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Quincy Ngan
Assistant Professor in Art History and Research Fellow at the MacMillan Center
Art of Pre-Modern to Contemporary China
quincy.ngan@yale.edu
B.A., Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Quincy Ngan received his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Chicago, respectively. Before joining Yale, he worked as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa, where he was noted for his teaching on premodern and contemporary Chinese art, Japanese art, and gender and sexuality. His research explores color, pigments, and materiality in traditional Chinese painting, as well representations of skin in Chinese art from the premodern era and thereafter.
Addressing an historiographical lacuna and bias in the field of Chinese painting that widely regards color as secondary to ink and brushwork, his book project, currently in progress, explores the oeuvre of the famous but understudied colorist Qiu Ying (ca. 1498-1552) while examining how azurite blue and its connatural counterpart, malachite green—two of the most expensive and versatile pigments in traditional China—conditioned the meaning of Qiu's paintings. His research reveals that, for thousands of years in China, azurite and malachite were potent alchemical ingredients and medicines, precious commodities subject to taxation, costly pigments, and literary tropes of rarity and otherworldliness. Taxation on the two minerals, together with their medicinal efficacies, intertwined with society so profoundly that the minerals even became conduits for communication between artists and viewers in Qiu's time. This book project not only offers the most encyclopedic socio-economic history of azurite and malachite in traditional China, it also demonstrates that they shaped the course of Chinese art history as significantly as any masters or patrons.
Quincy is deeply interested in materiality, probing how a material can complement the function and meaning of an artwork and become inseparable from its conceptual properties. Pursuing these questions, his article in The Metropolitan Museum Journal examines the materiality of pigment, the custom of birthday gift painting, and trends of clothing in seventeenth-century China. It focuses on two strikingly similar birthday paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art which feature an elderly couple wearing government officials' robes lavishly washed in azurite. His research reveals that the symbolic value of azurite, since it had long been associated with medicines and elixirs, signifies longevity, reinforcing the function of the two paintings as birthday gifts. The exorbitant cost of azurite also accentuates the distinguished tenor of government officials' robes. His article in Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art explores materiality via skin color. It focuses on the Naked Beyond Skin series by the contemporary Chinese artist Xiang Jing (b. 1968) and discusses how the notion of skin is enacted by her reiterative process of molding and casting as well as her figures' surrealistic coloration.
Quincy's current and future projects include Byron Kim's (b. 1961) Synecdoche, Yin Xiuzhen's (b. 1963) Skin Cube, Yao Lu's (b. 1967) New Landscapes, the development of Xiang Jing's oeuvre, and the relationship between drama and Chinese painting.
"The Significance of Azurite Blue in Two Ming Dynasty Birthday Portraits," Metropolitan Museum Journal 53 (2018): 46-62.
"Skin and Dematerialization of the Body in Xiang Jing's (b. 1968) Figure Sculptures," Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 17.4 (2018): 34-49.
"The Soul Under the Skin – A Dialogue between Xiang Jing and Quincy Ngan," in Xiang Jing: Works, Documents, and Annotations, edited by Xiang Jing (China Citic Press, 2017), 1002-29.
"Secai tanwei – Tan Qiu Ying de shese jifa (To see big things in small – On the application of colors in Qiu Ying's paintings)," National Palace Museum Monthly 379 (2014): 40-51.


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Small police departments working through state police reform
Kenneth C. Crowe II
1of6North Greenbush Police Chief David Keevern leaves the police headquarter building to hold a news briefing on the Route 4 M&T Bank branch robbery on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, in North Greenbush, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of6Senator Velmanette Montgomery speaks during a rally to take a unified and empowered stance against oppression and injustice outside the New York State Capitol on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The groups Strategy for Black Lives and Concerned New Yorkers were gathering energy and support for the Safer NY Act and other police reform legislation being considered by elected officials. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
4of6All of Us leader Jamaica Miles pulls her mask down to speak as police and city leaders meet with neighborhood groups and ministers to talk about reforms needed in the police department at the Tabernacle Baptist Church on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
North Greenbush Police Officer J. Gervais and state Department of Environmental Conservation Officer J. Cox freed an owl caught in a soccer net on June 21, 2019. The owl was not injured.
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NORTH GREENBUSH – Police Chief David Keevern has studied the guide for the New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative to see how to apply it to his 19-member department and its role in a town of 12,246 residents.
The North Greenbush department is typical of most of the state's police forces. It has fewer than 100 sworn officers and the job is quiet unlike the way police work is depicted on television crime dramas set in the nation's big cities.
Calls for police reform seem more in line for places like New York City, Keevern said. "You would think this wouldn't be applicable to small police departments like we have in Rensselaer County."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's April 1 deadline for the state's 446 cities, towns, village and counties that have police forces to adopt policing reform plan or risk losing state funding is about four months away. The local governments are responding with studies and planning that are already affecting their departments.
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Departments in 408 communities have fewer than 100 officers compared to 38 agencies that have 100 or more officers, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services' 2019 census of police personnel. In the Capital Region's 32 police departments, there are 1,518 police officers with 1,002 of them working for the six largest forces. The remaining 516 are in 27 smaller agencies.
De-escalation techniques and implicit bias training for officers had been discussed in North Greenbush but now the department has followed through with it since the review of the town's operations began, Keevern said. The chief and his local counterparts are discussing what they can do working together to compensate for their small size and costs they'll face.
The departments hear the calls for greater police accountability, such as use of body cameras for officers, but they don't have the budgets to pay for their installation and operation. They also find that they're impacted by crime spilling over from larger communities, leaving them vulnerable to unanticipated crimes.
But the smaller departments also see their size as a strength. They see their officers as having better relationships with their residents, providing the basic ingredient for successful community policing. And they say their departments' size allows for better supervision and control of officers' interactions both with local residents and people from outside their areas.
The Capital Region's big city departments of Albany, Schenectady and Troy get the most attention, with a focus on interactions with their larger minority communities and gun violence, especially in 2020, a year that has seen sharp increases in fatal and nonfatal shootings.
"The smaller places are really taking the diversity issue seriously and having the community much more involved," said Alice Green, the executive director of the Center for Law and Justice in Albany.
Green has worked with the city of Beacon in Dutchess County, which has a 38-member police force. In Beacon, the public is discussing funding for police and what the future could be, Green said.
"And if they have people of color in their community, they're involving them," said Green, who has been critical of the Albany Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative for lacking community representation.
Green noted that the smaller departments may have better relationships with residents due to their officers living in the community instead of being commuters. This is something that should be considered by larger municipalities, she said.
Cohoes resident Kizzy Williams serves on the Cohoes Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Committee and owns the restaurant Allie B's Cozy Kitchen at 353 Clinton Ave. in Albany's Arbor Hill neighborhood. Mayor Bill Keeler, a retired State Police major, named the panel.
"It's a spotlight on the community. And it will allow the outside people to find out what's going on in the city. So, that's why I'm happy for the police reform and being a part of the body," said Williams, who also serves on the city Planning Board.
With her business in Albany, Williams has watched violence cut across the city this year. She said Cohoes, with its 33 police officers, is peaceful. She said Cohoes is working to increase diversity and welcome the minority community.
"So here today, they have a Black woman on two boards making decisions with them, getting my voice out, letting them know what we need and how we're going to get there," Williams said. "Sometimes we have to look at the small cities and take some advice."
Keeler, who began his career as a Cohoes patrol officer and eventually retired as the Troop G major commanding 600 to 700 troopers in a 10-county area that included the Capital Region, has embraced the governor's police reform and reinvention collaborative. When Keeler took office in January, plans called for department accreditation and an in-depth look at city police operations.
Cohoes had some Black Lives Matter demonstrations but not of the magnitude of those in the region's larger cities, the mayor said. The city's panel is drawn from its six wards and strives to be inclusive by taking into account the city's growing diversity, Keeler said.
The governor's push for police reform arose this spring after George Floyd was killed in May while being arrested by Minneapolis police, triggering nationwide protests. In August, Cuomo mandated that communities statewide and their police forces to develop and institute reforms for a safer, fairer policing standard, with an April deadline.
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Maria Haberfeld, professor of police science at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice in New York City, has questioned if this is the responsible way to achieve true reform and improvement of policing in the state. There is a level of frustration in communities, Haberfeld said, but that doesn't mean they should be writing the guidelines for local police.
The number of police officers in city, town, county and village police agencies in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties as of Oct. 31, 2019
Municipality Full-time Part-time Total
Albany 293 3 296
Schenectady 161 0 161
Saratoga Co. Sheriff 142 11 153
Albany Co. Sheriff 146 0 146
Troy 128 0 128
Colonie 118 0 118
Saratoga Springs 72 0 72
Rotterdam 42 0 42
Guilderland 39 0 39
Bethlehem 38 0 38
Rensselaer Co. Sheriff 37 0 37
Cohoes 33 0 33
Rensselaer City 28 0 28
Niskayuna 27 0 27
East Greenbush 25 0 25
Coeymans 3 22 25
Green Island 0 25 25
Glenville 24 0 24
Watervliet 23 0 23
Ballston Spa 4 16 20
North Greenbush 18 1 19
Hoosick Falls 3 15 18
Mechanicville City 8 9 17
Menands 11 5 16
Schodack 11 5 16
Stillwater Town 0 14 14
South Glens Falls 6 7 13
Altamont 1 12 13
Scotia 12 0 12
Waterford 9 0 9
Nassau 0 8 8
Galway Village 0 3 3
Schenectady Co. Sheriff No report filed.
Source: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Law Enforcement Personnel statistics reported May 20, 2020
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"It's a complicated profession. We have solid empirical research of the past six decades on how police can be reformed. For people to suddenly be giving mandates, come up with ideas and come up with how to reform is irresponsible," Haberfeld said about plans that don't rely on the research that's been done.
RELATED: Activists urge Troy to defund police before 2021 budget vote
Reform has to focus on recruiting, ensuring officers have no criminal record, more extensive training and hiring of more mature officers to prevent future problem from occurring, Haberfeld said
The scope of police actions ranges from criminal arrests to enforcing traffic laws. Bethlehem, which has a 28-member department, has been conducting its public reform meetings. The most recent forum covered traffic enforcement and included a presentation by the department and community comments.
Hoosick Falls police Chief Bob Ashe said the village's reform collaborative is evolving to become a permanent sounding board and a review board for his department of three full-time and 15 part-time officers. The Green Island Police Department's 25 members are all part-time, but experienced officers often work full-time at larger regional departments. The village has established a committee and has started the review, said Sean Ward, executive assistant to Mayor Ellen McNulty-Ryan.
"It is a lot of work for a small department like ours," Ward said.
A key element is hearing from people who aren't enamored with the police, said Keevern, the North Greenbush chief. "We want to hear their views."
The North Greenbush department's interactions are not only with its hometown, Keevern said. The chief noted that North Greenbush is neighbors with Troy and Albany and just a 12-minute drive away. The officers had to reflect on how they deal with people from other communities.
"We know about the problems with gang violence between Albany and Troy," Keevern said. What most people don't know,the chief said, is when I-787 became too hot to travel, suspected gang members took a detour through North Greenbush.
"They started going up Route 4," Keevern said. Part of that flow of traffic results in North Greenbush police officers seeing 70 percent of their crime arising from out-of-town people, Keevern said. That means the department has to make its officers even more cognizant that they deal with people with respect.
All the municipalities will be conducting public forums in the future to discuss reforms and to solicit public comment before finalizing their recommendations by the April 1 deadline.
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Kenneth C. Crowe II covers Rensselaer County for the Times Union. He writes about Troy, US Census, northeastern Albany County and whatever else comes up. Screenwriting is a fascination. You can reach him at kcrowe@timesunion.com.

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Alchemists also have their version of the Holy Grail as a stone they call the "prime material" or the original substance of creation. Another name they give it is the Philosopher's Stone which is purported to exist everywhere and nowhere, a substance that is transcendent. Once this stone is attained, the alchemist can then turn base metals into gold. It can also become the elixir of life, the heavenly dew, and the fountain of youth.
It is very instructive to study the beliefs of the past and understand how the crucifixion of Jesus becomes the most important moment in human spiritual evolution. The divine deed of the death of Jesus becomes the "turning point" in human history. The awakened consciousness of the human being, from that time forward, became able to seek and find the Holy Grail through their own spiritual striving - The Way. Each of us can redeem the expulsion from paradise and attain the spiritual tools for ascending back to heaven.
Mary and her followers started a devotional Way that imitated the passion of Jesus Christ and replicated the ritual of the last super using Solomon's Bowl as the chalice (blood of Christ) and the spearhead of Longinus to cut the bread (body of Christ) during the service. The spear, blood, and chalice became the symbols of the new Christian religion that celebrated the Blood Mysteries of Jesus Christ.
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2018 Australian Open Preview!
14 Jan 2018 14 Jan 2018 • andydelpotro
Time for a preview of the Australian Open. I am going to do this in draw in order, by quarter, starting with the men's. Let's go!
I can't be tipping up Rafa, though I would never write him off (I'm not a stupid as I look), I think the first quarter is wide open as a result though. Cilic is the obvious beneficiary of this and if focused should come through this section, the Croat has been known to throw in a duff one though. Borna Coric, Damir Dzumhur, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Gilles Simon and Gilles Muller also have chances here if you are looking for a bigger price.
I think Nick Kyrgios will take the second quarter, I have been impressed with what he has been saying of late and I think he feels ready to give this a real crack this time. I have been a big fan of Dimitrov lately but I just think he is susceptible right now. Nick beat him in Brisbane recently. Andrey Rublev and Lucas Pouille are two of his bigger threats and both players have caused upsets in the past. I saw 80/1 Rublev for the quarter though David Ferrer is a tough one first up, the Spaniard finding some form this week in Auckland.
In the third quarter, I think it's pretty difficult to tip up Stan Wawrinka or Dominic Thiem right now. It is also pretty difficult to tip up Djokovic, though I have to say I am actually tempted to. Out of the big three, I just have this sneaky feeling he is the darkhorse, even though the elbow doesn't sound great. That ultimately is enough to put me off being fully convinced though. Roberto Bautista Agut has a nasty first rounder against fellow countryman, Fernando Verdasco and trails the head to head 1-3. RBA beat Del Potro in the Auckland final yesterday and though clear favourite here, he will need to be on top form as Verdasco will surely come out firing. Assuming he can get past this, then I think he has a real shot at the quarter. I haven't quite got enough confidence in Sascha Zverev yet, though this represents a decent chance. This section is a bit of a minefield though in fairness. A section that also includes Hyeon Chung, Mischa Zverev, Daniil Medvedev and Thanasi Kokkinakis. So I am going to go with Bautista Agut and Adrian Mannarino for those reasons, Mannarino is a pretty useful operator and could sneak his way through a few rounds here. Though if Djoko can get into this event he will become increasingly dangerous.
Roger Federer is the rightful favourite for this event and it really is difficult to see him getting beat before the quarter-finals, where he should face his first stern test in David Goffin. I am going to go with the with Belgian to make it through here and make the semi-finals. He has impressed me so much that I feel it would be rude not to side with him. Federer has done nothing wrong here though and as I say rightly goes into this as the clear favourite. There is a tough section here with Del Boy, Khachanov, Paire, Berdych and Tiafoe all bunched together. The winner should face Goffin in the last 16.
Which leads me on to who do I fancy for the outright? I really like Kyrgios and Goffin's chances. Some will probably find it hard to believe me tipping up these two but after looking at the draw and the betting odds, these two look like the bets to me. I will also have what will possibly become a regular throw away bet on Lucas Pouille (150's) as well but that's the way I roll on this one. If you want to back players at crazy prices then there are probably enough names above to do so who could cause the upsets. I will go with Nick and David though as I think they are ready to step up here!
With Serena out, this field is wide open again. In the first quarter of the women's draw, I am really struggling with it, it is so competitive. Led by Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova but also consists of Ash Barty, Jo Konta, Petra Kvitova, Camilla Giorgi and Aryna Sabalenka. Ouch!
The second quarter is a similar case. Muguruza has a thigh strain that isn't sounding overly positive. Angie Kerber looks to be in good form again, the Hopman Cup performances and her victory in Sydney this week back up her claims. This quarter also includes Maria Sharapova, Anastasija Sevastova, Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Madison Keys and Caroline Garcia. I quite like Garcia's chances here as she says she feels back to 100% after her thigh injury. She was so impressive towards the back end of last season that like Goffin, I think I have to go with her. On paper Keys is the only one of the above names she would have to face before the quarter's, which only backs up her chances.
The third quarter opens up with Venus against Bencic, some first round that! Such a tough one to pick a winner. Elina Svitolina is the favourite in this section and has every chance after her latest showing. I feel the Ukranian is making strides forward and improvements are being made to the fourth seeds game, but maybe now just still isn't the time. I like Julia Goerges chances here though. Possibly the most in form player on tour now, continuing her form from last season straight through to this season and another title in Auckland last week. She won't be fearing anyone in the draw and she is my fancy in this quarter. Ekaterina Makarova has played well here in the past and will hope to go a few rounds minimum and Denisa Allertova's results in qualies caught my eye.
Caroline Wozniacki should claim the fourth quarter if she can maintain her form and I think she will. Jelena Ostapenko doesn't look in great form right now but Coco Vandeweghe can always be a real threat as can Pavlyuchenkova, another player I always keep my eye on is Anett Kontaveit who is in this quarter. Dom Cibulkova plays Kaia Kanepi in an intriguing first-round match. Woz should have too much in this section as right now she looks a class above the opposition.
Off the back of this, I think the winner of the event will come from Wozniacki, Goerges or Garcia and have spread my money accordingly. All of whom will be first-time winners but all have impressed me in the last few months. Controlled aggression is the key for these three. It really is amazing how open this event is and it is going to be a fascinating two weeks.
Hope you all enjoy the action.
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Celebrity Culture Quotes
Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.
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Pleasurable Celebrity Culture quotations
Celebrate the people in your life who are there because they love you for no other reason than because you are you.
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There's one more thing I want to say.
It's a touchy subject. Black beauty. Black sensuality. We live in a culture where the beauty of black people isn't always as celebrated as other types. I'd like to help change that if I can!
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Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.
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The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.
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— Julie Bishop
You dont have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.
— Stephen King
I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.
— Steve Coogan
Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything.
Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated.
— Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]
We need to teach our kids, because there is such a celebrity culture at the moment, that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules.
— Nick Clegg
Celebrity culture is something that pains me.
— Susie Orbach
I have decided to tell the story of my life as best I can, so that my children can separate the truth from the myths that others have created about me, as myths are created about everyone swept up in the turbulent and distorting maelstrom of celebrity in our culture.
— Marlon Brando
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
— Plato
Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.
— Richard Branson
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Tokyo is like the New York of Asia. Although the people there are all basically from Japan, they celebrate what they like about various cultures.
— Pharrell Williams
Glee is more then just a show now. It's become a wonderful culture celebrating the underdog and glorifying individuality.
— Darren Criss
Celebrate the small things and our lives become bigger than ever.
Our confused society badly needs a community of contrast, a counterculture of ordinary pilgrims who insist living a different way. Unlike popular culture, we will lavish attention on the least "deserving" in direct opposition to our celebrity culture's emphasis on success, wealth, and beauty.
— Philip Yancey
The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.
— Richard Roeper
I feel that there is a culture being built that is a celebration of agony.
There is also a celebration of being an outcast, to the degree that you are segregating yourself in a negative way from people who may want to be your friend.
— Andy Biersack
Don't stay where you are tolerated, go where you are celebrated.
To write about the monstrous sense of alienation the poet feels in this culture of polarized hatreds is a way of staying sane. With the poem, I reach out to an audience equally at odds with official policy, and I celebrate our mutual humanness in an inhuman world.
— Maxine Kumin
Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother.
I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?
— Ryan Giggs
Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in a life.
— Edward Zwick
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
— Bill Gates
There are many more important things in life than fashion.
But fashion, to me, is part of pop culture. And I'm an art collector. I'm obsessed with art and pop culture. And I say that there is fame, fashion, art, music and entertainment, including celebrity, that really moves the needle in society.
— Tommy Hilfiger
I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives, it's part of our culture we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.
— Karan Johar
The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reality television shows, most of which encourage a dark voyeurism into other people's humiliation, pain, weakness, and betrayal.
— Chris Hedges
Don't look at the calendar. Just keep celebrating every day.
People in this country haven't stopped hating fat people, but they've become more kind to me, since in our culture, even though we hate our fat people, we love our celebrities even more.
— Camryn Manheim
It's wonderful to find cultures that are historically still intact, as opposed to a lot of Western cultures which seem to me to be slowly dying, stuck in celebrity illness or stupidity.
— Jamie Hewlett
I am tired of the cult of youth. The cultural rejection of old age, the stigmatization of wrinkles, grey hair, of bodies furrowed by the years. I am fascinated by Diana Vreeland, Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Bourgeois, women who have let time embrace them without ever cheating. Society today condemns this, me, I celebrate it.
— Tom Ford
We wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals, in turn, we would celebrate its tenacity, we would all love its will to reach the sun, well, we are the roses, this is the concrete and these are my damaged petals, don't ask me why, thank god, and ask me how.
— Tupac Shakur
Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
What would a church look like that created space for quietness, that bucked the celebrity trend and unplugged from noisy media, that actively resisted our consumer culture? What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement?
Don't forget that in the midst of all your pain and heartache, you are surrounded by beauty, the wonder of creation, art, your music and culture, the sounds of laughter and love, of whispered hopes and celebrations, of new life and transformation, of reconciliation and forgiveness.
— William P. Young
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans.
— Eliot Engel
Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.
— Kathie Lee Gifford
The cartoon is a metaphor really for the fact that it's almost impossible in our celebrity obsessed culture to move around genres and sort of change you ideas, change your face, you know?
— Damon Albarn
In Asia, red is the colour of joy; red is the colour of festivities and of celebration. In Chinese culture, blue is the colour of mourning.
— Vincent Tan
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Q: Android Camera preview in a fragment Until now I have a full working code that plugs in a camera to see the preview of the front camera.
What I'm trying to do now is to get that camera working inside a Fragment.
Full code:
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.fragment_main);

    getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.mainLayout, new CameraExtractionFragment()).commit();
}
}

CameraExtractionFragment.java
public class CameraExtractionFragment extends Fragment {

private CameraExtraction mCameraExtraction;
Camera mCamera;
int mNumberOfCameras;
int cameraId;
int rotation;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    mCameraExtraction = new CameraExtraction(
            this.getActivity().getBaseContext(),
            this.getActivity().getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation()
            );

    // Find the total number of cameras available
    mNumberOfCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();

    // Find the ID of the rear-facing ("default") camera
    CameraInfo cameraInfo = new CameraInfo();
    for (int i = 0; i < mNumberOfCameras; i++) {
        Camera.getCameraInfo(i, cameraInfo);
        if (cameraInfo.facing == CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
            cameraId = i;
        }
    }
}

 @Override
 public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)               {
     return mCameraExtraction;
 }

 @Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    // Use mCurrentCamera to select the camera desired to safely restore
    // the fragment after the camera has been changed
    mCamera = Camera.open(cameraId);
    mCameraExtraction.setCamera(mCamera);
}

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();

    if (mCamera != null)
    {
        mCamera.release();
    }
}

// Modo en el que se pinta la cámara: encajada por dentro o saliendo los bordes por fuera.
public enum CameraViewMode {

    /**
     * Inner mode
     */
    Inner,
    /**
     * Outer mode
     */
    Outer
}
}

CameraExtraction.java
public class CameraExtraction extends ViewGroup implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {

 private final String TAG = "CameraExtraction";

Camera mCamera;
SurfaceHolder mHolder;
SurfaceView mSurfaceView;
int mNumberOfCameras;
int cameraId;
Rect desiredSize;
CameraViewMode cameraViewMode;
boolean mSurfaceCreated = false;
List<Size> mSupportedPreviewSizes;
int rotation;
Size mPreviewSize;

public CameraExtraction(Context context, int rotation) {
    super(context);

    this.rotation = rotation;

    mSurfaceView = new SurfaceView(context);

    addView(mSurfaceView);

    // Install a SurfaceHolder.Callback so we get notified when the
    mHolder = mSurfaceView.getHolder();
    mHolder.addCallback(this);
    mHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);

    cameraViewMode = CameraViewMode.Inner;
}

public void setCamera(Camera camera) {
    mCamera = camera;
    if (mCamera != null) {
        mSupportedPreviewSizes = mCamera.getParameters().getSupportedPreviewSizes();
        if (mSurfaceCreated) requestLayout();
    }
}

public void switchCamera(Camera camera) {
    setCamera(camera);
    try {
        camera.setPreviewDisplay(mHolder);
    } catch (IOException exception) {
        Log.e(TAG, "IOException caused by setPreviewDisplay()", exception);
    }
}

@SuppressLint("DrawAllocation")
@Override
protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
    if (mSurfaceView == null ||mSurfaceView.getHolder() == null) return;

    if (mSurfaceView.getHolder().getSurface() == null) {
        // preview surface does not exist
        return;
    }

    final int width = resolveSize(getSuggestedMinimumWidth(),
            widthMeasureSpec);
    final int height = resolveSize(getSuggestedMinimumHeight(),
            heightMeasureSpec);
    setMeasuredDimension(width, height);

    if (mSupportedPreviewSizes != null) {

        mPreviewSize = getNearestPreviewSize(mCamera.new Size(widthMeasureSpec,heightMeasureSpec));
    }

    if (mCamera != null) {
      Camera.Parameters parameters = mCamera.getParameters();
      parameters.setPreviewSize(mPreviewSize.width, mPreviewSize.height);

      mCamera.setParameters(parameters);
    }
}

@Override
protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b) {
    if (getChildCount() > 0) {
        final View child = getChildAt(0);

        final int width = r - l;
        final int height = b - t;

        int previewWidth = width;
        int previewHeight = height;
        if (mPreviewSize != null) {
            previewWidth = mPreviewSize.width;
            previewHeight = mPreviewSize.height;
        }

        // Center the child SurfaceView within the parent.
        if (width * previewHeight > height * previewWidth) {
            final int scaledChildWidth = previewWidth * height
                    / previewHeight;
            child.layout((width - scaledChildWidth) / 2, 0,
                    (width + scaledChildWidth) / 2, height);
        } else {
            final int scaledChildHeight = previewHeight * width
                    / previewWidth;
            child.layout(0, (height - scaledChildHeight) / 2, width,
                    (height + scaledChildHeight) / 2);
        }
    }
}

@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
    mCamera = Camera.open(cameraId);
}

@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,int height) {
    if (mSurfaceView == null || mSurfaceView.getHolder() == null) return;

            if (mSurfaceView.getHolder().getSurface() == null) {
                // preview surface does not exist
                return;
            }

            // set preview size and make any resize, rotate or
            // reformatting changes here
            Camera.Parameters param = mCamera.getParameters();
            Point previewSize = new Point(640,480);

            Camera.Size size = getNearestPreviewSize(mCamera.new Size(previewSize.x,previewSize.y));
            param.setPreviewSize(size.width, size.height);
            mCamera.setParameters(param);
            rotation = setCameraDisplayOrientation(cameraId, mCamera);

            // start preview with new settings
            try {
                mCamera.setPreviewCallback(new Camera.PreviewCallback() {

                    @Override
                    public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

                    }
                });
                mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(mSurfaceView.getHolder());
                mCamera.startPreview();

            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.d("AndroidControlSurfaceView",
                        "Error starting camera preview: " + e.getMessage());
            }
}

@Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
    if (mCamera != null)
    {
        mCamera.stopPreview();
        mCamera.release();
    }
}

protected Rect getCameraViewSizeCompensated(Camera.Size cameraPreviewSize, Point hostViewSize) {
    Rect toReturn=null;

    float ratioWidth = hostViewSize.x / (float)cameraPreviewSize.width;
    float ratioHeight = hostViewSize.y / (float)cameraPreviewSize.height;

    switch (cameraViewMode){
    case Inner:
        if (ratioWidth < ratioHeight) {
            int newHeight = (int)(cameraPreviewSize.height*ratioWidth);
            int y = (hostViewSize.y - newHeight) / 2;
            toReturn = new Rect(0, y, hostViewSize.x, y+newHeight);
        } else {
            int newWidth = (int)(cameraPreviewSize.width*ratioHeight);
            int x = (hostViewSize.x - newWidth) / 2;
            toReturn = new Rect(x, 0, x+newWidth,hostViewSize.y);
        }
        break;
    case Outer:
        if (ratioWidth < ratioHeight) {
            int newWidth = (int)(cameraPreviewSize.width*ratioHeight);
            int x = (hostViewSize.x - newWidth) / 2;
            toReturn = new Rect(x, 0, x+newWidth,hostViewSize.y);
        } else {
            int newHeight = (int)(cameraPreviewSize.height*ratioWidth);
            int y = (hostViewSize.y - newHeight) / 2;
            toReturn = new Rect(0, y, hostViewSize.x, y+newHeight);
        }
        break;
    }
    return toReturn;
}

private Camera.Size getNearestPreviewSize(Camera.Size size) {
  List<Camera.Size> availableSizes =  mCamera.getParameters().getSupportedPreviewSizes();
  if (availableSizes == null || availableSizes.size() <= 0) return null;

  Camera.Size toReturn = availableSizes.get(0);
  int distance = Math.abs(size.width*size.height - toReturn.width*toReturn.height);
  for (int a=1; a<availableSizes.size(); a++) {
      int temp = Math.abs(size.width*size.height - availableSizes.get(a).width*availableSizes.get(a).height);
      if (temp < distance) {
          distance = temp;
          toReturn = availableSizes.get(a);
      }
  }
  return toReturn;
 }

public int setCameraDisplayOrientation(int cameraId, android.hardware.Camera camera) {

     CameraInfo info = new Camera.CameraInfo();
     Camera.getCameraInfo(cameraId, info);
     int degrees = 0;

     switch (rotation) {
         case Surface.ROTATION_0: degrees = 0; break;
         case Surface.ROTATION_90: degrees = 90; break;
         case Surface.ROTATION_180: degrees = 180; break;
         case Surface.ROTATION_270: degrees = 270; break;
     }

     int result;
     if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
         result = (info.orientation + degrees) % 360;
         result = (360 - result) % 360;  // compensate the mirror
     } else {  // back-facing
         result = (info.orientation - degrees + 360) % 360;
     }
     camera.setDisplayOrientation(result);
     return result/90;
 }

}

But when you run the application, no image is being showed in my device. Only a white screen. Note that, as I mentioned the camera is working in an activity not containing fragments.
So, why the main activity is shown with a white screen?
PS: Here you can download my code and test it.

A: At first - use FrameLayout for your camera preview.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/mainLayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

The second - no need to open camera two times. Your surfaceCreated method.
@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
    try {
        if (mCamera != null) {
            mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
            mCamera.setPreviewCallback(new Camera.PreviewCallback() {
                @Override
                public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
                }
            });
        }
    } catch (IOException exception) {
        Log.e(TAG, "IOException caused by setPreviewDisplay()", exception);
    }
}

The third - no need to release camera two times. You did it in Fragment, just remove it from  surfaceDestroyed.
    @Override
    public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
        if (mCamera != null)
        {
//          mCamera.stopPreview();
//          mCamera.release();
        }
    }

And in your fragment.
@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();

    if (mCamera != null)
    {
        mCamera.stopPreview();
        mCamera.release();
    }
}

And you will see your camera preview in a fragmentas I see. Good luck!

A: It seems you have attribute cameraId in CameraExtractionFragment and CameraExtraction, but this is assigned a value only in CameraExtractionFragment.
You should remove CameraExtraction.cameraId and use CameraExtractionFragment.cameraId instead.

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Q: WEBSITE_HTTPLOGGING_CONTAINER_URL is a hidden application setting? When swapping slots we get the following message:

But the WEBSITE_HTTPLOGGING_CONTAINER_URL setting does not exist in the Application Settings of either web app. I understand that it comes from enabling Web App Diagnostics Logs, but it is somehow hidden.
The issue is that this will cause an IIS restart in the production slot, and thus downtime until it has completed all initialisation tasks. There is no way to configure this settings as a "Slot Setting" (which would prevent an edit to the application settings).
The odd thing is that DIAGNOSTICS_AZUREBLOBCONTAINERSASURL is visible in application settings (it is also a Diagnostics Log configuration).

A:
WEBSITE_HTTPLOGGING_CONTAINER_URL is a hidden application setting?

In short answer: Yes. This is a hidden app setting which is used to store the web server log's blob container url.
After you have enabled the web server logging in the diagnostics logs, it will add your storage container url in the app setting. You couldn't change it in the application settings.
In my opinion, I think this value must be changed when swap the web app. Since the production slot could set its own web server logging storage container. If this not changed, you log information may be changed the blob container.
You could find it in the KUDU console's environment variables as below.
Open the kudu.

Then click the environment and find the Environment variables.

Update:

The problem is that changing application settings will perform an IIS reset, which will bring down the production slot.

As far as I know, the swap operation will not cause an IIS restart in the production slot. It will automatic warm up in the staging slot before swap to the production slot.
The swap operation is as below:
1.The App Settings and Connection Strings that are marked as "Slot" are read from the Production slot and applied to the site in the Staging slot. That causes the site's worker process to be restarted for those changes to take effect and become visible as process environment variables;
2.Then the site in the staging slot gets warmed up. To warm up the site an HTTP request is made to the root directory of the site to every VM instance where site is supposed to run. The warm up request has a User-Agent header set to "SiteWarmup";
3.After warm up has completed the host names for the sites in production and staging slots get swapped. Now the site that has been warmed up in the staging slot starts getting production traffic and the site that used to be in the production slot is now in the staging slot
4.The site that is now in the staging slot gets updated with the App Settings and Connection Strings associated with the staging slot. That causes restart of that site, but it is not in production slot any more so restart is harmless.
But sometimes it would be useful to pause right after the production settings were applied on the staging slot and before the actual swap of host names happens.
Now, azure web app has another swap: swap with preview.
When you use the Swap with preview option, App Service does the following:
1.Keeps the destination slot unchanged so existing workload on that slot (e.g. production) is not impacted.
2.Applies the configuration elements of the destination slot to the source slot, including the slot-specific connection strings and app settings.
Restarts the worker processes on the source slot using these aforementioned configuration elements.
3.When you complete the swap: Moves the pre-warmed-up source slot into the destination slot. The destination slot is moved into the source slot as in a manual swap.
4.When you cancel the swap: Reapplies the configuration elements of the source slot to the source slot.
You can preview exactly how the app will behave with the destination slot's configuration. Once you completes validation, you complete the swap in a separate step. This step has the added advantage that the source slot is already warmed up with the desired configuration, and clients will not experience any downtime.
You could find it as below:


Clark U's Spree Day being scrapped?
A longstanding Clark University tradition appears to be going the way of dinosaurs. According to an online story by correspondent Ethan Goldstein for the school's newspaper, "The Scarlet," Spree Day is being eliminated largely over concerns that it had evolved into nothing more than an excuse for students to get drunk.
In a story titled "Spree Day Doomed?', Goldstein says the announcement was made by Michael McKenna, director of Student Leadership and Programming, during a Student Council meeting Wednesday, Jan. 23. According to Goldstein, the age-old tradition of students popping open beers on a Tuesday - "The Scarlet" Editor-in-Chief Claire Tierney refers to it as a holiday - is being scrapped in favor of a weekend-long festival that would kick off with a drive-in movie Thursday, April 4 and run through Saturday, April 6. It will incorporate the International Gala, another Clark tradition, according to Goldstein, who says classes on Friday, April 5 would be canceled in preparation for the event.
According to Goldstein, the "sudden demise" of Spree Day featured no input from the Student Council, although he says McKenna asked for $15,000 to boost the budget and pay for an as-yet unnamed comedian to perform Saturday, April. 6.
Goldstein says among the concerns council members raised was whether students would want to spend their day off from class working on the gala, a dance and music showcase of different cultures.


The wartime photo of Winston Churchill with General [George] Marshall accompanying your article on the general ["America's Finest General," by Kevin Baker, September] reminded me of an incident I observed just before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
Covering the event for my newspaper, I looked down from the gallery erected in the south transept on the distinguished guests in the choir stalls below. There was Sir Winston, looking hot and bothered in his voluminous dark-blue Garter robes and mopping his brow with a large handkerchief. Then along came an erect figure clad in formal civilian morning dress—General George Marshall, President [Dwight] Eisenhower's special representative to the queen's coronation. Churchill, his discomfort forgotten, rose and pumped the new arrival's hand. They stood chatting for some minutes with evident mutual plea-sure, doubtless recalling wartime experiences together.
I enjoyed your article on George Marshall, but I completely disagree with your conclusion. Marshall was a great leader of Americans—from Washington—but he was not the finest of our battle-tested generals (admittedly to his chagrin). He was more politician than general—he had to be.
I am a retired soldier who saw combat in Vietnam, Laos, Panama and Iraq. Like most soldiers (and Marines, sailors and airmen) I would define fine generals (and admirals) as those who lead large numbers of men in combat on battlefields. Success in desperate battle, not bureaucratic infighting, makes for a fine general/admiral. Marshall's destiny did not lead him in that direction, so his reputation as a fine combat general remained unresolved. He was a fine American, but not our finest general.
On P. 30, third column [of "America's Finest General," by Kevin Baker, September], George Catlett Marshall Sr. was described as being affiliated with "Augustus," Kentucky. The name of this Ohio River town now in Bracken County is Augusta.
On Sept. 27, 1862, Augusta was raided by Confederate Colonel Basil Duke, leading elements of Morgan's Raiders. Augusta was defended by 150 home guards under the direction of Colonel Joshua T. Bradford. In the ensuing conflict, several buildings in town were set afire, among them the business of my mother's great uncle, Thomas Houk (Howk).
An article in your September issue concerns my old outfit, the 35th Infantry Division.
Hallowed Ground ["The Reichswald, Germany," by David T. Zabecki] brought back memories. We moved up to the Rur River on Feb. 7–8, 1945, into foxholes and concrete pillboxes on the Siegfried Line and were scheduled to jump off on February 10. We were opposite the German town of Hilfarth, the only one still in German hands west of the Rur. The Germans opened up the dams—jammed the gates instead of destroying them (they were thinking postwar).
We were not able to jump off until February 25. In the intervening time we ran patrols in water as high as chest-deep. The water was not all bad, because it heaved up many mines, [making] them visible in the searchlights over the crossing site.
We captured the bridge across the Rur intact; artillery had cut the demolition wires. We had some mine casualties, others from small arms and mortars, but nothing like what we would have had if they hadn't opened the dams.
Just a little story from an eyewitness.
The September 2011 issue has a one-page article on the "English Longbow" [Hand Tool, by Jon Guttman], with a small note about broadhead arrowheads. The bottom arrowhead is denoted as a type that "could pierce chain mail and most types of plate armor." My knowledge of this subject leads me to dispute this statement. The typical broadhead was a hunting and/or war arrowhead designed to inflict maximum tissue and organ damage in the target and cause rapid incapacitation and death. The needle bodkin was most often used to pierce chain mail, cloth armor or leather armor. The triangular, short bodkin was used to penetrate plate armor. My reading also indicates that typical bow draw weights would be more on the order of 125 to 150 pounds. Sixty to 100 pounds would have been a very young man's bow.
Jon Guttman replies: Thanks for your feedback, which expands on why we wrote "most plate armor" in the callout. From the 14th century on, plate armor evolved into ingenious blends of grades of steel, thickness and angles, all in an effort to thwart, or at least limit, missile damage. By the 15th century various grades of certified "proof armor" could deflect or sustain hits from arrows, bolts and even early harquebus and musket rounds. Such armor was cleverly crafted for flexibility and weight distribution, allowing the wearer surprising agility. That development kept the knight in business for another century—if he could afford it, as suits of armor were custom tailored.
As a soldier, while it pains me to no end, I have to point out that the U.S. Marines conducted the first helicopter assaults, during the Korean War. Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161 (HMR 161) used the Sikorsky H-19 on Sept. 21, 1951, to ferry troops into an objective. The operation was called Summit and was a company-sized helicopter assault.
The Marines also used helicopters in Operation Ripple in 1952.
Send letters to Editor, Military History, World History Group, 19300 Promenade Dr., Leesburg, VA 20176 or via e-mail. Please include name, address and telephone number.


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On June 7, the National Eye Institute (NEI) hosted the showing of Going Blind, a documentary that seeks to raise public awareness about vision loss and low vision issues that profoundly affect the lives of an increasing number of people. The NEI provided support for the film through its Healthy Vision Community Awards Program. The film profiles people who have lost sight through blinding diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, infection and injury. To learn more about Going Blind, including how to obtain the film, visit http://www.goingblindmovie.com/.
Following the film a panel of speakers presented on topics including vision rehabilitation research, adaptive devices, and low vision services and responded to questions from the audience. Neyal Ammary- Risch, M.P.H., MCHES, National Eye Health Education Program director, served as the panel moderator.
Dr. Wiggs is the NEI's Program Director for the Perception and Psychophysics portfolio and the Low Vision and Blindness Rehabilitation portfolio. She currently serves on the trans-NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee and is an expert in Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, visual memory systems and use of neuroimaging methodologies. Dr. Wiggs shared highlights from the NEI's research in low vision and rehabilitation.
Dr. Alibhai spent 12 years at a large retina practice in Washington, D.C. seeing patients exclusively for low vision rehabilitation. He went on to develop a Low Vision Center as part of the INOVA health system in Northern Virginia, where he served as the Director of Low Vision Services. For the past 9 years, he has contracted with the NEI to provide low vision consultations to patients participating in different protocols. He recently formed an independent low vision company and sees patients with low vision in Bethesda, MD and Alexandria, VA. Dr. Alibhai discussed state-of-the-art optical and adaptive devices available for people with low vision.
Mr. Deremeik is a Certified Low Vision therapist and the Educational/Rehabilitation Program Manager and faculty member of the Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute. Mr. Deremeik has more than 30 years of experience and specializes in rehabilitation teaching of the blind and visual impaired. He is an active member of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Low Vision section where he has served in a leadership role the past 12 years. Mr. Deremeik discussed access to low vision services and address the psychosocial aspects of low vision.
Joe Lovett is the Producer/Director of Going Blind. Mr. Lovett is no stranger to the NIH campus. As a producer/director for ABC News "20/20" in the early 80s, he worked with Dr. Anthony Fauci to produce the earliest investigational television reporting on AIDS for network television. Later, after founding Lovett Productions, he spent many weeks on the NIH campus during his production of Cancer: Evolution to Revolution for HBO. Mr. Lovett has lectured on "Medicine and the Media" at the Department of Preventive Medicine at SUNY Brooklyn. He is presently a lecturer at SUNY Downstate's School of Public Health. Mr. Lovett talked about the making of the film and his own vision loss due to glaucoma.


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A team of about 90 U.S. Marines and sailors headed to the Philippines on Sunday, part of a first wave of promised U.S. military assistance for relief efforts after a devastating typhoon killed at least 10,000 people, U.S. officials said.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this weekend ordered the U.S. military's Pacific Command to assist with search and rescue operations and provide air support in the wake of super typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded.
The team of U.S. forces from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade left for the Philippines from a U.S. base in Okinawa, Japan, aboard two KC-130J Hercules transport aircraft, the Marines said in a statement.


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