchestra, as opposed to the "concertino" or "little consort," the group of solo instruments. Later, the term "concerto grosso" was applied to the composition which used these opposed groups.
The practice of contrasting solo instruments against full orchestra had been introduced into Baroque music long before the concerto as such made its appearance. A predecessor of the concerto was the sinfonia or sonata for one or two solo trumpets with string orchestra, which was cultivated especially at Venice and Bologna. Various elements of the concerto also may be found in the Venetian opera overtures, which were occasionally played outside the opera house as independent instrumental sonatas.
The circumstances under which orchestral church music was presented were often such as to encourage the concerto style. The church of San Petronio in Bologna, for instance, maintained a small orchestra of expert instrumentalists; when large numbers of extra players were brought in for special occasions, the contrast between the modest technique of the outsiders and the accomplished virtuosity of the regular performers strongly suggested writing that could take advantage of the situation by providing an appropriately different kind of music for each group within the framework of a single composition — easy parts for the ripieno, more difficult parts for the soloists when heard alone.
Concertos, like sonatas and sinfonias, were played in church as "overtures" before Mass or at certain moments in the ceremony.
The earliest known examples of the concerto grosso principle occur in two "Sinfonie a piu instrumenti" by A. Stradella (1653-1713). Some concerti grossi by Corelli, although published much later, would seem to be of a date close to Stradella's, because they show the patchwork structure of the earlier canzona with quick changes of a considerable number of short "movements."
The typical Allegro movement of the concerto was established primarily by Torelli. Each begins with a complete exposition of the theme by the full orchestra; alternating with solo/concertino episodes, the material of the tutti exposition recurs once or twice, slightly modified and in different keys; the movement is rounded off and brought to a close with a final tonic tutti practically identical with the opening one.
A tutti which recurs in this way in a concerto is called ritornello; this structure is typical for all first and last movements of late Baroque concertos. The form is something like that of the rondeau, with the important exception that in a concerto all the ritornellos except the first and last are in different keys. The concerto therefore combines the principle of recurrence with the equally important principle of key relationships.
Typical traits that mark the mature concerto form of the Baroque are: 1) the fast-slow-fast sequence of movements (allegro-adagio-allegro); 2) the ritornello form; and 3) virtuoso flights of the soloists. An occasional adagio introductory movement might precede the first Allegro movement. Generally, except in the case of Vivaldi, the fast movements are based on the fugal principle. A typical pattern of key-related cadences in an Allegro movement might be: tonic; dominant; tonic; relative minor or major or other related key; subdominant or dominant; and finally, tonic. (by lcsproductions.net)
And here´s a real fine collection of classic Contero Grossi … enjoy this delightful music of the 17th century …
London Festival Orchestra conducted by Ross Pople (01. – 04. + 13. – 15.)
Hamburg Solist conducted by Emil Klein (05 . – 09.)
Cis Collegium Mozarteum Salzburg conducted by Jürgen Geise (16. – 22.)
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No.1.:
01. Largo – Allegro 2.33
04. Largo – Allegro 20.6
Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1:
05. Tempo giusto 1.35
06. Allegro 2.24
07. Adagio 2.51
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op. 3 No. 11:
10. Allegro – Adagio – Allegro 4.22
11. Largo 2.10
Giuseppe Sammartini: Concert Grosso Op. 5 No. 6:
13. Spirituoso – Allegro – Spirituoso – Adagio 4.15
14. Rondo – Allegro moderato e graziosa 5.28
15. Pastorale – Andante sostenuto 5.14
Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concero in F minor:
17. Grave 1.31
18. Vivace 1.24
20. Largo andante 3.49
21. Andante 2.29
22. Pastorale – andante 3.58
Posted in Cis Collegium Mozarteum Salzburg, Classic, Corelli Arcangelo, Hamburg Solist, Händel Georg Friedrich, Händel George Frederick, Locatelli Pietro, London Festival Orchestra, Sammartini Giuseppe, Vivaldi Antonio	| Leave a reply
Herbert von Karajan – Albinoni – Pachelbel – Corelli – Vivaldi (1986)
Some reviews about this album:
I confess I should not probably enjoy this disc as much as do, especially rich orchestral treatments romantically projected by Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic, but what performances especially the Albinoni taken so slowly and so passionately.
Gave him full rating as I am very found of music by Albinoni. Bought it as a present for my partner who also loves Albinoni's music.
Very good tho very Germanic performances… the Albinoni adagio almost unrecogniseable at such a sedate tempo… but still interesting.
I bought two CDs, both of which included Albinoni's Adagio. I love this piece and wish I could remember which version I had had in previous times on album. I know its written for organ, but really hate the sound of it! Someone should record it and substitute another instrument.This version of Adagio seems slower, but well recorded.
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this, bought because I heard the music playing when running an E Advent calendar. Perfect for background music.Lovely version of Pachelbel's Canon.
These great compositons were recorded between 1970 – 1972.
Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Tomaso Albinoni (+ Remo Giazotto):
01. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 10.10
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8:
02. No. 1, Vivace; Grave; Allegro 4.30
03. No. 2, Adagio; Allegro; Adagio 3.48
04. No. 3, Vivace 1.26
05. No. 4, Allegro 1.52
06. No. 5, Pastorale (Largo) 5.12
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto alla rustica, for strings & continuo in G major, RV 151:
07. Presto 1.10
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("L'amoroso"), RV 271:
10. 1. Allegro 4.21
11. 2. Cantabile 2.24
Johann Pachelbel: Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337:
13. Canon 4.35
14. Gigue 2.07
Francesco Manfredini: Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3/12 "Christmas Pastorale":
15. Pastorale 5.02
Posted in Albinoni Tomaso, Classic, Corelli Arcangelo, Karajan Herbert von, Manfredini Francesco, Vivaldi Antonio, Year Of Recording: 1970, Year Of Recording: 1971, Year Of Recording: 1972	| Leave a reply


Barcelona is the second largest city of Spain after Madrid. The stay in Barcelona is very popular.
Barcelona is the capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia. There are two languages in the region today: Catalan and Spanish. The rest in Barcelona is well organized and varied. The climate in Barcelona is typically Mediterranean with warm summers and mild winters.
The population of the city is 1.5 million people, or 4 million, taking its suburbs into account. The history of Barcelona starts from the II century BC. It was the period of the Roman colony foundation on the place of the actual location of Barcelona. The event of the second half of the nineteenth century proved to be the decisive one for modern Barcelona. Namely, the world fair organized in 1888, gave a powerful impetus to the development of the city.
One of the most famous places of Barcelona is the mountain Tibidabo (its height is 500 m). It offers a picturesque view of the Temple of the Sacred Heart, of the Gothic quarter Rabelais, which is a place of rest and unforgettable walks. And such architectural monuments as the Sagrada Familia and Guell Park are undoubtedly the symbols of Barcelona. These brilliant creations of the architect Antonio Gaudi brought fame to Barcelona all over the world.
There is an international airport El Prat 3 kilometers from Barcelona, in the town El Prat de Llobregat. It is the second largest airport in Spain and the largest on the Mediterranean coast. It is connected with Barcelona via the motorway, railway and bus service. The sea port of Barcelona exists about two thousand years; and it is the most important in carrying out of freight and passenger traffic on the Mediterranean. The main train station of Barcelona is called Sants Estació. There is metro of Barcelona. It has 9 lines laid on the surface and under the ground. There is also a cable lift and a network of buses for sightseeing tours. Taxi is a very popular kind of transport. There are more than 13 thousand taxi cars in Barcelona.
Excursions are one of the popular activities in Barcelona, as well as beach-related rest.
Barcelona hotels strike with their number, diversity and hospitality.
All purchases in Barcelona should be made before the lunch. Don`t plan to do your stopping on Sunday and Monday.


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FPAC responds to FSC's new certification standard
By FPAC
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) formally released its new National Forest Stewardship Standard for Canada. Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) embraces third party certification and participated in FSC's consultation process which was used to develop the new requirements. Today's announcement marks the end of FSC's multi-year consultation process with a number of key partners.
"Canada's forest product companies comply with hundreds of federal and provincial laws and regulations every day. We are among the most strictly regulated forestry sectors in the world," noted FPAC President and CEO Derek Nighbor. "Even though third party certification is voluntary in Canada, 100 per cent of FPAC's member operations are certified by FSC, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), or the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). This support of independent certification systems is another reason why Canada is known as a world leader in sustainable forest management. We and all Canadians can take great pride in that."
The FSC standard is one of three voluntary programs used in Canada that has been endorsed by Canada's Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM), all of which set high environmental, social, and economic thresholds for sustainable forest management.
In the coming days, FPAC will be working with its members to review FSC's new forest management requirements, as well as the changes taking place related to FSC chain-of-custody certification. Significant changes are expected between July and December, which will add to the complex transition that FSC users in Canada are embarking on.
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FPAC applauds mass timber component of Toronto waterfront development
FPAC celebrates contributions to forestry with annual Awards of Excellence
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Hollow Kingdom
By: Anthony Doerr
Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. Blind from the age of six, she faces unique challenges during the Nazis occupation when she and her father must flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure's reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum's most valuable and dangerous jewel.
In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and soon draws the attention of the Hitler youth. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.
Nearly 1.3 million people have given All the Light We Cannot See an average rating of 4.3 stars on Goodreads. The writing in this novel is simultaneously romantic and heartbreaking. I've never read from the perspective of a blind character, but Doerr's descriptions of Marie-Laure show her as capable, intelligent, and determined. While she faces limitations throughout the novel, some extremely frightening, she endeavors to live a normal life thanks to the patience and grace of her father and uncle.
Marie-Laure's viewpoint is so vibrant and full of color because of the unique way she perceives the world. She pays close attention to sounds and smells, and each of the people in her life are "seen" in her mind with various colors depending on the aura they radiate. Her perception of the world is remarkably charming, and Doerr spends a lot of time talking about braille books and how Marie-Laure loves them! I enjoyed reading about her braille editions so much that I have begun learning braille myself. I'm through the alphabet but the contractions are much harder!
Werner was also unique because I've never read from the perspective of a Hitler youth. Werner is small for his age and exceptionally bright. At the core of his being, he is kind and gentle. He wants to live a life outside of his mining town but doesn't know what world he is walking into by leaving. Werner is sympathetic because of his disgust at the training the youth receive, but he knows he is also complicit. There are moments when readers may find him downright unlikable for his choices, but there are other decisions he makes that proves there is no such thing as black and white with people. Only a wide swath of grey. Werner's friend Fredrick was one of my favorite characters.
The story jumps back and forth between the bombing of Saint-Malo in 1944 and the characters' lives leading up to that point. I liked the way the time jumps were structured though being dropped in the bombing from the beginning was initially confusing. As the book goes on, I completely understand Doerr's choices and admire how expertly he navigated between "past" and "present." The chapters are all reasonable bite-sized chunks and no section lingered too long. The one-page chapters didn't feel like filler either which is a testament to Doerr's ability to make every sentence count. At 530-pages for the paperback edition, that's quite a feat. I believe that's one of the reasons the story had so much heart and pain within the pages. I was left wanting to know what would happen next to these people living through one of the worst times in history.
Both Werner and Marie-Laure are sympathetic and tragic in their own ways. Both of their endings surprised me, and, though I don't intend to spoil anything, I can say that it left me grappling with a lot of different feelings. I would whole-heartedly recommend this book, and I hope you will pick it up if you haven't already.
Overall rating: 4.5 stars
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If the sight of a daddy long leg spider has you screeching, you might not want to see or hear about the recent discovery by Dr. Peter Jäger.
On a trip to Laos, located in Southeast Asia, to film a television series, Dr. Jäger of the Senckenberg Research Institute discovered a giant daddy long legs spider. The leg span of this giant daddy long leg spider measures in at more than one-foot wide (about 33 cm).
Experts are still trying to identify the arachnid, which is known as a harvestman, on a species type of level. "In attempting to categorize the creature properly, however, and give it a scientific name, I soon reached my limits," says Jäger. He mainly deals with huntsman spiders; harvestmen are not his particular field of expertise. So, he contacted Ana Lucia Tourinho from the National Institute for Research of the Amazon (INPA) in Manaus, Brazil, and she could only conclude that it is probably the genus Gagrella in the Sclerosomatidae family.
This giant daddy long legged spider nearly measures in close to the world's largest species of harvestman spiders, which is from South America and has a 34 centimeter leg span.
A scientist filming a TV show in the Southeast Asian nation has discovered a giant harvestman-also known as a daddy longlegs with a limb-span of more than a foot.