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Mandy Harris Williams
by Tamu McPherson October 13, 2020
About two years ago, Team ATPB and I gravitated towards the universe of Mandy Harris Williams. I say universe because Mandy, as you will read, is a self-described polymath who possesses an extremely impressive ability to streamline her knowledge across multiple disciplines in ways that resonate profoundly with her various audiences. Since she launched her discussion space #Brownupyourfeed, we have all been encouraged to look within and ask ourselves what being brown means while simultaneously challenging and unlearning the historically limiting and negative factors instilled by the white patriarchy. Her work urges us to take accountability for how we are showing up as human beings, how we are supporting our fellow BIPOC, and provides cues on how we can truly de-center ourselves when we are advocating on behalf of under-seen communities. It is clear that Mandy has used her experiences to train her eye to see beyond the surface of what needs to be considered within the conversations she amplifies. Her work is a vital part of the paradigms unfolding towards the future of BIPOC globally. Thankfully, she is a thinker who is impossible to satisfy and who doesn't rest until she unearths every single element of a situation. Keep a close eye on her work to avoid complacency and shortsighted victories, but in this moment, grab a vessel of your favorite treat and enjoy getting to know her.
Meet Mandy Harris Williams
Tamu McPherson: In your creative practice, you are a writer, educator, radio host, multimedia conceptual artist, academic, musician, and this year you became Programming Director at the Women's Center for Creative Work. How do you weave this respective expertise throughout your body of work?
Mandy Harris Williams: I think people are really starting to unpack this idea of what it means to be a polymath, especially in this era where there's not much job security even when you assign yourself to one particular career path. Since the patriarchy and the dominant culture are working on so many levels to suppress marginalized communities, you can't afford to box yourself in.
In the last year, I began working at WCCW, a feminist community arts organization, I opened on tour for SASAMI, I hosted the Brown Up Your Feed Radio Hour on NTS, I continued to write, post and present, and the overarching goal in all of those gestures is creative problem-solving. And the central problem that I want to solve is that I see some people are just systematically under-loved right now and have been throughout history. Whether it be racism, classism, or genderism, how the preference and centering of certain narratives or certain dominant voices creates a scenario where people just don't feel loved in one way or another, structurally, politically, institutionally, interpersonally, socially.
So I like to work on a spectrum of interventions, and some of that lives in galleries, some of that lives on screen or on stage, some of it is broadcast directly into your home or car or headphones, some of that is community cultural work. My work is very balanced now between focusing on my individual expression and focusing on amplifying and remunerating others, which is a meaningful sort of praxis for me.
TMP: You were an educator for 7+ years. Does anything you observed in the classroom influence your approach to informing the community that you have created on the internet?
MHW: What I learned while teaching, more than anything, was just how hollow the promise of equality is in the United States. I remember the particular book we used for the kindergarten reading final. This kid is asked to grab all these things around the grocery store and in the end, the pattern changes and the kid gets rewarded, so the mom says, "now you go get some cookies for yourself." And it's this moment where the students have to be really observant, because the word pattern is changing, and they're likely to make errors. The cookies in the photo are these gourmet cookies in cellophane plastic. It's kind of like something you would find in Zabar's, but it would stick out as special even then. Mind you, students are supposed to be using the pictures for cues when they read. So this test not only tests reading but also whether they can decode the everyday visuals of the upper class.
What I experienced, and observed, was that neither local, nor state, nor federal governments provide adequate resources for many children of color to succeed in the first years of school. And it was so stark that I would have panic attacks because I knew that we were asked to succeed at this already difficult task, and we'd been set up to fail. There wasn't even a sufficient developmental reading library in my classroom. It was clear to me that the government does not demonstrate a real duty to educate. It really extinguishes mythology about hard work and so on when your Kindergarteners aren't even given a fair chance.
So it was that awareness that fueled the spirit and radicalization of my work more than anything, but also strategically, I approach my work didactically. My goal is not only to express myself but to have that expression mean something and move the dial in certain dialogues, whether it be in film, essay, speaking, radio, or music. Like that, there's a little presentation and then you turn and talk with your partner or small group, and then you're able to see or be something different. But definitely like the inspiration, some of my passion or the intensity of what I do is based on just realizing how difficult it is to make change on the ground level and being hungry to teach and inspire in different ways. Ultimately, the art of teaching is about being so good at your craft that you liberate others to perform their unique skills and talents, as well.
TMP: Why did you become a teacher?
MHW: I was studying the history of the African diaspora in college, which led me to study the carceral justice system. I learned that many prisons utilize an algorithm that includes data from third-grade reading scores to decide how big they should build their prisons. So they're estimating the likelihood of someone going to prison based on how well they can read in third grade.
I'd had a sense of a need to give back and I began to see education as this one place where you could try to use relationship building and communication and cognition to outplay the system. I stayed in the classroom longer than expected. I thought I'd leave and become a lawyer, but every time I'd get ready to take my LSAT, I'd learn something about practicing law that seemed really lonely or boring, and I was kind of losing faith in the legal system, where you have to interface with judges and juries that are likely to have biases of their own. And frequently people consciously and unconsciously depend on biases to decide whether somebody seems guilty or inherently criminal. So I think I was just looking for a place where I could use my unique skills to act directly and education was a place where I did.
This year, I worked on an amazing project as Programming Director of WCCW, working with feminist.ai, and also in alliance with The Free Black Women's Library-LA, we created an online book club that featured the amazing book Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble. (This book kind of became a book of the summer after Meghan Markle spoke with Gloria Steinem about reading it.) But you know this book is one that's been massively important for me and my work and I got to use some of my teaching skills to really think about how to create a community around this text and make the information accessible, so that teaching skillset is frequently at play.
TMP: You attended predominantly white academic institutions starting from elementary school through grad school. How does your intimate exposure to white and conservative environments from a formative age influence/inform your observations/criticism of white supremacy/patriarchy today?
MHW: Intimacy begets detail. I think it's really important to note, however, it's really more nuanced than just white people—whiteness, which is white supremacy oriented behavior that can live within us all–– is upheld by more than just white people.
TMP: Why did you start #Brownupyourfeed?
MHW: When I first got on Instagram, which is where the hashtag started, one of the things I experienced when I was looking for a natural hair community, I noticed that when I would use hashtags, they would be crowded with people who did not reflect what I expected the hashtag to be. I would search for 4C hair type for instance, but there would be a lot of people who did not fit into that hair type included in those hashtags, and moreover, those people were popularized in those hashtags. There's a couple of things at play there. One of them is just the fact that on Instagram, there's a structural inability to be intersectional because you can't marry all of those hashtags. I can't do a search for dark-skinned girls and high porosity hair. I can't add all of those things together to get a hyper-specific thing. A lot of funny stuff happens because of that limitation, not the least of which is our internalized racism.
It was kind of like a personal quest at first, and then I realized that there were multiple ways in which the feed was working. For instance, I became really curious about looking at my friends' pages, and seeing how many Black people or dark-skinned people there would be in their friend groups, or the friends they choose to share. I began to think about why Instagram's algorithm pushes certain people to the front of our awareness.
I was interested in what I could do to address this problem. Brown Up Your Feed is an answer, but it's not the answer. It is definitely a directive, but it's also dialogic, it's a discussion space. What does Brown mean? What would be Brown vs. Browner and what does it mean for the intensity of that hue to change? What is algorithmic bias? And how can user intervention against it, or in light of it occur? What is the efficacy of that intervention?
Brown Up Your Feed became this practice by which I was constantly asking myself and constantly asking others to have these discussions and notice their behavior, but also to try to intervene as they're using this app [Instagram], which is very automatic. Where we have to do so little effort to consume content, show approval, and pay attention, it's practically mindless. How can we be more purposeful on this asset, so that we're not just feeding anti-Black, and, specifically, anti-slave descended media, aesthetics, and culture?
TMP: Why did you choose the Instagram handle @Idealblackfemale?
MHW: This is another dialogic exercise. I think the concept is starstuff, like the big bang. I'd like to explode it so we can all have a bit of star stuff within us. That ideal cosmic belongingness. A lot of the work I do stems from the intense awareness and discussion of, and navigation of my value, my belongingness, and worthiness, as I'm kind of performing some sort of, you know, public persona in a public marketplace. My work inspects anti-Blackness in the media and my body and career are test sites and venues for that work. So @idealblackfemale is kind of like the autobiographical spin-off, the miner's canary of that work. It's a performance of persona, but I think also that's what we all get on there and do. But as far as what the majority automatically calls to mind when they hear those words, I'd be far from it. There's a lot of reasons for that, to name the first few disqualifiers, I'm dark-skinned, with Afro curly hair, and I'm thick. Not the big tittied, small wasted type, kind of the opposite.
There's a distanced avoidance between me and that ideal. I'm still looking for ideals and representational archetypes–– I can't even find them in obscure D level queer films, and so I think by using that name, I'm kind of like playing on archetypes and I'm very much asking the question of like, well, what would that even be? What would the ideal Black female be? I think there's a lot of rules for body parts, and what she does with them, and what she does and does not say. I'm not gonna follow a lot of those rules, and yet, I still really fuck with myself, and so, I'm equally proposing that wherever that illusory, unlikely, obsolete archetype might be, maybe I'm her, maybe more of us are her than we think.
I also don't want to downplay any very real privilege that I do have, as an ideal Black female. I'm meant to ask how do I take space in this concept, and why, and how am I divested, and why? And I think that's a fairly complex discussion. Some people, I can tell, feel very earnest about calling me that, and I notice it, and it's extremely kind, but also, especially on the internet, I'm just kind of acting out a critique, like taking the piss, so it's hard to take the compliment. And some people, I can tell, feel that I am being very earnest in calling myself that, which is a little embarrassing.
TMP: You mentioned you feel underrepresented in queer media just as much as mainstream media–– but you don't speak about Queer identity as much in your work. Why is that?
MHW: I do talk about queerness explicitly, but I think queerness maybe within my own niche culture. Maybe this seems like a paradox, but it represents my lived experience. When I ask what are the histories that make us see certain bodies as less lovable and less valuable or less worthy of life or less worthy of following, I'm talking about queerness. When I'm speaking against the masculinization of Dark skin, I'm speaking about queerness. When I'm speaking about my chest to waist ratio, I'm speaking about queerness. When I'm speaking about how especially Black women so frequently have to add straighter hair to be seen as beautiful and glamorous, I'm talking about queerness. Gender and race and the specter of sex are inextricably linked. A great book to learn from is C. Riley Snorton's writing in the book Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity.
TMP: In a really serious reflection of some of what you're mentioning, I'm thinking that the Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and now Jacob Blake murders and shootings by police forced the United States into an overdue racial reckoning. I think your work in some ways, indirectly speaks to that systemic racism that led us here when you talk about the undervaluing of the Black body.
MHW: Yes, exactly. I think that the conversation needs to go beyond whether our Blackness causes people to undervalue us into how specific narratives, how specific archetypes around Blackness and gender, stoked over time with the consistent existential purpose of putting a different value on our lives, mythologies created by capitalism, and forged by literature, and film, and media— how this makes our day to day lives more or less valuable, and therefore, more or less dangerous, or precarious. Of course, these images don't affect our inherent value, but that's the fight, to remember that, to embody that. And that, you know, Viola Davis' Blackness affects her differently from Dominique Jackson's, differently from Tracee Ellis Ross', from Lupita N'yongo's, from Breonna Taylor's, from Nina Pop's, from mine or yours. It's this magnetic structure, but there are all these vectors of individual experience around it, and so we curl around it, needing to attract it and also repel it to keep moving, experiencing it in ways that are structurally more or less fatal depending on our inherited and lived relationship to it.
TMP: The three police officers responsible for the murder of Breonna Taylor have not been fully brought to justice by the state of Kentucky. Former officer Brett Hankison is the only officer who has been charged, indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment in first degree. There has been less coverage/support of her case in comparison to the cases of Black men from the Black community and beyond. Do you think that the valuation you explained is why less support is afforded to the victim in cases like Breonna's and similar cases involving Black women?
MHW: Yes, absolutely.
TMP: And that also may explain the factors at play in our community that prevent us from fully applying the Black Lives Matter movement to the case of Black transgender women? At least 28 transgender people have been murdered in 2020, with the majority being Black transgender women. It feels like as a community we do not show up for these women the same way we do for cis-gendered Black women and definitely Black men who are murdered by the police.
MHW: Yes. And again, I want to defer to trans people who are saying this stuff from lived experience, so what's great is that there are these mainstream entry points, like the Disclosure documentary on Netflix. But also, any time you're using mainstream entry points, treat them as just that, and do work in addition to that and begin, as quickly as possible, how to make material impact in people's lives—working against all of these ways of racialized genderism and gendered racism. But I think that documentary specifically really speaks well to how negative representation affects the Trans community's real lived experiences
TMP: In the current representation era/Black empowerment era, how can we be more effective in creating space and amplifying the stories of those who are underrepresented and under-loved?
MHW: I think we have to be willing to have a complex discussion beyond categories and take apart these archetypes that we see on screens and rebuild them in projection of our anti-racist values. It's not enough to just say we increased Black representation, and meanwhile, 95% of that is women who are lighter than a brown paper bag, and cis, and able-bodied and people who don't reflect that lived precarity that creates the longing for the representation in the first place. It's not enough because then is the media really helping us see Black women as loveable and worthy of defense? Or just some, and which ones and why? If we're going to actually make representation about Black Empowerment, then we're going to have to really get keen about how the optics operate. We'll need to look at the story, and the storyteller, and the director and composer and the writer, and the designer, and the performer, and the investor, and the way that products are made, in all of this media and across all of this media and think about what story they've come together to tell and why.
But I'm hoping that this is the dusk of this version of the representation era. We can readily see that people's horizons are limited because of their skin color, or the texture of the hair, or their nose shape, or their willingness to play into a specific archetype, and all the while we're being told it should feel representative because someone checks the same census box as we do. It really makes you think about, what is the thing that we're avoiding? Within even this phase of Black empowerment, are there tendencies towards anti-Blackness? Take Obama, for example: would Barack Obama raised by a Black woman be seen as equally capable of leadership? Who are we seeing in this media fervor to represent Blackness, and how is their Blackness similar or dissimilar than those who are dying at the hands of police and other forms of toxic masculinity and white supremacy?
So I think with representation, it is at best used to bring people in and redistribute the resource of that increased esteem and empathy and desirability, such that some mortal or material benefit might also come of that. But the trick is that it has to avoid this phenotype or classist gradualism that merely nudges the boundaries of who gets to play this round of the white supremacist respectability game.
The thing about representation is that it is actually this grave civic responsibility––this story must liberate others, must speak for and deliver upon the needs of those with less access and amplification, otherwise, it's just expression, which is fine, but a separate thing. If we're going to rely on that specter and invest in and profit from the romance of representation, we have to be accountable to ourselves and others for how that representation is working. And I think that given how unlikely that balance can be, we need to think beyond representation, to mass-scale creative liberation. Honestly, maybe it's just my tastes, at this point, but taking a real assessment of the world, right now, I'm calling up the liberatory power of the supposedly representative media and finding that a lot of it underperforms. Like the production expenditure to liberation, the balance is off.
TMP: Have you noticed a change in the images and messages at #BrownUpYourFeed since the racial reckoning began after the murder of George Floyd? If so, what changes have you witnessed?
MHW: There was an uptick in interest around the hashtag, and me, and my work. People started using the hashtag more, it was featured by the Instagram @Creators account. I don't think the content has been that much more serious. Making the hashtag was like a post-it note beach ball. You blow it up and you volley it out there, and you see what happens.
I love the #BrownUpYourFeed project because it's a way to have a conversation online, and I'm interested in the hashtag linguistics, but I think that it was an entry into this discussion about representational identity politics, and social media, and I think that discussion is changing. It's not the only way I want to be communicating and working. It's this one gesture among many.
TMP: What are five goals you would like to achieve at some point in the new decade?
MHW: Well, my primary goals are to just do more of what I'm doing, in more well resourced and supportively produced ways. I'm finishing my book based on the Brown Up Your Feed project, as well as some of the work that I've done online, and I hope to find a team to support me in sharing those ideas with as many people as possible. My second goal is to continue to host discursive spaces, curating more on radio and also through WCCW, and I definitely want to host in more capacities. My third goal is to use music as a complement to the words, lyrics, prose, I've been creating. I've become really passionate about making music a part of my practice. It always has been in a really personal way, and since the quarantine, I've just become more dedicated to honoring all of the edges of my creative voice. I guess it just feels urgent to bring all communicative powers to bear right now. I guess relentlessness is the word for it. My fourth goal is to build a discursive community and to contribute meaningfully to spaces that sustain and nurture life. I'm really interested in love and care, not just in this traditional sense, but with this real passion for exploring and exercising what they mean and how they work. And I love the idea that these people are ones you can play and create with. I'm passionate about building community, and relationships. I used to feel they were automatic, but now it's like a goal to really give that building more intention and care. I guess my last goal and they get kind of redundant, but my last goal is that I want to make key gestures of leadership and emotional intellect to redistribute resources so that everyone can feel the love they deserve. I guess that they all kind of get redundant because they feed each other, hopefully in an upwards spiral.
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Styling by Nneya Richards / @nneya
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Born in Jamaica. Raised in New York. Now residing in Milan. I started taking street style photographs in 2006 for Glamour.it. Shortly after, I began writing feature pieces for Vogue Pelle and became a contributor at Elle Italia. I launched All the Pretty Birds in November 2008. Before becoming Editor-in-Chief of Grazia.it in February 2011, a position that I held until September 2013, I had the great pleasure of contributing to amazing publications and websites such as Glamour U.S., Harper's Bazaar U.S., Metro and Refinery 29. After leaving Grazia.It, I held the position of Style Director at Out There, an international creative agency. Resume aside, I am a lion, distracted daydreamer, hopeless romantic, legally blond, pretty in pink, fiercely loyal, genetically engineered to seek out the happiness of my loved ones, simplistically idealistic, champion for the underdog, too sensitive at times, and just plain human.
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Entre viure i somiar  (original: Entre vivir y soñar) és una pel·lícula de 2004 dirigida per Alfonso Albacete i David Menkes. Ha estat doblada al català.

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Quan Ana es va casar amb Felix, el líder d'un grup de rock i fill d'un agent de viatges, pensava que la seva vida estaria plena d'emoció i de viatges. Ara, a la quarantena, porta una vida monòtona amb el seu marit i la seva filla, donant lliçons de cuina i seguint cursos de francés. Però un dia rep una invitació de donar un curs de cuina a París. Aprofita per anar darrere del seu primer amor després de molts anys de no saber-ne res d'ell.

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 Carmen Maura: 	Ana
 Àlex Brendemühl: 	Jean François
 Manuel Manquiña: 	Félix
 Thierry Lhermitte: 	Pierre
 Soledad Silveyra: 	Verónica
 Marta Etura: 	Ana, de jove
 Ivan Massagué: 	Félix, de jove
 Elena de Frutos: 	Verónica, de jove
 David Janer: 	Pierre
 Duna Jové: 	Marta
 Gustavo Pastor: 	Promès Marta D.J.
 Mónica Cervera: 	Rocío
 Laura Mañá: 	Professora Escola de cuina París
 Mathieu Bisson: 	Philippe
 Blanca Martínez: 	Menchu

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Home News Literature Scan
Adding Liposomal Doxorubicin to Bortezomib Does Not Improve Survival Compared with Bortezomib Alone
In a 2007 interim analysis of a phase III randomized trial, the combination of bortezomib and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD), compared with bortezomib monotherapy, reduced disease progression and prolonged overall survival (OS) in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM). However, according to follow-up data published in Cancer, the OS benefits of the bortezomib-PLD combination therapy did not persist.
"Despite the superiority in time-to-progression and an early trend in OS favoring the combination therapy in the interim analysis, the long-term follow-up results revealed similar OS for bortezomib-PLD combination therapy and bortezomib monotherapy," the authors, led by Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD, from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas, wrote. "[The results] underscore the need for long-term follow-up of phase III trials."
The phase III, open-label, randomized, active-controlled, multicenter study included 646 patients with confirmed relapsed/refractory MM who had received at least one prior line of therapy or were refractory to initial treatment. All patients were bortezomib-naïve and had not received prior doxorubicin or other anthracycline exposure >240 mg/m2.
Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive:
Bortezomib 1.3 mg/m2 intravenously on days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of every 21-day cycle (n=322)
Bortezomib 1.3 mg/m2 intravenously on days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of every 21-day cycle, plus PLD 30 mg/m2 as a 1-hour intravenous infusion on day 4 of each 21-day cycle (n=324)
Treatment was continued until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or for up to eight treatment cycles; patients who still responded after eight cycles and had acceptable tolerability could continue treatment. Crossover from monotherapy to combination therapy was not allowed during the study.
At the clinical cut-off date (May 16, 2014) for the final survival analysis, 79 percent of patients had died: 253 (78%) in the bortezomib-PLD cohort and 257 (80%) in the bortezomib monotherapy cohort. Six percent of patients withdrew consent, four percent were lost to follow-up, and 11 percent were still alive: 37 patients (11%) in the combination cohort and 34 (11%) in the monotherapy group.
After a median follow-up of 8.6 years, OS in the bortezomib-PLD cohort was 33 months (95% CI 28.9-37.1) compared with 30.8 months (95% CI 25.2-36.5) in the bortezomib monotherapy group. The two-month difference in OS was not statistically significant (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.047; 95% CI 0.879-1.246; p=0.6068). In the interim analysis, Dr. Orlowski and co-authors noted, the early OS benefit for bortezomib-PLD therapy over bortezomib monotherapy was significantly higher (HR=1.41; 95% CI 1.002-1.97; p=0.047).
Results from subgroup analyses were similar and generally consistent, though there was a small, non-significant trend in favor of the combination therapy among women, patients ≥65 years, and those who had an ECOG status of 0 or cytogenetic abnormalities.
The majority of patients in both the bortezomib-PLD group and the bortezomib monotherapy group received salvage therapy (78% and 80%, respectively). The most frequently used (>10% of patients) salvage therapies in the combination and monotherapy cohorts included dexamethasone (47% vs. 51%), thalidomide (31% vs. 31%), cyclophosphamide (26% vs. 31%), melphalan (24% vs. 22%), lenalidomide (23% vs. 21%), bortezomib (23% vs. 18%), and doxorubicin (6% vs. 11%).
"The inability to sustain the observed early survival advantage may have been caused by the effects of subsequent lines of therapy," Dr. Orlowski and colleagues wrote, also noting that the study results were limited by the initial study design, which set a median survival of just 20 months in the bortezomib monotherapy group. "[That number] was exceeded by 50 percent, suggesting the benefits of novel agents."
The number of effective salvage therapy options now available to MM patients, the authors added, "presents a practical challenge of having adequate power for long-term survival as a primary endpoint."
Orlowski RZ, Nagler A, Sonneveld P, et al. Final overall survival results of a randomized trial comparing bortezomib plus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin with bortezomib alone in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Cancer. 2016 May 18. [Epub ahead of print]


New York state parks, historic sites, and campgrounds served 69 million people in 2016. A news release from Governor Andrew Cuomo says that's up 6 percent from 2015 and a 21 percent increase from 2011 when Cuomo took office.
In a statement, Cuomo says major investments made by his administration to preserve and improve parks, historic sites and campgrounds are critical to attracting new visitors, and he encourages New Yorkers and visitors alike to explore everything the parks system has to offer.


Bartok's life was a difficult one, since he loved his homeland very much, but saw it torn apart after the First World War, and then had to emigrate to the USA to avoid the rise of the Nazis. He spent many years as a young man with his compatriot Zoltan Kodaly recording folk music from the various ethic groups in central Europe , and then became a successful concert pianist as well as a composer. In consequence his music is often pianistic – which for Bartok means percussive – and deeply infused with the spirit of the folk music he studied.
Bartok's six mature concertos are all quite late works, written between 1926 and his death in 1945 aged 65. Three of the concertos are for piano, one for violin, one (unfinished at his death) for viola, and this one is "for orchestra". The concerto for orchestra was commissioned by Serge Koussevitsky, who also commissioned Britten's Peter Grimes , and is exactly contemporary with Britten's opera, being written in 1943-44 and first performed by Koussevitsky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in December 1944.
It is a "concerto for orchestra" rather than a symphony for two reasons. While the piece is full of catchy (if not always easy to sing!) tunes, they are not developed symphonically, but presented and chopped around playfully. And he treats the various instruments in turn as soloists, either alone or in family groups, rather like a baroque concerto grosso. This is why the work is altogether surprisingly approachable for a composer of such formidable intellect as Bela Bartok.
The work is in his favourite five movement "arch" form, of which the key stone is the central slow movement entitled Elegy. This is often called "night music", though whether it is the night of the natural world or the "dark night of the soul" is hard to say. To me it embodies both. Like much of the work it is based on the interval of the fourth, and the climax at the centre is based on the main theme of the slow introduction to the first movement.
It is framed by two lighter movements. The second movement is a "game of couples", in which pairs of woodwind and trumpets take turns to play a chirpy tune in close harmony. After a quirky side drum solo the bassoons lead off in 6ths (i.e. the same tune played 6 notes apart) followed by the oboes in 3rds, the clarinets in 7ths, the flutes on 5ths, and the trumpets only two notes apart. Notice that none are in fourths, the main interval of the whole piece.
The outer movements are the bases of the arch, and are more substantial. The slow introduction to the first movement is built up from overlapping fourths and gradually gropes its way towards the light. The allegro that it breaks into has two main themes, the first in a played on the violins punctuated by irregular chords, the second a more regular tune first played by the trombone. These two tunes are chopped up, played in canon, turned upside-down, and reassembled in different ways in an exhilarating virtuoso display of the composer's skill.
The finale is if anything even more brilliant than the first, being in a regular two-in-a-bar rhythm but very quick. The main tunes bear a close resemblance to the tunes in the first movement, obvious on the printed page, but subtle on the ear. Like the first movement, the themes are dissected and reassembled with great brilliance, and towards the end it accelerates further with the strings playing very fast indeed, very quietly and with a slightly scratchy sound which is intentional! The final pages are, I hope, breathtaking!


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With a huge 1500 MW deal in the United States now confirmed (page 32) and one of its home projects just granted development consent (page 14), Australia's Allco Wind Energy, a division of Allco Infrastructure, arrived on the global wind power stage with some flair last month. This newest independent wind power player has the powerhouse backing of its parent, Allco Finance Group, an S&P/ASX 100 global investment firm with a market capitalisation of more than $4 billion; it listed on the Australian stock exchange in July last year.
"Our current aim is to develop, construct and operate wind assets in Canada, the EU, Australia and the US with a view to constantly building up," says Allco Wind Energy's Steen Stavnsbo, formally head of wind development in Asia for Danish wind turbine maker NEG Micon before its merger with Vestas. For now, the wind industry's other boom markets of China and India are off Allco's radar.
The Allco group specialises in structured asset finance, funds management and debt funding with what it calls multiple, cross-linked areas of expertise. These include a range of industries, including aviation -- it currently has a 46% stake in the takeover bid for Qantas -- shipping, rail, infrastructure and property. Wind is a good fit, says Nick Bain, the company's global head of infrastructure.
"We did a lot of research into wind and saw that it showed potential for growth. It's an asset class that appeals to us for a number of reasons. It exhibits all the characteristics of asset that are attractive to pension fund investments." Stavnsbo agrees. "The asset does that beautifully, you have an industry in a growth phase and the demand for capital going into wind is substantial," he says.
Allco plans to be involved in all stages of its wind projects from initial permitting and development to construction and a substantial ownership interest through its lifespan. This, Stavnsbo says, fits particularly well as Allco courts and invests capital from large pension funds that seek long term annual returns.
Stavnsbo was recruited to the helm of Allco Wind Energy from small Australian wind developer Energreen at the beginning of 2006. Allco also acquired Energreen's Australian wind assets, including the just permitted 124 MW Crows Nest wind farm in south-east Queensland, and the 110 MW Motorimu Wind Farm development in New Zealand, currently awaiting approval. It says it could have acquired Energreen's China assets but chose not to.
The company's team includes Bernhard Voll in the Sydney office, previously with ABB, and in London, Christopher Mansfield, previously BP Alternative Energy's vice president and director of its wind business in Europe and Asia.


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Top-seeded women's soccer kicks off NCAA tourney at home
By Will Drinkwater on November 14, 2014
The stakes are raised tonight for the No. 3 Stanford women's soccer team, as head coach Paul Ratcliffe's squad hosts a first-round match in the NCAA tournament. A cracking run of form during the regular season saw the Cardinal (17-1-2) finish second in the Pac-12 table to top-ranked UCLA, yet still impress the selection committee enough to earn the number one overall seed in the tournament. And along with the top ranking comes home field advantage in round one.
Senior midfielder Lo'eau Labonta (center) led Stanford with 11 goals in the regular season, five of which were game-winning goals. (ROGER CHEN/The Stanford Daily)
"We should be more comfortable at home, playing in front of our fans," Ratcliffe said.
A surging Cal State Fullerton (10-7-4) side will serve as opponents in the opening Round of 64. Unbeaten since September 28th, the Titans most recently captured the Big West Tournament trophy in a close match over Long Beach State.
CSU Fullerton head coach Demian Brown will be looking to junior striker Rebecca Wilson to provide the goods for his squad. Wilson leads all Titans with 10 goals on the year, but can also serve as a playmaker. The Placentia, California product supplied the assist on both goals in the Big West Final.
Stanford enters the match on a similar run of form having won seven on the trot, with its last loss being a 2-1 nail biter in Westwood against UCLA.
The Card's last outing was another tricky road fixture across the Bay in Berkeley, with Stanford able to tame the then-No. 22 Golden Bears. Senior midfielder Alex Doll, senior forward Taylor Uhl and senior midfielder Lo'eau Labonta scored three unanswered goals for the Cardinal, serving to negate an early defensive blunder that put Cal up one-nil early.
This match is a direct reprise of last year's NCAA tournament, where Stanford also drew the Titans at home in the first round. In that contest, a 14th minute goal from Uhl proved to be the only difference between the two teams, as the Card advanced with a 1-0 score line.
The home side may well be looking for a more convincing performance than that of a year ago, however. As a number one seed with the nation's eyes fixed upon them, a convincing win could do wonders for the squad's confidence.
In a pre-match interview, Ratcliffe was hesitant to underestimate the Titans, and expects a tough battle.
"Fullerton is going to be a strong opponent," he said. "They won their tournament to get in [the NCAA tournament], and will be playing like it is their last game of the year."
Come the first whistle, Ratcliffe hopes his side can "match [the Titan's] intensity," so as not to start the match on the back foot. Knockout competition is such that an early mistake can prove costly, as teams are then content to sit back in defense and protect their lead.
"I know from the past in the playoffs, every game is tight, and you just have to win and get by," Ratcliffe said.
For this match and throughout the early rounds, Stanford will certainly be the superior outfit on paper. Labonta has been firing on all cylinders during the second half of the season and leads the Cardinal with 11 goals. Along with senior forward Chioma Ubogagu and sophomore forward Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, she forms one of the most deadly attacking threats in the nation, which may simply prove too much for the visiting southern California club.
Added to this is the impervious Cardinal defense, which started the season on a nine-match shutout run. Marshaled by U.S. national team keeper Jane Campbell, the Cardinal back four should keep CSU Fullerton's chances at a premium.
Ratcliffe was coy as to his tactics for the match, but let slip that he will not change much.
"Our tactics remain pretty similar to what we've done through the year," he said. "I just think that the intensity is higher in every game now because it is your last game if you don't advance."
The Cardinal looks to be favorites to advance barring a gross misstep or a Herculean effort from the Titans. The winner will then go on to face the victor from tonight's Oklahoma/Arkansas match on Nov. 21.
Contact Will Drinkwater at willydri 'at' stanford.edu.
Will Drinkwater


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Gundersen Health System's Nurse Stephanie Ryan Provides Breastfeeding Education for her Co-Workers and Others Around the US
November 10, 2016 by IABLE
Gundersen Health System sponsored a Milk Mob Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion (OBC) training at their medical center in La Crosse, WI in 2015, adding evidence-based breastfeeding information and support resources to their already-existing inpatient and outpatient lactation services.
IABLE interviewed Stephanie Ryan, RN BSN IBCLC, who is an inpatient and outpatient lactation consultant at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, an instructor for IABLE, and a member of the Milk Mob board of directors. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center has a Baby Friendly Hospital Designation. Stephanie's vision as a Milk Mob instructor has been to educate clinical staff at Gundersen's regional clinics, in order to increase breastfeeding support within populations who live a far distance from the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. Stephanie explains, "We need to delegate better. Not everybody needs a board certified lactation consultant, just good breastfeeding support. IABLE could help us with that by training Outpatient Breastfeeding Champions in the smaller offices where we don't have breastfeeding specialists."
Five nurses at the medical center attended the OBC training. And after attending, the nurses wanted more! "We just don't have enough people trained to see the full potential of what IABLE training could do for us. Even physicians have said that they'd like to attend!"
Stephanie shared that IABLE training and materials were very well received at the medical center: "It gave them (the clinic nurses) some practical, evidence-based tools to use that are right at their fingertips." The nurses are now using the Triage Tools, Breastfeeding Education Handouts, and IABLE curriculum booklet. Office Breastfeeding Champions have told Stephanie, "I can't tell you how many times I've used that book!", and they have particularly appreciated that the materials use easy-to-understand terms and contain useful references and resources. They've made copies of the handouts and use them as needed for in-person visits—particularly the handout describing tips to help a baby take a bottle.
Stephanie explains her vision of the Breastfeeding Champion program's potential impact, "I think this program has potential to really help in areas where there is not a lot of breastfeeding support. The listserv and the community that IABLE provides is huge! There are high quality materials to offer to patients and co-workers. I encourage Office Breastfeeding Champions to take advantage of these resources!"
As a Milk Mob trainer, Stephanie has a unique perspective on how the Breastfeeding Champion training is received and how it may influence the way breastfeeding support is offered. In 2015-16 IABLE conducted 5 Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion trainings for Wisconsin WIC and Stephanie was an instructor at 4 of them. She found that the Wisconsin WIC staff were excited to attend the training and faced a different set of challenges than the nurses at her clinic. "We talked a lot about scope of practice. The WIC staff were taking a lot of notes about how to handle certain breastfeeding situations, but at the same time concerned that these things were outside their scope of practice. It was a good opportunity to explain that being aware of these clinical tips, even if outside of their scope of practice, was helpful so they would know what a mom may encounter when receiving breastfeeding help at her primary care clinic, but not necessarily what the Peer Counselor was going to do."
Stephanie also explained that she appreciates the reaffirmation that no matter where we live, there are some common challenges faced by breastfeeding moms. When training Breastfeeding Champions in Oregon she observed the same challenges she sees at home in Wisconsin. "Even in the crunchy, earthy state they struggle with back-to-work and maintaining supply like everyone else does. The challenges we face are the same and we all fight the same battle! That feels refreshing to know."
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Minutes of the Meeting Held on Tuesday 8th January 2013 at 7-30pm, at the University of Hull Scarborough Campus.
The Past President, Mick Carroll, welcomed the 16 Members present and wished all a happy New Year.
Apologies: President Robin Hopper, Cedric Gillings.
Minutes of the meeting held on 13th November 2012: These were displayed at the meeting and on the website. Apart from one small amendment, they were approved and signed.
Correspondence: None received.
Records and Reports:
Brian Walker gave and explanation about the Legacy Fund, the status of which had been the subject of enquiry at the AGM. All the money was accounted for in the Post Office account. A schedule of finances was provided by the Treasurer, a copy of which is appended to these minutes. Brian also had a copy of Svenson's Ringer's Guide for sale.
Melanie Earle spoke about the format for the Members Evenings. These were to be informal un-minuted meetings where Members could set their own agenda and discuss such items of species identification, demonstrations of technique etc. Melanie also announced an open day to be held at Potter Brompton Carr on Saturday12th January at 10am.
John Hume had produced a Review of the Society's activity and records for 2012, and had copies to distribute free to Members. John also mentioned the records of Harbour Porpoise provided by Stuart Baines, with up to 15 being seen off the Marine Drive in early January.
Kath Bushell had seen a wintering Goldcrest in High Langdale, and Stephen Bushell had found a Harvest Mouse nest in Troutsdale, and watched a Stoat on a dry stone wall.
Philip Winter had seen up to five Short-eared Owls on his land at Muston during November/December 2012, and 24 Grey Partridge, in four separate covies. He had found Early, Dotted Border and Pale Brindled Beauty moths drowned in a puddle.
Albert Devitt reported a female Eider at Scalby Mills this day.
Mick Carroll reported 1,800 Common Teal, Pintail, Pochard, Goosander and Gadwall on floods on the western Carrs as well as Short-eared Owl and Barn Owl. A roost of 100 Greater Black-backed Gulls was in one field. He had also been to Bowland, where he had seen Raven and Hen Harrier.
Ian Glaves reported a flock of 43 Corn Buntings wintering at Cottondale on Staxton Wold, and read a report from Cedric Gillings, who had the results of some Owl pellet analysis from Folkton Sewage Farm. It had revealed 60 Field Voles, 3 Bank Voles, 11 Common Shrews, 1 Pigmy Shrew, 2 Water Shrews, 3 House Mice and 1 Wood Mouse. He had also seen a Weasel at Wilton, a dead Badger at Cloughton, up to 10 Waxwings at Burniston, lots of Newt elts, 2 Water Boatmen and a Diving Beetle at Harwood Dale Fish Ponds. Ian then went on to announce the 2013 Programme, elaborating a little on the speakers scheduled.
After a short break, Members gave reports on several topics.
Pauline Popely showed a series of photographs of Turtle Doves in her back garden, one of which had been caught and ringed. She also showed pictures of Small Pearl-bordered and Duke of Burgundy Fritillaries, and Lady's Slipper Orchid.
Brian Cockerill gave an illustrated review of the Fungi he had recorded in the District during 2011, as the 2012 version was not ready. Many common and uncommon species were shown with the aid of excellent photographs.
Brian Walker gave a short dissertation of Deer identification, involving the common Roe Deer, rarer Muntjac and Fallow Deer, and the much rarer Red Deer.
Ian Glaves concluded by giving a short illustrated overview of the birds seen in the area in 2012, picking out the more interesting species, including Egyptian Goose and Lanceolated Warbler, both new for the District.
The meeting closed at 9-30pm.
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Join us for trick-or-treating and a hilarious musical romp with the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra, led by music director Dorothy Savitch and featuring live actors, video, and music by Bach, Mussorgsky, Brahms, and more. Discover what happens when a surprise guest visits the Moldymort Mansion. Recommended for ages 4 and up.
TIckets, which include Museum admission, are available online at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Tickets are $20 for adults; $10 for ages 18 and under. Members receive 25% off adult tickets. To receive the Member discount code, email [email protected] with your full name and Member ID. Not a Member? Join today!


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Belesova, K, Callaghan, M, Minx, J, Creutzig, F, Turcu, C, Hutchinson, E, Milner, J, Crane, M, Haines, A, Davies, M and Wilkinson, P (2021). Search strategies for: "Climate action for health and wellbeing in cities: a protocol for the systematic development of a database of peer-reviewed studies using machine learning methods". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002094.
Berrang-Ford, L, Sietsma, AJ, Callaghan, M, Minx, J, Scheelbeek, P, Haddaway, N, Haines, A and Dangour, AD (2021). Dataset for article Berrang-Ford et al. "Systematic mapping of global research on climate and health using machine learning" The Lancet Planetary Health. [Data Collection]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4972514
Chowdhury, S, Pozzer, A, Haines, A, Klingmüller, K, Münzel, T, Paasonen, P, Sharma, A, Venkataraman, C and Lelieveld, J (2021). Global health burden of ambient PM2.5 and the role of anthropogenic black carbon and organic aerosols. [Data Collection]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5131659


All lab members who plan on using the cleanroom must pass the CUNY ASRC General Lab Safety Class and attend an orientation session prior to using equipment in the ASRC NanoFab. The next available training session can be found here.
Additionally, new users must first study the Lab Manuals (Lab Manual – Safety and Lab Manual – Rules of Conduct and Use) and pass the Online Quiz.
Digital copies of the MSDS sheets of the chemicals used in the cleanroom can be found here.


Internationally bestselling author Wilbur Smith returns with Vicious Circle--a heart-racing story of family secrets, greed, and revenge.
Hector Cross left behind a career of high risks and warfare when he married his beloved Hazel Bannock. But after his new life is tragically upended, he recognizes the ruthless hand of an old enemy behind the attack.
Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends and fellow warriors to hunt down those who pursue him and his loved ones. For he and Hazel have a child, a precious daughter, whom he will go to the ends of the earth to protect.
Soon, however, Hector learns that the threat comes not just from his old enemies, but also Hazel's. Brutal figures from her family's past—thought long gone—are returning, with an agenda so sinister that Hector realizes he is facing a new type of adversary. One whose deadly methods and dark secrets will lead Hector to a series of crimes so shocking that he has no choice but to settle the score.
Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds, and has since written more than thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages and have sold more than 100 million copies. Please visit www.wilbursmithbooks.com.


While wood-burning fireplaces are starting to become outdated, you can still use them if you have one. If you do have a fireplace, you need to make sure you have a Best fireplace grates for it.
How fireplace grates work? A grate elevates the wood off the floor so that air can pass through, making them more efficient. The hot coals can fall to the floor, while providing protection. Before you make another fire, there are things you should consider before purchasing a fireplace grate.
1.1.0.1 Will the grates warp?
1.1.0.2 How long will the grate last before I need to replace it?
1.1.0.3 Do upgraded grates provide a better burning efficiency than a standard grate?
1.1.0.4 Will a grate fit in a fire pit?
1.1.0.5 Can you put a fireback plate behind the fireplace grates?
2 How to Choose the Best Fireplace Grates?
Here is a list of Best fireplace grates 2019, we made for you after we research the market. The review will give you a clear idea about fireplace grates. A lot of cheap and top rated fireplace grates are available on amazon for sale.
This fireplace grate has six bars across it, making it ideal for a sturdy construction. The heavy-duty steel has thick, solid bars that won't bend easily. The firewood will stay off the floor in the chimney, providing the best wood burning. The design is curved to keep the firewood contained while it's on the grate. The heat resistant black finish is ideal for keeping it in your fireplace through the winter. It is one of the ideal grates for most fireplaces.
The benefits of the grate are that the wood stays contained. The heat resistant paint also prevents the grate from having unsightly burn marks. You'll get the most efficient burn out of the grate when you use it. The circulating air will keep any room nice and toasty. You won't have to purchase a new grate for a long time if you get this grate.
If you don't like having smoke throughout your house, this tall fireplace grate is for you. It eliminates smoke while producing fireplace heat output, maximizing the warmth of the fire. It is one of the most recommended fireplace grates by masons and chimney sweeps. There is a 30-day money back guarantee if you don't like the grate. It is an American product, proving that quality matters.
Eliminating the smoke from a fireplace is one of the best reasons for a fireplace grate. Some fireplaces don't expel all the smoke when the wood is burning, so cutting down on it will save you a headache. Since it has a higher heat output, you won't have to burn as much wood. It saves you time and money, and it will keep you from breathing toxins. It is an excellent grate for anyone who loves to have a fire going.
The large fireplace grate allows you to place a lot of wood in the grate. It measures in at 27-inches, allowing you to provide enough fuel for the fire. The hexagon design prevents logs from rolling around while they're in use. The design also increases airflow to the wood to burn it more efficiently. The black finish is sleek and fits in any fireplace. You'll be impressed with the amount of heat protruding from the fireplace.
Some of the benefits of this particular grate are the large and unique design. Most fireplace grates only allow you to have a few logs on at a time. You can easily fit enough firewood on the grate to keep you warm throughout the night. Anytime you can save energy and time will go a long way to appreciating it. You'll enjoy the time you have to relax and enjoy the fire.
This fireplace grate is useful for burning wood or coal. It comes in one piece, making it more durable than other grates. The cast iron construction is ideal for using the grate for a long time. The open ends on both sides of the grate allow increased airflow to the fire. It is large enough to store a few logs and coals in the grate. You won't have to worry about the logs rolling around while they're in the grate.
The benefits of using wood or coal mean you can use both to get a fire started. There are times when the wood won't light right away, so having some coal in it will help it light faster. The durable construction is ideal for anyone who loves to have a fire going during the winter. The design is ideal for having air flow through the grate. It is the heavy duty cast iron fireplace grate.
The black finish is stylish for any fireplace, especially stone or brick. The large front and back width allows you to store logs inside it. The large depth between the floor and the grate allows airflow to go through it smoothly. A 3-inch under crossbar provides stability to the grate when logs are on it. The logs won't roll around while they're on the grate. You can choose between a few different sizes of the grate to fit your fireplace.
A large grate is perfect for anyone who loves to keep a fire going for a long time. Since it is a larger grate, you can put a decent number of logs on the grate without worrying about it breaking. The large depth of the grate means better airflow, which increases the heat to the room. You'll be thrilled with the time you save by putting wood on the fireplace.
As long as the grates are made with quality, they will not warp. If you have a grate made with terrible materials, the chances of it warping go up.
How long will the grate last before I need to replace it?
Depending on the materials and how much you use it, it can last a long time. If the materials are shoddy, and you use it a lot, it may not last long at all.
Do upgraded grates provide a better burning efficiency than a standard grate?
An upgraded grate will burn slower than a standard grate. You don't have to stoke the fire as much, and it has a better output.
Will a grate fit in a fire pit?
Any grate should fit in a fire pit, unless it's a small fire pit. You can determine the width of the pit and compare it to the size of the grate.
Can you put a fireback plate behind the fireplace grates?
You can, but you may have to drill it into the fireplace. Some grates don't have any extra holders for a back plate.
How to Choose the Best Fireplace Grates?
You have to buy a correct fireplace grate with height and width. Follow the standard fireplace measurements for proper fireplace grate placement.
The steel bar grates are separated by their thickness. The thicker the bars are on the grate, the longer it will last. If you find a grate with thin bars, you can expect to replace it sooner than you'll want. The key is to consider how much you plan to use it. If you're not going to use it frequently, the lighter quality will be just fine. Remember that the more you use it, the thicker you'll want the bars to be.
The cast iron grates use small gaps on the bottom to allow wood chunks and coal to burn longer. If you're looking for a cast iron grate, you'll want to determine the weight, and you can go from there. The heavier the grate, the most use you'll get out of it. It all comes down to how much you plan on using the fireplace, especially if you're not planning on using it a lot. You don't want to spend extra money for something you don't need. It is the best fireplace grate material as well.
Grate heaters are costly in the short term, but they do a better job of keeping the heat inside the house. It produces the heat from the fireplace and the hollow tubing gets hot. A fan will then blow the heat straight through the tubes and into the room, keeping it nice and toasty. You can find some that are thermostatically controlled, which will turn the fan on or off automatically.
The construction of the fireplace grate is the determining factor in deciding which grate to buy. You want to make sure you have the right size of the bars to ensure you'll get the most out of your grate. You should keep an eye out for poor welding, which can lead to the fire falling into your fireplace.
If you can find a grate with enough bars on it and the welding job looks good, you can be sure you'll stay warm this winter. That`s why you have to make sure that what size fireplace grate do you need.
Having a fireplace grate is the best way to increase heat into your house. You just want to make sure you find one that is durable and able to handle the firewood. The grates featured in this review are all excellent products. Depending on your needs, you can find the right grate for you.
The one grate that stands out is the Cast Iron Fireplace Grate (327 ML) by Vestal Manufacturing, due to the cast iron design. It has open ends on the sides to increase airflow through the fireplace. It's one of the best fireplace grates on the market, and you'll get the most out of it.


In a world where the internet and the advancements of technology has helped break barriers and bring people closer, it is no wonder that many people are looking for job opportunities outside of their own borders. It could be due to various reasons like an economic crisis back at their country or just the need to step out of their comfort zone and try out new things. Whatever the decision that caused them to choose this path, working in a foreign country can have major benefits to a person's career. It can expose them to conditions and scenarios that will help them hone their skill sets and toughen them up for the challenges of working a job.As with every other normal job, it is important that you conduct a lot of research into the country you plan on going to and the company that you received the job from. Take a deep look at the economic situation of the country, how stable it is, if you could live amongst the culture present in that country as well as details likes the crime rate.
Most Asian countries require long working hours, so it is essential you do your research so you do not end up at a job and culture you do not like. Take a look at the required paperwork for working in that particular country. It is recommended that you complete your work permit and such before applying for a position because some companies are known to select applications where the paperwork is done and dusted. Take advantage of business related sites and even social media to link up with potential employers. Certain firms publish their recruitment advertisements on their social media sites so scour their pages and profiles. Look for a reputable recruitment agency or manpower supply company to help you land a job in your desired country.
Any country; your native country or a foreign country will both conduct a national police check and a criminal record check on you so this is something to keep in mind. If you have friends living in that country, you can ask them for any known job opportunities. As mentioned above, prepare yourself fully for the interview. Certain countries have a greater focus on teamwork and disciple and brandishing your personal accomplishments can put them off. There might also be the requirement that you need to learn the particular language so it is critical that you sharpen your skills and such before you embark on the journey. On the same vein, you should take a moment to consider the consequences of your decision. Think hard if you can handle living on your own, and if you can handle being thrusted into a whole new environment and culture.


The first decade of the 20th century resembled the that had just ended more than it would rest of the century to come. For the most part, clothing, customs, and transportation remained as they had been. The changes associated with the 20th century would come in the future, with the exception of two major inventions: the airplane and the car.
In this first decade of the 20th century, Teddy Roosevelt became the youngest man ever to be inaugurated as president of the United States, and he was a popular one. His progressive agenda foretold a century of change.
The first year of the 20th century witnessed the Boxer Rebellion in China and the assassination of Italy's King Umberto.
Kodak introduced Brownie cameras that cost $1, Max Planck formulated quantum theory, and Sigmund Freud published his landmark work The Interpretation of Dreams.
In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated, and his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, was inaugurated as the youngest U.S. president ever.
Britain's Queen Victoria died, marking the end of the Victorian era, which dominated the 19th century.
Australia became a commonwealth, Guglielmo Marconi broadcast the first transatlantic radio signal, and the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.
The year 1902 brought the end of the Boer War and the volcanic eruption of Mount Pelee in Martinique.
The lovable Teddy Bear, named after President Teddy Roosevelt, made his first appearance, and the U.S. passed the Chinese Exclusion Act.
The third year of the century witnessed several firsts, but none could compare with the importance of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This would change the world and have a huge impact on the century to come.
Other milestones: The first message traveled around the world, the first license plates were issued in the U.S., the first World Series was played, and the first silent movie, "The Great Train Robbery," was released.
British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organization that campaigned for women's suffrage until 1917.
The year 1904 was a good one for transportation: Ground was broken on the Panama Canal, the New York Subway made its first run, and the Trans-Siberian Railway opened for business.
Mary McLeod Bethune opened her school to African-American students, and the Russo-Japanese War began.
In the most far-reaching event of 1905, Albert Einstein proposed his Theory of Relativity, which explains the behavior of objects in space and time and had a profound influence on the understanding of the universe.
"Bloody Sunday" and the Revolution of 1905 occurred in Russia, the first section of the Simplon Tunnel through the Alps was completed, and Freud published his famous Theory of Sexuality.
On the cultural front, the first movie theater opened in the United States, and the painters Henri Matisse and Andre Derain introduced fauvism to the art world.
The San Francisco earthquake devasted the city and was the most memorable event of 1906.
Other events of this year include the debut of Kellogg's Corn Flakes, the launch of the Dreadnaught and the publishing of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."
Last but not least, Finland became the first European country to give women the right to vote, 14 years before this was achieved in the United States.
In 1907, the Ten Rules of War were established at the Second Hague Peace Conference, the first electric washing machine hit the market, Typhoid Mary was captured for the first time, and Pablo Picasso turned heads in the art world with his cubist paintings.
One event in 1908 would impact life, work, and customs in the 20th century incalculably, and that was the introduction of the Ford Model-T by Henry Ford.
Other big news happened: An earthquake in Italy took the lives of 150,000, Jack Johnson became the first African-American boxer to be the world heavyweight champion, Turks staged a revolt in the Ottoman Empire, and there was a huge and mysterious explosion in Siberia.
In the last year of the aughts, Robert Peary reached the North Pole, Japan's Prince Ito was assassinated, plastic was invented, and the NAACP was founded.


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Marandah Field-Elliot (she/her)
State Campaign Manager for Abortion Access
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Marandah Field-Elliot has worked in youth abortion access for the past three years. As Co-Director of Students United for Reproductive Justice at UC Berkeley, Marandah helped found the initiative to bring medication abortion to their student health center. That initiative became part of a wider statewide legislative effort that continues in California, in which Marandah eventually worked as a full-time organizer for the JustCARE Campaign through the Women's Foundation of California. This student-built campaign pushed the bill all the way to the Governor's desk. Most recently, Marandah was a John Gardner Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights where she supported the federal policy team. She has a background in student organizing, policy advocacy, and the arts, and is passionate about building creative, youth-led campaigns to achieve progressive policy goals.


Have you ever experienced God's comfort in a real and almost tangible way? I hope you have. But in order to experience that comfort we must also experience pain–emotionally or physically. At the same time, pain in this life is unavoidable. Experiencing the comfort only our God can give makes the pain, not only bearable, but also worthwhile.
Most of us know that sooner or later we experience less than ideal circumstances. Something we didn't see coming. Something that overwhelms us and brings us to our knees. It may not seem like a tragedy, but we are inconsolable because of a rejection, a broken relationship, a lost job or any number of crises. That broken relationship or rejection could be a spouse leaving or a grown child you haven't heard from in years. That lost job could be what you thought was a God-given calling. But then the doors slammed shut. And you were left to figure out what to do next, attempting to make sense of this loss, and perhaps determined to never dream big again.
Second Corinthians teaches us that God is a God of comfort "who comforts in all our tribulation." In all our tribulation. That includes trials, conflicts, rejection, and broken dreams. Isn't it wonderful that the God of the universe wants to gather you in His arms and comfort you?
But there's more to this promise. He comforts us "so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." You get that? We are to comfort others with the same comfort God has given us. That may make some of us uncomfortable. We may not like the idea of comforting others. But every gift God gives us–mercy, kindness, love, comfort–is something we can pass on to others.
It may be that our own tears need to clear a bit before we are ready to reach out, but eventually we'll see someone who needs our compassion because they are going through a similar sorrow. Our hearts will stir, and we will be able to pass that wonderful gift of God's comfort on to another.
God, please use my hurts so that I may see you as my Comforter, and please use those hurts as a way for me to comfort others who are in need.


In the event that you and your spouse decide to separate, or in the event that one of you becomes deceased, a postnuptial agreement can be used to ensure both you and your spouse's assets and property are properly distributed. While prenuptial agreements remain static following your marriage, postnuptial agreements can change over time. At Fair Cadora, our legal team has drafted dozens of postnuptial agreements and can discuss with you some of the specific reasons to having this agreement in place.
While prenuptial agreements are typically put in place prior to a marriage, postnuptial agreements can be established once a marriage is active. During your marriage, you and your spouse may acquire various properties or assets that were not present prior to your marriage and this new agreement may be used to establish ownership of this property.
Neither of these agreements suggest that your marriage is going to end or that your spouse is looking into a divorce. These agreements simply serve as a clear legal means of dividing your martial property and simplifying your life.
At Fair Cadora, we often view postnuptial agreements as a means of preemptively reducing conflict and protecting both parties in a marriage. Rather than worrying about the division of your assets, you can focus primarily on your relationship and the wellbeing of your family. To find out whether a postnuptial agreement is right for you, speak with one of our family law attorneys today.


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Early Childhood Care and Development Council
data on sped centers in Region 4a
Requested from ECCD Council by H. Livioco at 02:28 PM on January 18, 2023.
Purpose: Thesis
Tracking no: #ECCD-374544791700
number of intervention centers in CALABARZON
Policies to reduce overweight and obesity in children
Requested from ECCD Council by A. Bueno at 09:52 AM on December 21, 2022.
Annual Provincial Expenditure on Agriculture
Requested from ECCD Council by W. Labuson at 04:53 PM on October 08, 2022.
Purpose: Graduate Studies
Preparatory Schools in the Philippines
Requested from ECCD Council by A. Gregorio at 11:50 AM on September 22, 2022.
Purpose: Integration - Petal Maps - Huawei
number of early child development/education facilities in dasmarinas, Cavite
Requested from ECCD Council by G. Robles at 12:39 AM on August 31, 2022.
Purpose: Undergraduate Thesis
Number of daycare centers/workers/enrollees in Pasig City
Requested from ECCD Council by P. Cervero at 02:29 AM on July 16, 2022.
Purpose: Research and Development
Budget allocation for pre-natal care in Antipolo City, Rizal from 2015-2020
Requested from ECCD Council by F. Ubalde at 04:13 PM on February 28, 2022.
Purpose: Research study for masters degree
The number of Autism cases in metro manila
Requested from ECCD Council by P. Punzalan at 05:59 AM on February 15, 2022.
List of public and private schools offering general education preschool in Mindanao
Requested from ECCD Council by D. Paraguya at 09:49 AM on October 25, 2021.
Purpose: Academic Research
Number of children with special needs that were not able to access SLP Early Intervention
Purpose: Academic Research in Cebu Doctors' University. Degree: BS Speech-Language Pathology
cash asistance for covid 19 survivor
Requested from ECCD Council by A. Manuel at 03:53 PM on September 23, 2021.
Purpose: cash assistance requirements
Scientific Proof Demonstrating Isolation of the SARS-COV Virus Also Known as the COVID-19 Virus
Requested from ECCD Council by A. Olloren at 06:10 PM on August 18, 2021.
Purpose: Proof the COVID-19 virus exists as the basis for overriding all Filipino children's right to travel
REQUEST FOR THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LICENSED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN YOUR DEPARTMENT
Requested from ECCD Council by M. PADILLA at 04:26 PM on June 22, 2021.
Purpose: Statistics of licensed health professionals who are working in other non-health government offices
Day care and pre-school
Requested from ECCD Council by M. Alvarez at 10:26 AM on August 14, 2020.
Purpose: Architectural Thesis
List of Public and Private Pre-schools and Day Care Centers in Quezon City
Requested from ECCD Council by M. Marticio at 04:15 PM on April 13, 2020.
List of Barangay and Municipal Day Care Centers
Requested from ECCD Council by K. Chua at 12:53 PM on March 04, 2020.
2016-2019 FOI Registry and Summary
Requested from ECCD Council by R. Pintang at 06:09 PM on February 05, 2020.
programs and activities for early childhood development
Requested from ECCD Council by F. Aradais at 11:04 AM on November 17, 2019.
Purpose: architectural research
vulnerable children
Requested from ECCD Council by F. Aradais at 10:32 AM on October 03, 2019.
Purpose: Architectural Research and Thesis
Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council is responsible in developing policies & programs, providing technical assistance and support to ECCD service providers in consultation with coordinating committees at different levels and in monitoring ECCD service benefits and outcomes.


Please join us at our upcoming circle!
One of our co-founders will be speaking on the discussion panel at this event! Please be sure to RSVP if you can make it! See you then.
Special thank you to the ladies of the Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc for the invitation.
We are happy to announce that we have been invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Women's Leadership Summit at the City College of New York!
We will leading one of the many workshops that will spread out over the course of the day, but more information can be found below! Please register and spread the word as this is free and open to all, especially other CUNY schools!
OPEN TO ALL CUNY STUDENTS!
Join us for our 2nd Annual Women's Leadership Summit focused on the "Renaissance Woman". Our goal is to facilitate the growth and connection between many New York Women's groups, activists, artists, professionals, etc. to learn and connect as leaders and CUNY students.
For more information please contact the Office of Student Life at 212-650-5002 or email eortega@ccny.cuny.edu.
Join us for our first circle of 2014 as we set our intentions for the year and reconnect with one another. This venting session will also include an arts activity where we will make *Vision Boards* for our goals, dreams, and hopes for the semester/new year. We will supply the poster paper.
* Pot luck style as always!!


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Swisscom and Nokia sign public cloud pacts with AWS, Microsoft
Swisscom and Nokia have bolstered their public cloud offerings through new agreements with Amazon and Microsoft.
The Swiss operator is rolling out service suites to support enterprises as they migrate their IT infrastructure to either the Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure public clouds.
The bundles include an introductory workshop with a proof of concept developed for a specific business use case. A design service then clarifies the enterprise's requirements and provides advice on the optimal solution, before the operator migrates and integrates it into the public cloud.
Each suite offers an additional range of expert services such as a cloud readiness assessment, AWS back-up solutions, data security and anonymisation, automation and global website architecture. They will be continually expanded with new offerings.
The Swiss operator also announced it has become a provider of Microsoft's Azure cloud under its official Cloud Solution Provider programme. It will offer customers a secure, direct network connection to Azure, with Microsoft providing the infrastructure and platform from its data centres and Swisscom providing support and billing.
It is also exploring the possibility of hosting the Azure cloud in its own data centres.
Marcel Walker, Head of Network and Cloud at Swisscom Enterprise Customers, said the agreements would allow customers to benefit from a range of new services alongside the local expertise of Swisscom.
He said: "With these services, we are able to generate added value for cloud customers and remain true to our claim of being a trustworthy companion in the digital world."
Meanwhile, Nokia's agreement with Amazon, also announced today, will see it offering services to help operators migrate to AWS more quickly.
This will include consulting and design on projects as well as integration, migration and operation of infrastructure and applications.
The two companies will also work together to help operators develop strategies for 5G and edge computing.
On the enterprise side, Nokia's Nuage Networks SD-WAN offering will be integrated with AWS to provide an improved user experience to customers of both services.
Kathrin Buvac, Nokia's Chief Strategy Officer, said the collaboration would "accelerate the migration of service provider applications to the cloud and enable [the companies] to forge new opportunities together by delivering on next-generation connectivity and cloud services.
"This is a wide-ranging collaboration, spanning our services capabilities in application migration, SD-WAN from Nuage Networks, 5G, and IoT, allowing new growth opportunities for our top customers across both the service provider and large enterprise market segments."
Terry Wise, Global Vice President of Channels and Alliances at AWS, said: "Service providers are accelerating their migration to AWS in order to drive innovation for their customers and deliver lower total cost of IT to their organisations."
Read more: Huawei wants to build one of the five future global clouds


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Q: Lipschitz constant for operator norm I want to show that $\|\cdot \|_{\rm op}$ (largest singular value) is a Lipschitz function on the set of $m \times n$ real matrices, $\mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$.
I see often people citing Lidskii's inequality to prove it, but I think the following also shows it: use the variational characterization of the operator norm:
$$
\|A\|_{\rm op} = \sup_{\|x\| =\|y\| = 1} x^T Ay
$$
Fix two matrices $A, B$, and without loss suppose
$$
|\|A\|_{\rm op} - \|B\|_{\rm op}| = \|A\|_{\rm op} - \|B\|_{\rm op}.
$$
Then,
there is $\|u\| = \|v\| = 1$ so that
$$
\|A\|_{\rm op} - \|B\|_{\rm op} \leq u^T(A - B) v \leq \|uv^T\|_F \|A-B\|_F = \|A-B\|_F.
$$
Hence,
$$
|\|A\|_{\rm op} - \|B\|_{\rm op}| \leq \|A-B\|_F.
$$
Does this not imply that the operator norm is $1$-Lipschitz with respect to the usual (Frobenius) norm on $\mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$?

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"Scientists have announced a 'major breakthrough' in attempts to find a cure for deafness," The Times reported. It said that the researchers had used stem cells from the human ear to make the sensory hair cells and brain cells that are 'vital for hearing'. The BBC also reported the story and said that the next stage will be to "check if the cells can restore hearing".
In order to function correctly, both nerve cells and hair cells need to be able to set up electrical currents across their membranes. These currents indicate that the membrane contains certain proteins that allow passage of different electrically charged atoms. The researchers tested these "electrophysiological properties" of the laboratory hair cells and nerve cells by applying currents across their membranes to see if they behaved similarly to the same types of cell taken from a human cochlea.
The cells were grown in different conditions which led to them switching on genes that were typical of hair cells. There was also evidence that the "scaffolding" proteins within the cells had been rearranged in a way that was also typical of developing hair cells. Under these conditions, some cells also began to switch on genes typical of cells that support hair cells, called astroglia.
The nerve cells and hair cells grown in the laboratory had different "electrophysiological properties" to their parent stem cells, meaning that they responded in different ways to electrical currents applied across their membranes. The experiment also showed that the laboratory-grown hair cells behaved in ways similar to what would be expected of normal developing hair cells, and the laboratory-grown nerve cells behaved similarly to what had been seen in nerve cells from rat cochleas.
Stem cell 'deafness cure' closer.
Stem-cell advance raises hopes of cure for deafness.
Cure for deafness in 10 years.


When it comes to understanding how to furnish a space, angled walls create problems for people. Especially when a potential buyer walks into an empty room, figuring out furniture layout can be challenging. When you're selling your home, don't let that be a deterrent. Instead, hire a professional to stage those challenging spaces.
magine walking into this room with angled walls that we staged in a Bridgeland, Calgary condo. If it was empty, where would you be inclined to place the bed? Against the angled wall with the window?
It might not be hard to leap to the conclusion that it's not a very usable space.
The power of staging is that it helps to avoid all those questions (and related hesitations and conclusions) from arising in the potential buyer's mind in the first place.
And when you're selling your home, you don't want to leave any room for potential buyers to feel hesitation and doubt. Why? Because that could be the difference between a SOLD and active listing. In the end, that costs you both time and money.
So, when it comes to dealing with angled walls and other challenging features in your listing, consult with a local staging professional for trusted advice. Put your listing's best foot forward!
Want to see more examples of the power of staging your listing with instant impact? Check out the Simply Stylish Staging Facebook page for more photosof the Calgary properties we have styled to sell.


Code 2222 – aka Guidance 2222 (one of Jacqui Farmer's creepy psychotic boot boys) – has committed a number of serious criminal offences in his efforts to destroy the lives of innocent people across Hampstead. In this video, witness the vile cowardly pig shouting abusive and slanderous comments about satanic baby-eating (just as he does in his videos) at a random woman in her own home…in the presence of her frightened child! This person's activities form part of a detailed file which has been passed on to the Police team currently investigating the severe harassment of Hampstead families by Code 2222 and his fellow Bible-thumping fruitcakes.
By the way, notice that this woman that he's accusing is completely random. He's there to film the school and she's just someone who happens to live near it. And he calls her a baby-eater in front of her son, with no evidence or logic to back it up. I really hope this scum gets sent down for a long time.
Clarification: what really happened in the Ricky / Code 2222 confrontation?
Was 'Sam the Blogger' given access to the Hampstead children?
The return of an old YouTube friend?
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Detail, Couplet in Stone Drum Script (left side), Wu Changshuo (1844–1927), Arthur M. Sackler Gallery S2018.19
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Couplet in Stone Drum Script (left side)
One of the most esteemed modern Chinese artists, Wu Changshuo was born on September 12, 1844, in Anji County, northwestern Zhejiang Province. During the late 1870s he began to make a living from his art. For much of his life thereafter he resided in the art centers of Suzhou (1882–87; 1896–1912) or in the nearby city of Shanghai (1887–96; 1912–27). After the founding of the republic in early 1912, Wu's national fame began to soar, and the following year he was elected the first director of the Xiling Seal Carving Society (Xiling yinshe) in Hangzhou, as well as chairman of the Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Association. He attracted many younger artists as his students and exerted a powerful influence on the next generation of calligraphers, seal carvers, and painters. Wu Changshuo died in Shanghai on November 29, 1927.
As a calligrapher, Wu Changshuo was particularly admired for his running script and seal script, both of which can be seen on this scroll. His seal script was based on the unique regional form of writing seen in poems inscribed on the "Stone Drums," ten carved granite boulders dating to around the fifth century BCE. Rediscovered in the Tang dynasty around the seventh century CE, the Stone Drums have attracted considerable interest ever since among scholars and epigraphers.
Through years of study, experimentation, and practice, Wu reconstructed the ancient stone-carved script and adapted it to the more limber, expressive medium of calligraphy written on paper with brush and ink. He developed the loose, subtly exaggerated forms seen here, which are taken for granted by modern practitioners of the style. Judging from comparable dated examples, this scroll falls within Wu Changshuo's most intense period of engagement with Stone Drum calligraphy during the last decade of his life. Brushed with smooth, even strokes; rounded corners; and dark, uniform ink, Wu's energetic characters are not strictly symmetrical—but his writing maintains a confident, natural balance, and his artistic vigor is evident.
Wu Changshuo borrowed fourteen characters from the Stone Drum poems and rearranged them to form an original couplet of two seven-character lines, each written on a separate hanging scroll. This work is the second (or left side) of the matching pair of scrolls. Although the scroll bearing the first line is missing, over the years Wu Changshuo produced multiple versions of the same text and composition. Intact versions of the couplet supply the missing first line and show the carefully balanced interaction that the artist originally intended:
[多駕鹿車游汗澫],寫來鯉簡識平安。
[Dashing about in your deer cart and roaming far and wide] [< missing scroll]
Drop me a note by carp and let me know you're doing well
To the left of the main text, Wu added his signature in running script, which shows his hallmark leftward slant. Below this, he impressed two of his personal seals.
Two other inscriptions appear on the scroll. Renowned calligrapher, professor, and teacher Tai Jingnong 臺靜農 (1902–1990) wrote the first inscription in 1987, and Jiang Zhaoshen 江兆申 (1925–1996), deputy director of the Palace Museum, Taiwan, added a second inscription around the same time. Both colophons extol this example of Wu Changshuo's calligraphy in the Stone Drum style.
現代 吳昌碩 《石鼓篆書對聯 •下聯》 框軸
Wu Changshuo (1844–1927)
China, Modern period, 1910s–1920s
Hanging scroll (framed); ink on paper
Gift of Tao-tai Hsia and Gloria Hsia
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery S2018.19