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The College of Arts and Sciences offers several scholarships that are available for application during spring semester for the following academic year. Academically eligible students will be emailed about them near the end of March.
Criteria for frequently offered scholarships:
H. Scot Heavner Scholarship — Upperclassman; financial need; academic excellence; seeking teaching certificate and coaching.
Georgie Inabinet Adams Lefvendahl Endowed Scholarship — Undergraduate students with a GPA of at least 3.0. Need is also a criterion. Preference give to students in the field of Library Science.
Robert M. Ward Scholarship — Students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Candidates must have at least 3.0 GPA.
Kate Wofford — CAS major; may be divided. Known as "the scholar's scholarship."
Janice Chastain Houk Endowed Fund — Award to be split equally between one student involved in undergraduate research in biology and one in undergraduate research in political science.
Luckett V. Davis Biology Restricted Scholarship Fund — Students majoring in Biology. The scholarship is renewable to upperclassmen who maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
Dr. E. Cooper Bell Endowed Scholarship — Students pursuing a medical degree through the pre-med program while majoring in Chemistry or Biology.
Blanche Fisher Rudisill and Frances Rudisill Hamm Endowed Scholarship — Undergraduate students in Biology that have at least a 3.0 GPA.
Nancy G. Jones Endowed Scholarship — Renewable scholarships for Biology majors. First preference given to students from Cherokee County and second preference to a South Carolina resident with at least a 3.0 GPA. Financial need may be considered but not a requirement.
Lillie Fuller Moredock Endowed Scholarship — Undergraduates majoring in environmental science/environmental studies.
Dalton Environmental Studies and Sciences Fund — Environmental Studies and related sciences.
Harry and Becca Dalton Endowed Scholarship — Students studying within the Environmental Sciences and Studies programs.
Dr. Jason Silverman Annual Restricted Scholarship — History majors with a 3.0 GPA.
Fred Hembree History Scholarship — Junior or senior students with strong academic records who are majoring in History. Preference given to students who intend to pursue graduate studies in History, students with financial need, and students who are from an area within a sixty mile radius of campus.
Annette Spiers Resch Gillespie Endowed Scholarship — History major; preference given to a rising senior.
SC Food Service Supervisor Association — Undergraduate students studying Human Nutrition. Eligible candidates should have at least a 3.0 GPA. Preference given to students from South Carolina.
Lucille Webb Speth Endowed Scholarship — Students majoring in Human Nutrition and Family and Consumer Science or their successor programs.
Stewart Haas Memorial Restricted Scholarship — Mass Communication major; renewable to rising junior or senior who maintains a 3.0 GPA.
Wayne T. Patrick Scholarship and Internship — Provides support for full-time study or internships for students majoring in journalism in the Mass Communication department. The scholarship is renewable to upperclassmen who maintain a 3.0 GPA.
Jefferson Pilot Communications Scholarship — A merit-based scholarship awarded to a Mass Communication major.
Betty Freeman Hinman Endowed Scholarship — Math major; first preference to female students of at least junior standing, 3.0 overall GPA, 3.25 MATH GPA.
Theresa Pittman Jackson — Provides academic support and enrichment opportunities to students within the Department of Mathematics.
Ellen Rasor Wylie Mathematics Scholarship — Mathematics majors; candidates should show academic merit and good character. At least a 3.0 overall and at least 3.5 GPA in Mathematics coursework.
Helen Kesler Beckham Memorial Endowed Scholarship — Renewable scholarships for upperclassmen. Preference given to high-achieving rising sophomores, residents of South Carolina and foreign language majors with consideration for summer study abroad.
John Guilbeau Scholarship — Rising junior or senior or beginning graduate student; proficiency in foreign language and interest in the humanities; financial need.
Lawrence D. Joiner Scholarship Fund — Rising juniors or seniors for travel abroad to study or do research in the humanities. Special consideration given to those studying and researching in foreign language and literature.
Father David Valtierra Peace Studies Scholarship — Student must be a declared peace, justice, and conflict resolution studies minor; rising junior or senior; 3.0 GPA or higher. Eligible students need to submit a 500 word essay, "How you will integrate your studies in peace, justice, and conflict resolution into your future."
Lisa Hudson Evans Endowed Scholarship — Political Science major with financial need.
Anita Jones Spearman Scholarship — Upperclassmen majoring in Political Science or Journalism.
Pre-Law Endowment Fund — Renewable scholarships for pre-law students who maintain a 3.0 GPA. Support may also provide support (once per student recipient) for the LSAT preparatory courses, software and/or materials in their junior or senior year.
Elrod Annual Restricted Scholarship — Students who are juniors or seniors and majoring in History or Social Studies, who intend to become teachers. Candidates should have a GPA of 3.25 or higher and preference should be given to students who are first generation college students.
Linda M. Ashley Scholarship in Social Work — Non-traditional students majoring in Social Work.
Sociology Merit Scholarship — Outstanding students majoring in Sociology.
Dorothy Jones Women's Studies Award — $250 each semester, awarded by the Women's Studies Committee to an upperclassman enrolled that semester, with preference given to Women Studies minors. Recipients should demonstrate academic merit, financial need, and sophomore standing or above.


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New study explores cell receptor crucial for cardiovascular health
Posted on August 19, 2022 August 15, 2022 Author prind-cocom Comments Off on New study explores cell receptor crucial for cardiovascular health
Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of death around the world. A primary contributor to these afflictions is high blood pressure, or hypertension.
While treatments exist for the condition, which affects tens of millions of Americans, these remedies are not without side effects, and some variants of the disorder are treatment-resistant. The need for more effective therapies to address hypertension-related disease is therefore acute.The illustration shows a portion of the receptor pGC-A, known as the extracellular domain, which protrudes from cell surfaces in the cardiovascular system. Small molecules bind with the receptor and exert subtle control over blood pressure. The new research offers the first sneak peek at the full-length receptor, a vital step in the development of new drugs to treat hypertension and other afflictions.
To accomplish this however, biologists need more detailed maps of the mechanisms underlying cardiovascular regulation. One such regulator is a protein receptor that sits atop cardiovascular cells, acting as a conduit for messages that are transmitted when specific hormone molecules bind with them.
Known as pGC-A, this membrane receptor acts a bit like a thermostat, sensitively adjusting the body's blood pressure to maintain a homeostatic balance essential for health. The receptor acts not only as a vital cellular component for vascular and cardiac homeostasis, but also plays an important role in lipid metabolism and is implicated in cancer development.
In a new study, published in the current issue of the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from Arizona State University's Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery and their colleagues, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Rochester, make critical progress toward unveiling the structure of pGC-A.
The study provides the first purification, characterization and preliminary structural analysis of the full-length protein receptor. The research advances include crystallizing the protein and showing that these crystals diffract X-rays—two critical steps essential to solving the structure.
A clearer understanding of this complex receptor and its signaling mechanisms paves the way for a new suite of anti-hypertensive drugs, which could help stave off heart attacks and strokes and improve recovery from these incidents.
"This accomplishment is the first described X-ray diffraction for a new class of membrane protein receptors, and represents an extraordinary effort by our graduate student, Shangji Zhang," says co-author and Biodesign researcher Debbie Hansen. "Structures of unique classes of membrane proteins often require years of effort and are built on similar critical advances."
Co-author John C. Burnett Jr., from the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, has been working to develop candidate molecules for new anti-hypertensive drugs, based on the structure of the pGC-A receptor.
Heart-stopping threat
According to the World Health Organization, over a third of all deaths worldwide may be attributed to cardiovascular disease. Hypertension is among the leading factors contributing to the progression of cardiovascular disease.
The burden of hypertension has been steadily growing, resulting in a recent recommendation by the Report of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Working Group on Hypertension to "develop new drugs and treatments to target diverse hypertensive patient populations, such as patients with resistant hypertension."
Treatment-resistant forms of hypertension, which are more likely to occur in patients with obesity, diabetes or renal dysfunction, account for 12–15% of hypertensive patients. Such individuals show limited or poor response to existing therapeutics. The condition can develop when the blood vessels become calcified and inelastic, losing their ability to fully contract and relax. Clinical studies show that treating high blood pressure reduces the risk of stroke by 35–40%, and the risk of heart failure by 50%.
Cardiovascular diseases include rheumatic and congenital heart disease; coronary, cerebral and peripheral arterial disease; deep vein thrombosis; and pulmonary embolism. Coronary artery disease, a leading killer, occurs when blood flow to heart muscle cells is reduced or obstructed, which can lead to heart failure. In the United States alone, the condition is projected to increase to $70 billion by the year 2030.
New insights begin to crystalize
The pGC-A membrane receptor exists in three primary forms. This class of receptors are so important, they comprise the majority of pharmaceutical drug targets. For most organisms, whether prokaryotes like bacteria or eukaryotes like mammals, a full 20–30% of the genome is devoted to the expression of membrane proteins. Such receptors protrude from the outer cell membrane and penetrate deep into the cell's interior, often acting as conduits for external signals that modify the cell's behavior.
Designing drugs to target membrane proteins however, requires a highly detailed blueprint of the receptor structure, usually with atomic-scale resolution. Using this information, drug designers can engineer a drug that will bind in a selective and precise manner with the cell receptor, to produce a given outcome.
In the case of pGC-A, the binding molecules are peptide hormones produced by cells of the cardiovascular system. Known as natriuretic peptide hormones, they occur in natural variations and can also be synthetically designed, using genetic mutation. Part of the receptor's activity involves the conversion of GTP to cGMP, a molecule essential for the normal function of vital organs.
"The heart is not only a pump but an endocrine gland which produces a highly beneficial hormone called atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)," Burnett says. "This hormone plays an important role in blood pressure, kidney and over all metabolic balance."
To date, only the extracellular component of the pGC-A receptor has been characterized. The current work is a major step toward characterizing the full-length structure, particularly the transmembrane domain and functional intracellular domain regions, about which little is currently known.
To achieve this, the researchers use a method known as baculovirus protein expression. The process involves turning insect cells into tiny protein production factories. Insect cells resemble human cells in terms of their protein-processing machinery yet are easier and cheaper to grow than mammalian cells. Baculoviral vectors allow researchers to turn an insect virus into a vehicle for delivering the genetic recipe for a protein.
The process involves inserting a gene for making the receptor into a special type of DNA vector or carrier known as a bacmid. The recombinant bacmid carrying the receptor gene is then used to infect insect cells, which begin manufacturing recombinant baculoviruses.
The pGC-A receptor protein can then be extracted, purified and subjected to X-ray crystallography, to determine its structure. The process is tricky, labor-intensive and prone to failure for a variety of reasons. Only a small number of the many existing membrane proteins have been fully characterized, making the preliminary characterization of pGC-A an impressive achievement.
The insect cell expression system offers several advantages for protein expression, particularly in the case of membrane proteins like pGC-A. The technique makes it easier for researchers to extract properly folded membrane proteins directly from the cell membrane, compared with the bacterial expression of misfolded and non-functional proteins common with traditional expression in Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria.
Horizon line
"This was a massive accomplishment," Hansen says. "Membrane proteins are not trivial to purify, and she was also able to get crystallization of the protein and X-ray diffraction."
Further purification and better diffraction data will ultimately enable atomic-level structural characterization.
The research opens the door to the detailed characterization of other membrane proteins, which may ultimately find their way into effective drugs to control hypertension and a broad range of other medical conditions.
"A major goal is to develop breakthrough drugs based on ANP and its target receptor in humans to treat high blood pressure, heart failure as well as obesity," Burnett says. "The work done by the ASU and Mayo teams and reported in Scientific Reports helps unlock the secret of the receptor target and will accelerate the development of new drugs and truly help patients worldwide."
Petra Fromme, director of the Center for Applied Structural Discovery, who is the senior author of this study and served as the Ph.D. supervisor of Zhang, is excited about the high impact of this work.
"Metabolic diseases are one of the most important health threats of the 21st century, with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart diseases taking the lives of millions each year—and the numbers are rising. The work on the pGC-A receptor has the potential to develop an effective drug that reduces the symptoms without serious side effects," she said.
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God loves you so much that he sent Jesus on a mission of love with a message of love. The Bible doesn't say God has love; it says God is love. Love is his nature; God is love.God created the entire universe. He created this planet; he created the human race. And he created you because he loves you.
In the beginning of a relationship partners touch each other as often as heaven touches the earth. They can barely walk past each other without a little loving smack on the bottom.
A child needs four hugs a day for survival, eight for maintenance and twelve for growth. If your marriage is to outgrow the children's shoes, you had better start giving "free hugs" right away.
Hug your wife every day. Kiss her on her favourite spot every day. If you don't know what that is, it's high time that you found out.
Softly whisper words into her charming ear.
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Colombia's Farc has completed disarmament, UN says
Farc rebels in Colombia have handed over all of their personal weapons, completing the transfer of arms a day ahead of a revised schedule, United Nations monitors in Colombia say.
A total of 7,132 weapons have been registered and boxed away, the UN says.
The monitors said they had also found and emptied 77 out of the Farc's 900 arms caches hidden around the countryside.
The arms handover is a key condition in last year's peace agreement.
The deal seeks to end more than five decades of conflict and negotiations between Colombia's largest left-wing rebel group and the government.
But US monitors have warned that the task of locating and emptying the Farc's remaining caches could take many months because of the difficulty in reaching them.
Some of them are reachable only by river or foot through dense jungle and mountain terrain.
Many are booby-trapped and need to be painstakingly dismantled.
Many Colombians are concerned that if there is any delay, these weapons could fall into the hand of criminals, paramilitaries or the ELN, Colombia's second-largest left-wing rebel group.
All these groups are seeking to occupy territory relinquished by the Farc under the peace deal and take over their drug-trafficking activities.
In the meantime, President Juan Manuel Santos, who won a Nobel Prize for his efforts in securing the peace deal with the Farc, is expected to attend a symbolic ceremony on Tuesday in the town of Mesetas, south of Bogota, to mark the end of the disarmament process.
Mesetas was once a Farc stronghold during the 52-year conflict with the state in which 260,000 people lost their lives.
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VR is media's fastest-growing market
It's still small, but it's growing faster than console gaming, streaming and podcasts.
Image: Facebook / Protocol
Virtual reality remains on a significant growth trajectory: Global VR content revenues reached $1.8 billion in 2020, up 31.7% from 2019, according to PwC's latest Global Entertainment & Media Outlook report, which the company published Monday. VR content revenues will continue to grow around 30% annually, and reach $6.9 billion by 2025, according to the report.
This makes VR the fastest-growing media segment, ahead of online video, podcasts, esports and gaming. However, in absolute terms, VR still remains a relatively small market. PwC expects console, PC and casual gaming to reach annual revenues of $194.7 billion in 2025.
Image: PwC
PwC predicts that revenue from physical game sales will fall from 48.2% of the global console market to just 35.5% in 2025.
PwC's latest report not only looked at revenue opportunities for individual media markets, but also the behind-the-scenes shifts caused by changing media consumption habits. One conclusion: We'll still see a bunch of mega media M&A deals in the coming years, despite increased regulatory scrutiny.
Janko Roettgers (@jank0) was a senior reporter at Protocol, reporting on the shifting power dynamics between tech, media, and entertainment, including the impact of new technologies. Previously, Janko was Variety's first-ever technology writer in San Francisco, where he covered big tech and emerging technologies. He has reported for Gigaom, Frankfurter Rundschau, Berliner Zeitung, and ORF, among others. He has written three books on consumer cord-cutting and online music and co-edited an anthology on internet subcultures. He lives with his family in Oakland.


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*Deadline Extended (Oct 15): Dance as Site-ation: Adapting Literature, Film, Media, Place, and Performance (NeMLA 2022)
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 - 2:01pm
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
Dancing, perhaps most famously of the Tik Tok variety, has helped many cope and adapt to the past year's pandemic, making people feel connected in an almost choreographed way. Not only infiltrating certain web sites, site-specific dance—choreographed work inspired by a specific space or place—is becoming increasingly relevant, especially in environmental terms. Recent projects such as Karole Armitage's "On the Nature of Things" or Jody Sperling's "Polar Rhythms" have taken nature, and more specifically climate change and other environmental issues, as their source of inspiration. A transformative art, dance offers the possibility of intimate connection and even continuous metamorphosis.
Film Exhibition: The Italian Context (Symposium / Edited Volume)
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 - 12:32pm
Damien Pollard & Edward Bowen
This symposium and edited volume seeks to draw together research into cinematic exhibition in Italy throughout the twentieth and twenty-first century. Current research into Italian cinema is continuously expanding its purview to consider the great range of genres, forms and contexts that have been engaged by filmmakers working in the country. Similarly, recent studies have shone vital light on the complex make up of Italy's film audiences, and on the practices of film producers and distributors in the country. This project will continue this critical expansion by investigating the myriad ways in which film media (both Italian and foreign) has been exhibited and consumed in Italy.
Detectives and the Police: Fictional Friction?
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 - 11:57am
NeMLA 53rd Convention
Update: the deadline for this CFP has been changed to October 15, 2021.
NeMLA's 53rd convention will be held March 10-13, 2022, in Baltimore, MD. Please submit an abstract of 200-300 words through the NeMLA website [https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/CFP] and any questions to Kathryn Hendrickson at kraehendrickson@gmail.com.
Update High-impact Pedagogy: Undergraduate Research in the Humanities
This roundtable invites brief presentations of concrete strategies for carrying out undergraduate research in the humanities as well as specific ideas for the application of undergraduate research either inside or outside of the academy. NeMLA's 53rd convention will be held March 10-13, 2022, in Baltimore, MD. Please submit an abstract of 200-300 words through the NeMLA website [https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/CFP] and any questions to Kathryn Hendrickson at kraehendrickson@gmail.com.
NeMLA2022 Roundtable: Intertextual Wilde (Deadline Extended)
Whether he parodied, plagiarized, appropriated, translated, borrowed, or critiqued, Oscar Wilde's work contains a web of references that vigorously engages with the voices of others. The way Wilde spoke with and through his sources may reveal not only his own influences and allegiances, but also aspects of larger conversations within late Victorian culture involving artistic production, Decadence, theater, journalism, scholarship, poverty, gender issues, sexuality, prison reform, and more.
Teaching the Global Eighteenth Century (Roundtable at ASECS Annual Conference, March 31-April 2, 2022, Baltimore, MD)
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 - 9:52am
Geremy Carnes, Lindenwood University
For this roundtable, we seek presentations on any aspect of teaching the eighteenth-century
within a global context. Presentations might focus on strategies for teaching transcultural and
transnational encounters; travel, trade, or colonialism; eighteenth-century world literatures; or
any text or set of texts—written, oral, visual, aural, or material—that "globalize" students'
engagement with the eighteenth century. We welcome presentations that offer strategies for
teaching subject matter that exposes, interrogates, unsettles, decenters, or displaces a Eurocentric
worldview.
Migration, Belonging, and Afro-Europeanness: Current Articulations and Future Perspectives
Northeastern Modern Language Association
This panel aims to explore how writers and filmmakers have articulated questions of Blackness and Europeanness, migration and cultural belonging, colonial histories and decolonial futures.
In recent decades, artists, scholars, and activists from all over Europe have interrogated and problematized wishful narratives about Europe as a democratic stronghold and a multicultural, borderless space. Working in different media, forms, and genres, these works address urgent questions, such as the racialization of migration, the persistent social and economic inequalities of urban spaces, and the legacies of repressed colonial histories.
*Updated Deadline Extension to 10/15/21* NeMLA 2022 - Exploring Plurality: Queering Feminism(s), Neoliberalism, and the Commodification of Intersectionality
Monday, October 4, 2021 - 10:58pm
Feminism does not exist in singularity, and its plurality centers disenfranchised narratives and perspectives. Due to the interwoven structural oppressions based on the social construct of identities, intersectionality's formation provides a foundation and praxis to theorize and contribute to the dismantling of systemic oppressions. The whitening of intersectionality participates in commodification (Bilge 2015), in stark opposition to its original intentionality (Crenshaw 1991), and calls into question the plurality of feminism as if a hegemonic conceptualization of 'feminism' would be preferred, enhanced, or (en)forced.
Pindar and Pindarics: Translation, Imitation, Transformation
Monday, October 4, 2021 - 5:10pm
Northeast Modern Language Association
Deadline Extended: NeMLA 2022 - Contemporary Poetry and Social Media
Northeast Modern Language Association 2022
This roundtable will convene literary and media scholars with poets themselves to explore the present and future of poetic cultures online, both in the U.S. and around the world. Our largest question can be simply put: to what extent have platforms for digital "prosumption" and online networking transformed the social life of contemporary poetry? We understand this inquiry to entail a diverse array of other, finer pointed questions: How does social media now condition the politics of contemporary poetry, where "politics" signifies both the institutional lifeforms of poetry's production and circulation, and the ostensible public efficacy of poems themselves?
(Extended Deadline Oct. 15) NeMLA 2022: Sex in Literature After #MeToo
In recent years there has been increased attention to conversations concerning consent, sexual violence, and rape. The stories of survivors have been an important tool for informing the public about these issues and providing healing. First-hand nonfiction accounts of sexual violence like A Woman in Berlin, Know My Name, and Willow Weep for Me have helped to destigmatize conversations about rape and sexual assault and problematized mainstream understandings of these concepts. Novels like The Handmaid's Tale have also been able to question what sex and pleasure could look like within a rape culture.
UPDATED: RuPedagogies of Realness: RuPaul's Drag Race and Teaching and Learning
Lindsay Bryde/ New England Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
This roundtable is a combined showcase of published work that began on a NeMLA panel and an opportunity to extend the conversation from the original panel and publication to look at the increasingly global enterprise of RuPaul's Drag Race and its pedagogical power. Across its chapters, RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on RuPaul's Drag Race and Teaching and Learning (McFarland 2021) tackles issues from heterotopia, pop-linguistics, philosophies of co-productive learning, and televised curricula to cultural appropriation, sports as pedagogy, stand-up as pedagogy, and even digital drag…right into the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline extended (October 15, 2021) - NeMLA 2022 Panel: Disability Studies and French Cinema
NeMLA
Although academia's interest in disability studies emerged in the late 1980s, an ever-growing body of research has emerged since then, mainly from Anglo-Saxon and Nordic countries.
***Deadline extension*** The American Musical at the Psychiatrist: Medical, Mental, and Musical Encounters
Monday, October 4, 2021 - 2:13am
Call for abstracts for the 2022 NeMLA conference in Baltimore, Maryland, March 10-13, 2022
Journal Articles for Special Issue: "Teaching Girlhood Studies"
Sunday, October 3, 2021 - 7:49am
Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Girlhood Studies, as an academic discipline, is still growing. Since some educational institutions do include girls' studies as part of a special curriculum, an academic program, a certificate course, a minor, or as part of Women's Studies or Gender Studies, Girlhood Studies does have a presence in academia although at this stage rarely in an autonomous department. This interest in the pedagogies and practices of teaching Girlhood Studies is an important aspect of its growth as a field of study at university level, at school, and outside of formal academic settings.
NeMLA 2022 Panel: Photographic Craft in the Fiction of J.M. Coetzee
Saturday, October 2, 2021 - 2:23pm
Updated: Extended deadline: October 15, 2021
53rd NeMLA Annual Convention - Baltimore, Maryland, 10-13 March, 2022
NeMLA Roundtable: Genre of the Sketch in Long 19-century American Literature
Saturday, October 2, 2021 - 7:52am
As one of the most versatile genres in long 19th Century American literature, the sketch appears in a variety of forms, including short stories, parts of longer novels, essays, biographies, brief plays, poetry, and more. What characteristics, if any, unite this breathtakingly diverse genre? Without a common theme or style, sketches change radically over time and between authors. Some sketch writers endeavor to render characters, scenes, or events from real life, like Louisa May Alcott when she recounts her experiences as a Civil War nurse in Hospital Sketches. Similarly, regionalist writers such as Francis Parkman, George Washington Cable, or Bret Harte present impressions of people and places.
Misriqiya (International Journal of African – Egyptian Studies)
Friday, October 1, 2021 - 5:08pm
Faculty of Women, Ain Shams University Egypt
Miṣriqiyā Subject Fields
This journal publishes articles in the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, politics, geography, linguistics, literary and cultural studies and Basic Science. Miṣriqiyā is published in both print and online versions.
The International Journal of Childhood and Women's Studies (IJCWS)
Faculty of Women for Arts, Science & Education, Ain Shams University
The Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education is pleased to announce the launch of its newest peer-reviewed academic journal, an international Journal of Childhood and Women's Studies (IJCWS), open for submission for the first issue, April 2021! IJCWS is published quarterly (January, April, July and October), beginning in April 2021. Its official languages are Arabic, English, and French.
The journal now welcomes submissions via the on-line portal (http://ijcws.journals.ekb)
[DEADLINE EXTENDED] Unorthodox Minds: Innovative Exchanges Between Cognitive Studies, Narrative Theory and Contemporary Fiction (peer-reviewed edited volume)
Grzegorz Maziarczyk / The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Call for Chapter Proposals for Peer-Reviewed Edited Volume
Unorthodox Minds: Innovative Exchanges Between Cognitive Studies, Narrative Theory and Contemporary Fiction
edited by Grzegorz Maziarczyk and Joanna Klara Teske
Due to effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the strain it has placed on all of us, the deadline for abstracts for this volume has been extended.
New deadline for abstract submissions: 1 November 2021.
Southern Literature and Culture
Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference
2021 Midwest PCA/ACA Conference
Dr. Ashley Goulder, Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association
contact email (for questions only, submissions must be made through the website): agoulder@utm.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, AND PANEL PROPOSALS
Friday-Sunday, October 7-10, 2021 Westin, Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN
Topics may include but are not limited to:
--Southern food studies
--Slavery and the American South; slave narratives
--Civil War narratives
Greece in Victorian Popular Culture
Friday, October 1, 2021 - 12:29pm
https://revictoproject.com/greece-in-victorian-popular-culture-cfp/
Department of English Language and Literature
Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation
Deadline Extended: Archives of the Global Anglophone (NeMLA 2022)
Ben Fried / Northeast Modern Language Association
Where do we find important archives for the study of the Global Anglophone? How were their materials accumulated and how are they now arranged? What do these collections record, and what do they omit? Who can access them, particularly in this ongoing pandemic season?
This panel invites papers which explore the archives, personal or institutional, that enrich our understanding of literatures in English—and that provide material resources for research and teaching in the rising, disputed discipline of the Global Anglophone. Both established and lesser-known centers of archival study will make for welcome subjects. Papers may examine a whole institution, a particular collection, or even a single document.
Seventh Annual Post45 Graduate Symposium
Friday, October 1, 2021 - 11:59am
Keynote Speaker: Michelle Huang
Additional Faculty Participation by Harris Feinsod, Kalyan Nadiminti, Lauren Michele Jackson, Justin Mann, Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Nick Davis, Francisco Robles
Ruined Hope: Experiments in Negation, Nihilism, and Possibility (ACLA 2022)
The critical (re)turn to negation has provoked unprecedented attention to hope and hopelessness as key terms of contemporary living and dying. In her monograph on ecological crisis and political theology, Catherine Keller argues that hope must be decoupled from optimism. Where optimism and pessimism determine their outcomes in advance, hope takes root in uncertainty and remains there. The point of hope is, after all, that we cannot know how something will go.
Feminist Awakenings in Multiethnic Literature - MELUS 2022
Isadora J. Wagner / Fulbright University
CFP – MELUS 2022
New Orleans, March 23-28, 2022
Feminist Awakenings in Multiethnic Literature -- MELUS 2022 Panel
Social Networks, Social Distances: Hemingway Society SAMLA CFP
The Ernest Hemingway Society
The Stage and Beyond: International Conference on Culture and Performing Arts
Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran
Humanity as a whole and on a global scale has had to reflect on how it would proceed in the wake of a pandemic that has lasted longer than it has expected and has tested its ability to adapt to and invent new ways of being and moving. Performing artists in efforts to literally and aesthetically survive has had to learn to deal with the limited availability of and accessibility to the stage. While in previous times indoor and outdoor stages as well as open public spaces have been readily available to offer their work to audiences, now they are forced to deal with isolation and mediation.
Performance and Public Shakespeare
Sharon O'Dair University of Alabama, Timothy Francisco, Youngstown State University
CFP: Performance and Public Shakespeare
For a special issue being proposed to Shakespeare Bulletin, we seek essays on the topic of performance and public Shakespeare, with a focus on markets and social responsibility.
Of course, performance is public Shakespeare, but as a result may be under-theorized in the ways current scholarship on social justice, eco-justice, and anti-racist pedagogy, to name a few, are reimaging and re-interrogating Shakespeare's outward meanings and possibilities. We hope to expand our understandings of performance as public Shakespeare. Questions contributors may think about include the following:
NeMLA 2022 - Panel - Contempt as a Virus: The Contagion of Ugly Feelings in a Post-Pandemic World
Fred Solinger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
*Please submit your 250-300 word abstract at https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/login*


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When the class had begun an hour earlier, not everyone was on the same page, including two sisters who struggled to work together in building their wreath. But Watts encouraged the girls, and soon they too created a beautiful wreath to take home and proudly show their mother.
"I get so much joy out of using my love of the arts to develop discipline and teach these kids to work together," said Watts, who founded Hands On Youth Activities Inc. in 1999.
During June and July, Watts hosted three free workshops at the North Avondale Branch Library, teaching kids to make wreaths, and decorative flip-flops. Kids and adults also learned to sew squares for a community quilt project.
Watts is among community organizations, nonprofits, schools and businesses across the Birmingham metro area that partner with the Birmingham Public Library (BPL)'s 19 libraries located across the city. North Avondale Library Branch Manager Saundra Ross said Watts has been a tremendous asset to her library, giving participants of all ages the community something positive to do.
Watts said she has spent the past 17 years devoting countless hours sharing her artistic talents with young people and adults across Birmingham, partnering with the Birmingham Public Library, schools, and community groups. Among her past projects: Special Olympics World Winter Games Scarf Making Workshop, Parents Crochet With Your Children Workshop, Cherokee Leaf Pounding Workshop, Let's Plant Something, Fishing Expedition, Kids Cake Baking, and others.
"I want to do my part to make a difference in the lives of young people," said Watts, who also shares her talents with adults.
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The opportunities for a qualified Materials Scientist or Engineer are staggeringly good
Dr. A.K.M. Bazlur Rashid
Professor, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology:BUET
Describing MME in short...
Materials Scientists test the mechanical, physical, chemical and electrical properties of materials and explore how these properties depend on the microstructures they engineer and observe using high powered microscopes. Materials Engineers apply this knowledge to select the most appropriate material and manufacturing process for any given application, to predict how a component will perform in service, and to investigate how and why materials fail.
The central concept in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering is that the properties and behaviour of every material is dependent on its internal microstructure, and that microstructure can be controlled by the way in which the material is made and processed.
Throughout the world, the subject is more popularly known as Materials Science and Engineering (MSE).
Differences between MSE and other engineering disciplines...
Profession of civil, mechanical and other engineers involves engineering with materials i.e. the use of materials in their creations, while profession of materials engineers involves engineering of materials i.e. they engineer materials to satisfy the needs of others.
Students should know beforehand...
MSE is a combination of materials science, which deals with atomic bonding and atomic structure, and materials engineering, which deals with application of materials.
So, a fair degree of knowledge on basic chemistry and physics of materials always help students do better in this field. An additional knowledge on mathematics and computer programming would also bring a student to the excising branch of simulation and quantitative analysis of materials science and engineering.
Student can participate in variety of events organised by the Department of MME while studying this subject. Some of the events include:
(i) International Conference on Structure, Processing and Properties of Materials (SPPM),
(ii) Seminars and workshops,
(iii) Best Thesis and Best Microstructure competitions,
(iv) 3-week industrial training (after 6th semester final examination),
(v) Industrial visits round the year,
(vi) Student Association of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering (SAMME),
(vii) Alumni and MME Day, and
(viii) Annual sports and picnic/dinner.
Categorizing the subject, mathematical/logical/theoretical and physical hardships...
No, the subject is not too mathematical; it is not completely theoretical like History either. And yes, the subject demands some degree of logic while correlating material structure with its properties.
If you work in an industry, yes, you may require some physical labour and experience extreme environment; unfortunately, most engineers do. But if you are the lucky one who happens to be working as a quality control officer (even in an industry), you may find yourself working in an air-conditioned office with a computer.
Only sky is the limit. Some of the job descriptions that s/he may consider include:
(i) Selecting and designing right material for a specific problem
(ii) Designing processes and producing materials reliably and economically
(iii) Investigating and designing new materials, and improving traditional materials
(iv) Study structure and composition of materials, and measure and certify properties of all kind
(v) Select, predict and evaluate performance of materials in service
(vi) Analysing failure of material and process
Some of the job titles that may go with MSE engineers include materials engineer, process engineer, research engineer, and quality control engineer. MSE graduates are also involved in teaching or doing research in a university or work as free-lance consultants.
Job sectors and job availability...
The opportunities for a qualified Materials Scientist or Engineer are staggeringly good. Furthermore, in a recent survey on average starting salaries of graduates conducted by the Central Services Unit, UK, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering came in the top three, well ahead of physics, chemistry and all other engineering subjects. Diverse industries such as metals, ceramics, polymer, electronic, optical, chemical, pharmaceutical, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, energy, environment, information technology etc. require Materials Scientist or Engineer for design, manufacture, management, sales, research and development.
Department of MME at BUET is the only institution in this country that offers university level education in Materials Science and Engineering. The department produces about 40 graduates annually. So we have a serious lack of MME graduates in our country. The job availability is almost 100% as there is no competition in this field.
Average salary for a responsible job...
Industries nowadays offer about Tk. 30,000 - Tk. 35,000 per months to a fresh MME graduate. After 2 years of successful service, the salary has seen to be raised up to Tk. 100,000.
Lucrative companies where students dream of a job...
Besides government organisations, such as PDB, BCIC, GTCL, BSEC, BITAC, BCSIR, Atomic Energy Commission, private organisations such as BSRM, AKG, Beximco Group, Shinepukur Ceramics, Nasir Glass, BOC recruit MME graduates in a regular basis.
MME graduates are also currently working in many foreign organisations and universities. Some of those include Lockheed Martin (NASA), INTEL, IBM, SEAGATE, CSIRO, Australia; California State University, USA; National University of Singapore; City University Dublin, Ireland; University of Malaya and International Islamic University, Malaysia; and City University of Hong Kong.
Department of MME has the best foreign scholarship rate at BUET. About 80% fresh graduates went abroad (USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Belgium, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, China) each year for higher study within the first 6 months of their final result. Within a year another 10 - 15% leaves the country. More than 50% of MME graduates who went abroad for higher studies obtained full scholarship.
The faculties of the department have very strong link with professors of renowned universities and they always play active rule in sending bright MME graduates for higher studies with a handsome scholarship.
Research fields and topics, universities that intake our students...
Topics such as nanotechnology and thin film, biomaterials and biomedical engineering, automotive and aerospace engineering, sensor and other functional materials, electronic packaging materials, reliability of metal casting, high quality steel production, etc. are the few advanced and cutting edge topics in which MSE graduates find their interest to do research.
All advanced countries of the world including the USA, Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore, China, Korea have very strong MSE programmes. Interest students can visit to the following famous websites on materials and metallurgical engineering:
Oxford Materials graduates: http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/infoandnews/alumni/alumnicareers.html
IoM3 Careers site: http://www.materials-careers.org.uk/
MSE Careers Resource Center (USA): http://www.crc4mse.org/Index.html
Message to new students...
Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering (MME) at BUET is the only institution of its kind in Bangladesh. Being a small department of only 50 student intake per year, the student-teacher relation at the department is one of the best at BUET. The department has 15 laboratories with the most expensive, advanced and new machines and equipment at BUET. All 20 highly qualified, enthusiastic faculties (14 of whom have their PhD from reputed foreign university) of the department are eagerly waiting with open arms to congratulate and welcome the freshers.


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Anna, Carolina, Erin, Hannah, Leah, Lily and Mariana make up our wonderful new reception team. A big thank you goes to Daniel for stepping up to manage the team and to our members for their patience as everyone settles into their roles.
We also welcome Georgia, who is teaching the Vinyasa class at Bligh Street on Fridays at 6.45am and Saturdays at 10.30am. Georgia brings a little magic to everything she touches and approaches her classes with a focus on integrity of alignment, balancing flexibility and strength. Check the timetable for more.
Looking for a new way to celebrate the end of the year with your staff? Why not book a relaxing yoga or energetic Pilates class for you and your team? We'll provide the instructor, the equipment, and the herbal tea at the end. Places are limited, so contact Jemma on jemmah@elixr.com.au to discuss your teambuilding event today!
The Australian Ballet is offering all Elixr members 10% off tickets for Spartacus at the Sydney Opera House from 9–24 November 2018. One of the company's most popular works, Spartacus tells the story of a gladiator who led a slaves' rebellion against the Roman empire. To book, visit www.australianballet.com.au or call 1300 369 741 and quote the code ELIXR to qualify for your discount. Limited to the first 100 bookings.
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Q: Java Reflection API - Getting the value of a String[] field I was wondering if it is possible to grab a String[] of an unknown size from a class using the java reflection API and store it elsewhere?
Thanks.

A: class Foo {
  private String[] bar;

  public Foo(String[] bar) {
    this.bar = bar;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Foo foo = new Foo(new String[] {"a", "b", "c"});
    Field barField = Foo.class.getDeclaredField("bar");
    String[] bar = (String[]) barField.get(foo);
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(bar)); // [a, b, c]
  }
}

In addition to getDeclaredField(String), there's getField(String) and getFields() which only return public fields as well as getDeclaredFields() for all fields a class declares.

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Meanwhile, add olive oil to a large skillet and sauté the onions and peppers over medium heat. Cook until the onions and peppers begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
Add the zucchini and halved tomatoes to the skillet along with the salt and pepper, and toss and heat another 3 minutes, until the tomatoes begin to soften.
Carefully remove the fries from the oven, and pile into the center of the baking sheet or stone. Cover the fries with the tomato and pepper mixture. Top with the black beans and cheddar cheese.
Place the pan back in the oven, and heat for another 4-5 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
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LONDON - London's Gatwick Airport was operating without problems Sunday, but the fugitive drone operators who brought incoming and outgoing flights to a standstill over multiple days remained at large -- and a potential threat -- after police cleared two local residents who were arrested as suspects. Sussex Police were hopeful they had halted the disruptive and costly drone incursions during one of the heaviest travel periods of the year with Friday's arrests of a couple who live near the airport. But they were released Sunday, and police said they were no longer suspects. Tens of thousands of passengers suffered through long flight delays or were stranded by cancellations after two drones were reported seen above the airfield at Gatwick on Wednesday night, prompting an immediate suspension of all air traffic. Sussex Chief Detective Jason Tingley said Sunday he could not rule out new drone activity at Gatwick or other U.K. airports.
A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a string of drone sightings which brought Gatwick Airport to a standstill. They were arrested in the area at about 22:00 GMT on Friday. The airport has since reopened but flights were grounded for more than a day affecting about 140,000 passengers after drones were seen near the runway. Sussex Police said it was continuing to investigate "criminal use of drones" and appealed for information. The airport said it aimed to run "a full schedule" of 757 flights on Saturday, carrying 124,484 passengers.
London's airports don't want a repeat of the drone panic that left Gatwick travelers grounded for days, and they're willing to spend loads of cash to keep their skies safe. Heathrow and Gatwick have spent millions of pounds on "military-grade" anti-drone systems in the wake of the scare. It's not clear what they've purchased, but it might be a Rafael Drone Dome system that can jam drone communications. The company told the Times that it had seen interest from UK customers, but it's not clear if that included the two airports. It's still unclear how much of a threat drones posed during the Gatwick incident, or if the owners even intended anything malicious.
The United Kingdom has sent troops to its second-busiest airport after an unprecedented attempt to cripple Christmas travel with unusually large drones forced all flights to be grounded. As tens of thousands of passengers on Thursday waited at Gatwick Airport, south of the capital, London, police hunted unsuccessfully for the operators of the large drones which reappeared near the airfield every time the airport tried to reopen the runway. Police said there was no indication of a terrorism motive behind the devices, which first appeared on Wednesday night. "The assessment earlier on today was that we wouldn't be using firearms," Detective Chief Superintendent Jason Tingley said late on Thursday. "This is continually reviewed so you will know and have seen that we have firearm officers deployed."
Britain's Gatwick airport has reopened after a rogue drone saboteur wrought travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of Christmas travellers by playing cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. After the biggest disruption at Gatwick airport since a volcanic ash cloud in 2010, Britain's second-busiest airport said on Friday its runway was open and that a limited number of aircraft were scheduled for departure and arrival. "Gatwick's runway is currently available and a limited number of aircraft are scheduled for departure and arrival," the airport said. "Gatwick continues to advise passengers to check the status of their flight with their airline before travelling to the airport as departures and arrivals will be subject to delays and cancellations." Gatwick said 700 planes were due to take off on Friday, although there would still be delays and cancellations.


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When both my parents and my much loved uncle died all died within months of each other, I was plunged into a deep depression.
and women did not even smoke in public. I try and describe my transformation into the world of colour, of TV and most of all how DR Who changed my life.
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I can still recall feelings of joy that ran through me as the bell rang to signal the end of term. The sheer pleasure that swept over me in knowing that the summer holidays had begun. In the summer of 1963, I was but eleven years on earth and growing fast. Long they said I was, not just tall, but long my Nan always said. I had just this year gone into long trousers, but not long enough as the three inches of grubby sock could testify. Being the eldest of two boys there were no hand me downs for me, but there was rarely anything new either so I just had to lump it. But, during the summer holidays I could wear my jeans and t-shirts every day and not the straight jacket that passed for a school uniform.
I don't now recall too many individual days, rather a pleasant blurring of many days melded into one long hot summer, flood into my memories; walks in the surrounding meadows, bike rides, swimming, camping, and most of all, playing down the dump.
Ah, the dump. Its proper name was The Town Council Refuse Depot or something like that. It was a place of wonder and mystery, a place where buried treasure abounded and dreams could come true. All the rubbish that the good people of Barry put out in their bins ended up here. No black bags then but proper metal bins mind you, and although recycling was not a national issue, everyone saved milk-bottle tops and took their pop bottles back to claim the three-penny deposit. The Dump! That forbidden place that could not be resisted by an inquisitive boy was also the battleground for fights over territory and scavengers rights. On one side was a private estate of rather posh houses and a farm, while our side of the dump was made up of rows of terraced houses and ramshackle outhouses. As the centre terraced street was Bell Street we called ourselves the 'Bellites'.
The red-bricked slate-roofed house we lived in had seen four previous generations of our family born into it. It was not a grand house but an end house in a terraced street identical to thousands of streets across Wales. A front door opened into; a damp and peeling, stone tiled, cabbage and cats-piss passage leading to the facing naked stairs. The first door on the left, the front room with its pink and blue polka-dotted walls was only used on special occasions, and of course for my Nan's special card and tea-leaf readings.
I didn't go in this room too much, my Nan kept all her best ornaments in there; the china dogs on the mantel, the glass cabinet filled with little china people, the grandfather clock in the corner, silent and tick-less for years, and my Nan's harmonium, a sort of foot pumped organ that I was never, ever, allowed to touch. A small table and a couple of armchairs completed the layout of the sacred and holy front-room.
The living room was just that, we lived in it. It had two old brown settees with the horse-hair stuffing bulging out from one of them; there was a dresser festooned with crockery which was never used tucked into an alcove, the family table, topped with a thick brown cloth and ever-present brew of tea, milk and sugar stood in front of the dresser, three chairs were tucked under during the day. A large armchair, my Nan's seat, next to the radio was in front of the small stained glass window. It was not actually a window but a door to the garden, but it had never been opened in my lifetime. A green quilted stool for my Nan's feet was tucked against the chair, but it was often the only seat for me when everyone was home.
The mantelpiece was the family dumping ground: there were letters, keys, my Nan's purse, some loose change; payment cards for the milkman, the Co-op, electric, gas and so on; assorted cigarette packets; everyone smoked different brands; matches, lighters, spills to light the gas, and anything else that needed a temporary home until wanted again.
A cupboard, built into an alcove, was filled with books, there were books piled under the table, behind the settees, on top of the sideboard and left about on chairs. My family loved to read, my Mam and my Nan had taught me to read long before I had started school. By the age of eleven I had already read most of the 'classics', although I may not have understood some of nuances within them. I had even tackled some of my Nan's esoteric tomes.
The square of curling faded brown carpet was edged by red linoleum up to cream skirting boards crowned with the green floral patterned wallpaper, brown-stained as was the ceiling, from the continuous blue smoke of my family's cigarettes and my Dad's occasional cigar. Yes, we lived in that room, a close and open-minded family, communicating and understanding life together. There was me, my Mam and Dad, my Nan and sometimes my uncle Sid.
The kitchen, or scullery as my Nan called it was a gloomy and damp room where she ceremoniously burned every meal. No hot water and no modern labour-saving machinery back then. Everything had to be done by hand, from boiling the washing in a bucket on the old gas stove to sweeping and mopping the floors, no fridge either, everything was bought daily or kept in the meat safe or on a cold slab of marble in the pantry.
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Striving for a safer Cambodia, Sister Srey Cafe proudly supports APOPO Humanitarian Demining, by donating a percentage of our profits. Landmines still affect people in 60 countries around the world. The negative impact posed by landmines to the development of Cambodia is immeasurable. Leftover landmines from the conflict remain active and dangerous long after the hostilities ended; causing terror and killing indiscriminately. Landmines not only cause tragic accidents, they are a barrier to development, constraining communities and denying access to fertile land, travel routes and basic needs. APOPO, alongside local partner the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) is conducting a humanitarian ladmine clearance project in Cambodia, targeting the most mine-affected villages in order to return safe, productive land back to communities where it makes the biggest impact. APOPO's landmine detection rats fondly nicknamed "HeroRATS" are too light to detonate the landmines and are very quick at finding them, making them a perfect "tool" for speeding up detection and clearance.
Sister Srey has various incentives and activities in which support the local and rural community such as donating lunches to charitable events closest to our hearts, supporting small businesses & farmers and working with other social enterprises.
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If you care so much, Coke, why aren't your bottles 100% recycled?
Earlier this year Greenpeace revealed Coca-Cola is responsible for selling more than 100bn single-use plastic bottles across the globe every year – that's more than 3,000 every second. The soft drinks giant has come under attack for its meagre recycled content and failure to move away from single-use packaging that is devastating marine life.
Nearly half of the more than 35m plastic bottles bought in the UK every day are not recycled. We need governments to step up and introduce what we know already works around the world. Deposit return schemes have a proven track record internationally for increasing collection rates of drinks containers.
After concerted campaigning, we now have clear political processes in motion for governments in Holyrood and Westminster to consider introducing well-designed deposit return schemes that can cover all drinks containers. To help these succeed, we need major players like Coca-Cola to get fully behind these processes to deal with the problem at scale.
The company's new plastic packaging strategy is far from genuinely innovative. As the biggest drinks company on the planet, that's not good enough.
This article was amended on 14 July 2017. An earlier version said that PR firm Edelman was responsible for the new announcement. Edelman has yet to start work with Coca-Cola.


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"The Walking Dead," about a zombie apocalypse, is one of the most popular shows on cable. (Photo: AMC Networks)
5 zombie movies to help you cope with 'Walking Dead' withdrawal
From 'World War Z' to 'Night of the Living Dead,' get your ghoul on with these post-apocalyptic zombie thrillers.
by Michael d'Estries | Friday, April 8, 2016
by Michael d'Estries
That collective groan you heard Sunday evening in TV land? No, not another zombie herd, but millions of fans who tuned into the Season 6 finale of "The Walking Dead" and watched as one of the world's most-watched dramas ended with yet another cliffhanger.
In lieu of no more Rick and the gang until "The Walking Dead" returns in October, we thought it would be a great time to use these next few months to catch up on some classic zombie films. So pull up Amazon Video or Netflix, and check out these fine undead recommendations.
'28 Days Later'
Cillian Murphy navigates an eerily deserted London in the 2002 post-apocalyptic zombie drama "28 Days Later." (Photo: 28 Days Later)
Directed by British filmmaker Danny Boyle, "28 Days Later" is a 2002 post-apocalyptic drama that's widely credited with not only reinvigorating the undead genre, but also introducing the idea of "fast, sprinting zombies." Starring Irish actor Cillian Murphy and British star Naomie Harris, the film tells the story of a man who awakens from a coma to find London in the grips of a zombie pandemic. To pull off the desolate scenes of the normally bustling city, the production crew typically shot on Sundays just after dawn, relying on a mobile police roadblock to slow down traffic. While effective, the crew had only minutes to film the scene before people and traffic would start invading the shot.
Critical reviews were overwhelmingly positive, with the film joining the ranks of several "scariest ever" lists. In his review for Empire Magazine, American critic Ken Newman called it the "best purely British horror/science-fiction film in decades. And the first great apocalypse movie of the new millennium."
'World War Z'
Based on the best-selling book by American horror author Max Brooks, "World War Z" revolves around the spread of a worldwide zombie virus and the former United Nations investigator tasked with stopping it. The film, directed by German filmmaker Marc Forster, stars American actor Brad Pitt, Israeli actress Daniella Kertesz, and South African actor Fana Mokoena.
"I wanted to make it global. I wanted to make it about the world," Brooks told From The Grapevine about his idea for the zombie pandemic. "What I was trying to say in this book is that we're all in this together. We can't wait for the 11th hour before it's too late. We need to look at global problems and global solutions and work together to solve them."
Despite costly reshoots and delays, "World War Z" defied expectations and became both a critical and financial success upon its release in June 2013. "Z has guts and energy," wrote David Thomson for The New Republic. "It starts its mayhem early and it never lets up." The film still stands today as the highest-grossing zombie movie of all time.
'Shaun of the Dead'
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg star as two down-on-their-luck blokes caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse in "Shun of the Dead." (Photo: Shaun of the Dead)
British filmmakers/actors Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg proved that zombies could inspire laughs as well as gasps with the 2004 comedy "Shaun of the Dead." Set in London, the plot focuses on the downtrodden life of an electronics shop salesman who awakens one morning to find himself in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. The film is notable for its impressive cameos by British comedians and sitcom stars; including Martin Freeman, Tamsin Greig and Trisha Goddard.
Shot over nine weeks on a very small budget, the film went on to become both a critical and commercial hit around the world. "A side-splitting, head-smashing, gloriously gory horror comedy, 'Shaun Of The Dead' is hilarious," gushed British critic Nev Pierce for the BBC. The popular film website Bloody Disgusting went even further, calling the film "quite possibly the best horror-comedy ever made."
'Dawn of the Dead'
Written and directed by American filmmaker George Romero, "Dawn of the Dead" is a 1978 classic zombie film that should be on every fan's must-see list. The plot revolves around an "unexplained phenomenon" that reanimates the recently deceased and triggers the violent collapse of modern society. It's also considered one of the most gory zombie flicks.
According to Romero, the idea for "Dawn" came after he visited a shopping mall in Pennsylvania managed by a friend and was given a tour of its hidden sections. His friend quipped that the facility would be the perfect place to ride out an emergency, sparking Romero's interest in creating a zombie film where a mall would play a central role in offering sanctuary to survivors.
"Dawn" went on to become both a critical and box office success, with legendary critic Roger Ebert calling it "one of the best horror films ever made." It also spawned a franchise of four sequels and helped launch the career of American director Zack Snyder, who rebooted the original in 2004.
'Night of the Living Dead'
"Night of the Living Dead" is considered the original classic zombie movie. (Photo: Night of the Living Dead)
The original zombie cult classic, director George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" scared the living daylights out of horror fans when it was released in 1968. At its premiere in Pittsburgh, parents brought children not knowing the gore and extreme scares that awaited. "There was a little girl across the aisle from me, maybe 9 years old, who was sitting very still in her seat and crying," Roger Ebert reported at the time.
It's worth noting that when Romero came up with the idea of "Living Dead," he didn't think of the reanimated corpses as zombies but as ghouls. "I thought I was doing something completely new by having the dead rise," he said in a 2013 interview. "The recently dead. They're too weak to dig themselves out of graves. They're too weak to eat brains, because they'll never crack the skull. I have these sort of rules that I use, that everyone seems to have gone away from."
In 1990, American director Tom Savini and Menahem Golan, a prolific Israeli producer, released a reboot of "Night of the Living Dead." Critical reception was mostly positive, with fans appreciative of the updated cinematography, makeup and special effects. "This film works on so many levels," Bloody Disgusting wrote in a review. "Normally remakes are horrible, and diverge so much from the original film. This one is so close to the original it's scary."
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To qualify there are two offers. The first is for cities with populations under 10,000 and the second is larger cities with populations up to 50,000 people. You must be a city, D.D.A., school, or a 501-c3 not for profit group. You must also provide 50 volunteer hours. These hour can be used to get the wall ready or prep work. The wall must be in a public downtown area, or community center.
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Press Center Daily News 2018 Western Digital offers new solutions to G-Tech G-Drive & G-Speed Shuttle families
Western Digital offers new solutions to G-Tech G-Drive & G-Speed Shuttle families
Western Digital Corporation is meeting the escalating fast-transfer and high-capacity demands of professional content creators by enabling real-time 4K and 8K workflows with three new professional-grade ultra-fast solutions in its G-Technology G-Drive and G-Speed Shuttle product families.
Working with large 4K and 8K RAW video means massive file sizes and is undoubtedly one of the largest pain points for content editors. With new cameras capable of capturing over 400 MB/s of RAW data, there is an opportunity for content professionals to create incredibly high-resolution footage and ever-more immersive viewer experiences. It is not uncommon for a production crew to be on-location for two or three months recording three to four terabytes per day of footage from multiple cameras. With this expansion of data capture, comes a potential bottleneck in maintaining a real-time workflow on location – until now.
G-Drive Mobile Pro SSD
With storage running at 2800MB/s, the G-Drive mobile Pro SSD (up to 1TB of capacity) lets you edit multi-stream 8K footage at full frame rate, quickly render projects and experience them at full resolution, and transfer as much as a terabyte of media in seven minutes or less (for capacities 1TB or larger) wherever you are. It sports a durable, shock-resistant design, and a single Thunderbolt 3 port lets you instantly edit footage on the go with incredible speed without the need for wall power.
The G-Drive mobile Pro SSD solution with Thunderbolt 3 is available in the US this summer in capacities of 500GB ($659.95) and 1TB ($1,049.95).
G-Drive Pro SSD
Equipped with scorching fast transfer rates of up to 2800MB/s, the G-Drive Pro SSD solution (up to 7.68TB of capacity) with Thunderbolt 3 technology enables a filmmaker to edit multi-stream 8K footage at full frame rate, quickly render projects and experience them at full resolution, and transfer as much as a terabyte of content in seven minutes or less (for capacities 1TB or larger). Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports are ready to daisy-chain up to five additional devices, while a stackable, rugged aluminum enclosure offers a durable way to help keep your workplace tidy.
The G-Drive Pro SSD solution with Thunderbolt 3 is available in the US next month in capacities of 960GB ($1,399.95), 1.92TB ($2,099.95), 3.84TB ($4,099.95) and 7.68TB ($7,599.95).
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With up to 16TB of SSD capacity, the G-Speed Shuttle SSD with Thunderbolt 3 is optimized to support multi-stream HD, 4K, 8K, VR and VFX workflows. Equipped with transfer rates up to 2800MB/s, hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, and eight removable SSDs pre-loaded and configured in RAID 5, it is built for ultra-demanding production workflows.
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Behind the Groove with Anthony David
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April 24, 2008 | 4:00 pm
Anthony David may not be a household name yet, but that's all about to change if India.Arie has anything to say about it. When we got word that India would be getting her own label imprint and releasing Anthony as her first artist, we were quite happy to hear that AD would finally be getting some much-deserved shine. Although he has enjoyed a degree of success on his own and built a large grassroots following, Anthony welcomes the transition to the mainstream and is looking forward to doing big things with the release of his album Acey Deucy on June 17th.
With a sound reminiscent of the classic soul that we don't often hear nowadays, Anthony is a welcome throwback to the days when singers sang and didn't rely on studio tricks and celebrity producers. As a singer/songwriter who takes his craft seriously, David is about to let the masses know that he got next and to get used to hearing his name.
I recently had chance to chop it up with Anthony while he readies the release of his upcoming album, and we enjoyed a spirited conversation about his experiences as an independent artist, his admiration for Alexander O'Neal, his love of blogging and why he wouldn't change his journey for anything.
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*Music from Acey Deucy played during interview: "Words" feat. India.Arie and "Smoke One."
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3 new bus routes in Dubai from December 1
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The Public Transport Agency, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), will launch three new public bus routes in Dubai on December 1, in a bid to broaden bus routes network to cover various residential, commercial and entertainment areas in the emirate.
Ibn Battuta-AD bus service to roll out
Finally, a bus route from Ibn Battuta Metro Station to Abu Dhabi will be started following constant calls from the public who had to go to faraway stations like Al Ghubaiba on the way to or from the capital. The Public Transport Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) also inaugurated nine new internal bus routes within Dubai "to boost the bus transit network and keep up with the rising demand for mass transit means in general and public buses in particular."
'Horrific' 32-car pile-up in Dubai fog injures 14 people
Sixteen people have been injured and two cars were gutted by fire in a 32-car pile-up this morning on Dubai Bypass Road. Brigadier Omar Abdullah Abdul Aziz Al Shamsi of Dubai Police said the dense fog and high speeds caused the accident.