Ram Gopal Varma is one of the most charismatic modern filmmakers of India. With a career that has spanned more than twenty-five years, Varma has won innumerable awards including a National Film award and two Filmfare Awards. His pioneering work in diverse genres has resulted in him being called the intellectual fountain head of new age cinema. His Indian Gangster Trilogy has made him one of the greatest directors of Bollywood, and is credited for introducing film noir (aka Mumbai noir) into Indian cinema. Varma's films have enjoyed commercial and critical success and are often listed in the lists of greatest Indian films ever made.
Ram Gopal Verma started his film direction career through Telugu films. His debut, Siva (1989) is considered a path-breaking film in Telugu cinema. He made his Bollywood debut feature, a remake of his 1989 hit film, titled Shiva (1991). In 1995 came Rangeela, a smashing romance starring Aamir Khan and Urmila Matondkar, which displayed Varma's filmmaking skills in the international cinema scene. He made the Indian Gangster trilogy, starting with Satya (1998) which is considered India's greatest gangster film. Two sequels followed, titled Company (2002) and D (2005) both of which further strengthened Varma's stand in Bollywood. He is known to sample realism in his films, which has forever impressed his critics who otherwise criticize his shady stories.
In the following years, Varma experimented with path-defining films such as Jungle (2000), Bhoot (2003), Sarkar (2005), Sarkar Raj (2008), and Rakta Charitra (2010).
Varma experienced a slump after the release of his ambitious Sholay (1975) remake titled Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007). The film was heavily panned by critics and audience citing sabotage of the legacy of arguably the greatest Hindi film ever made, and marked a decline in his career, which would later be partially resurrected in 2013 with the release of The Attacks of 26/11. Even though the film was a critical success, Varma has not had a Bollywood blockbuster since 2005.
Varma has also produced and written various hit Hindi films such as Shool (1999), Darna Mana Hai (2003), and Ab Tak Chhappan (2004). Currently, he has several Hindi and Telugu films under production.
Outside filmmaking, Varma has also worked in television, and has written an autobiography.
Ram Gopal Varma was born in Hyderabad, India. He is a Bachelor of Civil Engineering. He is married to Ratna and has a daughter Revathi.


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Q: Caching in JavaFX WebView We're developing a JavaFX 2.x application, which needs to provide some GIS support. We've come to conclusion that using GoogleMaps via an embedded WebView is the quickest option. The problem with it is that every time our application starts, the corresponding JavaScript libraries are downloaded. This makes development very difficult as it takes a couple of second before anything interactive can be done on the WebView panel.
The first thing that comes to mind is to have some sort of caching like web browsers do in order to store the libraries and read them locally when needed. How can this be achieved with WebView? Are there any alternatives to caching in our case?
Thanx.

A: The WebView component doesn't provide caching of web resources out of the box.  However, it does utilize the java.net stack for network communications.  What this means is you can install your own URL Handler that talks to a cache and serves resources from that cache.  For example, put something like this block in your main() method before the JavaFX launch call:
URL.setURLStreamHandlerFactory(new URLStreamHandlerFactory() {
    public URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler(String protocol) {
        if ( "http".equals(protocol) ) {
            return new URLStreamHandler() {
                protected URLConnection openConnection(URL u) throws IOException {
                    if ( isCached(u) ) {
                        return new CachedStreamConnection(u);
                    }
                    return new MyURLConnection(u);
                }
            };
        }
        // Don't handle a non-http protocol, so just return null and let
        // the system return the default one.
        return null;
    }
});

Of course the devil is in the details.  You should take the cache policies returned by the HTTP headers (like ETags) into consideration when storing a resource in your cache.  Another consideration is HTML meta tags.  Here is a good resource on caching.
You may also want to consider a cookie management system to complement this cache management system.

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Maria Luísa Cordeiro (São Paulo) fue una escritora brasileña que incursionó en el género novela.

Debutó en 1945 con la novela Um olhar para a vida, con el que recibió el Premio Antônio de Alcântara Machado de la Academia Paulista de Letras. Le siguió luego la novela Onde o céu começa en 1946 y Quando morre o outono en 1949, trabajo con el que fue considerada dentro de la oleada de escritoras paulistas de importancia de la década de 1940 junto a Maria José Dupré, Lúcia Benedetti, Ondina Ferreira y Anésia de Andrade Lourenção.

Obras
 Um olhar para a vida (Livraria do globo, 1945).
 Onde o céu começa (Globo, 1946).
 Quando morre o outono (Editôra Globo, 1949).

Referencias

Escritores en portugués
Novelistas de Brasil
Escritoras de Brasil
Nacidos en Río de Janeiro
Nacidos en São Paulo

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Lady Centurion Basketball Wins 2A State Championship!
The 2A Championship included boys and girls teams from 42 schools all around the state, with enrollments of 1000 students or less.
The road to victory was tough as the girls played three formidable teams. Friday night they opened up against two-time defending state champion Mercer County. The girls pulled out an easy 15 point victory (66-51), to the excitement of the family, friends and CAL supporters who had traveled to see them. With signs waving and pom poms shaking, the fans cheered on this exciting first victory.
Play continued on Saturday in the semi-finals against #8 Webster County. While CAL was not favored to win, the girls' outstanding teamwork led to another easy victory (53-34).
Sunday's final championship game was against #12 Scott High School of Covington. CAL led by 11 points early in the game before Scott pulled within 2 points (25-23) at half-time. The game was a nail biter at the start of the 2nd half, but Scott was never able to take the lead. The Lady Centurions became the 2019 2A State Champions with a 49-40 victory. Shelby Calhoun and Arina Khlopkova each scored 13 points. Calhoun was named the tournament MVP and was joined on the All Tournament team by her teammates Arina Khlopkova, Mia Beam, and Jaya McClure.
This is a special group of girls who support each other on and off the court. For the fans watching, and the excited coaches, it was exceptionally touching to see them win and celebrate together. After the game medals were handed out, the girls each cut down part of the net. Many pictures were taken by the parents and fans. A fun and memorable moment for the girls was when they poured water on Coach Perry as he entered the locker room.
If you haven't made it out to see the varsity games, please come and support these girls. They are now on an eight game winning streak as they are headed to the LIT next week.

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Dubhe (Alfa Ursae Majoris / α UMa / 50 Ursae Majoris) es la segunda estrella más brillante de la constelación de la Osa Mayor, después de Alioth (ε Ursae Majoris). Su magnitud aparente es +1,79. Es una de las dos estrellas «apuntadoras», junto con Merak (β Ursae Majoris), de la «estrella polar» (Polaris o α Ursae Minoris) y, por lo tanto, del polo norte celeste.

Nombre

El nombre de Dubb, así como el más habitual Dubhe, provienen de la palabra árabe para «oso», dubb, de la frase ظهر الدب الاكبر, żahr ad-dubb al-akbar, «la espalda del gran oso». La denominación Dubb aparece por vez primera en las Tablas alfonsíes.
Los chinos conocen a α Ursae Majoris por Tien Choo —«el pivote del cielo»— y como Kow Ching.
De acuerdo a Al-Biruni, para los hindúes era Krata, el «rishi» o «sabio».

Se ha afirmado que en el antiguo Egipto esta estrella era Ak, el «ojo» , la estrella más prominente de la constelación, utilizada en la alineación de las paredes del Templo de Hathor en Dendera, y el punto de la orientación de dicha estructura quizás antes del 5100 antes de Cristo.

Características físicas

Dubhe es un sistema estelar múltiple en el que sobresale la estrella binaria formada por Dubhe A, gigante amarillo-naranja de tipo espectral K0III, y Dubhe B, estrella blanco-amarilla de secuencia principal. Con una temperatura de 4500 K, Dubhe A es 300 veces más luminosa que el Sol y su diámetro es unas 30 veces más grande que el de este. Por su parte, Dubhe B brilla con una luminosidad 15 veces mayor que la luminosidad solar. La distancia entre ambas es de 23 UA y el período orbital es de 44 años. Mucho más alejada, a 8000 UA, se encuentra Dubhe C, enana amarilla de tipo F8. Algo más luminosa que el Sol —magnitud absoluta +4,22—, tiene a su vez una acompañante que la orbita cada 6 días.

A 124 años luz del sistema solar, Dubhe no forma parte de la asociación estelar de la Osa Mayor, grupo de estrellas con un probable origen común que se mueven por el espacio en la misma dirección. De las estrellas principales de la Osa Mayor, Dubhe es la que está más alejada, y junto a Benetnasch (η Ursae Majoris), se mueve en dirección opuesta al resto del grupo.

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Véase también
 Estrella (náutica)

Gigantes naranjas
Constelación de la Osa Mayor


Our Masterchef: The Professionals Champion, Gary Maclean has teamed up with the Daily Record to provide a collection of Gary's £5 Family Meals. Six tasty recipes will be available to collect all aimed towards busy families, and all only costing a fiver!
The six recipes focus on using fresh ingredients whilst also remaining affordable. Additionally, they may even allow or inspire you to reduce your weekly shopping bills – all the more reason to give the recipes a try! The first of the six recipes is Gary's Peshawari chicken curry with rice, a real favourite at home with Gary's five children. Gary wants to educate Scots on the value behind sticking to a weekly shopping list and remaining organised when planning dinners for the family.
Gary, 45, said: "I want to show people you can eat cheap by cooking the food yourself. By changing habits and planning in advance it's possible to eat really well without breaking the bank.
Gary's life has become a whirlwind since taking the prestigious Masterchef title. However, ensuring his children are fed home cooked meals remains extremely important to him. This means Gary also appreciates the sometimes difficult task on hand of pleasing each of his children.
He said: "It's not any easier for us to be cooking five different meals than it is for anyone else.
"Our children range from 21 to three, and what works for us is making a large one-pot dish to serve at the table. The kids can go back for more and I find it takes a lot of the stress out of cooking.
"The recipes I've created are geared towards being served up and letting folk help themselves.
"If you're working all day, the last thing you want is to start cooking. Planning is key.
Gary's second recipe was Italian sausage, pea and parsley risotto. Keeping checking back to The Daily Record to collect all six recipes.
I saw you for the first time on BBC Landward cooking the Mull venison and am really inspired by your love of local food. I've missed the £5 family feast recipes with The Sunday Mail. Where can I find them and other recipes online you want to share with us?
I have just emailed you the recipes, sorry as I have just found this message.


Donegal is a must for all divers. The Donegal coastline is awash with the most beautiful and spectacular dive sites. Divers of all grades will find a dive to suit them, no matter whether they want boat or shore diving. The more experienced diver will be able to tackle most of the many wrecks which lie around the Donegal coastline, especially in the northwest region, but there are plenty of dive sites for those with less experience also.


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4.The countdown shows clearly with the display window which makes your manicure and pedicure better on time control.
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Product description: 1.Dual LED light, 24 pcs 5000 hours lifetime LED beads, meet well to different customers requirment doing hands and feet nail art. 2.Two time setting 30s and 60s you can choose for different polish purpose. 3.LED beads instead of UV tube, avoid potential hazards of element mercury, non-harmful to your body. 4.The countdown shows clearly with the display window which makes your manicure and pedicure better on time control. 5.For curing fingernail or toenail and with automatic sensor, Let's enjoy nail art at anytime and anywhere!
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PALMETTO, Fla. – Demonstrating its exceptional capabilities for moving oversized and heavy project cargo, Port Manatee has handled export shipment of a nearly 500-ton liquefied natural gas (LNG) heat exchanger manufactured at the Air Products production facility across U.S. 41 from the port.
Air Products, the world's leader in LNG technology and equipment, chose the Manatee County location due to its immediate proximity to Port Manatee and easy access to the berth, as well as because it removed constraints on the size of LNG heat exchangers to be shipped. The 32-acre Air Products Port Manatee facility started production in January 2014 and rolled out the first completed LNG heat exchanger in September 2016.


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Jørgen Landorph (21. november 1651 – 8. september 1691) var en dansk generalfiskal, bror til Broder og Knud Landorph og far til Hans Landorph.

Han var søn af stiftsskriver Hans Brodersen Landorph (død 1658) og Mette Willumsdatter Lucassen (død 1667), blev sekretær i Kancellikollegiet 1680 og assessor og generalfiskal 1687.

Kronen afhændede i 1687 kirketiende for Heden Kirke til Jørgen Landorph. Han ejede den først sammen med sin fætter, justitsråd Vilhelm Mule, men blev hurtigt eneejer og solgte samme år tienden til Jens Christensen, der var amtsskriver over Riberhus Amt.

Han ægtede 1688 Catharine Hermansdatter Meier (12. november 1670 – 1720).

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Generalfiskaler
Jørgen
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From San lucar de Barrameda, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River, and following 260 kms of Costa, you will find the finest and golden sand beaches of the Peninsula.This route is full of scenic surprises that combine land, sea and old fortresses, and even remains of ancient civilizations, such as ruinas de Baelo Claudia, near Tarifa, at Punta de Europa where the two Atlantic seas meet and Mediterráneo. From there, without losing sight of the sea, continue to the end of the route at the mouth of the Guadiaro river.
The sea and the land combine with the virgin nature in many of its stretches, with live dunes that penetrate between pine forests, cliffs and protected spaces of must visit. The coast also offers a wide infrastructure for water sports, highlighting Tarifa internationally, as the center of windsurfing, surfing and kite surfing. Due to the richness of its seabed, fishing and scuba diving are two activities in which enjoyment and adventure are guaranteed throughout the Cadiz coast. Between these two extremes we pass through Chipiona, Rota, El Puerto de Santa María, San Fernando, Cádiz, Chiclana, Conil, Vejer de la Frontera, Zahara de los Atunes, populations of peculiar marine environment, Tarfia, Algeciras, La Linea, until you reach San Roque, where the Sotogrande tourist complex is located.
This route combines with its typical and artistic monumentality of true value, the singularity that along its route you can contemplate the different breeding of bulls that graze in their fields, constituting the brave bull, in its natural environment, a picture of unusual beauty. When in the 18th century the spectacle of bullfighting began to turn from a chivalrous distraction into a professional activity, brave cattle ranching had to undergo a parallel evolution. Cádiz, as in the referred bullfighting and cante, was an indisputable pioneer, and at the beginning of the 18th century don José Gijón had achieved a cattle ranch whose specimens stood out for its elevation, greed and lightness. Departing from Jerez de la Frontera, it includes the cities and towns of San José del Valle, Paterna de Rivera, Medina Sidonia, Alcalá de los Gazules, Benalup, Los Barrios, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, San Roque, Algeciras y Tarifa.
Tour of the cities in which a wine of universal fame is produced and which includes a set of unique tourist attractions, among which stand out its extensive vineyards, visits to the centuries-old wineries and a series of monuments of maximum historical and artistic interest. You can start at Chiclana de la Frontera, from there head to El Puerto de Santa María following Rota, Chipiona, San Lucar de Barrameda y Trebujena, to finish at Jerez de la Frontera, where you can also visit the Royal Andalusian School of Art Encuestre.
As part of the provinces of Cádiz and Málaga, we find a group of towns that seem to climb between the mountains like clusters of White Houses that offer us an original and picturesque vision of this area known as Pueblos Blancos. Its name comes from the ancient custom of the inhabitants of whitewashing the facades of their houses, adorning them with flower pots of bright colors, creating a spectacle of color for the sight, to which the golden of the sun, the brown of the mountain joins , the green of the mountains and the blue of the sky. Inside we find Parque Natural Sierra de Grazalema, with a very varied flora and fauna, being the rainiest area in all of Spain, and El Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, the most important cork oak forest in the Iberian Peninsula. Visiting the white villages will not leave you indifferent, at each step you can discover something new, with spectacular landscapes and colorful corners, unique patios with typical Andalusian ornaments where the colors reign.


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Macau junket business still soft: MGM China CEO
Nov 08, 2016 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck
The Macau VIP gambling market remains relatively weak and opening new VIP rooms under such trading conditions was likely "to dilute the market further," said the chief executive of Macau casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd on the parent firm's third-quarter earnings call on Monday.
Grant Bowie (pictured in a file photo) was speaking on the conference call of MGM Resorts International, which has a 56 percent stake in MGM China. The latter firm currently operates a single Macau gaming resort, MGM Macau, in the city's traditional downtown gaming area of Macau peninsula.
The executive had told local media in August that MGM Cotai – the new US$3.1-billion MGM China property currently under construction on Cotai – was likely not to have junket play when it opens.
The parent said on its second-quarter earnings call in August that the opening of MGM Cotai had been delayed to the second quarter of 2017.
In Monday's call Mr Bowie said: "I guess the greatest challenge for us – for all of us – in the market at the moment is we're still not seeing really any growth in the junket business. So simply to open junket rooms and dilute the market further and further doesn't seem to be a very strong strategy."
While VIP gambling has not shown year-on-year growth in casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) so far this year, the rate of decline has slowed recently, after two years of contraction.
In the third quarter 2016, VIP baccarat casino GGR decline – judged Macau market wide – moderated to 1.2 percent year-on-year, compared to a 16 percent retreat in the second quarter. A number of investment analysts have questioned whether the overall moderation in Macau's GGR contraction seen recently can be sustained.
Nonetheless VIP gambling still accounts today for more than 50 percent of Macau casino GGR. The city's GGR tally for the 10 months to October 31 stood at nearly MOP184.61 billion (US$23.1 billion).
No-VIP experiment
When Studio City – a property 60 percent owned by Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd – opened in October 2015, it did so without any VIP tables: the first large-scale Macau venue to try such a strategy.
On November 5 this year, Melco Crown commenced VIP gambling operations. A number of industry commentators said this indicated that – for Studio City at least – casino operations shorn of VIP gambling had not been a success.
In Monday's call, Mr Bowie indicated MGM China aimed to cater for its VIP players in the more traditional setting of downtown Macau.
"We are working with our existing [junket] operators – that we're very comfortable with in Macau – and we want to continue to work with them in our peninsula property… to make sure that they're always profitable," said Mr Bowie.
"That doesn't necessarily mean just opening rooms for the sake of opening rooms. You've got to open them because there's some performance," he added.
Ian Coughlan, president of Wynn Macau Ltd, noted on his firm's third-quarter earnings call on November 3, that Wynn Palace, its new US$4.4-billion property on Cotai, had had "a fairly significant impact" on the firm's directly-managed VIP business at its Macau peninsula property, Wynn Macau.
MGM China's Mr Bowie was keen to talk up the mass gambling segment on his firm's third-quarter call.
"The growth is in the mass. We want to drive the mass and we want to get a very strong footprint in that regard," said Mr Bowie.
Casino GGR in Macau's mass-market segment expanded by 3.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2016, according to data released in October by the local regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
Junkets later?
Mr Bowie hinted that junket play might be introduced to MGM Cotai after it opens, and once overall foot traffic to the property had been built up.
"We've already indicated that we are not likely to open the property with junket[s], but we're still in discussions with junket operators because we understand that it's best that we build the momentum of the property and then we bring those participants into the business," said Mr Bowie.
"So [the] focus [with MGM Cotai is] on the things that we're really good at… on the things we can control, [to] drive foot traffic through the food and beverage operations focusing both on the Macau market, Hong Kong, and then expanding that reach into China, [to] drive traffic into the hotel, because we have a lot more hotel rooms."
According to previous statements by MGM China, MGM Cotai will offer approximately 1,500 hotel rooms and suites, meeting space, a luxury spa, shops and restaurants. The property would also have what is described as "the first international "Mansion at MGM" – a branding term used to describe some luxury accommodation within MGM Resorts' properties in other markets.
MGM Resorts' chairman and chief executive Jim Murren – speaking on the third-quarter earnings call – gave some detail on the non-gaming amenities that will be available at MGM Cotai.
He stated: "We've known that we needed to diversify away from gaming. We knew that we needed to create an entertainment spectacle that is free to the public and that is something they have not ever seen before; and we are."
He added: "We knew we wanted to bring the DNA of MGM's entertainment: to build a theatre that does not exist in the world, let alone in Macau; a multi-functional theatre that can transition from a major ballroom to an exhibit hall to a theatre for sports and entertainment, and into a nightclub."
Mass market play record 74pct Macau GGR...
Gaming veteran chairman exits junket...


1. My diagnosis/recognition was very useful to me. It explained a lot of things and helped my self-understanding. But when I asked: "So, what support is available for me now?", the answer was "None."
Last month I phoned Adult Social Care and asked for a needs assessment as an autistic adult, which I am entitled to by law. The person who answered tried her very best to be helpful, but did not know anything about this and seemed bewildered. That's not her fault: rather, it indicates that the Council has not arranged the provision which it is required to.
2. Only 15% of autistic adults are in full-time employment; 9% in part-time employment. This is not because they can not work - most can - but because workplaces and employment practices are not autistic-friendly.
So yes, support autistic people into work, but make sure work is suitable. Instead of trying to change autistic people, change workplaces and employment practices.
If these members are to be representative of autistic Hackney residents, then they must be elected by and accountable to us. Too often, government bodies and others have taken charities or professionals or carers to speak for us, but we can communicate for ourselves, collectively.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires government bodies to involve disabled people in discussions on disability issues through our representative organisations. The draft plan can apply this by adding a provision to facilitate autistic people in Hackney to organise - provide us with venues, support, equipment etc to meet, discuss issues, elect representatives, tell those representatives what to say on our behalf, receive reports from them, etc.
Many of us have learned through bitter experience the difference between 'consultation' and democracy. We want a genuine democratic input into the strategy that is, after all, about us.


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Botswana mutation: Eight questions and answers – What we know so far, why scientists are worried
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Russia: Large-scale naval exercises amid talks between…
Alarm has been signaled by its new variant coronavirus, τη "Botswana mutation" as it became widely known, which scares the experts and already theEuropean countries are closing their borders on flights from South Africa. Amid growing concern even about the effectiveness of vaccines, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said tonight that It is "premature" to envisage an adaptation of the vaccines to the "Botswana mutation".
A Guardian article explains through questions and answers what we know so far about mutation Botswana, the way it spread to South African countries, and the reasons for global concern.
When was the mutation first detected?
The variant was identified on Tuesday and has been identified as worrying due to the large number of mutations it may have escaped from vaccines. It has also been linked to an increase in cases in Gauteng County. South Africa, which includes Pretoria and Johannesburg, over the past two weeks.
These two factors put her Botswana mutation under the microscope of the international scientific community, with the chief medical adviser of the British Health and Safety Service on Friday mentioning the variant as "the most worrying we have seen".
Where did the new variant come from?
Although originally associated with the province of Gauteng, the variant did not necessarily come from there. The oldest specimen of the variant was found in Botswana on November 11.
Scientists say the unusual number of mutations suggests it could have occurred after a chronic infection of an immunocompromised person, such as an untreated HIV / AIDS patient.
Why are scientists worried about variation?
Variation brings together over 30 mutations in the protein spike – the "key" that the virus uses to unlock the cells of our body – a number more than double that of the Delta mutation, which has now dominated the world.
The development raises concerns that antibodies from previous infections or vaccinations may no longer fit well into the treatment of the infection. Based on the knowledge of the list of mutations, scientists estimate that the virus will be more likely to infect or re-infect people who are immune to previous variants.
Is the new variant more contagious?
Experts can not say with certainty whether the Botswana mutation it can be more contagious. However, the picture is disturbing. In South Africa, the number of cases rose sharply from 273 on November 16 to more than 1,200 earlier this week.
More than 80% of new cases are found in the province of Gauteng, where a first analysis of the results shows that the variant has quickly become the dominant strain.
The R-Index, which shows how fast an epidemic is growing, is estimated at 1.47 for South Africa, but rises to 1.93 in Gauteng. However, according to the publication, it is possible that these data are due to a statistical error.
Will existing vaccines be effective?
Scientists are concerned about the large number of mutations, which leads to the conclusion that the new variant may be able to bypass the existing immune protection. Any predictions are currently theoretical and scientists are rushing to conduct clinical trials to determine how effective the antibodies are against the new variant. Data from the community on re-infection rates will also give a clearer indication of the extent of any change in immunity.
The scientists estimate that the variant will be recognized by existing antibodies, but that existing vaccines may provide less protection. This is why the need to increase the rate of vaccination and administration of the third dose to the elderly and high-risk groups becomes even more urgent.
Can variation cause more serious illness?
So far there is no evidence as to whether the Botswana mutation leads to more severe symptoms, something that scientists in South Africa are closely monitoring.
Given the time lag between infections and severe illness, it will take several weeks before clear evidence is available.
Can vaccines be modified to treat it?
Researchers are already working on modifying vaccines, in order to be able to deal with the mutated protein spike.
Corresponding movements were made with the mutations B and Delta, although existing vaccines have been shown to be effective. However, the research teams were already ready to develop new vaccine formulas and are in contact with regulators what additional tests would be required. However, it may take up to six months before updated vaccines become widely available.
How likely is it to spread around the world?
The majority of new cases of the Botswana variant are recorded in South Africa, less in Botswana and Hong Kong. Another case was detected yesterday in Israel, while the first confirmed case in Belgium was announced on Friday afternoon.
But as the variant appears to be highly prevalent in the South African community, it does not seem unlikely that it has spread without yet being detectable in other countries.
Past experience has shown that travel bans slow down the spread somewhat, but these measures are unlikely to stop the spread of a new variant altogether.
Netherlands: Waiting hours and Covid-19 test for hundreds of South African passengers at Amsterdam Airport
European stocks suffer worst day in 17 months on fears over new variant
No evidence of foreign involvement with Havana syndrome, says CIA source
Any Russian incursion into Ukraine would be disastrous, says UK PM
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With his gunman off CBI probe list, Chandy gets reprieve
news Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 05:30
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who faced a lot of flak from the opposition, got a reprieve on Wednesday when the CBI did not include his former gunman in the list of six accused in a land usurping case. Salim Raj was last month arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), but on Wednesday when the investigators submitted the list of six accused to a court here, his name did not figure in it. The list, however, contained two of his relatives and four revenue officials, including a woman official. The CBI has been probing the case of land grab near Kochi for the past one year. Salim Raj's name had also figured in a similar land grab case in the capital city. Both inside and outside the assembly and in all recent election campaigns, the opposition had been using Raj's name to attack Chandy and the chief minister had time and again maintained that he had done nothing to favour his former security staff. Chandy had always said that this case had first come up in 2007 when V.S. Achuthanandan was the chief minister and after a probe by his police team, they closed the case, stating that there was nothing criminal in it, and it was just a civil case. Raj, a constable with Kerala Police, was the gunman of Chandy but was booted out of the security job in 2013 after it was found that he was alleged to have been in close contacts with Saritha Nair, one of the key accused in the infamous Solar scam case. With IANS


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Q: Creating a round-robin simulation that executes a number of games and ranks the teams in order I am trying to create a round-robin tournament with 4 teams. Each team will have a random number generated for goals for and goals against between 0 and 5. The task I am struggling with is creating a final standing sorting table that shows the position of the team, its name, the total number of goals for the team (GF), the total number of goals against the team (GA), and the total number of points. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a
defeat. The final table should look as follows:
    The Final Table (sorted):
     Pos Team Name            GF GA PTS
      1 FC Bayern Munich      11 7 6
      2 FC Liverpool           8 7 6
      3 Real Madrid            5 7 3
      4 Orlando SC             6 9 3

I am not sure how I can calculate the final scores and organize the table so that it puts the team in the correct rank.
Furthermore, how would this code be done if you want to include a number of teams from an input? Any tips to begin that?
Here is what I have so far. Instead of opting for loops, I decided to go the listing route which is now proving to be difficult. I'm not sure how to assign the GF and GA to the team that has those points and then be able to organize those from least to greatest.:
import random

team1 = input("Please enter name of team 1: ")
team2 = input("please enter name of team 2: ")
team3 = input("please enter name of team 3: ")
team4 = input("please enter name of team 4: ")
print()
teams = [team1, team2, team3, team4]

scores = [random.randint(0, 5) for i in range (1,13)]
def schedule():
    print("Tournament Results:")
    print(team1, "vs.", team2,"", scores[0],":",scores[1])
    print(team3, "vs.", team4,"", scores[2],":",scores[3])
    print(team1, "vs.", team3,"", scores[4],":",scores[5])
    print(team2, "vs.", team4,"", scores[6],":",scores[7])
    print(team1, "vs.", team4,"", scores[8],":",scores[9])
    print(team2, "vs.", team3,"", scores[10],":",scores[11])
team1GF = scores[0] + scores[4] + scores[8]
team1GA = scores[1] + scores[5] + scores[9]
team2GF = scores[1] + scores[6] + scores[10]
team2GA = scores[0] + scores[7] + scores[11]
team3GF = scores[2] + scores[5] + scores[11]
team3GA = scores[3] + scores[4] + scores[10]
team4GF = scores[3] + scores[7] + scores[9]
team4GA = scores[2] + scores[6] + scores[8]

schedule()

A: I'm confused what you're asking, you have the goals for and against for each of the teams, do you want help in calculating scores or sorting scores?
If you want a variable amount of teams then it'd be something like this
team_length = int(input("How many teams do you want to play: "))
teams = []
for i in range(team_length):
    teams.append(input(f"Please enter the name of team {i+1}: "))

Though for this you'd also need to change the way you're creating scores to something like this
games_length = team_length * team_length-1
scores = [random.randint(0, 5) for i in range(0, games_length)


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Left thigh phlegmon caused by Nocardia farcinica identified by 16S rRNA sequencing in a patient with Leprosy: a case report
Pasquale De Nardo1,
Maria Letizia Giancola1,
Salvatore Noto2,
Elisa Gentilotti1,
Piero Ghirga1,
Chiara Tommasi1,
Rita Bellagamba1,
Maria Grazia Paglia1,
Emanuele Nicastri1,
Andrea Antinori1 &
Angela Corpolongo1
In recent years, Nocardia farcinica has been reported to be an increasingly frequent cause of localized and disseminated infections in the immunocompromised patient. However, recent literature is limited. We report a case of left thigh phlegmon caused by N. farcinica that occurred in a patient with Leprosy undergoing treatment with prednisone for leprosy reaction.
We describe the case of left thigh phlegmon caused by Nocardia farcinica in a 54-year-old Italian man affected by multi-bacillary leprosy. The patient had worked in South America for 11 years. Seven months after his return to Italy, he was diagnosed with Leprosy and started multi-drug antibiotic therapy plus thalidomide and steroids. Then, during therapy with rifampicin monthly, minocycline 100 mg daily, moxifloxacin 400 mg daily, and prednisone (the latter to treat type 2 leprosy reaction), the patient complained of high fever associated with erythema, swelling, and pain in the left thigh. Therefore, he was admitted to our hospital with the clinical suspicion of cellulitis. Ultrasound examination and Magnetic Resonance Imaging showed left thigh phlegmon. He was treated with drainage and antibiotic therapy (meropenem and vancomycin replaced by daptomycin). The responsible organism, Nocardia farcinica, was identified by 16S rRNA sequencing in the purulent fluid taken out by aspiration. The patient continued treatment with intravenous trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and imipenem followed by oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and moxifloxacin. A whole-body computed tomography did not reveal dissemination to other organs like the lung or brain.
The patient was discharged after complete remission. Oral therapy with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, moxifloxacin, rifampicin monthly, clofazimine and thalidomide was prescribed to be taken at home. One month after discharge from the hospital the patient is in good clinical condition with complete resolution of the phlegmon.
N. farcinica is a rare infectious agent that mainly affects immunocompromised patients. Presentation of phlegmon only without disseminated infection is unusual, even in these kinds of patients. In any case, a higher index of suspicion is needed, as diagnosis can easily be missed due to the absence of characteristic symptoms and the several difficulties usually encountered in identifying the pathogen.
Nocardiosis is a localized or disseminated uncommon infection caused by an aerobic Actinomycetes of the genus Nocardia[1]. Approximately 50 species of Nocardia have been characterized [2], with at least 16 species being recognized as human pathogens [3]. These organisms are opportunistic pathogens affecting immunocompromised hosts, including those with long-term corticosteroid exposure, malignancy, human immunodeficiency virus infection, and a history of transplantation [4]. Earlier reports estimated the occurrence of 500–1,000 new cases each year in the USA, and 150–200 and 90–130 in France and Italy, respectively [5–7]. N. asteroides, N. farcinica and N. nova caused approximately 85% of the total cases [8–10]. An increase in the diagnosis of N. farcinica infection is due to the growing population of immunocompromised hosts and improved methods for detecting and identifying the Nocardia species. This microorganism can cause localized or disseminated infections that can be life-threatening without prompt diagnosis and proper treatment; furthermore, it is characteristically resistant to multiple anti-microbial agents, including third-generation cephalosporin [1, 11].
We report the case of left thigh phlegmon caused by N. farcinica that occurred in a patient affected by Leprosy undergoing treatment with prednisone for leprosy reaction.
A 54 year old Italian man was admitted to the "Lazzaro Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases of Rome because of fever, cutaneous lesions and sensory loss of peripheral nerves. He had worked in Venezuela for eleven years. A histological examination of a skin biopsy showed the presence of Mycobacterium leprae and the patient was diagnosed as borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy complicated by erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) reaction. His bacteriological index (total bacterial load) was 4.17+ (normal range 0-6+) and the morphological index (percentage of bacilli uniformly stained) 0.5%. He was treated with rifampicin monthly and minocycline and moxifloxacin daily. The ENL was recurrent and treated with oral prednisone (75 mg) and thalidomide. Sixteen months after starting therapy for Leprosy (and after about a year of steroid therapy), the patient started to complain of high fever (39°C) associated with erythema, swelling and pain of left thigh, and he was admitted to our hospital for the second time with suspicion of cellulitis. He referred that the symptoms had started about 7 days before admission, but he denied a history of local trauma or recreational drug abuse. Diabetes mellitus had been diagnosed two months before.
On physical examination, his vital signs were as follows: temperature 39°C, blood pressure 130/80 mmHg, pulse rate 95 beats per minute, and respiratory rate 15 breaths per minute. Laboratory examinations revealed: white blood cells (WBC) 14,500/μL (4,3-10,8) (87% neutrophils, 4.1% lymphocytes), haemoglobin 11 g/dL (12–18), platelets 234,000/μL (80,000 – 400,000), C-reactive protein (CRP) 32 mg/dL (0–0.16), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) 82 mm/h (0–15). Chest X-ray was normal. Ultrasound examination and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the lower extremities revealed left thigh phlegmon (Figure 1). Ultrasound guided incision and drainage were performed at the bedside with leaking, copious amounts of pus. Samples were sent to the laboratory for Gram and acid -fast bacilli staining, cultures, and PCR amplification of bacterial DNA. Furthermore, more sets of blood cultures were performed.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of left thigh at admission. a. T1 after contrast coronal image showing hyperintense necrotic lesion of the left thight; b. T2 FLAIR weighted sagittal image of the same lesion that appear hypointense.
Intravenous vancomycin and meropenem were started: 500 mg every six hours, and 1 g every 8 hours, respectively, and moxifloxacin and minocycline were stopped. Incision was repeated on hospital day 3 and vancomycin was replaced by daptomycin for the persistence of high fever; prednisone was reduced to 50 mg. After 96 hours of incubation, blood cultures and aerobic and anaerobic cultures of the sample were negative. On day 6, the patient had type 2 leprosy reaction and prednisone was again increased to 75 mg. Seven days after initiating daptomycin, an ultrasound examination showed the first decrease of both phlegmon volume and peripheral oedema.
On hospital day 15, the pathogen was identified as N. farcinica by 16S rRNA gene sequencing in the purulent fluid, whereas the cultures were negative. Amplified PCR products (Figure 2) were purified and directly sequenced. Related DNA sequences were searched in GenBank by using the BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) server. The most closely related sequences belonged to Nocardia farcinica species. The further identity of the pathogen was also confirmed by sequencing a region of 16S rRNA gene of Nocardia with a PCR that used genus-specific primers [12]. Sequence data of the amplified PCR products showed great identity (99%) to the species Nocardia farcinica
Two percent agarose gel electrophoresis showing the product of amplification of the 798-bp fragment of the 16S rRNA gene. DNA sequencing of such a fragment further allowed the identification of Nocardia farcinica. Lane 1 = PCR product obtained from a phlegmon sample of our patient; lane 2 = negative control (water); lane 3 = positive control (Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC 49619); M = DNA size reference marker (50-2000-bp Amplisize, Biorad).
The patient was shifted to a therapy based on intravenous trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and imipenem for 1 month. A whole-body computed tomography (CT-scan) revealed no dissemination to other organs like the lung or brain. On hospital day 22, prednisone was stopped and the leprosy reaction was treated with clofazimine and thalidomide. After a month of therapy, MRI revealed a decreased amount of phlegmon without osteomyelitis of the left femur (Figure 3).
Magnetic Resonance Imaging performed after a month of antibiotic therapy shows complete resolution of the phlegmon.
The patient was discharged after complete remission at day 51 with a prescription of oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, moxifloxacin, rifampicin monthly, clofazimine and thalidomide.
One month after discharge from the hospital the patient is in good clinical condition.
N.farcinica is a Gram–positive, branching, filamentous bacillus causing many localized and disseminated infectious in humans, including pulmonary and wound infections, brain abscesses, and bacteraemia. Immunocompromised hosts and patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapies are more commonly affected by this bacterium [2].
Anton Y. Peleg et al. described the risk factors of N. farcinica infection in organ transplant recipients. In this case series, patients with Nocardia infection had significantly higher prednisone dosages (p 0.007), lower lymphocyte counts (p 0.003), and higher neutrophil counts (p 0.006) at the time of infection, compared with control subjects [13]. In our case, the patient had undergone therapy with prednisone in the preceding 12 months because of leprosy reaction. At admission he had WBC 14,500/μL with neutrophils 87% (11800/mmc), lymphocytes 4.1% (500/mmc), CD4 cells 34.6% (463/mmc), CD8 cells 24.8% (322/mmc).
The relative frequency of infections caused by the different Nocardia species are difficult to determine retrospectively and may vary geographically. N. farcinica has been reported to constitute 13,8% and 19% of Nocardia isolates in Italy from 1982 to 1992 [14] and from 1993 to 1997 [7], respectively. It is not possible to estimate the actual number of Italian cases due to the potential bias of referrals to public health authorities and also because Nocardia strains are not collected at the National Reference Centre.
The clinical manifestations of N. farcinica are different. The lung is the most common site of infection (43%). Torres et al. observed infections of cutaneous and sub-cutaneous tissues in 10% of cases. In the case of disseminated infections, it was possible to detect a metastatic focus or, more frequently, a primary lesion after traumatic injury. In other cases, the patients had sub-clinical or transient primary pulmonary infection followed by dissemination to the brain, skin, bones, and kidney [15]. In our case, as in the 7/26 cases described in an Italian report about human Nocardiosis between 1993 and 1997 [7], it was not possible to observe previous pulmonary involvement.
Concerning the epidemiology, Nocardiae are ubiquitous in the environment and can be found worldwide in fresh and salt water, in a variety of soil types, dust, decaying vegetation, and decaying faecal deposits from animals [2]. Bittar et al. described a Nocardia infection in a man who was an active gardener [16]. Our patient had gardening as a hobby, which led us to speculate that he could have acquired the infection in this way.
Unfortunately, we did not identify the organism with the cultures and could not perform susceptibility testing. However, previous studies have identified multi-drug-resistance patterns in isolates of N. farcinica, characterized by resistance to most beta-lactam antibiotics [17] and susceptibility mainly to amikacin, imipenem, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, and fluoroquinolones [2]. Hansen G. et al. reported that fluoroquinolones had variable activity against clinical strains of Nocardia, and the newer fluoroquinolones such as moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin, and gemifloxacin, had increased in vitro activity compared to ciprofloxacin [17].
Laboratory identification and speciation for Nocardia are challenging, and the methodology continues to evolve. Before 2000, Nocardia isolates were identified primarily through phenotypic methods. In 2000, the identification of Nocardia was enhanced through the use of 16SrRna gene sequencing in research centres [18–20]. In the reported case, it is interesting to underline that our patient presented clinical and radiological improvement after the initiation of therapy with daptomycin. Since no cases of N. farcinica treated with daptomycin have been described in literature (there are only sensitivity studies in vitro) [21], we started empirical antibiotic combination therapy with imipenem plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Information on the duration of treatment is inadequately documented in most reports, varying from 3 to 12 months with a median of 4 months. Primary cutaneous Nocardiosis may be treated with therapy for 2 to 4 months, but only after bone involvement has been excluded [4, 6].
In summary, Nocardiosis remains a severe and sometimes potentially life-threatening complication in the immunocompromised host. It is relevant to consider this microorganism in the differential diagnosis of infections, even in cases with unusual presentations such as this one. Because of the aggressiveness, tendency to disseminate, and resistance of the organism to antibiotics, delayed diagnosis can have serious consequences.
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal.
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The authors would like to offer their special thanks to Andrea Baker for english revision.
"Lazzaro Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Via Portuense 292, Rome, 00149, Italy
Pasquale De Nardo, Maria Letizia Giancola, Elisa Gentilotti, Piero Ghirga, Chiara Tommasi, Rita Bellagamba, Maria Grazia Paglia, Emanuele Nicastri, Andrea Antinori & Angela Corpolongo
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "San Martino", Largo R. Benzi 10, Genoa, 16132, Italy
Salvatore Noto
Pasquale De Nardo
Maria Letizia Giancola
Elisa Gentilotti
Piero Ghirga
Chiara Tommasi
Rita Bellagamba
Maria Grazia Paglia
Emanuele Nicastri
Andrea Antinori
Angela Corpolongo
Correspondence to Pasquale De Nardo.
AC and PDN took care of the patient and wrote the case report; MGP did the laboratory work; MLG and PG took care of the patient; EG, CT, RT took part in the drafting; SN, EN and AA contributed to literature search and reviewed the final manuscript; all authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
De Nardo, P., Giancola, M.L., Noto, S. et al. Left thigh phlegmon caused by Nocardia farcinica identified by 16S rRNA sequencing in a patient with Leprosy: a case report. BMC Infect Dis 13, 162 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-162
Nocardia
Hansen's disease
Phlegmon


We currently have three classes across the school.
Piccadilly Class- Nursery/ Reception & Year 1 (Year 1 are taught outside of the EYFS unit in the mornings and then work with Reception in the afternoons).
St Pancreas Class- Year 4, 5 & 6.
Our school is small and cohort sizes vary each year. Class structures will most likely change on an annual basis- this will be reviewed by the Senior Leadership Team and the school Governors.


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THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY RECEIVES
2019 REGIONAL THEATRE TONY AWARD
Tony Awards Broadcasted Live from Radio City Music Hall
in New York City on Sunday, June 9th
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For the announcement of the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award, please click here.
For press release on the 2019 Tony Awards and viewing party, please click here.
To watch TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Tony Awards speech, please click here.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley receives the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award at Radio City Music Hall on June 9, 2019.
Photo Credit: Shevett Studios
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Executive Director Phil Santora and Founding Artistic Director at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9. Palo Alto-based TheatreWorks Silicon Valley received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award at Radio City Music Hall on June 9, 2019.
Photo Credit: Carla Befera
Hundreds of Enthusiastic TheatreWorks Silicon Valley fans cheered at the Oshman Family JCC as (l to r): Chair of the Board Judy Heyboer, Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, and Executive Director Phil Santora received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award at Radio City Music Hall on June 9, 2019.
Photo Credit: Lauren Goldfarb
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Executive Director Phil Santora and Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9. Palo Alto-based TheatreWorks Silicon Valley received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
Photo Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards on June 9, 2019. It is the nation's highest honor for a theatre company not on Broadway.
TheatreWorks's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, TheatreWorks's Trustee Chair Judy Heyboer, CEO of City National Bank Kelly Coffey, and TheatreWorks's Executive Director Phil Santora at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9. Palo Alto-based TheatreWorks Silicon Valley received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9. Palo Alto-based TheatreWorks Silicon Valley received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Trustee Chair Judy Heyboer, Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, and Executive Director Phil Santora receive the Regional Theatre Tony Award onstage during the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9, 2019 in New York City.
Photo Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Executive Director Phil Santora received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award at Radio City Music Hall on June 9, 2019.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Executive Director Phil Santora at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9. Palo Alto-based TheatreWorks Silicon Valley received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
Hundreds of enthusiastic fans from TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's nearly 50 years gathered at Palo Alto's Oshman Family JCC to watch the 73rd Annual Tony Awards, hosted by James Corden, in which TheatreWorks received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Marketing and Communications Manager Heather Orth and Director of New Works Giovanna Sardelli were hosts at a Tony Awards Viewing Party at the Oshman Family JCC. Hundreds of enthusiastic fans from TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's nearly 50 years cheered as TheatreWorks received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
Hundreds of enthusiastic fans from TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's nearly 50 years gathered at Palo Alto's Oshman Family JCC to watch the 73rd Annual Tony Awards, in which TheatreWorks received the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley will end one of the longest tenures in American theatre when he steps down at the conclusion of the 50th Anniversary season in 2020. Seen here at the company's 40th anniversary gala in 2010.
Photo Credit: Tracy Martin
Photo Credit: Niko Kitaoka
"Memphis" debuted at TheatreWorks in 2004 – featuring James Monroe Iglehart in a scene-stealing role. "Memphis" moved to Broadway and won the Tony for Best Musical. (Iglehart went on to win the 2014 Best Actor Tony, starring as the Genie in Broadway's Aladdin, before moving on to the current Broadway production of "Hamilton." )
Photo Credit: David Allen
The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will be the recipient of the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Seen here is TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley in rehearsal.
In 2017, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presented the world premiere of The Prince of Egypt, a soaring celebration of the human spirit inspired by the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation film, featuring musical score and lyrics by Grammy and Oscar winning composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin), with book by Hollywood screenwriter Philip LaZebnik (Pocahontas, Mulan). Shown: Diluckshan Jeyaratnam (Moses) and Jason Gotay (Ramses).
Photo Credit: Kevin Berne
In 2017, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presented the world premiere of The Prince of Egypt, a soaring celebration of the human spirit inspired by the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation film, featuring musical score and lyrics by Grammy and Oscar winning composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin), with book by Hollywood screenwriter Philip LaZebnik (Pocahontas, Mulan).
In 2017, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presented the world premiere of The Prince of Egypt, a soaring celebration of the human spirit inspired by the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation film, featuring musical score and lyrics by Grammy and Oscar winning composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin), with book by Hollywood screenwriter Philip LaZebnik (Pocahontas, Mulan). Shown: Julia Motyka (Miriam), Diluckshan Jeyaratnam (Moses), David Crane (Aaron), and Brennyn Lark (Tzipporah).
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley launched its 2017-18 season with the world premiere of The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga." Based on the earliest published manga, this hit musical told the story of four Japanese immigrants making their way in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Shown: Phil Wong (Frank), James Seol (Henry), Sean Fenton (Fred), and Hansel Tan (Charlie).
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley launched its 2017-18 season with the world premiere of The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga." Based on the earliest published manga, this hit musical told the story of four Japanese immigrants making their way in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley launched its 2017-18 season with the world premiere of The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga." Based on the earliest published manga, this hit musical told the story of four Japanese immigrants making their way in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Shown: (l to r) Catherine Gloria, Rinabeth Apostol, Sean Fenton, and Kerry Keiko.
TheatreWorks brought the Bay Area its first look at the Tony Kushner/Jeanine Tesori musical with a stunning production of "Caroline or Change" starring C. Kelley Wright, that swept the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Awards.
Photo Credit: Steve Mannshardt
C.J. Blankenship (Count Carl Magnus) and Alice Vienneau (Charlotte) in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 2003 production of "A Little Night Music." This musical was transferred to San Francisco's Theatre On The Square for a commercial run in 2004.
Aldo Billingslea (John Merrick) and Rebecca Dines (Mrs. Kendal) in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 2007 production of "The Elephant Man."
Robert Kelley cast teen-aged Jessica Chastain as Juliet, with Travis Engle as her Romeo, in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet,": re-set in Belfast in this 1998 TheatreWorks production.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley will end one of the longest tenures in American theatre when he steps down at the conclusion of the 50th Anniversary season in 2020.
Photo Credit: Robert Kelley
Robert Kelley cast teen-aged Jessica Chastain as Juliet, with Travis Engle as her Romeo, in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet,: re-set in Belfast in this 1998 TheatreWorks production.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 1981 production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor," performed in the Fire Circle Outdoor Theatre, was set in the frontier town of Windsor, Colorado. Using two miniature electric-powered trains running around the stage and through the audience, Kelley staged—and participated in—some wild-and-wooly shoot-'em-up chases.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 1988 production of Stephen Sondheim's soaring musical "Pacific Overtures" features an all-Asian cast, TheatreWorks's first Actors Equity Association actors, and a kabuki stage that wound through the audience. Sondheim is TheatreWorks' most produced composer, with a total of 20 productions, many of them San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award-winners.
Photo Credit: Wilson Graham
A popular political comic series by Dan O'Neill was turned into the musical "Odd Bodkins," presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in 1973 in the Fire Circle Outdoor Theatre, where it became an instant hit.
A popular political comic series by Dan O'Neill was turned into the musical "Odd Bodkins," presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in 1973, where it became an instant hit. Seen here are David Springhorn and Eric Wenburg.


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RELIGST 278: Heidegger: Confronting the Ultimate (RELIGST 378)
Heidegger's work on meaning, the self, and the sacred. Texts include Being and Time, courses and opuscula up to 1933, the Letter on Humanism, and Contributions of Philosophy.
Terms: not given this year, last offered Winter 2010 | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
RELIGST 279A: Heidegger on human being and God (RELIGST 379A)
This lecture-seminar first raises the question of essential characteristics of human being, such as temporality, mortality, hermeneutics and the relation to meaning, and then, via readings from Karl Rahner, asks whether human being is open to a possible relation to a supernatural divinity.
RELIGST 280: Schleiermacher: Reconstructing Religion (RELIGST 380)
Idealist philosopher, Moravian pietist, early German Romantic, co-founder of the University of Berlin, head preacher at Trinity Church, translator of Plato's works, Hegel's opponent, pioneer in modern hermeneutics, father of modern theology. Schleiermacher's controversial reconception of religion and theology in its philosophical context.
Terms: not given this year, last offered Autumn 2010 | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
RELIGST 283A: Modern Notions of 'The Holy': Hölderlin, Heidegger, Celan (COMPLIT 283A, COMPLIT 383A, GERMAN 283A, GERMAN 383A, RELIGST 383A)
This course explores the question, "What may we call 'holy' in the modern era?" by focusing mostly on three key writers and thinkers, who "in various ways, and in different times" raised this question: Friedrich Hölderlin, Martin Heidegger, and Paul Celan. Given the scope of this question and its various reverberations and implications, we will also read "continental philosophy of religion" (Marion, Courtine, Caputo, and Vattimo, among others), as well as some of the work of Jacques Derrida.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Eshel, A. (PI) ; Sheehan, T. (PI)
RELIGST 283A | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum | Class # 31478 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | SEM
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Thu 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM with Eshel, A. (PI); Sheehan, T. (PI)
Instructors: Eshel, A. (PI); Sheehan, T. (PI)
RELIGST 290: Majors' Seminar: Theories of Religion
Required of all majors and combined majors. The study of religion reflects upon itself. Representative modern and contemporary attempts to "theorize," and thereby understand, the phenomena of religion in anthropology, psychology, sociology, cultural studies, and philosophy. WIM.
RELIGST 290 | 5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II | Class # 9864 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | SEM
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Tue, Thu 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM with Sockness, B. (PI)
SINY 124: New York and the Art World
In an influential essay of 1964 responding to the work of Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, the philosopher Arthur Danto defined an "artworld" as "an atmosphere of artistic theory." More generally, the term art world has come to mean a social, cultural and economic network consisting of art professionals (artists, curators, collectors, gallerists/dealers, historians, educators and critics) and institutions (the media, museums, galleries, schools, auction houses and other markets, such as art fairs). Since the end of World War II and the migration of European artists associated with the School of Paris, New York has traditionally been considered the capital of the art world, a position it largely retains even as the contemporary art world is a global phenomenon. This course considers the definitions and practices associated with the New York art world through readings in history and theory and extensive on-the-ground engagement with its pivotal figures and sites. Field trips to museums, galleries and other cultural institutions showcase the wider implications and professional aspects of current art making, as well as the exhibition, distribution and reception of contemporary art. Some background in art history is helpful but not required.
Terms: not given this year, last offered Autumn 2016 | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
SLAVIC 77Q: Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol
Preference to sophomores. An investigation of the works and life of Nikolai Gogol, the most eccentric of Russian authors and the founder of what is dubbed Fantastic Realism. Our investigation will be based on close reading of works written in various genres and created in various stages of Gogol's literary career. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Fleishman, L. (PI)
SLAVIC 77Q | 3-4 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II | Class # 16393 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | ISS
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM with Fleishman, L. (PI)
SLAVIC 146: The Great Russian Novel: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (SLAVIC 346)
In this seminar, we will study the development of the 19th-century Russian novel through the close reading and broad cultural examination of three masterpieces: Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov (1859), Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (1866), and Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (1877). Through the analysis of the novels and their context, we will define the aesthetic contours of the Russian realist novel. We will pay special attention to the questions of genre, narration, discourse, medium, and intermediality.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Greenleaf, M. (PI)
SLAVIC 146 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II | Class # 14672 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | SEM
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Tue, Thu 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM at School of Education 313 with Greenleaf, M. (PI)
SLAVIC 146 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II | Class # 31747 | Section 02 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | DIS
SLAVIC 156: Vladimir Nabokov: Displacement and the Liberated Eye (COMPLIT 115, COMPLIT 315, SLAVIC 356)
How did the triumphant author of "the great American novel" Lolita evolve from the young author writing at white heat for the tiny sad Russian emigration in Berlin? We will read his short stories and the novels The Luzhin Defense, Invitation to a Beheading, Lolita, Lolita the film, and Pale Fire, to see how Nabokov generated his sinister-playful forms as a buoyant answer to the "hypermodern" visual and film culture of pre-WWII Berlin, and then to America's all-pervading postwar "normalcy" in his pathological comic masterpieces Lolita and Pale Fire. Buy texts in translation at the Bookstore; Slavic grad students will supplement with reading and extra sessions in original Russian.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
SLAVIC 156 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum | Class # 31853 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | LEC
03/30/2020 - 06/03/2020 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at School of Education 313 with Greenleaf, M. (PI)
SLAVIC 156 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum | Class # 31854 | Section 02 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | DIS
SLAVIC 181: Philosophy and Literature (CLASSICS 42, COMPLIT 181, ENGLISH 81, FRENCH 181, GERMAN 181, ILAC 181, ITALIAN 181, PHIL 81)
What, if anything, does reading literature do for our lives? What can literature offer that other forms of writing cannot? Can fictions teach us anything? Can they make people more moral? Why do we take pleasure in tragic stories? This course introduces students to major problems at the intersection of philosophy and literature. It addresses key questions about the value of literature, philosophical puzzles about the nature of fiction and literary language, and ways that philosophy and literature interact. Readings span literature, film, and philosophical theories of art. Authors may include Sophocles, Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Proust, Woolf, Walton, Nietzsche, and Sartre. Students master close reading techniques and philosophical analysis, and write papers combining the two. This is the required gateway course for the Philosophy and Literature major tracks. Majors should register in their home department.
Instructors: Holliday, J. (PI)
SLAVIC 181 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II | Class # 31640 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | LEC
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon, Wed 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at 260-113 with Holliday, J. (PI)


2006 Winner, Best K-12 Administration Blog -- "Best of the Education Blog Awards"
Least influential of education's most influential information sources.
"a very smart blog... [if] you're trying to separate the demagogic attacks on NCLB from the serious criticism, this is the site to read"
& Charles R. Hokanson, Jr.
Opinions on Eduwonk reflect the views of the author, Education Sector does not take institutional positions. Outgoing links do not constitute an endorsement.
In Washington on May 5th? Then you might want to check out the Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy's Cinco de Mayo party at the Josephine Butler house. Great music, outstanding student and professional art, and wonderful food.
They started and then finished the week today with good editorials on No Child Left Behind.
Update: Wash Post Ed board weighs-in here. And USA Today Ed board v. UT.
More Utah! Can You Ever Get Enough?
Read into this what you want, but it could be a face saving way out for Utah.
First a TFA'er becomes Teacher of the Year, now Teach For America founder Wendy Kopp has been awarded the William E. Simon Prize for Social Entrepreneurship. She's being honored along with Dr. Ben Carson who is being awarded the William E. Simon Prize in Philanthropic Leadership. The award carries a $250K prize.
Cue hand-wringing among TFA critics.
Per the below, here's Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights head William Taylor on the lawsuit from his press statement today. Third graf's the killer and a good indication of the level of indignation today from some key folks on the left. The question is of course, will they go public?
The NEA's lawsuit contains no recognition whatsoever of the obligation of state and local governments to provide a decent and adequate public education for their children. One can search the 60-page complaint in vain for any statement that the costs of providing highly qualified teachers or small class sizes or other crucial resources should be borne by anyone other than the federal government.
...Finally we must note the cruel irony of the NEA's filing a suit where the lead plaintiff is the school district of Pontiac, Michigan. In 1971, right wing organizations responded to a court order calling for the desegregation of the public schools by dynamiting ten school buses. The federal courts of course had not provided any money for Pontiac to carry out its duties. So today we are hearing that improving education for the minority and poor children of Pontiac should be excused because it is an underfunded federal mandate.
The National Education Association has finally filed suit over No Child Left Behind. Yes, the NEA is going to court over unfunded mandates. Isn't railing against unfunded mandates something conservatives do? Sadly, yes. Besides, the core of the lawsuit boils down to the contention that No Child Left Behind is forcing school districts (and by extension states) to spend too much on education. This is, to put it mildly, a novel argument from the NEA.
But the real problem with the NEA's lawsuit against NCLB is not so funny. The suit could well have the opposite effect than they intend. It's obviously as much a political as a legal strategy, but rather than build additional sympathy for more education funding, the lawsuit will again be an opportunity for Republicans to call attention to the substantial increases in funding for elementary and secondary education over the past four years, let alone the last decade (including the Clinton second term increases). Get used to hearing 40 percent increase and more than $8 billion for NCLB since 2001…That may not sound like much in Washington, and may not account for some parts of the law that need more funding, but it sure does sound like a lot of dough to the average citizen, particularly the overwhelming majority who don't get up in the morning hating NCLB.
Overplaying the funding hand by pushing it in this high profile/high stakes way may be still yet another way to make President Bush appear better on an issue than he really is. In addition to the aggregate funding levels, because it's his secretary of education getting sued, he'll be perceived as standing up for the kids in the public debate. This tact also further obscures the areas where the Bush Administration may be meeting the legal definition of a "funded" mandate but is still not promoting good public policy. For instance, in the case of assessments where more funding can help stave off a race to the bottom on quality.
NCLB does have one built in mechanism to promote more funding for education --adequacy lawsuits. The data from NCLB will be a boon to plaintiffs who are suing states to create more equitable intrastate financing schemes. Right now, many state finance systems shortchange poor school districts to varying degrees. Here's a good look at that (pdf). And, as Willie Sutton succinctly noted when asked why he robbed banks, you go where the money is. And it K-12 education it's ultimately the states that have the lion's share of the money. If successful, this NEA lawsuit could take the teeth out of these efforts.
NCLB, though not without its flaws, is a law aimed at forcing states and school districts to do right by poor and minority kids. In the long run, does the NEA really want to be remembered for having gone to court to stop that?
NYT's Dillon wraps-up yesterday's action in Utah. The worrisome part -- or what should be the worrisome part -- from the point of view of the left is buried in the final three paragraphs.
A day will come when George Bush will no longer be president, a lot at stake in this law, will this have been worth it?
New paper on teacher quality by PPI's Sara Mead and Andrew Leigh of Australian National University. Looks at the issue and discusses differentiated pay and certification issues.
See also this new PPI paper by Asia Society's Michael Levine.
A look at the Amistad Charter School in City Journal.
Amistad doesn't just place demands on students; it also requires a lot of educators. But they seem happy to give their all. Sue Walling, Amistad's young academic dean, bubbles over with energy. "One of my favorite things was when Dacia gave me a key to the school," she enthuses. Why? Because it made it easier to work late.
In light of the back and forth about Teach For America, worth noting that the just announced National Teacher of the Year is a TFA alum teaching in D.C. This marks the first time a D.C. teacher has won the award.
Watch for other NCLB lawsuit news today. Long legal odds, good politics.
A 2003 study by the Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation for Education reported that from 1995 to 2000, scholarship aid to students from families making $40,000 or less increased 22 percent in 1999 dollars. At the same time, scholarship aid for students in families making $100,000 or more a year increased 145 percent.
The Best Eight (11) Years Of Your Life!
Who knew U of W was such fun?
...another Educontroversy erupts! Late last week longtime Teach For America critic Linda Darling-Hammond released a new study (pdf) about TFA teachers at the American Educational Research Association's meeting in Montreal. In the spirit of the setting, TFA detractors gleefully pointed to the study saying "oui! oui! we knew TFA was very bad..."
Because it was released first to the press, before TFA had even seen it, TFA supporters were naturally suspicious. As it turns out, they had ample reason. This letter from TFA's Abigail Smith outlines the preliminary problems with the study. Unfortunately, though these are serious issues, they haven't stopped either the yapping of critics or some press accounts which could presumably be damaging to TFA's fundraising and recruitment efforts (a cynic might say that was the point of this whole exercise... but you'll find no cynics here!).
The way the information is presented is not standard," he said. "If you were to submit this to an academic journal for review, they would demand more information about ... the results than what is currently in the paper."
Look for some spirited back and forth. Hopefully though, problematic methodology aside, some intrepid reporter will take a look at the broader question, why all the attacks on TFA anyway?
See also TFA founder Wendy Kopp here, USA Today here. The Kopp piece is noteworthy, she's previously kept a low profile on this stuff, perhaps enough is enough? And, background on the recent Mathematica study on TFA here.
In a new PPI paper Asia Society's Levine says we need more of one in K-12 education.
This is a difficult moment for the civil rights movement, which is understandably fearful of taking positions that would discomfit the teachers among its supporters. But standing silently on the sidelines of the debate about teacher preparedness and No Child Left Behind is hardly the answer. Unless the civil rights establishment adopts a stronger and more public position, it will inevitably be viewed as having missed the most important civil rights battle of the last half-century.


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Petr Matoušek (born 19 December 1949) is a Czech former cyclist. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

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1949 births
Living people
Czech male cyclists
Olympic cyclists of Czechoslovakia
Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
People from Teplice nad Bečvou
Sportspeople from the Olomouc Region


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