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Q: How do you derive the backward differentiation formula of 3rd order using interpolating polynomials? It was my exam question, and I could not answer it. How do you drive the backward differentiation formula of 3rd order (BDF3) using interpolating polynomials?  I only knew how to derive it using the undetermined coefficients method.
BDF3 : $x_{n+1} = \frac{18}{11}x_{n} - \frac{9}{11}x_{n-1} + \frac{2}{11}x_{n-2} + \frac{6}{11}hx_{n+1}$

A: I'll start with the way I think you know and then discuss the method which uses explicit interpolation scheme. I'll note that the differences are mostly semantic and lead to the same answer, but it never hurts to know how to approach a problem from multiple angles.

Let's say we want to find the value of $x_{n+1}$ that balances the differential equation
$$
\frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}=f(t,x)
$$
at $t=t_{n+1}$ given we know $x_{n-2}$, $x_{n-1}$, and $x_{n}$ at times $t_{n-2} = t_{n+1}- 3 \Delta{t}$, $t_{n-1} = t_{n+1}- 2 \Delta{t}$, and $t_{n} = t_{n+1}- \Delta{t}$, respectively, and we have no closed form for $x(t)$.
One way to approach the problem is to express the derivative of $x(t)$ on the left-hand side of the ODE as a linear combination of the three values we know in addition to the value we're searching for:
$$
\frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} = \omega_{n+1} x_{n+1} + \omega_{n} x_{n} + \omega_{n-1} x_{n-1} + \omega_{n-2} x_{n-2}.
$$
In order to determine the coefficients of the combination, we can replace the known values with suitable Taylor Expansions about $t_{n+1}$:
$$
\begin{align}
x_{n}   &= x_{n+1} + (-1\Delta{t}) \frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \frac{(-1\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 x}{\mathrm{d}t^2}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \frac{(-1\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \frac{\mathrm{d}^3 x}{\mathrm{d}t^3}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \mathcal{O}(\Delta{t}^{4}) \\
x_{n-1} &= x_{n+1} + (-2\Delta{t}) \frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \frac{(-2\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 x}{\mathrm{d}t^2}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \frac{(-2\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \frac{\mathrm{d}^3 x}{\mathrm{d}t^3}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \mathcal{O}(\Delta{t}^{4}) \\
x_{n-2} &= x_{n+1} + (-3\Delta{t}) \frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \frac{(-3\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 x}{\mathrm{d}t^2}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \frac{(-3\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \frac{\mathrm{d}^3 x}{\mathrm{d}t^3}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \mathcal{O}(\Delta{t}^{4})
\end{align}.
$$
As will be shown, the expansions were carried out to third-order to create a solvable (square) system.  For other numerical methods, the number of needed Taylor Expansions (in this problem, three) and needed order (in this problem, again, three) may increase or decrease as needed to effect a solution.
As an aside, by examining the pattern from the expansions above, it is easy to see that for this constant $\Delta{t}$ problem, the general form of the Taylor Expansions is
$$
x_{n-k} = x_{n+1} + \sum_{m=1}^p \frac{[-(k+1) \Delta{t}]^m}{m!} \frac{\mathrm{d}^m x}{\mathrm{d}t^m}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} + \mathcal{O}(\Delta{t}^{p+1}),
$$
where for this problem, $k \in \{0,1,2\}$ (mapping to $x_n$, $x_{n-1}$, and $x_{n-2}$) and $p = 3$ for the third order expansions. This generalization is limited to only constant $\Delta{t}$ methods but can be used in computer algebra systems to create generic code to calculating various other order methods for these systems. Aside over.
Substituting these three Taylor Expansion equalities into the linear combination gives
$$
\begin{align}
\frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} =
    &\left[\omega_{n+1}  + \omega_{n} +                 \omega_{n-1} +                 \omega_{n-2}\right] x_{n+1} \\
    &\left[(-1\Delta{t})   \omega_{n} + (-2\Delta{t})   \omega_{n-1} + (-3\Delta{t})   \omega_{n-2}\right] \frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} \\
    &\left[\frac{(-1\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \omega_{n} + \frac{(-2\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \omega_{n-1} + \frac{(-3\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \omega_{n-2}\right] \frac{\mathrm{d}^2x}{\mathrm{d}t^2}\bigg\rvert_{t_{ n+1}} \\
    &\left[\frac{(-1\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \omega_{n} + \frac{(-2\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \omega_{n-1} + \frac{(-3\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \omega_{n-2}\right] \frac{\mathrm{d}^3x}{\mathrm{d}t^3}\bigg\rvert_{t_{ n+1}}
&+ \mathcal{O}(\Delta{t}^{4})
\end{align}.
$$
In the above expression, there is a first-order derivative at $n+1$ on the left-hand side and several different orders of derivatives on the right-hand side.
In order to give the best approximation, we seek weights that zero the coefficients of the zeroth-, second-, and third-order derivatives and gives a coefficient of one for the first-order derivative:
$$
\begin{align}
\omega_{n+1}  + \omega_{n} +                 \omega_{n-1} +                 \omega_{n-2} &= 0 \\[1em]
(-1\Delta{t})   \omega_{n} + (-2\Delta{t})   \omega_{n-1} + (-3\Delta{t})   \omega_{n-2} &= 1 \\[1em]
\frac{(-1\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \omega_{n} + \frac{(-2\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \omega_{n-1} + \frac{(-3\Delta{t})^2}{2!} \omega_{n-2} &= 0 \\[1em]
\frac{(-1\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \omega_{n} + \frac{(-2\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \omega_{n-1} + \frac{(-3\Delta{t})^3}{3!} \omega_{n-2} &= 0
\end{align}.
$$
This can be expressed as a square, linear system:
$$
\begin{bmatrix}
1& 1&1&1\\
0&-1\Delta{t} & -2\Delta{t} & -3\Delta{t}\\
0& \frac{1}{2!}(-1\Delta{t})^2 &\frac{1}{2!}(-2\Delta{t})^2&\frac{1}{2!}(-3\Delta{t})^2\\
0& \frac{1}{3!}(-1\Delta{t})^3 & \frac{1}{3!}(-2\Delta{t})^3 &  \frac{1}{3!}(-3\Delta{t})^3
\end{bmatrix}
\begin{bmatrix}
\omega_{n+1}\\\omega_{n}\\\omega_{n-1}\\\omega_{n-2}
\end{bmatrix}
=
\begin{bmatrix}
0\\1\\0\\0
\end{bmatrix}.
$$
The solution of this system leads to the linear combination:
$$
\frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} = \frac{1}{\Delta{t}} \left(\frac{11}{6} x_{n+1} - 3 x_{n} + \frac{3}{2} x_{n-1} - \frac{1}{3} x_{n-2}\right) + \mathcal{O}(\Delta{t}^4)
$$
where the equality becomes approximate when the higher-order terms are omitted.

Another approach to take is to use the information we have and the conditions we want to form a local cubic approximation to $x(t)$. Consider the following polynomial
$$
\hat{x}(t) = c_0 + c_1 (t - t_{n+1})  + c_2 (t - t_{n+1})^2  + c_3 (t - t_{n+1})^3.
$$
If $\hat{x}(t)$ exactly matches the three points we know in addition to the value we're searching for at their associated times, it may be a good approximation of $x(t)$ close to $t_{n+1}$.  And if $\hat{x}(t)$ is a good approximation, it's derivative may approximately balance the ODE at $t_{n+1}$:
$$
\frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} \approx \frac{\mathrm{d}\hat{x}}{\mathrm{d}t}\bigg\rvert_{t_{n+1}} = c_1
$$
Note that because we're clever and centered the polynomial on $t_{n+1}$, only the $c_1$ coefficient remains after evaluation of the derivative at that time.
Through the four requirements on the polynomial to match our four points-of-interest, we can form the linear system
$$
\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\
1 & -1 \Delta{t} & (-1 \Delta{t})^2 & (-1 \Delta{t})^3\\
1 & -2 \Delta{t} & (-2 \Delta{t})^2 & (-2 \Delta{t})^3\\
1 & -3 \Delta{t} & (-3 \Delta{t})^2 & (-3 \Delta{t})^3
\end{bmatrix}
\begin{bmatrix}
c_0 \\ c_1 \\ c_2 \\ c_3
\end{bmatrix}
=
\begin{bmatrix}
x_{n+1} \\ x_n \\ x_{n-1} \\ x_{n-2}
\end{bmatrix}
$$
and obtain the value of the needed coefficient
$$
c_1 = \frac{1}{\Delta{t}} \left(\frac{11}{6} x_{n+1} - 3 x_{n} + \frac{3}{2} x_{n-1} - \frac{1}{3} x_{n-2}\right)
$$
This answer agrees with the approximation from the Taylor Expansion method after neglecting higher-order terms.

Both are valid approximations and merely differ in how the problem is approached:

*

*Directly approximate the derivative of an unknown function with values we know and a cubic Taylor approximation about the point-of-interest.

*Directly approximate the unknown function with values we know using a cubic polynomial and evaluate its derivative at the point-of-interest.

Would the answer be the same if we used a different basis for the interpolation such as Lagrange versus the above Monomial?  It shouldn't since all one-dimensional interpolating polynomials of degree $n$ are unique given $n+1$ interpolation points.  But let's check.
Consider the following polynomial
$$
\hat{x}(t) = \sum_{j=-2}^{1}\,\prod_{\substack{-2\le m \le 1\\ m \neq j}}
\frac{t - t_{n+m}}{t_{n+j} - t_{n+m}} \,x_{n+j}
$$
It would be rather verbose and tedious to look at all of the terms, so let's focus on the $j = 1$ term of the polynomial:
$$
\frac{(t-t_{n})(t-t_{n-1})(t-t_{n-2})}{(t_{n+1}-t_n)(t_{n+1}-t_{n-1})(t_{n+1}-t_{n-2})} x_{n+1}
$$
We can compress the denominator to $6 \Delta{t}^3$ since the interval $\Delta{t}$ is fixed between all points, and we note that the derivative of the product in the numerator is a summation of lower degree products:
$$
\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t}\left[(t-t_{n})(t-t_{n-1})(t-t_{n-2})\right] =
(t-t_{n})(t-t_{n-1}) + (t-t_{n})(t-t_{n-2}) + (t-t_{n-1})(t-t_{n-2})
$$
which is equal to $11 \Delta{t}^2$ when evaluated at $t_{n+1}$.  So the coefficient for the $x_{n+1}$ coefficient is $\tfrac{11}{6 \Delta{t}}$, which is the same as the two above results.
Performing the process for each other value of $j$ will also generate the same terms.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — No oil was spilled when a tugboat hit a docked tanker ship and gashed its hull in southcentral Alaska last week, officials said. The tugboat struck the Polar Endeavor oil tanker at the Valdez Marine Terminal Jan. 11, the Anchorage Daily News reported Tuesday. The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the collision that injured one crew member of the tugboat named Courageous. The collision happened as the tugboat approached the Polar Endeavour, which was sationary at the dock after loading oil cargo, said Brooke Taylor of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council. The tugboat was out of control and collided with the tanker, slicing it open and allowing ballast water from the tanker to spill into the water, Taylor said. "I don't believe the tanker was in motion," Taylor said. The tanker underwent repairs to make it seaworthy and both vessels were inspected by the Coast Guard before being returned to service, Taylor said. The 900-foot (274-meter) oil tanker was built in 2001 and is owned by ConocoPhillips, Alaska's leading oil producer. The gash of less than 3 feet (0.91 metres) happened about 10 feet (3.05 metres) above the water line, said Crystal Smith of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The agency is gathering information and investigating with the Coast Guard to avoid another similar collision, Smith said. "It's important to understand why this incident happened, to make sure appropriate safety measures were taken to ensure something like this doesn't happen in the future," Smith said. The marine terminal is about 100 miles (161 kilometres) east of Anchorage in Prince William Sound, where 11 million gallons (41,639 kilolitres) of oil spilled after the tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in 1989. The terminal receives 500,000 barrels of oil produced daily on Alaska's North Slope. The oil is transferred to tankers and transported to refineries primarily on the U.S. West Coast. The citizens' advisory council, which was created by Congress to help prevent a repeat of the Exxon Valdez spill, is seeking more information about the collision from terminal operator Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Alyeska contracts with Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore, which owns the 140-foot (43-meter) tugboat, Taylor said. Edison Chouest did not immediately return requests for comment. The company took over oil spill prevention and response duties at the port in 2018. An Edison Chouest tugboat struck and dented a tanker that year. Two days later a second Edison Chouest tugboat touched bottom and damaged a skiff. The events prompted Coast Guard investigations. The Associated Press
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Perennials, 20-50+ cm; stoloniferous and rhizomatous (rhizomes horizontal to suberect). Stems 1 or multiple, loosely clustered, usually glabrous, sometimes tomentose proximally and in leaf axils. Basal leaves (and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades orbiculate, ovate, or obovate, 40-100+ × 20-80+ mm, bases tapering, rounded, or abruptly contracted, margins crenate, dentate, or serrate. Cauline leaves gradually reduced (sessile, clasping; pinnatisect or sublyrate). Heads 6-15+ in open or congested, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles bracteate, glabrous or proximally tomentose. Calyculi conspicuous. Phyllaries 13 or 21, green (tips sometimes reddish), 3-6 mm, glabrous or floccose-tomentose proximally. Ray florets 8-13(-21); corolla laminae 7-10 mm. Disc florets 40-50+; corolla tubes 2-3 mm, limbs 2-3 mm. Cypselae 1-1.5 mm, glabrous or hirsute on ribs; pappi 3-6 mm. 2n = 44, 88, 90. Flowering late Feb-Apr (south), early Apr-early Jun (north). Meadows in deciduous woodlands, wet ditches, stream banks, rocky hillsides; 0-2500 m; Ont., Que.; Ala., Ark., Conn., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va.; Mexico (Coahuila). Packera obovata forms relatively large, stoloniferous colonies in wet sites.
Infrequent probably throughout the state, although there are no records from the northwestern counties. Where it is found, it is usually common to abundant over small areas. Its preferred habitat is clayey or rocky slopes and dry clayey banks along streams. It is also found in moist soil in various habitats. The variety rotundus Britt. is a form with subrotund basal leaves. A study of large colonies of this species convinces one of the futility of trying to keep this variety separate from the typical form since both forms may be found in the same colony. The colonies, however, are usually of one form and the two forms are about equally distributed throughout the state. Variety umbratilis Greenman usually has basal leaves which are "oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, 2-8 cm long, 1.5-5.5 cm wide, with petioles 2-12 cm long." The type was collected near New Albany and it has been reported from Porter County. Greenman has referred some of my specimens from Posey and Starke Counties to this variety. Fernald (Rhodora 23: 299. 1921) refers this variety to Senecio pauperculus var. balsamitae (Muhl.) Fern., where it seems to belong. The species and the two varieties are combined on one map.


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Check Point Software's Mid-Year Security Report Reveals a 29% Increase in Cyber-attacks Against Organizations Globally
By Neil Trim on July 30, 2021
'Cyber Attack Trends: 2021 Mid-Year Report' uncovers how cyber criminals have continued to exploit the Covid-19 pandemic and highlights a dramatic 93% increase in the number of ransomware attacks globally
At 36%, EMEA experienced the biggest increase in cyber-attacks, followed by Americas' 34% and APAC's 13%
At 1338, organizations in APAC faced the highest number of cyber-attacks weekly, followed by EMEA at 777 and Americas at 688
Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has released its 'Cyber Attack Trends: 2021 Mid-Year Report', which shows how cyber criminals have continued to exploit the global shift to hybrid working and target organizations across all sectors, including government, healthcare and critical infrastructure.
Organizations have experienced a 29% increase in cyber-attacks globally. The EMEA region showed the highest growth with 36%, followed by the Americas with an increase of 34% with APAC witnessing a 13% growth in attacks. This year has also seen a new 'Triple Extortion' ransomware technique emerge. While there have been successful international operations targeting cyber-crime, such as the take-down of the notorious Emotet botnet, threat actors launched sophisticated attacks which exploited organizations' supply chains to cause widespread disruption.
Key trends revealed in the report include:
Global increase in cyber-attacks: In 2021, US organizations saw an average of 443 weekly attacks, marking a 17% increase compared to earlier this year. In EMEA, the weekly average of attacks per organization was 777, a 36% increase. APAC organizations saw 1338 weekly attacks, a 13% increase. Specifically within Europe there was an increase of 27% while Latin America saw an increase of 19%.
The rise of ransomware attacks and 'Triple Extortion': Globally, the number of ransomware attacks on organizations increased by 93% in H1 2021, compared to the same period last year. Increasingly, in addition to stealing sensitive data from organizations and threatening to release it publicly unless a payment is made, attackers are now targeting organizations' customers and/or business partners and demanding ransom from them too.
Supply chain attacks step up: The well-known SolarWinds supply chain attack stands out in 2021 due to its scale and influence, but other sophisticated supply chain attacks have occurred such asCodecov in April, and most recently Kaseya.
The race to become Emotet's successor: Following the botnet's takedown in January, other malwares are quickly gaining popularity, namely: Trickbot, Dridex, Qbot and IcedID.
Predictions for H2 2021: Ransomware will grow, despite law enforcement stepping up. Increased use of penetration tools to give live hackers ability to customize attacks on the fly and a trend towards collateral damage well beyond the initial target victim calls for a collateral damage strategy.
"In the first half of 2021, cyber criminals have continued to adapt their working practices in order to exploit the shift to hybrid working, targeting organizations' supply chains and network links to partners in order to achieve maximum disruption," said Maya Horowitz, VP Research at Check Point Software. "This year cyber-attacks have continued to break records and we have even seen a huge increase in the number of ransomware attacks, with high-profile incidents such as Solarwinds, Colonial Pipeline, JBS or Kayesa. Looking ahead, organizations should be aware of the risks and ensure that they have the appropriate solutions in place to prevent, without disrupting the normal business flow, the majority of attacks including the most advanced ones."
Top predictions for H2 highlighted in the report include:
The war on Ransomware will intensify – Ransomware attacks will continue to proliferate despite increased investment from governments and law enforcement, especially as the Biden Administration makes this a priority. With such investment and ever more advanced tools, the authorities will enjoy some successes, but threat actors will evolve, and new groups will emerge in the ransomware arms race.
Man-in-the-Middle becomes the hacker in the network – Over the past two years, we have seen an acceleration in the use of penetration tools, such as Cobalt Strike and Bloodhound. These tools don't just pose a real challenge from a detection point of view, they also grant live hackers access to compromised networks, allowing them to scan and scroll at will and customize attacks on the fly. Security professionals will need a whole new set of skills to detect this form of attack and prevent it from happening in the future.
Collateral Damage beyond the initial target – The growing trends of triple extortion, supply chain attacks and even just remote cyber-attacks may affect businesses more than ever. The triple extortion trend in ransomware now includes not only the original target organization, but also its customers, partners and vendors. This multiplies the actual victims of each attack and requires a special security strategy.
Cyber Attack Categories by Region in H1 2021:
Check Point provides zero-day protection with its networks, cloud, users and access security solutions. Our evasion-resistant technology maximizes zero-day protection without compromising business productivity. For the first time, businesses can reduce the risk of unknown attacks by implementing a prevent-first approach.
The 'Cyber Attack Trends: 2021 Mid-Year Report' gives a detailed overview of the cyber-threat landscape. These findings are based on data drawn from Check Point Software's ThreatCloud Intelligence between January and June 2021, highlighting the key tactics cyber-criminals are using to attack businesses. A full copy of the report is available from here.


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GODS OF WAR – Tenochtitlan
When we saw so many cities and villages built in the water and other great towns on dry land we were amazed and said that it was like the enchantments (…) on account of the great towers and cues and buildings rising from the water, and all built of masonry. And some of our soldiers even asked whether the things that we saw were not a dream? (…) I do not know how to describe it, seeing things as we did that had never been heard of or seen before, not even dreamed about.
– Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Tenochtitlan, originally known as México-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexica city-state on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. Founded on June 20, 1325, it was the capital of the expanding Aztec Empire in the 15th century until it was captured by the Spanish in 1521.
At its peak, it was the largest city in the Pre-Columbian Americas. It subsequently became a cabecera of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Today, the ruins of Tenochtitlan are in the historic center of Mexico City.
Tenochtitlan was one of two Nahua āltēpetl (city-states) on the island, the other being Tlatelolco.
Tenochtitlan covered an estimated 8 to 13.5 km2 (3.1 to 5.2 sq mi), situated on the western side of the shallow Lake Texcoco.
At the time of Spanish conquests, Mexico City comprised both Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco. The city extended from north to south, from the north border of Tlatelolco to the swamps, which by that time were gradually disappearing to the west; the city ended more or less at the present location of Avenida Bucareli.
The city was connected to the mainland by causeways leading to the north, south, and west. The causeways were interrupted by bridges that allowed canoes and other water traffic to pass freely. The bridges could be pulled away, if necessary, to defend the city. The city was interlaced with a series of canals, so that all sections of the city could be visited either on foot or via canoe.
Lake Texcoco was the largest of five interconnected lakes. Since it formed in an endorheic basin, Lake Texcoco was brackish. During the reign of Moctezuma I, the "levee of Nezahualcoyotl" was constructed, reputedly designed by Nezahualcoyotl. Estimated to be 12 to 16 km (7.5 to 9.9 mi) in length, the levee was completed circa 1453. The levee kept fresh spring-fed water in the waters around Tenochtitlan and kept the brackish waters beyond the dike, to the east.
Two double aqueducts, each more than 4 km (2.5 mi) long and made of terracotta, provided the city with fresh water from the springs at Chapultepec. This was intended mainly for cleaning and washing. For drinking, water from mountain springs was preferred. Most of the population liked to bathe twice a day; Moctezuma was said to take four baths a day. According to the context of Aztec culture in literature, the soap that they most likely used was the root of a plant called copalxocotl (Saponaria americana), and to clean their clothes they used the root of metl (Agave americana). Also, the upper classes and pregnant women washed themselves in a temazcalli, similar to a sauna bath, which is still used in the south of Mexico. This was also popular in other Mesoamerican cultures.
The city was divided into four zones, or camps; each camp was divided into 20 districts (calpullis, Nahuatl calpōlli); and each calpulli, or 'big house', was crossed by streets or tlaxilcalli. There were three main streets that crossed the city, each leading to one of the three causeways to the mainland of Tepeyac, Ixtapalpa, and Tlacopan. Bernal Díaz del Castillo reported that they were wide enough for ten horses. Surrounding the raised causeways were artificial floating gardens with canal waterways and gardens of plants, shrubs, and trees. The calpullis were divided by channels used for transportation, with wood bridges that were removed at night.
A few generations before, the Mexica had seemed just one more tribe of intruders which, famished and "uncouth", had, about 1250, descended from the north in search of good land in the fertile valley. With difficulty, they had found themselves a home where (probably about 1345) they had begun to build their city – on a spot where, legend insisted, an eagle had been observed sitting on a cactus (Tenochtitlan meant "place of the fruit of the cactus").
True heirs of the last great people of the valley, the Toltecs, whose capital had been at Tula (or Tollan), some forty miles north of the lake, and who had been overthrown by nomads in the late twelfth century.
The Toltecs had been fine craftsmen in featherwork, precious stones, and gold. They had apparently invented medicine. They had discovered the art of mining, and treating, precious metals. The Toltecs had also been clever farmers,
They assigned all fine achievements to Toltec initiative.
These Mexican re-interpretations of history had been accompanied by a "burning of books" about the past by the Emperor Itzcoatl.
The city had never been attacked. The Mexica had only to raise the bridges on the three causeways which connected their capital to the mainland to be beyond the reach of any plausible enemy.
There was no city bigger, more powerful, or richer within the world of which the people of the valley were informed. It acted as the focus for thousands of immigrants, of whom some had come because of the demand for their crafts.
The Mexica had in the mid-fifteenth century built a colossal city, bigger than any in Europe with the possible exception of Naples and Constantinople, on what had been, only a hundred and fifty years ago, a few huts on a mud bank.
Empire & Tribute
A "mosaic" of altogether nearly four hundred cities, each with its own ruler, sent regular deliveries to the Emperor.
Cocoa beans and cloaks, sometimes canoes, copper axes, and feather quills full of gold dust, were used as currency.
There were markets in all districts: one of these, that in the city of Tlatelolco, by now a large suburb of Tenochtitlan, was the biggest market in the Americas, an emporium for the entire region. Even goods from distant Guatemala were exchanged there. Meantime, trade on a small scale in old Mexico was carried on by nearly everyone, for marketing the household's product was the main activity of family life.
Nahuatl was an oral language. But the Mexica, like the other peoples in the valley, used pictographs and ideograms for writing.
Beautiful painted books (usually called codices) recorded the possession of land, as of history, with family trees and maps supporting the inclination of the ancient Mexicans to be litigious. The importance of this side of life can be gathered from the 480,000 sheets of bark paper regularly sent as tribute to "the storehouses of the ruler of Tenochtitlan".
The average Mexican's home of adobe and thatch was bare. It rarely had more than a sleeping mat and a hearth. But it always had a shrine, with a clay figurine, usually of the earth goddess Coatlicue.
Now the Mexica had one of stone with two channels (used alternately, to allow cleaning).
Crime in old Mexico was limited, whether because of a general acceptance of the mores of society or as a consequence of harsh penalties. Strict judges sitting in regularly constituted tribunals administered equitable if severe punishments.
The law did not favour noblemen. Indeed, they were supposed to be punished more severely than commoners in respect of most crimes.
Most punishments were carried out in public. The death penalty was used for almost every crime considered a felony in modern society.
Save at certain festivals, neither the young nor the ordinary workers were allowed to touch pulque, the only Mexican alcohol. Drinking was punishable by death on the occasion of the second offence.
Most Mexicans were obedient, respectful, disciplined. There were no beggars. The streets were clean, the houses were spotless.
Women's lives were spent weaving cloths.
A woman could own property, and go to law, without the approval of her husband. Women played a part in commerce, and they could become priestesses, though they never reached the highest level.
Aztec woman weaving at the loom by Fra Bernardino de Sahagun from The Code of Florence ""Historia general de las cosas de Nueva Espana"" in Spanish and Nahuatl, facsimile
All the same, daughters were often given away as presents;
The Mexica were tolerant of the other peoples, such as the Otomí, who lived among them. These had their own religion, culture, language, even their own calendars.
The "floating gardens", the chinampas, intensely cultivated artificial islands built of mud, in practice usually rooted to the bed of the lake by willow trees, could be continuously cultivated, unaffected by drought.
Most land near the lake was ingeniously irrigated, and so could be continually cultivated. The average farmer in old Mexico – the average man, that is – had as hard a life as any peasant in Europe.
The main crop was, above all, maize, grown at all heights. Almost as important were amaranth and sage. Beans, chilli peppers and squashes were also widely grown. The sweet potato was produced on the coast. Cacti were cultivated, for many purposes: the sap was drunk as a syrup, and was made into the alcoholic pulque, and the needles were used for sewing, and blood-letting.
Turkeys, muscovy ducks, little dogs and bees were domesticated and almost everything which moved was eaten.
There were thus four main sources of food for Tenochtitlan: chinampa agriculture for vegetables, fruit and some maize; maize locally grown on land on the lakeshore and elsewhere; game and fishing; and tribute.
The upper classes of Mexico ate diversely. The poor perhaps survived on two and a half to three and a half pounds of maize a day, made into tortillas. They would have beans and vegetables cooked with peppers: and, on feast days, a slice of dog or, occasionally, venison.
An enterprising family could still find much free food: a larger variety, certainly, than enjoyed by the modern Mexican, for it included fish, weasel, rattlesnake, iguana, insects, grasshoppers, lake algae, worms and over forty kinds of water fowl.
Family life, meantime, was cemented by elaborate formal courtesies as well as by ceremonies at important occasions: pregnancy and birth; baptism, marriage and death.
Though the Emperor, members of his supreme council, noblemen, and successful warriors could, as we have seen, have concubines, adultery (defined as sexual relations between a man and a married woman) was punishable by death (both parties were often thrown into the river or to the vultures).
If both adulterers were caught in the act, they either be stoned to death or sometimes, the male adulterers was brought to the husband of the female adulterer. The husband would then serve as the judge on the faith of the male adulterer. He could kill him with a strong blow to the head or he would give mercy and forgiveness to the male adulterer. For the female adulterers, it was immediate, she would be strangled to death.
Districts (Calpulli)
The internal life of Tenochtitlan was stable. It was in practice managed by an interlocking network of something between a clan, a guild and a district, known as the calpulli. In several calpultin (that being the plural style) families had the same professions.
Each calpulli had its own gods, priests, and traditions. Marriage (celebrated in old Mexico with as much ceremonial as in Europe) outside the calpulli, though not impossible, was unusual. Farmers of land which had been granted by the calpulli gave a proportion of the crops (perhaps a third) to that body for delivery to the imperial administration. There were perhaps as many as eighty of these in Tenochtitlan. Earlier, the leader, the calpullec, had apparently been elected but, by the fifteenth century, that office had become hereditary and lifelong.
The most powerful calpulli was that in the suburb known as Cueopan, where there lived the so-called long-distance merchants, the pochteca. These had a bad name among Mexica: they seemed to be "the greedy, the well-fed, the covetous, the niggardly . . . who coveted wealth". But they were officially praised: "men who, leading the caravans of bearers, made the Mexican state great". They served the Mexica as spies: telling the Emperor the strengths, the weaknesses and the wealth of the places which they saw on their journeys.
The supremacy of the Mexica in the valley and beyond had been won by their soldiers.
Boys in Mexico were prepared for war from birth in a way which both Spartans and Prussians would have found congenial.
Weapons of war were: the bow and arrow, the sling, the stone-headed wooden spear, along with the club and the macuauhuitl, a two-edged sword of black obsidian blades set in oak and a throwing stick (atlatl, used to launch spears – at fish as well as at men).
The best cloaks and the richest jewels were obtained as prizes for valour, not by purchase. Any male who failed to respond to the call to go to war lost all status, even if he were the son of the Emperor.
Promotion in the army (and hence a social rise generally) depended on capturing a specific number of captives: an event consummated by special insignia. Membership of the knightly orders, the "jaguars" and the "eagles", was a supreme distinction obtained by the brave. The costumes of these orders, and indeed all the war costumes, ridiculous though they seemed to Europeans, were intended to terrify, by playing on the nerves of enemies.
Forces, organised in legions of 8,000 men, divided into companies of 100, and co-ordinated by the calpultin, maintained peace, and imperial rule, by the constant threat, and sometimes the use, of terror.
Successful wars ended with the burning of the enemy's temple (which had the benefit of enabling the destruction of the armouries which were usually close by).
This Mexican era of continuous conquest had begun about 1430. The instigators were the first emperor, Itzcoatl, and his curious nephew, and general, Tlacaelel, who was also cihuacoatl. As a result of the efforts of these two men, the Mexica had transformed themselves into "a chosen people".
At the age of ten, a boy had his hair cut with only one lock left on his neck. He was not permitted to have that removed till, at the age of eighteen, he had taken a prisoner in war. Then he could grow his hair,
The upper class sent their sons to rigorous boarding academies, the calmécac (" houses of tears").
The children of workers received vocational training in the more relaxed telpochcalli, the "houses of youth" established in every district. The teachers were professionals, but priests played a part.
Yet they, like those in the calmécac, received ample instruction in morality and natural history through homilies which they often learned by heart.
Girls received training as housewives and mothers.
Triple Alliance
Tenochtitlan's safety had been underpinned for ninety years by an alliance with two other cities on, respectively, the west and east sides of the lake – Tacuba and Texcoco.
Texcoco, the capital of culture…
These two places obeyed the Emperor of the Mexica in respect of military affairs. Otherwise they were independent. The royal houses of both were linked by blood with that of Tenochtitlan.
Emperor (Huey Tlatoani)
Appropriately, the literal translation of the word for a ruler, tlatoani, was "spokesman": he who speaks or, perhaps, he who commands (huey tlatoani, emperor, was "high spokesman").
A new emperor, always of the same family as his predecessor, was usually his brother, or cousin, who had performed well in a recent war.
In the selection of a new ruler, about thirty lords, together with the kings of Texcoco and Tacuba, acted as an electoral college.
Disputes were avoided since each election of a ruler was accompanied by the nomination of four other leaders, who in theory would remain in their places throughout the reign of an emperor, and of whom one would become the heir.
The monarch had supreme religious duties.
Deputy Emperor (Chicuacoatl)
The Mexican emperor stood for, and concerned himself with, the external face of the empire. Internal affairs were ultimately directed by a deputy emperor, a cousin, the cihuacoatl, a title which he shared with that of a great goddess, and whose literal translation, "woman snake", connected him with the feminine side of divinity.
Religion and Deities
The last, the fifth age, that of the Mexica, known as "4-Motion", would, according to myth, one day culminate in a catastrophe brought on by terrifying earthquakes. Monsters of the twilight would come to earth. Human beings would be changed into animals: or, possibly, turkeys.
In order to stave off that bleak day, the god Huitzilopochtli (whose name meant "Hummingbird on the left", or "of the south"), who incarnated the sun (as well as war and the chase), the virginally conceived child of the ancient earth goddess Coatlicue (literally, "serpent skirt"), had, every morning, to put to flight the moon (his sister Coyolxauhqui, whose name meant "her cheeks are painted with bells") and the stars (his brothers, the Centzonuitnaua, "the four hundred southerners"). That struggle symbolised a new day.
Huitzilopochtli had, by extraordinary convention, to be given nourishment, in the shape of human blood ("most precious water").
Two high priests commanded them: one to serve Huitzilopochtli, the other to care for the interests of the still very important deity, Tlaloc, god of rain. Both were named by the Emperor.
Their bodies dyed black, their hair long, their ears tattered by offerings of blood, priests were immensely influential.
Figures representing these gods were to be seen everywhere, at crossroads, in front of fountains, before large trees, on hilltops, in oratories, sometimes made of stone, sometimes of wood, baked clay, or even seed, some big, some small.
The gods of Mexico seem to have been the rain, the sun, the wind, fertility, themselves – not just the inspirers of those things.
There was also in Mexico a semi-sacred profession separate to the priesthood, containing men dedicated to private rites, principally fortune-telling, miracle-healing, and interpreting dreams; placing themselves in a state of ecstasy, itself often obtained by drinking pulque, smoking tobacco, eating certain mushrooms (sometimes with honey, to constitute the "flesh of the gods"), or the seeds of morning glory, the datura lily, and the peyote cactus.
Indeed, the Mayas in Yucatan, in their heyday in the sixth century AD, had been more remarkable in their persistence, and knowledge. They had "a long count" of years which the Mexica did not. Their mathematics had been more complex. Mexican hieroglyphs were also more pictorial and less abstract than Maya ones. All the same, the Mexican priests who interpreted the calendars and, with two notched sticks, the heavens, were mathematicians of skill and imagination.
Xiuhpohualli, based on a solar year of 360 days divided into eighteen months; the extra five days which made up a 365-day year were "useless fillings", dedicated to no god: unfortunate occasions on which to be born.
Special divines interpreted these calendars. These men not only gave the infant his name, but predicted with certainty the kind of life which he or she might expect to have.
After fifty-two years in Mexico, a new century (so to speak) was begun. The most recent such event, the fourth since the foundation of the city, had been in 1507. Festivities, Rituals and Sacrifices. Mexica were without rivals in the amount of time which they devoted to celebration. In Tenochtitlan under the emperors they had become flamboyant.
These occasions were marked not only by songs and dancing, accompanied by music from drums, flutes, conch shells, and rattles, but by processions – in which the participants dressed in feathers, in dramatic cloaks, in masks and wigs, in jaguar skins, in some circumstances even in the skins of human beings. Those celebrating painted their faces extravagantly. There were theatrical battles between mock gods and mock soldiers. Flowers were important too:
Blood-letting was of great importance: even on ordinary days, emperor and clown, priest and warrior, regularly, with needles from the maguey cactus, took blood from their tongues, or from the lobes of their ears, in acts of self-mutilation in the service of the gods. Sometimes blood would be obtained by passing straws through a hole made in the tongue, the ears, even (by priests) the penis.
At festivals there were other offerings: sometimes of animals or birds, especially quail; but, on an increasingly large scale, human beings, as a rule prisoners of war, or slaves especially bought for the purpose. Most of those sacrificed were men, though boys and girls.
The normal procedure was for the victim to be held down on a stone block by four priests. His heart would be plucked out professionally by a chief priest or even the monarch, using a flint knife. The heart would be burned in a brazier. The head would be cut off and held up. The limbs would be ritually eaten, with maize or chilli, by noblemen and successful warriors. The torsos would be thrown away, or given to animals in one of the zoos.
The blood of sacrificed victims was regularly spattered, as if it were holy water, over the doors, pillars, staircases and courts of Mexican temples and houses.
By the early sixteenth century, the Mexica's own poor had begun to offer their children as victims.
Those who suffered under "the obsidian knife" were assured a place in a better afterlife – in Omeyocan, the paradise of the sun – than those who died conventionally (in practice a flint knife was used for sacrifice, for obsidian is brittle: but the latter stone was used as a metaphor).
Those sacrificed were often given the benefit of hallucinogenic doses in order to make them accept their fate; or, at least, a good drink of pulque.


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If you have been taking care of a child who has been declared a dependent of the juvenile court, you may want to be more involved in the child's court case and consider becoming a de facto parent.
The child is a dependent of the juvenile court.
You are or have been taking care of the child every day.
You have been acting as the child's parent.
You are meeting (or have met) the child's needs for food, shelter, and clothing. You have also met the child's needs for care and affection.
No law says exactly what a "de facto parent" needs to be. Judges make this decision based on other court cases and on rule 5.502(10) of the California Rules of Court.
To participate as a party in the disposition hearing and any hearing after that.
You can learn more about these rights by reading rule 5.534(e) of the California Rules of Court.
Attorney fees. But, in some cases, the judge may give you an attorney, and the court will pay the fees.
Rehearing. You cannot ask for another hearing if you do not agree with the judge's decision, but you have a right to an appeal.
Asks for your name, address, and phone number.
On the form, tell the judge that you or someone else wants to be the child's de facto parent. If you are asking for someone else, you need to write that person's information on the form.
Sign and date the form (or if you are asking for someone else, have that person sign the form). If you have an attorney, he or she will sign the form too.
Say why you think the judge should decide that you or the other person named on Form JV-295 is a de facto parent.
List important things you did for the child and how often you did them. This is so the judge has all the information he or she needs to make a decision.
How you can meet the child's needs.
You can also attach letters from others who know you and the child. For example, teachers, therapists, pediatricians, spiritual advisors, etc.
Only the juvenile court can decide if you are a de facto parent. The judge will apply case law and rule 5.502(10). He or she will consider the care you gave the child and how long you did it. Also, the judge will decide if you can help the court understand what is best for the child — the child's best interest. If you have harmed the child or put the child at risk, the judge will likely decide that you are NOT a de facto parent.
If the judge decides you are not a de facto parent, you may still tell the judge what you feel or know about the child by filing out Caregiver Information Form (Form JV-290), or if you are not the current caregiver, by sending a letter to the court. If you need help filling out Form JV-290, read the Instruction Sheet for Caregiver Information Form (Form JV-290-INFO).


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Alive, Alive Oh! by Diana Athill, review: 'exuberant and all-embracing'
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Diana Athill's sixth volume of memoir reveals an exuberant 97-year-old at the top of her game
Because Diana Athill is now 97, her memoirs have more reach than most. She was born in the year of the October Revolution and the Battle of Passchendaele; as a debutante she was presented to a bored-looking Edward VII; the coach house at her grandparents' Norfolk estate contained their rusting but still handsome brougham.
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Alive, Alive Oh! is Athill's sixth volume of memoir. When she wrote Stet, her account of 50 years in publishing, it was "because I shall not be alive for much longer".
That was 15 years ago, and her 2008 collection, which won the Costa Award for Biography, was called Somewhere Towards the End.
But Athill, who became famous in her 80s and is now a voice of the age known as old-old, is only beginning her life as a literary celebrity and national treasure, a status that doubtless both amuses and bemuses her.
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Alive, Alive Oh! is brief and abundant, earthly and spiritual. Composed of 11 essay-style chapters, Athill writes with her usual clarity, frankness and absence of sentiment. "About halfway through my 70s I stopped thinking of myself as a sexual being," she says in the opening pages.
"Does it really matter to the dead how their bodies are disposed of?" she wonders at the book's close. She would like her own ashes to be scattered or buried in a place she has loved.
Athill represents a dying form of anti-bourgeois Englishness
There are many such places. The first chapter describes her childhood in the garden of her grandparents' estate in Norfolk, Ditchingham Hall, with its glasshouses, potting sheds, ancient trees, and avenues.
The Cedar Walk was planted in the 18th century, which made the young Athill feel that she was "inhabiting a 200-year-old dream". Gazing at the apples in the orchard was the nearest she ever came to a mystical experience, and "may have been the beginning of a feeling that trees are as much living things as animals are".
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So strong was her love for a certain "glorious great beech tree" that she stood beneath it, "trying passionately to will my ghost to haunt the place after I was dead". Athill has had several experiences of feeling "dead".
The first, 75 years ago, was when Tony, the man she had loved since she was 15, left her to marry someone else. He had taken her life, Athill felt, as well as her love, and she never allowed herself to feel so vulnerable again.
The second experience was when she haemorrhaged after a miscarriage in her 40s, and was saved by a team of doctors. Opening her eyes, she felt "an amazing glow of relief and joy". "I AM ALIVE," she realised; it was "a feeling more intense than any I had known before".
Exuberant and all-embracing, Alive, Alive Oh! is the antidote to the misery memoir. A stranger to self-pity, Athill's sense of being fortunate is caught in every line.
Any woman who has suffered a miscarriage should read her account of losing her baby and nearly losing her life. Despite knowing that this had been her last chance to have a child, Athill remained calm.
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A miscarriage "was the thing I didn't want with all my heart. Yet now it had happened and I was the same as I had always been…"
Rational and semi-detached, Athill preferred the role of mistress to that of wife, and happily shared her lovers. Her two valuable lessons are, she says, to "avoid romanticism and abhor possessiveness", a bohemianism that has its roots in the values of her upper-class childhood.
Like Sybille Bedford, Athill represents a dying form of anti-bourgeois Englishness. She describes herself as "prosaic", but Athill's writing is shot through with poetry.
"There are no memories that I value more," she says of the death of her mother, aged 96, "than that of the almost flame of love which lit her eyes when she opened them and saw me bending over her deathbed."
The valleys in Tobago, another place Athill loves, "jostle with leaves like open hands, like elephants' ears, like saws, like feathers, like fans, like frayed wicker-work".
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Athill is, at heart, a nature writer; her sentences take flight when their subject is the natural world. As for her subconscious, this she pictures, in the best description I have come across of the hidden part of the self, as an "old tortoise", "plodding along, pig-headed, single-minded… through undergrowth… subsiding into holes of dead leaves".
Nor have I read a better account of Byron's psychology. This is tucked into the penultimate chapter where Athill describes the writers who have mattered to her, and the books she has brought to her retirement home.
In two sharp paragraphs she pinpoints the reasons that the poet was such a bad husband and such a good letter writer. Reading Byron, says Athill, "is enlarging". Just like reading Alive, Alive Oh!
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Marianna Gillespie, (née Krupnitskaya) le  à Moscou, est une apnéiste de compétition française d'origine russe. Détentrice d'un record du monde et six fois championne du monde, elle est la plus jeune vainqueure de la compétition Vertical Blue. Elle a commencé l'apnée en 2012.

Le , elle établit, en monopalme poids constant, une plongée à -102 mètres, est devenu la première Française a dépasser la barre de -100 mètres en profondeur. Elle est actuellement l'apnéiste française la plus profonde, détenant le record de France en poids constant monopalme à 103 mètres de profondeur.

Lors du Mondial d'apnée 2021, elle devient la première apnéiste française à être sacrée championne du monde sous l'égide de la Fédération internationale d'apnée (AIDA).

En août 2022, elle bat le record du monde d'apnée en poids constant bi-palmes de l'AIDA en plongeant à -97 mètres lors des championnats du monde. Elle a remporté 2 médailles d'or lors des Championnats du Monde AIDA 2022.

Marianna Gillespie est l'une des apnéistes mondiale les plus décorées, la seule Française à avoir remporté deux médailles d'or lors du même championnat du monde. Elle détient actuellement tous les records de France d'apnée en profondeur, plusieurs records de France d'apnée en piscine et en record du monde en poids constant bi-palmes.

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King Henry VIII (Eric Bana) lacks an heir. Seeing this as an opportunity for personal gain, the Duke of Norfolk (David Morrissey) and Sir Thomas Boleyn (Mark Rylance) persuade Thomas' daughter Anne (Natalie Portman) to seduce the king. But Henry falls in love with Anne's sister, Mary (Scarlett Johansson), instead. When Mary becomes pregnant, she's confined to bed, with charged with Anne keeping the king from straying -- but the plan backfires when Anne seeks the king's affections for herself.


The institute launched the 6th "Southern Guangdong Cup" Design Competition in April, 2018. With the theme of "Update of Creativity", Luntou Village in Haizhu District was chosen as the planning and design competition area in this competition. A total of 9 entries were received from the departments including Planning Institute 1, Planning Institute 2, Planning Institute 3, Planning Institute 4, Planning Institute 5, Planning Institute 6, Institute of Architecture, Housing Policy Research Center, Big Data Center, etc.
the "Seminar on the Strengthening Knowledge Management and Promoting the Intelligent Development of Enterprises in Survey and Design Industry" hosted by the China Survey and Design Association Informationization Promotion Work Committee, co-organized by Guangdong Province Engineering Survey and Design Industry Association and Guangdong Urban & Rural Planning and Design Institute, and undertaken by CNKI and the Guangdong City Planning Association was held on June 14, 2018 in Guangzhou.
On June 1, the sixth "Southern Guangdong Cup" six-school joint graduation design competition hosted by the institute and organized by Guangzhou University came to a successful conclusion at the School of Architecture and Design of Southwest Jiaotong University.
Our institute and China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd. (CCEED) concluded strategic cooperation framework agreement on September 11.
On Jan. 15th, approved by the State Council, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China released the 2018 list of persons enjoying the State Council special allowance. Chief Engineer Ma Xiangming of our institute was successfully selected into the 2018 list of persons enjoying the State Council special allowance.
On June 22, the institute invited Zhu Hairen, Dean of the Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, to give a special lecture titled "Overview of Conservation of Cultural Relics in Guangzhou - Focusing on the Historic Urban Area" in the Academic Hall of 3F.
On the afternoon of June 13, 2018, the institute invited Perry Yang, the Associate Professor of Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Director of the ESD studio and Chair Professor of Department of Environment and Technology of the United Nations Environmental Protection Agency - Tongji University Covestro (Bayer Materials) to give a special lecture entitled "Design and Application of Intelligent Materials in Smart Cities" at the 3F Academic Lecture Hall.
On the morning of April 4, 2018, the institute specially invited Dr. Jiang Mei, the Associate Professor of School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Special Editor of New Architecture to give a special lecture entitled "Study on the Urban Design Controlling Elements of Controlling Stages".
On March 3, 2018, the first session of the first session of 13th National Committee of the CPPCC was held in Beijing, which marked the beginning of "two sessions – NPC & CPPCC" in Beijing. Ms. Xiong Xiaodong, deputy chief planner and head of the production and operation department of our institute, was elected as the representative of the 13th National People's Congress. She arrived in Beijing on March 2 together with the Guangdong delegation to participate in this National People's Congress.
In this paper, in order to carry forward the new urbanization and ensure the implementation of the urban work under the background of the supply-side structural reform, the contradiction between supply and demand in the city is conducted from the supply and demand sides, and the general objective of building the people-oriented high quality city in the urban supply-side structural reform is put forward, and the emphasis shall be given to the effective supply of the factors such as urban land, labor force, capital, technology, etc.; in addition, some thoughts and suggestions are proposed on how to promote the structural reform of the urban supply side in Guangdong Province from the perspective of planning, construction, management and the integration of planning, construction and management. By strengthening the urban planning and construction management, as a key link and effective grasp of the urban supply side structural reform, the transformation and innovation of urban and rural development and construction model can be promoted.
Based on the extended application of big data technology in the planning industry in recent years, the institute has carried out a series of explorations and studies and accumulated certain achievements and experiences. By sorting out the existing research results, key emphases in work can be roughly summarized into four aspects: data standard setting, model innovation and application, multi-source data analysis, and the refined planning and design relying on big data. It can be said that the big data analysis application system in the institute has been formed initially.
The blue book is compiled once a year and has been carried out for two years. By reviewing and evaluating the work progress of the new urbanization construction in Guangdong Province over the past year, the relevant requirements of new urbanization planning in the national and the whole province shall be coordinated, and the comprehensive evaluation index system of the new urbanization development in Guangdong Province is constructed; the construction of the new urbanization construction situation of 21 cities above prefecture level in the whole province is assessed and sorted, with a view to sum up the law and find out the problems, and put forward the targeted recommendations of countermeasures for the reference in government decision-making.
Emphasize on improving people's livelihood and livable urban and rural construction. Improve the urban and rural service ability by attaching importance to urban system planning, urban and rural housing security, urban and rural infrastructure and public service system construction. Make a detailed analysis of the problems existing in urban development, housing security construction, infrastructure construction, public service supply and etc from the most necessary and most imperious demands of local people, and put forward the corresponding development strategy.
Foshan is the pilot demonstration city of urban-rural redevelopment ofGuangdongProvince, and it is the first urban-rural redevelopment plan among the cities above provincial level in the whole province, which makes a scientific exploration in the transformation and upgrading of rapid urbanization region. The main thoughts and content of planning has become the working methods of urban-rural redevelopment in the whole province, providing the model for preparation of urban-rural redevelopment.
Since the reform and opening up, the Pearl River Delta region develops rapidly, gradually becoming one of the most dynamic and development areas in the country. It has also brought about a series of problems such as increasing ecological damage, environmental pollution and urban and rural construction disorder.
It is based on the idea of building Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao into a veritable global urban areas and an important carrier of China's implementation of the strategy of globalization.
Based on the framework of "one country, two systems", the planning study, a strategic regional planning research launched by cooperation of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao for the first time, through the two cooperation platforms of teams responsible for Guangdong and Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao urban planning and development, is the first cross-system spatial coordination study in China. Centering on the overall goal of "creating a coordinated and sustainable world-class urban agglomeration jointly by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao", the study aims to promote the high degree of regional economic integration, improve the living environment and enhance the overall international competitiveness of "the great Pearl River Delta" through the strategies such as optimizing the spatial structure, building a highly accessible traffic network and quality environment.
In order to beautify the city environment, reasonably use the urban underground space, and facilitate to the laying, adding, maintenance and management of engineering pipeline, we put forward the design idea of setting utility tunnel in the island's central link and main radiating line in the planning, and actively responded to the construction requirements of "first-class planning, first-class design, first-class quality, and first-class construction" of Guangzhou university city.
Through the strategy research about the overall coordinated development of Guangzhou New Town with the region, we planed to combine the great city events with urban sustainable development, promote the development of Guangzhou New Town based on the construction of the Asian Games Town, and implement the strategic conception of southern extension development and intensive utilization of land development of Guangzhou city space, so as to provide more space for Guangzhou to rise rapidly.
Under the guidance of this planning, "China Danxia" joint heritage application project participated by the scenic area was formally listed in the World Heritage List in August, 2010, thus becoming the eighth world natural heritage in China and the first natural heritage in Guangdong province.
Build a brand-new thinking system, and supported by GIS spatial analysis technology, further determine the city location, spatial layout, space strategy and development strategy based on the accurate interpretation of region function and position of Guangzhou through the analysis of "functional circle, functional area, functional zone, and functional network", with functional analysis as the core, and " region - city - group -region" as the path. It is a new attempt to seek to establish the new technology, new thinking and new framework of overall planning of regional central city.
Guangzhou Conghua Hot Springs Business Conference Area is located in the Liuxi River flat-bottomed land, covering a land area of 246 hectares. The east, west and north sides are surrounded by mountains, and Liuxi River is in the south, so the landscape environment is excellent.
The planning and implementation of conservation plan" has laid a foundation for Kaiping Diaolou and Villages" being successfully selected in the world heritage list, and provided the basis for the overseas Chinese cultural heritage and modern architectural culture heritage of China to really show on the world stage.
Innovation on the whole idea——put forward the overall framework of landscape environment and pattern protection, and emphasize on developing the conservation plan in close combination with urban characteristics.
The Comprehensive Traffic Planning and the Municipal Planning of Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City covers 14 specialties, including comprehensive transportation, road engineering, vertical engineering, flood control and drainage, water supply by different quality, drainage engineering, electrical engineering, communication engineering, pipeline layout, environmental health, fire engineering, gas engineering, civil air defense engineering, and green space system.
Urban System Planning of Guangdong Province started to be compiled in 2001. In 2007, it was submitted to the State Council for examination after the review and approval of Guangdong Provincial Government. In April 2012, it was approved by the State Council and was implemented officially. Up to now, this Planning is the only guiding document of Guangdong province for its overall planning of urban and rural construction which was approved by the State Council.
The planning has analyzed the role of Foshan rural and urban areas in urban and rural integration and trend of development. Based on the original "2+5" model, it has put forward the construction of the new city of Dongping as the core of future development of the city to enhance the competitiveness. The city will radiate the rural areas through traffic and ecological corridors. Several urbanization groups will be formed along the traffic corridor to promote the development of rural areas. Three rural coordination groups are formed along the ecological corridor to finally construct "1+2+5" urban and rural spatial structure along the corridor.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University is located in Sanyuanli region, Baiyun District,Guangzhou, with theGuangyuan Roadin the north, the UniversityofTCMin the east, theAirport Roadin the west, and theUniversityofTCMin the south. The terrain in the hospital is relatively flat, south high (12.4 m) and north low (10.7 m). The hospital region can be divided into three parts, namely, medical service area, logistics area and residential area. There are three entrances and exits, of which the main entrance is located in the land on the south west side, consisting of a 1,000 m2 green square; the secondary entrance is located in the north, mainly used for the logistics and dirt discharge; another secondary entrances in the south east side, which is connected to the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The project site is in 8.5 ˚ earthquake zone, so the advanced seismic isolation engineering technology and etc are used to solve the construction problems (small construction space, inflexible spatial layout and etc) of high-rise building in the area with high seismic intensity for structure need, so as to better improve the service efficiency of architectural space. Meanwhile, we also adopt the locally applicable building energy-saving technology in the building, such as ground source heat pump and etc.
Based on the ancient appearance of Song Dynasty City, the both banks of Zhaoqing Binjiang will reshape the historical and cultural block; build the ecological tourism base featured by floodplain wetlands; plan the headquarters economic center supported by the advantage industry; and construct the ecological community with mountains and waters landscape as the theme.
This project is jointly organized by he Guangdong Provincial People's Government, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Macao Special Administrative Region Government to cooperate with the implementation of the Pearl River Delta Regional Reform and Development Plan (2008-2020).
With safety as the premise, the planning determines the appropriate construction land through seismic fault zone safety, geological hazard risk and flood submerging line assessment. As the amount of construction land in the county is limited and scattered caused by the earthquake. The system structure of towns and villages of the center of Wenchuan after the earthquake will go through functional integration and structural reorganization under the context of population ecological migration, functional decomposition, and industrial replacement to gradually form the framework of "double-center" ecological group.
Under the background of "one country, two systems", facing the situation of the lack of systematic urban planning system and legal system in Macao, combined with the development of Macao's open society and diversified demands, the urban planning preparation system is to be constructed with interests coordination as the core to effectively promote and guide the legalization of urban planning in Macao.
This study has changed the model of traditional planning of the town and village system and proposed to build a four-level town and village system of "town center, rural central community, rural general community and general rural settlement", which regards intensive land use as the starting point to reasonably guide and settlement and relocation of the hollow villages and sparrow villages. It has also made clear the specific requirements for the construction of the new rural community.


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After being introduced to the Fluxus movement in 1972 by Al Hansen, Gad began making collage and assemblage painting collages on vinyl. With these assemblage and collage works, along with painting and performance, Gad rose to prominence in the Los Angeles art scene throughout the 1970's. An actress herself, Gad's work focuses on Hollywood, exploring ideas of celebrity and stardom and providing unique insight into the world of fame, along with a not so flattering view of the soft white underbelly of Hollywood. Her career includes numerous exhibits throughout California and beyond, showing in Los Angeles at LAICA Downtown and Molly Barnes Gallery, among others. Gad is highly regarded in the Southern California art scene, being the recipient of numerous awards and grants, as well as being included in many publications and texts.