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Project acronym A-BINGOS
Project Accreting binary populations in Nearby Galaxies: Observations and Simulations
Researcher (PI) Andreas Zezas
Host Institution (HI) FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS
Summary "High-energy observations of our Galaxy offer a good, albeit not complete, picture of the X-ray source populations, in particular the accreting binary sources. Recent ability to study accreting binaries in nearby galaxies has shown that we would be short-sighted if we restricted ourselves to our Galaxy or to a few nearby ones. I propose an ambitious project that involves a comprehensive study of all the galaxies within 10 Mpc for which we can study in detail their X-ray sources and stellar populations. The study will combine data from a unique suite of observatories (Chandra, XMM-Newton, HST, Spitzer) with state-of-the-art theoretical modelling of binary systems. I propose a novel approach that links the accreting binary populations to their parent stellar populations and surpasses any current studies of X-ray binary populations, both in scale and in scope, by: (a) combining methods and results from several different areas of astrophysics (compact objects, binary systems, stellar populations, galaxy evolution); (b) using data from almost the whole electromagnetic spectrum (infrared to X-ray bands); (c) identifying and studying the different sub-populations of accreting binaries; and (d) performing direct comparison between observations and theoretical predictions, over a broad parameter space. The project: (a) will answer the long-standing question of the formation efficiency of accreting binaries in different environments; and (b) will constrain their evolutionary paths. As by-products the project will provide eagerly awaited input to the fields of gravitational-wave sources, γ-ray bursts, and X-ray emitting galaxies at cosmological distances and it will produce a heritage multi-wavelength dataset and library of models for future studies of galaxies and accreting binaries."
"High-energy observations of our Galaxy offer a good, albeit not complete, picture of the X-ray source populations, in particular the accreting binary sources. Recent ability to study accreting binaries in nearby galaxies has shown that we would be short-sighted if we restricted ourselves to our Galaxy or to a few nearby ones. I propose an ambitious project that involves a comprehensive study of all the galaxies within 10 Mpc for which we can study in detail their X-ray sources and stellar populations. The study will combine data from a unique suite of observatories (Chandra, XMM-Newton, HST, Spitzer) with state-of-the-art theoretical modelling of binary systems. I propose a novel approach that links the accreting binary populations to their parent stellar populations and surpasses any current studies of X-ray binary populations, both in scale and in scope, by: (a) combining methods and results from several different areas of astrophysics (compact objects, binary systems, stellar populations, galaxy evolution); (b) using data from almost the whole electromagnetic spectrum (infrared to X-ray bands); (c) identifying and studying the different sub-populations of accreting binaries; and (d) performing direct comparison between observations and theoretical predictions, over a broad parameter space. The project: (a) will answer the long-standing question of the formation efficiency of accreting binaries in different environments; and (b) will constrain their evolutionary paths. As by-products the project will provide eagerly awaited input to the fields of gravitational-wave sources, γ-ray bursts, and X-ray emitting galaxies at cosmological distances and it will produce a heritage multi-wavelength dataset and library of models for future studies of galaxies and accreting binaries."
Project acronym ASSESS
Project Episodic Mass Loss in the Most Massive Stars: Key to Understanding the Explosive Early Universe
Researcher (PI) Alceste BONANOS
Host Institution (HI) NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS
Summary Massive stars dominate their surroundings during their short lifetimes, while their explosive deaths impact the chemical evolution and spatial cohesion of their hosts. After birth, their evolution is largely dictated by their ability to remove layers of hydrogen from their envelopes. Multiple lines of evidence are pointing to violent, episodic mass-loss events being responsible for removing a large part of the massive stellar envelope, especially in low-metallicity galaxies. Episodic mass loss, however, is not understood theoretically, neither accounted for in state-of-the-art models of stellar evolution, which has far-reaching consequences for many areas of astronomy. We aim to determine whether episodic mass loss is a dominant process in the evolution of the most massive stars by conducting the first extensive, multi-wavelength survey of evolved massive stars in the nearby Universe. The project hinges on the fact that mass-losing stars form dust and are bright in the mid-infrared. We plan to (i) derive physical parameters of a large sample of dusty, evolved targets and estimate the amount of ejected mass, (ii) constrain evolutionary models, (iii) quantify the duration and frequency of episodic mass loss as a function of metallicity. The approach involves applying machine-learning algorithms to existing multi-band and time-series photometry of luminous sources in ~25 nearby galaxies. Dusty, luminous evolved massive stars will thus be automatically classified and follow-up spectroscopy will be obtained for selected targets. Atmospheric and SED modeling will yield parameters and estimates of time-dependent mass loss for ~1000 luminous stars. The emerging trend for the ubiquity of episodic mass loss, if confirmed, will be key to understanding the explosive early Universe and will have profound consequences for low-metallicity stars, reionization, and the chemical evolution of galaxies.
Massive stars dominate their surroundings during their short lifetimes, while their explosive deaths impact the chemical evolution and spatial cohesion of their hosts. After birth, their evolution is largely dictated by their ability to remove layers of hydrogen from their envelopes. Multiple lines of evidence are pointing to violent, episodic mass-loss events being responsible for removing a large part of the massive stellar envelope, especially in low-metallicity galaxies. Episodic mass loss, however, is not understood theoretically, neither accounted for in state-of-the-art models of stellar evolution, which has far-reaching consequences for many areas of astronomy. We aim to determine whether episodic mass loss is a dominant process in the evolution of the most massive stars by conducting the first extensive, multi-wavelength survey of evolved massive stars in the nearby Universe. The project hinges on the fact that mass-losing stars form dust and are bright in the mid-infrared. We plan to (i) derive physical parameters of a large sample of dusty, evolved targets and estimate the amount of ejected mass, (ii) constrain evolutionary models, (iii) quantify the duration and frequency of episodic mass loss as a function of metallicity. The approach involves applying machine-learning algorithms to existing multi-band and time-series photometry of luminous sources in ~25 nearby galaxies. Dusty, luminous evolved massive stars will thus be automatically classified and follow-up spectroscopy will be obtained for selected targets. Atmospheric and SED modeling will yield parameters and estimates of time-dependent mass loss for ~1000 luminous stars. The emerging trend for the ubiquity of episodic mass loss, if confirmed, will be key to understanding the explosive early Universe and will have profound consequences for low-metallicity stars, reionization, and the chemical evolution of galaxies.
Project acronym CAUSALPATH
Project Next Generation Causal Analysis: Inspired by the Induction of Biological Pathways from Cytometry Data
Researcher (PI) Ioannis Tsamardinos
Host Institution (HI) PANEPISTIMIO KRITIS
Summary Discovering the causal mechanisms of a complex system of interacting components is necessary in order to control it. Computational Causal Discovery (CD) is a field that offers the potential to discover causal relations under certain conditions from observational data alone or with a limited number of interventions/manipulations. An important, challenging biological problem that may take decades of experimental work is the induction of biological cellular pathways; pathways are informal causal models indispensable in biological research and drug design. Recent exciting advances in flow/mass cytometry biotechnology allow the generation of large-sample datasets containing measurements on single cells, thus setting the problem of pathway learning suitable for CD methods. CAUSALPATH builds upon and further advances recent breakthrough developments in CD methods to enable the induction of biological pathways from cytometry and other omics data. As a testbed problem we focus on the differentiation of human T-cells; these are involved in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, as well as cancer and thus, are targets of new drug development for a range of chronic diseases. The biological problem acts as our campus for general novel formalisms, practical algorithms, and useful tools development, pointing to fundamental CD problems: presence of feedback cycles, presence of latent confounding variables, CD from time-course data, Integrative Causal Analysis (INCA) of heterogeneous datasets and others. Three features complement CAUSALPATH's approach: (A) methods development will co-evolve with biological wet-lab experiments periodically testing the algorithmic postulates, (B) Open-source tools will be developed for the non-expert, and (C) Commercial exploitation of the results will be sought out. CAUSALPATH brings together an interdisciplinary team, committed to this vision. It builds upon the PI's group recent important results on INCA algorithms.
Discovering the causal mechanisms of a complex system of interacting components is necessary in order to control it. Computational Causal Discovery (CD) is a field that offers the potential to discover causal relations under certain conditions from observational data alone or with a limited number of interventions/manipulations. An important, challenging biological problem that may take decades of experimental work is the induction of biological cellular pathways; pathways are informal causal models indispensable in biological research and drug design. Recent exciting advances in flow/mass cytometry biotechnology allow the generation of large-sample datasets containing measurements on single cells, thus setting the problem of pathway learning suitable for CD methods. CAUSALPATH builds upon and further advances recent breakthrough developments in CD methods to enable the induction of biological pathways from cytometry and other omics data. As a testbed problem we focus on the differentiation of human T-cells; these are involved in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, as well as cancer and thus, are targets of new drug development for a range of chronic diseases. The biological problem acts as our campus for general novel formalisms, practical algorithms, and useful tools development, pointing to fundamental CD problems: presence of feedback cycles, presence of latent confounding variables, CD from time-course data, Integrative Causal Analysis (INCA) of heterogeneous datasets and others. Three features complement CAUSALPATH's approach: (A) methods development will co-evolve with biological wet-lab experiments periodically testing the algorithmic postulates, (B) Open-source tools will be developed for the non-expert, and (C) Commercial exploitation of the results will be sought out. CAUSALPATH brings together an interdisciplinary team, committed to this vision. It builds upon the PI's group recent important results on INCA algorithms.
Project acronym D-TECT
Project Does dust triboelectrification affect our climate?
Researcher (PI) Vasileios AMOIRIDIS
Summary The recent IPCC report identifies mineral dust and the associated uncertainties in climate projections as key topics for future research. Dust size distribution in climate models controls the dust-radiation-cloud interactions and is a major contributor to these uncertainties. Observations show that the coarse mode of dust can be sustained during long-range transport, while current understanding fails in explaining why the lifetime of large airborne dust particles is longer than expected from gravitational settling theories. This discrepancy between observations and theory suggests that other processes counterbalance the effect of gravity along transport. D-TECT envisages filling this knowledge gap by studying the contribution of the triboelectrification (contact electrification) on particle removal processes. Our hypothesis is that triboelectric charging generates adequate electric fields to hold large dust particles up in the atmosphere. D-TECT aims to (i) parameterize the physical mechanisms responsible for dust triboelectrification; (ii) assess the impact of electrification on dust settling; (iii) quantify the climatic impacts of the process, particularly the effect on the dust size evolution during transport, on dry deposition and on CCN/IN reservoirs, and the effect of the electric field on particle orientation and on radiative transfer. The approach involves the development of a novel specialized high-power lidar system to detect and characterize aerosol particle orientation and a large-scale field experiment in the Mediterranean Basin using unprecedented ground-based remote sensing and airborne in-situ observation synergies. Considering aerosol-electricity interactions, the observations will be used to improve theoretical understanding and simulations of dust lifecycle. The project will provide new fundamental understanding, able to open new horizons for weather and climate science, including biogeochemistry, volcanic ash and extraterrestrial dust research.
The recent IPCC report identifies mineral dust and the associated uncertainties in climate projections as key topics for future research. Dust size distribution in climate models controls the dust-radiation-cloud interactions and is a major contributor to these uncertainties. Observations show that the coarse mode of dust can be sustained during long-range transport, while current understanding fails in explaining why the lifetime of large airborne dust particles is longer than expected from gravitational settling theories. This discrepancy between observations and theory suggests that other processes counterbalance the effect of gravity along transport. D-TECT envisages filling this knowledge gap by studying the contribution of the triboelectrification (contact electrification) on particle removal processes. Our hypothesis is that triboelectric charging generates adequate electric fields to hold large dust particles up in the atmosphere. D-TECT aims to (i) parameterize the physical mechanisms responsible for dust triboelectrification; (ii) assess the impact of electrification on dust settling; (iii) quantify the climatic impacts of the process, particularly the effect on the dust size evolution during transport, on dry deposition and on CCN/IN reservoirs, and the effect of the electric field on particle orientation and on radiative transfer. The approach involves the development of a novel specialized high-power lidar system to detect and characterize aerosol particle orientation and a large-scale field experiment in the Mediterranean Basin using unprecedented ground-based remote sensing and airborne in-situ observation synergies. Considering aerosol-electricity interactions, the observations will be used to improve theoretical understanding and simulations of dust lifecycle. The project will provide new fundamental understanding, able to open new horizons for weather and climate science, including biogeochemistry, volcanic ash and extraterrestrial dust research.
Project acronym DeFiNER
Project Nucleotide Excision Repair: Decoding its Functional Role in Mammals
Researcher (PI) Georgios Garinis
Summary Genome maintenance, chromatin remodelling and transcription are tightly linked biological processes that are currently poorly understood and vastly unexplored. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a major DNA repair pathway that mammalian cells employ to maintain their genome intact and faithfully transmit it into their progeny. Besides cancer and aging, however, defects in NER give rise to developmental disorders whose clinical heterogeneity and varying severity can only insufficiently be explained by the DNA repair defect. Recent work reveals that NER factors play a role, in addition to DNA repair, in transcription and the three-dimensional organization of our genome. Indeed, NER factors are now known to function in the regulation of gene expression, the transcriptional reprogramming of pluripotent stem cells and the fine-tuning of growth hormones during mammalian development. In this regard, the non-random organization of our genome, chromatin and the process of transcription itself are expected to play paramount roles in how NER factors coordinate, prioritize and execute their distinct tasks during development and disease progression. At present, however, no solid evidence exists as to how NER is functionally involved in such complex processes, what are the NER-associated protein complexes and underlying gene networks or how NER factors operate within the complex chromatin architecture. This is primarily due to our difficulties in dissecting the diverse functional contributions of NER proteins in an intact organism. Here, we propose to use a unique series of knock-in, transgenic and NER progeroid mice to decode the functional role of NER in mammals, thus paving the way for understanding how genome maintenance pathways are connected to developmental defects and disease mechanisms in vivo.
Genome maintenance, chromatin remodelling and transcription are tightly linked biological processes that are currently poorly understood and vastly unexplored. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a major DNA repair pathway that mammalian cells employ to maintain their genome intact and faithfully transmit it into their progeny. Besides cancer and aging, however, defects in NER give rise to developmental disorders whose clinical heterogeneity and varying severity can only insufficiently be explained by the DNA repair defect. Recent work reveals that NER factors play a role, in addition to DNA repair, in transcription and the three-dimensional organization of our genome. Indeed, NER factors are now known to function in the regulation of gene expression, the transcriptional reprogramming of pluripotent stem cells and the fine-tuning of growth hormones during mammalian development. In this regard, the non-random organization of our genome, chromatin and the process of transcription itself are expected to play paramount roles in how NER factors coordinate, prioritize and execute their distinct tasks during development and disease progression. At present, however, no solid evidence exists as to how NER is functionally involved in such complex processes, what are the NER-associated protein complexes and underlying gene networks or how NER factors operate within the complex chromatin architecture. This is primarily due to our difficulties in dissecting the diverse functional contributions of NER proteins in an intact organism. Here, we propose to use a unique series of knock-in, transgenic and NER progeroid mice to decode the functional role of NER in mammals, thus paving the way for understanding how genome maintenance pathways are connected to developmental defects and disease mechanisms in vivo.
Project acronym GHOST
Project Geographies and Histories of the Ottoman Supernatural TraditionExploring Magic, the Marvelous, and the Strange in Ottoman Mentalities
Researcher (PI) Marinos SARIGIANNIS
Summary The project aims to explore Ottoman notions and belief systems concerning the supernatural. Its major objectives will be to explore the meaning and content of the perceptions of the "supernatural", to localize such beliefs in the various Ottoman systems of thought, to analyze the changes that took place and to associate them with emerging or declining layers of culture and specific social groups. The project will address larger debates in recent historiography about the relevance of the "disenchantment" and "enlightenment" paradigms, integrating Ottoman intellectual history into the broader early modern cultural history. The research team, composed of the PI, three post-doctoral fellows, four collaborating researchers, five post-graduate students and a technical assistant, will explore these objectives and produce a web portal (containing crowd-sourced dictionaries and bibliographies, open access papers and other material), three international meetings, monographs and papers, and an annual open-access periodical journal. Specific research modules will study the rationalist trends in Ottoman science, various aspects of the Ottoman occult and magic, and the formation and development of the Ottoman cosmological culture. A monograph will be written by the PI and dwell in: the various conceptions of the supernatural/preternatural and their development, the presence of spirits/jinn in Ottoman world image, theory and practice of Ottoman magic, attitudes toward folklore traditions, saintly miracles, and "marvelous geographies". Monographs will also be produced by the post-doctoral fellows. The project proposes an innovative approach in many ways, in a subject very much in the frontiers of the field; by exploring the supernatural and the occult in the context of the Ottoman Weltanschauung, the project will address a wider problématique on the Ottoman culture and its place in early modernity, especially as it will focus to the role of different cultural and social layers.
The project aims to explore Ottoman notions and belief systems concerning the supernatural. Its major objectives will be to explore the meaning and content of the perceptions of the "supernatural", to localize such beliefs in the various Ottoman systems of thought, to analyze the changes that took place and to associate them with emerging or declining layers of culture and specific social groups. The project will address larger debates in recent historiography about the relevance of the "disenchantment" and "enlightenment" paradigms, integrating Ottoman intellectual history into the broader early modern cultural history. The research team, composed of the PI, three post-doctoral fellows, four collaborating researchers, five post-graduate students and a technical assistant, will explore these objectives and produce a web portal (containing crowd-sourced dictionaries and bibliographies, open access papers and other material), three international meetings, monographs and papers, and an annual open-access periodical journal. Specific research modules will study the rationalist trends in Ottoman science, various aspects of the Ottoman occult and magic, and the formation and development of the Ottoman cosmological culture. A monograph will be written by the PI and dwell in: the various conceptions of the supernatural/preternatural and their development, the presence of spirits/jinn in Ottoman world image, theory and practice of Ottoman magic, attitudes toward folklore traditions, saintly miracles, and "marvelous geographies". Monographs will also be produced by the post-doctoral fellows. The project proposes an innovative approach in many ways, in a subject very much in the frontiers of the field; by exploring the supernatural and the occult in the context of the Ottoman Weltanschauung, the project will address a wider problématique on the Ottoman culture and its place in early modernity, especially as it will focus to the role of different cultural and social layers.
Project acronym HETEROPOLITICS
Project Refiguring the Common and the Political
Researcher (PI) Alexandros KIOUPKIOLIS
Host Institution (HI) ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS
Summary Heteropolitics is a project in contemporary political theory which purports to contribute to the renewal of political thought on the 'common' (communities and the commons) and the political in tandem. The common implies a variable interaction between differences which communicate and collaborate in and through their differences, converging partially on practices and particular pursuits. The political pertains to processes through which plural communities manage themselves in ways which enable mutual challenges, deliberation, and creative agency. Since the dawn of the 21st century, a growing interest in rethinking and reconfiguring community has spread among theorists, citizens and social movements (see e.g. Esposito 2013; Dardot & Laval 2014; Amin & Roberts 2008). This has been triggered by a complex tangle of social, economic and political conditions. Climate change, economic crises, globalization, increasing migration flows and the malaise of liberal democracies loom large among them. These issues are essentially political. Rethinking and refiguring communities goes hand in hand thus with rethinking and reinventing politics. Hence 'hetero-politics', the quest for another politics, which can establish bonds of commonality across differences and can enable action in common without re-enacting the closures of 'organic' community or the violence of transformative politics in the past. Heteropolitics will seek to break new ground by combining an extended re-elaboration of contemporary political theory with a more empirically grounded research into alternative and incipient practices of community building and self-governance in: education; the social economy; art; new modes of civic engagement by young people; new platforms of citizens' participation in municipal politics; network communities, and other social fields (Relevant cases include Sardex, a community currency in Sardinia; Barcelona en Comú, a citizens' platform governing the city of Barcelona, etc.)
Heteropolitics is a project in contemporary political theory which purports to contribute to the renewal of political thought on the 'common' (communities and the commons) and the political in tandem. The common implies a variable interaction between differences which communicate and collaborate in and through their differences, converging partially on practices and particular pursuits. The political pertains to processes through which plural communities manage themselves in ways which enable mutual challenges, deliberation, and creative agency. Since the dawn of the 21st century, a growing interest in rethinking and reconfiguring community has spread among theorists, citizens and social movements (see e.g. Esposito 2013; Dardot & Laval 2014; Amin & Roberts 2008). This has been triggered by a complex tangle of social, economic and political conditions. Climate change, economic crises, globalization, increasing migration flows and the malaise of liberal democracies loom large among them. These issues are essentially political. Rethinking and refiguring communities goes hand in hand thus with rethinking and reinventing politics. Hence 'hetero-politics', the quest for another politics, which can establish bonds of commonality across differences and can enable action in common without re-enacting the closures of 'organic' community or the violence of transformative politics in the past. Heteropolitics will seek to break new ground by combining an extended re-elaboration of contemporary political theory with a more empirically grounded research into alternative and incipient practices of community building and self-governance in: education; the social economy; art; new modes of civic engagement by young people; new platforms of citizens' participation in municipal politics; network communities, and other social fields (Relevant cases include Sardex, a community currency in Sardinia; Barcelona en Comú, a citizens' platform governing the city of Barcelona, etc.)
Project acronym MIX2FIX
Project Hybrid, organic-inorganic chalcogenide optoelectronics
Researcher (PI) Thomas STERGIOPOULOS
Summary The new generation of optoelectronics seeks for emerging semiconductors which combine high performance with low cost. Lead halide organic-inorganic perovskites manifest as excellent optoelectronic materials for this purpose, but at the expense of robustness and environmental compatibility. This presents a major challenge which this research addresses directly. Viable alternatives have to be identified. To tackle this challenge, MIX2FIX proposes to develop a new class of solution-processable optoelectronic devices based on air-stable, non-toxic metal chalcogenides endowed with an organic part, which will facilitate solution-processing and potentially enrich the compounds with the spectacular properties of halide perovskites. To achieve this, the CoG project has set the following objectives: (i) designing and developing optoelectronically-active, organic-inorganic chalcogenide thin films that have never been explored before, by mimicking strategies from established perovskite technology, (ii) devising means to improve their optoelectronic quality so as to be comparable with the best single-crystal semiconductors and (iii) implementing optimized materials into boundary-pushing PV and LED devices. Addressing these objectives will enable the development of novel functional hybrids at the boundaries of perovskite and chalcogenide thin films. With this, optoelectronics with efficiency and stability, comparable or higher than those of lead halide perovskite or chalcopyrite devices, will be demonstrated. This project will therefore permit the transition for emerging optoelectronic materials from toxic lead halide perovskites to green hybrid chalcogenides. Consolidating this unproven but disruptive technology will secure sustainable future for other areas of interest beyond photovoltaics, displays and lighting such as in X-Rays detectors and phototransistors or even beyond optoelectronics, in systems such as batteries and supercapacitors.
The new generation of optoelectronics seeks for emerging semiconductors which combine high performance with low cost. Lead halide organic-inorganic perovskites manifest as excellent optoelectronic materials for this purpose, but at the expense of robustness and environmental compatibility. This presents a major challenge which this research addresses directly. Viable alternatives have to be identified. To tackle this challenge, MIX2FIX proposes to develop a new class of solution-processable optoelectronic devices based on air-stable, non-toxic metal chalcogenides endowed with an organic part, which will facilitate solution-processing and potentially enrich the compounds with the spectacular properties of halide perovskites. To achieve this, the CoG project has set the following objectives: (i) designing and developing optoelectronically-active, organic-inorganic chalcogenide thin films that have never been explored before, by mimicking strategies from established perovskite technology, (ii) devising means to improve their optoelectronic quality so as to be comparable with the best single-crystal semiconductors and (iii) implementing optimized materials into boundary-pushing PV and LED devices. Addressing these objectives will enable the development of novel functional hybrids at the boundaries of perovskite and chalcogenide thin films. With this, optoelectronics with efficiency and stability, comparable or higher than those of lead halide perovskite or chalcopyrite devices, will be demonstrated. This project will therefore permit the transition for emerging optoelectronic materials from toxic lead halide perovskites to green hybrid chalcogenides. Consolidating this unproven but disruptive technology will secure sustainable future for other areas of interest beyond photovoltaics, displays and lighting such as in X-Rays detectors and phototransistors or even beyond optoelectronics, in systems such as batteries and supercapacitors.
Project acronym PASIPHAE
Project Overcoming the Dominant Foreground of Inflationary B-modes: Tomography of Galactic Magnetic Dust via Measurements of Starlight Polarization
Researcher (PI) Konstantinos TASSIS
Summary An inflation-probing B-mode signal in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) would be a discovery of utmost importance in physics. While such a signal is aggressively pursued by experiments around the world, recent Planck results have showed that this breakthrough is still out of reach, because of contamination from Galactic dust. To get to the primordial B-modes, we need to subtract polarized emission of magnetized interstellar dust with high accuracy. A critical piece of this puzzle is the 3D structure of the magnetic field threading dust clouds, which cannot be accessed through microwave observations alone, since they record integrated emission along the line of sight. Instead, observations of a large number of stars at known distances in optical polarization, tracing the same CMB-obscuring dust, can map the magnetic field between them. The Gaia mission is measuring distances to a billion stars, providing an opportunity to produce, the first-ever tomographic map of the Galactic magnetic field, using optical polarization of starlight. Such a map would not only boost CMB polarization foreground removal, but it would also have a profound impact in a wide range of astrophysical research, including interstellar medium physics, high-energy astrophysics, and galactic evolution. Taking advantage of our privately-funded, novel-technology, high-accuracy WALOP optopolarimeters currently under construction, we propose an ambitious optopolarimetric program of unprecedented scale that can meet this challenge: a survey of both northern and southern Galactic polar regions targeted by CMB experiments, covering >10,000 square degrees, which will measure linear optical polarization at 0.2% accuracy of over 360 stars per square degree (over 3.5M stars, a 1000-fold increase over the state of the art), combining wide-field-optimized instruments and an extraordinary commitment of observing time by Skinakas Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory.
An inflation-probing B-mode signal in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) would be a discovery of utmost importance in physics. While such a signal is aggressively pursued by experiments around the world, recent Planck results have showed that this breakthrough is still out of reach, because of contamination from Galactic dust. To get to the primordial B-modes, we need to subtract polarized emission of magnetized interstellar dust with high accuracy. A critical piece of this puzzle is the 3D structure of the magnetic field threading dust clouds, which cannot be accessed through microwave observations alone, since they record integrated emission along the line of sight. Instead, observations of a large number of stars at known distances in optical polarization, tracing the same CMB-obscuring dust, can map the magnetic field between them. The Gaia mission is measuring distances to a billion stars, providing an opportunity to produce, the first-ever tomographic map of the Galactic magnetic field, using optical polarization of starlight. Such a map would not only boost CMB polarization foreground removal, but it would also have a profound impact in a wide range of astrophysical research, including interstellar medium physics, high-energy astrophysics, and galactic evolution. Taking advantage of our privately-funded, novel-technology, high-accuracy WALOP optopolarimeters currently under construction, we propose an ambitious optopolarimetric program of unprecedented scale that can meet this challenge: a survey of both northern and southern Galactic polar regions targeted by CMB experiments, covering >10,000 square degrees, which will measure linear optical polarization at 0.2% accuracy of over 360 stars per square degree (over 3.5M stars, a 1000-fold increase over the state of the art), combining wide-field-optimized instruments and an extraordinary commitment of observing time by Skinakas Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory.
Project acronym PLANTCULT
Project Identifying the food cultures of ancient Europe: an interdisciplinary investigation of plant ingredients, culinary transformation and evolution through time
Researcher (PI) Soultana Maria Valamoti
Summary The project seeks to explore culinary practice among early farming European communities, from the Aegean to Central Europe, spanning the Neolithic through to the Iron Age (7th-1st millennia BC). The project seeks to identify the 'food cultures' of prehistoric Europe, and to reconstruct how cultivated and wild plant foods were transformed into dishes exploring their underlying cultural and environmental contexts and their evolution through time. The project will explore how culinary identities were shaped through the selection of plant foods both in terms of ingredients as well as processing and cooking practices. Thus not only species and meals but also the equipment involved in plant food preparation will be considered for the study area, linking the end product to the relevant technologies of transformation. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the archaeological finds and experimental replication of various aspects of food preparation techniques informed by ethnographic investigations will form the main analytical tools. The interdisciplinary and contextual examination of the archaeological record will provide a fresh insight into prehistoric cuisine in Europe, the transformation of nature to culture through cooking. The project will revolutionise perceptions of prehistoric food preparation providing insights for the 'longue durée' of traditional plant foods constituting Europe's intangible cultural heritage.
The project seeks to explore culinary practice among early farming European communities, from the Aegean to Central Europe, spanning the Neolithic through to the Iron Age (7th-1st millennia BC). The project seeks to identify the 'food cultures' of prehistoric Europe, and to reconstruct how cultivated and wild plant foods were transformed into dishes exploring their underlying cultural and environmental contexts and their evolution through time. The project will explore how culinary identities were shaped through the selection of plant foods both in terms of ingredients as well as processing and cooking practices. Thus not only species and meals but also the equipment involved in plant food preparation will be considered for the study area, linking the end product to the relevant technologies of transformation. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the archaeological finds and experimental replication of various aspects of food preparation techniques informed by ethnographic investigations will form the main analytical tools. The interdisciplinary and contextual examination of the archaeological record will provide a fresh insight into prehistoric cuisine in Europe, the transformation of nature to culture through cooking. The project will revolutionise perceptions of prehistoric food preparation providing insights for the 'longue durée' of traditional plant foods constituting Europe's intangible cultural heritage.


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According to selective salvation, God randomly selected people to go to Heaven and Hell. That's not a bad deal if you are one of the people selected to go to Heaven, but it's devastating for the people selected to go to Hell for all eternity.
This latter part is what has caused so much trouble for Selective Salvationists. It has caused so much trouble that many Selective Salvationists now deny it's part of this doctrine. They willingly admit God has arbitrarily predestined certain people to Heaven, but they adamantly deny He has predestined others to Hell. They say the Bible teaches only predestination to Heaven, not predestination to Hell. They say we have no right to read anything more into this doctrine.
They willingly admit these other people are going to Hell. They admit these people have no say in the matter and have no chance of going to Heaven. Yet, they say we have no right saying God predestined them to Hell. They say it is one of those matters for God, and God alone to resolve, and we have no business implying something the Bible does not clearly state.
Selective Salvationists find it awkward to explain how a loving and fair God could condemn a person to never ending misery and punishment when he hasn't even done anything wrong. They find it awkward to explain how a person can be condemned before he was created. This part of the doctrine has become quite an embarrassment to these people.
Despite their protest, the facts are inescapable. If God has predestined some people to Heaven and is sending the rest to Hell with no say in the matter, we have no choice but to conclude He has predestined them to Hell. There is no other way to look at this.
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The tone of the film begins to darken as the advent of fossil fuel usage takes forefront. This is evident through the usage of the music and sound effects, which become slightly more daunting. The imagery eventually moves onto cities and machinery, showcasing how the world has advanced. I take this part of the film as a show of how we have begun to negatively affect the world. The different and increasing advances in technology across the world and negative effects from said advances paint a foreboding picture of what is still yet to come.
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The end of the film, however, returns to one of optimism. The narrator recounts how she has discovered how different countries have found ways to improve the situation and how many different peoples have come together to change the world for the better. This part of the film gives me a sense of hope.
I feel that the film reaches out to me to show that, while overall we have started to really corrupt the world, we can change the world for the better again, particularly if we start to come together. While the film does have an overall pessimistic tone, there still is a faint sense of hope and optimism. We will have to work hard in order to change the world for the better, and fixing the damage we have caused is more than likely impossible, if not incredibly unlikely. But I personally think there are ways we can find to atone for the damage done, and this feeling is accentuated by the final part of the film.


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Things We Love About Seton Hall
YES, Seton Hall is "a home for the mind, heart and the spirit." And it remains in the hearts and minds of nearly all alumni — in very specific ways.
To find out what alumni love most, the Office of Alumni Relations sent queries out to graduates via Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, hoping to come up with at least 100 favorite things.
Were we surprised by the result!
At last count, more than 200 members of the University community responded. Submissions included at least 20 favorite professors.
Here we present just a few of the places, people and things that came up repeatedly. The larger list — including those professors — can be found at blogs.shu.edu/alumni.
AVOIDING THE SEAL
"Hazard zet Go Around." Of course, that's not what it says on the University seal engraved in granite at the center of the University Green. Yet, "avoiding the seal" while traversing the Green is just a matter of course and a big memory for many alumni.
Alumni recall being told about the custom during their first tour of the campus. The student guide would "casually joke" that those who trespass "will not graduate," says Patrick McCabe '11, of Westfield, N.J.
Planning to study for a master's degree, "I still don't walk on it," says McCabe, now an admissions counselor in Bayley Hall.
The tradition dates to before 1986, when graduations were still held on campus and some were staged on the Green. The seal, in effect, marks the spot.
Not wishing to compromise their chances of seeing that day for themselves, students steer clear.
"I would never, and I die a little inside every time I see someone walk on it," says Gina Ianniello, a freshman from Staten Island, N.Y.
One prescription for "reversing the curse" for walking on the seal is to touch the foot of the Pirate statue keeping watch outside the Recreation Center.
"You've got to run there within 30 seconds," says Nicole Longobardo, a senior from Upland, Calif. "Trust me, it's possible."
Some also rub the Pirate's foot for luck.
The practice began shortly after the statue — a gift from alumni — was dedicated, recalls Kara Lennon '98, who was a member of the swim team.
"Typically, before a home meet, a lot of guys would rub the foot after leaving the rec from a practice," says Lennon, now the assistant swim coach. "All the other athletes did it too."
FATHER JOHN
At his post outside Duffy Hall, Father John Daniel Dennehy '79/M.Div. '84 is the closest thing to a live version of the bronze Pirate. Ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark in 1981, he has been University chaplain since 2003.
"The biggest thing about him is his presence," says senior John Barron of Harrington Park, N.J. "He's always there and he is very approachable."
Hard to ignore, even.
Most class days, he stands along the busy path during class changes at 9:45 and 11:15 a.m. and 12:45 and 2:15 p.m. His sensitive eyes often shielded by his Oakley sunglasses, he tosses "Good mornings" or "Good afternoons" to everyone making the trek and, if someone wants to stop and chat, he makes time then and there.
Come exam time, he offers candy from a big basket, sometimes with a mild reproof to students and faculty: "Just one!"
"Any day he would be standing outside offering a friendly smile and nice hello were days that just made you feel better," says Gabriel Rodriguez '09, of Bel Air, Md. "Father John is without a doubt my favorite memory. Makes me wish I could walk to one more final exam and get a lollipop!"
THE CHAPEL/FINDING LOVE
So often the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception is cited as the heart of Seton Hall. Let us count the ways: a sanctuary for quiet reflection and communal worship — and a place where a lot of students and graduates come to get married.
Janine Colasanto '97 and Marc Colasanto '96, met at a fraternity party and returned to the campus in 2001 to pronounce their vows — as many do — before Father Paul Holmes '77, S.T.D., distinguished University professor of servant leadership and chaplain to Phi Kappa Theta, Marc's fraternity.
"We always knew we were going to get married in the chapel," Janine says. "There's no church we could have picked that would have been more meaningful." The couple now lives in Brick, N.J., with their two daughters.
The chapel has been the setting for almost 150 weddings during the last five years. Alumni also bring back their kids to be baptized — 202 since 2007.
Among them were Emily and Stephanie, the daughters of Jennine and Joseph Arena (both '93), of Doylestown, Pa.
The sacramental tradition began in her sophomore year, when Jennine celebrated her Confirmation and First Holy Communion in the chapel. That was just three weeks after she met Joe. The couple married in the chapel in 1997. "I always thought of it as my church," she says.
Fred Szibdat '84, of West Orange, started attending Sunday Mass there about seven years ago. After meeting his future wife, Gerry, she joined him in his regular pew. When it came time for their wedding on April 30, 2011, no other place had the spiritual significance — or charm.
"It's hard not to fall in love with the chapel. There is such a specialness to it," Fred says.
Alumni also recalled the excitement of 1989, the year the Pirates came tantalizingly close to clinching an NCAA championship during P.J. Carlesimo's tenure as asketball coach.
"I remember going on spring break to South Padre Island as Seton Hall was proceeding through the early stages of the 1989 tournament," says Mike Leanza '89/M.B.A. '91, of Maplewood. "When we were on our way to the vacation, nobody knew who Seton Hall was. But on the way home, after a couple of wins, everyone knew."
On April 3, the night of the big game against Michigan, "the campus was alive with students outside on the Green and TV trucks and cameras and trucks were all around," says Cherie Leanza '90/M.H.A. '99. "We felt like celebrities. At game time, we packed into the Pirates Cove. We were shoulder-to-shoulder in one room, hundreds of kids, sweating, screaming and holding hands just praying in those final minutes of the game."
"I won't mention anything about the officials that night," Mike says. "It was the worst call in sports history."
"It didn't roll our way and I'll never forget the letdown," Cherie added. "But the excitement of watching our Pirates on the national stage was a moment in time that truly put Seton Hall on the map."
MISS VIRGINIA
A Galleon Room stalwart since 1990, Virginia McKenna's menu of friends is far more extensive than the variety of tasty sandwiches and other treats she serves with a smile and warm greeting day after day.
A coal miner's daughter from West Virginia, McKenna now lives in Newark and rarely misses her 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. shift. Her first job was at the dessert counter, but within two years she got the hot spot at the grill. Referring to the cakes and pies she once doled out, "the boss said I was eating more than I was selling — and you can quote me on that," she laughed.
"She's like a ray of sunshine," says freshman Alex Lembo from Staten Island, N.Y. "You'll be tired, but you get there and she says, 'How are you, baby?' and it makes your morning."
Games of catch or throwing Frisbees. Snoozing or reading beneath a warm sun while sprawled on a blanket, or sitting on a bench. It doesn't take much fair weather before a crowd begins to converge on the Green.
Even before Groundhog Day, two members of the lacrosse team were hurling a ball back and forth. "The Green kind of gives that sense of community — especially when the weather is nice," says freshman Henri Estanbouli of Hackensack, N.J. "You have this great lawn. Everybody's out and everything's budding. It's just gorgeous."
"You don't even have to do real work," added sophomore Chris Kosmyna of Old Bridge, N.J. "You can just lie on the Green and relax. It's a great place to spend Saturdays, just hanging out."
"It was always a place to go to have fun, relax and be with friends," recalled Danielle Picklo '08 of Lanoka Harbor, N.J.
"It was nice to walk across and say 'hi' to people."
The Christmastime lighting of the tall evergreen near Presidents Hall is another fond memory.
"Seeing the giant tree lit up on the Green was always something I looked forward to," says Allyson Pryor '09, of Neptune, N.J. "It definitely got me — and I'm sure lots of others — in the Christmas spirit. Even better when it snowed."
Sororities? No way, Ashlie Verano thought as she readied herself for her first semester at Seton Hall. But she was living far from home and family in Los Angeles, and the transition to college was tough. Not too long into her first semester, she was filling out paperwork to transfer, until suite mate Emily McVey suggested she accompany her to a Delta Phi Epsilon event. The transfer papers were never completed.
Joining the sorority "completely changed my outlook at Seton Hall," sophomore Verano says.
Yes, the social opportunities are many, but fraternities and sororities also spearhead a host of philanthropic causes and build a network of contacts that endure long after graduation, says sophomore McVey, of North Arlington, N.J.
"Sisterhood means different things to different people but it's something you cherish," says junior Alexandra Kolodziejski, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the president of Delta Phi. "You have a connection with all your friends, but this is like a family away from home and the bonds you make with the girls are not just for four years, not for 10. They really are for a lifetime."
The ties begin forming during the new-member-education period. "You all have that same bond doing the same thing and it forms a basis for brotherhood and friendship," said sophomore Giovanni Interra, of Pleasantville, N.J. Joining Phi Kappa Theta this year, Interra said, has made him feel even more at home at Seton Hall, especially when alumni return to network with brothers.
THEATRE-IN-THE-ROUND
Theatre-in-the-Round directors like Gilbert L. Rathbun, founding professor of the communications department, James P. "Doc" McGlone '54 and longtime set designer Owen McAvoy all stirred memories in alumni.
So do the very walls. An informal practice had cast and crew members etching their names on the cinder- blocks of the wall behind the "12 o'clock chute" and in the men's dressing room.
"It's not a ritual," McGlone says, yet "there are a lot of names from different productions that go back awhile."
But the plays were always the thing.
"Working as house manager and assisting in many productions, many of the friendships built in the 1960s still last today," says Harry Shapiro '70, of Glendale, Arizona.
"There were so many great shows I participated in — Antigone, Stop the World — I was usually in musicals or under the stage, or in the light board room," says Joann Melgar '71, of Abingdon, Va. The education major says she "grew up in dance school and the Theatre-in-the-Round was just the thing to get away from the education folks."
THE WIND TUNNEL
Before or after passing Father John comes the "wind tunnel," the overpass created in 1986 when Xavier Hall was built above the sidewalk that connects to the east and west sides of campus.
Abandon light and warmth all ye who enter here — and hold on to your hats and umbrellas!
"It's like 60 degrees out and, you get in there, it's 30 degrees with a wind speed of 20,000 mph," says freshman Maggie McNair of Bricktown, N.J. "It's kind of a pain, but it's funny at the same time."
Alumni remember another frozen zone between Marshall and Mooney halls, where a draft was intensified by a passage, since demolished, that linked the second floors of the buildings.
SHARE YOUR FAVORITE THINGS!
What do you love most about Seton Hall? Go to blogs.shu.edu/alumni and let us know.
Catering to student metabolisms that cry for sustenance while other mortals slumber, El Greco remains open so food can be had well into the wee hours. Best of all, it delivers.
"El Greco's pizza is the best there is and it's open late," says freshman Marina McDermott, of White Bear Lake, Minn., who orders from there at least once, if not twice, a week.
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Bonjour! Welcome to Antibes, a 16th century town located between Nice and Cannes along the Côte d'Azur. Another charming coastal town with the history dating back to a Greek colony where the Greeks named it "Antipolis" in the 5th century BC and later a Roman settlement. With the captivating old town, beaches, Fort Carré and ports, Antibes is a relaxing town luring both French and foreigners for a getaway. During July Antibes host a well-known Jazz festival called "Jazz à Juan" and it has a few well-known museums including Picasso Museum, Naval Museum of Napoleon and Absinthe Museum.
I was fortunate to explore Antibes for half of the day but I can't wait to come back and explore the rest of this delightful town. Enjoy the visual diary of Antibes!


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Jamal James hopes to use KO victory to springboard into title fight
Aug 27, 2018 By Lem Satterfield
One-loss welterweight contender says he wants unbeaten champion Keith Thurman or 147-pound titleholder Manny Pacquiao next.
James vs Montes - Watch Video Highlights | August 24, 2018
Jamal James ended a 25-punch salvo and his second straight hometown victory by second-round knockout in the main event of PBC on FS1 on Friday night. He crumpled Mahonry Montes with a crippling left hook to the stomach and a head-swiveling, follow-up right uppercut before a packed house at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
It was the second stoppage amid four straight wins for the 30-year-old James (24-1, 11 KOs), who is ranked No. 3 in the 147-pound division by the WBA and strengthened his chances of facing unbeaten champion Keith Thurman or titleholder Manny Pacquiao.
"Keith Thurman or Manny Pacquiao make the most sense," said James. "Thurman and Pacquiao both have the WBA titles, and I'm ranked No. 3, so that sounds alright to me. Hopefully, one of those fights, Thurman or Pacquiao, is something we can make happen before the end of the year because we're hungry for it."
The 6-foot-2 James has a height advantage on the 5-foot-7 ½ Thurman, who has been inactive due to injuries following his split decision unification victory over former two-division king Danny Garcia in March 2017.
There's also the 5-foot-5 ½ Pacquiao, a 39-year-old eight-division title winner who regained a crown with last month's seventh-round stoppage of former titleholder Lucas Matthysse. Garcia and Porter are fighting for a vacant WBC crown on September 8, and unbeaten southpaw Errol Spence is eying a defense of his IBF crown opposite four-division title-winner Mikey Garcia.
"If I use my height and range correctly, that could be a problem for Pacquiao. Shawn Porter applies a lot of pressure, but Danny has great timing to catch you running into something," said James. "But whoever wins, I'd get in there with any one of those guys. I have great management and we're not running from anybody. I'm open to whomever they say I'm fighting, next."
"Jamal has great power, a great selection of punches, and when he had [Montes] hurt, he exploded and didn't let him off the hook. He showed he can be destructive tonight, showing he's grown in the sport since losing to Ugas," said veteran trainer Virgil Hunter, who served as a ringside analyst.
"Jamal's display of power and aggression can't be overlooked. James has to be considered for a top fight with one of the champions. Jamal can't be ignored right now, and has to be in the mix when it comes to talking about who is fighting for the belts and who has the belts."
On Friday, James returned to the site of his previous fight in April, a tough majority decision over rugged Mexican-American Abel Ramos that preceded Chaves and a unanimous decision over former title challenger Jo Jo Dan in July 2017 to rebound from Ugas.
"James definitely delivered a big statement tonight that he belongs in the same category as Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter," said 160-pound champion Jermall Charlo, who also worked ringside. "James has power, speed and I have to see him in there top guys in the welterweight division. He's at the top of his game right now."
For a complete look at James vs Montes, check out our fight page.
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By CJ Normalized
One day, when I was about 14 years old I was parading around the mall with some of my friends. I remember seeing an interracial couple and commenting how I could never date the opposite race. At that time, I hadn't ever had a real girlfriend so what did I even know? But what was it about seeing an interracial couple – which was a very common thing growing up in the D.C. area – that made me feel this way?
It's obvious that at 14 the concept of race was on my mind. A lot of cultural events occurring at this time focused on race; the LA riots had just happened; Hip Hop dominated pop culture and television and movies were beginning to really engage the black experience not just exploit it.
I think a lot of these outside cultural forces were shaping my views on relationships. Oddly enough my attraction to all women, no matter their race, was very real. So, in an effort "keep it real," (balance what society was saying I should do vs my hormones) I figured I could have sex with all races but only have serious relationships with women of color. This approach lasted through high school and college.
But after college I decided to stay in Baltimore. I had become a professional in a city where there was not an abundant amount of young black professionals. Living and hanging out in the younger areas of Baltimore meant I was predominantly around younger white people. So, one night while sitting at a bar, a young woman tried to reach over me to get the bar tenders attention. The bar tender was my friend so I called his name to help her out. She looked down at me and asked why was I sitting alone. That single question led to the reshaping of my beliefs on interracial dating. But just because my views had changed doesn't mean the realities of race did.
Episode 16: REMEMBER VANESSA
Episode 17: THE BRAVE
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Honda to stop making slow-selling Insight
The Honda Insight was the first hybrid vehicle on sale in the U.S.Honda via Wieck
May 18, 2006, 10:34 PM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
Honda Motor Co. will stop making the slow-selling Honda Insight hybrid in September and will introduce a new, more affordable hybrid to the North American market in 2009, a company spokesman said Thursday.
The Honda Insight was the first hybrid vehicle on sale in the United States in 1999, but it never achieved the popularity of the Toyota Prius, which went on sale a year later. Toyota sold 107,897 Priuses in 2005, while Honda sold 666 Insights. Still, Insight sales were up 15 percent in 2005 compared with the year before, and sales shot up another 83 percent in the first four months of this year as gas prices rose.
Honda spokesman David Iida said Honda plans to introduce a hybrid family car that is one class below the compact Honda Civic hybrid and more affordable than the Civic. The Honda Civic now starts at $14,760, while the Insight starts at $19,330.
Iida said the company is targeting U.S. and Canadian sales of 100,000 vehicles annually with the new hybrid. Honda said in 1999 it expected to sell around 5,000 Insights a year, but sales totaled just 13,374 from 1999 through March of this year.
The Insight may not be the only hybrid on Honda's chopping block. Honda Executive Vice President Dick Colliver said last month that the automaker may cut production of the Honda Accord hybrid because sales have been slow.


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Mariah & Whitney's Grammy Future: In or Out?
Published August 19, 2009 • Updated on August 19, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Whitney Houston's long-awaited new album could compete at the 2010 Grammy Awards – but another diva won't be eligible.
Whitney is releasing her new album, "I Look To You," on Aug. 31, the date of this year's Grammy eligibility cut-off.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Whitney Houston: From '80s Pop Princess To Superstar Singing Sensation
The eligibility date was pushed back from its original cut off of Sept. 28 thanks to the Grammy Awards ceremony's move to January 31. "Music's biggest night," as the ceremony bills itself, usually take place in February, but moved back this year due to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, which run from February 12 until March 12.
The Grammy move means that Mariah Carey's latest, "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel," out Sept. 29, won't be eligible for the January awards show. The album was pushed back from an initial Aug. 25 release date that would've made it a possible contender.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Mariah Carey: From 'Dreamlover' To 'Heartbreaker'
The Grammy eligibility period for the next ceremony, slated for Jan. 31 on CBS, began in October 2008, making popular 2008 albums such as Taylor Swift's "Fearless" and Beyonce's "I Am… Sasha Fierce" likely nominees.
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What effect is created by the poet's use of rhythms and stanza form? By her diction and syntax?
Is the poem colloquial in its diction and meter?
How is the poem altered by the use of an implied inner auditor? Can this inner auditor be identified with the audience?
What use is made of the metaphor of the seasons? Why do you think autumn is omitted from the sequence?
To what extent does the speaker find winter attractive? Difficult to endure? Does her mood fluctuate and shift?
How do you interpret the poem's ending? Will the speaker ever reveal her secret?
What attitudes towards secrecy, privacy and identity does the speaker reveal?
Can the reader have any notion of the nature of the secret? Do you think it is literary? Romantic? Non-existent? Indeterminate?
Would you describe this poem as coy? sad? What does the poet mean by "just my fun"?
Does the speaker of this poem seem to believe that full communication is possible?
How does the sonnet form affect the poem's message? What is distinctive about its sounds and organization?
How are the octave and sestet distinguished?
What can be inferred about the speaker's relationship to the implied auditor? Was he a lover?
What had been their relationship? Are there reasons why the speaker's descriptions of the past are relatively unspecific?
Does the speaker assume that "the darkness and corruption" will "leave / A vestige of the thoughts that once I had"? If so, why would this make it better that he should "forget and smile" rather than remember? Will she be watching him, as it were, and if so, would his smiling forgetfulness or his sadness most cheer her?
How is the poem affected by these final images? Does the poet wish remembrance?
Does it alter your response to this poem to realize that it was written when the poet was 19?
Why do you think the ballad form was chosen for this poem? What is its setting?
Why do you think the speaker seeks the ghost of her mother (as opposed to, say, a past lover or other family member)?
What is her emotional situation? Why do you think her friends have failed her?
How are the denizens of the other world described? What features do they seem to have? Why can't they speak to her?
What level of communication is in fact possible?
What is her specific request to her mother's ghost? Why is revealed by the fact that the ghost tosses her hair and wrings her hand?
What effect does this communion with another world have upon the speaker? How has her emotional situation altered?
Who/what is "my soul's dear soul"? Is it a separate person, such as a loved one? A part of the self? What evidence is there for this view?
What are some advantages of the poem's five-line stanza form?
What are characteristics of "the soul"? How is it domiciled? How does it occupy itself? How would you describe the soul's mental state?
How does the poem develop incrementally the concept of the "soul"?
To what degree is the speaker able to understand her soul, and what does this indicate? Why does she address the soul as "O self-forgetful"?
What does the speaker surmise that the soul may desire? Is it significant that she cannot be certain?
What are the connotations of the fact that the soul is "Less than happy, over wise"? That she has been deaf to the speaker's pleading? What has happened to the speaker in the meantime?
Why does the speaker intend to bury her soul? What is the effect of the formal ritual which ends the poem? Why the use of willow and carved alabaster?
What will be the speaker's relationship to the buried soul? Will she and her soul be forever separated? United in memory?
What purpose is served by the poem's opening lines? Why does the speaker state that no one would believe her tale, then tells it anyway: "Yet if you will, why, hear it to the end"?
What is the poem's setting? Is this significant?
What do you make of the monstrous crocodile? What imagery is used to describe him? Is the effect of his gorging attractive?
At an allegorical level, are his predations sexual? Political? It has been claimed that the poem may refer to events in the Crimea at the time of its composition (1855)? Do you find this plausible?
What meanings are attached to the white winged vessel? Why does the crocodile then "shed appropriate tears" and wring his hands?
Does the speaker assume that her audience will want to know the meaning of her dream?
What is the effect of her final claim that she herself doesn't know? Does this seem coy? Honest?
Why does the speaker begin her account with the statement that she has experience a "rose of keenest thorn"?
What seem to be the themes of this poem? Do these parallel those of the other poems by Christina Rossetti which we have read?
What do you make of the poem's rhythms and tone? Do they reinforce its meaning?
What are the speaker's earliest memories? How is the youthful mother presented? What effect does the absence of an acknowledged parent have upon the speaker's life?
What special difficulties would this situation have presented in Victorian England?
What do we learn about the speaker? About the town in which she lives? About the lady of the manor house?
What does she know about her own situation, and how is this revealed to her? What are some troubling aspects of her life with the woman she supposes to be her mother? Why does she feel shame?
Why doesn't the speaker wish to marry one of the suitors who may be attracted by her dowry and handsomeness?
Whom does she blame for her sense of depression and ostracism? Does the poem bear out these judgments?
In what way is this a companion poem to "Goblin Market"?
What effect is created by the use of the sonnet form for this topic?
What contrast structures this poem? What descriptions are used for the artist's model as she appears in his drawings and paintings?
What words describe the artist's model in real life? Why is this contrast significant?
What level of meaning is added by the poem's final line?
It has been suggested that this poem is a critique of her brother's relationship with his fiance/model, Elizabeth Siddal, whom he drew and painted in dozens of pictures, and who suffered from ill health during their long engagement. Others have thought that it points to the the subterfuges implicit in the idealization of women in Pre-Raphaelite art. What attitudes toward art and gender roles do you believe are latent in the poem?
How would you describe the poem's final tone? Mocking? Regretful? Alienated?
What irony is presented by the title? What situation is described in the poem?
Is this motif a familiar one from literature, and if so, how does Christina Rossetti vary the theme?
What effect is created by the poem's use of rhymes and stanza form? How does the poem's diction emphasize the fickle nature of her former friends' behavior?
What grieves her in their reactions?
What final message is conveyed by the poem? Are humans to be blamed for the fact that identity and memory are so fleeting?
What advantage is gained by the use of the sonnet form in this poem? How are the octave and sestet distinguished thematically?
What effect is created by casting the poem as a dream?
What is the meaning of the image of the mating pigeons attacked by the hawk? Are there disturbing or unusual aspects of this image?
What is the speaker's final situation?
What meaning is conveyed by the final image, conveying the "sound of far-off piteous bleat of lambs and sheep"?
Is this an appropriate image for the themes of this poem? Why do you think the image is one of sound? What would have been some common associations with "lambs and sheep"?
How would you interpret this poem? What do you think is Rossetti's attitude toward the chances of fulfilled sexuality and mutual trust?
What are features of the poem's form, stanza variation, repetitions, and sequencing?
Does the last line seem to suport the meaning of "advent"? Why do you think the poem ends, "Earth grown old"?
How do you interpret this poem? What do you think is its final message? Is it subtly conveyed, and if so, how may this affect the message itself?
Would you describe this as an effective poem? If so, why?
What are qualities of the poem's stanza form and language?
What is added the poem by its repetitions? How do its rhythms and sounds support its meaning?
What may Christina Rossetti have meant by "sleeping"? Are the poem's statements consistent with/expressions of the poet's devout Christianity? Does the poem suggest that the sleeper will experience heaven?
What do we know about the subject? What account is given of her life? Why do you think the poet fails to mention her name or their relationship?
What function is served by the poem's images? Is the sequence of its stanzas cumulative?
To what does the title refer? Is the biblical statement descriptive, or a claim that iniquities should be visited upon descendants?
What effect does the biblical title have upon the way in which the reader interprets the poem?
Do the poem's meter and diction seem appropriate for its subject?
What have been sad elements of the speaker's life? What events have made her feel especially isolated and betrayed?
How has her mother behaved towards her, and what effect has this had?
Does the speaker find excuses for her mother's behavior? What have been the lady's own problems? How have social attitudes influenced her behavior?
What remarks does she make regarding her father? How has he wronged her and her mother?
Ultimately, does the speaker seem to feel most resentment against her mother, her father, or society?
Why does she not wish to marry or produce children? How do you interpret her decision?
Is the ending effective in reinforcing Rossetti's theme?
What relationship do you see between these shorter poems and "Goblin Market"? Is the poet's tone similar? Her preoccupations? Her use of language?


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