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October 20, 2019 / 3:43 AM / 3 months ago
NFL notebook: Bengals' Green 'still a ways to go'
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green doesn't appear to be returning to the field in the near future.
Sep 22, 2019; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green on the field prior to a game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports
Green has yet to play in a game this season since sustaining an ankle injury in July. The seven-time Pro Bowl selection was limited in practice last week before failing to participate in this week's sessions.
"If I can go, I can go," Green said, via the Dayton Daily News. "If I can't, I can't. It's no big thing. Like I said from Day 1, if I'm healthy enough to play then I'm going to play. Right now, I still have a ways to go."
Green's name has been tossed about as a potential target prior to the trade deadline, although Bengals coach Zac Taylor was definitive last week that the star wideout won't be dealt.
—The New York Jets followed up on their threat and fined guard Kelechi Osemele for conduct detrimental to the team after he missed practice, according to multiple media reports.
Osemele, who is listed as doubtful for Monday night's game against the New England Patriots, has been involved in a dispute with the team regarding the severity of his shoulder injury and had been planning to undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum and miss the rest of the season. Osemele plans to file a grievance, as the team believes he can play through the injury and delay surgery.
ESPN reported Osemele was at the team's facility Saturday, a day after the Jets notified him he would be fined or suspended if he didn't practice.
—Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon was officially ruled out for Monday night's game against the Jets, after missing his third straight practice.
Gordon hurt his left ankle and knee on Oct. 10 in the Patriots' Thursday night win over the New York Giants. The injuries are not believed to be serious, but Gordon was expected to miss at least a game or two.
Also absent for the Patriots will be tight end Matt LaCosse (knee), while wide receivers Julian Edelman (chest) and Phillip Dorsett (hamstring) are both questionable after practicing on a limited basis all week.
—The NFL fined Los Angeles Rams linebacker Clay Matthews, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield and Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker $12,500 each after publicly criticizing officiating last week.
Mayfield and Walker were fined for post-game comments Sunday, while ESPN reported Matthews was cited for a tweet posted Monday, during the Detroit Lions' controversial loss to Matthews' old team, the Green Bay Packers.
"The storyline for the 2019 season continues to be the refs inability to make the accurate and correct calls week in and week out. Al Riveron continues to blindly side with his refs and the current status quo. Something must change! Zero accountability," Matthews tweeted.
—The Tennessee Titans activated first-round pick Jeffery Simmons to the 53-man roster in time for Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Simmons, who tore his left ACL during pre-draft workouts in February, was selected by Tennessee with the 19th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Mississippi State. The defensive end practiced all week.
—The Chargers did not activate left tackle Russell Okung before 4 p.m. ET, meaning Okung will have to wait until at least Week 8 to make his season debut.
Okung announced Thursday he was returning after spending the first six weeks on the reserve/non-football injury list while recovering from a pulmonary embolism that sidelined him since June.
Okung practiced Thursday and Friday, though his level of participation is unclear.
—Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Jarran Reed was activated to the 53-man roster ahead of Sunday's game against the visiting Baltimore Ravens.
The Seahawks also placed tight end Will Dissly on injured reserve to make room for Reed, who was suspended for the first six games of the season for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
—The Philadelphia Eagles activated cornerback Jalen Mills from the physically unable to perform list ahead of their Sunday night matchup at the Dallas Cowboys.
Mills is expected to start Sunday after practicing this week. It's taken nearly a year for Mills to recover fully from a foot injury sustained in Week 8 of 2018.
—The Green Bay Packers upgraded wideout Geronimo Allison's condition from doubtful to questionable following practice.
He was in the concussion protocol after getting hurt in Monday night's win against the Detroit Lions. He also sustained a chest injury.
—The Kansas City Chiefs have swapped defensive tackles, signing Mike Pennel and releasing Terrell McClain, according to a report from ESPN.
Pennel, 28, has yet to appear in a game this season, released by the Patriots in August. For his career, he has appeared in 69 games (15 starts) between the Packers and Jets.


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Slowdive impress with their first new material in 22 years
From RNZ Music, 2:40 pm on 13 May 2017
English shoegaze band Slowdive just released a new album after a twenty-year hiatus, impressing old fans and new. Kirsten Johnstone speaks to guitarist Christian Savill.
Slowdive in the 90s Photo: supplied
"I would rather drown choking in a bath full of porridge than ever listen to it again" wrote a U.K. music critic, upon hearing Slowdive's 1993 album Souvlaki. The backlash against the scene dubbed 'Shoegaze' had begun.
The word was coined by that same U.K. music media as a derogatory term for bands whose sound was mired in layers of distortion, with cooing, indistinct vocals. It was a comment on the introspective habit the bands had of literally, gazing at their shoes.
Slowdive Photo: supplied
Slowdive formed in Reading in 1989 around the nucleus of childhood friends Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead. They recruited drummer Adrian Sell, bassist Nick Chaplin, and advertised for a female guitarist to round the band out.
"I was the only one to reply to their advert" says Slowdive guitarist Christian Savill. "I haven't had to wear the dress yet."
The band, who were still mostly in their late teens were signed to Creation records, who'd already had critical (if not commercial) success with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, and My Bloody Valentine. The latter band was a huge influence on Slowdive.
Savill recalls "Suddenly the coolest record label in the world, as far as we were concerned, wanted to sign us, and we were just swept up in it. [Label manager] Alan McGee was so enthusiastic. He had total belief in us, and gave us the confidence we needed to go in there and make the records we did."
While Slowdive enjoyed a brief stint at the top of the U.K. indie charts, it was not to last. Britpop and Grunge were on the rise, and the fickle music media renounced anything that deviated from that.
"There was an urban myth that Oasis said they'd only sign to Creation if they dropped Slowdive" says Savill, refuting the story. "They put out their record well before we did our last."
Creation did drop Slowdive, just five days after the release of their third album Pygmalion. The band called it quits, though Savill insists they never fell out - it just felt like a natural end.
Halstead and Goswell went on to form Mojave 3, signing to 4AD while Chaplin and Savill got proper jobs in an I.T. company. "All of us made music, but it was more of a hobby" says Savill.
So that was that. But sometime during the 2000s shoegaze came back into vogue, with bands like The Horrors, Tame Impala, and Beach House taking elements of the sound, and of the psychedelic era that came before it. In 2013 My Bloody Valentine released the long (long!) awaited follow-up to their classic 1991 album Loveless.
In 2014 Slowdive returned to the international festival circuit, playing Primavera festival in Spain, and Fuji Rock in Japan.
"The fact that it's exceeded even our wildest ambitions - not that we had any - is just incredible." Savill says the old songs fell back under their fingers pretty easily, but they were never going to be content just playing back catalogue.
After a few false starts making a record, they returned to the studio they made their 90s records in. "It just felt like going home. Everything was the same and we just relaxed and started making music again."
Slowdive's self-titled fourth album is out now.
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Submitted November 15, 2018 | 12:14 PM
Holy day of obligation
This year, The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) falls on a Saturday and it is a holy day of obligation. The morning Masses on Saturday, Dec. 8, will be for the Immaculate Conception holy day. Masses after 4 p.m. on Dec. 8 are for the Second Sunday of Advent.
Science of the Guadalupe miracle
The Our Lady of Guadalupe Conference — Sunday, Nov. 18, at Cardinal Rigali Center — will focus on the scientific, cultural and theological aspects of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the tilma of St. Juan Diego, to whom Our Lady appeared in 1531 at Tepeyac Hill in Mexico. Theologian David Keys will focus on the coded messages within the image, both for people of 16th century and modern man. Those elements could not have been scientifically know at that time. Father Bruce Nieli, CSP, will be a speaker, Sister Cathy Doherty, SSND, pastoral associate at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Ferguson will join Keys and Father Neili in a panel discussion. The Institute for Theological Encounter Science and Technology (ITEST) and the archdiocesan offices of Sacred Worship and Hispanic Ministry are sprsoring the conference, which starts at 2 p.m. and ends at 5 p.m. Cardinal Rigali Center is at 20 Archbishop May Drive in Shrewsbury. For more information, contact [email protected] or [email protected]
Teachers' art exhibit
Tony Bodnar of Trinity Catholic High School will be among four featured artists for the second annual teachers art exhibit, "Those Who Teach Can Two (Too)," at Good Shepherd Arts Center. The exhibit's opening reception will be 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24.; the show will run until Saturday, Dec. 15. Also, at the opening reception, the arts center will celebrate its third birthday with a birthday cake. Good Shepherd Arts Center is at 252 S. Florissant Road in Ferguson. Hours are: Wednesday and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Other hours are by appointment. For information; visit www.goodshepherdarts.org
Vitae Foundation event
Father Jonathan Morris, Fox News analyst and author, will speak at the Vitae Foundation's St. Charles Pro-Life Event on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the St. Charles Convention Center, 1 Convention Center Plaza in St. Charles. Dinner and program begin at 7 p.m. The event raises funds to promote a culture of life and to help educate women facing unplanned pregnancies about resources available to assist them in making informed decisions. Father Morris was program director of SiriusXM's "The Catholic Channel" until 2015. He also serves in campus ministry at Columbia University. Reservations will be accepted online at www.vitaefoundation.org/events or by calling (573) 634-4316. The registration fee is $50 per person and $25 is tax-deductible.
Celebrating Baby Jesus
The Daughters of St. Paul will host their annual Birthday Party for Baby Jesus on Saturday, Dec. 1 — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — at Pauline Books & Media at 9804 Watson Road in Crestwood. The party has become a St. Louis tradition over the past 25 years as generations of families have come to enjoy the festivities and to spend time with the Pauline Sisters, who have the help of a dozen local volunteers in organizing the free event. Ultimately, the party enables children to experience the true meaning of Christmas. The party will include the nativity story, a birthday cake, photo ops with Baby Jesus (costumes and backdrop provided/bring your own camera) and more. For more information, call (314) 965-3512.
Convent Camino vocations retreat
Catholic religious sisters of St. Louis will host a vocations retreat, the Convent Camino, Dec. 14-15 starting at the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet motherhouse at 6400 Minnesota Ave. in St. Louis. The Camino gives single women ages 18-40, the chance to visit with Catholic sisters in their houses and convent, learn about the sisters' communities and ministries and join them in prayer and fellowship. The cost is $25, but scholarships are available. For information or to register, visit www.goo.gl/eLJ1ck or contact Sister Amy Hereford, csj, at (314) 972-4763 or [email protected]
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Weizmann Institute of Science - Nanochemistry Laboratory (Klajn Group) (Israel)
The group is investigating chemical and physical properties of matter at the nanoscale. They are particularly interested in new approaches to the synthesis of nanocrystals: self-assembly of nanoparticles; organic nanostructures; supramolecular chemistry; chemical reactivity in confined spaces; molecular switches; and stimuli-responsive materials.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Atomic Force Microscopy Laboratory (USA)
Research programs of the AFM Lab include mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes and photoresponse of light-activated molecules.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Bioengineering Institute (BEI) (USA)
In BEI's seven multidisciplinary centers, scientists, engineers, and clinicians address important research challenges in several major areas of medical technology and healthcare, including bioprocessing, imaging, nanotechnology, remote diagnostics and treatment, sensing, and water quality.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Nanomaterials & Nanomanufacturing Laboratory (USA)
Current research and education carried out in this laboratory focus upon the experimental and conceptual study of nanoscaled materials fabricated by Non-lithography process assisted with anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template.
Yale University - Ismail Beigi Research Group (USA)
This research group studies condensed matter systems, often in the solid state, using first principles or ab initio methods. Topics include properties of nanostructures, especially nanowires and nanotubes.
Yale University - Mark A. Reed Group (USA)
The Mark A. Reed Group at Yale University focuses on research in semiconductor nanowires and devices, quantum electron devices, transport phenomena in semiconductor heterojunction and nanostructured systems, reduced dimensionality effects, resonant tunneling transistors and circuits, novel heterojunction devices, molecular electronics, MEMS, bioMEMS, and nanotechnology.
Yale University - Quantronics Laboratory (USA)
Quantronics Laboratory (Qlab) explores the world of mesoscopic electronics. Using superconducting electrical circuits and microwave measurement techniques, the group coaxes typically classical degrees of freedom like currents and voltages into quantum mechanical behavior. The present focus is on applications to Quantum Computation.
Yeditepe University - Nanobiotechnology Research Group (Turkey)
Research in the group aims at the development of nature0inspired bio- and nanosensors for the solution of several challenging problems of today's world.
Yokohama City University - Kojima & Tachibana Laboratory Lab (Japan)
The research of the lab interfaces with condensed matter physics, materials science, and biophysics. Current research projects involve the development of synthesis and crystal growth of novel carbon materials such as carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.
Yonsei University - Center for Evolutionary Nanoparticles (South Korea)
The group focuses on developing the next-generation nanoparticle system in which various components are integrated to show multitasking and enhanced chemical and physical properties.
Yonsei University Nano-molding and Micro optics Laboratory (South Korea)
The lab deals with micro/nano master fabrication and micro/nano molding technology.
Zewail City of Science and Technology - B.Sc. in Nano Science (Egypt)
The Nano science program focuses on scientific phenomena that occur at sizes around a nanometer. The first two years of the program give the student a solid foundation in basic sciences. A strong emphasis on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics will provide students with a unique and versatile set of theoretical skills. During the last two years students can choose one of four concentrations, namely; nano-medicine, bio-nanotechnology, nano chemistry or nanophysics.
Zewail City of Science and Technology - B.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics Engineering (Egypt)
The Nanotechnology Engineering program is an interdisciplinary program sharing a common foundation with all programs delivered at University of Science and Technology during the first year. Nanotechnology Engineering students are also introduced to Materials Science. Starting from the third year the students focus on specific areas of nano-technology: nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanosystems and nanoconstruction.
Zurich University of Applied Sciences - Center for Functional Materials and Nanotechnology (Switzerland)
The focus of the Center of Functional Materials and Nanotechnology are the modification and analysis of surfaces and the development of applications in the following areas of chemistry and biology: Functional- and biomaterials; Nanotechnology; Surface analysis; Filtration technology in industrial chemistry.
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Sunrise at Lava Beds National Monument. Photo by Shauna Potocky.
It is summer, the season of long days, academic breaks and get aways. School age youth and college students are ready to get out and about, while parents and adults with vacation time are left planning the details of family trips, recreational adventures, weekend get aways or the fabulously easy "staycation." At the same time, long days allow time for getting out after work and enjoying those late sunsets or warm starry nights.
While summer seemingly offers time off to recharge, refresh and de-stress, there appears to be one aspect of this time off that is not getting time off; in fact, it is spending more time being on. That on time is actually all the screen time with the wide range of digital devices at people's fingertips. Regardless of how that screen time seems to fill us up, studies show it is wearing us down by affecting our sleep and as well as our emotions. With this in mind, it seems that powering down and getting outside is actually a great way to recharge ourselves.
So take advantage of the long summer days, whether after work, on weekends or your hard earned vacation. Make time for quality, in-person connections and get that recharged, refreshed, and de-stressed composure by powering down and giving all the media chatter some time off, too.
A great way to change the pace and the scenery is to get outside. Photo by Shauna Potocky.
What better time than summer, with the long days and favorable weather, to get outside? It is too easy to have hours slip away surfing when so many fun outdoor activities exist. Plus, powering down comes with plenty of other benefits. You can save money on energy costs, and the annual research poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation shows that powering down promotes better sleep, and is particularly important for children. In addition, recent studies on outdoor recreation, like that from the California Department of Parks, demonstrate the positive influence outdoor activities have on countering aspects of depression and anxiety, common emotions linked to individuals who engage in a significant amount of screen time.
Embrace the Digital Sunset: Turn off devices when the sun goes down. Then enjoy your evening by getting outside—consider going for an evening walk, map the moon and the stars, sit and enjoy the sounds of the evening—whether urban or rural, there are wonders that only come out at night.
Visit Your Local Park: Summer is an extraordinary time to visit local parks, explore trails or take part in park programs like ranger strolls, presentations, docent-led tours, hands-on explorations or camping. Exploring and learning about where you live can empower you to care more deeply for it.
Whether an overnight trip, weekend excursion or longer, camping is a great way to disconnect from devices and reconnect with the outdoors. Photo by Shauna Potocky.
Visit a Farmers' Market: There is no better place to see and enjoy the colors, flavors, scents and surprises one can find in the booths of hardworking farmers who make our bioregions unique, tempting and tasty. Just try to resist all that summer fruit, honey, heirloom tomatoes and flowers… just try!
Ride Your Bike: What better way to get out and about to see the sites? Cycling burns calories and lets you get farther, faster. With all the fun you can have riding, you may not even notice that it is also one of the best sustainable transportation options out there.
Play Pick Up: Is there a local park with space for playing baseball, basketball, or Frisbee? Maybe just an evening of laughs is in order—if you have no space for a big game, grab a hacky-sack or hula hoops and let the fun begin!
Many dogs are happy to help motivate for a neighborhood dog walk or a bigger adventure, even if it means getting up early or staying up late. Photo by Shauna Potocky.
Walk the Dog: Do you have a family member that gets extra motivated by the word "walk"? Let that energy carry you! Leash up and get out there. Dogs can be great motivators and some even give friendly reminders that walking daily can be a really rewarding activity.
Play Music: There is nothing better than getting friends and family together to play some tunes, sing songs and just relax. Gather the musicians together on a deck, in a yard, at a park, and bring some snacks and refreshments. Enjoy an afternoon or evening filled with song!
Go on a Scavenger Hunt: A fun activity that is easily done walking around the neighborhood. Grab a sheet of paper and a pen, then go out looking for plants, bugs, designs in nature, sounds and more. Write down your findings; if you do this activity several times you'll be sure to find different things at different times of the day and throughout the seasons of the year.
Journal Outside: Go outside with paper and pencils to journal. Write about the summer, draw something of interest, record some hopes and goals for the remainder of the summer or the year. Paint, sketch, map, compose, collage, trace…whatever works. Plain paper with a set of colored pencils, pens, markers, or paints are a great way to start. If you want some extra inspiration, look at this feature on The Ecotone Exchange specifically on journaling.
Volunteer: There is almost nothing as empowering as helping someone else or assisting your community. Pick up some volunteer hours and watch your time make a difference. Many communities have volunteer options that are inspiring and help connect people to the outdoors. Assist with a beach or river clean-up, plant trees or remove invasive weeds at a park or open space, help animals at the shelter by assisting with dog walks and playtime. Volunteering is a great way to make a difference and an empowering way to reallocate that screen time into something meaningful.
Being outside to enjoy the scenery, slow down or spend time with others provides space to recharge and disconnect from social media. Photo by Shauna Potocky.
When we stop to consider that today's younger generations have all grown up with devices and media as central components of their lives, we begin to see how vitally important it is to take a break, power down, and get back to quality connections and spending time outside. Today, growing numbers of people all over the world are finding themselves addicted to the internet as sited in studies. As daunting as powering down may seem, it is time to reframe screen time.
It is the perfect time, in the midst of summer and long days, to take back some quality outdoor time and power down our devices.
I covet my evening dog walks, they always provide an unexpected surprise. Sometimes it is the scent of trees swirling on an evening breeze or watching the first stars emerge in the new darkness. Feel free to close this article, power down and go enjoy an outdoor adventure of your own. Report back if you like but most importantly, I hope you find a quality connection between powering down and getting yourself charged up.
Sunrise and sunset are always inspirational times to have a quiet moment on the coast. Photo courtesy of Kirk Keeler Photography.
Regardless of where you live, land locked or ocean side, each day you touch, use and take in water that is part of a large planetary cycle. This cycle connects you to the weather, watersheds on land and ultimately the oceans.
As the world took time to celebrate World Oceans Day on Monday, June 8 and a United States Presidential Proclamation declared the month of June to be National Oceans Month, we have the opportunity to use these events as a timely reminder that the ocean affects each of us, where we live and the resources we all depend on. It is the perfect time to explore the ocean's impressive influence and employ some easy, yet powerful, choices that ultimately invest in the ocean's long-term health and functioning.
We rely on the ocean and the services of its water more than one might expect. For example, it is connected to fresh water resources, food supplies and weather, in ways which may not be evident.
The Earth's oceans account for about 70 per cent of the planet's overall surface. Of the water on our planet, only about 2-2.5 per cent is considered fresh water, with less than about 1 per cent available for us to actually consume. Remarkably, our bodies are also made of a significant amount of water, about 60-70 per cent, so our dependence on fresh water is undeniable—and ultimately this comes to us from the ocean.
The ocean serves as the major weather and climate regulator of the planet. Its currents and temperatures affect the trade winds, as well as the cycles of El Nino (characterized by warm, wet winters on the North American continent) and La Nina (characterized by cold, dry winters on the North American continent). The cycling of temperatures and currents in the ocean play a critical role in the weather patterns experienced in locales around the world.
Snowfall in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, where seasonal variation plays a critical role in California's water supply. Photo courtesy of Shauna Potocky.
Weather plays a critical role in the supply of fresh water on the landscape during a season, translating into snow pack, rainfall and fresh water availability. Water availability directly affects human usage: agriculture, water storage, hydroelectricity generation and much more. In addition, water availability affects ecosystem health, with an overabundance leading to flooding or saturation issues and a deficit leading to drought and scarcity.
The ocean also has a huge influence on where people live and on food sources. Much of the human population lives along coastlines and the ocean provides one of the most important protein sources worldwide.
Even in landlocked areas, people are still intimately connected to the ocean via the weather and watershed functioning, which then affects food supplies such as agriculture. Most rivers flow to lakes or tributaries that eventually make their way to the oceans; thus, activities upstream have a direct effect on aquatic ecosystems. If a river makes it all the way to the ocean, it will affect the ocean ecosystem itself. Thus, people living inland also have a direct effect on water quality and ocean health.
Sea otters are a celebrated sighting on the coast of California. Photo courtesy of Kirk Keeler Photography.
It is true that the ocean is facing significant pressures and our dependence on them for regulating weather, climate and supplying food cannot be undervalued. The media is constantly relating stories of oil spills, crashing fish populations, pollution issues and much more. So with such dire stories, what is working? Where is the inspiration to make things better or sustain healthy systems?
Seafood Watch: Knowing that the number one source of protein on the planet comes from the ocean should inspire people to make good choices to maintain the world's fish stocks. Understanding sustainable fishing methods and which fish are good choices in the market place seems daunting, but it doesn't have to be. You don't have to research the natural history of fish and where it comes from to make a great choice for your next seafood dinner—the work has been done for you and that makes choosing sustainable seafood easy.
The Seafood Watch program has complied the latest information to make your choices easy as well as effective. Simply go to the website, get the app or download a card for your wallet or refrigerator. It takes the guesswork and research out of making an informed decision for the ocean. There are cards specific to various locations and sushi information as well. You couldn't be more set up for success for your next seafood dinner date.
Marine Protected Areas (MPA's): Essentially these areas protect critical habitat in the ocean, giving them special protections, similar to a national park or wilderness area on land. These protections allow biological hotspots to either recover from impacts or be protected from potential pressures. Long-term monitoring of MPA's has shown that, when these areas are protected, they provide benefits that reach beyond their boundaries, essentially overflowing into surrounding areas. Currently about 1 per cent of the ocean is protected, so there is significant room for growth. Consider supporting MPA's via your local National Marine Sanctuary or talking with representatives in your area to implement a new MPA and create the space for long-term ecological benefits.
Oiled Wildlife Care Network: The reality of today's global economy is that oil is not going away any time soon. With economic pressure to keep up the supply and demand of oil, the threat of oil spills will continue to haunt the world's coastlines. Spills can be truly disastrous. Today, there are networks of wildlife experts who strive to directly and immediately address the needs of wildlife during an oil spill—and you can become a volunteer and learn first-hand, from them, how to make a difference. Working an oil spill is stressful and emotional work, but it is also powerful and rewarding. Washing birds or marine mammals can directly impact their ability to survive such an event. It will also make you look at oil in a completely different way, a change in perspective could ultimately benefit the whole planet.
Banning plastic bags: Many communities have come to grips with the issues surrounding the use of plastic bags. Unfortunately the wide-spread use of plastic bags and their convenience has led to their wide-spread distribution in the environment as trash. Often plastic bags end up in watersheds then find their way into the ocean, and once there, find their way into the mouths of birds, turtles and whales. Luckily, many communities have taken steps to ban plastic bags and educate consumers about their impacts as well as sustainable alternatives. Foregoing the use of plastic bags will help make major strides in protection of watersheds, oceans and the wildlife associated with these ecosystems.
The ocean plays a critical role in all of our lives, whether we live along a coastline or live in an inland community. Photo courtesy of Kirk Keeler Photography.
As the world celebrates World Oceans Day and the United States acknowledges National Oceans Month, let's do something more–let's really value the ocean for the significant role it plays on the planet and its amazing effect on each of us. Then consider what exactly you will do to restore and protect our ocean resources, from protecting fish stocks, eliminating plastic pollution or reducing oil consumption. What will you do to sustain the ocean that sustains you?
Have you ever been in an urban forest and had the feeling that you were off in the wild because you could no longer hear any cars? Did you find yourself on a river trail and felt as Emerson did when he wrote, "In the woods, is perpetual youth"? Or have you been in state park, turned on a trail and thought, "Geez, I'm in the wilderness!"? I can answer "yes" to all three of those questions. Here in the Durham area we have Duke Forest, the Eno River, and Umstead State Park, respectively, to explore and escape to. I find being in the forest—and what feels like wilderness in this increasingly urbanized region—is often restorative, if not transformative.
Poppies on the west slope of the Sierra. Photo courtesy of Kirk Keeler.
it slips by like high clouds.
dry and tangle in the fur of unsuspecting cats.
green and lush; wildflowers rise, bloom, seed.
song, a fair bit of whimsy.
April offers much to celebrate—profound signs of spring along with two celebrations: Earth day and National Poetry Month.
This year, don't miss the chance to find an Earth Day event near you and get out there to connect to the remarkable and unique environment in your community. Check your local community calendar listings; you are sure to find something spectacular. Many events are hosted at local parks and public lands, through businesses, by a local tribe or through full-scale festivals.
Look for local poetry events as well. Don't miss all the talent blooming this National Poetry Month at your local bookstores, cafes, pubs or poetry slams. Many of these events are filled to the brim with eager people just waiting to share their thoughts and latest creations with you. Don't let them down—sometimes the greatest thing we can do is show up—and you might just walk away WOW'ed and inspired.
If you're really lucky you might just find a grassroots event that celebrates both!
Sky Pilots in the High Country. Photo courtesy of Shauna Potocky.
This year, the connection of Earth Day and National Poetry Month came together at Intermountain Nursery in Prather, California, an exciting event inspired by music, storytellers, poets and of course, great food.
Intermountain Nursery specializes in California native plants and events that engage and empower individuals to embrace using natives as a smart source of landscaping. The nursery proactively educates people on common landscaping issues such as replacing water-thirsty landscaping with drought resistant plants and native species—a much needed consideration in the drought stressed state of California.
The nursery features an incredible array of community events, from their annual Harvest Festival to weekend classes on American Indian basketry, plant propagation techniques, illustration classes and much more. New for this year, Intermountain Nursery brought a unique blend of nature and art together in order to recognize and celebrate Earth Day and National Poetry Month.
Senator Gaylor Nelson fought a hard battle in 1970 to create Earth Day. Since then, his efforts have paid off. Today, Earth Day is an international event that is celebrated in schools, communities, public land sites and supported by international organizations and agencies.
Due in part to environmental champions as well as the awareness raised by Earth Day, the United States has put significant protections in place including the banning of DDT, creation of critical laws such as the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency and establishment of the Endangered Species Act. Although Gaylor Nelson was not responsible for all of these efforts, the momentum he created propelled many of these issues and solutions into the public eye.
National Poetry Month was established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets to bring wider attention to the amazing legacy of poetry. The Academy worked in collaboration with schools, libraries, literary organizations and writers, thus becoming the "largest literary celebration in the world, " according to Poetry.org.
There is no denying the remarkable connection writing and poetry can create with the environment. Nature writers such as Rachel Carson and Wendell Berry along with poets such as Gary Snyder and Mary Oliver have captured our attention and held it, helping us keep the environment close at hand even when it seems far away from our busy urban lifestyles.
This month, take the opportunity to celebrate both Earth Day and National Poetry Month. Find some inspiration outdoors or curl up with a book from a celebrated poet or someone completely new to you—you might just find that they can connect you to the magic of the world we live in. Poetry might not be science, but it is a powerful art and its ability to help us discover and make connections to the natural world should not be underrated.
Sandhill cranes at sunrise. Photo courtesy of Kirk Keeler.
water moves, ripples–and the bird calls come.
o u t s t r e t c h e s , l i f t s in the coming light.
shattering in the waking of day.
and this morning, all who wake, have triumphed.
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WNBL's historic collective bargaining agreement a 'step forward' for Australian women's basketball
Two retired basketballers who are actually directors — but most significantly dad and mom of daughters — have led the implementation of the WNBL's first collective bargaining agreement (CBA) within the competitors's 41st season.
Retired Opals Laura Hodges and Lauren Jackson signed off on the CBA this week
The CBA options standardised minimal wage rises for rostered and improvement gamers over the following three years
Hodges described the deal as a watershed second for the WNBL
Former NBL and Australian Boomers participant Jacob Holmes, who's Australian Basketball Players' Association (ABPA) chief govt, and four-time Olympian and ABPA board member Laura Hodges developed the framework.
The agreement establishes minimal skilled requirements for all WNBL athletes, elevating the game to compete with taking part in circumstances for athletes from rival nationwide codes.
It was this week signed off on by Hodges and Australia's best ever participant, Lauren Jackson, who's now head of girls in basketball at Basketball Australia.
"The fact Jacob and I are both parents to daughters was a big thing, forefront of our minds and something we would talk about," Hodges told ABC Sport.
"Jacob's obtained three daughters and I now have two, and we all the time stated this CBA was for the longer term, our daughters and our subsequent era of Australian feminine basketballers."
The CBA features standardised minimum wage rises for rostered and development players over the next three years, and improved health care standards, including private health insurance and physiotherapy when travelling interstate for games.
There will be a greater emphasis on culture and community player education, and engagement and other basic conditions such as advanced scheduling and improved travel conditions, in addition to apparel and professional services.
Hodges, who retired from the WNBL and the Adelaide Lightning earlier this year, said it was a watershed moment for the world-class league.
"Having just lately retired, I've definitely felt blended feelings," she stated.
"I'm relieved it is finished, for all the present gamers and our future gamers, and really proud.
"In 2016, Jacob Holmes started the ABPA and he always wanted to bring the WNBL and the NBL, and the Australian Opals and Boomers together.
"One of the primary issues he spoke to me about was the actual fact as girls we did not have a CBA and that was his purpose, then it turned my purpose after which actually each participant within the league's purpose over the previous few years.
"Everyone's understood why it's so important and I'm so proud of all the players, and especially the delegates, how they've stayed motivated for this and it's been great how the WNBL, Basketball Australia and ABPA have come together and got a resolution.
"I believe that is simply the beginning. We need to hold setting targets and pushing to be probably the most skilled and elite women's code in Australia and that is a actually necessary purpose to have.
"Basketball is an international game with the Olympics as our pinnacle and we have to keep striving to be better and this is the best stepping stone for it."
CBA to assist future generations
While establishing higher circumstances for the present crop of gamers who're contesting the 2020 WNBL season in hub-like circumstances in North and Far North Queensland, there was a fixed eye to the longer term and era subsequent.
Hodges stated the gamers she grew up idolising have been trailblazers and it was the duty of each era to create a higher tomorrow for the following wave of elite women's gamers.
"There's so many players, women, who paved the way for us," she stated.
"The Michele Timmses and Sandy Brondellos, who were the first to go overseas and play in the WNBA and Europe, and make a name for us and women's basketball in Australia.
"They gave us the chance to take contracts abroad and it is now as much as us to pave the way in which for our subsequent era of elite Australian women's basketballers."
Liz Cambage has followed the example of Australian trailblazers to become a star of the WNBA. (Supplied: Basketball Australia)
It is a sentiment strongly echoed by Southside Flyers and Australian Opals captain Jenna O'Hea, who welcomed the announcement this week.
"I'm so pleased with the CBA being put in place. It's taken a very long time however it's a begin and all about transferring our nice recreation ahead," she stated.
"It's about providing our current players a platform in which they are looked after and for me specifically, it's about leaving the game in a better position than when I came into it, providing opportunities for our up-and-coming talent to thrive and be the best possible players and people they can be.
"It's a nice time to be a WNBL participant."
Female pathways important
Improved pathways will additional strengthen the WNBL in years to return. (Supplied: Basketball Australia)
Holmes said times had changed since he and Hodges attended the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra on scholarships two decades ago.
"When I used to be rising up, I may play any sport and aspire to play professionally as a result of I used to be a boy and it is actually dawned on me, having three daughters and seeing them beginning to play basketball and different sports activities, that they need to completely have that very same pathway obtainable to them and alternative," he stated.
"It should be part of their dreams and hopes and not, 'Oh I really hope I can play professional sport but I'll have to probably work full-time, do it around that, scrounge around and sacrifice family'.
"I realise now athletes would have been consciously conscious of that as feminine basketballers coming by means of.
"For basketball, this is us putting a step forward for future players and young girls, like my daughters, who can look at it and say 'I can play professional basketball in Australia and be on TV, I can play for my country, for my city, for my state and I can do that without having to be semi-professional and working on the side'.
"That's what's actually introduced it house for me on a private degree."
Round two of the WNBL season continues on Saturday when the Townsville Fire face the Bendigo Spirit on ABC TV at 5:00pm AEDT.
Megan Hustwaite has coated the WNBL for the previous 12 seasons and is a member of the ABC commentary staff.
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Fashion Tech Works launches with resources for garment companies
Fashion Tech Works tools for content creation include a videography and photography studio, a podcast space, social media cultivation, digital marketing opportunities, and augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. | Photo courtesy of Fashion Tech Works
In the heart of downtown Los Angeles fashion, in the neighborhood New Mart building, Fashion Tech Works offers a new space to cultivate creativity mixed with innovation. The fashion-focused space serves as a digital design center, content studio, event space, and coworking space for designers and brands large and small.
"There are different elements we can offer. In the first instance, it's a community, "said The New Mart CEO Tom Keefer. "Most importantly, they are the services we have been able to align with as a one-handed key destination for designers and brand builders, where they have all the tools they need to move from concept to finished sample."
Fashion Tech Works tools for content creation include a videography and photography studio, a podcast space, social media cultivation, digital marketing opportunities, and augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. Through its partnerships with manufacturers who use tools Gerber Technology, Kornit Digital i Tukatech, Fashion Tech Works also offers CAD, sample prototyping, 3D printing, sustainable garment manufacturing and small batch runs for garment making. The space and its services are available for on-site and remote work models.
"People leave schools and learn about sustainable manufacturing. They're ready to go in, as they're not graduates, to start their lines with sustainable manufacturing, and we want to support their vision and keep the whole model moving forward, "said Cindy Keefer, founder and CEO of Fashion Tech Works "This model is completely step-by-step for a new designer that allows them to manufacture in a sustainable, ethical way and with a lower carbon footprint. We are very proud of that. It is what will help us separate from any another coworking situation ".
The services are available a la carte and by subscriptions for a fee. Silver, Gold Open-Desk and Platinum remote subscriptions to the private office are available for monthly fees of $ 60, $ 400 and $ 600 respectively, each offering a set number of hours to access the podcast studio, l design station, conference room or content spaces. There are also services for events, such as holding fashion fairs and trade shows or other clothing industry events. Larger companies can use the space to try out new ideas.
"A company like Boardriders has offices around the world, including one in Huntington Beach, [Calif.]"Said Mark Robinson, chief operating officer of Fashion Tech Works and CEO of Susarel, Inc. "Fashion Tech Works offers them a place where they can try this new one Roxy up before going abroad ".
With advisory board made up of fashion industry veterans, including Sherri Barry, co-founder of Fabric demand manufacturing services; Barbara Bundy, vice president of education at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Laurie Champagne, general manager of Social theory; Frances Harder, author of "Fashion for Profit"; Ilse Metchek, president of the California Fashion Association; and TJ Walker, co – founder of Cross colors, Fashion Tech Works aims to provide cutting-edge resources with a human focus that combines technology with people-focused connections. Additional information on Fashion Tech Works can be found at fashiontechworks.com.


I am sure you are saying, "How can she say such a thing about me?" Every day your life is being manipulated by the media (News, Internet, Social Media, Gossip, and Government). You are being controlled by a Small Little Smart Phone. If it beeps you have to respond and check it immediately. It's almost like Pavlov's dog being conditioned to respond.
It does not matter what country you live in or what language you speak, your life is being designed by the entity of media. So much that is important is not being talked about or written about, it is buried under the latest celebrity who has had a major crisis in their life.
Lately there is civil unrest in many countries and again the media makes it grow. Think if none of this was propagated it would soon lose power and impact. Those who are intelligent know that their cause will be picked up by the media and they manipulate the media using its own tactics.
So many lies that have been produced by the media eventually become exposed, but by then people have lost interest in the topic and are on to the next sensational story. Therefore they've managed to get away with their tactics. Anyone who has had to deal with the media knows that there is a no win situation when you deal with them. The media will find a way to turn a story into whatever they want it to become. The media has moved on to its next victim and has left the latter destroyed.
A good example of this is the propaganda the Nazis spread about the Jews. They began slowly talking about them in the press and how they were controlling the money in Germany and making the German people poor. From there just like a snowball going down a mountain it became larger and larger until it was normal to dislike Jewish people if you were a true German. Think of it as a slow seduction in changing your way of thinking.
Look at all of the hate groups around the world and you can see how they are using the same principles and enticing the media to follow them as they expose the evils of the group they are targeting. Many times nothing has been done by people and yet they are condemned and exposed as evil.
If everything was told people would start acting on what I've written before about keeping emergency supplies in case of a disaster. You never know when a disaster is going to occur and wisdom says take care of yourself by preparing. This is not what the media and the government wants you to do. Both entities want you to rely upon them one way or another.
Do not allow yourself to be controlled by any group, news, or government. You must think independently. Thinking freely is something that is not common nowadays and it is a rarity. When you do think freely people will judge you very harshly. Be prepared and do not let them persuade you that your free thinking is wrong. Remember if you don't control your mind someone else will! Think for yourself.
I love this article. If there is a big dis-ease running wild in our society, it is the hum of mainstream media — an addictive reaction-loop to the latest (usually intentional) day's distraction. I do not feel that without all the tech, we would be this easily in base, Id-like modes, but whatever, because theres good and bad to everything. Thinking freely and being independent, not finding a role in this, but to lead our own independent path in life, would boundlessly help our world spread love, positivity, communication and understanding. I think it's important to be mindful, and to do the most good we can.
Great post. I like the new look CB. I haven't popped into your blog for awhile. I hope you are doing well?.. I have been quite upset with all these new lies about MJ lately with this HBO doco. These men are out for fame and MONEY. I feel it is also bringing about awareness with this sensitive topic but unfortunately a new set of people who are not awakened will believe this documentary about Michael :-/ While MJ's soul is totally unaffected I feel sad for his family and children.


It's no secret that I LOVE Christmas. And if you spend 0.001 seconds on my blog then you'd know I LOVE Disney too. So of course I get a little giddy when the two are combined! During the holidays I love going downtown and looking at the festive Christmas decor and fun holiday window displays. And although I've visited New York City during Christmastime before, I never get tired of seeing all of the amazing Christmas decorations throughout the city.
This year Saks Fifth Avenue's holiday window displays paid tribute to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in honor of its 80th anniversary! Over my four and a half days in New York city I got to experience these marvelous window displays during the daytime and at night. I personally think they were gorgeous regardless but they were extra festive at night.
The vibrant colors and attention to detail really helped bring these iconic Snow White scenes to life! I'm not even a huge Snow White fan but even I can apprentice the amazing work put into these Snow White holiday window displays.
I really liked how they mixed animated/drawn in animals with 3D/full-figured animals. The Silly Song (The Dwarfs' Yodel Song) scene was so adorable!
I loved how they showed the Evil Queen transforming into the old witch! Speaking of the Evil Queen, Regina is one of my favorite characters from Once Upon A Time.
I still can't get over how incredible these Snow White holiday window displays were! Kudos Saks Fifth Avenue.


Two young boys from upstate New York were seriously injured when the bouncy castle they were playing in was lifted up into the air by a freak gust of wind.
Three kids, aged 10, 6 and 5, were playing in a Little Tykes' bounce house that had been properly staked into the ground on a grassy area outside a home in South Glen Falls, New York.
When a huge gust of wind picked it up, ripped out the stakes and took the inflatable up into the air.
A 10-year-old girl tumbled and injured her shoulder as the bouncy castle took to the air.
But the two boys were not so lucky, the first fell onto the road from a height of around 15 feet, breaking several bones, while the second suffered a serious head injury after falling onto the back of a parked car from about 20 feet.
The bouncy castle continued climbing, reaching heights of more than 100 feet before finally coming to rest in the field of a nearby school.
The boys are now recovering at a local hospital.


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Even the greatest football players such as Messi or Ronaldo know the importance of passing on the ball to their teammates when needed. There's a reason why passing is one of the first football skills you are taught when learning how to play football. Passing on the ball is an essential part of any game – without it, the game would very much be stagnant, and there wouldn't be a need for a team at all. Football isn't a solo show.
To most of us, passing the ball may just be a simple action. But as a player, knowing when to let go of the ball reveals a lot about your character.
Importance of trust in a team
Passing on the ball to your teammate is an indication of the trust and belief you have in him to receive the ball and play it well. This means relying on someone else to do the right thing even if you're sure of your own abilities. Trust allows the team to work together better as you begin to recognise the different playing styles of your teammates. It is further built when you are able to predict the movements of your team. Through a collective effort, the team will advance to greater heights.
Humility in a game
Recognising that your teammate might be in a better position and passing the ball accurately to him is an act of service and humility. You are letting go of the chance to be the "MVP" of the game and giving that chance to someone else who you know may be able to do a better job. Imagine a player who thinks he's the best and refuses to pass the ball to any of his teammates who are in a better position to score – his pride may result in the team losing possession, and even the game. No lone player, regardless of skill, is able to carry an entire team.
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It is important to know when to give and receive in the game – likewise in life. We can serve others in our daily lives through simple actions, such as sharing the load with a friend who has a lot to carry, or offering to cover for a colleague who's on MC. Such acts of thoughtfulness go a long way, and it's highly likely that you'll be offered the same help when you need it. As they say, "do unto others what you want others to do to you".
Putting others first may not be an instinctive behavior for many of us. As humans, we are often naturally self-centered. It takes intentionality and self-discipline to form a habit of serving others, and to think about what is best for the other person. But when we do that, your teammates, family, friends and those around you will definitely see the difference you are making. So go forth and serve!
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A year ago in January of 2017, I became the Vice President of Service for one of the service clubs at Northwestern. In charge of organizing all volunteering events, I planned trips to pack food for Feed My Starving Children, visit residents at a Winnetka retirement community, and tutor 3rd grade students at a local elementary school, and of course my favorite trip was to the Jesse Brown V.A. Memorial Hospital to play bocce ball with veterans!
before a town hall meeting.
It was exciting to take other Northwestern students where I had gone two years before during the MVS Leadership Weekend in Chicago. My time as the VP of Service came to a close at the end of spring quarter. It was a lot of work, but I'm so proud of all that the service committee was able to accomplish.
When school ended in June, I started a summer internship working in Senator Richard Durbin's Chicago office. I was in the scheduling department so in addition to answering phones and sending out letters, I helped organize the Senator's daily agenda. Every day was something new, and the intern coordinator worked hard to make sure we learned as much as possible. There were guest speakers every other week and we spent many days taking field trips to other government offices in the city.
My internship ended on August 24, and I left to study abroad in Paris on August 25. In class, I was learning about the political and economic agenda of the European Union and how to speak French. As a part of the program, we visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the European Council and Commission in Brussels. I also traveled outside of the program a few times to Barcelona, Vienna, and London. It was a great four months of traveling, speaking French, eating cheese, and making new friends.
P.S. For any other Elks Scholar interested in studying abroad: in addition to the ENF, I was also able to go abroad with the help of the Gilman Scholarship Program. It is a nationwide program run by the Institute of International Education to help students study abroad who typically wouldn't be able to for financial reasons. It was the only way I was able to go to Paris, and I would highly encourage my other #ElksFamily members to apply. Here's the link to their website, and if you have questions please don't hesitate to reach out to me.
I landed back in Chicago on December 9 and I am looking forward to the year ahead, which I'm sure will pass just as quickly. I'll be living in an apartment off campus with a few friends, studying for the LSAT, and getting ready for the 150 for 150 Service and Celebration Weekend in San Antonio with my fellow scholars!


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The equation of motion for angular displacement may be expressed
\begin{equation}
I d^2 \delta/dt^2 +{\gamma} d \delta/dt + {\kappa}\delta(t)=F R u(t-t_0)
\end{equation}
where $\gamma = 2 I \alpha$ is a damping constant, $u(t-t_0)$ is a step function, and
$t_0$ is the shutter release time.
For small angular displacements, we assume the driving force, $F$ is a constant.
The solution of Eq. (5)  is found via Laplace transform techniques:
$\delta (t) = \delta_1 (t) + \delta_2 (t)\ u(t-t_0)$ where

\begin{equation}
\delta_1 (t)=\mathrm{e}^{-\alpha\, t}\, \delta_0\,  \cos\!\left(\omega_1 t+\phi_0 \right)+\frac{\mathrm{e}^{-\alpha t}}{\omega_1}\left(\frac{\alpha}{2}\ \delta_0+\delta'_0 \right)
\label{delta_1}
\end{equation}

\begin{equation}
\delta_2 (t)= \frac{\mathrm{F}\, R}{\kappa}\, \left(1 - \mathrm{e}^{-\alpha\, \left(t - t_0\right)}\,  \cos\!\left(\omega_1 (t-t_0)+\phi_0 \right)\right)
\label{delta_2}
\end{equation}

\noindent where $\delta_1(t)$ is the unforced solution of Eq. (5) for $t < t_0$,
$\delta_0 = \delta (t=0)$, $\delta'_0 = d\delta /dt |_{t=0}$,
$\omega_1=\sqrt{\omega_0^2-\alpha^2}$ is the oscillation frequency,
$\omega_0=\sqrt{\kappa/I}$ is the natural oscillation frequency, and
$\phi_0$ is the initial phase at $t=0$.

\section*{Acknowledgement}
We thank Peter and Lihong Jansson (Hockessin, DE) for guidance and the hospitable
use of their laboratory, and Sydor Optics (Rochester, NY) for thinning and dicing the
diffraction grating. This research was partially supported by the National Science
Foundation under Directorate for Engineering(ENG) (ECCS-1309517).

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Home Volume 42 [2007–08] Volume 42 Number 38 Frameline 32: The Horror, the horror
Frameline 32: The Horror, the horror
Will queers ever get the horror movie they deserve? Granted, with the recent coast-to-coast ratifications of same-sex marriage, LGBT folk have more pressing issues than debates over genre cinema on their mind. Besides, that intransitive verb — deserve — provides an extra soupçon of tastelessness to an already loaded question: wasn't the golden age of the celluloid closet defined by giving onscreen queers "what they deserved," doling out silent suicides and grisly homicides as the price of representation? And aren't we faced with enough real-life horrors? Homophobia and AIDS are still killers on the loose. So why appeal for terror?
To put it simply, there is pleasure in being scared. And to put it more complicatedly, there can be empowerment in that pleasure. Two of New Queer Cinema's most lauded films — Todd Haynes' Poison (1991), and its "Horror" section in particular, and Tom Kalin's Swoon (1992) — critically queered horror's generic conventions and Hollywood's coded positioning of gay men as monstrous. A few years later, queer critic Paul Burston and feminist critic Amy Taubin separately penned defenses of Cruising (1980) — arguably the first gay slasher film — and Basic Instinct (1992), based on then-contrarian grounds of personal enjoyment.
Since then we have entered a post-Scream world where everyone knows horror's hanky codes. Rewiring them for LGBT audiences doesn't always yield a film the caliber of Poison, just as enjoying "bad" images of gays and lesbians doesn't necessitate a printed confession. While casual homophobia is still permitted in mainstream releases such as Hostel, the price of representation, at least for most of the handful of horror films that tour the LGBT festival circuit, seems to be mediocrity. I know I wasn't the only one woefully disappointed with the West Hollywood bloodbath HellBent (2004). And let's not even get into Scab (2005).
Luckily for all the rainbow-colored Fangoria fans still bloodthirsty after catching local director Flynn Witmeyer's Imp of Satan earlier this year at Another Hole in the Head, late June is bearing an unexpected slasher crop of queer horror films. It includes Dead Channels' one-off presentation of Sean Abley's Socket (2007) and some scary fare at Frameline's SF International LGBT Film Festival. (Full disclosure: I was on the staff of last year's festival.)
A sexy sci-fi tinged thriller whose ideas are sometimes brighter than its execution, Socket puts a queer twist on Cronenberg-ian body horror. After surviving a freak electrocution, Dr. Bill Matthews (butch thing Derek Long) strikes up a relationship with his hunky caretaker, hospital intern Craig Murphy (Matthew Montgomery), and sparks literally begin to fly. Craig reveals that he is a fellow survivor and introduces Bill to a covert group of energy junkies who juice up together via a portable generator. Talk about a circuit party! Now insatiable, Bill surgically enhances his and Craig's socket fetish — and adds an extra jolt to their sex life — but his increasingly manic behavior leads to the kind of shock he never could have anticipated.
It is perhaps too easy to read Bill's degenerative energy dependency as an allegory for meth addiction, and the film certainly invites such comparisons. More interesting is Socket's rewiring of gay sex, with Bill and Craig's retractable, fang-like wrist plugs and dorsal wrist sockets multiplying the permutations of top and bottom as orienting poles of identity and desire. It's something I wish the film spent more time on.
Abley also produced and has a supporting role in Jaymes Thompson's The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror, one of three horror features screening at this year's Frameline fest. What Socket has in brains, the sophomoric and arch Bed makes up for in buckets of blood. A Showtime original series' worth of gay and lesbian stereotypes roll up to the remote Sahara Salvation Inn, only to find out too late that the B 'n' B is a front for the Bible-thumping proprietresses to do "God's work." There is a certain glee in watching the asshole Mr. Leather or naive lesbian folksinger characters get violently disposed of — if only because they're so obnoxious — but Thompson's film wheezes through its final 20 minutes with all the faux-hilarity and dull-edged political commentary of a Mad TV sketch.
Dan Gildark's ambitious Cthulhu more successfully mobilizes horror's ability to reflect the zeitgeist back at us as something uncanny and unsettling. Screen adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's writings usually don't work out well (perhaps because of "the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents," as the author wrote at the opening of 1926's Call of Cthulhu), but Gildark is smart enough to stop short of showing the full-tentacled monty. Instead, he cultivates an atmosphere of mounting dread and unstoppable evil that is extremely faithful to Lovecraft's bitter misanthropy — and applicable to the last dark days of the Bush régime. Did I mention Tori Spelling appears as a Dagon-worshipping baby mama?
Another Frameline fest brings another hot mess of a Bruce LaBruce movie, Otto; or Up With Dead People! This one can be summed up in three words: gay zombie sex. Really, the gash-fucking scene is both the film's highlight and LaBruce's lasting contribution to porn and horror. There's a loose story here about the titular incredibly strange gay twink who stopped living and became a heartbroken zombie (and the ridiculous goth auteur who makes him an underground film star), but as with all LaBruce films, that narrative thread mainly stitches together a series of amateurish sex scenes. Still, I would take LaBruce's messiest effort over another Hellbent any day.
Coda: it's worth pointing out that some of the most radical LGBT reinterpretations of horror in recent memory have occurred off screen. Kevin Killian's Argento Series (2001) and Daphne Gottlieb's Final Girl (2003) both energize horror cinema to create a queer poetics of loss. Killian finds a way of writing about the AIDS crisis through Dario Argento's bloody and supernatural gialli, while Gottlieb ventriloquizes a dozen slasher film heroines who got away — along with a Greek chorus of academics — to reframe "what it feels like for a girl" as a matter of posttraumatic survival. Read them and be frightened, and inspired.
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I plototteridi (Plotopteridae) sono una famiglia estinta di uccelli pelecaniformi (Pelecaniformes), vissuti nel Cenozoico lungo le sponde settentrionali dell'Oceano Pacifico.

Descrizione

Questi uccelli, benché imparentati con le attuali sule, offrono un notevole esempio di convergenza evolutiva con i pinguini, in particolare con forme ormai estinte di grandi dimensioni (come Anthropornis).

Questa somiglianza ha fatto sì che i plototteridi venissero soprannominati "i pinguini dell'emisfero settentrionale". Questi uccelli erano inetti al volo: le loro ali erano accorciate e trasformate in strutture adatte alla propulsione sottomarina, come quelle dei pinguini o dell'alca gigante, ora estinta. I plototteridi variavano molto in dimensioni: i più piccoli raggiungevano la taglia di un grosso cormorano, i più grandi arrivavano a due metri di lunghezza. Lo scheletro del corpo era molto simile a quello dell'attuale aninga, mentre il cranio era affine a quello delle sule (Sulidae).

Evoluzione

Il più antico plototteride noto, Phocavis maritimus, proviene da strati dell'Eocene medio (circa 45 milioni di anni fa), ma la maggior parte delle specie provengono dal Miocene inferiore e dal Miocene medio. Si estinsero più o meno nello stesso periodo dei pinguini giganti dell'emisfero australe, che coincise anche con la radiazione evolutiva dei pinnipedi e dei delfini; questo fatto ha portato all'ipotesi che l'espansione dei mammiferi marini fu responsabile dell'estinzione dei plototteridi e di altri uccelli marini giganti.

Bibliografia

 Howard, H. (1969): A new avian fossil from Kern County, California. Condor 71: 68–69. PDF fulltext
 Olson, Storrs L.; Hasegawa, Yoshikazu (1979): Fossil Counterparts of Giant Penguins from the North Pacific. Science 206(4419): 688-689. HTML abstract
 Olson, Storrs L. & Hasegawa, Yoshikazu (1996): A new genus and two new species of gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes). J. Vert. Paleontol. 16(4): 742-751.
 Schreiber, E.A. & Burger, J. (2001): Biology of Marine Birds, ISBN 0-8493-9882-7
 Mayr, Gerald (2005): Tertiary plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) and a novel hypothesis on the phylogenetic relationships of penguins (Spheniscidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics 43(1): 67-71. PDF fulltext

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Guyane rassemblement est un parti politique guyanais fondé le  par Rodolphe Alexandre, président du conseil régional de la Guyane, dans le cadre des élections territoriales de décembre. Il est issu du mouvement Guyane 73.

Historique

Guyane 73
Membre du Parti socialiste guyanais depuis 1983, Rodolphe Alexandre, alors  adjoint au maire de Cayenne et président de la communauté d'agglomération du Centre Littoral, choisit de soutenir Nicolas Sarkozy candidat UMP à l'élection présidentielle de 2007 alors que son parti soutenait Ségolène Royal (PS).

Sa rupture se concrétise lors des élections municipales de 2008 où il décide de se présenter contre Jean-Claude Lafontaine, maire PSG de Cayenne. Exclu du parti, il remporte l'élection dès le  tour avec 50,88 % des voix contre 36,04 % pour la liste du maire sortant.

Candidat aux élections régionales de 2010, il crée un mouvement de soutien à sa liste Guyane 73 (référence à l'article 73 de la Constitution) et reçoit le soutien de la majorité présidentielle (UMP-NC). Arrivé en tête au premier tour, il bat la liste d'Union de la gauche menée par Christiane Taubira lors du deuxième tour et devient président du Conseil régional le 26 mars 2010.

Guyane 73 présente plusieurs candidats aux cantonales de 2011 et obtient 2 élus dans les cantons de Kourou et Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock.

Guyane rassemblement
Afin de préparer sa campagne pour les élections territoriales de 2015 qui doivent déterminer la nouvelle Assemblée de Guyane, Rodolphe Alexandre décide de transformer son mouvement en parti politique.

Élections territoriales de 2015
Guyane rassemblement est ainsi créé le 12 septembre 2015 (soit  avant les élections) devant . Il rassemble des personnalités de gauche comme Audrey Marie (Walwari), Paul Dioanki (app. PSG), Émilie Ventura (PSG) ou Georges Patient (sénateur DVG)  et de droite comme Hélène Sirder (LR), Jean-Pierre Roumillac (LR) ou Jules Deie (DVD).

Comme en 2010, il arrive en tête au premier tour avec 42,35 %, éliminant les listes de gauche AGEG-PSG de Chantal Berthelot et Walwari-GÉLV de Line Létard et celle de droite LR-UDI de Louis Budoc. Il bat au deuxième tour la liste DVG de Alain Tien-Liong, président de l'ancien conseil général.

Présidentielle et législatives de 2017
Pour l'élection présidentielle de 2017, Rodolphe Alexandre apporte son soutien à Emmanuel Macron, prônant lui aussi le dépassement du clivage gauche/droite. Guyane rassemblement est depuis proche du parti La République en marche.

Lors des élections législatives, Lénaïck Adam conseiller territorial Guyane rassemblement, reçoit l'investiture La République en marche pour la  circonscription. Il est élu au second tour avec 50,21 % des voix face Davy Rimane, figure du mouvement social de 2017 et rejoint le groupe de la majorité présidentielle.

Municipales et sénatoriales de 2020
Plusieurs maires élus en 2014 ont rejoint ou se sont rapprochés de Guyane rassemblement depuis sa création comme le DVD Jules Deie à Papaichton, les ex PSG Paul Dolianki à Apatou et Paul Martin à Grand-Santi et l'ex Walwari Serge Anelli à Maripasoula. Ces deux derniers maires ont aussi adhéré à La République en marche comme les maires de Kourou (PSG) et de Matoury (DVD).

Guyane rassemblement présente et soutient 14 listes pour les élections municipales de 2020 dont celles des 4 maires sortants (5 listes reçoivent aussi le soutien de LREM).Le premier tour du 15 mars voit la réélection des maires de Apatou, de Kourou et de Maripasoula mais Paul Martin est battu à Grand-Santi par un ancien membre de son cabinet, resté proche du PSG. Dans plusieurs communes (Papaichton, Remire-Montjoly et Roura) les listes soutenues par Guyane rassemblement sont arrivés en tête, mais à cause de la propagation du coronavirus (Covid-19), le second tour est reporté.

Georges Patient, élu sénateur depuis 2008 avec le soutien du PSG, a rejoint Guyane rassemblement lors de sa création. D'abord membre du groupe socialiste, il rallie en 2017 le groupe LREM avec Antoine Karam deuxième sénateur guyanais, membre du PSG. Pour le renouvellement de 2020, Georges Patient est candidat à sa réélection avec le soutien de LREM. Il est réélu dès le  tour avec 53,98 % des voix.

Résultats électoraux

Élections régionales et territoriales

Élus

Assemblée nationale

Sénat

Assemblée territoriale

Communes

Notes et références

Parti politique en Guyane
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Home Foreign Policy Troubled Ties: Trump, Khan to Meet After Frosty Year
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Troubled Ties: Trump, Khan to Meet After Frosty Year
By Syeda Mamoona Rubab
Prime Minister Imran Khan's upcoming visit to the United States will perhaps be one of his most important overseas trips since he took office nearly 11 months ago after the general elections.
Khan will begin his maiden official visit to Washington – a five-day trip – from July 20, in which he will get a one-on-one meeting with President Donald Trump. It will, in any case, be a meeting to look out for because of the many similarities in the personalities of these two leaders.
Khan's visit, which is being touted by his foreign policy team as a major achievement on the external relations front in terms of the perpetually troubled bilateral ties, is unlikely to yield any major change in the relationship. It may, at best, give a new lease of life to the transactional relationship the two countries have long shared.
Khan, who capitalised on massive the anti-American sentiment in the country to build his political career, was expected to introduce a major shift in the government's US policy once elected to office because US was believed to be conducting the relations in a manner that did not fulfil requirements of ties based on mutual respect and mutual interest. But that did not happen.
The PTI government after coming to office more or less continued with the same policy on all external relations, not just US, which its predecessors pursued. The continuity in policy on US ties was based on the pragmatic realisation that any major change in the conduct of relations may lead to challenges for the viability of the new government that is already facing a major economic crisis (for which it eventually had to turn to America's Arab allies and more importantly, the IMF) and political instability in the country.
The US, meanwhile, has two mutually complementing interests in engaging with the new government – first a break with Pakistan, frayed relations notwithstanding, will undermine its regional interests; and second, Trump's administration was then implementing a shift in its approach on the Afghan dispute by talking to the Taliban for which it needed Pakistan's help.
The first major interaction between the two sides happened within weeks of the installation of PTI government when Mike Pompeo visited Islamabad to meet the new leadership in Islamabad. Despite all the negativity in ties that then preceded Pompeo's trip, it resulted in an understanding that the two governments would attempt to make a fresh start.
Khan and Trump later had a Twitter exchange in November, when the US president tried to justify cancellation of military aid for Pakistan in January 2018 for its allegedly inadequate action on American terrorism concerns. Khan then shot back saying: "Now, we will do what is best for our people and our interests." This was a minor episode and something that was expected given the volatile nature of Trump and Khan's impulsivity.
Weeks later, Trump officially put in a request to the Pakistani government for help with engaging Taliban, which Pakistan instantly obliged. That set the stage for the meeting, which we will be seeing in about two weeks. Trump, in January this year, conveyed his desire for meeting Khan through Senator Lindsay Graham, member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee.
The meeting is taking place at a time when US–Taliban negotiations are at an advanced stage, although violence in Afghanistan is unrelenting. The seventh round of talks were continuing in Doha, when this article was being written, and a meeting between Taliban and other Afghan elements without any official representation from the Afghan government was scheduled for July 7-8. Pompeo had earlier indicated that a peace deal was possible by September 1.
"The agenda for the visit, and especially for any of Khan's meetings with US officials, will revolve around Afghanistan. We can expect above all for Washington to press Khan to push the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire," Michael Kugelman, South Asia senior associate at The Wilson Center said.
He categorically cautioned that the visit does not represent "a reset of the US-Pakistan relationship."
"The visit reflects Washington's view that Pakistan is a critical player in the Afghan peace process, and it amplifies how the US tends to view its relationship with Pakistan through the lens of Afghanistan. I don't think the US has any intention of broadening the relationship with Pakistan beyond Afghan reconciliation at this point. Though to be sure we are seeing a better, more stable US-Pakistan relationship now, even if it is narrowly focused on the Afghanistan issue," he added.
Ahead of the visit, Washington has conveyed a strong signal to Pakistan through designation of terrorist group Balochistan Liberation Army that if it (Islamabad) agrees to play ball with US then its security concerns too can be addressed.
No matter how this visit is conducted by both sides, the bottom line remains that Pakistan and US, to quote Kugelman, are "transactional partners, not natural allies." He is right in his assessment that "there are very few strategic convergences between the two these days -only divergences and disconnects."
The writer is a senior researcher at Islamabad Policy Institute. She can be reached at mamoona.rubab@ipipk.org
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