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Two Photo Exhibits
The Jewel on the Hill, Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall
I'll take a break from my regularly-scheduled photo today to tell you about my two exhibits of local photography. "Of Harps and Fig Leaves" and "Carnegie Photographed", are once again on display in the Reception Hall at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. Stop by to peruse them and read the notes on the photos, or if you aren't local, I have provided links to slide shows of each of the exhibits. Photos are for sale, and each sale benefits the ACFL&MH Capital Campaign.
Of Harps and Fig Leaves, an Exhibit of Photographs
This exhibit of sixteen of my color photographs of Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall includes a variety of views, from grand and distant to detailed and intimate. The exhibit opened for the 2010 benefit event on October 2, Marianne Cornetti Returns, and will hang in the Reception Hall as a permanent exhibit between other shows and exhibits. The Reception Hall is open during regular hours; please visit www.carnegiecarnegie.org for more information and directions. I have also included a list of the included images, below, with a link to a brief slideshow of the images.
The genesis of the show
"Clawfoot", detail of the original organ bench and replica carpet in the Espy Post.
When I bought my first camera, a Pentax K-1000, one of my first subjects was Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. I lived two doors down, I was practicing with black and white film, and the massive, elegant building surrounded by tall trees was a feast for my eyes.
I've been visiting this place for books since before I can remember, but even today looking at the shelves of books interspersed with the tall Corinthian-topped pillars I can still remember feeling very small standing in the quiet of the big room and thinking it was the grandest place that could ever exist.
As an adult, when I began to return again for books, I also began wandering into as many rooms as I could gain access to, enjoying what is now the Reception Hall on a sunny winter afternoon, peeking into the darkness of the Music Hall, imagining myself on the stage.
As renovations began and I was spending more and more time here, all the memories combined with all the activity and inspired an exploration of the space recorded in photos using my new Pentax camera a digital SLR K10D.
"Grand Entrance", those limestone pillars and doorway have stood the test of time.
The photos include "The Jewel on the Hill" shown above, one we've used repeatedly as the signature image for the facility. Each photo has a story of its own genesis, but this one in particular was a real stroke of luck and timing. I was walking home on a clear, warm spring dusk in late April, 2005, April 24 to be exact, and arrived at the bottom of Library Hill at just this moment. The sky was fading from brilliant turquoise to cobalt, the still-bare trees were etched against it in silhouette, and the grand building itself stood partially lit by the sunset but with all interior and exterior lights on, solid and stately, serving its public in its 104th year. By the time I had snapped a half dozen or so shots the light had changed completely and the moment was gone. That was part of the timing, the other part that they had only temporarily installed the foundation lighting but never used it again,a nd this was part of what gave the building that lovely definition against the dark hilltop. A few minutes earlier or later, the previous or following week, and this photo would never have existed. And it was taken with my first little point-and-shoot 2MP digital camera, I don't know how it came out as clearly as it did!
Here is a list of the names of the photos in the show, and you can view a quick little slideshow of them here. But you'll have to visit the Reception Hall to really see them and know the rest of the stories.
1. Grand Entrance, 2003
2. The Jewel on the Hill, 2005
3. Welcoming on a Winter Night, 2008
4. Familiar View, 2007
5. Overarching, 2008
6. Clawfoot, 2010
7. Of harps and Fig Leaves, 2006
8. Hats, 2009
9. Autumn Expectations, 2009
10. Party on the Stage
11. Cubbage Hill, 2009
12. Champagne Reception, 2008
13. Book Stacks, 2005
14. View of Carnegie, 2008
15. The New Seats, 2009
16. Classic Curve, 2007
"Carnegie Photographed" Photo Exhibit
Spring Dusk on Main Street
This exhibit includes fourteen of my photographs of the town of Carnegie in all seasons, from details to distant views. The exhibit will hang in the Reception Hall as a permanent exhibit between other shows and exhibits along with "Of Harps and Fig Leaves, images of Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall".
Two Shows in One Room
The Night Gallery, 3rd Street Gallery exhibit and jazz
Once we had "Of Harps and Fig Leaves" hung in the room, ACFL&MH executive director Maggie Forbes suggested this show to fill the other walls of the room. The 3rd Street Gallery hosts a show entitled "Carnegie Painted" each year, and as a central point in the community, the Reception Hall of ACFL&MH has been host to paintings from that show through the years. I certainly have enough photos of Carnegie to fill a few rooms, and, as with Harps and Fig Leaves, I had a difficult time choosing only 14 images.
All the photos are 11″ x 14″ framed with white mats and black 16″ x 20″ frames and the consistency of the exhibits in the big room, all photos, same mats and frames, is very appealing.
Softly Falling Snow, Ross Colonial Cemetery on Library Avenue
A camera of some sort goes with me everywhere, and by living and working here in Carnegie, plus a good bit of walking and bicycling the subject of my photos is often my little town.
From local newspapers to Carnegie's website and map, my photos have often been used to illustrate Carnegie, capturing Main Street at dusk or the Memorial Day Parade, a detail of everyday life gone unnoticed, or a hidden treasure I've found while exploring.
A news photo, those used for publicity, is different from an art photo. While many of the photos I have on f ile are perfect for a quick glance in print or web they're not always the best subjects for permanently-placed enlargement to be seen and studied in detail.
It's truly been my pleasure to browse six years of photos and choose 14 which I hope will illustrate the familiar beauty of the streets we travel every day.
Good Night Little Town, a view of Carnegie from a nearby hill
About the Images
The image at the top, "Spring Dusk on Main Street", is one of my favorites and I think shows the quaint appeal and openness of Carnegie's Main Street. The decorate street lights are on sensors and come on automatically at dusk, but each of them comes on at a different time. I wanted to catch that pure turquoise sky with enough light to see its color, but not all the lights were on when the sky was best. I had to stake this one out, and returned to Main Street three times during this week to make sure I got the one photo where all the lights are on and the sky is perfect.
Amid the Gold
Banners and Flowers
Good Night Little Town
Icy Berries
Last Day of the Year
Softly Falling Snow
Sycamore Sentinels
Tangled Shadows
The Night Gallery
Hours for the exhibit
The Reception Hall is open during regular hours; please visit www.carnegiecarnegie.org for more information, directions and contact information. Remember that these exhibits hang between other exhibits and events at ACFL&MH, so please contact me or call Library to be certain the exhibits are up.
Framed prints size and availability
Each image is 11″ x 14″ matted with a plain white mat in a 16″ x 20″ matte-finish black frame. The photos on display are the property of Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, but you can purchase a framed print. Prints are for sale at $75.00 each, and a portion of every sale supports the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall.
Canvas prints size and availability
These images are a full 16″ x 20″ printed on quality canvas and gallery-wrapped on canvas stretchers (the canvas wraps around the stretchers and is printed all the way around) for a clean, modern look. Canvas prints are not on display, but you can purchase one by specifying you'd like the canvas print. Canvas prints are also for sale at $75.00 each, and a portion of every sale supports the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall.
You can purchase them directly through the Library & Music Hall or contact me with your interest.
Again, the slideshows…
Of Harps and Fig Leaves
You can view a quick little slideshow of them here.
Carnegie Photographed
November 28, 2011 | Categories: andrew carnegie free library and music hall, autumn, carnegie pa, neighborhood, night photography, places, urban, winter | Tags: andrew carnegie free library and music hall, carnegie pa, civil war room, espy post, main street, night photography, of harps and fig leaves, photo exhibits, photography, photography exhibit | 2 Comments
Treasures Left Behind
I've been immersed in the re-opening of the Capt. Thomas Espy Post No. 153 of the Grand Army of the Republic—yes that's really its full name—at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, and most of the photos I've taken in the past few weeks have been of the room or of the Lincoln Photos Exhibit. This is one view of the room including the cases with the uniforms and small artifacts collected by post members so long ago.
G.A.R. posts were formed by veterans of the Civil War as a fraternal organization for social meetings and assistance and support to veterans and their families. At one time there were about 7,000 of them around the country, now there are about a half dozen still in existence. This newly restored room now has the distinction of being perhaps the most intact of these posts in the country.
It was installed in an existing room in the Library in 1906 an members met there until the last one died in 1937, at which time the door was simply left locked until sometime in the mid-1980s when the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves re-enactor unit undertook to care for it. Water damage, vermin, dirt and time took its toll on the munitions, uniforms, books and various artifacts, but surprisingly, much of the content was still in the room and could be restored.
Read more about the room by visiting www.CarnegieCarnegie.com, and plan a real visit to the room. I'm not so interested in military matters, but I do love history. All this was left for us to learn.
February 16, 2010 | Categories: andrew carnegie free library and music hall, historic site | Tags: 9th pennsylvania reserves, Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, capt thomas espy post, civil war, civil war reenactors, civil war room, civil war veterans, espy post, g.a.r. post, gar post | Leave a comment
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln
Aspects of Lincoln: 100 Photographic Portraits of the 16th President
This is a preview of "Aspects of Lincoln: 100 Photographic Portraits of the 16th President of the United States", opening tonight at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall.
I had the honor to design and hang this show. To say that Abraham Lincoln is and always has been a person I admired is an understatement, and any way I can honor his memory, in poetry, art, music or any other creative medium, is something I do with joy.
In conjunction with the reopening of the restored Espy Post room Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Pittsburgh photographer Norman Schumm offered to loan his collection of "100 photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln" assembled by Stephan Lorant for the book entitled Lincoln: a Picture Story of His Life.
The photos had only been displayed for one night previously, and were mounted on two-ply mounting with their number and an explanatory paragraph accompanying. The only way to display these for the public to see over a six-week period was to have specially-sized mats cut and frame them, which I did along with planning where and how they'd hang in the Reception Hall of ACFL&MH. I secured display panels from the McMurray Art League, displaying 83 of the photos in one solid angle of photos. I thought the portraits were individually stunning and interesting, but all together, displayed in identical frames, a viewer can study each of them individually, then step back and see the impact of the professional life of this incredible president.
The exhibit will continue through the end of April.
February 12, 2010 | Categories: andrew carnegie free library and music hall | Tags: 100 photographic portraits of lincoln, abraham lincoln, Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, aspects of lincoln, civil war room, espy post, exhibit of lincoln photographs, photography | 3 Comments


Brad Pitt has made a very public appearance for the first time since his divorce from Angelina Jolie was announced.
The 53-year-old attended a private screening of the upcoming film Moonlight, where he smiled and hugged actress Julia Roberts for several happy photos.
This is the first time the actor has been photographed since his divorce.
Pitt's public appearance comes a day after it was confirmed by Jolie's rep that their six children, Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne will remain in her custody.


FYI, the Market-Frankfort Line will take you within two blocks of the store and the 10 Trolley will practically let you off at the door.
The Philly scene is growing slowly. We're averaging 6-7. Please reach out if you're in the area even if Tuesdays don't work for you and, perhaps, we can set up an additional day/time.
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Signed left edge, incised "Max Ernst...". Not dated.
Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 2002 , 'Year in review', pg. 8-25, Sydney, 2002, 11.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal collects: the last decade , Montreal, 1966.


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Toxic Bachelors
Author: Danielle Steel
Narrator: Kyf Brewer
Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min
Publisher: Random House Audio
Genre: Fiction - Contemporary Women
Danielle Steel explores the perils of dating, relationships, and love in a novel that takes us into the intoxicating, infuriating world of three charming single men, also known as…
They were the best of friends and the most daunting of bachelors....Charlie Harrington, a handsome philanthropist, has such high expectations for his perfect bride that no mortal need apply....Adam Weiss, a forty-something celebrity lawyer, prefers his women very young, very voluptuous, and very short-term….And for Gray Hawk, a gifted artist with a knack for attracting troubled relationships, women are fine; it's just the idea of family he can't imagine (particularly the family of the woman he's dating).
Now the three friends, spending their annual summer vacation cruising the Mediterranean aboard Charlie's majestic yacht, are about to have their bachelorhood rocked. By autumn all three will fall precipitously into relationships they never saw coming. Charlie begins dating a crusading social worker who couldn't be further from his ideal–until he makes a stunning discovery about her. Adam gets involved with his usual twenty-something bombshell–only this one has a remarkable mind of her own. And Gray, who has avoided both business and family like the plague, has managed to fall head over heels for a successful career woman– who just happens to be a mother as well.
As another holiday on the yacht approaches, and with it a turning point in each man's life, the three bachelors are forced to face the things that scare them most: their phobias about relationships, the wounds of the past–and the kind of women who challenge their deepest terrors. What happens next will spark big changes for Charlie, Adam, and Gray–and might just put an end to their carousing days forever. For as the once-carefree trio is about to discover, love is the most unpredictable adventure of all.
Filled with all the joy, complexity, and unexpected surprises of life, Toxic Bachelors is Danielle Steel at her poignant and penetrating best.
From the Hardcover edition.
by Khaled Hosseini
AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS ON THE BESTSELLER LISTS, KHALED HOSSEINI RETURNS WITH A BEAUTIFUL, RIVETING, AND HAUNTING NOVEL OF ENORMOUS CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afgha...
Narrator: Atossa Leoni
by Nicholas Sparks
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series o...
Narrator: Rebecca Lowman
by Sara Gruen
Beautifully written, with a luminous sense of time and place, Water for Elephants tells of love in a world in which love's a luxury few can afford.
Narrator: David Ledoux
by Jonathan Kellerman
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman is the unequivocal "master of the psychological thriller" (People). Tanya Bigelow was a solemn little girl when Dr. Alex Delaware successfully treated her obsessive-compulsive sympt...
Narrator: John Rubinstein
by Danielle Steel
In her 37th bestselling novel, Danielle Steel tells the compelling story of a woman who must struggle to overcome a shattering betrayal, and the cruelest kind of malice.At seventeen, the night of her mother's funeral, Grace Adams is attacked. It is ...
Narrator: Jason Culp
by Julie Garwood
Throughout her acclaimed writing career, Julie Garwood has captivated readers with characters who are compelling, daring, and bursting with life. Now one of the most popular novelists of our time proudly returns to her beloved historical romance roo...
Narrator: Rosalyn Landor,Davina Porter
No one conducts a more chilling, suspenseful, thoroughly engrossing tour through the winding corridors of criminal behavior and the secret chambers of psychopathology than Jonathan Kellerman, the bestselling "master of the psychological thrill...
by Nelson DeMille
Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--an informal men's club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to g...
Narrator: Scott Brick
Sophie Rose, a tough and determined newspaper reporter, is the daughter of Bobby Rose, a suave, charming, and handsome gentleman who also happens to be a notorious big-time thief sought by every law-enforcement agency in the country. When the major ...
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel was born on August 14, 1947 in New York. Her father was a descendant of the Lowenbrau beer family and her mother was the daughter of a diplomat. She studied both literature and fashion design, first attending the Parsons School of Design and then New York University, graduating in 1967. Danielle Steel is currently the bestselling author alive today, and the fourth bestselling author of all time with over 650 million copies of her books sold. Steel has written 129 books, 93 of which were novels, primarily romance. Every one of her novels has achieved best seller status. She has been published in 69 countries and in 43 different languages. She has had 22 of her novels adapted for television movies and two of those received Golden Globe nominations. Danielle releases three new novels a year and works on multiple books at a time, often as many as five at once.
Steel has been married five times and although she is currently divorced, she is a strong believer in marriage and family. An only child, she discovered the joys of a big family as a child through one of her friends. She has nine children (seven biological and two stepsons that she has always considered her own) that are her greatest accomplishment. Her joy in life is her children and she speaks of them frequently on her website and her blog. Many of her books have been dedicated to one or more of her children. She was based in California for most of her career and now lives in both San Francisco and Paris.
AudiobooksNow review by Debby on 2007-06-04 17:22:18
Every so often, I switch to Danielle Steele to take a break from the thrillers/mysteries that I prefer. I'd say that this story started out a little dullsville. It got a little more interesting towards the middle and then just fit together all nice and neat-- which I think Ms. Steele is known for. Good Chick Book, but nothing earth shattering.
AudiobooksNow review by Jennifer on 2007-06-14 17:41:43
This book had to be one of THE biggest wastes of time ever. The writing was predictable, repetitive, and forgetable. Terrible book.
AudiobooksNow review by Kimberly on 2007-10-31 16:30:57
It dragged on for so long...Get on with it already!
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Well, SK you are again gonna ask me what's with everyone and food! I guess all we do during holidays is eat. At least, true for me!
As this girl here has her hols, she's been majorly watching movies! And guess what she found? Movies and food are inseparable!
Aapki Marzi- Naa ji Tauba!
Then DDLJ saw Satish Shah's parivar eating 24X7. Duplicate had this famous dialogue- 'Karela Bhi Tha' and well one full song- 'Wah ji Wah' was dedicated for food. I find that song very cute..
Okie! If you thought that was the end, then in recent times, Mujhse Dosti Karoge had 'Gobi ke Parathe', Dhoom had 'Gaajar ka Halwa' and Veer Zaara had 'Besan ki Laddu' and speaking about Laddu, how can I forget K3G? Hrithik himself was nick named Laddu!!!
Phir Bhi Dil hain Hindustani saw 'Kela/Banana' playing a cameo. Kal Ho naa ho had Jaya 'Jenny' Bachchan running 'Café New York'( later changed to New Delhi). And well all swanky pardesi food names keep popping up- one cappuccino, one double espresso, two cream bagels(low fat!) etc!
Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam too was very 'foodie'. Remember that scene with Salman Khan? He he!!!
Kalyana Samayal Saadham-ah popular beyond words! Then, there is 'enna samayal' from Unnaal Mudiyum Thambi. Not to forget one whole character in Michael Madhana Kama Rajan being a cook.
Nala Damayanthi had a lot of food talk. In Anbae Sivam, the 'pipe bomb' Cucumber helps Ars and Sivam meet. And that unforgettable 'food art' which makes Bala fall for Nalla, then the selling of the shoe to fill veggie Maddy's hunger with Chicken limbs!
Food has had an association with every other movie you see, in one way or other? Does it go to show, how obsessed we are about food?
What's with food and movies, I still am unable to figure out!
It's 11:30 in the night.


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Cooktown Discovery Festival – 27 March 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (19:55): I rise today to bring to the attention of the House a very special anniversary happening in a town in my electorate, Cooktown, in 2020. On 17 June 1770, His Majesty's bark the Endeavour, captained by Lieutenant James Cook, found refuge at the mouth of the Waalumbaal Birri, now known as the Endeavour…
Queensland Indigenous Housing – 26 March 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (10:45): The right to housing is an absolutely fundamental right of all Australian citizens. Sadly, the Queensland Labor government, in a campaign led by Jackie Trad, is more interested in playing politics than putting roofs over people's heads. This year marks the end of the 10-year Remote Housing Strategy. The Commonwealth provided $5.4…
World Tuberculosis Day – 26 March 2018
MR ENTSCH: TB is a disease that most people thought was in the past or isolated to small pockets of some impoverished countries. It is one of the oldest human diseases and has been identified in Egyptian mummies. My mother was inflicted with TB in the early 1960s and spent a year in the Cairns Base…
Betty Hinton – 26 March 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (16:23): I rise today to pay tribute to a much-loved and respected member of the North Daintree community, Betty Hinton. I'm proud to call Betty my friend. Betty is the owner of Floravilla Ice Cream Factory and Art Gallery at Cow Bay, a business she has operated for more than 35 years.…
Mainie Designer Fashions – 28 February 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (13:31): I rise today to speak about a Far North Queensland company that is kicking some major goals both domestically and overseas. Mainie Designer Fashion is an Australian owned company with a vision to be recognised internationally as a distinctively Australian fashion and gift brand. Mainie's founders and owners are Cairns based husband-and-wife…
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill – 28 February 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (10:42): I rise to speak on the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-centric Reforms No. 1) Bill 2018 and support it. It's one that I think is long overdue and one that will make a real difference to the lives of thousands of Australians. There is no greater honour than to serve your country.…
Chinese Lunar New Year – 13 February 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (13:53): I rise today to speak about one of the most important cultural festivals in the Cairns and Far North Queensland calendar. Now in its 15th year, thousands of locals, domestic visitors and international tourists from mainland China and Hong Kong will descend on our beautiful city to celebrate Chinese lunar new year.…
Far North Queensland Power Prices – 13 February 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (19:19): Far North Queensland is sick and tired of being treated as a cash cow when it comes to paying for electricity. The Queensland Competition Authority has warned the state-owned regional electricity retailer, Ergon Energy, that it must be forced to compete against new retailers. There is no competition out there. The…
John Morris – 6 February 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (13:43): I take this opportunity to recognise a great community leader, developer and dear friend of mine, John Morris. I also wish John a very happy 90th birthday for this Thursday. John is known as 'Mister Port Douglas' and is a living icon in the Far North. His vision and determination has helped…
John Norman – 5 February 2018
MR ENTSCH: (Leichhardt) (10:33): You don't meet many people in your life who are gifted enough to inspire change in business in a community and who leave a long-lasting impression on all of those that they meet. Robert John Norman, commonly known as 'Bob' is one of those men. On 18 January 2018, a great life…


BMC Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 19;12:263. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-263.
Döring M1, Müller C, Johann PD, Erbacher A, Kimmig A, Schwarze CP, Lang P, Handgretinger R, Müller I.
Pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are at high risk of acquiring fungal infections. Antifungal prophylaxis shortly after transplantation is therefore indicated, but data for pediatric patients under 12 years of age are scarce. To address this issue, we retrospectively assessed the safety, feasibility, and initial efficacy of prophylactic posaconazole in children.
60 consecutive pediatric patients with a median age of 6.0 years who underwent allogeneic HSCT between August 2007 and July 2010 received antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole in the outpatient setting. 28 pediatric patients received an oral suspension at 5 mg/kg body weight b.i.d., and 32 pediatric patients received the suspension at 4 mg/kg body weight t.i.d. The observation period lasted from start of treatment with posaconazole until its termination (maximum of 200 days post-transplant).
Pediatric patients who received posaconazole at 4 mg/kg body weight t.i.d. had a median trough level of 383 μg/L. Patients who received posaconazole at 5 mg/kg body weight b.i.d. had a median trough level of 134 μg/L. Both regimens were well tolerated without severe side effects. In addition, no proven or probable invasive mycosis was observed.
Posaconazole was a well-tolerated, safe, and effective oral antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric patients who underwent high-dose chemotherapy and HSCT. Posaconazole at a dosage of 12 mg/kg body weight divided in three doses produced consistently higher morning trough levels than in patients who received posaconazole 5 mg/kg body weight b.i.d. Larger prospective trials are needed to obtain reliable guidelines for antifungal prophylaxis in children after HSCT.
Blood analyses. Box plot of peripheral blood cell count values the day before posaconazole therapy began (Begin) and at the end of oral antimycotic monoprophylaxis with posaconazole (End). A: Platelet counts. B: CD3+ cell counts. C: CD4+ cell counts. D: CD16+/CD56+ cell counts. A timely reconstitution of platelets (***P < 0.001), CD3+ cell counts, and CD4+ cell counts took place during posaconazole treatment.
Hepatotoxicity. Box plot of liver parameters the day before posaconazole therapy began (Before), their maximums during therapy (Maximum), and values at the end of oral antimycotic monoprophylaxis with posaconazole (End). A: Plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (normal value, ≤ 39 U/L). B: Plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (normal value, ≤ 59 U/L for pediatric patients < 12 years of age). C: Total plasma bilirubin (normal value, ≤ 1.1 mg/dL). D: Direct plasma bilirubin (normal value, ≤ 0.3 mg/dL). Statistical analysis by the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test showed a significant increase (***P < 0.001) in ALT and AST beyond their upper normal limits during treatment post-transplant respective to baseline measurements taken the day before the start of posaconazole prophylaxis (Before).
Posaconazole trough levels. Analysis of posaconazole morning trough levels at 5 mg/kg body weight daily (b.i.d.) (n = 48) and morning trough levels at 4 mg/kg body weight daily (t.i.d.) (n = 41). These morning trough levels were significantly different (P < 0.001) according to the Mann-Whitney U test. The gray area indicates the reported range of posaconazole trough levels in adults.


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New Fleet Tracking Laws In California protect Driver Privacy
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A Truck Driver's privacy matters a lot in almost all the world's countries where they perform massive logistics duties. In that case, a new set of rules and regulations is just to roll out by the California Government.
This update will be implemented the following year. These Vehicle Tracking rules are a set of laws that would enhance the driver's privacy protections. The rules apply to the drivers of trucking fleets who have been working within the United States Estate.
They have given this law the name of Assembly Bill No. 984. The profound guidelines for the drivers include the usage and addition of technology tools that would monitor the driver's activity on the route.
In that regard, if any fleet is operating outside the territory of California, they will need to make sure what type of data they are collecting. Since the new technology is going to be added to their operations, the Monitoring activity would best describe how those majors' fleet management system hardware operates.
Also, a privilege is given to everyone for updating their monitoring devices. This consent is given until January 2024, believing there is no huge rush.
Who Signed The Bill for the New Fleet Tracking Laws In California?
The bill was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. He aimed for a higher push into privacy protection, and the bill was signed into law back in September.
If you put it into simpler words, the whole law states one thing. Like, it's okay for the person to use a tracking device. But it is only when the vehicle's original owner has given you his vehicle tracking permission.
Moreover, when fleets are concerned, the new law will have more diversified rules and restrictions. It includes;
An employer is not allowed to use any device when he is on his work hours.
The device usage by the employer can only happen or only possible if it is necessary to use it for performing the Employee's duties.
But if you will not follow these rules, you will have to go for specific Civil penalties. The law also empowers employers to state an illegal activity to the state where their employees permit them to use an unlawful tracking device or devices.
What Are The Penalty Charges?
It has not been determined yet. But according to the sources, the penalty could be up to $250 for the first violation. However, it might go up to $1000 per affected Employee for every additional violation.
Hence, all the employers will need to notify the employees about all the activities they are going to perform. Whether it is related to data collecting, dates, numbers, frequency, or anything, they must mention it to their employees. It also includes the period for which the data will be kept!
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Allentown mayoral race: Who's running, who isn't and who's still undecided
By Andrew Wagaman
The Morning Call |
Updated Jan. 12 to include Stevie Jones among the candidates.
Allentown's mayoral primary election is still months away, but a competitive Democratic field is taking shape.
Here is a look at which candidates have announced they're running, who's still thinking about it, and those who've taken their name out of the running.
Ray O'Connell: Running
Allentown Mayor Ray O'Connell (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Mayor Ray O'Connell has announced that he will seek reelection in 2021, counter to what he had promised on the 2019 campaign trail.
The 71-year-old former Allentown teacher and school district administrator was elected to City Council in 2009 and reelected in 2013. City Council appointed O'Connell interim mayor in March 2018 after the previous mayor, Ed Pawlowski, was convicted on 47 pay-to-play corruption charges that involved trading city contracts for campaign donations.
The following year, O'Connell easily defeated four Democratic primary opponents and then beat Republican Tim Ramos in a contest to serve out the final two years of Pawlowski's fourth term.
Matthew Tuerk: Running
Matt Tuerk (Courtesy of Matthew Tuerk)
Tuerk, 45, announced in October he would seek the Democratic mayoral nomination, becoming the first official 2021 candidate. He spent seven years at the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. before resigning last fall from his position as vice president of business attraction, retention and expansion.
Prior to joining LVEDC, he was assistant director of Allentown Economic Development Corp. for five years. He's lived in Allentown since 2004.
Tuerk said Monday that his campaign had already raised $37,000 by the end of 2020.
Cecilia "Ce-Ce" Gerlach: Running
Ce-Ce Gerlach (Harry Fisher / The Morning Call)
Gerlach, 34, launched her mayoral bid in November, one year after being elected to her first term on city council.
She has been a prominent community activist the past decade and served on the Allentown School Board from 2012 through 2019. The former mental health therapist and substitute teacher promises to build on her progressive record by fighting for "structural, systemic" reforms related to affordable housing, racial justice and public safety.
Joshua Siegel: Running — for now
Joshua Siegel (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)
Siegel announced he would run for mayor the same weekend as Gerlach. Like her, Siegel was elected for the first time to city council in 2019.
This is the progressive 27-year-old's second mayoral bid — he previously ran in 2017. If victorious, he would be the city's youngest-ever mayor. Siegel, assistant operations manager to Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley, has promised to share over the coming months an ambitious policy platform focused on equity and justice.
On Monday, Siegel said he was considering dropping out from the race but hasn't made a final decision. He said his main priority is building a stronger progressive movement in Allentown, and that he may instead choose to focus on crafting progressive policy and supporting mayoral and city council candidates who get behind such proposals.
Julio Guridy: Running
Julio Guridy (MONICA CABRERA / THE MORNING CALL)
Allentown's longest-serving city councilman, Guridy informally announced in December on social media and on La Mega Radio that he would run for mayor. He also participated in a November mayoral candidate forum.
Guridy, 60, was first elected to the legislative body in 2001 and served as president from 2012 through 2014 (he's currently vice president). He works as the director of contract compliance for the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. Guridy has called himself a pragmatic, fiscally conservative Democrat who knows how to build coalitions necessary to accomplish policy goals.
Stevie Jones: Running
Stevie Jones (Courtesy of Stevie Jones)
Stevie Jones, a machine operator for Keystone Food Products in Easton, announced in early January that he would run for mayor. The 27-year-old Kutztown University graduate says he can provide the empathetic, compassionate leadership Allentown needs in City Hall.
Jones says he will prioritize community policing initiatives, advocate for additional state funding for the Allentown School District, create more educational and extracurricular opportunities for youth, implement rent control and work to end gentrification, among other goals.
Tim Ramos: Running
Tim Ramos (STEVEN M. FALK/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
Ramos has said he will again seek the GOP nomination and try to become the first Republican mayor in 20 years. While the truck driver hasn't formally announced his campaign, he recently participated in a mayoral candidate forum.
Roger MacLean: Undecided
Roger MacLean (DONNA FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)
MacLean, 68, said he remains undecided but is still leaning toward running, following O'Connell's announcement. He will likely make a decision by mid-January.
MacLean served as the chief of the Allentown Police Department from 2006 to 2013 and now works as an investigator for the Lehigh County district attorney's office. He was elected to city council in 2015 and was voted council president in 2018 and 2019. Following Pawlowski's resignation in March 2018, MacLean served as the city's acting mayor for three weeks.
Leonard Lightner: Not running
Allentown Community & Economic Development Department Director Leonard Lightner (Contributed Photo/City of Allent/HANDOUT)
Lightner, 50, the director of the city's Community & Economic Development department, announced Monday that he will not run for mayor. Lightner said he promised his boss, O'Connell, that he wouldn't run against the man who promoted him. O'Connell has decided to seek reelection, and Lightner said he'll keep his word.
"Over the course of my military career and government service, I have learned that to be a great leader, you must be a great follower. You must know when to move forward and when to step back," Lightner said. "... It is my firm belief that I can continue to make a significant impact from my current seat in city government."
Lightner is a retired command sergeant major in the U.S. Army and has worked for the city for 12 years. He was appointed DCED director in 2018 and deputy mayor in 2020. Among other achievements, he's led the revamping of the Allentown Redevelopment Authority.
He said he remains opposed to recent city council initiative that would require city employees to resign before seeking city elective office.
Daryl Hendricks: Not running
Daryl Hendricks (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Hendricks says that he has decided to seek a third term on city council, where "I feel I can be most effective while steering our city toward a position of fiscal stability."
Hendricks, a retired Allentown police captain who served as council president in 2020, said in December he was considering a bid for the Democratic mayoral nomination. He's a longtime ally of O'Connell.
Jessica Lee Ortiz: Not running
Jessica Lee Ortiz (Harry Fisher / The Morning Call)
Ortiz announced on social media in early November that she would run for mayor but then reversed course a few weeks later so she could focus on running her community nonprofit organization, the Ortiz Ark Foundation.
Ortiz ran unsuccessfully for city council in 2017.
Nat Hyman: Not running
Nat Hyman (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)
Hyman has announced that he is offering his "full-throated" support to O'Connell in hopes of defeating Gerlach, whom he believes is unfit for the job.
The developer and costume jewelry retail chain owner had considered a 2021 bid as a Democrat after narrowly losing to Pawlowski as the Republican nominee in 2017. However, Hyman said a recent poll he commissioned showed Gerlach with a significant lead over the rest of the Democratic field, with him and O'Connell as distant runner-ups.
In recent years, Allentown incumbents seeking reelection have fared well. The last time a mayor lost a reelection bid was 1977, when Republican Frank Fischl defeated Democrat Joseph Daddona (who returned to office in 1982).
It's been nearly 50 years since an incumbent was defeated in a primary election — Republican Clifford "Chips" Bartholomew lost to then-State Rep. James P. Ritter in 1973. And the last time a Democratic incumbent lost a primary election was 1969, when Daddona defeated Raymond Bracy.
Updated Dec. 15 to reflect Julio Guridy's decision to run.
Updated Jan. 4 to reflect Lightner's decision to not run and Siegel's possible exit.
Updated Jan. 12 to include Jones.
Morning Call reporter Andrew Wagaman can be reached at 484-553-7413 or awagaman@mcall.com.
Come spring, the Beaver County farm will be idle for the first time since he first turned the soil there in the spring of 1979. Don Kretschmann, 71, is retiring after failing to find someone to take over his 80-acre operation.
By Kris B. Mamula
Didn't win the Powerball jackpot? You could still be a winner if you matched even a couple of numbers.
By Morning Call Staff Report
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By Jennifer Sheehan
Four teens accused in slaying of Whitehall High School student during Bethlehem robbery face trial
The four teenagers authorities say were responsible for the murder of 17-year-old Aiden Toussaint in Bethlehem on Sept. 29 will face trial on homicide and related charges in Northampton County Court.
By Sarah M. Wojcik
Allentown School District officials announced the district will be the first in the state to take advantage a program that outfits buses with stop-arm cameras that can film drivers who blow through school bus stop signs, and then issues fines to offenders.
By Margie Peterson
"A genius serving eight life sentences without the possibility of parole. Why throw it all away?" a high school student wrote of the Unabomber in her winning essay. "I would like to find out what drove him to the point of no return.
By JERRY CARINO
Andrea Yates' attorney weighs in on case of Lisa Snyder, accused of hanging children, as first court appearance nears
The attorney who defended Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in a bathtub in 2001, said if he were representing Lisa Snyder, he'd be hiring mental health experts and working to tamp down the community's rage by speaking out on her behalf. The Berks County mother is accused of hanging her two children.
By Laurie Mason Schroeder and Pamela Lehman
Your View: The day I asked Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran if he killed Jimmy Hoffa
Op-ed: It's April 21, 1981, and I'm talking to Frank Sheeran. Yeah, that Frank Sheeran. The one portrayed by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's new movie, "The Irishman."
By Bob Orenstein
June 1988: Donald Trump warns Lehigh graduates about AIDS and foreign competitors
The king-size black helicopter landing on Lehigh University's baseball field yesterday afternoon told anyone who didn't already know who was headlining at
By Valerie Berton
PPL, Crayola owner join corporate titans in pulling campaign donations after Capitol insurrection
As of Thursday, more than 70 of America's most powerful and influential companies have pledged to change or evaluate campaign contributions made by their political action committees following the riot at the U.S. Capitol, including PPL Corp. and Crayola owner Hallmark.
By Anthony Salamone and Jon Harris


Should Physical Education in schools be compulsory?
Participation in sport promotes health.
Physical Education is an important part of holistic schooling.
School sport is about discovering gifts.
The quest for national sporting achievement begins in schools.
Without school support, sports will collapse.
If not forced to exercise in youth, many will never think to do it in adulthood.
Sport helps to forge character.
Participation in sport promotes health. Government is, or should be, concerned with the health of its citizens. Encouraging physical activity in the young through compulsory PE fights child obesity and contributes to forming lifelong habits of exercise. This doesn't have to be through traditional team sports; increasingly schools are able to offer exercise in the form of swimming, gymnastics, dance, weight training, use of a multigym, aerobics, etc.
Students should be allowed a choice. Lots of children don't want to do this. If their parents agree, why should they be forced to (or forced to lie in producing a sick note)? It is different from any other lesson – it is about what one does with one's body. In any case, it is a red herring to say that PE makes any serious difference to people's health. There are plenty of more effective ways of ensuring a healthy population than pushing children round a freezing sports pitch once a week; not least would be addressing the disgusting diets our young have today, and encouraging walking or cycling to school rather than total reliance on the car.
Sport is a waste of school time and resources. One or two PE lessons a week make very little difference to an individual's health – but a huge difference to a school's budget. It creates a whole extra department in schools, wasting a great deal of money and time that could be better spent on academic lessons. It also requires schools buildings to be surrounded by a large amount of land for playing fields, making it prohibitively expensive to build new schools in urban areas. The quality of teaching is low, as students are taught in huge classes. On the other hand, the quality of teaching and of equipment goes up if there are fewer (but keener) students taking the subject. Frankly, given the average current pupil-teacher ration, the subject is not merely without positive purpose – it may be dangerous to students who are normally not properly supervised.
The quest for national sporting achievement begins in schools. If we don't have compulsory PE, it is much harder to pick out athletes to represent our country on a wider stage. Even with a 'sports academy' model run along Australian lines, it's much easier to find suitable individuals with a full sports program in every school. State education is not just about aiding the individual – it's also about the state getting a good return on its investment – in a well-educated populace to drive business and entrepreneurialism etc. This applies equally in sports, too.
Schools aren't supposed to be about fostering achievers for the state – that smacks of Stalinism. Schools should be tailored to the individual – if the individual student doesn't want to participate in sports, they shouldn't have to. If we allowed such national aims to be considered in schools, would we consent to humiliation of those that did badly in maths lessons, to encourage their achievement in maths (and thus business skills?) Of course not. But we allow that in PE.
Without school support, sports will collapse. If full classes aren't made up, then team activities will end by sheer lack of numbers, no matter if several very talented individuals are at the school (or even potentially talented – they'll never know without the program). If voluntary take-up of sport in schools is too low, then schools will shut down PE programmes so that there is no choice at all. Not everyone is academic: why deprive those talented sports students of their one chance to shine?
Forcing children that don't want to play to make up teams in order to allow others to shine smacks of rigid education from a bygone era. In any case, in an increasingly litigious age, a compulsory rather than voluntary sports program is a liability. More and more schools are avoiding the very team games (e.g. rugby, soccer, hockey, football) the proposition discusses here, due to the (realistic) fear of lawsuits.
Sport helps to forge character. Playing team sports builds character and encourages students to work with others. It teaches children how to win and lose with good grace and builds a strong school spirit through competition with other institutions. It is often the experience of playing on a team together which builds the strongest friendships at school, which endure for years afterwards.
Many say the same benefits derive from the common endurance of prison… In particular, injuries sustained through school sport and the psychological trauma of being bullied for sporting ineptitude can mark people for years after they have left school. Teamwork can be better developed through music, drama, community projects, etc. without the need to encourage an ultra-competitive ethos.
It is a red herring to say that PE makes any serious difference to people's health. There are plenty of more effective ways of ensuring a healthy population than pushing children round a freezing sports pitch once a week; not least would be addressing the disgusting diets our young have today, and encouraging walking or cycling to school rather than total reliance on the car. Both methods would involve promoting a healthy lifestyle without forcing the participation in unpopular physical education classes that do little for one's education.
Physical education helps to forge character and the mutual respect required to succeed in an adult environment. Playing team sports builds character and encourages students to work with others, as they would be expected to do in most business or sporting environments. Sport teaches children how to win and lose with good grace and builds a strong school spirit through competition with other institutions. It is invaluable to imbue with children the delicate balance between a competitive rivalry that encourages effort and, on the other hand, losing the fairness and respect required to enjoy sport. It is often the experience of playing on a team together which builds the strongest friendships at school, which endure for years afterwards. As was noted in a report to the European Parliament, 'PE...helps children learn to respect and value their own bodies and abilities, and those of others'. Compulsory physical education is the only means by which all children can be forced to appreciate such advantages. Hardman, K. (2007). Current situation and prospects for physical education in the European Union. European Parliament.
Physical education undermines one's character as much as it strengthens and forges it. For every future athlete who grows in stature as he becomes comfortable in a team environment, there are a number of academic students who are forced weekly to cope with the brutality and criticisms of others more gifted at specific sports. Values like respect are not taught on a football field, any glance at a professional football match leads inexorably to that conclusion. Furthermore, learning about teamwork and co-operation no longer requires hours spent playing sport; they can be taught just as accurately and effectively in a classroom through music, drama, community projects, etc. without the need to encourage an ultra-competitive ethos.
Compulsory PE lessons can be treated in the same manner an ordinary educational class is treated; if the student refuses to participate and therefore does not do their work, they are punished with extra work of that same class. In this case, that would necessitate added physical education exercises at a later date or immediately after the class. The excuse that the student does not wish to participate in the class should be seen as no different to if it were stated during a maths or English class, where it would not be accepted. The fact that physical education is qualitatively different to those classes is irrespective; once deemed a compulsory subject, and therefore beneficial, it must be accepted and completed.
The intention of advocating a healthy lifestyle and sports is lost if there is a punishment attached to the class. Furthermore, to expect all students to participate in a class that is so overtly embarrassing to the weaker athletes is almost state-sanctioned bullying. In a maths class, the working and answers of the weakest students are not paraded in front of the class for all to see, and if they try to stop this, kept behind for extra work. It is demonstrably unfair to ask students, fragile about their appearance as it is, to compete physically with classmates. It should be encouraged, but maintain voluntary for those who wish to do so. The others can still be taught about healthy living and exercise without being dragged into physical exertion.
We acknowledge the right of individuals (or their parents) to control their own bodies – when they have an operation, where they go, what they do. Why is this any different? This discussion should be held in the real world: students actually aren't compelled to attend PE classes, as 'sick notes' are produced with alarming regularity by parents complicit in their child's wish to avoid this lesson. The aim of 'compulsory PE' isn't being fulfilled at present in any case, and greater efforts to enforce it will only result in more deceit, or children missing school for the entire day – or, in the most extreme cases, being withdrawn from state education by parents unwilling to allow their children to be forced into something they don't wish to do. Instead, we should simply abandon the whole exercise and allow PE to become voluntary. The UNESCO charter stresses the right to PE, and was addressed to nations that failed to provide it at all – it was not meant to suggest that individuals should be compelled to do it in nations that do.  UNESCO. (1945, November 16). Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
If not forced to exercise in youth, many will never think to do it in adulthood. This is no idle question: obesity in the UK is rising rapidly and Dr. David Haslam believes schools are part of the problem. Individuals have no right to 'choice' about this: they're being compelled to attend school, to take the lessons the state says they should take. The state doesn't just impose a curricular compulsion, since physical attendance is forced – so there's nothing unique in principle about enforced PE. Indeed, what can be more important as an aim for our schools than to encourage public health? It is in recognition of that fact, that in 1978 UNESCO recognised PE as 'as essential element of lifelong education.'  If PE is made voluntary, it seems obvious that many students – against their long term interests, and the long term interests of society – will choose not to. That will damage this essential element of education, and damage public health. It is true that the health of society is not perfect even with compulsory PE – but how much worse might it be without it?  Batty, D. (2008, February 21). Schools make children more obese, leading doctor says. Retrieved May 18, 2011  UNESCO. (1978, November 21). International Charter of Physical Education and Sport. Retrieved May 18, 2011, from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Students should be allowed a choice with relation to their school subjects, including physical education. Children know, often from early ages, what they want to do with their life from what subjects they enjoy and those they don't. Lots of children don't want to do physical education; it is different from any other lesson – it is about what one does with one's body. For those not confident about their bodies, why should they be forced to go through the embarrassment and stress of a PE class when they could be spending the time most constructively and happily in a classroom? Furthermore, and on the flip side, those who do enjoy PE will still be able to take the class and in an environment surrounded by those who feel similarly. Athletes will no longer be held back by those who force teachers to re-iterate instructions or rules.
Students, unaware of the subjects that will most benefit them in the competitive work environment, have no such right to choose all their subjects at school. Many schools offer students a restricted right to choose subjects at school, but only those which offer comparative advantages. Certain subjects like, in the Western world, English, maths, science and physical education, are not voluntary because they offer advantages to all that form a foundation necessary to excel in other areas. If students were given the right to choose all their subjects, few would do the more difficult subjects like science and maths that, whilst requiring more effort, are more rewarding for society as a whole, and the students themselves.
A compulsory rather than voluntary sports program is a risk for both students and schools. More and more schools are avoiding team games (e.g. rugby, soccer, hockey, football) for the (realistic) fear of lawsuits when injuries and disputes occur. In one example, a defendant was awarded £100,000 by the school of a student who tackled dangerously and caused both neck and ligament injuries to his opponent opponent. Furthermore, injuries sustained through school sport and the psychological trauma of being bullied for sporting ineptitude can mark people for years after they have left school. Furthermore, psychological injuries occur to those who would not otherwise do sport if not forced, these injuries tend to be the longest and most damaging. Voluntary physical education would avoid such traumatic episodes. BBC News (2001, August 8). Rugby injury wins £100,000 damages. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
Compulsory physical education does not risk unnecessary and costly injury. Injuries that occur in physical education are firstly more advisable than injuries that occur in the classroom or playground for PE teachers tend to be trained in first-aid. Furthermore, the psychological bullying occurring in physical education classes is only a small subset of bullying that is rife among schools as a whole. The prowess, or lack of it, that leads to bullying in PE classes is no different to the lack of 'prowess' in looks, or name, or spelling that will drive bullying in other educational environments.
Successful sporting nations realise that sports, like any other specialised subjects, are best taught to selected groups that display both talent and interest in the field – forcing all to compete holds back the able and punishes the less able. The right way to go is to liberate those that don't want to participate, and allow those that are extremely keen to go to academies that focus their talents more efficiently than a regular school ever could. Furthermore, our children are burdened enough in schools already, especially at the older end of the system, with multiple examinations. PE simply adds, needlessly, to this hectic schedule.
Sport is different to, say Latin – it encompasses life choices (most importantly, a concern for physical fitness, but also working in a team etc.) that ought to be encouraged in all students. As Ken Hardman argues, 'physical education makes a unique contribution to the education of all pupils'. Extra classes for interested students can take place separately, and often do in the form of fixtures with other schools, championships etc. Sport shouldn't be seen as an alternative to academia, an either/or – it should be a part of every student's life in addition to their other studies. If the opposition is correct about the heavy workload involved in schools, then students are that much more likely not to choose PE in an environment where it is voluntary, and the quality of our children's health will be even worse. Much better to keep being healthy compulsory, and reform the pressures elsewhere in the curriculum.  Hardman, K. (2007). Current situation and prospects for physical education in the European Union. European Parliament.
Sport is a waste of school time and resources. One or two PE lessons a week make very little difference to an individual's health– but a huge difference to a school's budget. It creates a whole extra department in schools, wasting a great deal of money and time that could be better spent on academic lessons It also requires schools buildings to be surrounded by a large amount of land for playing fields, making it prohibitively expensive to build new schools in urban areas. The quality of teaching is low, as students are taught in huge classes. On the other hand, the quality of teaching and of equipment goes up if there are fewer (but keener) students taking the subject. One Californian student asked to comment stated PE 'doesn't help me in any way...it's really a waste of time. I don't learn anything here.'  Active Living Research. (2007). Active Education: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance. San Diego.  Marshall, J., & Hardman, K. (2000). The State and Status of Physical Education in Schools in International Context. European Physical Education Review, 203-229.
Physical Education is an important part of holistic schooling. PE is an aspect of school being about more than just book learning – it is about educating the whole person, a holistic education that betters us in an all-round sense, rather than a merely academic experience. Some aspects of physical education are vital for future wellbeing, e.g. being able to swim, learning to lift heavy weights safely. Furthermore, 'kids who are more physically active tend to perform better academically'. Arguments about cost seem petty when compared to this aim – and also misguided, since PE departments would continue to exist to serve those that chose to study PE voluntarily, even if the subject were no longer to be compulsory. Arguments about the size of classes may well be correct, but these suggest better funding for PE rather than abandonment of the commitment to public health.  Active Living Research. (2007). Active Education: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance. San Diego.
PE Is humiliating as well as unnecessary, Now I´m not an expert on this topic, but isn´t Hauling around a heavy backpack all day enough?
"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind…" as quoted by famous American writer Sylvia Plath. I think this quote justifies my point of argument that physical education should not at all be compulsory in school….


Although the circumstances of Sunday's crash are unclear, the incident could trigger more scrutiny of the reality TV sector.
A helicopter crash in northern Los Angeles County that killed three people was one of the worst film set accidents in recent years and is likely to further fuel debate over whether working conditions on reality TV programs are unsafe.
Three people, including the pilot and a cast member, were killed in a helicopter crash early Sunday morning at the Polsa Rosa Ranch in a remote area near Soledad Canyon Road in Acton, authorities said.
The 730-acre ranch, which straddles the Santa Clara River and borders the Angeles National Forest, is a popular spot for filming. It was used for Disney's upcoming film "The Lone Ranger."
The helicopter crash occurred during production of a reality TV show called "Untitled Military Project" for the Discovery Channel, according to a permit filed with FilmL.A. Inc., which had granted permission to film a helicopter landing and takeoff at the site between 5 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday.
The show was being produced by Eyeworks USA, formerly 3 Ball Productions, best known for its "The Biggest Loser" series. Producers had clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration, said Phil Sokoloski, spokesman for FilmL.A. The nonprofit group, which handles film permits for the city and the county, did not have a monitor on the set, but the L.A. County Fire Department did assign an advisor to the site, Sokoloski said.
It's not clear what caused the crash, which is under investigation by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board.
A spokeswoman for Eyeworks USA declined to comment on the cause of the crash, citing the pending investigations, but said no pyrotechnics were involved during filming.
"We are cooperating fully with the authorities," Eyeworks USA said in a statement. "We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of those involved."
Discovery Channel confirmed Eyeworks was shooting a TV show for the cable channel when the accident occurred but declined to provide other details.
This is the second fatal incident involving a Discovery Channel production in a year. Last June, a woman was killed by errant smoke bombs during filming of a pilot for a proposed Discovery Channel series set at a shooting range in Colorado.
The helicopter crash in Acton was the worst film set accident in California since 1982, when star Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed by a helicopter that crashed into them during filming of "Twilight Zone: The Movie." The helicopter was flying low at the time and was caught in a pyrotechnics stunt. The deaths led to scrutiny of safety standards and prompted tougher rules for film crews.
A cameraman died in May 2011 after a helicopter crashed during filming of the G4 reality TV series "Campus PD" in Pennsylvania. Producers had been shooting aerial footage of police cars near the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus.
Sunday's fatal accident was the second in less than a year at Polsa Rosa Ranch. A diver working on "The Lone Ranger" drowned there in September while prepping a tank for an underwater shooting scene.
Although the circumstances of Sunday's crash are unclear, the incident could trigger more scrutiny of the reality TV sector. A recent report in the Los Angeles Times showed that some reality TV programs cut corners on safety, exposing cast and crew to hazardous working conditions. A combination of tight budgets, lack of trained safety personnel and pressure to capture dramatic footage has caused serious and in some cases fatal incidents, The Times reported.
"It certainly raises a red flag," said State Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), who heads the Senate's Labor and Industrial Relations Committee. "I've asked my committee to investigate."
Lieu's office has been looking into possible safety infractions by reality TV shows.
"The problem that we've had is that obviously California law can't reach out to other states or foreign countries where a lot of these shows are filmed," Lieu said. "If we start getting instances [of accidents] in California, then we need to take steps to make reality TV safer."
Scott Sternberg, a reality producer whose company has made such shows as "Disaster in the Gulf" and "On the Case With Paula Zahn," said the accident this weekend reminded him of the "Twilight Zone" helicopter crash.
"It immediately made me think of Vic Morrow," Sternberg said. "I assume the producers needed to get this [helicopter] shot. The question is, are we pushing too far?"
The Los Angeles County coroner identified the victims as David Gibbs, 59, of Valencia, helicopter pilot; Darren Rydstrom, 45, of Whittier, crew member; and Michael Donatelli, 45, of Indiana, Pa., cast member.
The incident was reported to Cal/OSHA. The agency has not yet opened an investigation, "but we're looking into the accident and trying to figure out if we have jurisdiction," a spokesman said.


Have you heard? We're celebrating Better Hearing & Speech Month in May!
In honor of the theme, "Communication for All," here are seven hearing aid accessories to make sure you're communicating and connecting your best with the people, places, and moments that matter in your life.
Conversations rock when everybody around the table can join in, but background noise at restaurants and other spaces can make that a tall order. Whether you're having a one-on-one chat or hanging with a crowd, an extra microphone can help. A wireless Bluetooth® microphone worn on your companion's lapel can send speech directly to your hearing aid, or place the mic in a central spot for group conversations.
Does talking on the telephone seem harder than it used to be? Try using a phone clip. The ReSound Phone Clip+, for example, lets you stream phone calls, music, and other audio straight to your hearing device from a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone. It's hands-free — simply clip it to your clothing — and easily mutes background noise for clearer communication.
Speaking of easier phone chats: You may qualify for a caption telephone that shows the spoken words of the person you're talking to. This landline device is free if a qualified hearing care professional certifies your hearing loss and need for the phone — and it works with hearing aids. All you need is a standard phone line, a broadband internet connection, and electrical power.
Audio loops or audio induction loops — installed in homes, museums, theaters, churches, classrooms, medical offices, and other venues — allow sound to be broadcast directly to individuals within the loop who have telecoils or T-coils, which can be embedded in hearing aids and cochlear implants. You could even install an audio loop in a vehicle, switch on your hearing aid's T-coil setting, and voila!
Who says remote controllers are just for TVs, DVRs, car alarms, and drones? With remotes designed for hearing aids, you can change your device's volume and program settings, switch the source of the audio you're streaming, set ambient and streamed audio at different sound levels, and keep an eye on battery levels. Boom!
When it comes to family time with a favorite TV show, setting the volume to everyone's taste is no small feat. And with hearing loss, it can be even more challenging. Innovations such as the ReSound TV Streamer 2 — a small tabletop device — let you stream audio from your TV, stereo, or PC straight to your hearing aid at a level that's customized to your needs without changing the volume for everyone else.
It may seem pretty basic, but we had to throw this in: Getting the most out of hearing aids takes power, so be sure to keep extra batteries on hand. Batteries can last from a few days to a couple weeks — depending on variables such as size, care, usage, and environmental conditions — but our hearing experts can help you find the right match.
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Ah, the delicious descending and sinking into an abundance of green, fresh healthy green. It is a craving some days, to have my fill of greens. And here, growing and thriving before me is this prime specimen of verdant green vitality. Overlooked, neglected and unheralded by most, it flourishes at the side of the road, an unnamed soldier of green in a dried up field. All green. Full of proud green power.
What care it took to nurture this bud and to bring forth fruit with no adornment or frills of color or fragrance. How brave it is to stand stalwartly viridis.
Just who is this weed trying to seduce? Perhaps it grows so richly out of the joy of growing, proud and promising needing not a blush of color. That is simply a very good green thing!
Thank you Jane! I just thought this specimen was so deeply deliciously green! I love the seeds as well.


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Silence is deafening for those at risk
Canadians need the facts on crucial global issues like climate change, conflict and migration that are going to affect future generations in a very meaningful way.
Written by Kevin Dunbar, Director Global Programs and Impact for CARE Canada, and Simran Singh, Senior Humanitarian and Gender Advisor for CARE Canada
2018 was a horrific year for humanitarian crisis.
An economic collapse in Venezuela has caused more than three million people to flee to neighbouring countries in search of food, water and stability.
The conflict in Syria continued with still no end.
Years of war have left more than 80 per cent of Yemen's population in need of humanitarian assistance.
While you may have heard of these crises, many of those in need live in countries that rarely make the news, such as Madagascar, Chad or the Central African Republic.
It is these forgotten crises that CARE wanted to shine a light on with its third annual report, "Suffering in Silence: The ten most underreported crises of 2018."
The report highlights those crises affecting more than one million people that made the fewest headlines last year in English, French and German media. In so doing, it seeks to raise the profile of these crises and advocate for those who may feel forgotten.
The research found man-made crises and natural disasters in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Philippines, Chad, Niger, Central African Republic and Sudan garnered few headlines. The most underreported crisis was Haiti, where last year, drought contributed to more than 2.8 million people in need of assistance.
A key trend emerging is how climate change plays an increasing role in much of the suffering. In places like Madagascar and Ethiopia, extreme weather, such as cyclones and drought, are having a devastating impact on those least equipped to handle the strain.
Coupled with this, we're too often seeing that it is women and girls outside the headlines that are left threatened.
In a crisis, women and girls are the first to be trafficked for sex or child labour, the first to be exploited as tools of war, and the last to eat.
For those living in makeshift shelters far from the spotlight, limited funding means aid dollars struggle to meet basic needs. This often leaves women and girls at greater risk as money is channeled towards basics like food or water, while vital reproductive health services or programs to protect women from violence are shortchanged.
Media attention and interest from the Canadian public is directly linked to levels of funding for emergency response efforts. At the same time, sustained media coverage also provides an opportunity to shift the narrative about women and girls. They are not simply helpless victims, but have significant potential to lead their community's recovery efforts.
This is a story that needs to be told.
"For those living in makeshift shelters far from the spotlight, limited funding means aid dollars struggle to meet basic needs. This often leaves women and girls at greater risk as money is channeled towards basics like food or water, while vital reproductive health services or programs to protect women from violence are shortchanged."
We all have a role
Canadians need the facts on crucial, yet polarizing, global issues like climate change, conflict and migration that are going to affect future generations in a very meaningful way. One photo can turn the world's attention to an issue, the media plays such a vital role in drawing public attention to forgotten and neglected crises.
There are actions Canadians can take that have an impact. Whether it's signing a petition, paying for quality journalism or making a donation, no action is too small.
There is a shared responsibility – among Parliamentarians, political and community leaders, as well as businesses and humanitarian organizations – to keep Canadians informed about humanitarian emergencies and their potential implications for Canadian business, security and moral responsibility in the world.
We, as Canadians, also need to put pressure on our government to ensure these crises are not ignored, and use their power to negotiate an end to conflicts so people can return home and re-build their lives.
Politicians can also work with civil society organisations to learn more about crises occurring in the world. By using this information to formulate questions, speeches and motions and community outreach, Parliamentarians can help direct wider public attention towards the world's forgotten crises.
Canada is a diverse country and its citizens have connections that transcend our borders. What happens in southern Ethiopia, for example, is of concern to friends and families in Toronto or Winnipeg. Climate change is of risk to all of us, we are the first generation to feel its impacts and the last who can do anything about it.
The silence is deafening for those at risk. We need to speak up and provide more opportunities for diverse voices to be heard.
Make March for Women
More than 32 million women and girls around the world are facing humanitarian emergencies. They deserve a humanitarian response system that fully upholds their rights and addresses their needs.We believe the rights of women and girls can't wait.


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It can actually turn out to be an advantage, if you make use of your background as an immigrant, because you have unique resources and knowledge.
Imagine 24 years ago; a 6 years old boy was driving a motor cycle on the Pakistani streets and selling tea for her mum, has now become a professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) – what a dramatic life he has had.
Sameer Azizi was born in Afghanistan, but he had to flee to Pakistan with his family, when he was 5 years old because of the war in Afghanistan. They stayed in Pakistan for two years and started the life of selling tea on the streets, waiting for the end of the war so that they could go back home.
Sameer's aunt got asylum in Denmark by coincidence and she applied for Sameer's asylum in Denmark. Sameer then moved to Denmark with his family, already with refugee status. The life for Sameer has changed completely since December 1991.
Sameer lives in a big family. A big family, to Sameer's understanding, means that all family members, including aunts and uncles and their children, would gather together to talk and discuss life and the future.
The family atmosphere is open and warm, but with unsaid disciplines. No one could be out after 6:00pm during the everyday. No nasty words should ever come out of the mouths of the family members and alcohol and cigarettes are of course forbidden.
Since they live in Vesterbro – very close to the Istedgade – drunkards and drug addicts are the usual pictures in his parents' eyesight. So, the disciplines played an important role of teaching their children what is right and what is wrong.
On the other hand, his mother never convinces him to do anything that he is not capable of doing. Opposite the Danish youth, where to move out at 18 years old is considered normal, Sameer stayed with his family as long as he could, because he had no money to afford living on his own at that time.
Delicious meals are always ready whenever Sameer and his brother and sister feel hungry. They never worry that one day, they will have no food to eat, no place to live, even though the room is not big enough for the family.
With the strong support of the family, their warm concern and strict disciplines, Sameer grew up without the interruption of bad things, such as alcohol and hash, which usually affects the Danish youth very much.
Sameer's aunt has a good education background, and all his cousins are doing well in their courses. His family somehow inspired and encouraged Sameer to do his best all the way through his education path.
Being the best is always the ambition of Sameer. He likes to compete with his cousins. He doesn't know, if he can surpass them, but he will try his best.
One time, Sameer got the highest score in a Danish test, but his teacher didn't trust his results because the questions were so difficult that even native Danish children could not do it.
Sameer finished his business and IT programmes with relatively very high scores in his bachelor's degree from Copenhagen Business School, and found a job in a very big Danish company afterwards.
After working for one year, Sameer met some Danish young people, who were working for a small NGO that helps street children in Afghan. This is exactly what he wants to do.
He engages in a Refugee Council project when he was 19 years old and went back to Afghanistan – the homeland where his father was born. While he stands on that land, he suddenly finds out that there was something missing in his life: His identity of being an Afghan. He tried to help people in Afghanistan, who have nothing after Taliban fell, as much as he can.
He came back in 2006 and started the Master's degree, learning about development and business, which he sees as a part of the mission of his life. He wrote about Afghanistan in his thesis for his master degree. After he finished it, his supervisor asked him if he would like to go on to PhD.
"I think the links between all these stories are maybe having the confidence to see yourself as a resource," Sameer says.
Sameer was employed as a project manager in a NGO, working for street children when he was 22, even though there was a very strong candidate, who had much better skills and education than him, Sameer got the job.
He then realised that there was something about being an Afghan: It is a resource. "Why look at it as a problem? Being a refugee or being an immigrant could easily be a resource. It is up to you to utilise it." said Sameer.
His Afghan background has done much for Sameer's success and he is confident that he will do something more for the Afghans, as well as the world development.


Along its twenty years of existence, Bio Ritmo has experimented with different salsa styles, incorporated influences that range from punk-rock to samba, and established themselves as pioneers of the indie salsa movement. Their fusions, along with their great musicianship, have garnered them critical acclaim across the board. But until the last few years, Bio Ritmo had remained one of those acts that fly just under the radar. That last part is changing with the release of their career retrospective, Introducing Bio Ritmo.
The album, as the title suggests, serves as a crash course on the band's catalogue, collecting tracks from their 1995 debut EP, Piragüero/Asia Minor up to last years' release, La Verdad. This record might just be Bio Ritmo's way of giving listeners an introductory course on their brand of salsa fusion. What a great first class!
One of the great things about this album is that, not only does it introduce new fans to the bands catalogue, but it's also a way for older fans to hear more closely and understand the band's musical influences. The orchestra's eleven musicians come from diverse musical backgrounds, including punk, bossa nova, jazz and reggae dub. Their sound is mostly constructed out of the New York, Puerto Rican and Fania Records salsa style but, along the way, Bio Ritmo has separated from it to create their own niche in the salsa canon. Bio Ritmo's boundary pushing sound may rattle the salsa die hards, but the diversity and urban savvy in the band's music keeps listeners on their toes trying to guess what's coming next. Whatever it is, there is no doubt that it will tear up the dance floor.


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South Africa betrays principles on gay rights
Durban 2009, South Africa
By Marissa Cramer, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fellow at UN Watch
Human rights activists and other UN observers were surprised by South Africa's opposition to recognizing gay rights during recent negotiations on the outcome document for the Durban Review Conference, whose stated aim is to combat racism, discrimination, and intolerance of any kind. The South African representative said that issues of sexual orientation go "beyond the framework of the Durban Declaration."
The European Union had proposed a while back that the Durban II declaration include protection for gays. However, after strong opposition from Muslim governments, who invoked the omission of gay rights in the 2001 Durban text, the United Kingdom on February 18th suggested an amendment to list sexual orientation only as an aggravating factor, when it intersects with racism. This U.K. proposal prompted South Africa's response.
The irony of South Africa's opposition to recognizing gay rights is that it betrays the principles of its own constitution, which states:
"The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth" (South African Constitution, Chapter 2, Article 9, Paragraph 3, emphasis added).
South African's statutes and courts also recognize gay rights. The 2000 Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in South Africa. A 1999 judgment by South Africa's Constitutional Court recognized equal rights for the partners of gay and lesbian South Africans who apply for permanent residence.
So what explains South Africa's contradictory position at the U.N.?
One possibility is South Africa's close alliance with Islamic countries at the world body. Interestingly, the South African government seems to acknowledge that its U.N. votes don't always reflect its true positions. In a January 8 statement, South Africa explained its decision not to join 66 other states in signing a General Assembly proclamation that condemned discrimination against homosexuals. In fact, said Pretoria, it supported the U.N. statement even though it refused to sign it, saying that "over the years, there have been several declarations that have been presented to the General Assembly and that South Africa has supported without being a signatory."
As a free democracy with a progressive constitution and a history of overcoming intolerance, South Africa has much potential to be a true leader in the human rights cause. Let's hope it starts living up to its own standards.
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Different combustion strategies and fuel sources are needed to deal with increasing fuel efficiency demands and emission restrictions. One possible strategy is dual fueling using readily available resources. Propane and natural gas are readily available with the current infrastructure and biodiesel is growing in popularity as a renewable fuel. This paper presents experimental results from dual fuel combustion of methane (as a surrogate for natural gas) and propane as primary fuels with biodiesel pilots in a 1.9 liter, turbocharged, 4 cylinder diesel engine at 1800 rev/min. Experiments were performed with different percentage energy substitutions (PES) of propane and methane and at different brake mean effective pressures (BMEP/bmep). Brake thermal efficiency (BTE) and emissions (NOx, HC, CO, CO2 , O2 and smoke) were also measured. Maximum PES levels for B100-methane dual fuelling were limited to 70% at 2.5 bar bmep and 48% at 10 bar bmep, and corresponding values for B100-propane dual fuelling were 64% and 43%, respectively. Maximum PES was limited by misfire at 2.5 bar bmep and the onset of engine knock at 10 bar bmep. Dual fuel BTEs approached straight B100 values at 10 bar bmep while they were significantly lower than B100 values at 2.5 bar bmep. In general dual fuelling was beneficial in reducing NOx and smoke emissions by 33% and 50%, respectively from baseline B100 levels; however, both CO and THC emissions were significantly higher than baseline B100 levels at all PES and loads.
Shoemaker NT, Gibson CM, Polk AC, Krishnan SR, Srinivasan KK. Performance and Emissions Characteristics of Bio-Diesel (B100)-Ignited Methane and Propane Combustion in a Four Cylinder Turbocharged Compression Ignition Engine. ASME. Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, ASME 2011 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference ():189-200. doi:10.1115/ICEF2011-60081.


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Pro cycling transfer round-up
Gregor Brown August 22, 2013 10:29 am
Mikel Nieve, King of Mountains jersey wearer, Tour de France 2013
Cycling's transfer market is buzzing, with team Euskaltel-Euskadi announcing its end yesterday and Vacansoleil-DCM likely doing the same soon. The long-running Basque team said 'adios' after 20 years and left star riders like Samuel Sánchez, Igor Antón and Mikel Nieve scanning the wanted ads.
Astana, according to a report in Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, is close to inking a deal with Mikel Landa. The 23-year-old Basque placed sixth overall in the recent Tour of Burgos. Reportedly, Nieve will join Alberto Contador at Saxo Bank and Antón will join Lampre.
Dutch team Vacansoleil-DCM has yet to announce it is folding but all signs point in that direction. It has lost its principle backers and has yet to announce any new riders for the 2014 season. Up-coming sprinter, Barry Markus signed for Belkin and, as reported in CW's last transfer round-up, Lieuwe Westra agreed with Astana. Dutchman Wout Poels may join Garmin-Sharp.
Garmin reported on August 8 that it had signed Tour Down Under winner, Tom Jelte Slagter. The Dutchman currently rides with team Belkin. On August 16, it welcomed neo-pro, American Nathan Brown. Martijn Maaskant, according to some, could be leaving the team.
BMC Racing announced last week that it has signed Garmin-Sharp rider, Peter Stetina. Stetina said that part of the reason he joined was to ride with fellow Americans, Taylor Phinney and Tejay van Garderen. Peter Velits, joining from Omega Pharma-QuickStep, will add even more weight to BMC's stage racing team. The deal, announced on August 10, puts the Slovak and his twin brother, Martin in different teams for first time.
Sylvain Chavanel may leave Omega Pharma-QuickStep for Swiss team, IAM Cycling according to various reports. The French star's signature would certainly help the team join the first division. Andreas Klöden could also join according to Belgium's Gazet van Antwerpen newspaper, leaving RadioShack-Leopard.
Trek takes over RadioShack's WorldTour licence in 2014. In addition to Klöden, Maxime Monfort could leave and perhaps join Lotto. Trek announced on August 8 that it signed Japan's Fumiyuki Beppu, who is currently with Orica-GreenEdge. Italian Fabio Felline (Androni), according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, will also join.
Orica signed Italian champion, Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing) on August 12. Last week, Movistar signed Italy's time trial champion, Adriano Malori from Lampre-Merida. Lampre, in turn, inked a deal with Sacha Modolo, allowing him to leave Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox and ride in the first division.
Team Sky has been quiet. According to various rumours, however, it has eyes for Sebastian Langeveld (Orica-GreenEdge), Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare) and Sebastian Henao (Colombia).
Linus Gerdemann secured his return to cycling. Second division African team, MTN-Qhubeka announced on Monday that it contracted the German. Gerdemann wore the yellow jersey in the 2007 Tour de France and won several races but was unable to find a team for the 2013 season.
Pro cycling transfer round-up (August 7)