Recent results obtained with different effective theories based on quark-meson models at finite temperature and densities are presented. By means of a Functional Renormalization Group approach quantum and thermal fluctuations are taken into account. Their influence on the critical region of the (tri)critical end point in the phase diagram is discussed and compared with a mean-field analysis. An extension of the chiral quark-meson model with the Polyakov loop is presented and its impact on the thermodynamics is investigated.


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When Team India froze in big finals
By Harish Kotian
Last updated on: June 21, 2017 08:49 IST
Harish Kotian on Team India's losses in major ICC tournament finals.
IMAGE: The dejected Indian players after the Champions Trophy final, June 18, 2017. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters
India's tame capitulation in the ICC Champions Trophy final against Pakistan on Sunday was not the first time the Indians have fallen short in the title clash in a major tournament.
While winning four major finals -- the 50-overs World Cups in 1983 and 2011, the World T20 title in 2007 and the ICC Champions Trophy triumph in 2013, India have finished on the losing side in the finals on four occasions.
India were also declared joint ICC Champions Trophy winners with Sri Lanka in 2002 after the final in Colombo was washed out.
India suffered heartbreak in the final for the first time, in the ICC Knockout Trophy against New Zealand in 2000.
And that was followed by a spanking at Australia's hands in the 2003 World Cup final before they were outclassed by Sri Lanka in the World T20 final in 2014.
Team India's losses in major ICC tournament finals:
India v New Zealand, 2000 ICC KnockOut Final
IMAGE: Chris Cairns in action against India during the ICC KnockOut final in 2000. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters
India were the hot favourites going into the final, having beaten World champions Australia and South Africa in the quarter-final and semi-final respectively.
They were up against New Zealand, who were making their first appearance in the final of a major ICC tournament.
Put into bat in the title clash of the first-ever ICC Champions Trophy in 2000, which was then known as the ICC Knockout tournament, India finished on 264/6 in their 50 overs.
At one stage, India looked set for a total well in excess of 300 after Sourav Ganguly (117) and Sachin Tendulkar (69) put on 141 runs for the opening wicket in 26.3 overs.
But a cluster of wickets at the end saw India finish with a below-par total at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi.
New Zealand struggled to get going with Venkatesh Prasad claiming a couple of early wickets.
But Chris Cairns played the innings of his life, smashing a brilliant 102 not out, including the winning six, to steer New Zealand to a thrilling 4 wicket victory with two balls to spare.
India vs Australia, 2003 World Cup Final
IMAGE: Ricky Ponting was brilliant in the 2003 World Cup final. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Australia defeated India by nine wickets in the group stages, but the Indians staged a remarkable turnaround to win their next eight games and storm into the final.
All that confidence was shattered as the invincible Australians produced another world class performance to rout India and become the first team to win the World Cup three times.
India's Captain Sourav Ganguly made the cardinal mistake of putting a strong Australian team in to bat on a good batting wicket in Johannesburg.
Zaheer Khan went for 15 runs in the first over and it set the tone for Australia's mammoth total.
Adam Gilchrist smashed a quickfire 57 from 48 balls, adding 105 runs for the opening wicket with Matthew Hayden in just 14 overs.
Captain Ricky Ponting followed it up with a splendid 140 from 121 balls to propel Australia to a massive 359/2 and ensure the contest was nearly as good as over even before India came out to bat.
Any slim hope India may have harboured ended when Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed in the very first over for 4.
Virender Sehwag hit an entertaining 82 from 81 balls, hitting 10 fours and three sixes, but India never mounted any challenge and crashed for 234 all out in 39.2 overs to lose by 125 runs.
India v Sri Lanka, 2014 World T20 Final
IMAGE: Yuvraj Singh after the ICC World Twenty20 2014 final against Sri Lanka. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
No one would have given Sri Lanka a chance in the final considering India's red hot form going into the title clash with seven wins on the trot in T20s.
India came through unscathed from a tough group comprising Pakistan, the West Indies, Australia and Bangladesh, registering easy wins against all of them before they trounced South Africa by six wickets in the semis.
India was up against Sri Lanka who had lost their last four ICC tournament finals.
But it was India who cracked in the final. Despite Virat Kohli's sizzling 77 from 58 balls, India could only muster 130/4 in their 20 overs in Mirpur, Bangladesh.
Yuvraj Singh struggled in the death overs, scoring just 11 from 21 balls without a single boundary, which was responsible for India finishing with the lowest total in a World T20 final.
Kumar Sangakkara, playing for the last time in a T20 International for Sri Lanka, starred with the bat with an unbeaten 52 from 35 balls.
Sri Lanka cruised to a 6 wicket victory in 17.5 overs to accord a perfect T20 farewell to their two legends -- Sanga and Mahela Jayawardene.
India vs Pakistan, 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final
IMAGE: Mohammed Amir celebrates after dismissing India Captain Virat Kohli. Photograph: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images
Another big final when India sensationally choked and suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Pakistan in a script somewhat similar to the 2003 World Cup final.
Defending champions India went into the final high on confidence after their impressive run in the group stages, including a crushing 124 run victory against Pakistan in their opening game.
Virat Kohli opted to bowl rather than bat in good conditions at the Oval.
Pakistan made the most of the opportunity with opener Fakhar Zaman smashing 114 from 106 balls to power his team to a huge 338/4.
Mohammed Amir destroyed India's hopes in his first spell with the big wickets of the in-form trio of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan.
Hardik Pandya shone among the ruins with a cracking 76 from 46 balls before India were bundled out for a paltry 158 in 30.3 overs to lose by 180 runs, its worst defeat against Pakistan.
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Strategic Research Themes 2019 – 2024
Taking into consideration its core role as the premier institution of higher education in the South Pacific region producing and disseminating new knowledge via research and innovation, the needs of its member countries, and its current and potential capacity, The University of the South Pacific has identified four strategic research themes that are derived from the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (2015 – 2030) and underpinned by Innovation, Empowerment & Sustainability:
Theme 1: Sustainable, Inclusive and Equitable Economies
This theme focuses on SDGs 1, 8, 9, and 11. Research under this theme will strengthen the University's contribution to an understanding of pathways to development that are based upon the eradication of poverty through sustainable and inclusive economic growth and the creation of full and productive employment and decent work for all, together with the building of the social protection systems that can assist in managing the risks faced by Pacific Island countries.
Climate Change, Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Pacific Islands Frontier Conversations about Trauma, Culture, Resistance, Resilience and Restoration
Project Title: Climate Change, Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Pacific Islands Frontier Conversations about Trauma, Culture, Resistance, Resilience and Restoration
Principal Investigator: Dr Litea Meo-Sewabu
Team Members:
SPACE, USP– Tima Tuvuki, Dr. Rosiana Lagi,
SoLaSS, USP – Dr. Litea Meo-Sewabu, Dr. Tuinawi Rakuita
Funding: FJD $50,000.00
This project interrogates the multiple concepts of trauma, resilience and resilience literacies (Koya Vaka'uta, 2013)2 as central to the broader sustainability discourse. It is premised on the potential for dealing with the mental health stresses and pre-trauma experienced by those living in climate change frontier communities i.e. with the reality of relocation or the threat of climate change migration. These communities living on the edge are often used as poster-islands for Climate Change e.g. Tuvalu and Kiribati. The premise on which this study is designed is the recognition that climate-migration and the possibility of climate refugee identities present multiple socio-cultural, economic stresses and familial trauma. A comparative study of the lived experience of climate grief will be conducted in two communities for this pilot study – in Tuvalu and outlier coastal communities in Fiji. The field-study component seeks to determine whether these communities may in fact already be experiencing what might be referred to as pre-traumatic stress as a direct result of the awareness that relocation is an impending reality.
To document through (a) Pacific indigenous storying methods, life story accounts of climate change stresses experienced by select frontier communities; (b) photography – images of heritage places/spaces and heritage objects/arts of significance
To develop a research instrument (questionnaire) which will serve as a measure of the socio-cultural impacts of climate change in these frontier communities
To determine the degree of stress experienced across generational groups
To find out if there are any community resistance and restoration projects which focus on heritage, wellbeing and mental health
Sustainable and Resilient Communities – Technology and Tradition Development of a Geospatial Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for sustainability strategies and enhanced community resilience in Fiji
Project Title: Establishing a Pacific-wide reef fish tissue bank for elucidating regional population connectivity and ecotoxicology
Principal Investigator: Dr Nicholas Rollings
PACE-SD USP- Dr Tammy Tabe
SoLaSS, USP – Dr Jacqueline Ryle
FBE USP – Ms Chethna Ben
The Research Project titled 'Employing GIS & UAV tools to contribute to sustainability strategies for community resilience in Fiji' in essence, will be a pilot study conducted to display the strategies adapted for making communities in Fiji The strategy implemented will focus on communities becoming sustainable and resilient to the vulnerabilities of climate change and problems associated with rapid urbanization. In an attempt to make communities such as informal settlements sustainable, this project will focus on a study that will focus on designing a scheme with a combination of scientific method, sociology, economic and technical strategy. The existing formalization framework has proven to be expensive and takes a considerable amount of time as it requires preparation of schemes, environmental impact reports and engineering works. The aim of designing a strategy with GIS & UAV tools in the existing formalization process is to create a catalogue detailing assessment procedures and guideline for informal settlements.
The Contribution of Sport to the Sustainable Development Goals in the Pacific.
Project Title: The Contribution of Sport to the Sustainable Development Goals in the Pacific.
Principal Investigator: Dr Nacanieli Rika
SAFE, USP – Ms Masilina Rotuivaqali,
SBM, USP – Dr Rup Singh, USP Research Office- Dr Mele Paea
CMNHS, FNU – Dr Donald Wilson, Associate Dean of Research,
Sport Matters (Australia)- Ms Jackie Lauff
USP Postgraduate Research Students
National, Regional and International Affiliates Sport for Development and Peace,
Commonwealth Secretariat (United Kingdom) – Mr Oliver Dudfield,
The Pacific Community (SPC) (New Caledonia) – Ms Alison Culpin,
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (Fiji) – Ms Charmina Saili, Ms Portia Domonatani Dugu
Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) – Dr Emma Sherry,
University of the Western Cape (South Africa) – Dr Marion Keim,
Royal Holloway, University of London (United Kingdom) – Professor Helen Tregidga
Funding: $50,000.00
This project extends knowledge in the area by including four regional countries and examining specific aspects of sustainable development through the SDGs, which have immense current significance at national, regional and global level. Pacific Island Countries need to mobilise all possible development assets and tools at their disposal to achieve the SDGs. Sport, physical activity and physical education sit firmly among these assets. There is a need for governments to align collective measurement and evaluation efforts in these sectors to better evidence their contribution to the SDGs and produce enhanced data and statistics to guide policy priorities and associated investment. Improving data on sport and the SDGs will provide governments, sporting organizations and the private sector with better information on how, where and why to invest in sport to maximize the contribution to broader national development objectives and prioritized SDGs. At a global level, this research is aligned with the Kazan Action Plan3 (Action 2) adopted by the Sixth International Conference of Ministers Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS VI) in July 2017 and the UN Action Plan on Sport for Development and Peace4 2019 – 2022 (Priority Area 4). At a regional level, this research contributes to the Pacific Sport, Physical Activity and Physical Education (SPAPE) Action Plan and aims to deliver on a priority action agreed at the first meeting of the Pacific Regional Sports Taskforce (PRST) and further endorsed at the 2nd meeting of the newly-established USP Sport and Sustainable Development Coordinating Committee (SSDCC) in June 2019. USP is a member of PRST that was established in April 2019 with a mandate from the Forum Economic Ministers.
Aims and Objectives:
Determine the contribution of sport to national development using prioritized targets and indicators in the Pacific Roadmap for Sustainable Development as well as the Commonwealth Secretariat's Model Indicators on Sport and the SDGs.
Evaluate the voluntary national review process in terms of accountability, effectiveness and inclusiveness.
Theme 2: Oceans, Ecosystems & Climate Resilience
This theme focuses on SDGs 6, 13, 14 and 15. Through the translation of research into actionable innovations and interventions, the University has a key role to play in promoting a scientific base for decision-making that is relevant to the needs of Pacific Island countries. This includes strengthening the inter-relationship between traditional knowledge and modern science and building a better understanding of the social contexts, impacts, and resilience to the challenges that the region faces.
Conservation and sustainability in the use the oceans and marine resources are central concerns to the development of resilient Pacific communities and we will, through our research and innovation, seek to understand and work in partnership with regional and national stakeholders and communities to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems, and limit biodiversity loss. It is well recognised that urgent action is needed to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy and the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Using Digital Literacy to curate rural women's lived experiences of Education and Learning
Project Title: Using Digital Literacy to curate rural women's lived experiences of Education and Learning
Principal Investigator: Associate Prof. Ann Cheryl Armstrong
Dr. Lavinia Tiko, Dr. Ledua Waqailiti, Dr Shika Raturi
Queensland University of Technology (Aus)
Assoc. Prof. Verena Thomas – Senior Research Fellow, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty,
Dr. Jackie Kauli – Research Fellow, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty,
Mrs. Deb Murray – Research Manager, Creative Industries Faculty
This project aims to capture the stories of women in rural communities regarding their memories of and their views about education. This is important to better understand some of the communities we serve as educators.
strengthening education deliveries using creative and visual methods
sharing lived experiences of women through the use of stories and visual methods supporting conversations around social change
Establishing a Pacific-wide reef fish tissue bank for elucidating regional population connectivity and ecotoxicology
Principal Investigator: Dr Brian Stockwell
SAGEONS, USP-Rufino Varea, Kelly Brown, Janice Taga, Prof Ciro Rico, Marta Ferreira
PaCE-SD USP- Awnesh Singh
SGDIA, FBE, USP – Romitesh Kant,
University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia – Monal Lal
This research proposal aims to establish a long-term tissue bank of important reef fish species sampled from regional countries in the Pacific that will be housed and curated at the marine collections facility within the School of Marine Studies. For the initial phase of the project, the researchers plan to collect and scrutinize the tissue samples through population genetics and the ecotoxicology of five commercially valuable food fish from local reefs. The data will form a baseline for a long-term monitoring program and, over decades, it can be used to detect temporal changes as well.
We will train local fisheries officers in nine of the USP regional campuses (Figure 1) to sample a suite of five phylogenetically and biologically diverse reef fishes (Table1). By comparing seascape genomic analyses with biological data we seek to add to our understanding of the following major question in marine ecology and biological oceanography:
Which biological and oceanographic factors explain larval dispersal of marine organisms?
H1: Biological traits such as pelagic larval duration (PLD), size (fecundity), maximum age, and trophic level are the most informative predictors of dispersal patterns (Table 1).
H2: Ocean currents and the seascape are the most informative predictors of larval dispersal patterns (Figure 1)
H3: Because of the significant interaction between seascape and biological traits, a combination of these is the best predictor of dispersal.
Theme 3: Education, Culture, Health & Wellbeing
This theme focuses on SDGs 2, 3 and 4. Education has been identified by Pacific Leaders in their endorsement of the Pacific Regional Education Framework (PacREF) as fundamental to sustainable development and wellbeing across the region. The University has a central role to play in executing this strategy through its research on teacher education, improving delivery of pre-service and in-service teacher training, and the development of innovative actions and interventions for the enhancement of educational opportunities and outcomes. In addition, the threats faced by the region in respect to food and water security, as well as those resulting from NCDs mean that finding effective approaches to good nutrition, the promotion of sustainable agriculture, and the improvement health and wellbeing through sports and physical exercise are all critically dependent on the quality of research in these areas and its translation into sound policy and practice.
Beyond legislation: women's experiences and the effectiveness of implementing domestic violence laws in Fiji and Vanuatu.
Project Title: Beyond legislation: women's experiences and the effectiveness of implementing domestic violence laws in Fiji and Vanuatu.
Principal Investigator: Dr Naohiro Nakamura
SAGEONS, USP-Dr Sarah Pene (Co-PI), Ms Donna Jella
SoLaSS, USP – Associate Professor Yoko Kanemasu, Dr James Johnson, Dr Domenica Gisella Calabrὸ
External Collaborators:
Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC)
Vanuatu Women's Centre (VWC)
This research project will systematically analyze the implementation of two pieces of domestic violence legislation; the Family Protect Act 2008 in Vanuatu and the Domestic Violence Act 2009 in Fiji. Using a mixed methods approach of both quantitative and qualitative analysis the research team will examine how the provisions of the domestic violence legislation is being implemented, the multi-dimensional contexts within which implementation is being carried out, and the experiences and viewpoints of women who experience violence, and those of service providers from whom they seek assistance. The ultimate goal of the project is to provide evidence-based research that can be used to strengthen and improve the way in which women can be protected from domestic violence. This will be the first study of its kind in the Pacific region. The project has applicability to other Pacific Island countries, through development of a methodology that will allow for comparisons between countries and over time. The results of this project can be used to support upcoming legislative reform in countries with domestic violence already in place, as well as informing and helping to shape the legislation in those countries yet to draft specific domestic violence laws.
To measure the level of awareness among women and stakeholders of the provisions of domestic violence legislation and where and how to access assistance.
To examine the experiences of women who have sought police assistance for violence matters: including the experience of seeking protection orders and their interactions with police and the judiciary.
To examine specifically the use of protection orders by women: including the number of applications sought, granted, breached, and the consequences of breaches;
To examine how women's use of domestic violence legislation affects their experience of domestic violence over the longer term.
Theme 4: Governance, Justice and Equality
This theme focuses on SDGs 5, 10, 16 and 17 which includes the achievement of gender equality and female participation in society. It aims to reduce income inequality and the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development based on access to justice for all and the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Theme 5: Innovation, Empowerment and Sustainability
This cross-cutting theme will be integrated into all the transdisciplinary themes. Translating research into sustainable outcomes that make a difference whether by way of new inventions, products or creative ways of seeing solutions to problems is at the core of what the University will contribute to the continuing development and empowerment of the Pacific region and its peoples.
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Sidney Central School District Calendar 2022 and 2023
Our students and other readers can get Sidney Central School District Calendar 2022-2023 in this article. The calendar is meant to provide the academic schedule of the school. It's a prominent and well recognized District school of Delaware County. As the school is located in the town of Sidney hence it has been named after the same town.
The school is currently providing elementary and high school education on its two campuses. Again being the District public school it offers a quality education at an affordable fee structure to students.
Sidney Elementary and Sidney Jr. High School are the two schools under the Sidney Central School District. Aspirants can seek admission in any of these schools as per their desired education.
Sidney Central School District Academic Calendar 2022-2023
The academic calendar is basically the official document that reveals the schooling activities of the school. In other words, the school calendar reveals the schooling schedule of a particular year.
The calendar is further significant for the students because they plan their school life on the basis of this calendar. So, this is why students require this calendar before the beginning of school.
Sidney Central School District Holiday and Observances Calendar 2022-2023
School life is just not about the term dates but is also about enjoying the holidays in between. Holidays are those days that occur in between the term dates of school.
Consequently, holidays may take place in the form of federal national days or other general observances. So, whatever may be the nature of holidays you are supposed to plan for these days. Holiday planning will ensure that students can live the best out of these days.
They can here check out the holiday calendar at Sidney Central School.
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T. brassicae و T. evanescens به‌ترتیب 15/0±43/10 و 11/0±07/10 روز و 099/0±48/10 و 093/0±17 /10روز برای افراد ماده و نر بود. به‌علاوه طول عمر زنبورهای ماده و نر در این دو گونه به‌همان ترتیب 20/0±03/2 و 24/0±40/1 روز و 16/0±68/1 و 40/0±85/1 روز به‌دست آمد و در ادامه نرخ ناخالص و خالص باروری و بارآوری برای زنبورهای T. brassicae وT. evanescens به‌ترتیب 92/51 و 46/39 تخم و 04/83 و 19/77 تخم برآورد شد. همچنین میانگین سن باروری و بارآوری خالص در زنبور T. brassicae به‌ترتیب 36/0 و 39/0 روز و برای زنبور T. evanescens 162/0 و 162/0 روز به‌دست آمد. به‌همین صورت، نتایج نشان داد نرخ‌های ناخالص و خالص تولید مثل زنبور T. brassice و T. evanescens روی تخم سفیدهی کوچک کلم به‌ترتیب 77/22 تخم ماده / ماده و 95/12 نتاج ماده / ماده و 14/66 تخم ماده / ماده و 32/29 نتاج ماده/ ماده محاسبه‌شد. نرخهای ذاتی و متناهی افزایش جمعیت به‌ترتیب 238/0 (روز1-) و 269/1 نتاج ماده / روز و 305/0 (روز1-) و 357/1 نتاج ماده برروز برای زنبورهای T. brassicae و T. evanescens بود. مدت زمان دو برابر شدن جمعیت در همین دوگونه به‌همان ترتیب 90/2 و 265/2 روز و طول مدت یک نسل نیز 74/10 و 04/11 روز بود. نتایج حاصل از توزیع سنی پایدار جمعیت برای هر دو گونه مشخص کرد که جمعیت پایدار از حدود 98% جمعیت از مرحله ی نابالغ و 2% افراد بالغ تشکیل شده‌اند. مقایسه‌ی تمامی نتایج حاکی از برتری زنبور T. evanescens نسبت به زنبور T. brassicae روی تخم سفیدهی کوچک کلم P. rapae بود. بنابراین میتوان گفت تا این مرحله زنبور T. evanescens میتواند انتخاب بالقوه‌ای برای کنترل بیولوژیک کاربردی علیه سفیده‌ی کوچک کلم باشد.
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Like many booze brands, Bacardi rum has spent a lot of its marketing money playing up its heritage in recent years. Ads told tales of how the 153-year-old brand survived Prohibition, its exile from Cuba and disasters like earthquakes, fire and war.
But in a sign that younger drinkers might be tiring of such stories, Bacardi is taking a sharp turn into the here and now with a new campaign that will be backed by a major media investment. The effort will retain the line, "Bacardi Untameable Since 1862." But a TV ad debuting Oct 12 avoids the past entirely. Instead, the spot, directed by Megaforce via Iconoclast, features a mobile house party that trucks along scenic highways and byways with revelers inside.
Bacardi's new approach will "go harder at embedding our brands back into culture," Mauricio Vergara, Bacardi Limited's chief marketing officer for North America and the global lead for the Bacardi brand, said in an interview. "We have one of the most iconic brands in the industry, but over the last few years we were not really connecting as effectively as we could with our target consumers and the new millennial."
The campaign -- which will launch first in the U.S. and go global next year -- marks the debut effort for Bacardi by BBDO Worldwide and OMD Worldwide.
The brand -- whose sales have slumped in recent years -- is projecting its bold new ambitions in a statement about the campaign scheduled to be released today that declares Bacardi wants to "dominate the category once again."
While Bacardi is still the top U.S. rum by volume market share, sales have been sagging. The brand's share fell to 34.3% last year from 35.4% in 2013, according to Euromonitor International. That is off the recent peak share of 39.7% in 2005, according to Euromonitor. The No. 2 U.S. rum brand, Diageo's Captain Morgan, has also lost share in recent years as smaller brands gain ground.
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Archipelago National Park of La Maddalena - Sardinia
Type of protected area - Where it is located
Typology: National Park; established with law n. 10 and D.P.R. May 17, 1996.
Region: Sardinia
Province: Sassari
La Maddalena National Park occupies a land area of 5,134 hectares and a marine area of 13,000 hectares. Seven granite islands (with La Maddalena, the only inhabited area; in addition to a series of small islets and rocky rocks), embellished by the green of the maquis, for centuries places of transition or refuge. In 1803 they were chosen by Horace Nelson as a naval base.
Punta San Giorgio - Archipelago of La Maddalena National Park (photo www.lamaddalenapark.it)
The granite rocks that form the archipelago originated around 300 million years ago. The rise of the Mediterranean after the last ice age separated them from Gallura. The coasts have deep inlets (rias) dug by ancient waterways and small sandy stretches. The granite quarried by the water and the wind has sometimes taken on strange shapes, such as the bear of Palau, the head of the witch of Cala Corsara or the octopus of La Maddalena. The latter is the largest and only island to be permanently inhabited; it is crossed by a panoramic road and some secondary ones that lead to the sea or the central hills to the fortress of Guardia Vecchia (today Meteorological Observatory). Very impressive are the Forte dArbuticci and Poggio Rasu Superiore, built in the nineteenth century. In addition to Maddalena, the main islands that make up the archipelago are Caprera (to the east, with an area of 15.75 sq km and a coastal development of 34 km), Budelli, Razzolo, Santa Maria, Spargi, Santo Stefano. To these are added a myriad of islets scattered in the stretch of sea between the Bocche di Bonifacio and the Costa Smeralda. Caprera (whose highest point is Mount Teialone 212 m high) is accessed from Maddalena via a dam about half a kilometer long and a small bridge. Crossing a suggestive pine forest you reach Garibaldi's house. A dirt road crosses the island of Caprera from south to north, through promontories and expanses of Mediterranean scrub. To the east, near Punta Coticcio, a lighthouse signals the Monaci shoal, where dolphins can be spotted. In front of Palau is the Island of Santo Stefano, where, alas, there is a US base with nuclear submarines.
The typical landscape of the islands of the La Maddalena archipelago is characterized by granite rocks and mastic, olives, myrtle, junipers, lavender and rosemary. In Spargi there is a formation of holm oaks and strawberry trees, while in Caprera there are stretches of pine forest. The coastal sands are populated by an interesting psammophilous vegetation, composed of sea roses, silenes, helichrysum, sea lily.
Very interesting lavifauna present on the islands: marangone with the tuft, Berta major, Corsican seagull, jackdaw, sparrow hawk, buzzard and many birds that frequent the scrub bushes (oculus, sterpazzolina, Sardinian magnanine). Also present are the marginate tortoise and that of Herman (Testudo hermanni).
Budelli island
Typology: Marine Protected Area established with D.M.A.M.B. July 29, 1992, included in the Maddalena Archipelago National Park
Municipality: La Maddalena (SS)
Just north of the island of Spargi, it is famous for its mythical pink beach. Larenile coral color (effect due to a high presence of bioclasts deriving from the fragmentation of bryozoans and foraminifers, in particular pink Miniacina miniacea) the chromatic intensity of the colors of the sea and the shapes of the granites that surround the cove constitute a unique show in the world.
Caprera island
State Biogenetic Nature Reserve established with D.M.A.F. August 8, 1980, included in the Maddalena Archipelago National Park
Connected to the island of Maddalena by a bridge, it is protected by an absolute constraint of building. The Caprera Nature Reserve is in fact one of the most environmentally sound environments in the Mediterranean.
Bubelli Island - La Maddalena Archipelago National Park (photo www.lamaddalenapark.it)
Information for the visit
- from Palau (about 120 km from Sassari): access by ferry to La Maddalena Island.
Park Management Committee
Via Giulio Cesare, 7
La Maddalena (SS)
Website: www.lamaddalenapark.it
Video: The Maddalena Archipelago - NATIONAL PARK (January 2022).
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Many organizations have already realized worker health and safety benefits, increased productivity, and saved money by reducing the use of hazardous chemicals and implementing safer alternatives.
AlphaGary specializes in the design and development of plastic compounds for a variety of applications. Internal company initiatives combined with external factors, including European and Massachusetts laws, influenced AlphaGary to collaborate with its supply chain partners and other stakeholders to investigate less toxic alternatives for lead compounds used as heat stabilizers in formulations for wire and cable products. Investments in research and internal capacities for product design, evaluation, and testing resulted in: the development of new lead-free product formulations that maintained quality and performance; reduced risk to workers handling lead-based materials; reduced medical monitoring and personal exposure monitoring for lead; improved product development capabilities; streamlined product certification processes; and enhanced the company's competitive global supply position.
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In addition to eliminating the use of NPEs in its products, Washing Systems has eliminated the use of butyl cellosolve and petroleum hydrocarbon based solvents in detergents, eliminated the use of phosphates and ethylenediaminetraacetic acid (EDTA) within the laundry builders, and reduced the petroleum hydrocarbon based solvents by 46% in other specialty products. The new formulations are not only less hazardous to workers and the environment, but also provide economic and efficiency benefits to Washing System's customers (i.e., reduced water and energy usage, increased wash productivity, lower chemical costs).
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Tony Nominee Danielle Brooks Will Play Mahalia Jackson in Lifetime Movie From Kenny Leon
Film & TV News Tony Nominee Danielle Brooks Will Play Mahalia Jackson in Lifetime Movie From Kenny Leon
By Andrew Gans
Leon previously directed Brooks in Much Ado About Nothing.
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Danielle Brooks, the Orange Is the New Black alum who received a Tony nomination for her performance as Sofia in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple, will play the late gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in an upcoming film for Lifetime, according to TV Line.
Tony winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences) will direct Robin Roberts Presents: The Mahalia Jackson Story.
The New Orleans-born Jackson, one of the most significant gospel artists in U.S. history, was an active participant in the Civil Rights movement. Her recording of "Move on Up a Little Higher" sold millions of copies, and she performed in front of racially integrated audiences at John F. Kennedy's inaugural ball and Carnegie Hall as well as in the 1963 March on Washington alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She died in January 1972.
Brooks, also an executive producer of Broadway's Ain't Too Proud, won three Screen Actors Guild Awards for her work in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, and has also been seen on Master of None, Sadie, I Dream Too Much, High Maintenance, and Girls. Leon previously directed Brooks in the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing.
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In the fall of 1979, my father Jack went to work for Kahn's-Hillshire Farm. At the time my family lived in Maryland and my father was responsible for the sales of Hillshire Farm kielbasa and smoked sausage products. His territory encompassed the entire state of Maryland, the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and parts of Delaware. During that time, Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski worked as a spokesman for Kahn's-Hillshire Farm. Being a well-known baseball player with a memorable Polish last name, Yastrzemski was the perfect fit to help the company grow its kielbasa and smoked sausage market share. When Yastrzemski and the Red Sox came into town to face the Baltimore Orioles, my father got the unique opportunity and rare privilege to work alongside and get to know a future Hall of Fame baseball player. Over the years, my father has recounted his memories of Yastrzemski and shared his autographs, pictures, and other keepsakes given to him by the Red Sox legend.
Carl Yastrzemski's lengthy major league career spanned from 1961 to 1983. During his career, Yastrzemski won numerous awards including an MVP, three batting titles, and seven Gold Gloves for his left field defense. Moreover, he achieved several milestones including 3,000 hits, 450 home runs, 600 doubles, along with 1,800-plus RBI and runs scored. In 1967, Yastrzemski became one of a select group of players to complete the Triple Crown by leading his respective league in home runs, RBI, and batting average. Yastrzemski spent his entire major league career playing for the Boston Red Sox and became affectionately known by the nickname Yaz. In 1989, Yastrzemski was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first year of eligibility with a whopping 94.6% of the vote.
Yastrzemski was raised on a 70-acre potato farm on the Northeastern side of Long Island in Bridgehampton, New York. Coincidentally, my father also grew up on a farm, spending his formative years on the 160-acre family homestead in the small town of Twin Lakes, Minnesota. Growing up on a farm helped instill the hard work ethic that enabled Yaz to complete 23 seasons in the majors and play in an astounding 3,308 games--an all-time record at the time of his retirement. Like Yaz, my father was known for his dedication to the job and could certainly be described as a workaholic. Although my father had the strength and speed to play sports, his lack of hand-eye coordination prevented him from seriously taking part in athletics. Not surprisingly, my father did not closely follow sports though this likely helped him foster a good working relationship with Yaz who has generally kept a low profile for a famous baseball player and probably appreciated the chance to work alongside someone who was not star struck by his presence.
Yastrzemski started working for Kahn's-Hillshire Farm in 1976. Yaz's role with the company went beyond just being a famous ballplayer who appeared on their packaging and in their ads. In fact, a New York Times article from September 1979 stated that Yaz "spends two weeks a year at the (Kahn's-Hillshire Farm company) headquarters in Cincinnati watching how meats are processed and learning the business." My father also mentioned Yastrzemski being serious about Kahn's-Hillshire Farm's products and said the Red Sox outfielder would talk baseball with the buyers but also "talk about the ingredients and how it was made as well as point out that Hillshire Farm was the number one kielbasa and smoked sausage brand and the only one advertised nationally"
I never had the pleasure of meeting Yaz, though I would have been too young to remember him even if had. I asked my father to describe Yaz's personality and what he was like and he said, "Yaz was good to me. He was always nice to me and the people we had lunch with. He introduced me to other ballplayers on the team and he liked my boss, Sidney as well."
Yastrzemski is not the only Hall of Fame baseball player my father has had the opportunity to meet. Since my father's boss, Sidney worked out of New York City, my father did a lot of traveling between the D.C. and New York City Metropolitan areas so it was not uncommon for him to spot famous people. In fact, my father regularly took the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle between Washington (now Reagan) National and La Guardia Airports where he once briefly met Johnny Cash and often saw national evening news anchors including Sam Donaldson who he humorously described as looking "demonic" in person. During one of his business trips to New York City, my father crossed paths with a legendary former New York Yankees player. "I went to a sales meeting at a hotel in Rye, New York which is north of New York City," my father recounted. "At 7'o clock, I got on the elevator to come down and eat breakfast and Joe DiMaggio was on the elevator. I said, 'Aren't you...?' and he said, '...Yeah, I'm Joe DiMaggio.' He said, 'I thought I was getting out of here before anybody'd recognize me. Then he asked me, 'You want a signature?' I said, 'Sure.' And he signed a piece of paper for me and got off the elevator and that was it." From what I remember the piece of paper DiMaggio signed for my father was from a small, light green manila notepad. Unfortunately, at some point during my childhood the signed piece of paper was lost.
Due to working alongside Yaz, my father also got the unique opportunity to walk into a major league locker room when the Red Sox outfielder invited him and his boss, Sidney, into the visitor's locker room at Memorial Stadium after games against the Baltimore Orioles. "Sometimes Sidney would come down from New York when the Red Sox had a game in Baltimore and we would go to the game," my father remembered. "On a few occasions, Sidney and I got a chance to see Yaz in the Red Sox locker room after the game. Yaz introduced us to all these players, so it was quite a scene. Dwight Evans was real personable, he was real friendly to Sidney and I. I got to know Dwight Evans and he knew us by name. He really liked Sidney and liked me." Evans was one of Yastrzemski's closest friends on the team. During the early-1980's, Evans evolved into one of the game's most dominant sluggers after being primarily known for his Gold Glove-defense in right field earlier in his career.
Yastrzemski retired from baseball at the end of the 1983 season, bringing an end to a distinguished career that spanned 23 major league seasons. A testament to his hard work and dedication to the game, Yaz played well into his forties--with his final games coming just a few weeks after turning forty-four years old. Unfortunately, Yaz's Red Sox were unable to make a run at the AL East Division title in his final campaign, putting together a lackluster 78-84 record to finish 20 games out of first place. By contrast, my family's hometown Baltimore Orioles captured the AL East with a dominant 98-64 record to advance to the postseason behind the strength of solid performances by veteran mainstays such as Eddie Murray as well as up-and-comers like Cal Ripken Jr.
With the Orioles in the postseason, Kahn's-Hillshire Farm saw the playoff games as an opportunity to strengthen their relationships with the local supermarket buyers. "I got a phone call from the Vice President of Sales and he told me he was sending me a check by overnight mail that would be at my house at 9 o' clock in the morning," my father recalled. "I was instructed to go to this fancy hotel in the business district of downtown Baltimore and that I was going to get eight tickets to every playoff game and then when they got in the World Series, I got eight tickets for every World Series game. I was to give those to the buyers of the supermarkets and give them each two tickets to go to the games. However, before the first World Series game, Sidney told me, 'Take four tickets and take you and your family, and give the other four away and make sure you and the family go to one game.'"
The Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox in the ALCS to advance to the Fall Classic against the Philadelphia Phillies who had their own solid core of well-established veteran players which included Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose, Steve Carlton, and John Denny among others. The Series opened in Baltimore and my father decided to take my mother, my sister, and I to Game 1. Unfortunately, the O's were defeated by the Phils in Game 1 with Joe Morgan and Garry Maddox going deep to lead the visitors to a 2-1 victory. Being just a young child, my only recollections from that night is that it rained during the game and the Orioles lost. The seats my father was given were a little past the first base bag and--as luck would have it--situated just under the bleachers so my family stayed dry during the game. Fortunately, the O's rebounded from the Game 1 loss and took the next four games to win the Championship behind the timely hitting of catcher Rick Dempsey who was named the Series MVP and became both mine and my sister's favorite player for the duration of his time in Baltimore.
Following his retirement from professional baseball, Yastrzemski became marketing director of New England and Florida for Kahn's-Hillshire Farm. With his new position, Yastrzemski no longer regularly traveled to Baltimore, thus bringing an end to his lunch meetings with my father and the supermarket buyers. Nevertheless, my father still had the opportunity to cross paths with Yaz a couple more times. A few weeks after hanging up his cleats, the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation honored the Red Sox superstar with a "Carl Yastrzemski Day" reception at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. By virtue of their association with Yastrzemski, my father and his boss Sidney were invited to attend the party which Kahn's-Hillshire Farm provided kielbasa for. During the reception, my father and Sidney got to briefly meet and have their pictures taken with Massachusetts Representative Silvio Conte and Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, both of whom were close friends of Yaz and avid Red Sox fans. While growing up in Massachusetts, O'Neill was given his nickname by his boyhood friends after James "Tip" O'Neill, a 19th century ballplayer who shared his surname. Coincidentally, "Tip" O'Neill, along with Yastrzemski, is one of just fifteen sluggers credited with winning the Triple Crown, having led the American Association in home runs, RBI, and batting average in 1887. However, O'Neill's accomplishment was unbeknownst to anyone at the time as RBI did become an official stat until 1920.
(L to R) O'Neill, Yaz, Sidney, my father Jack, & Massachusetts Representative Silvio Conte at "Carl Yastrzemski Day"
My father and Sidney had another neat experience involving O'Neill due to their association with Yastrzemski. "In August 1985, the company had their national sales meeting in Washington, D.C.," my father remembers. "After a morning meeting, we went on a tour of the Senate and House of Representatives office buildings. While everyone was on tour, myself, Sidney, and the salesmen from New England--six, seven, maybe eight of us in total--went on a special side trip. Yaz had it worked out so that we could all go by "Tip" O'Neill's office and get a picture taken of us sitting at his desk while he was away at Congress. "Tip" O'Neill's staff let us in and I even got to put my feet on his desk with a cigar in my mouth. Yaz set all that up."
Although my father is not a sports fan, he made a point of saving keepsakes and memorabilia from his time working with Yastrzemski to give to my sister and me. Many of these keepsakes were given directly to my father by Yastrzemski. Among them are autographed baseballs signed by Yastrzemski to my sister and me. Unfortunately even though the autographed baseballs were kept in enclosed glass displays, Yastrzemski's signature has faded over time. Another signed Yastrzemski ball included autographs of three of his Red Sox teammates, Mike Torrez, Dennis Eckersley, and Dwight Evans. Based on the signatures of the three players sharing the ball with Yaz, my father was given the signed ball during the 1981 or 1982 season. Over the years, as I learned more about Torrez, Eckersley, and Evans, the ball has come to have more meaning for me. Mike Torrez is largely remembered for giving up Bucky Dent's go-ahead three-run home run during the one-game playoff between the Red Sox and Yankees for 1978 AL East Divisional Title. Ironically, Torrez had won two World Series games as a member of the Yankees to help them defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers during the previous year's Fall Classic before signing as a free agent with Boston for 1978. Despite surrendering the infamous-Dent home run, Torrez had a solid 18-year career with 185 wins--60 of which came during five seasons with Boston. Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley had some of his finest and worst seasons as a starter for the Red Sox before becoming a dominant reliever with the Oakland Athletics. During his incredible 1992 campaign in which he won both the AL Cy Young and MVP Awards, "Eck" became one of my all-time favorite players after watching his ESPN interview with Peter Gammons. Dwight Evans' 2,505 games played in a Red Sox uniform trails only Yastrzemski. When my father would recount his time working alongside Yaz, Evans' kindness always stood out to me. Evans finished his career with nearly 2,500 hits and 400 home runs along with eight Gold Glove Awards for his sensational defense in right field. In my early twenties, I became interested in evaluating players with strong careers who were overlooked by Hall of Fame voters and I was surprised to find Evans had fallen short of Cooperstown. Years later when I created my Tubbs Baseball Blog website, Evans became my favorite overlooked Hall of Fame candidate to write about.
After receiving positive feedback from supermarket buyers during the playoffs and World Series, Kahn's-Hillshire Farm decided to continue using Orioles baseball tickets to strengthen their relationships with grocers. "Because I had a good response of giving out the Orioles playoff and World Series tickets then, later that Fall after the World Series, the company made up their mind they would buy me a set of four season tickets for the '84 season," my father explained. The seats my father and Sidney picked out were much closer to the action than the ones given to them for the previous year's playoffs. The seats they selected were once again a little past the first base bag but now only about twenty rows away from the field. While most of those tickets were given to supermarket buyers, my father took our family to a lot of games as well. My father says he specifically set aside some Sunday afternoon games to take us to and my sister told me that he made a point to take us to ones that included promotions or giveaways such as On Field Photo Night, Bat Day, Sport Bag Night, and Back-to-School Binder Night. My sister and I held onto most of the giveaways we received at the O's games.
Over the next few years, my father took our family to several Orioles games each season. Unfortunately, the O's struggled to follow up their championship campaign, languishing as an also-ran team in 1984 and 1985 after spending much of the previous decade and a half as a perennial contender in the AL East. The O's appeared ready to turn things around in 1986, sitting just a few games out of the AL East lead in early August before completely collapsing over the season's final two months to embarrassingly finish dead last in their division for the first time since the franchise moved to Baltimore. The O's continued to struggle mightily in 1987 and were only saved from finishing in the AL East cellar by a dreadful Cleveland Indians team. During those particularly difficult '86 and '87 seasons, my sister and I were among the few fans who passionately cheered "Eddie!!! Eddie!!!" for the O's beleaguered first baseman Eddie Murray who was regularly booed by the Baltimore fans after a public contract squabble with team owner Edward Bennett Williams turned much of the fan base against him.
Shortly after the conclusion of the 1987 season, my father left Kahn's-Hillshire Farm and moved our family to Virginia. My father remembers his final interaction with the Red Sox legend, "We had a national sales meeting in Boston in 1986 and I remember that this was the last time I saw Yaz. He came over to where the salesmen were having supper that night and ate with us." In 1989, Yastrzemski's playing career was forever immortalized with his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Even though our family moved away from a baseball town, going to Orioles games and growing up with the stories, baseball cards, autographed memorabilia, and keepsakes from my father's time working alongside Yastrzemski helped shape me into a lifelong baseball fan.


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Bill Nye is an American science educator, engineer, comedian, television presenter, author, and inventor, with a mission to help foster a scientifically literate society and to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been passionate about his entire life."My family is funny," he says, "I mean funny in the sense that we make people laugh, not just funny looking." Bill discovered that he had a talent for tutoring in high school. While growing up in Washington, DCin the 1970's, he spent afternoons and summers de-mystifying math for his fellow students. When he wasn't hitting the books, Bill was hitting the road on his bicycle. He spent hours taking it apart to "see how it worked." Now, he commutes by bike in both Los Angeles and New York.Bill's fascination with how bicycles, airplanes and other things work led him to Cornell University and a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1977. Soonafter, Boeing recruited him as an engineer, so he went to Seattle. "I've always loved airplanes and flight. There's a hydraulic resonance suppressor 'Quinke' tube on the 747-horizontal stabilizer drive system that I like to think of as my tube,"he says. The U.S. Department of Justice also recruited Bill for his unique technical expertise and pedagogical skills.It was in Seattle that Bill began to combine his love of science with his flair for comedy, when he won the Steve Martin look-alike contest and developed dual careers as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. Eventually, Bill quit his engineering day job and made the transition to a night job as a comedy writer and performer on Seattle's homegrown ensemble comedy show "Almost Live" in 1986.This is where "Bill Nye the Science Guy®" was born. The show appeared before Saturday Night Live and later on Comedy Central, originating at KING–TV, Seattle's NBC affiliate. With fellow KING–TV alumni Jim McKenna and Erren Gottlieb, Bill made a number of award–winning shows,including the show he became so well known for, Bill Nye the Science Guy.While working on the Science Guy show from 1992-1998, Bill won seven national Emmy Awards for writing, performing, and producing. The show won 18 Emmys in five years. To commemorate the series, the Bill Nye The Science Guy original lab coat is on display at the "T is for Television" exhibit in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.Bill has written eight kids' books which weave real-world science in a fun accessible way for a range of ages from elementary to middle school."Big Blast of Science""Bill Nye's Consider the Following""Bill Nye The Science Guy's Big Blue Ocean""Bill Nye The Science Guy's Great Big Dinosaur Dig""Bill Nye The Science Guy's Great Big Book of Tiny Germs""Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World" "Jack and the Geniuses: In the Deep Blue Sea""Jack and the Geniuses: Lost in the Jungle"After a debate with a creationist who believes the worldis only 6,000 years old, Bill wrote his firstbook for a general audience, "Undeniable –Evolution and the Science of Creation" (2015), which was featured on the New York Times' Bestsellers List. He considers it a primer on the discoveries and principlesof evolution. Bill shortly followed the book release with two other books –"Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World" (2016), and "Everything All At Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem" (2017), both which made the New York Times' Bestsellers List as well. Bill hopes these works will encourage evidence based education and policy on climate change, evolution, and critical thinking.With over 7 billion people breathing and burning an atmosphere that is barely 100 kilometers thick, humankind is changing the Earth's heat balance faster than ever in the planet's history. Climate change is the biggest challenge we face, and finding ways to do more with less energy is a key to our future. Bill stronglybelieves the most effective way to reduce the world's human population of people over the next several decades is to raise the standard of living for women and girls. To do that, he says, we need to educate people as effectively as possible. Bill wrote and produced "Solving for X," a series on DVD where he shows us how to do algebra along with the P, B, & J –the Passion, Beauty, and Joy –of math. It turns out that algebra is the most reliable indicator of whether or not a student will end up pursuing a career in science. With more kids, girls especially, engaged in math, Bill hopes we'll have more scientists and especially engineers to make the world healthier for all of us.Along with big picture thinking about global issues, Bill remains involved in a good-natured rivalry with his neighbor, actor and fellow environmentalist, Ed Begley. They compete to see who can save the most energy and produce the smallest carbon footprint. Bill has 4,000 watts of solar power and a solar--boosted hot water system. There's also the low water use garden and underground watering system.After joining as a Charter Member in 1980, Bill is now the CEO of the Planetary Society, the world's largest space-interest group. Under his leadership, the non-for-profit Society is growing and becoming more influential having members in 130 countries. Cofounded by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman, the organization's mission is to empower the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration. Space exploration brings out the best in us, because we solve problems that have never been solved before. "If we were to discover evidence of life on another world such as Mars or Jupiter's moon Europa, it would utterly change this world. People everywhere would think hard about what it means to be a living thing and our responsibilities as stewards of our unique planetary home," Bill says. His engineering and management experience enabled him to take the lead and play a hands-on role in making programs like LightSail2® a success.Bill is very proud of the MarsDials, three sundials mounted on the robotic rovers exploring Mars. Along with calibrating the cameras and reckoning the Sun's position in the martian sky, these small instruments are fitted with the only message to the future carried on spacecraft since the Voyager missions launched almost 40 years ago: "To those who visit here, we wish a safe journey and the joy of discovery." Bill says, "This is the essence of the scientific enterprise, the Joy of Discovery. That's what the process of science is all about." In 2017, Bill was a co-chair in the inaugural March for Science, a series of rallies and marches held in Washington, D.C., and more than 600 other cities across the world on Earth Day. The goal of the March is to celebrate science and the role it plays in everyday lives and to encourage evidence-based policy in the public's best interest. The global attendance of the movement was a total of 1.07 million participants.In the same year, Bill was the subject of the critically acclaimed documentary Bill Nye: Science Guywhich premiered at SXSW. The documentary focuses on Bill's life and his mission to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The film was a Documentary Spotlight at SXSW Film Festival and an official selection at HotDocs, Los Angeles Film Festival, and AFI Docs. The film opened theatrically in October 2017 and will be airing on PBS.Bill returned to television with the release of his new series Bill Nye Saves The Worldwhich debuted on Netflix in April 2017. On the show, Bill explores various problems and misconceptions from a scientific point of view, refuting myths and claims that rebuke science. Episodes feature lively panel discussions from a wide range of special correspondents, including space exploration advocate Emily Calandrelli, model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss and comic Nazeem Hussain. After it's freshman season, the show received two Creative Arts Emmy Award nominations. Bill still visits Cornell regularly. From 2001-2005, he served as a Professor as part of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Visiting Professorship. As a thankful alumnus and as a tribute to his parents and their strong belief in the value of education, Bill designed and funded a 4-meter (12 foot) diameter clock installed on Rhodes Hall at Cornell in 2012.Bill, the inventor, has a few unusual patents –an improved toe shoe for ballerinas, a device to ease the motion of picking up baseballs, a magnifier made ofwater, and an abacus that does arithmetic like a computer –with only binary numbers.Along with his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell, Billjoined his astronomy professor Carl Sagan when he was elected the American Humanist Association's Humanist of the Year in 2010. He was also the honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the Ralph Coates Roe Medal in 2012.Bill holds Honorary Doctorate degrees from six universities: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Goucher College, Johns Hopkins University, Quinnipiac University, Willamette University, and Lehigh University. He has delivered commencement addresses at most of these schools along with the University of California Santa Barbara, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Harvey Mudd College, and Caltech.Bill currently speaks at colleges regularly and discusses a variety of topical science matters on news and television programs such as ABC World News, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, TODAY, CBS This Morning, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and more. He fights to raise awareness of climate change and the value of critical thinking, science, and reason. Through all his work, Bill hopes to inspire people everywhere to change the world.Find Bill on his website ([www.billnye.com](http://www.billnye.com)) and on Twitter and Facebook.
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Portrayals of maturity in Australian television commercials: a benchmark study
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Higgs, Bronwyn and Milner, Laura (2006) Portrayals of maturity in Australian television commercials: a benchmark study. In: Hawaii International Conference on Business, 25-28 May 2006, Waikiki, Hawaii.
Although Australia's population is ageing, there has been no research on the portrayal of maturity in advertising. The research reported in this paper presents a simple content analysis of a sample of Australian television commercials. The age profile of a sample of television commercials compared with Australian census data. In addition, the paper examines the nature of mature role portrayals in advertising. The paper concludes mature people are not only under-represented, but they are also misrepresented in television advertising.
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/876
Subjects Historical > RFCD Classification > 350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Hospitality Tourism and Marketing
Keywords seniors, ageing, television advertising, content analysis, Australia


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Bilfinger Tepsco has been successfully completing projects for Enterprise Products in Mont Belvieu, TX, since early 2000. The company has been involved with Enterprise's fractionation expansion project since January 2010 and has handled the outside battery limits (OSBL) work on five of Enterprise's fractionation units in Mont Belvieu. OSBL work is typically complicated and fast-paced work and includes jobs such as installation of pipe, compressors, pumps or meter stations.
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ISLAMAABAD – The private sector should focus on green industry products that would help them in enhancing exports of the country, said Romina Khurshid Alam, member National Assembly and parliamentary secretary for Climate Change.
Pakistan has great potential to promote exports of green industry products in European Union (EU) and other countries as the demand for such products was on the rise in the international market, she said during her visit to Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI). She also discussed with the business community about the prospects of promoting investment in environment friendly green industry. Ministry of Climate Change is planning to organise a one-day Expo on sustainable development and environmental conservation on April 24, 2018 to highlight the students' projects dealing with environmental issues, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change remarked.
She said the Expo is aimed at providing students a good platform to display their projects on environment. She sought the cooperation of ICCI to make the Expo a successful event.
Robina Khurshid Alam said that she was a member of Young Parliament Forum (YPF) and stressed that Young Entrepreneurs Forum-YEF of ICCI and YPF should sign a memorandum of cooperation to work for policy advocacy on youth issues and promoting entrepreneurship in youngsters. She also showed keen interest to work with ICCI on projects focused on economic empowerment of women.
Speaking at the occasion, Sheikh Amir Waheed, president of ICCI, said that due to communication gap between the private sector and parliamentarians, the voice of business community was not getting true reflection in policymaking process and urged that there was a dire need of promoting regular interaction between politicians and business community to formulate business friendly policies that would help in promoting business activities and improving the economy. He said green industry has a bright future and stressed that government should make conducive policies to promote investment in clean and green industry that would ensure sustainable economic growth of the country. He said that the cooperation and support of Ministry of Climate Change was crucial for strong policy advocacy on such issues.
He briefed the parliamentary secretary on Climate Change about the key initiatives of ICCI focused on youth entrepreneurship and economic empowerment of women. He said ICCI was in the process of establishing Women Business Growth Centre to provide support to women startups and existing women entrepreneurs in promoting business activities. ICCI was also setting up a CPEC Facilitation Centre to facilitate joint ventures and investment in CPEC projects. Both sides discussed many areas for mutual cooperation to promote the business and economic interests of Pakistan.


What a cutie! Thank you.
Wow. I just put in an order for Minky from China. The colours I chose will be Puuuuufect for these. Pity I have to wait 3 months for the postage!
Aww, they're awesome! They remind me of nemu nekos a lot, haha 😀 I just wish I could sew on faces that well..!
Do you have them embroidery pattern for the faces? I would love to get that.
Not at this time 🙂 I only just started offering embroidery files for my newest patterns, and I hope to go back and revisit old ones as well. So this will definitely be on my list!
First time attempting to sew a plush. I tried to do it before when I was a kid, but I just didn't have the attention span for it. Thank you so much for sharing these patterns!
Thank you so much for this cute pattern.
Will be making more of these to donate to animal rescues to use for their fundraisers.